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Various Artists: New York City Blues and R&B 1949-1954

CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2012-11-06

Tracks: Rough and Rocky Road - Joe "Google Eyes" August; No Wine, No Women - Joe "Google Eyes" August - (featuring Billy Ford); Hole In the Wall - Albinia Jones - (featuring Sam Price & His Rocking Rhythm); ...
Artists: Various Artists

Recording information: 02/??/1949-07/07/1954....continue...

Etta James: Live in New York

CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Out on the Streets Again; I'll Drown in My Own Tears; I Can't Turn You Loose; Dust Your Broom; I'd Rather Go Blind; Shake Your Booty; Respect Yourself; Rock Me Baby; Stormy Monday
Artists: Etta James

Recording information: New York, NY.

The voice of Etta James is synonymous with raw blues and soul, and it's easy to hear why on Live in New York. The woman who made her name at Chicago's famed...continue...

Albert Ammons: King of Boogie Woogie (1939-1949) *

2 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Monday Struggle; Boogie Woogie; Boogie Woogie Blues; Boogie Woogie Stomp; Chicago in Mind; Bass Goin' Crazy; Boogie Woogie at the Civic Opera; I Don't Want to See You; Swanee River Boogie; Clipper, T...
Artists: Albert Ammons

Personnel: Albert Ammons (piano); Jack Cooley (vocals, drums); Ike Perkins, Lonnie Johnson (guitar); Artie Starks (clarinet); Riley Hampton (alto saxophone); Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Meade "Lux"...continue...

T-Bone Walker: Jukebox Hits 1943-1952

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Riffette; Bobby Sox Blues; I'm Gonna Find My Baby; No Worry Blues; It's a Low Down Dirty Deal; Call It Stormy Mondy (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad); I Know Your Wig Is Gone; Long Skirt Baby Blues; I Wan...
Artists: T-Bone Walker

Liner Note Author: Bob Fisher ....continue...

Muddy Waters: Jukebox Hits 1948-1954

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: I Feel Like Going Home; I Can't Be Satisfied; Rollin' Stone; Walkin' Blues; Louisiana Blues; Long Distance Call; Honey Bee; Still a Fool; My Fault; She Moves Me; All Night Long; Please Have Mercy; St...
Artists: Muddy Waters

Liner Note Author: Bob Fisher ....continue...

Memphis Jug Band: He's in the Jailhouse Now

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Newport News -- Blues; Sun Brimmers Blues; Sometimes I Think I Love You; Kansas City Blues; Beale Street Mess Around; Coal Oil Blues; On the Road Again; Lindberg Hop; Jug Band Waltz; Stealin' Stealin...
Artists: Memphis Jug Band

With a line up of guitar, kazoo, jug and washboard, The Memphis Jug Band, although associated with Blues, were really an all round entertainment group....continue...
Personnel: Will Weldon, Charlie Burse (vocals, spoken vocals, guitar); Ben Ramey (vocals, spoken vocals, kazoo); Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson (vocals, spoken vocals); Memphis Minnie (vocals, guitar); Milt...continue...

The Griffin Brothers: Blues With a Beat

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Griff's Boogie; Little Red Rooster; Stubborn as a Mule; Hot Pepper; I'll Get a Deal; Tra la La; Sadie Green; Blues With a Beat; Stormy Night; One Steady Baby; Clock Song, The (Let Your Pendulum Swing...
Artists: The Griffin Brothers

One of the most popular touring outfits of the pre-Rock and Roll era, The Griffin Brothers made many great records and all of their releases...continue...
Personnel: Margie Day (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Dave Penny....continue...

Various Artists: California Blues [Fremeaux]

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: T-Bone Blues - Les Hite and His Orchestra/T-Bone Walker; I Wonder - Cecil Gant; Burma Road, Pt. 1-2 - Roy Milton Sextet; Sunny Road - Charles Brown; Scotty's Blues - Lowell Fulson; Wynonie Blues - Il...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Lowell Fulson (vocals, guitar); Amos Milburn, Cecil Gant (vocals, piano); Rabon Tarrant, Roy Milton (vocals, drums); Dinah Washington, Duke Henderson, Helen Humes, Marion Abernathy, Wynonie...continue...

