Blind Dog Radio

Atlantic Blues (Vocalists) by Various Artists

Label: Atlantic Records.
Release Date: 1986.
Recording Time: 74 minutes.
Release Info: Studio Recording.
Releases: March 19, 1990 (Atlantic / Rhino).

Styles: Bop, Early R&B, Electric Texas Blues, Funk, Jump Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Piano Blues, Regional Blues, Rock & Roll, Soul, Soul Blues, Swing, Texas Blues, Urban Blues.

Atlantic continues to trawl through its blues vaults on this generous set featuring many of the music's outstanding and often overlooked vocalists. Taking in some rarities and many updated classics, the 28-track mix includes excellent sides by longtime label star Ruth Brown, vintage blues chanteuse Sippie Wallace, urban blues pioneer Leroy Carr, and the "Poet of the Blues," Percy Mayfield. And while a few other marquee names appear, the bulk is comprised of highlights from such relatively obscure singers as Pearl Woods, Wesley Wilson (doing his version of the Bessie Smith perennial "Give Me a Pigfoot [And a Bottle of Beer]"), and Lou Willie Turner. In the spotlight or not, though, this wide-ranging collection makes for a fine stretch by the stereo. - Review by Stephen Cook.

Credits: D.K. Baker - composer; LaVern Baker - primary artist; Bobby "Blue" Bland - primary artist; Carol Bobolts - art direction; Ruth Brown - primary artist; Leroy Carr - composer; Otis Clay - primary artist; Johnny Copeland - primary artist; Ahmet Ertegun - executive-producer; Sam Feldman - mastering; Aretha Franklin - primary artist; Lillian "Lil" Green - primary artist; Wynonie Harris - primary artist; Z.Z. Hill - primary artist; Eldridge Holmes - primary artist; Stephen Innocenzi - transferring; Mable John - composer; Richard M. Jones - composer; Janis Joplin - composer; B.B. King - composer; Huddie Ledbetter - composer; Deadric Malone - composer; Percy Mayfield - composer, primary artist; D. McCormick - composer; Robin Nedboy - photography; Jim O'Neal - liner notes; Esther Phillips - primary artist; Bob Porter - compilation producer, reissue producer; Don Raye - composer; Jules Taub - composer; Johnnie Taylor - primary artist; Ted Taylor - primary artist; Rufus Thomas - primary artist; Traditional - composer; Big Joe Turner - composer, primary artist; Titus Turner - primary artist; Sippie Wallace - primary artist; Wesley Wilson - composer; Jimmy Witherspoon - primary artist; Pearl Woods - composer; Mama Yancey - primary artist.

Tracks: 1) Suitcase Blues - Sippie Wallace; 2) Trouble In Mind - Jimmy Witherspoon; 3) In The Evenin' - Jimmy Witherspoon; 4) Gimme A Pigfoot - LaVern Baker; 5) How Long Blues - Mama Yancey; 6) Oke-She-Make-Me-Pop - Joe Turner; 7) I've Got That Feelin' - Lil Green; 8) Every Time - Lil Green; 9) Destination Love - Wynonie Harris; 10) Tell A Whale Of A Tale - Wynonie Harris; 11) Rain Is A Bringdown - Ruth Brown; 12) Nothing Stays The Same Forever - Percy Mayfield; 13) River's Invitation - Ted Taylor; 14) Just Like A Fish - Esther Phillips; 15) Pouring Water On A Drowning Man - Otis Clay; 16) Did You Ever Love A Woman - Rufus Thomas; 17) Baby Girl Parts 1 & 2 - Titus Turner; 18) Ain't That Lovin' You - Bobby Bland; 19) It's My Own Tears That's Bein' Wasted - Johnny Copeland; 20) Cheatin' Woman - Eldridge Holmes; 21) I Had A Dream - Johnny Taylor; 22) Takin' Another Man's Place - Aretha Franklin; 23) It's a Hang-Up Baby - Z.Z. Hill.