Pure Electric Soul [Import]

1. Electric Soul Man

2. Tokyo Sally

3. Step Into The Light

4. All I Can Do Is Play The Blues

5. Spinning Toe-Hold (Instrumental)

6. I'm A Rambler

7. Frankie And Johnny

8. See You In The Night And Leave You At Dawn

9. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
1977 Album by the Japanese Rock Band Led by Kazuo Takeda. Part of the "Meiban Graffiti" Reissue Series of Early Japanese Bands.

Tracks:

Mean Old World - Eric Clapton/Duane Allman
Good Morning Little School Girl - Jonny Lang
Shame, Shame, Shame - Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Flood Down In Texas - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Smoking Gun - Robert Cray
Just Won't Burn - Susan Tedeschi
Little Red Rooster - Luther Allison
Let Me Love You Baby - Buddy Guy
Statesboro Blues - The Allman Brothers Band
Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Freddy King
Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
Tell Mama - Etta James
Turn On Your Love Light - Bobby 'Blue' Bland
The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King

Amazon.com

A good introduction to modern guitar-based blues, Pure Blues features classics by Muddy Waters, Freddy King, Bobby Bland, and John Lee Hooker, along with recent blues stars like Stevie Ray Vaughan and his followers Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Jonny Lang. While attributing classic status to Susan Tedeschi's "Just Won't Burn" may chafe some purists, this comp clearly wasn't intended for the die-hard blues fanatic. But as an introduction, it illustrates the blues tradition and its influence on rock (and rock's influence on the blues) quite nicely. For fans of the Allman Brothers (whose version of Blind Willie McTell's classic "Statesboro Blues" is included) or Eric Clapton's work with Derek & the Dominos or for dad at Christmas, this would make a good gift. Also, if this manages to inspire anyone to pick up Etta James's classic Tell Mama set, the folks at UTV will have done the world a service. --Mike Johnson

Customer Reviews:

Best of the Blues.......2006-02-22

I own a lot of blues music by single artists and probably a couple of dozen by various artists and this is the one I find myself going back to most often. PURE BLUES is such a great mixture of just what the title says, pure blues.

You'll find some night club blues (what my wife calls "dirty leg" blues) such as "Shame, Shame, Shame" by Kenny Wayne Sheppard, contemporary blues with "Flood Down in Texas" by SRV, classic guitar blues with "Thrill is Gone" by BBK, and every other kind of blues sound that has come along over the last 5 decades.

With most compilation albums, there always seem to be a few songs that I don't like, but not with this one. If you love the blues, you'll love this one.

Awsome.......2004-12-30

This CD is awsome, Susan T. can really belt it out and this is what the Blues is supposed to sound like. If you ever want to buy a CD, this the one to buy and it is worth your money!!!

"all are here ~ legends of the blues ~ acoustic to electric".......2001-04-17

From the legends to the modern masters ~ the acoustic to the electric ~ featuring 20 essential recordings covering the last half-century of the blues by the greatest and the latest.

Spanning five decades ~ original as original can be ~ "Pure Blues", is just what the doctor ordered ~ the best medicine from the likes of ~ Luther Allison, The Allman Brothers Band, Duane Allman, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Etta James, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddy King, Jonny Lang, Jimmy Reed, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Koko Taylor, Susan Tedeschi, Big Mama Thornton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf ~ each artist with detailed liner-notes and a little history of their background and accomplishments.

Want to thank ~ Andy McKaie (compilation producer) ~ Jeff Moskow (associate producer) ~ Doug Schwartz/Audio Mechanics (digitally mastered) ~ Mike Fink (design) ~ Geary Chansley & Ryan Null (photo research) ~ and Universal Music for this one-of-a-kind album for us, the fans of the best music around...BLUES!

This CD is proof, once and for all ~ that the "BLUES" was then, is now and IS FOREVER ~ we've hit pay-dirt...and that folks, is the truth, plain and simple!