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All the Classic Sides 1928-1937 (Greatest Hits, Box Set)
- Artist: Broonzy Big Bill
- Label: JSP RECORDS
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5 Disc(s)
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Somebody's Been Using That Thing 2:44
The Famous Hokum Boys
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How You Want It Done 2:48
Big Bill Johnson
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Starvation Blues 3:27
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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Mississippi River Blues 2:43
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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At the Break of Day 3:00
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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I Want to Go Home 2:48
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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Hard Headed Woman 3:25
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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Dying Day Blues 3:00
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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I Want to See My Baby 3:23
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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Serve It to Me Right 2:56
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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Dirty No-Gooder 3:23
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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Let Her Go-She Don't Know 3:35
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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Hobo Blues 3:15
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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Prowlin' Ground Hog 3:04
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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C.C. Rider [Take A] 3:18
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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C.C. Rider [Take B] 3:20
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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66.
Sweet to Mama 2:51
State Street Boys
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Rustlin' Man 3:11
State Street Boys
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She Caught the Train 3:06
State Street Boys
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Midnight Special 2:53
State Street Boys
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The Dozen 3:04
State Street Boys
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Don't Tear My Clothes 3:11
State Street Boys
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The Southern Blues 3:37
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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Good Jelly 3:18
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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C & A Blues 2:59
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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75.
Something Good 2:54
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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You May Need My Help Someday 3:03
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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The Sun Gonna Shine in My Door Someday 3:04
Big Bill & Cool Tones
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Big Billl Blues (These Blues Are Doggin' Me) 2:58
Big Bill & Cool Tones
Play Big Billl Blues (These Blues Are Doggin' Me)
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Seven-Eleven (Dice Please Don't Fail Me) 3:00
Big Bill & Cool Tones
Play Seven-Eleven (Dice Please Don't Fail Me)
Description
Of all the pre-war Delta bluesman, no one achieved the popular status of Big Bill Broonzy. Indeed, as Neil Slaven states in his liner notes to Volume One of this collection, Broonzy had been issuing recordings for over 20 years before his last name was attached to the labels; only "Big Bill" appeared under the track listing. This five-CD collection by JSP is astonishing in its scope. There are 128 tracks here from the first decade of Broonzy's recording career, featuring every 78 recorded during the period, for labels such as Paramount, Jewel, ARC, Perfect, Romeo, and others. His sides with Frank Brasswell and Georgia Tom, as well as other incarnations of his own band, called the Famous Hokum Boys, the Chicago Black Swans, or the Midnight Ramblers (Broonzy is listed as Bill Williams, Big Bill Johnson, Sammy Sampson, etc.) are all here, and many more. The great irony here is that Broonzy had been recording for a decade before his big hits ever came to be. The material here is a prologue of what was to come until his death in 1958. These sides are for hardcore fans certainly, but they are also for those who have been taken with the '40s and '50s material by Broonzy when he was a living American folk-blues legend. These tracks, then, are a treasure-trove, a journey into a largely unnoticed but stunningly creative archive of Broonzy, who arrived fully formed onto the scene. The audiophiles might have trouble with the sound quality of some of this material, but for those with less discriminating sonic palettes, this is an essential purchase, one rooted in history, mystery, and enjoyment -- and its' budget price makes it even more so. Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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Description
Of all the pre-war Delta bluesman, no one achieved the popular status of Big Bill Broonzy. Indeed, as Neil Slaven states in his liner notes to Volume One of this collection, Broonzy had been issuing recordings for over 20 years before his last name was attached to the labels; only "Big Bill" appeared under the track listing. This five-CD collection by JSP is astonishing in its scope. There are 128 tracks here from the first decade of Broonzy's recording career, featuring every 78 recorded during the period, for labels such as Paramount, Jewel, ARC, Perfect, Romeo, and others. His sides with Frank Brasswell and Georgia Tom, as well as other incarnations of his own band, called the Famous Hokum Boys, the Chicago Black Swans, or the Midnight Ramblers (Broonzy is listed as Bill Williams, Big Bill Johnson, Sammy Sampson, etc.) are all here, and many more. The great irony here is that Broonzy had been recording for a decade before his big hits ever came to be. The material here is a prologue of what was to come until his death in 1958. These sides are for hardcore fans certainly, but they are also for those who have been taken with the '40s and '50s material by Broonzy when he was a living American folk-blues legend. These tracks, then, are a treasure-trove, a journey into a largely unnoticed but stunningly creative archive of Broonzy, who arrived fully formed onto the scene. The audiophiles might have trouble with the sound quality of some of this material, but for those with less discriminating sonic palettes, this is an essential purchase, one rooted in history, mystery, and enjoyment -- and its' budget price makes it even more so. Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Features
- Genre: Blues
- Category: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Prewar Blues, Prewar Country Blues
- Release Date: January 27, 2004
- Label: JSP RECORDS
- Artist: Broonzy Big Bill
- Additional Artists: Big Bill Johnson (Performer), Bill Williams (Vocals), Big Bill Broonzy (Vocals), Georgia Tom (Vocals), Washboard Sam (Vocals), Frank Brasswell (Vocals), Casey Bill Weldon (Vocals)
- Format: CD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 244-04-4539
- ASIN: B002KLQ2SG
- Catalog #: 11434772
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 5.76 inches length x 5.02 inches width x 2.06 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 1.14 pounds.
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