here is the NFO file from Indietorrents
Lend a hand, leave your BitTorrent downloads open as long as possible, even after it is complete. It will help everyone’s downloads go faster and give you a good share ratio. Thank you!
Interested in indie music? Join us at #indie.torrents on EFnet (IRC).
#indie.torrents tracker: http://www.indietorrents.com (now invite only)
Please support indie artists and labels. Buy this release or see a live
performance if you enjoy it.
*—#indie.torrents—*
Artist: Various
Album: When The Levee Breaks: Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941 (2007, JSP)
Label: JSP
Year: 2007
Genre:
RIAA Radar Status: SAFE
Encoder:
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Codec:
Avg Bit Rate: 224 kbps
Posted by: smallpaul
Description / Review:
————————
JSP continues to challenge Yazoo and Document records with their re-releases (with very good mastering to boot) of country blues and this set is no exception. For 25 bucks you get some of the finest and rarest country blues put to shellac (this set was mastered from 80-year old 78’s where in some cases, only 1 or 2 copies is known to exist).
Don’t be discouraged by the sound quality; in most cases on this set, it is exemplary considering that the bulk of this material was recorded before 1930. What we have here are some of the earliest examples of country blues (i.e. Freddie Spruell), pure and unaffected because it preceded the advent of radio airplay and music company marketing hyperbole.
Those who have not reveled in the fabulous bottleneck playing and tortured singing of Sam Butler (Bo Weevil Jackson) or King Solomon Hill (Joe Holmes) are missing the origins of much popular “roots” music and the regional musical styles that existed before the depression.
Similarly, listen to the late Robert Lockwood’s earliest acoustic sides before he went on to embellish Sonny Boy Williamson’s (Willie Rice Miller) and Little Walter’s most famous Chess material, and Otis Spann’s beautiful recordings for Candid records.
This set has too many superlatives to mention in an Amazon review, but it must be said that these recordings, although performed when the term “indigenous music” could be applied without exaggeration, were to become a major influence on so much of the popular music that followed it 10 and 20 years later.
As always, JSP has delivered a lot for a little. If you have any interest in pre-war country blues, it doesn’t come any better than this.
Track Listing
—————-
[01/100] Cottonfield Blues Part 1 (Garfield Akers) (2:53) 224 kbps 4.75 MB
[02/100] Bedside Blues (Jim Thompkins) (3:06) 224 kbps 5.11 MB
[03/100] Mississippi Bottom Blues (Kid Bailey) (2:49) 224 kbps 4.65 MB
[04/100] Poor Boy Blues (Sam Butler) (2:48) 224 kbps 4.61 MB
[05/100] I’m Leavin’ Town (William Harris) (3:02) 224 kbps 4.99 MB
[06/100] Hittin’ The Bottle Stomp (Mississippi Jook Band) (2:38) 224 kbps 4.35 MB
[07/100] Last Kind Words Blues (Geeshie Wiley) (3:00) 224 kbps 4.94 MB
[08/100] Third Street Woman Blues (Blind Willie Reynolds) (2:41) 224 kbps 4.44 MB
[09/100] Muddy Waters Blues (Freddie Spruell) (3:13) 224 kbps 5.27 MB
[10/100] Fare The Well Blues (Joe Calicott) (3:11) 224 kbps 5.24 MB
[11/100] That Won’t Do (Arthur Petties) (3:01) 224 kbps 4.97 MB
