And This Is Maxwell Street
| And This is Maxwell Street | |
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| Studio album by Various | |
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Publication |
1999 |
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admission |
Summer and autumn 1964 |
| Label (s) | Catfish Records (Europe), Rooster Blues (North America), P-Vine Records (Japan) |
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Format (s) |
3 CD |
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Title (number) |
30 and an interview by Mike Bloomfield with Robert Nighthawk |
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Ian Talcroft |
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Studio (s) |
Studio IT |
And This Is Maxwell Street is a 3 CD box containing two CDs of the recordings for the film " And This Is Free " by American documentary filmmaker Mike Shea about Maxwell Street Market. The third CD includes an interview that white guitarist Mike Bloomfield conducted with Robert Nighthawk. The version distributed by Rooster Blues in America contains only the CDs of music. The European version is distributed by Catfish Records, in Japan by P-Vine Records. The box is no longer available in all three regions.
history
The film was shot in the summer and fall of 1964. In addition to the director Mike Shea, the sound engineer Gordon Quinn was also active in the film. The film was one of the first to be shot with a wireless camera, which gave the cameraman greater freedom of movement. After the director of the film, Mike Shea, died unexpectedly in 1995, his son Pat came with tapes to the producer and recording engineer Ian Talcroft from Studio IT. Pat Shea also owned all of the tapes recorded in connection with the film. So far there has only been one unauthorized record of recordings ( Robert Nighthawk: Live on Maxwell Street, Rounder 2022 ). The tapes were digitally edited by Ian Talcroft in Studio IT and published in 1999.
The CD version is no longer available, nor is the film available on video or DVD, but the rights holder Studio IT is negotiating a new edition. The importance of the album lies in the fact that it contains historical recordings with artists who were very important in the development of the Chicago blues. In addition to the later stars of the scene, there are also rare recordings by Jim Brewer and Arvella Gray . Mike Bloomfield cannot be seen in the film, but according to sound engineer Gordon Quinn he was said to have played guitar when Robert Nighthawk was recording Dust My Broom , but was deliberately not filmed by Shea.
Tracklist
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Disc: 1 |
Disc: 2 |
Disc: 3 |
Awards
The album was chosen at the Living Blues Award 2001 by both readers and critics as the best blues album of 2000; the critics also awarded the liner notes as Best liner notes for a blues album released in 2000 . The album was also nominated for the WC Handy Award as the best blues album of 2000 with historical recordings.
Quotes
- "I just finished listening to the two" And This Is Maxwell Street "CDs. The package and music are beautiful. I loved every second of it. I really like the street sounds in between the tunes, too. ”- Charlie Musselwhite
- "The recently discovered And This Is Maxwell Street tapes should require a major rewrite of blues history. Blues release of the year? - Hell, of the decade. “- Cub Koda, musician and author
- “That sounds real good to me!” - Pinetop Perkins
- "The words› landmark ‹and› legendary ‹are too easily thrown about, but if any recording merits such words it's certainly this one." - Jeff Harris, Baddog Blues
literature
- Lori Grove, Laura Kamadelski: Images of America - Chicago's Maxwell Street, Arcadia Publishing, 2002