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Browse by Label: YAZOO
Artist:
VA
Title:
Country Blues Bottleneck Guitar Classics 1926-1937
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 1026CD
1991 release. "Bottleneck blues came from every region of the South; from Memphis (Memphis Minnie) to Texas (Black Ace) to Mississippi (Robert Johnson) to Georgia (Barbecue Bob), startling and imaginative creations were produced by a wealth of top-drawer bluesmen. Powerful, driving performances that utilize both clear single-note and barred chords will delight any listener." 1991 release of essential bottleneck classics from Barbecue Bob, Weaver & Beasley, Ruth Willis, Bukka White, Shreveport Home Wreckers, Robert Johnson, Black Ace, Jim & Bob (The Genial Hawaiians), Irene Scruggs, Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie, Oscar Woods, Bo Weavil Jackson, King Solomon Hill, and Ramblin' Thomas.
Artist:
SMECK, ROY
Title:
Plays Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele and Guitar 1926-1949
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 1052CD
1992 release. "A master musician, Roy Smeck is notable for his magnificent technical skill and artistry as well as his historical importance within the field of guitar playing itself. Everything he did was innovative in his field, for professional guitar playing scarcely existed when he started his career. His performances draw on rags, pop, blues, ethnic music and jazz, and are simply astounding."
Artist:
MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT
Title:
1928 Sessions
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 1065CD
1990 release. "With his warm, gentle vocals and rhythmic guitar lines, Mississippi John Hurt's recordings represent a fascinating counterpoint to what is expected of Mississippi blues. His repertoire is a mixture of narrative ballads, traditional songs and blues."
Artist:
BARBECUE BOB
Title:
Chocolate To The Bone
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2005CD
1992 release. "Barbecue Bob of Atlanta was a great singer and powerful twelve-string bottleneck guitarist in the 1920s. His inventive and varied arrangements are compelling rhythms made him a musical standout. His percussive attack was totally unlike any of his peers and added a new dimension to Georgia blues."
Artist:
JAMES, SKIP
Title:
The Complete Early Recordings - 1930
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2009CD
1994 release of newly remastered original recordings. "Certainly the most haunting and eerie sounding of all bluesmen, Skip James had a rare ability to draw upon his inner self for musical expression and an unmatched facility as an arranger to create a truly unique body of work. His playing on guitar and piano is unparalleled for rhythmic unpredictability and emotional effect."
Artist:
GARY DAVIS, REV.
Title:
The Complete Early Recordings Of Reverend Gary Davis
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2011CD
1994 release. Remastered from 78s, originally recorded in mostly 1935 (with a few tracks from 1949). "Reverend Gary Davis was one of the greatest guitar players of the 20th century, regardless of genre. His range of styles and repertoire encompassed the spectrum of black music from the early part of the century. His faultless and complex picking techniques gave his 'holy blues' an inimitable richness, complemented by his impassioned religious singing."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2067CD
"A collection of classic recordings from the 1920s and '30s featuring many all-time great performances of early American traditional music. These two volumes are a fascinating overview of traditional American musical styles from the Civil War to the 1920s including all phases of both white and black genres, fiddle tunes, rags, banjo songs, religious selections, old ballads, blues, etc. Both volumes abound with rarities never appearing before on any reissues. Yazoo's usual high standards of sound quality, graphics, and note are apparent through out."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2068CD
Volume 8.
Artist:
PATTON, CHARLEY
Title:
The Best of Charlie Patton
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2069CD
"Charlie Patton is considered by many to be the single most important figure in the history of traditional blues as performer, influence and inspiration. The combined power of his vocal and guitar dynamics is unparalleled, and his legacy is an imposing body of powerful and eloquent music. The Mississippi Delta is at the heart of the blues and Charlie Patton is the essence of Mississippi Delta blues. For this release YaZoo has re-mastered these classic recordings in the finest sound reproduction ever, far surpassing anything done before. Features his 20 greatest performances."
Artist:
MCTELL, BLIND WILLIE
Title:
The Best of Blind Willie McTell
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2071CD
Classic recordings of the 1920's & 30's, transferred from 78s. "Blind Willie McTell was one of the giant figures in early blues history. He was a brilliant technician as well as an especially expressive musician and singer. And he had a rhythmic sense second to no one. His repertoire cover the whole spectrum of early rural music: blues, rags, breakdowns, religious songs and more. Assembled here are his 23 best performances reproduced in, far and away, the best sound quality they have ever been heard in. This new level of fidelity intimately brings to the fore the genius of this wonderful artist."
Artist:
PHILLIPS, WASHINGTON
Title:
The Key To The Kingdom
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2073CD
Compiled from extremely rare 78s originally recorded between 1927-1929, remastered; originally released in 2005. "Washington Phillips is one of the most intriguing and delightful figures in American music history. His style is completely unique, both in his warm, plaintive singing and his use of zither for accompaniment. His treatments of early religious material is poignant and expressive and his zither playing backup is absolutely captivating. His complete output of 16 selections is presented here with brand new remastering that heightens all the irresistible characteristics of his performances. Included also are 4 bonus tracks of similarly touching early religious music by Mamie and A.C. Forehand."
