It looks like the release date in the U.S. is 8/23. Here's a cut and paste info sheet/ track list from one of the pre-order sites FYI:
Atlanta Blues: Big City Blues From The Heartland
Availability: August 23, 2005
List Price $28.98 Category Blues, Miscellaneous, Rock/Pop, Box Sets, Oldies Collections Label Jsp Records Orig Year 2005 CDU Part# 6900044 Catalog# 7754 Discs 4 Street Date Aug 23, 2005 Studio/Live Studio Mono/Stereo Stereo Additional Info Remastered; Box Set
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1. Mamma Was A Sailor - Julius Daniels 2. Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels 3. Slippin' And Slidin' Up The Golden Street - Julius Daniels 4. Ball And Chain Blues - Julius Daniels 5. Richmond Blues - Julius Daniels 6. Goin' To Tell God How You Doin' - Julius Daniels 7. Crow Jane Blues - Julius Daniels 8. It's The Best Stuff Yet - Curley Weaver 9. Ta Ta Blues - Curley Weaver 10. Baby Boogie Woogie - Curley Weaver 11. Sweet Petunia - Curley Weaver 12. Dirty Deal Blues - Curley Weaver 13. No No Blues - Curley Weaver/Eddie Mapp 14. Wild Cat Kitten - Curley Weaver 15. Trixie - Curley Weaver 16. Leg Iron Blues - Curley Weaver 17. Some Cold Rainy Day - Curley Weaver 18. Soemtime Mama - Curley Weaver 19. Oh Lawdy Mama - Curley Weaver 20. Dirty Mistreater - Curley Weaver 21. Tippin' Tom - Curley Weaver 22. Birmingham Gambler - Curley Weaver 23. You Was Born To Die - Curley Weaver 24. Tricks Ain't Walking No More - Curley Weaver 25. Black Woman - Curley Weaver 26. City Cell Blues - Curley Weaver 27. Empty Room Blues - Curley Weaver 28. Two Faced Woman - Curley Weaver 29. Fried Pie Blues - Curley Weaver 30. Brown Skin Woman - Curley Weaver 31. I Keep On Drinkin' - Curley Weaver 32. My Baby's Gone - Curley Weaver 33. Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver 34. Some Rainy Day - Curley Weaver 35. Tampa Strut - Georgia Browns 36. Decatur Street 81 - Georgia Browns 37. Joker Man - Georgia Browns 38. Who Stole De Lock - Georgia Browns 39. Next Door Man - Georgia Browns 40. Coal Man Blues - Peg Leg Howell 41. Please Ma'am - Peg Leg Howell 42. Tishamingo Blues - Peg Leg Howell 43. New Prison Blues - Peg Leg Howell 44. Fo' Day Blues - Peg Leg Howell 45. New Jelly Roll Blues - Peg Leg Howell 46. Fairy Blues - Peg Leg Howell 47. Beaver Slide Rag - Peg Leg Howell 48. Papa Stobb Blues - Peg Leg Howell 49. Sadie Lee Blues - Peg Leg Howell 50. Too Tight Blues - Peg Leg Howell 51. Peg Leg Stomp - Peg Leg Howell 52. Turkey Buzzard Blues - Peg Leg Howell 53. Turtle Dove Blues - Peg Leg Howell 54. Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell 55. Monkey Man Blues - Peg Leg Howell 56. Moanin' And Groanin' Blues - Peg Leg Howell 57. Hobo Blues - Peg Leg Howell 58. Skin Game Blues - Peg Leg Howell 59. Low-Down Rounder Blues - Peg Leg Howell 60. Chittin' Supper - Peg Leg Howell 61. Rock And Gravel Blues - Peg Leg Howell 62. Georgia Crawl - Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony 63. Lonesome Blues - Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony 64. Tantalizing Bootblack - Macon Ed & Tampa Joe 65. Mean Florida Blues - Macon Ed & Tampa Joe 66. Try That Thing - Macon Ed & Tampa Joe 67. Tickle Britches - Macon Ed & Tampa Joe 68. Wringing That Thing - Macon Ed & Tampa Joe 69. Worrying Blues - Macon Ed & Tampa Joe 70. Warm Wipe Stomp - Macon Ed & Tampa Joe 71. Everthing's Coming My Way - Macon Ed & Tampa Joe 72. Say I Do It - Sloppy Henry 73. Long Tail Disconnected Mama - Sloppy Henry 74. Royal Palm Special Blues - Sloppy Henry 75. Canned Heat Blues - Sloppy Henry 76. Furniture Man - Lil McClintock 77. Don't Think I'm Santa Claus - Lil McClintock 78. Sow Good Seeds - Lil McClintock 79. Mother Called Her Child To Her Dying Bed - Lil McClintock 80. Buggy Man Jail House Blues - Lillie Mae 81. Mama Don't Want It - Lillie Mae 82. Bootie Wah Bootie - Lillie Mae 83. Wise Like That - Lillie Mae
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Full title: Atlanta Blues: Big City Blues From The Heartland
Hi all, I thought I would revive this thread since JSP has put out quite a few sets recently that have not been mentioned here. I picked up one yesterday that some of you probably already have or have seen, called "Shake That Thing! East Coast Blues 1935--1953". It is a four-disc set and focuses on the music of three musicians, in the main: Gabriel Brown, who is featured on 41 cuts, Dan Pickett, with 18 cuts, and Ralph Willis, with 46 cuts. It has been a treat listening through the set. I had very sketchy exposure to Dan Pickett and Ralph Willis in the past and had never heard Gabriel Brown before, so it is really interesting to hear their music in such large doses. Gabriel Brown, discussed elsewhere on this forum in a thread started by Bunker Hill, was an excellent and varied guitarist, with a smooth singing style. The most peculiar aspect about what he did is his seeming inability to tune his guitar, but he played really well, and I have never heard a Country Blues player who worked so much in dropped-D tuning. He has a lot of great tunes in it. Dan Pickett was an excellent singer, with a vocal tone reminiscent of Tommy McClennan's and an exciting, sort of "revved up" sound, both vocally and instrumentally. He plays a lot of slide in Vestapol as well as many numbers played in E position in standard capoed very high. Ralph Willis seems to come more out of the East Coast mainstream, with the strong Blind Boy Fuller influence that most musicians from that region in his generation (Gabriel Brown has some of that influence, too) show. It's not fair to Willis to imply that's all he had going for him, though. He has a fair number of pieces that show no Fuller influence, and a couple, that surprisingly sound as though they may have been influenced by Robert Johnson's playing in A. A couple of Willis's later pieces have a cavernous reverb that's a bit tough to take, but it's a small number. I have been really pleased with this set on the initial run-through, and it has the standard JSP cost advantage: four discs for $30.45 at my local Tower Records. The notes are better than I'm accustomed to getting from JSP, too. All best, Johnm
Hi all, I haven't had a chance to listen to it all yet, but I picked up today the "Blind Boy Fuller, Volume 2" set from JSP. It is a four-disc set, and in addition to all the Fuller titles not included on the first JSP set of his music it also includes 13 tracks from Bull City Red, including a couple which must have Rev. Davis on guitar by the sound of it, 10 cuts by the obscure Cedar Creek Sheik, Phillip McCutcheon (I'm amazed anyone considers it possible that he was black), 4 cuts by 'Roosevelt' Antrim (I don't know why his name had the marks around it), 6 cuts from Virgil Childers, 4 cuts from Sonny Jones, 6 cuts from Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council, 2 cuts by Welly Trice, 8 cuts by Rich Trice, 6 cuts by Frank Edwards and 4 cuts by Dennis McMillon. At this point I have listened to everything except the Fuller cuts, and I think the set is excellent without even taking his cuts into consideration, with lots of real finds, both in terms of repertoire and the players themselves, several of whom are quite obscure. I picked the set up at my local Tower Records store which is having a going-out-of-business sale--too bad, because it was a good store and there were some nice people who worked there, but the cost of the set was $24.36, which, given the amount and rarity of the music on the set, is almost like giving it away. I look forward to getting to know this music a lot better. All best, Johnm
10 cuts by the obscure Cedar Creek Sheik, Phillip McCutcheon (I'm amazed anyone considers it possible that he was black),
Weird isn't it? When two of his ten were first released on a Flyright Piedmont collection in 1972 reviews in both Blues Unlimited and Blues World commented something along the lines that "surely this is a white hillbilly singer". But after four editions of B&GR he's still listed so I guess the acid test is whether or not he's in Tony Russell's country discography and, if not, then there must be some kind of evidence that points to his being black!
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4 cuts by 'Roosevelt' Antrim (I don't know why his name had the marks around it)
Probably means that's the way it either appeared in company ledgers or record label.
