Cob Records
320 High Street
Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
VAT reg: 636 5810 29
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Album Chart
1 Disturbed - Asylum
2 Richard Thompson - Dream Attic
3 Papa Roach - Time for Annihalation
4 Sonic Syndicate - We Rule the Night
5 Klaxons - Surfing the Void
6 Terror - Keepers of the Faith
7 Les Rallizes Dénudés - Blind Baby Has its Mothers Eyes
8 Mogwai - Special Moves
9 Les Rallizes Dénudés - Heavier than a Death in the Family
10 Heart - Red Velvet Car
Singles Chart
1 Klaus Kinski - Gwlad ar fy Nghefn
2 The Dogbones - Mae Dy Ffrindiau i Gyd
3 Antony & the Johnsons - Thank You for the Love
4 We Are Animal - 1268
5 Elektroherd - Schwarzer Nachtschatten / Транзисторная босса
DVD Chart
1 Leonard Cohen - Bird on a Wire
2 Rush - Beyond the Lighted Stage
3 Metallica - Un Nuit
4 Slayer - Live Intrusion
5 Mogwai - Special Moves
Back Catalogue
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Texas Blues
CD x3
£12.99
incredible 5CD box set, featuring 113 classic recordings from between 1925 and 1935 by the legendary pioneer of recorded blues and his followers
Blind Willie McTell
King of the Georgia Blues
CD x3
£12.99
incredible 6CD box set, featuring 117 classic recordings from between 1927 and 1949 by the legendary king of the Georgia Blues
Bo Diddley
The Story of Bo Diddley
CD x2
£10.99
Elvis is king but Diddley is daddy. Since 1955, Bo Diddley's music has whipped up a whirlwind of inspiration that can be tracked from the Chess Records studio in Chicago through the next fifty years of rock history. Subtract Bo Diddley from the rock'n'roll equation, and you'd lose the White Stripes, the Sex Pistols, the Rolling Stones, and many other artists besides. This exceptional double album features all Bo's key tracks as well as some rare material. Beautifully packaged in a digi-pak with extensive liner notes and classic photos.
Canned Heat and John Lee Hooker
Hooker 'n' Heat
CD
£12.99
Long overdue reissue of this classic partnership.
Catfish Keith
A Fistful of Riffs
CD
£12.99
Catfish's eighth album, an all-instrumental collection of Catfish playing his string-popping acoustic guitar style as well as deep bottleneck slide pieces on his National Baritone Tricone guitar. This album showcases every nuance of his guitar playing with several originals, and pieces influenced by Lonnie Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Fats Waller, Joseph Spence and Blind Willie Johnson
Catfish Keith
Cherry Ball
CD
£12.99
Recorded in one night after an inspiring 7-Nation World Tour, this album includes five originals and a couple of island pieces as well. "Cherry Ball will give you goose bumps and leave you howling for more!" -Dirty Linen
Catfish Keith
Fresh Catfish
CD
£12.99
1995 Nominated for a W. C. Handy Award for BEST ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM, this stomping all-solo album has been called "a potent brew, with sparkling guitar picking, evocative lyrics and emotional vocals" -Blues & Rhythm "Catfish Keith has as much fun playing prewar acoustic blues as anybody around today. Fresh Catfish is a real treat." -Living Blues
Catfish Keith
If I Could Holler
CD
£12.99
Catfish's latest disc of deep blues and roots originals and timeless country blues gems pulses with life and demonstrates why he's been one of the most original voices in the world of acoustic blues guitar for over three decades. From the hypnotic, rolling 12-string opener "If I Could Holler" to chiming, rattling acoustic guitar twang-outs like "Gonna Live That Life," Catfish takes his unique vision of solo guitar, vocals and stomping feet to new heights.
Catfish Keith
Jitterbug Swing
CD
£12.99
1992 Nominated for a W. C. Handy Award for BEST ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM with seven originals and the slinky blues fiddle of Randy Sabien. "Keith's raging slide guitar, intricate fingerpicking and infectious vocals tab him as one of the idiom's top acoustic revivalists." -Living Blues
Catfish Keith
Pepper in My Shoe
CD
£12.99
1991 Catfish's classic second album features Keith solo plus harmonica virtuoso Peter Madcat Ruth and jazz violin master Randy Sabien. "Uncanny blues ability. MY HIGHEST RATING. LOADS OF FUN!" -Victory Review
Catfish Keith
Pony Run
CD
£12.99
Catfish Keith's seventh solo album features a dozen deep, red hot blues and roots gems with special guest Radoslav Lorkovic with Catfish on three piano-guitar barrelhouse duets.
Catfish Keith
Rolling Sea
CD
£12.99
2003 This 13-song collection includes Catfish originals as well as his takes on early blues masters such as Blind Willie Johnson, Laughing Charlie Lincoln, Mississippi Fred MacDowell and Bahamian guitar oddball Joseph Spence. Rolling Sea was recorded live in the studio, solo, most cuts in one take.
Catfish Keith
Sweet Pea
CD
£12.99
2005 CD from Catfish. "...the effect is magical, a rollicking delight of outstanding quality. If you want your acoustic blues with infectious rhythm, excellent singing, virtuoso picking, and a real groove, this is for you."
