.SONNY & BROWNIE - MFSL RARE AND VALUABLE HALF SPEED 200 GRAM LP EACH INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED TO 7500 PIECES WORLD WIDE - TREMENDOUSLY RARE AND THE BEST PRESSING EVER OF THIS TITLE. OUT OF PRINT SINCE 1995

In the years following world war II, the major record companies went back into full production. Styles & tastes were changing, & these companies were rushing out product to meet the demands of "Middle America". Unfornately, these companies often neglected the tastes of other Americans, especially blacks & rural whites. this void helped open the door for a number of independent labels.

In 1947, a young New York jazz enthusiat, named Bob Shad, left his job as A&R man for the National and form Castle Record Company. Within a year, this company would be issuing records on its "Sittin' In With" Label.

These 1st releases were skillfully produced, & featured the music that he knew best, jazz. Fortunately for the blues world, Shad had become close friends with Joe Bilhari, of Modern Records, a leading blues and R&B label. Joe Bihari was one of the foremost blues producers in the world, and together they traveled through the south, where Modern was selling thousands of records. This was a learning experience for Shad, and he returned to New York and prepared to record some of the local blues artists, including Brownie Mcghee and Wilbert "Big Chief" Ellis.

These first efforts were done with the same perfection as the jazz releases. Joe Bihari suggested a trip to the south, where he could record local talent in Southern recording studios or radio stations. Shad decides to make the trip, but rather than go into studios, which were often poorly equipped or very expensive, he purchased a portable Magnecord tape recorder for recordingin the field. By early 1950, the company was turning out hits by southern artists that are apart of this collection. Fortunately, the tapes were preserved and are now being presented to a new generation of blues enthusiasts.

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& A FREE BONUS OF THE CASSETTE BOX SET  OF THE ROOTS N BLUES RETROSPECTIVE 1925 - 1950 - OVER 5 HOURS OF MUSIC - OVER 100 LENGENDARY ARTISTS PERFORMING 107 SONGS - INCLUDING 45 AVAILABLE HERE OF THE 1ST TIME.

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THIS COLLECTION STARTS WITH THESE 3 RARE PIECES OF VINYL WITH A NOTHING BUT SOME OF THE GREATEST BLUES ARTISTS EVER.

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If you're a blues fan, you've likely already got records that have most of these tracks on them. Every one of them is a classic.
If, however, you're new to the blues, or want to know if the blues might be a genre for you, this is the PERFECT album to start with. If you don't like this LP, you need not pursue it any further.
A great series that starts with this incredible ALBUM.

Track Listings

First, it covers a wider timespan than the Smith "Anthology." This means it has both a few older songs, and several newer ones. Thus, this set has an early Bill Monroe song. This set also includes some things which weren't released on 78, so one of Muddy Water's first professional recordings is on here. (Don't believe the note that this was never released before, however. It came out on an Okeh Chicago blues record in the 1980s.) Though this set has only 4 cds to the Anthology's 6, the amount of music is about the same, because these four are filled, and the Anthology's 6 only have the equivalent of Smith's original 6 lps, and are therefore rather short by cd standards.

One thing I find in reissue sets like this one is that some artists and some songs get rereleased over and over. This set does not fall into that trap. Rather, it has many little known artists, some of whom recorded only a handful of sides. Nevertheless, the songs here are almost universally wonderful, covering a wide (but not TOO wide) range of styles with wonderful performances.

You won't find many of these records anywhere else, and the set has a terrific bunch of blues, gospel, string band, Cajun and other vernacular styles. Don't miss it!