Various Artists - Memphis Blues: Important Postwar Blues

After World War II the music scene in Memphis had changed. The Depression had taken much of the carefree, not to say unlawful, edge from the tumultuous licence that Beale Street denizens had enjoyed. Lots of clubs and bars had closed forever. Beale Street and Handy Park still flourished, but a town like Memphis couldn't compete with major industrial complexes like Chicago or Detroit. Major record labels no longer made regular visits to record, so most blues musicians just stopped over on their way north to record. All that changed in January 1950, when sometime deejay and recording engineer Sam Phillips opened the doors of his Memphis Recording Service. Before he worked at a number of radio stations and he arrived at WREC in Memphis in June 1945. Phillips had his own daily show for 4 years before he opened his own shop. Over the next years Phillips record first recordings by now major blues artists as Howlin' Wolf, Earl Hooker, Little Milton, James Cotton, Walter Horton, Bobby Bland, Little Jr Parker and Rosco Gordon. This 4 disc set collects over 100 post-war blues sides and it's usually the lesser known artists that provide the surprises and highlights: Woodrow Adams, Raymond Hill, Pat Hare. Phillips released some of these tracks on his Sun label (or sold to RPM, Checker & Chess), but many titles however were not released until years after, due to Phillips' reluctance to market them as hit-parade material. Anyway, Sam Phillips had a sensitive nose for talent and many who came to his studio looking to make a record were not overlooked.

Album: Memphis Blues: Important Postwar Blues Disc A
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues
Time: 75:43
Size: 175,0 MB
Covers: Full

(2:46) 1. Joe Hill Louis - Gotta Let You Go
(2:48) 2. Joe Hill Louis - Boogie in the Park
(2:52) 3. Henry Hill - That Ain't Right, Take 1
(2:58) 4. Doctor Ross - That Ain't Right, Take 2
(2:54) 5. Doctor Ross - Country Clown, Take 1
(1:57) 6. William Stewart - Country Farm Blues
(2:23) 7. William Stewart - They Call Me Talkin' Boy
(2:59) 8. Jimmy & Walter - Easy
(2:58) 9. Jimmy & Walter - Before Long
(3:00) 10. DA Hunt - Lonesome Ol' Jail
(2:37) 11. DA Hunt - Greyhound Blues
(3:11) 12. Sleepy John Estes - Registration Day Blues
(3:06) 13. Sleepy John Estes - Rats in My Kitchen
(2:50) 14. William Stewart - Rattlesnake Mama
(3:03) 15. William Stewart - Forty Four Blues
(2:31) 16. Joe Hill Louis - I Feel Like a Million
(3:02) 17. Joe Hill Louis - Heartache Baby
(2:27) 18. Charlie burse - Shorty the Barber
(2:53) 19. Woodrow Adams - The Last Time
(3:04) 20. Woodrow Adams - Train Is Comin'
(2:47) 21. Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
(3:15) 22. Sleepy John Estes - Policy Man Blues Take 1
(2:37) 23. Coy Hot Shot Love - Wolf Call Boogie
(2:34) 24. Coy Hot Shot Love - Harmonica Jam
(2:20) 25. Jimmy DeBerry - Take a Little Chance
(2:45) 26. Doctor Ross - Tailor Made
(2:52) 27. Doctor Ross - The Boogie Disease

Memphis Blues: Important Postwar Blues Disc A

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Album: Memphis Blues: Important Postwar Recordings Disc B
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues
Time: 75:42
Size: 175,0 MB
Covers: Full

(2:43) 1. Howling Wolf - Moanin' At Midnight
(2:48) 2. Howling Wolf - Bluebird
(2:18) 3. Earl Hooker - Move On Down The Line
(3:07) 4. Earl Hooker - The Hucklebuck
(2:56) 5. Walter Horton - Walter's Instrumental
(2:59) 6. Walter Horton - Grandmother Got Grandfather Told
(3:02) 7. Willie Nix - Midnight Showers Of Rain
(2:43) 8. Willie Nix - Prison Bound Blues
(2:51) 9. Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat
(2:48) 10. Rufus Thomas - Married Woman
(2:49) 11. Rosco Gordon - Roscoe's Boogie
(3:17) 12. Rosco Gordon - City Women
(3:00) 13. Earl Forest - Baby, Baby
(2:49) 14. Earl Forest - Rock The Bottle
(3:00) 15. Little Jr Parker - Bad Women, Bad Whiskey
(1:57) 16. Little Jr Parker - You're My Angel
(2:23) 17. Bobby Bland - Good Lovin'
(3:03) 18. Bobby Bland - Drifting From Town To Town
(2:23) 19. James Cotton - My Baby
(2:20) 20. James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby
(1:54) 21. Shy Guy Douglas - Work With Her Boy
(2:11) 22. Shy Guy Douglas - Detriot Arrow Blues
(2:33) 23. Houston Boines - Carry My Business On (Take 1)
(3:04) 24. Houston Boines - Crying In The Courthouse (Take 1)
(2:45) 25. Charlie Booker - Walked All Night
(2:40) 26. Charlie Booker - Baby I'm Coming Home
(2:57) 27. Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
(2:10) 28. Pat Hare - Bonus Pay

