JP Soars has spent over two decades building his reputation the way roots music was meant to be built: onstage, night after night, delivering a high-energy, blend of roots music that moves effortlessly through blues, rock & roll, Latin grooves, country, and gypsy jazz-never confined by genre, always guided by feel.That musical vision comes fully into focus on Gypsy Blue Revue, a collaborative project with acclaimed violinist, vocalist, and songwriter Anne Harris (Keb Mo & Taj Mahal, Otis Taylor, Cracker): a blend of songwriting styles and instrumental chops, set to a backdrop of Southern soul, roadhouse blues and rock, and eclectic folk music, recorded "all in one room, playing together. We just wanted it to sound like we do live."
Tracklist:
Jessie Mae
Go With The Flow
Viper
Paradise
Goin' To South Carolina
May Mountain Waltz
Old Silver Bridge
Minor Blues
Cigar Box Jam
UPC: 762183711721Label: Forty BelowRelease Date: 5.29.26Format: Vinyl
When five-time Grammy award winner Taj Mahal intersects with The Phantom Blues Band, it’s one of those rare joints that hits you before you even know you’ve been hit. They walk in, plug in, and the whole room shifts. Studio assassins, road lifers, groove keepers and somehow still hungry. They are an internationally renowned Two-Time Grammy Award winning group.Taj Mahal’s fearless, open-hearted spirit still shadows the whole thing with that genre-hopping joy. He leads you down the road with a history lesson and the Phantoms carry it with honor to the Griot. Mahal sings and plays harp as he fronts an all-star lineup of legendary musicians with the three ringleaders for the Phantoms--Johnny Lee Schell, the soulful gunslinger with tone for days, Tony Braunagel keeps the whole ship steered straight and on time, every time, and Larry Fulcher, the anchor, the heartbeat, the quiet storm on bass. Additionally, Jon Cleary, with that unmistakable New Orleans piano swagger, Mick Weaver, a session master who’s playing slides in with an undeniable velvet magic, and in the horn section, Joe Sublett on sax and Les Lovitt on trumpet bring the orchestration into the full view of this genre.This band doesn’t ‘back” anybody. They lift you up, carry you, and dare you to rise higher. On this record they slide through blues, soul, R&B, and island color with the ease of men who’ve lived every bit of it. This is deep-groove, grown-folks music from a band that still plays like the night is young.‘Time’ is their new release on Resonatin’ Records / Thirty Tigers and celebrates over thirty years of making this uplifting inspiring and aspiring music together.
Tracklist:
Life Of Love
Wild About My Lovin'
Crazy About A Jukebox
Time
You Put The Whammy On Me
Talkin' Blues
Sweet Lorene
Ask Me 'Bout Nothing (But The Blues)
It's Your Voodoo Working
Rowdy Blues
UPC: 732388023080Label: Thirty TigersRelease Date: 5.1.26Format: Vinyl
"32-20 Blues" is based on Roosevelt Sykes' "44 Blues" and Skip James' "22-20 Blues." It is one of the fastest-tempo tracks in Johnson's catalog, driven by forward-pushing, propulsive guitar phrases that make it especially thrilling. "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" stands out in Johnson's repertoire for it's unusual structure: fragmented, drifting lyrics set against a percussive groove built from the low strings of his guitar. A uniquely atmospheric and hypnotic performance.
Tracklist:
32-20 Blues
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
UPC: 4995879070246Label: P-vineRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: Vinyl
Tracklist:
Stand Back
Hot Number
Wasted Tears
It Comes to Me Naturally
Love in Common
How Do You Spell Love
Streets of Gold
Sofa Circuit
Don't Bother Tryin' to Steal Her Love
It Takes a Big Man to Cry
UPC: 5065023660124Label: Last Music CompanyRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: Vinyl
That’s My Story is the 1960 album from the blues icon, John Lee Hooker, originally released on Riverside Records. The album features a raw, stripped-down approach for a country blues sound. Hooker plays acoustic guitar on tracks like “I Need Some Money” and “No More Doggin’” to create a compelling collection that expertly showcases his mastery. This edition is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP and features (AAA) remastered from the original tapes cut by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab.
