Best of The Blues Band

Blues Band, The

Best of The Blues Band

Limited collector edition, 45th anniversary package

4 CDs of which 3 discs of unreleased material. 75 tracks, 55 previously unavailable.
4 CDs: CD1: Compilation from their first three albums plus 3 unreleased tracks from Capital Radio’s TGIF show, 1981. CD2: Unreleased Live at Top Rank, Sheffield, 1 February 1981 CD3: Unreleased Live at Hope & Anchor December 1979, plus 4 tracks from Capital Radio, 1981 CD4: Unreleased Live at Glastonbury, June 1985
Booklet featuring liner notes by Chris Welch and rare photos
Fully remastered. Stereo. Total playing time approx 250 minutes of music

When The Blues Band formed in 1979, they did more than play the blues, they helped generate a renewed worldwide interest in the music. Fronted by Paul Jones and Tom McGuinness from Manfred Mann, the line up boasted an exceptional pedigree. McGuinness played with Eric Clapton in The Roosters, while singer and guitarist Dave Kelly had toured with US greats Howlin’ Wolf and John Lee Hooker. Bassist Gary Fletcher and drummer Hughie Flint, formerly of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, completed a group whose collective experience set them apart from the start. Repertoire Records are very proud to present this 45th Anniversary 4 CD box set, which is the most extensive archive of the band ever assembled, charting their rise from the pub circuit to major festival stages. Boom Boom 1980 includes selections from their first three albums, plus full sets from intimate shows at London’s Hope & Anchor and the Top Rank, Sheffield, in 1981, along with previously unheard live session tracks for Capital Radio and their triumphant Glastonbury set in 1985, featuring both Hughie Flint and Rob Townsend on drums. With 75 tracks, of which a staggering 55 are previously unreleased recordings, it is a treasure trove even for the band's most ardent fans. The box set includes liner notes written by respected musicologist Chris Welch. Boom Boom 1980 is the definitive celebration of a band that proved the blues was not just a historical artefact but a living, breathing force.

Tracklist

CD 1

DISC ONE
Intakes and Outtakes
1. Death Letter (Original Bootleg 1980)
2. Noah Lewis Blues (Ready 1980)
3. Green Stuff (Ready 1980)
4. Flatfoot Sam (Original Bootleg 1980)
5. Maggie’s Farm(Ready 1980)
6. Talk To Me Baby (Original Bootleg 1980)
7. Find Yourself Another Fool (Ready 1980)
8. Someday Baby (Original Bootleg 1980)
9. SUS Blues (Ready 1980)
10. Treat Her Right (Ready 1980)
11. Diddy Wah Diddy (Original Bootleg 1980)
12. Twenty Nine Ways (Ready 1980)
13. Hallelujah I Love Her So (Ready 1980)
14. The Cat (Ready 1980)
15. I’m Ready (Ready 1980)
16. Come On In (Original Bootleg 1980)
17. Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) (Original Bootleg 1980)
18. Talkin’ Woman Blues (Itchy Feet 1981)
19. Nothin’ But The Blues (Itchy Feet 1981)
20. So Lonely (Itchy Feet 1981)
TGIF, Capital Radio, December 1981. Unreleased
21. Rollin’ Log
22. Death Letter
23. Can’t Be Satisfied

CD 2

DISC TWO
Top Rank, Sheffield, 1 February 1981. Unreleased
1. The Cat
2. Find Yourself Another Fool
3. These Kinds Of Blues
4. Green Stuff
5. Sus Blues
6. I Don’t Know
7. I Can’t Be Satisfied
8. Back Door Man
9. Flat Foot Sam
10. Someday Baby
11. Maggie’s Farm
12. Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)
13. Death Letter
14. I’m Ready
15. Hoochie Coochie Man

CD 3

DISC THREE
Live at The Hope & Anchor, December 1979
Unreleased
1. Come On In
2. Talk To Me Baby
3. Death Letter
4. Someday Baby
5. Two Bones And A Pick
6. Flat Foot Sam
7. Blues Band
8. Going Home
9. Smokestack Lightning
10. Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)
11. Nadine
12. I Don’t Know
13. Diddy Wah Diddy
Capital Radio, 24 July 1981
14. Interview Part 1
15. I Can’t Be Satisfied
16. Interview Part 2
17. SUS Blues
18. Interview Part 3
19. Itchy Feet
20. Interview Part 4
21. Rock’n’Roll Radio
22. Interview Part 5

CD 4

DISC FOUR
Glastonbury Festival, June 1985
Unreleased
1. Come On In
2. Talk To Me Baby
3. Death Letter
4. That’s All Right
5. Someday Baby
6. Twenty Nine Ways
7. Nadine
8. Find Yourself Another Fool
9. I Can’t Be Satisfied
10. Flat Foot Sam
11. Hoochie Coochie Man
12. Green Stuff
13. Hey Hey Little Girl
14. Can’t Hold On Much Longer
15. Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)

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