Various – Something Inside Of Me: Unreleased Masters & Demos From The British Blues Years 1963-1976 – 4CD

Featuring Danny Kirwan’s Boilerhouse, Duster Bennett, Dave Kelly, Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts, Dynaflow Blues, Simon & Steve, Jeff Curtis & The Flames, The D.J. Blues Band, Bob Hall, Graham Hine, Al Jones, The Nighthawks, Shakey Vick’s Big City Blues Band, Dave Peabody with Tight Like That and The Vintage Jug Band

‘Something Inside Of Me’ brings to the surface ninety-six unreleased recordings from fifteen artists who were all at the forefront of the burgeoning British blues scene of the early 1960s to mid 1970s. There is a varied range of performers with diverse styles that represented the spirit and soul of this music. Soloists, duos, trios, jug band acts and fully-fledged blues and rhythm and blues bands.
A 150-page book accompanies the set. It is fully illustrated with most of the images having never before been published, and contains chapters especially written by the artists themselves who are included in this release. Full sessionography details and posters from the period are included, many reproduced here for the first time. ‘Something Inside Of Me’ is a unique collection of music, words and pictures from this underground world of music that spearheaded the giant UK blues scene that was to follow.
The title of this anthology, taken from one of Danny Kirwan’s Boilerhouse tracks, perhaps quite appropriately sums up a feeling that British blues performers had about the blues. At the time these players eagerly adopted, even for their own compositions, self-styled versions of Black American imagery and lyrics. So, Mojos working, Hellhounds, Hoochie Coochie Men, Gypsy Women and Mannish Boys were creatively reinterpreted.
When the US blues legends toured these shores to perform, sometimes accompanied by British players, it added to a wider understanding and appreciation of the hard lives of their mentors. As older players, some were of similar age to their parents, although considerably more hip! As Texas blues player Curtis Jones called out to the Dynaflow Blues Band just before they accompanied him at Bath University, “Let’s jive!”

Track Listing;

CD1:
Jeff Curtis & The Flames: 1. Route 66 - 2:15   2. It Don't Take But A Few Minutes - 2:31   3. Bye Bye Johnny - 2:17   Simon & Steve: 4. Treated Wrong - 2:46   5. I Been Dealing With The Devil (Early Version) - 2:33   6. Blood Red River - 2:53   7. Million Year Blues (Take 1) - 2:48   D.J. Blues Band: 8. I Still Got The Blues - 2:56   9. Summertime - 2:54   10. Sack O' Woe - 3:01   11. Hoochie Coochie Man - 5:30   Shakey Vick's Big City Blues Band: 12. Death Valley Blues - 4:33   13. Ain't That The Truth - 2:21   14. Low Down - 4:54   15. City Life - 4:30   Tony 'Duster' Bennett: 16. Bottle It Up And Go - 3:50   17. Let's Get Together Baby - 3:44   18. Kimberly - 1:29   Dynaflow Blues: 19. Stones In My Passway - 5:12   20. Big Road Blues - 2:44   21. I've Been Down So Long - 4:33   22. Too Much - 2:13

CD2:
Dave Kelly: 1. That’s Alright - 4:30   2. Hey Hey Baby - 3:06   3. Bullfrog Blues - 2:18   4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Fragments) - 1:07   5. Married Woman Blues - 3:41   The Nighthawks: 6. Combination Boogie (First Version) - 3:06   7. Anna Lee - 4:49   8. Hold Me Close To Your Heart - 2:21   9. It's A Shame - 2:18   Al Jones: 10. 32-20 Blues - 2:59   11. Dissatisfied - 2:43   12. Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - 2:05   13. Searching The Desert For The Blues - 2:00   The Vin tage Jug Band: 14. Sailing On The Ocean - 2:49   15. Catch Me If You Can - 3:24 16. Rising Sun Blues - 2:52   17. On The Road Again - 3:21   Simon & Steve: 18. Walking My Troubles Away - 3:01   19. Get Right Church - 2:12   20. She's So Sweet - 2:52   21. Million Years Blues (Take 2) - 2:52   The Nighthawks: Baby Let's Play House - 2:20   23. Now She’s Gone - 3:06   24. Busy Mind - 2:25   25. Going Crazy Over TV - 2:21

CD3:
Boilerhouse: 1. Wet Weather Blues - 3:02   2. Tell Me Mama - 2:44   Simon & Steve: 3. I Been Dealing With The Devil (Take 1, Later Version) - 2:34   4. I Been Dealing With The Devil (False Starts & Discussions) – 0:48   5. I. Been Dealing With The Devil (Take 2, L.ater Version) - 2:38   Tight Like That: 6. Then You Came Along – 2:30   7. Spider John - 2:09   8. If You See Kay - 3:43   Boilerhouse: 9. Something Inside Of Me - 4:26   10. All Your Love (Instrumental) - 2:45   11. Silly Mean Old World - 3:02   Tony 'Duster' Bennett: 12. Georgia Skin Game - 3:25   13. Riding The Rods (Instrumental) - 1:47   14. I Had A Little Girl - 4:00   15. Train Harmonica Blues (Instrumental) - 4:31   The Nighthawks: 16. Combination Boogie (Later Version) - 2:14   17. Heavy Load - 4:16   18. .Mystery Train - 3:19   19. Sweet Mary - 4:40   Al Jones: 20. I'd Rather Be The Devil (Devil Got My Woman) - 2:47   21. Dustbin Lid - 2:45   22. Searching The Desert For The Blues (Second Version) - 2:21   Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts: 23. Walking Blues - 4:07   24. Grinning In Your Face - 2:44

CD4:
The Nighthawks: 1. I Want To Be Loved - 2:06   2. Every Night About This Time - 3:18   3. Later On - 2:18   Simon & Steve: 4. Elevator Woman - 3:36   5. I'm A Stranger Here – 3:29   6. Streamline Train - 3:32 7. Cornbread Peas And Black Molasses - 2:44   Graham Hine: 8. Grinning In Your Face - 4:37   9. Bumble Bee Stop Time - 2:26   10. Jo Ann’s Room - 2:30   11. Garfield Akers - 2:30   12. Violent Night - 3:26   Al Jones: 13. You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond - 3:09   14. To London With You - 3:09   15. Liza - 2:26   16. The Wild Rover - 3:22   Simon & Steve: 17. Sonny Boy’s Jump - 3:19   18. The Rock Island Line - 1:59   19. Out With The Wrong Woman - 2:38   Tony 'Duster' Bennett: 20. Worried Mind - 3:13   21. Leadjelly - 0:35   Bob Hall: 22. The Spider - 4:20   The Nighthawks: 23. My Babe - 3:02   24. She Had To Go - 4:02   25. Mama Talk To Your Daughter - 2:44