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Down in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler had fallen out with Rick Hall at FAME studio after an Aretha Franklin session ended with Aretha storming back to New York. Wexler later... more

Bobby 'Blue' Bland (1930 - 2013) was one of the leading US-American Blues, R&B and Soul entertainers. He knew how to combine the intensity of Gospel music with the expression of the Blues. His voice... more

This big set chronicling the big guitar-blues boom of the '20s and '30s contains 58 tracks and a 134-page booklet. Includes Mr. Johnson's Blues Lonnie Johnson; Match Box Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson;... more

The Wolf at his most lupine—his earliest, rarest Sun sides including both sides (How Many More Years; Baby Ride with Me) from his first session at Sam Phillips' 706 Union Ave. studio in '51! They... more

Another heapin', howlin' helpin' of the early tracks that turned Chester Burnett into Howlin' Wolf, blues titan! This is the man at his most primitive and powerful: Moanin' at Midnight; Worried All... more

EU collection. The harmonica as a lead instrument for rock and roll! Yeah, sure, why not? Especially when the mouth harp is wielded by James Cotton, the man who grew up with blues giants during the... more

Double vinyl LP pressing. -Jimmie Vaughan, co-founder of the Fabulous Thunderbirds and older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, recorded one of the most fascinating blues/roots albums of all time in... more

-Howlin' Wolf's earliest recordings (1951 - 1953), recorded by Sam Phillips at his Memphis Recording Service and unreleased at the time! -Alternate versions and unreleased masters discovered more... more

In his lifetime, Memphis Slim was probably the best-known blues singer in the world, moving from Memphis to Chicago and finally to Paris in the early 1960s. But it's no exaggeration to say that... more

Slim Harpo's sound was at once deeply rooted and strikingly new when he entered the realm of blues recording in '57. The Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds, CCR (where do you think Fogerty got that tremoloed... more

The old heroes and new disciples are heard among these 40 tracks, and a 112-page booklet traces the continuing tradition of acoustic blues from 1980–2012. Includes Heartbroken Man Blues Henry... more

2024 release. With 'Destination Jail, Vol. 2', Bear Family Records® offers another intriguing collection of blues and rhythm & blues obscurities and classics from the '40s to the '60s about life... more

Studio recordings, most of which had been posthumously released on now long deleted CDs on the small Watch Dog label. Including a previously unreleased recording with Luke 'Long Gone' Miles. Compiled... more

These 55 tracks and 124 pages trace the course of acoustic blues from 1941 all the way up to '59 (when rock 'n' roll was plugged in but there was still a strong market for down-home acoustic blues):... more

Part Three of the most comprehensive history EVER of electrified blues on 12 electrifying CDs! Every significant artist... every significant recording from the 1930s to the present day, including... more