Double vinyl LP pressing. The king of blues labels turns 50! This anthology celebrates 50 years of classic, genre-defining recordings by a star-studded Who's Who of American blues and roots music artists past and present. Features tracks by Hound Dog Taylor, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, J.J. Grey & Mofro, Koko Taylor, Johnny Winter, Tommy Castro, Marcia Ball, Albert Collins, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Toronzo Cannon and many more!

Alligator Records chestnut from 1974 from one of the unsung giants of Chicago blues, Fenton Robinson. An album so good it's been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Features the famous title cut, a blues standard later covered by Boz Scaggs, plus Texas Flood (covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan).

Limited purple colored vinyl LP pressing. 2023 release. On Exorcist, Birchwood delivers the most far-reaching, musically adventurous album of his career. Exorcist was recorded in Florida and produced by Grammy Award-winner Tom Hambridge, with each of the 13 vividly detailed songs written and arranged by Birchwood. The soul-baring tracks all hit with lasting rhymes and unexpected rhythms. Each twists it's own tale, ranging from the love-gone-wrong Horns Below Her Halo to the love-gone-terrifying Exorcist to the ripped-from-the-headlines escapades of FLorida Man and Swim At Your Own Risk to the autobiographical Underdog. According to Blues Music Magazine, "Selwyn Birchwood heralds a fresh, exciting new direction in the blues. Toe-tapping, hip-shaking, joyful and inviting... expansive and focused, exploratory and time-honored, but always original."

Sacramento, California's musically fearless, wildly entertaining and award-winning Rick Estrin & the Nightcats return with another superb collection of blues and roots music full of sharp-witted songs and brilliant musicianship. Celebrated throughout the blues world, the band has twice won the coveted Blues Music Award for Band Of The Year, and Estrin has won BMAs for Song of the Year, Traditional Male Blues Artist and Instrumentalist - Harmonica. The Hits Keep Coming is modern blues at it's most potent, with ten sparkling new originals ranging from from crisp, hooky retro-rock to intense, noir-ish blues, along with sublime interpretations of Muddy Water's "Diamonds At Your Feet" and Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows." The songwriting is whip-smart throughout, and the band's ensemble playing is infectious and jaw-dropping.

2021 release from world-renowned blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Chris Cain. The album was produced and recorded by Kid Andersen at San Jose's Greaseland Studio.

2013 release, the first nationally distributed release from this Boston blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter. He's played hundreds of shows throughout New England, toured Europe, and played with soul greats Al Green, Bettye LaVette, and James Hunter, with whom he's played over 30 shows. Buoyant, contemporary soul music reminiscent of 1970s-era Van Morrison and powered by unique, effortless vocals.

Alligator Records rightfully won raves for this series, arguably the greatest modern blues collections out there. Volume four features Detroit Junior ("Some Nerve," "I Got Money"), Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson ("Somebody Have Mercy," "Look What You Done"), Big Leon Brooks ("Country Boy," "My Life Ain't the Same"), Andrew Brown ("Two Years"), Queen Sylvia Embry ("Going Upstairs")...19 tracks, many maddeningly hard to find! Alligator.

Following in the footsteps of our 20th, 25th, 30th and 35th Anniversary Collections, which have scanned a combined 400,000 units, comes this budget-priced double CD release celebrating the 40th anniversary of the worlds premier blues label. Featuring 38 songs (over 157 minutes of music) showcasing 40 years of career-defining recordings by a star-studded Who's Who of American blues and roots artists past and present.

FULL TILT is simply the rawest, truest, most electrifying blues being made today. Wielding his slide like a switchblade, Ed stokes the up-tempo tracks to a white-hot intnensity and the tough, slow blues even hotter. A touch of barrelhouse piano and raucous horns adds to the fun and the Blues Imperials, throttle wide-open, match Ed step for step and push him to the best performance of his career.

Alligator's Grammy-winning, best-selling title of all time (which has sold over 285,000 units), remastered on 180-gram vinyl with the added bonus track "Something to Remember You By". Universally recognized as one of the greatest blues albums of all time. A celebrated studio "cutting contest" between three legendary blues guitarists. Albert and Johnny are sadly no longer with us, but Robert Cray continues to record and tour, and is one of the best-selling blues artists in history with over 2.3 million career units scanned.

Alligator's Grammy Award winning, best-selling title of all time, remastered on CD with the added bonus track -Something to Remember You By. Universally recognized as one of the greatest blues albums of all time. A celebrated studio "cutting contest" between three legendary blues guitarists. Albert and Johnny are sadly no longer with us, but Robert Cray continues to record and tour, and is one of the best-selling blues artists in history with over 2.3 million career units scanned.

Presenting the newest release in Alligator Records' series of compilations celebrating the essential recording of our modern blues legends. Harp master Charlie Masselwhite is the latest artist to get the DELUXE EDITION treatment and this title comes at the time when Charlie is enjoying some of the widest recognition of his career. DELUXE EDITION features the cream of his highly-acclaimed alligator release, two of which, SIGNATURE and IN MY TIME WERE Grammy nominees. Also included is a previously unreleased track from Charlie's personal collection.

Tommy Castro plays rockin' soul music fired by razor-sharp guitar work and urgent vocals. In 18 years and eight releases, he has built a huge live following and amassed over 220,000 scans, with his last release, 2007's PAINKILLER, currently over 27,000. HARD BELIEVER is Castro's Alligator debut and with the label's extensive promotional efforts behind him for the first time, he's sure to reach new levels of popularity. Produced by John Porter (Santana, Buddy Guy, Elvis Costello) and showcasing a t on of heart and soul. Six Castro originals, plus tasty Bob Dylan and Wilson Pickett covers.

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