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1	The Original Delta Blues (1998) more music like this by Son House Columbia/Legacy's The Original Delta Blues is a fine distillation of the label's double-disc set Father of the Delta Blues, containing 16 highlights from that comprehensive overview of his '60s rediscovery recordings. Curious listeners who are intimidated by the size of the previous set are advised to pick up this terrific sampler instead. ... see all copies from £4.72! new only from £4.72!
2	Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions (1992) more music like this by Son House After being rediscovered by the folk-blues community in the early '60s, Son House rose to the occasion and recorded this magnificent set of performances. Allowed to stretch out past the shorter running time of the original 78s, House turns in wonderful, steaming performances of some of his best-known material. On some tracks, House is supplemented ... see all copies from £6.05! new only from £13.05!
3	The Rough Guide to Delta Blues (2002) more music like this by Various Artists A fantastic compilation that really does span the length of Mississippi Delta blues, from the early days of the Mississippi Sheiks and Charley Patton (with the classic "High Water Everywhere Part One") through to the modern but equally rooted sounds of Asie Payton, R.L. Burnside, and the late Junior Kimbrough. And it's every bit as thorough in ... see all copies from £9.32! new only from £10.25!
4	Alan Lomax Collection Sampler (1997) more music like this by Various Artists Each of the major areas of music that Alan Lomax researched is documented on the very, very large Alan Lomax Collection series on Rounder. This sampler album has a short introduction to Lomax's philosophy as he conveyed it to Charles Kuralt before his death. From there, the collection moves into a quartet of tracks from the Southern Journey years, ... see all copies from £6.70! new only from £11.18!
5	Masters of the Delta Blues: The Friends of Charlie Patton (1991) more music like this by Various Artists As the most popular blues craftsman of the Mississippi Delta, Charley Patton had a resounding influence on many of the musicians that passed through the region during the '20s and '30s. Following his initial session for Paramount in 1929, he recommended both Son House and Willie Brown, as well as his mistress Louise Johnson and common-law wife ... see all copies from £8.90! new only from £12.03!
6	The Complete Library of Congress Sessions, 1941-1942 (2000) more music like this by Son House see all copies from £10.92! new only from £10.92!
7	Delta Blues [2003] (2003) more music like this by Son House This single-disc set collects Son House's Library of Congress sessions for Alan Lomax in 1940 and 1941, and House's huge rasping voice and vibrant slide guitar style are everywhere here, both on the solo selections and on a handful of African-American string band pieces that find friends Leroy Williams (harmonica), Fiddlin' Joe Martin (mandolin), ... see all copies from £8.83! new only from £10.04!
8	Legends of the Blues, Vol. 1 (1991) more music like this by Various Artists This CD serves as a perfect introduction to pre-war blues for the novice since it contains fine examples of the music of 20 blues artists: Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie Johnson, Bo Carter, Blind Willie McTell, Lonnie Johnson, Charley Patton, Leroy Carr, Josh White, Leadbelly, Peetie Wheatstraw, Robert ... see all copies from £3.38! new only from £14.87!
9	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Son House (2003) more music like this by Son House This collection spotlights the great Delta bluesman Son House at three distinct points in his life. Included here are three of his 78s issued in the 1930s by Paramount Records, several of the Library of Congress field recordings done by Alan Lomax in 1941-1942, and a sampling of rediscovered 1960s concert pieces, including a riveting version of ... see all copies from £20.33! new only from £20.33!
10	The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives, & Steel, Vol. 1 (1991) more music like this by Various Artists This CD is a hodgepodge sampling of blues records featuring mostly pre-war slide guitarists ranging from the simplicity of Barbecue Bob (who was much better-known as a pianist) and Sylvester Weaver to the sophistication of Blind Willie McTell (backing Ruth Willis on "Experience Blues") and Tampa Red. Among the highlights are Blind Willie Johnson's ... see all copies from £3.28! new only from £4.97!
11 view cover	The Blues Roots of Fleetwood Mac (2000) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from £9.52! new only from £10.48!
12 view cover	King of the Delta Blues (2005) more music like this by Son House King of the Delta Blues is a single-disc set that collects Son House's Library of Congress sessions for Alan Lomax in 1940 and 1941, and House's huge rasping voice and vibrant slide guitar style are everywhere here, both on the solo selections and on a handful of African-American string band pieces that finds friends Leroy Williams (harmonica), ... see all copies from £7.67! new only from £9.21!
