VA - Shuckin' Stuff Rare Blues From Ace Records [2002] CD1+CD2

 

RARE BLUES

VA - Shuckin' Stuff Rare Blues From Ace Records [2002] CD1+CD2

More vault clearing essentials for those who care about Ace Records' hits, misses, also-ran's, and general detritus left in the vaults. For anyone with a passing interest in blues and early R'n'B this is the real deal. Blues legends combine with lesser known and indeed unknown talents to produce an eclectic, inspired selection that will keep you coming back for more. Soulful, uplifting, rocking and raw in equal measure, this is the prescription you need to today's contrived, plastic world of popular music.

Subtitled - Rare Blues From Ace Records. An attractively packaged mid-price 53 track double set, compiled and mastered from the extensive tape vaults of the legendary Ace Records. Featuring top names like Earl King, Lightnin' Slim, Big Boy Crudup, Fred Mc Dowell, Sammy Myers and H-Bomb Ferguson to name a few. These two CD's combine a host of rare tracks as well as alternate takes of some of their best known songs. 2002. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Jesse Allen Goodbye Blues 3:18

02 Dave Dixon I'm Not Satisfied (Alternate Take) 2:17

03 Earl King Those Lonely Lonely Nights (Alternate Take) 2:26

04 Mercy Baby Mercy's Blues 2:42

05 Al Collins I Got the Blues for You 2:28

06 Bobby Marchan Give a Helping Hand (Alternate Take) 2:53

07 Frankie Lee Sims What Will Lucy Do 2:23

08 Joe Hill Louis 4th and Beale 2:08

09 Al Collins Shuckin' Stuff 2:52

10 Earl King Baby You Can Get Your Gun 2:06

11 Edgar Blanchard Let's Get It 2:30

12 Lightnin' Slim Bad Feeling Blues (Alternate Take) 2:55

13 Fred McDowell Don't Say a Mumblin' Word 3:13

14 Schoolboy Cleve My Baby Done Gone 2:17

15 John Littlejohn I Got My Nose Open 4:04

16 Albert Scott I Feel So Good 2:20

17 Big Boy Crudup Mean Old World 2:58

18 Dave Dixon Feeling So Low (Alternate Take) 2:25

19 Earl King My Love is Strong 2:25

20 Lightnin' Slim Lightnin' Slim Boogie (Alternate Take) 2:44

21 John Littlejohn She's 19 Years Old 4:42

22 Bad Smitty Smokestack Lightning 4:40

23 Joe Hill Louis Sweetest Woman I Ever Know 2:31

24 Boby Marchan Pity Poor Me (Alternate Take) 3:59

25 Mercy Baby Silly Dilly Woman 3:39

26 Albert Scott I'm So Glad You're Mine 2:02

27 Frankie Lee Sims Hey Little Girl 2:38

CD2

01 Sammy Myers My Love is Here to Stay (Alternate Take) 2:35

02 Sammy Myers Sleeping in the Ground (Alternate Take) 2:57

03 Alabama Red Every Day I Have the Blues 2:44

04 Unknown Male Singer #1 I've Been Searchin' 2:38

05 Edgar Blanchard Honeycomb 2:17

06 Unknown Male Singer #1 I'll Never Leave Anymore 2:47

07 Little Cameron Annie Mae (Alternate Take) 2:46

08 Albert Scott I'm Leaving You Baby 2:39

09 Unknown Male Singer #1 Every Night About This Time 3:01

10 Unknown Male Singer #3 Standing at the Station 3:00

11 H-Bomb Ferguson Baby Please 2:25

12 Johnny Littlejohn Hideaway 2:22

13 Unknown Female Singer Take Me Back Baby 3:14

14 Unknown Male Singer #1 Three Long Years 3:15

15 Sammy Myers My Love is Here to Stay 2:05

16 Sammy Myers Sleeping in the Ground 3:02

17 Alabama Red Driving Wheel (+ Message) 4:01

18 Bad Smitty Standing at the Crossroads (Alternate Take) 4:01

19 Edgar Blanchard Lonesome Guitar (Alternative Take) 2:32

20 Billy Tate Lifetime in Prison Pt. 1 3:02

21 Billy Tate Lifetime in Prison Pt. 2 3:05

22 Little Cameron Sittin' Here Worryin' (Alternate Take) 2:16

23 Unknown Male Singer #2 Little Boy Blue 2:40

24 Unknown Male Singer #4 Pathway of Love 3:04

25 Albert Scott Right at Home 2:31

26 Unknown Male Singer #1 Whiskey and Woman 2:08

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