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Created by:	johnny_luddite
Tracks:	15
Length:	00:40:34
Keywords	1. seventy eights 2. blues 3. r&b
Created on	9/2/08 12:36am
Level	4
Points	1885
Total visitors	55
Unique visitors	17

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About a month ago I was bored and so I did what I have been doing these last twelve years or so whenever boredom strikes. I did a little random web surfing. I found a web site where some guy had decided to share his extensive collection of 78 records. He was about halfway through the massive task of converting what he had to mp3 and making them available for free download. He hadn't done anything to clean up the audio, just transferred each song as was to the new medium. A lot of the stuff there didn't really interest me, but as I went through what he had I found some wonderful stuff, mostly blues and R&B from the fifties along with a few earlier things and even a few examples of rare 78 pressings from the 60's. I downloaded all I could, planning to go back in a few days and contact the brilliant person doing all this, and to get more musical swag.

Well, the days turned into weeks, and I finally got back to the site the other day only to find that the downloads were gone. It seems that when you have a server account with 'limitless' bandwidth, there is a limit to what 'limitless' actually means. So many people were downloading his entire collection at once that his server demanded he take them all down. The guy was looking at alternatives, but in the meantime, I thought I would pay forward his amazing gesture just a little by making a mixtape of some of the gems I downloaded. Some of this stuff is available on pristine CDs, but I am positive a fair bit isn't, so I will sendspace this mix for anyone who wants to hear it, scratches and all.

tracklist

1	Ann Cole : Easy Easy Baby
	One of the great things about this stash of music I found was the discovery of really good artists I didn't know about. This is a mildly naughty bluesy song with a great delivery. SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:31
	Track Description: One of the great things about this stash of music I found was the discovery of really good artists I didn't know about. This is a mildly naughty bluesy song with a great delivery. SHOW LESS
2	Blues Boy King : Bye Bye Baby
	BB was still Blues Boy when this was released. Great vocal and a rawness to nthe lead guitar which makes me very happy SHOW MORE
	Track 2 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:26
	Track Description: BB was still Blues Boy when this was released. Great vocal and a rawness to nthe lead guitar which makes me very happy SHOW LESS
3	June Davis : Gin Misery Blues
	A sad drunken tale. Sounds a bit like Billie Holiday, feels a bit like an Amy Winehouse track. SHOW MORE
	Track 3 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:33
	Track Description: A sad drunken tale. Sounds a bit like Billie Holiday, feels a bit like an Amy Winehouse track. SHOW LESS
4	Howlin' Wolf : Come To Me Baby
	Not many people on this mixtape still alive let alone working, but Howlin' Wolf's guitarist Hubert Sumlin, so good here, is still out there doing it. SHOW MORE
	Track 4 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:33
	Track Description: Not many people on this mixtape still alive let alone working, but Howlin' Wolf's guitarist Hubert Sumlin, so good here, is still out there doing it. SHOW LESS
5	Little Willie John : Fever
	Airbrushed out of music history, this man could sing.This is the version of this song that should be remembered. SHOW MORE
	Track 5 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:35
	Track Description: Airbrushed out of music history, this man could sing.This is the version of this song that should be remembered. SHOW LESS
6	Odelle Turner : Alarm Clock Boogie
	"Woke up this morning, suprised I was still alive" Go Odelle SHOW MORE
	Track 6 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:33
	Track Description: "Woke up this morning, suprised I was still alive" Go Odelle SHOW LESS
7	JoeTurner : Honey Hush
	Misogynistic twelve bar blues from Big Joe which turns into a homage to the Lone Rangers horse. They did have drugs in the fifties. SHOW MORE
	Track 7 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:36
	Track Description: Misogynistic twelve bar blues from Big Joe which turns into a homage to the Lone Rangers horse. They did have drugs in the fifties. SHOW LESS
8	Willie Mabon : Hey Lucinda
	Piano blues with great sax from one of the lesser known Chess label artistes. SHOW MORE
	Track 8 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:34
	Track Description: Piano blues with great sax from one of the lesser known Chess label artistes. SHOW LESS
9	Brownie Mghee : Strange Woman
	Country blues which drives along. An uncredited Sonny Terry on harmonica wonderment SHOW MORE
	Track 9 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:39
	Track Description: Country blues which drives along. An uncredited Sonny Terry on harmonica wonderment SHOW LESS
10	Blues Boy King : When My Heart Beat Like A Hammer
	No excuses for more Blues Boy. His genrally accepted peak was in the mid to late sixties, but these early fifties cuts are very very good. SHOW MORE
	Track 10 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:50
	Track Description: No excuses for more Blues Boy. His genrally accepted peak was in the mid to late sixties, but these early fifties cuts are very very good. SHOW LESS
11	Lonnie Donegan : Rock Island Line
	I was impressed to see the Cd version of this already in the database. Lonnie was a little Jewish English guy who was known as the king of skiffle. His hit UK singles were the nearest much of his audience had come to blues, fake american accent and all. SHOW MORE
	Track 11 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:27
	Track Description: I was impressed to see the Cd version of this already in the database. Lonnie was a little Jewish English guy who was known as the king of skiffle. His hit UK singles were the nearest much of his audience had come to blues, fake american accent and all. SHOW LESS
12	Benny Goodman Orchestra with Peggy Lee : Why Don't You Do Right
	The oldest recording here, 1942 I think, but I love it, it kind of fits with everything else on the mixtape. SHOW MORE
	Track 12 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:03:11
	Track Description: The oldest recording here, 1942 I think, but I love it, it kind of fits with everything else on the mixtape. SHOW LESS
13	Booker T & The MGs : Behave Yourself
	And I am guessing that this must be one of the later recordings. In fact I was shocked to find Booker T on 78, but then there was limited 78 production well into the sixties. This is a nice bluesy instrumental SHOW MORE
	Track 13 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:03:50
	Track Description: And I am guessing that this must be one of the later recordings. In fact I was shocked to find Booker T on 78, but then there was limited 78 production well into the sixties. This is a nice bluesy instrumental SHOW LESS
14	Johnny Otis : Hangover Blues
	This starts off with a guitar riff that is confused about the decade it was recorded in. Meaty stuff. SHOW MORE
	Track 14 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:48
	Track Description: This starts off with a guitar riff that is confused about the decade it was recorded in. Meaty stuff. SHOW LESS
15	BB King : Dark Is The Night
	Blues Boy was BB by the time this came out. Again, the voice and the guitar cut through the years. Wonderful SHOW MORE
	Track 15 from (78rpm single) Length: 00:02:28
	Track Description: Blues Boy was BB by the time this came out. Again, the voice and the guitar cut through the years. Wonderful SHOW LESS

