Label: Wolf Records.
Release Date: June 19, 1998.
Recording Time: 70 minutes.
Release Info: Studio Recording (WSE111).
Recording Date: February 14, 1928 - October 20, 1935.
Styles: Delta Blues, Regional Blues.
Original recordings from the collections of Werner Benecke, Joe Bussard, Johnny Parth.
Credits: Charles Avery - piano; Willie Brown - speech/speaker/speaking part; Jed Davenport - harmonica; Hannes Folterbauer - liner notes; Willie Harris - guitar, primary artist, vocals; Son House - speech/speaker/speaking part; Louise Johnson - composer, piano, primary artist, vocals; The Mississippi Moaner - primary artist; Paul Oliver - liner notes; Arthur Petties - guitar, primary artist, vocals; Arthur Pettis - primary artist; Coletha Simpson - speech/speaker/speaking part; James Williams - piano.
Tracks: 1) West Side Blues - Willie Harris; 2) What Makes A Tom Cat Blue? - Willie Harris; 3) Lonesome Midnight Dream - Willie Harris; 4) Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris; 5) You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door - Mississippi Bracey; 6) Cherry Ball - Mississippi Bracey; 7) Stered Gal - Mississippi Bracey; 8) I'll Overcome Someday - Mississippi Bracey; 9) World In A Jug - "Big Road" Webster Taylor; 10) Sunny Southern Blues - "Big Road" Webster Taylor; 11) Two Time Blues - Arthur Pettis; 12) Out On Santa Fe Blues - Arthur Pettis; 13) That Won't Do - Arthur Pettis; 14) Good Boy Blues - Arthur Pettis; 15) Quarrelin' Mama Blues - Arthur Pettis; 16) Revenue Man Blues - Arthur Pettis; 17) Mississippi Moan - The Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles); 18) It's Cold In China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles); 19) All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson; 20) Long Ways From Home - Louise Johnson; 21) On The Wall - Louise Johnson; 22) By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson; 23) All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson.
Personnel: Charles Avery - piano [probably] (1); Coletha Simpson - speech [possibly] (1); Freddie Thomas - speech [possibly] (1); Willie Harris - vocals, guitar (1, 2, 3); James Williams - piano (2); Unknown Artist - guitar, [possible 2nd guitar] (3, 4); Virginia Bracey - guitar [2nd guitar] (5, 6); Mississippi Caldwell Bracey - vocals, guitar (5, 6, 7, 8); Webster Taylor - vocals, guitar (9, 10); Arthur Petties - vocals, guitar (11, 12, 13, 14, 15); Jed Davenport - harmonica [probably] (15, 16); Unknown Artist - piano (15, 16); Isaiah Nettles - vocals, guitar (17, 18); Son House - speech [probably] (19, 20, 21, 22, 23); Willie Brown - speech [probably] (19, 20, 21, 22, 23); Louise Johnson - vocals, piano (19, 20, 21, 22, 23).
Recording location and date:
1. Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1929;
2. Chicago, Illinois, May 28, 1929;
3, 4. Chicago, Illinois, circa mid-March 1930;
5, 6, 7, 8. King Edward Hotel, Jackson, Mississippi, December 17, 1930;
9, 10. Chicago, Illinois, circa April 17, 1929;
11, 12. Memphis, Tennessee, February 14, 1928;
13, 14. Chicago, Illinois, circa July 25, 1930;
15, 16. Chicago, Illinois, October 7, 1930;
17, 18. Jackson, Mississippi, October 20, 1935;
19, 20, 21, 22. Grafton, Wisconsin, May 28, 1930;
23. Grafton, Wisconsin, May 28, 1930 - unissued.