| Product Summary | | Label: HARTE RECORDINGS/ALLEGRO | | UPC: 00824247016712 | | Release Date: 9/23/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 209301618 | | Item#: M4FR67 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Baby, Baby - Ashton Conroy/Katie Webster ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Caught - Young Wolf/Mamie Ree/Gus Jenkins Band ~ Various Artists | | | 3. These Hard Times - Rev. J.M. Gates ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Why I Like Roosevelt, Part 1 - The Soul Stirrers ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Why I Like Roosevelt, Part 2 ~ Various Artists | | | 6. In Dat Mornin' - Jimmie Lunceford & His Chickasaw/Jimmie Lunceford ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Terrible Operation Blues - Famous Hokum Boys ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Mother Fuyer - Mother Fuyer/Dirty Red ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Hello, Sue - Butterbeans ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Number Writer - Dan Pickett ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Swamp Root - Harmonica Frank Floyd ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Slow Boogie - Champion Jack Dupree ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Hambone - Dolores Hawkins & the Hambone Kid/The Hambone Kids/Dolores Hawkins/Red Saunders ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Puerto Vootie - Slim Gaillard Trio ~ Various Artists | | | 15. When I'm In My Tea - Jo Jo Adams/Maxwell Davis & His All-Stars/Miles Davis All-Stars ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Road House Boogie - Big Jay McNeely ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Thunderbird - William "Thunderbird" Walker ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Uh Oh (Get Out of the Car) - The Treniers ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Hot Mama - Ethel Brown/Brother Woodman & the Chanters/The Chanters/Brother Woodman ~ Various Artists | | | 20. You Can'T Bring Me Down - Little Caesar ~ Various Artists | | | 21. Goodbye Baby - Little Caesar ~ Various Artists | | | 22. Letter, The - Vernon Green & The Medallions ~ Various Artists | | | 23. No One To Love Me - The Shaweez ~ Various Artists | | | 24. Gotta Let You Go - Joe Hill Louis ~ Various Artists | | | 25. Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix & His Combo ~ Various Artists | | | 26. Big Break, The - Richard Berry ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Dolores Hawkins & the Hambone Kids (vocals, whistling); Slim Gaillard, Ashton Savoy, Willie Eason, Big Bill Broonzy (vocals, guitar); Ethel Brown, Katie Webster (vocals, piano); Bam Brown, Billy Boyd (vocals); Eugene Ford, Jane Lucas (rap vocals); Roy Crain, SR. (tenor); R.B. Robinson, Thomas L. Bruster (baritone); Eddie Taylor, Herman Mitchell, Tampa Red (guitar); Snooky Pryor (harmonica); Jewell L. Grant, Jimmie Lunceford, Marshall Royal, Riley Hampton (alto saxophone); Leon Washington, Earl Caruthers, Quedillas Martin, Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis , Big Jay McNeely (tenor saxophone); Floyd Turnham, McKinley Easton (baritone saxophone); Flip Ricard, George Orendorff, John Anderson , Sonny Cohn (trumpet); John Avant (trombone); Moses Allen (tuba); Jimmie O'Brien, Dodo Marmarosa, Earl Washington, Edwin Wilcox, Garland Finney, Georgia Tom Dorsey, Sunnyland Slim, Willard McDaniel (piano); Chico Hamilton, Charlie Gordon, Red Saunders Band, Leonard "Tight" Hardiman, Alfred Wallace, Jimmy Crawford (drums). |
Producer: Jay Miller; Hellhound MC (Compilation) |
Engineer: Dr. Harry Oster |
Musical Guests | | Ethel Brown |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 2008 | | Original Release Date : 2008 | | Catalog ID : 101 | | Label : Harte Recordings | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00824247016712 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.70)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "It's not the first hip-hop archaeological dig. But this mix of proto-rap testifying, trash-talking and gibberish from the Twenties to the Sixties may be the most far-ranging one yet."Spin (p.86)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his scholarly comp proves its relevance with unwavering and often hilarious topical familiarity." |
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