Atlantic Blues: Vocals

Atlantic Label (Series), Atlantic Blues (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002IJU
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #409,665 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Suitcase Blues - Sippie Wallace

2. Trouble in Mind - Jimmy Witherspoon

3. In the Evenin' - Jimmy Witherspoon

4. Gimme a Pigfoot - LaVern Baker

5. How Long Blues - Mama Yancey

6. Oke-She-Make-Me-Pop - Joe Turner

7. I've Got That Feelin' - Lil Green

8. Every Time - Lil Green

9. Destination Love - Wynonie Harris

10. Tell A Whole Of A Tale - Wynonie Harris

11. Rain Is A Bringdown - Ruth Brown

12. Nothing Stays The Same Forever - Percy Mayfield

13. River's Invitation - Ted Taylor

14. Just Like A Fish - Esther Phillips

15. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man - Otis Clay

16. Did You Ever Love A Woman - Rufus Thomas

17. Baby Girl Parts 1&2 - Titus Turner

18. Ain't That Lovin' You - Bobby Bland

19. It's My Own Tears That's Bein' Wasted - Johnny Copeland

20. Cheatin' Woman - Eldridge Holmes

See all 23 tracks on this disc

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Atlantic Blues: Vocals

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Discover Some Little Known Blues on This Atlantic Genre Set, April 7, 2000

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Anthony G Pizza "trivialtony" (FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlantic Blues: Vocals (Audio CD)

Here's a stellar collection of blues vocalists tapping into Atlantic Records' strength; the distinctive Southern R&B voices who gave the label its first 20 years of hits, here on lesser known and even previously unreleased tracks and singles.

Starting off with Sippie Wallace's ragtime "You Got to Know How" (featuring Bonnie Raitt on slide guitar), this album walks through remakes of some early blues' hits ("Big Joe" Turner sings all over "St. Louis Blues," LaVerne Baker does likewise to Bessie Smith's "Gimme A Pigfoot.") It also salutes the label's two greatest female vocalists, Ruth Brown (the previously unreleased "Ruth Is A Bringdown") and Aretha Franklin ("Takin' Another Man's Place.")

It marches on through the genre songwriters like Percy Mayfield (w/Johnny Guitar Watson on "Nothin' Stays The Same Forever") Titus Turner (the overlong, faux-live "Baby Girl") and Rufus Thomas ("Did You Ever Love A Woman," later covered by Derek & The Dominoes). It also includes genre giants Bobby Bland, Johnny Copeland (on the remarkable "It's My Own Tears Being Wasted") and ZZ Hill. Outstanding collection, especially for the price, and recommended.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dissappointing, August 19, 2008

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P. Staley (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlantic Blues: Vocals (Audio CD)

It's a shame that Atlantic cut several tracks from the vinyl LP to make a one disc CD - ZZ Hill's (Home Just Ain't Home At) Suppertime is NOT on this CD. Check the track list carefully before you buy it as a replacement for your cassette or vinyl.