Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed Rocks - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Albert was reborn on Alligator, churning out the most prolific output of his career. Here are over an hour of the blues guitar god's key Alligator cuts InchI Ain't Drunk,Inch InchIf You Love Me Like You Say,Inch InchMelt Down,Inch InchMaster Charge,Inch InchGet to Gettin',Inch InchCold Cuts,Inch InchA Good Fool Is Hard to Find,Inch InchIf Trouble Was Money,Inch InchToo TiredInch and more. Includes previously unseen photos and a mini-poster! Alligator. Album Tracks 1. I Ain't Drunk 2. If You Love Me Like You Say 3. Blue Monday Hangover 4. Melt Down 5. Master Charge 6. Too Tired 7. If Trouble Was Money 8. T-Bone Shuffle 9. Get to Gettin' 10. ... But I Was Cool! 11. Cold Cuts 12. When the Welfare Turns It's Back on You 13. A Good Fool Is Hard to Find

Jimmy Reed was the most successful Blues artist of the fifties. He was a huge influence on a generation of artists in the sixties including Bob Dylan & the Rolling Stones. This compilation features many recordings from the time he signed to Vee-Jay Records. Album Tracks 1. You Don't Have to Go 2. I Ain't Got You 3. She Don't Want Me No More 4. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby 5. You Got Me Dizzy 6. The Sun Is Shinning 7. Little Rain 8. Honest I Do 9. Down in Virginia 10. I Wanna Be Loved 11. Take Out Some Insurance 12. Baby What You Want Me to Do 13. Hush Hush 14. Found Love 15. Big Boss Man 16. I'm a Love You 17. Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth 18. Bright Lights Big City 19. Laughing at the Blues 20. Shame Shame Shame

Jimmy Reed was a hugely influential figure of the blues and R&B scene during the 1950s and early '60s, not only for the fact that he brought his distinctive style of electric blues to mainstream audiences, but also because in the process he inspired many aspiring talents on both sides of the Atlantic, notably The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Van Morrison, who all recorded versions of various Jimmy Reed R&B hits. He came to prominence in the early '50s when he was one of the first artists to sign to VeeJay, and over the years scored around twenty Top 20 R&B hits, with a dozen or more pop chart entries as well, underlining his importance as a crossover artist. Among them were memorable classics, which have been much covered over the years, such as InchAin't That Loving You BabyInch, InchHonest I DoInch, InchLittle RainInch, InchBaby What You Want Me To DoInch and InchBright Lights, Big CityInch, all of which are included in this great value 54-track 2-CD collection, which comprised every A and B side he released from his debut in 1953 through to the first months Album Tracks 1. High and Lonesome 2. Roll and Rhumba 3. I Found My Baby 4. Jimmy's Boogie 5. You Don't Have to Go 6. Boogie in the Dark 7. Pretty Thing 8. I'm Gonna Ruin You 9. I Don't Go for That 10. She Don't Want Me No More 11. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby 12. Baby, Don't Say That No More 13. Rockin' with Reed 14. Can't Stand to See You Go 15. My First Plea 16. I Love You Baby 17. Honey, Don't Let Me Go 18. You've Got Me Dizzy 19. Little Rain 20. Honey Where Are You Going' 21. The Sun Is Shining 22. Baby, What's on Your Mind 23. Honest I Do 24. Signals of Love 25. You're Something Else 26. A String to Your Heart 1. You Got Me Crying 2. Go on to School 3. I Know It's a Sin 4. Down in Virginia 5. I'm Gonna Get