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Various Artists: The Return of the Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

2 CD / Yazoo / 2012-10-16

Tracks: L and N Rag - Alex Hood & His Railroad Boys; Roll and Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern; Hard for to Love - Appalachian Vagabond; Panama Limited, The - Bukka White; John Henry Blues - Earl Johnso...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: David Isay; R. Anthony Lee; Harvey Wang; Henry Renard; Harry Kursh; Charles Huber; Pete Kaufman; Richard Nevins.

This sequel to The ...continue...

Various Artists: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

2 CD / Yazoo / 2006-04-04

Tracks: Croquet Habits - Freeny's Barn Dance Band; Mississippi Country Farm - Son House; Up Jumped the Rabbit - Georgia Pot Lickers; I'm Going Back Home - Memphis Minnie/Joe McCoy; Fightin' in the War With S...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Georgia Pot Lickers, Rev. B.L. Wightman & Congregation, Smith & Irvine, Uaroy Graves, Roy Hobbs, Yank Rachell.

For anyone who's collected 78-rpm records, enjoyed Harry Smith's ...continue...

Skip James: Hard Time Killin' Floor

1 CD / Yazoo / 2005-06-21

Tracks: Cypress Grove Blues; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Special Rider Blues; Devil Got My Woman; I'm So Glad; Cherrry Ball Blues; 22-20 Blues; Jesus Is a Migh...
Artists: Skip James

Solo performer: Skip James (vocals, guitar)

Recorded in 1964. Includes liner notes by Brett J. Bonner.

Includes 4 bonus tracks by Son House.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.
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Charley Patton: Primeval Blues, Rags and Gospel Songs [Remaster]

1 CD / Yazoo / 2005-03-22

Tracks: Revenue Man Blues; Hang It on the Wall; Prayer of Death, Pt. 1; High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2; Stone Pony Blues; Prayer of Death, Pt. 2; Mean Black Cat Blues; 34 Blues; You're Gonna Need Somebody When...
Artists: Charley Patton

Personnel: Charley Patton (vocals, guitar); Willie Brown (guitar); Bertha Lee (vocals); Henry "Son" Sims (fiddle).

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Don Kent; Stephen...continue...

Frank Stokes: The Best of Frank Stokes

1 CD / Yazoo / 2005-01-25

Tracks: Take Me Back; Mistreatin' Blues; You Shall; What's the Matter Blues; I'm Going Away Blues; Memphis Rounders Blues; It Won't Be Long Now; It's a Good Thing (Take 1); Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, ...
Artists: Frank Stokes

Personnel: Frank Stokes (vocals, guitar); Frank Stokes; Dan Sane (guitar); Will Batts (fiddle).

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Richard Nevins; Don Kent.

Pho...continue...

Blind Willie McTell: The Best of Blind Willie McTell

1 CD / Yazoo / 2004-09-21

Tracks: Broke Down Engine Blues; Statesboro Blues; Travelin' Blues; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Dark Night Blues; Three Women Blues; Atlanta Strut; Writing Paper Blues; Come on Around to My House Mam...
Artists: Blind Willie McTell

Recorded in the 20's & 30's.

Personnel: Blind Willie McTell (vocals, guitar).

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

No one less than Bob Dylan penn...continue...

Various Artists: Back to the Crossroads: The Roots of Robert Johnson

1 CD / Yazoo / 2004-01-20

Tracks: Police Station Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw; Old Original Kokomo Blues - Kokomo Arnold; Cruel Hearted Woman - Bumble Bee Slim; Roll and Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern; Life Saver Blues - Lonnie J...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Elijah Wald.

In a day and time (post-2000) when tribute albums spring up before a singer has a chance to die, much less become an imm...continue...

Charley Patton: Best of Charley Patton

1 CD / Yazoo / 2003-11-11

Tracks: Down the Dirt Road Blues; It Won't Be Long; High Water Everywhere, Pt.1; High Sheriff Blues; Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues; Lord, I'm Discouraged; Shake It and Break It; Rattlesnake Blues; Screamin' an...
Artists: Charley Patton

Digitally remastered in 2003.

Personnel includes: Charley Patton (vocals, guitar).

