GEORGIA WHITE — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 · 1930-1936 (1994) DOCD-5301 | RM | FLAC (tracks), lossless

The first inkling that most people in the late 20th century had about Georgia White was an LP of reissued titles that appeared in the 1970s on the Rosetta label. Some of her party-oriented songs also resurfaced on various Stash collections, linking her in the minds of many listeners with that jolly substance abuse anthem "The Stuff Is Here." During the 1990s, Blues Collection issued a 25-track sampler and Document Records reissued every recording known to have been made by her during the 1930s and early '40s. The first of four volumes dedicated to this fine vocalist focuses mainly upon the earliest records released under her name. Her first recording was made in Chicago in May 1930 with New Orleans clarinetist Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orchestra. Having this tidbit at the beginning of her complete recorded works on Document constitutes a sweet treat, especially as the song she sings is a staple of Depression-era pop music at its most auto-suggestive; "When You're Smiling, the Whole World Smiles with You" is usually associated with vaudevillian Ted Lewis, Louis Armstrong when he sang in front of a big band in the early '30s, or that great interpreter of Tin Pan Alley love songs, Billie Holiday. When she began recording regularly for Decca in 1935, Georgia White distinguished herself with a refreshingly honest delivery that combined elements of blues, barrelhouse, and swing in a manner that was earthier, lustier, and less mainstream than had been possible or permissible with the confectionary "get happy" melody she sang with Noone in 1930. Throughout most of the performances reproduced here, White is heard accompanying herself on the piano and singing her own compositions with occasional covers like Victoria Spivey's "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now" and the punchy "There Ain't Gonna Be No Doggone Afterwhile," a friction-inducing number attributed to Charlie Burse of the Memphis Jug Band and soon to be covered by Decca's Fats Waller emulator Bob Howard. The last four tracks of White's first volume on Document introduce three men who would stick around and accompany her for the next couple of years: pianist and composer Richard M. Jones and bassist John Lindsay (both of New Orleans, LA) and guitarist "Banjo" Ikey Robinson of Dublin, VA. To inaugurate their first session together, White chose to revisit her own "Dupree Blues" and Lil Johnson's "Hot Nuts," to premiere her own Fats Waller-like swing tune "It Must Be Love," and to grind out "Daddy Let Me Lay It on You" to the tune of "Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes." arwulf arwulf
Tracklist :
1.    When You're Smiling, The Whole World Smiles With You 2:47
Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Eddie Pollack
Band – Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra
Banjo, Guitar – Wilbur Gorham
Brass Bass – Bill Newton 
Clarinet – Jimmie Noone
Drums – Johnny Wells
Piano – Zinky Cohn
Vocals – Georgia White
2.    Dupree Blues 2:59
Guitar [Poss.] – Ikey Robinson
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
3.    Dallas Man (Lost Lover Blues) 3:12
Guitar [Poss.] – Ikey Robinson
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
4.    Your Worries Ain't Like Mine 2:45
Guitar [Poss.] – Ikey Robinson
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
5.    You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 3:06
Guitar [Poss.] – Ikey Robinson
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
6.    Honey Dripper Blues 2:58
Guitar [Poss.] – Willie Bee (James)
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
7.    Freddie Blues 2:35
Guitar [Poss.] – Willie Bee (James)
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
8.    Easy Rider Blues 2:46
Guitar [Poss.] – Willie Bee (James)
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
9.    Graveyard Blues 2:33
Guitar [Poss.] – Willie Bee (James)
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
10.    Your Worries Ain't Like Mine - No. 2 2:47
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
11.    You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - No. 2 2:59
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
