Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950)

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Album Info

Release Date: 1992

Labels: Columbia, Legacy

Recording location and date, original release:
Track 1-1 rec. NYC 20/9/1926 Columbia 15099-D
Track 1-2 rec. Winston-Salem, NC 19/9/1927 OK 45219
Track 1-3 rec. St. Louis, MO 29/4/1927 OK 45121
Track 1-4 rec. Chicago, IL 22/2/1925 OK 8227
Track 1-5 rec. Atlanta, GA 24/4/1926 Columbia 14145-D
Track 1-6 rec. NYC 1/10/1925 OK 8250
Track 1-7 rec. Winston-Salem, NC 22/9/1927
Track 1-8 rec. Atlanta, GA 10/8/1928
Track 1-9 rec. NYC 1/1/1927
Track 1-10 rec. St. Louis, MO 29/4/1927 OK 8469
Track 1-11 rec. Dallas, TX 2/12/1927 Columbia 14369-D
Track 1-12 rec. Atlanta, GA 13/4/1928 Columbia 14372-D
Track 1-13 rec. Atlanta, GA 4/11/1927 Columbia 14266-D
Track 1-14 rec. Memphis, TN 25/2/1928
Track 1-15 rec. Dallas, TX 8/12/1928 Columbia 14389-D
Track 1-16 rec. NYC 8/8/1928 OK 8610
Tracks 1-17, 1-18 rec. NYC 26/6/1928 OK 8593
Track 1-19 rec. Atlanta, GA 5/10/1927 OK 45155
Track 1-20 rec. NYC 20/2/1929 Columbia 15387-D
Track 1-21 rec. Johnson City, TN 15/10/1928 Columbia 15461-D
Track 1-22 rec. Chicago, IL 6/12/1928 OK 8685
Track 1-23 rec. Chicago, IL 11/12/1928 OK 8651
Track 1-24 rec. NYC 21/12/1928
Track 1-25 rec. Atlanta, GA 24/10/1928
Track 2-1 rec. Atlanta, GA 19/3/1929
Track 2-2 rec. NYC 30/3/1929
Track 2-3 rec. Richmond, VA 13/10/1929 OK 8824, Cl 5915-C, Ve 7123-V
Track 2-4 rec. Atlanta, GA 14/4/1928 Columbia 14400-D
Track 2-5 rec. Atlanta, GA 18/3/1929 OK 45325
Track 2-6 rec. Atlanta, GA 20/3/1929 OK 45333
Tracks 2-7, 2-8 rec. Chicago, IL 16/11/1929 OK 8776, OK 8747
Track 2-9 rec. Atlanta, GA 18/4/1929 Columbia 40506-F, OK 90006
Track 2-10 rec. NYC 25/9/1929 OK 45424
Track 2-11 rec. Atlanta, GA 29/10/1929 Columbia 15538-D
Track 2-12 rec. Dallas, TX 5/12/1929 Columbia 14596-D
Track 2-13 rec. Shreveport, LA 17/2/1930 OK 45436
Track 2-14 rec. NYC 5/8/1930 OK 8909
Track 2-15 rec. Atlanta, GA 31/10/1929
Track 2-16 rec. Atlanta, GA 30/6/1930
Track 2-17 rec. NYC 26/6/1931
Track 2-18 rec. San Antonio, TX 10/6/1930
Track 2-19 rec. NYC 31/10/1930 OK 8839
Track 2-20 rec. NYC 20/3/1931
Track 2-21 rec. Jackson, MS 16/12/1930 OK 45508
Track 2-22 rec. Atlanta, GA 27/10/1931 Columbia 15755-D
Track 2-23 rec. NYC 15/3/1932 Vocalian 1722, 04487, Cq 9201
Track 2-24 rec. NYC 8/3/1932
Track 2-25 rec. NYC 3/8/1933 Vocalion 02531
Track 3-1 rec. San Antonio, TX 4/1934
Track 3-2 rec. San Antonio, TX 21/11/1936
Track 3-3 rec. San Antonio, TX 4/1934
Track 3-4 rec. NYC 21/9/1933
Track 3-5 rec. NYC 30/1/1934 Vocalion 02782
Track 3-6 rec. NYC 2/8/1934
Track 3-7 rec. NYC 14/2/1935 Vocalion 02911
Track 3-8 rec. San Antonio, TX 9/10/1934 Vocalion 02962
