VA - Memphis Blues - Important Postwar Blues [4 CD, 2006]

 

With over one hundred tracks of post war Memphis blues and early RB, most of it on the rare and hard to find side, this box set will find its greatest appeal with blues collectors, although the more general blues fan will find a lot to treasure here, too.



Disc 1:

01 - Joe Hill Louis - Gotta Let You Go - 2:46
02 - Joe Hill Louis - Boogie In The Park - 2:50
03 - Henry Hill - That Ain't Right (Take 1) - 2:54
04 - Doctor Ross - Little Soldier Boy (take 2) - 3:00
05 - Doctor Ross - Country Clown (take 1) - 2:56
06 - William Stewart - County Farm Blues - 1:59
07 - William Stewart - They Call Me Talkin' Boy - 2:25
08 - Jimmy & Walter - Easy - 3:02
09 - Jimmy & Walter - Before Long - 3:01
10 - D.A. Hunt - Lonesome Ol' Jail - 3:02
11 - D.A. Hunt - Greyhound Blues - 2:40
12 - Sleepy John Estes - Registration Day Blues - 3:13
13 - Sleepy John Estes - Rats In My Kitchen - 3:08
14 - Willam Stewart - Rattlesnake Mama - 2:52
15 - William Stewart - Forty Four Blues - 3:05
16 - Joe Hill Louis - I Feel Like a Million - 2:34
17 - Joe Hill Louis - Heartache Baby - 3:04
18 - Charlie Burse - Shorty the Barber - 2:30
19 - Woodrow Adams - Woodrow Adams - The last time - 2:56
20 - Woodrow Adams - Train Is Comin' - 3:07
21 - Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - 2:49
22 - Sleepy Joe Estes - Policy Man Blues (Take 1) - 3:17
23 - Coy ''Hot Shot'' Love - Wolf Call Boogie - 2:40
24 - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love - Harmonica Jam - 2:37
25 - Jimmy DeBerry - Take A Little Chance - 2:23
26 - Doctor Ross - Tailor Made - 2:48
27 - Doctor Ross - The Boogie Disease - 2:55


Disc 2:


01 - Howling Wolf - Moanin' At Midnight - 2:46
02 - Howling Wolf - Bluebird - 2:50
03 - Earl Hooker - Move On Down The Line - 2:20
04 - Earl Hooker - The Hucklebuck - 3:09
05 - Walter Horton - Walter's Instrumental - 2:59
06 - Walter Horton - Grandmother Got Grandfather Told - 3:01
07 - Willie Nix - Midnight Showers Of Rain - 3:05
08 - Willie Nix - Prison Bound Blues - 2:45
09 - Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat - 2:54
10 - Rufus Thomas - Married Woman - 2:51
11 - Rosco Gordon - Roscoe's Boogie - 2:51
12 - Rosco Gordon - City Women - 3:19
13 - Earl Forest - Baby, Baby - 3:02
14 - Earl Forest - Rock The Bottle - 2:52
15 - Little Jr. Parker - Bad Women, Bad Whiskey - 3:03
16 - Little Jr. Parker - You're My Angel - 2:00
17 - Bobby Bland - Good Lovin' - 2:26
18 - Bobby Bland - Drifting From Town To Town - 3:05
19 - James Cotton - My Baby - 2:26
20 - James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby - 2:23
21 - Shy Guy Douglas - Work With Her Boy - 1:56
22 - Shy Guy Douglas - Detriot Arrow Blues - 2:13
23 - Houston Boines - Carry My Business On (take 1) - 2:35
24 - Houston Boines - Crying In The Courthouse (take 1) - 3:06
25 - Charlie Booker - Walked All Night - 2:47
26 - Charlie Booker - Baby I'm Coming Home - 2:42
27 - Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - 2:59
28 - Pat Hare - Bonus Pay - 2:10


Disc 3:

01 - Rosco Gordon - T-Model Boogie - 2:38
02 - Rosco Gordon - Saddled The Cow (And Milked The Horse) - 2:57
03 - Willie Nix - Seems Like A Millon Years (Take 1) - 2:52
04 - Willie Nix - Riding In The Moonlight - 3:17
05 - L.B. Lawson - Can't Love Me And My Money Too - 2:32
06 - L.B. Lawson - Flypaper Boogie - 2:26
07 - Little Milton - Somebody Told Me - 2:58
08 - Little Milton - If You Love Me - 2:37
09 - Little Milton - Feelin' Good - 2:59
10 - Little Milton - Fussin' And Fightin' Blues - 3:01
11 - Billy 'Red' Love - Hart's Bread Boogie - 2:42
12 - Billy 'Red' Love - Blues Leave Me Alone - 3:32
13 - Joe Hill Louis - She Comes To See Me Sometime (take 1) - 2:43
14 - Joe Hill Louis - We All Gotta Go Sometime - 2:40
15 - Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (take 1) - 3:03
16 - Mose Vinson - Mistreating Boogie - 2:37
17 - Mose Vinson - Worry You Off My Mind - 3:15
18 - L.C. Hubert - Lucy Done Moved - 2:30
19 - Eddie Snow - Don't Dog Me Around - 2:51
20 - Eddie Snow - Skin And Bone (Take 1) - 2:50
21 - Johnny O'Neal - Dead Letter Blues (take 1) - 3:42
22 - Johnny O'Neal - Ugly Woman (take 3) - 2:32
23 - Houston Stokes - You'll Be Sorry - 2:23
24 - Houston Stokes - Blue And Lonsome - 2:06
25 - Raymond Hill - Long Gone Raymond - 2:43
26 - Raymond Hill - I'm Back Pretty Baby - 2:45
27 - Kenneth Banks - Blue Man (take 1) - 3:22
28 - Kenneth Banks - High (take 1) - 2:25


Disc 4:

01 - Rufus Thomas - Tiger Man - 2:50
02 - Rufus Thomas - Save That Money - 2:46
03 - Little Milton - Lookin' For My Baby - 2:39
04 - Little Milton - Homesick for My Baby - 2:55
05 - Sammy Lewis & Wille Johnson - Feel So Worried - 2:30
06 - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson - So Long Baby, Goodbye - 2:12
07 - James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues (Take 1) - 3:05
08 - James Cotton - Hold Me In Your Arms - 2:50
09 - Howling Wolf - Come Back Home (Take 1) - 2:39
10 - Howling Wolf - Chocolate Drop - 2:45
11 - Earl Hooker - Blue Guitar - 2:50
12 - Boyd Gilmore - Believe I'll Settle Down - 3:10
13 - Walter Horton - We All Gotta Go Sometime - 3:01
14 - Walter Horton - Off The Wall - 2:19
15 - Little Junior - Love My Baby - 2:37
16 - Little Junior - Mystery Train - 2:25
17 - Bobby Bland - Dry Up Baby - 2:03
18 - Bobby Bland - Crying All Night Long - 3:06
19 - Billy 'Red' Love - Way After Midnight (Take 1) - 2:54
20 - Billy 'Red' Love - Hey Now (Take 1) - 2:47
21 - Earl Forest - I Wronged A Woman - 2:55
22 - Earl Forest - I Can't Forgive You - 2:31
23 - Johnny Ace - Midnight Hours Journey - 3:34
24 - Raymond Hill - My Baby Left Me - 2:31
25 - Ike Turner - You're Driving Me Insane - 2:23
26 - Ike Turner - Trouble And Heartache - 2:35
27 - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - When It Rains It Pours - 3:08
28 - Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Move Baby Move - 2:44