VA - An Orchestral Rock Anthology (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

ORCHESTRAL ROCK

VA - An Orchestral Rock Anthology (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

Before you start listening, it’s worth setting the scene.

What you’re about to hear isn’t a genre in the neat, textbook sense. It’s a collection of moments, spread across decades, when rock music deliberately widened its frame and invited orchestral sound into the conversation. Sometimes that meant a full symphony orchestra in the studio. Sometimes it was a chamber ensemble, a string or brass section, or a carefully written arrangement performed by classically trained players. The scale changes, but the aim remains constant, to reach further emotionally than the standard rock setup allows.

These four discs don’t follow a straight line through history, and they don’t try to. The sequencing is guided by instinct and emotional logic rather than chronology, connecting artists who may sound very different on the surface but who shared a willingness to think orchestrally. What links these tracks is not style, chart position, or era, but the moment where orchestral thinking becomes part of the music’s emotional architecture rather than a layer added at the end.

Throughout this set, the orchestra is treated as a voice. In some pieces it leads, shaping melody and direction. In others it supports, colours, or quietly reframes what’s already there. You’ll hear full symphonic statements alongside more restrained chamber approaches, and both are given equal weight. This isn’t about scale or grandeur for its own sake. It’s about how orchestral sound can deepen feeling, sharpen drama, or open a song into something cinematic.

This anthology isn’t a “best of,” and it isn’t driven by nostalgia. Well-known recordings sit alongside deep album cuts, cult favourites, and pieces that endured largely because listeners and collectors cared enough to keep them alive. Together, they reflect the many ways orchestral language has been absorbed into rock music, from the baroque pop experiments of the 1960s, through the widescreen ambitions of the 1970s, the atmospheric shifts that followed, and into the modern era, where orchestration often returns as structure rather than decoration.

What matters here is authenticity of intent. These are performances shaped by written arrangements and real instrumentalists, strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion, used thoughtfully and with purpose. Sometimes the result is dramatic. Sometimes it’s intimate. Sometimes it’s quietly devastating. The common thread is ambition, artists reaching beyond the usual frame and trusting orchestral sound to help them get there.

The through-line is simple, rock music at its most cinematic. Music that expands its emotional range. Music that understands orchestral sound not as an accessory, but as a partner.

Settle in and let it unfold.

This is orchestral rock in its broadest, most considered sense, 100 tracks, a wide spectrum of approaches, and a long, evolving dialogue between rock music and the symphonic imagination, presented without rules, but with purpose. (B)