Tracklist:
I Need Some Money
Come On And See About Me
I'm Wanderin'
Democrat Man
I Want To Talk About You
Gonna Use My Rod
Wednesday Evenin' Blues
No More Doggin'
One Of These Days
You're Leavin' Me, Baby
That's My Story
UPC: 888072738379Label: Craft RecordingsRelease Date: 4.10.26Format: Vinyl
This was Robert Johnson's very first release on 78rpm. "Kind Hearted Woman Blues" clearly shows the influence of Leroy Carr and is especially notable for featuring a guitar solo by Johnson unlike anything else he ever recorded. The song later became a blues standard, famously covered by Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, and many others. "Terraplane Blues" is one of the earliest blues songs to use the automobile as a metaphor for a woman. Over a powerful yet springy guitar, Johnson sings with such force that his high notes almost distort. A true classic that fully captures the dynamic intensity of his performance.
Tracklist:
Kind Hearted Woman Blues (Take1)
Terraplane Blues
UPC: 4995879070239Label: P-vineRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: Vinyl
Recorded in 1995 and released on CD in 2019, this is the vinyl debut for this fantastic Dr John Album. "Ya know, dis would be dat thing I was always using my head for: a big band thing with my New Orleans riffs." Thus spoke Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John, while tossing around ideas with his manager Stanley Chaisson ahead of a 1995 tour. Not long afterward, he manifested that vision in Cologne, Germany, where he recorded 16 tracks with the WDR Big Band. It remained on ice, until now. On the opening "Indian Red," Mac name-checks Mardi Gras Indian tribes and soars to new heights when WDR jumps in with the gale-force gusto of a truly big band, summoning a real second-line rave-up. "New York City Blues" swings with enough swagger to light up Times Square, while "I'm Just Lucky" invokes the glitz of Vegas in it's Rat Pack heyday. Both put a new spin on songs from Afterglow, the 1995 album Dr. John was touring behind, which also included moodier pieces like "Gee Baby." Though not every track is one for the ages, this live set makes a fine addition to every Dr. John fan's library, and delivers exactly what the good doctor intended to conjure: Big Band Voodoo.
Tracklist:
Indian Red
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Blue Skies
Tell Me You'll Wait For Me
Gee Baby Aint I Good To You
Stagger Lee
New York City Blues
I Know What I Got
I Still Think About You
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You
Mess Around
There Must Be A Better World Somewhere
So Long
Going Back To New Orleans
JC's Blues
Tipitina
UPC: 5055869552233Release Date: 4.18.26Format: Vinyl
Limited blue colored vinyl LP pressing. Produced by Dave Edmunds, this album successfully aimed the band in a more mainstream direction than the four commercially released albums that had preceded it when the single Tuff Enuff hit number ten in the Billboard Top 100 singles chart. The track was featured in the films Gung Ho and Tough Guys, as was the follow-up single Wrap It Up. With Kim Wilson on vocals and harmonica, Jimmie Vaughan on guitar and Fran Christina on drums, it was the first studio recorded album to be released with Preston Hubbard replacing Keith Ferguson on bass. Other guest contributors on various tracks include Al Copley and Chuck Leavall on keyboards, Geraint Watkins on accordion and Cesar Rosas and David Hidalgo providing additional vocals.
Tracklist:
Tuff Enuff
Tell Me
Look At That, Look At That
Two Time My Lovin'
Amnesia
Wrap It Up
True Love
Why Get Up
I Don't Care
Down At Antone's
UPC: 5065023660117Label: Last Music CompanyRelease Date: 4.3.26Format: Vinyl
This duet date from 1990 demonstrates the deep blues feeling and technical mastery Archie Shepp has on the tenor saxophone. Comprised of four standards - 'Things Ain't What They Used to Be,' 'Body and Soul,' 'Pannonica,' and 'Round Midnight' - this set is one of Shepp's most enjoyable ever. The reasons are myriad, but it is in large part due to the fluid, loping bass of Richard Davis. Recorded in a club in front of a live audience, Shepp digs deep into his own history of influential tenor players and comes out not wanting, but on par with them, from Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis to Sonny Rollins to John Coltrane. His playing here is big, meaty, and warm, full of subtle emotions as well as bleating cries. Davis' sense of time and melody is nearly incredible on the title track and on 'Round Midnight.' The interplay Shepp shares with him is tasty, coming from fragmentary elements in Monk's changes; Shepp and Davis move around the lyric and cut to the heart of the tune's color and ambiguity. It's a haunting version and one that offers a completely different reading of the tune over 17 minutes. On 'Pannonica,' Shepp's blues feeling comes out of Ben Webster as well as Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and his soloing is full of warmth, humor, and a ragged sort of elegance. This - like Shepp's date with Horace Parlan, Goin' Home - is a major addition to the saxophonist's catalog. UPC: 5060149623664Label: Pure PleasureRelease Date: 4.10.26Format: Vinyl
Blind Owl Records and East Of Lincoln Productions are proud to announce the release of Top Jimmy And The Rhythm Pigs Pigus Drunkus Maximus. This classic album was originally released in 1987 and has been long out of print. This special edition has been remastered and will come in a beautiful gatefold LP jacket on Pig Pink Vinyl. It also features a 16-page booklet with comprehensive liner notes, archival photos and quotes from some of the people that were part of the Top Jimmy legacy, such as Tom Waits, David Lee Roth, Maria McKee, John Doe and more. Top Jimmy And The Rhythm Pigs are long gone, but their legacy lives on and Jimmy's status becomes more legendary as the years go by. Top Jimmy was featured in the 2019 book on the L.A. punk scene, More Fun In The New World by John Doe, with Tom DeSavia, and Friends, sparking a whole new curiosity and a whole new audience.
