Chronicle

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Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 48:33

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The Cincinnati Blues Sound

By John Morthland, eMusic Contributor

To the best of my knowledge, nobody has ever made a good case for a Cincinnati blues sound, but the Queen City was no stranger to the blues. A rough-hewn, urban backwater on the banks of the Ohio River (which is also the Kentucky state line), Cincinnati is arguably the most southern city to find itself misplaced north of the Mason-Dixon line, and as home to King Records played occasional host to a variety of… more »

They Say All Music Guide

This compilation has a leftover feel; the liner notes provide no sources and dates, admitting only that these are “Stax recordings, some never before available on LP.” If you’re a big fan of one or both of the artists involved, though, it’s not bad, with a quality that’s generally consistent with their fully-baked Stax-era albums, though the King half of the program is somewhat superior to the Milton tracks. – Richie Unterberger