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| 1 | It's Just the Blues | Gilmore/Jones | 3:27 |
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| 2 | Bar Fly Blues | Tennyson | 2:30 |
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| 3 | If It's Good | Lee/Turner | 2:53 |
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| 4 | Gonna Send You Where I Got You From | Blackman/Vinson | 2:24 |
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| 5 | Record Ban Blues | Wilder/Washington/N | 3:14 |
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| 6 | Been Fooling Around | Professor Longhair | 2:59 |
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| 7 | Streetwalkin' Daddy | Griffin [1]/Day | 2:37 |
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| 8 | Papa Said Yes, Mama Said No, No, No | Ellen | 2:29 |
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| 9 | West Coast Lover | Ellen | 2:41 |
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| 10 | (All Alone) I Sit and Cry | Shad | 2:51 |
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| 11 | Let Me Fly Your Kite | Ellen | 3:43 |
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| 12 | Get Back (Black, Brown and White) | Broonzy | 3:00 |
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| 13 | No Mail Blues | Chatman | 2:44 |
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| 14 | Baby Baby Blues | Otis/McKinney | 3:03 |
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| 15 | Hittin' on Me | Johnson | 3:07 |
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| 16 | Boogie the Blues | Johnson | 2:45 |
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| 17 | Talk About Me | Hawkins/Kirkland | 2:30 |
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| 18 | All Around the World | Turner | 2:37 |
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| 19 | Rhythm Rockin' Blues | McGill | 2:42 |
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| 20 | Woke up This Morning | Taub/King | 2:53 |
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Overview
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Production Details
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Editorial Reviews
Highlights from the Mercury R&B Story
Audio Compact Disc
Label: Polygram
Style: Early R&B
Highlights from the Mercury R&B Story
UPC: 731453297029
Release Date: 01/01/1899
Original Release Date: 01/01/1899
Number of Discs: 1
- Various Artists
Main Performer
Jason Ankeny
Twenty early R&B hits from the Mercury stable are collected on this sampler (a teaser to the label's eight-disc box set), which features Dinah Washington, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim and His Orchestra, Arthur Prysock, Johnny Otis and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
