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11:11am
WR:
Have a recently published (2023) book from the library of photographs by Chris Strachwitz, the guy who had Arhoolie records. Some of the photos are familiar from Arhoolie album covers but most are not. One photo he took in rural Mississippi is a cinder block one story with tin roof place. Sign mounted on the roof: DANCING * Mixed DRINKS * COLORED JUKE *
I get that they were trying to be cute using the record label name as an introduction for the singles, but "Sittin' in With Records" is just an awkward name.
It's always interesting to hear about the wild lives of some of these artists. At the opposite extreme, you also get lots of "this artist was born at some point in the late '30s and recorded three singles in a converted tool shed in Austin, Texas before seemingly disappearing from the Earth."
Most of my material is sourced from comps, either record labels or generic... I find songs first then look for comps that include them and end up with more songs that way.
I saw the Fats and Amos Milburn sets, but they were a bit above my price range, so I settled for "They Called Me the Fat Man" and "Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie" instead. "The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues" looks interesting though.
As of now, I've found two Louis Jordan sets that cover most of his stuff - a five disc set just called "Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five" and "The Louis Jordan Fifties Collection." I've got "The Big Horn" boxset dedicated to sax-heavy early rock and a few volumes of "Boss Black Rockers" as well. I also have "Chess Blues" and the Atlantic R&B and Soul compilations, which have some overlap with this show.
I learned a trick a while ago that if you search for something musical and add "blogspot" at the end you sometimes get good results.
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12:19pm
Jay Current:
I have seen where there's two different Vee Jay Records set, a 3 disc anniversary set and a complete singles one from the UK. The complete one is fairly cheap, but I've heard some questionable things about the label that released it.
That link is to the Hadda Brooks page. To find the DL look for top heading saying the artist name with blue down arrows, which has a link to mega.nz for the files.
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12:42pm
WR:
The blog is blues oriented but the person has included artists who are blues adjacent and some female jazz singers that he likes,
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Song:
"A Porter's Love Song" by "Julia Lee and Her Boy F...
jazz rhythm section
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12:49pm
WR:
During most of this show I was making pancakes and eating, so just listening. Reviewing back the playlist of what we've heard today, it is a great variety of great selections. Putting together a good show is more than just having some good comps and internet skillz. Thank you for the excellent show today and every week.
12:49pm
Zydeco Phil:
Awesome episode!
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12:50pm
WR:
Hope your move is reasonably smooth. Laters.
Listener comments!
: Last show for two weeks. Moving and stuff.
MHLee: Though the Otherworld should happen both weeks.
Jay Current:
↳ Song: "Rockin' Robin" by "Bobby Day"
Off to a great startMHLee: Hi Jay!
MHLee:
↳ Song: "Rockin' Robin" by "Bobby Day"
Really carried by the vocals and drums there. There's only a rhythm guitar there and no sax.Roger: Hey MHLee, where you moving to?
also, unrelated. where you moving from?
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ MHLee @11:04
Hi, MHLee, and others!Krys O.: Hi!
MHLee:
↳ Roger @11:04
From my undergraduate institution in WV back to my graduation institution only an hour North. I'm a post-doctoral rsearcher now.MHLee: Hi Krys. O and Andrew!
MHLee:
↳ Song: "Down the Road A-Piece" by "Harry the Hipster Gibs...
I think I got this on Irvin's Cosmic Spy labelJay Current:
↳ Song: "Down the Road A-Piece" by "Harry the Hipster Gibs...
Emphasis on the boogie with this oneMHLee:
↳ Jay Current @11:10
Harry Gibson seems like a colorful characterWR: Have a recently published (2023) book from the library of photographs by Chris Strachwitz, the guy who had Arhoolie records. Some of the photos are familiar from Arhoolie album covers but most are not. One photo he took in rural Mississippi is a cinder block one story with tin roof place. Sign mounted on the roof: DANCING * Mixed DRINKS * COLORED JUKE *
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ MHLee @11:11
He sure was!Andrew in Toronto:
↳ WR @11:11
Excellent!Jay Current:
↳ Song: "Work Baby Work" by "Larry Darnell"
Back to the honking saxAndrew in Toronto:
↳ WR @11:11
Hi, WR!MHLee:
↳ WR @11:11
There's a few of those places still kicking aroundWR:
↳ Song: "Down the Road A-Piece" by "Harry the Hipster Gibs...
