After that last big splurge on media at the record store that is now closed, there were some items I had forgotten about buying. (Large pile to get through!)
There is a 1968 RCA triple LP release of "The Best of The Blues" which reaches back into the '30s for some tracks.
I keep thinking, "Hey, that's where Clapton, Page or Hendrix found that groove. DAMN!" I only have a very embarrassingly meeger collection from this era of original blues singers and I am really enjoying rediscovering these lately.
I have a fair amount of downloaded files, but barely any hard media (CDs or LPs) that I can just grab when I want.
I know, digital media is the most convenient, but my collection of music includes many genre and way too many TB of music to keep in any one of the various computers I use for music.
My best one is still slow while it takes fifteen minutes to index all the discs wrangled into it.
I obviously need a better server and cataloguing system for my music collection.
Some of this blues is like the argument with Bod Dylan fans. Some play Dylan constantly while some of us (still dedicated fans) can only take an hour of off key singing, regardless of the Absolute Message within the music.
Same with the old blues music, "... but those forties wire recordings sound So bad! How can you listen to that crap?" I find the middle ground when I can.
I have been listening to a lot of old blues for the past few days.
