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Various - The Chicago Blues Box 2 (8xCD, Comp + Box) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Various - The Chicago Blues Box 2 (8xCD, Comp + Box) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Storyville

$70.00 USD
$70.00 USD
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Media Condition:  Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Country:    Denmark  
Released:  2017
Genre:       Blues
Style:         Chicago Blues

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Notes:

8 CD boxset with 36-page illustrated booklet.
Manufactured in the EU.
Live recordings from the vaults of MCM Records including bonus tracks.

CD1 EDDIE TAYLOR
Eddie Taylor (Golden Slipper, 10/24/1977)
1. Opening
2. Red Light
3. Big Town Playboy
4. Blow Wind Blow
5. Down In Virginia
6. Lucky Lou
7. Tell Me Mama
Big Mojo Elem (Golden Slipper, 10/12/1977)
8. Talk To Your Daughter
9. Hide Away
10. Be My Little Girl
Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon (Big Duke's, 11/10/1976)
11. Red Light
12. Mojo Hand
Big Voice Odom (Ma Bea's, 10/28/1976)
13. Mojo Working
Bonus Tracks:
Big Mojo Elem (Live 11/1979)
14. Dry Land Nº 2
Big Voice Odom (Live 11/1977)
15. Where Are You Goin'
16. Thrill Is Gone

CD2 HIP LANKCHAN
Hip Lankchan (Ma Bea's, 11/01/1976)
1. You Left Me With A Broken Heart
2. I'm On My Way
3. Last Night
4. All Your Love
5. I Don't Want No Woman
6. Black Nights
7. Somebody Loan Me A Dime
8. Same Old Blues
9. Why I Sing The Blues
Eddie Clearwater (Ma Bea's, 11/05/1976)
10. Everyday I Have The Blues
11. You Don't Have To Go
12. Poison Ivy
13. My Babe

CD3 JIMMY DAWKINS
(Ma Bea's, 10/16/1975)  
1. Way She Walks
2. Rock Me Baby
3. I Wonder Why
4. Cold Sweet Blues (-> Cold Sweat Blues?)
5. Driving Wheel
6. Will My Baby (Be) Home Tonight (-> Will My Woman Be Home Tonight?)
(Big Duke's, 11/10/1976)
7. Big Duke's
8. Hard Road To Travel
9. J.D.'s Jam
10. Nature Ball (-> Natural Ball?)
11. Pretty Woman
12. Ode To Billy Joe

CD4 JIMMY JOHNSON
(Golden Slipper, 10/19/1977)
1. Long About Midnight
2. Strange Things Happening
3. Look On Yonder Wall (-> Look On Yonder's Wall)
4. I'm Crazy About You Baby
5. Breaking Up Somebody's Home
6. Sweet Little Angel
7. Three Times Chicago
8. Midnight Hour
(Ma Bea's, 10/16/1975)
9. My Own Fault
10. Get Ready Here I Come
11. Same Old Blues
Bonus Tracks:
(Live November 1979)
12. So Many Roads Nº 2
13. As The Years Go Passing By

CD5 JIMMY LITTLEJOHN (sic)
John Littlejohn (Ma Bea's, 11/08/1976)
1. Dust My Broom
2. Rob And Steal
3. Five Long Years
4. Kiddeo
5. That's All Right
6. I Can't Stay Here
7. Bobby's Rock
8. Twenty Nine Ways (-> Twenty-Nine Ways)
9. So Glad You're Mine
10. All I Want
Bonus Tracks:
(Live 11/24/1978)
11. Dream Nº 2
12. All Your Love
13. Sunny Road

CD6 MAGIC SLIM
(Ma Bea's, 11/09/1976)
1. Buddy Buddy Friend
2. You Upset Me Baby
3. Born Down the Bridge (-> Don't Burn Down The Bridge)
4. Rock Me Baby
5. Tell Me Baby
6. Jumpin' At Ma Bea's
7. I Done Got Over
8. Tramp
9. Josephine's
10. As The Years Go Passing By
11. Everything Gonna Be Alright
12. Mary Lou

CD7 THE ACES AND THEIR GUESTS
(Ma Bea's, 10/14/1975)
1. Rock Me Baby (Louis Myers, vcl)
2. You're The One (Louis Myers, vcl)
3. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Bobby King, vcl, gtr)
4. Someday Baby (Johnny Drummer, vcl)
5. Off The Wall (Joe Carter, gtr, Louis Myers, hca)
6. Bobby's Rock (Joe Carter, gtr)
7. Kansas City (Dave Myers, vcl)
8. Honky Tonk (Bobby King, gtr)
9. Don't Throw Your Love On Me (Louis Myers, vcl) (-> Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong ?)
10. C.C. Rider (Dave Myers, vcl)
11. Sweet Home Chicago (Johnny Drummer, vcl)
12. Hide Away (Bobby King, gtr)
13. Tribute To Little Walter (Louis Myers, hca)
Bonus Tracks:
(Live 12/06/1973)
14. The Ace's Shuffle
15. Blues With A Feeling (Louis Myers, vcl, hca)
16. Honky Tonk Nº 2  (Joe Carter, gtr)

