Junior Wells-Calling All Blues-CD-FLAC-2000-THEVOiD

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 Info   
     Artist  | Junior Wells
     Title   | Calling All Blues
     Genre   | Blues                                Format  | Album (CD)
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 60:58
     Label   | Westside                             Store   | 2000
     Catalog | WESA 866                             Rip     | 2021-10-16
     Bitrate | 550  kbps                            Size    | 253.17 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. Two Headed Woman                                            2:41
     02. Lovey Dovey Lovey One                                       2:12
     03. I Could Cry (1957 Version)                                  3:10
     04. Cha-Cha-Cha In Blue (Cut My Toe Nail)                       2:22
     05. Little By Little (I'm Losing You)                           2:33
     06. Come On In This House                                       2:22
     07. You Don't Care                                              2:20
     08. Prison Bars All Around Me                                   2:28
     09. Calling All Blues (with Earl Hooker)                        2:34
     10. Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule (with Earl Hooker)             2:34
     11. Messin' With The Kid                                        2:15
     12. You Sure Look Good To Me                                    2:25
     13. So Tired                                                    2:13
     14. Universal Rock (with Earl Hooker)                           2:31
     15. I Could Cry (1961 Version)                                  2:53
     16. I'm A Stranger                                              2:41
     17. The Things I Do For You                                     2:19
     18. Love Me                                                     2:08
     19. It Hurts Me Too                                             2:40
     20. I Need Me A Car                                             2:21
     21. I'll Get You Too                                            3:04
     22. One Day (Every Goodbye Ain't Gone)                          2:51
     23. She's A Sweet One                                           3:01
     24. When The Cat's Gone The Mice Play                           2:20
 Notes  
     He was one bad dude, strutting across the stage like a harp-toting
     gangster, mesmerizing the crowd with his tough-guy antics and
     rib-sticking Chicago blues attack. Amazingly, Junior Wells kept at
     precisely this sort of thing for over 40 years; he was an active
     performer from the dawn of the '50s until his death in the late
     '90s.
     Born in Memphis, Wells learned his earliest harp licks from another
     future legend, Little Junior Parker, before he came to Chicago at
     age 12. In 1950, the teenager passed an impromptu audition for
     guitarists Louis and David Myers at a house party on the South Side,
     and the Deuces were born. When drummer Fred Below came aboard, they
     changed their name to the Aces.
     Following his recorded debut as a leader for States Records, Wells
     signed with Mel London, producing a number of sides for the
     producer's Chief and Profile imprints. Perhaps best-known for his
     spectacular harmonica playing, this period, documented on Calling
     All Blues, saw Wells emerging as an outstanding vocalist as well. A
     consummate performer with a firm grasp of the range of emotions the
     music can produce, Wells wrings every drop of feeling out of the
     lyrics.
     The singer growls, shouts, howls, moans across these 24 tracks
     including two versions of his great "I Could Cry" and other classics
     like "Little By Little," "Cha-Cha-Cha in Blue," and "Lovey Dovey
     Lovey One." While it has a great deal of overlap with the
     collections from Paula Records, Calling All Blues remains a fine
     introduction with no glaring omissions. The bulk of the compositions
     come from three sources: his employer, London; the "poet of the
     blues," Willie Dixon; and Wells himself. While the recording quality
     may be shaky at times, it's to be expected and in fact only adds to
     the feeling of authenticity emanating from the music.
     It's like stepping inside a hot, sweaty room for a forbidden peek at
     a late-night jam session. Wells and company imbue the material with
     such intensity, it can almost be overwhelming at times. For the most
     part, the singer leaves his harp alone, but the handful of harmonica
     moments are memorable. On the instrumental title track, he lays into
     his instrument, battling for space amongst piercing guitar and piano
     leads. Only when the music is tempered by the more popular forms of
     rock & roll and R&B on songs like "I'll Get You Too," "One Day
     (Every Goodbye Ain't Gone)," and "I Need a Car" does it begin to
     lose its potency.
     Leading up to the sessions that produced Wells' classic 1966 album
     Hoodoo Man Blues, this is electric blues at its fiery best.

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9.7M	01-junior_wells-two_headed_woman.flac
8.0M	02-junior_wells-lovey_dovey_lovey_one.flac
14M	03-junior_wells-i_could_cry_(1957_version).flac
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11M	05-junior_wells-little_by_little_(im_losing_you).flac
11M	06-junior_wells-come_on_in_this_house.flac
9.8M	07-junior_wells-you_dont_care.flac
11M	08-junior_wells-prison_bars_all_around_me.flac
9.5M	09-junior_wells-calling_all_blues_(with_earl_hooker).flac
9.2M	10-junior_wells-galloping_horses_a_lazy_mule_(with_earl_hooker).flac
9.8M	11-junior_wells-messin_with_the_kid.flac
11M	12-junior_wells-you_sure_look_good_to_me.flac
8.8M	13-junior_wells-so_tired.flac
11M	14-junior_wells-universal_rock_(with_earl_hooker).flac
14M	15-junior_wells-i_could_cry_(1961_version).flac
9.5M	16-junior_wells-im_a_stranger.flac
8.6M	17-junior_wells-the_things_i_do_for_you.flac
7.5M	18-junior_wells-love_me.flac
12M	19-junior_wells-it_hurts_me_too.flac
8.5M	20-junior_wells-i_need_me_a_car.flac
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