Down in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler had fallen out with Rick Hall at FAME studio after an Aretha Franklin session ended with Aretha storming back to New York. Wexler later... more

This big set chronicling the big guitar-blues boom of the '20s and '30s contains 58 tracks and a 134-page booklet. Includes Mr. Johnson's Blues Lonnie Johnson; Match Box Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson;... more

The early history of electric blues springs to life in the 160-page book and 77 tracks here: Call It Stormy Monday T-Bone Walker; That's All Right Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup; Let Me Play with Your... more

The Wolf at his most lupine—his earliest, rarest Sun sides including both sides (How Many More Years; Baby Ride with Me) from his first session at Sam Phillips' 706 Union Ave. studio in '51! They... more

The Blues - the iconic music that changed everything! Memphis - the iconic city where it happened! And now - the Memphis Blues Box from Bear Family Records® - the best of the best from the best! -An... more

Bobby 'Blue' Bland (1930 - 2013) was one of the leading US-American Blues, R&B and Soul entertainers. He knew how to combine the intensity of Gospel music with the expression of the Blues. His voice... more

EU collection. The harmonica as a lead instrument for rock and roll! Yeah, sure, why not? Especially when the mouth harp is wielded by James Cotton, the man who grew up with blues giants during the... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold sleeve. Live And Well was produced by then 26-year-old Bill Szymczyk who later became one of rock music's most successful and prolific producers. The album... more

In his lifetime, Memphis Slim was probably the best-known blues singer in the world, moving from Memphis to Chicago and finally to Paris in the early 1960s. But it's no exaggeration to say that... more

Limited double white colored vinyl LP pressing. -Jimmie Vaughan, co-founder of the Fabulous Thunderbirds and older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, recorded one of the most fascinating blues/roots... more

2024 release. With 'Destination Jail, Vol. 2', Bear Family Records® offers another intriguing collection of blues and rhythm & blues obscurities and classics from the '40s to the '60s about life... more

The old heroes and new disciples are heard among these 40 tracks, and a 112-page booklet traces the continuing tradition of acoustic blues from 1980–2012. Includes Heartbroken Man Blues Henry... more

Another heapin', howlin' helpin' of the early tracks that turned Chester Burnett into Howlin' Wolf, blues titan! This is the man at his most primitive and powerful: Moanin' at Midnight; Worried All... more

-Second album with more great recordings from the earliest sessions (1951 and 1952) featuring Chester Burnett aka The Howlin' Wolf. -The recordings were made by Sam Phillips at his Memphis Recording... more

Double vinyl LP pressing. -Jimmie Vaughan, co-founder of the Fabulous Thunderbirds and older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, recorded one of the most fascinating blues/roots albums of all time in... more

This grizzly of a Bear Family box packs 307 tracks into 10 CDs, bringing together their best (and rarest) blues, R&B and gospel sides plus Sam Phillips productions that were issued by Chess, RPM,... more

The most famous moments but also many hard-to-find gems by this swamp-blues legend, who greatly inspired the Stones and Canned Heat as well as generations of future bluesmen. His indelible smashes... more

Blues expert Martin Hawkins tells the story of local blues singers and players that got onto records. The story goes beyond the Excello sound and the music of Lightnin' Slim, Slim Harpo, and also... more

Part Three of the most comprehensive history EVER of electrified blues on 12 electrifying CDs! Every significant artist... every significant recording from the 1930s to the present day, including... more

Studio recordings, most of which had been posthumously released on now long deleted CDs on the small Watch Dog label. Including a previously unreleased recording with Luke 'Long Gone' Miles. Compiled... more

Luck is a rare word in the Blues. But luckily the Blues had a baby and they named it Rock and Roll!Crudup (1905 - 1974) was amongst the unlucky bluesmen who barely got a dime for writing the songs... more

These 55 tracks and 124 pages trace the course of acoustic blues from 1941 all the way up to '59 (when rock 'n' roll was plugged in but there was still a strong market for down-home acoustic blues):... more

Includes Wilkins' fabulous blues Prodigal Son, recorded by the Rolling Stones on their classic 'Beggars' Banquet' LP. A true giant of pre-War blues, Wilkins sounded just as good - maybe better -... more

Contains 'Roll 'Em Pete' with Pete Johnson, a record that propelled bobby-soxers into a boogie-woogie frenzy. 'Shake, Rattle And Roll' helped jump-start the rock 'n' roll revolution. It's here along... more

Highly enjoyable Christmas CD with a total of 28 great tunes, favorites of the Bear Family Records® team. -Black music from the golden age of rhythm 'n' blues and blues, a balanced mix of well-known... more