Blues & Rhythm
Catfish Keith
Tadpole Blues - Early Recordings 1982-84
CD
£12.99
2004. This long-lost release is finally available on CD on Fish Tail Records! These are the very first studio recordings of Catfish Keith at the dawn of his career. This set showcases his fully-formed solo excitement played at the time on his 1930 National and 1920's Gibson Nick Lucas Special. This record started with a youthful fire that continues to this day: foot-stomping deep delta blues, rags, and American roots music at it's finest. Remastered from the archives by Patrick Brickel.
Catfish Keith
Twist It, Babe!
CD
£12.99
1997 "Catfish calls it, 'Acoustic blues, gospel moans, slippery slide and swinging scat-o-logical party pieces.' I call it a dozen amazing tunes. Every fan of acoustic blues should have all of his many discs in their collection Every record label in America should be engaged in a bidding war. This man is flat-out spectacular!" -Big City Blues
Chuck Berry
Reelin' And Rockin@: The Very Best of....
CD x2
£10.99
Digitally remastered anthology of one the fathers of Rock n Roll. Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists and one of its greatest performers. Without him, there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys or Bob Dylan. There would be no standard "Chuck Berry guitar intro", the instrument's clarion call to get the joint rockin'. Lennon said it best, "If you were going to give Rock & Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." This exceptional double CD package includes the very best of Berry's classic Chess sides as well as highlights from Mercury Records recordings. It comes beautifully packaged in a Chess digi-pak with extensive liner notes and classic photos.
James Hunter
People Gonna Talk
CD
£9.99
"One of the Best voices, and best kept secrets, in British R'n'B & Soul. Check Him Out." So says Van Morrison about this retro slab of soul, ska and funk heavily influenced vocally by Sam Cooke.
Johnny Winter
The Progressive Blues Experiment
CD
£7.99
Most Johnny Winter fans consider "The Progressive Blues Experiment" one of Johnny Winter's best albums if not the best."A lot of white players have corne down the blues highway in the last 30 years. Some of them, no doubt, have had chops to rival his. But how many of them give you live blues action as incandescent as this?"
Tony Russell July 1999
Koko Taylor
Old School
CD
£11.99
The undisputed Queen Of The Blues returns with her first album in seven years, the aptly titled Old School, Koko Taylor once again shows the world what she does so well. From foot-stomping barnburners to powerful slow blues, Koko proves in an instant that her blues are joyous and life-affirming, powerful and soul-stirring.
Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter & James Cotton
Breakin' it up, Breakin' it Down
CD
£6.99
An entire album of previously unreleased material from the historic 1977 tour featuring some of the greatest live material ever produced by Muddy Waters
Robert Johnson
..& the Last of the Great Mississippi Blues Singers
CD x3
£12.99
incredible 6CD box set, featuring 140 classic recordings from between 1930 and 1951 by the legendary king of the Delta Blues and his contemporaries
Seasick Steve
Dog House Music
CD
£9.99
Dog House Music is the second album by Seasick Steve and is performed almost entirely by Steve, apart from occasional percussion, performed by his reletives H.J. Wold and P.M. Wold.
Taj Mahal
The Essential
CD
£8.99
These thirty-six selections do an admirable job of reflecting Taj Mahal's deep roots in the blues and the excursions of discovery and synthesis that have kept his records vital for over thirty years.
Various
Chess Pieces
CD x2
£10.99
Chess Pieces covers the whole spectrum of black music from blues to doo-wop, rock'n'roll to r&b, pop to soul to jazz and so on. This definitive 48 track collection contains the cream of Chess music--Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter and more. Packaged in a beautiful double digi-pak, with extensive liner notes (including introduction from Marshall Chess).
Various:Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937
Good For What Ails You
CD x2
£23.99
A rich 2 disc seam of American musical history, presented with a gorgeous booklet containing liner notes, photographs and essays on the phenomenon of medicine show music. If you like early blues or old-timey music there is a wealth of material to enjoy here.
Walter Trout
Full Circle
CD
£12.99
FULL CIRCLE is the most accomplished and satisfying release of Walter Trout's discography. Among the 25 musicians appearing are John Mayall, Coco Montoya, Bernard Allison, Jeff Healey, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Sardinas, Guitar Shorty, Finis Tasby, Junior Watson, James Harman and Deacon Jones.
Watermelon Slim
The Wheel Man
CD
£12.99
Wonderful follow-up to last year's "Watermelon Slim and the Workers" album which won the coveted Cob Records Blues CD of the year award. Slim's weathered voice, slashing slide and howling harp combine with his cracking band and great songs to once again make the Blues sound fresh, relevant and fun. Features appearances by Magic Slim on guitar and vocals and Dave Maxwell on piano.
"Watermelon Slim incarnates the deepest & truest roots of American Music" - Jerry Wexler
Watermelon Slim and the Workers
CD
£12.99
Highly recommended fresh take on the Blues by Slim and his boys. Instead of over-the-top guitar or gutbucket baying, Watermelon Slim and the Workers features crisp arrangements paired with laconic insights instilling new life into the genre.
Watermelon Slim and the Workers
No Paid Holidays
CD
£12.99
On his latest offering,Slim finds room for his full range of styles, from the field holler, through the Mississippi Delta blues, and on up ol muddy to the rockin Chicago blues. Another little gem.