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Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929)

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The tracklist for Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929).
Disc 1
1
Mama's Black Baby BoyUniqueQuartetFall
2:27
2
Keep Movin'Standard Quartette
2:46
3
Poor MournerCousins and DeMoss / Studio ensemble
1:56
4
You've Been a Good Old Wagon, but You've Done Broke DownLen Spencer / Studio pianist
2:13
5
Poor MournerDinwiddie Colored Quartet
2:54
6
NobodyBert Williams / Studio ensemble
2:53
7
What a TimePolk Miller Old South Quartette / Studio ensemble
3:43
8
Camp Meeting JubileeMale Quartet
1:41
9
Poor MournerFisk University Jubilee Quartet
3:09
10
Down Home RagWilbur Sweatman / Europe Society Orchestra / James Reese Europe
3:22
11
The Rain SongAfroAmericanFolkSongSingers / Studio pianist
3:07
12
Memphis BluesW.C. Handy / Victor Military Band
3:02
13
Memphis BluesMorton Harvey / Studio Orchestra
2:40
14
Blame It on the BluesDoc Cook / Victor Military Band
3:09
15
St. Louis BluesW.C. Handy / Prince's Orchestra
4:06
16
Nigger Blues, "N Blues"George O'Connor / W.C. Handy Memphis Blues Band
2:58
17
Livery Stable BluesOriginal Dixieland Jazz Band
3:08
18
Moonlight BluesW.C. Handy / Studio ensemble
3:16
19
O Death Where Is Thy StingArthur Collins / Studio ensemble
3:12
20
Beale Street BluesAl Bernard / Studio ensemble
3:05
21
Memphis BluesW.C. Handy / Europe Society Orchestra / James Reese Europe
2:37
22
Kansas City BluesEuday L. Bowman / Wilbur Sweatman / Wilbur Sweatman Jazz Band
3:08
23
Swanee BluesJ. Milton DeCamp
2:28
24
Lovin' Sam From AlabamMamie Smith / Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
2:49
25
Frankie BluesMamie Smith / Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
3:05
26
Chain Gang BluesSam Moore / Horace Davis
2:49
27
My Soul Is a WitnessFloridaNormalIndustrialInstituteQuartet
2:31
Disc 2
1
Society BluesJohn Spikes / Reb Spikes / Kid Ory & 1 more
3:12
2
Teasin' the FretsNick Lucas / Studio pianist
2:54
3
I Ain't Got NobodySpencer Williams / Marion Harris / Studio ensemble
3:05
4
Midnight BluesSpencer Williams / Ethel Waters / Studio ensemble
3:03
5
Aggravatin' PapaSophie Tucker / Studio ensemble
3:03
6
New Orleans JoysJelly Roll Morton
2:45
7
Guitar BluesSylvester Weaver
2:40
8
London BluesJelly Roll Morton / Jelly Roll Morton Orchestra
3:14
9
Waitin' For the Evening MailNoble Sissle / Eubie Blake
2:54
10
Bleeding Hearted BluesJames Price Johnson
3:01
11
London Cafe BluesJelly Roll Morton / Jimmie Noone / Joe King Oliver & 1 more
2:45
12
The Gospel Train Am Comin'Homer Rodheaver and the Wiseman Quartet
2:56
13
Any Woman's BluesBessie Smith / Fletcher Henderson
3:17
14
God's Gonna Set this World on FireKentucky Trio
3:02
15
If You Do What You DoEddie Cantor / The Georgians
3:04
16
Hatchet Head BluesClifford Hayes / Old Southern Jug Band
2:44
17
Time Ain't Gonna Make Me StayEd Andrews