Various Artists: Guitar Blues [Acrobat]

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Sweet Home Chicago; Panama Limited, The; Keep It Clean - No. 2; Future Blues; Dreaming Blues; You Scolded Me, Drove Me from Your Door; Rising River Blues; Black Angel Blues; I'll Go with Her Blues; B...
Artists: Various Artists

Jazz Gillum: Take One More Chance With Me *

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Don't You Scandalize My Name; Sarah Jane; Gillum's Windy Blues; You're Laughing Now; I'm Gonna Get It; Mule Blues; Let Her Go; She Won't Treat Me Kind; I'll Get Along Somehow; Against My Will; Got to...
Artists: Jazz Gillum

Personnel: Jazz Gillum (vocals, harmonica); George Barnes, Pete Franklin, Willie James Lacey, Big Bill Broonzy (guitar); Horrace Malcom, Joshua Altheimer, Roosevelt Sykes, Blind John Davis, Bob Call (...continue...

Various Artists: Piano Blues [Acrobat]

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: State Street Jive - Ivy Smith/Cow Cow Davenport; Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Smith; Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor; House Rent Scuffle - Lil Johnson; Rag Head Hop - Romeo Nelson; Mean Blues - S...
Artists: Various Artists

The story of the Paino Blues is largely one of unsung heroes and a music mostly forgotten but richly varied, intense and exciting. It's a...continue...
Personnel: Leo Green, George Noble, Jabo Williams, Leroy Carr, Little Brother Montgomery, Louise Johnson, Roosevelt Sykes, Walter Roland (vocals, piano); Lil Johnson (vocals); Ivy Smith (spoken vocals...continue...

Various Artists: Roots of Rock [Acrobat]

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Statesboro' Blues - Blind Willie McTell; Sitting on Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks; Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas; When the Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe/Memphis Minnie; Walkin' Blues - Robert Jo...
Artists: Various Artists

Also sold as part of a 3-CD box set with ROCK & ROLL GREATS & 50'S SUMMER DANCE PARTY, entitled, GOLDEN HITS OF THE 50'S & 60'S.

Personnel: Hosea Woods (vocals, guitar, kazoo); Kansas Joe McCoy...continue...

Various Artists: Big Town Playboys: Chicago Blues 1949-1954

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Black Angel Blues - Robert Nighthawk; Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones/Johnny Jones; I Love My Whiskey - Big Bill Broonzy; Shame on You Baby - St. Louis Jimmy; Everytime I Get to Drinkin' - Sun...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Chicago Urban Blues 1923-1945

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Chicago Bound Blues - Ida Cox; Suitcase Blues - Hersal Thomas; Bedroom Blues - Sippie Wallace; Sport Model Mama - Richard M. Jones/Bertha "Chippie" Hill; Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis; P...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Roosevelt Sykes (vocals, spoken vocals, piano); Kokomo Arnold, Tommy McClennan, Big Bill Broonzy (vocals, guitar); Sonny Boy Williamson I (vocals, harmonica); Georgia Tom Dorsey, Peter Chat...continue...

Scrapper Blackwell: Hard Time Blues *

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Trouble Blues, Pt. 1; Blue Day Blues; Penal Farm Blues; Hard Time Blues; Back Door Blues; Kokomo Blues; Down South Blues; Trouble Blues, Pt. 2; How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone?; I Believe I...
Artists: Scrapper Blackwell

One of the key figures in the growth of urban Blues music, Blackwell is known primarily as the guitar accompanist to one of the most...continue...
Personnel: Leroy Carr (vocals, piano).

Liner Note Author: Neil Slaven.

Recording information: Chicago, Ill (06/16/1928-02/25/1935); Indianapolis, Inc (06/16/1928-02/25/1935); New York, N...continue...