12.    Can't Read, Can't Write 2:53
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
13.    Tell Me Baby 2:45
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
14.    There Ain't Gonna Be No Doggone Afterwhile 2:57
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
15.    Someday, Sweetheart 3:07
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
16.    River Blues 2:43
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
17.    If You Can't Get Five, Take Two (Take A) 2:55
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
18.    If You Can't Get Five, Take Two (Take B) 2:51
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
19.    Rattlesnakin' Daddy 2:28
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
20.    Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) 2:43
Double Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Vocals, Piano [Prob.] – Georgia White
21.    New Dupree Blues 3:01
Double Bass – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
22.    Daddy Let Me Lay It On You 2:41
Double Bass – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
23.    New Hot Nuts 2:52
Double Bass – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
24.    It Must Be Love 2:34
Double Bass – John Lindsay
Guitar [Prob.] – Ikey Robinson
Piano – Richard M. Jones
Vocals – Georgia White
 

BUMBLE BEE SLIM — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 · 1931-1934 | DOCD-5261 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The first of nine releases devoted to Slim's music. As with many Document releases, the sound is pretty uneven. But considering that "Rough Rugged Road Blues," and recorded in October of 1931, was one of the last sides ever issued by Paramount, and that no copies were known to exist until 1992, one has to live with the considerable surface noise on that number, and on "Honey Bee Blues," and the even worse sound on "Stumbling Block Blues" and "Yo Yo String Blues" (on which one can barely tell that a song is there beneath the scratchiness). "Chain Gang Bound," by comparison, sounds almost like a modern recording, despite dating from exactly the same era. The six Paramount sides here are the only recordings here on which Slim played his own guitar, and his style is clean and engaging, with some very deft slide playing in evidence. The other cuts, mostly for Vocalion, generally sound considerably better and were recorded with piano accompaniment, or a band with piano and guitars, and they have a more sophisticated urban sound, anticipating R&B more than they resemble Slim's earlier rural-style songs. His vocals are also considerably more expressive and show a far greater range. Slim's Vocalion debut, "Greasy Greens" and "I'm Waiting On You," cut in New York, are remarkable performances for 1932. His subsequent sides were all cut in Chicago, and are more readily identifiable with that city's then-burgeoning blues tradition -- none of the Chicago sides are quite as unexpected as the four New York sides, but they're all eminently listenable. The eight sides cut by Bumble Bee Slim & His Three Sharks -- a pretty fair band featuring piano, guitar, and mandolin -- features "Someday Things Will Be Breaking My Way," a song more familiar to modern listeners as "Sitting On Top of the World" and immortalized by Albert King and Cream. "Runnin' Drunk Blues" is a delightful, sprightly rag; and on the latest songs on this volume, the guitar returns to the fore, most notably on "Dead and Gone Mother," which features three guitars. Bruce Eder
Tracklist :
1.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Rough Rugged Road Blues 3:11
Vocals, Guitar – Bumble Bee Slim
2.    Bumble Bee Slim–    No Woman No Nickel 3:27
Vocals, Guitar – Bumble Bee Slim
3.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Stumbling Block Blues 2:43
Vocals, Guitar – Bumble Bee Slim
4.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Chain Gang Bound 3:33
Vocals, Guitar – Bumble Bee Slim
5.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Yo Yo String Blues 3:24
Vocals, Guitar – Bumble Bee Slim
6.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Honey Bee Blues 3:18
Vocals, Guitar – Bumble Bee Slim
7.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Greasy Greens 2:54
Guitar – Willie B. James
Piano – Myrtle Jenkins
