The late guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan is getting an epic release from Epic Records and Legacy Recordings. On October 28, Legacy will unveil Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: The Complete Epic Recordings Collection, a 12-CD box set compiling, for the first time, the entirety of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's official studio and live album canon at Epic. The box set will include the first commercial release of A Legend in the Making, a promotional recording of the band’s landmark 1983 performance at Toronto's El Mocambo club, and will also feature two discs of SRV’s odds and ends.

The late Vaughan, who tragically perished in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990, built his reputation on the Texas club scene in the 1970s as one of the most exciting and innovative guitarists around.   Younger brother of another blues great, Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray played in The Nightcrawlers with Leon Russell’s onetime Asylum Choir partner Marc Benno and famed Austin singer/songwriter Doyle Bramhall, and joined Denny Freeman in The Cobras. But it was the Triple Threat Revue that morphed into Double Trouble, the unit with which Vaughan would set off a blues revival in, of all decades, the 1980s.

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – Stevie Ray (guitar, vocals), Tommy Shannon (bass) and Chris “Whipper” Layton (drums) – caught the ear of David Bowie at the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival, and the ever-astute artist enlisted the blazing guitarist for his Let’s Dance album. Naturally, word spread. Jackson Browne was impressed enough to offer the band use of his Los Angeles recording studio, leading to the recordings which found their way to a man who knew a little about the blues: venerable record man John Hammond, Sr. The elder Hammond played a major role in the careers of artists from Benny Goodman and Count Basie to Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan, and he brought the Texas trio to Epic Records. The recordings were remixed and remastered, and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble were off and running.

Executive produced by Hammond, the Texas Flood LP was produced by the band with engineer Richard Mullen. With both originals (hit single “Pride and Joy,” “Love Struck Baby”) and covers (The Isley Brothers’ “Testify,” Howlin’ Wolf’s “Tell Me”), Texas Flood caught on with record buyers. “Pride and Joy” reached No. 20 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and the album made it all the way to No. 38 on the Billboard 200. Grammy nominations soon arrived, too, for the album’s title track and “Rude Mood.” Yet Texas Flood – beginning Vaughan’s series of gold, platinum and multiplatinum releases over the years - is actually the fourth album on this new box set, preceded by three live recordings.

Within the box, you'll find:

• Disc 1: In The Beginning (KLBJ-FM radio broadcast produced by Wayne Bell, recorded April 1, 1980; Austin, Texas)
• Disc 2: Live At Montreux 1982 (July 17, 1982; Montreux International Jazz Festival)
• Disc 3: Live At Montreux 1985 (July 15, 1985; Montreux International Jazz Festival)
• Disc 4: Texas Flood (1983)
• Disc 5: A Legend in the Making—Live at the El Mocambo (recorded Toronto, Canada, July 20, 1983)
• Disc 6: Couldn’t Stand the Weather (1984)
• Disc 7: Live at Carnegie Hall (October 4, 1984)
• Disc 8: Soul to Soul (1985)
• Disc 9: Live Alive (1986) (Recorded July 16, 1985, Montreux International Jazz Festival; July 17-18, 1986, Austin, Texas; July 19, 1986, Dallas, Texas)
• Disc 10: In Step (1989)
• Disc 11: Archives, Disc One
• Disc 12: Archives, Disc Two

Collectors will note that Texas Flood and Couldn’t Stand the Weather have both been expanded for Legacy Edition releases; only the original album sequences are presented in this box set.  However, the bonus tracks from Disc One of the CSTW Legacy Edition can be found on Archives.  Family Style by the Vaughan Brothers isn’t here, but the contents of the posthumous outtakes collection The Sky is Crying have also found a home on Archives.

After the jump, we have more details - including pre-order links and the complete track listing with discography!

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s legacy remains strong and undiminished. On April 26, 2014, the group was among the artists to be inducted into the newly created Austin City Limits Hall of Fame, launched in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the PBS concert series. Having earned six Grammy Awards and ten Austin Music Awards, Vaughan was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2014. Rolling Stone has ranked Vaughan as the twelfth greatest guitarist of all time.

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: The Complete Epic Recordings Collection arrives in stores on October 28. You can peruse its contents and pre-order links below!

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Complete Epic Recordings Collection (Epic/Legacy, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. )

Disc 1: In The Beginning (Epic EK 53168, 1992)

1. In the Open
2. Slide Thing
3. They Call Me Guitar Hurricane
4. All Your Love I Miss Loving
5. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)
6. Love Struck Baby
7. Tell Me
8. Shake for Me
9. Live Another Day

Recorded live on KLBJ-FM, Austin, TX - 4/1/1980

Discs 2-3: Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985 (Epic/Legacy E2K 86151, 2001)

1. Hide Away
2. Rude Mood
3. Pride and Joy
4. Texas Flood
5. Love Struck Baby
6. Dirty Pool
7. Give Me Back My Wig
8. Collins Shuffle

Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival - 7/17/1982

1. Scuttle Buttin’
2. Say What!
3. Ain’t Gone ‘N’ Give Up on Love
4. Pride and Joy
5. Mary Had a Little Lamb
6. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)
7. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
8. Texas Flood
9. Life Without You
10. Gone Home
11. Couldn’t Stand the Weather

Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival - 7/15/1985

Disc 4: Texas Flood (Epic BFE 38734, 1983)

1. Love Struck Baby
2. Pride and Joy
3. Texas Flood
4. Tell Me
5. Testify
6. Rude Mood
7. Mary Had a Little Lamb
8. Dirty Pool
9. I’m Cryin’
10. Lenny

Disc 5: A Legend in the Making: Live At The El Mocambo - Expanded Edition (originally released as Epic promo LP CDN-115 (Canada), 1983)

1. Testify
2. So Excited *
3. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
4. Pride and Joy
5. Tell Me
6. Mary Had a Little Lamb
7. Texas Flood
8. Love Struck Baby
9. You’ll Be Mine *
10. Hug You, Squeeze You *
11. Little Wing/Third Stone from the Sun *
12. Lenny
13. Wham! *
14. Rude Mood

* denotes track not on original promo. Audio identical to SMV VHS 19V-49111, 1991

Disc 6: Couldn't Stand the Weather (Epic FE 39304, 1984)

1. Scuttle Buttin’
2. Couldn’t Stand the Weather
3. The Things (That) I Used to Do
4. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
5. Cold Shot
6. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)
7. Honey Bee
8. Stang’s Swang

Disc 7: Live At Carnegie Hall (Epic EK 68163, 1997)

1. Intro--Ken Dashow/John Hammond
2. Scuttle Buttin’
3. Testify
4. Love Struck Baby
5. Honey Bee
6. Cold Shot
7. Letter to My Girlfriend
8. Dirty Pool
9. Pride and Joy
10. The Things (That) I Used to Do
11. C.O.D.
12. Iced Over
13. Lenny
14. Rude Mood

Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York City - 10/4/1984

Disc 8: Soul to Soul (Epic FE 40036, 1985)

1. Say What!
2. Lookin’ Out the Window
3. Look At Little Sister
4. Ain’t Gone ‘N’ Give Up on Love
5. Gone Home
6. Change It
7. You’ll Be Mine
8. Empty Arms
9. Come On (Part III)
10. Life Without You

Disc 9: Live Alive (Epic E2 40511, 1986)

1. Say What!
2. Ain’t Gone ‘N’ Give Up on Love
3. Pride and Joy
4. Mary Had a Little Lamb
5. Superstition
6. I’m Leaving You (Commit a Crime)
7. Cold Shot
8. Willie the Wimp
9. Look At Little Sister
10. Texas Flood
11. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
12. Love Struck Baby
13. Change It
14. Life Without You

Disc 10: In Step (Epic FE 45024, 1989)

1. The House is Rockin’
2. Crossfire
3. Tightrope
4. Let Me Love You Baby
5. Leave My Girl Alone
6. Travis Walk
7. Wall of Denial
8. Scratch-N-Sniff
9. Love Me Darlin’
10. Riviera Paradise

Discs 11-12: Archives

1. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town) (from Texas Flood reissue - Epic/Legacy EK 65870, 1999)
2. Empty Arms (from The Sky is Crying - Epic EK 47390, 1991)
3. Come On (Part III) (from Couldn't Stand the Weather reissue - Epic/Legacy EK 65871, 1999)
4. Look At Little Sister (from Couldn't Stand the Weather reissue - Epic/Legacy EK 65871, 1999)
5. The Sky is Crying (from Couldn't Stand the Weather: Legacy Edition - Epic/Legacy 88697 55943-2, 2010)
6. Hide Away (from Couldn't Stand the Weather reissue - Epic/Legacy EK 65871, 1999)
7. Give Me Back My Wig (from Couldn't Stand the Weather reissue - Epic/Legacy EK 65871, 1999)
8. Boot Hill (from Couldn't Stand the Weather: Legacy Edition - Epic/Legacy 88697 55943-2, 2010)
9. Wham! (from The Sky is Crying - Epic EK 47390, 1991)
10. Close to You (from The Sky is Crying - Epic EK 47390, 1991)
11. Little Wing (from The Sky is Crying - Epic EK 47390, 1991)
12. Stang’s Swang (from Couldn't Stand the Weather: Legacy Edition - Epic/Legacy 88697 55943-2, 2010)

1. May I Have a Talk With You (from The Sky is Crying - Epic EK 47390, 1991)
2. Boilermaker (from SRV box set - Epic/Legacy E4K 65714, 2000)
3. The Sky is Crying (from The Sky is Crying - Epic EK 47390, 1991)
4. Shake and Bake (from SRV box set - Epic/Legacy E4K 65714, 2000)
5. So Excited (from The Sky is Crying - Epic EK 47390, 1991)
6. Slip Slidin’ Slim (from Soul to Soul reissue - Epic/Legacy EK 65872, 1999)
7. Chitlins Con Carne (from The Sky is Crying - Epic EK 47390, 1991)
8. Little Wing/Third Stone from the Sun (from Soul to Soul reissue - Epic/Legacy EK 65872, 1999)
9. Boot Hill (from The Sky is Crying - Epic EK 47390, 1991)
10. Life by the Drop (from The Sky is Crying - Epic EK 47390, 1991)