| Product Summary | | Label: Asv Living Era | | UPC: 00743625509229 | | Release Date: 3/5/1996 | | Buy.com Sku: 60096688 | | Item#: MSGCY9 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Blues I Love To Sing, The - Adelaide Hall ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Downhearted Blues - Mildred Bailey ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Hangover Blues - Una Mae Carlisle ~ Various Artists | | | 4. My Man O'War - Lizzie Miles ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Electrician Blues - Lizzie Miles ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Don't You Leave Me Here - Laura Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Hard Time Blues - Ida Cox ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Take Him Off My Mind - Ida Cox ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Evil Mama Blues - Ada Brown ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Break O' Day Blues - Ada Brown ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Freight Train Blues - Trixie Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Moaning The Blues - Victoria Spivey ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Let Your Linen Hang Low - Rosetta Howard ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Rosetta Blues - Rosetta Howard ~ Various Artists | | | 17. I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Goin' Crazy With The Blues - Mamie Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Cravin' A Man Blues - Lillian Glinn ~ Various Artists | | | 20. Jelly, Jelly, Look What You Done, Done - Clara Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 21. Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey ~ Various Artists | | | 22. Toad Frog Blues - Ma Rainey ~ Various Artists | | | 23. Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2) - Bessie Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 24. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Recorded between 1924 and 1939. | | Personnel: Charlie McCoy (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Sippie Wallace, Una Mae Carlisle (vocals, piano); Clara Smith , Ida Cox, Ada Brown, Adelaide Hall, Laura Smith, Lillian Glinn, Lizzie Miles, Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith, Mildred Bailey, Rosetta Howard, Trixie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday (vocals); Dick McDonough, Alan Ferguson, Will Johnson, Joe McCoy, Teddy Bunn, Charlie Christian (guitar); Buddy Christian , Sam Tall, Fred Guy (banjo); Sidney Bechet (clarinet, soprano saxophone); Harry Carney (clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Bertie King, Rudy Jackson (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Thomas Morris (clarinet, cornet); Don Redman, Edmond Hall, Woodie Walder, Odell Rand, Johnny Dodds, Albert Nicholas, Artie Shaw, Bob Fuller (clarinet); Otto Hardwick (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Tab Smith (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Charlie Holmes (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Stanley Payne (tenor saxophone); Dave Wilkins, Henry "Red" Allen, Hot Lips Page, Louis Metcalf, Bubber Miley, Bunny Berigan, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Lammar Wright, Sr., Natty Dominique (cornet); Honore Dutrey, J.C. Higginbotham, Joe Tricky Sam Nanton, Thamon Hayes, Charlie Green, Charlie Irvis (trombone); Ken Kersey, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Lukie Johnson, Harry Brooks, Joe Bushkin, Luis Russell, Mike Jackson , Sammy Price, Teddy Wilson, Bennie Moten, Porter Grainger (piano); Fred Longshaw (organ); O'Neill Spencer, Cozy Cole, Eddie Dougherty, Fred Flynn, Joseph "Kaiser" Marshall, Lionel Hampton, Sonny Greer, Willie Hall (drums). | | Recording information: Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; London, England; New York, NY; St. Louis, MO. | | Photographer: Max Jones. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Herb Morand. | | Living Era's Ladies Sing the Blues compiles performances from some of the most popular female blues singers from the '30s and '40s. Lizzie Miles, Ida Cox, Marnie Smith, and Una Mae Carlisle are some of the artists included here, and performances like Bessie Smith's "Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1-2," Ma Rainey's "Booze & Blues," Billie Holliday's "Long Gone Blues," and Ada Brown's "Evil Mama Blues" showcase the sultry, world-weary, and often humorous stylings of these pioneering blueswomen. ~ Heather Phares |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/09/1994 | | Original Release Date : 1992 | | Catalog ID : 5092 | | Label : ASV | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 76m : 52s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mono | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00743625509229 |
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