Cat. No. 2340: BIG MAYBELLE ~ THE COMPLETE KING, OKEH AND SAVOY SESSIONS. ACROBAT MUSIC ADDCD 3161. (IMPORT).
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BIG MAYBELLE SMITH WAS ONE OF THE COTERIE OF POWERFUL FEMALE BLUES & R&B SINGERS WHO LIT UP THE SCENE DURING THE POST WAR DECADES. THIS 53-TRACK, 2CD SET COMPRISES ALL HER A & B SIDES FROM THE KING, OKEH AND SAVOY LABELS ALONG WITH TRACKS FROM HER TWO ALBUMS FOR SAVOY WHICH WERE NOT OTHERWISE RELEASED AS SINGLES. GREAT, GREAT *****
TRACK LISTING: CD1 – Bad Dream Blues / Sad And Disappointed / Indian Giver / Too Tight Mama / Little Miss Muffet / Don’t Try To Fool Me / Gabbin’ Blues / Rain Down Rain / Way Back Home / Just Want Your Love / Send For Me / Jinny Mule / Maybelle’s Blues / My Country Man / I’ve Got A Feelin’ / You’ll Never Know / My Big Mistake / I’m Getting’ ‘Long Alright / Ain’t No Use / Don’t Leave Me Poor / One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / Such A Cutie / The Other Night / New Kind Of Mambo / Candy.
CD2 – That’s A Pretty Good Love / Tell Me Who / Mean To Me / I Don’t Want To Cry / All Of Me / Rock House / Jim / Ring Dang Dilly / So Long / Blues Early, Early Parts 1 & 2 / Silent Night / White Christmas / Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home / Say It Isn’t So / A Good Man Is Hard To Find / Pitiful / Some Of These Days / I Understand / I Got It Bad / Until The Real Thing Comes Along / I Ain’t Got Nobody / Goin’ Home Baby / There I’ve Said It Again / Ramblin’ Blues / Stay As Sweet As You Are / If I Could Be With You / I Could Make You Care.
2CD SET