1-01 	–Elmo James 	Dust My Broom 	
1-02 	–Elmo James		Catfish Blues 	
1-03 	–Elmore James 	I Held My Baby Last Night 	
1-04 	–Elmore James 	I Believe 	
1-05 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Sinful Woman 	
1-06 	–Elmore James 	Baby, What's Wrong 	
1-07 	–J.T. Brown With Elmore James 	Dumb Woman Blues 	
1-08 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Sax-Ony Boogie 	
1-09 	–Elmore James 	She Just Won't Do Right 	
1-10 	–Elmore James 	Country Boogie 	
1-11 	–Elmore James 	Early In The Morning 	
1-12 	–Elmore James 	Hawaiian Boogie Pt. 2 	
1-13 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Can't Stop Lovin' 	
1-14 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Make A Little Love 	
1-15 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Strange Kinda Feeling 	
1-16 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Please Find My Baby 	
1-17 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Make My Dreams Come True 	
1-18 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Hand In Hand 	
1-19 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Sho 'nuff I Do 	
1-20 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	1839 Blues 	
1-21 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Dark And Dreary 	
1-22 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Rock My Baby Right 	
1-23 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Standing At The Crossroads 	
1-24 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Sunnyland 	
1-25 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Late Hours At Midnight 	
1-26 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Elmore's Contribution To Jazz 	
2-01 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Happy Home 	
2-02 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	No Love In My Heart 	
2-03 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Dust My Blues 	
2-04 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	I Was A Fool 	
2-05 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Goodbye Baby 	
2-06 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Blues Before Sunshine 	
2-07 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Long Tall Woman 	
2-08 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Wild About You 	
2-09 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Coming Home 	
2-10 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	The 12 Year Old Boy 	
2-11 	–Elmore James 	It Hurts Me Too 	
2-12 	–Elmore James 	Elmore's Contribution To Jazz 	
2-13 	–Elmore James 	Cry For Me Baby 	
2-14 	–Elmore James 	Take Me Where You Go 	
2-15 	–Elmore James 	Knocking At Your Door 	
2-16 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Booby's Rock 	
2-17 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	The Sky Is Crying 	
2-18 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Held My Baby Last Night 	
2-19 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	I Can't Hold Out 	
2-20 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	The Sun Is Shining 	
2-21 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	Rollin' And Tumblin' 	
2-22 	–Elmore James & His Broomdusters 	I'm Worried 	
2-23 	–Elmore James 	Done Somebody Wrong 	
2-24 	–Elmore James 	Fine Little Mama 	
2-25 	–Elmore James 	Look On Yonder Wall 	
2-26 	–Elmore James 	Shake Your Moneymaker 	
2-27 	–Elmore James 	Stranger Blues 	
2-28 	–Elmore James 	Anna Lee

Johnny Acey 	Piano
Boyd Atkins 	Sax (Tenor)
Fred Below 	Drums
Wayne Bennett 	Guitar
J.T. Brown 	Featured Artist, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Sammy Lee Bully 	Bass
Maxwell Davis 	Sax (Tenor)
Willie Dixon 	Bass
Frank Fields 	Bass
Edward Frank 	Piano
Jewell Grant 	Bass
Ralph Hamilton 	Bass
Henry "Sneaky Joe" Harris 	Drums
Raymond Hill 	Sax (Tenor)
Elmore James 	Guitar, Primary Artist, Saxophone, Vocals
Syl Johnson 	Guitar
Johnny Jones 	Piano
Ransom Knowling 	Bass
Willard McDaniel 	Piano
Danny Moore 	Sax (Tenor), Trumpet
Sam Myers 	Drums
Sammy Myers 	Harmonica
Frock O'Dell 	Drums
Earl Palmer 	Drums, Vocals (Background)
James Parr 	Trumpet
Odie Payne 	Drums
Riff Ruffin 	Guitar
Jesse Sailes 	Drums
Oliver Sain 	Bass, Sax (Alto)
Wild Jimmy Spruill 	Guitar
King Mose Tayler 	Drums
Eddie Taylor 	Bass, Guitar
Andrew Thomas 	Guitar, Vocals
Ike Turner 	Drums, Guitar, Piano
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker 	Piano
Leonard Ware 	Bass
Paul Watts 	Liner Notes
Johnny Williams 	Drums
Paul Williams 	Bass
Homesick James Williamson 	Guitar, Guitar (Bass)
Sonny Boy Williamson II 	Harmonica 

