Something Inside Of Me: Unreleased Masters & Demos From The British Blues Years 1963-1976 4CD

Something Inside Of Me: Unreleased Masters & Demos From The British Blues Years 1963-1976

Something Inside Of Me' brings to the surface ninety-six unreleased recordings from fifteen artists who were all at the forefront of the burgeoning British blues scene of the early 1960s to mid 1970s. There is a varied range of performers with diverse styles that represented the spirit and soul of this music. Soloists, duos, trios, jug band acts and fully-fledged blues and rhythm and blues bands.A 150-page book accompanies the set. It is fully illustrated with most of the images having never before been published, and contains chapters especially written by the artists themselves who are included in this release. Full sessionography details and posters from the period are included, many reproduced here for the first time. 'Something Inside Of Me' is a unique collection of music, words and pictures from this underground world of music that spearheaded the giant UK blues scene that was to follow.The title of this anthology, taken from one of Danny Kirwan's The Boilerhouse tracks, perhaps quite appropriately sums up a feeling that British blues performers had about the blues. At the time these players eagerly adopted, even for their own compositions, self-styled versions of Black American imagery and lyrics. So, Mojos working, Hellhounds, Hoochie Coochie Men, Gypsy Women and Mannish Boys were creatively reinterpreted.When the US blues legends toured these shores to perform, sometimes accompanied by British players, it added to a wider understanding and appreciation of the hard lives of their mentors. As older players, some were of similar age to their parents, although considerably more hip! As Texas blues player Curtis Jones called out to the Dynaflow Blues Band just before they accompanied him at Bath University, "Let's jive!"

Tracklist:
1. Jeff Curtis ; the Flames - Route 66
2. Jeff Curtis ; the Flames - It Don't Take But a Few Minutes
3. Jeff Curtis ; the Flames - Bye Bye Johnny
4. Simon ; Steve - Treated Wrong
5. Simon ; Steve - I Been Dealing with the Devil (Take
6. Early Version)
7. Simon ; Steve - Blood Red River
8. Simon ; Steve - Million Years Blues (Take 1)
9. The D.J. Blues Band - I Still Got the Blues
10. The D.J. Blues Band - Summertime
11. The D.J. Blues Band - Sack O' Woe
12. The D.J. Blues Band - Hoochie Coochie Man
13. Shakey Vick's Big City Blues Band - Death Valley Blues
14. Shakey Vick's Big City Blues Band - Ain't That the Truth
15. Shakey Vick's Big City Blues Band - Low Down
16. Shakey Vick's Big City Blues Band - City Life
17. Tony 'Duster' Bennett - Bottle It Up and Go
18. Tony 'Duster' Bennett - Let's Get Together Baby
19. Tony 'Duster' Bennett - Kimberly
20. Dynaflow Blues - Stones in My Passway
21. Dynaflow Blues - Big Road Blues
22. Dynaflow Blues - I've Been Down So Long
23. Dynaflow Blues - Too Much
24. Dave Kelly - That's Alright
25. Dave Kelly - Hey Hey Baby
26. Dave Kelly - Bullfrog Blues
27. Dave Kelly - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Fragments)
28. Dave Kelly - Married Woman Blues
29. The Nighthawks - Combination Boogie
30. The Nighthawks - Anna Lee
31. The Nighthawks - Hold Me Close to Your Heart
32. The Nighthawks - It's a Shame
33. Al Jones - 32-20 Blues
34. Al Jones - Dissatisfied
35. Al Jones - Hard Times Killing Floor Blues
36. Al Jones - Searching the Desert for the Blues (First Version)
37. The Vintage Jug Band - Sailing on the Ocean
38. The Vintage Jug Band - Catch Me If You Can
39. The Vintage Jug Band - Rising Sun Blues
40. The Vintage Jug Band - on the Road Again
41. Simon ; Steve - Walking My Trouble Away
42. Simon ; Steve - Get Right Church
43. Simon ; Steve - She's So Sweet
44. Simon ; Steve - Million Years Blues (Take 2)
45. The Nighthawks - Baby Let's Play House
46. The Nighthawks - Now She's Gone
47. The Nighthawks - Busy Mind
48. The Nighthawks - Going Crazy Over TV
49. The Boilerhouse - Wet Weather Blues
50. The Boilerhouse - Tell Me Mama
51. Simon ; Steve - I Been Dealing with the Devil (Take
52. Later Version)
53. Simon ; Steve - I Been Dealing with the Devil (False Starts ; Discussions)
54. Simon ; Steve - I Been Dealing with the Devil (Take
55. Later Version)
56. Tight Like That - Then You Came Along
57. Tight Like That - Spider John
58. Tight Like That - If You See Kay
59. The Boilerhouse - Something Inside of Me
60. The Boilerhouse - All Your Love (Instrumental)
61. The Boilerhouse - Silly Mean Old World
62. Tony 'Duster' Bennett - Georgia Skin Game
63. Tony 'Duster' Bennett - Riding the Rods (Instrumental)
64. Tony 'Duster' Bennett - I Had a Little Girl
65. Tony 'Duster' Bennett - Train Harmonica Blues (Instrumental)
66. The Nighthawks - Combination Boogie
67. The Nighthawks - Heavy Load
68. The Nighthawks - Mystery Train
69. The Nighthawks - Sweet Mary
70. Al Jones - I'd Rather Be the Devil (Devil Got My Woman)
71. Al Jones - Dustbin Lid
72. Al Jones - Searching the Desert for the Blues (Second Version)
73. Brett Marvin ; the Thunderbolts - Walking Blues
74. Brett Marvin ; the Thunderbolts - Grinning in Your Face
75. The Nighthawks - I Want to Be Loved
76. The Nighthawks - Every Night About This Time
77. The Nighthawks - Later on
78. Simon ; Steve - Elevator Woman
79. Simon ; Steve - I'm a Stranger Here
80. Simon ; Steve - Streamline Train
81. Simon ; Steve - Cornbread Peas and Black Molasses
82. Graham Hine - Grinning in Your Face
83. Graham Hine - Bumble Bee Stop Time
84. Graham Hine - Jo Ann's Room
85. Graham Hine - Garfield Akers
86. Graham Hine - Violent Night
87. Al Jones - You Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
88. Al Jones - to London with You
89. Al Jones - Liza
90. Al Jones - the Wild Rover
91. Simon ; Steve - Sonny Boy's Jump
92. Simon ; Steve - the Rock Island Line
93. Simon ; Steve - Out with the Wrong Woman
94. Duster Bennett - Worried Mind
95. Duster Bennett - Leadjelly
96. Bob Hall - the Spider
97. The Nighthawks - My Babe
98. The Nighthawks - She Had to Go
99. The Nighthawks - Mama Talk to Your Daughter

Label: Wienerworld
Released: 2021