- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
A collection of unissued or unbelievably rare and raw 1950s Detroit blues and R&B that will thrill every serious collector.
Mostly recorded on location in his record shop by Motor City entrepreneur Joe Von Battle and sold to King Records in the early 1950s, very little of this music has previously been reissued in any format - and almost 50% of the tracks here have never been issued at all.
Features several of the pre-Motown Detroit R&B scenes most beloved cult heroes, several of whom - like Eddie Burns and Joe Weaver - also recorded for the citys other big imprints like Fortune and Motown itself.
All bar two of the tracks are taken from the original tapes that were either sent by Von Battle to King or, in the case of Eddie Kirkland, recorded in Cincinnati under the supervision of Kings A&R chief Henry Glover - the two that are not, by Robert Richard, come straight from the original JVB acetate.
Thirty years after Mike Leadbitter first tried to get a vinyl equivalent of this CD off the ground, Ace is thrilled to finally get some of this primal roots music into shops and collections.
Track listing:
I Got The Blues For My Baby - JOE WEAVER & HIS BLUE NOTES
Hello Miss Jessie Lee - EDDIE BURNS
I Stayed Down - JOHNNY WRIGHT
Lover Blues - JAMES WALTON
J.B. Boogie - JOE WEAVER & HIS BLUE NOTES
Time For Lovin To Be Done - EDDIE KIRKLAND
If You Dont Believe Im Leaving - JAMES WALTON
Boogie Baby - JOHNNY WRIGHT
Dealing With The Devil - EDDIE BURNS
Baby Im In Love With You - JOE WEAVER & HIS BLUE NOTES
Eva Lee - JAMES WALTON
54 Blues - JOHNNY WRIGHT
Please Dont Think Im Nosey - EDDIE KIRKLAND
New York Central - ROBERT RICHARD
I Was In St. Louis - JOHNNY WRIGHT
Mistreated Woman - EDDIE KIRKLAND
She Went Away - JOHNNY WRIGHT
Wigwam Woman - ROBERT RICHARD
No Shoes - EDDIE KIRKLAND
Im So Lonesome - JOE WEAVER & HIS BLUE NOTES
Streamline No. 99 - JAMES WALTON
Soft Pillow - JOE WEAVER & HIS BLUE NOTES
Vacation Blues - JOHNNY HOWARD
Up Boy - JOHNNY WRIGHT