Track 3-9 rec. NYC 8/3/1935 Ba 33448, Me M13415, Or 8474, Pe 0329, Ro 5474
Track 3-10 rec. NYC 14/12/1934 Vocalion 03296
Track 3-11 rec. NYC 18/3/1935 Ba 33404, Cq 8499, Me M13371, Or 8456, Pe 0320, Ro 5456
Track 3-12 rec. Los Angeles, CA 27/3/1937 Vocalion 3566
Track 3-13 rec. San Antonio, TX 5/11/1937 Vocalion 04078
Track 3-14 rec. Chicago, IL 6/2/1936 Vocalion 03328
Track 3-15 rec. NYC 10/4/1936
Track 3-16 rec. Chicago, IL 5/6/1938
Track 3-17 rec. Chicago, IL 30/6/1938 Vocalion 04354A
Track 3-18 rec. NYC 10/4/1936
Track 3-19 rec. Chicago, IL 20/6/1935 ARC 5-12-65
Track 3-20 rec. Chicago, IL 2/11/1938
Track 3-21 rec. Dallas, TX 12/6/1938 Vocalion 4312-B
Track 3-22 rec. Memphis, TN 30/6/1939
Track 3-23 rec. Columbia, SC 8/11/1938 Vocalion 04851, Cq 9772
Track 3-24 rec. NYC 30/12/1938 Vocalion 4608, Columbia 35961
Track 3-25 rec. Memphis, TN 14/7/1939
Track 3-26 rec. NYC 29/8/1934 Vocalion 02910
Track 3-27 rec. NYC 11/4/1935 ARC 6-04-59, Cq 8627
Track 3-28 rec. Memphis, TN 1/7/1939
Track 3-29 rec. Chicago, IL 2/5/1941
Track 4-1 rec. Chicago, IL 28/5/1941 OK 06393
Track 4-2 rec. Chicago, IL 15/2/1940 Vocalion 05498
Track 4-3 rec. Dallas, TX 17/4/1940 Vocalion 05624
Track 4-4 rec. Chicago, IL 3/6/1941
Track 4-5 rec. Chicago, IL 1/7/1941
Track 4-6 rec. Chicago, IL 21/10/1940 OK 05882
Track 4-7 rec. Chicago, IL 13/6/1940
Track 4-8 rec. Dallas, TX 28/2/1941 Columbia 20257
Track 4-9 rec. Chicago, IL 21/11/1941
Track 4-10 rec. Chicago, IL 12/12/1941 OK 06707, Columbia 30025, 37458
Track 4-11 rec. Chicago, IL 19/2/1945
Track 4-12 rec. Dallas, TX 3/3/1941
Track 4-13 rec. Charlotte, NC 29/6/1941 Vocalion 06426, Cq 9845
Track 4-14 rec. Chicago, IL 24/10/1945
Tracks 4-15, 4-16 rec. Chicago, IL 27/9/1946
Track 4-17 rec. Nashville, TN 13/2/1945 Columbia 20370, 37888
Track 4-18 rec. Hollywood, CA 9/9/1946 Columbia 20386
Track 4-19 rec. Memphis, TN 15/12/1949 Columbia 30203
Track 4-20 rec. Chicago, IL 22/7/1947 Columbia 30099
Track 4-21 rec. Hollywood, CA 7/1/1950 Columbia 30188
Track 4-22 rec. Chicago, IL 7/10/1940
Track 4-23 rec. 21/12/1947, location not stated
Track 4-24 rec. Nashville, TN 20/6/1950 Columbia 20732
Track 4-25 rec. Chicago, IL 20/12/1947
Track 4-26 rec. Chicago, IL 4/10/1947 Columbia 30115
Track 4-27 rec. Nashville, TN 20/12/1947
Track 4-28 rec. NYC 11/7/1950

Tracks 1-7 to 1-9, 1-14, 1-24 to 2-2, 2-15 to 2-18, 2-20, 2-24, 3-1 to 3-4, 3-15, 3-16, 3-18, 3-20, 3-22, 3-25, 3-28, 3-29, 4-5, 4-7, 4-9, 4-11, 4-12, 4-14, 4-22, 4-23, 4-25, 4-27 & 4-28 are stated as previously unissued.

Tracks 1-21, 3-6, 3-24, 3-26, 4-3, 4-15 to 4-17 & 4-20 are stated as previously unissued alternate takes.

Restoration at Sony Music, NY
Mastered at Sony Music, LA
℗&© 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

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