Vol. 6-(1930-32) (1995) (Import)

Product Summary Label: Document UPC: 00714298536928 Release Date: 3/21/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60040312 Item#: MK7T27 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Don't Fool Around On Me ~ Clara Smith 2. Down In The Mouf Blues ~ Clara Smith 3. Low Land Moan ~ Clara Smith 4. Woman To Woman ~ Clara Smith 5. You're Getting Old On Your Job - (with Lonnie Johnson) ~ Clara Smith 6. What Makes You Act Like That? - (with Lonnie Johnson) ~ Clara Smith 7. You Had Too Much - (with Lonnie Johnson) ~ Clara Smith 8. Don't Wear It Out - (with Lonnie Johnson) ~ Clara Smith 9. I Want A Two-Fisted Double Jointed Man ~ Clara Smith 10. Good Times ~ Clara Smith 11. Ol' Sam Tages ~ Clara Smith 12. Unemployed Papa, Charity Working Mama ~ Clara Smith 13. For Sale (Hannah Johnson's Jack Ass) ~ Clara Smith 14. You Dirty Dog ~ Clara Smith 15. Street Department Papa ~ Clara Smith 16. Pictures On The Wall ~ Clara Smith 17. Fattening Frogs For Snakes, (I'm Tired Of) ~ Clara Smith 18. So Long Jim ~ Clara Smith 19. Wandering Boy Blues - (bonus track) ~ Clara Smith 20. Sand Raisin' Blues - (bonus track) ~ Clara Smith 21. Clara Blues - (bonus track) ~ Clara Smith 22. After You've Gone Away - (bonus track) ~ Clara Smith   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Clara Smith (vocals); Lonnie Johnson (vocals, guitar); Asbestos Burns (vocals, piano); Tommy Jordan (vocals); Ed Allen, Harold Lewis (cornet); Clarence Williams, J.C. Johnson , Buster Lindsay, Fred Longshaw, Alex Hill , Porter Grainger (piano). Audio Remasterer: Gerhard Wessely. Liner Note Author: John Henry Vanco. Recording information: New York, NY (06/27/1927-03/25/1932). The sixth and final volume of Clara Smith's complete works as reissued by the Document label presents her last 18 Columbia recordings, made during the period from July 1930 through March 1932, as the nation's economic crisis sank toward its nadir. Some would consider the main attraction in this collection to be her duets with singing guitarist Lonnie Johnson ("You're Getting Old on Your Job," "What Makes You Act Like That?," "You Had Too Much," and "Don't Wear It Out"). Having left some 125 recordings for later generations to study and enjoy, this passionate singer was not fated to survive the Great Depression, and succumbed to heart failure in Detroit in 1935. As if to hammer home Document's unwavering commitment to thoroughness, this collection is capped by four extremely rare Black Patti records cut in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 27 and 29, 1927 by a different woman named Clara Smith who was accompanied by pianist Buster Lindsay and cornetist Harold Lewis. The sixth and final volume of Clara Smith's complete works as reissued in chronological sequence by the Document label presents her last 18 Columbia recordings which were made during the socially challenged period from July 1930 through March 1932, as the nation's economic crisis sank toward its nadir. Some would consider the main attraction in this collection to be her duets with singing guitarist Lonnie Johnson ("You're Getting Old on Your Job," "What Makes You Act Like That?" "You Had Too Much," and "Don't Wear It Out"). In order to straighten out contractual issues, on Columbia's release of these titles Johnson was billed as "Tommy Jordan," whereas Okeh's issues identified Clara as "Violet Green". On "Ol' Sam Tages" (a very funny take off on Jerome Kern's "Ol' Man River"), her pianist bore the picturesque name of "Asbestos Burns"; for the flipside, "Unemployed Papa-Charity Working Mama," this fellow sang back at her like a vaudevillian comedian. Regarding pianists, in addition to her last records with Porter Grainger (tracks one, two, nine, and ten), Clara sang "You Dirty Dog" and "For Sale (Hannah Johnson's Big Jack Ass)" backed by Clarence Williams, and performed the last four titles of her recording career accompanied by Fred Longshaw, himself another strong link with Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith. Having left some 125 recordings for later generations to study and enjoy, this passionate singer was not fated to survive the Great Depression, and succumbed to heart failure in Detroit in 1935. As if to hammer home Document's unwavering commitment to thoroughness, this collection is capped by four extremely rare Black Patti records cut in St. Paul, MN on June 27 and 29, 1927 by a different woman named Clara Smith who was accompanied by pianist Buster Lindsay and cornetist Harold Lewis. ~ arwulf arwulf Producer: Johnny Parth; Johnny Parth (Compilation)   Compilation Appearances Vol. 2-Early American Women Bl Sultry Divas Ladies Sing The Blues Century Of The Blues Oh Sister: best Of Southern Blues Wild Women Blues   Technical Info Release Date : 09/2000 Original Release Date : 1995 Catalog ID : 5369 Label : Document (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 66m : 1s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mono SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00714298536928    Product Image