The Best Of The Modern Years

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Personnel: Elmore James (vocals, guitar); Elmore James; Eddie Taylor (guitar); Boyd Atkins (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Maxwell Davis, Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis (tenor saxophone); Jewell L. Grant (baritone saxophone); James Parr (trumpet); Edward Frank, Johnny Jones , Johnny Jones & the King Casuals, Willard McDaniel (piano); Ransom Knowling (bass instrument); Earl Palmer , Odie Payne, Jr., Jesse Sailes (drums); Ike Turner (guitar, piano); J.T. Brown , Raymond Hill (tenor saxophone). Liner Note Author: Billy Vera. Recording information: Canton, MS (11/??/1952-01/04/1956); Chicago, IL (11/??/1952-01/04/1956); Culver City, CA (11/??/1952-01/04/1956); New Orleans, LA (11/??/1952-01/04/1956). Arrangers: Elmore James; Joe Josea. This 19-track compilation focuses on Elmore James' crucial sessions recorded for the Modern Records subsidiaries Meteor and Flair between 1952 and 1956. At the time of these recordings, the distorted amplified sound of James' slide guitar with his unmistakable electrified Robert Johnson lick was helping map out the postwar blues idiom with such classics as "I Believe," "Blues Before Sunrise," "Wild About You," "Mean & Evil," and the extraordinary reworking of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom" into "Dust My Blues." Even though roughly half of these tracks appear on the equally recommended 1986 Ace release Let's Cut It: The Very Best of Elmore James, this set is a great introduction to the dynamic slide guitarist's earliest recordings. ~ Al Campbell
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