Before his untimely death in 1963, blues guitarist Elmore James was one of the most influential players in the genre, with a distinctive sound that would inspire everyone from Stevie Ray Vaughan to the Rolling Stones. Though he covered a variety of different blues styles throughout the 1950s, his unique, amped-up tone came from a standard acoustic guitar that he had modified with electric pick-ups. This two-disc collection from the Acrobat label covers all of James' A- & B-side singles from his 1951 debut to the year just before his death. His cover of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom" would become one of his signature songs and it leads off this 54-track collection, which also includes standouts like "The Sky Is Crying," "Rollin' and Tumblin'," and "Early in the Morning." This is a solid introduction to one of the post-war blues' biggest icons. ---Timothy Monger, AllMusic Review

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A1 	Dust My Broom (60s Version) 	
A2 	Done Somebody Wrong 	
A3 	Knocking At Your Door 	
A4 	Fine Little Mama 	
A5 	Pickin' The Blues 	
A6 	Strange Angels 	
A7 	My Bleeding Heart 	
A8 	I've Got A Right To Love My Baby 	
B1 	Early One Morning 	
B2 	Look On Yonder Wall 	
B3 	Got To Move 	
B4 	Make My Dreams Come True 	
B5 	It Hurts Me Too (60s Version) 	
B6 	Elmore's Contribution To Jazz 	
B7 	Held My Baby Last Night 	
B8 	Everyday I Have The Blues

Elmore James – vocals, guitar
Johnny Jones – piano (tracks: A3, A4, B4, B6, B7)

Elmore James was an inspiration in the development of Rock ‘n’ Roll. As a young but talented musician, he shaped the sound and style of music in Mississippi. Elmore’s urge to play a guitar aided in his goal of becoming a star.

Elmore was a Mississippi native who was born in Richland on January 27, 1918, to Leora Brooks. His mother is one reason for his success. She encouraged Elmore to do what he enjoyed and to succeed in his choice of a career. With this encouragement, Elmore began to play a self-made guitar. With some success and the opportunity to play in various juke joints, Elmore befriended Rice Miller, who then became one of Elmore’s friends and colleagues. The friendship assisted Elmore in getting a record deal with Trumpet Records. With one goal accomplished, he began to search for a new success. James moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he formed a new band called The Broomdusters, which featured the piano of Jonny Jones and saxophone player J.T. Brown. The Broomdusters are known for such hits as “Dust My Broom,” “It Hurts Me Too,” and “The Sky Is Crying.” Throughout the years Elmore recorded more than one hundred songs for various record companies, including Modern, Chess, Chief, Fire, Fury, and Enjoy Records. He is known as the King of the Slide, and he helped to shape the rural sounds of the Mississippi Delta Blues into what became Rock ‘n’ Roll.

On May 24, 1963, James suffered a heart attack, which took his life at the age of 45. James not only began his career at an early age but was sadly taken from it at an early age. During his incredible years of creating Rock ‘n’ Roll, Elmore encountered and appeared with many famous musicians, but he has also inspired many musicians. Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones are just a few of the many musicians that he influenced in the course of their careers. With their thanks and gratitude, they have shown their appreciation for James with musical tributes and their prayers. In 1980, long after Elmore’s death, he was elected into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, and he was later inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. ---Shannon Love, mswritersandmusicians.com

