Reefer Madness

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 23, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: United States Dist
• ASIN: B00019FWEO
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,396 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey

2. Reefer Man - Don Redman

3. Wacky Dust - Ella Fitzgerald (With Chick Webb)

4. Kickin The Gong Around - Cab Calloway

5. Knockin Myself Out - Lil Green

6. Sweet Marijuana Brown - Barney Bigard

7. Texas Tea Party - Jack Teagarden (With Benny Goodman)

8. Onyx Hop - Frankie Newton

9. The Reefer Song (If You're A Viper - Fats Waller

10. Take A Whiff On Me - Leadbelly

11. Gimmie A Pigfoot (Gimme A Reefer) - Bessie Smith

12. Ol Man River (Smoke A Little Tea - Jerry Kruger

13. When I Get Low I Get High - Ella Fitzgerald

14. Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana) - Julie Lee

15. Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway

16. I'm Feeling High & Happy - Helen Ward (With Gene Krupa)

17. Here Comes The Man With The Jive - Stuff Smith

18. Jack I'm Mellow - Trixie Smith

Editorial Reviews

Subtitled - A Collection Of Vintage Drug Songs, 1927-1945. Welcome to the strange & curious world of the Buzzola label. This collection features 18 remastered tracks from such artists as Ella Fitzgerald (with Chick Webb), Cab Calloway, Jack Teagarden (with Benny Goodman), Fats Waller, Bessie Smith, & more. Packaged in a three-panel digipak, including full color booklet with sleeve notes. 2004.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating footnote in drug history, June 29, 2005

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TimothyFarrell22 (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reefer Madness (Audio CD)

And even if you don't embrace the drug subculture, you'll find much to interest you in this compilation. You know how all the right wing extremists keep complaining about how things aren't innocent anymore? How all artists sing about is sex and drugs? Well, they're wrong. Quite frankly, music was never innocent. Even mainstream artists are represented here. It's often quite jaw-dropping, and bizarrly pro-drug. The innocent old days? I don't beleive so. An interesting representation of what people thought of drugs in those old days. If you enjoy this, also check out Lucille Bogan. She was a blues artist who in the 20s and 30s sang about sex graphically, and used language and sex talk that'd make Easy E and 2 Live Crew blush. A fascinating, if unessential, album.