Black Coffee Blues is a book written by Henry Rollins, comprising writings penned between 1989 and 1991. It is composed of seven parts; "124 Worlds", "Invisible Woman Blues", "Exhaustion Blues", "Black Coffee Blues", "Monster", "61 Dreams" and "I Know You". It was published in 1992 by 2.13.61 Publications, Rollins' own publishing house.
Henry Lawrence Garfield, better known as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, presenter, comedian, and activist. He currently hosts a weekly radio show on KCRW, is a regular columnist for Rolling Stone Australia, and was a regular columnist for LA Weekly.
2.13.61, Inc. is a publisher and record company founded by musician Henry Rollins and named after his date of birth. The company has released albums by the Rollins Band, all of Rollins's spoken word work, and numerous books. It is based in Los Angeles, California.
Rollins would go on to release two other books with the title: Black Coffee Blue Part 2: Do I Come Here Often? (1996) and Black Coffee Blue Part 3: Smile, You're Traveling (2000).
Smile, You're Traveling is the third book in the Black Coffee Blues trilogy by Henry Rollins. It includes portions of his travel journal from 1997–1998 which includes personal encounters of spending time with the band Black Sabbath, a vacation to Africa, and trips elsewhere as part of his spoken word tours. It has received a 3.91 rating from approximately 67 reviews at Goodreads.com.
Get Some Go Again Sessions is a 2005 double album by the Rollins Band, although on this release it is credited to Henry Rollins & Mother Superior.
The Boxed Life is a double spoken word release by former Black Flag singer Henry Rollins also featuring Canadian journalist and radio show host Ian Bussières, also known as "The Oddball". It was originally released on cassette tape in 1993 on Imago Records and has also been released on CD.
The End of Silence is the fifth release and the third full-length album by Rollins Band, led by former Black Flag singer Henry Rollins. The album's cover features a stylized drawing of the sun identical to the one tattooed on Rollins' back. The album's liner notes credit the artwork to California tattoo artist Rick Spellman.
Eric the Pilot is the eighth live spoken word album from Henry Rollins, released May 5, 1999 on 2.13.61 Records. The CD contains a one-hour-long story about Henry trying to get to a show in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This story, along with the second disc of Think Tank, were recorded during the same Australian tour in October 1997.
Get Some Go Again is the sixth full-length studio album by Rollins Band, released in 2000. It is also the first album by lead singer Henry Rollins after dissolving his longtime lineup featuring guitarist Chris Haskett and others. On this album, and its follow-up Nice, Rollins was backed by the band Mother Superior.
Drive by Shooting is a hardcore punk solo E.P. by Henry Rollins, credited as "Henrietta Collins and The Wifebeating Childhaters", which served as a precursor to the Rollins Band.
Life Time is the first full-length studio album by Rollins Band, fronted by ex-Black Flag singer, Henry Rollins. The album was produced by Ian MacKaye, well known in the genre of hardcore punk for his work with Minor Threat and as co-owner of the Dischord record label. MacKaye was also a childhood friend of Rollins, who acted as a roadie for MacKaye's band The Teen Idles. It was originally released in 1987 and included four live tracks recorded in Kortrijk, Belgium in October 1987. It was subsequently re-mastered and re-released in 1999 without the live tracks, but with the addition of three session tracks from the Do It album of 1987. The 2014 reissue on Dischord includes the live tracks but not the bonus tracks included on the 1999 reissue.
Short Walk On A Long Pier is the first spoken word album released by Henry Rollins. The content is culled from spoken word performances in Los Angeles, San Diego, Baton Rouge, Denver, New York City and Amsterdam. The one piece of music, "Alienation", is performed with Rowland S. Howard of The Birthday Party and Chris Haskett.
Sweatbox is the third live spoken word album by Henry Rollins, released in 1989 on Quarterstick Records, and later reissued on 2.13.61 Records in 2005. It was recorded at various tour dates in 1987-1988 in Washington DC, Los Angeles, CA, Madison, WI, Denver, CO, and Budapest, Hungary.
The Essential Fleetwood Mac is a comprehensive compilation of recordings from British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac's early recordings made with Blue Horizon Records. It includes most of the tracks from their first two albums Fleetwood Mac and Mr. Wonderful, plus non-album singles and a few rarities. The album is part of the ongoing Sony BMG series The Essential. The album was released in 2007.
Do It is the first EP after the first full-length album Life Time from Rollins Band, fronted by ex-Black Flag singer, Henry Rollins.
Live @ McCabe's is the fourth live spoken word album by Henry Rollins, released in 1990 on Quarterstick Records. It was reissued with new artwork on 2.13.61 Records on January 5, 2009. It was recorded on June 9 & 10, 1990 at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA. Exene Cervenka and Hubert Selby Jr. performed with Rollins these two nights.
Rollin' Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection is a compilation album collecting the first 50 master recordings of blues singer Muddy Waters for Chess Records. The collection spans Muddy's debut with then named Aristocrat Records circa 1947, and traces his evolution as a songwriter and musician up to September 17, 1952 on what became Chess Records after the company changed ownership. It is the first in a series of releases chronicling Muddy Waters' complete recording career at Chess. The second release in the series is Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters, Volume 2, 1952–1958 (2004) and the third release in the series is You Shook Me: The Complete Chess Masters, Volume 3, 1958 to 1963 (2012).
Turned On is a live album from the Rollins Band, fronted by ex-Black Flag singer, Henry Rollins, recorded in Vienna, Austria on November 27, 1989. Even though the album sleeve has the individual tracks listed, the CD is entirely contained in one track.
Still So Far to Go: The Best of Chris Rea is a compilation album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released by Rhino Records in 2009. It features songs spanning his entire career as well as songs from his recent blues period. It also features two new songs: "Come So Far, Yet Still So Far to Go" and "Valentino". The former was released as a single in October 2009 to promote the album but it failed to chart. The album, however, was very successful, peaking at #8 position in UK, making it Rea's first entry in the Top 10 in ten years since The Blue Cafe (1998), and was certified Gold by BPI in 2013.
Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains six complete concerts recorded in the Pacific Northwest in 1973 and 1974, on 19 CDs. It was released, in a limited edition of 15,000 copies, on September 7, 2018.
