The early Clapton/Page recordings - without any vocal, nice for jamming
Try to get records from B.B., Albert and Freddy King; Muddy Waters, Son House, Big Bill Broonzy, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and all the other classic Bluesmen...
Personal rating: * oh no, ****** awesome, milestone (remember, personal!)
Red ones are a must have!
No, I don't have all "official" records. But almost all songs
- most of them have been released more than one time on various samplers.
"August" is still missing.
Stevie Ray Vaughan: The Last Night (Live, 3 CD, boot)
Blues CD's, LP's and Tapes
Slowhanders - An Eric Clapton Tribute (tape, collected by Rob Sticka) ******
Allman Brothers Band: Beginnings (LP) *****
Allman Brothers Band: Live Jam (garage boot) *****
Allman Brothers Band: The Fillmore Concerts ******
Allman Brothers Band: Live at Fillmore East on March 1971 *****
Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Step (1989) ****
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Couldn't Stand The Weather (1989) *****
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Blues at Sunrise ****** (slow Blues album)
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Live And Alive (1986) *****
Buddy Guy: Slippin' In (1994) ****
John Lee Hooker: The Healer (1989) ****** (The album which brought me the Blues! Still great!)
John Lee Hooker: Mr. Lucky (1991) *****
John Lee Hooker: Boom Boom (1992) *****
John Lee Hooker: Chill Out (1995) ******
John Lee Hooker: Don't Look Back (1997) *****
John Lee Hooker: Best of Friends (1998) ******
John Lee Hooker: From Clarksdale To Heaven (2004 tribute) ******
Albert King + Otis Rush: Door by Door *****
Albert King: Red House (1991) *****
B.B. King: Live at the Regal (1971) *****
B.B. King: Blues Collection (Sampler, 1983) *****
B.B. King: Blues Om The Bayou (1998) *****
Freddie King: Live at the Ballroom, including 2 unplugged songs and interview (1974) ******
Luther Allison: Live In Paris (1995, reissue) ****
Ry Cooder: Crossroads (Soundtrack) (1986) *****
Robert Johnson: Hellhound on my Trail (1936, 1995) (take the other one!)
Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings (1936, 1992) ****** (The best sampler, with all text, nice booklet)
Jimi Hendrix: Blues (1994) *****
Jimi Hendrix: Experience Hendrix (2000) *****
Alvin Lee: Zoom (1992) **
T-Bone Walker: Sampler *****
Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland, Albert Collins: Showdown ****
Sampler: Play Me the Blues 1,2,6 *** - *****
Sampler: Essential Blues *** - *****
Sampler: Blues Greats *** - *****
Sampler: Blues Collection Vol. 2 *** - *****
plus some more blues samplers
Other CD's, LP's and Tapes (little or no Blues)
Only a few are listed here - too much. Very personal
rating, most albums from my pre-Blues era.
(+ others means I have other CD's/LP's from that artist/band, too)
Tori Amos: Under The Pink *****
Jeff Beck: You Had It Coming *
Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love ****** (I really love this album!) + others
Deep Purple: In Rock (Anniversary Edition, 1995) ****
Dire Straits: Sultans Of Swing ***** + others
Wes Montgomery: The Incredible Jazz Guitar *****
Woodstock: Best Of *****
Helge Schneider: Es gibt Reis, Baby - only for germans... ***** (Schwachsinn, aber gut!)
The Cranberries: Everybody Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? ***
Eddie Brickell And The New Bohemians: Ghost Of A Dog ****
Meat Loaf: For Crying Out Loud *****
Alvin Lee: Zoom ***
Marcella Detroit (aka Marcy Levy!): Jewel ***
Neil Young: Harvest Moon ***
Bobby Whitlock: It's About Time (Bell Bottom Blues...) ****
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours ****** + others
ELO: Zoom **** + others
Jon Lord: Sarabande (LP) ****** + Gemini Suite
Ry Cooder: Get Rhythm (LP) ***** + others
Eberhard Schoener: Trance Formation (Andy Summers on guitar!) *****
Traveling Wilburies: Vol. 1 + 3 (=2) *****
plus albums from Michele Shocked, Susanne Vega, Tribute, Sting, Jackson
Browne, Mike Oldfield, CSN+Y, Chris Rea, Commodores, Van Morrison, Moody Blues,
Rickie Lee Jones, MCLaughlin/Di Meola/Lucia, Joni Mitchell, Notting Hill
Billies, Roy Orbison, Renaissance, Chet Atkins and many many more.
Eric Clapton: Unplugged (DVD + Video, 1992) ******
Eric Clapton: Concert in Hyde Park (Everyday I Got the Blues... 1996) ******
Eric Clapton: Nothing but the Blues (1994), Martin Scorsese made the best Clapton Blues video ever!
Info: this one is captured from broadcast (ARTE), the comments are in German.
Up to now it was never released commercially.
There'S a DVD version of the english original going around.
Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton and Friends (Birmingham 1986)
Cream: Farewell Concert (1969)
Cream: Fresh Cream (1995)
Cream: Strange Brew (?)
The Yardbirds - Story (EC, Beck, Page, with interviews)
A man and his blues (?) - Interviews, songs, stories
Knebworth (1991)
Cream of EC (sampler)
EC / Legends at the North Sea Jazz Festival, two songs (1997)
EC / Legends at the Montreaux Jazz Festival, one song (1997)
EC at the Armani Party (1997)
EC with other Artists
The Last Waltz (The Band, Muddy Waters, ... 1976)
Bob Dylan Anniversary Concert (Don't Think Twice... 1992)
Southbank show, with B.B. King, SRV,...
Concert for Nelson Mandela (with Dire Straits)
John Mayall with EC: 70th Birthday (live DVD 2003)
EC and friends: Concert for George Harrison (live DVD 2003)
Blues Videos/DVD's
John Hammond, Jr.: The Search For Mr. Johnson (1992) *****
Bill Wymann: Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey - A Journey to Music's Heart & Soul (2003) *****
B.B. King: Life at Montreaux
John Lee Hooker - That's My Live (2000)
B.B. King: Blues Summit (with Joe Louis Walker, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Robert Cray,... 1993)
B.B. King: Rockpalast, with Muddy Waters (19??)
Jimi Hendrix: Portrait (19??)
Woodstock (1969)
Blues Brothers (1980) - my all-time favourite movie
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