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Track List
I Wonder - Cecil GantSomebody's Gotta Go - Cootie WilliamsS.K. Blues, Part 1 - Big Joe TurnerTippin' In - Erskine HawkinsStrange Things Happening Every Day - Sister Rosetta TharpeRock Me Mamma - Arthur "Big Boy" CrudupV Day Stomp - Four ClefsWho Threw the Whiskey in the Well? - Lucky MillinderCaldonia - Louis JordanBoogie Woogie on a Saturday Nite - Five Red CapsThat's the Stuff You Gotta Watch - Buddy JohnsonI Will Be Home Again - Golden Gate QuartetHoneydripper, Part 1 - Joe LigginsJimmy's Blues - Count BasieSwingin' the Boogie - Hadda BrooksSail on Boogie - T-Bone WalkerThings Have Changed - Big Maceo MerriweatherLeft a Good Deal in Mobile - Herb JeffriesI Ain't Mad at You Pretty Baby - Gatemouth MooreBlues at Sunrise - Ivory Joe HunterBaby Look at You - Wynonie HarrisBe-Baba-Leba - Helen HumesHarlem Nocturne - Johnny OtisGarfield Avenue Blues - Jay McShannIf It's Good - Julia LeeBeulah's Boogie - Lionel HamptonAlbum Notes
Blowing the Fuse is a killer series of compilation CDs issued by Germany's premier archivist label, Bear Family. Subtitled "R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox," each volume is compiled by year. This one, covering 1945, hosts 26 tunes. What is immediately arresting is the sequencing here. The order juxtaposes performers like Sister Rosetta Tharpe ("Strange Things Happening Every Day") Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup ("Rock Me Mama"), the Four Clefs ("V Day Stomp"), Lucky Millinder ("Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well"), Louis Jordan ("Caldonia") and the Five Red Caps ("Boogie Woogie on a Saturday Night") in one segment. Most of these names are legends, of course, from Wynonie Harris and Count Basie to Ivory Joe Hunter to Helen Humes. But there are some slightly off-track attractions as well: Julia Lee's "If It's Good," and Cecil Grant's "I Wonder." There are excellent liner notes by Colin Escott discussing each track in detail, great photos and a beautiful package. Sound quality, too is as good as it can be for this kind of archival material. This is a great way to kick off the series. ~ Thom Jurek
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