Various Artists

8-CD DE-LUXE BOX SET

The brief and dazzling life of MCM Records was a labor of love that captured many treasurable live performances from the last flowering of the classic Chicago Blues age. This collection of MCM recordings features timeless performances by MAGIC SLIM , JIMMY JOHNSON,  WILLIE KENT, WILLIE JAMES LYONS, EDDIE CLEARWATER, BOBBY KING, JOE CARTER, JIMMY DAWKINS and JOHNNY DRUMMER among others

PERSONNEL, DATES & TRACKS

CD1: (78:19) MAGIC SLIM
Magic Slim (g, voc), Alabama Junior Pettis (g) Nick Holt (b) & Douglas Holt (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 9, 1976

01. That's All Right
02. Slim's Bump
03. Going Down Slo
04. Born in Missouri
05. Let Me Love You
06. The Things I Used to Do
07. That Ain't Right
08. Honest I Do
09. Nineteen Years Old
10. Born on a Bad Sign
11. Please Love Me

CD2: (61:59) BIG MOJO ELEM & JOHN LITTLE JOHN
(on tracks 1-5, 7, 10-11) Big Mojo Elem (b, voc), Willie James Lyon (g),
Wayne Bennett (g), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at Golden Slipper, Chicago, October 12, 1977

(on tracks 6, 9 & 12) John Littlejohn (g, voc), Larry Burton (g),
Aaron Burton (b), Candy Utah (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 8, 1976

01. Drowning on Dry Land
02. Every Night and Every Day
03. Black Nights
04. Hush
05. Red Light
06. Dream
07. Mojo Boogie
08. Living in Paradise
09. Twelve Years Old Boy
10. Every Night and Every Day
11. Long Meter Stomp
12. Reconsider Baby

CD3: (78:19) EDDIE CLEARWATER / EDDIE TAYLOR
(On tracks 1-6, 10 & 12) Eddie Clearwater (g, voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g),
Sylvester Boines(b), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 5, 1976

(on tracks 7-9 & 11) Eddie Taylor (g, voc), Lacy Gibson (g),
Hayes Ware (b), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at Golden Slipper, Chicago, October 24, 1977.

01. Let's Jam
02. I Came Up the Hard Way
03. Three Ways to Skin a Cat
04. Black Night
05. Chicago Dailey Bluues
06. Hoochie Coochi Man
07. Jackson Town Blues
08. Train Fare Home
09. Route 66 (A One A two)
10. Rock Me Baby
11. Blues for Luc
12. The Things I Used to Do
13. Basin Street Blues
14. Flying Home

CD4: (59:18) BOBBY KING
Bobby King (g, voc), Leonard Gil (g), Harry Mitchum (b), Bill Warren (d),
Muddy Waters Jr (voc, on 7 & 10).
Recorded at Quuen Bee's, Chicago, October 9, 1975.

01. Reconsider Baby
02. My Babe
03. Everyday I Have The Blues
04. The Chaser
05. Sweet Home Chicago
06. Bad Luck
07. Old Folks Boogie
08. Stormy Monday Blues
09. Hoochie Coochie Man
10. Everything Gonna Be Alright

CD5: (61:26) JIMMY JOHNSON / LUTHER JOHNSON JR. /  WILLIE KENT / WILLIE JAMES LYONS
(on tracks 1-4) Jimmy Johnson (g, voc),
Jimmy Dawkins (g), Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 15, 1975

(on tracks 5-7, 11-14) Luther Johnson Jr (g, voc), Willie James Lyons (g),
Willie Kent (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 17, 1975

(on tracks 8-10) Willie Kent (b, voc), Willie James Lyons (g),
Big ‘Guitar’ Red (g), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 17, 1975

CD6: (71:36) JIMMY DAWKINS / HIP LANKCHAN
(on tracks 1-4, 9-10) Jimmy Dawkins (g, voc), Richard Kirch (g),
Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at Big Duke's, Chicago, November 10, 1976.

(on tracks 5-8 & 14) Hip Lankchan (g, voc), Jimmy Miller (g),
Ernest Gatewood (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 1, 1976

(on tracks 11-12) Jimmy Johnson (g, voc), David Matthews (g),
Ike Anderson (b), Dino Neal (d)
Recorded live at Golden Slipper, Chicago, October 19, 1977

(on track 13) Alabama Junior Pettis (g, voc), Magic Slim (g),
Nick Holt (b), Douglas Holt (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 9, 1976

01. Welfare Line
02. You Don't Love Me
03. Come Back Babe
04. I Got Wise
05. Millionaire Blues
06. Hip's Jam
07. All Right The Way You Do
08. Sweet Home Chicago
09. Cross Road Blues
10. Blue Shadow Falling
11. Little By Little
12. Lucille
13. I Want Some
14. Hode Away

CD7: (71:38) BIG VOICE ODOM / JIMMY DAWKINS
Andrew Odom (voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g, voc) Jimmy Johnson (g),
Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 28, 1976
Tracks 10 & 11, same place and personnel, recorded on October 16, 1975.

01. Going to California
02. I Don't Know
03. Thrill Is Gone
04. Stormy Monday Blues
05. All For Business
06. Rock Me Baby
07. Wonder by
08. Sitting Here Wondering
09. I Can't Go On The Way
10. I Want to Know
11. I've Been Mistreated

CD8: (63:05) BLUEBLOOD McMAHON / JOE CARTER
(on tracks 1-9) Andrew MacMahon (voc),
John Littlejohn, Jimmy Dawkins & Larry Burton (g),
Aaron Burton (b), Candy Utah (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 8, 1976

(on tracks 10-12) Andrew MacMahon (voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g),
Richard Kirch (g) Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at Big Duke's, Chicago, November 10, 1976

(on tracks 13-14) Louis Meyers (g), Joe Carter (g, voc)
Dave Meyers (b), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 14, 1975.

01. Got Get My Babe
02. I Wonder Why
03. Change Mu Way of Living
04. You Got To Help Youeself
05. Give Up and Let Me Go
06. What Would We Do Later On ?
07. You Don't Have to Go
08. It Hurts Me Too
09. Got My Mojo Working
10. So Glad
11. Stranger In Your Land
12. Worried About My Baby
13. It Hurts Me Too