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Roy
Buchanan Compilations
Roy Buchanan has a number of compilations. He
recorded for three labels, Polydor, Atlantic, and Alligator. His material on Polydor and Atlantic
were compiled together nicely for Sweet Dreams: The Anthology.
Several compilations by labels are available.
He recorded three albums on Alligator
records and a compilation of those is available on Deluxe Edition.
Below are the current relevant releases. We started with the cross label
releases and then the targeted label releases.
Sweet Dreams: The
Anthology
The Definitive Collection
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Roy Buchanan
Guitar on Fire: The Atlantic Sessions
Deluxe Edition
Before and After
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| Sweet
Dreams: The Anthology |
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is superb! Some of the best material
from Sweet Dreams was previously unreleased such as "Dual
Soliloquy," a twelve minute solo guitar piece recorded in
1972, and two live covers songs, "Hey Joe," and
"C.
C. Ryder." In addition, the first four tracks are
from The Prophet, his unreleased first album that made it to
the shelves in a limited edition in 2007.
Buchanan's version of Joe Walsh's track
"Turn to Stone" is very David Gilmour like.
Disc: 1
From the album The Prophet (This was unreleased until
2007, when it was distributed in a limited edition)
1. Baltimore
2. Black Autumn
3. The Story Of Isaac
4. There'll Always Be
Roy Buchanan
5. Sweet Dreams
6. Pete's Blue
7. The Messiah Will Come Again
Second Album
8. Tribute To Elmore James
9. After Hours
10. Five String Blues
Previously unreleased
May 1973 - London
11. C.C. Ryder (Live)
That's What I'm Here For
12. My Baby Says She's Gonna Leave Me
13. Please Don't Turn Me Away
Rescue Me / In The Beginning
14. Country Preacher
15. Wayfaring Pilgrim
Disc: 2
Previously unreleased
Nov. 1974 -
1. Down By The River (Live)
Live Stock
2. I'm A Ram (Live)
3. I'm Evil (Live)
A Street Called Straight
4. Good God Have Mercy
5. If Six Were Nine
Loading Zone
6. Green Onions
Live in Japan
7. Soul Dressing (Live)
8. Hey Joe (Live) edited by a minute or so
You're Not Alone
9. Fly...Night Bird
10. Turn To Stone
Previously unreleased
1972 -
11. Dual Soliloquy
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Roy Buchanan: American Axe by Phil Carson (Paperback - Sep 1, 2001)
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| The Definitive Collection |
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2006
- A slimed down version of Sweet Dreams: The Anthology with
the Polydor material.
1. Baltimore
2. The Story Of Isaac
3. Sweet Dreams
4. Pete's Blue
5. The Messiah Will Come Again
6. After Hours
7. Five String Blues
8. My Baby Says She's Gonna Leave Me
9. Wayfaring Pilgrim
Live
10. Down By The River
11. I'm A Ram
12. I'm Evil
13. Hey Joe
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| 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Roy Buchanan |
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differs from the 2007 release, The Definitive Collection in
that it only has one live song and leaves off The Prophet
material.
2002
- Polydor (1972-75)
1. Sweet Dreams
2. Pete's Blue
3. The Messiah Will Come Again
4. Filthy Teddy
5. After Hours
6. Five String Blues
7. Hey Joe
8. Roy's Bluz
9. CC Ryder
10. Country Preacher
11. Wayfaring Pilgrim
12. I'm Evil (live)
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Album
Liner Notes
Roy Buchanan was the rarest of all rock 'n roll animals, the
consummate guitarist's guitarist. Others were flashier, others were
faster, others still rose to far higher peaks. But Eric Clapton
called him the best he'd ever heard, Jerry Garcia praised his
"amazing chops," the Rolling Stones asked him to join
their band and Dale Hawkins, the rockabilly colossus who discovered
Buchanan in the first place, was so enamored that he all but pulled
the unknown youth out of high school to join him on the road. In a
career which spanned more than 25 years, Roy Buchanan not only
impressed some of rock's biggest names, he left an indelible
impression on them all.
Born September 23rd, 1939, in Ozark, AL, but
raised in California's San Joaquin Valley, Leroy "Roy"
Buchanan started playing guitar aged 9. His first instrument was a
Iap steel and, at 12, he was the prodigal star of the older Wale!
Kapn Valley Boys. At 16, he moved to Los Angeles where he joined
future Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden in the Heartbeats,
a band whose taOiE extended as far as a role in the movie Rock
Pretty Baby, but those, ances were somewhat more limited. Touring
the south, the group was abandoned by its agent in Oklahoma City,
without the means to get home Buchanan had drifted no further than
Tulsa before he landed a gig on Tulsa's Oklahoma Bandstand show,
which is where Hawkins encountered him. Immediately, the "Susie
Q" hitmaker offered Buchanan a job and, over thee next three
years, the youngster's edgy, heavy guitar all but defined.
