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The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954

The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954

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Artist: T-bone Walker
Label: Capitol
Category: Music

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 19 reviews
Sales Rank: 32169

Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 1

MPN: 96737
UPC: 077779673728
EAN: 0077779673728
ASIN: B00000DRCV

Release Date: September 4, 1991
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Tracks:

  Disc 1
  • Glamour Girl - T-Bone Walker, Carter, Bernice
  • Strollin' with Bones - T-Bone Walker, Davis, E. Jr.
  • The Sun Went Down - T-Bone Walker, Lewis, Boyd
  • You Don't Love Me - T-Bone Walker, Walker, T-Bone
  • Travelin' Blues - T-Bone Walker, Owens, Horace
  • The Hustle Is On - T-Bone Walker, Owens, Horace
  • Baby Broke My Heart - T-Bone Walker, Baxter, Lou
  • Evil Hearted Woman - T-Bone Walker, Carter, Bernice
  • I Walked Away - T-Bone Walker, LeBlanc, Jill
  • No Reason - T-Bone Walker, Davis, C.
  • Look Me in the Eye - T-Bone Walker, Davis, C.
  • Too Lazy - T-Bone Walker, Dailey, D.
  • Alimony Blues - T-Bone Walker, Simon, Freddie
  • Life Is Too Short - T-Bone Walker, Hale, Edward
  • You Don't Understand (Alibi) - T-Bone Walker, Walker, Vida Lee
  • Welcome Blues (Say Pretty Baby) - T-Bone Walker, McGlothin, Argustie
  • I Get So Weary - T-Bone Walker, Swamp Dogg
  • You Just Wanted to Use Me - T-Bone Walker, Robinson, Jessie Ma
  • Tell Me What's the Reason - T-Bone Walker, Cadrez, Florence
  • I'm About to Lose My Mind - T-Bone Walker, Swamp Dogg
  • Cold, Cold Feeling - T-Bone Walker, Robinson, Jessie Ma
  • News for You Baby - T-Bone Walker, Walker, Vida Lee
  • Get These Blues Off Me - T-Bone Walker, Walker, Vida Lee
  • I Got the Blues Again - T-Bone Walker, Walker, Vida Lee
  • Through with Women - T-Bone Walker, White, Jack
  • Street Walking Woman - T-Bone Walker, White, Jack

  Disc 2
  • Blues Is a Woman - T-Bone Walker, Cadrez, Florence
  • I Got the Blues - T-Bone Walker, Owens, Horace
  • Here in the Dark - T-Bone Walker, Anders, Bernard
  • Blue Mood - T-Bone Walker, Robinson, Jessie Ma
  • Every Time - T-Bone Walker, Robinson, Jessie Ma
  • I Miss You Baby - T-Bone Walker, Simon, Freddie
  • Lollie Lou - T-Bone Walker, Hale, Edward
  • Party Girl - T-Bone Walker, White, E.J.
  • Love Is Just a Gamble - T-Bone Walker, Hale, Edward
  • High Society - T-Bone Walker, White, E.J.
  • Long Distance Blues - T-Bone Walker, Carter, Bernice
  • Got No Use for You - T-Bone Walker, Walker, T-Bone
  • I'm Still in Love with You - T-Bone Walker, Walker, T-Bone
  • Railroad Station Blues - T-Bone Walker, Bartholomew, Dave
  • Vida Lee - T-Bone Walker, Walker, Aaron
  • My Baby Is Now on My Mind - T-Bone Walker, Walker, T-Bone
  • Doin' Time - T-Bone Walker, White, Jack
  • Bye Bye Baby - T-Bone Walker, Walker, T-Bone
  • When the Sun Goes Down - T-Bone Walker, Bartholomew, Dave
  • Pony Tail - T-Bone Walker, Bartholomew, Dave
  • Wanderin' Heart - T-Bone Walker, Walker, Vida Lee
  • I'll Always Be in Love with You - T-Bone Walker, Green, Bud
  • I'll Understand - T-Bone Walker, Walker, T-Bone
  • Hard Way - T-Bone Walker, McDaniel, Grover
  • Teen Age Baby - T-Bone Walker, McDaniel, G.C.
  • Struggling Blues - T-Bone Walker, McDaniel, G.C.

