Various Artists - Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
Label: One Day Music
Released : 21 May 2014
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The selection here from the legendary Vocalion label spans the period from 1926 to 1940, the year before the United States went to war. Though this includes the period of the Great Depression, significant numbers of blues records were sold and Vocalion showcased a piano-based style the music business dubbed urban blues , distinguishing it from the Mississippi Delta country blues . With gems from the likes of Leroy Carr, Robert Johnson and Memphis Minnie, there s no doubt the classic Vocalion repertoire on this 2 disc set was, and still is, the cream of the blues crop.
Disc 1
01. Robert Johnson - Ramblin' On My Mind - 02:54
02. Blind Boy Fuller - Step It Up And Go - 02:57
03. Blind Willie Mctell - Broke Down Engine Blues - 03:08
04. Sonny Terry - Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown - 02:37
05. Big Bill Broonzy - How You Want It Done - 02:52
06. Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World - 03:04
07. Victoria Spivey - Toothache Blues - 02:50
08. Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues - 03:04
09. Henry Thomas - Fishing Blues - 02:44
10. Bertha 'Chippie' Hill - Trouble In Mind - 02:43
11. Casey Bill Weldon - W.P.A. Blues - 03:16
12. St. Louis Bessie - Sugar Man Blues Pt.1 & Pt.2 - 05:44
13. Charlie Segar - Key To The Highway - 02:52
14. Rosa Henderson - Chicago Policemen Blues - 02:57
15. Edmonia Henderson - Dead Man Blues - 03:11
16. Bumble Bee Slim - New B & O Blues - 02:51
17. Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean - 02:47
18. George Noble - Dozing Blues - 03:22
19. Tampa Red - You Rascal You - 03:02
20. Bernice Edwards - Butcher Shop Blues - 03:08
21. Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe - Burleskin' Blues - 03:19
22. Lulu Jackson - Lost Lover Blues - 02:49
23. Monkey Joe & Roosevelt Scott - Send Me An Angel Down - 02:58
24. Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - How Long, How Long Blues - 03:07
25. Texas Alexander & Willie Reed - Easy Rider Blues - 02:47
Disc 2
01. Bukka White - Special Steam Line - 02:55
02. Memphis Minnie - New Bumble Bee - 02:53
03. Scrapper Blackwell - Kokomo Blues - 03:04
04. Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground) - 03:20
05. Charley Patton - Hang It On The Wall - 02:46
06. Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O'lee - 02:33
07. Ada Brown - Panama Limited Blues - 03:10
08. Blind Boy Fuller - Mamie - 02:52
09. Ida Cox And Her Allstar Band - Four Day Creep - 03:28
10. Robert Johnson - Stones In My Passageway - 02:28
11. Bo Carter - Ram Rod Daddy - 03:01
12. Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues (Take A) - 03:09
13. Hattie Hart - I Let My Daddy Do That - 02:59
14. Son Becky - Midnight Trouble Blues - 02:36
15. Black Boy Shine - Sail On Little Girl No. 3 - 02:54
16. Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Roll 'Em Pete - 02:51
17. Curtis Jones - Reefer Hound Blues - 02:47
18. Little Son Joe (Ernest Lawlars) Feat. Memphis Minnie - A.B.C. Blues - 02:46
19. Irene Scruggs - Sorrow Valley Blues - 02:45
20. Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You - 02:58
21. Jim Jackson - My Monday Blues - 03:03
22. Bessie Brown - Song from A Cotton Field - 02:46
23. Jelly Jaw Short - Snake Doctor Blues - 03:23
24. Bert Mays - Michigan River Blues - 03:07
25. Blind Joe Taggart - The Storm Is Passing Over - 02:54
