Time: 58:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Early R&B, Jump Blues, Rock & Roll
Art: Front
01 Four Jumps Of Jive - It's Just The Blues (3:30)
02 Jimmy Witherspoon - Bar Fly Blues (2:33)
03 Julia Lee - If It's Good (2:56)
04 Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra - Gonna Send You Where I Got You From (2:26)
05 Dinah Washington - Record Ban Blues (3:16)
06 Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers - Been Fooling Around (3:01)
07 Alma 'The Lollipop Mama' Mondy - Streetwalkin' Daddy (2:40)
08 Preacher Lee Graves - Papa Said Yes, Mama Said No, No, No (2:31)
09 Robert 'Snake' Sims - West Coast Lover (2:46)
10 Violet Hall - (All Alone) I Sit And Cry (2:54)
11 Lightnin' Hopkins - Let Me Fly Your Kite (3:45)
12 Big Bill Broonzy - Get Back (Black, Brown And White) (3:03)
13 Memphis Slim - No Mail Blues (2:47)
14 Johnny Otis - Baby Baby Blues (3:05)
15 Buddy & Ella Johnson - Hittin' On Me (3:10)
16 Ray Johnson - Boogie The Blues (2:47)
17 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Talk About Me (2:33)
18 Titus Turner - All Around The World (2:39)
19 Rollee McGill - Rhythm Rockin' Blues (2:44)
20 Arthur Prysock - Woke Up This Morning (2:53)
Twenty early R&B hits from the Mercury stable are collected on this sampler (a teaser to the label's eight-disc box set), which features Dinah Washington, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim and His Orchestra, Arthur Prysock, Johnny Otis and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. ~Review by Jason Ankeny
Thanks to DrPeak.
Highlights From The Mercury R&B Story
