Tag: Albert Collins

Albert Collins / Robert Cray / Johnny Copeland – Showdown! (1985) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Albert Collins / Robert Cray / Johnny Copeland - Showdown! (1985) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Albert Collins / Robert Cray / Johnny Copeland – Showdown! (1985) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 941 MB (Hi-Res) + 275 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-217 | Genre: Blues
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Cray found himself in some pretty intimidating company for this Grammy-winning blues guitar summit meeting, but he wasn’t deterred, holding his own alongside his idol Albert Collins and Texas great Johnny Copeland. Cray’s delivery of Muddy Waters’ rhumba-rocking “She’s into Something” was one of the set’s many highlights. Continue reading “Albert Collins / Robert Cray / Johnny Copeland – Showdown! (1985) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Albert Collins – Cold Snap (1986) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Albert Collins - Cold Snap (1986) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Albert Collins – Cold Snap (1986) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 932 MB (Hi-Res) + 279 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-226| Genre: Blues
Half-Speed Mastered

Cold Snap has a stronger R&B direction than Collins’s previous Alligator releases, most notably in the presence of a slicker production. That approach doesn’t suit him particularly well — he’s at his best when he’s just playing the blues, not when he’s trying to sing. Nevertheless, he turns out a number of gripping solos, and that is what prevents Cold Snap from being too much of a disappointment. Continue reading “Albert Collins – Cold Snap (1986) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”