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The story of the blues

CD Music recording  - 2003
MJ 781.643 Sto
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  • Physical Description sound disc
    2 audio discs (146:59 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher [New York] : Columbia/Legacy ; Toronto : Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment (Canada), [2003]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact discs.
Based on an album originally prepared to complement the book: The story of the blues / by Paul Oliver.
Previously released 1926-2001.
Program notes by Paul Oliver inserted in container.
GMD: compact disc.
Formatted Contents Note: disc 1. Yarum praise songs (Fra-Fra Tribesmen) -- Stack O'Lee blues (Mississippi John Hurt) -- Travelin' blues (Blind Willie McTell) -- Stone pony blues (Charley Patton) -- Black snake moan (Blind Lemon Jefferson) -- Pigmeat (Leadbelly) -- Broken yo-yo (Texas Alexander) -- Broke and hungry blues (Peg Leg Howell) -- It won't be long now (Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley) -- Georgia crawl (Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony) -- Dangerous woman (Mississippi Jook Band) -- Gator wobble (Memphis Jug Band) -- In the house blues (Bessie Smith) -- Shake it down (Lillian Glinn) -- Pratt City blues (Bertha "Chippie" Hill) -- What it takes to bring you back (Butterbeans & Susie) -- Midnight hour blues (Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell) -- East St. Louis blues (Faber Smith & Jimmy Yancey) -- Good whiskey blues (Peetie Wheatstraw) -- W.P.A. blues (Casey Bill Weldon & Black Bob) -- Sorry feeling blues (Bo Carter) -- Little queen of spades (Robert Johnson) -- Parchman farm blues (Bukka White) -- Me and my chauffeur blues (Memphis Minnie) --
Participant or Performer Note: Various performers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 20.90