Tracklist:
Dance With Your Naby
11 Months and 29 Days
Homework
Obviously Five Believers
Hole In My Pocket
Spanish Castle Magic
Do The Do
Framed
Workin' Man Blues
Backroom Blues
Ballad Of A Thin Man
UPC: 085218116903Label: Blind OwlRelease Date: 1.16.26Format: Vinyl
Rock n' roll starts here. Assembled in 1958 and opening with the incendiary 1955 title track, Bo Diddley is an essential overview of the rock pioneer's earliest singles - foundational recordings that laid the groundwork for an entire genre. The 12 tracks collected here, including "I'm A Man," "Hey! Bo Diddley," "Pretty Thing," and other classics built around the instantly recognizable Bo Diddley beat, continue to inspire nearly 70 years later. Bring home the sound of America's greatest blues label in high fidelity with the Chess Acoustic Sounds Series. These audiophile reissues of classic albums and compilations from the Chess Records discography are remastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings (QRP). Each disc is packaged in tip-on gatefold sleeves printed on high-grade board.
Tracklist:
My Home Is In The Delta
Long Distance Call
My Captain
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
You Gonna Need My Help
Cold Weather Blues
Big Leg Woman
Country Boy
Feel Like Going Home
UPC: 602488332415Label: ChessRelease Date: 3.20.26Format: Vinyl
I want to shock people," says Solomon Hicks with a megawatt smile. And whether you were there at his barely legal teenage club shows, caught on for 2020's breakout debut Harlem - or are hearing him for the first time on new album How Did I Ever Get This Blue - the rebel energy of this acclaimed New York singer-songwriter always moves the needle. His new songs race from earworm originals, past pop covers torn up with electronica and punky riffs, to reignited blues standards that prove how potent this genre still is in the right hands. "With this new record," reflects Hicks, "I wanted to showcase where my ear, my head and my guitar playing is at right now
Tracklist:
Further on Up the Road
Dimples
Driftin' and Driftin'
All Your Love [I Miss Lovin]
Flyin' High [Yesterday]
How Did I Ever Get This Blue
I'm Burnin' Up
When I Was Your Man
Rumour Has It
Feels Like Rain
Memphis, Tennessee
UPC: 8712725751182Label: ProvogueRelease Date: 2.13.26Format: Vinyl
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was the first great recording star of gospel music and among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll audiences, later being referred to as "the original soul sister" and "the godmother of rock and roll". This live recording from 1960 had never been on vinyl, until now, a whole 57 years later. The set has plenty of variety, lots of sincere feeling, and high levels of musicianship from the unique performer. Highlights include "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands," "Didn't It Rain," "The Gospel Train" and "Down By the Riverside." The album was remastered for vinyl from analog tape and pressed at Pallas Group in Germany.
Tracklist:
Can't Sit Down (Live)
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (Live)
Vacation In The Sky (Live)
Didn't It Rain (Live)
Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down (Live)
Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread (Live)
The Gospel Train (Live)
Precious Lord (Live)
Down By The Riverside (Live)
Mansion In The Sky (Live)
Is Everybody Happy? (Live)
Peace In The Valley (Live)
UPC: 711574827411Label: Org MusicRelease Date: 1.5.18Format: Vinyl
Charly Records proudly announces the long-awaited reissue of the original British mono edition of Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds - Recorded Live at the Craw-Daddy Club, Richmond (London), a landmark live recording that captures a pivotal moment in British blues history.Recorded on December 8, 1963, at the Craw-daddy Club, this electrifying performance brings together veteran Chicago bluesman Sonny Boy Williamson and rising English R&B outfit The Yardbirds.Originally issued in Britain in January 1966 (and released the following month in the U.S. with a different running order), the album stands as a defining statement of the era when the blues took root in the UK. During this period, Williamson toured Britain as part of the 2nd American Folk and Blues Festival, performing with several leading R&B and rock groups, including The Animals and The Yardbirds.On this recording, Sonny Boy Williamson leads with vocals and harmonica, backed by the youthful energy of The Yardbirds-offering an early glimpse of a band soon to become one of Britain's defining rock acts. Most tracks capture their chemistry, alongside a few Yardbirds-only jams and two Sonny Boy solos, painting a complete snapshot of this historic night, and featuring a young Eric Clapton in some of his earliest surviving performances on record.This reissue brings the original mono edition back to life, presenting the concert exactly as first heard by fans in 1966. More than a live album, Recorded Live at the Craw-Daddy Club, Richmond (London) captures the moment American blues collided with British youth, sparking a musical revolution that would change popular music forever.