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Track Lists

CD1

01 Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart 3:03 1967

02 Association - Everything That Touches You 3:19 1968

03 Barry Ryan with the Majority and the Johnny Arthey Orchestra - Eloise (Single Version) 5:13 1968

04 Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow 4:35 1967

05 Bee Gees - Odessa (City on The Black Sea) 7:34 1969

06 Billy Nicholls - Would You Believe 2:43 1968

07 Tim Hardin - How Can We Hang on to A Dream 2:01 1966

08 Carpenters - Superstar 3:46 1971

09 P.P. Arnold - The First Cut is The Deepest 3:17 1967

10 Donovan - Celeste 4:08 1968

11 Doors - Wishful Sinful (Mono) 2:56 1968

12 Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten 3:09 1968

13 Hollies - He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother 4:20 1969

14 Zombies - Care of Cell 44 3:54 1967

15 Left Banke - Desiree 4:31 1967

16 David McWilliams - The Days of Pearly Spencer 2:32 1967

17 Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow is Born 3:11 1968

18 Millennium - To Claudia on Thursday 3:25 1968

19 Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin 4:24 1967

20 Move - Blackberry Way 3:40 1968

21 Procol Harum - A Salty Dog 4:37 1969

22 Righteous Brothers - Ebb Tide 2:50 1965

23 Tom Jones - I (Who Have Nothing) 2:58 1966

24 Scott Walker - Montague Terrace (In Blue) 3:28 1969

25 Family - Winter 2:26 1969

CD2

01 Alan Parsons Project - The Fall of The House of Usher: I - Prelude 7:01 1976

02 Deep Purple - April 12:05 1969

03 Randy Newman - Sail Away 2:52 1970

04 David Bowie - Life on Mars 3:55 1971

05 Roxy Music - Psalm 8:06 1973

06 Mercury Rev - Holes 5:55 1998

07 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pirates 13:17 1977

08 Elton John - Madman Across the Water 5:57 1971

09 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream 3:09 1968

10 Harry Nilsson - Remember (Christmas) 4:08 1976

11 John Cale - Paris 1919 3:58 1973

12 Nick Drake - Riverman 4:18 1969

13 Tim Buckley - Once I Was 3:15 1967

14 Lou Reed - Street Hassle 10:54 1978

15 Meat Loaf - For Crying out Loud 8:55 1977

16 Neil Young - A Man Needs a Maid 4:05 1972

17 Kevin Ayers - Song From The Bottom of A Well 4:37 1976

18 Pink Floyd - Bring The Boys Back Home 1:27 1979

19 Queen - Who Wants to Live Forever 5:15 1986

20 Yes - Magnification 7:15 2001

21 Sigur Rós - Starálfur 6:46 1999

22 Talk Talk - Wealth 6:58 1988

23 Radiohead - Burn The Witch 3:40 2016

24 Alan Parsons Project - I Robot 6:02 1977

25 Alan Parsons Project - Total Eclipse 3:12 1977

CD3

01 Carpenters - I Won't Last A Day Without You 3:47 1972

02 Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have to Say You Love Me 2:46 1966

03 Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon 5:46 1984

04 Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding 4:53 1982

05 Kansas with London Symphony Orchestra - Dust in The Wind 4:01 1998

06 Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 4:51 1998

07 Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - Nothing Else Matters (Live) 5:56 1999

08 Oasis - Whatever 6:21 1994

09 R.E.M. - Nightswimming 4:18 1993

10 Gene Clark - No Other 5:08 1974

11 Renaissance - Carpet of the Sun 3:37 1973

12 Small Faces - Afterglow 3:34 1969

13 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Lime Tree Arbour 2:56 1996

14 Suede - The Asphalt World 9:25 1992

15 Talk Talk - I Believe in You 6:07 1988

16 Beach Boys - Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) 2:58 1966

17 Blue Nile - Family Life 5:21 1984

18 Divine Comedy - Tonight We Fly 3:01 1996

19 Lilac Time - Return to Yesterday 3:47 1987

20 National - Fake Empire 3:25 2007

21 Pogues - Misty Morning, Albert Bridge 3:02 1989

22 Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile 5:57 1971

23 Radiohead - Burn The Witch 3:40 2016

24 Turtles - You Showed Me 3:16 1968

25 Zombies - A Rose for Emily 2:19 1968

CD4

01 Who - Love Reign O'Er Me 5:49 1973

02 Elton John - Sixty Years On 5:01 1970

03 Shirly Bassey - As I Love You 2:50 1962

04 Roy Orbison - Running Scared 2:12 1961

05 Suede - Still Life 5:25 1994

06 Nico - Frozen Warnings 4:01 1970

07 Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 3:04 1966

08 Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind 3:22 1972

09 Bee Gees - Lamplight 4:46 1969

10 Hollies - King Midas in Reverse 3:03 1967

11 Cilla Black - You're My World (Il Mio Mondo) 2:58 1964

12 Scott Walker - Jackie 3:22 1967

13 Renaissance - Ocean Gypsy 7:05 1975

14 Tindersticks - Don't Look Down 4:19 1997

15 Apartments - The Shyest Time 3:35 1985

16 Richard Hawley - The Ocean 5:31 2007

17 Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely 5:56 2000

18 Barclay James Harvest - Moonwater 7:19 1975

19 Enid - In The Region of The Summer Stars 6:19 1977

20 Marillion - The Hollow Man 4:22 1994

21 Def Leppard, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Paper Sun 5:33 2023

22 David Bowie - Wild is The Wind 6:00 1976

23 Mott The Hoople - Sea Diver 2:55 1974

24 Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado 5:17 1974

25 Beatles - Good Night 3:11 1968

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VA - Midnight Radio Noir Jazz Vol. 1+2 [2016-2019] (2 x CDs)

NOIR JAZZ

VA - Midnight Radio Noir Jazz Vol. 1+2 [2016-2019] (2 x CDs)

Midnight Radio Noir Jazz Volumes 1 and 2 work best when heard together, not as sequels but as adjacent rooms in the same late-night space. Taken as a whole, the series feels less like a compilation project and more like a sustained mood, one shaped by restraint, shadow, and a shared understanding of how jazz can function when atmosphere leads and virtuosity steps back.

Across both volumes, sequencing is the quiet anchor. Tracks are arranged to move with a deliberate, unhurried pace, favoring continuity over contrast. Sparse piano figures, muted horns, brushed drums, and low-glow electronics recur throughout, creating a sense of cohesion even as artists and recording contexts change. Nothing announces itself loudly. Instead, pieces drift in, settle, and fade, allowing the listener to stay inside the sound rather than be pulled forward by narrative or climax.

