Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First / Var: The Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First Released On 78s And 45s, 1914-1969
Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First / Var: The Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First Released On 78s And 45s, 1914-1969
Format: CD
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Artist: Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First / Var
Label: Bear Family
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 4000127175151
Genre: Blues
The Blues - the iconic music that changed everything! Memphis - the iconic city where it happened! And now - the Memphis Blues Box from Bear Family Records® - the best of the best from the best! -An incredible 534 individual tracks on 20 CDs packed into an LP-sized box - total weight almost 10lbs. -Memphis recordings from 1914 to 1969 featuring musicians from the city and region. -Introduction by blues harmonica star and Grammy® winner Charlie Musselwhite. -Biographies of every performer, many newly researched; notes about every song and recording, index and track listing. -Many unseen photographs -Produced and part-written by Martin Hawkins This magnificent new 20-CD boxed set with it's 534 tracks and an accompanying 360-page book traces the blues as recorded in Memphis and by Memphis-area musicians and singers. Starting a hundred years ago with W.C. Handy's tune Memphis Blues, this set includes classic blues, jug band blues and itinerant blues from the 1920s and '30s, the R&B bands and small combos of the 1940s and '50s, and the tougher blues styles recorded up to the close of the 1960s. The box presents the recorded Memphis Blues as defined by the performers and their recording companies during the years 1914 to 1969 - the period when blues in it's various forms was issued on single discs, 78 rpm and then 45 rpm, for consumption largely by the original audience - the people who listened on street corners, in juke joints, at local house parties, or in the bars, night clubs and theatres of Memphis. The box focuses on how each disc sat within the evolving picture, either contributing something new, reinforcing trends of the moment, or harking back to tradition. At least one side of every relevant 78 or 45 rpm disc issued during the period is included, showing off the Memphis blues as it was offered year on year by artists and record companies.
Tracks:
1.1 Various Artists - the Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings 1914-1969 (20-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box Set 1
1.2 Mr Crump and the Memphis Blues - w C Handy
1.3 The Memphis Blues / One Step - Victor Military Band
1.4 Yellow Dog Blues - Handy's Memphis Blues Band
1.5 Sun Brimmers - Memphis Jug Band
1.6 Memphis Jug - Memphis Jug Band
1.7 What Makes a Bow-Legged Woman Crazy 'Bout Her Knock-Kneed Man? - Sadie James
1.8 Drop Down - Baby' Moore
1.9 Midnight Frolic Drag - Williamson's Beale Street Frolic Orchestra
1.10 Rock Away - Sadie McKinney
1.11 I Raised My Window and Looked at the Risin' Sun - Ollie Rupert
1.12 Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All - Blind Mamie Forehand
1.13 Ain't Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog - Ollie Rupert
1.14 Memphis Scronch - Williamson's Beale Street Frolic Orchestra
1.15 Everybody's Blues - Furry Lewis
1.16 Sunshine Blues - Memphis Jug Band
1.17 Memphis Boy - Memphis Jug Band
1.18 It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
1.19 Beale Town Bound - Beale Street Sheiks
1.20 Mr Crump Don't Like It - Beale Street Sheiks
1.21 Billy Lyons and Stack O Lee - Furry Lewis
1.22 Kansas City Blues - Memphis Jug Band
1.23 I Packed My Suitcase, Ed to the Train - Memphis Jug Band Vocals Jennie Clayton
1.24 Beale Street Mess Around - Memphis Jug Band
1.25 Turpentine Blues - Will Weldon
1.26 Vol Stevens Blues - Vol Stevens
1.27 Various Artists - the Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings 1914-1969 (20-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box Set 2
1.28 My Money Never Runs Out - Banjo Joe
1.29 Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black
1.30 The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes with 'Pet' and 'Can'
1.31 Corn Liquor Blues - Lewis Black
1.32 Twelve Pound Daddy - Pearl Dickson
1.33 Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.34 I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop - Jim Jackson
1.35 Madison Street Rag - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.36 Springdale Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.37 My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson
1.38 Snitchin' Gambler Blues - Memphis Jug Band
1.39 Bedtime Blues - Frank Stokes
1.40 My Mobile Central Blues - Jim Jackson
1.41 Memphis Stomp - Memphis Stompers
1.42 Jake Bottle Blues - Lemuel Turner
1.43 Coal Oil Blues - Memphis Jug Band
1.44 Peaches in the Springtime - Memphis Jug Band
1.45 Mooch Richardson's Low Down Barrel House Blues - 'Mooch' Richardson
1.46 Bootlegging Blues - Jim Jackson
1.47 Policy Blues - Jim Jackson
1.48 Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties
1.49 Dill Pickles Rag - McLaughlin's Old Time Melody Makers
1.50 Keghouse Blues - Keghouse
1.51 Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
1.52 The Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings 1914-1969 (20-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box Set 3
1.53 Helena Blues - 'Mooch' Richardson
1.54 Happy Blues - Tom Dickson
1.55 Burying Ground Blues - 'Mooch' Richardson
1.56 Jasper Taylor Blues - Original Washboard Band
1.57 Mistreatin' Blues - Frank Stokes
1.58 It Won't Be Long Now - Frank Stokes
1.59 Nehi Mamma Blues - Frank Stokes
