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    Old Town Blues, Vol. 2: The Uptown Sides

    01/01/1994

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    All Music Guide Review

    A grab bag of blues sides with a strong R&B influence, recorded for New York's Old Town label between the mid-'50s and mid-'60s. This is aimed squarely at the blues collector/completist: there's nothing especially inept about these sides, but nothing especially captivating either. Nor is there a strong stylistic or instrumental thread connecting the tracks. It's period stuff, by obscure artists like Hal Paige, Ursula Reed, Lester Young (not the jazz great!), Larry Dale, and Sam Baker; Wild Bill Moore and Buddy & Ella Johnson, represented by some of their least known work, are the most recognizable of the bunch. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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