The Blues Thread (Surround-Stereo-Mono) Anything Goes.

[Quadmon]

Listening to some super fine blues tonight!

 

[DuncanS]

'Old style' Blues from a youngster! Connor Selby

 

[Quad Linda]

Blues spins lately:

My Labors (& more) - Nick Gravenites w/Michael Bloomfield UK CD
Blues People - Eric Bibb Taj Mahal, Blind Boys of Alabama & Linda Tillery guest CD
Complete Aristocrat & Chess Singles '49 - '62 - Muddy Waters UK 4 CD
Come on in This House - Junior Wells 5.1 SACD
Lightning Strikes - Lightning Hopkins CD
Live in NYC '97 - Johnny Winter CD

Pot, Spoon, Pipe and Jug - Jazz & Blues sides on LP - VA, incl Leadbelly, Cab Calloway, Lil Green, Champion Jack Dupree, Victoria Spivey, Lonnie Johnson & more. DEPRAVITY!!

https://www.discogs.com/master/1743...-Pipe-And-Jug-14-Jazz-Vocals-And-Reefer-Songs

 

[marksk]

The first two titles that come to mind for me are: Byther Smith “Addressig the Nation with the Blues”, and Buddy Guy “DJ Play My Blues”. Both excellent blues SACDs from JPS Records.
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Saw Buddy this past Thursday. 86 and still in top firm

 

[mandrix]

DJ Play My Blues is one of my very favorites. If he had to travel to the UK to make it, I wish he'd made a few more like it over there!

 

[DuncanS]

DJ Play My Blues is one of my very favorites. If he had to travel to the UK to make it, I wish he'd made a few more like it over there!

I've these, all post "DJ Play My Blues", all great

 

[mandrix]

I have three DVD's that Buddy Guy is on, not necessarily as the only performer. Can't say he shines on all of them.
Buddy Guy - Live at Montreux 2004 (DTS-DD 5.1)[DVDV]
Buddy Guy - Live! The Real Deal (1996) (DD5.1) [DVDV]
Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton - Live at Ronnie Scots & Marciac Jazz Festival (DD 5.1) [DVDV]

Sometimes it seems like he wants to be an entertainer more than a musician. IDK. I still have a lot of respect.

 

[DuncanS]

I have just bought this, some very nice German Blues! I think I first heard this band in a bar in Arnhem, Netherlands. Spotted this on HDTracks, intrigued as to the Surround (I suspect its just Dolby Surround) but its only $11.98 so £9.82, Blues Company - Vintage (44.1kHz, 16-bit)

 

[Quad Linda]

Blue spins in black or silver:

Complete Works in Recorded Order v 1-3 (of 15) - Roosevelt Sykes Austria CD's
Crossroads Festival '13 - Clapton, Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo, Gary Clark Jr & more 2 BD
A Space in Time - Ten Years After BD
Catalyst - Willie Dixon QS
Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal ('69 -'73)/Live at Albert Hall '70 - 2 CD from Complete Columbia box

 

[Quad Linda]

Bluebird Recordings '36 - '38 - Tampa Red 2 CD
Watch Your Back - Guitar Shorty CD
Saints & Sinners - Johnny Winter SQ
I Am the Blues - Willie Dixon MoFi Silver CD

Blue Light Boogie - Taj Mahal guests include James Cotton, Sam Moore, James Brown, Hall & Oates CD

River of Love link:

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/threads/whats-your-latest-earworm.23221/page-34
Bonus track for QQ Blues Fans Only. Studio version on Blue Light Boogie. A live version of Big Legged Mamas Are Back in Style Again from '89:

 

[mandrix]

Bluebird Recordings '36 - '38 - Tampa Red 2 CD
Watch Your Back - Guitar Shorty CD
Saints & Sinners - Johnny Winter SQ
I Am the Blues - Willie Dixon MoFi Silver CD

Blue Light Boogie - Taj Mahal guests include James Cotton, Sam Moore, James Brown, Hall & Oates CD

River of Love link:

https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/threads/whats-your-latest-earworm.23221/page-34
Bonus track for QQ Blues Fans Only. Studio version on Blue Light Boogie. A live version of Big Legged Mamas Are Back in Style Again from '89:

Sweet blues boogie from the Taj.
Thanks Linda!

 

[Quad Linda]

Return of Roosevelt Sykes CD
Live Adventures - Bloomfield/Kooper Japan 2 CD
Three Kings & the Queen - Victoria Spivey w/Roosevelt Sykes, Lonnie Johnson & Big Joe Williams w/Dylan on harmonica LP

 

[edisonbaggins]

Listening to Dylan's HWY 61.
Some tasty blues licks.
Bloomfield was such a bluesy BEAST.

 

[Quad Linda]

Keb' Mo SACD
Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King MoFi Gold CD eager for coming SACD

The Honeydripper - Roosevelt Sykes w/King Curtis Prestige Bluesville CD
Honeydripper was Sykes' nickname, hence many different albums of his with this title, most are compilations, though this isn't. LP fans: top banner is brown on original release. Bought my '69 LP reissue sealed in the 70s. Banner is blue.

https://www.discogs.com/release/4635613-Roosevelt-Sykes-The-Honeydripper



Jazz Odyssey: Sound of Chicago CBS 3 LP mono Mostly jazz, though 7 tracks are blues. 1923-'40 I picked this up in 1970.

https://www.discogs.com/master/1425952-Various-The-Sound-Of-Chicago-1923-1940

 

[DuncanS]

Keb' Mo SACD
Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King MoFi Gold CD eager for coming SACD

The Honeydripper - Roosevelt Sykes w/King Curtis Prestige Bluesville CD
Honeydripper was Sykes' nickname, hence many different albums of his with this title, most are compilations, though this isn't. LP fans: top banner is brown on original release. Bought my '69 LP reissue sealed in the 70s. Banner is blue.

https://www.discogs.com/release/4635613-Roosevelt-Sykes-The-Honeydripper



Jazz Odyssey: Sound of Chicago CBS 3 LP mono Mostly jazz, though 7 tracks are blues. 1923-'40 I picked this up in 1970.

https://www.discogs.com/master/1425952-Various-The-Sound-Of-Chicago-1923-1940

I'll have to get a copy of the The Honeydripper, I've never come across Roosevelt Sykes!

