Wilbur Sweatman - Recorded in New York 1916-35 (CD)

(2-CD set) excludes alternate takes. The set begins with an Emerson recording in December 1916 and concludes with a Vocalion song in March 1935. In between are recordings for Edison, Victor, Gennett, Radiex, Little Wonder, Crescent, Pathe and La Belle labels. Outstanding 42-page liner notes by Mark Berresford who is currently writing a bio-discography of Wilbur Sweatman.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. My Hawaiian Sunshine
2. My Hawaiian Sunshine
3. Down Home Rag
4. Down Home Rag
5. Dance and Grow Thin
6. I Wonder Why [From Love O' Mike]
7. Boogie Rag
8. Joe Turner Blues
9. Bag of Rags
10. Dancing An American Rag
11. Regretful Blues
12. Ev'rybody's Crazy 'Bout the Doggone Blues But I'm Happy
13. Ev'rybody's Crazy 'Bout the Doggone Blues
14. Regretful Blues
15. Darktown Strutters' Ball/I'm Sorry I Made You Cry
16. Good-Bye Alexander (Goodbye Honey Boy)/Oh! Frenchy
17. Indianola/Those Draftin' Blues
18. Oh! You la! la!/I Want Him Back Again
19. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
20. Those Draftin' Blues/Somebody's Done Me Wrong
21. Has Anybody Seen My Corrine/Down on Bull Frog's Isle/Livery Stable
22. Dallas Blues/At the Funny Page Ball/Lovin' (I Can't Live Without It)
23. Dallas Blues
24. Ringtail Blues
25. Bluin' the Blues
26. Has Anybody Seen My Corrine?
27. Ringtail Blues
28. Rainy Day Blues
29. Ja-Da! (Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Jing, Jing, Jing)
30. Good Man Is Hard to Find/Sweet Child

Disc: 2

1. That's Got'em
2. Good Man Is Hard to Find
3. Lonesome Road
4. Kansas City Blues
5. Slide, Kelly, Slide
6. Kansas City Blues
7. I'll Say She Does (Intro: N'everything)
8. Lucille
9. Hello, Hello!
10. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jellyroll/Just Leave It to Me
11. But/Tiddle-Dee Winks
12. Think of Me Little Daddy/I'm Going Back to My Used to Be
13. Battleship Kate
14. Battleship Kate
15. It Makes No Difference Now
16. Get It Now
17. Poor Papa
18. Battleship Kate
19. Sweat Blues
20. Jim Town Blues
21. Sweat Blues
22. Got 'Em Blues
23. Breakdown Blues
24. Battleship Kate
25. Battleship Kate
26. Florida Blues
27. Whatcha Gonna Do
28. Hooking Cow Blues