2:45
18
Waffle Man's CallJohnny Bayersdorffer / Johnny Bayersdorfer / Johnny Bayersdorffer Jazzola Novelty Orchestra
3:01
19
Rhapsody in BlueGeorge Gershwin / Paul Whiteman Dance Band / Paul Whiteman
3:52
20
I've Got a Cross-Eyed PapaRoy Ingraham / LevitschTanzorchester
3:28
21
Barrel House BluesRosa Henderson / Studio pianist
3:17
22
Mississippi ShiversZez Confrey / Zez Confrey Orchestra
3:24
23
Kiss Me SweetJoe King Oliver / Butterbeans And Susie
3:08
24
Toddlin' BluesLarry Shields / Nick LaRocca / Don Murray & 3 more
2:42
25
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel this MorningAlberta Hunter / Studio ensemble
2:47
26
Steppin' on the BluesLovie Austin / Tommy Ladnier / Jimmy O'Bryant
2:30
Disc 3
1
All Night Long BluesRoba Stanley / Bob Stanley / Studio ensemble
3:14
2
Meddlin' with the BluesAnonymous  / Two of Spades
3:09
3
Frank Du PreeAndrew Jenkins / Studio guitarist
2:56
4
Steel String BluesEarl Coleman / Sylvester Weaver
3:12
5
Hersal BluesHersal Thomas
2:58
6
Street Cries of New OrleansEdna Thomas
2:59
7
The WagonBen Harney
1:45
8
A Married Man's BluesWade Ward
2:38
9
She's Cryin' for MeSanto Pecora / New Orleans Rhythm Kings
2:44
10
Put Me in the Alley BluesRichard M. Jones / Albert Nicholas / Johnny St. Cyr
2:51
11
All I Want Is a Little SpoonfulPapa Charlie Jackson
2:39
12
Red Man BluesPeter Bocage / Armand J. Piron / ArmandPiron'sNewOrleansOrchestra
2:58
13
South Street BluesBennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
2:34
14
No Home BluesLouise Ross / Anonymous  / Studio pianist
2:44
15
Sugar BabeLee Morse
2:38
16
Careless LoveBessie Smith / Louis Armstrong / Charlie Green & 1 more
3:26
17
Don't Fish in My SeaMa Rainey / Jimmy Blythe
2:52
18
I'll Be Rested (When the Roll Is Called)Roosevelt Graves and His Brother
2:29
19
I Want My Life to TestifyHendersonvilleDoubleQuartet
2:52
20
Can't Sleep BluesThe Pebbles
2:28
21
String Band BluesAnonymous  / Kansas City Blues Strummers
2:31
22
Black Cat BluesViola McCoy / Old Pal Smoke Shop Four
3:05
23
Mama's Angel ChildJohnny "Guitar" Watson
2:57
24
Jack O'Diamond BluesBlind Lemon Jefferson / Sippie Wallace / Louis Armstrong & 1 more
3:04
25
Memphis ShakeHenry Clifford / Dixieland Jug Blowers
3:16
26
CrucifixionAnonymous  / Arizona Dranes
3:29
27
Royal Palm SpecialAnonymous  / Robert Cooksey / Bobbie Leecan
3:02
Disc 4
1
Lamb's Blood Has Washed Me CleanJubilee Singers / Arizona Dranes
3:15
2
I Shall Wear a CrownStudio vocal ensemble / Arizona Dranes
3:10
3
High FeverJoe Sanders / Freddie Keppard / CookieGingersnaps
3:19
4
I Want Jesus to Walk with MeHomer Quincy Smith / Studio organist
2:49
5
BlackvilleAnonymous  / Hazel Meyers / Studio ensemble
3:09
6
Bridwell BluesNolan Welsh / Louis Armstrong / Richard M. Jones
3:27
7
Fat Meat and GreensJimmy Blythe / Jelly Roll Morton
2:56
8
Christians Fight on Your Time Ain't LongBo Weavil Jackson
2:43
9
Got the BluesBlind Lemon Jefferson
2:57
10
