Various - The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) 2 albums: West Coast Blues Vol 1 / Southwest Blues Vol 1

Album: The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955): West Coast Blues Vol 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:21
Size: 170.2 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul, Blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:47] 1. Jay McShann & His Orchestra - Ernestine
[3:03] 2. Jay McShann & His Orchestra - Roll On Katy
[2:35] 3. Jay McShann & His Orchestra - Voodoo Woman Blues
[2:32] 4. Jimmy Witherspoon - I Want A Little Girl
[2:29] 5. Jimmy Witherspoon - Bar Fly Blues
[2:53] 6. Jimmy Witherspoon - Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boy
[2:32] 7. Jimmy Witherspoon - All My Geets Are Gone
[3:05] 8. Jimmy Witherspoon - Strange Woman Blues
[2:49] 9. Vivian Green - Bowlegged Boogie
[2:53] 10. Vivian Green - He's The Man
[2:55] 11. Vivian Green - Red Light
[2:35] 12. Smiley Turner - When A Man Has The Blues
[2:36] 13. Smiley Turner - Lonely Boy Blues
[2:36] 14. Billy Valentine - Beer Drinking Baby
[2:52] 15. Chuck Norris - What's Good For One Is Good For All
[3:01] 16. Chuck Norris - Kind A Sick Kind A Worried
[2:23] 17. Chuck Norris - Hey Everybody
[2:39] 18. Austin McCoy & His Combo - I'd Rather Be Like A Hermit
[2:49] 19. Austin McCoy & His Combo - High School Baby
[2:40] 20. Big Jim Wynn - West Coast Lover
[2:59] 21. Big Jim Wynn - Dog House Blues
[2:37] 22. Meredith Walker - Just Kiss Me Once (And You'll
[2:38] 23. Ike Lloyd - Worrying Blues
[2:29] 24. Ike Lloyd - Boogie On The 88
[3:04] 25. Ike Lloyd - I Only Want Your Love
[2:49] 26. Ike Lloyd - West Coast Blues
[2:46] 27. Red Johnson & His Orchestra - Mama Does The Boogie

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Album: The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955): Southwest Blues Vol 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:53
Size: 162.3 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul, Blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:01] 1. Jay McShann - Garfield Avenue Blues
[2:49] 2. Jay McShann - Crown Prince Boogie
[3:00] 3. Jay McShann - Shipyard Woman Blues
[2:28] 4. Walter Brown - Wb Blues
[2:43] 5. Jay McShann - Sloppy Drunk
[2:51] 6. Walter Brown - Lovin' A Beggar
[2:42] 7. Alma 'The Lollipop Mama' Mondy - Miss Lollipop's Confession
[3:00] 8. Alma 'The Lollipop Mama' Mondy - Love Troubles
[2:30] 9. Alma 'The Lollipop Mama' Mondy - Baby Get Wise
[2:45] 10. Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers - Byrd's Blues
[2:37] 11. Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers - Her Mind Is Gone
[2:29] 12. Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers - Bald Head
[2:47] 13. Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers - Hey Now Baby
[2:25] 14. Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers - Oh Well
[2:44] 15. George Miller & His Mid-Riffs - Boogie's The Thing
[2:24] 16. Little Joe Gaines - She Won't Leave No More
[2:35] 17. Hosie Dwine Craven - Mercury Boogie
[2:59] 18. Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers - Hadacol Bounce
[2:44] 19. Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers - Longhair Stomp
[2:58] 20. Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers - Been Fooling Around
[2:43] 21. Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers - Between Night And Day (In The Wee Wee Hours)
[2:36] 22. Alma 'The Lollipop Mama' Mondy - Streetwalkin' Daddy
[2:25] 23. Alma 'The Lollipop Mama' Mondy - A Job For A Jockey
[2:31] 24. Alma 'The Lollipop Mama' Mondy - Still My Little Angel Child
[2:58] 25. Preacher Lee Graves - Cloudy Weather Blues
[2:57] 26. Preacher Lee Graves - Sixty Years And A Day

The Italian Comet Record company continue to lovingly repackage American blues via their Universe imprint, releasing sumptuous sets stuffed with music, each with booklets that detail the recordings and musicians involved. Now the label has turned its attention to the Chicago blues label Mercury. Sensibly, the Italians carve up the U.S., dedicating two volumes to each region of the country, although in their case they seem to be as geographically challenged as most Americans. "Southwest blues" refers not to the greater American southwest, but the southwestern segment of the blues scene, running along the Gulf of Mexico coastal states between Arkansas and Texas. Then again, was anyone playing blues in the real American southwest? Probably not, so you can see their point. Volume one opens with half a dozen numbers from pianist Jay McShann's orchestra, split between a trio of singers, including the revered Jimmy Witherspoon. The vocalists are impressive, but even Witherspoon can only barely overshadow McShann's sensational piano playing. Even McShann, however, would be hard pressed to muscle Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy out of the spotlight. Backed by George Miller's Mid-Driff's, the powerful Mondy knocks out half a dozen tracks, each a show-stopper. The Mid-Driffs backed a number of other singers, including Little Joe Gaines and Hosie Dwine Craven, but it's their number with Theard Johnson, a storming boogie, that's arguably their finest moment. However, it's Roy Byrd (aka Professor Longhair) and his Blues Jumpers that garner the most attention, with nine tracks spread across this set. Deliciously diverse, Byrd and his Jumpers agilely slide from Delta blues to boogies, and even bring a Caribbean lilt to one of their numbers. Arranged chronologically, this first volume spans 1945-1951, while volume two picks up in that latter year and continues through 1955. ~Jo-Ann Greene

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