Sweatman,Wilbur Recorded In New York 1916-35 CD

(2-CD set) excludes alternate takes. The set begins with an Emerson recording in December 1916 and concludes with a Vocalion song in March 1935. In between are recordings for Edison, Victor, Gennett, Radiex, Little Wonder, Crescent, Pathe and La Belle labels. Outstanding 42-page liner notes by Mark Berresford who is currently writing a bio-discography of Wilbur Sweatman.

1. My Hawaiian Sunshine 2. My Hawaiian Sunshine 3. Down Home Rag 4. Down Home Rag 5. Dance and Grow Thin 6. I Wonder Why [From Love O' Mike] 7. Boogie Rag 8. Joe Turner Blues 9. Bag of Rags 10. Dancing An American Rag 11. Regretful Blues 12. Ev'rybody's Crazy 'Bout the Doggone Blues But I'm Happy 13. Ev'rybody's Crazy 'Bout the Doggone Blues 14. Regretful Blues 15. Darktown Strutters' Ball/I'm Sorry I Made You Cry 16. Good-Bye Alexander (Goodbye Honey Boy)/Oh! Frenchy 17. Indianola/Those Draftin' Blues 18. Oh! You la! la!/I Want Him Back Again 19. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody 20. Those Draftin' Blues/Somebody's Done Me Wrong 21. Has Anybody Seen My Corrine/Down on Bull Frog's Isle/Livery Stable 22. Dallas Blues/At the Funny Page Ball/Lovin' (I Can't Live Without It) 23. Dallas Blues 24. Ringtail Blues 25. Bluin' the Blues 26. Has Anybody Seen My Corrine? 27. Ringtail Blues 28. Rainy Day Blues 29. Ja-Da! (Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Jing, Jing, Jing) 30. Good Man Is Hard to Find/Sweet Child 31. That's Got'em 32. Good Man Is Hard to Find 33. Lonesome Road 34. Kansas City Blues 35. Slide, Kelly, Slide 36. Kansas City Blues 37. I'll Say She Does (Intro: N'everything) 38. Lucille 39. Hello, Hello! 40. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jellyroll/Just Leave It to Me 41. But/Tiddle-Dee Winks 42. Think of Me Little Daddy/I'm Going Back to My Used to Be 43. Battleship Kate 44. Battleship Kate 45. It Makes No Difference Now 46. Get It Now 47. Poor Papa 48. Battleship Kate 49. Sweat Blues 50. Jim Town Blues 51. Sweat Blues 52. Got 'Em Blues 53. Breakdown Blues 54. Battleship Kate 55. Battleship Kate 56. Florida Blues 57. Whatcha Gonna Do 58. Hooking Cow Blues