Volume 1 establishes the framework, introducing the noir sensibility through smoky ballads, understated grooves, and jazz-adjacent textures that hint at cinematic spaces without leaning on pastiche. Volume 2 deepens that approach, leaning further into isolation and texture, with more emphasis on space, subtle electronics, and patience. Together, they form a long, uninterrupted listening experience where shifts are felt rather than signposted.

Production quality varies across both sets, moving between lo-fi intimacy and polished studio recordings. Rather than disrupting the flow, these differences add grain and depth, reinforcing the idea of a late-night broadcast assembled from many sources and places. The variability feels intentional, or at least sympathetic to the concept.

As a combined statement, Midnight Radio Noir Jazz avoids defining jazz by era, technique, or pedigree. Instead, it treats jazz as a language capable of whispering, hovering, and lingering in half-light. Heard front to back, Volumes 1 and 2 offer a sustained environment rather than a collection, one that rewards quiet attention and repeated return, revealing its coherence through duration rather than declaration. (B)

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Track lists

Vol. 1

01 Orchestra Of Mirrored Reflections - ...This Too Shall Pass (Live) 3:00

02 Trigg & Gusset - Cardium 6:19

03 Joel Fausto & Illusion Orchestra - Cheap Trance Romance 6:31

04 Macelleria Mobile di Mezzanotte - Love Affair 5:36

05 Nyctophiliac - Midnight Radio 3:20

06 Detour Doom Project - Nightfall (first version) 4:50

07 Manet - Vallée Noir 5:36

08 Orchestra of Mirrored Reflections - Midnight Park (live) 8:34

09 Sarto Klyn V - The Way Of Way Above 6:42

10 Miles Devils Quartet - Norma's Coffee 3:30

11 Vainoras And The Altar Of The Drill - Trephination 6:18

12 No Fair Lady - Midnight Melancholy 3:56

13 Olw Rave - Wellness At One Eyed Jacks 6:51

14 Tellef Øgrim & Anders Berg - Kölen 6:27

Vol. 2

01 Senketsu No Night Club - Sokubaku to Kiritsu 5:00

02 Lowering - I Love you so much 3:48

03 Midnight Esemble - Blood in Moonlight 5:45

04 Sarto Klyn V - Dream No More 8:21

05 Orchestra Of Mirrored Reflections - Narrow Escape 8:13

06 E.E. Engström & The Twin Street Tree Trunk Love Ensemble - Hungover Eulogy in the Backseat 4:57

07 Vainoras and the altar of the drill - When that crushing weight of fear doubles down 2:59

08 Jazz of Doom - Bruxelles la nuit 8:11

09 Valavond Ensemble - Had Slept, And Seen No Sorrow 8:33

10 Manet - Delirious and Devoured 5:24

11 Macelleria Mobile di Mezzanotte - Az Vozdam 5:18

12 Owl Rave - Jacobys Golden Way 8:00

13 Bebopovsky And The Orkestry Podyezdov - Angels With Dirty Faces 4:37

14 Neon Dread - Charcoal Vulture Heart 4:26

15 Last call at Nightowls - Cold in my Veins (November) 7:50

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BB LUCKY DIP #508

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Today's topic: MIXED BAG

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VA - Blues Women Anthology [2007] (18 x CDs)

BLUES

VA - Blues Women Anthology [2007] (18 x CDs)

The Blues Women Anthology series is a sprawling, unofficial collection of compilations that gathers performances by female blues artists from many eras and corners of the genre. Unlike curated anthologies issued by record labels with rights clearances and remastered sources, these anthologies are bootleg compilations assembled outside the formal industry system, circulating largely as digital double-CD sets. That context matters to how the series functions more than any single track list, because part of the experience is encountering music that might otherwise be scattered across rare LPs, obscure singles, or out-of-print compilations.

As a body of material these anthologies are eclectic and uneven by design. There are moments of clear beauty and deep expression here, performances that carry the raw emotional weight and stylistic range that define blues as a form. Vocals and instrumentation run the gamut from early country blues grit to later urban and rhythm-inflected styles, giving a broad, if informal, sense of the diverse voices women brought to the music over decades. On its own terms the series can be a trove of interesting performances, especially for listeners who enjoy discovery outside mainstream catalogs.

