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Blues Is My Middle Name

Search: Blues Before Sunrise
by: John Lee Hooker

Release Date July 31, 2002

CD-Charts Position 2
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One Kind Favor

Search: Blues Before Sunrise
by: B.B. King

Release Date September 29, 2008
Look folks I was going to buy this out of pure nostalgia anyway - but I have to tell you this is just about as good as it gets - definitely his best ever studio recording. The voice is as good as ever, and no one ever ever could get the same sounds out of a guitar as he gets out of "Lucille". Every track a winner and what a band - featuring the incomparable Dr John on piano. The production is faultless. If you have any affection for the blues you simply have to buy this. Without question a 5 star item.

CD-Charts Position 3
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Rabbits

Search: Blues Before Sunrise
by: Kevin Coyne

Release Date February 05, 2007
Look folks I was going to buy this out of pure nostalgia anyway - but I have to tell you this is just about as good as it gets - definitely his best ever studio recording. The voice is as good as ever, and no one ever ever could get the same sounds out of a guitar as he gets out of "Lucille". Every track a winner and what a band - featuring the incomparable Dr John on piano. The production is faultless. If you have any affection for the blues you simply have to buy this. Without question a 5 star item.

CD-Charts Position 4
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Blues Before Sunrise

Search: Blues Before Sunrise
by: Ray Charles

Release Date March 26, 2007
Look folks I was going to buy this out of pure nostalgia anyway - but I have to tell you this is just about as good as it gets - definitely his best ever studio recording. The voice is as good as ever, and no one ever ever could get the same sounds out of a guitar as he gets out of "Lucille". Every track a winner and what a band - featuring the incomparable Dr John on piano. The production is faultless. If you have any affection for the blues you simply have to buy this. Without question a 5 star item.

CD-Charts Position 5
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The Essence of Ray Charles

Search: Blues Before Sunrise
by: Ray Charles

Release Date March 12, 2007
If they'd inserted the word "early" after "The Essence Of" this compilation would be a bit more honest about where it's coming from. CD 1 starts with 10 (not 9!) tracks from his early days on Atlantic (1952-56), and there are more Atlantic tunes scattered through the rest of the collection, though the great Mess Around is omitted for some reason; all the rest of the album is from the dawn of his recording career, mostly from 1949. Ray's talent was already very obvious at this time, but his unique genius wasn't - before he hit the bigtime he tended to stick to the styles of currently popular artists, notably Nat King Cole and Charles Brown. So if you like late 40s/early 50s rhythm & blues of this kind, or are just interested in extending ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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THE BEST OF

Search: Blues Before Sunrise
by: Ray Charles

Release Date January 01, 2008
If they'd inserted the word "early" after "The Essence Of" this compilation would be a bit more honest about where it's coming from. CD 1 starts with 10 (not 9!) tracks from his early days on Atlantic (1952-56), and there are more Atlantic tunes scattered through the rest of the collection, though the great Mess Around is omitted for some reason; all the rest of the album is from the dawn of his recording career, mostly from 1949. Ray's talent was already very obvious at this time, but his unique genius wasn't - before he hit the bigtime he tended to stick to the styles of currently popular artists, notably Nat King Cole and Charles Brown. So if you like late 40s/early 50s rhythm & blues of this kind, or are just interested in extending ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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Don't Look Back

Search: Blues Before Sunrise
by: John Lee Hooker

Release Date July 17, 2007
If they'd inserted the word "early" after "The Essence Of" this compilation would be a bit more honest about where it's coming from. CD 1 starts with 10 (not 9!) tracks from his early days on Atlantic (1952-56), and there are more Atlantic tunes scattered through the rest of the collection, though the great Mess Around is omitted for some reason; all the rest of the album is from the dawn of his recording career, mostly from 1949. Ray's talent was already very obvious at this time, but his unique genius wasn't - before he hit the bigtime he tended to stick to the styles of currently popular artists, notably Nat King Cole and Charles Brown. So if you like late 40s/early 50s rhythm & blues of this kind, or are just interested in extending ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
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Signature

Search: Blues Before Sunrise
by: Ray Charles

Release Date July 09, 2007
If they'd inserted the word "early" after "The Essence Of" this compilation would be a bit more honest about where it's coming from. CD 1 starts with 10 (not 9!) tracks from his early days on Atlantic (1952-56), and there are more Atlantic tunes scattered through the rest of the collection, though the great Mess Around is omitted for some reason; all the rest of the album is from the dawn of his recording career, mostly from 1949. Ray's talent was already very obvious at this time, but his unique genius wasn't - before he hit the bigtime he tended to stick to the styles of currently popular artists, notably Nat King Cole and Charles Brown. So if you like late 40s/early 50s rhythm & blues of this kind, or are just interested in extending ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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The Very Best of John Lee Hooker

Search: Blues Before Sunrise
by: John Lee Hooker

Release Date October 22, 2007
If they'd inserted the word "early" after "The Essence Of" this compilation would be a bit more honest about where it's coming from. CD 1 starts with 10 (not 9!) tracks from his early days on Atlantic (1952-56), and there are more Atlantic tunes scattered through the rest of the collection, though the great Mess Around is omitted for some reason; all the rest of the album is from the dawn of his recording career, mostly from 1949. Ray's talent was already very obvious at this time, but his unique genius wasn't - before he hit the bigtime he tended to stick to the styles of currently popular artists, notably Nat King Cole and Charles Brown. So if you like late 40s/early 50s rhythm & blues of this kind, or are just interested in extending ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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Don't Look Back [Australian Import]

Search: Blues Before Sunrise
by: John Lee Hooker

Release Date July 09, 2007
If they'd inserted the word "early" after "The Essence Of" this compilation would be a bit more honest about where it's coming from. CD 1 starts with 10 (not 9!) tracks from his early days on Atlantic (1952-56), and there are more Atlantic tunes scattered through the rest of the collection, though the great Mess Around is omitted for some reason; all the rest of the album is from the dawn of his recording career, mostly from 1949. Ray's talent was already very obvious at this time, but his unique genius wasn't - before he hit the bigtime he tended to stick to the styles of currently popular artists, notably Nat King Cole and Charles Brown. So if you like late 40s/early 50s rhythm & blues of this kind, or are just interested in extending ... Read More: