The new Collector's Choice CD catalogue just arrived. They list a "new CD release" by my old Chicago friend, the late guitarist Mike Bloomfield. The title is "If You Love These Blues, Play 'Em As You Please". It is described as: The ultimate single CD showcase of the blues guitar force that was Bloomfield. He honors T-Bone Walker, B.B.King and his other heroes on this 1976 LP while 1979s Bloomfield/Harris finds him delving into gospel blues with fingerpicking Woody Harris. And the Kicking Mule session here is an instructional album he made for Guitar Player magazine.

Has anyone heard this material? And what is it like?

I'm fully aware that Michael B. could be great or terrible---depending on the moment you caught him. I'm also tired of spending money for CDs that don't live up to the blurbs.

Art Thieme