The Blues Women Anthology series reads more as a collector-driven archive than a polished survey. It shines brightest when taken as a window into the breadth of women’s contributions to blues and related forms, approached with an ear for charm and curiosity rather than expecting uniform fidelity or definitive representation. That blend of rawness and range gives the series a particular appeal, even as its unofficial nature and patchy quality remind listeners that it occupies a different space from sanctioned anthologies backed by labels and rights. (B)

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Vo. 1 CD1

01 Rory Block - Peavine Blues 3:30

02 Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues - It's a Curse 3:53

03 Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog 2:48

04 Marcia Ball - Mobile 3:04

05 Memphis Minnie - Killer Diller Blues 2:29

06 Nina Hagen & Leipzig Big Band - Sugar Blues 3:23

07 Ma Rainey - Runaway Blues 2:26

08 Aretha Franklin - Today I Sing The Blues 4:21

09 Maggie Bell & Stone The Crows - The Touch of Your Loving Hand 6:00

10 Jo Anne Kelly - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair (live) 3:00

11 Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child 3:57

12 Diamanda Galás & John Paul Jones - Dark End of The Street 2:41

13 Ella Fitzgerald - Blues in the Night 3:39

14 Janis Joplin - Turtle Blues (live) 4:20

15 Clara Smith - For Sale (Hannah Johnson's Big Jack Ass) 2:56

16 Isabel Tavares & Black Coffee Band - Chain of Fools 2:57

17 Elle Walker & Matt Corcoran - Can't Sing 4:25

18 Marva Whitney - I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tiered (Things Better Change Before It's Too Late) 2:26

19 Sheryl Crow - Long Gone Lonesome Blues (live) 3:06

20 Deborah Coleman & Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins - Meanest Woman 3:20

21 Etta James - I Just Wanna Make Love to You 3:03

22 Diana Krall & Vince Benedetti - Detroit Blues 6:27

Vo. 1 CD2

01 Etta James - Hoochie Coochie Gal 4:21

02 Marcia Ball - Scene of the Crime 3:10

03 Carmen McRae & Dave Brubeck - Travellin' Blues (live) 2:56

04 Ma Rainey - See See Rider Blues 3:17

05 Sheryl Crow - Tombstone Blues (live) 4:35

06 Diamanda Galás - Reap What You Sow 3:38

07 Isabel Tavares & Black Coffee Band - Proud Mary 4:22

08 Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues - My Baby and The Booze 4:11

09 Virginia Liston - I've Got What it Takes 3:14

10 Ella Fitzgerald & The Tommy Flanagan Trio - I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues (live) 4:17

11 Odetta - Another Man Done Gone 2:08

12 Rory Block - Big Road Blues (live) 2:10

13 Big Mama Thornton - Ball and Chain 4:45

14 Diana Krall - Body and Soul 5:28

15 Amy Madigan & Ry Cooder - He Made a Woman Out of Me 4:08

16 Billie Holiday - I Must Have That Man 3:02

17 Precious Bryant - Don't Jump My Pony 3:21

18 Norah Jones - Bessie Smith (live) 4:05

19 Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man 2:48

20 Clara Smith - Kitchen Mechanic Blues 3:19

21 Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz 1:45

22 Memphis Minnie - Fashion Plate Daddy 2:58

Vo. 2 CD1

01 Janiva Magness - Less and Less of You 3:28

02 Helen Humes - St. Louis Blues 2:43

03 Irene Scruggs - The Voice of The Blues 2:52

04 Blues Queen Sylvia - Why Wonder 4:39

05 Jessie Mae Hemphill - Standing in My Doorway Crying 4:40

06 Reneé Austin - Heartless World 3:01

07 Bessie Smith - Take it Right Back 3:21

08 Jolie Holland - Old Fashion Morphine 4:32

09 Odetta - Nobody knows 2:19

10 Ike & Tina Turner - I Smell Trouble (live) 6:53

11 Erja Lyytinen - Dreamland Blues 4:10

12 Lucinda Williams - Fruits of My Labor 4:46

13 Maria Muldaur - Fool's Paradise 5:33

14 Holly Cole - Hum Drum Blues 5:33

15 Natalie Cole - Ahmad's Blues 4:12

16 Gillian Welch, Allison Krauss & Emmylou Harris - Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby 1:54

17 Gaye Adegbalola & Roddy Barnes - Crazy Blues 3:15

18 Suzi Quatro - Fever 3:39

19 Rory Block - Crossroad Blues 2:29

20 Delbert McClinton & Francine Reed - I Used to Worry 2:54

21 Nina Simone - Go to Hell 2:46

Vo. 2 CD2

01 Janiva Magness - I'm Leaving You 3:17

02 Maria Viana Blues Band - Basin Street Blues (live) 3:21

03 Bonnie Tyler - Turtle Blues (live) 4:09

04 Madeleine Peyroux - Reckless Blues 3:01

05 Sarah Vaughan - No 'Count Blues 5:25

06 Helen Humes - Jet Propelled Papa 2:45

07 Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - I Feel The Blues Movin In 4:31