Chock House BluesBlind Lemon Jefferson
2:40
11
Birth of the BluesCharles Gaylord / Austin Young / Jack Fulton & 5 more
3:05
12
Knoxville BluesUncle Dave Macon / Sam McGee
3:01
13
My Soul Is a WitnessArizona Dranes
2:25
14
Smoke House BluesCharles Luke / Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
3:25
15
Boneyard ShuffleHoagy Carmichael / Red Heads, The
2:52
16
Motherless ChildBlind Willie Johnson
3:20
17
The BumpsJohn Gerrard Williams / JeanetteJamesSyncoJazzers
2:22
18
Tin Roof BluesPaul Mares / Leon Roppolo / Mel Stitzel & 3 more
3:16
19
Bamalong BluesAndrew Baxter / Jim Baxter
3:08
20
Hana Won't You Open the DoorHarry Von Tilzer / Sam McGee / Kirk McGee
2:51
21
Honey Just Allow Me One More ChanceHenry Thomas / Studio ensemble
2:50
22
James Alley BluesRichard Brown
3:09
23
Franklin Street BluesLouis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight
3:21
24
Fight that ThingJohn Spikes / Reb Spikes / Johnny Dodds & 2 more
2:33
25
Clarinet WobbleJohnny Dodds / Studio ensemble
2:35
26
Mr. Johnson Turn Me LooseSouth Georgia Highballers
2:58
Disc 5
1
My Old Daddy's Got a Brand New Way to LoveThomas Morris / Bobbie Leecan / Robert Cooksey
3:28
2
Honey in the RockBlind Mamie Forehand / A.C. Forehand
2:42
3
Georgia CrawlHenry Rubberlegs Williams / Eddie Anthony
3:20
4
Blessed are the PoorTraditional / Luther Magby / A.C. Forehand & 2 more
3:07
5
A Good Man is Hard to FindEddie Green / Bix Beiderbecke / Bill Rank & 8 more
3:02
6
I Am ResolvedHenry Fillmore / Ernest Stoneman / Kahle Brewer & 1 more
2:58
7
Curley Headed WomanBurnett & Rutherford
3:06
8
Down South BluesDock Boggs
3:06
9
Black Snake BluesVictoria Spivey / King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators
2:59
10
Weary Way BluesAnonymous  / Jimmy Blythe's Owls
3:06
11
Honky Tonk Train BluesMeade "Lux" Lewis
3:12
12
The Lord is my ShepherdAnonymous  / Blind Connie Rosemond
3:28
13
Penn Beach BluesEddie Lang / Joe Venuti / Don Murray & 1 more
2:50
14
Black Hearse BluesSara Martin / Sylvester Weaver
3:12
15
Cold Penitentiary BluesB.F. Shelton
3:25
16
Ziegfeld Follies of 1927: Shaking the Blues AwayRuth Etting / Rube Bloom
3:12
17
The Crowing RoosterWalter Rhodes
3:23
18
Creole Love CallDuke Ellington / Adelaide Hall / Duke Ellington Orchestra
3:02
19
God's Gonna Separate the Wheat from the TaresBlind Joe Taggart
2:46
20
Jazz Me BluesTom Delaney / Bix Beiderbecke Gang
2:53
21
Royal Garden BluesClarence Williams / Spencer Williams / Bix Beiderbecke Gang
2:53
22
Chattanooga BluesIsidor Seidel / The Allen Brothers
3:07
23
New Orleans LowdownDuke Ellington / Bubber Miley / Duke Ellington Kentucky Club Orchestra
3:02
24
Barrelhouse ManAnonymous  / Will Ezell
3:12
25
I Am Born to Preach the GospelWashington Phillips
3:02
Disc 6
1
Death Is Only a DreamAdoniram Judson Buchanan / Edward Clayborn
2:55
2
Neckbones and BeansHenryJohnsonBoys
2:45
3
She's in the Graveyard NowEarl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
2:44
