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I Can't Be Satisfied 2

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Approximately 68 min. Remastered sound. This is the second volume of female singers from Yazoo Records from the 1920's,and is equal to the first. These tracks cover a more big-city sound of blues singing. The first volume had a rural feel to it. This album has a more sophisticated sound,both in the style of singing and the arrangements. The backing on these tracks is fleshed out with horns from small jazz combos and have an overall feel of almost a Louis Armstrong style. Singers relatively known like Victoria Spivey,Sippie Wallace,and Ma Rainey make a showing here. But others,like the fine Clara Smith and Bertha Hill also make an appearrance. The subject matter has not changed all that much from the first volume. Matters of the heart,money,and down and out times are all here. Taken together,these two volumes make up an important area of blues singing that doesn't receive a lot of attention. As I said about the first volume,if you don't own this,your blues library is incomplete. After listening to both of these fine volumes,you will agree.

Amazon's track listing is showing only some credits, and in many cases they are displaying the songwriter instead of the performer. Here are the tracks/performers:

1. Dirty T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey
2. Strugglin' Woman's Blues - Clara Smith
3. Everybody Does It Now - Martha Copeland
4. Pay Roll Blues - Lucille Bogan
5. Forget Me Not Blues - Sara Martin
6. Section Hand Blues - Sippie Wallace
7. Good Chib Blues - Edith Johnson
8. Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey
9. Do Dirty Blues - Bertha "Chippie" Hill
10. I Helped You, Sick Man, When You Were Down and Out - Katherine Baker
11. He's Never Gonna Throw Me Down - Sara Martin
12. Blood Hound - Victoria Spivey
13. Dead Drunk Blues - Margaret Johnson
14. Parlor Social De Luxe - Sippie Wallace
15. Bye Bye Baby - Hattie Burleson
16. Winter Blues - Madlyn Davis
17. My Own Man Blues - Ivy Smith
18. Jim Nappy - Hattie Burleson
19. How Long - Alberta Brown
20. Trouble in Mind - Bertha "Chippie" Hill
21. Walking Blues - Ma Rainey
22. Mistreating Man Blues - Sara Martin
23. Trouble Everywhere I Roam - Sippie Wallace