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
Vocals [Male] – Unknown Artist
8.    Bumble Bee Slim–    I'm Waitin' On You 2:58
Guitar – Willie B. James
Piano – Myrtle Jenkins
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
9.    Bumble Bee Slim–    B And O Blues 3:01
Guitar – Willie B. James
Piano – Myrtle Jenkins
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
10.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Queen Bee Blues 3:15
Guitar – Willie B. James
Piano – Myrtle Jenkins
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
11.    Amos Easton–    M And O Blues - Part I 3:03
Piano [Prob.] – Georgia Tom Dorsey
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
12.    Amos Easton–    M And O Blues - Part II 2:31
Piano [Prob.] – Georgia Tom Dorsey
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
13.    Bumble Bee Slim And His Three Sharks–    Someday Things Will Be Breaking My Way 3:09
Guitar [Poss.] – Ted Bogan
Mandolin [Prob.] – Howard Armstrong
Piano [Poss.] – Jimmie Gordon
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
14.    Bumble Bee Slim And His Three Sharks–    Baby So Long 2:55
Guitar [Poss.] – Ted Bogan
Mandolin [Prob.] – Howard Armstrong
Piano [Poss.] – Jimmie Gordon
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
15.    Bumble Bee Slim And His Three Sharks–    Lost Confidence Blues 3:20
Guitar [Poss.] – Ted Bogan
Mandolin [Prob.] – Howard Armstrong
Piano [Poss.] – Jimmie Gordon
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
16.    Bumble Bee Slim And His Three Sharks–    The New B And O Blues 3:18
Guitar [Poss.] – Ted Bogan
Mandolin [Prob.] – Howard Armstrong
Piano [Poss.] – Jimmie Gordon
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
17.    Bumble Bee Slim And His Three Sharks–    Wrecked Life Blues 2:57
Guitar [Poss.] – Ted Bogan
Mandolin [Prob.] – Howard Armstrong
Piano [Poss.] – Jimmie Gordon
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
18.    Bumble Bee Slim And His Three Sharks–    Runnin' Drunk Blues 3:10
Guitar [Poss.] – Ted Bogan
Mandolin [Prob.] – Howard Armstrong
Piano [Poss.] – Jimmie Gordon
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
19.    Bumble Bee Slim And His Three Sharks–    East St. Louis Blues 3:09
Clarinet – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Poss.] – Ted Bogan
Mandolin [Prob.] – Howard Armstrong
Piano [Poss.] – Jimmie Gordon
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
20.    Bumble Bee Slim And His Three Sharks–    Busy Devil 3:12
Clarinet – Unknown Artist
Guitar [Poss.] – Ted Bogan
Mandolin [Prob.] – Howard Armstrong
Piano [Poss.] – Jimmie Gordon
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
21.    Amos–    Squalling Panther Blues 3:21
Guitar – Unknown Artist, Unknown Artist
Piano – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
22.    Amos–    Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On 3:17
Guitar – Unknown Artist, Unknown Artist
Piano – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
23    Amos–    Dead And Gone Mother 2:59
Guitar – Unknown Artist, Unknown Artist, Unknown Artist
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim 

BUMBLE BEE SLIM — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 · 1934 | DOCD-5262 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Amos–    Step Child 3:10
Guitar – Carl Martin, Ted Bogan
Piano – Jimmie Gordon
2.    Amos–    Sad And Lonesome 3:19
Guitar – Carl Martin, Ted Bogan
Piano – Jimmie Gordon
3.    Amos–    Bye Bye Baby Blues 3:04
Guitar – Carl Martin, Ted Bogan
Piano – Jimmie Gordon
4.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Cruel Hearted Woman Blues – Part I 2:32
Guitar – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Unknown Artist
5.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Cruel Hearted Woman Blues – Part II 2:33
Guitar – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Unknown Artist
6.    Bumble Bee Slim–    The Longest Day You Live – Part 1 2:58
Guitar – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Unknown Artist
7.    Bumble Bee Slim–    The Longest Day You Live – Part 2 2:43
Guitar – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Unknown Artist
8.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Deep Bass Boogie 2:54
Piano, Speech – Jimmie Gordon
9.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Blue Blues 3:13
