ALBERT AMMONS & MEADE "'LUX" LEWIS - The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Albert Ammons and Meade "Lux" Lewis (1989) 2CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This magnificent three-LP box set was issued as part of the first release by the Mosaic label. The out of print collection has all of the music recorded during Blue Note's first session (nine piano solos by Albert Ammons, eight including a five-part "The Blues" by Meade Lux Lewis, and a pair of Ammons-Lewis duets) plus Lewis' 1935 version of "Honky Tonk Train Blues" and his complete sessions of October 4, 1940, April 9, 1941 (four songs on harpsichord), and August 22, 1944. The music emphasizes boogie-woogie and both Ammons (quite memorable on "Boogie Woogie Stomp") and Lewis are heard in prime form. Incidentally, one of their duets (which is mistakenly titled "The Sheik of Araby") is actually "Nagasaki." This box is well worth bidding on at an auction. Scott Yanow
Tracklist 1 :
1     Boogie Woogie Stomp 3:35
Albert Ammons
2     Chicago in Mind 4:00
Albert Ammons    
3     Suitcase Blues 3:51
Albert Ammons / Hersal Thomas    
4     Boogie Woogie Blues 3:42
Albert Ammons
5     Untitled Ammons Orginal 4:04
Albert Ammons    
6     Bass Goin' Crazy 3:36
Albert Ammons    
7     Backwater Blues 4:38
Bessie Smith    
8     Changes in Boogie Woogie 4:03
Albert Ammons
9     Easy Rider Blues 4:07
Traditional
10     Twos and Fews 4:33
Albert Ammons / Meade "Lux" Lewis
11     The Sheik of Araby 5:45
Harry Beasley Smith / Ted Snyder / Francis Wheeler
12     Honky Tonk Train Blues 2:51
Meade "Lux" Lewis
13     The Blues, Pt. 1 4:12
Meade "Lux" Lewis
14     The Blues, Pt. 2 3:55
Meade "Lux" Lewis
15     The Blues, Pt. 3 4:00
Meade "Lux" Lewis
16     The Blues, Pt. 4 3:51
Meade "Lux" Lewis
17     The Blues, Pt. 5 4:10
Meade "Lux" Lewis
Tracklist 2 :
1     Untitled Lewis Orginal 3:43
Meade "Lux" Lewis    
2     Melancholy 4:05
Meade "Lux" Lewis    
3     Solitude 4:09
Meade "Lux" Lewis    
4     Honky Tonk Train Blues 4:05
Meade "Lux" Lewis
5     Bass on Top 4:02
Meade "Lux" Lewis
6     Six Wheel Chaser 3:49
Meade "Lux" Lewis
7     Tell Your Story 4:00
Meade "Lux" Lewis
8     Tell Your Story No. 2 4:12
Meade "Lux" Lewis
9     Variations on a Theme, Pt. 1: 19 Ways of Playing a Chorus 4:06
Meade "Lux" Lewis
10     Variations on a Theme, Pt. 2: School of Rhythm 4:20
Meade "Lux" Lewis
11     Variations on a Theme, Pt. 3: Self Portrait 4:07
Meade "Lux" Lewis
12     Variations on a Theme, Pt. 4: Feeling Tomorrow Like I Feel Today 3:57
Meade "Lux" Lewis
13     Rising Tide Blues 3:40
Meade "Lux" Lewis
14     Yancey Special (Boogie Woogie) 4:10
Meade "Lux" Lewis / Andy Razaf
15     Chicago Flyer 3:58
Meade "Lux" Lewis
16     Blues Whistle 4:18
Meade "Lux" Lewis
17     Meade's Blues 4:21
Meade "Lux" Lewis
Credits :    
Harpsichord – Meade Lux Lewis (faixas: 2-9 to 2-12)
Piano – Albert Ammons (faixas: 1-1 to 1-11), Meade Lux Lewis (faixas: 1-10 to 2-17)
Producer [Originally Produced By] – Alfred Lion (faixas: 1-1 to 1-11, 1-13 to 2-17), John Hammond (faixas: 1-12)
Research, Producer [Produced For Release] – Michael Cuscuna
Notas.
Limited edition of 5000 copies.
These Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis masters appear courtesy of EMI-Liberty Records and are drawn from EMI's Blue Note and Parlophone labels.
Track 1-11 is actually "Nagasaki" and was erroneously titled on this set. This error is noted on Albert Ammons & Meade "Lux" Lewis - The First Day.