Memphis Blues: Important Postwar Blues Disc B

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Album: Memphis Blues: Important Postwar Blues Disc C
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues
Time: 78:06
Size: 180,6 MB
Covers: Full

(2:37) 1. Rosco Gordon - T Model Boogie
(2:55) 2. Rosco Gordon - Saddled the Cow
(2:49) 3. Willie Nix - Seems Like a Million Years, Take 1
(3:15) 4. Willie Nix - Riding in the Moonlight
(2:30) 5. L.B. Lawson - Can't Love Me & My Money Too
(2:24) 6. L.B. Lawson - Flypaper Boogie
(2:55) 7. Little Milton - Somebody Told Me
(2:35) 8. Little Milton - If You Love Me
(2:57) 9. Little Milton - Feelin' Good
(2:58) 10. Little Milton - Fussin' & Fightin' Blues
(2:39) 11. Billy 'Red' Love - Hart's Bread Boogie
(3:30) 12. Billy 'Red' Love - Blues Leave Me Alone
(2:41) 13. Joe Hill Louis - She Comes to See Me Sometime, Take 1
(2:37) 14. Joe Hill Louis - We All Gotta Go Sometime
(3:00) 15. Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago, Take 1
(2:35) 16. Mose Vinson - Mistreating Boogie
(3:13) 17. Mose Vinson - Worry You off My Mind
(2:28) 18. L.C. Hubert - Lucy Done Moved
(2:48) 19. Eddie Snow - Don't Dog Me Around
(2:48) 20. Eddie Snow - Skin & Bone, Take 1
(3:40) 21. Johnny O'Neal - Dead Letter Blues, Take 1
(2:30) 22. Johnny O'Neal - Ugly Woman, Take 3
(2:21) 23. Houston Stokes - You'll Be Sorry
(2:04) 24. Houston Stokes - Blue & Lonesome
(2:41) 25. Raymond Hill - Long Gone Raymond
(2:42) 26. Raymond Hill - I'm Back Pretty Baby
(3:19) 27. Kenneth Banks - Blue Man, Take 1
(2:23) 28. Kenneth Banks - High, Take 1

Memphis Blues: Important Postwar Blues Disc C

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Album: Memphis Blues: Important Postwar Blues Disc D
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues
Time: 75:50
Size: 175,3 MB
Covers: Full

(2:49) 1. Rufus Thomas - Tiger Man
(2:43) 2. Rufus Thomas - Save That Money
(2:36) 3. Little Milton - Lookin' for My Baby
(2:52) 4. Little Milton - Homesick for My Baby
(2:27) 5. Sammy Lewis & Wille Johnson - Feel So Worried
(2:09) 6. Sammy Lewis & Wille Johnson - So Long Baby Goodbye
(3:03) 7. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
(2:48) 8. James Cotton - Hold Me in Your Arms
(2:37) 9. Howling Wolf - Come Back Home, Take 1
(2:42) 10. Howling Wolf - Chocolate Drop
(2:47) 11. Earl Hooker - Blue Guitar
(3:08) 12. Boyd Gilmore - Believe I'll Settle Down
(2:59) 13. Walter Horton - We All Gotta Go Sometime
(2:16) 14. Walter Horton - Off the Wall
(2:35) 15. Little Junior - Love My Baby
(2:22) 16. Little Junior - Mystery Train
(2:01) 17. Bobby Bland - Dry Up Baby
(3:03) 18. Bobby Bland - Crying All Night Long
(2:51) 19. Billy 'Red' Love - Way After Midnight, Take 1
(2:45) 20. Billy 'Red' Love - Hey Now, Take 1
(2:53) 21. Earl Forest - I Wronged a Woman
(2:29) 22. Earl Forest - I Can't Forgive You
(3:31) 23. Johnny Ace - Midnight Hours Journey
(2:28) 24. Raymond Hill - My Baby Left Me
(2:21) 25. Ike Turner - You're Driving Me Insane
(2:32) 26. Ike Turner - Trouble & Heartaches
(3:06) 27. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - When It Rains It Pours
(2:42) 28. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Move Baby Move Red Wing

Memphis Blues: Important Postwar Blues Disc D

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