EOY List Aggregate: 2014 Old Records

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Michael Bloomfield: From His Head to His Heart to His Hands (Columbia/Legacy) {13}: M, ND, RS:x:3, TL, am, ccvs+, fw, jjk, jro, njf, se -- V:305-33-2
  2. The "5" Royales: Soul and Swagger: The Complete "5" Royales 1951-1967 (Rockbeat) {6}: RS_x:13, TL, YW, am, ecp, mj -- V:811-10-1
  3. Bring It On Home: Black America Sings Sam Cooke (Ace) {6}: MM, RC:16, TH, am, vmm:7 -- V:1529-5-1, RC:A, TH:A-
  4. Bessie Jones/The Georgia Sea Island Singers: Get in Union: Recordings by Alan Lomax 1959-1966 (Tompkins Square) {4}: PM, am, aqd, om -- V:811-10-1
  5. Magic Sam: Live at the Avant Garde (1968, Delmark) {4}: ND, YW, ccvs+
  6. Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings, 1947-1959 (Dust-to-Digital) {3}: BS:3, om -- V:471-20-2
  7. Johnny Winter: Step Back (Megaforce) {2}: app, ax_b -- Mc:68
  8. Dylan's Gospel: Brothers and Sisters (Light in the Attic) {2}: aqd, po
  9. This Ain't No Mouse Music: The Story of Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records (Arhoolie, 2CD) {2}: ddt, jws
  10. When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly and Raw Black Gospel 1926-1936 (Tompkins Square) {2}: aqd, vkc:10 -- V:471-20-2
  11. Long John Baldry: Best of Stony Plain Years (Stony Plain) {1}: app
  12. Lou Ann Barton: The Best! (Rockbeat) {1}: app
  13. Paul Butterfield Blues Band: East-West () {1}: se
  14. Barbara Lynn: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Real Gone) {1}: am
  15. Otis Redding: The King of Soul (Atlantic, 4CD) {1}: am
  16. Sha Boom Bang: Vintage Arizona Doo-Wop, R&B, Soul & Funk 1956-71 () {1}: aqd
  17. Smoky Babe: Way Back in the Country Blues (Arhoolie) {1}: jws
  18. Bettye Swann: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Real Gone) {1}: am
  19. The Sweet Inspirations: Complete Atlantic Singles Plus (Real Gone) {1}: am
  20. George Thorogood: Millennium Collection: 20th Century Masters () {1}: ax_b
  21. Dee Dee Warwick: The Complete Atco Recordings (Real Gone) {1}: am
  22. Muddy Waters: The Complete Aristocrat and Chess Singles A's and B's: 1947-1962 (Acrobat) {1}: am
  23. Junior Wells: Southside Blues Jam (1969, Delmark) {1}: ddt -- TH:***
  24. Johnny Winter: True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story (Columbia/Legacy) {1}: am
  25. Holland-Dozier-Holland: The Complete 45s Collection: Invictus, Hot Wax, Music Merchant 1969-1977 (Harmless) {1}: am
  26. Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Black Religious Music (Dust-to-Digital) {1}: om

Notes

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