UPC: 788065712129
Format: CD (4 disc)
Release Date: Jun 02, 2014
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Audio Remasterer: Neil Slaven.
Liner Note Author: Neil Slaven.
Recording information: Atlanta, GA (1924-1942); Aurora, IL (1924-1942); Charlotte, NC (1924-1942); Chicago, IL (1924-1942); Long Island City, NY (1924-1942); Memphis, TN (1924-1942); New Orleans, LA (1924-1942); New York, NY (1924-1942); Richmand, IN (1924-1942); San Antonio, TX (1924-1942).
This wonderful set includes four discs, 100 tracks in all, of vintage blues 78s released between 1924 and 1942 compiled by collector and archivist Neil Slaven. Each of the four discs has a theme, with the first disc presenting songs about gambling (including Peg Leg Howell's harrowing and kinetic "Skin Game Blues"), the second covering alcohol and drugs (including Tommy Johnson's immortal "Canned Heat Blues"), the third playlisting songs about jail and prison (including Bukka White's powerful "Parchman Farm Blues"), and the fourth winds things up with songs about death (including Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"). Several of the sides here will be familiar to serious fans of prewar country blues, but there are enough rare sides here, too, to make this set an archival treasure, and the themed discs help sketch out the imagined (and sometimes very real) arc of many of these players' lives and times. ~ Steve Leggett
Liner Note Author: Neil Slaven.
Recording information: Atlanta, GA (1924-1942); Aurora, IL (1924-1942); Charlotte, NC (1924-1942); Chicago, IL (1924-1942); Long Island City, NY (1924-1942); Memphis, TN (1924-1942); New Orleans, LA (1924-1942); New York, NY (1924-1942); Richmand, IN (1924-1942); San Antonio, TX (1924-1942).
This wonderful set includes four discs, 100 tracks in all, of vintage blues 78s released between 1924 and 1942 compiled by collector and archivist Neil Slaven. Each of the four discs has a theme, with the first disc presenting songs about gambling (including Peg Leg Howell's harrowing and kinetic "Skin Game Blues"), the second covering alcohol and drugs (including Tommy Johnson's immortal "Canned Heat Blues"), the third playlisting songs about jail and prison (including Bukka White's powerful "Parchman Farm Blues"), and the fourth winds things up with songs about death (including Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"). Several of the sides here will be familiar to serious fans of prewar country blues, but there are enough rare sides here, too, to make this set an archival treasure, and the themed discs help sketch out the imagined (and sometimes very real) arc of many of these players' lives and times. ~ Steve Leggett
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Four-Eleven-Forty Four
2 - Numbers on the Brain
3 - Coon Can Blues
4 - Skin Game Blues
5 - Georgia Skin
6 - Snitchin' Gambler Blues
7 - Policy Blues
8 - Alley Crap Game
9 - Gambler's Blues
10 - Poker Woman Blues
11 - Bad Luck Dice
12 - Hitting the Numbers
13 - Dices Blues
14 - Policy Blues
15 - Policy Dream Blues (You Better Get on It)
16 - Policy Blues (You Can't 3-6-9 Me)
17 - Policy Wheels Blues
18 - I'm a Gamblin' Woman
19 - Coon Can Shorty
20 - Gambling Man
21 - Drunken Gambler
22 - Policy Writer's Blues
23 - Number Runner's Blues
24 - Good Gamblin'
25 - Roaming Gambler
Disc 2:
1 - Booze and Blues
2 - Corn Liquor Blues
3 - Dope Head Blues
4 - Cocaine Blues
5 - Dead Drunk Blues
6 - Bootlegging Blues
7 - Canned Heat Blues
8 - Don't Drink It in Here
9 - Whiskey Moan Blues
10 - Whiskey Drinkin' Blues
11 - Me and My Whiskey
12 - Cocaine Habit Blues
13 - Papa Wants to Knock a Jug
14 - Corn Whiskey Blues
15 - Barrel of Whiskey Blues
16 - Devil's Island Gin
17 - Drinking Blues
18 - Bad Liquor Blues
19 - Drunken Woman Blues
20 - Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More
21 - Blackberry Wine
22 - Haven't Seen No Whiskey
