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Your Top Five Blues LPs, SQ-wise...

Wondering what the general consensus would be here.  What five Blues LPs would you pick to showcase your sound system’s strengths to another Blues lover?  Not so much interested in “historically important” discs here as much as Blues on vinyl that just sounds fantastic enough to prompt one to wear out an expensive cartridge/stylus on...
Thanks in advance.  Just getting into the genre myself via the various streaming radio feeds and never seem to catch the names of artists/titles so I don’t have a list of my own, but I’m drawn to great Blues guitar sounds and unforgettable lyrics which let the listener know, unmistakably, that the singer has, “walked the walk”...
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bdp24
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I just picked up a copy of Charlie Musselwhite's direct-to-disk LP on Crystal Clear Records, Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough. I haven't listened to it yet, but all the Crystal Clear LP's I HAVE heard are fantastic. Why would this one be any different?!

IMO, too many people automatically think of guitar-driven Blues music (and often that of English "Blues-Rock" players. Alvin Lee/Ten Years After is Blues?!), rather than harp-driven. I generally prefer the latter ( I worked with a great SF Bay Area player, Gary Smith. One oop album, real good Blues, average sq) . Too bad Little Walter wasn't recorded in better sound. His recordings are good enough to let the music through, but that's about it.

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@tooblue 

You've been saving up for that???
tooblue
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@slaw, no not really but couldn't help myself. Johnny Winter was a very special artist and got to see him often in my youth, he would sit in with Edgar Winters White Trash at Cignorellies Night Club (Slicks) in St Martinville La and sometimes by himself and his band. Edgar Winters White Trash played Slicks it seemed like every other weekend and the place was always jammin. Enjoy the music
treebeard1
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I'm not sure if released on vinyl, but both records by David Johansen and the Harry Smiths sound fantastic. These are two of my favorites. 
david3838
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@tooblue, I agree that Boz is truly a great artist.  Whatever he does from R&B to romantic love songs he nails it. Since this is blues related I’ll just add that the first time I heard ‘Somebody Loan Me a Dime’ I was just floored.  And I see you’ve spent time in St Martinville, La......I’m from New Orleans but went to USL in Lafayette so we may have crossed paths at some point......used to spend a lot of time at Willie Purples in Lafayette, especially when ZZ Top was in town.
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