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    01/01/2007

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    All Music Guide Review

    At four discs and nearly one hundred tracks, this is only part one of Rhythm and Blues Records' ambitious history of R&B, covering the years 1925 to 1942. Diverse and revelatory, it shows how R&B, like most strands of America's music, is woven from several different sources. Each installment here is almost a history lesson in its own right, with the first disc covering country blues, spirituals and jug bands, the second touching on boogie woogie piano, ragtime and jazz, the third spotlighting urban blues and gospel, and the fourth drawing on swing, boogie and jive sides. It's all pretty impressive and its difficult to imagine any set doing a better job of tracing the roots of R&B. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • My Soul Is a Witness
  • Coleman, Austin
  • 3:13
  • 2
  • It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
  • Johnson, Blind Wilie
  • 3:15
  • 3
  • The Crucifixion of Christ
  • Hill, Jessie May
  • 3:02
  • 4
  • Shake That Thing
  • Jackson, Papa Charlie
  • 3:05
  • 5
  • Outside Woman Blues
  • Reynolds, Blind Joe
  • 2:59
  • 6
  • It's a Good Thing
  • 3:00
  • 7
  • Minglewood Blues
  • Cannon, Gus Jug Stompers
  • 3:44
  • 8
  • Match Box Blues
  • Jefferson, Blind Lemon
  • 3:04
  • 9
  • Diddie Wah Diddie
  • Blind Blake
  • 3:01
  • 10
  • Milk Cow Blues
  • Estes, Sleepy John
  • 3:03
  • 11
  • Ease It to Me Blues
  • Barbecue Bob
  • 3:01
  • 12
  • No No Blues
  • Weaver, Curley
  • 3:12
  • 13
  • Apaloosa Blues
  • 2:46
  • 14
  • Little Rock Blues
  • Dickson, Pearl
  • 3:03
  • 15
  • Kansas City Blues
  • Jackson, Jim
  • 3:17
  • 16
  • Train Whistle Blues
  • Rodgers, Jimmie
  • 3:01
  • 17
  • Goin' Back to Texas
  • Memphis Minnie
  • 3:05
  • 18
  • Roll and Tumble Blues
  • Newbern, Hambone Willie
  • 3:04
  • 19
  • If You Haven't Any
  • James, Skip
  • 2:58
  • 20
  • Kokomo Blues
  • Blackwell, Scrapper
  • 3:06
  • 21
  • It's Tight Like That
  • Georgia Tom
  • 3:04
  • 22
  • Didn't It Rain
  • Bryant's Jubilee Quartet
  • 2:34
  • 23
  • Beale Street Breakdown
  • Davenport, Jed
  • 3:00
  • 24
  • Milk Cow Blues
  • Arnold, Kokomo
  • 3:06
  • 25 (2)
  • Get Low-Down Blues
  • Moten, Bennie Kansas City Orchestra
  • 3:03
  • 26 (2)
  • Mr Johnson's Blues
  • Johnson, Lonnie
  • 2:41
  • 27 (2)
  • Backwater Blues
  • Smith, Bessie
  • 3:18
  • 28 (2)
  • Knockin' a Jug
  • Armstrong, Louis
  • 3:15
  • 29 (2)
  • Bullfrog Blues
  • Spanier, Muggsy
  • 2:57
  • 30 (2)
  • Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
  • Smith, Pinetop
  • 3:22
  • 31 (2)
  • Cow Cow Blues
  • Davenport, Charles "Cow Cow"
  • 3:07
  • 32 (2)
  • Guitar Boogie
  • Graves, Blind Roosevelt And Brother
  • 2:55
  • 33 (2)
  • How Long, How Long Blues
  • Carr, Leroy
  • 3:05
  • 34 (2)
  • The Dirty Dozen
  • Speckled Red
  • 3:14
  • 35 (2)
  • Vicksburg Blues
  • Montgomery, Little Brother
  • 2:58
  • 36 (2)
  • Sweet Miss Stella Blues
  • Quillian, Rufus And Ben
  • 2:56
  • 37 (2)
  • Minnie the Moocher
  • Calloway, Cab & His Orchestra
  • 3:13
  • 38 (2)
  • St. Louis Blues
  • Mills Brothers
  • 2:20
  • 39 (2)
  • Somebody Stole Gabriel's Horn
  • Three Keys
  • 3:00
  • 40 (2)
  • Midnight Hour Blues
  • Carr, Leroy
  • 3:08
  • 41 (2)
  • Lafayette
  • Moten, Bennie Kansas City Orchestra
  • 2:49
  • 42 (2)
  • Flaming Reeds and Screaming Brass
  • Lunceford, Jimmie & His Orchestra
  • 2:59
  • 43 (2)
  • Strut That Thing
  • Lofton, Cripple Clarence
  • 2:58
  • 44 (2)
  • Dirty Mother for You
  • Sykes, Roosevelt
  • 2:59
  • 45 (2)
  • Weed Smoker's Dream
  • Harlem Hamfats
  • 3:20