Includes liner notes by Steve Calt and Don Kent.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner ...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 8: Early American Rural Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 2003-10-07

Tracks: It's Just Like Heaven - Vaughan Quartet; Steeley Rag, The - Red Headed Fiddlers; Paddlin' Blues - Gitfiddle Jim; Sand Mountain Drag; Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs; My Buddy, Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Ed Bell, Tommy Johnson, Bo Weavil Jackson (vocals, guitar); David Earl Miller (vocals); Ira Stripling (guitar); King Solomon Hill (slide guitar); Dennis McGee, Ernest Fruge (fiddle); Henry ...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 7: Early American Rural Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 2003-10-07

Tracks: Bust Down Stomp - Various Artists; Dixie Mail - Jimmie Tarlton; Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill; Mineola Rag - The East Texas Serenaders; Christ Arose - Sheffield Male Quartet; Rainy Nigh...
Artists: Various Artists

Each volume in Yazoo Records' Times Ain't Like They Used to Be series (this one is the seventh installment) collects 1920s and '30s commercial 78s, and taken together they project a vital and energeti...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 5: Early American Rural Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 2002-04-23

Tracks: Railroad Blues - Sam McGee; Step Stone - Floyd County Ramblers; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - Skip James; Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band; Doggone That Train - Jimmie Davis; Framer's Blues - E...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Richard Nevins.

Each volume in Yazoo Records' Times Ain't Like They Used to Be series (this one is the fifth installment) collects 19...continue...

Gus Cannon/Cannon's Jug Stompers: The Best of Cannon's Jug Stompers

1 CD / Yazoo / 2001-08-14

Tracks: Feather Bed; Last Chance Blues; Big Railroad Blues; Going to Germany; Minglewood Blues; Mule Get up in the Alley; Viola Lee Blues; Walk Right In; Noah's Blues; Wolf River Blues; Riley's Wagon; Madiso...
Artists: Gus Cannon/Cannon's Jug Stompers

Gus Cannon/Cannon's Jug Stompers: Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers, Noah Lewis, Ashley Thomson.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

Recording information: ...continue...

Memphis Jug Band: The Best of the Memphis Jug Band

3 CD / Yazoo / 2001-06-12

Tracks: Tired of You Driving Me; Black Woman Is Like a Black Snake, A; Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues; Papa's Got Your Bath Water On; On the Road Again; K.C. Moan; Cocaine Habit Blues; Coal Oil Blues; You May Leav...
Artists: Memphis Jug Band

Recorded in the 1920s.

Contains 23 tracks.

Charlie Polk, Jab Jones and Hambone Lewis also play jug on these selections.

Memphis Jug Band: Will Shade (vocals, guitar, harmonica); J...continue...

Blind Blake: The Best of Blind Blake [Yazoo]

2 CD / Yazoo / 2000-10-24

Tracks: Southern Rag; Georgia Bound; Blind Arthur's Breakdown; Too Tight Blues, No. 2; Dry Bone Shuffle; Rope Stretching Blues, Pt. 1; Panther Squall Blues; Skeedle Loo Doo Blues; You Gonna Quit Me Blues; Se...
Artists: Blind Blake

Includes liner notes by Steve Calt, Woody Mann and Don Kent.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Don Kent; Stephen Cal...continue...

Blind Lemon Jefferson: The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson [Yazoo]

2 CD / Yazoo / 2000-10-24

Tracks: Match Box Blues; That Crawlin' Baby Blues; Hot Dogs; Corinna Blues; Rambler Blues; Rabbit Foot Blues; Dry Southern Blues; 'Lectric Chair Blues; One Dime Blues; Got the Blues; See That My Grave Is Kep...
Artists: Blind Lemon Jefferson

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Stephen Calt.

Though KING OF THE COUNTRY BLUES is the definitive Blind Lemon Jeffer...continue...

Various Artists: Juke Joint Saturday Night: Classic Piano Blues Rags & Stomps

1 CD / Yazoo / 2000-05-23

Tracks: Pratt City Blues - Jabo Williams; Jab's Blues - Jabo Williams; On the Wall - Louise Johnson; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road - Skip James; Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor; Vicksburg...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Skip James, Little Brother Montgomery, Louise Johnson, Jabo Williams.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Bob Hall.

Capable of producing music...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 4: Early American Rural Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 1999-10-19

Tracks: Lowe Bonnie - Jimmie Tarlton; Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris; Billy in the Low Ground - Dick Burnett/Leonard Rutherford/Burnett & Rutherford; Rambling Gambler - The Dixon Brothers; Every Day in...
Artists: Various Artists

Full title: Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music Classic Recordings Of The 1920's and 30's: Volume 4.

