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Release Date: 1989Label: RST Records
Original recording from the collections of Wener Benecke, Joe Bussard, Roger Misiewicz, Johnny Parth, Karl Weiss, Herbert Weisinger.A1: 12959 Chicago, c. 1 August 1927
A2: 12960 Chicago, c. 1 August 1927
A3: C-2951 Chicago, 13 February 1929
A4: C-2952 Chicago, 13 February 1929
A5: C-3927 Chicago, 22 July 1929
A6: Vo unissued. Chicago, 22 July 1929
A7: C-4217 Chicago, 27 August 1929
A8: C-4917 Chicago, 6 December 1929
A9: C-4918 Chicago, 6 December 1929
B1: C-6459 Chicago, 28 October 1930
B2: C-6560 Chicago, 28 October 1930
B3: C-585-1-test Chicago, 23 June 1933
B4: C-586-1-test Chicago, 23 June 1933
B5: C-587-1-test Chicago, 23 June 1933
B6: C-588-1-test Chicago, 23 June 1933
B7: 62439-B New York City, 22 July 1937
B8: 67565-A New York City, 17 April 1940
B9: 67566-A New York City, 17 April 1940
B10: 67570-A New York City, 17 April 1940
Compiled and produced for RST Records.
Copyright 1989: RST Records, Austria.
Photo © Paul Oliver, used by permission.
Remastering: Studio Hans Klement, Vienna.
Exclusive Distribution: Rudolf Staeger
Obere Amtshausgasse 27/11, A-1050 Vienna, Austria. Phone 0222-54-28-73
Considering the extreme rarity of the original 78s, condition is generally better than might be hoped, but it must be borne in mind that only one or two copies are known to exist of some titles.
Discographical details from Blues And Gospel Records 1902 - 1943 by John Godrich and Robert Dixon (third edition, Storyville 1982).
Note: Frankie Jaxon's complete recordings are the following 8 LPs: RST BD-2049, Collector's Item CI-013 (w. Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band) and CI-014, Document DLP-560, Yazoo 1039 (+Tempa Red), Yazoo 1041 (+Georgia Tom), Jazz Archives JA-46 and JA-47 (both by Henry "Red" Allen)