Release Date: June 24, 2016.
Recording Time: 305 minutes.
Release Info: 5 x CD, Compilation (RANDB036).
Clarksdale, Mississippi: birthplace of Ike Turner, Sam Cook, John Lee Hooker, and Son House and home to five taverns visited by Library of Congress researcher Lewis Wade Jones in 1941. In each of these taverns, the Chicken Shack, the Dipsle Doodle, Lucky's, the Messenger's Cafe, and the New Africa, a jukebox. In each jukebox, a choice of records, painstakingly listed by Jones, who figured it was worth it. And now, sitting down in the comfort of your own home, you can pull yourself a beer and listen to the sounds that a 29 yard-old Muddy Waters from nearby Stovall might have heard on a night out in Clarksdale on September 9th, 1941. Thanks, Lewis!
Credits: Louis Armstrong - Composer, Primary Artist; Count Basie - Composer, Primary Artist; Count Basie & His Orchestra - Primary Artist; Ray Bauduc - Composer; Connie Boswell - Primary Artist; Big Bill Broonzy - Composer, Primary Artist; Ted Buckner - Composer; William Bunch - Composer; Erskine Butterfield - Primary Artist; Cab Calloway - Composer, Primary Artist; Melvin Chapman - Composer; Chatman - Composer; Larry Clinton - Primary Artist; Bing Crosby - Primary Artist; George Curry - Composer; Jerry Daniels - Composer; Lee David - Composer; Jimmie Davis - Composer; Walter Davis - Composer, Primary Artist; Buddy DeSylva - Composer; Walter Donaldson - Composer; Billy Eckstine - Composer, Primary Artist; Duke Ellington - Composer; Leonard Feather - Composer; Ella Fitzgerald - Primary Artist; Four Clefs - Primary Artist; Four of the Bob Cats - Primary Artist; Blind Boy Fuller - Composer, Primary Artist; Lewis Gensler - Composer; Jazz Gillum - Composer, Primary Artist; Slim Green - Composer; Bob Haggart - Composer; Lucille Harmon - Composer; Erskine Hawkins - Primary Artist; Fletcher Henderson - Composer, Primary Artist; Woody Herman - Composer, Primary Artist; Arthur Herzog, Jr. - Composer; Earl Hines - Composer, Primary Artist; Johnny Hodges - Composer, Primary Artist; Billie Holiday - Composer, Primary Artist; Mann Holiner - Composer; The Ink Spots - Primary Artist; Milt Jackson - Composer; Roy Jacobs - Composer; Buddy Johnson - Composer, Primary Artist; Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra - Primary Artist; Pete Johnson - Composer; Buddy Jones - Primary Artist; Richard M. Jones - Composer; Louis Jordan - Composer, Primary Artist; Sammy Kaye - Primary Artist; Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy - Primary Artist; Ed Kirkeby - Composer; Lecuona - Composer; Lil Green - Composer, Primary Artist; Jimmie Lunceford - Composer, Primary Artist; Tommy McClennan - Composer, Primary Artist; Joe McCoy - Composer; Robert Lee McCoy - Composer; Jay McShann - Composer, Primary Artist; Memphis Slim - Primary Artist; Eddie Miller - Composer; Glenn Miller - Primary Artist; Josef Myrow - Composer; Alberta Nichols - Composer; James Noble - Composer; Fred Norman - Composer; Eugene Novello - Composer; Sy Oliver - Composer; Will Osborne - Composer; Sammy Price - Composer, Primary Artist; Don Redman - Composer; Dick Rogers - Composer; Billy Rose - Composer; Jimmy Rushing - Composer, Primary Artist; Artie Shaw - Composer, Primary Artist; Ollie Shepard - Primary Artist; Pinetop Smith - Composer; William Grant Still - Composer; Roosevelt Sykes - Composer, Primary Artist; Art Tatum - Composer, Primary Artist; Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Primary Artist; Joe Thomas - Composer; Traditional - Composer; Bobby Troup - Composer; Big Joe Turner - Composer, Primary Artist; T-Bone Walker - Composer; Fats Waller - Composer, Primary Artist; Washboard Sam - Primary Artist; Pat West - Composer; Peetie Wheatstraw - Primary Artist; Georgia White - Primary Artist; Josh White - Composer; George A. Whiting - Composer; Teresa Williams - Composer; Sonny Boy Williamson I - Composer, Primary Artist; Wesley Wilson - Composer; Trummy Young - Composer; Bob Zurke - Composer.