They were joking with Harry calling Stan Kenton old man, but Kenton was only about 3.5 years older than Gibson.Andrew in Toronto:
↳ MHLee @11:13
There`s a Harry Gibson doc on Youtube.Andrew in Toronto:
↳ WR @11:14
Hi, WR.MHLee: Did something weird happen there or only on my end?
MHLee:
↳ WR @11:14
Ha!MHLee:
↳ Song: "What's It to You, Jack" by "Linda Hayes And The R...
Geets!WR:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:15
Hi Andrew.Roger:
↳ MHLee @11:15
didn't notice anything..Roger: You can tell Brownie McGee amile away. It's funny that no one was ever able to crib his sound.
MHLee:
↳ Roger @11:21
Ok, here my speech like stopped for a solid 30 seconds then came back midway thru a wordMHLee:
↳ Roger @11:22
It's very much between some more traditional blues and one of these more R&B tracksWR:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:14
thanks for mentioning that, I read on Wikipedia that Harry the Hipster's family had made a video about him, maybe it is that. Will look for it.Jay Current:
↳ Song: "Henry's Got Flat Feet (Can't Dance No More)" by "...
Not a complete Jukejoint Gold episode without Fats and Hank Ballard.MHLee:
↳ Jay Current @11:34
Gotta to get them in earlyJay Current:
↳ Song: "Love Me Blues" by "James Wayne"
I get that they were trying to be cute using the record label name as an introduction for the singles, but "Sittin' in With Records" is just an awkward name.MHLee: www.spontaneouslunacy.net... Wild life story and end
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ WR @11:33
I think it`s on Youtube.Jan Turkenburg: Hello!
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ Jan Turkenburg @11:39
Greetings, Jan!MHLee: Hi Jan!
MHLee:
↳ Song: "Midnight In The Barrelhouse" by "Johnny Otis Orch...
I would not have guessed this was 1949Jay Current:
↳ MHLee @11:37
It's always interesting to hear about the wild lives of some of these artists. At the opposite extreme, you also get lots of "this artist was born at some point in the late '30s and recorded three singles in a converted tool shed in Austin, Texas before seemingly disappearing from the Earth."Jay Current:
↳ MHLee @11:42
Yeah, that guitar tone is so gnarly it almost sounds like it was overdubbed in.MHLee:
↳ Song: "I'll Drown in My Tears" by "Sonny Thompson"
Later covered by Ray CharlesJay Current: MHLee, do you buy compilations/boxsets for early rock music?
MHLee:
↳ Song: "Boogie Woogie" by "Cleo Brown"
This may actually be the oldest one we've playedMHLee:
↳ Jay Current @12:01
Most of my material is sourced from comps, either record labels or generic... I find songs first then look for comps that include them and end up with more songs that way.Jay Current:
↳ MHLee @12:03
Do you have any favorites as far as comps go?MHLee:
↳ Jay Current @12:05
There's a very complete Fats Domino comp witjh a bunch of others too called I've Been Around, The Complete Imperial and ABC-Paramount RecordingsMHLee: There's the Dolphin ones... and also a big box called the history of New Orleans R&B worth looking at
MHLee: The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Amos Milburn also provides plenty of music to this show.
Jay Current:
↳ MHLee @12:06
I saw the Fats and Amos Milburn sets, but they were a bit above my price range, so I settled for "They Called Me the Fat Man" and "Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie" instead. "The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues" looks interesting though.As of now, I've found two Louis Jordan sets that cover most of his stuff - a five disc set just called "Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five" and "The Louis Jordan Fifties Collection." I've got "The Big Horn" boxset dedicated to sax-heavy early rock and a few volumes of "Boss Black Rockers" as well. I also have "Chess Blues" and the Atlantic R&B and Soul compilations, which have some overlap with this show.
