Johnny Ace - Memorial Album (1973 reissue) [Complete LP]
This Memorial Album to Johnny Ace was released in 1973 on MCA Records, catalogue number MCA-27014.
Johnny Ace (1929-1954) [real name John Marshall Alexander Jr.] had a successful recording career between 1952 and 1954, but is unfortunately often best remembered for the way he died: shooting himself in the head while backstage during an intermission while performing at the City Auditorium in Houston, Texas on Christmas Day, 1954. It was widely reported that he was playing Russian Roulette. Witnesses, including Big Mama Thornton, said he had been playing with the gun, but not playing Russian Roulette, before he accidentally shot himself.
Johnny Ace is buried in New Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee: http://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/johnny-ace-new-park-cemetery-memphis-tennessee/
This "Memorial Album was released in 1973 on MCA Records, catalogue number MCA-27014. As far as I can tell it has since been deleted from the MCA catalogue although it is still available as a download: https://www.amazon.com/Memorial-Album-Johnny-Ace/dp/B002HTCQTU/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1616541868&sr=8-2
Track List:
1. Pledging My Love 0:00
2. Don't You Know 2:28
3. Never Let Me Go 5:11
4. So Lonely 8:03
5. I'm Crazy Baby 10:39
6. My Song 12:58
7. Saving My Love For You 15:59
8. The Clock 18:38
9. How Can You Be So Mean 21:38
10. Still Love You So 24:09
11. Cross My Heart 26:55
12. Anymore 29:41
Johnny Ace (1929-1954) [real name: John M. Alexander Jr.] is buried in New Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee. Here is a link to our web page about his grave site: http://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/johnny-ace-new-park-cemetery-memphis-tennessee/
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Little Milton - Sings Big Blues (1966) [Complete 1987 Reissue LP]
One Of Our Deleted Albums Series
Little Milton released this album of blues covers in 1966 on Checker Records, a subsidiary of Chicago based Chess Records.
The album was subsequently deleted but was reissued in 1987 by Universal Records, which had acquired Chess Records.
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Tommy Johnson - Complete Recordings Of Tommy Johnson (1928-1929)
Tommy Johnson was a legendary bluesman of the 1920's. These are his complete recordings, made in 198 and 1929.
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Big Bill Broonzy - Wartime Recordings - (1941-1945)
Big Bill Broonzy recordings made during World War Two, 1941-1945
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Big Bill Broonzy - Postwar Recordings (1945-1949)
Big Bill Broonzy recordings made between 1945-1949.
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Big Bill Broonzy - Post War Recordings (1949-1951)
Big Bill Broonzy recordings from 1949-1951.
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Mississippi Jook Band (1936) [Complete Recordings]
The Mississippi Jook Band was comprised of three musicians specifically assembled for one recording session in a now demolished hotel in Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on 20 July 1936.
The Mississippi Jook Band was Cooney Vaughn (Piano), Roosevelt Graves (guitar) and Aaron (Uaroy) Graves (tambourine).
Although the band was only together for one day and one recording session, which produced only four tracks, the four recordings by the Mississippi Jook Band are considered historically significant by the Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll.
The Mississippi Blues Trail marker "Roots Of Rock And Roll" on Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi describes them as:
"“ROOTS OF ROCK AND ROLL – Rock and roll is rooted in the blues of Mississippi. The Mississippi Jook Band (brothers Roosevelt and Uaroy Graves and pianist Cooney Vaughn) earned a niche in the annals of rock after they recorded in Hattiesburg in 1936, nearly two decades before rock and roll exploded in the 1950s. The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll noted that their blues recordings “featured fully formed rock and roll guitar riffs and a stomping rock and roll beat.”
http://www.mississippibluestravellers...
Track List:
1. Hittin' The Bottle Stomp 0:00
2. Dangerous Woman 2:37
3. Skippy Whippy 5:23
4. Barbeque Bust 8:12
These recordings were taken from Mississippi Blue: Rare Cuts 1926-1941, a 4 CD set released on JSP Records: http://www.mississippibluestravellers...
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Willie Love - Trumpet Records Recordings (1951-1953)
Willie Love is a largely forgotten blues and R&B performer who recorded for Trumpet Records in Jackson, Mississippi in 1951 and in Houston, Texas in 1953.
His recording of Nelson Street is commemorated by the Mississippi Blues Trail with a marker on Nelson Street in Greenville, Mississippi.
These tracks were taken from a 4 CD set (which is one of our Recommended Albums) released on JSP Records
Track List:
1. Take It Easy Baby 0:00
2. Little Car Blues 2:56
3. Everyone's Fishing 5:54
4. My Own Boogie 8:13
5. Feed My Body To The Fishes 11:15
6. Falling Rain 13:46
7. Vanity Dresser Boogie 16:48
8. Seventy Four Blues 19:16
9. 21 Minutes To Nine 22:19
10. Steady Lane Blues 24:52
11. Nelson Street Blues 27:41
12. V-8 Ford 30:28
13. Shout Brother Shout 33:16
14. Way Back 35:51
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Roy Brown (1947-1952)
Roy Brown was a very influential R&B singer in the late 1940's and early 1950's.
This is a collection of Roy Brown recordings made between 1947 and 1951.
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