4
Yellow Dog BluesSam Collins
2:31
5
Mamlish BluesEd Bell
2:35
6
Starvation BluesJesse Stone / Jesse Stone's Blue Serenaders
3:14
7
Wild Man BluesLouis Armstrong / Jelly Roll Morton / Johnny Dodds & 1 more
3:10
8
Can You Blame the Colored Man?Gus Cannon / Blind Blake
2:43
9
Mama You Don't Know How LongDown Home Boys
2:55
10
A Woman Gets Tired of the Same Man All the TimeDavid Crockett / Sam Jones / Stovepipe No.1
3:13
11
Second-Handed BluesMargaret Johnson / Bobbie Leecan / Robert Cooksey
3:19
12
Awful FixBuddy Boy Hawkins
2:27
13
Train 45Gilliam Banmon Grayson / Henry Whitter
3:05
14
Hesitation BluesBilly Smythe / Scott Middleton / Art Gillham & 4 more
3:07
15
Section Gang BluesAlger "Texas" Alexander / Lonnie Johnson
2:59
16
Lonesome Ghost BluesLonnie Johnson
3:09
17
Lord I Can't Stay AwayViolet Harmony Singers
3:22
18
Deep RiverPaul Robeson
2:19
19
Doan Let Satan Git YouBarbour's Plantation Singers
2:44
20
Everytime I Feel the SpiritMae Frierson Moore / The Four Aces
2:58
21
Man TroubleJaybird Coleman
3:03
22
Big Road BluesTommy Johnson
3:19
23
Deep RiverForbes Randolph's Kentucky Jubilee Choir
2:52
24
Blues in the BottlePrince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
3:23
25
Stealin'Memphis Jug Band
3:08
26
I'm Wild About My Lovin'Jim Jackson
3:13
Disc 7
1
Viola Lee BluesCannon's Jug Stompers
3:09
2
Take Me BackFrank Stokes
3:10
3
3 Preludes: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor: Andante con moto e poco rubatoGeorge Gershwin
2:34
4
I Heard the Voice of Jesus SayBiddlevilleQuintet
3:15
5
Away Down in the Alley BluesLonnie Johnson
2:55
6
Going Across the SeaHenry L. Bandy
2:58
7
Chocolate to the BoneRobert Hicks
2:54
8
Pinetop's BluesPinetop Smith
2:46
9
99 Year BluesJulius Daniels
3:03
10
Touch Me Light MamaGeorge Williams
2:46
11
Mississippi Jail House GroanRube Lacey
3:22
12
Sawmill MoanRambling Thomas
2:56
13
Johnson City BluesClarence Green
2:57
14
Wayward Girl BluesLottie Kimbrough / Milas Pruitt
2:52
15
I Must Have That ManJimmy McHugh / Annette Hanshaw
2:58
16
Slow MotionBennie Moten / Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
2:41
17
Molly ManMoses Mason
3:07
18
If the Light Has Gone Out in Your SoulErnest Phipps & His Holiness Singers / Ernest Phipps / Roland Johnson & 4 more
3:04
19
Mon chere bebe creoleDennis McGee
2:45
20
Four or Five TimesJoe King Oliver / King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators
3:10
21
Avalon BluesMississippi John Hurt
3:03
22
I Ain't Got NobodySpencer Williams / Emmett Miller / Georgia Crackers
3:06
23
G. Burns Is Gonna Rise AgainTom Nelson / T.C. Johnson
3:01
24
Show Boat: Can't help lovin' dat manJerome Kern / Helen Morgan / Paul Whiteman Orchestra
2:56
25
Violin BluesJohnson Boys, The
3:20
26
Good Old Turnip GreensBo Chatman / Walter Vinson / Charlie McCoy
3:07
Disc 8
1
Every Day in the Week BluesPink Anderson / Blind Simmie Dooley
2:52
2
Alley RatJimmy Blythe
2:59
3
