Various artists. Reissued from 78 rpm originals, recorded 1923-1933. Compact disc. Booklet with program notes in English ([10] pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
Give me a break blues (Ida Cox with Jesse Crump, piano) (2:50) -- Nothin' but blues (Cleo Gibson with her Hot Three) (3:09) -- Barrel house blues (Rosa Henderson with Edgar Dowell, piano) (3:15) -- Midnight mama (Frances Hereford with the Levee Serenaders) (2:45) -- Kansas City blues (Memphis Jug Band) (2:50) -- Prove it on me blues (Ma Rainey with her Tub Jug Washboard Band) (2:39) -- Be on your merry way (Issie Ringgold) (3:30) -- Blue yodel no. 9 (Jimmie Rodgers with Louis Armstrong, cornet, and Lil Armstrong, piano) (2:38) -- Nobody knows you when you're down and out (Bessie Smith with orchestra) (2:57) -- Jenny's ball (Mamie Smith with orchestra) (3:09) -- Moaning the blues (Victoria Spivey with orchestra) (3:01) -- Organ grinder (Eva Taylor with Williams' Jug Band) (3:43) -- Get up off your knees (Ethel Waters with Clarence Williams, piano) (2:41) -- I've got what it takes (Margaret Webster with Clarence Williams' Washboard Band) (3:12) -- That thing's done been put on me (Margaret Whitmire with Arnold Wiley, piano) (2:45) -- He used to be your man (Lena Wilson with the Nubian Five) (3:01).
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