Flashbacks, Volume 1: High & Low: DrugSongs 1917–1944

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1That Cat Is High
The Ink Spots2:56
2Junker’s Blues
piano:
Champion Jack Dupree (on 1941-01-28)
vocals:
Champion Jack Dupree (on 1941-01-28)
Champion Jack Dupree2:43
3Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs Murphy’s Ovaltine
Harry “The Hipster” Gibson3:07
4Don’t You Make Me High
Blue Lu Barker2:38
5I’m Wild About My Stuff
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-06-05) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-06-05)
vocals:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-06-05) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-06-05)
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy2:59
6You’re a Viper
double bass:
Mack Walker (on 1936-03-13)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-03-13)
guitar:
Bobby Bennett (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s) (on 1936-03-13)
piano:
Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (on 1936-03-13)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-03-13)
violin:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (on 1936-03-13)
vocals:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-03-13)
recording of:
If You’re a Viper
lyricist and composer:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist)
Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys3:16
7Selling That Stuff
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1929-04)
alto saxophone:
Jimmy Dudley (American jazz saxophonist) (in 1929-04) and Don Redman (in 1929-04)
banjo:
Dave Wilborn (in 1929-04)
clarinet:
Jimmy Dudley (American jazz saxophonist) (in 1929-04), Don Redman (in 1929-04), Prince Robinson (in 1929-04) and George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (in 1929-04)
drums (drum set):
Cuba Austin (in 1929-04)
piano:
Todd Rhodes (in 1929-04)
tenor saxophone:
Prince Robinson (in 1929-04) and George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (in 1929-04)
trombone:
Claude Jones (in 1929-04)
trumpet:
Langston Curl (in 1929-04) and John Nesbitt (in 1929-04)
tuba:
Ralph Escudero (in 1929-04)
vocals:
Cuba Austin (in 1929-04) and George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (in 1929-04)
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers2:46
8Moonshine Man Blues
Peter Cleighton & Blind John Davis2:58
9Cigarettes, Cigars
Florence Desmond3:24
10Minnie the Moochers Wedding Day
Mills Blue Rhythm Band3:03
11The Ghost of Smokey Joe
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1939-03-28)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-03-28)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1939-03-28)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1939-03-28)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-03-28) and Chauncey Haughton (on 1939-03-28)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-03-28) and Walter Thomas (on 1939-03-28)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1939-03-28), Claude Jones (on 1939-03-28) and DePriest Wheeler (on 1939-03-28)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1939-03-28), Irving Randolph (on 1939-03-28) and Lammar Wright (on 1939-03-28)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1939-03-28)
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WM-1011)
recording of:
The Ghost of Smokey Joe (on 1939-03-28)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
Cab Calloway2:48
12Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians3:14
13Dope Head Blues
Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson3:17
14Wacky Dust
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1938-08-17)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1938-08-17)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1938-08-17)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1938-08-17)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1938-08-17)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1938-08-17)
trombone:
George Matthews (trombone) (on 1938-08-17), Nat Story (on 1938-08-17) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1938-08-17)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1938-08-17), Taft Jordan (on 1938-08-17) and Bobby Stark (on 1938-08-17)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1938-08-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1938-08-17)
recording of:
Wacky Dust (on 1938-08-17)
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Oscar Levant
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Stanley Adams Music
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Ella Fitzgerald feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra3:05
15Fixin’ to Die Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-08)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-08)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
recording of:
Fixin’ to Die Blues (on 1940-03-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
Bukka White2:49
16Cocaine Habit Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-05-17)
guitar:
Charlie Burse (on 1930-05-17)
harmonica:
Will Shade (on 1930-05-17)
jug:
"Ham" Lewis (on 1930-05-17)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (on 1930-05-17)
lead vocals:
Hattie Hart (on 1930-05-17)
vocals:
Ben Ramey (on 1930-05-17)
recording of:
Cocaine Habit Blues (on 1930-05-17)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Jennie Clayton
version of:
Take a Whiff On Me
Memphis Jug Band52:51
17Reefer Man
Mills Blue Rhythm Band2:52
18Cocaine
Dick Justice3:05
19Jake Walk Papa
Asa Martin3:13
20Kickin’ the Gong Around
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1932-01-25)
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1932-01-25) and George James (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1932-01-25)
double bass:
John Lindsay (US trombonist/bassist, worked with Jelly Roll Morton) (on 1932-01-25)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1932-01-25)
guitar:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1932-01-25)
piano:
Charlie Alexander (US jazz pianist) (on 1932-01-25)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (jazz tenor sax) (on 1932-01-25)
trombone:
Preston Jackson (jazz trombonist) (on 1932-01-25)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-01-25) and Zilner Randolph (on 1932-01-25)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-01-25)
recording of:
Kickin’ the Gong Around (on 1932-01-25)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Harold Arlen
Louis Armstrong3:14
21The Candy Man
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1938-10-21)
Rosetta Howard & The Harlem Hamfats2:54
22Repeal the Blues
Ray Noble & the New Mayfair Orchestra2:17
23I’m Feeling High & Happy
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra2:44
24Knocking Myself Out
Jean Brady & Big Bill Broonzy2:48
25Smoke Clouds
Herbert Payne1:32

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part of:Flashbacks (US blues and popular music recorded from 1914 to 1946) (number: 1) (order: 1)