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The Post-War Blues: Texas

Catalogue reference: POAAAM/3/1/4/33

What’s it about?

This record is about the The Post-War Blues: Texas dating from c1968.

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Reference

POAAAM/3/1/4/33

Title

The Post-War Blues: Texas

Date

c1968

Description

Duration: 0:58:31

Dubs of songs featured on the compilation LP The Post-War Blues vol. 4: Texas (released on Mike Rowe’s independent label Post-War Blues as PWB4 in 1968), for which Oliver wrote the notes, together with a few additional non-Texas tracks. Note that the track order on this tape differs from the LP.

Side 1:

[0:00:04] 01. Buddy Chiles - Mistreated Blues
[0:02:47] 02. Buddy Chiles Jet Black Woman
[0:05:16] 03. Jesse Thomas - Texas Blues
[0:08:12] 04. Jesse Thomas - Gonna Write You a Letter [followed by 35-second silence]
[0:11:41] 05. Manny Nichols - Walkin-Talkin Blues
[0:14:20] 06. Manny Nichols - Tall Skinny Mama Blues
[0:17:18] 07. Andy Thomas - Baby Quit Me Blues
[0:20:01] 08. Andy Thomas - Angel Child
[0:22:46] 09. Country Jim - Old River Blues
[0:25:18] 10. Country Jim - I’ll Take You Back Baby
[0:28:11] 11. Soldier Boy Houston - Western Rider Blues
[0:31:02] 12. Soldier Boy Houston - Hug Me Baby
[0:33:41] 13. Nat Terry - Take It Easy
[0:37:00] 14. Nat Terry - I Don’t Know Why
[0:40:02] 15. Alexander Moore - Neglected Woman
[0:42:29] 16. Alexander Moore - If I Lose You Woman [cuts out]

Side 2:

[0:44:54] 16. Alexander Moore - Neglected Woman [repeated]

Additional tracks (not from PWB4):

[0:47:22] 17. One String Sam - My Baby Oooo
[0:50:31] 18. One String Sam - I Need a Hundred Dollars
[0:53:42] 19. Brother Will Hairston - The Alabama Bus - Part 1
[0:56:11] 20. Brother Will Hairston - The Alabama Bus - Part 2

Original file name: POAAAM - The post war blues - Texas pwb4

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Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections
Physical description

1 item

Access conditions

All users external to the University are required to register before using the collections. Collections must be viewed in the Special Collections Reading Room and users must abide by the Reading Room regulations.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/adf81b33-9d34-45f2-9c73-03db17170a97/

Series information

POAAAM/3

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Catalogue hierarchy

2,677 records
1,827 records

Within the fonds: POAAAM

Paul Oliver Archive of African American Music

250 records

Within the series: POAAAM/3

Audio and video material

242 records

Within the sub-series: POAAAM/3/1

Reel tape recordings

38 records

Within the file: POAAAM/3/1/4

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