Saturday, June 6, 2020
VA - Broke, Black & Blue [1999] (4 x CD's)
BLUES
VA - Broke, Black & Blue [1999] (4 x CD's)
A budget-priced box set, Broke, Black & Blue delivers multiple surprises within its 100 songs of prewar blues. Arranged chronologically by Joop Visser, the set admirably covers the first 22 years of recorded blues, 1924 to 1946, from vaudeville and Delta to boogie-woogie and jump blues. It's a swell gift for anyone wanting to learn more about the history of blues. But old-timers will be pleased, too, as special attention has been paid to culling rare and idiosyncratic tracks by the well-known and the obscure. The first three discs present single tracks by artists as diverse as the Memphis Jug Band, De Ford Bailey, Tommy Johnson, Son House, Skip James, Peetie Wheatstraw, Lonnie Johnson, and Bukka White, alongside unknowns such as Isaiah "The Mississippi Moaner" Nelson, Barbecue Bob and Laughing Charley, Ed Andrews, Chicken Wilson, and Bumble Bee Slim. On the fourth disc, this convention is jettisoned to luxuriate in a series of very rare sides of lovely, oddly subdued boogie-woogie and jump blues by Jimmie Gordon, Johnny Temple, and Lee Brown. (Amazon)
This boxed set provides an excellent opportunity to add breadth to any blues collection. For the most part the compiler offers just one track per performer or group, with the tracks arranged in chronological order. The first two discs range from 1925 to late in 1930, the third covers the 1930's. The final disc changes the pattern. After five blues by different artists from the early 1940's we settle into multiple jump blues from Les Brown, Jimmie Gordon and Johnny Temple. Until this final disc, however, the range is enormous, with a sprinkling of famous titles amid a wonderful array of undeserved obscurities. For the most part the sound is highly acceptable given the age and occasional rarity of the originals. An incredible collection.
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VA - Broke, Black & Blue Vol. 01+02
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VA - Broke, Black & Blue Vol. 03+04
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VA - Broke, Black & Blue [1999] ALL
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Track lists
CD1
01 Edward Andrews Barrel House Blues 2:51
02 Tom Delaney Georgia Stockade Blues 3:27
03 Memphis Jug Band Sun Brimmers Blues 3:25
04 Big Boy Cleveland Goin' to Leave You Blues 2:51
05 Blind Blake Dry Bone Shuffle 2:41
06 DeFord Bailey Up Country Blues 3:16
07 Sippie Wallace Dead Drunk Blues 3:14
08 Little Harvey Hull Original Stack O'Lee Blues 2:41
09 Barbecue Bob Easy Rider Don't You Deny My N 2:58
10 Kid Brown & His Blues Band Bo-Lita 2:42
11 William & Versey Smith Everybody Help the Boys Come H 2:25
12 Luke Jordan Church Bells Blues 3:17
13 Emery Glen Two Ways to Texas 3:03
14 Barbecue Bob It Won't Be Long Now 3:24
15 Weaver & Beasley Bottleneck Blues 2:54
16 Lewis Black Rock Island Blues 3:00
17 Gary Moore Midnight Blues 2:45
18 Head, Johnnie Fare Thee Blues 2:32
19 Jim Jackson My Monday Blues 3:03
20 Frank Stokes What's the Matter Blues 3:00
21 Rosie Mae Moore School Girl Blues 3:15
22 Tommy Johnson Cool Drink of Water Blues 3:26
23 Ishman Bracey Left Alone Blues 3:21
24 Mooch Richardson T and T Blues 3:12
25 Mooch Richardson T.C. Johnson Blues 3:22
CD2
01 Rube Lacy Ham Hound Crave 2:55
02 Alger 'Texas' Alexander No More Women Blues 3:02
03 Willie Jackson How Long, How Long Blues 2:58
04 Tarter and Gay Unknown Blues 3:05
05 Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinto Chicken Wilson Blues 3:09
06 Mississippi John Hurt Stack O'Lee Blues 2:58
07 Peg Leg Howell Broke and Hungry Blues 3:21
08 Victoria Spivey Funny Feathers 3:17
09 Will Ezell Pitchin' Boogie 3:04
10 Jed Davenport Mr Devil Blues 3:08
11 Kid Bailey Mississippi Bottom Blues 2:49
12 James 'Boodle It' Wiggins Weary Heart Blues 2:42
13 Henry Townsend Poor Man Blues 2:59
14 Eli Framer Framer's Blues 3:08
15 Aaron Walker Trinity River Blues 3:11
16 Charley Taylor Heavy Suitcase Blues 3:08
17 Joe Callicott Traveling Mama Blues 3:14