08 Bessie Smith - Me and My Gin 2:51

09 Jolie Holland - Poor Girl 5:23

10 Suzi Quatro - Shot of Rhythm and Blues 4:51

11 Eva Cassidy - Wade in the Water 4:02

12 Rory Block - Peavine Blues 3:30

13 Jessie Mae Hemphill - Shame on You I Feel It 4:53

14 Big Maybelle Smith - Just Want Your Love 3:12

15 Laura Fedele - 29 Dollari (e una borsetta di coccodrillo) 6:05

16 Blues Queen Sylvia - Can't Get Along 5:38

17 Nina Simone - House of the Rising Sun 3:49

18 Lucinda Williams - Hard Times Killing Floor Blues 5:11

19 Irene Scruggs & Blind Blake - Itching Heel 3:16

Vo. 3 CD1

01 Bonnie Raitt - Give it Up Or Let Me Go 4:27

02 Shirley Brown - If You're Weak Enough 4:54

03 Gaye Adegbalola with Roddy Barnes - Nothing in Rambling 3:51

04 Susan Tedeschi - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean 4:40

05 Claudia Bettinaglio - Ice Cream Man 3:01

06 Betty Davis - 70's Blues 4:56

07 Katie Melua - Crawling Up The Hill 3:22

08 Erja Lyytinen - Greed 2:52

09 Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton & Angela Strehli - I Idolize You 3:30

10 Bettye LaVette - Little Sparrow 4:39

11 Thornetta Davis - Please Send Me Someone to Love (live) 7:49

12 Deitra Farr - I'm Feeling Good 4:07

13 Amy Winehouse - Rehab 3:32

14 Sue Foley - Walkin' Home 3:13

15 Concrete Blonde - Simple Twist of Fate 5:44

16 Denise La Salle - It Be's That Way Sometimes 8:35

17 Zora Young - Go Ahead and Take Him 6:33

Vo. 3 CD2

01 Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton & Angela Strehli - Good Rockin' Daddy 2:18