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RetroJoe

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Many Mighty Fine Musical Picks! I even used a couple on some of my mixes (track 12 lead a mix I made of Jazz from the '30s & '40s and track 5 was in the middle of a mix I called "Songs in the Key of Love" that focused on music from the 2nd half of the '50s). I'd put links to them here but the site I posted them to is under siege by hackers (possibly employed by notorious entities that wish to stamp out sites that promote free distriubution of tunage). If you dare to check them out do searches on google with "retrojoe" and either "Little Willie" or "do right" in the search (I'm safe as long as all my microsoft security updates are installed and I'm running my Norton Internet Security). The Firefox browser may not let you access the pages for security reasons. Anyway, I may just post at least one of those mixes here at mixtapecollective (the late '50s one in particular). Thanks again Johnny for this mix and turning us on to the source of your inspiration!

9/5/08 9:16pm

alex_plainlater

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It ain't no crime
to go back in time,
'specially when the music
sounds so fine!

9/5/08 9:53am

Mixxer

Level 6

Wow, what a collection, thanks for putting this great stuff together. (I still remember my parents having a lot of 78s; they made LP records seem really compact.) Lots here to check out.

9/4/08 4:42pm

galaxiepi

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Level 26

Also, it took me a while to place it, but the song "Why Don't You Do Right" was totally sung by Jessica Rabbit in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?'

9/3/08 9:57pm

galaxiepi

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Level 26

Oh wow, I stumbled across that site while at work a while back and bookmarked it to email myself so I could download some of it at home, which I promptly forgot to do. THANK YOU for sharing! I'm listening to it right now and loving it. :D

9/3/08 9:50pm

Calaveth

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Level 18

Not much I recognize here, but I love Howlin' Wolf, and Johnny Otis too. Benny Goodman is one of dad's big favorites so I've listened a ton to him growing up. Good stuff.

9/3/08 6:19am

pumpkinbomb