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Complete Vanguard Recordings
Buddy Guy
Complete Vanguard Recordings
Genres: Blues, Pop
 
  •  Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (9) - Disc #2
  •  Track Listings (7) - Disc #3

Young man leaves impoverished home, heads out to seek fame and fortune, becomes legend. It's the stuff of myth, and it's also the tale of many a blues musician who headed north to Chicago after World War II. One ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Buddy Guy
Title: Complete Vanguard Recordings
Members Wishing: 8
Total Copies: 0
Label: Vanguard Records
Original Release Date: 10/31/2000
Release Date: 10/31/2000
Album Type: Box set, Original recording remastered
Genres: Blues, Pop
Styles: Chicago Blues, Contemporary Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Blues
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPCs: 015707017824, 0090204991761, 090204991761

Synopsis

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Young man leaves impoverished home, heads out to seek fame and fortune, becomes legend. It's the stuff of myth, and it's also the tale of many a blues musician who headed north to Chicago after World War II. One such bluesman was Buddy Guy, who has achieved mainstream success beyond what most of his compatriots have, thanks to his fiery stage presence and undeniable energy that keeps going and going and going. This reissue of his sessions for Vanguard in the late 1960s and early 1970s, however, offers a different flavor; the pieces are smoother and lower-key than the Buddy Guy we're used to. For instance, his version of Mercy Dee's "One Room Country Shack" has more of the tortured inflections of "Ball and Chain" than the rock & roll stylings that have long been a Guy hallmark. On the other hand, there are audible instances of Guy's influence on rock. Most of this collection's best offerings are on disc one, which consists of the 1968 A Man and the Blues. Just so we're clear, this isn't really Guy's best work. Disc three, in particular, consisting of the 1972 release Hold That Plane, is curiously flat. Disc two, however, is the live album This Is Buddy Guy!, which balances things out some. These three releases aren't widely available, so completists are advised to pick this one up. --Genevieve Williams

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CD Reviews

Lord Have Mercy!
A. Prado | Fort Worth, tx United States | 01/07/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am not a Blues nor a Buddy Guy scholar, so all I can tell you is that this album is smokin', especially the live disk #2 (This is Buddy Guy). What I especially like about the album is Guy's versatility. He does a first class job whether he is doing Motown, funk, or down and dirty blues. My favorite is the live disk just because I think you get the flavor of the man as a performer. This is also one CD I have to share equally with my wife."
They Don't Get Much Blue-sier!
"Mama Blue" Fritz-songwriter, autho | Green Bay, Wisconsin | 12/21/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Anyone familiar with the soul-raking sounds of Buddy Guy, any lover of "good" blues, anyone aspiring to the type of career that this fantastic bluesman had...HAS TO have this CD! And those of you who haven't heard his performance...buy it, you'll love it!"