Got To Be Some Changes Made

Got To Be Some Changes Made is a 2026 various-artists compilation devoted to the tougher, guitar-led side of vintage soul, R&B, and electric blues. Released on CD by MFP Tonträger/Broken Silence, the 28-track collection pulls together largely lesser-known recordings from the 1950s and 1960s, emphasizing concise singles, regional studio sounds, and expressive guitar work rather than a greatest-hits approach. Albert King’s title track sits alongside contributions from B.B. King, Bobby Parker, Arthur Adams, Guitar Red, Jody Williams, Eddie King, Albert Collins, Mighty Joe Young, and a range of obscurer performers whose records circulated on small labels.

The sequencing makes the album feel like a carefully assembled late-night radio show: gritty Chicago-style electric blues, New Orleans rhythm and blues, soul-inflected slow burners, raw rock-and-roll, and dance-floor instrumentals overlap without becoming stylistically uniform. Highlights include B.B. King’s “Mashing the Popeye,” Bobby Parker’s “Get Right,” Arthur Adams’ version of “The Same Thing,” Albert Collins’ “Alberts Alley,” and Jody Williams’ “Moanin’ for Molasses.” Its appeal lies in the element of discovery—Got To Be Some Changes Made makes space for musicians outside the standard blues canon, presenting their sharp guitar lines, rough-edged vocals, and small-label production as part of a broader, interconnected soul-blues tradition.