Tracklist:
1-01. Do You Call That A Buddy - Louis Jordan
1-02. Cool Kind Papa - Ollie Shepard
1-03. Good Feelin' Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
1-04. God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday
1-05. Wee Baby Blues - Art Tatum W Big Joe Turner
1-06. Vine Street Boogie - Jay McShann
1-07. Why Don't You Do Right - Lil Green
1-08. Things About Coming My Way - Sammy Price
1-09. Boogie Woogie's Mother-In-Law - Buddy Johnson & His Band
1-10. T-Bone Blues - Louis Jordan
1-11. Bottle It Up And Go - Tommy McClennan
1-12. Dig These Blues - The Four Clefs
1-13. Fine And Mellow - Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy
1-14. There Is Something Within Me - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
1-15. Come Around To My House - Georgia White
1-16. Please Mr Johnson - Buddy Johnson
1-17. I Been Dealing With The Deal - John "Sonny Boy" Williamson
1-18. Come Back Baby - Walter Davis
1-19. She Belongs To Me - Bill "Jazz" Gillum
1-20. Blue Flame - Woody Herman
1-21. Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
1-22. Knock Me Out - Roosevelt Sykes
1-23. That's The Blues Old Man - Johnny Hodges
1-24. Getting Older Every Day - Big Bill Broonzy
1-25. Going to Chicago Blues - Count Basie W Jimmy Rushing
1-26. Red Wagon - Buddy Jones
2-01. Whiskey Head - Tommy McClennan
2-02. Gangster's Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
2-03. Jelly Jelly - Earl Hines W Billy Eckstine
2-04. My Mellow Man - Lil Green
2-05. Stand By Me - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2-06. When I Been Drinking - Big Bill Broonzy
2-07. 2:19 Blues - Louis Armstrong
2-08. Grinder Man Blues - Memphis Slim
2-09. New Please Mr. Johnson - Buddy Johnson & His Band
2-10. War Time Blues - John "Sonny Boy" Williamson
2-11. Throw This Dog A Bone - Ollie Shepard
2-12. Key To The Highway - Bill "Jazz" Gillum
2-13. No Place To Go - Walter Davis
2-14. Blues Part 1 - Artie Shaw
2-15. Blues Part 1 - Artie Shaw
2-16. Love Me - Lil Green
2-17. Saxa-Woogie - Louis Jordan
2-18. Solitude - Billie Holiday
2-19. Basie Boogie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
2-20. Passenger Train Women - Blind Boy Fuller
2-21. She's In My Blood - Roosevelt Sykes
2-22. Just Jiving Around - Sammy Price
2-23. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Louis Jordan
2-24. Yes I Got Your Woman - Washboard Sam
2-25. Chocolate - Jimmie Lunceford
2-26. Undecided Blues - Count Basie W Jimmy Rushing
3-01. All That Meat & No Potatoes - Fats Waller
3-02. Julia - Earl Hines W Billy Eckstine
3-03. Mama Knows What Papa Wants - Georgia White
3-04. I Know How To Do It - Sammy Price
3-05. Do You Call That A Buddy - Larry Clinton
3-06. Just Got To Hold You - Washboard Sam
3-07. Brotherly Love (Wrong Ideas) - Louis Jordan
3-08. You Might Have Belonged - Erskine Butterfield
3-09. Whatcha Know Joe - Jimmie Lunceford
3-10. Yes Indeed! - Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell
3-11. Fifteen Minute Intermission - Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy
3-12. Buckin' The Dice - Fats Waller
3-13. What Have I Done - Lil Green
3-14. Cross Your Heart - Artie Shaw
3-15. You Betcha My Life - Count Basie & His Orchestra
3-16. I'd Be Ever So Grateful - Buddy Johnson
3-17. Daddy - Sammy Kaye
3-18. Rockin' Chair Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
3-19. I'll Get Mine Bye And Bye - Louis Armstrong
3-20. I Like My Sugar Sweet - Fletcher Henderson
3-21. Twenty-Four Robbers - Jimmie Lunceford
3-22. Tonight You Belong To Me - Erskine Hawkins
3-23. Keep Cool Fool - Ella Fitzgerald
3-24. We Go Well Together - Cab Calloway
3-25. Until The Real Thing Comes Along - The Ink Spots
4-01. Romane In The Dark - Lil Green
4-02. Perdido Street Blues - Louis Armstrong
4-03. Dupree Blues - Count Basie
4-04. Shine On Shine On - Big Bill Broonzy
4-05. Call Me A Taxi - Four Of The Bob Cats
4-06. Pompton Turnpike - Louis Jordan
4-07. My Blue Heaven - Artie Shaw
4-08. Look Out For Yourself - Peetie Wheatstraw
4-09. Swingmatism - Jay McShann
4-10. Battle Axe - Jimmie Lunceford
4-11. Boulder Buff - Glenn Miller
4-12. Down, Down, Down - Count Basie & His Orchestra
4-13. Battery Bounce - Art Tatum
4-14. Good Queen Bess - Johnny Hodges
4-15. In There - Buddy Johnson
4-16. Let's Go Home - Fletcher Henderson
4-17. Riff Time - Erskine Hawkins
4-18. Summit Ridge Drive - Artie Shaw
4-19. I Hear You Talking - Four Of The Bob Cats
4-20. The Booglie Wooglie Piggy - Glenn Miller
4-21. Swing Along With Me - Buddy Johnson
4-22. Pan Pan - Louis Jordan
4-23. Taboo - Larry Clinton–
4-24. Comin' In Home - Earl Hines
4-25. Red Wagon - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Bonus Disk:
5-01. 9:20 SPecial - Count Basie
5-02. Misiriou - Woody Herman
5-03. Yes Indeed - Tommy Dorsey W Sy Oliver
5-04. I See A Million People - Cab Calloway
5-05. I'm Falling For You - Earl Hines W Billy Eckstine
5-06. Yes Suh! - Louis Armstrong
5-07. I Had A Premonition - Jimmie Lunceford
5-08. Keep Cool Fool - The Ink Spots
5-09. No Nothing - Ella Fitzgerald
5-10. Let Me See - Count Basie
5-11. Because Of You - Erskine Butterfield
5-12. Will You Still Be Mine - Tommy Dorsey W Connie Haines
5-13. Keep Cool Fool - Erskine Hawkins
5-14. Valetta - Sammy Price
5-15. Fan It - Woody Herman
5-16. Moonglow - Artie Shaw
5-17. No Use Squawkin' - Erskine Hawkins
5-18. Please Say the Word - Jimmie Lunceford
5-19. The Two Little Squirrels - Louis Jordan
5-20. Tuesday At Ten - Count Basie
5-21. Give Your Mama One Smile - Lil Green
5-22. South - Woody Herman
5-23. Tea For Two - Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell
5-24. Maria Elena - Gene Autry
This 4-CD set contains songs that were found on five jukeboxes in Clarksdale, Mississippi on September 9, 1941. A 5th bonus disc is available from the record label.