Various Artist ?– Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950-1956
Label: Sun Record Company /Charly (UK)
Released: 1984
Format: [email protected]
RECORDS 1 -3 of 9
Sun Records The Blues Years 1950-1956 Sun Box 105. This box set contains 9 vinyl lp discs .
A total of 151 recordings on the 9 discs - by such artists as Howling Wolf, B. B. King, Jackie Brenston, Little Junior's Blue Flames, Walter Horton, James Cotton, Little Milton, Billy Emerson, Rosco Gordon, Lost John Hunter and many, many others. Selections include: Boogie in the Park, Rocket 88, Ridin' the Boogie, Sam's Drag, 4 o'clock Blues, Drivin' Slow, Mystery Train, Red Hot, and scores of others. You will listen to: The Prisonaires singing Don't Say Tomorrow, The Jones Brothers doing Gospel Train, Sweet Home Chicago by Honeyboy Edwards. This box set is a historical treasure trove of blues, gospel and R&B music from Memphis in the early fifties. Many recordings had not been previously issued
Record One:
Side 1 - Boogie In The Park
Lost John Hunter & The Blind Bats
01 - Cool Down Mama
02 - School Boy
Charlie Burse
03 - Shorty The Barber
Joe Hill Louis
04 - Boogie In The Park
05- Gotta Let You Go
Sleepy John Estes
06 - Registration Day Blues
07 - Policy Man
08 - Rats In My Kitchen
09 - Runnin' Around
Side 2 - Highway Man
Howlin' Wolf
01 - Highway Man
02 - My Troubles And Me
03 - Everybody's In The Mood
04 - Decoration Day Blues
05 - Bluebird Blues
06 - Well That's Alright
07 - My Baby Walked Off
08 - Come Back Home
Record Two:
Side 3 - Ridin' The Boogie
B.B. King
01- She's Dynamite
02- B.B. Blues
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
03- Rocket 88
Lou Sargent
04 - Ridin' The Boogie
Billy Love
05- Juiced
Jackie Brenston
06- My Real Gone Rocket
07- Tuckered Out
Billy Love
08- Drop Top
Side 4 - Sam's Drag
L.J. Thomas
01- Sam's Drag
02- Baby Take A Chance With Me
Rosco Gordon
03 - T-Model Boogie -
04- Decorate The Counter
Rufus Thomas
05- Married Woman
Houston Stokes
06- You'll Be Sorry
07- Blue And Lonesome
08- Baby's Gone And Left Me
Walter "Tang" Smith
09- Hi- Tone Mama]
Record Three:
Side 5 - Drivin' Slow
Johnny London
01- Drivin' Slow
Handy Jackson
02- Got My Application Baby
Rufus 'Hound Dog' Thomas Jr
03- Bear Cat
04- Walking In The Rain
Big Memphis Ma Rainey
05- Call Me Anything But Call Me
06- Baby No No
Rufus Thomas Jr.
07- Save That Money
08- Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)
Side 6 - Mystery Train
Little Junior's Blue Flames
01- Feelin' Good
02- Fussin' And Fightin' Blues
03- Mystery Train
04- Love My Baby
05- Sittin' Drinkin' And Thinkin'
William Stewart
06- Country Farm Blues
Prisonaires
07- Just Walkin' In The Rain
08- Don't Say Tomorrow
Hunki Dori
09- I Want My Baby Back