02 Cher - (The Fall) Kurt's Blues 5:15

03 Bettye Lavette - Serves Him Right 3:27

04 Astrid Seriese - Underground 1:58

05 Yolanda Adams - Even Me 5:26

06 Louise Hoffsten - I Pity the Fool 4:09

07 Tracy Conover & Arlo West - Help Me 6:55

08 Scarlett Johansson - Summertime 3:53

09 Sue Foley - You Don't Have to Go (live) 4:32

10 Lucille Bogan - Pay Roll Blues 2:55

11 Maggie Jones & Louis Armstrong - Screamin' the Blues 3:11

12 Lou Ann Barton - One Good Man 5:21

13 Ana Popovic - Need All The Help I Can Get 2:47

14 Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler - Right Now 3:27

15 Katie Melua - My Aphrodisiac is You 3:30

16 Elvie Thomas & Geechie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues 3:00

17 Dinah Washington - Romance in the Dark 2:11

18 Eve Monsees - Lonely Lonely Nights 3:53

19 Duane Allman, Bonnie Bramlett & Delany Bramlett - Come on in My Kitchen (live) 3:35

20 Madeleine Peyroux - Don't Wait Too Long 3:07

21 Debbie Davies & Kenny Neal - Money 4:44

Vo. 4 CD1

01 Koko Taylor - Piece of Man 4:29

02 Linda Perry & 4 Non Blondes - Pleasantly Blue 2:24

03 Roxanne Potvin - Say It 2:28

04 Ana Popovic - Recall The Days 3:43

05 Tina Turner - Night Time is The Right Time 6:06

06 Beverly "Guitar" Watkins - You Make Me Feel So Good 3:48

07 Doris Troy - What You Will Blues 4:57

08 Norah Jones & The Little Willies - I Gotta Get Drunk 2:26

09 Dinah Washington - It's a Mean Old Man's World 3:11

10 Trixie Smith - My Daddy Rocks Me 2:51

11 Gloria Estefan & B.B. King - There Must Be a Better World Somewhere 6:48

12 April Lawton & Ramatam - Push a Little 5:16

13 Astrid Seriese - Yesterday is Here 3:31

14 Sally Norvell - Please Call Me, Baby 5:01

15 Della Reese - I Got the Blues 3:27

16 Mildred Bailey - Gulf Coast Blues 3:07

17 Susan Tedeschi - Better Days 6:43

18 Katie Webster - Problems 3:46

19 Mahalia Jackson - Joshua Fit the Battle of Jerico (live) 2:23

20 Sweet Georgia Brown - The Low Down Lonely Blues 3:12

Vo. 4 CD2

01 Janis Joplin - One Good Man 4:09

02 B.J. Sharp - Never Felt No Blues 4:43

03 Angela Strehli - Deja Blue 4:18

04 Claudia Bettinaglio - $29 7:08

05 Zouka Dzaza & X-Ray Pop - Le Pull Péruvien (live) 7:42

06 Algia Mae Hinton - My Baby's Gone 3:36

07 Barbara Carr - You Gonna Mess Around and Get Bit 4:31

08 Bonnie Raitt - Walkin' Blues (live) 3:29

09 Carmen Maki & Blues Creation - Mean Old Boogie 4:59

10 Bettye Lavette - Hey, Hey Baby (Bettye's Blues) 4:13

11 Anaïs - Bad Blues Player (live) 5:58

12 Doris Troy - Exactly Like You 3:06

13 Sammy Price - I Love to Georgia Brown So Slow 3:00

14 Roxanne Potvin - While I Wait for You 3:25

15 Big Maybelle - Ramblin' Blues 2:51

16 Linda Thompson - Do Your Best for Rock 'N Roll 4:38

17 Lil Green - Why Don't You Do Right? 2:56

18 Sarah Vaughan - I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 4:59

Vo. 5 CD1

01 Big Time Sarah - Hochie Coochie Woman 4:56

02 Cher - See See Rider 2:36

03 Dana Gillespie - Long Lean Baby 3:45

04 Deborah Coleman, Roxanne Potvin & Sue Foley - So Far 4:49

05 Joan Baez - New York Blues (live) 9:23

06 Ivian Greene - Red Light 2:55

07 Adrienne Morgan Hammond - Don't Get Around Much Anymore 2:46

08 Dianne Schuur - I'm Not Ashamed to Sing The Blues 6:23

09 Carly Simon - One More Time 3:28

10 Irma Thomas - Sufferin' With The Blues 2:14

11 Nancy Sinatra - Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad 4:13

12 Deborah Coleman - Torn in Two 3:31

13 Michelle Shocked - Graffiti Limbo 3:37

14 Deanna Bogart - Good Times 3:22

15 Jan James - Limousine Blues 4:32

16 Wendy Saddington - Backlash Blues (live) 3:48

17 Maria Muldaur - A Good Man is Hard to Find 3:55

18 Cassandra Wilson - Slow Down Woman 2:18

19 Julia Lee - My Man Stands Out 2:11

20 Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason 4:27

Vo. 5 CD2

01 Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - This Land is Your Land 4:29

02 Bonnie Tyler - Need Your Love So Bad 5:10

03 Lea Gilmore - Trouble in Mind (live) 2:42

04 Thornetta Davis - Cry 4:10

05 Denise La Salle - A Love Reputation 2:44

06 Deanna Bogart - I'll Be Missing You 5:33

07 Debbie Davies - Sittin' & Cryin' 4:14

08 Joanna Connor - Big Girl Blues 3:44

09 Michelle Shocked - Hello Hopeville 2:54

10 Betty Davis - Special People 3:19

11 Roxanne Potvin - Your Love Keeps Working on Me 3:06

12 Janiva Magness - Lost and Lookin' 2:55

13 Jo Anne Kelly - Back Water Blues 3:10

14 Etta Baker - Never Let Your Deal Go Down 3:00

15 Julie London - Blues in the Night 3:39

16 Ana Popovic - How'd You Learn to Shake it Like That? 3:56

17 Heart - Love Alive (live) 5:06

18 Maggie Bell & Stone The Crows - Danger Zone 6:17

19 Tierney Sutton - Walkin' After Midnight 2:58

20 Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends - King Size Papa 2:40

21 Mildred Jones - Mr. Thrill 2:30

Vo. 6 CD1

01 Erja Lyytinen - Skinny Girl 3:05

02 Irma Thomas - I  Need Your Love So Bad 3:15

03 Safhire - T'ain't Nobody's Business 4:12

04 Lou Ann Barton & Stevie Ray Vaughan - You Can Have My Husband 2:52

05 Heart - Things 2:36

06 Rebecca Hancock Snow & Wayne Hancock - Summertime 5:41

07 Bonnie Bramlett - I Can Laugh About it Now 2:51

08 Tierney Sutton Band - Get Happy (Version 1) 4:46

09 Candye Kane - The Lord Was A Woman 3:15

10 Wendy Saddington - Blues in A (Live) 14:19

11 Dana Gillespie - Below The Belt 3:42

12 Maria Aurigema & Jeff Healey - Feels Right Take Me 2:50

13 Erma Franklin - Hold on I'm Coming 3:02

14 Carolyn Wonderland - Judgement Day Blues 4:23

15 Georgia White - Walking The Street 2:27

16 Dianne Schuur - When Did You Leave Heaven? 4:15

17 Koko Taylor - You Ain't Worth A Good Woman 5:33

18 Angela Brown & Katie Webster - Hold Him Close 2:52

19 Patti Smith - Soul Kitchen 3:43

Vo. 6 CD2

01 Isabel Tavares & Black Coffee Band - Hootchie Coochie Girl 4:28

02 Rory Block - Rowdy Blues 3:03

03 Bonnie Raitt - You Got to Know How 3:33

04 Della Reese - Sermonette 2:20

05 Deborah Coleman - The Day it Comes 3:50

06 Reneé Austin - U-Haul 3:10

07 Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues - Pick Your Battles 3:11

