Jimmy Reed Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall / Found Love

There's simply no sound in the blues as instantly recognizable, and as easy to play and sing as the music of the great Jimmy Reed. He is one of the bestselling bluesmen of all time. With his laid-back, slurred singing style stretched over a lazy, easy boogie rhythm, and punctuated by short runs on his racked harmonica, Reed brought a kind of hushed, unhurried urgency to everything he recorded. This essential CD features two of his classic albums from the early 1960s: the long unavailable masterpiece Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (which despite its title was actually recorded in the studio) and the equally splendid Found Love. Both albums have been remastered and packaged together in this special collector's edition, which also contains 6 bonus tracks from the same period. A simple yet hypnotic guitar style, a perfectly-pitched and melodic harmonica and a smooth, soulful singing voice: Reed was the real deal. - Record Collector magazine