Recommended Recordings – Compilations

As part of Our Recommendations and Recommended Recordings, here are some Recommended Compilations and Box Sets. Please note that this list is a work in progress and we will be adding more titles over time:

Document Records

CD cover, Rude Dudes, blues songs about sex, selected by former Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman, released on Document Records.
CD cover, Rude Dudes, blues songs about sex, selected by former Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman, released on Document Records.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fat Possum Records

CD Cover, The George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1-45, a selection of George Mitchell recordings released on Fat Possum Records
CD Cover, The George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1-45, a selection of George Mitchell recordings released on Fat Possum Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JSP Records

CD cover. The Paramount Masters, on JSP Records
CD cover. The Paramount Masters, on JSP Records

Proper Records

CD cover, The Cosimo Matassa Story, a 4 CD set on Proper Records
CD cover, The Cosimo Matassa Story, a 4 CD set on Proper Records

Cosimo Matassa’s recordings studios in New Orleans recorded some of the best R&B that came out of New Orleans between 1945 and 1966, including the Fats Domino recordings for Imperial Records and the Little Richard recordings for Specialty Records.

The Cosimo Matassa Story and the Cosimo Matassa  Story Vol. 2 on Proper Records are both 4 CD sets containing an excellent overview of Cosimo Matassa’s studio recordings.

Although Cosimo Matassa’s studios are no longer in business, the buildings where they were located are still standing at 838 North Rampart Street and 523-525 Governor Nicholles Street in New Orleans.

CD cover, The Cosimo Matassa Story, Volume 2, a 4 CD set on Proper Records
CD cover, The Cosimo Matassa Story, Volume 2, a 4 CD set on Proper Records

Sun Records

CD cover, Sun Records - The Ultimate Blues Collection, a 3 CD set of Sun Records blues recordings.
CD cover, Sun Records – The Ultimate Blues Collection, a 3 CD set of Sun Records blues recordings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trumpet Records

CD cover, Sonny Boy Williamson - Cool, Cool Blues, a 4CD compilation of Trumpet Records releases from JSP Records
CD cover, Sonny Boy Williamson – Cool, Cool Blues, a 4CD compilation of Trumpet Records releases from JSP Records

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yazoo Records

CD cover, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, a 2 CD collection on Yazoo Records
CD cover, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, a 2 CD collection on Yazoo Records

 

 

 

 

 
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