Personnel: Skip James, Asa Martin (vocals, guitar); Howard Dixon (v...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 3: Early American Rural Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 1999-10-19

Tracks: I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole - Blind Willie Johnson; Bath House Blues - Ashley's Melody Men; Worried Blues - Frank Hutchison; Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short; Acorn Stomp - The East Texas ...
Artists: Various Artists

Full title: Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music Classic Recordings Of The 1920's and 30's: Volume 3.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins....continue...

Various Artists: The Cornshucker's Frolic, Vol. 1

1 CD / Yazoo / 1999-07-20

Tracks: Little Rabbit & Rabbit Where's You Mammy? - Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers; Mississippi Square Dance Part 2 - Freeny's Barn Dance Band; Forty Drops - Andrew & Jim Baxter; Serenade in the Mountains ...
Artists: Various Artists

Recorded in the 20's & 30's.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

This lively collection of celebratory music by rural musicians from the 1920s and '30s is a dream for fans of vintage country mu...continue...

Various Artists: The Cornshucker's Frolic, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1999-07-20

Tracks: Grape Vine Twist, The - Steve & His Hot Shots; They Don't Roost Too High for Me - Earl Johnson; Mule Get Up in the Alley - Cannon's Jug Stompers; Leather Britches - The Leake County Revelers; Possum ...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

Photographer: William Sidney Mount.

This second volume of festive roots music focuses more on blues and jug band mus...continue...

Various Artists: My Rough and Rowdy Ways, Vol. 1

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-10-20

Tracks: Tell It to Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music; Little Sadie - Clarence Ashley; Bad Luck Dice - Clifford Gibson; Way Up on Clinch Mountain - Jilson Setters; Frankie - Dykes Magic City Trio; Canned Heat...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Charles Wolfe.

Digitally remastered from the original recordings by Richard Nevins.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Charles K. Wolfe;...continue...

Various Artists: My Rough and Rowdy Ways, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-10-20

Tracks: Cocaine - Dick Justice; Otto Wood the Bandit - The Carolina Buddies; Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt; Railroadin' and Gamblin' - Uncle Dave Macon; That Bad Man Stackolee - David Miller; Canned Heat B...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Charles Wolfe.

Digitally remastered from the original recordings by Richard Nevins.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Charles K. Wolfe;...continue...

Various Artists: Hard Times Come Again No More, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-08-18

Tracks: Price of Cotton Blues - Allen Brothers; Keno, The Rent Man - The Cofer Brothers; Bad Time Blues - Barbecue Bob; Wreck of the Tennessee Gravey Train - Sam McGee; Arkansas Sheik, The - Clayton McMichen...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Charles K. Wolfe and Don Kent.

Digitally remastered by Richard Nevins from original 78s.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.
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Various Artists: Hard Times Come Again No More, Vol. 1

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-08-18

Tracks: Down on Penny's Farm - The Bently Boys; How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? - Blind Alfred Reed; Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin; All I Got's Gone - Ernest V. Stoneman; Bread Line Blues - Sli...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Charles K. Wolfe and Don Kent.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Charles K. Wolfe; Don Kent.

Another fine Yazoo collection of vintage A...continue...

Various Artists: Rose Grew Round the Briar, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-11-18

Tracks: Old Time Rider - Clifford Gibson; Handsome Molly - Grayson & Whitter; Last Gold Dollar - Ephraim Woodie; Built Right on the Ground - Blind Teddy Darby; George Collins - Roy Harvey; It's Hard to Leave...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

Photographer: Joan Pelosi.

The folks at Yazoo have outdone themselves in two genres with this collection of love son...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-07-15

Tracks: John Henry Blues - Earl Johnson; Moanin' the Blues - Allen Shaw; Lonesome Road Blues - Ernest V. Stoneman/Kahle Brewer; Washboard Cut Out - Bobby Leecan; Bob McKinney - Henry Thomas; Swanee River - F...
Artists: Various Artists

Like volume one, this presents 23 examples of early American rural music, mastered from rare 78s of the 1920s and 1930s. And like volume one, the names here will challenge the expertise of all but the...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 1

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-07-15

Tracks: Blues in a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers; Dollar Bill Blues - Charlie Jordan; Lost John Dean - Bascom Lamar Lunsford; Streak of Lean, Streak of Fat - Seven Foot Dilly & His Hot Pickles...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Charles K. Wolfe; Don Kent.