CD8 WILLIE KENT
Willie Kent & Willie James Lyons (Ma Bea's, 10/17/1975)
1. I'm Not The Same Person
2. Ghetto
3. Dust My Broom
4. I Wonder Why
5. You Don't Love Me
6. Chili Con Carne
7. Blue Guitar
8. Bobby's Rock
9. Sweet Home Chicago
10. Tell Him He Got To Go
11. Chicken Shack (-> Back At The Chicken Shack)
Bonus Tracks:
(Live December 1979)
12. 19 Years Old Nº 2
13. I Love The Woman
14. You Know I Love You

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1-1. Eddie Taylor (2) - Opening 2:58
1-2. Eddie Taylor (2) - Red Light 4:33
1-3. Eddie Taylor (2) - Big Town Playboy 3:26
1-4. Eddie Taylor (2) - Blow Wind Blow 4:07
1-5. Eddie Taylor (2) - Down In Virginia 2:56
1-6. Eddie Taylor (2) - Lucky Lou 4:40
1-7. Eddie Taylor (2) - Tell Me Mama 4:56
1-8. Robert Elem - Talk To Your Daughter 2:53
1-9. Robert Elem - Hide Away 4:52
1-10. Robert Elem - Be My Little Girl 2:32
1-11. Andrew McMahon (2) - Red Light 3:59
1-12. Andrew McMahon (2) - Mojo Hand 4:47
1-13. Andrew Odom - Mojo Working 2:47
1-14. Robert Elem - Dry Land Nº 2 5:53
1-15. Andrew Odom - Where Are You Goin' 8:41
1-16. Andrew Odom - Thrill Is Gone 4:19
2-1. Hip Linkchain - You Left Me With A Broken Heart 5:15
2-2. Hip Linkchain - I'm On My Way 5:24
2-3. Hip Linkchain - Last Night 5:01
2-4. Hip Linkchain - All Your Love 4:51
2-5. Hip Linkchain - I Don't Want No Woman 4:30
2-6. Hip Linkchain - Black Nights 5:27
2-7. Hip Linkchain - Somebody Loan Me A Dime 4:47
2-8. Hip Linkchain - Same Old Blues 4:30
2-9. Hip Linkchain - Why I Sing The Blues 5:54
2-10. Eddy Clearwater - Everyday I Have The Blues 4:28
2-11. Eddy Clearwater - You Don't Have To Go 5:00
2-12. Eddy Clearwater - Poison Ivy 3:42
2-13. Eddy Clearwater - My Babe 6:50
3-1. Jimmy Dawkins - Way She Walks 4:29
3-2. Jimmy Dawkins - Rock Me Baby 5:04
3-3. Jimmy Dawkins - I Wonder Why 4:45
3-4. Jimmy Dawkins - Cold Sweet Blues 7:17
3-5. Jimmy Dawkins - Driving Wheel 5:39
3-6. Jimmy Dawkins - Will My Baby Be Home Tonight 5:44
3-7. Jimmy Dawkins - Big Duke's 4:44
3-8. Jimmy Dawkins - Hard Road To Travel 6:57
3-9. Jimmy Dawkins - J.D.'s Jam 3:32
3-10. Jimmy Dawkins - Nature Ball 5:41
3-11. Jimmy Dawkins - Pretty Woman 4:42
3-12. Jimmy Dawkins - Ode To Billie Joe 7:47
4-1. Jimmy Johnson (8) - Long About Midnight 7:08
4-2. Jimmy Johnson (8) - Strange Things Happening 5:29
4-3. Jimmy Johnson (8) - Look On Yonder Wall 3:37
4-4. Jimmy Johnson (8) - I'm Crazy About You Baby 4:31
4-5. Jimmy Johnson (8) - Breaking Up Somebody's Home 5:05
4-6. Jimmy Johnson (8) - Sweet Little Angel 5:22
4-7. Jimmy Johnson (8) - Three Times Chicago 4:45
4-8. Jimmy Johnson (8) - Midnight Hour 4:11
4-9. Jimmy Johnson (8) - My Own Fault 5:29
4-10. Jimmy Johnson (8) - Get Ready Here I Come 3:55
4-11. Jimmy Johnson (8) - Same Old Blues 4:13
4-12. Jimmy Johnson (8) - So Many Roads Nº 2 6:48
4-13. Jimmy Johnson (8) - As The Years Go Passing By 7:06
5-1. John Littlejohn - Dust My Broom
5-2. John Littlejohn - Rob And Steal
5-3. John Littlejohn - Five Long Years
5-4. John Littlejohn - Kiddeo
5-5. John Littlejohn - That's All Right
5-6. John Littlejohn - I Can't Stay Here
5-7. John Littlejohn - Bobby's Rock
5-8. John Littlejohn - Twenty-Nine Ways
5-9. John Littlejohn - So Glad You're Mine
5-10. John Littlejohn - All I Want
5-11. John Littlejohn - Dream
5-12. John Littlejohn - All Your Love
5-13. John Littlejohn - Sunny Road
6-1. Magic Slim - Buddy Buddy Friend
6-2. Magic Slim - You Upset Me Baby
6-3. Magic Slim - Born Down The Bridge
6-4. Magic Slim - Rock Me Baby
6-5. Magic Slim - Tell Me Baby
6-6. Magic Slim - Jumpin' At Ma Bea's
6-7. Magic Slim - I Done Got Over
6-8. Magic Slim - Tramp
6-9. Magic Slim - Josephine's
6-10. Magic Slim - As The Years Go Passing By
6-11. Magic Slim - Everything Gonna Be Alright
6-12. Magic Slim - Mary Lou
7-1. The Aces (4) - Rock Me Baby
7-2. The Aces (4) - You're The One
7-3. The Aces (4) - Baby, What You Want Me To Do
7-4. The Aces (4) - Someday Baby
7-5. The Aces (4) - Off The Wall
7-6. The Aces (4) - Bobby's Rock
7-7. The Aces (4) - Kansas City
7-8. The Aces (4) - Honky Tonk
7-9. The Aces (4) - Don't Throw Your Love On Me
7-10. The Aces (4) - C.C. Rider
7-11. The Aces (4) - Sweet Home Chicago
7-12. The Aces (4) - Hide Away
7-13. The Aces (4) - Tribute To Little Walter
7-14. The Aces (4) - The Ace's Shuffle
7-15. The Aces (4) - Blues With A Feeling
7-16. The Aces (4) - Honky Tonk Nº 2
8-1. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - I'm Not The Same Person
8-2. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - Ghetto
8-3. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - Dust My Broom
8-4. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - I Wonder Why
8-5. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - You Don't Love Me
8-6. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - Chili Con Carne
8-7. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - Blue Guitar
8-8. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - Bobby's Rock
8-9. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - Sweet Home Chicago
8-10. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - Tell Him He Got To Go
8-11. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - Chicken Shack
8-12. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - 19 Years Old Nº 2
8-13. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - I Love The Woman
8-14. Willie Kent, Willie James Lyons - You Know I Love

