The Classic Years 1927-1940

~ Release by Blind Willie McTell (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Atlanta 1927-1931
2▼CD: Atlanta, New York 1931-1933
#TitleRatingLength
1Rough Alley Blues
guitar:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1931-10-23)
vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1931-10-23) and Ruth Willis (on 1931-10-23)
3:19
2Experience Blues
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1931-10-23)
guitar and spoken vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1931-10-23)
vocal:
Ruth Day
vocals:
Ruth Willis (on 1931-10-23)
53:13
3Painful Blues
guitar and spoken vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1931-10-23)
vocal:
Ruth Day
vocals:
Ruth Willis (on 1931-10-23)
52:54
4Low Rider's Blues
guitar:
Georgia Bill (William Samuel McTier; pseudonym on OKeh for Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist), Blind Willie McTell (on 1931-10-31) and Curley Weaver (on 1931-10-31)
spoken vocals:
Curley Weaver (on 1931-10-31)
vocal:
Georgia Bill (William Samuel McTier; pseudonym on OKeh for Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist)
vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1931-10-31)
recording of:
Low Rider's Blues (on 1931-10-31)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
3:19
5Georgia Rag
recording of:
Georgia Rag
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
3:06
6Low Down Blues
3:14
7Rollin' Mama Blues
recording of:
Rollin’ Mama Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
3:06
8Lonesome Day Blues
recording of:
Lonesome Day Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
3:17
9Mama, Let Me Scoop for You
3:10
10Searching the Desert for the Blues
recording of:
Searching the Desert for the Blues
composer:
Blind Willie McTell
3:10
11Warm It Up for Me
guitar:
Blind Willie (on 1933-09-14) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-14)
vocals:
Blind Willie (on 1933-09-14) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1991)
recording of:
Warm It Up to Me (on 1933-09-14)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
2:57
12It's Your Time to Worry
3:04
13It's a Good Little Thing
guitar:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1933-09-14) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-14)
vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1933-09-14) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-14)
recording of:
It's a Good Little Thing (on 1933-09-14)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
52:52
14You Was Born to Die
2:51
15Lord Have Mercy If You Please
recording of:
Lord Have Mercy If You Please
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:59
16Don't You See How This World Made a Change
guitar:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1933-09-18) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-18)
vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1933-09-18) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-18)
recording of:
Don't You See How This World Made a Change (on 1933-09-18)
2:55
17Savannah Mama
recording of:
Savannah Mama
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
3:17
18Broke Down Engine
guitar:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1933-09-18)
vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1933-09-18)
recording of:
Broke Down Engine
writer:
Blind Willie McTell
arranger:
Bob Dylan
version of:
Broke Down Engine
recording of:
Broke Down Engine
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
arranger:
Michael Jerome Browne
3:14
19Broke Down Engine No. 2
guitar and other vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1933-09-18)
vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1933-09-18)
2:54
20My Baby's Gone
recording of:
My Baby's Gone
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
52:59
21Love-Main' Mama
recording of:
Love Makin' Mama
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
2:56
22Death Room Blues
recording of:
Death Room Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
2:59
23Death Cell Blues
3:10
24Lord, Send Me an Angel
recording of:
Lord, Send Me an Angel
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
2:53
3▶CD: New York, Chicago 1933-1935
4▶CD: Atlanta 1940

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Release

ASIN:US: B00008Y3UT [info]