Bo Diddley - Road Runner: The Chess Masters 1959-1960
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Artist: Bo DiddleyEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-08-12
Music Label: Hip-O Select
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Mam Mia
- Bucket (Take 1)
- Bucket (Take 5)
- What Do You Know About Love
- Lazy Woman (Alt. Take 1)
- Lazy Woman (Take 3)
- Come On Baby (Take 2)
- Come On Baby (Instrumental Run-Through Take 3)
- Come On Baby(Take 4)
- Nursery Rhyme AKA Puttentang
- Mumblin' Guitar
- James' Instrumental
- Silly Willy
- I Love You So AKA The Beat
- Story Of Bo Diddley AKA My Story
- She's Alright (Unedited Version)
- She's Alright (Alt. Take)
- She's Alright (Mindy-Lou) (Alt. Take)
- She's Alright
- Darling Tell Me
- Limbo AKA Limber (Alt. Take)
- Limbo AKA Limber
- Gonna Tell It Like It Is
- Say Man, Back Again (Alt. Take)
- Say Man, Back Again
- Jungle
- Walking (Take 2)
- Walking (Take 4)
- To Each His Own
- Run Diddley Daddy
- Uknown Title Issued As Run Diddley Daddy
- Road Runner (Alt. Take)
- Road Runner
- Spend My Life With You
- Love You Baby
- Diddling AKA Tash
- Cadillac
- Limbo
- Willie Fell In Love (Version 1)
- Willie Fell In Love (Version 2 Take 10)
- Look At My Baby
- Better Watch Yourself
- Prisoner Of Love (Fast Version)
- Prisoner Of Love (Slow Version)
- You Know I Love You So
- Let Me In (Alt. Version 1)
- Let Me In (Alt. Version 2)
- Let Me In
- Signifying Blues (Unedited)
- Signifying Blues
- Deed & Deed I Do (Alt. Take)
- Deed & Deed I Do
Music reviews of Road Runner: The Chess Masters 1959-1960
Music Review: Mud, Earth, Dirt and A Touch of Weirdness
Rating: 5 Stars
Bo Diddley - a true musical original and a man whose recordings from circa 1955 - 1963 I'd buy without a moment's hesitation regardless of such niceties as sound quality or finished product. Fortunately with this expansive and completist overview of two of his peak years, there's no danger of recieving anything resembling sub-par material. Everything here is a blinder.
These discs capture Bo's musical progress from around the time of "Have Gun..." and "...Spotlight". Bo's "jungle" rhythms, psycho-tremolo-pulses and madcap humour are surely bound to enchant any aficionado of old-time R & B, rockabilly, doo wop and associated styles. This set includes all his well-known material from '59/'60 plus many alternate takes many of which have not seen the light of day till now. Of particular interest are Bo's home recordings from around 1960. During this period, Diddley had constructed his own home studio and was using this new environment to pursue a direction of rampant experimentation. These home recordings are presented here in their pre-mixed form, i.e. vocals out of one channel, music out of the other. The end effect is totally weird and "out there" particularly via headphones. Although Bo's music is rootsy, earthy and full of mud, here his sound actually transports you to another place. I sure hope we get more of these on the next outing. Worth the price of entry alone.
Sonically, I would describe the sound of this CD as warm and growly. It's a very well-mastered CD that accurately captures the characteristics of Bo's music. But don't expect it to reach the lofty heights of the original vinyl. I have mono first pressings of both "...Spotlight" and "Bo Diddley Is A Lover" and you just cannot replicate the THUMP of the old analog recordings with digital (not any digital I've heard, at least)
Still, it's not that far off, certainly not enough to distract from musical pleasure. Plus you get tracks you never had before and liner notes by people who know what they are talking about with interesting technical detail and stuff.
If more CDs like this were made, the downloading revolution wouldn't stand a chance. On the other hand, now that the CD era is coming to an end, perhaps now we may start to see more and more interesting items like the one here.
If that's the case, long may the downloading revolution reign!
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Description of Road Runner: The Chess Masters 1959-1960
Two CD set. The 52-track volume covers all of Bo Diddley's 1959 home and Chess studio recordings, plus half of his first 1960 session. This collection shows Mr. Diddley expanding his musical base far and wide, including adding a second guitarist, emphasizing melodies very different than his original blues base, and working on a number of intriguing guitar and rhythm-based instrumentals.This volume is a treasure trove of Diddley-ized rare gems. 23 previously unreleased songs or alternates plus many tracks seeing life on CD for the first time in the U.S. and sometimes anywhere. The double CD also includes insightful liner notes by Diddley biographer/discographer George R. White, plus complete track by track credits. Hip-O Records.Blues CDs
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