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 7-17101-86202-3
Label Code LC 00356
Matrix / Runout 17-08/7854-0015
Matrix / Runout 17-08/7854-0016
Matrix / Runout 17-08/7854-0017
Matrix / Runout 17-08/7854-0018
Matrix / Runout 17-08/7854-0019
Matrix / Runout 17-08/7854-0020
Matrix / Runout 17-08/7854-0021
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Recorded At Golden Slipper
Recorded At Ma Bea's
Recorded At Big Duke's

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Why Vintage Audio Still Matters

In the golden era of hi-fi—roughly the mid-1960s through the early 1980s—companies like Marantz, McIntosh, Pioneer, Sansui, and Technics were engaged in an arms race of build quality. This was before cost-cutting plastics and disposable designs; amplifiers were over-engineered, receivers were works of art, and turntables were precision instruments.

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Refurbishment is not just about fixing; it’s about preserving authenticity while ensuring reliability. The goal is to keep that lush, analog character alive without compromising safety or sound quality.

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  • We check fuses—not just for continuity but for correct ratings.

Tip: A faint musty smell? That’s often the scent of old phenolic boards, not trouble. But a burnt smell? That’s trouble.


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This is where science meets art:

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The Turntable Store
45 Market Square
Manheim PA 17545

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Please inspect your order upon reception and contact us immediately if the item is defective, damaged or if you receive the wrong item, so that we can evaluate the issue and make it right.

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Certain types of items cannot be returned, like turntable needles and custom products (such as special orders or personalized items). We also do not accept returns for hazardous materials, flammable liquids, or gases. Please get in touch if you have questions or concerns about your specific item. 

Unfortunately, we cannot accept returns on sale items or gift cards.

Exchanges
The fastest way to ensure you get what you want is to return the item you have, and once the return is accepted, make a separate purchase for the new item.

European Union 14 day cooling off period
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