 

[Quad Linda]

I complete on him, I think... He recorded from the '20's - late 70's. My #2 fave bluesman of all time. Big on double entendres. He did a QS album on ABC Bluesway. Once again, there are other albums of his with that title. Here's the title track of '73 QS LP (pop needle drop):

https://www.discogs.com/release/4474951-Roosevelt-Sykes-Dirty-Double-Mother

 

[DuncanS]

I complete on him, I think... He recorded from the '20's - late 70's. My #2 fave bluesman of all time. Big on double entendres. He did a QS album on ABC Bluesway. Once again, there are other albums of his with that title. Here's the title track of '73 QS LP (pop needle drop):

https://www.discogs.com/release/4474951-Roosevelt-Sykes-Dirty-Double-Mother

I've found a copy of Dirty Double Mother at a very reasonable £8.00 + £3.90 P&P. Were all the ABC Broadway LPs single inventory QS? as there are no indications on any LP I can find on Discogs all say Stereo, yet the Cat. No. BLS-6077 matches that shown in Mark Anderson's Quad LP list.

 

[Quad Linda]

Discs ALL say stereo. So do jackets. There were three LP labels of this:
1- US
2- US promo label
3- French Probe

My US LP came with a sticker on shrink wrap which appeared to be from ABC: compatible Quad. Mark Anderson indeed lists it as QS. I've always been fond of the music, but not impressed with the Quad mix. This is the record that began my love of Sykes. I've bought everything I could find of his since.

There were a variety of one-off LP's for various labels. Masters of Country Blues DVD series featured Sykes on two DVD's. One also featured Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy was the artist featured on the other DVD.

For earlier works, there's Austrian reissue label Blues Document's 15 volume CD Complete Works in Recorded Order. Johnny Parth and other renowned blues collectors provided their rare 78's for the project.

Sykes also recorded several albums for a late friend, Bob Koester. Bob owned Delmark Records label and Jazz Record Mart.

As to ABC, most titles, though not all on Impulse or Bluesway would be QS only from '72 - '77 approx. None use that name or logo. Instead, nearly all say: compatible stereo/quadraphonic. That way, no royalty was due Sansui for QS licensing. A few do, in fact, say nothing.

ABC pop titles were available as 2ch on ABC. Quads were again marked as compatible and issued as "Command Quadraphonic" series.

Long after ABC Records went out of business, its' former President ran a company that acquired us. We spent a long weekend together in Pasadena for the Super Bowl. Discussed our business, but not ABC or Quad.

Trip was courtesy of one of our largest vendors. The deal was that management and our top 20 salespeople nationally were taken to Super Bowl w/spouses. For our part, we agreed to buy their entire remaining discontinued inventory. We blew through it in a matter of days. And we even begged for more. Another time for more details...

 

[Quad Linda]

Live Heat '72 - Canned Heat 2 CD

 

[DuncanS]

Discs ALL say stereo. So do jackets. There were three LP labels of this:
1- US
2- US promo label
3- French Probe

My US LP came with a sticker on shrink wrap which appeared to be from ABC: compatible Quad. Mark Anderson indeed lists it as QS. I've always been fond of the music, but not impressed with the Quad mix. This is the record that began my love of Sykes. I've bought everything I could find of his since.

There were a variety of one-off LP's for various labels. Masters of Country Blues DVD series featured Sykes on two DVD's. One also featured Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy was the artist featured on the other DVD.

For earlier works, there's Austrian reissue label Blues Document's 15 volume CD Complete Works in Recorded Order. Johnny Parth and other renowned blues collectors provided their rare 78's for the project.

Sykes also recorded several albums for a late friend, Bob Koester. Bob owned Delmark Records label and Jazz Record Mart.

As to ABC, most titles, though not all on Impulse or Bluesway would be QS only from '72 - '77 approx. None use that name or logo. Instead, nearly all say: compatible stereo/quadraphonic. That way, no royalty was due Sansui for QS licensing. A few do, in fact, say nothing.

ABC pop titles were available as 2ch on ABC. Quads were again marked as compatible and issued as "Command Quadraphonic" series.

Long after ABC Records went out of business, its' former President ran a company that acquired us. We spent a long weekend together in Pasadena for the Super Bowl. Discussed our business, but not ABC or Quad.

Trip was courtesy of one of our largest vendors. The deal was that management and our top 20 salespeople nationally were taken to Super Bowl w/spouses. For our part, we agreed to buy their entire remaining discontinued inventory. We blew through it in a matter of days. And we even begged for more. Another time for more details...

I've ordered Dirty Double Mother (may be it will be QS, but cheap enough not to matter if not) and the same vendor on Discogs had a QS LP of Keith Jarrett "Death And The Flower" so I got that as well!