These are 23 rare 78s from the 1920s and 1930s, chosen to illustrate the wide range of "early American r...continue...

Various Artists: I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers, Vol. 1: Country

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-05-20

Tracks: Lonesome Day Blues - Ruby Glaze; Papa's Got Your Bath Water On - Hattie Hart/Memphis Jug Band; Black Hand Blues - Hattie Hudson; Going Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough; Mind Reader Blues - Bertha Lee; O...
Artists: Various Artists

Full title: I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers Vol. 1:

Country.

Musician (10/97, p.89) - "...these songs have a vitality in the lyrics, an urge to say something, th...continue...

Various Artists: I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers, Vol. 2: Town

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-05-20

Tracks: Dirty T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey; Strugglin' Woman's Blues - Clara Smith; Everybody Does It Now - Martha Copeland; Pay Roll Blues - Lucille Bogan; Forget Me Not Blues - Sara Martin; Section Hand Bl...
Artists: Various Artists

Full title: I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers, Vol. 2.

Performers include: Ma Rainey, Sara Martin, Sippie Wallace, Lottie Kimbrough, Mae Glover.

Audio Remasterer: ...continue...

Various Artists: How Can I Keep from Singing, Vol. 1

1 CD / Yazoo / 1996-06-04

Tracks: My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch; Woke up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves and Brother; Standing on the Promises - Taskiana Four; I Can Tell the World About This - Laura Henton; Walking in Su...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Don Kent; Richard Nevins.

Another of Yazoo Records' wonderful themed compilations, How Can I Keep From Singing is a collection of sa...continue...

Various Artists: The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's

1 CD / Yazoo / 1996-04-23

Tracks: If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down - Blind Willie Johnson; Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan; Bow Wow Blues - Allen Brothers; Jive Man Blues - Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon; Jonah in the Wilderness - H...
Artists: Various Artists

THE ROOTS OF RAP is a compilation of blues, country, gospel and other songs from the 1920s and 1930s with spoken cadences that pre-dated, and influenced, rap music.

Compilation producers: Richa...continue...

Various Artists: Harmonica Masters

1 CD / Yazoo / 1996-04-23

Tracks: Ice Water Blues - DeFord Bailey; Lost Boy Blues - Palmer McAbee; Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis; Choking Blues - Kyle Wooten; Chickasaw Special - Noah Lewis; Pannsylvania Woman Blues - Six Cyl...
Artists: Various Artists

Recorded in the 1920s and 1930s.

Personnel: David McCarn (vocals); Robert Carver, Nobel Carver, Six Cylinder Smith (guitar); Lewis Crook (banjo); George "Bullet" Williams , Herman Crook, Gwen F...continue...

Various Artists: Before the Blues, Vol. 1: The Early American Black Music Scene

1 CD / Yazoo / 1996-03-19

Tracks: Bamalong Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter; Run, Mollie, Run - Henry Thomas; Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins; Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers; On Jordan's Stormy Banks We Stand - Seventh Day Adv...
Artists: Various Artists

BEFORE THE BLUES: THE EARLY AMERICAN BLACK MUSIC SCENE, VOLUME 1 chronicles the evolution of blues from early religious music to its more modern form during the 1920s and 1930s.

Compilation pro...continue...

Various Artists: Before the Blues, Vol. 2: The Early American Black Music Scene

1 CD / Yazoo / 1996-03-19

Tracks: Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band; How Long - Frank Stokes; Skin Game Blues - Peg Leg Howell; K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band; Just a Spoonful - Charley Jordan; Doggone My Good Luck Soul - Hattie Hudson; ...
Artists: Various Artists

BEFORE THE BLUES: THE EARLY AMERICAN BLACK MUSIC SCENE, VOLUME 2 chronicles black musical forms from the 1920s and 1930s.

Compilation producers: Richard Nevins, Don Kent.

Includes liner ...continue...

Various Artists: Before the Blues, Vol. 3: The Early American Black Music Scene

1 CD / Yazoo / 1996-03-19

Artists: Various Artists

BEFORE THE BLUES: THE EARLY AMERICAN BLACK MUSIC SCENE, VOLUME 3 chronicles black musical forms from the 1920s and 1930s.

Compilation producers: Richard Nevins, Don Kent.

Includes liner ...continue...