James Cotton (Harmonica): Feelin' Good [Acrobat/Hepcat]

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: V-8 Ford Blues; Polly Put the Kettle On; So Glad I'm Living (So Glad You're Mine); Diggin' My Potatoes; Three Harp Boogie (South Side Boogie); Turn on Your Lovelight; Good Time Charlie; Something on ...
Artists: James Cotton (Harmonica)

Personnel: James Cotton (vocals, harmonica); Elvin Bishop, Luther Tucker (guitar); Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold (harmonica); James Barge (tenor saxophone); McKinley Easton, Delbert Hill (bariton...continue...

Josh White: Blues and Ballads

CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Artists: Josh White

For many years Blues fans have dismissed Josh White because of his broad repertoire of songs which branded him as more of a Folk based...continue...
Personnel: Josh White (vocals, guitar).

Includes liner notes by Greg Gormick.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

This release highlights 18 songs cut by Josh White during ...continue...

Otis Blackwell: Sings His Greatest Hits

CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: All Shook Up; Fever; Back Trail; Daddy Rollin' Stone; Great Balls of Fire; Don't Be Cruel; Let's Talk About Us; Hey Little Girl; Breathless; Handy Man; Return to Sender
Artists: Otis Blackwell

All songs listed below were written by the prolific Otis Blackwell for artists like Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. Blackwell died during May of...continue...
Sings His Greatest Hits is a somewhat dodgy collection of the great songwriter Otis Blackwell -- the man who wrote some pillar tunes in rock & roll history -- performing his own songs. Blackwell's ori...continue...

Lowell Fulson: Jukebox Blues: 1946-1948

CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Artists: Lowell Fulson

Big Joe Turner: The Essential '40s Collection

CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Going Away Blues; Roll 'Em Pete?; Cherry Red; How Long, How Long Blues; Shake It and Break It; Lowdown Dirty Shame; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; Joe Turner Blues; Beale Street Blues; Piney Bro...
Artists: Big Joe Turner

Son House: New York Central Live!

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Intro/It's So Hard; Judgement Day; New York Central; True Friend Is Hard to Find, A; Preachin' Blues; Change Your Mind
Artists: Son House

Recording information: Oberlin, OH (04/15/1965).

Love is the main source of the blues, says Son House in his extended introduction to this live performance made after his 1960s rediscovery, and...continue...

Ruth Brown: Jukebox Hits 1949-1955

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: So Long; Sentimental Journey; Teardrops from My Eyes; I'll Wait for You; I Know; Shine On; 5 10 15 Hours; Daddy Daddy; Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean; Wild Wild Young Men; Oh What a Dream; Mambo B...
Artists: Ruth Brown

Our highly respected jukebox hits series continues with a look at the career of "Miss Rhythm" herself, Ruth Brown. Included here are all of her...continue...
Ruth Brown had an amazing string of smash hit singles between 1949 and 1955. In fact, "So Long," Brown's very first recording and the lead-off track of this fine compilation, sparked a run that includ...continue...

The Griffin Brothers: Blues with a Beat, Vol. 2 *

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Hoppin'; Street Walkin' Daddy; Bonaparte's Retreat; Riffin' with Griffin; If You Want Some Lovin'; Your Best Friend; I've Got a New Love; Stay Away from the Horses; Slow and Mellow; Midnight; My Stor...
Artists: The Griffin Brothers

This is the second volume of the recordings of Griffin Brothers Orchestra featuring Margie Day and Tommy Brown. This album brings together another 23 of...continue...
Personnel: Buddy Griffin & His Orchestra, Claudia Swann, Margie Day (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Dave Penny.

The Griffin Brothers led a hoppin' dance orchestra in the 1950s, featuring th...continue...

Esther Phillips: Mistrustin and Deceivin

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Artists: Esther Phillips

Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller): Eyesight to the Blind

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Eyesight to the Blind; Crazy About You Baby; Do It If You Wanna; Cool Cool Blues; Stop Crying; Come On Back Home; I Cross My Heart; West Memphis Blues; Pontiac Blues; Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues; Dus...
Artists: Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller)

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson: Cleanhead Blues: 1945-1947

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: It's a Groovy Affair; I've Been So Good; Mr Cleanhead Steps Out; Juice Head baby; Cherry Red Blues; Somebody's Gotta Go; Too Many Women Blues; Just a Dream; Cleanhead Blues; When a Woman Loves Her Ju...
Artists: Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

Personnel includes: Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (vocals, alto saxophone); Clark Terry (trumpet)....continue...