13 view cover	Delta Blues (2004) more music like this by Son House The Complete Blues on Snapper is another respectable reissue series coming on the heels of 2003's PBS special Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues. Son House' Delta Blues highlights 20 exemplary performances recorded between May 28, 1930, through July 17, 1942, including "Preachin' the Blues," "Levee Camp Blues," "My Black Mama," and "Dry Spell ... see all copies from £7.90! new only from £7.90!
14 view cover	As Good As It Gets: Country Blues (2000) more music like this by Various Artists For the most part, the Disky label's As Good As It Gets series lives up to its title, dividing early influential musical genres (gospel, cajun, hillbilly, jazz, etc.) into budget-priced two-disc samplers. As Good As It Gets: Country Blues includes 52 original classic performances from the likes of Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie McTell, Memphis ... see all copies from £9.55! new only from £14.00!
15 view cover	The Roots of Taj Mahal (2000) more music like this by Various Artists An interesting concept to say the least, here's an exemplary collection of blues tunes all covered by Taj Mahal at one point or another. But here's the original versions of classics by Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Leadbelly, Sleepy John Estes, Son House, Washboard Sam, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Blind Boy Fuller and ... see all copies from £9.52! new only from £13.14!
16 view cover	American Roots Music [Highlights] (2001) more music like this by Various Artists The successes of the breakthrough soundtrack from the film O Brother Where Art Thou? and the in-depth PBS television series Ken Burns' Jazz seem to have combined in the 2001 production of Palm Pictures' four-part TV series American Roots Music. The series touches on the development of the distinctly American styles of traditional folk, country, ... see all copies from £4.30! new only from £8.15!
17 view cover	Legends of Country Blues, Vol. 1 (2007) more music like this by Son House/Mississippi John Hurt see all copies from £9.49! new only from £9.49!
18 view cover	Gospel at Newport 1959/63-66 (1995) more music like this by Various Artists Vanguard reissue material by the Dixie Hummingbirds, Swan Silvertones, Gospel Harmonettes and others. Opal Louis Nations, All Music Guide see all copies from £10.15! new only from £12.44!
19 view cover	The Great Bluesmen at Newport '59 (1976) more music like this by Various Artists This two-LP, single-CD compilation offers up 21 songs recorded live between 1959 and 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival. This is a killer selection of cuts by rediscovered '30s blues legends, many rising to the occasion to perform in front of thousands of people at once. A lot of comebacks and late-in-life careers were sparked by the performances ... see all copies from £10.15! new only from £12.03!
20 view cover	Revisited (2002) more music like this by Son House Revisited is a double-disc of live Son House recordings from the Mississippi delta blues legend's twilight years on the folk revival circuit. Disc one is a mid-'60s performance at Oberlin College; after a scholarly introduction by his then-manager Dick Waterman, House starts out in fine form, prefacing each song with long, discursive monologues ... see all copies from £6.55!
21 view cover	Live at Gaslight Cafe, 1965 (2000) more music like this by Son House Son House's earliest recordings, three two-sided 78s ("My Black Mama," "Preachin' the Blues," "Dry Spell Blues") recorded in New York on May 28, 1930, proved to be a hard act to follow, and House never really equaled these fierce, driving performances again, although he came close. The field recordings he did for Alan Lomax in 1941 and 1942 are ... see all copies from £9.20! new only from £12.13!
22 view cover	A Proper Introduction to Son House: Delta Blues (2004) more music like this by Son House This single-disc set collects Son House's Library of Congress sessions for Alan Lomax in 1940 and 1941, and adds in House's complete Paramount recordings from 1930, which consist of three double-sided 78s ("My Black Mama," "Preachin' the Blues," and "Dry Spell Blues"). Since House's rediscovery sides for Columbia in the 1960s catch him, quite ... see all copies from £8.16! new only from £8.16!
23 view cover	Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Son House (2003) more music like this by Son House This collection spotlights the great Delta bluesman Son House at three distinct points in his life. Included here are three of his 78s issued in the 1930s by Paramount Records, several of the Library of Congress field recordings done by Alan Lomax in 1941-1942, and a trio of 1960s rediscovery concert pieces, including a riveting version of Blind ... see all copies from £6.79! new only from £6.79!
24 view cover	All the Blues You Need: The Indigo 5th Anniversary Box Set (1999) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from £14.04! new only from £18.73!
25 view cover	Southern Country Blues, Vol. 2 (2001) more music like this by Various Artists Southern Country Blues, Vol. 2 features three discs of music, each filled to the brim with legendary country blues performers from the South. There's no shortage of big names here: Memphis Minnie, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Leadbelly, and many others. It's somewhat of a letdown to discover that each performer only gets one song on the ... see all copies from £12.47! new only from £12.47!

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