Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues - The Definitive Collection, Pt. 3: 1960-1969

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Overview

This is the third three-disc volume in Bear Family Records' ambitious four-volume history of the electric blues, all compiled and annotated by blues historian and musicologist Bill Dahl. The Gibson guitar company introduced the first electric guitar in the 1930s, and the advent of amplification meant the blues could preach louder and longer, which allowed a country acoustic music to transform itself into its own kind of powerfully rhythmic pop music. Taken as a whole, this ambitious Bear Family series traces and surveys that transformation, beginning with jazz-inspired jump blues tracks and following through to the juncture of blues and rock, blues and funk, and beyond, on into the 21st century. This particular volume covers 1960 to 1969, a time when blues and rock & roll really started to join hands, and it features classic tracks like Buddy Guy's "First Time I Met the Blues," Jimmy Reed's "Big Boss Man," Albert King's "Crosscut Saw," and B.B. King's "Rock Me Baby," but it also collects lesser-known gems like Frank Frost's "Jelly Roll King" and Junior Parker's "Driving Wheel," then slides into blues and rock hybrids like the Animals' "House of the Rising Sun," Canned Heat's Henry Thomas-inspired "On the Road Again," and Janis Joplin's "Ball and Chain," before closing things out with Stevie Wonder's blues-based "I Ain't Superstitious" done by the Jeff Beck Group. Bear Family Records is known for its quality releases, and this volume is no exception. When the full 12 discs are taken together, with nearly 300 tracks, it makes for a fascinating survey of the blues in all of its electric configurations. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	06/18/2021
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127169235
Rank:	136469

Tracks

Disc 1

1. So Many Roads, So Many Trains  - Marshall Paul  - Otis Rush
2. First Time I Met the Blues  - Buddy Guy  - Eurreal Montgomery
3. Big Boss Man  - Luther Dixon  - Jimmy Reed  - Al Smith
4. Hide Away  - Freddie King  - Sonny Thompson
5. Have You Ever Loved a Woman  - Freddie King  - Billy Myles
6. Messin' with the Kid  - Mel London  - Junior Wells
7. I Pity the Fool  - Bobby "Blue" Bland  - Don Robey
8. Come On, Pts. 1-2  - Earl King
9. Rockin' This Joint To-Nite  - Kid Thomas
10. Shake Your Moneymaker  - Elmore James
11. I'm a Little Mixed Up  - Betty James  - Clarence Johnson
12. Driving Wheel  - Little Junior Parker  - Roosevelt Sykes
13. Doctor Feel-Good  - Willie Perryman  - Curtis Smith
14. Boom Boom  - John Lee Hooker
15. Watch Your Step  - Bobby Parker
16. You Don't Love Me  - Willie Cobbs
17. Cut You a-Loose  - Ricky Allen  - Mel London
18. Jelly Roll King  - Frank Frost
19. You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover  - Bo Diddley  - Willie Dixon
20. I'm a Woman  - Christine Kittrell  - Jerry Leiber  - Mike Stoller
21. Help Me  - Ralph Bass  - Willie Dixon  - Sonny Boy Williamson
22. Too Many Cooks  - Willie Dixon  - Jesse Fortune
23. Part Time Love  - Clay Hammond  - Little Johnny Taylor
24. Hidden Charms  - Willie Dixon  -  Howlin' Wolf
25. Blue Monday  - Gil Caple  - James Davis  - Don Robey

