Elmore James – King Of The Slide Guitar

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Label:	Capricorn Records – 9 42006-2
Format:	2 x CD, Compilation Box Set
Country:	US
Released:	May 26, 1994
Genre:	Blues
Style:	Chicago Blues

Tracklist

1-1		The Sky Is Crying Written-By – Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis, Elmore James
1-2		Baby Please Set A Date Written-By – Elmore James
1-3		Held My Baby Last Night Written-By – Elmore James
1-4		Dust My Broom Written-By – Elmore James
1-5		Bobby's Rock Written-By – Bobby Robinson
1-6		Rollin' And Tumblin' Written-By – Morgan Robinson
1-7		Done Somebody Wrong Written-By – Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis, Elmore James
1-8		Something Inside Of Me Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
1-9		I'm Worried Written-By – Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis, Elmore James
1-10		Fine Little Mama Written-By – Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis
1-11		I Need You Written-By – Elmore James
1-12		Early One Morning Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
1-13		I Can't Stop Loving You
1-14		Strange Angel Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
1-15		She Done Moved Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
1-16		My Baby's Gone
1-17		Stranger Blues Written-By – Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis, Elmore James
1-18		Anna Lee Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
1-19		(My) Bleeding Heart Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
1-20		Standing At The Crossroads Written-By – Elmore James, Joe Josea
1-21		One Way Out Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
1-22		My Kind Of Woman Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
1-23		Person To Person Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
1-24		Find My Kind Of Woman (Previously Unreleased Alternate Take) Written-By – Elmore James
1-25		Find My Kind Of Woman Written-By – Elmore James
1-26		So Unkind Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
2-1		Got To Move Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
2-2		Shake Your Moneymaker Written-By – Elmore James
2-3		Look On Yonder Wall Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
2-4		Sunnyland Train Written-By – Elmore James
2-5		Mean Mistreatin' Mama Written-By – Bobby Robinson
2-6		Go Back Home Again
2-7		You Know You're Wrong
2-8		You Know You Done Me Wrong
2-9		I've Got A Right To Love My Baby Written-By – Elmore James
2-10		Every Day I Have The Blues Written-By – Peter Chatman
2-11		Dust My Broom Written-By – Elmore James
2-12		It Hurts Me Too Written-By – Elmore James
2-13		Talk To Me Baby Written-By – Elmore James
2-14		Can't Stop Loving My Baby Written-By – Elmore James
2-15		She's Got To Go Written-By – Elmore James
2-16		Hand In Hand Written-By – Elmore James, Joe Josea, Jules Taub, Sam Ling
2-17		Pickin' The Blues Written-By – Bobby Robinson, Elmore James
2-18		Twelve Year Old Boy Written-By – Elmore James
2-19		I Believe Written-By – Elmore James
2-20		I Gotta Go Now
2-21		Up Jumped Elmore Written-By – Elmore James
2-22		Make My Dreams Come True Written-By – Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn*
2-23		Back In Mississippi (A Conversation)
2-24		Blacksnake Blues Written-By – Clifton Chenier

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Beltone Studios
Recorded At – Cosimo Recording Studio
Recorded At – A-1 Sound Studios

Credits

Art Direction, Design, Design [Booklet] – Kim Champagne
Baritone Saxophone – Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams* (tracks: 1-17 to 2-1)
Bass – Homesick James (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16), James Williamson (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16), Sammy Lee Bully (tracks: 2-2 to 2-6), Unknown Artist (tracks: 1-17 to 2-1, 2-7 to 2-24)
Compilation Producer – Diana Reid Haig
Coordinator [Special Projects] – Mark Pucci
Design [Booklet] – Michael Diehl
Drums – Belton Evans (tracks: 1-6 to 1-16), Earl Williams (tracks: 1-17 to 2-1), King Mose (tracks: 2-2 to 2-6), Odie Payne (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), Sam Myers (tracks: 2-2 to 2-6), Unknown Artist (tracks: 2-7 to 2-24)
Engineer – Dick Charles
Guitar – Riff Ruffin (tracks: 1-17 to 2-1), Jimmy Spruill* (tracks: 1-6 to 1-16)
Guitar, Vocals – Elmore James
Harmonica – Sam Myers (tracks: 2-3)
Illustration – Josh Gosfield
Liner Notes – Chris Morris (15)
Liner Notes [Introduction] – Phil Walden
Liner Notes, Research, Compiled By – Diana Haig*
Mastered By [Digital] – Lee Herschberg
Photography By [Elmore James] – George Adins*
Piano – John "Big Moose" Walker* (tracks: 2-2 to 2-6), Johnny Acey (tracks: 1-17 to 2-1), Johnny Jones* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), Walking Willie (tracks: 2-7 to 2-24)
Producer, Engineer – Bobby Robinson
Saxophone – J.T. Brown (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams* (tracks: 1-6 to 1-16)
Saxophone, Piano – Unknown Artist (tracks: 1-6 to 1-16)
Tenor Saxophone – George Coleman (tracks: 1-17 to 2-1)
Trombone – Dickie Harris (tracks: 1-17 to 2-1)
Trumpet – Danny Moore (tracks: 1-17 to 2-1)

Notes

Issued with 16-page booklet.

Elmore's last great recordings occurred in the 1960s when he was signed by New York producer/label-owner Bobby Robinson. Unlike many of his contemporaries, James seemingly got better as the years went by and while none of the sides feature a slide guitar anywhere near as nasty as his early Modern and Flair recordings, he's still obviously giving it all on each and every side. These recordings are the ones most commonly issued on James and have surfaced on so many different compilations -- all with varying levels of sound quality--that it would be futile to list them all here. Fortunately, to make things easier we have this two-disc 50-song box set rounding up at least one extant take of everything Elmore recorded with Robinson at the helm. While some of the material are recuts of his best known tunes ("Dust My Broom" resurfaces here in two versions from two different sessions and the version of "It Hurts Me Too" included here -- it was originally cut for Chief in the late '50s -- became a posthumous hit for him), the majority of it breaks new ground and stands as some of Elmore's most emotion-laden work. Nice essays in the booklet make up for the disgusting art work that adorns the box.

John A. Williamson (aka: Homesick James)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 9362-42006-2 8
SPARS Code: AAD
Matrix / Runout (disc 1, variant 1): 1 42006-2.1 SRC=01 M2S1
Matrix / Runout (disc 2, variant 1): 1 42006-2.2 SRC=01 M2S6
Matrix / Runout (disc 1, variant 2): 1 42006-2.1 SRC=01 M3S5
Matrix / Runout (disc 2, variant 2): 1 42006-2.2 SRC=01 M5S3
Matrix / Runout (disc 1, variant 3): 1 42006-2.1 SRC=01 M3S4
Matrix / Runout (disc 2, variant 3): 1 42006-2.1 SRC=01 M5S2

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	King Of The Slide Guitar, Capricorn Records Presents (2×CD, Compilation, Reissue, Mono)	Capricorn Records	9 42006-2	US	1992