The Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection

RELEASE
LABEL
Alligator Records
GENRES
Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, New Orleans Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Soul-Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Texas Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Piano Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Contemporary Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Regional Blues, Album Rock, Blues-Rock, Harmonica Blues, Swamp Blues

Album Review

This is a specially priced, two-CDs-for-the-price-of-one photo-cube set, loaded with great stuff from Charlie Musselwhite, Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Johnny Winter, Billy Boy Arnold, Lonnie Mack, and a host of others who have trotted their wares on the label over the years. Besides giving the novice one great introduction to the label (as the music runs from traditional to modern), the big bonus here is a treasure trove of previously unissued tracks from Roy Buchanan (a chaotic version of Link Wray's "Jack the Ripper"); Floyd Dixon (a recut of his Blues Brothers-approved hit "Hey Bartender"); Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland in a marvelous outtake from the Showdown! album ("Something to Remember You By"); and the band that started it all, Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers, with a crazed version of Elmore James' "Look on Yonder's Wall," as sloppy as it is cool. Very good stuff and at these prices, a bargain and then some.
Cub Koda, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Don't Pick Me for Your Fool
  2. Diggin' My Potatoes
  3. Something to Remember You By [#]
  4. The Complainer's Boogie Woogie
  5. Stingaree
  6. It's Alright [#]
  7. Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
  8. I Want to Be Your Spy
  9. Hey Bartender [#]
  10. Sitting on Top of the World
  11. Action Man
  12. Bayou Blood
  13. T-Bone Intentions
  14. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  15. If You Have to Know
  16. Been Gone Too Long
  17. A Quitter Never Wins
  18. I Ain't Got You
  19. Crawfish Fiesta
  20. Evil
  21. Got Lucky Last Night
  22. Blues Lover
  23. I Could Deal with It
  24. Cherry Red Wine
  25. Hard Lovin' Mama
  26. She Puts Me in the Mood
  27. Low Down Dirty Shame
  28. Six O'Clock Blues
  29. Keep Your Motor Running
  30. Roots Woman
  31. Can't Recall a Time
  32. Baby, Baby, Baby
  33. Jack the Ripper [#]
  34. Got to Find My Baby
  35. Love, Life and Money
  36. Look on Yonder's Wall [#]
  37. Somebody Loan Me a Dime
  38. We're Outta Here