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Alligator Records - Great Blues Label Offering Free MP3s

Alligator Records is a great blues record label that I think almost every blues fan is familiar with. Periodically Alligator Records offers some free MP3s as I’ve listed in this post. When they are updated I retweet this post. Clicking any of these album covers will take you to the page where you can download the MP3s. Note the selection changes so the tune’s I’ve posted may not be the current selection but if its from Alligator you can bet they will be good tunes. Enjoy! Thanks Alligator Records for all you do for the blues and for these free MP3s.

	Buckwheat Zydeco Ninth Place from the album Lay Your Burden Down
	Eric Lindell Willin’ And Able from the album Gulf Coast Highway
	Saffire–The Uppity Blues Women Going Down To The River from the album Havin’ The Last Word
	Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials Hold That Train from the album Full Tilt
	JJ Grey & Mofro Orange Blossoms from the album Orange Blossoms
	Janiva Magness That’s What Love Will Make You Do from the album What Love Will Do

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Yazoo Records - A Great Rural Blues Label

Doing research for this blog I’m constantly amazed at how often The Yazoo Records label is listed as essential listening. If you’re a fan of rural blues going back to the 20’s and 30’s this record label is something you really should check out. Here is a short list of records available from this fine label.
Barbecue Bob, "Chocolate To The Bone"
Blind Blake, "The Best of Blind Blake"
Big Bill Broonzy, "The Young Bill Broonzy, 1928-1935"
Big Bill Broonzy, "Do That Guitar Rag, 1928-1935"
Rev. Gary Davis, "The Complete Early Recordings of Rev. Gary Davis"
Sleepy John Estes, "I Ain’t Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941"
Blind Boy Fuller, "Truckin’ My Blues Away"
Mississippi John Hurt, "1928 Sessions"
Skip James, "The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James"
Blind Lemon Jefferson, "The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson" Classic Recordings of the 1920s
Charlie Patton, "The Best of"
Charlie Patton, "Founder of the Delta Blues"
Ma Rainey, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom"

That doesn’t even begin to describe the collection. Here are just a few gems from the Yazoo collection:

Back To The Crossroads The Roots of Robert Johnson
The Best There Ever Was Legendary Early Blues Performers
Classic Recordings From the 1920s & 1930s
Masters of the Delta Blues: The Friends of Charlie Patton
Harmonica Blues: Great Harmonica Performances of the 1920s and 30s

Now normally a post like this would be full of links to online sales and music previews but the deals are great at http://www.yazoorecords.com/ and most of the CD’s I was looking at had the first three songs as streaming media for you to check out so head on over to http://www.yazoorecords.com/ and get yourself a deal. I’ve already placed my order and can’t wait to get my CDs.

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Yellow Dog Records

Tonight I’m listening to Yellow Dog Records Radio. and man is it ever good! That’s not all, all day I’ve been listening to a free sampler CD that you can get when you buy a CD from Yellow Dog Records (I suspect this offer is time limited so better hurry).The sampler came with a nice letter from Mike Powers from Yellow Dog Records and in it Mike explains that “Yellow Dog Records is young roots label based in Memphis Tennessee, building a reputation for presenting American roots music that is vitally fresh while remaining utterly authentic”. Well he’s right. As I was looking for this letter to quote in this blog I was thinking to myself - man every tune these guys publish is unique - fresh is a great way to put it. And great sound too guys! Check this “The Soul of John Black” video out.

Ok - now do yourself a favor and tune into Yellow Dog Records Radio while you’re checking out the Yellow Dog Records website and pick up some fresh blues. Based on the sampler, I don’t think you’d be disappointed by anything offered by Yellow Dog Records.

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