Compil. FR 2006 on Classics label
Blues (Chicago Blues)
Blues Singing With Instrumental Accompaniment. Made in France. Released in jewel case with booklet (8 pp). Tracks 1 to 3 recorded in Chicago, c. October, 1952 / Tracks 1 to 2 originally released on JOB 1105 / Track 3 = JOB rejected. Tracks 4 to 8 recorded in Chicago, January 12, 1953 / originally released on Constellation 6 (LP). Tracks 9 to 12 recorded in Chicago, February 3, 1953 / Vee-Jay previously unreleased. Despite the master numbers [according to some discographies] above session would be from Frebruary 3, 1954. Tracks 13 to 18 recorded in Chicago, 1954 / Tracks 13 to 14 originally released on Blue Lake 105 / Tracks 15 to 16 on Blue Lake 107 / Tracks 17 to 18 on JOB 1108. Tracks 19 to 20 recorded in Chicago, 1955 / originally released on Club 51 C-106. Eddie Taylor (2) or Floyd Jones (2): Guitar on tracks 9 to 16 / 'Big Cawford' = typo in bass credits of tracks 1 to 3.
Sunnyland Slim p, voc, 1906-1995 US vocals, piano, album by | |
Ernest "Big" Crawford b, 1897-1956 US bass | |
Moody Jones g, b, 1908-1988 US bass | |
Alfred Wallace dr, US drums | |
J.B. Lenoir voc, g, 1929-1967 US guitar | |
Pete Franklin g, voc, p, 1928-1975 US guitar | |
Prince Candy guitar | |
Robert Lockwood Jr. voc, g, 1915-2006 US guitar | |
Lefty Bates eg, 1920-2001 US guitar, bass, drums | |
Louis Myers g, voc, h, 1929-1994 US guitar, bass, drums | |
Snooky Pryor h, voc, 1921-2006 US harmonica | |
Ernest Cotton sax, ts, tenor saxophone | |
J.T. Brown ts, voc, 1918-1969 US tenor saxophone | |
Red Holloway ts, as, 1927-2012 US tenor saxophone | |
Johnny Shines voc, g, 1915-1992 US vocals | |
Unknown Artist vocals, female vocals | |
Sunnyland Slim And His Sunny Boys , performer on track | |
Sunnyland Slim And His Playboys , performer on track |
Dave Penny liner notes |
Jacques Demêtre photography by |
Albert Luandrew |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Shake It Baby | Sunnyland Slim And His Sunny Boys | Albert Luandrew | 2:37 |
2 | Woman Trouble | Sunnyland Slim And His Sunny Boys | Albert Luandrew | 2:54 |
3 | City Of New Orleans | Sunnyland Slim And His Sunny Boys | Albert Luandrew | 2:55 |
4 | When I Was Young | Sunnyland Slim | Albert Luandrew | 2:37 |
5 | Bassology | Sunnyland Slim | Albert Luandrew | 2:37 |
6 | Worried About My Baby | Sunnyland Slim | 2:39 | |
7 | Living In The White House | Sunnyland Slim | 2:26 | |
8 | Please Don't | Sunnyland Slim | 2:03 | |
9 | Trouble Of My Own | Sunnyland Slim | 3:00 | |
10 | Worried About My Baby | Sunnyland Slim | 2:57 | |
11 | I Done You Wrong | Sunnyland Slim | 3:01 | |
12 | Be My Baby | Sunnyland Slim | 2:51 | |
13 | Going Back To Memphis | Sunnyland Slim | Albert Luandrew | 2:55 |
14 | Devil Is A Busy Man | Sunnyland Slim | Albert Luandrew | 2:48 |
15 | Shake It Baby | Sunnyland Slim | Albert Luandrew | 2:59 |
16 | Bassology | Sunnyland Slim | Albert Luandrew | 2:54 |
17 | Four Day Bounce | Sunnyland Slim And His Playboys | Albert Luandrew | 2:23 |
18 | That Woman (You Have Heard Of A Woman) | Sunnyland Slim And His Playboys | Albert Luandrew | 2:46 |
19 | Be Mine Alone | Sunnyland Slim | Albert Luandrew | 2:41 |
20 | Sad And Lonesome | Sunnyland Slim | Albert Luandrew | 2:57 |