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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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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