Violin [Plucked, Possibly] – Carl Martin
Violin [Plucked, Probably] – Howard Armstrong
10.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Rough Road Blues 2:36
Guitar [Possibly] – Willie B. James
Piano [Possibly] – Jimmie Gordon
11.    Bumble Bee Slim–    New Mean Mistreater Blues 3:24
Guitar [Possibly] – Willie B. James
Piano [Possibly] – Jimmie Gordon
12.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Climbing On Top Of The Hill 2:51
Guitar [Possibly] – Willie B. James
Piano [Possibly] – Jimmie Gordon
13.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Ain't It A Crying Shame? 3:00
Guitar [Possibly] – Willie B. James
Piano [Possibly] – Jimmie Gordon
14.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Bad Gal (Take A) 2:50
Guitar [Possibly] – Charlie Jackson
Guitar [Probably] – Big Bill Broonzy, Willie B. James
Piano – Unknown Artist
15.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Bad Gal (Take B) 2:58
Guitar [Possibly] – Charlie Jackson
Guitar [Probably] – Big Bill Broonzy, Willie B. James
Piano – Unknown Artist
16.    Bumble Bee Slim–    I Tried Everything I Could (Take A) 2:56
Guitar [Possibly] – Charlie Jackson
Guitar [Probably] – Big Bill Broonzy, Willie B. James
Piano – Unknown Artist
17.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Sail On Little Girl No. 2 3:00
Guitar [Possibly] – Charlie Jackson
Guitar [Probably] – Big Bill Broonzy, Willie B. James
Piano – Unknown Artist
18.    Amos Easton–    Aching Pain Blues 2:57
Guitar [Probably] – Big Bill Broonzy
Piano [Possibly] – Black Bob
19.    Amos Easton–    Cold-Blooded Murder 2:56
Guitar [Probably] – Big Bill Broonzy
Piano [Possibly] – Black Bob
20.    Amos Easton–    Burned Down Mill (Take A) 3:05
Guitar [Probably] – Big Bill Broonzy
Piano [Possibly] – Black Bob
Whistling – Amos Easton
21.    Amos Easton–    Burned Down Mill (Take B) 3:04
Guitar [Probably] – Big Bill Broonzy
Piano [Possibly] – Black Bob
Whistling – Amos Easton
22    Amos–    Mean Mistreatin' Woman 2:52
Guitar [Possibly] – Big Bill Broonzy
Guitar [Probably] – Carl Martin
Piano – Unknown Artist
23.    Amos–    Worrisome Woman Blues 3:12
Guitar [Possibly] – Big Bill Broonzy
Guitar [Probably] – Carl Martin
24.    Amos*–    Mean Bad Man Blues 3:06
Guitar [Possibly] – Big Bill Broonzy
Guitar [Probably] – Carl Martin
Piano – Unknown Artist
25.    Amos–    Muddy Water Blues 2:47
Guitar [Possibly] – Big Bill Broonzy
Guitar [Probably] – Carl Martin
Piano – Unknown Artist
Credits : 
Compiled By, Producer – Johnny Parth
Liner Notes – Jerry Zolten
Remastered By – Gerhard Wessely
Vocals – Amos Easton 

BUMBLE BEE SLIM — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 5 · 1935-1936 | DOCD-5265 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Shelley Armstrong–    How Long How Long Blues    2:53
2.    Shelley Armstrong–    You Don't Mean Me No Good    2:43
3.    Shelley Armstrong–    New B & O Blues    2:49
4.    Shelley Armstrong–    Prison Bound Blues    3:13
5.    Bumble Bee Slim–    My Old Pal Blues (Dedicated To The Memory Of Leroy Carr)    3:07
6.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Last Respects (Dedicated To The Memory Of Leroy Carr)    3:05
7.    Shelley Armstrong–    Sloppy Drunk Blues    2:47
8.    Shelley Armstrong–    D.B.A. Blues    3:13
9.    Bumble Bee Slim And His Rhythm Riffers–    I'll Take You Back    3:00
10.    Bumble Bee Slim And His Rhythm Riffers–    Sick And Tired Of Singing The Blues    2:57
11.    Bumble Bee Slim–    New When The Sun Goes Down    2:45
12.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Happy Life Blues    3:01
13.    Bumble Bee Slim–    When Somebody Loses    2:45
14.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Ramblin' With That Woman    2:47
15.    Bumble Bee Slim–    This Old Life I'm Living    2:44
16.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Dumb Tricks Blues (take 1)    3:15
17.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Dumb Tricks Blues (take 2)    2:58
18.    Bumble Bee Slim–    New Orleans Stop Time    2:48
19.    Bumble Bee Slim–    You Got To Live And Let Live    2:42
20.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Hard Rocks In My Bed    2:34
21.    Bumble Bee Slim–    Who's Been Here Today    3:20
22.    Bumble Bee Slim–    I Done Caught My Death Of Cold    3:07
