New Releases For February 22, 2011

Various Artists
Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection

Various Artists - Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection

Budget-Priced Double CD release celebrating the 40th anniversary of the world's premier blues and roots rock label. 38 songs (over 157 minutes of music) at a $17.98 list price!

The two discs span 40 years of career-defining recordings by a star-studded who's who of American blues and roots artists past and present: blues legends Koko Taylor, Luther Allison, Albert Collins, Son Seals and Carey Bell; modern day masters Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Marcia Ball, The Holmes Brothers and Janiva Magness; and roots rock greats JJ Grey & Mofro, Anders Osborne, Eric Lindell, Johnny Winter and many, many more.

ARTIST SITE | RELEASED: February 22, 2011 ON Alligator
TAGS: Blues | Various Artists

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FEATURED TRACK

"Luther Allison - All The King's Horses"

TRACK LISTING

  1. 1. Koko Taylor - I'm A Woman
  2. 2. Albert Collins - I Ain't Drunk
  3. 3. Michael Burks - Strange Feeling
  4. 4. Tommy Castro - Backup Plan
  5. 5. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - Icicles In My Meatloaf
  6. 6. Guitar Shorty - We The People
  7. 7. Rick Estrin & The Nightcats - U B U
  8. 8. Marcia Ball - The Party's Still Going On
  9. 9. Roomful Of Blues - That's A Pretty Good Love
  10. 10. Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Have Blues, Will Travel
  11. 11. Son Seals - Going Home (Where Women Got Meat On Their Bones)
  12. 12. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Give Me My Coat And Shoes
  13. 13. Janiva Magness - Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love
  14. 14. Johnny Winter - Mojo Boogie
  15. 15. Coco Montoya - Last Dirty Deal
  16. 16. Corey Harris - Fish Ain't
  17. 17. Luther Allison - All The King's Horses
  18. 18. Anders Osborne - Echoes Of My Sins
  19. 19. Lonnie Mack With Stevie Ray Vaughan - Double Whammy

  21. DISC TWO:
  22. 1. Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland - T-Bone
  23. 2. Lonnie Brooks - Don't Take Advantage Of Me
  24. 3. Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater - A Good Leavin'
  25. 4. Hound Dog Taylor - Sitting At Home
  26. 5. Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers - Roll Your Moneymaker
  27. 6. James Cotton - With The Quickness
  28. 7. Shemekia Copeland - It's My Own Tears
  29. 8. Professor Longhair - Red Beans
  30. 9. Charlie Musselwhite - Where Hwy 61 Runs
  31. 10. Roy Buchanan With Delbert Mcclinton - You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover
  32. 11. Mavis Staples - Step Into The Light
  33. 12. Tinsley Ellis - Speak No Evil
  34. 13. Eric Lindell - It's A Drag
  35. 14. Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women - Going Down To The River
  36. 15. The Holmes Brothers - Feed My Soul
  37. 16. Katie Webster - Two-Fisted Mama
  38. 17. William Clarke - Daddy Pinocchio
  39. 18. Buckwheat Zydeco - When The Levee Breaks
  40. 19. JJ Grey & Mofro - The Sun Is Shining Down