tracks

Fine And Brown (Alternate)
Cool Leo
Cut That Out (Alternate)
Somebody Done Stole My Blues
Seventy Four
Organ Grinder
Raggedy Ride
Walking Home
Memphis Slim U.S.A.
Dinah
Let's Get High
Crazy Walk
In The Dark
Nona
The Long Man
Goodbye
My Life Blues
Tiny's Boogie
Yes Indeed
Jockey Jack Boogie
Sophisticated Lady (Alternate)
Come In The Room

notes

Relased in jewel case with booklet (8 pp). Matrix numbers of original releases - see booklet scans.

Track 1 recorded: July 12, 1951.

Track 2 recorded: November 15, 1952.

Track 3 recorded: June 8, 1953.

Track 4 recorded: February 24, 1953.

Track 5 recorded: October 25, 1952.

Track 6 recorded: October 17, 1953.

Track 7 recorded: August 17, 1953.

Track 8 recorded: January 10, 1952.

Track 9 recorded: September 29, 1954.

Track 10 recorded: August 29, 1952.

Track 11 recorded: December 1954.

Track 12 recorded: January 24, 1957.

Track 13 recorded at: Universal Recording, Chicago, October 7, 1952 / Performed by : Grant Jones (voc) with Red Saunders (d, ldr); Riley Hampton (as); Earl Washington (p); Jimmy Richardson (b) [only Grant Jones & Red Saunders credited in booklet] - originally released on United U-133 - Grant (Mr. Blues) Jones And His Orchestra - Hello Stranger / In The Dark

Track 14 recorded: August 25, 1952.

Track 15 recorded: May 12, 1955.

Track 16 recorded: October 19, 1955.

Track 17 recorded: August 9, 1954.

Track 18 recorded: November 27, 1951.

Track 19 recorded: June 30, 1953.

Track 20 recorded: February 18, 1952.

Track 21 recorded: March 30, 1952.

Track 22 recorded: Augst 18, 1952.

credits

Alto Saxophone – Chris Woods (tracks: 4), Frank Porter (2) (tracks: 14), Oett "Sax" Mallard (tracks: 1), Porter Kilbert (tracks: 19), Stanley Grim (tracks: 11), Tab Smith (tracks: 12), Tommy Waters (tracks: 14)
Baritone Saxophone – Harold Wallace (tracks: 14), Leo Parker (tracks: 2), McKinley Easton (tracks: 19)
Bass – Al Smith (tracks: 15), Dave Myers (tracks: 3), Henry Taylor (tracks: 9), James McCrary (3) (tracks: 14), Johnny Wicks, (tracks: 20), Johnny Mixom, (tracks: 21), Milton Rector (tracks: 11), Quinn Wilson (tracks: 16), Ransom Knowling (tracks: 1, 5), Unknown Artist (tracks: 18)
Compilation Producer [Album Producer] – Robert G. Koester
Compilation Producer [Album Producer], Mastered By [Mastering] – Steve Wagner
Design – Kate Moss (2)
Drums – Jump Jackson, (tracks: 1, [possibly] 8), Earl "Fox" Walker (tracks: 6), Earl Phillips (tracks: 11), Fred Below (tracks: 3), George DeHart, (tracks: 14), Jack Parker (tracks: 2), James Bannister (tracks: 17), Jerry Potter (tracks: 18), Oscar Oldham (tracks: 21), Otho Allen (tracks: 9), Paul Lindsley "Jelly" Holt (tracks: 7), Red Saunders (tracks: 13), Bob Prindell, (tracks: 15), Skip Everett (tracks: 20), Vernel Fournier, (tracks: 16)
Guitar – Earl Dranes (tracks: 17), Floyd McDaniel (tracks: 7), William "Lefty" Bates, (tracks: 16), Louis Myers (tracks: 3), Matt "Guitar" Murphy, (tracks: 9), Tiny Grimes (tracks: 18), Vincent "Guitar Red" Duling, (tracks: 15), William "Shorty" Hill (tracks: 7)
Liner Notes – Jim O'Neal, Bob Pruter,
Organ – James Palmer (10) (tracks: 6), Louise Overall Weaver (tracks: 22)
Percussion – Bob Reagan (tracks: 21)
Performer [All Instruments] – Ray McKinstry (tracks: 10)
Piano – Bob Call (tracks: 8), Bunky Parker (tracks: 21), Curtis Jones (tracks: 5), Duke Jordan (tracks: 14), Earl Washington (tracks: [probably] 19), Edward Robinson (2) (tracks: 22), Freddie Redd (tracks: 18), Gerald Blue (tracks: 20), Henry Gray (tracks: 11), Horace Palm (tracks: 16), Johnny Jones, (tracks: 3)
Supervised By – Leonard Allen, Lew Simpkins, Tony Vance
Tenor Saxophone – Bobby Fields (tracks: 15), Eddie Chamblee (tracks: 7), J.T. Brown (tracks: 8), Jim Conley (tracks: 9), Jimmy Coe (tracks: 6), Jimmy Forrest (tracks: 21), Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: 19), Neil Green (tracks: 9), Paul Bascomb (tracks: 14), Raymond Hill (tracks: 15), Red Holloway (tracks: 16), Red Prysock (tracks: 18), Robert "Sax" Crowder, (tracks: 1), Scott Johnson (24) (tracks: 20), Unknown Artist (tracks: 11)
Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: 19), Chauncy Locke, (tracks: 21), Clark Terry (tracks: 19), Eddie Lewis (4) (tracks: 14)
Vocals – Albertina Walker (tracks: 22), Charles McKnight (tracks: 16), Charles Williams (40) (tracks: 16), Della Reese (tracks: 19), Elyse Yancey (tracks: 22), Fred Buckley (2) (tracks: 16), Grant Jones (tracks: 13), Nelly Grace Daniels (tracks: 22), Norman Palm (2) (tracks: 16), Ora Lee Hopkins (tracks: 22), Robert Anderson (tracks: 22xxxxx), Robert Randolph (5) (tracks: 16)
Vocals, Bass – Tommy Braden (tracks: 7)
Vocals, Guitar – Morris Pejoe (tracks: 11), Robert Nighthawk (tracks: 5)
Vocals, Harmonica – Alfred Harris, (tracks: 17), Junior Wells (tracks: 3)
Vocals, Piano – Memphis Slim (tracks: 9), Roosevelt Sykes (tracks: 1)
Vocals, Piano [Possibly] – Dennis Binder (tracks: 15)
Vocals, Tuba – John Stephens

companies

Copyright (c) – Delmark Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Delmark Records
Published By – Embassy Music
Published By – Jet Music
Published By – B & G Akst Publishing Co.
Published By – EMI Mills Music Inc.
Published By – Morley Music Co.
Published By – Universal-Duchess Music Corp.
Published By – Wabash Music Co.
Published By – Duke Ellington Music
Published By – Unichappell Music

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