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The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James
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Track Listing
- Dust My Broom
- Sun Is Shining
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Sho' Nuff I Do
- Please Find My Baby
- TV Mama - James Elmore, Elmore James, Big Joe Turner
- My Best Friend
- Madison Blues
- Cry for Me Baby
- Sky Is Crying
- Sunnyland
- I Can't Hold Out
- Look on Yonder Wall
- I Need You
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- 12 Year Old Boy
- It Hurts Me Too
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Something Inside Me
- Standing at the Crossroads
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #77576 in Music
- Released on: 1993-04-06
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Dimensions: .23 pounds
Customer Reviews
The best on the market
If you're wondering which Elmore James-album to purchase, look no further. This is the definite single-disc collection.
The CD starts off with James' first waxing, his lone 1951 single "Dust My Broom" with Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II) backing him up on harmonica. And all the best stuff is here. "The Sky Is Crying", "It Hurts Me Too", "Shake Your Moneymaker", "Sho' Nuff I Do", "Talk To Me Baby (I can't hold out)" and fifteen more.
James rocked harder than most other bluesmen, his voice was huge and intense, and his guitar playing feroicious. The arrangements are superb, the sound is good, and this is a definite must-own, even if you intend to limit your blues collection to just a handful of albums.
The true fanatic needs the box sets, of course, but for the slightly more casual Elmore James-fan, this CD is the very best choice. Even the lesser known tracks, such as "Done Somebody Wrong" and "Madison Blues" are fabulous.
Go buy it. Go, go!
The first Elmore record to own
Elmore's blues, of all the major blues, had in them the most rock & roll kind of excitement. This is the first Elmore record to own. Next, go for Charly's 3 CD compilation box set King Of The Slide Guitar: The Complete Trumpet, Chief & Fire Sessions, and finally another 3 CD compilation, The Classic Early Recordings 1951-1956 from Ace. This one though - The Sky Is Crying: The History Of Elmore James - still has several tracks, all mighty fine, unavailable on either of those other collections ("The Sun Is Shining", "T.V. Mama", "Madison Blues" and "I Can't Hold Out").
