Dane,Barbara Trouble In Mind / Livin With The Blues CD

Lifelong political activist and Blues/Jazz/Folk singer Barbara Dane - namechecked by the likes of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, etc, and routinely compared with Bessie Smith - commenced her recording career in 1956. Possessor of an extraordinary voice, in 1958 Time Magazine described her: "The voice is pure, rich and carries the dusky legato that still echoes the New Orleans of forty years ago... as rare as a 20 carat diamond. "This compilation pairs up her first two LPs, Trouble In Mind (1957) and Livin' With The Blues (1959), plus a trio of contemporaneous bonus tracks, recorded in 1956. For many years her early recordings were unavailable in any format; this is the first time these sides have been thus paired up. Described as "America's Great Lost/Forgotten Icon", she is only now, belatedly, receiving due acknowledgement. Barbara still records and performs occasionally; in 2017 she headlined a gig at UCLA's Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, in honour of her 90th birthday

1. Special Delivery Blues 2. Ain't Nobody Got the Blues Like Me 3. Trouble in Mind 4. Misery Blues 5. Mighty Rumbling Blues 6. See See Rider 7. Good Morning Blues 8. Oh Papa Blues 9. Prescription for the Blues 10. Muddy Water 11. Livin' with the Blues 12. How Long, How Long Blues 13. If I Could Be with You 14. In the Evenin' 15. Bye Bye Blackbird 16. Hundred Years from Today 17. Mecca Flat Blues 18. Why Don't You Do It Right 19. I Loves You Porgy 20. Since I Fell for You 21. Good Mornin' Blues 22. Glory of Love 23. How Long Blues