Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey
| Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey | |
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| Box set by various artists | |
| Released | October 7, 2003 |
| Recorded | August 10, 1920 – April 9, 2003 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Length | 6:10:47 |
| Label | Hip-O Records, Sony |
| Producer | Various, Mark Abramson |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey is a 2003 box set released on Hip-O Records. It is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese PBS documentary series The Blues.[2] The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. It offers a survey of many different blues subgenres and tangential music styles, as well as a survey of almost all the most notable blues performers over time.
In 2004, the box set won two Grammy Awards for Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes.[3][4] The previous year it was number 2 on the Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart.[5]
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey is also the title of a 2003 companion book to the series. Writers/editors include Peter Guralnick, Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren and Christopher John Farley.[6]
Track listing
Disc one
Disc two
Disc three
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mother Earth" | Memphis Slim | 2:42 |
| 2. | "Please Send Me Someone to Love" | Percy Mayfield | 2:55 |
| 3. | "Rocket 88" | Jackie Brenston | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Dust My Broom" | Elmore James | 2:45 |
| 5. | "No More Doggin'" | Rosco Gordon | 3:09 |
| 6. | "Juke" | Little Walter | 2:45 |
| 7. | "Hound Dog" | Big Mama Thornton | 2:50 |
| 8. | "Reconsider Baby" | Lowell Fulson | 3:10 |
| 9. | "The Things That I Used to Do" | Guitar Slim | 3:02 |
| 10. | "In the Night" | Professor Longhair | 2:32 |
| 11. | "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" | Muddy Waters | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Eisenhower Blues" | J. B. Lenoir | 2:53 |
| 13. | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | 2:17 |
| 14. | "Hard Times" | Ray Charles | 2:55 |
| 15. | "I Hear You Knocking" | Smiley Lewis | 2:44 |
| 16. | "Mystery Train" | Elvis Presley | 2:27 |
| 17. | "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" | Sonny Boy Williamson II | 2:34 |
| 18. | "Smokestack Lightning" | Howlin' Wolf | 3:08 |
| 19. | "Who Do You Love?" | Bo Diddley | 2:30 |
| 20. | "I'm a King Bee" | Slim Harpo | 3:04 |
| 21. | "Johnny B. Goode" | Chuck Berry | 2:42 |
| 22. | "Farther Up the Road" | Bobby "Blue" Bland | 2:58 |
| 23. | "So Many Roads, So Many Trains" | Otis Rush | 3:13 |
| 24. | "First Time I Met the Blues" | Buddy Guy | 2:18 |
| 25. | "Big Boss Man" | Jimmy Reed | 2:49 |
| Total length: | 1:10:03 | ||
Disc four
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hide Away" | Freddie King | 2:35 |
| 2. | "Drivin' Wheel" | Junior Parker | 2:37 |
| 3. | "Boom Boom" | John Lee Hooker | 2:32 |
| 4. | "Frosty" | Albert Collins | 3:03 |
| 5. | "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had" | Muddy Waters | 2:58 |
| 6. | "Killing Floor" | Howlin' Wolf | 2:50 |
| 7. | "Death Letter Blues" | Son House | 4:21 |
| 8. | "You Gotta Move" | Mississippi Fred McDowell | 3:21 |
| 9. | "Highway 61 Revisited" | Bob Dylan | 3:26 |
| 10. | "Hoodoo Man Blues" | Junior Wells | 2:05 |
| 11. | "Wang Dang Doodle" | Koko Taylor | 3:01 |
| 12. | "All Your Love" | John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton | 3:34 |
| 13. | "I've Got a Mind to Give Up Livin'" | Paul Butterfield Blues Band | 4:58 |
| 14. | "Red House" | Jimi Hendrix | 3:51 |
| 15. | "Born Under a Bad Sign" | Albert King | 2:46 |
| 16. | "Mama Talk to Your Daughter" | Magic Sam | 2:43 |
| 17. | "Tell Mama" | Etta James | 2:23 |
| 18. | "Ain't Superstitious" | The Jeff Beck Group | 4:53 |
| 19. | "She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" | Taj Mahal | 3:30 |
| 20. | "Black Magic Woman" | Fleetwood Mac | 2:52 |
| 21. | "One Good Man" | Janis Joplin | 4:09 |
| Total length: | 1:08:28 | ||
Disc five
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Thrill Is Gone" | B.B. King | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Dallas" | Johnny Winter | 2:45 |
| 3. | "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" | Derek and the Dominos | 6:53 |
| 4. | "Give Me Back My Wig" | Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers | 3:35 |
| 5. | "One Way Out" | The Allman Brothers Band | 4:57 |
| 6. | "Down Home Blues" | Z. Z. Hill | 3:59 |
| 7. | "Pride and Joy" | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Smoking Gun" | Robert Cray | 4:00 |
| 9. | "Tuff Enuff" | The Fabulous Thunderbirds | 3:22 |
| 10. | "I'm in the Mood" | John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt | 4:31 |
| 11. | "Timbarma" | Ali Farka Touré | 4:11 |
| 12. | "Am I Wrong?" | Keb' Mo' | 2:19 |
| 13. | "Cherry Red Wine" | Luther Allison | 4:23 |
| 14. | "Bill" | Peggy Scott-Adams | 4:18 |
| 15. | "Just Won't Burn" | Susan Tedeschi | 4:46 |
| 16. | "Voodoo Music" | Los Lobos | 3:23 |
| 17. | "Round and Round" | Bonnie Raitt | 3:39 |
| 18. | "Vietnam Blues" | Cassandra Wilson | 4:32 |
| 19. | "I Pity the Fool" | Robert Cray & Shemekia Copeland | 3:40 |
| 20. | "Sweet Home Chicago" | Keb' Mo' & Corey Harris | 2:51 |
| Total length: | 1:19:47 | ||
References
- ^ a b "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey - Original soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ "The Blues". PBS. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
- ^ "The Grammy Award Winners of 2004". New York Times. February 4, 2004. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey - Original soundtrack | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
- ^ "Blues Albums". Billboard. October 18, 2003. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ Peter Guralnick; Robert Santelli; Holly George-Warren; Christopher John Farley, eds. (2003). Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey. Amistad / HarperCollins. ISBN 0060525444. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ Hoffman, Larry (2003). Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey (CD box set booklet notes). Various Artists. Hip-O Records. B0000393-02.