Jimmy McCracklin: Jimmy's Blues: 1945-1951

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Miss Mattie Left Me; Mean Mistreated Lover; Highway 101; Baby Don't You Want to Go; You Deceived Me; Rock and Rye, Pt. 1; Rock and Rye, Pt. 2; You Had Your Chance; Special for You; Rock and Rye; Miss...
Artists: Jimmy McCracklin

2003 compilation featuring 25 tracks. Highlights include, 'Miss Mattie Left Me', 'Mean Mistreated Lover', & 'Highway 101'. Acrobat....continue...
Personnel: Robert Kelton, Pee Wee Kingsley, Lafayette Thomas (guitar); Joe Conwright (alto saxophone); Charles Sutter (tenor saxophone); Shifty Henry (trumpet); Malcolm Taylor (trombone); J.D. Nichols...continue...

Tommy McClennan: Cotton Pickin' Blues

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Bottle It Up and Go; Catfish Blues; Cotton Patch Blues; Whiskey Head Woman; Ride 'Em On Down; Crosscut Saw Blues; Let Me Be Your Boss; Des'e My Blues; Brown Skin Girl; Bertha Lee Blues; You Can Mistr...
Artists: Tommy McClennan

McClennan and the lesser-known Petway were recorded in Chicago during the 1930s and enjoyed some commercial success. McClennan's primitive style was still popular with audiences...continue...
Personnel: Tommy McClennan (vocals, guitar); Alfred Elkins, Ransom Knowling (vocals, guitar).

Liner Note Author: Neil Slaven.

Recording information: Chicago, IL (11/22/1939-02/20/1942)....continue...

Various Artists: Blues Women 1944-1952

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Downhearted Blues; Sweet Man; Blues in My Heart; Sugar; Night Before Judgement Day, The - Miss Rhapsody; He May Be Your Man - Miss Rhapsody; I Fell for You - Miss Rhapsody; Evil Gal Blues - Albinia J...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: J. Collins, Leonard Ware (guitar); Gene Cedric (clarinet); P. Clarke (saxophone); Walter Thomas (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Teddy Small, Eddie Barefield, Rudy Powell (alto saxophone)...continue...

Various Artists: Boppers and the Blues

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Hootie Blues - Jay McShann; Why Did You Do That to Me? - Big Bill Broonzy; Albinia's Blues - Albinia Jones; Cock-A-Doodle-Doo - Wynonie Harris; Things About Coming My Way - Yack Taylor; Don't Drive T...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Rabon Tarrant (vocals, drums); Dinah Washington, Estelle Edson, Thelma Love, Helen Humes, Rubberlegs Williams, Wini Brown, Albinia Jones, Marion Abernathy, Walter Brown, Yack Taylor, Big Bi...continue...

Various Artists: Harmonica Blues [Acrobat]

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Artists: Various Artists

Jimmy Witherspoon/Odetta/Richard "Groove" Holmes: As Blue as They Want to Be

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Groove's Groove; California Blues; What a Wonderful World; Misty; Walking on a Tightrope; Slow Blues in G; Song for My Father; My Friend; Lonesome Road Blues; Onsaya Joy; Danger Zone Is Everywhere; T...
Artists: Jimmy Witherspoon/Odetta/Richard "Groove" Holmes

Personnel: Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals); Jimmy Witherspoon; Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ, Hammond b-3 organ, synthesizer); Odetta (vocals); Henry Taylor (guitar); Bross Townsend (piano); Greg Bandy (d...continue...

Big Joe Williams: Chicago 63

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Sugar Mama; Sinkin' Blues; Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out; Baby Please Don't Go; Put on Your Nightcap Baby; Bye Bye Baby Blues; Don't Want No Big Fat Woman; Ride in My New Car Blues; Goin'...
Artists: Big Joe Williams

Recorded live in Chicago, Illinois in 1963.

Personnel: Big Joe Williams (vocals, guitar).

Liner Note Author: Neil Slaven.