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A1 	Make My Dreams Come True 	
A2 	Got To Move 	
A3 	I Need You 	
A4 	Something Inside Of Me 	
A5 	Look On Yonder Wall 	
B1 	Shake Your Money Maker 	
B2 	Strange Angels 	
B3 	Early One Morning 	
B4 	She Done Moved 	
B5 	Baby Please Set A Date

Elmore James, voc, g; saxes; 
prob. Johnny Acey, p; 
Jimmy Spruill, g; 
Homesick James, b-g; 
Sam Myers, dr, hca;
Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p; 
Sammy Lee Bully, b; 
King Mose Tayler, dr

Elmore James is known as the “King of the Slide Guitar.” He was inspired by the local performances of Robert Johnson to take up the guitar. It was, in fact, a number by Johnson ("Dust My Broom") that became James’ signature song and laid the foundation for his recording career. First cut by James in August 1951, “Dust My Broom” contains the strongest example of his stylistic signature: a swooping, full-octave opening figure on slide guitar. His influence went beyond that one riff, however, as he’s been virtually credited with inventing blues rock by virtue of energizing primal riffs with a raw, driving intensity.

Elmore James was born on a farm in Richland, Mississippi, on January 27, 1918. By the time he was 12, he was playing a one-string, wall-mounted “guitar” that was common to the region. The music of Robert Johnson and Kokomo Arnold had drawn him to music. He eventually moved to Jackson, Mississippi, where he ran a radio repair shop and played guitar at night and on weekends. One account has him playing with a band that included drums as early as 1939. If correct, that would place him several years ahead of Muddy Waters in blending Delta Blues with electrical amplification and percussion.

James went into the Navy in 1943. After his discharge, he teamed up with Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller), the harmonica player he had performed with on and off since the Thirties. They performed all over the South, but eventually split up in New Orleans. James returned to Mississippi, where he was briefly hospitalized with heart problems. On August 5, 1951, James backed Williamson on eight tracks recorded for Trumpet Records. At the end of the session, James came forward and sang “Dust My Broom.” Trumpet released the song, credited to “Elmo James,” in late 1951, and it was moving into the R&B Top 10 as 1952 arrived.

The following year, James moved to Chicago, where he was able to participate in the birth and flowering of electric blues. He ended up cutting several different versions of “Dust My Broom” under different titles. His most successful was “I Believe (My Time Ain’t Long),” which reached Number Nine in 1953. He also had several other hits that featured his impassioned singing and playing, including “Look On Yonder Wall,” “Shake Your Money Maker,” “Talk to Me Baby (I Can’t Hold On),” “It Hurts Me Too” and “The Sky Is Crying.”

Throughout the rest of the Fifties, James bounced back and forth between Chicago and Mississippi. Unfortunately, heavy drinking and chronic asthma complicated his heart trouble. He made a detour to New York City in 1959 to record for the Fire label – sessions that yielded some of his finest recorded work. In 1961, the musicians’ union blacklisted him for non-payment of dues. He returned to Mississippi and played local gigs until May 1963, when he went back to Chicago for a recording session with deejay Big Bill Hill. But on May 24, the night before the session, James died of a heart attack. He was 45 years old.

James left behind a raft of classic blues songs that include “Shake Your Money Maker,” “Talk to Me Baby,” “It Hurts Me Too” and “The Sky Is Crying.” James’ distinctive style has influenced a legion of Chicago slide players, and his songs have been cut by the admiring likes of the Allman Brothers Band, Canned Heat, Fleetwood Mac and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. “You can hear his signature riff at least once a night from every slide guitarist working,” music historian Tony Glover has written, “but no one has ever quite matched that vocal intensity, which transformed the lonesome moan of the Delta into a Chicago scream.” --- rockhall.com

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1 	Dust My Broom 	2:54
2 	Look On Yonder Wall 	2:28
3 	Mean Mistreatin' Mama 	2:38
4 	Fine Little Mama 	2:31
5 	Got To Move 	2:42
6 	Rollin' And Tumblin' 	2:28
7 	Coming Home 	2:24
8 	It Hurts Me Too 	3:17
9 	Standing At The Crossroads 	2:53
10 	Every Day I Have The Blues 	3:16
11 	I Done Somebody Wrong 	2:17
12 	Pickin' The Blues 	2:39
13 	Anna Lee 	2:50
14 	Sunnyland Train 	2:14
15 	One Way Out 	2:21
16 	The Sky Is Crying 	2:45