  • 46 (2)
  • Press My Button
  • Johnson, Lil
  • 3:20
  • 47 (2)
  • Night Time Is the Right Time
  • Sykes, Roosevelt
  • 2:51
  • 48 (2)
  • The Blues Ain't Nothing But
  • White, Georgia
  • 2:40
  • 49 (3)
  • Teasin' Brown Blues
  • Lasky, Louie
  • 2:48
  • 50 (3)
  • Barrelhouse Woman
  • Carr, Leroy
  • 2:55
  • 51 (3)
  • Lead Pencil Blues
  • Temple, Johnnie
  • 3:07
  • 52 (3)
  • Policy Dream Blues
  • Bumble Bee Slim
  • 2:50
  • 53 (3)
  • Naptown Stomp
  • Gaither, Bill
  • 2:38
  • 54 (3)
  • Sloppy Drunk Again
  • Davis, Walter
  • 3:07
  • 55 (3)
  • Jockey Blues
  • Gillum, Jazz
  • 2:51
  • 56 (3)
  • Holy Mountain
  • Jones, Elder Otis
  • 3:10
  • 57 (3)
  • Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbour
  • Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
  • 2:51
  • 58 (3)
  • Louise Louise Blues
  • Tempbe, Johnnie
  • 3:03
  • 59 (3)
  • Barrelhouse When It Rains
  • Broonzy, Big Bill
  • 2:53
  • 60 (3)
  • Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
  • Williamson, John Lee "Sonny Boy"
  • 3:02
  • 61 (3)
  • Preachin' Blues
  • Johnson, Robert
  • 2:55
  • 62 (3)
  • Number Runner's Blues
  • Gordon, Jimmie
  • 2:54
  • 63 (3)
  • Tell Me Baby
  • Williamson, John Lee "Sonny Boy"
  • 2:55
  • 64 (3)
  • Rockin' Chair Blues
  • Broonzy, Big Bill
  • 2:51
  • 65 (3)
  • Diggin' My Potatoes
  • Washboard Sam
  • 2:58
  • 66 (3)
  • This Train
  • Tharpe, Sister Rosetta
  • 2:42
  • 67 (3)
  • Don't You Lie to Me
  • Tampa Red
  • 2:57
  • 68 (3)
  • Jivin' the Blues
  • Williamson, John Lee "Sonny Boy"
  • 2:57
  • 69 (3)
  • I Feel So Good
  • Broonzy, Big Bill
  • 2:50
  • 70 (3)
  • Worried Life Blues
  • Big Maceo
  • 2:56
  • 71 (3)
  • Junker Blues
  • Dupree, Champion Jack
  • 2:46
  • 72 (3)
  • Ain't No Business We Can Do
  • Doctor Clayton
  • 3:11
  • 73 (3)
  • Mean Ol' Frisco
  • Crudup, Arthur "Big Boy"
  • 2:36
  • 74 (4)
  • Boogie Woogie Stomp
  • Ammons, Albert and His Rhythm Kings
  • 3:03
  • 75 (4)
  • Boogie-Woogie
  • Basie, Count
  • 3:15
  • 76 (4)
  • One O'Clock Jump
  • Basie, Count Orchestra
  • 3:02
  • 77 (4)
  • Sing Sing Sing
  • Goodman, Benny
  • 4:16
  • 78 (4)
  • Keep A-Knockin'
  • Jordan, Louis
  • 2:30
  • 79 (4)
  • T'Aint What You Do
  • Lunceford, Jimmie
  • 3:03
  • 80 (4)
  • Jumpin' Jive
  • Calloway, Cab
  • 2:46
  • 81 (4)
  • I Like to Riff
  • Cole, King Trio
  • 2:50
  • 82 (4)
  • That's the Rhythm
  • Three Sharps and a Flat
  • 2:39
  • 83 (4)
  • I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
  • Cats & The Fiddle
  • 2:47
  • 84 (4)
  • After Hours
  • Hawkins, Erskine and his Orchestra
  • 3:22
  • 85 (4)
  • Floyd's Guitar Blues
  • Kirk, Andy and His Clouds of Joy
  • 3:09
  • 86 (4)
  • Gangster's Blues
  • Wheatstraw, Peetie
  • 2:46
  • 87 (4)
  • Roll'em Pete
  • 2:52
  • 88 (4)
  • Down the Road a Piece
  • Bradley, Will
  • 3:10
  • 89 (4)
  • Central Avenue Breakdown
  • Hampton, Lionel
  • 3:06
  • 90 (4)
  • Natchez Mississippi Blues
  • Bronzeville, Lewis Five
  • 3:00
  • 91 (4)
  • Death Ray Boogie
  • Johnson, Pete
  • 2:36
  • 92 (4)
  • Confessin' the Blues
  • McShann, Jay
  • 2:51
  • 93 (4)
  • What's the Use of Getting Sobert
  • Jordan, Louis
  • 2:56
  • 94 (4)
  • Take It and Git
  • Kirk, Andy and His Clouds of Joy
  • 3:16
  • 95 (4)
  • Cow Cow Boogie
  • Morse, Ella Mae
  • 3:14
  • 96 (4)
  • Flying Home
  • Hampton, Liuonel Orchestra
  • 3:15
  • 97 (4)
  • Mean Old World
  • Walker, T-Bone
  • 2:51

  • Credits

    • Andrew Brown
    • Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
    • Louis Jordan
    • Clarinet, Vocals, Sax (Tenor), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Alto)


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