Recording information: Chicago, IL (1963)....continue...

Darby & Tarlton: Ooze It Up to Me

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Birmingham Jail; Columbus Stockade Blues; After the Ball; I Can't Tell Why I Love You; Alto Waltz; Mexican Rag; Country Girl Valley; Lonesome Railroad; Heavy Hearted Blues; Slow Wicked Blues; Black J...
Artists: Darby & Tarlton

There are few sounds in old time music more beautiful than the strange melding of the disparate voices of Darby and Tarlton over the smooth...continue...
Liner Note Author: Keith Briggs....continue...

Various Artists: West Coast Down Home Blues

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Come and Go with Me - Sonny Boy Johnson; Howling Woman - Mac Willis; TP Railer; Central Avenue Blues - R.L. Green/Simon Fisher Turner; Black Snake Blues - John Hogg; Brown Skin Woman - Beverly Scott;...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Sonny Boy Johnson, Mac Willis, Black Diamond, Smokey Hogg, Mercy Dee, Beverley Scott.

Personnel: Slim Green, Beverly Scott, Big Son Tillis and D.C. Bender, James Tisdom, Joh...continue...

Various Artists: The R&B Years, Vol. 2

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton; Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan; King Size Papa - Julia Lee; Baby Get Lost - Dinah Washington; I Want a Bowlegged Woman - Bull Moose Jackson; Hold Me Baby -...
Artists: Various Artists

The descriptive term R & B standing for Rhythm And Blues was coined by the American magazine Billboard in the late 40's to recognise the...continue...
Performers include: Amos Milburn, Ruth Brown, Louis Jordan, Sticks McGhee, Lionel Hamption, John Lee Hooker.

Packed with excellent performances, R & B Years, Vol. 2 is a solid collection of cla...continue...

Various Artists: The R&B Years, Vol. 1

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5; He's a Real Gone Guy - Nellie Lutcher; That's My Desire - Hadda Brooks; I'll Get Along Someday - Julia Lee; Open the Door, Richard - ...
Artists: Various Artists

The descriptive term R & B standing for Rhythm And Blues was coined by the American magazine Billboard in the late 40's to recognise the...continue...
Performers include: Louis Jordan, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Wynonie Harris....continue...

Various Artists: Southern Blues, Vol. 2 [Bonus Track]

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell; Gone Dead on You Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson; Nappy Head Blues - Bob Grant; Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan; Three Woman Blues - Blind Willie McTell; Superstitious Blues - Hatt...
Artists: Various Artists

Despite the enormous amount of recording that took place in Chicago and New York most of the sessions for rural country blues artists took place...continue...
Performers include: Blind Lemmon Jefferson, Blind Willie McTell, Georgie Cotton Pickers, Pinetop Burks, Bernice Edwards, Barbecue Bob.

Personnel: Henry Thomas (vocals, guitar, reed pipe); Simmi...continue...

Various Artists: Southern Blues, Vol. 1

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: I'm Leaving Town - William Harris; Mistreatin' Blues - Frank Stokes; Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson; Dry Land Blues - Furry Lewis; Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy; Elder Greene Blues - Charley Pat...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Furry Lewis, Charlie McCoy, Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Sleepy John Estes.

Personnel: Robert Lee McCoy (vocals, guitar, harpsichord); Otto Virgial, Frank St...continue...

Various Artists: New Orleans Blues [Acrobat]

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown; I'm Not Jealous - Richard Rabbit Brown; Haven't Got a Dollar to Pay Your House Rent Man; Old New Orleans Blues; Short Hair Blues - Kid Stormy Weather; Bread ...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Jelly Roll Morton, Champion Jack Dupree, Little Brother Montgomery.

Personnel: Ed Schaffer (vocals, guitar, kazoo); King Solomon Hill, Ramblin' Thomas, Richard Rabbit Brown ...continue...

Various Artists: Divas Sing the Blues

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Don't Come Over - Stella Johnson; Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat - Hannah May; Gas Man Blues - Mae Glover; Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl - Bessie Smith; My Daddy Rocks Me - Trixie Smith; Steady Grindin'; My M...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Bessie Smith, Trixie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Victoria Spivey, Kansas kate, Mae Glover.

