The Real Boss of the Blues CD

Joe Turner
The Real Boss of the Blues CD

The BluesTime label was started by Flying Dutchman Records in the late 1960s to issue albums by blues greats, one being the legendary Big Joe Turner.
His signature vocals were just as at home in the Kansas City clubs of the '20s and '30s as on his rock 'n' roll hits of the 1950s.
He was an established name when he signed to Atlantic in 1951 and scored several big hits, most notably the original version of Shake Rattle and Roll which turned him into an unlikely pop star at the age of 43.
When the hits stopped, Turner returned to the clubs and his celebrity ensured he continued to make albums, and one of his best - The Real Boss Of The Blues from 1969 - is presented here.
Recorded in Capitol Studios, LA, with some of the finest session musicians, it carefully updated several of Turner's hits such as Shake Rattle and Roll and Corrine Corrina, plus newer songs including Two Loves Have I and Plastic Man.
This is the album's first CD reissue and two bonus cuts from a live concert recorded in 1970 at Carnegie Hall have been added.
The audio is taken directly from the original master tapes.