The Perfect Blues Collection

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Tracklist

1▶CD: The Bessie Smith Story, Vol. 1
2▶CD: Big Bill Blues
3▶CD: Little Richard
4▼CD: Live at Newport 1958
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1An Evening Prayer
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
An Evening Prayer
lyricist:
C. Maude Battersby (Gospel songwriter)
composer:
C. Maude Battersby (Gospel songwriter) and Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1911)
Mahalia Jackson3:23
2I’m on My Way
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
I'm on My Way
writer:
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson3:31
3A City Called Heaven
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
A City Called Heaven (traditional spiritual)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Mahalia Jackson3:53
4It Don’t Cost Very Much
recorded in:
Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
It Don't Cost Very Much
writer:
T. A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
Mahalia Jackson3:21
5Walk Over God’s Heaven
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
Walk Over God's Heaven
writer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
Mahalia Jackson3:07
6The Lord’s Prayer
recorded in:
Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
live recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Albert Hay Malotte (composer) (in 1935)
Mahalia Jackson3:50
7Didn’t It Rain
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
Didn't It Rain
arranger:
R. Martin (arranger)
Mahalia Jackson3:08
8God Is Real
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-08-11)
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant and Milt Hinton
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
My God Is Real (Yes, He Is Real) (hymn)
lyricist and composer:
Kenneth Morris (organ player, 1917–1988)
Mahalia Jackson3:46
9He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
recorded in:
Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Geoff Love
Mahalia Jackson2:42
10I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
Mahalia Jackson4:08
11Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Mahalia Jackson2:35
12His Eye Is on the Sparrow
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Tommy Bryant
organ:
Lilton Mitchell
piano:
Mildred Falls
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1958-07-06)
recording of:
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
lyricist:
Civilla Durfee Martin (Canadian‐American hymn and gospel song writer)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
publisher:
KSmithMusic1234 (ASCAP-affiliated)
Mahalia Jackson4:38
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9▶CD: Sonny Boy Williamson & Memphis Slim
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11▶CD: Father of Folk Blues
12▶CD: Two for the Price of One
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14▶CD: The Biggest Thing Since Colossus
15▶CD: Johnny Winter
16▶CD: Percy Mayfield Sings Percy Mayfield
17▶CD: Live at Monterey!
18▶CD: I Am the Blues
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20▶CD: The Real Thing
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22▶CD: Texas Flood
23▶CD: Just Like You
24▶CD: Life, Love & The Blues
25▶CD: Blues Singer