Media Condition : Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Format : 3xLP, Comp + Box, Ltd, Num, 5.0
Genre : Jazz, Blues
Style : Piano Blues, Boogie Woogie
Label : Mosaic Records (2)
Country : US
Released: 1983
Notes:
Limited edition of 5000 copies. Includes 14-page booklet with a history of boogie piano and Blue Note's early days. The Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis masters appear courtesy of EMI-Liberty Records and are drawn from EMI's Blue Note and Parlophone labels. Hand numbered. Recording dates, places & original 78rpm releases: A1, A4: New York, January 6, 1939; Blue Note 2 A2, B4: New York, January 6, 1939; Blue Note 4 A3, A6: New York, January 6, 1939; Blue Note 21 A5, B1, B2, B3, B5: New York, January 6, 1939; previously unissued C1: Chicago, Nov. 21, 1935; Parlophone R-2187 C2, C3: New York, January 6, 1939; Blue Note 8 C4, C5: New York, January 6, 1939; Blue Note 9 C6, D1: New York, January 6, 1939; previously unissued D2, D3: New York, January 6, 1939; Blue Note 1 D4, E1: New York, October 4, 1940; Blue Note 15 D5, D6: New York, October 4, 1940; Blue Note 16 E2: New York, October 4, 1940; Blue Note 22 E3, E5: New York, April 9, 1941; Blue Note 19 E4, E6: New York, April 9, 1941; Blue Note 20 F1: New York, probably April 4, 1941; Blue Note 22 F2: New York, August 22, 1944; Blue Note BLP 7018 (10" LP) F3, F4: New York, August 22, 1944; Blue Note 39 F5: New York, August 22, 1944; previously unissued
Track List:
A1. Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Stomp 3:35
A2. Albert Ammons - Chicago In Mind 4:00
A3. Albert Ammons - Suitcase Blues 3:51
A4. Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Blues 3:42
A5. Albert Ammons - Untitled Ammons Original 4:04
A6. Albert Ammons - Bass Goin' Crazy 3:36
B1. Albert Ammons - Backwater Blues 4:38
B2. Albert Ammons - Changes In Boogie Woogie 4:03
B3. Albert Ammons - Easy Rider Blues 4:07
B4. Albert Ammons, Meade "Lux" Lewis - Twos And Fews 4:33
B5. Albert Ammons, Meade "Lux" Lewis - The Sheik Of Araby 5:45
C1. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues (EMI Version) 2:51
C2. Meade "Lux" Lewis - The Blues: Part One 4:12
C3. Meade "Lux" Lewis - The Blues: Part Two 3:55
C4. Meade "Lux" Lewis - The Blues: Part Three 4:00
C5. Meade "Lux" Lewis - The Blues: Part Four 3:51
C6. Meade "Lux" Lewis - The Blues: Part Five 4:10
D1. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Untitled Lewis Original 3:43
D2. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Melancholy 4:05
D3. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Solitude 4:09
D4. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues 4:05
D5. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Bass On Top 4:02
D6. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Six Wheel Chaser 3:49
E1. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Tell Your Story 4:00
E2. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Tell Your Story No. 2 4:12
E3. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Variations On A Theme Part One: 19 Ways Of Playing Chorus 4:04
E4. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Variations On A Theme Part Three: School Of Rhythm 4:17
E5. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Variations On A Theme Part Two: Self Portrait 4:04
E6. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Variations On A Theme Part Four: Felling Tomorrow Like I Feel Today 3:55
F1. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Rising Tide Blues 3:40
F2. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Yancey Special 4:10
F3. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Chicago Flyer 3:58
F4. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Blues Whistle 4:18
F5. Meade "Lux" Lewis - Meade's Blues 4:21