Label: EPM (Blues Collection).
Release Date: February 3, 1998.
Recording Time: 60 minutes.
Recording Date: June 19, 1928 - July 7, 1935.
Release Info: Compilation (#159062) Studio Recording.
Series: Historic Recordings.
Styles: Piano Blues, Acoustic Blues, Pre-War Blues.
Credits: Francis Blackwell - composer, vocals; Scrapper Blackwell - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist; R. Brown - composer; Jean Buzelin - cover design, liner notes; W.R. Calaway - composer; Leroy Carr - composer, piano, primary artist, vocals; Dot Rice - piano; Joyce Waterhouse - translation; Josh White - guitar; Clarence Williams - composer.
Tracks: 1. How Long-How Long Blues; 2. I'm Going Away And Leave My Baby; 3. There's Ain't Nobody Got It Like She's Got It; 4. Bee-Da-Da-Bum; 5. Naptown Blues; 6. Gettin' All Wet; 7. Papa's On The House Stop; 8. Alabama Woman Blues; 9. Papa Wants To Knock A Jug; 10. Mean Mistreater Mama; 11. Blues Before Sunrise; 12. Take A Walk About The Corner (Courtroom Blues); 13. I Believe I'll Make A Change; 14. Barrelhouse Woman; 15. Longine For My Sugar; 16. Big Four Blues; 17. It's Too Short; 18. When The Sun Goes Down (In The Evening); 19. Ain't It A Shame; 20. My Old Pal (Dedicated To The Memory Of Leroy Carr).
Songwriter – Leroy Carr (tracks: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,15,16,18,19), Scrapper Blackwell (tracks: 4,5,6,9,20).
Personnel:
(1-3) Leroy Carr (p, vcl), Scrapper Blackwell (g), 1928/29;
(4) Scrapper Blackwell (g, vcl), Leroy Carr (p), 1929;
(5-9) Leroy Carr (p, vcl), Scrapper Blackwell (g, vcl on 6, 9), 1929/31;
(11-14) Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell, 1934;
(15-17) Leroy Carr (p, vcl), Scrapper Blackwell, Josh White (g), 1934;
(18-19) Leroy Carr (p, vcl), Scrapper Blackwell (g on 18), 1935;
(20) Scrapper Blackwell (g, vcl), Dot Rice (p), 1935.