By 1950, Rhythm and Blues was well established as a distinct form of black popular music having shed the generic racial connotations of earlier descriptions. The establishment of new recording studios in Los Angeles, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Houston and Memphis fostered the development of distinctive regional styles with smaller independent labels such as Atlantic, King, Specialty and Imperial being set up to capitalise on this booming new market.

So here we’ve got country blues and club blues; drinking songs and risqué songs; vocal groups and instrumental combos. From bebop to boogie, gutbucket to gospel, honkin’ and screamin’ to low down and dirty rock’n’roll; 112 tracks and not a dud in the bunch!

Disc 1

1.        Amos Milburn - Bad Bad Whiskey

2.        Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes

3.        Tiny Bradshaw - Well, Oh Well

4.        Stick McGhee - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee

5.        Fats Domino - The Fat Man

6.        Charles Brown - Trouble Blues

7.        Harold Burrage – Hi Yo

8.        Lloyd Glenn - Old Time Shuffle Blues

9.        Jewel King - 3x7=21 (1950 recording)

10.     Joe Liggins - Pink Champagne

11.     Little Esther & Mel Walker - Mistrustin' Blues

12.     Wynonie Harris - Sittin' On It All The Time

13.     Joe Thomas - Page Boy Shuffle

14.     Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula

15.     Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry

16.     Larry Darnell - For You My Love

17.     Calvin Boze - Safronia B

18.     Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love

19.     Amos Milburn - Let's Rock A While

20.     Tiny Bradshaw - Breakin Up The House

21.     Roy Brown - Love Don't Love Nobody

22.     Gatemouth Brown - She Walks Right In

23.     Laurie Tate & Joe Morris - Anytime Anyplace Anywhere

24.     Hal Singer - Rock Around The Clock

25.     Doc Sausage - Rag Mop

26.     Professor Longhair - Bald Head

27.     Dave Bartholomew - Country Boy

28.     Bobby Smith – After Hours

 

 

Disc 2

1.        Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her

2.        Duke Henderson - Mama's Clock Stopped Ticking

3.        Roy Brown - Good Man Blues

4.        The Orioles - Happy Go Lucky Local Blues

5.        Smiley Lewis - Dirty People

6.        Terry Timmons - Worried Woman Blues

7.        Freddie Jackson - Duck Fever

8.        Jimmy Rushing - Ain't It Lonesome

9.        The Keys - The Four Brothers

10.     Annie Laurie w Paul Gayten I Ain't Gonna Let You In

11.     Julian Dash - Long Moan

12.     Emmitt Slay w Todd Rhodes - Beulah

13.     Little Esther & Mel Walker - Cupid's Boogie

14.     Billy Wright - Back Biting Woman

15.     Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Jump And Grunt

16.     Ray Charles - See See Rider

17.     Jimmy McCracklin - Gotta Cut Out

18.     Jimmy Rogers - Goin' Away Baby

19.     Lonnie Glosson - Pan American Boogie

20.     Johnny Otis - Freight Train Boogie

21.     Lester Williams - Hey Jack!

22.     T-Bone Walker - Strollin' With Bones

23.     Mel Walker w Johnny Otis - Strange Woman

24.     Louis Jordan - Blue Light Boogie (Pts 1&2)

25.     Sugar Chile Robinson - Sticks And Stones

26.     The Dominoes - Weeping Willow Blues

27.     Chris Powell & 5 Blue Flames - Down In The Bottom

28.     Rufus Thomas (Mr Swing) - Beer Bottle Boogie

 

 

Disc 3

1.  Tiny Bradshaw - Walking The Chalk Line

2.  Archibald - Shake Baby Shake

3.  Johnny Moore & 3 Blazers - Shuffle Shuck

4.  Tom Douglas - Raid On Cedar Street

5.  Johnny Otis w Little Esther - Lost Dream Blues

6.  Goree Carter - Come On Let's Boogie

7.  Joe Thomas - Rollin' The Blues

8.  Sonny Thompson - After Sundown

9.  Rudy Render - So Many Beautiful Women

10.                 Mabel Scott - Disgusted

11.                 Calvin Boze - Waiting & Drinking

12.                 Joe Hill Louis - Boogie In The Park

13.                 Muddy Waters - Evans Shuffle

14.                 Johnny Bond Put Me To Bed

15.                 5 Blind Boys Of Mississippi - In The Wilderness

16.                 Roy Brown - Dreaming Blues

17.                 Cousin Joe - Chicken-A-La-Blues

18.                 Jimmy Rushing - Lotsa Poppa

19.                 Floyd Dixon & Mari Jones - Real Lovin' Mama

20.                 The Robins - You're Fine But Not My Kind

21.                 Percy Mayfield - Praying For Your Return

22.                 Joe Liggins w Candy Rivers - Daddy On My Mind

23.                 King Perry & His Pied Pipers - Everything’s Gonna Be Alright

24.                 Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - My Big Brass Bed Is Gone

25.                 Smiley Lewis - My Baby

26.                 The Ray-O-Vacs - Got Two Arms

27.                 Red Foley & Cecil Grant - Hobo Boogie

28.                 John Lee Hooker - Mad Man Blues

 

 

Disc 4

1.        Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Mean Old Santa Fe

2.        Kitty Stevenson w Todd Rhodes - It Ain't Right

3.        Amos Milburn - How Long The Train's Been Gone

4.        Joe Liggins - Goin' Back To New Orleans

5.        Moon Mullican - Well, Oh Well

6.        The Ray-O-Vacs - Besame Mucho

7.        Lloyd Glenn - Cute Tee

8.        Dave Bartholomew - Ain't Gonna Do It

9.        Percy Mayfield - Nightless Lover

10.     King Perry - Natural Born Lover

11.     Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Junior Jives

12.     Bobby Nunn w The Robbins - That's What the Good Book Says

13.     Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends - Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff

14.     Sonny Thompson - Blues For The Nightowls

15.     Archibald - Crescent City Bounce

16.     Little Willie Littlefield - Happy Pay Day

17.     Helen Humes Million Dollar Secret

18.     Charlie Singleton - Alligator Meat

19.     Tiny Grimes - Flying Saucer Boogie

20.     Roosevelt Sykes - Rock It

21.     John Greer w Lucky Millinder - Let It Roll Again

22.     Cecil Gant - We're Gonna Rock

23.     Baby Face Leroy Trio - Rollin' And Tumblin'

24.     Henry Glover w Lucky Millinder - Baby, You've Been Wrong

25.     Hubert Robinson - Old Woman Boogie

26.     Andrew Tibbs - Achin' Heart

27.     Smilin' Joe - Living On Borrowed Time

28.     Ruth Brown & Delta Rhythm Boys - Sentimental Journey

 

 

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