... LP, Vinyl record album

... LP, Vinyl record album

Damn great work from Albert Collins – one of those hard-edged gems from the early days that's a lot more funk than his later blues! Sure, there's still plenty of blues here – but the rhythms are pretty funky too, and the album's got some great raw production from Bill Hall – free from any of the blues cliches that were creeping into other artists work from mainstream attention – and still cooked up with a really gritty edge overall! Titles include the funky monsters "Doin My Thing" and "Do The Sissy" – plus "Collins Mix", "Trunin On", "Stump Poker", "Let's Get It Together Again", and "Left Overs". LP, Vinyl record album

... LP, Vinyl record album

... LP, Vinyl record album

Raw early instrumentals by Albert Collins – work that's coming from a blues camp, to be sure, but which also has a good deal of soul and funk touches as well! Albert's raspy guitar takes center stage on the record – but the arrangements are actually all pretty tight and soul-based too, and vamp along with horns, organ, and some other smoking 60s touches that push the record far away from just a straight blues set. Plenty of great instrumentals here – and titles include "Kool Ade", "Backstroke", "Frosty", "Hot N Cold", "Frost Bite", "Tremble", "Icy Blue", "Sno Cone II", and "Shiver N Shake". LP, Vinyl record album

With guests Albert Collins, James Cotton, Son Seals, and Lonnie Brooks! LP, Vinyl record album

Features tracks by Love, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Earl Hooker, Robbie Basho, Aynsley Dunbar, Albert Collins, Ike & Tina Turner, Fred McDowell, Bossa Rio, Southwind, and more! LP, Vinyl record album

20 tracks from Elmore James, Slim Harpo, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Albert Collins, Otis Rush, T Bone Walker, Bo Diddley, JB Lenoir & more. CD

Includes tracks by Canned Heat, Johnny Winter, Traffic, Spencer Davis Group, Jo-Ann Kelly, and Albert Collins. LP, Vinyl record album

Includes selections by Johnny Winter, Koko Taylor, Lonnie Mack, Albert Collins, Son Seals, Lonnie Brooks, Roy Buchanan, Fenton Robinson, Jimmy Johnson, James Cotton, and Hound Dog Taylor. LP, Vinyl record album

Recorded live in Montreux with special guest Albert Collins. CD

Keep the spirit of winter going well into the summer – thanks to this massive batch of winter-themed tracks from the postwar years – served up in a nice mix of modes, in a variety of different styles! The spirit's a bit like a Christmas collection, but with a sound that fits well in January and February too – songs about snowfalls, cozy fires, and wintry themes, both happy and sad – all brought together with the sense of song and style that makes these Bear Family collections so great! Titles include "Snow Deer Stomp" by Spade Cooley, "Looks Like A Cold Cold Winter" by Georgia Gibbs, "The Blizzard" by Jim Reeves, "Frosty" by Albert Collins, "The Great Snowman" by Bob Luman, "Wintertime" by The Belmonts, "Roses In The Snow" by The Kim Sisters, "Snowflakes" by Cliff Bruner, "Ski Jump" by Frederic Curzon, "Snowdeer" by Carl Smith, "Faded Love & Winter Roses" by Hank Williams, "Midnight Sun" by Bobby Christian, and "Cold North Wind" by Lonnie Dee. CD

Tracks from James Brown, Vicki Anderson, Lyn Collins, Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns, Bootsy Collins, Bobby Byrd, Tammi Terrell, the Soul Survivors, Albert King, Roy Brown, the 5 Royales, Braille, and more. CD

Music from Little Junior Parker, Bobby Bland, Little Milton, Tommy Tucker, BB King, Junior Wells, Lowell Fulsom, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, ZZ Hill, Albert Collins, and more. CD

One of our favorite Zorn "tribute" albums from the 80s – in this case a set of long pastiche tracks that pays hommage to pulp writer Mickey Spillane, Albert Collins, and the film Forbidden Fruit. The track "Spillane" is the best – a side-long number that features text by Arto Lindsay, plus John Lurie as the voice of Mike Hammer – over instrumentation by Bill Frisell, Anthony Coleman, Zorn, Jim Staley, Bob James, and Bobby Previte. "Two Lane Highway" is a showcase for solo work by Albert Collins, but Zorn nicely messes things up a lot with a New York downtown approach that includes John Patton, Bobby Previte, Ronald Shannon Jackson, and Wayne Horvitz. "Forbidden Fruit" features the Kronos Quartet augmented with voice by Ohta Hiromi and turntables by Christian Marclay! Also includes "Spillane" & "Two Lane Highway". CD