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Format: CD (3 disc)
Release Date: Aug 04, 2017
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Jimmy Reed signed with Chicago's Vee-Jay Records in 1953 and he stayed with the label for nearly a dozen years, during a decade where blues had its last great run as a hit singles medium. Reed was partially responsible for the golden age of blues hits on the R&B charts in the '50s, racking up nine Billboard R&B Top 10 singles between 1955 and 1961. All the hits, along with their flipsides -- and, sometimes, the spoken introduction not released on a 45 -- are here on this magnificent triple-disc set from Craft Recordings. Reed may have had a limited palette -- it was all shuffles, boogies, and laconic 12-bar jams, almost all in the same couple of keys -- but the music sounds infinite, largely due to how Reed clicked with guitarist Eddie Taylor. Together, the two locked into a raw, funky groove that proved enduring and malleable. Within it, the pair could get the house rocking or they could lay back in a smoky groove, and their interplay is one of those recordings that retains their visceral kick all these years later; even the instrumental B-sides seem alive. The bigger revelation of Mr. Luck is how deep Reed's songbook is. Many of his biggest hits are 20th century standards covered by bluesmen, rockers, and country singers -- "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby," "Baby What You Want Me to Do," "Big Boss Man," and "Bright Lights Big City," along with "Take Out Some Insurance," which is the only one of these songs not to chart -- but Mr. Luck shows that he had strong songs tucked away in deeper recesses of his catalog, and that's why this is such an essential set. Other comps and albums get the essence of Jimmy Reed, but this shows how rich his music is. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - High and Lonesome (Intro)
2 - High and Lonesome
3 - Roll and Rhumba
4 - Jimmy's Boogie
5 - Found My Baby Gone
6 - You Don't Have to Go (Intro)
7 - You Don't Have to Go
8 - Boogie in the Dark
9 - I'm Gonna Ruin You
10 - Pretty Thing
11 - She Don't Want Me No More
12 - I Don't Go for That
13 - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (Intro)
14 - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
15 - Baby, Don't Say That No More
16 - Can't Stand to See You Go
17 - Rockin' With Reed
18 - My First Plea
19 - I Love You Baby
20 - You Got Me Dizzy (Intro)
21 - You Got Me Dizzy
22 - Honey Don't Let Me Go
23 - Little Rain
24 - Honey Where You Going
25 - Sun Is Shining
26 - Baby What's on Your Mind
27 - Honest I Do (Intro)
28 - Honest I Do
29 - Signals of Love
30 - You're Something Else
31 - String to Your Heart
Disc 2:
1 - Go on to School
2 - You Got Me Crying
3 - I Know It's a Sin
4 - Down in Virginia
5 - I'm Gonna Get My Baby
6 - Odds and Ends
7 - I Told You Baby
8 - Ends and Odds
9 - Take Out Some Insurance
10 - You Know I Love You
11 - Going to New York (Intro)
12 - Going to New York
13 - I Wanna Be Loved
14 - Baby What You Want Me to Do (Intro)
15 - Baby What You Want Me to Do
16 - Caress Me Baby
17 - Found Love
18 - Where Can You Be
19 - Hush Hush
20 - Going by the River, Pt. 2
21 - Close Together
22 - Laughing at the Blues
23 - Big Boss Man (Intro)
24 - Big Boss Man
25 - I'm a Love You
26 - Bright Lights, Big City (Intro)
27 - Bright Lights, Big City
28 - I'm Mr. Luck
29 - Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth
30 - Baby What's Wrong
Disc 3:
1 - Good Lover
2 - Tell Me That You Love Me
3 - I'll Change My Style
4 - Too Much
5 - Let's Get Together
6 - Oh John
7 - Shame Shame Shame (Intro)
8 - Shame Shame Shame
9 - There'll Be a Day
10 - Mary Mary
11 - I'm Gonna Help You
12 - (I'm Gonna Move) to the Outskirts of Town
13 - St. Louis Blues
14 - See See Rider
15 - Wee Wee Baby Blues
16 - Help Yourself
17 - Heading for a Fall (Things Ain't What They Used to Be)
18 - Down in Mississippi
19 - I'm Going Upside Your Head (Intro)
20 - I'm Going Upside Your Head
21 - Devil's Shoestring
22 - I Wanna Be Loved
23 - New Leaf
24 - Left Handed Woman
25 - I'm the Man Down There
26 - When Girls Do It
27 - Don't You Think I'm Through
1 - High and Lonesome (Intro)
2 - High and Lonesome
3 - Roll and Rhumba
4 - Jimmy's Boogie
5 - Found My Baby Gone
6 - You Don't Have to Go (Intro)
7 - You Don't Have to Go
8 - Boogie in the Dark
9 - I'm Gonna Ruin You
10 - Pretty Thing
11 - She Don't Want Me No More
12 - I Don't Go for That
13 - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (Intro)
14 - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
15 - Baby, Don't Say That No More
16 - Can't Stand to See You Go
17 - Rockin' With Reed
18 - My First Plea
19 - I Love You Baby
20 - You Got Me Dizzy (Intro)
21 - You Got Me Dizzy
22 - Honey Don't Let Me Go
23 - Little Rain
24 - Honey Where You Going
25 - Sun Is Shining
26 - Baby What's on Your Mind
27 - Honest I Do (Intro)
28 - Honest I Do
29 - Signals of Love
30 - You're Something Else
31 - String to Your Heart
Disc 2:
1 - Go on to School
2 - You Got Me Crying
3 - I Know It's a Sin
4 - Down in Virginia
5 - I'm Gonna Get My Baby
6 - Odds and Ends
7 - I Told You Baby
8 - Ends and Odds
9 - Take Out Some Insurance
10 - You Know I Love You
11 - Going to New York (Intro)
12 - Going to New York
13 - I Wanna Be Loved
14 - Baby What You Want Me to Do (Intro)
15 - Baby What You Want Me to Do
16 - Caress Me Baby
17 - Found Love
18 - Where Can You Be
19 - Hush Hush
20 - Going by the River, Pt. 2
21 - Close Together
22 - Laughing at the Blues
23 - Big Boss Man (Intro)
24 - Big Boss Man
25 - I'm a Love You
26 - Bright Lights, Big City (Intro)
27 - Bright Lights, Big City
28 - I'm Mr. Luck
29 - Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth
30 - Baby What's Wrong
Disc 3:
1 - Good Lover
2 - Tell Me That You Love Me
3 - I'll Change My Style
4 - Too Much
5 - Let's Get Together
6 - Oh John
7 - Shame Shame Shame (Intro)
8 - Shame Shame Shame
9 - There'll Be a Day
10 - Mary Mary
11 - I'm Gonna Help You
12 - (I'm Gonna Move) to the Outskirts of Town
13 - St. Louis Blues
14 - See See Rider
15 - Wee Wee Baby Blues
16 - Help Yourself
17 - Heading for a Fall (Things Ain't What They Used to Be)
18 - Down in Mississippi
19 - I'm Going Upside Your Head (Intro)
20 - I'm Going Upside Your Head
21 - Devil's Shoestring
22 - I Wanna Be Loved
23 - New Leaf
24 - Left Handed Woman
25 - I'm the Man Down There
26 - When Girls Do It
27 - Don't You Think I'm Through