[12/100] Four O’Clock Flower Blues (Willie ’61’ Blackwell) (3:12) 224 kbps 5.26 MB
[13/100] Evil Devil Woman Blues (Joe McCoy) (3:13) 224 kbps 5.27 MB
[14/100] The Jail House Blues (Sam Collins) (2:32) 224 kbps 4.19 MB
[15/100] Black Spider Blues (Robert Lockwood Jr.) (3:01) 224 kbps 4.95 MB
[16/100] Traveling Riverside Blues Take 1 (Robert Johnson) (2:41) 224 kbps 4.44 MB
[17/100] Baltimore Blues (Charlie McCoy) (2:51) 224 kbps 4.70 MB
[18/100] Down The Big Road Blues (Mattie Delaney) (3:09) 224 kbps 5.18 MB
[19/100] You Scolded Me And Drove Me (Mississippi Bracey) (3:19) 224 kbps 5.45 MB
[20/100] Milk Cow Blues (Freddie Spruell) (3:19) 224 kbps 5.46 MB
[21/100] Ten Pound Hammer (Mose Andrews) (2:40) 224 kbps 4.40 MB
[22/100] Noiseless Motor Blues (Willie ’61’ Blackwell) (3:23) 224 kbps 5.55 MB
[23/100] Jailhouse Fire Blues (Buddy Boy Hawkins) (2:30) 224 kbps 4.15 MB
[24/100] 4A Highway (Freddie Spruell) (3:06) 224 kbps 5.10 MB
[25/100] Times Has Done Got Hard (King Solomon Hill) (3:13) 224 kbps 5.27 MB
[01/100] Mississippi County Farm Blues (Son House) (2:51) 224 kbps 4.70 MB
[02/100] When The Levee Breaks (Joe McCoy) (3:11) 224 kbps 5.23 MB
[03/100] Ninety Nine Blues (Blind Joe Reynolds) (2:40) 224 kbps 4.40 MB
[04/100] Snake Doctor Blues (Jelly Jaw Short) (3:23) 224 kbps 5.56 MB
[05/100] Little Girl In Rome (Otto Virgial) (2:37) 224 kbps 4.32 MB
[06/100] It’s Cold In China Blues (Mississippi Moaner) (2:50) 224 kbps 4.66 MB
[07/100] Bald Eagle Blues (Willie ’61’ Blackwell) (3:27) 224 kbps 5.65 MB
[08/100] Boodle-De-Bum Blues (Bogus Ben Covington) (3:23) 224 kbps 5.55 MB
[09/100] Bull Frog Blues (William Harris) (3:10) 224 kbps 5.20 MB
[10/100] Dangerous Woman (Mississippi Jook Band) (2:45) 224 kbps 4.53 MB
[11/100] Shaggy Dog Blues (Buddy Boy Hawkins) (2:34) 224 kbps 4.25 MB
[12/100] Devil In The Lion’s Den (Sam Collins) (2:43) 224 kbps 4.50 MB
[13/100] Quarrelin’ Mama Blues (Arthur Petties) (2:42) 224 kbps 4.45 MB
[14/100] Devil And My Brown Blues (Sam Butler) (2:52) 224 kbps 4.72 MB
[15/100] Take A Little Walk With Me (Robert Lockwood) (2:55) 224 kbps 4.81 MB
[16/100] Last Time Blues (Charlie McCoy) (3:03) 224 kbps 5.03 MB
[17/100] Dough Roller Blues (Garfield Akers) (3:11) 224 kbps 5.23 MB
[18/100] The Crowing Rooster (Walter Rhodes) (3:25) 224 kbps 5.61 MB
[19/100] Motherless Child Blues (Geeshie Wiley) (3:19) 224 kbps 5.44 MB
[20/100] Married Woman Blues (George Torey) (2:56) 224 kbps 4.82 MB
[21/100] She’s Young And Wild (Willien ’61’ Blackwell) (3:18) 224 kbps 5.41 MB
[22/100] Cherry Ball (Mississippi Bracey) (3:15) 224 kbps 5.34 MB
[23/100] Bad Notion Blues (Otto Virgial) (2:43) 224 kbps 4.47 MB
[24/100] Don’t Cry Baby (Freddy Spruell) (3:06) 224 kbps 5.09 MB
[25/100] Rowdy Blues (Kid Bailey) (2:59) 224 kbps 4.91 MB
[01/100] My Buddy Blind Papa Melon (King Solomon Hill) (3:08) 224 kbps 5.25 MB
[02/100] Snatch It Back Blues (Buddy Boy Hawkins) (3:04) 224 kbps 5.12 MB
[03/100] Machine Gun Blues (Willie ’61’ Blackwell) (3:08) 224 kbps 5.25 MB
[04/100] Revenue Man Blues (Arthur Petties) (2:45) 224 kbps 4.63 MB
[05/100] Mr. Freddie’s Kokomo Blues (Freddie Spruell) (3:06) 224 kbps 5.18 MB
[06/100] Over To My House (Geeshie Wiley) (3:29) 224 kbps 5.80 MB
[07/100] Barefoot Blues (Jelly Jaw Short) (2:58) 224 kbps 4.97 MB