23.    Bumble Bee Slim–    No More Biscuit Rolling Here (take 1)    2:57
24.    Bumble Bee Slim–    No More Biscuit Rolling Here (take 2)    2:40
Credits : 
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Unknown Artist (tracks: 9, 10)
Bass – Unknown Artist (tracks: 9 to 12, 18 to 24)
Compilation Producer – Johnny Parth
Guitar – Casey Bill Weldon (tracks: 13 to 19, 22 to 24), Unknown Artist (tracks: 9, 10)
Guitar [Poss./Or] – Charley Jordan (tracks: 7), Willie B. James (tracks: 7)
Guitar [Prob.] – Peetie Wheatstraw (tracks: 5), Willie B. James (tracks: 1 to 6, 11, 12)
Liner Notes – Jerry Zolten
Percussion [Poss.] – Bumble Bee Slim (tracks: 18, 19)
Piano – Black Bob (tracks: 18 to 24), Myrtle Jenkins (tracks: 13 to 17)
Piano [Poss./Or] – Peetie Wheatstraw (tracks: 7, 8)
Piano [Prob./Or] – Jimmie Gordon (tracks: 7, 8)
Piano [Prob.] – Jimmie Gordon (tracks: 1 to 5, 9 to 12), Peetie Wheatstraw (tracks: 6)
Remastered By – Gerhard Wessely
Speech – Myrtle Jenkins (tracks: 15)
Trumpet – Unknown Artist (tracks: 9, 10)
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim, Jimmie Gordon (tracks: 9)
Vocals, Guitar [Prob.] – Memphis Minnie (tracks: 18)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 7 · 1936-1937 | DOCD-5267 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.        I'se Gonna Break 'Em Down    3:19
2.        Blue Expression Blues    3:08
3.        Head Whippin' Party    3:02
4.        Santa Claus Bring Me A New Woman    2:37
5.        I'm Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down    2:45
6.        Every Goodbye Ain't Gone    3:16
7.        True Blue    3:05
8.        Please Baby    2:51
9.        Green Country Gal (No More To Say)    2:54
10.        If I Could Speak My Mind    2:45
11.        The Jive Of Mine    2:37
12.        Past And Gone    3:07
13.        Hobo Jungle Blues    2:57
14.        Slave Man Blues    3:13
15.        My Big Moments    3:13
16.        I'll Meet You In The Bottom    2:53
17.        Meet Me At The Landing    2:47
18.        Big Six    2:54
19.        Just Yesterday    2:56
20.        Rough Treatment    2:40
21.        Pains In My Body    3:16
22.        I'm Having So Much Trouble    2:59
23.        Rising River Blues (take 1)    3:02
Credits : 
Bass – Unknown Artist (tracks: 18 to 20)
Clarinet [Poss.] – Arnett Nelson (tracks: 7 to 17)
Compilation Producer – Johnny Parth
Guitar – Big Bill Broonzy (tracks: 7 to 16), Bill Gaither (tracks: 1 to 12), Bumble Bee Slim (tracks: 22, 23)
Guitar [Prob.] – Bumble Bee Slim (tracks: 17), Willie B. James (tracks: 22, 23)
Kazoo, Percussion – Unknown Artist (tracks: 1)
Liner Notes – Jerry Zolten
Piano – Black Bob (tracks: 7 to 17), Honey Hill (tracks: 1 to 12)
Piano [Poss.] – Frank James (tracks: 21 to 23)
Piano [Prob.] – Myrtle Jenkins (tracks: 18 to 20)
Remastered By – Gerhard Wessely
Slide Whistle – Unknown Artist (tracks: 13)
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
Washboard – Unknown Artist (tracks: 1)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 8 · 1937-1951 | DOCD-5268 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.        Rising River Blues (take 2)    3:06
2.        If I Make It Over    2:50
3.        She Never (take 1)    2:50
4.        She Never (take 2)    2:52
5.        12 O'Clock Southern Train    2:50
6.        12 O'Clock Midnight    2:52
7.        You Sure Look Good To Me    2:44
8.        Woman For Every Man (take 1)    3:13
9.        Woman For Every Man (take 2)    3:13
10.        Bumble Bee's New Muddy Water    2:57
11.        When Your Deal Goes Down    2:55
12.        Goodbye (I'll Try To Forget) (take 1)    2:59
13.        Goodbye (I'll Try To Forget) (take 2)    3:03
14.        Uncertain Blues    2:59
15.        You've Got To Do As I Bid You    2:52
16.        You Brought Me Back (You Brought Me Here)    3:07
17.        Going Back To Florida (Florida Blues)    3:09
18.        Good Old Easy Streets    3:02
19.        Lonesome Trail Blues    2:58
20.        Strange Angel    2:38
21.        Lonesome Old Feeling    3:00
22.        Ida Red    2:11
Credits : 
Alto Saxophone – Maurice Simon (tracks: 20, 21)
Baritone Saxophone – Jewell Grant (tracks: 20, 21)
Bass – Billy Hadnott (tracks: 20 to 24)
Clarinet [Prob.] – Bill Owsley (tracks: 16, 17)
Compilation Producer – Johnny Parth
Drums – Oscar Lee Bradley (tracks: 20 to 24)
Drums [Prob.] – Fred Williams (tracks: 10 to 18)
