Rollin' And Tumblin' American Electric Blues 1965-1971 [Import] (3 Lp's) | Retro Vinyl Club

Description63-track box set from a period when the blues was evolving, interacting with rock and soul music and being championed by a new young white audience. Key artists include Howlin' Wolf, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Muddy Waters, Canned Heat, B. B. King, Bo Diddley, The Allman Brothers Band, Freddie King, Big Brother And The Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin), Etta James, The Electric Flag, Buddy Guy, Ry Cooder, Magic Sam Blues Band, Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band, Ike And Tina Turner and more. Includes blues classics such as Howlin' Wolf's 'Killing Floor', The Paul Butterfield Blues Band's 'Born In Chicago' (in a rare early version from the 'Folksong 65' Elektra compilation), Etta James' 'I'd Rather Go Blind', Slim Harpo's 'Baby Scratch My Back' and B. B. King's 'The Thrill Is Gone'. Mastering is by Grammy-nominated archivist/producer Alec Palao. The mid to late 60s was a period of change for blues music, with full amplification the only way to have a chance of an R&B hit. A band needed an electric guitar, drums and often a harmonica played through an amp for a deliberately distorted effect. The concept of the blues guitar hero came into effect with artists whose dexterity encapsulated their appeal. After B. B. King came Buddy Guy (playing here on his own and as part of Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band), Otis Rush, Freddie King and increasingly influential white guitarists such as Duane Allman (who plays with Wilson Pickett and Johnny Jenkins as well as The Allman Brothers Band), Mike Bloomfield (included here with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Electric Flag and with Al Kooper) and Ry Cooder (here with Captain Beefheart and solo). Soul artists including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Johnnie Taylor paid tribute to soul's blues roots and as America's black youth increasingly preferred the sound of Motown, white youth adopted the blues, discovered through English bands such as The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and later Cream and Led Zeppelin. US bands such as Canned Heat were completely immersed in the blues, others used it as a base for improvisation and psychedelic blues bands including Big Brother And The Holding Company and The Electric Flag (who featured horns) evolved mixing blues with soul and rock, the latter turning Howlin' Wolf's 'Killing Floor' into an anti-Vietnam protest, as the hippy counterculture embraced the blues. Tracks- Disc 1 -1 Howlin' Wolf- Killing Floor2 2Bo Diddley- 500% More Man3 Slim Harpo- Baby Scratch My Back4 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- Born in Chicago (Folksong 65 Version)5 Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band- Snatch It Back and Hold It6 Otis Redding- Rock Me Baby7 7Buddy Guy- Leave My Girl Alone8 The Lovin' Spoonful- Night Owl Blues9 Dion -Spoonful10 The Everley Brothers- My Babe11 Booker T. & the MG'S- Plum Nellie12 John Lee Hooker- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer13 The Shadows of Knight -Light Bulb Blues14 Albert Collins -Sno Cone (Part II)15 Johnnie Taylor- I Had a Dream16 The Charlatans -32-2017 John Hammond- I Wish You Would18 Slim Harpo -Shake Your Hips19 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes, I Do20 Canned Heat- Rollin' and Tumblin'21 The Blues Project -I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes22 B.B. King -Think It Over23 Etta James- I'd Rather Go Blind24 Kaleidoscope- You Don't Love Me25 The Butterfield Blues Band- Work Song- Disc 2 -1 Magic Sam Blues Band- I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie)2 Canned Heat- Going Up the Country3 Taj Mahal- Statesboro Blues4 John Kay & the Sparrow- Twisted5 Big Brother & the Holding Company- Piece of My Heart6 The Electric Flag -Killing Floor7 Muddy Waters -Tom Cat8 Johnny Winter- Mean Town Blues9 Otis Rush- Gambler's Blues10 Wilson Pickett- Born to Be Wild11 James Gang -Funk #4812 Steppenwolf Hoochie- Coochie Man13 Mike Bloomfield - Al Kooper Stop14 Lonnie Mack- Roberta15 The J. Geils Band- Pack Fair and Square16 J.B. Hutto & His Hawks- Speak My Mind17 Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love18 Blood, Sweat & Tears -I'll Love You More Than You'll Ever Know19 Blue Cheer -Parchment Farm20 MC5- Motor City Is Burning- Disc 3 -1 Ike & Tina Turner- the Hunter2 The Allman Brothers Band -Whipping Post3 Aretha Franklin -Why I Sing the Blues4 Freddie King- Yonder Wall5 Howlin' Wolf- Evil6 B.B. King- the Thrill Is Gone7 J.J. Cale- Call Me the Breeze8 Muddy Waters- Blues and Trouble9 Bo Diddley- Elephant Man10 Tony Joe White- Boom Boom11 Johnny Jenkins- I Walk on Guilded Splinters12 Ry Cooder- Alimony13 Buddy Miles Express- Train14 King Curtis & the Kingpins- Whole Lotta Love15 Chairmen of the Board -Chairman of the Board16 Dr. John- Where Ya at Mule17 ZZ Top- Somebody Else Been Shaking Your Tree18 Freddie King -Going Down

• Format: CD
• Released: 07/18/2025