VA - The Melotone Blues Story (2014)

Melotone issued early recordings by musicians who would go on to help define one of the most important musical movements of the 20th century – the blues.This superb 2 disc compilation will transport you back to the highs and lows of the Depression era when singers as well-known as Josh White and as obscure as Washboard Sam and the Mississippi Jook Band helped popularise the genre.

Tracklist:

CD 1

01. Blind Boy Fuller - Rag, Mama, Rag
02. Big Bill Broonzy - Bricks In My Pillow
03. Reverend Gary Davis - The Great Change In Me
04. Josh White - Good Gal
05. Lucille Bogan - Changed Ways Blues
06. Washboard Sam - I'm A Prowlin' Groundhog
07. Peetie Wheatstraw - Remember And Forget Blues
08. Sam Montgomery - Honey Dripper
09. Mississippi Jook Band - Skippy Whippy
10. Floyd 'Dipper Boy' Council - Working Man Blues
11. Big Bill Broonzy - Match Box Blues
12. Lil Johnson & Black Bob - Take It Easy Greasy
13. Kid Prince Moore - Sign Of Judgement
14. Walter Roland - 45. Pistol Blues
15. Josh White - Did You Read That Letter
16. George Noble - If You Lose Your Good Gal
17. Charley Jordan - Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me
18. Buddy Moss - Undertaker Blues
19. Blind Boy Fuller - Evil Hearted Woman
20. Lead Belly - Pig Meat Papa

CD 2

01. Josh White - No More Ball And Chain
02. Lead Belly - Becky Deem, She Was A Gamblin Girl
03. Big Bill Broonzy - It's Too Late Now
04. Leroy Carr - I Believe I'll Make A Change
05. Blind Boy Fuller - Truckin' My Blues Away
06. Walter Roland - Club Meeting Blues
07. Sam Montgomery - Baby Please Don't Go
08. Peetie Wheatstraw - Misterated Love Blues
09. Kid Prince Moore - Bug Juice Blues
10. Lil Johnson - That Bonus Gone Done Gone Thru
11. Charley Jordan - Got You Water On
12. Bilnd Boy Fuller - I'm A Rattlesnakin Daddy
13. Josh White - Greenville Sheik
14. Reverend Gary Davis - I Belong To The Hand, Hallelujah!
15. George Noble - Seminole Blues
16. Washboard Sam - Don't Tear My Clothes
17. Big Bill Broonzy - Tell Me What You Been Doing
18. Buddy Moss - Mistreated Boy
19. Walter Roland - Bad Dream Blues
20. Lucille Bogan - Lonesome Midnight Blues