Elmore James is known as the “King of the Slide Guitar.” He was inspired by the local performances of Robert Johnson to take up the guitar. It was, in fact, a number by Johnson ("Dust My Broom") that became James’ signature song and laid the foundation for his recording career. First cut by James in August 1951, “Dust My Broom” contains the strongest example of his stylistic signature: a swooping, full-octave opening figure on slide guitar. His influence went beyond that one riff, however, as he’s been virtually credited with inventing blues rock by virtue of energizing primal riffs with a raw, driving intensity.

Elmore James was born on a farm in Richland, Mississippi, on January 27, 1918. By the time he was 12, he was playing a one-string, wall-mounted “guitar” that was common to the region. The music of Robert Johnson and Kokomo Arnold had drawn him to music. He eventually moved to Jackson, Mississippi, where he ran a radio repair shop and played guitar at night and on weekends. One account has him playing with a band that included drums as early as 1939. If correct, that would place him several years ahead of Muddy Waters in blending Delta Blues with electrical amplification and percussion.

James went into the Navy in 1943. After his discharge, he teamed up with Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller), the harmonica player he had performed with on and off since the Thirties. They performed all over the South, but eventually split up in New Orleans. James returned to Mississippi, where he was briefly hospitalized with heart problems. On August 5, 1951, James backed Williamson on eight tracks recorded for Trumpet Records. At the end of the session, James came forward and sang “Dust My Broom.” Trumpet released the song, credited to “Elmo James,” in late 1951, and it was moving into the R&B Top 10 as 1952 arrived.

The following year, James moved to Chicago, where he was able to participate in the birth and flowering of electric blues. He ended up cutting several different versions of “Dust My Broom” under different titles. His most successful was “I Believe (My Time Ain’t Long),” which reached Number Nine in 1953. He also had several other hits that featured his impassioned singing and playing, including “Look On Yonder Wall,” “Shake Your Money Maker,” “Talk to Me Baby (I Can’t Hold On),” “It Hurts Me Too” and “The Sky Is Crying.”

Throughout the rest of the Fifties, James bounced back and forth between Chicago and Mississippi. Unfortunately, heavy drinking and chronic asthma complicated his heart trouble. He made a detour to New York City in 1959 to record for the Fire label – sessions that yielded some of his finest recorded work. In 1961, the musicians’ union blacklisted him for non-payment of dues. He returned to Mississippi and played local gigs until May 1963, when he went back to Chicago for a recording session with deejay Big Bill Hill. But on May 24, the night before the session, James died of a heart attack. He was 45 years old.

James left behind a raft of classic blues songs that include “Shake Your Money Maker,” “Talk to Me Baby,” “It Hurts Me Too” and “The Sky Is Crying.” James’ distinctive style has influenced a legion of Chicago slide players, and his songs have been cut by the admiring likes of the Allman Brothers Band, Canned Heat, Fleetwood Mac and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. “You can hear his signature riff at least once a night from every slide guitarist working,” music historian Tony Glover has written, “but no one has ever quite matched that vocal intensity, which transformed the lonesome moan of the Delta into a Chicago scream.” ---rockhall.com

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1	I Believe			
2	Baby What's Wrong		
3	Early In the Morning	
4	Hawaiian Boogie			
5	Strange Kinda Feeling			
6	Please Find My Baby		
7	Hand in Hand		
8	Make My Dreams Come True		
9	Sho' Nuff I Do		
10	Sunny Land			
11	Standing At The Crossroads
12	Mean & Evil			
13	Happy Home		
14	No Love in My Heart (For You)
15	Dust My Blues		
16	I Was a Fool, Too		
17	Blues Before Sunrise		
18	Goodbye Baby		
19	Wild About You