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
A founding father of electric blues in general and Texas blues in particular, guitarist T-Bone Walker influenced countless blues players and, by extension, countless rock & rollers as well. The Complete Imperial Recordings date from the early to mid-1950s, when the idea of electric blues was really taking hold, and the two-disc set is a wealth of classic songs exquisitely performed. While definitely blues, there's more difference between this and the acoustic blues that predated Walker than amplification can account for; there's jazz and swing mixed in as well, as on tracks like "I Walked Away" and "Strollin' with Bone," and something of that feel has remained in electric blues ever since. From B.B. King to Buddy Guy to Stevie Ray Vaughan and beyond, Walker's influence is felt in the blues up through the present day. --Genevieve Williams


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Spectacular   August 1, 2007
K. Latimer (Texas)
Are you kidding, who do you think Eric Clapton learned his best licks from?? Yep, T-Bone. This CD has no bad, average, or even great recordings on it. They are all spectacular!! T-Bone is the master of the "modern" blues style, yeah, like Eric Clapton, only earlier and beautiful music in his own right.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent Blues Master   July 5, 2007
P. Haynes (Florida)
TBone is the best in my book. I like the smoothness of his music. I heard the Allman Brothers state on a live album many yrs ago that "Stormy Monday" was an old "Tbone Walker song." I guess I got curious and bought a casette tape by TBone at the time.... This was when I decided that he is my favorite of all Blues Musicians. These CD's include some of his best work. Glad to find it on CD.


5 out of 5 stars FATHER OF ELECTRIC BLUES   September 29, 2006
Rustic Fences (Vermont)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

T-Bone not only invented the electric blues but he still remains it's most towering stylist and symbol of pure cool. T-Bone's smokey after hours blues is still one of the most vital parts of the genre. Smooth is the key word here. T-Bone's singing and playing never lacked the smooth quality that was T-Bone Walker. He could sing songs of misery and hurt with incredibly deep soul but still manage to keep it cool. This set is a fantastic value! Each track stands on it's own merit. I don't have a favorite here because all are top notch.
You won't be disappointed.



5 out of 5 stars I have nothing but pure admiration for "Bone..."   May 5, 2006
D. Burleigh (Vancouver, BC (Canada) & Los Angeles, CA. (USA))
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

The late "T-Bone" Walker, a pioneering mastre of the electric blues guitar and a close friend/ certainly unremitting influence on my Uncle "Pee Wee" Crayton another "axe-handler" during the immediate postwar era. However, avoiding comparisons, Uncle "Pee Wee" Crayton brought enough "heat" and daring innovation to his playing to avoid being labeled as a mere "T-Bone" copy-"kat."

As a young teen in the early 70's, I was extremely fortunate to experience the greatness of his "vibes" up close and personal...on many occasions, I would soak-up like a sponge and weld to memory those rare meetings when the "Texas 3" (1) Uncle "Pee Wee" (2) "T-Bone" Walker and (3) "Big Joe" Turner (another pioneering mastre blues singer, even though he was born in Kansas City, MO., he sang like he was from the state of Texas...) would get together at "Pee Wee's" house in West Los Angeles, California, and rehearse all day on Saturdays or Sunday afternoons up until the late evenings, just before going to there "gig" at the Perisan Room (a defunct legendary popular "night-spot" during the 1960's - late '80's located on the southwest corner of La Brea Avenue & Washington Blvd., of which now sits a U.S. Postal Station). These Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 are nothing but short from shear enjoyment fo' da soul...buy the CD you won't be disappointed!

Those were exhilarating times to say the least!

--"Big Dave" Burleigh, 'AmeriCanadian' Record Producre.



5 out of 5 stars you will be jumpin' and swinging in no time   December 10, 2005
Stalwart Kreinblaster (Xanadu)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

T-Bone sweet T-Bone - he is the founder of modern blues - and I think he does not get enough credit for his influence on jazz guitar. Kenny Burrell, in fact, has mentioned that T-Bone was one of his early influences. He certainly has a sweet tone, and he has a nice voice too. Pair this with a hot horn section, and this cd is a steal at 10 bucks. T-Bone is a classic.

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