Delmark Records Celebrates 70th Years – Blues Anthology

Delmark Records Celebrates 70th Years, with a slew of 2023 Events, new Blues Anthology out July 21st

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Seventy years is a long time. Seventy years before the late Bob Koester founded Delmar (later Delmark) Records while a college student in St. Louis, Buffalo Bill’s traveling Wild West Show debuted, Chester A. Arthur was president, Thomas Edison brought electric light to Roselle, NJ for the first time, and “Black Bart” was in the news for another stagecoach robbery.
When Koester released his first record in 1953, many of the now-iconic figures in blues and jazz were still every day working musicians, Ike was in the White House, and the U.S. was fighting in Korea.
 
Now seventy years on, Delmark is the oldest independent jazz and blues record label in the world, boasting a catalog bulging with over twelve thousand recordings by a virtual who’s who of jazz and blues. Although Koester retired in 2018, under the leadership of President/CEO, Julia A. Miller, and Artistic Director Elbio Barilari, Delmark has released over 30 thirty albums in five years, has made digitally available over twelve thousand songs and continues its mission of seeking out and documenting new talent. To celebrate the 70th anniversary, Delmark raided the vaults for a new anthology, out July 21st on CD, LP and digital.
From Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Dinah Washington, T-Bone Walker, Little Walter and Muddy Waters to Memphis Slim and Jimmy Johnson, the 70th Anniversary compilation is a perfect snapshot of the incredible vault of classic blues Delmark has released over the years.
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Tracks:
01. Junior Wells with Buddy Guy – Snatch It Back And Hold It
02. Magic Sam – All Of Your Love
03. Otis Rush – All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
04. Jimmy Dawkins with Otis Rush & Big Voice Odom – All For Business
05. Dinah Washington – Blues For A Day
06. T-Bone Walker – I Want A Little Girl
07. Big Time Sarah – Long Tall Daddy
08. Little Walter with Muddy Waters – I Just Keep Loving Her
09. Memphis Slim with Matt Guitar Murphy – Memphis Slim U.S.A.
10. Jimmy Johnson – Ashes In My Ashtray