VA Ultimate Guitar Legends

Yeah, Sam Phillips was responsible for some of the most legendary and influential rock 'n' roll recordings of all time, but blues was his first and greatest love, and so the Sun Records vaults are full of seminal blues sides from which this 75-track collection draws quite the bounty! Here are just a few highlights: Bear Cat (The Answer to Hound Dog) Rufus Thomas; Hucklebuck Earl Hooker; Somebody Told Me Little Milton; Mystery Train Little Junior's Blue Flames; Prison Bound Blues Sleepy John Estes; In the Mood Walter Horton; My Baby James Cotton, and more from Doctor Ross, Pinetop Smith, Billy "The Kid" Emerson, Roscoe Gordon, Honeyboy Edwards and other Memphis blues legends.

Dwell Records specializes in the nexus point where grunge, noise, psychedelia, and, most importantly, metal meet. Fitting then that they would release this tribute comp to Syd Barrett, the madcap wonder boy who in the late '60s had a hand in inspiring all those genres. The collection features artists who run the metal gamut. Stoner legends Pentagram deliver a dynamic "Flaming" while trance-metallers Jesu drive "Chapter 24" deeper into the cosmos than Pink Floyd ever did. Prog-metal kings Yakuza tackle "Lucifer Sam" while noisy underground dwellers Stinking Lizavetta lay a guitar-heavy "Matilda Mother." Some versions are better than others, but taken as a whole LIKE BLACK HOLES IN THE SKY proves the modern reach of Barrett's vision and the breadth of his songwriting.