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 | Title : When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll
Author : Various Artists
Release Date : 20021105
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $55.98
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Superb sound quality and sheer entertainment value make this a series by which other musical retrospectives should be measured. Over four discs (available individually as well as in this limited-edition set), the expansive selection of blues-based music from the RCA-Bluebird vaults celebrates artistry that still sounds vital 50 years after it was recorded. Among the highlights are such seminal recordings as 'Catfish Blues' by Robert Petway (which Muddy Waters would transform into 'Rolling Stone'), 'Canned Heat Blues' by Tommy Johnson, 'Sweet Little Angel' by Tampa Red (later a signature tune for B.B. King), and 'That's All Right' by Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup (which ignited a rock & roll revolution in Elvis Presley's hands). Every cut seems to have been chosen with care, and some of the more obscure rank with the greatest delights: 'Memphis' Minnie McCoy's 'Selling My Pork Chops' and Washboard Sam's 'Soap and Water Blues.' As a blues anthology that surveys the roots of rock & roll, the set omits many of the biggest names (who recorded for other labels) and goes lightly on the 12-bar, guitar-driven style that flourished in Chicago after World War II. Yet the variety and vigor of the offerings should strike a responsive chord with casual fan and blues aficionado alike.
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