08 Carolyn Wonderland - Homelessness in Austin 3:54

09 Barbara Carr - Bo Hawg Grind 4:33

10 Katie Melua - Blues in the Night 4:11

11 Diamanda Galás & John Paul Jones - Baby's Insane 4:37

12 Linda Gail & Jerry Lee Lewis - Baby (you've got what it takes) 2:36

13 Deitra Farr - Anywhere But Here 4:27

14 Melvina Allen - Steppin' In 4:36

15 Dana Gillespie - Sweets 3:25

16 Dixie Chicks - Some Days You Gotta Dance (live) 2:36

17 Victoria Spivey - Good Cabbage 3:03

18 Michelle Shocked - If Love Was a Train 4:03

19 Maria Muldaur - Don't You Feel My Leg 2:45

20 Tierney Sutton Band - Get Happy (version 2) 5:03

21 Maria Aurigema & Jeff Healey - Love is Like 6:06

Vo. 7 CD1

01 Angela Strehli - Cut You Loose 3:47

02 Doris Troy - You Give Me Joy Joy 3:37

03 Big Maybelle - Maybelle's Blues 3:08

04 Marsha Raven & Bernie Marsden - Loved Another Woman 4:12

05 Lou Ann Barton - Every Night of The Week 2:36

06 Melvina Allen - Dr. Feelgood 5:48

07 Bettye Lavette - It Ain't Easy 2:24

08 Big Mama Thornton - Sweet Little Angel 5:25

09 Jula de Palma - ST. Louis Blues 3:01

10 Carmen McRae - Monkery's the Blues 4:51

11 Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Fish in the Dish 3:15

12 Janis Joplin - Ball and Chain (live) 8:56

13 Reese Witherspoon - Juke Box Blues 2:11

14 Merline Johnson - Love With A Feeling 2:51

15 Reneé Austin - One Man 3:23

16 Katie Melua - Learnin' The Blues 3:21

17 Lara Martelli - New Orleans 0:39

18 Ann Rabson - School Days 2:45

19 Ida Cox & Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Blues for Rampart Street 2:56

20 Jessi Colter - Why You Been Gone So Long 3:03

21 Katie Webster - Lord, I Wonder 4:03

22 Bonnie Bramlett - Gotcha 2:50

Vo. 7 CD2

01 Debbie Davies - Lovin' Cup 4:50

02 Bonnie Bramlett - A Change is Gonna Come 5:28

03 Joss Stone - Killing Time 5:09

04 Katie Melua - Mockingbird Song 3:04

05 Erja Lyytinen - You Talk Dirty 4:21

06 Billie Holiday & BB King - Stormy Blues 3:26

07 Eva Cassidy - Stormy Monday (live) 5:48

08 Big Maybelle - Pitiful 2:55

09 Wendy Saddington - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live) 7:42

10 Diamanda Galás - Blue Spirit Blues (live) 4:43

11 Aretha Franklin - Baby I Love You 2:39

12 Marsha Raven & Bernie Marsden - Downhome Blues 4:43

13 Ann Rabson - Let Me Go Home, Whiskey 4:05

14 Precious Bryant - My Babbe 2:53

15 Candye Kane - It Won't Be Long 3:43

16 Sue Foley, Deborah Coleman & Roxanne Potvin - Hitting on Nothing 2:53

17 Sweet Georgia Brown - Black Cat Bone 3:17

18 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - All Blues 5:40

19 Annie Lennox - Keep Young and Beautiful 2:16

Vo. 8 CD1

01 Katie Webster - On The Run 6:32

02 Tracy Conover - Wanta Be an Angel (live) 5:06

03 Lucinda Williams - Happy Woman Blues 3:08

04 Deitra Farr - Call Your Wife 4:37

05 Mavis Staples - Step Into the Light 4:48

06 Renee Olstead - At Last 4:32

07 Victoria Spivey - Dope Head Blues 3:21

08 Aline Fajardo & Trio Bluseiro - Blues Cabeça 2:30

09 Ellen McIlwaine - I'm a Women (live) 6:20

10 Miranda Lambert - Down 3:53

11 Tab Benoit, Debbie Davies & Kenny Neal - Homesick for the Road 3:40

12 Barbara Lynn - You Don't Have to Go 3:18

13 Dionne Warwick & BB King - Hummingbird 4:19

14 Carla Thomas & Otis Redding - Tell it Like it Is 3:11

15 Lynn White - May The Best Man Win 4:26

