(1929-1941)

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1988

Label: RST Records

Original recordings from the collections of Werner Benecke, Fernando Goin, Roger Misiewicz, Johnny Parth, Chris Strachwitz, Tom Tsotsi, Guido van Rijn


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).

A1: 11217-A New York City, 3 February 1932
A2: C-9389 Chicago, 31 August 1934
A3: C-9651-A Chicago, 15 January 1935
A4: C-9652-A Chicago, 15 January 1935
A5: 90003- Chicago, 15 May 1935
A6: 90198-A Chicago, 22 July 1935
A7: 90199-A Chicago, 22 July 1935
A8: 93263 Chicago, 1 November 1935
A9: 064723-1 Chicago, 23 July 1941
B1: 91301-A Chicago, 27 October 1937
B2: 91302-A Chicago, 27 October 1937
B3: 91303-A Chicago, 27 October 1937
B4: M-195 Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., c. 24 September 1929
B5: M-196 Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., c. 24 September 1929
B6: 020854-1 Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938
B7: 020855-1 Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938
B8: 020856-1 Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938
B9: 020857-1 Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938

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