Buchanan left Hawkins in 1961, to team up with the
singer's cousin, Ronnie. His band, the Hawks, was just taking its
first steps and Buchanan made an immediate impression - not least of
all on the group's other guitarist, a youngster named Robbie
Robertson. In years to come, at the helm of The
Band, Robertson rated Buchanan among the most significant
influences on his career. Buchanan returned to the US later that
year, marrying and settling in the DC area, and seemingly content to
simply playing the local clubs scene, filling in behind anyone who
asked him to. But word was spreading about this amazing guitarist
and, in 1970, a Washington Star review finally revealed the best
kept secret in town. The Washington Post followed suit and, when
Rolling Stone, too, got in on the act, Buchanan's future was sealed.
While WNET TV producer John Adams began work on a documentary,
suitably entitled Introducing Roy Buchanan, Buchanan signed with
Polydor and, in 1972, he released his debut album, a self-titled
jewel which still ranks among the most cohesive artistic statements
of the age. With his trademark '53 Telecaster kicking out his
"country mojo" brew of rock, blues, jazz, folk and
anything eise that caught his ear, Buchanan rewrote the rules of
guitar herodom - while remaining as self-effacingly modest as any
genius could. "This star business scares the hell out of
me," he told a journalist in 1971, but the records he made were
superstars regardless.
This collection spotlights the five albums
Buchanan cut at the peak of his career, between 1972-75, albums
which defined American roots music at a time when the music itself
was still seeking an identity. Only Buchanan's own former friends in
The Band were coming even close to the territory Buchanan was
defining; but even they zeroed in on just one facet of his vision.
By the time of 1975's in concert Live Stock, there wasn't a
guitarist alive who could touch Buchanan for technique, control,
mood or feel. Such mercurial talent, however, masked some unimagined
depths, as Buchanan lurched into a period of frustrating transience.
Three late 1970s albums were followed by some six years of silence
and rumor; it was 1985 before he returned to the recording studio,
to cut the Grammy nominated When a Guitar Plays the Blues.
Two further albums followed, but inexplicable tragedy lurked just
around the corner. On August 14, 1988, Buchanan was arrested for
drunkenness and placed in a cell. There, according to official
accounts, he hanged himself with his own shirt. lt was a sad end to
what many of Buchanan's admirers insist was a sadly unfulfilled life
- he could have done more, he should have done more. But maybe,
across his greatest recordings, he'd already done enough. The guitar
would never sound the Same again. Dave Thompson |
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| Guitar on Fire: The Atlantic Sessions |
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1993
- Atlantic compilation
Roy Buchanan's trio of mid-1970s titles:
A Street Called Straight
(1976)
Loading Zone (1977)
You're Not Alone (1978)
1. Ramon's Blues
2. The Heat Of The Battle
3. Hidden
4. Green Onions
5. Judy
6. Adventures Of Brer Rabbit And Tar Baby
7. Turn To Stone
8. Fly...Night Bird
9. Supernova
10. Down By The River
11. Running Out
12. Man On The Floor
13. Okay
14. My Friend Jeff
15. If Six Was Nine
16. The Messiah Will Come Again
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2001
- Alligator Records
When a Guitar Plays the Blues (1985)*
Dancing On the Edge (1986)**
Hot Wires (1987)***
Previously unreleased****
1. Peter Gunn **
2. That Did It ***
3. Chicago Smokeshop *
4. Mrs. Pressure *
5. Ain't No Business ***
6. Blues For Jimmy Nolen ****
7. A Nickel And A Nail *
8. Matthew **
9. You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover **
10. Beer Drinking Woman **
11. Flash Chordin' ***
12. These Arms Of Mine ***
13. Whiplash **
14. When A Guitar Plays The Blues *
15. Hawaiian Punch *
16. The Last Word ****
Musician credit provided.
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| Before and After |
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1. Mule Train Stomp
2. Pretty Please
3. How Important Can It Be
4. Twin exhaust
5. Hot toddy
6. Am I the one
7. Ruby Baby
8. Shake The Hand Of A Fool
9. Twist medley: (The Twist; Mother s Club Twist)
10. When The Saints Go Twistin In
11. I Found You
12. Rambunctious
13. Malaguena
14. After Hours
15. Let s Twist Again
16. Peter Gunn
17. Park Boulevard Blues
18. Chowbay; Peace Cross
19. My Baby Is Sweeter
20. Minor Changes
21. Custom Made
22. My Baby Is Sweeter |
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Product
Description:
Roy Buchanan was something of an enigma to fans and friends alike,
but this album reveals all sides of his musical personality while
providing an entertaining illustration of his genius. Along with Roy
s own performances there are recordings of other artists featuring
stunning solos and backups from the man himself. Lovingly annotated
by Ellwood Brown, a long-time associate and close friend of Roy
Buchanan. Includes his earliest and last recordings. |
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