| Product Summary | | Label: City Hall Records | | UPC: 00766126404220 | | Release Date: 5/8/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 202633963 | | Item#: M2XM4M | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. See See Rider Blues - Ma Rainey ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Blame It On The Blues - Ma Rainey ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Don't Advertise Your Man - Clara Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Mornin' - Alberta Hunter ~ Various Artists | | | 5. How Long Daddy, How Long - Ida Cox ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Bedroom Blues - Sippie Wallace ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Trouble In Mind - Bertha "Chippie" Hill ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Gin House Blues - Bessie Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Bessie Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 11. I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl - Bessie Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 12. My Georgia Grind - Lucille Bogan ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Black Angel Blues - Lucille Bogan ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Ice Man (Come On Up) - Memphis Minnie ~ Various Artists | | | 15. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - Georgia White ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Blues Ain't Nothing But, The - Georgia White ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Hot Nuts (Get 'Em From The Peanut Man) - Lil Johnson ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Don't You Make Me High - Merline Johnson ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Rock Me - Rosetta Tharpe ~ Various Artists | | | 20. I'm Tired Of Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes - Rosetta Crawford ~ Various Artists | | | 21. Romance In The Dark - Lil Green ~ Various Artists | | | 22. Why Don't You Do Right - Lil Green ~ Various Artists | | | 23. Evil Gal Blues - Dinah Washington ~ Various Artists | | | 24. Salty Papa Blues - Dinah Washington ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Performers include: Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie, Dinah Washington, Lil And Merline Johnson, Chippie Hill, Rosetta Crawford, Lil Green, Alberta Hunter, Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey, Ida Cox, Memphis Annie. | | Contains 24 tracks. | | Personnel: Rosetta Tharpe, Memphis Minnie (vocals, guitar); Georgia White, Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey (vocals, piano); Ikey Robinson, Tampa Red, Teddy Bunn, Big Bill Broonzy (guitar); Buddy Christian , Reverend Charlie Jackson, Charlie Dixon (banjo); Sidney Bechet (clarinet, soprano saxophone); Mezz Mezzrow, Rudy Rutherford, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Buster Bennett (saxophone); Garvin Bushell (alto saxophone); Arnett Cobb, Greely Walton (tenor saxophone); Joe Morris , Tommy Ladnier (trumpet); Ed Allen, Louis Armstrong (cornet); Charlie Green (trombone); Clarence Williams, Fletcher Henderson, Milt Bucker, Simeon Henry, Black Bob Hudson, R.J. Jones, James P. Johnson, Lil Armstrong, Porter Grainger, Blind John Davis, Champion Jack Dupree, Charles Avery (piano); Fred Radcliffe, Zutty Singleton (drums). | | Liner Note Author: Les Fancourt. | | Recording information: Chicago, IL (04/23/1924-12/29/1943); New York, NY (04/23/1924-12/29/1943); St. Louis, MO (04/23/1924-12/29/1943). | | Illustrator: Chris Myers. | | Arranger: Ma Rainey. | | Essential collections of early female blues vocalists are rare, and considering the time frame (1920s and 1930s), the original sessions here are not well recorded or preserved. Of the 24 songs on this set, most sound dingy and distant, but very much worth listening to and playing louder to hear their depth. This compilation includes definitive classics like Ma Rainey's "See See Rider Blues," Ida Cox's "How Long Daddy, How Long," Chippie Hill's "Trouble in Mind," and Lil Green's "Romance in the Dark." There are two numbers each from all-time great Bessie Smith and lesser-knowns Georgia White and Lucille Bogan; one each from legends Alberta Hunter, Sippie Wallace, and Victoria Spivey; and two from Dinah Washington's early days. It's a well-constructed cross section of vintage singers, and is recommended for those who want a first taste of hearing where all contemporary popular music's roots are drawn from. ~ Michael G. Nastos |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/05/1996 | | Original Release Date : 1996 | | Catalog ID : 2042 | | Label : Indigo | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mono | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00766126404220 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Down Beat (2/97, p.55)
- 4 Stars (out of 5)
- "...[an] enjoyable song collection....One and all plumb a number of contrasting moods, from a majestic sort of weariness to sexual bravado..." |
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