Jimmy Reed

• COLLECTOR'S DIGIPACK SERIES

• 2 original albums on 1 cd

• INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

There’s simply no sound in the blues as instantly recognizable, and as easy to play and sing as the music of the great Jimmy Reed. He was one of the bestselling bluesmen of all time. With his laid-back, slurred singing style stretched over a lazy, easy boogie rhythm, and punctuated by short runs on his racked harmonica, Reed brought a kind of hushed, unhurried urgency to everything he recorded. This essential CD features two of his over-looked LPs released by the Vee Jay label: the long unavailable masterpiece Jimmy Reed at Soul City (which, despite its title, was actually recorded in the studio) and the equally splendid Sings the Best of the Blues. Both albums have been remasteredand packaged together in this special collector’s edition, which also contains 4 bonus tracks from the same period.

PERSONNEL:

• Jimmy Reed - vocals, lead guitar and harmonica, plus:

• Eddie Taylor, Hubert Sumlin (guitar), Al Duncan (drums), among others.

Recorded in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

TRACKS:

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• JIMMY REED SOUL CITY
• 01. I’M GOING UPSIDEYOUR HEAD
• 02. THE DEVIL’S SHOESTRINGPART II
• 03. HELP YOURSELF
• 04. GOING FISHING(AIN’T GOT NO POLE)
• 05. I WANNA BE LOVED
• 06. WEAR SOMETHING GREEN
• 07. LEFT HANDED WOMAN
• 08. A NEW LEAF
• 09. FIFTEEN YEARS
• 10. THINGS AIN’T WHATTHEY USED TO BE
• 11. WHEN YOU’RE DOING ALRIGHT
• 12. YOU’VE GOT ME WAITING

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• SINGS THE BEST OF THE BLUES
• 13. ST. LOUIS BLUES
• 14. TROUBLE IN MIND
• 15. WEE, WEE BABY
• 16. HOW LONG, HOW LONG BLUES
• 17. SEE SEE RIDER
• 18. ROLL ‘EM PETE
• 19. OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
• 20. THE COMEBACK
• 21. CHERRY REDv
• 22. WORRIED LIFE BLUES
• 23. FIVE LONG YEARS

• BONUS TRACKS
• 24. AIN’T NO BIG DEAL
• 25. COLD AND LONESOME
• 26. DOWN IN MISSISSIPPIv
• 27. BABY, WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO

• TOTAL TIME: 77:18 min.