The swing time records story : R&B, blues & gospel 1946-1952.

Additional Details

All selections previously released except selections 3, 4, 7, 8 & 17 on disc 2 previously unreleased.

Notes by Jimmy Guterman, 1993, on booklet in container box.

disc 1. Crying blues (street walking woman) ; You're gonna miss me (when I'm gone) (Lowell Fulson) -- Mississippi blues (Floyd Dixon) -- Saturday night fish fry (Eddie Williams & his Brown Buddies, Floyd Dixon) -- In the evening when the sun goes down ; Wandering gale ; I hate to see Christmas come around ; Times gettin' tougher ; Ain't nobody's business, Pt. 1 (Jimmy Witherspoon) -- Alligator meat (Joe Swift, Johnny Otis Band) -- B&O blues (Charles Brown) -- Rough and rocky road (Nightengale Jubalaires) -- Rocket boogie 88, Pt. 2 (Pete Johnson Orch.) -- Radar blues ; Wine-o-baby boogie (Big Joe Turner) -- Everyday I have the blues (Lowell Fulson, Lloyd Glenn)

disc 1. (cont.) Blue shadows ; Low society blues (Lowell Fulson) -- I love you, I love you (I will never let you go) (Maxin Trio, Ray Charles) -- Take out the squeal (if you want a meal) ; A woman don't want a good man no more (Earl Jackson, Johnny Otis Band) -- Backwater blues (Edgar Hayes, Stardusters, Lloyd Glenn) -- Where shall I be (Stars of Harmony) -- Broken hearted (Eddie Williams) -- You'll never miss the water (until the well's gone dry) (Maxim Trio, Ray Charles).

disc 2. Two years of torture (Percy Mayfield, Monroe Tucker Band) -- Baby you're still a square (Percy Mayfield) -- Someday ; I'll do anything but work (Ray Charles) -- Korea blues (Clifford "Fat Man" Blivens, Johnny Otis Band) -- Chica boo (Lloyd Glenn's Combo) -- Old time shuffle blues (Lloyd Glenn, Th' Fulson Unit) -- Sinner's prayer (Lowell Fulson) -- I can't stay here (Jessie Thomas, Lloyd Glenn) -- Lonely boy (Ray Charles) -- Rockin' man (Jimmy McCracklin) -- I'm a night owl, Pt. 1 (Lowell Fulson) -- Kissa me baby ; The snow is falling (Ray Charles) -- Let me ride in your little automobile (Lowell Fulson) -- My woman (Joe Pullum, Lloyd Glenn) -- Blues for the people (Jimmy McCracklin) -- I love my baby (Lowell Fulson)

disc 2. (cont.) I'm wondering and wondering (Ray Charles) -- It moves me (Lloyd Glenn) -- Lovin' a married woman (Earl Brown, Red Calendar Combo) -- Guitar blues (Ray Charles) -- Love me til your dying day (Three Muskateers) -- End of the road baby (Playboy Thomas) -- I know (The Hollywood Flames).

Various performers, orchestras and bands.

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