23 - Good Gin Blues
24 - Beer Drinkin' Woman
25 - Blues That Made Me Drunk
Disc 3:
1 - New Prison Blues
2 - Ninety Nine Year Blues
3 - Jail House Blues
4 - Jailhouse Fire Blues
5 - Escaped Convict
6 - Penitentiary Bound Blues
7 - Hangman's Blues
8 - Judge Harsh Blues
9 - Penitentiary
10 - Prison Bound Blues
11 - My Crime Blues
12 - Police Sergeant Blues
13 - Whiskey Selling Woman
14 - Robbin' and Stealin' Blues
15 - He's in the Jailhouse Now
16 - Buggy Jailhouse Blues
17 - Big House Blues
18 - Joliet Bound
19 - High Sheriff Blues
20 - Chain Gang Blues
21 - Jailhouse Blues
22 - Parchman Farm Blues
23 - Jailhouse Blues
24 - Angola Blues
25 - County Jail Blues
Disc 4:
1 - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
2 - My Daddy's Coffin Blues
3 - Burying Ground Blues
4 - Death Bell Blues
5 - Down in the Cemetery
6 - Dying Pickpocket Blues
7 - Prayer of Death, Pt. 2
8 - Suicide Blues
9 - Dying Mercy Blues
10 - Laying in the Graveyard
11 - Death Cell Blues
12 - Dead and Gone Mother
13 - Graveyard Blues (Dead and Gone Blues)
14 - Death Letter Blues
15 - Six Cold Feet in the Ground
16 - Graveyard Blues
17 - Crying Mother Blues
18 - When the Breath Bids the Body Goodbye
19 - Death of the Gambler
20 - Gonna Kill My Baby
21 - Bone Yard Blues
22 - Strange Place Blues
23 - Death of Walter Barnes
24 - Short Cut to the Grave
25 - Death Valley Blues
1 - Four-Eleven-Forty Four
2 - Numbers on the Brain
3 - Coon Can Blues
4 - Skin Game Blues
5 - Georgia Skin
6 - Snitchin' Gambler Blues
7 - Policy Blues
8 - Alley Crap Game
9 - Gambler's Blues
10 - Poker Woman Blues
11 - Bad Luck Dice
12 - Hitting the Numbers
13 - Dices Blues
14 - Policy Blues
15 - Policy Dream Blues (You Better Get on It)
16 - Policy Blues (You Can't 3-6-9 Me)
17 - Policy Wheels Blues
18 - I'm a Gamblin' Woman
19 - Coon Can Shorty
20 - Gambling Man
21 - Drunken Gambler
22 - Policy Writer's Blues
23 - Number Runner's Blues
24 - Good Gamblin'
25 - Roaming Gambler
Disc 2:
1 - Booze and Blues
2 - Corn Liquor Blues
3 - Dope Head Blues
4 - Cocaine Blues
5 - Dead Drunk Blues
6 - Bootlegging Blues
7 - Canned Heat Blues
8 - Don't Drink It in Here
9 - Whiskey Moan Blues
10 - Whiskey Drinkin' Blues
11 - Me and My Whiskey
12 - Cocaine Habit Blues
13 - Papa Wants to Knock a Jug
14 - Corn Whiskey Blues
15 - Barrel of Whiskey Blues
16 - Devil's Island Gin
17 - Drinking Blues
18 - Bad Liquor Blues
19 - Drunken Woman Blues
20 - Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More
21 - Blackberry Wine
22 - Haven't Seen No Whiskey
23 - Good Gin Blues
24 - Beer Drinkin' Woman
25 - Blues That Made Me Drunk
Disc 3:
1 - New Prison Blues
2 - Ninety Nine Year Blues
3 - Jail House Blues
4 - Jailhouse Fire Blues
5 - Escaped Convict
6 - Penitentiary Bound Blues
7 - Hangman's Blues
8 - Judge Harsh Blues
9 - Penitentiary
10 - Prison Bound Blues
11 - My Crime Blues
12 - Police Sergeant Blues
13 - Whiskey Selling Woman
14 - Robbin' and Stealin' Blues
15 - He's in the Jailhouse Now
16 - Buggy Jailhouse Blues
17 - Big House Blues
18 - Joliet Bound
19 - High Sheriff Blues
20 - Chain Gang Blues
21 - Jailhouse Blues
22 - Parchman Farm Blues
23 - Jailhouse Blues
24 - Angola Blues
25 - County Jail Blues
Disc 4:
1 - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
2 - My Daddy's Coffin Blues
3 - Burying Ground Blues
4 - Death Bell Blues
5 - Down in the Cemetery
6 - Dying Pickpocket Blues
7 - Prayer of Death, Pt. 2
8 - Suicide Blues
9 - Dying Mercy Blues
10 - Laying in the Graveyard
11 - Death Cell Blues
12 - Dead and Gone Mother
13 - Graveyard Blues (Dead and Gone Blues)
14 - Death Letter Blues
15 - Six Cold Feet in the Ground
16 - Graveyard Blues
17 - Crying Mother Blues
18 - When the Breath Bids the Body Goodbye
19 - Death of the Gambler
20 - Gonna Kill My Baby
21 - Bone Yard Blues
22 - Strange Place Blues
23 - Death of Walter Barnes
24 - Short Cut to the Grave
25 - Death Valley Blues