Considered a disposable fad - and thus unworthy of expensive recording resources - by the concert promoters and radio executives of the day, live R&B, and its immediate predecessor jump blues, was only occasionally captured for posterity and only then, usually, because of its accidental inclusion in a larger program of "more laudable music" such as jazz. Which makes the enclosed two dozen rarities all the more welcome; whether taken from a live concert performance or a radio transcription, there is something magical and exciting about these little slices of musical time-travel. Fasten your safety belts!
Tracklist:
1. Blues In B Flat - HOT LIPS PAGE
2. B Flat Blues (Summertime Boogie) - KING, Saunders
3. Married Woman Blues - WALKER, T-Bone
4. The Honeydripper - LIGGINS, Joe
5. Pink Champagne - LIGGINS, Joe
6. Caldonia - FOUR JOES & A JANE
7. Oh Boy! That's Where My Money Goes - FOUR BLAZES
8. Gatortail - WILLIAMS, Cootie
9. Things Ain't What They Used To Be - MACK, Eddie
10. Playful Baby - TURNER, Joe
11. Million Dollar Secret - HUMES, Helen
12. E-Baba-Leba - HUMES, Helen
13. Big Fine Girl - WITHERSPOON, Jimmy
14. New Orleans Woman - WITHERSPOON, Jimmy
15. Daddy Pinocchio - WITHERSPOON, Jimmy
16. Cool Kind Papa - WASHINGTON, Dinah
17. Baby Get Lost - WAHINGTON, Dinah
18. Fast Movin' Mama - WASHINGTON, Dinah
19. Baby, Let's Go Down - DIXON, Floyd
20. Too Much Jelly Roll - DIXON, Floyd
21. Honkin' - JACKSON ALLSTARS, Jimmy
22. Do Something For Me - WRIGHT, Billy
23. Hey Hey Baby - TARRANT, Rabon
24. Harlem Nocturne - OTIS ORCHESTRA, Johnny