Disc 2

26. Hi-Heel Sneakers
27. Full Time Lover  - Frankie Lee Jones  -  Lee  - Frank Scott
28. Rock Me Baby  - Joe Josea  - B.B. King
29. Gonna Send You Back to Georgia (A City Slick)  - , Jake Jr. Hammonds  - Johnnie Mae Matthews  - Timmy Shaw
30. Use What You Got  - Billy Davis  - Sugar Pie DeSanto
31. Killing Floor  - Chester Burnett  -  Howlin' Wolf
32. All Night Worker  - Rufus Thomas  - Rufus Jr. Thomas
33. Snatch It Back and Hold It  - Amos Blakemore  - Buddy Guy  - Junior Wells
34. Baby Scratch My Back  - Slim Harpo  - James Moore
35. Wang Dang Doodle  - Willie Dixon  - Koko Taylor
36. Feel So Bad  -  Little Milton  - Chuck Willis
37. Little Bluebird  - Isaac Hayes  - Booker T. Jones  - David Porter  - Johnnie Taylor
38. Mustang Sally  - Wilson Pickett  - Mack Rice
39. Crosscut Saw  - R.G. Ford  - Albert King
40. You're Taking Up Another Man's Place  - Isaac Hayes  - Mable John  - David Porter
41. Tramp  - Lowell Fulson  - Jimmy McCracklin
42. Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)  - Aretha Franklin  - Ted White
43. Born Under a Bad Sign  - William Bell  - Booker T. Jones  - Albert King
44. I'd Rather Go Blind  - Billy Foster  - Etta James  - Ellington Jordan
45. Mary Had a Little Lamb  - Buddy Guy
46. Slip Away  - William Armstrong  - Clarence Carter  - Marcus Daniel  - Wilbur Terrell
47. One of These Days  - Sonny Rhodes
48. A Woman Needs to Be Loved  - Carl Davis  - Tyrone Davis  - Willie Henderson  - Floyd Smith
49. What Have I Done Wrong  - Samuel Maghett  -  Magic Sam
50. Cummins Prison (Farm)  - William Cole  - Calvin Leavy

Disc 3

51. Who Do You Love  - Ronnie Hawkins  - Ellas McDaniel
52. Baby, What's Wrong  - Lonnie Mack  - Jimmy Reed
53. Gangster of Love  - Johnny "Guitar" Watson  - Johnny Winter
54. The House of the Rising Sun  -  Animals  - Alan Price
55. Bring It to Jerome  - Jerome Green  -  Manfred Mann
56. Goin' Down Slow  - Michael Bloomfield  - James Oden
57. Judgement Day  -  Pretty Things  - Snooky Pryor
58. I Ain't Got You  - Calvin Carter  -  Yardbirds
59. Born in Chicago  -  Butterfield  - Nick Gravenites
60. Have You Heard  - John Mayall  -  Mayall
61. I Can Tell  - John Jr. Hammond  - Samuel Smith
62. Baby Will You Please Help Me  - Charlie Musselwhite
63. Stevie's Blues  - Spencer Davis  -  Davis  - Muff Winwood  - Steve Winwood  - Pete York
64. I Want to Know  -  Ten Years After
65. Shake 'Em on Down  - Bob Hall  -  Savoy Brown  -  Savoy Brown Blues Band  -  Traditional
66. She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)  - Taj Mahal  - Yank Rachell
67. On the Road Again  -  Canned Heat  - Floyd Jones  - Alan Wilson
68. Ball and Chain  -  Big Brother & the Holding Company  - Big Mama Thornton
69. Black Magic Woman  -  Fleetwood Mac  - Peter Green
70. I Ain't Superstitious  -  Beck  - Willie Dixon

