Yes, good call... I love all those artists. Lonnie's even the nominal leader on an Ellington record, Move Over by Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers (OKeh 8638). He recorded with other groups, and a series of guitar duets with Eddie Lang. Dodds also had that unusual session with the Dixieland Jug Blowers in 1926. A mystery on Blind Blake's Sweet Papa Low down: who plays the cornet (or trumpet)?
Are you 100% sure? I have it too, and it didn't sound like it was marred by noise reduction. It sounds a lot better than the Proper Box, which I'm pretty sure did have noise reduction.
JSP "borrowed" this from the big Bear Family Carter Family set. As was mentioned on this board BF, who had paid for the licensing, research and mastering, sued them and won.
Haven't listened to it in years so I can't be specific, but it did have some noise reduction effects. Others complained about it too at the time. It's still an essential set, though.
Good question. I'm fairly sure (without digging through them right now) that the CD info I have on that track lists it as 'unknown'. I really dig Blind Blake. I first got into him only 3-4 years ago and he's one of my favourite pre-war blues artists. Wonderful player.
True. I did not know it was mentioned before. Also, if better sound quality is what one is after, avoid this collection although it is cheap. Get the Bear Family set for much better sound.
Charlie Poole - You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music And these three volumes on County Records...
Time for a plug for my favorite online radio station http://venerableradio.com/ If you like the music in this thread it could quickly become your favorite, too (although not 100% of what they play is blues/country, it's all from that time and it's all good!) I'll bet they're playing a song you'll like right now.
Gus Cannon: Cannon's Jug Stompers. Complete Works 1927-30. Herwin. With Ashley Thompson, Hosea Woods, Noah Lewis.
I don't know if this is only album covers or what, but here's a clip of a guy I used to go see live every now and then back a few years ago. He really nailed that pre-War. country blues style, IMO. Don't know what he's up to these days, but I hope he's still making music.
Okay, here goes...I've got a few of the JSP boxes featuring some of the pre-war blues guys (Blind Blake, Lemon Jefferson, Leroy Carr, Broonzy, etc...), which are great introduction as they are inexpensive, but are there better sounding releases of these artists?
Anything by those artists on the Yazoo label beats the JSP boxes, IMO. No question they are a great deal and a cheap way to get a lot of songs in one place, but their quality is iffy at best. I have the Blind Lemon set you have and I just figured these were old recordings and would have to live with how they sounded. Then I discovered Yazoo and have never looked back. I'm sure their are other labels that people here with greater knowledge than I could recommend as well.
