ALLIGATOR RECORDS IS TURNING 40

ALLIGATOR RECORDS IS TURNING 40

2011 marks the 40^th anniversary of Chicago's Alligator Records. Founded in 1971 and still owned and operated by award-winning blues visionary Bruce Iglauer, the label will kick off its year-long celebration on February 22 with the release of the two-CD retrospective, The Alligator Records 40^th Anniversary Collection. On that same day, Alligator will release four vinyl LPs: Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers (Alligator's very first release), the Grammy-winning supersession featuring Albert Collins, Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland, Showdown!, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells' intimate and deeply soulful Alone And Acoustic, and the critically acclaimed 2010 release from JJ Grey & Mofro, Georgia Warhorse. The latter two titles have not previously been released on vinyl.

There will be plenty more news on this and other big 40^th Anniversary events in the days and weeks to come. Stay tuned.