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Chicago-based blues label Alligator Records is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a double-CD compilation "35 X 35." To put that in perspective, the most famous Chicago blues label, Chess Records, lasted only 24 years. This compilation highlights the history, growth, and development of the label with 35 tracks from 35 of its artists, including Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Mavis Staples, and many others. Alligator has offered deserving artists some exposure, given artists the chance to grown or return to form, and helped many artists get their careers off the ground, includng Shemekia Copeland. 35 X 35 hits at least 34 key points in the label's history, and, this reviewer feels, misses one-- but it is an excellent compilation that tells an important story.
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Chicago-based blues label Alligator Records is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a double-CD compilation "35 X 35." To put that in perspective, the most famous Chicago blues label, Chess Records, lasted only 24 years. This compilation highlights the history, growth, and development of the label with 35 tracks from 35 of its artists, including Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Mavis Staples, and many others. Alligator has offered deserving artists some exposure, given artists the chance to grown or return to form, and helped many artists get their careers off the ground, includng Shemekia Copeland. 35 X 35 hits at least 34 key points in the label's history, and, this reviewer feels, misses one-- but it is an excellent compilation that tells an important story.
Broadcast History
WXPN-FM Philadelphia 4-6-2006
Timing and Cues
3:37 self-contained. Opens with opening theme & host intro, ends with song ending.
Musical Works
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Artist Name "Song Title"
Label Name: Album Title
copyright info
catalog number
Hound Dog Taylor "She's Gone"
Alligator: 35 X 35
? 2006 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 120/21
Fenton Robinson "Texas Flood"
Alligator: 35 X 35
? 2006 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 120/21
Albert Collins "Honey Hush"
Alligator: 35 X 35
? 2006 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 120/21
Koko Taylor "I Got What It Takes"
Alligator: 35 X 35
? 2006 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 120/21
Carey Bell "Lonesome Stranger"
Alligator: 35 X 35
? 2006 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 120/21
Johnny Winter "Don't Take Advantage Of Me"
Alligator: 35 X 35
? 2006 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 120/21
Professor Longhair "In The Wee Wee Hours"
Alligator: 35 X 35
? 2006 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 120/21
Shemekia Copeland "Salt In My Wounds"
Alligator: 35 X 35
? 2006 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 120/21
Mavis Staples "A Dying Man's Plea"
Alligator: 35 X 35
? 2006 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 120/21
Michael Hill's Blues Mob "Can't Recall A Time"
Alligator: Bloodlines
? 1994 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 4821
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials "Pride And Joy"
Alligator: 35 X 35
? 2006 Alligator Records And Artist Mgmt., Inc.
ALCD 120/21
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Review of Blues File: 35 X 35 from Alligator Records
Record producer Bruce Iglauer has spent decades nurturing and recording lesser-known blues artists, or those whose careers have slumped into stall. Meister provides a fast-moving, informative preview of Alligator Records double-CD anniversary album. Might not be standard NPR, but take a chance and give your listeners a few minutes of soulful sound. Good medicine, tapping to the beat.