Release Date: June 2, 1994.
Recording Time: 65 minutes.
Recording Date: July 5, 1945 - October 31, 1947.
Release Info: Compilation (DOCD-5213) Studio Recording.
Styles: Acoustic Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Electric Chicago Blues.
Volume 13 of 15 of Tampa Red's Complete Recorded Works, recorded from July 1945 to October 1947.
Credits: Alan Balfour - Liner Notes; Bob Call - Piano; Bill Casimir - Sax (Tenor); Ernest "Big" Crawford - Bass; Blind John Davis - Piano; Tyrell Dixon - Drums; Alfred Elkins - Bass; Ransom Knowling - Bass; Oett "Sax" Mallard - Clarinet, Sax (Alto); Big Maceo Merriweather - Piano, Vocals; Johnny Parth - Compilation Producer, Producer; Judge Riley - Drums; Chick Sanders - Drums; Tampa Red - Composer, Guitar, Kazoo, Primary Artist, Vocals; Gerhard Wessely - Remastering; Hudson Whittaker - Composer.
Tracklist:
01. Give Me Mine Now - Tampa Red
02. Better Leave My Gal Alone - Tampa Red
03. I'll Be Up Again Some Day - Tampa Red
04. I Oughta Bite You - Tampa Red
05. Corrine Blues - Tampa Red
06. Play Proof Mama - Tampa Red
07. Let's Try It Again - Tampa Red
08. Maybe, Someday - Tampa Red
09. Crying Won't Help You - Tampa Red
10. Please Be Careful - Tampa Red
11. You May Be Down Someday - Tampa Red
12. She's A Solid Killer Diller - Tampa Red
13. Poor Stranger Blues - Tampa Red
14. New Bad Luck Blues - Tampa Red
15. I Know My Baby Loves Me - Tampa Red
16. Blue And All Alone - Tampa Red
17. You Better Woo Your Baby - Tampa Red
18. Grieving Blues - Tampa Red
19. Sugar Baby - Tampa Red
20. Keep Jumping - Tampa Red
21. I'll Dig You Sooner Or Later - Tampa Red
22. Roaming And Rambling - Tampa Red
Personnel: Tampa Red - Vocals, Guitar, Kazoo; Bob Call - Piano (tracks 19 to 22); Bill Casimir - Tenor Saxophone (tracks 19 to 22); Ernest "Big" Crawford - Bass (tracks 11 to 14); Blind John Davis - Piano (tracks 11 to 18); Tyrell Dixon - Drums (tracks 1, 2); Alfred Elkins - Bass (tracks 7 to 10); John Gardner - Alto Saxophone (tracks 15 to 18); Armand "Jump" Jackson - Drums (tracks 11 to 14); Ransom Knowling - Bass (tracks 15 to 22); Big Maceo - Piano, Vocals (tracks 1 to 10); Oett "Sax" Mallard - Alto Saxophone, Clarinet (tracks 11 to 14, 19 to 22); Judge Riley - Drums (tracks 15 to 22); Chick Sanders - Drums (tracks 3 to 6); Walter Williams - Trumpet (tracks 15 to 18).
Recorded in Chicago, IL - July 5, 1945 (tracks 1, 2), October 19, 1945 (tracks 3 to 6), February 19, 1946 (tracks 7 to 10), September 16, 1946 (tracks 11 to 14), September 23, 1947 (tracks 15 to 18), and October 31, 1947 (tracks 19 to 22).