Various Artists The Paramount Masters (4CD)(blues)(flac)[rogercc]

The Paramount Masters (4CD)
Released: 2003
Label : JSP Records
Format : Flac



The Paramount label came into being about 1916 as a division of the United Phonograph Corp, which itself was a part of a diversified business empire owned by one Fred Dennett. Initially the label issued 78s for the US white mainstream and for the Irish community and by 1922 its losses exceeded $100,000.

In desperation it turned its attention to the 'race' market, bringing in a young black chancer named J. Mayo Williams to find artists and supervise the recordings. Williams created his own little empire by selling bootleg liquour and nickelodeons to brothels and speakeasies and by claiming co-composer credits on many of the recordings. But he also built Paramount into the most important pre-war 'indie' blues label.

This amazing 4CD set presents 100 incredibly rare examples of lesser known but equally entertaining artists, reflecting the enormous scope of country and urban blues on Paramount.

Disc: A


1. Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
2. Red River Blues - Lottie Beaman
3. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
4. You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weevil Jackson
5. Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
6. No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
7. Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
8. Old Country Rock - William Moore
9. Keep A-Knockin' - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins
10. Touch Me Light Mama - George 'Bullet' Williams
11. Jack Of All Trades - Moanin' Bernice Edwards
12. Come On In (Ain't Nobody Here But Me) - Harum Scarums
13. All Birds Look Like Chickens To Me - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
14. Cotton Field Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
15. Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey
16. Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand
17. Gay Cattin' - Papa Charlie Jackson
18. Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
19. Eagles On A Half - Geechie Wiley
20. Wasn't It Sad About Lemon - Washboard Walter
21. Freakish Man Blues - George Hannah
22. Rough Rugged Road Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
23. Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy
24. Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens
25. Barrel House Flat Blues - Mary Johnson

Disc: B


1. I Shall Not Be Moved Alt. Tk - Charley Patton
2. Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow
3. Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves
4. Black And Evil Blues - Alice Moore
5. The New Dirty Dozen - Ben Curry
6. Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man - Freddie Spruell
7. Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
8. Jack Of Diamons Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend
9. Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
10. Bunker Hill Blues - Side Wheel Sally Duffie
11. Nuber Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
12. Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell
13. Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown
14. Fetch Your Water - Charlie Spand
15. Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - J.D. Short
16. Water Bound Blues - Alice Pearson
17. Broke Down Engine - Lonnie Clark
18. Dying Pickpocket Blues - Barrel House Welch
19. Seven Sister Blues - Edward Thompson
20. Old Timbrook Blues - John Byrd
21. The Preacher Must Get Some Sometime - Bob Robinson
22. Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas
23. The Ducks Yas Yas - Jack O'Diamonds
24. Boodle De Bum Bum - Ben Curry
25. Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James Wiggins

Disc: C


1. Some Scream High Yellow - Bo Weevil Jackson
2. Jab Blues - Jabo Williams
3. Raised In The Alley Blues - Freddie Brown
4. Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George 'Bullet' Williams
5. Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
6. Conjur Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
7. Mama's Angel Child - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
8. Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman
9. Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant
10. Fat Greasy Baby - Robert Peeples
11. No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montogomery
12. New York Blues - Blind Roosevelt Graves
13. Doctor, Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend
14. I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
15. Red Letter Blues - Ruby Paul
16. Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards
17. Where Did You Stay Last Night - Famous Hokum Boys
18. The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
19. Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace
20. Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter
21. Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geechie Wiley
22. The Boy In The Boat - George Hannah
23. Texas Blues - Marshall Owens
24. Evil Woman Blues - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins
25. Three, Six And Nine - Roosevelt Sykes

Disc: D


1. Tom Cat Blues - Freddie Spruell
2. Smiling Blues - Jack O'Diamonds
3. Mama, Don't You Think I Know - Papa Charlie Jackson
4. Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand
5. Prison Blues - Alice Moore
6. Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown
7. My Laona Blues - Teddy Darby
8. Pistol Blues - Bo Weevil Jackson
9. Pratt City Blues - Jabo Williams
10. Telephone Arguin' Blues - J.D.Short
11. Over To My House - Elvie Thomas
12. Hambone Blues - Ed Bell
13. Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
14. Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
15. Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
16. Up On The Hill Blues - Edward Thompson
17. Key To The Mountain Blues - Mary Johnson
18. Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill
19. Red River Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
20. Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards
21. Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
22. Last Farewell Blues - Ruby Paul
23. Larceny Woman Blues - Barrelhouse Welch
24. Wicked Devil's Blues - Robert Peeples
25. Raggin' The Blues - William Moore