Various Artists - Music City Blues and Soul (CD)

This is the story of Red Wortham's Bullet and Sur-Speed labels of the 1950 s and 1960 s. Bullet was one of the first and initially most successful of the post-war independent labels, but they were out of business by 1950. Red reactivated the Bullet label in the late 1950s and started the Sur-Speed imprint as a sister label in the early 1960 s. This reissue is a fascinating window into the rough and ready independent record world of the mid-20th Century. It's also a wonderful companion piece to the Grammy-winning "Night Train to Nashville" set as it features several of the same artists in the same time frame. None of this material has been available in the U.S. since it's initial release, and there are several previously unreleased tracks.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. I'm So Glad You're Home - Larry Birdsong
2. Somebody Help Me - Larry Birdsong
3. Surfside Slide - John Colbert
4. Congratulations - John Colbert
5. Recipe for Love - John Colbert
6. Stone Doin' Alright - Shy Guy Douglas
7. Don't Leave Me Girl - Shy Guy Douglas
8. Haulin' - Shy Guy Douglas
9. Miss Ilola - Shy Guy Douglas
10. All I Want from You - Art Mayes
11. You're the Only Good Thing - Art Mayes
12. Look Out Heart - Rubin Russell
13. Just Two of a Kind - Rubin Russell
14. Sugar Daddy - Levert Allison
15. Lovin' on My Mind - Levert Allison
16. I Don't Want to Be Sober - Robert Garrett
17. Mean Man - Robert Garrett
18. Nobody Else Will Do - Thomas Henry
19. Walk Tall - Johnny Bragg
20. Go on Girl - the Checques