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  • Audio CD (10 Mar 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Complete Blues
  • ASIN: B0012K4WOC
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 27,386 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Rolling Stones - Muddy Waters
2. I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo
3. Dust My Broom
4. You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry
5. Diddley Daddy - Bo Diddley
6. Not Fade Away
7. Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker
8. Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
9. Rolling Stone - Part 1 - Robert Wilkins
10. When the Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
11. I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
12. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
13. Three O'Clock In The Morning - B. B. King
14. Who Do You Love? - Bo Diddley
15. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
16. Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
17. Get Your Yas Yas Out - Blind Boy Fuller
18. Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
19. Evil Is Going On - Howlin Wolf
20. That's No Way to Get Along - Robert Wilkins
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As one of the first (and most popular) British rock bands of the 1960s to adapt the sounds of classic American blues, the Rolling Stones introduced a whole generation of rock-&-roll fans (including many Americans) to some serious U.S. musical history. This collection features great Chicago blues artists like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, who were primary influences on the Stones, as well as original versions of vintage blues tunes that were later reworked by the band, such as Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain" and Slim Harpo's "I'm A King Bee".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Where it all began..., 21 April 2008
By Gerard Hennessy (Wilmington, Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
Not a Rolling Stones album of course, but a fascinating source of information and exploration for anyone interested in finding out about the music that influenced the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World (and should'nt that be Rhythm & Blues Band anyway?) when they were just a group of music mad teenagers scattered around various parts of North Kent, South London and Gloucestershire.

Rumour has it that Mick Jagger was carrying some of this very music with him when he first met Keith Richards on Platform 3 of Dartford Railway Station c.1962. Meanwhile down in Cheltenham, Brian 'Elmo' Jones was perfecting his Elmore James licks and working his way through the Muddy Waters songbook, including noting that Rolling Stone Blues might make a useful band name one day.

This excellent album is the latest release from Snapper Music in their ongoing 'Blues Roots' series, and contains a top quality mix of both well-known and extremely-rare tracks. It is wonderful to see Rev. Robert Wilkins, Leroy Carr and Robert Petway placed side-by-side with Chuck Berry, B.B. King and Howlin' Wolf, as well as the aforementioned Elmore James and Muddy Waters. Naturally, with an undertaking of this complexity - the licensing alone must be a nightmare - there are a few omissions. There is no Willie Dixon (Pain in my Heart), Amos Milburn (Down the Road Apiece), Gene Allison (You can make it if you try) or Alvin Robinson (Down Home Girl). And sadly there is nothing either from a man who is one of the least credited influences on the Stones - Jimmy Rogers. Not alone did they base their version of I Can't Be Satisfied directly on his interpretation, but he also gave them the title of one of their biggest early hits (The Last Time), and his 1951 number My Little Machine became the template for several of the band's early r'n'b based recordings.

However these quibbles aside - and who knows, perhaps there is a Volume 2 on the way?? - this budget-priced album is a very worthwhile investment for any genuine Stones fan. A word of appreciation too for Michael Hendon's precise and informative liner notes. Clear, straightforward and very much to the point.

Go on, get yer ya ya's out!
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