Various Artists: Masters of the Delta Blues: The Friends of Charlie Patton

1 CD / Yazoo / 1995-01-01

Tracks: Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey; Big Fat Mama Blues - Tommy Johnson; I Am in the Heavenly Way - Bukka White; Future Blues - Willie Brown; Brown Mama Blues - Ishman Bracey; On the Wall - Louise Johnson; Walk...
Artists: Various Artists

Producers: Richard Nevins, Don Kent, Stefan Grossman.

This is a collection of early country blues tunes by guitarists and vocalists who were friends of, or were influenced by, Charlie Patton....continue...

Various Artists: Country Blues Bottleneck Guitar Classics: 1926-1937

1 CD / Yazoo / 1995-01-01

Tracks: Atlanta Moan - Barbecue Bob; Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley; Man of My Own - Ruth Mary Willis; Panama Limited, The - Bukka White; Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers; Milkcow's Calf ...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Authors: Stephen Calt; Michael Stewart; Nick Perls.

Originating with the homemade, single-string instruments created by musicians from Mississippi and neighboring states, the slide s...continue...

Mississippi Sheiks: Stop and Listen

1 CD / Yazoo / 1995-01-01

Tracks: Stop and Listen Blues; Lonely One in This Town; World Is Going Wrong, The; She Ain't No Good; Sitting on Top of the World; Too Long; That's It; Bootlegger's Blues; Somebody's Got to Help You; Jailbir...
Artists: Mississippi Sheiks

Mississippi Sheiks: Lonnie Chatmon (fiddle), Walter Vinson (guitar, vocals).

Producers: Don Kent, Stefan Grossman, Richard Nevins.

Includes liner notes by Stephen Calt, Don Kent and Mich...continue...

Sleepy John Estes: I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941

1 CD / Yazoo / 1995-01-01

Tracks: Milk Cow Blues; Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair, The; Someday Baby Blues; Little Laura Blues; Black Mattie Blues; Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues); Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too; Dro...
Artists: Sleepy John Estes

Personnel includes: Sleepy John Estes (vocals); James "Yank" Rachell (mandolin); Hammie Nixon (harmonica); Jab Jones (piano).

Aroducers: Richard Nevins, Don Kent, Stefan Grossman.

Includ...continue...

Various Artists: Mississippi Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-1935

1 CD / Yazoo / 1995-01-01

Tracks: Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers; Kansas City Blues - William Harris; Little Girl in Rome - Otto Virgial; Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney; Last Kind Words - Geeshie Wiley; Fare Thee Well...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Don Kent.

Digitally remastered by Richard Nevins, Joe Tarantino, Scott Levitin (Fantasy Studios).

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Audio Remixer: Robert V...continue...

Various Artists: Memphis Masters: Early American Blues Classics

1 CD / Yazoo / 1994-10-01

Tracks: Country Woman - Will Batts; Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson; Billy Lyons and Stackolee - Furry Lewis; Pile Driver Blues - Joe McCoy; I'm Going Away Blues - Frank Stokes; Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dick...
Artists: Various Artists

Producers: Richard Nevins, Don Kent, Sherwin Dunner (all tracks).

Includes liner notes by Don Kent.

A companion to Yazoo's excellent Mississippi Masters collection, this time focusing on...continue...

Skip James: Complete 1931 Recordings in Chronological Order

1 CD / Yazoo / 1994-08-01

Tracks: Devil Got My Woman; Cypress Grove Blues; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Drunken Spree; Cherry Ball Blues; Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader; Illinois Blues; How Lo...
Artists: Skip James

This collection contains all the Skip James tracks released by Paramount records in 1931 in chronological order.

Personnel includes: Skip James (vocals, guitar, piano).

Includes liner no...continue...

Rev. Gary Davis: Complete Early Recordings

1 CD / Yazoo / 1994-01-01

Tracks: I Belong to the Band-Hallelujah!; Great Change in Me, The; Angel's Message to Me, The; I Saw the Light; Lord, Stand by Me; I Am the Light; O Lord, Search My Heart; Have More Faith in Jesus; You Got t...
Artists: Rev. Gary Davis

Personnel: Rev. Gary Davis (vocals, guitar).

One can't possibly own too much of the Reverend Gary Davis's music from any era, but he made so few recordings in the 1930s that the material is rep...continue...

