Description
Elmore's last great recordings occurred in the 1960s when he was signed by New York producer/label-owner Bobby Robinson (Fire, Fury & Enjoy Records). Unlike many of his contemporaries, James seemingly got better as the years progressed. These recordings have surfaced on so many different compilations -- all with varying levels of sound quality. Fortunately, to make things easier we have this three-disc 58-song box set rounding up at least one extant take of everything Elmore recorded with Robinson at the helm. Along with standards, "Dust My Broom," "The Sky Is Crying" the classic "One Way Out," the majority of this box set breaks new ground and stands as some of Elmore's most emotion-laden work. Included our Elmore's last sessions before his death and several tracks he cut as a session guitarist for Bobby Robinson. On May 24, 1963, James suffered a heart attack, which took his life at the age of 45. The musicians he inspired include The Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones are just a few. of the many musicians that he influenced in the course of their careers. In 1980 he was elected into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, and in 1994 Elmore was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. Rollling Stone magazine has placed him in the list of top 30 guitarists of all time!
DISC ONE
The Sky Is Crying
Held My Baby Last Night
Bobby's Rock
Dust My Broom
Baby Please Set A Date
Rollin' And Tumblin'
I'm Worried
Done Somebody Wrong
Fine Little Mama
I Can't Stop Lovin' You
Early One Morning
I Need You
Strange Angel
She Done Moved
Something Inside Me
Stranger Blues
Anna Lee
Bleeding Heart
DISC TWO
Standing At The Crossroads
One Way Out
Got To Move
Person To Person
So Unkind
My Kind Of Woman
My Baby's Gone
Find My Kinda Woman
Look On Yonder Wall
Shake Your Moneymaker
Mean Mistreatin' Mama
Sunnyland
Go Back Home Again
You Know You're Wrong
Hand In Hand
I Have A Right To Love My Baby
Everyday I Have The Blues
It Hurts Me Too
DISC THREE
Talk To Me Baby
Can't Stop Loving My Baby
She's Got To Go
Pickin' The Blues
Twelve Year Old Boy
Up Jumped Elmore
I Believe
I Gotta Go Now
Make My Dreams Come True
Find My Kinda Woman (alt) (mono version???lots of echo)
Mean Mistreatin' Mama (alt)
You Know You Done Me Wrong (alt of You Know You???re Wrong)
Up Jumped Elmore (Blacksnake Blues) (alt)
(Poor Little) Angel Child - Sam Myers
Little Girl - Sam Myers
You Can Do It If You Want To - Marshall Jones (maybe Homesick James)
Woke Up Happy - Marshall Jones (maybe Homesick James)
Back In Mississippi (A Conversation)
- Internal ID: JITRE
- Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
- Format Detail: 3CD Eco-Friendly Wallet
- Format: CD
- Genre: Blues
- Released: 9/27/19