{"product_id":"matchbox-bluesmaster-serie-4","title":"Matchbox Bluesmaster Serie 4, Audio-CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarke:\u003c\/b\u003e Various Artists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVariante:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio-CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEigenschaften:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN   KURZBESCHREIBUNG   We are now releasing set 4 of the pivotal Matchbox Bluesmaster. This 6-album set includes the final volumes 3 and 4 of the archetypal and powerful singer, Texas Alexander, accompanied by some outstanding musicians; Female blues is represented by the amazing St Louis Bessie and her outlandish lyrics accompanied by the equally amazing guitar playing of Lonnie Johnson. Blues from Atlanta comes from Julius Daniels and there is a wealth of early Gospel music from four Sanctified Singer groups.    REZENSION   The first CD is split between South Carolina’s Julius Daniels and a (probably) older man, Lil McClintock. As the late Paul Oliver points out in his characteristically erudite liner notes, both these men drew their repertoire from a tradition slightly pre-dating blues, so are as likely to sing ballads and spirituals as straightforward blues material, and their songs contain a wealth of historical detail about coal mining, rural working life and experiences in the prison system, not to mention novelty songs about mules and even seagoing women in men’s attire… In many ways, however, it is the CD dedicated to St. Louis Bessie that is the highlight of the collection. Lyrics such as ‘Just because I’m from the country my man treats me like a dog: he wants to put me in the stable and feed me like a hog’, plus a great number of songs about death and morbid dreams (not to mention her apparent obsession with snakes), make listening to her music a rather harrowing experience. But she is, simply, an utterly compelling and powerfully individual voice, and her delivery of such lines as ‘Late last night I lay in my bed alone’, and her constant references to moaning, weeping and worrying are highly affecting. There are, it is good to report, three more six-CD sets to come from Matchbox; they are doing the musical world a great service with this excellent series of reissues. --London Jazz News, Chris Parker  Set 4 comprises six CDs with meticulous tracklisting and original liner notes by the respected blues historian Paul Oliver… Comprising just under 100 tracks and lasting approximately five hours, this is blues-fan heaven…. The sound is more than acceptable considering the variable quality of the sources. This is pre-war US country blues at its finest and its rawest… Matchbox have done a splendid job – first in preserving and committing the source to vinyl and then digitalising the entire Bluesmaster Series… This Bluesmaster Series should not be seen as the preserve of the serious blues collector. It can be appreciated by anybody with an interest in the history of music, America and social change… This may not be your usual CD purchase, but I doubt you will be disappointed if you take a chance. --Jazz Journal, Ian Lomax  This collection is a look as far back into blues history as blues history goes, it’s some of the very earliest recordings ever made… Wonderful blues --Blues Matters\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Various Artists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42447986262204,"sku":"B093KJ8YLC","price":115.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0311\/4699\/9943\/files\/a62aaaa727632f21f7fc0ead46b99f5c8deabe35_BD5899776B.jpg?v=1768297264","url":"https:\/\/techstudio.ch\/products\/matchbox-bluesmaster-serie-4","provider":"techstudio.ch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}