1.60 I Got Mine - Frank Stokes
1.61 This Morning She Was Gone - Jim Jackson
1.62 I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
1.63 Furry's Blues - Furry Lewis
1.64 Stomp That Thing - Frank Stokes
1.65 Kassie Jones PT 1 - Furry Lewis
1.66 Cannon Ball Blues - Furry Lewis
1.67 Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis
1.68 I'm Gonna Move to Louisiana - Jim Jackson
1.69 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Frank Stokes
1.70 Take Me Back - Frank Stokes
1.71 Kyle's Worried Blues - Charlie Kyle
1.72 Walking Blues - Charlie Kyle
1.73 Traveling Man - Jim Jackson
1.74 Pig Ankle Strut - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.75 Ripley Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.76 Hollywood Rag - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.77 The Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings 1914-1969 (20-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box Set 4
1.78 Bye, Bye, Policeman - Jim Jackson
1.79 Rolling Stone - Robert Wilkins
1.80 Jail House Blues - Robert Wilkins
1.81 Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.82 Lindberg Hop - Memphis Jug Band
1.83 Sugar Pudding - Memphis Jug Band
1.84 A Black Woman Is Like a Black Snake - Memphis Jug Band
1.85 On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
1.86 Whitewash Station Blues - Memphis Jug Band
1.87 Stealin' Stealin' - Memphis Jug Band
1.88 Jug Band Waltz - Memphis Jug Band
1.89 Viola Lee Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.90 Riley's Wagon - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.91 Better Leave That Stuff Alone - Will Shade
1.92 She Stabbed Me with An Ice-Pick - Will Shade
1.93 Canned Heat Blues - Keg House
1.94 Nobody Knows (What the Good Deacon Does) - Hambone Willie Newbern
1.95 Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
1.96 Roll and Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
1.97 Fourth and Beale - Cannon and Woods
1.98 Last Chance Blues - Cannon and Woods
1.99 What's the Matter? - Memphis Jug Band
1.100 John Henry Part 1 - Furry Lewis
1.101 Black Gypsy Blues - Furry Lewis
1.102 The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red
1.103 The Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings 1914-1969 (20-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box Set 5
1.104 South Memphis Blues - Frank Stokes
1.105 Dirty Butter - Minnie Wallace
1.106 The Old Folks Ed It - Minnie Wallace
1.107 Cottonfield Blues PT 1 - Garfield Akers
1.108 Cow Cow Blues - Jed Davenport
1.109 Whiskey Drinkin' Blues - Jenny Pope
1.110 Alabama Blues - Robert Wilkins
1.111 Long Train Blues - Robert Wilkins
1.112 That's No Way to Get Along - Robert Wilkins
1.113 Jim Jackson's Jamboree PT 1 - Jim Jackson, Tampa Red, Georgia Tom, Speckled Red
1.114 You Wouldn't, Would You, Papa? - Hattie Hart
1.115 Right Now Blues - Frank Stokes
1.116 Diving Duck Blues - John Estes
1.117 Undertaker Blues - Douglas Williams Orchestra
1.118 Little Sarah - John Estes and James Rachel
1.119 Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too - John Estes
1.120 I Can Beat You Plenty (That Hand You Tried to Deal Me) - Memphis Jug Band
1.121 Number Nine Blues - Blind Clyde Church
1.122 I'm Going Away Blues - Frank Stokes
1.123 Frank Stokes' Dream - Frank Stokes
1.124 Memphis Rounders Blues - Frank Stokes
1.125 Going to Germany - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.126 Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.127 Walk Right in - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.128 He Got Better Things for You - Memphis Sanctified Singers
1.129 The Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings 1914-1969 (20-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box Set 6
1.130 Leaving Blues - Mel Parker with Douglas Williams Orchestra
1.131 The Beale Street Sheik - Douglas Williams Orchestra
1.132 Thrill Me - Douglas Williams Orchestra
1.133 Chickasaw Special - Noah Lewis
1.134 The Rooster's Crowing Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.135 Jonestown Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
1.136 Memphis Yo Yo Blues - Memphis Jug Band
1.137 K C Moan - Memphis Jug Band
1.138 I Whipped My Woman with a Single Tree - Memphis Jug Band
1.139 I Will Meet You at the Station - Brother Williams' Memphis Sanctified Singers
1.140 Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport ; His Beale Street Jug Band
1.141 Jug Blues - Jed Davenport ; His Beale Street Jug Band
1.142 I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits - Memphis Minnie
1.143 Mister Tango Blues - Memphis Minnie
1.144 You Ought to Move Out of Town - Jed Davenport ; His Beale Street Jug Band
1.145 Save Me Some - Jed Davenport ; His Beale Street Jug Band
1.146 Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott
1.147 Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
1.148 What Fault You Find of Me? Part 1 - Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie
1.149 Can I Do It for You ? Part 1 - Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie
1.150 She Wouldn't Give Me None - Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie
1.151 I'll Go with Her Blues - Robert Wilkins
1.152 Nashville Stonewall Blues - Robert Wilkins
1.153 Tennessee Workhouse Blues - Jennie Pope
1.154 What's the Matter Now? Part 1 - Bozo' Nickerson
1.155 The Memphis Blues Box - Original Recordings 1914-1969 (20-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box Set 7
1.156 Rent Man Blues - Jenny Pope
1.157 Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
1.158 Hesitation Blues - Jim Jackson
1.159 Bumble Bee - Memphis Minnie
1.160 I'm Talking About You - Memphis Minnie
1.161 Down the Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney
1.162 Talla