Guitar – Bumble Bee Slim (tracks: 1, 3 to 9), Tiny Webb (tracks: 20 to 24)
Guitar [Prob.] – Willie B. James (tracks: 1 to 9)
Liner Notes – Jerry Zolten
Piano – Aletha Dickerson (Robinson) (tracks: 10 to 18), Willard McDaniel (tracks: 20 to 24)
Piano [Poss.] – Frank James (tracks: 1 to 9)
Remastered By – Gerhard Wessely
Saxophone [Prob.] – Bill Owsley (tracks: 16, 18)
Tenor Saxophone – Maxwell Davis (tracks: 20, 21)
Trumpet [Poss./Or] – Punch Miller (tracks: 11 to 14)
Trumpet [Prob./Or] – Alfred Bell (tracks: 11 to 14)
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
Whistling – Bumble Bee Slim (tracks: 7, 9)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM — Volume 9 · Unissued Tests & Alternate Takes 1934-1951 | DOCD-5570 (1997) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Good Morning (take A)    3:01
2.    Good Morning (take B)    3:06
3.    Muddy Water (take A)    2:55
4.    Muddy Water (take B)    2:29
5.    Baby Fare You Well (take A)    2:55
6.    Baby Fare You Well (take B)    2:57
7.    Happy Life Blues (take B)    2:56
8.    Who's Been Here Today (take 2)    2:54
9.    When The Music Sounds Good (take 1)    2:47
10.    I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (take 1)    3:13
11.    I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (take 2)    3:19
12.    One Lonesome Day (take 1)    2:51
13.    One Lonesome Day (take 2)    2:49
14.    Pains In My Body (take 1)    3:07
15.    It Ain't No Trouble (take 1)    2:55
16.    It Ain't No Trouble (take 2)    3:07
17.    12 O'clock Midnight (take 2)    2:59
18.    Uncertain Blues (take 2)    3:05
19.    Cross The Country (take 1)    3:08
20.    Cross The Country (take 2)    3:02
21.    You Brought Me Here (take 2)    3:05
22.    Going Back To Florida (take 2)    3:05
23.    Sometimes    2:33
24.    Tiny's Boogie    2:30
Credits : 
Alto Saxophone – Maurice Simon (tracks: 23)
Baritone Saxophone – Jewell Grant (tracks: 23)
Bass – Billy Hadnott (tracks: 23, 24)
Bass [Sb] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 7, 8, 12, 13)
Clarinet – Arnett Nelson (tracks: 10, 11)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Bill Owsley (tracks: 19 to 22)
Compilation Producer – Johnny Parth
Drums – Oscar Lee Bradley (tracks: 23, 24)
Drums [Prob.] – Fred Williams (tracks: 10, 11, 18 to 22)
Guitar – Big Bill Broonzy (tracks: 5, 6, 10, 11), Herman "Tiny" Mitchell (tracks: 23, 24), Unknown Artist (tracks: 7, 14 to 17)
Guitar [Or] – Charlie Jackson (tracks: 1, 2)
Guitar [Prob./Or] – Willie Bee James (tracks: 1, 2)
Guitar [Prob.] – Big Bill Broonzy (tracks: 1, 2), Carl Martin (tracks: 3, 4)
Liner Notes – Jerry Zolten
Piano – Aletha Robinson (tracks: 18 to 22), Black Bob (tracks: 5, 6, 8, 10, 11), Unknown Artist (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 14 to 17), Willard McDaniel (tracks: 23, 24)
Piano [Prob.] – Myrtle Jenkins (tracks: 12, 13)
Remastered By – Gerhard Wessely
Speech – Bumble Bee Slim (tracks: 9)
Tenor Saxophone – Maxwell Davis (tracks: 23)
Trombone – Roy Palmer (tracks: 10, 11)
Trumpet [Poss.] – Alfred Bell (tracks: 18)
Vocals – Bumble Bee Slim
Whistling – Bumble Bee Slim (tracks: 12)

TAMPA RED — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order ★ Volume 7 • 1935-1936 | DOCD-5207 (1993) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Tampa Red–    My Baby Said Yes (A) 2:56
2    Tampa Red–    I'm Betting On You  (A) 2:57
3    Tampa Red–    Rowdy Woman Blues  (A) 3:18
4    Tampa Red–    Keep On Dealin' (Play Your Hand)  (A) 3:26
5    Tampa Red–    (I Could Learn To Love You) So Good  (A) 3:19
6    Tampa Red–    When I Take My Vacation In Harlem  (B) 3:07
7    Tampa Red–    Drinkin' My Blues Away  (B) 2:47
8    Tampa Red–    Dark And Stormy Night  (B) 3:23
9    Tampa Red–    Good Woman Blues  (B) 3:00

10    Tampa Red–    You Missed A Good Man  (B) 3:35
11    Tampa Red–    Waiting Blues  (B) 3:14
12    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    When You Were A Gal Of Seven  (C) 3:10
13    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    Let's Get Drunk And Truck  (C) 3:05
14    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    Maybe It's Someone Else You Love  (C) 3:25
15    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    I Wonder What's The Matter  (C) 2:46