Tracklist:
Bye, Bye Bird
Mister Downchild
23 Hours Too Long
Out of the Water Coast
Baby Don't Worry
Pontiac Blues
Take It Easy Baby
I Don't Care
No More
Do the Weston
UPC: 5060767445525Label: GomelskyRelease Date: 1.30.26Format: Vinyl
A prominent member of Chess' house band who elevated the recordings of Muddy Waters, Little Walter came into his own as a frontman with a unique, amplified approach to the harmonica - arguably doing for the blues harp what Chuck Berry or Jimi Hendrix did for the electric guitar. This must-hear collection offers a dozen of his greatest singles, including the No. 1 R&B hits "Juke" and "My Babe," "Mean Old World," "Blues with a Feeling" and more, plus original liner notes by legendary Chicago historian Studs Terkel. Bring home the sound of America's greatest blues label in high fidelity with the Chess Records 75th Anniversary Series. These audiophile reissues of classic albums and compilations from the Chess discography are remastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings (QRP). Each disc is packaged in tip-on gatefold sleeves printed on high-grade board.
Tracklist:
My Babe
Sad Hours
You're So Fine
Last Night
Blues with a Feeling
Can't Hold Out Much Longer
Juke
Mean Old World
Off the Wall
You Better Watch Yourself
Blue Light
Tell Me Mama
UPC: 602478549052Label: ChessRelease Date: 2.20.26Format: Vinyl
Eric Gales' time is now. A rule-breaking, genre-fusing force of nature, hailed by giants like Joe Bonamassa, Dave Navarro and Mark Tremonti as one of the best guitarists on the planet, you'll find the Memphis blues-rocker's thumbprint on everything from his Grammy-nominated solo catalogue to the soundtrack of director Ryan Coogler's smash-hit horror movie, Sinners. But while Gales' latest release, Tribute To LJK, is a thrillingly modern record for the here-and-now, it's also a nod to his bloodline and the roots of his family tree. "I wanted it to be the ultimate tribute to my late brother, Little Jimmy King, to keep his memory alive and make sure people remember who he was and still is," says Gales. "I wanted to deliver his tunes to the world, through my eyes. And I wanted it to be badass - and that's exactly how it turned out."
Tracklist:
U Shouldn't Have Left Me
Rockin Horse Ride (Feat. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram)
Guitar Man
Dont Wanna Go Home (Feat. Joe Bonamassa)
Something Inside of Me
Baby Baby
Whole Lotta Money (Feat. Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith)
Worried Man
Blues Been Too Good to Me
Somebody (Feat. Buddy Guy and Roosevelt Collier)
UPC: 8712725750802Label: ProvogueRelease Date: 10.24.25Format: Vinyl
For Robin Trower, stage and studio are two sides of the same coin. If you've followed the seven-decade career of the award-winning British bluesman, you'll know every song on One Moment In Time: Live In The USA. But unless you've pushed your way to the front of his sell-out shows, you've never heard them like this before. "I'm a different player on the stage," considers the 80-year-old. "It's almost impossible to get to that point in the studio. It's the sound of the guitar, it's the volume, it's the crowd. For what I do, it takes one hundred per cent commitment for it to work. But if you do it well, it's life-affirming."
Tracklist:
the Razor's Edge
Too Rolling Stoned
Wither on the Vine
Somebody Calling
Distant Places of the Heart
One Go Round
It's Too Late
Day of the Eagle
Bridge of Sighs
No More Worlds to Conquer
Daydream
Little Bit of Sympathy
Rise Up Like the Sun
Birdsong
UPC: 8712725752110Label: ProvogueRelease Date: 2.6.26Format: Vinyl
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