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Where the Blues Began [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered]

~ Big Bill Broonzy
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  • Audio CD (21 Feb 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Recall
  • ASIN: B0000457AC
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 107,312 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. I Can't Be Satisfied
2. Saturday Night Rub
3. Big Bill Blues
4. Brown Skin Shuffle
5. Too Too Train Blues
6. Long Tall Mama
7. How You Want It Done
8. Mr Conductor Man
9. Worrying You Off My Mind
10. Bull Cow Blues
See all 40 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Good Time Tonight
2. WPA Rag
3. It's A Low Down Dirty Shame
4. Trucking Little Woman
5. Too Many Drivers
6. Just A Dream
7. When I Been Drinking
8. Key To The Highway
9. Wee Wee Hours
10. All By Myself
See all 20 tracks on this disc

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A real bargain, 31 Dec 2002
By Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews
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This forty-track double disc is one of the best of the many Big Bill Broonzy-compilations on the market, especially considering the price, and it does a great job om summarizing Big Bill's thirty-year career.

William Lee Conley Broonzy was a huge source of inspiration to many younger bluesmen, Muddy Waters and Memphis Slim among them, and once you've heard him do "I Can't Be Satisfied", "Worrying You Off My Mind" and "You May Need My Help Someday", you'll know why.
Compare this CD to the earliest plantation recordings of Muddy Waters, and suddenly you have the giant of Chicago blues, the great McKinley Morganfield, looking like a Bill Broonzy-imitator. (Muddy actually recorded an entire album of Big Bill's songs, as did Memphis Slim, Broonzy's one-time pianist.)

Big Bill Broonzy was one of the first country-blues musicians to pack up and head north to Illinois, where he became a vital link between rural and urban blues.
This collection features most of his best songs, such as "Keep Your Hands Off Her", "Serve It To Me Right", "Long Tall Mama", "Good Time Tonight", "All By Myself", "I Feel So Good", "When I Been Drinking" and of course "Key To The Highway".

A few songs aren't here which should have been, and a few songs are less remarkable than others, but all in all, this is a very fine testament to the talent of one of the true greats of the blues.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not the definitive collection, but pretty close to it, 26 Dec 2002
By Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews
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Big Bill Broonzy's recording career spanned approximately thirty years, and literally hundreds of songs. He was a major source of inspiration to artists such as Peter Chatman (Memphis Slim), who accompanies him on piano on several cuts, and to Muddy Waters, who recorded a tribute album of Broonzy's songs, as well as "Big Boy" Crudup, J.B. Lenoir and many others. An ordinary one- or two-disc compilation could never do him justice, but this collection is definitely one of the best ones.
It alternates between Big Bill's solo pieces, and the songs that he recorded with a band in the 20s and 30s, before the folk boom, and it's hard to say which is better. Broonzy was a fine, intricate guitar player, and a powerful and expressive singer, equally at ease on his own or with a band.

The sound quality varies, but that is to be expected. Big Bill's recording career started in the late 20s, after all.
But more importantly, almost all of his best (and best-known) songs are here. Not the folk songs that the European folk audiences requested in the 50s, sure, but Big Bill's own compositions, the blues songs that made him such an incredibly important figure, and one of the first real nation-wide blues stars. "I Can't Be Satisfied", "Worrying You Off My Mind", "Key To The Highway", "All By Myself", "When I Been Drinkin'", "I Feel So Good", "Keep Your Hands Off Her" and many others.

If you're looking for a comprehensive Big Bill-compilation, you won't find it anywhere. But this is probably as close as you can get. It's a great record, showcasing the talent of the great innovator and the great professional that was William Lee Conley Broonzy.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Value For Money, 22 Jul 2009
By A. Duxbury - See all my reviews
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A great entry level cd for those who are new to Big Bill. From early solo material, thru a trio to a full blow band with horns. Worth the price for the track "Keep Your Hands Off Her" alone. Four stars.
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