Name: Sky Is Crying
Brand: Camden International
SKU: 915306
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Sky Is Crying

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Album: Sky Is Crying
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Sky Is Crying (Live 1999)	More Info...	0:02
2)	Dust My Broom	More Info...	0:03
3)	Fine Little Mama	More Info...	0:02
4)	Can't Stop Loving You	More Info...	0:02
5)	Done Somebody Wrong	More Info...	0:02
6)	Rollin' & Tumblin'	More Info...	0:02
7)	I Need You Baby	More Info...	0:03
8)	Something Inside Me	More Info...	0:05
9)	I'm Worried	More Info...	0:02
10)	Early One Morning	More Info...	0:02
11)	She Done Moved	More Info...	0:01
12)	Strange Angel	More Info...	0:03
13)	Anna Lee	More Info...	0:03
14)	Stranger Blues	More Info...	0:03
15)	Look On Yonder Wall	More Info...	0:02
16)	Standing at the Crossroads	More Info...	0:03
17)	Baby Please Set a Date	More Info...	0:03
18)	Shake Your Money Maker	More Info...	0:02
19)	My Bleeding Heart	More Info...	0:03
20)	One Way Out	More Info...	0:02
21)	Make My Dream Come True	More Info...	0:02
22)	Mean Mistreatin' Mama	More Info...	0:02

Album: Sky Is Crying
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Sky Is Crying (Live 1999)	More Info...	0:02
2)	Dust My Broom	More Info...	0:03
3)	Fine Little Mama	More Info...	0:02
4)	Can't Stop Loving You	More Info...	0:02
5)	Done Somebody Wrong	More Info...	0:02
6)	Rollin' & Tumblin'	More Info...	0:02
7)	I Need You Baby	More Info...	0:03
8)	Something Inside Me	More Info...	0:05
9)	I'm Worried	More Info...	0:02
10)	Early One Morning	More Info...	0:02
11)	She Done Moved	More Info...	0:01
12)	Strange Angel	More Info...	0:03
13)	Anna Lee	More Info...	0:03
14)	Stranger Blues	More Info...	0:03
15)	Look On Yonder Wall	More Info...	0:02
16)	Standing at the Crossroads	More Info...	0:03
17)	Baby Please Set a Date	More Info...	0:03
18)	Shake Your Money Maker	More Info...	0:02
19)	My Bleeding Heart	More Info...	0:03
20)	One Way Out	More Info...	0:02
21)	Make My Dream Come True	More Info...	0:02
22)	Mean Mistreatin' Mama	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Elmore James (vocals, guitar); Big Joe Turner (vocals); Willie Johnson, Jimmy Spruill, Wayne Bennett, Eddie Taylor, Riff Ruffin (guitar); Ike Turner (guitar, piano); Homesick James (guitar, bass); Sam Myers (harmonica, drums); Sonny Boy Williamson (harmonica); J.T. Brown, Grady Jackson (tenor saxophone); Mark Easton, Paul Williams (baritone saxophone); Sonny Cohn (trumpet); Johnny Jones, Willard McDaniel, Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, Johnny Acey, Danny Moore (piano); Willie Dixon, Leonard Ware, Ransom Knowling, Jimmy Richardson, Chuck Hamilton, Sammy Lee Bully, Eddie Taylor (bass); Frock O'Dell, Henry "Sneaky Joe" Harris, Odie Payne, Red Saunders, Fred Below, Jesse Sailes, King Mose, Belton Evans, Johnny Williams (drums).
Producers: Bobby Robinson, Lilian McMurry, Ike Turner, The Bihari Brothers.
Compilation producers: Robert Palmer, James Austin.
Digitally remastered by Bob Fisher.
THE SKY IS CRYING: THE HISTORY OF ELMORE JAMES compiles recordings James made between 1951 and 1961 for a variety of labels including the Mississippi-based Trumpet, Chicago-based Chess/Chief as well as Bobby Robinson's Fire/Fury/Enjoy and the Bihari Brother's Flair/Meteor labels.
This set includes a 14-page booklet with a discography, black and white photogrpaphs, background information about the sessions by Steve Franz and a biographical essay by Robert Palmer.
Personnel: Elmore James (vocals, guitar); Riff Ruffin, Wild Jimmy Spruill (guitar); J.T. Brown (tenor saxophone); Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (baritone saxophone); Danny Moore (trumpet); Johnny Acey, Johnny Jones (piano); Homesick James Williamson (bass guitar); John Williams , Odie Payne, Jr. (drums).
Liner Note Author: John Collis.
Recording information: Chicago, IL; New York, NY.
Rhino's superlative Elmore James retrospective is essential, not only because it brings together 21 of the artist's finest sides, but because it collects those tracks from various periods (1951-1969) and labels (Trumpet, Chess, Flair, Fire, Chief, and Flashback). James's erratic recording history makes a representative one-stop compilation difficult, but from "Dust My Broom," James's signature tune and the set's opener, to "Standing at the Crossroads, " the raw 1960 single that brings the disc to a close, THE SKY IS CRYING serves as both a career overview and a greatest-hits collection.
Whether on slow blues (the title track) or boogie-woogie grooves ("Shake Your Moneymaker"), the slide master's slashing technique and feral tenor voice are on full display. James's slide work is justifiably exalted--though there have been slide players more technically advanced, James's wild, wiry leads have indelibly influenced nearly all blues players that followed him. James's singing, too, is ferocious and marked by extraordinary intensity (he has what can be known in the blues as a "crying" voice). This is electric Chicago blues of the first order, and a finer compilation of this blues-guitar master is difficult to imagine.