VA • Ace Records Blues Story

All Music Guide - Steve Leggett

Johnny Vincent founded Ace Records in 1955 after being laid off from his job as an A&R man at Specialty Records -- he had also founded Champion Records earlier in the decade -- and although he based his operations in Jackson, Mississippi, he was also very much in tune with the New Orleans R&B and blues scene, signing and releasing singles by several Crescent City artists, including Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", Frankie Ford "Sea Cruise", and Jimmy Clanton "Venus in Blue Jeans". But Vincent had several Mississippi blues artists on his roster, too, including Arthur Crudup, Sam Myers, King Edward, Pat Brown, and Willie Clayton, among others, and Ace became one of Mississippi's most successful labels in the '50s and '60s. This two-disc, 36-track set collects some of these rare blues cuts, including ten sides that are making their first appearance on CD.

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Guía de toda la música - Steve Leggett

Johnny Vincent fundó Ace Records en 1955 después de haber sido despedido de su trabajo como hombre de A&R en Specialty Records - también había fundado Champion Records a principios de la década - y aunque basaba sus operaciones en Jackson, Mississippi, también estaba muy en sintonía con la escena del R&B y el blues de Nueva Orleans, firmando y lanzando singles de varios artistas de Crescent City, incluyendo Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", Frankie Ford "Sea Cruise", y Jimmy Clanton "Venus in Blue Jeans". Pero Vincent también tenía a varios artistas del blues de Mississippi en su lista, incluyendo a Arthur Crudup, Sam Myers, King Edward, Pat Brown y Willie Clayton, entre otros, y Ace se convirtió en uno de los sellos más exitosos de Mississippi en los años'50 y'60. Este set de 36 pistas y dos discos recoge algunos de estos raros cortes de blues, incluyendo diez caras que están haciendo su primera aparición en CD.

Tracks

Disc 1
1 Walking With Frankie - Frankie Lee Sims (3:31)
2 My Love is Here To Stay - Sammy Myers (2:31)
3 Shed So Many Tears - Elton Anderson (2:21)
4 Lightning Slim Bogie - Lightnin' Slim (2:37)
5 I Wonder - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (2:15)
6 Goodbye Blues - Jesse Allen (3:15)
7 Well Goodbye Baby - Frankie Lee Sims (3:17)
8 My Love is Strong - Earl King (2:28)
9 Silly Dilly Woman - Mercy Baby (3:40)
10 Love's Like a River - Charles Brown (2:25)
11 I'm So Tired - Eddie Bo (2:41)
12 I'm Not Satisfied - Dave Dixon (2:17)
13 Looped - Joe Dyson (2:22)
14 Shuckin Stuff - Al Collins (2:52)
15 Don't Take Your Love Away From Me - Bobby Marchan (2:18)
16 Hey Little Girl - Frankie Lee Sims (2:39)
17 Mercy's Blues - Mercy Baby (2:42)
18 Mother Told Me Not To Go - Earl King (2:24)

Disc 2
1 Those Lonely, Lonely Nights - Earl King (2:25)
2 My Talk Didn't Do No Good - Frankie Lee Sims (2:14)
3 Sleeping In the Ground - Sammy Myers (2:37)
4 Roll On Train - Elton Anderson (2:28)
5 Misery Blues - Frankie Lee Sims (2:40)
6 My Baby Boogies All the Time - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (3:04)
7 Bad Feeling Blues - Lightnin' Slim (3:00)
8 Lifetime In Prison, Pt. 1 - Billy Tate (3:04)
9 What Will Lucy Do? - Frankie Lee Sims (2:23)
10 Mean Mistreater - Frankie Fair (2:27)
11 Feeling So Low - Dave Dixon (2:25)
12 Baby Say You Will - Jesse Allen (2:24)
13 Marked Deck - Mercy Baby (2:24)
14 Warned You Baby - Frankie Lee Sims (2:25)
15 I Got the Blues For You - Al Collins (2:28)
16 It Must Have Been Love - Earl King (2:36)
17 Rock and Roll Baby - Mercy Baby (2:07)
18 She Likes To Boogie Real Low - Frankie Lee Sims (2:08)




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