tracks

Hurry, Hurry
Indian Giver
Foolin' Blues
Little Miss Muffet
Bad Dream Blues
Too Tight Mama
Sad And Disappointed Girl
Don't Try To Fool Me
Dirty Deal Blues
Just Want Your Love
So Good To My Baby
Gabbin' Blues
My Country Man
Rain Down Rain
Way Back Home
Stay Away From My Sam
Jinny Mule
Send For Me
Maybelle's Blues
3:08

notes

Made in France / Released in jewel case with booklet (8 pp.).

Vocal With Orchestra.

Track 1 recorded in New York, April 6, 1944 / Originally released on Decca 8660.

Tracks 2 to 5 recorded in Cincinnati, November 1947 /
Track 2 originally released on King 4227; track 3 rejected (King); track 4 on King 4271, track 5 on King 4207.

Track 6 recorded in Cincinnati, December 1947 / Originally released on King 4227.

Tracks 7 to 9 recorded in Cincinnati, December 1947 /
Track 7 originally released on King 4207, track 8 on King 4271, track 9 rejected (King).

Tracks 10 to 13 recorded in New York, October 8, 1952 /
Track 10 originally released on Okeh 6955, track 11 on Epic 38456 (LP), track 12 on Okeh 6931, track 13 on Okeh 7009.

Tracks 14 to 15 recorded in New York, October 29, 1952 /
Track 14 originally released on Okeh 6931, track 15 on Okeh 6955.

Tracks 16 to 19 recorded in New York, June 11, 1953 /
Track 16 originally released on Epic 37649 (LP), tracks 17 & 18 on Okeh 6998, track 19 on Okeh 7009.

credits

Alto Saxophone – - Vincent Bair-Bey (tracks: 2 to 9)Baritone Saxophone – - Dave McRae (tracks: 10 to 19)Bass – - Al Hall (tracks: 16 to 19), - Carl "Flat Top" Wilson * (tracks: 2 to 9), - Grachan Moncur (tracks: 10 to 15), - Roger Jones (5) (tracks: 1)Drums – - Charlie Smith (2) (tracks: 10 to 13), - Clarence "Bobby" Donaldson * (tracks: 2 to 9), - Horace Washington (tracks: 1), - Marty Wilson (2) (tracks: 14 to 19)Guitar – - Brownie McGhee (tracks: 16 to 19), - James Cannady (tracks: 10 to 15), - Lonnie Johnson (2) (tracks: 2 to 9)Liner Notes – - Dave Penny (2) , - Fred Mendelsohn
Piano – - Christine Chatman (tracks: 1), - Fletcher Smith (tracks: 10 to 15), - Joe Knight (4) (tracks: 2 to 9), - Lee Anderson (4) (tracks: 16 to 19)Speech – - Rose Marie McCoy (tracks: 10 to 15)Tenor Saxophone – - Hal Singer (tracks: 2 to 9), - Ralph Bowden (tracks: 1), - Sam Taylor (2) (tracks: 10 to 19), - Tom Archia (tracks: 2 to 9), - Bill Moore * (tracks: 1)Trombone – - Alfred Cobbs * (tracks: 10 to 15), - Eli Robinson (tracks: 16 to 19), - Joe Britton (tracks: 2 to 9)Trumpet – - Hot Lips Page (tracks: 2 to 9), - Reginald Adams (tracks: 1)Vocals – - Big Maybelle (tracks: 10 to 19), - Mabel Smith (Big Maybelle) * (tracks: 1), - Mabel Smith (tracks: 2 to 9)

companies

Copyright Classics Records
Distributed By Mlodie
Pressed By MPO

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