Blues LPs part 1

I am moving on to the blues with the next few selections of LPs. My blues record collection is not bad but is tiny compared with the huge number of albums that have been released over the years. None the less, I hope that the assembled montages pique the interest of at least a few of my readers. Anyway here goes, with the first selection, which features as the first LP the Johnny Ace Memorial Album on Duke. Ace allegedly killed himself playing Russian roulette on Christmas Day, 1954. Next up is the debut album by Arthur Adams on Blue Thumb, followed by another debut LP, on Delmark, by Arkansas blues guitarist Luther Allison. Next we have four LPs by white bluesman Mose Allison, a great influence on Georgie Fame, including one of Columbia and one on Stateside, a boogie woogie LP by Albert Ammons and two by Billy Boy Arnold, who I have seen several times over the years. Finally, there are a couple by the great Lavern Baker.

The next photo montage kicks with another LP by Lavern Baker, followed by one by Frank Ballard on Sun and three by Jesse Belvin, who died in suspicious circumstances in a car crash in Arkansas in 1960 shortly after playing before an integrated audience in Little Rock. A great voice. There's one by Elvin Bishop, who was an original member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and half a dozen classic LPs by the great Bobby 'Blue' Bland, including five on Duke and one on UK Action.

The third photo shows another eight solo LPs by Bobby Bland on MCA, Probe, ABC and Charly, followed by one he did with B B King. There are also two by Juke Boy Bonner, including one on Arhoolie, and one by Lonnie Brooks.

Next up we have two more by Lonnie Brooks on Sonet and two of Big Bill Broonzy's 'Last Sessions' LPs on HMV. There are a couple of albums by Buster Brown and one by Charles Brown, who I was lucky enough to see in New Orleans back in the nineties. There are also three by Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown and two by Nappy Brown.

The final selection this time includes another LP by Nappy Brown and four by the great Ruth Brown, including one on Atlantic. There is one by Leroy Carr and half a doxen early Ray Charles LPs from his productive Atlantic periot: more to follow soon.