(1936 - 1940)

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Album Info

Release Date: 1989

Label: RST Records

Compiled and produced for RST Records.

Copyright 1989: RST Records, Austria.

Photo © Paul Oliver, used by permission.

Original recordings from the collections of Roger Misiewicz, Johnny PArth, Jim Prohaska, Guido van Rijn, Tom Tsotsi, Ernest S. Virgo.

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).

Supplements suggested: Document DLP-511, RCA NL-89588 (V. A. - Chicago Anthology), Jazz Archives JA-46 and JA-47 (V.A. - "Henry Allen & The Blues Singerns")

A1: 90981-A Chciago, 12 November 1936
A2: 91246-A Chicago, 14 May 1937
A3: 91247-A Chicago, 14 May 1937
A4: 91248-A Chicago, 14 May 1937
A5: 91250-AChicago, 14 May 1937
A6: 62653-A New York City, 6 October 1937
A7: 62655-A New York City, 6 October 1937
A8: 63672-A New York City, 22 April 1938
A9: 91519-A Chicago, 17 October 1938
A10: 91521-A Chicago, 17 October 1938
B1: 91524-A Chicago, 17 October 1938
B2: 65203-A New York City, 6 March 1939
B3: 65207-A New York City, 6 March 1939
B4: 91760-A Chicago, 13 September 1939
B5: 67491-A New York City, 4 April 1940
B6: 67495-A New York City, 4 April 1940
B7: 68137-A New York City, 23 September 1940
B8: 68138-A New York City, 23 September 1940
B9: 68140-A New York City, 23 September 1940

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