Release Date: 18 March, 2003
Audio CD
Tracks
- I Want to Be Like Jesus in My Heart
- All I Want Is That Pure Religion
- Got the Blues
- Long Lonesome Blues
- Booster Blues
- Dry Southern Blues
- Black Horse Blues
- Corinna Blues
- Got the Blues
- Long Lonesome Blues
- Jack O' Diamond Blues
- Jack O' Diamond Blues
- Chock House Blues
- Beggin Back
- Old Rounders Blues
- Stocking Feet Blues
- That Black Snake Moan
- Wartime Blues
- Broke and Hungry
- Shuckin' Sugar Blues
- Booger Rooger Blues
- Rabbit Foot Blues
- Bad Luck Blues
- Black Snake Moan
- Match Box Blues
- Easy Rider Blues
- Match Box Blues
- Match Box Blues
- Rising Hig Water Blues
- Weary Dogs Blues
- Right of Way Blues
- Teddy Bear Blues
- Teddy Bear Blues
- Black Snake Dream Blues
- Hot Dogs
- He Arose From the Dead
- Struck Sorrow Blues
- Rambler Blues
- Chinch Bug Blues
- Deceitful Brownskin Blues
- Sunshine Special
- Gone Dead on You Blues
- Where Shall I Be?
- See That Grave's Kept Clean
- One Dime Blues
- Lonesome House Blues
- Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues
- 'Lectric Chair Blues
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- Lemon's Worried Blues
- Mean Jumper Blues
- Balky Mule Blues
- Change My Luck Blues
- Prison Cell Blues
- Lemon's Cannon Ball Moan
- Long Lastin' Lovin'
- Piney Wood's Money Mama
- Low Down Mojo Blues
- Competition Bed Blues
- Lock Step Blues
- Hangman's Blues
- Sad News Blues
- How Long How Long
- Lockstep Blues
- Hangman's Blues
- Christmas Eve Blues
- Happy New Year Blues
- Maltese Cat Blues
- D B Blues
- Eagle Eyed Mama
- Dynamite Blues
- Disgusted Blues
- Competition Bed Blues
- Sad News Blues
- Oil Well Blues
- Tin Cup Blues
- Big Night Blues
- Empty House Blues
- Saturday Night Spender Blues
- That Black Snake Moan, No. 2
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Big Night Blues
- Bed Spring Blues
- Yo Yo Blues
- Mosquito Moan
- Southern Woman Blues
- Bakershop Blues
- Pneumonia Blues
- Long Distance Moan
- That Crawlin' Baby Blues
- Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues
- Cat Man Blues
- Cheaters Spell
- Bootin' Me 'Bout
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Rating 4.5
The Legend Lives OnFinally! Blind Lemon Jefferson all in one place! Bluesmen such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, and Charley Patton are names nailed into American culture and with damn good reason. These guys made the best sound to come out of the heart, soul, and the acoustic guitar. As you might've guessed, my absolute favorite is the great Blind Lemon Jefferson. Sure, the recording is terrible, but that gives the music a more haunting sound. The Blues and Jazz are pure American and the best music around. Just listen to Match Box Blues or Bitches Brew by the legendary Miles Davis. But getting back to the subject, this is the stuff folks. This is the first time the blues were put to wax and hearing Blind Lemon wail still sends shivers down your spine.Great Music, disapionting packaging.First Off, If you should Still Get this Cd if you Love country Blues. But I Must Say that the Way this set is Packaged leaves much to Be desired.
First off, the Liner notes are really not as extensive As they should be. They basicly tell who he was in the bare minnimum, and they don't give any detailes about his life. I know that we know very little about his life, but after reading about him in Stephen Grossmans Texas Blues Guitar Book, they actually tell about some of the people who new him and tell about what it must have been like for him. I would have been much happier if that Had Just Coppied that article word for word.
Also, the sound quality is lacking on some of these tracks (just Compair "See That My Grave Is Kept Cleen" an this album to the one on THE BEST OF BLIND LEMON).
Really, This Should not by any means stop you from buying this album. This Complaint is focused alittle More towards the record Company.
I Only Gave This Review 3 Stars because Blind Lemon was the first recorded geniuses of country blues, and if youre going to the trouble of bying a whole box set, they should atleast give you more History.Extremely thoroughThis four-disc JSP compilation provides a truly excellent overview of Texas bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson's career. It is very well annotated, exquisitely remastered, and certainly worth more than the asking price (as is the case with all of JSP's blues box sets).
Every song Lemon ever recorded is here, the religious sides and the blues numbers, including "Match Box Blues", "Jack O' Diamonds Blues", "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean", and several alternate takes. There is quite a lot of surface noise present, but that is the case with all Blind Lemon-compilations - some of these songs were comitted to tape almost 80 years ago, remember. The original masters are long lost, and some songs have been remastered from seriously damaged 78s, which means that the sound quality varies a lot, but this box set sounds as good as any collection currently on the market, with the possible exception of the excellent Milestone CD "Blind Lemon Jefferson".
Lemon's highly advanced guitar playing is often partly obscured by the noise, but his expressive tenor voice cuts is clearly audible, conveying emotions like longing, grief, fear, and bitterness...just listen to songs like "'Lectric Chair Blues" or "That Black Snake Moan".
This is a find for the serious blues lover, but it is just too much for slightly more casual fans, who will be better served by Yazoo's "The Best Of Blind Lemon Jefferson", or Catfish's "Squueze My Lemon". But if you want it all, this is the place to get it. A truly impressive document. |
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