Despite the fact that his career was curtailed in 1963 by a fatal heart attack when he was only 45, Elmore James was an extremely influential figure in the development of blues guitar, both but virtue of his highly distinctive sound, which he consciously developed by building his own combination of a modified hollow-bodied guitar and custom pick-ups, but also his hit with a version of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom", which has become one of the most ubiquitously performed and recorded tunes in blues. This 52-track 2-CD collection comprises the A and B sides of every single he released from his debut on the small Trumpet label with the aforementioned classic in 1951 through to a few months before his death, during which time he recorded for the Meteor, Flair, Modern, Chief, Fire and Chess labels. A host of high profile guitarists have readily cited Elmore James as an influence and performed his material over the years, despite his relatively modest body of work, including Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood. This collection is an ideal introduction to his work.
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1 Dust My Broom
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2 Catfish Blues
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3 I Held My Baby Last Night
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4 I Believe
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5 Sinful Woman
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6 Baby, What's Wrong
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7 Dumb Woman Blues J. T. Brown with Elmore James Broomdusters
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8 Sax-Ony Boogie Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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9 She Just Won't Do Right
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10 Country Boogie
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11 Early in the Morning
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12 Hawaiian Boogie Pt. 2
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13 Can't Stop Lovin' Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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14 Make a Little Love Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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15 Strange Kinda Feeling Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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16 Please Find My Baby Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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17 Make My Dreams Come True Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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18 Hand in Hand Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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19 Sho 'Nuff I Do Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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20 1839 Blues Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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21 Dark and Dreary Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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22 Rock My Baby Right Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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23 Standing at the Crossroads Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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24 Sunnyland Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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25 Late Hours at Midnight Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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26 The Way You Treat Me Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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1 Happy Home Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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2 No Love in My Heart Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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3 Dust My Blues Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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4 I Was a Fool Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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5 Goodbye Baby Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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6 Blues Before Sunrise Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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7 Long Tall Woman Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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8 Wild About You Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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9 Coming Home Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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10 The 12 Year Old Boy Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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11 It Hurts Me Too
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12 Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
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13 Cry for Me Baby
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14 Take Me Where You Go
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15 Knocking at Your Door
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16 Bobby's Rock Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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17 The Sky Is Crying Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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18 Held My Baby Last Night Elmore James and the Broomdusters
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19 I Can't Hold Out
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20 The Sun Is Shining
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21 Rollin' and Tumblin' Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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22 I'm Worried Elmore James and His Broomdusters
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23 Done Somebody Wrong
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24 Fine Little Mama
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25 Look on Yonder Wall
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26 Shake Your Moneymaker
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27 Stranger Blues
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1 Disk 3<> Anna Lee Elmore James
Despite the fact that his career was curtailed in 1963 by a fatal heart attack when he was only 45, Elmore James was an extremely influential figure in the development of blues guitar, both but virtue of his highly distinctive sound, which he consciously developed by building his own combination of a modified hollow-bodied guitar and custom pick-ups, but also his hit with a version of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom", which has become one of the most ubiquitously performed and recorded tunes in blues. This 52-track 2-CD collection comprises the A and B sides of every single he released from his debut on the small Trumpet label with the aforementioned classic in 1951 through to a few months before his death, during which time he recorded for the Meteor, Flair, Modern, Chief, Fire and Chess labels. A host of high profile guitarists have readily cited Elmore James as an influence and performed his material over the years, despite his relatively modest body of work, including Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood. This collection is an ideal introduction to his work.
