Release Date: 1974, 1983.
Recording Time: 37 minutes.
Recording Date: 1947.
Releases: 1993 (Blues Interactions, Inc. / P-Vine Records), 1998 (Barrelhouse Records), 2003 (P-Vine Records).
Styles: Chicago Blues.
All the earliest Maxwell Street acetate recordings from the short-lived Ora Nelle label, featuring the earliest sides of Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Johnny Young and Othum Brown. Delta bluesman Johnny Temple's "Olds 98 Blues," done Robert Johnson style with an electric guitar, is a particular standout. - Review by Cub Koda.
Credits: Abrams Family - producer; Sleepy John Estes - composer, guitar, primary artist, vocals; Little Walter - harp, vocals; Public Domain - composer; Jimmy Rogers - guitar, primary artist, vocals; Johnnie "Geechie" Temple - guitar, primary artist, vocals; Little Johnny Walter - primary artist; Big Joe Williams - primary artist; Johnny Williams & His Orchestra - guitar, vocals; Johnny Young - mandolin, primary artist, vocals.
Tracks: 1) I Just Keep Loving Her (Take 1) - Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter; 2) I Just Keep Loving Her (Take 2) - Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter; 3) Ora Nelle Blues (Take 1) - Othum Brown & Little Walter; 4) Ora Nelle Blues (Take 2) - Othum Brown & Little Walter; 5) Money Talking Woman (Take 1) - Johnny Young & Johnny Williams; 6) Money Talking Woman (Take 2) - Johnny Young & Johnny Williams; 7) Worried Man Blues - Johnny Young & Johnny Williams; 8) Little Store Blues (Take 1) - Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter; 9) Little Store Blues (Take 2) - Jimmy Rogers & Little Walter; 10) Christmas Time Blues - Boll Weevil; 11) Thinkin' Blues - Boll Weevil; 12) Harlem Bound - Sleepy John Estes; 13) Stone Blind - Sleepy John Estes; 14) Olds 98 Blues - Johnny Temple.