I'm On My Journey HomeSarah Lancaster / The Denson Quartet
3:19
4
One Way GalWilliam Moore
3:15
5
Stack O'Lee, Part 2Cliff Edwards
2:32
6
Worried BluesGladys Bentley
2:46
7
Show Boat: Can't help lovin' dat manJerome Kern / Helen Morgan
3:02
8
Jungle BluesJelly Roll Morton / Benny Goodman's Boys
3:17
9
Show Boat: Ol' Man RiverJerome Kern / Bing Crosby / Paul Whiteman Orchestra & 1 more
3:13
10
Old Time Baptism, Part 2R.M. Massey
3:29
11
Blue Piano StompJohnny Dodds / Johnny Dodds' Trio
3:08
12
Sunshine SpecialJesse Hooker / Sam Harris / Percy Darensbourg & 2 more
3:12
13
Midnight MamaFrances Hereford / Jelly Roll Morton's Levee Serenaders
2:46
14
Lord, Lord, He Sure is GoodRichard Bryant / Elder Richard Bryant Sanctified Singers
3:04
15
Wang Wang BluesLeo Wood / Buster Johnson / Gus Mueller & 1 more
3:07
16
It's Tight Like ThatFrankie "Hal Pint" Jaxon / Tampa Red Hokum Jug Band
2:43
17
A Blues SerenadeFrank Signorelli / Original Memphis Five
2:34
18
I Truly Understand You Love Another ManTraditional / Shortbuckle Roarke & Family
2:35
19
I Found A New BabySpencer Williams / Chicago Rhythm Kings
3:09
20
Hard Hustlin' BluesBernice Edwards
3:10
21
The Boy in the BoatCharlie Johnson / CharlieJohnsonParadiseTen
3:33
22
School Girl BluesRosie Mae Moore / Charlie McCoy
3:28
23
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister KateArmand J. Piron / BoydSenterSentipedes
3:05
24
Ham Beats All MeatDr. Humphrey Bate Possum Hunters
2:37
25
In the Mornin'Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
2:56
26
The Preacher Got Drunk and Laid His Bible DownTennessee Ramblers
2:46
Disc 9
1
Home Town BluesAnonymous  / Roane County Ramblers
3:08
2
Judge Harsh BluesFurry Lewis
3:04
3
Caution BluesEarl Hines
3:00
4
Blue HarmonyClifford Hayes / Clifford Hayes' Louisville Stompers
3:31
5
Cannon Ball BluesFrank Hutchison
3:20
6
Brown Skin BluesDick Justice
3:11
7
Leake County BluesTraditional / The Leake County Revelers
3:05
8
Bathe in that Beautiful PoolDock Walsh
2:56
9
Easy Rider BluesLeo Soileau
2:55
10
Operation BluesFrankie "Hal Pint" Jaxon / Thomas A. Dorsey
3:11
11
I'm a Mighty Tight WomanSippie Wallace / Natty Dominique / Johnny Dodds & 2 more
2:51
12
That's No Way to Get AlongRobert Wilkins
2:53
13
Walking BluesRaymond Barrow
3:05
14
Don't Mistreat Your Good BoyfriendBrown / Bubbling Over Five
3:15
15
St. Louis Blues - Weary Yodelin' BluesRoy Evans
3:56
16
Fresno BluesAnonymous  / Johnnie Crockett / Albert Crockett
2:55
17
Mean Low BluesJames Simons / Studio pianist
3:15
18
Georgia BoundBlind Blake
3:22
19
If I Call You MamaLuke Jordan
3:11
20
Just BluesAndy Sannella / Al Duffy / Memphis Jazzers
2:53
21
Lawdy Lawdy Worried BluesBlind Teddy Darby / Roosevelt Sykes
3:06
22
New York BluesRoosevelt Graves / Will Ezell
3:11
23
Guitar BluesEddie Lang / Lonnie Johnson
3:17
24
Avenue StrutHerve Duerson
2:48
25
Slum Gullion StompCharles "Cow Cow" Davenport
2:59

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