Jimmy REED

⬇️ JIMMY REED ⬇️
(Mathis James Reed)
DISCOGRAPHY 1959-2022 (58CD)
 BIOGRAPHY 
Mathis James Reed (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with blues as well as non-blues audiences – Reed's songs such as "Honest I Do" (1957), "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (1960), "Big Boss Man" (1961), and "Bright Lights, Big City" (1961) appeared on both Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues and Hot 100 singles charts.

Reed influenced other musicians, such as Elvis Presley, Hank Williams Jr., and the Rolling Stones, who recorded his songs. Music critic Cub Koda describes him as "perhaps the most influential bluesman of all" due to his easily accessible style.

Reed was born in Dunleith, Mississippi, in 1925. He learned the harmonica and guitar from his friend Eddie Taylor.[4] After several years of busking and performing there, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1943. He was then drafted into the U.S. Navy and served in World War II. He was discharged in 1945 and returned briefly to Mississippi, marrying his girlfriend, Mary (henceforth known as Mama Reed).

He then moved to Gary, Indiana, to work at an Armour meat-packing plant. Mama Reed was an uncredited background singer on many of his recordings, notably the hits "Baby What You Want Me to Do", "Big Boss Man" and "Bright Lights, Big City".

By the 1950s, Reed had established himself as a popular musician. He joined the Gary Kings with John Brim and played on the street with Willie Joe Duncan. Reed failed to gain a recording contract with Chess Records, but signed with Vee-Jay Records through Brim's drummer, Albert King. At Vee-Jay, Reed began playing again with Eddie Taylor and soon released "You Don't Have to Go", his first hit record. It was followed by a long string of hit songs.

"At his best—on Vee-Jay in the '50s—Reed sang with the languid self-assurance of a man who never ran for the bus because he wanted to spend the fare on a glass of wine, and the unindustrious shuffle rhythms of the Vee-Jay band ambled right along behind."

Reed maintained his reputation despite his rampant alcoholism; his wife sometimes had to help him remember the lyrics to his songs while recording. In 1957, Reed developed epilepsy, though the condition was not correctly diagnosed for a long time, as Reed and doctors assumed it was delirium tremens. When Vee-Jay Records closed, his manager signed a contract with the fledgling ABC-Bluesway label, but Reed never produced another hit. In 1968, he toured Europe with the American Folk Blues Festival.

Reed died of respiratory failure in 1976, in Oakland, California, eight days short of his 51st birthday. He is interred in the Lincoln Cemetery, in Worth, Illinois. Reed was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991..... (Wikipedia)

NEW!
1985-I'm The Man Down There (LP) @320
2016-My Happy Heaven @FLAC

Found Love
JYRD-1959-Found Love @FLAC

Rockin' With Reed
(LP/CD)
JYRD-1959-Rockin With Reed (LP) @192
JYRD-2000-Rockin With Reed (CD) @FLAC

Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall
JYRD-1961-Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall @FLAC
Not really recorded Live at Carnegie Hall !

Just Jimmy Reed
JYRD-2000-Just Jimmy Reed @FLAC

Big Boss Man
JYRD-1963-Big Boss Man@FLAC24


Reed At Soul City
JYRD-1964-Reed At Soul City @FLAC

The Legend
The Man
JYRD-1965-The Legend The Man @FLAC

Now Appering
JYRD-1966-Now Appering @FLAC

Down In Virginia
(LP)
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JYRD-1968-Down In Virginia (LP) @FLAC

Let The Bossman Speak!
(LP)
JYRD-1971-Let The Bossman Speak (LP) @320

I Ain't From Chicago
(LP)
JYRD-1973-I Ain t From Chicago (LP) @FLAC

Blues Is My Business
JYRD-1976-Blues Is My Business @FLAC

I'm The Man Down There
(LP)
1985-I'm The Man Down There (LP) @320
(Thanks to Uncle Gil's)

Big Boss Blues
JYRD-1986-Big Boss Blues @ALAC

Rockin' With Reed
(Charly)
JYRD-1987-Rockin' With Reed @FLAC
(Thanks to hakase)

Bright Lights, Big City
JYRD-1988-Bright Lights Big City @FLAC

I'm Jimmy Reed,
Just Jimmy Reed
JYRD-1990-I_m Jimmy Reed Just Jimmy Reed @FLAC

Masters of the Blues
(Best of)
JYRD-1991-Masters of the Blues (Best of) @ALAC

Speak The Lyrics To Me,
Mama Reed
JYRD-1993-Speak The Lyrics To Me, Mama Reed @FLAC

(Thanks to hakase)

Take Out Some Insurance
JYRD-1994-Take Out Some Insurance @320

(Thanks to Red Rooster)

The Vee-Jay Years
(6CD)
CD 1 & 2
 
JYRD-1994-The Vee-Jay Years (6CD) @FLAC.CD1-2
CD 3 & 4
 
JYRD-1994-The Vee-Jay Years (6CD) @FLAC.CD3-4
CD 5 & 6
 
JYRD-1994-The Vee-Jay Years (6CD) @FLAC.CD5-6

Big Boss Man
+Down In Virginia
JYRD-1997-Big Boss Man+Down In Virginia @FLAC

(Thanks to hakase)

The New Jimmy Reed Album
+ Soulin'
JYRD-1997-The New Jimmy Reed Album+Soulin @FLAC

The Very Best of
(2CD)
JYRD-1999-The Very Best Of (2CD) @192

Jimmy Reed Plays
12 String Guitar Blues
2000-Jimmy Reed Plays 12 String Guitar Blues @FLAC

(Thanks to Albert)

As Jimmy Is
JYRD-2001-As Jimmy Is @320

The Essential Boss Man
(1953-66)
(3CD)
CD 1 & 2
 
JYRD-2004-The Essential Boss Man (1953-66) @ALAC.CD1-2
CD 3
JYRD-2004-The Essential Boss Man (1953-66) @ALAC CD3

Sings the Best of the Blues
JYRD-2007-Sings The Best Of The Blues @FLAC

(Thanks to Flash)

My Happy Heaven
2016-My Happy Heaven @FLAC

I'm Jimmy Reed
JYRD-2017-I'm Jimmy Reed @FLAC


Mr.Luck
The Complete Vee-Jay Singles
(3CD)
JYRD-2017-Mr.Luck The Complete Vee-Jay Singles @FLAC

Jimmy Reed is Back
(Deluxe Edition)
JYRD-2019-Jimmy Reed is Back (Deluxe Edition) @FLAC

Cherry Pie
JYRD-2020-Cherry Pie @FLAC

Funky Funky Soul
JYRD-2020-Funky Funky Soul @320

His Golden Years
(Remastered)
JYRD-2020-His Golden Years (Remastered) @320

Oldies Selection
Best of Collection
(2CD)
 
JYRD-2021-Oldies Selection Best of Collection (2CD) @320

You're Gonna Need My Help
(1953-62)
JYRD-2022-You're Gonna Need My Help (1953-62) @FLAC
(Thanks to Albert)

 COLLECTION 
⬇️ABC OF THE BLUES⬇️
Vol.37 - Jimmy Reed & Otis Rush
ABC Vol.37-Jimmy Reed & Otis Rush @FLAC
a.k.a.
⬇️BLUES MASTER (EMI)⬇️
CD5 - Jimmy Reed & Otis Rush
 Blues Masters (EMI) @FLAC VOL02 CD05

⬇️BLUES ENCORE⬇️
Bright Lights, Big City
BE-JR-1990-Bright Lights, Big City (Blues Encore) @ALAC

⬇️BLUES GIANTS LIVE⬇️
CD1-Jimmy Reed & Johnny Winter
Live at Liberty Hall, Houston, TX (1972)
VA-Blues Giants Live @FLAC Vol1 CD1

⬇️BLUES MASTERS (Rhino)⬇️
The Very Best of JIMMY REED
BM (Rhino)-JR-The Very Best Of @320

Vol.17 - Jimmy Reed
CBM-Vol.17 Jimmy Reed (Bright Lights, Big City) @FLAC

CD 13 - Jimmy Reed
J&BC-CD13 Jimmy Reed @FLAC

⬇️THE BLUES COLLECTION⬇️
Vol.18 Jimmy Reed
TBC-Vol.18-Jimmy Reed (You Dont Have to Go) @FLAC

⬇️VEE JAY⬇️
The Very Best of Blues
VOL.1
VEE JAY-Vol.1 @320


 COLLABORATION 
⬇️WILLIE DIXON⬇️
Big Boss Men
WDN-2001-Big Boss Men @256

10 comments:

jes said...

thanks for this discography :)

imnokid said...

any chance of a re-up of As Jimmy Is?

newnativemark said...

These are great! Does anyone have a copy of "Speak the Lyrics to Me, Mama Reed," 1993 Vee-Jay Records?

Thanks in advance,
Mark

Manhatan said...

@Newnativemark,

Try these sites, better ones to ask/find stuff by users :

 Azzul's Collective : The Basement

Don't Ask Me .. I don't know !

Cheers
Chris-France

Manhatan said...

Hi Newnativemark, (again)

B.T.W. All the tracks from "Speak the Lyrics,..." are held on the "Vee-Jee Years" 6CD Box set released the year after (1994) ... !

Looking hard for it anyway. Be kind to notice me if you find it before me. Thanks in advance.

Chris-France

Bob Mac said...

A couple of interesting bits of Jimmy Reed trivia for you.

Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall. Jimmy Reed didn't have a hope in hell of ever filling Carnegie Hall. What they did was book the empty hall for a couple of hours one afternoon and set Jimmy & the band up with the recording gear and have them run through the songs.

Jimmy Reed was notorious for drinking and getting drunk while performing, so many promoters wouldn't allow him to take a bottle of whisky on stage Jimmy got around this by hiding a bottle of whisky in his pants and running a rubber tube up though his shirt and out connected to his harp rack, that way he could suck some whisky from the tube while playing his harp.

KansasJoe said...

Are you still looking for 'Speak the Lyrics...'? If so, let me know and I will up it for you. KansasJoe at gmx.net

Manhatan said...

@Kansas Joe

I'm always fan with new stuff to share for blues lovers ! Please do !

Cheers
Chris-France

newnativemark said...

Kansas Joe -

I would very much appreciate that upload. I took Chris' advice and downloaded the 6-disk set (which I am glad to have!), but would still love to have the original edition.

Thanks for caring!

Mark

juan manuel muñoz said...

Muchas gracias, amigo. Saludos.