Friday, August 9, 2019

Anthology Of The Blues Vol. 1 - 12 (re-post)

Recordings originally made for the Bihari brothers' Modern label in the 1940s and 1950s were subject to several reissue campaigns throughout the following decades. Kent Records, established by the Biharis after Modern had gone bankrupt, was the most qualified company to take on this task, especially in contrast to the efforts of more cut-rate outfits such as United Superior and Crown. 
So here you have all 12 volumes of 'The Anthology Of The Blues" series originally released in 1969/70 on Kent.... though some of the LP's used are on the United or Musidisc labels.

Legend of Elmore James: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/7ugJ3g9Q/file.html
Memphis Blues: http://www89.zippyshare.com/v/A6CzfvlZ/file.html
California Blues: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/bsbn2wTv/file.html
Blues From The Deep South: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/CIX9bGFd/file.html
Texas Blues: http://www89.zippyshare.com/v/itZEbGVm/file.html
Detroit Blues: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/RzulUejo/file.html
Arkansas Blues: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/K3L5KBhm/file.html
Lightnin' Hopkins: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/wuMvNru9/file.html
Mississippi Blues: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/ODyEfoWb/file.html
Resurection Of Elmore James: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/zCTGNlT2/file.html
B.B. King: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/jmbdlWGT/file.html
West Coast Blues: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/ufdILZc0/file.html

This will be the last re-posting of this set so get them while you can.

Here is a link to Stefan Wirz's excellent site  for all the track lists:
http://www.wirz.de/music/kentafrm.htm

29 comments:

Leroy Slim said...

What a great anthology...Elmore James was and still is the greatest slide guitar player!

Anonymous said...

Thanks a lot!

Juanjo said...

Awesome!

Anonymous said...

Amazing...I have a few of these....back in the day buying these on vinyl was da chit!

Anonymous said...

awesome set !!! the elmore james stuff is still timeless as always you da man !!! Maple Blues

Quibus said...

thanks so much for this fantastic collection!

Anonymous said...

Something seems to be wrong with volumes 1 and 11, they can can't be extracted completely.

JCO
Waterloo, Iowa

lemonflag said...

Thanks

Xyros said...

I just downloaded and tested vol. 1 and 11 and they extracted alright for me. Anyone else have problems with unpacking the rar file?

Anonymous said...

I just tried Volume 1 again and the same thing happened, it could not be decompressed entirely. Tracks 2 and 7 didn't download.

JCO
Waterloo, Iowa

Anonymous said...

Thanks for making those missing files available!

JCO
Waterloo, Iowa

Quibus said...

thanks very much for Elmore James!

Anonymous said...

Some rare Allen Toussaint stuff, perhaps?
Serge.

routeur 66 said...

thank's

Anonymous said...

Thanks for these! (I just found this page)
B.B.King link is dead .. any chance of a reup?

Thanks again!
hlr

Xyros said...

@Dirac2357, B.B. King has a new link for you.

Anonymous said...

Thanks very much for B.B.King!

hlr

Bob Mac said...

Remember when this series first appeared on vinyl, was big news in the blues collector world. Loved the BB King in this series and played the LP to death, he's got a dirty rough guitar tone on some of these very early tracks.

Anonymous said...

Links don't work anymore. Any chance of reupload? These are rare. Thank you.

Xyros said...

@ Anonymous, I'll get around to re-posting the Blues Anthology series in about 2 weeks

Anonymous said...

Hi!

Thanx for these GREAT comps!!

Cheers!

Ciao! For now.
rntcj

Ballas said...

The link for Detroit Blues is incorrect - it gives you the post-war blues album.

Anonymous said...

Rganks so much, it's fantastic!!! Roberto

Werner said...

Most of the files have expired and do'nt exist anymore on Zippyshare

Nappyrags said...

Mucho thanks for all 12 in one place!!!

KD said...

Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (2015)
~ 5 Disc Box Set | with Booklet and Art Work ~

Track Lists:
https://www.discogs.com/Lead-Belly-The-Smithsonian-Folkways-Collection/release/6711938


Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, the first career-spanning box set dedicated to the American music icon, ... 5 CD's ... featuring 5 hours of music with 16 unreleased tracks.

"Prestige box sets of pre-rock music that out-price the casual fan or curious newcomer tend to emphasize an artist’s importance and influence, carefully delineating his or her legacy across subsequent generations of followers. You listen because it’s good for you, is the implication, which is certainly worthwhile as far as that goes. But rarely is this type of retrospective quite as much fun as Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection. It’s not only the first full career retrospective of one of the most significant musicians of the twentieth century. It’s also a blast."
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20200-lead-belly-the-smithsonian-folkways-collection


1) Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Disc One:
Download Link:
http://www117.zippyshare.com/v/BSbkcAVp/file.html

Info:
Name: LB-SFCollection(Disc One)
Size: 142MB
Bitrate: 320kbps
File Type: MP3


2) Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Disc Two:
Download Link:
http://www117.zippyshare.com/v/JgutWYKD/file.html

Info:
Name: LB-SFCollection(Disc Two)
Size: 133MB
Bitrate: 320kbps
File Type: MP3


3) Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Disc Three:
Download Link:
http://www117.zippyshare.com/v/KjkrjG1t/file.html

Info:
Name: LB-SFCollection(Disc Three)
Size: 158MB
Bitrate: 320kbps
File Type: MP3


4) Disc Four: Lead Belly On Radio:
Download Link:
http://www41.zippyshare.com/v/4h4qHBlK/file.html

Info:
Name: LB-SFCollection(Disc Four)
Size: 135MB
Bitrate: 320kbps
File Type: MP3


5: Disc Five: from Last Sessions:

Download Link:
http://www41.zippyshare.com/v/KQ10sKa4/file.html

Info:
Name: LB-SFCollection(Disc Five)
Size: 160MB
Bitrate: 320kbps
File Type: MP3

Xyros said...

2 KD, this was a very nice surprise and I'm sure others will enjoy the set also.
Unfortunately I can only keep it online for about a week as it's a reasonably new release and I don't want to much attention from the powers above (or is it from below).

KD said...

OK,
Better Safe Than Sorry
Glad You Liked the Post Though

pmac said...

Wow - many thanks to both Xyros and KD!