Elmore James - Guitar, Vocals
Boyd Atkins - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
J.T. Brown - Sax (Tenor)
Maxwell Davis - Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Davis - Sax (Tenor)
Frank Fields - Bass
Edward Frank - Piano
Jewell L. Grant - Sax (Baritone)
Charles Hamilton - Bass
Raymond Hill - Sax (Tenor)
Johnny Jones - Piano
Ransom Knowling - Bass
Willard McDaniel - Piano
Odie Payne, Jr. 	- Drums,
Earl Palmer - Drums
James Parr - Trumpet
Jesse Sailes - Drums
Eddie Taylor - Guitar
Ike Turner - Guitar, Piano

This 19-track compilation focuses on Elmore James' crucial sessions recorded for the Modern Records subsidiaries Meteor and Flair between 1952 and 1956. At the time of these recordings, the distorted amplified sound of James' slide guitar with his unmistakable electrified Robert Johnson lick was helping map out the postwar blues idiom with such classics as "I Believe," "Blues Before Sunrise," "Wild About You," "Mean & Evil," and the extraordinary reworking of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom" into "Dust My Blues." Even though roughly half of these tracks appear on the equally recommended 1986 Ace release Let's Cut It: The Very Best of Elmore James, this set is a great introduction to the dynamic slide guitarist's earliest recordings. --- Al Campbell, allmusic.com

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CD1
1. Dust My Broom
2. Please Find My Baby (Version 1)
3. Hawaiian Boogie (Version 1)
4. Please Find My Baby (Version 2)
5. Hand In Hand
6. Long Tall Woman
7. Rock My Baby Right
8. One More Drink (Take 1)
9. My Baby's Gone					play
10. One More Drink (Take 2)
11. Lost Woman Blues Aka Please Find My Baby (Version 3)
12. I Believe
13. I Held My Baby Last Night
14. Baby What's Wrong
15. Sinful Woman
16. Round House Boogie aka Sax Symphonic Boogie (Inst) - Bep Brown
17. Dumb Woman Blues - Bep Brown Orchestra
18. Sax-Ony Boogie (Inst) - Featuring J T Brown (Sax)
19. Kicking The Blues Around aka Flaming Blues - Featuring J T Brown (Sax)
20. I May Be Wrong - Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs
21. Sweet Little Woman - Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs

CD2
1. Early In The Morning
2. Can't Stop Lovin'
3. Hawaiian Boogie (Version 2)
4. Make A Little Love
5. My Best Friend (Take 1)
6. Make My Dreams Come True (Take 2)
7. Make My Dreams Come True (Take 3)
8. Make My Dreams Come True (Take 4)
9. Make My Dreams Come True (Take 7)
10. Strange Kinda Feeling (Take 1)					play
11. Strange Kinda Feeling (Take 2)
12. Strange Kinda Feeling (Take 3)
13. Strange Kinda Feeling (Take 4)
14. Strange Kinda Feeling (Take 5)
15. Strange Kinda Feeling (Take 6)
16. Dark And Dreary (Take 1)
17. Dark And Dreary (Take 2)
18. Dark And Dreary (Take 4)
19. Quarter Past Nine
20. Where Can My Baby Be (Take 1)
21. Where Can My Baby Be (Take 8)
22. Where Can My Baby Be (Take 9)
23. Please Come Back To Me (Sho' Nuff I Do)
24. Session Talk & False Start Sho' Nuff I Do
25. Sho' Nuff I Do (Alternate Take)
26. Sho' Nuff I Do
27. 1839 Blues
28. I Got A Strange Baby (False Start & Chat)
29. Canton Mississippi Breakdown (Instrumental)

