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Thomas Family compilation

Catalogue reference: POAAAM/3/1/4/34

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This record is about the Thomas Family compilation dating from c1970s.

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Reference

POAAAM/3/1/4/34

Title

Thomas Family compilation

Date

c1970s

Description

Duration: 1:15:48

Compilation of tracks - apparently from the collection of Francis Smith - by members of the Thomas family (most of which were released on a 1977 Magpie Records LP, for which Oliver wrote the notes), with some additional dubs of a few post-war blues tracks.

Side 1:

Tracks from 'Give It To Me Good, Mr Hersal' - The Thomas Family 1925-1929 [The Piano Blues, vol. 4] (Magpie Records, 1977):

[0:00:07] 01. Hociel Thomas - Worried Down with the Blues
[0:03:14] 02. Sippie Wallace - Murder’s Gonna Be My Crime
[0:06:22] 03. George Thomas - Fast Stuff Blues
[0:09:04] 04. Hociel Thomas - Fish Tail Dance
[0:11:58] 05. Moanin’ Bernice [Edwards] - High Powered Mama Blues
[0:15:26] 06. George Thomas - Don’t Kill Him in Here
[0:18:34] 07. Moanin’ Bernice - Southbound Blues
[0:21:44] 08. Moanin’ Bernice Edwards - Born to Die Blues [followed by brief fragments of several other songs]

[0:25:18] 09. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Bring Another Half a Pint [ending only]
[0:26:11] 10. Jazz Gillum - Take One More Chance with Me
[0:29:16] 11. Big Maceo [Merriweather] - I’m So Worried
[0:31:47] 12. Washboard Sam - You Can’t Make the Grade

Side 2:

Remaining tracks from 'Give It To Me Good, Mr Hersal' - The Thomas Family 1925-1929:

[0:35:01] 13. Moanin’ Bernice Edwards - Long Tall Mama
[0:38:20] 14. Moanin’ Bernice Edwards - Mean Man Blues
[0:41:24] 15. Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
[0:44:14] 16. Moanin’ Bernice Edwards - Jack of All Trades
[0:47:13] 17. Moanin’ Bernice - Moaning Blues
[0:50:05] 18. Hersal Thomas - Hersal Blues
[0:53:15] 19. Moanin’ Bernice - Hard Hustling Blues
[0:56:41] 20. Moanin’ Bernice Edwards - Low Down Dirty Shame Blues

[1:00:47] 21. Bernice Edwards - Butcher Shop Blues
[1:04:06] 22. Tiny Franklin with George W. Thomas - I’ve Got a Man of My Own
[1:07:11] 23. Tiny Franklin with George W. Thomas - Shorty George Blues
[1:10:02] 24. Tiny Franklin with George W. Thomas - Houston Blues
[1:12:49] 25. Tiny Franklin with George W. Thomas - Up the Country Blues

Original file name: POAAAM - T - Hociel Thomas - Fish Tail Dance - Bernice Edwards

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Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections
Physical description

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Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e1af8c70-ff24-45cb-ad1e-53a22233939c/

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POAAAM/3

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