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AMOS MILBURN Down The Road Apiece [mono] 2:56  (Raye) Produced: Eddie Mesner |
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Taken from the Aladdin/EMI album The Best Of Amos Milburn: Down The Road Apiece (1 of 26) |
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JACKIE BRENSTON &
HIS DELTA CATS Rocket 88 [mono] 2:47 (Brenston) Public Domain Produced: Sam Phillips |
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Taken from the Rhino various artists six-CD box set Say It Loud! A Celebration Of Black Music In America (20 of 23 on CD2) |
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ROBERT JOHNSON Preachin’ Blues (Up Jumped The Devil) [mono] 2:49 (Johnson) Public Domain Produced: Don Law |
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Taken from the Columbia double album The Complete Recordings (1 of 21 on CD2) |
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MUDDY WATERS Rollin’ Stone [mono] 3:04 (Morganfield) Public Domain Produced: Leonard Chess |
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Taken from the MCA three-CD box set The Chess Box (11 of 24 on CD1) |
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JIMMY ROGERS Goin’ Away Baby [mono] 2:40 (Lane) Public Domain Produced: Leonard Chess |
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Taken from the MCA double album The Complete Chess Recordings (3 of 25 on CD1) |
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LEADBELLY featuring The Golden Gate Quartet The Midnight Special [mono] 3:02 (Ledbetter) |
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Taken from the Catfish
three-CD box set The Definitive Leadbelly
(12 of 25 on CD1) Also available on the Rhino various artists six-CD box set Say It Loud! A Celebration Of Black Music In America (5 of 23 on CD2) |
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CLARENCE ‘GATEMOUTH’ BROWN |
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Taken from the Rounder album Real Life: Recorded At Caravan Of Dreams, Fort Worth, Texas (2 of 9) |
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CLIFTON CHENIER Ay-Te Te Fee [mono] 2:39 (Chenier) Produced: Bumps Blackwell |
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Taken from the Ace album Zodico Blues & Boogie (2 of 14) |
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PROFESSOR LONGHAIR
& HIS SHUFFLING HUNGARIANS Mardi Gras In New Orleans [mono] 2:50 (Byrd) Public Domain Produced: Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson |
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Taken from the Rhino various artists six-CD box set Say It Loud! A Celebration Of Black Music In America (18 of 23 on CD2) |
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LITTLE RICHARD Good Golly Miss Molly [mono] 2:08 (Marascalco, Blackwell) Produced: Bumps Blackwell |
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Taken from the Ace album The Original
British Hit Singles (13 of 26) |
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BILLIE HOLIDAY featuring Lester Young He’s Funny That Way [mono] 2:37 (Whiting, Moret) Public Domain Produced: John Hammond |
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Taken from the Proper four-CD box set The Lady Sings (2 of 25 on CD2) |
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JOHN LEE HOOKER I’m In The Mood [mono] 3:04 (Hooker, Besman) Produced: Bernie Besman |
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Taken from the Ace album The Legendary Modern Recordings (14 of 24) |
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BOB MARLEY &
THE WAILERS Jah Is Mighty 2:24 (Marley) Produced: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry |
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Taken from the Trojan album Soul Rebels (19 of 22) |
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HANK WILLIAMS You Win Again [mono] 2:34 (Williams) Public Domain Produced: Fred Rose |
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Taken from the PolyGram ten-CD box set The Complete Hank Williams (14 of 21 on CD4) |
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IKE & TINA TURNER I Can’t Believe What You Say [mono] 1:59 (Turner) Produced: Ike Turner |
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Taken from the Kent/Ace album The Kent Years (1 of 26) |
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BB KING Everyday I Have The Blues [mono] 2:46 (Chatman) Produced: Joe Bihari and BB King |
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Taken from the Ace four-CD box set The Vintage Years (7 of 24 on CD1) |
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T-BONE WALKER (They Call It) Stormy Monday [fake stereo] 2:59 (Walker) |
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Taken from the Capitol
three-CD box set The Complete Capitol/Black
& White Recordings Of T-Bone Walker (18 of 25 on CD1) Also available on the Rhino various artists six-CD box set Say It Loud! A Celebration Of Black Music In America (6 of 23 on CD2) |
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HOWLIN’ WOLF Moanin’ At Midnight [mono] 2:39 (Burnett, Taub) Produced: Joe Bihari |
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Taken from the Ace album Howling Wolf Rides Again (5 of 15) |
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BLIND WILLIE McTELL Talkin’ To You, Mama [mono] 3:05 (McTell) Public Domain Produced: Fred Mendelson |
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Taken from the Document double album Blind Willie McTell: The Essential (16 of 18 on CD2) |
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CLARENCE ‘BON
TON’ GARLOW Bon Ton Roulet [mono] 2:49 (Garlow, Shuler) Produced: Eddie Mesner |
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Taken from the EMI various artists four-CD box set Crescent City Soul: The Sound Of New Orleans 1947-74 (21 of 30 on CD2) |
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AARON NEVILLE Tell It Like It Is [mono] 2:39 (Diamond, Davis) Produced: George Davis |
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Taken from the EMI/Stateside
various artists double album The Sound
Of The City: New Orleans (8 of 21 on CD2) Also available on the EMI various artists four-CD box set Crescent City Soul: The Sound Of New Orleans 1947-74 (25 of 28 on CD1) |
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ALBERT KING That’s What The Blues Is All About 3:49 (Strickland, Patterson) Produced: Henry Bush and Allen Jones |
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Taken from the Stax/Ace album The Best Of Albert King: Blues For You (7 of 20) |
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IRMA THOMAS Ruler Of My Heart [mono] 2:32 (Toussaint) Produced: Allen Toussaint |
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Taken from the EMI
various artists album Finger Poppin’
And Stompin’ Feet: 20 Classic Allen Toussaint Productions
(19 of 20) Also available on the EMI/Stateside various artists double album The Sound Of The City: New Orleans (7 of 21 on CD2), the Kent-Soul album Time Is On My Side (13 of 24) and the EMI various artists four-CD box set Crescent City Soul: The Sound Of New Orleans 1947-74 (28 of 30 on CD4) |
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OTIS REDDING |
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Taken from the Stax/Volt
EP The Otis Redding EP Also available on the Kent/Ace various artists album Birth Of Soul (5 of 28) |
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BOOKER T & THE
MGs Baby, Scratch My Back [mono] 3:01 (Moore) Produced: Booker T Jones and Steve Cropper |
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Taken from the Stax/Ace album Booker T & The MGs Play The Hip Hits (1 of 25) |
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AL GREEN Take Me To The River 3:42 (Green, Hodges) Produced: Willie Mitchell |
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Taken from the Hi/Demon album Unchained Melodies (7 of 20) |
