V.A. (VARIOUS ARTISTS) (COMPILATIONS) — OH, RUN INTO ME BUT DON'T HURT ME! FEMALE BLUES SINGERS. RARITIES 1923-1930
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FUNDAMENTAL
2nd volume of our FUNDAMENTAL collection devoted to rare and lost recordings from '20 to '60's.
BETWEEN CRUDENESS AND DESPAIR, A FEW FORGOTTEN FEMALE BLUES SINGERS
If, out of these fourteen female singers recorded in the 1920's, some have managed to put food on the table for a while, none became famous or rich, and most remain completely unknown. What can be said about a singer whose entire work fits on a single-sided 78rpm record ? (It makes me think of those antique authors of whom all we have are titles of work). What circumstances led to this recording ? Who decided to do it ? For whom was it intended ? Why wasn't it followed by more recordings ? Hypotheses get lost in places and times themselves forgotten. What remains are these miraculous voices. And us, here, finally able to listen to them, through hardships and deaths - these voices that have gone through these faraway eras that no one alive today has experienced. Let's not forget that most of these profoundly sincere or ferociously ironic blues were created during the dark years of the
Great Depression. However, this selection does not constitute a theme-based anthology. We simply wanted to present a few little-known or forgotten female blues singers whose ambiguous leanings, double-entendres, and uncompromising crudeness had been censored by the propriety of these times ruled by sanctimonious prudishness and despicable segregation. Finally, we have focused on the darker, more personal trend, coarser and grittier than what was being performed in vaudevilles and medicine shows, a radically new form, or maybe an ancient one that had remained hidden from us for decades.
TRACKLISTING CD
01- Anna Jones
Trixie Blues 02:52
02- Lena Henry
Low Down Despondent Blues 02:51
03- Rosa Henderson
Get It Fixed 02:52
04- Virginia Liston
I'm Gonna Get Me A Man, That's All 03:05
05- Margaret Carter
Come Get Me Papa Before I Faint 02:48
06- I Want Plenty Grease In My Frying Pan 02:41
07- Monette Moore
Somebody's Been Lovin' My Babe 03:24
08- Martha Copeland
Stole My Man Blues 03:06
09- Margaret Johnson
Dead Drunk Blues 03:07
10- Second-Handed Blues 03:18
11- Coletha Simpson
Down South Blues 02:47
12- Ivy Smith
Third Alley Blues 02:50
13- Sad and Blue 02:48
14- Lil Johnson
You'll Never Miss Your Jelly 03:25
15- Never Let Your Left Hand Know 02:56
16- Lucille Bogan
Pot Hound Blues 03:02
17- Coffee Grindin' Blues 03:20
18- Jenny Pope
Doggin' Me Around Blues 03:13
19- Whiskey Drinking Blues 03:06
20- Jenny Pope
Bull Frog Blues 02:39
21- Tennessee Workhouse Blues 02:47
22- Lucille Bogan
Black Angel Blues 03:04
23- Tricks Ain't Walking Anymore 03:15
24- Memphis Minnie
I'm Talking About You, n°2 03:13
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2nd volume of our FUNDAMENTAL collection devoted to rare and lost recordings from '20 to '60's.
BETWEEN CRUDENESS AND DESPAIR, A FEW FORGOTTEN FEMALE BLUES SINGERS
If, out of these fourteen female singers recorded in the 1920's, some have managed to put food on the table for a while, none became famous or rich, and most remain completely unknown. What can be said about a singer whose entire work fits on a single-sided 78rpm record ? (It makes me think of those antique authors of whom all we have are titles of work). What circumstances led to this recording ? Who decided to do it ? For whom was it intended ? Why wasn't it followed by more recordings ? Hypotheses get lost in places and times themselves forgotten. What remains are these miraculous voices. And us, here, finally able to listen to them, through hardships and deaths - these voices that have gone through these faraway eras that no one alive today has experienced. Let's not forget that most of these profoundly sincere or ferociously ironic blues were created during the dark years of the
Great Depression. However, this selection does not constitute a theme-based anthology. We simply wanted to present a few little-known or forgotten female blues singers whose ambiguous leanings, double-entendres, and uncompromising crudeness had been censored by the propriety of these times ruled by sanctimonious prudishness and despicable segregation. Finally, we have focused on the darker, more personal trend, coarser and grittier than what was being performed in vaudevilles and medicine shows, a radically new form, or maybe an ancient one that had remained hidden from us for decades.
TRACKLISTING CD
01- Anna Jones
Trixie Blues 02:52
02- Lena Henry
Low Down Despondent Blues 02:51
03- Rosa Henderson
Get It Fixed 02:52
04- Virginia Liston
I'm Gonna Get Me A Man, That's All 03:05
05- Margaret Carter
Come Get Me Papa Before I Faint 02:48
06- I Want Plenty Grease In My Frying Pan 02:41
07- Monette Moore
Somebody's Been Lovin' My Babe 03:24
08- Martha Copeland
Stole My Man Blues 03:06
09- Margaret Johnson
Dead Drunk Blues 03:07
10- Second-Handed Blues 03:18
11- Coletha Simpson
Down South Blues 02:47
12- Ivy Smith
Third Alley Blues 02:50
13- Sad and Blue 02:48
14- Lil Johnson
You'll Never Miss Your Jelly 03:25
15- Never Let Your Left Hand Know 02:56
16- Lucille Bogan
Pot Hound Blues 03:02
17- Coffee Grindin' Blues 03:20
18- Jenny Pope
Doggin' Me Around Blues 03:13
19- Whiskey Drinking Blues 03:06
20- Jenny Pope
Bull Frog Blues 02:39
21- Tennessee Workhouse Blues 02:47
22- Lucille Bogan
Black Angel Blues 03:04
23- Tricks Ain't Walking Anymore 03:15
24- Memphis Minnie
I'm Talking About You, n°2 03:13
[label info]
www.subrosa.net