Jay Current:
↳ Song: "Parchman Farm" by "Mose Allison"
Mose Allison has one of the most instantly distinguishable sounds of his era. That jazzy but rhythmic piano playing is always a giveaway.MHLee:
↳ Jay Current @12:16
I learned a trick a while ago that if you search for something musical and add "blogspot" at the end you sometimes get good results.Jay Current: I have seen where there's two different Vee Jay Records set, a 3 disc anniversary set and a complete singles one from the UK. The complete one is fairly cheap, but I've heard some questionable things about the label that released it.
MHLee:
↳ Jay Current @12:17
You can also tell when he's being coveredJay Current:
↳ MHLee @12:18
I always forget to check the blogs. Really need to start doing that.MHLee:
↳ Song: "Jailhouse Rock" by "Elvis Presley"
This is a buy for 1 dollarJay Current:
↳ MHLee @12:21
Eddie Cochran also has that effect. The Who and Blue Cheer covers of "Summertime Blues" still retain that rockabilly bounce.MHLee:
↳ Jay Current @12:24
Agreed. Blue Cheer also do a Parchment Farm coverJay Current:
↳ MHLee @12:23
I wonder how many millions of "Jailhouse Rock" 45s were printed.Jay Current:
↳ Song: "Ain't Nobody's Business" by "Joe Tex"
Pretty modern sounding stuff for Joe Tex.MHLee:
↳ Jay Current @12:26
I don't know, but it's not like you see the early Elvis stuff lying around so often.Jay Current:
↳ MHLee @12:28
I've seen some of his less prestigious soundtrack era stuff lying around at my local record store, but nothing too exciting.MHLee:
↳ Jay Current @12:31
Yeah, Elvis gospel records are pretty easy to findMHLee:
↳ Song: "Around the Clock (Parts 1 & 2)" by "Big Vernon, K...
Not fooling anyone with Big VernonJay Current:
↳ MHLee @12:32
Gospel records and easy listening are about all I can find in thrift stores.Jay Current:
↳ Song: "Around the Clock (Parts 1 & 2)" by "Big Vernon, K...
Quite a label cover thoughJay Current:
↳ Song: "Aladdin Boogie" by "Amos Milburn"
Today's unreleased singleMHLee:
↳ Jay Current @12:35
They really sat on a lot of singles. It's surprising how many unreleased tracks everyone has.WR: as for blogs with music, here is one that has more than I can eat.
yousayblues.blogspot.com...
That link is to the Hadda Brooks page. To find the DL look for top heading saying the artist name with blue down arrows, which has a link to mega.nz for the files.
WR: The blog is blues oriented but the person has included artists who are blues adjacent and some female jazz singers that he likes,
Jay Current:
↳ WR @12:42
Thanks for the link!MHLee:
↳ Song: "Every Night in the Week" by "Christine Kittrell w...
www.uncamarvy.com... detailed information of herMHLee:
↳ Song: "I Never Get Enough out of You" by ""Peppermint" H...
Kinda goofy vocalsMHLee:
↳ Song: "A Porter's Love Song" by "Julia Lee and Her Boy F...
jazz rhythm sectionWR: During most of this show I was making pancakes and eating, so just listening. Reviewing back the playlist of what we've heard today, it is a great variety of great selections. Putting together a good show is more than just having some good comps and internet skillz. Thank you for the excellent show today and every week.
Zydeco Phil: Awesome episode!
WR: Hope your move is reasonably smooth. Laters.
MHLee: Thanks for listening folks!
Jan Turkenburg: Thank you, MHLee!
Jay Current: This has been another great episode! Best of luck with the move MHLee.
MHLee:
↳ Song: "Love You Baby" by "B. B. "Blues Boy" King And His...
B.B King really kills it with the little guitar licks.Krys O.: Thanks, MHLee! Good luck with the move.
Jan Turkenburg: I've seen B.B. King live in Zwolle during a blues festival in the nineties.
Jay Current:
↳ MHLee @12:54
I wonder how many people are aware of what the "B.B." stands for.MHLee:
↳ Jan Turkenburg @12:56
I saw BB King in like 2001? I was very young. I just remember a bunch of old black men on stage and a saxophone.