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gene Zeiten zu sein. Diese Songs sind höchste Songwri-
ting-KunstundHuntersGesangpendeltmühelosvonsamtweich
zu ungeschliffen, findet aber jederzeit die richtige Balance. So
mancher wird versucht sein dieses Album als “authentisch” zu
bezeichnen, doch dieser Begriff hat hier wahrhaftig nichts zu su-
chen.HuntersWortesinddurchunddurchseineeigenen,undob-
wohl seine Stimme gelegentlich Ray Charles oder Sam Cooke
“erinnert”, wohnt diesen Songs eine Natürlichkeit inne, die jegli-
chen Vergleich, ganz gleich obmit heute oder gestern, verbietet.
(Enthalt MP3 Download Card) — (2016/Daptone) 10 tracks. the
firstalbumbyJamesHunterforthewonderfulDaptone label.Alt-
hough songs like “(Baby) Hold On”, “If That Do not Tell You” and
“Stranded” transport the exuberant energy that crisp arrange-
ments and soulful pulse , for which the band is known, the real
treasures of album are his rumbas, boleros, bossa novas and
easyrockers.“This iswhereWeCame In”,“Something’sCalling”,
“a Truer Heart”, “Light of My Life”, “ In The Dark ”are highest
songwriting art and brilliant singing, from velvety to unpolished,
but always with the right balance. Don’t miss it! (Includes MP3
download card).
MUDDY WATERS
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LIVE AT THEATRE 1839 (LP,
VINYL 180G)
LPDOR2066€
15.95
0889397520663
Chicken Shack -
Instrumental - The
Blues Had A Baby -
Hoochie
Coochie
Man - County Jail -
Everything Gonna Be
Alight - Howlin’ Wolf -
Kansas City - Got My
Mojo Working
(2016/DOL) 9 tracks.
san Francisco, May
14th,
1977.
—
(2016/DOL) 9 tracks.
san Francisco, May
14th, 1977.
ELI ‘PAPERBOY’ REED
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MY WAY HOME (LP)
LPYEP2474€
29.95
0634457247413
HoldOut -YourSinsWillFindOut -CutYaDown -Movin -Tomor-
row’s Not Promised
- My Way Home -
Eyes on You - The
Strangest Thing - I’d
Rather Be Alone - A
Few More Days -
What Have We
Done
(2016/Yep Roc) 11
tracks.
digital
download included.
eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed
mit seinem 2016er
Studioalbum. R&B
und Soul, alles eige-
ne Songs. Unbedint
reinhören!Eli ‘Paperboy’Reed -gtr,voc,J.B.Flatt -org,Michael Is-
vara Montgomery - bass, Noah James Rubin - drums, Loren
Humphrey-perc—(2016/YepRoc)11tracks.digitaldownloadin-
cluded.eliPaperboyReedhasreturnedtothestudioandcraft-ed
a new album that is at once back-to-basics and startlingly cur-
rent.Albumopener ‘HoldOut’kicksthingsoffatfull-volume,em-
bodying the classic gospel ethos that everything’s going to work
outfine ifyou justkeepthefaith.It’sanotionthatturnsupthroug-
hout the record, from the title track ‘My Way Home’ to
‘Tomorrow’s Not Promised’ to ‘Movin’,’and it reflects Reed’s resi-
lient spirit in the face of disappointment. Elsewhere on the al-
bum,henodstothemusic’schurchroots,singingoffearofthede-
vilon“TheStrangestThing”anddamnationon‘CutYaDown’(the
onlynon-originalontherecordandasonghelearnedperforming
with Boston’s Silver Leaf Gospel Singers, founded in 1945).
‘WhatHaveWeDone’ issomethingofasecularhymnfortheenvi-
ronment, and ‘I’d Rather Be Alone’ serves as ameditation on fol-
lowing your own path to salvation. MOJO called the Bos-
ton-via-Mississippi singer the “king of rhythm& soul,” while Rol-
ling Stone hailed his ‘classic soul and horn-heavy R&B soaked
with the blues,’ and NPR raved that ‘he conveys the heart-wren-
ching emotion ofSouthern predecessors such asWilson Pickett
andOtisRedding.’MyWayHomerepresentsareturntothesonic
character that Reed’s career began with, but it does more than
that: It captures the essence of his sound. A sound that, over
everything else, prizes feeling, energy, and, yes, Soul.
RIDES
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RECORD ARROW (LP, VINYL
180G)
LPPRD74611€
22.95
0819873013334
Kick out of it - Riva diva - Virtual world - Bymy side - I’ve got to
use my imagination - Mr Policeman - Game on - I need your
lovin’ - There was a place - My babe
(2016/Provogue)10
tracks. the Rides
sind Singer-Songwri-
ter- und Bluesikone
Stephen Stills (Cros-
by Stills Nash &
Young), der fünfmal
für den Grammy no-
minierte
Gitarrist
und Sänger Kenny
Wayne Shepherd so-
wie der legendäre
Blues- und Rockkey-
boarder Barry Gold-
berg. wie schon ihr
erstes Album ist auch ‘Record Arrow’ ein intensives Bluesrockal-
bum mit eigenen Stücken und Coverversionen. incl. download-
card.
T-BONE WALKER
•
T-BONE BLUES (LP 180G
VINYL)
LP6785443€
21.95
8436544170428
Two Bones And A Pick - Mean Old World - T-Bone Shuffle -
Stormy Monday Blues - Blues For Marili - Teen Age Baby -
T-Bone Blues - Shufflin’ The Blues - Evenin’ - Play On LittleGirl -
Blues Rock - Papa Ain’t Salty - Bye, Bye Baby
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