Apologies for hijacking a thread of this title but with regard to Cedar Creek Sheik (McCutcheon) and Roosevelt Antrim, Old Tramp paired them on a 1989 LP entitled Carolina Blues Guitar. I thought folk might like to see what was said in the only review the record received (Ray Templeton, Blues & Rhythm 44, May 1989):
Cedar Creek Sheik's records were issued on Bluebird, one of the few record labels of the pre-war era which did not segregate its artists into different numerical series on the basis of their race. This, together with the fact that a couple of his recordings have a fairly authentic blues sound, has led to a confusion whereby he has been assumed to have been black. He is listed in Dixon & Godrich, although with a footnote to the effect that "he may be a white artist".[*see note] Indeed he is, as Bruce Bastin suggests in Red River Blues (page 197) and as is pretty obvious from listening to his complete recorded works on this album. "Only Riding My Mule" and possibly "Something Good" could really be mistaken for the work of a black artist. The rest is very much the kind of material associated with white country singer's car songs, a couple of depression songs; indeed the presence of a couple of blues-styled songs is by no means untypical. It's fascinating stuff, if you are into old time guitar playing, as the Sheik was more than a fair picker and his songs are all interesting (the lyrics sound as if they might be original, but this is said from a point of view lacking encyclopaedic knowledge of the hillbilly repertoire). All in all, it's well worth hearing, but most of it has little claim to inclusion on an album of this title.
Roosevelt Antrim, on the other hand, is a true country bluesman, with a kind of crying toned voice that recalls that Delta obscurity William Harris, but a guitar style that is firmly in the Carolina tradition of Blind Boy Fuller. Incidentally while Dixon & Godrich hedged their bets as to whether or not he accompanies himself here, the discography on the sleeve has no such problems. I must admit that I would most likely never have thought otherwise, if D & G hadn't raised the doubt. In any case, I like these tracks a lot and Antrim stands out as one of those minor figures whose work shows that a tradition is just that, and not just the private concern of a few major figures. Overall, this is a most interesting compilation, with plenty of good moments and much to engage the mind of the country blues student, By and large, the sound is pretty good, too. [*since removed from B&GR4 - BH]
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Thanks very much for this additional information, Bunker Hill. It seems right on topic to me, especially since it seems unlikely the Cedar Creek Sheik or Roosevelt Antrim will ever wind up with threads devoted to them exclusively. I would just add that I think that the Cedar Creek Sheik's songs have a lot of charm, and that one of their unusual features is a cast of characters who appear in more than one of the songs, Miss Etta Prince and Jimmy among them. It's a bit like Charlie Patton using actual historical personages, e.g. Tom Rushen and Jim Lee, to appear in his songs. All best, Johnm
JSP boxsets are for me like shopping at the U.S. wholesale warehouse chain Costco. You get lots of stuff real cheap. Some of it is crap quality, and most of it you don't have time to consume so it tends to sit on the shelf waiting for the day. Fortunately the iPod has extended my available listening hours by at least 100%
I have the Blind Blake set. The sound quality is fairly hopeless IMO but nonetheless I'm glad it's there. I also scored the Delmore Brothers complete in my unending pursuit of the roots of Doc Watson, excellent set. I intend to get BLJ, BWM and Jelly Roll Morton sets based on good reviews.
I bought the Hoagy Carmichael 1924-1946 4 disk set yesterday. It's really great, has the master John RT Davis's touch where you feel like you're listening to a real 78, rather than a 78 extruded by montrous machinery onto CD. If you like this sort of stuff it's a must have. I love Hoagy and play a lot of his tunes on guitar so this was a no-brainer purchase for me.
I'm listening to March of The Hoodlums right now with Eddie Lang playing real hot with a stompin' little jazz band, you can hear everything, including a triangle celeste at one point. Magic release for weenies into old jazz/popular/standards from one of the all time great songwriters and composers. Hoags, Bix, Louis, Lang, Venuti et al turn up on Naxos and other specialist (and cheapo exploitation) labels and I own a lot of them but these cuts have never sounded better.
The accompanying booklet is 83 pages long and is the icing on the extremely detailed and well baked cake. Five stars.
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It looks like JSP will be releasing a Vol 3. of Big Bill Broonzy sides on Feb. 20. It's titled "The War And Postwar Years - 1940-1951," contains 4 CDs with 98 cuts in all.
Worth posting the tracklist here, I think, since this is one of JSP's true compilations, like the Paramount Masters set. Note that it includes the recently discovered Son House sides. There's a lot of great music on this set for those who don't already have it elsewhere. I'm more of a complete recordings person myself, especially for a lot of these artists, but this is still a good looking collection.