CD3
1. Standing At The Crossroads
2. Late Hours At Midnight
3. Happy Home
4. Sunny Land
5. The Way You Treat Me aka Mean And Evil
6. No Love In My Heart					play
7. Dust My Blues
8. I Was A Fool
9. Blues Before Sunrise
10. Goodbye (Baby)
11. So Mean To Me (Take 2)
12. So Mean To Me (Take 3)
13. So Mean To Me (Take 4)
14. Chat & False Start To Wild About You Baby
15. Wild About You
16. Wild About You (Baby)
17. Elmo's Shuffle (Take 3) (Instrumental)
18. Elmo's Shuffle (Take 4)
19. Elmo's Shuffle (Take 5)
20. Long Tall Woman (1970)
21. Long Tall Woman (1956)

Although a few hardcore electric Chicago blues fans might take offense at the remark, Elmore James' work does not comprise the most varied discography among major bluesmen. So a singledisc survey of his material, whether it covers the first five years or so of his career (as this threeCD anthology does) or a longer period, works better as both a general introduction and a more listenable compilation than a box set does. If you're a completist who does want everything known to exist that he laid down in the studio between August 1951 and January 1956, however, this 71track compilation is the most thorough retrospective of that era likely to be produced. In addition to including songs that were not issued in any form until after his death (and sometimes long after his passing), there are multiple takes of specific tunes, alternates, false starts, studio chatter, instrumental version, songs on which he guested for J.T. Brown and Little Johnny Jones, and so forth. Indeed, there are so many... multiple versions on this release that even the liner notes take care to suggest customprogramming the CD sequence if you'd rather not hear them all in a row. For all the ifwecanfinditreleaseit mentality driving this collection, however, it really is pretty listenable, at least if you like James and early to mid'50s Chicago blues a lot. For one thing, it does include a couple of big hits, those being James' original 1952 version of "Dust My Broom" and the 1953 Top Ten RB hit "I Believe." More relevantly, James played and sang consistently well even on the material that languished in the vault. Plus all those multiple versions aren't wholly repetitive; James occasionally makes changes to the lyrics and music, though the similarity of style from song to song is prevalent enough that you have to be paying close attention to catch all of these. Some fans primarily familiar with James through his Deltasoaked electric slide guitar playing (and there's plenty of that here) will also be surprised at the commercial RB edge to many of the sides, though it's commercial in the better sense of that term, often with horns and piano urbanizing James' approach. The 40page booklet has a wealth of information, vintage photos, and a detailed sessionography, increasing its appeal to those who want all things James. [Initially released in 1993 in longbox packaging, The Classic Early Recordings 1951-1956 was reissued by Ace in 2007 as a standardsized threeCD set with a different cover.] --- Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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1.	Dust My Blues
2.	Sunnyland  
3.	Mean and Evil		
4.	Dark and Dreary
5.	Standing at the Crossroads	play
6.	Happy Home
7.	No Love in My Heart
8.	Blues Before Sunrise		play
9.	I Was a Fool  
10.	Goodbye Baby
11.	Late Hours at Midnight
12.	Quarter Past Nine
13.	Strange Kinda Feeling
14.	Make My Dreams Come True
15.	So Mean to Me
16.	Long Tall Woman
17.	Wild About You A.K.A. Wild About You Baby
18.	Elmo's Shuffle

Line-Up:
Elmore James (vocals, guitar);
Johnny Jones (piano).

Blues After Hours, originally released on LP by Crown in 1960, was Elmore James' first long-playing record. Made up of singles released on the Modern imprints Meteor and Flair, for many it was their first introduction to the fiery slide guitarist, and the crunchy garage sound of James' arrangements (backed variously by the Broomdusters in Chicago, the Maxwell Davis Orchestra in Los Angeles, and the J&M Studio house band in New Orleans), coupled with his passionate edgy vocals, quickly made him one of the most influential blues artists of his time. Mastered from the original LP tapes and augmented with eight bonus tracks (which include three additional singles relevant to the LP and five tracks from the Chicago sessions), this expanded version of Blues After Hours has great sound, and the rough explosive nature of James' music is front and center and never lets up from the second he steps into the famous slide riff on "Dust My Blues," which opens the set. That roaring riff is repeated many times on this disc, since labels constantly demanded it, and James delivered it under a range of different titles, and amazingly, no one ever seems to get tired of it. But James was more than a one-trick pony, and he didn't just play slide. He was also an impassioned singer, and gifted enough to trade lines (both vocally and on guitar) with horn sections, giving songs like "Dark and Dreary" the illusion of being both raw and smooth at the same time. Truthfully, James never recorded a lame track (even if dozens of them were variations on "Dust My Broom"), always pouring all his energy into the performance, so it really doesn't matter which collection of his you pick up, but this one has the advantage of being a fleshed-out facsimile of his very first album (right down to the cover art), giving it a kind of historical and archival appeal. --- Steve Leggett, allmusic.com

