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Various Artists - Blues Masters, Volume 4: Harmonica Classics

Track listing:
  1. Juke - Little Walter and His Night Cats 2:43
  2. Ends & Odds - Jimmy Reed 2:24
  3. Rocket 88 - Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet 2:05
  4. Help Me - Sonny Boy Williamson 3:09
  5. Messin' With the Kid - Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band 2:23
  6. Blues With a Feeling - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 4:24
  7. Sugar Coated Love - Lazy Lester 2:44
  8. Steady - Jerry McCain 2:08
  9. I'll Be Around - Howlin' Wolf 3:13
  10. I Was Fooled - Billy Boy Arnold 2:50
  11. Take a Little Walk With Me - Big John Wrencher With Joe Carter 2:35
  12. Easy - Jimmy & Walter 2:58
  13. Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor 2:47
  14. Wolf Call Boogie - Hot Shot Love 2:37
  15. Last Night - George "Harmonica" Smith and the Chicago Blues Band 4:22
  16. I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo 2:48
  17. Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - The Fabulous Thunderbirds 1:59
  18. Christo Redemptor - Charlie Musselwhite 11:46

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Blues Masters Volume 04 - Harmonica Classics

This typically ace installment of the Blues Masters series has examples par excellence from most of the major electric blues harmonica geniuses, including Little Walter, Junior Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold, Lazy Lester, and Jimmy Reed. And while there are a few expected classics here (Little Walter's "Juke," Sonny Boy Williamson's "Help Me," Junior Wells' "Messin' with the Kid," Slim Harpo's "I Got Love If You Want It"), there are numerous delightful obscurities, like Jerry McCain's "Steady," Walter Horton's "Easy" (credited to "Jimmy & Walter"), and Snooky Pryor's "Boogie Twist." Charlie Musselwhite's 11-minute adaptation of the jazz tune "Christo Redemptor" is superb and challenges conventional ideas of what should and shouldn't be done with blues harmonica.