Disc: 1 1. Cottonfield Blues Part 1 - Garfield Akers 2. Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins 3. Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey 4. Poor Boy Blues - Sam Butler 5. I'm Leavin' Town - William Harris 6. Hittin' The Bottle Stomp - Mississippi Jook Band 7. Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley 8. Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds 9. Muddy Water Blues - Freddie Spruell 10. Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott 11. That Won't Do - Arthur Petties 12. Four O'Clock Flower Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell 13. Evil Devil Woman Blues - Joe McCoy 14. The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins 15. Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood 16. Traveling Riverside Blues Take 1 - Robert Johnson 17. Baltimore Blues - Charlie McCoy 18. Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney 19. You Scolded Me And Drove Me - Mississippi Bracey 20. Milk Cow Blues - Freddie Spruell 21. Ten Pound Hammer - Mose Andrews 22. Noiseless Motor Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell 23. Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins 24. 4A Highway - Freddie Spruell 25. Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill
Disc: 2 1. Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House 2. When The Levee Breaks - Joe McCoy 3. Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds 4. Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short 5. Little Girl In Rome - Otto Virgial 6. It's Cold In China Blues - Mississippi Moaner 7. Bald Eagle Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell 8. Boodle-De-Bum Blues - Bogus Ben Covington 9. Bull Frog Blues - William Harris 10. Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band 11. Shaggy Dog Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins 12. Devil In The Lion's Den - Sam Collins 13. Quarrellin' Mama Blues - Arthur Petties 14. Devil And My Brown Blues - Sam Butler 15. Take A Little Walk With Me - Robert Lockwood 16. Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy 17. Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers 18. The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes 19. Motherless Child Blues - Geeshie Wiley 20. Married Woman Blues - George Torey 21. She's Young And Wild - Willie '61' Blackwell 22. Cherry Ball - Mississippi Bracey 23. Bad Notion Blues - Otto Virgial 24. Don't Cry Baby - Freddy Spruell 25. Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
Disc: 3 1. My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon Hill 2. Snatch It Back Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins 3. Machine Gun Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell 4. Revenue Man Blues - Arthur Petties 5. Mr Freddie's Kokomo Blues - Freddie Spruell 6. Over To My House - Geeshie Wiley 7. Barefoot Blues - Jelly Jaw Short 8. Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers 9. Look Who's Coming Down The Road - Georgia Pine Boy 10. Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott 11. Leavin' Here Blues - William Harris 12. Got The Blues About Rome - Otto Virgial 13. Young Heifer Blues - Mose Andrews 14. Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band 15. Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins 16. You Can't Keep No Brown - Sam Butler 17. Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney 18. Stered Gal - Mississippi Bracey 19. Motherless And Fatherless Blues - Mississippi Mudder 20. Don't Misuse Me, Baby - Willie '61' Blackwell 21. I'm Gonna Train My Baby - Robert Lockwood 22. Out On Santa Fe Blues - Arthur Petties 23. It's Hard Times - Joe Stone 24. Your Good Man Is Gone - Freddie Spruell 25. Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
Disc: 4 1. Clarksdale Moan - Son House 2. Adam And Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington 3. Lonesome Man Blues - George Torey 4. Leaving Home Blues - Walter Rhodes 5. Loving Lady Blues - Sam Collins 6. Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris 7. Number Three Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins 8. Tell Me Baby - King Solomon Hill 9. Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood 10. Cottonfield Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers 11. Chalk My Toy - Willie '61' Blackwell 12. Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band 13. Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties 14. Back Door Blues - Joe Stone 15. Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell 16. Skinny Leg Blues - Geeshie Wiley 17. Meat Cutter Blues - Joe McCoy 18. Mississippi Moan - Mississippi Moaner 19. Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds 20. Jefferson County Blues - Sam Butler 21. Rampaw Street Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell 22. I'll Overcome Someday - Mississippi Bracey 23. Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties 24. Grand Daddy Blues - Jelly Jaw Short 25. Let's Go Riding - Freddie Spruell
Hi all, Whew, that is some track list! I'm curious, though--does anyone actually think that Sam Butler (BoWeavil Jackson) was from Mississippi, or that George Torey was? I thought Butler was thought to be from Alabama, and that Torey's origins were unknown, though I believe his two sides were recorded in Birmingham. All best, Johnm