Not quite as seminal as "The Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings", this is nervetheless an excellent collection of T-Bone Walker's 52 sides recorded for Lew Chudd's Imperial Records.
Unlike the Capitol and Black & White-waxings, this double-disc set features almost no alternate takes, just the masters, a couple of 78 versions, and a few alternates that have been chosen over the originally preferred renditions.
And there is plenty of great stuff here...no "Mean Old World" or "Stormy Monday", but a lot of excellent songs like "Glamour Girl", "The Hustle Is On", "Tell Me What's The Reason", "I'm About To Lose My Mind", "Cold, Cold Feeling," and the classic instrumental "Strollin' With Bones".
This music is not meant to be listened to in one long sitting, obviously...even lead guitar innovator Walker's smoky, jazz-flavoured blues isn't quite varied enough for that. But these 136 minutes of music is still a very fine collection, and a great tribute to the most influential electric guitar player of all time, the idiom's first true lead guitarist, and still one of it's best.