Release Date: September 5, 2018.
Release Info: Blues Images CD115, Remastered, Various Artists.
24 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920's: A highly sought-after compilation featuring hard-to-find, pre-war blues tracks from seminal early 20th-century artists.
This "24 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920's" CD contains some of the best, and hardest to find, pre-war blues songs ever recorded. In addition, these tracks were remastered from the finest known copies of each of the original 78 rpm records. This CD was packaged with the 2018 "Classic Blues Artwork From The 1920s Calendar" (BIM #218) which reproduced the artwork promoting these songs when they were first released. The songs coincide with artwork from the 1920's which promoted them. On the inside booklet you'll find miniature reproductions of some of the original ads. They are all part of a massive find of original 1920's Blues artwork, much of which had never been seen before.
Credits: Bertha Henderson - Primary Artist; Blind Blake - Primary Artist; Blind Lemon Jefferson - Primary Artist; Blind Willie Johnson - Primary Artist; Bo Weavil Jackson - Primary Artist; Charley Patton - Primary Artist; Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson - Primary Artist; Hi Henry Brown - Primary Artist; Jab Jones - Primary Artist; Johnnie "Geechie" Temple - Primary Artist; Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - Primary Artist; Memphis Jug Band - Primary Artist; Rev. Steamboat Bill's Revival Singers - Primary Artist; Sam Butler - Primary Artist; Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - Primary Artist; The Beale Street Sheiks - Primary Artist; The Mississippi Moaner - Primary Artist; Tommy Johnson - Primary Artist.
Tracklist:
- 01. Frisco Town - Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- 02. Strewin' Your Mess - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- 03. Hot Dogs - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- 04. God Moves on the Water - Blind Willie Johnson
- 05. Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues - Charley Patton
- 06. Hard Road Blues - Blind Blake
- 07. Lead Hearted Blues - Blind Blake / Bertha Henderson
- 08. Slidin' Delta - Tommy Johnson
- 09. Wasn't That Doggin' Me - The Beale Street Sheiks
- 10. The Evil Devil Blues - Johnnie "Geechie" Temple
- 11. It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
- 12. Happy as the Day Is Long - Rev. Steamboat Bill's Revival Singers
- 13. I Wonder to Myself - Tommy Johnson
- 14. Brown Skin Angel - Hi Henry Brown
- 15. Hospital Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- 16. The Devil and My Brown - Sam Butler / Bo Weavil Jackson
- 17. You Can't Keep No Brown - Sam Butler / Bo Weavil Jackson
- 18. Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Charley Patton
- 19. My Love Is Cold - Memphis Jug Band / Jab Jones
- 20. Poor Jab Blues - Memphis Jug Band / Jab Jones
- 21. Weary Dogs Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- 22. Jacksonville Blues - Johnnie "Geechie" Temple
- 23. Goin' Back to Texas - Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- 24. Going Back to Memphis - Memphis Jug Band / Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson