VA - Classic Blues from Bluesville [3 CD, 2014/FLAC]

 

Bluesville was a subsidiary of Prestige Records, and released many good blues albums over the years. This 3 CD set is a pretty good overview of the kinds of blues the label was recording and releasing. But another 3 CD set could easily be issued because there's so many great blues artists/songs available from that era.

Most of the blues on this compilation lean toward country blues, with a smattering of more sophisticated blues from people like Willie Dixon, Alberta Hunter, Victoria Spivey, and even Sunnyland Slim. Many of these artists you'll recognize--Lightnin' Hopkins, Memphis Slim, Pink Anderson, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry, Brownie and Sonny, Blind Willie McTell, Mercy Dee Walton, and others. Also included are a few female blues performers--Victoria Spivey, Alberta Hunter, Lucille Hegamin, and Mildred Anderson.


CD1 

01. Lightnin' Hopkins - Walkin' This Road by Myself - 4:53
02. Memphis Slim - Grinder Man Blues - 4:35
03. Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine Blues - 2:47
04. Alberta Hunter - You Gotta Reap What You Sow - 2:43
05. Lonnie Johnson - No Love for Sale - 3:03
06. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Custard Pie Blues - 2:43
07. Victoria Spivey - I'm a Red Hot Mama - 3:32
08. Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise - 5:10
09. Mildred Anderson - Everybody's Got Somebody but Me - 5:35
10. K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues - 3:25
11. Al Smith - Goin' to Alabama - 3:22
12. Furry Lewis - Done Changed My Mind - 3:00
13. Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown so Ugly - 2:49
14. Shakey Jake - Jake's Cha Cha - 2:08
15. Henry Townsend - Tired of Being Mistreated - 2:57
16. Pink Anderson - Greasy Greens - 4:41
17. Sonny Terry - Four O'clock Blues - 3:34
18. Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Women - 3:37
19. Curtis Jones - Suicide Blues - 4:08
20. Big Joe Williams - Pallet on the Floor - 3:01

CD2 

01. Willie Dixon - Go Easy - 5:52
02. Tampa Red - Don’t Jive Me - 3:31
03. Big Joe Williams - Meet Me at the Bottom - 3:31
04. Alberta Hunter - I Got a Mind to Ramble - 2:43
05. Lightnin' Hopkins - Catfish Blues - 4:18
06. Brownie McGhee - The Killin' Floor - 3:41
07. Sunnyland Slim - The Devil Is a Busy Man - 3:58
08. Blind Snooks Eaglin - Brown Skinned Woman - 3:41
09. Mercy Dee Walton - One Room Country Shack - 4:06
10. Lonnie Johnson & Victoria Spivey - Idle Hours - 3:32
11. Sidney Maiden - Sidney's Fox Chase - 2:27
12. Roosevelt Sykes - Miss Ida B. - 4:58
13. Reverend Gary Davis - Lost Boy in the Wilderness - 5:01
14. K.C. Douglas - Bottle up and Go - 4:07
15. Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - 3:16
16. Robert Pete Williams - Free Again - 5:02
17. Memphis Slim - Frankie and Johnny Boogie - 4:08
18. Furry Lewis - Shake 'Em on Down - 2:52
19. Mildred Anderson & Eddie Davis Quartet - I'm Gettin' Long Alright (Connections) - 2:44
20. Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog - 4:47

CD3 

01. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - That's Why I'm Walking - 2:48
02. Alberta Hunter - Chirpin' the Blues - 3:34
03. Lonnie Johnson & Elmer Snowden - Haunted House - 5:01
04. Lightnin' Hopkins - Coffee Blues - 3:40
05. Mercy Dee Walton - Have You Ever Been out in the Country - 3:41
06. Lucille Hegamin - St. Louis Blues - 3:33
07. Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy - 4:45
08. Blind Snooks Eaglin - Alberta - 2:36
09. Sidney Maiden - Me and My Chauffeur - 2:40
10. Sunnyland Slim - I'm Prison Bound - 3:28
11. Memphis Willie B. - Worried Man Blues - 3:25
12. Little Brother Montgomery - Santa Fe - 2:39
13. Victoria Spivey - I Got Men All over This Town - 5:05
14. Al Smith & Eddie Davis Quartet - I've Got the Right Kind of Lovin' - 3:26
15. Pink Anderson - Baby I'm Going Away - 2:58
16. Willie Dixon - Sittin' and Cryin' the Blues - 3:18
17. Tampa Red - You Better Let My Gal Alone - 3:26
18. Roosevelt Sykes - Hangover - 3:20
19. Scrapper Blackwell - Little Boy Blue - 3:09
20. Blind Willie McTell - The Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues - 3:04




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