"THE IMMEDIATE BLUES ANTHOLOGY" - discs 1, 2 & 3 | TWILIGHTZONE

 

This is nice . . . . . . from over at the always fascinating TWILIGHTZONE. Now I thought I had this but it must have been another British Blues bands compilation and this is great fun if even every track isn’t exactly a gem it shows the development of early British blues like Clapton and Page etc

"THE IMMEDIATE BLUES ANTHOLOGY"- disc 1

Blues Anytime: An Anthology of British Blues is a series of compilation albums featuring tracks from various British blues artists. Three volumes were released by Immediate Records in 1968, followed by Blues Leftovers in 1969...

...The albums feature various tracks from such artists as John Mayall, Tony McPhee, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Jo Ann Kelly, Jeremy Spencer, Cyril Davies, Stuff Smith, Albert Lee, Dave Kelly and Rod Stewart and were also the first release of several exclusive tracks recorded for Immediate between 1965 and '67. These include recordings by Jimmy Page with Jeff Beck, Nicky Hopkins and the All-Stars, plus several tracks recorded by Page and Eric Clapton, backed by members of The Rolling Stones (Bill Wyman, bass, Mick Jagger, harmonica and Ian Stewart, keyboard) and the only recorded output by Santa Barbara Machine Head.When Immediate initially released the original Blues Anytime albums in the USA, the first two volumes were simply titled An Anthology of British Blues, with the third volume renamed as The Beginning: British Blues.

The Blues Anytime tracks were released again by Immediate in 1969 as two double albums titled Anthology of British Blues, albeit presented in a different running order. The first was made up of Vol. 1 side A, Leftovers side A, Vol. 3 side A and Vol. 2 side B, with the second being Vol. 1 side B, Leftovers side B, Vol. 2 side A and Vol. 3 side B.

In 1970, after the dissolution of Immediate Records, RCA Victor reissued the original Blues Anytime albums under the name British Archive Series: Blues for Collectors Vol. 1–4, and in 1986, Line Records in Germany released a Blues Anytime: An Anthology of British Blues box set, featuring reissues of all four of the original Blues Anytime LPs.

In 1996, Charly Records released a 3CD box set titled The Immediate Blues Anthology; the first two discs covering the tracks from Blues Anytime Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 and Leftovers presented in their original running order, with the third disc made up of other assorted tracks from the Immediate archives.

disc 1:

1. I'm Your Witchdoctor - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers 2. Snake Drive - Eric Clapton 3. Ain't Gonna Cry No More - T.S. McPhee 4. I Tried - Savoy Brown Blues Band 5. Tribute To Elmore - Eric Clapton 6. I Feel So Good - Jo-Ann Kelly 7. Telephone Blues - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers 8. You Don't Love Me - T.S. McPhee 9. West Coast Idea - Eric Clapton 10. Ain't Seen No Whisky - Jo-Ann Kelly 11. Flapjacks - Stone's Masonry 12. Cold Blooded Woman - Savoy Brown Blues Band 13. On Top Of The World - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers 14. Someone To Love Me - T.S. McPhee 15. Can't Quit You Baby - Savoy Brown Blues Band 16. Draggin' My Tail - Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page 17. Dealing With The Devil - Dharma Blues Band 18. Who's Knocking - Jeremy Spencer 19. Freight Loader - Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page 20. Look Down At My Woman - Jeremy Spencer 21. Roll 'em Pete - Dharma Blues Band 22. Choker - Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page 23. True Blue - Savoy Brown Blues Band 24. When You Got A Good Friend - T.S. McPhee

The Immediate Blues Anthology disc 2

disc 2:

1. Someday Baby - Cyril Davies & The Rythm & Blues All-Stars 2. Steelin' - The All-Stars featuring Jeff Beck 3. L.A. Breakdown - The All-Stars featuring Jimmy Page 4. Chuckles - The All-Stars featuring Jeff Beck 5. Down In The Boots - The All-Stars featuring Jimmy Page 6. Piano Shuffle - The All-Stars featuring Nicky Hopkins 7. Miles Road - Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page 8. Porcupine Juice - Santa Barbera Machine Head 9. Albert - Santa Barbera Machine Head 10. Rubber Monkey - Santa Barbera Machine Head 11. Howlin' For My Darling - Stuff Smith 12. The Next Milestone - Albert Lee & Tony Colton 13. Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight - Earl Vince & The Valiants 14. New Death Matter - Dave Kelly 15. Back Water Blues - Jo-Ann Kelly 16. So Much To Say - Rod Stewart 17. Married Woman Blues - Dave Kelly 18. Water On My Fire - Albert Lee & Paul Williams 19. Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pockets - Jo-Ann Kelly 20. Alabama Woman - Dave Kelly 21. Crosstown Link - Albert Lee 22. All Night Long - Dave Kelly 23. Down & Dirty - Simon & Steve 24. Not Fade Away - Cyril Davies' Rythm & Blues All-Stars

and disc three 

The Immediate Blues Anthology disc 3

disc 3:
1. Come Home Baby - Rod Stewart & P.P. Arnold 2. Life Is But Nothing - P.P. Arnold 3. Little Miss Understood - Rod Stewart 4. Handbags & Gladrags - Chris Farlowe 5. That's What A Friend Will Do - Barbara Lynn 6. Our Soul Brothers - Charles Dickens 7. Cuttin' In - Chris Farlowe 8. Treat Her Good - Chris Farlowe 9. Skit Skat - Mockingbirds 10. Every Little Bit Hurts - Small Faces 11. Baby Make It Soon - Chris Farlowe 12. She's My Girl - Mick Softley 13. It'll Never Happen Again - P.P. Arnold 14. Man Of The World - Fleetwood Mac 15. Chocolate Rolls, Tea & Monopoly - Golden Apples Of The Sun 16. You Can't By My Love - Barbara Lynn 17. Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu' - Chris Farlowe 18. North South East West - Chris Farlowe 19. So Come On - Les Fleurs De Lys 20. Talk To You - Small Faces 21. Moanin' - Chris Farlowe 22. Madame Garcia - Apostolic Intervention 23. Summertime - Chris Farlowe 24. Gin House (live) - Amen Corner

Jo-Ann Kelly - Feel So Good