The Blues From St. Louis (1929-1935)

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1988

Label: RST Records

Original recordings from the collections Of Joe Bussard, Roger Misiewicz, Johnny Parth, Ernest S. Virgo, Max Vreede.

Original matrix information:

A1: 15564 Richmond, Ind., 7 September 1929
A2: 15567-A Richmond, Ind., 7 September 1929
A3: C-932-B Chicago, 25 March 1935
A4: 315 Long Island City, NYC., c. January 1929
A5: C-4108 Chicago, 16 August 1929
A6: 403315-A Chicago, 16 November 1929
A7: L-156-1 Grafton, Wis., c. November 1929
A8: 76839-1 Chicago, 2 August 1933
A9: C-936-A Chicago, 26 March 1935
B1: 483-A Long Island City, NYC, c. June 1929
B2: 485-A Long Island City, NYC, c. June 1929
B3: 57174-2 New York City, 26 November 1929
B4: 57757- New York City, 10 December 1929
B5: 69405 Louisville, Ky., 9 June 1931
B6: 69406 Louisville, Ky., 9 June 1931
B7: C-9346-A Chicago, 24 August 1934
B8: 11485-A New York City, 3 March 1932
B9: 11485-A New York City, 3 March 1932

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).

Remastering: Studio Hans Klement, Vienna
Compiled and produced for RST Records
Copyright 1988: RST Records, Austria

Exclusive Distribution: Rudolf Staeger
Obere Amtshausgasse 27/11, A-1050 Vienna, Austria. Phone 0222-54-28-73

NOTES:
More Teddy Darby on Earl BD-611 (14 titles) and on Old Tramp OT-1206 (1 title on Weldon LP); no duplication between these. Four titles remain undiscovered.
Stump Johnson: complete recordings on BD-2017 (this record), Agram AB-2007, Yazoo 1033 (1 title on Sykes LP), Wolf WSE-118 (1 title on J.D. Short LP); no duplication between these.
Leroy Henderson: the remaining three titles on Earl BD-605 (Casey Bill Weldon)
Clifford Gibson: complete pre-war recordings on Yazoo 1027 and BD-2017 (this record); four titles remain undiscovered. No duplications between these.
Dorothy Baker: the only title recorded under this name, which may be a pseudonym for Dorothea Trowbridge.
Pretty Boy Walker: he also recorded two comic sermons (unaccompanied) under the name Brother Walker

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