18 Garfield Akers Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues 3:08
19 Jim Thompkins Bedside Blues 3:06
20 Son House Walking Blues 2:58
21 Willie Brown Future Blues 3:01
22 Louise Johnson Long Ways From Home 3:28
23 Bayless Rose Frisco Blues 3:07
24 Arthur Pettis Good Boy Blues 3:11
25 Little Brother Montgomery No Special Rider Blues 2:54
CD3
01 Blind Wille Reynolds Married Man Blues 3:18
02 Willie Walker Dupree Blues 3:30
03 Skip James 22-20 Blues 2:50
04 Sam Collins Lonesome Road Blues 3:04
05 Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwel Midnight Hour Blues 3:08
06 Jacob Williams Fat Mama Blues 3:16
07 Georgia Boyd Never Mind Blues 3:13
08 Kokomo Arnold Twelves, The (Dirty Dozen) 3:13
09 Big Joe Williams Little Leg Woman 3:05
10 Bessie Jackson That's What My Baby Likes 3:01
11 Peetie Wheatstraw Good Whiskey Blues 3:09
12 Cripple Clarence Lofton Strut That Thing 2:57
13 Louie Lasky Teasin' Brown Blues 2:46
14 Bumble Bee Slim Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 3:00
15 Blind Boy Fuller Baby, You Gotta Change Your Mi 3:15
16 Walter Davis Ashes In My Whiskey 2:37
17 Mississippi Moaner, The (Isaia It's Cold In China Blues 2:48
18 Jazz Gillum Jockey Blues 2:49
19 George Clarke Prisoner Blues 3:09
20 Casey Bill Weldon Back Door Blues 3:10
21 Buddy Woods Don't Sell It (Don't Give It A 2:32
22 Washboard Sam Booker T Blues 2:39
23 Litlle Buddy Doyle Hard Scufflin' Blues 2:39
24 Lonnie Johnson Jersey Belle Blues 2:59
25 Tommy McLennan Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me 2:46
CD4
01 Faber Smith & Jimmy Yancey East St Louis Blues 2:52
02 Bukka White Bukka's Jitterbug Swing 2:38
03 Big Maceo Can't You Read 3:09
04 Memphis Slim Life is Like That 2:55
05 Forest City Joe Memory of Sonny Boy 3:19
06 Lee Brown Horse Shoe Boogie 2:56
07 Lee Brown Ruby Moore Blues 2:57
08 Lee Brown Low Land Blues 2:50
09 Lee Brown Round the World Boogie 2:56
10 Jimmie Gordon Rock That Boogie 2:42
11 Jimmie Gordon Fast Life 2:56
12 Jimmie Gordon Mistreated Blues 2:31
13 Jimmie Gordon I Ain't Like That No More 2:50
14 Johnny Temple Chain Gang Blues 2:50
15 Johnny Temple Yum, Yum, Yum 2:37
16 Jimmie Gordon My Baby's Acting Funny 2:45
17 Jimmie Gordon It's Time to Go 2:43
18 Jimmie Gordon That Woman's a Pearl Diver 2:52
19 Jimmie Gordon Jumpin' at the Club Blue Flame 2:37
20 Johnny Temple I Believe I'll Go Downtown Aga 2:53
21 Johnny Temple Something in the Moon That Giv 2:45
22 Johnny Temple Dixie Flyer 2:50
23 Johnny Temple Believe My Sins Have Found Me 2:45
24 Johnny Temple Rhythm Mama 2:46
25 Lee Brown New Little Girl, Little Girl 2:38
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Thank you for this nice collection, Butter - right up my alley! I have a feeling it may plug, or at the least upgrade, some Blues gaps. Was there any info on the recording dates? If not, I can research it online... while listening happily.
ReplyDeleteHi Aging Child,
DeleteThe tracks go basically 20's then 30's then 40's. Each set a little different. Some really great tracks here. There is a 40 page booklet in the box but my scanner is out of action. Try to get a copy to you in the future if you are still interested.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Thank you for the offer, Butter, and the booklet would be great. But I really don't want to put you to any further work; I think we're all very pleased (and maybe a touch envious!) for you that you've been able to pull back a bit, and more deeply enjoy your and your family's daily life, and all its beauties. Working on a scanner is to much like... *working*, when you should be painting and doing other fun things, with the music a mere gentle soundtrack to all the big and good stuff.
DeleteThank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this collection. I suppose a lot of is is on Yazoo or the other old time blues labels? Anyway nice to find out if there are new tracks or tracks in better sound quality. Thank you for your work.
ReplyDeleteHi Smokey,
DeleteThank you.
I am sure some of these exist elsewhere, Its a really fine listen. Enjoy.
Cheers.