Artist:
PATTON, CHARLEY
Title:
Primeval Blues, Rags, and Gospel Songs
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2074CD
"Charley Patton is considered by many to be the single most important figure in the history of traditional blues as performer, influence and inspiration. The combined power of his vocal and guitar dynamics is unparalleled, and his legacy is an imposing body of powerful and eloquent music. This collection focuses on the wide breadth and scope of Patton's repertoire -- in addition to his unparalleled primitive blues, there are powerful early back-country rags, gospel songs and more. These performances are the Dead Sea scrolls of early black rural music. For this release Yazoo has re-mastered these classic recordings in the finest sound reproduction ever, far surpassing anything done before."
Artist:
JAMES, SKIP
Title:
Hard Time Killin' Floor
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2075CD
"Skip James is one of the 'Mount Rushmore' historical blues figures, ranking right at the very top of the blues pyramid with the likes of Charlie Patton. His guitar playing is the most innovative and complex of all the early blues greats and his unique piano stylings have also fascinated fans for over seven decades. His singing, too, is totally unique in its high eerie delivery and haunting effect. Skip's complete total early recordings (18 selections) are presented here in dramatically improved new fidelity that offer even more testimony to his greatness. A bonus 4 tracks by fellow Mississippian blues legend Son House are also included in stunning and exciting new fidelity."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Kentucky Mountain Music: Classic Recording of the 20s & 30s
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
7CD BOX
Price:
$80.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2200CD
"As the Mississippi Delta is to blues, Kentucky is to fiddle music, banjo playing, and classic old ballads and songs. No other state comes even close in both terms of amazing diversity of styles and just pure prodigious amounts of great classic performances. This 7 CD box set contains almost 200 all-time great performances by some of the finest country musicians who ever lived. It is a treasure trove of Americana, and one of the most important roots projects ever assembled. Since all the recordings are from the 1920s and 1930s, its as close to ultimate sources as anything can be."
Artist:
VA
Title:
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
2CD
Price:
$26.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 2202CD
"A double CD packaged in a beautiful DVD-size digi-pac containing 46 of the rarest and greatest blues and country 78s from the 1920s and early '30s. Included are two newly discovered masterpieces by legendary blues figure Son House, 'Mississippi Country Farm Blues' and 'Clarksdale Moan.' These have never been heard before and will generate tremendous interest among all blues fans. Likewise, country enthusiasts will be excited to hear the long lost, often believed never issue Georgia Pot Lickers record, both sides featuring duet fiddling by all time greats Lowe Stokes and A.A. Gray. And these are just the beginning of a lineup of super rarities and unissued gems. Many of the tracks, like Luke Jordan's 'If I Call You,' have never been heard even by the most advanced collectors, thus imbuing this release with loads of charisma and cachet. Striking cover art by legendary cartoonist Robert Crumb. Inside the larger format package is a booklet insert with extensive graphics and notes, including a hilarious exposé on the lunacy of collecting. Features super rarities, many never before heard, by giant figures in early American rural music like Andrew and Jim Baxter, Sweet Brothers, Jay Bird Coleman, Clarence Ashley, Tommy Johnson, Dock Boggs, Memphis Jug Band, Allen Brothers and many many more."
Artist:
VA
Title:
The Best There Ever Was: Legendary Early...
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 3002CD
...Blue Performers. "Features the 20 greatest blues performers of the earliest period of blues recording, the 1920's into the early 1930's, including Charlie Patton, Skip James, Son House, Blind Willie McTell, etc., etc. For 35 years now Yazoo has been recognized as the leading historical blues label, and its credibility and extremely high standards add to the sales potential for this album featuring many of the greatest blues performances of all time. Cover photo is a newly discovered photo of Charlie Patton which will cause great excitement among blues fans everywhere."
Artist:
LOS JARDINEROS
Title:
The Best of Los Jardineros
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 7018CD
...Classic Recordings By Puerto Rico's Most Legendary String Band 1929-1932. "Los Jardineros is the greatest traditional Puerto Rican band that ever recorded. Legendary for their brilliant musicianship, their classic records from 1929 capture this great body of music in its heyday when it was most strong and vibrant. Their original recordings, which are extreme rarities and collectors items, are available here for the first time. Fans of early Latin music and other traditional genres will find this release a revelation containing a gold mine of exceptional performances. Drawn from an extensive body of work that reveals the diversity of the early Puerto Rican music scene on the island and in New York,
The Best of Los Jardineros
features plenas, fox trots, boleros, danzas, decimas, aguinaldos and more -- a fascinating array of vocal and instrumental performances in the traditional styles from which salsa emerged.
The Best of Los Jardineros
is released in a special DVD-sized digi-pak with 23 tracks from newly restored 78s that feature the top Puerto Rican guitar and mandolin players of the day including the 'king of the cuatro' Heriberto Torres."
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