[08/100] Jumpin’ And Shoutin’ Blues (Garfield Akers) (3:09) 224 kbps 5.26 MB
[09/100] Look Who’s Coming Down The Road (Joe McCoy) (2:47) 224 kbps 4.68 MB
[10/100] Traveling Mama Blues (Joe Calicott) (3:15) 224 kbps 5.42 MB
[11/100] Leavin’ Here Blues (William Harris) (3:13) 224 kbps 5.37 MB
[12/100] Got The Blues About Rome (Otto Virgial) (2:57) 224 kbps 4.93 MB
[13/100] Young Heifer Blues (Mose Andrews) (3:01) 224 kbps 5.05 MB
[14/100] Skippy Whippy (Mississippi Jook Band) (2:48) 224 kbps 4.72 MB
[15/100] Yellow Dog Blues (Sam Collins) (2:31) 224 kbps 4.26 MB
[16/100] You Can’t Keep No Brown (Sam Butler) (2:47) 224 kbps 4.68 MB
[17/100] Tallahatchie River Blues (Mattie Delaney) (2:45) 224 kbps 4.64 MB
[18/100] Stered Gal (Mississippi Bracey) (3:09) 224 kbps 5.26 MB
[19/100] Motherless And Fatherless Blues (Charlie McCoy) (3:14) 224 kbps 5.39 MB
[20/100] Don’t Misuse Me, Baby (Willie ’61’ Blackwell) (3:20) 224 kbps 5.55 MB
[21/100] I’m Gonna Train My Baby (Robert Lockwood Jr.) (2:59) 224 kbps 5.00 MB
[22/100] Out On Santa Fe Blues (Arthur Petties) (3:12) 224 kbps 5.34 MB
[23/100] It’s Hard Time (Joe Stone) (3:08) 224 kbps 5.24 MB
[24/100] Your Good Man Is Gone (Freddie Spruell) (3:24) 224 kbps 5.66 MB
[25/100] Cold Woman Blues (Blind Joe Reynolds) (2:56) 224 kbps 4.93 MB
[01/100] Clarksdale Moan (Son House) (2:59) 224 kbps 4.91 MB
[02/100] Adam And Eve In The Garden (Bogus Ben Covington) (2:40) 224 kbps 4.41 MB
[03/100] Lonesome Man Blues (George Torey) (2:46) 224 kbps 4.55 MB
[04/100] Leaving Home Blues (Walter Rhodes) (3:24) 224 kbps 5.59 MB
[05/100] Loving Lady Blues (Sam Collins) (2:43) 224 kbps 4.48 MB
[06/100] Early Mornin’ Blues (William Harris) (2:48) 224 kbps 4.63 MB
[07/100] Number Three Blues (Buddy Boy Hawkins) (2:49) 224 kbps 4.65 MB
[08/100] Tell Me Baby (King Solomon Hill) (3:25) 224 kbps 5.60 MB
[09/100] Little Boy Blue (Robert Lockwood Jr.) (3:06) 224 kbps 5.09 MB
[10/100] Cottonfield Blues Part 2 (Garfield Akers) (3:16) 224 kbps 5.36 MB
[11/100] Chalk My Toy (Willie ’61’ Blackwell) (3:11) 224 kbps 5.24 MB
[12/100] Barbecue Bust (Mississippi Jook Band) (2:40) 224 kbps 4.41 MB
[13/100] Two Time Blues (Arthur Petties) (3:14) 224 kbps 5.31 MB
[14/100] Back Door Blues (Joe Stone) (3:01) 224 kbps 4.97 MB
[15/100] Way Back Down Home (Freddie Spruell) (3:07) 224 kbps 5.13 MB
[16/100] Skinny Leg Blues (Geeshie Wiley) (3:09) 224 kbps 5.19 MB
[17/100] Meat Cutter Blues (Joe McCoy) (2:56) 224 kbps 4.82 MB
[18/100] Mississippi Moan (Mississippi Moaner) (2:31) 224 kbps 4.16 MB
[19/100] Married Man Blues (Blind Willie Reynolds) (3:17) 224 kbps 5.39 MB
[20/100] Jefferson County Blues (Sam Butler) (2:44) 224 kbps 4.52 MB
[21/100] Rampaw Street Blues (Willie ’61’ Blackwell) (3:12) 224 kbps 5.26 MB
[22/100] I’ll Overcome Someday (Mississippi Bracey) (3:14) 224 kbps 5.31 MB
[23/100] Good Boy Blues (Arthur Petties) (3:20) 224 kbps 5.47 MB
[24/100] Grand Daddy Blues (Jelly Jaw Short) (3:14) 224 kbps 5.31 MB
[25/100] Let’s Go Riding (Freddie Spruell) (3:00) 224 kbps 4.93 MB
Total number of files: 100
Total size of files: 499.33 MB
Total playing time: 301:48
Generated: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:22:47 AM
Created with: #indie.torrents NFO Generator (Mac) v2.3b1