Personnel: John Byrd , Marilyn Scott (vocals, guitar); Minnie Mathes, Dorethea Trowbrid...continue...

Bumble Bee Slim: Baby So Long

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Chain Gang Bound; No Woman No Nickel; Greasy Greens; M Blues Part 1; M Blues Part 2; Baby So Long
Artists: Bumble Bee Slim

Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton b. 1905 d. 1968) was one of the most popular recording artists amongst the Black population of America in the...continue...
Personnel includes: Bumble Bee Slim (vocals, guitar).

Recorded between 1931 & 1936.

The music of Amos Easton (Bumble Bee Slim) provides a neat bridge between Southern country blues and t...continue...

Lightnin' Hopkins: King of the Texas Blues [Acrobat]

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Katie Mae; Feel So Bad; That Mean Old Twister; Rocky Mountain Blues; Short Haired Woman; Big Mama Jump; Down Baby; Let Me Play With Your Poodle; Fast Mail Rambler; Thinkin' and Worryin'; Can't Get Th...
Artists: Lightnin' Hopkins

Recorded between 1966 & 1969 in Houston, Texas and Los Angeles, California.

Lightnin' Hopkins didn't sing songs so much as spontaneously make them up on the spot, pulling events from his daily ...continue...

Howlin' Wolf: Rockin' the Blues: Live in Germany 1964

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Rockin' the Blues; All My Life; Howlin' For My Darling; Dust My Broom (I Believe I'll); Goin' Down Slow; I Didn't Mean to Hurt Your Feelings; Love Me; Shake It For Me; Forty-Four
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

Personnel includes: Howlin' Wolf (vocals); Hubert Sumlin (guitar); Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim.

Recorded live in Germany.

Personnel includes: Howlin' Wolf, Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin...continue...

Percy Mayfield: Live in San Francisco

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Cried Last Night/Baby Please; Two Years of Torture; Strange Thing Happening; Please Send Me Someone to Love; Three O'Clock in the Morning
Artists: Percy Mayfield

Personnel: Percy Mayfield (vocals); Pee Wee Crayton, Ron Thompson (guitar); Mark Naftalin (piano)....continue...

Mark LaMarr: Mark Lamarr's Rhythm & Blues Christmas

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Hey Santa Claus - The Moonglows; Christmate Date Boogie - Big Joe Turner; Mr. Santa's Boogie - The Marshall Brothers; Sleigh Ride - Lloyd Glen; Christmas Morning - Titus Turner; I Want a Present For ...
Artists: Mark LaMarr

Various Artists: Texas Blues, Vol. 1

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Texas Blues, Vol. 2 [Acrobat]

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Rock Awhile - Goree Carter; Flychick Bounce - Lonnie Lyons; Let's Have Some Fun - Jessie Thomas; Hoy Hoy - Goree Carter; Down in the Groovy - Lonnie Lyons; Oo Wee Baby - Carl Campbell and Orchestra; ...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Goree Carter (guitar); Conrad Johnson, Henry Hayes (alto saxophone); Ed Wiley, Jr., Neil Green, Joe Houston (tenor saxophone); Ransom Knowling (baritone saxophone); Nelson Mills (trumpet); ...continue...

Various Artists: Texas Blues, Vol. 3

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Goin Down to Nashville - Carl Campbell and Orchestra; Freeway Boogie - Robert Smith; Sampson St. Boogie - Willie Johnson and His Orchestra; Fat Girl Boogie - Peppermint Harris; I'll Send You Freedom ...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Goree Carter (vocals, guitar); Lonnie Lyons, Elmore Nixon, Willie Connell Johnson, Memphis Slim (vocals, piano); Carlo Campbell, Jimmy McCracklin, Marie Adams, Peppermint Harris, Sonny Park...continue...

Morris Lane: Texor Saxsation

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Artists: Morris Lane

Personnel: Morris Lane (tenor saxophone); Bill Doggett, Billy Taylor (organ); Art Blakey (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Dave Penny; Lionel Hampton.

Recording information: New York, NY (01/...continue...