V/A- The Bluesville Years Volume Three - Beale Street Get-Down

Label: Prestige Bluesville

Released 1995

This third volume in Prestige's Bluesville series brings together sides that were recorded in Memphis and New York City and produced by Sam Charters, and that originally appeared on six different vinyl albums. The set of Furry Lewis tracks and the session with Memphis Willie B. were both recorded at the Sun studios in Memphis, while the Memphis Slim cuts emanate from a New York session. All three sets were recorded in 1961. Lewis is in top-notch form, as is Borum, both accompanying themselves on guitar. Slim's tracks are solo as well, as he moves between piano and organ on a batch of originals and a nice take on Leroy Carr's "Mean Mistreatin' Mama."

Track Listing:

1. John Henry
2. When My Baby Left Me
3. Shake 'Em on Down
4. Back on My Feet Again
5. Goin' to Kansas City
6. Casey Jones
7. I Will Turn Your Money Green
8. Brownsville Blues
9. Country Girl Blues
10. The Stuff Is Here
11. Every Day I Have the Blues
12. I Have Found Somebody New
13. Dying Mother Blues
14. Mailman Blues
15. Steady Rolling Blues
16. Mean Mistreatin' Mama
17. Three-In-One Boogie
18. Letter Home
19. Two of a Kind