THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS

⬇️THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS⬇️
COLLECTION (34CD)
REVIEW
The first years of Alligator were dedicated to recording artists from Chicago’s deep well of blues talent. Besides Hound Dog Taylor, the label released albums by Big Walter Horton, the then-unknown Son Seals, Fenton Robinson, Koko Taylor and Lonnie Brooks. In an effort to expose the wealth of Windy City artists, in 1978 and 1980 we released the six-LP (now four-CD) Living Chicago Blues set (and followed it with a single-album collection called The New Bluebloods in 1985 to introduce some of the newly-arisen Chicago talent).

Starting in 1978, Alligator began recording blues musicians from across the country. Established blues stars like Albert Collins, James Cotton, Gatemouth Brown, blues-rock guitar heroes like Johnny Winter, Roy Buchanan and Lonnie Mack, and ‘next generation’ artists like Kenny Neal, Tinsley Ellis and Little Charlie & The Nightcats all joined the Alligator family.

As the blues grew further from its Deep South roots, and the African-American audience turned to other forms of music, the large pool of musicians who had grown up in the blues tradition began to dry up. At the same time, a new generation of musicians, inspired by the blues but not part of the historic flow of blues, began to reshape the traditional elements to speak to contemporary audiences. Artists like JJ Grey, Anders Osborne, Jarekus Singleton, Selwyn Birchwood, and the newest Alligator family members, Toronzo Cannon and Moreland & Arbuckle, are defining blues and roots music for future decades.

The previous Alligator Anniversary Collections have been aimed at showing the complete span of the music we’ve recorded. For this collection, we have chosen to shine the spotlight somewhat more on the current artist roster and on those artists who are showing some of the directions Alligator will be heading in the future.

Over the last five years, since the release of Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection, we’ve lost too many members of the extended Alligator family, not only artists on the roster and those who had previously recorded for us, but also those who made memorable guest appearances on our releases. We will always miss Michael “Iron Man” Burks, Otis Clay, Michael Coleman, Popsy Dixon of the Holmes Brothers, Lacy Gibson, Wendell Holmes, Long John Hunter, Smokin’ Joe Kubek, Magic Slim, Sista Monica Parker, Pinetop Perkins, Ann Rabson, Pete Special of Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows and Johnny Winter. We also pay special homage to The King Of The Blues, B.B. King, who graced us with a guest appearance on Alligator. This collection is dedicated to all of them.

No band epitomizes Alligator’s rough and ready Genuine Houserockin’ Music spirit more than Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials. Ed Williams and his half brother James “Pookie” Young learned to play and sing the blues under the tutelage of their uncle, Chicago slide guitar legend J.B. Hutto. Growing up on the city’s West Side, they played music for fun while working day jobs—Ed in a car wash and Pookie driving a school bus. In the early 1980s, they formed the first incarnation of the Blues Imperials and began gigging in the West Side blues clubs......

 ANNIVERSARY 
20th Anniversary Collection
(2CD)
TAGR-20th Anniversary Collection @FLAC.CD1-2

20th Anniversary Tour
(2CD)
TAGR-20th Anniversary Tour @ALAC.CD1-2

25th Anniversary Collection
(2CD)
TAGR-25Th Anniversary Collection @ALAC.CD1-2

30th Anniversary Collection
(2CD)
TAGR-30th Anniversary Collection @ALAC.CD1-2

35th Anniversary Collection
(2CD)
TAGR-35th Anniversary Collection @FLAC.CD1-2

40th Anniversary Collection
(2CD)
TAGR-40th Anniversary Collection @FLAC.CD1-2

45th Anniversary Collection
(2CD)
TAGR-45th Anniversary Collection  @FLAC.CD1-2

50 Years of Genuine
Houserockin' Music
(3CD)
TAGR-50 Years Of Genuine Houserockin Music @FLAC


 CRUCIAL BLUES 
Acoustic
The Crucial Blues-Acoustic @320

Chicago
The Crucial Blues-Chicago @ALAC

Guitar
The Crucial Blues-Guitar @ALAC

Harmonica
The Crucial Blues-Harmonica @ALAC

Live
The Crucial Blues-Live @320

More Guitar
The Crucial Blues-More Guitar @320

Rockin'
The Crucial Blues-Rockin' @320

Slide Guitar
The Crucial Blues-Slide Guitar @320

Texas
The Crucial Blues-Texas @320


 MISCELLANEOUS 
Alligator Blues Guitar
TAGR-Alligator Blues Guitar (2013) @320

BLUES STORY
CD19 - Alligator Records
BSTY-CD19 Alligator Records

Christmas Collection
TAGR-Christmas Collection @ALAC

Genuine Houserockin' Music
Vol.1 - Vol.2
 
Vol.3 - Vol.4

Vol.5
TAGR-Genuine Houserockin Music @320
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello, first thanks for this exhaustive Blues Blog which does not segregate any style. Second, just to mention that for Alligator (TAGR-20th Anniversary Tour @FLAC.CD1 & CD2), the CD 2 does not download (only CD 1). Please fix it has I do have the video and would enjoy to listen all songs.
Keep goin' this wonderful work.
Greeny

May 3, 2020 at 10:06 PM
Manhatan said...

@Greeny

Sorry but I tested this link myself and DL/extract work fine by me !

Here's a temporary link to solve your "problem" :

TAGR-20th Anniversary Tour @ALAC CD2.rar
https://www68.zippyshare.com/v/JozIsiUK/file.html

Greets
Chris-France

May 4, 2020 at 12:46 AM
Anonymous said...

Perfect Chris, the link worked fine this time !
Glad to get them all :-))
Greeny

May 4, 2020 at 11:45 PM
simonthecat said...

One of my life goals is to shake Bruce Iglauer's hand and tell him thanks.

June 18, 2021 at 7:20 PM
Rhodb said...

Thanks for the Alligator shares a fine slection

Regards

June 18, 2021 at 11:45 PM

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