Following our success with the mid-price Crown reissues by B.B. King and Howling Wolf, Ace Records presents the classic Elmore James Crown LP with bonus tracks. The original 1960 release, with the foxiest of covers, introduced Elmore James's intense vocals and slide guitar to legions of young blues fans everywhere. He is now venerated as one of the greatest bluesmen of all time. The eight bonus tracks feature three singles relevant to the LP, with the other five cuts coming from the top-class Chicago sessions. Of particular note is the stand-out piano work of the wonderful Little Johnny Jones. 2005. ---Dave Sax

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01 Ice Cream Man
02 Whose Muddy Shoes
03 Madison Blues play
04 I See My Baby
05 You Got Me
06 My Best Friend
07 The Sun Is Shining
08 Lifetime Baby
09 Talk to Me Baby
10 Rattlesnake
11 Be Careful
12 Dust My Broom
13 Tool Bag Boogie
14 Tough Times
15 Stormy Monday
16 The Sun Is Shining play
17 Gary Stomp

This collection of 17 songs by legendary blues guitarist, Elmore James,
 features a collaboration with John Brim.

Elmore James had recorded a session for Chess in 1953 before settling down with the Bihari Brothers and again in 1960, shortly before starting his final recordings for Bobby Robinson's Fire, Fury and Enjoy labels. This collects up all of them on CD with the bonus addition of an alternate take of "The Sun Is Shining," which can be interpreted as a precursor to his later hit "The Sky Is Crying." The earlier sides from 1953 lack his inimitable slide, but the 1960 session produced classics like "Talk to Me Baby," "Madison Blues" and a powerful reading of T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday." These tracks of James working with the Chess production team are delightfully fleshed out with a half-dozen gems by the highly underrated John Brim, some of which include stellar harp work by Little Walter ("Rattlesnake," "Be Careful" -- on which Walter stops playing in several spots to become an ad-lib backup vocalist -- and "You Got Me") as well as the original version of "Ice Cream Man," better known to rock fans from Van Halen's cover version of it from their debut album. ---Cub Koda, allmusic.com

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1 Hand in Hand
2 I Have a Right to Love My Baby
3 Every Day I Have the Blues
4 Dust My Broom
5 It Hurts Me Too
6 Talk to Me Baby
7 Twelve Year Old Boy
8 I Believe
9 I Gotta Go Now
10 Make My Dreams Come True
11 Mean Mistreatin' Mama
12 Sunnyland

"Golden Classics:Guitars In Orbit", by Elmore James, is a compilation issued by Collectables Records of what "Rolling Stone" and MTV News music journalist Kurt Loder called "historic, breakthrough recordings" that influenced punk rock and heavy metal music in the 1980s. There are no liner notes on this CD, if my memory serves me correctly, but I know that the music was recorded during Elmore James' final recording sessions in February, 1963, before he died of a heart attack a few months later. --- Lawrence P. Ressler, amazon.com