16 Jessi Colter - Is There Any Way 2:45

17 Rosemary Clooney - A Touch of the Blues 3:01

18 Martyna Jakubowicz - Dom Zachodzacego Slonca 3:47

19 Joss Stone - Dirty Man 2:56

20 Elis Regina - Vinte Anos Blues 2:40

Vo. 8 CD2

01 Ellen Mcilwaine - I Want Watcha Got 2:53

02 Peggy lee - Everything’s Moving Too Fast 2:57

03 Marian Mcpartland & Norah Jones - In The Dark 4:29

04 Dusty Springfield - The Son of a Preacher Man 2:25

05 Eva Cassidy - Getting Out 4:17

06 Tracy Conover - Addiction (live) 5:50

07 Carla Thomas - If It's Not Asking Too Much 2:35

08 Reneé Austin - Strangers on a Train 4:35

09 Marisa Monte - Negro Gato (live) 4:50

10 Rosemary Clooney - Learnin' the Blues 3:50

11 Renee Olstead - Is You is Or is You Ain't My Baby 3:18

12 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - In and Out 3:01

13 Miranda Lambert - Kerosene 3:04

14 Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Simple Life 3:48

15 Barbara Lynn - Sugar Coated Love 2:38

16 Michelle Shocked - Little Billie 4:32

17 Julia Lee - Don't Save it Too Long 2:24

18 Amy Grant & Keb' Mo - Come Be with Me 4:19

19 Doris Day - I've Gotta Sing Away These Blues 2:39

20 Lynn White - Your Time to Cry 4:51

21 Fear Itself - Crawlin' Kingsnake 3:20

22 Mavis Staples - What Happened to the Real Me 2:36

Vo. 9 CD1

01 Rita Coolidge - Hallelujah I Love Him So 3:07

02 Regina Spektor - Lady 4:42

03 Emilia Almazán - Don Diablo 2:36

04 Flora Purim - Sweet Baby Blues 3:11

05 Cláudia Lino & Velhas Virgens - Blues do Velcro 3:38

06 Marta Kubisová - Tak Dej se k Ruman a Projdem Suet 4:23

07 Sandra Hall - I Need to Love You 5:23

08 Annie Lyon - LSD Blues 4:25

09 Sinead O'Connor - Why Don't You Do Right? 2:22

10 Rosa Maria - Cantei um Blues 3:49

11 Denise Reis - Miss Celie's Blues 4:01

12 Clara McDaniel - Unwanted Child 4:05

13 Aguaturbia - Blues on the Westside 6:15

14 Rita Reys - Basin Street Blues 2:51

15 Lita Ford - White Lightnin' 3:53

16 Maria Muldaur - Brickyard Blues 4:15

17 Petra & Nobody's Bizness - Ain't Nobody's Bizness (live) 3:45

18 Julia Lee - That's What I Like 2:43

19 Patricia Kaas - Regarde les Riches 3:37

20 Joanna Dean - Ready for Saturday Night 3:55

21 Vânia Bastos - Sky of My Blues 2:58

Vo. 9 CD2

01 Sandra Hall - I Got the Will 3:03

02 Sinéad O'Connor - I Want to Be Loved by You 2:43

03 Helena Noguerra - Blues Indolent 3:15

04 Cowboy Junkies - Me & The Devil Blues 5:30

05 Wanda Sá with Sérgio Mendes & Brasil 66 - For What It's Worth 3:40

06 Rosa Maria - Rosa in Blues 3:58

07 Bonet - Blues en Sol 5:21

08 Marcella Gravina - My Pink Guitar (La mia chitarra dentellare) 2:06

09 Brigitte Bardot - Je Danse Donc Je Suis 1:52

10 Julia Lee - I Didn't Like it the First Time 2:57

11 Rita Coolidge - Call it Stormy Monday 5:02

12 Lita Ford - Spider Monkeys 5:36

13 Nico - My Funny Valentine 3:24

14 Etta Baker & Cora Phillips - Broken Hearted Blues 5:03

15 Dona Oxford - Red, White & Blues 5:17

16 Celeste Carballo - Mi Ultimo Blues 3:17

17 Christine Tobin - Not Just Anyone 4:54

18 Patricia Kaas - Mademoiselle Chante le Blues (live) 3:45

19 Marva Wright - Let the Good Times Roll 2:44

20 Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues 3:26

21 Marilina Ross - Blues para Seguir 2:52

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