Radio City (180g LP) JDessentials historian and producer Samuel Charters

historian and producer Samuel Charters enlisted nine of the Midwest’s best blues artists to record a short set each for a Vanguard Records sampler

Gloria's Step (live)

and includes four bonus tracks not includes on the digitally available version

" For the sole original on the album

Kicking off with “Born on the Bayou

Radio City (180g LP) JDessentials historian and producer Samuel ChartersDetails Big Star, considered to be among the founders of power pop, has been cited as an influence by many of the major alternative bands of the 80s and 90s, and continues to be a powerful presence in todays musical landscape. Artists such as R. E. M., Teenage Fanclub, The Replacements (who famously penned the song Alex Chilton) and Wilco all enthusiastically tout the artistic impact of the group. Mike Mills recalls Big Star as a band who had gotten