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01. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (2:54) 
02. Elmore James - Cry For Me Baby (2:44) 
03. Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:05) 
04. Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:03) 
05. Elmore James - Elmore's Contribution To Jazz (2:18) 
06. Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying (2:43) 
07. Elmore James - Take Me Where You Go (2:19) 
08. Elmore James - Rollin' And Tumblin' (2:28) 
09. Elmore James - Shake Your Moneymaker (2:28) 
10. Elmore James - Fine Little Mama (2:34) 
11. Elmore James - Held My Baby Last Night (2:51) 
12. Elmore James - Baby Please Set A Date (2:51) 
13. Elmore James - Got To Move (2:41) 
14. Elmore James - One Way Out (2:21) 
15. Elmore James - Can't Stop Loving My Baby (2:17) 
16. Elmore James - Something Inside Of Me (4:50) 
17. Elmore James - Person To Person (2:26) 
18. Elmore James - Talk To Me Baby (2:35)

Guitar, Vocals – Elmore James
Baritone Saxophone – Paul Williams (tracks: 13 to 14, 17)
Bass – Bobby Lee Robinson (tracks: 9), Homesick James (tracks: 1, 3 to 6, 8, 10, 11 to 12, 16), Willie Dixon (tracks: 2, 7)
Drums – Fred Below (tracks: 2, 7), Johnny Williams (2) (tracks: 13 to 14, 17), King Mose (tracks: 9), Odie Payne (tracks: 1, 3 to 6, 11 to 12)
Guitar – Eddie Taylor (tracks: 2 to 5, 7), Riff Ruffin (tracks: 13 to 14, 17), Wayne Bennet (tracks: 3, 7), Jimmy Spruill (tracks: 8, 10, 16)
Piano – Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (tracks: 9, 15, 18), Johnny Acey (tracks: 13 to 14, 17), Johnny Jones (tracks: 1, 3 to 6, 11 to 12)
Tenor Saxophone – J.T. Brown (tracks: 1 to 7, 11 to 12)
Trumpet – Danny Moore (tracks: 13 to 14, 17) 

Elmore James (Elmore Brooks, Richland, Mississippi, 27th January 1918 – Chicago, Illinois, 24th May 1963) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was known as “The King of the Slide Guitar”.

James was born fifty miles north of Jackson (not to be confused with another Richland just south of Jackson). He began playing as a teen, under the names “Cleanhead” and “Joe Willie James”, alongside musicians such as the first Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf, and Robert Johnson. During World War II James joined the United States Navy and was stationed in Guam.

Upon his discharge James returned to central Mississippi and eventually settled in Canton. He began recording with Trumpet Records in nearby Jackson in January 1951, first as sideman to the second Sonny Boy Williamson and others, then debuting as a session leader in August with what became his signature song, “Dust My Broom”. It was a surprise R&B hit in 1952 and turned James into a star. His “I Believe” was another hit a year later. During the 1950s he recorded for the Bihari Brothers’ Flair and Modern labels, as well as for Chess Records. His backing musicians were known as the Broomdusters. In 1959 he began recording what are perhaps his best sides for Bobby Robinson’s Fire Records label. These include “The Sky Is Crying” (credited to Elmo James and His Broomdusters), “Stranger Blues”, “Look On Yonder Wall”, “Done Somebody Wrong”, and “Shake Your Moneymaker”, all of which are among the most famous of blues recordings.

The slide guitar riff from “Dust My Broom” is one of the best-known openings in all of blues. Elmore James died of his third heart attack in Chicago in 1963, already a major influence on guitarists such as The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones. His classic “Done Somebody Wrong” and “One Way Out” were often covered by The Allman Brothers Band, who cited James as a major influence. James was also covered by blues-rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble many times in concert. The most famous of these covers is Vaughan’s take on James’s legendary recording, “The Sky Is Crying”. James is mentioned in The Beatles’ song “For You Blue”. While John Lennon plays the slide guitar, James’ trademark, George Harrison says “Go, Johnny, go … Elmore James got nothin’ on this, baby.” Another famous guitarist who admired Elmore James was Jimi Hendrix. On a sleeve of the posthumously released Hendrix CD Blues, there is a photo of Hendrix wearing his famous military jacket and holding Elmore James’s vinyl. ---last.fm

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