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Etta James   Primary Artist
Mable John   Primary Artist
John Lee Hooker   Primary Artist
Johnny Winter   Primary Artist
Michael Bloomfield   Primary Artist
Otis Rush   Primary Artist
Aretha Franklin   Primary Artist
Buddy Guy   Primary Artist
Canned Heat   Primary Artist
Fleetwood Mac   Primary Artist
Freddie King   Primary Artist
Taj Mahal   Primary Artist
James Davis   Primary Artist
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band   Primary Artist
Ten Years After   Primary Artist
Slim Harpo   Primary Artist
Junior Wells   Primary Artist
Willie Cobbs   Primary Artist
John Hammond, Jr.   Primary Artist
Willie Perryman   Primary Artist
Savoy Brown Blues Band   Primary Artist
Little Junior Parker   Primary Artist
Little Frankie Lee & the Saxtons   Primary Artist
Elmore James   Primary Artist
Magic Sam   Primary Artist
Jeff Beck Group   Primary Artist
Johnnie Taylor   Primary Artist
Charlie Musselwhite   Primary Artist
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers   Primary Artist
Little Johnny Taylor   Primary Artist
Lonnie Mack   Primary Artist
Howlin' Wolf   Primary Artist
Little Milton   Primary Artist
Lowell Fulson   Primary Artist
Rufus Thomas   Primary Artist
Jesse Fortune   Primary Artist
Ronnie Hawkins   Primary Artist
Tyrone Davis   Primary Artist
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Primary Artist
Sonny Rhodes   Primary Artist
Bo Diddley   Primary Artist
B.B. King   Primary Artist
Kid Thomas   Primary Artist
Jimmy Reed   Primary Artist
Bobby "Blue" Bland   Primary Artist
Bobby Parker   Primary Artist
Christine Kittrell   Primary Artist
Clarence Carter   Primary Artist
Earl King   Primary Artist
Frank Frost   Primary Artist
Ricky Allen   Primary Artist
Koko Taylor   Primary Artist
The Spencer Davis Group   Primary Artist
Sugar Pie DeSanto   Primary Artist
The Yardbirds   Primary Artist
The Pretty Things   Primary Artist
Albert King   Primary Artist
Calvin Leavy   Primary Artist
Timmy Shaw   Primary Artist
Manfred Mann   Primary Artist
Wilson Pickett   Primary Artist
The Animals   Primary Artist
Big Brother & the Holding Company   Primary Artist
Betty James   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Bill Dahl   Reissue Producer,Liner Notes
Kid Thomas   Composer
Jimmy Reed   Composer
Jimmy McCracklin   Composer
Billy Davis   Composer
Bobby Parker   Composer
Isaac Hayes   Composer
Chester Burnett   Composer
Joe Josea   Composer
Chuck Willis   Composer
Clay Hammond   Composer
Earl King   Composer
Frank Frost   Composer
Frank Scott   Composer
Ellington Jordan   Composer
Elmore James   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
William Bell   Composer
Alan Wilson   Composer
Muff Winwood   Composer
Al Smith   Composer
Calvin Carter   Composer
Marcus Daniel   Composer
William Armstrong   Composer
Willie Henderson   Composer
Yank Rachell   Composer
Amos Blakemore   Composer
Snooky Pryor   Composer
Sonny Thompson   Composer
Betty James   Composer
Big Mama Thornton   Composer
Billy Myles   Composer
Booker T. Jones   Composer
Victor Pearlin   Photography,Illustrations
David Porter   Composer
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Wilbur Terrell   Composer
Samuel Maghett   Composer
Savoy Brown   Arranger
Peter Green   Composer
Marshall Paul   Composer
R.G. Ford   Composer
Ralph Bass   Composer
Mel London   Composer
Aretha Franklin   Composer
Alan Price   Composer
Buddy Guy   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Ellas McDaniel   Composer
Freddie King   Composer
Taj Mahal   Composer
Luther Dixon   Composer
Eurreal Montgomery   Composer
Curtis Smith   Composer
Spencer Davis   Composer
Sir Mack Rice   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Ted White   Composer
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Composer
Willie Cobbs   Composer
Detlev Hoegen   Photography,Illustrations
Dave Booth   Research
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
Marcus Heumann   Mastering
James Moore   Composer
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
William Cole   Composer
Clarence Johnson   Composer
Billy Foster   Composer
Rufus Thomas Jr.   Composer
Carl Davis   Composer
Samuel Smith   Composer
Frankie Lee Jones   Composer
Gil Caple   Composer
Jake Hammonds, Jr.   Composer
Don Robey   Composer
Floyd Smith   Composer
Floyd Jones   Composer
Charlie Musselwhite   Composer
John Mayall   Composer
Johnnie Mae Matthews   Composer
Johnny "Guitar" Watson   Composer
Roosevelt Sykes   Composer
Lowell Fulson   Composer
Pete York   Composer
Jerome Green   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Nick Gravenites   Composer
James Oden   Composer
Steve Winwood   Composer
Sonny Rhodes   Composer
Bob Hall   Arranger
B.B. King   Composer