Harry Reser's Orchestra/Harry Reser: Banjo Crackerjax, 1922-1930

1 CD / Yazoo / 1992-10-01

Tracks: Lollypops; Frosted Chocolate; Heebe Jeebes; Cat and the Dog, The; Cracker Jack; Flaperette; Kitten on the Keys; Easy Goin'; Old Town Pump, The; Fair and Warmer; Pickin's; Crazy Jo'; Sugar Blues; Send...
Artists: Harry Reser's Orchestra/Harry Reser

Personnel includes: Harry Reser (banjo, vocals).

Personnel: Harry Reser (banjo).

Liner Note Author: Dave Jasen.

Recording information: 1922-1930.

Illustrator: Bob Armstrong...continue...

Tampa Red: Bottleneck Guitar 1928-1937

1 CD / Yazoo / 1992-10-01

Tracks: It's Heated; You Got to Reap What You Sow; What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy?; Black Eye Blues; Duck Yas-Yas-Yas, The; It's Red Hot; If You Want Me to Love You; No Matter How She Done It; Through Tra...
Artists: Tampa Red

Personnel: Tampa Red (guitar); Hudson Whittaker (vocals, guitar); Georgia Tom Dorsey (piano).

Liner Note Author: John Miller .

Yazoo's Bottleneck Guitar (1928-1937) is a great collection...continue...

Barbecue Bob: Chocolate to the Bone

1 CD / Yazoo / 1992-07-01

Tracks: Motherless Chile Blues; Spider and the Fly; Yo Yo Blues; Mississippi Heavy Water Blues; California Blues; She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day; Barbecue Blues; When the Saints Go Marching In; Ease I...
Artists: Barbecue Bob

Personnel: Robert "Barbecue Bob" Hicks (guitar); Nellie Florence (vocals); Curley Weaver (guitar); Buddy Moss (harmonica).

Producers: Richard Nevins, Don Kent, Stefan Grossman.

Includes ...continue...

Kokomo Arnold/Casey Bill Weldon: Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930s

1 CD / Yazoo / 1992-06-01

Tracks: You Just as Well Let Her Go; Go Ahead, Buddy; Lady Doctor Blues; Big Boat, The; Hitch Me to Your Buggy, and Drive Me Like a Mule; You Shouldn't Do That; Back Door Blues; Twelves, The (Dirty Dozens); ...
Artists: Kokomo Arnold/Casey Bill Weldon

Full performer name: Casey Bill Weldon/Kokomo Arnold.

Personnel: Casey Bill Weldon (bottleneck guitar); Kokomo Arnold (bottleneck guitar).

Liner Note Authors: John Miller ; Stephen Calt....continue...

Various Artists: Please Warm My Weiner: Old Time Hokum Blues

1 CD / Yazoo / 1992-06-01

Tracks: Coldest Stuff in Town, The - Frankie Griggs/Whistling Bob Howe & Frankie Griggs; Satisfaction Blues - Rufus and Ben Quillian; Banana Man Blues - Memphis Minnie; Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama - Butt...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Bo Carter, Memphis Minnie, Buddie Burton, Butterbean, Susie.

This collection consists of bawdy and vaudeville-inspired songs and routines.

Liner Note Author: Stephen ...continue...

Big Bill Broonzy: Do That Guitar Rag (1928-1935)

1 CD / Yazoo / 1991-11-01

Tracks: Bull Cow Blues; Worrying You Off My Mind, Pt. 1; Pig Meat Strut; Terrible Operation Blues; Guitar Rag; Pussy Cat Blues; C & A Blues; Mr. Conductor Man; Big Bill Blues; Leave My Man Alone; Down in the...
Artists: Big Bill Broonzy

Personnel: Big Bill Broonzy (vocals, guitar).

Liner Note Authors: Stephen Calt; Woody Mann.

Recording information: 1928-1935.

This a marvelous little companion piece to Young Big ...continue...

Scrapper Blackwell: Virtuoso Guitar 1925-1934

1 CD / Yazoo / 1991-06-01

Tracks: Kokomo Blues; Down South Blues; Good Woman Blues; My Dream Blues; Hard Time Blues; Penal Farm Blues; Down in Black Bottom; Pack up Her Trunk Blues; Back Door Blues; Blue Day Blues; Whiskey Man Blues;...
Artists: Scrapper Blackwell

Personnel: Scrapper Blackwell (guitar); Black Bottom McPhail (vocals); Tommie Bradley (guitar); Leroy Carr (piano).

Liner Note Authors: Jerry Epstein; Stewart; Michael Stewart; Stephen Calt; Ni...continue...