16    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    She Don't Know My Mind  (C) 2:58
17    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    She Don't Know My Mind - Part 2  (C) 3:36
18    Tampa Red–    Stormy Sea Blues  (D) 2:44
19    Tampa Red–    Nutty And Buggy Blues  (D) 2:39
20    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    You Stole My Heart  (E) 3:05
21    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    You Got Me Worryin'  (E) 3:14
22    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    All Night Long  (E) 2:34
23    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    That's The Way I Do  (E) 2:55
24    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–    I Hate Myself  (E) 2:41

TAMPA RED — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order ★ Volume 8 • 1936-1937 | DOCD-5208 (1993) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

For completists, specialists and academics, Document's Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 8 (1936-1937) is invaluable, offering an exhaustive overview of Tampa Red's early recordings. For less dedicated listeners, the disc is a mixed blessing. There are some absolutely wonderful, classic performances on the collection, but the long running time, exacting chronological sequencing, poor fidelity (all cuts are transferred from original acetates and 78s), and number of performances are hard to digest. The serious blues listener will find all these factors to be positive, but enthusiasts and casual listeners will find that the collection is of marginal interest for those very reasons. Thom Owens 

Tracklist :
1        I Need Yoz By My Side (A) 3:24
2        Blue And Evil Blues (A) 3:05
3        If It Wasn't For You (B) 3:04
4        Right Or Wrong (B) 3:21
5        Stop Truckin' And Suzy-Q (B) 2:46
6        Cheatin' On Me (B) 2:47
7        Your One And Only (B) 3:10
8        My Za Zu Girl (B) 3:02
9        Someday I'm Bound To Win (C) 3:11
10        Taking It And Make My Get Away  (C) 3:04
11        She Said It  (D) 2:53
12        It's Hard To Believe It's True  (D) 2:50
13        When Love Comes In  (D) 2:53
14        You Got To Learn To Do It  (D)  2:50
15        I Give My Love To You  (D) 3:14
16        I See You Can't Take It  (D) 2:44
17        My Gal Is Gone  (E) 3:11
18        When The One You Love Is Gone  (E)  3:05
19        You're More Than A Palace To Me  (F) 3:10
20        Harlem Swing  (F) 3:08
21        Oh Babe, Oh Baby  (F) 3:18
22        I'm Gonna Get High  (F) 3:03

TAMPA RED — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order ★ Volume 9 • 1938-1939 | DOCD-5209 (1993) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

One of the greatest slide guitarists of the early blues era, and a man with an odd fascination with the kazoo, Tampa Red also fancied himself a piano player and bandleader, tendencies that come to the fore on this ninth installment of Document's attempt to release all of his known recorded work in chronological order. Covering the years 1937 and 1938, this collection is hardly typical of Red's work, since it has relatively few tracks featuring his trademark National Steel slide sound. Half of the disc is given over to small combo jazz pieces featuring Tampa Red's pleasant but ordinary vocal skills, and while these tracks are certainly professional and competent, it is a bit like discovering a Jimi Hendrix record with no guitar on it.  Steve Leggett

Tracklist :
1    Tampa Red–    Delta Woman Blues (A) 3:04
2    Tampa Red–    Deceitful Friend Blues     (A) 2:58
3    Tampa Red–    Wrong Idea (A) 2:49
4    Tampa Red–    Whoopee Mama (A) 2:54
5    Tampa Red–    Travel On (A) 2:21
6    Tampa Red–    Seminole Blues  (A) 3:01
7    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–  (B) The Most Of Us Do    2:47
8    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–  (B) We Gonna Get High Together    3:09
9    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–  (B) Happily Married    3:06
10    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–  (B) A Lie In My Heart    3:10
11    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–  (B) Heck Of A How-Do-You-Do    2:47
12    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five–  (B) That May Get It Now    2:59
13    Tampa Red–    That Don't Matter Now (C) 2:40
14    Tampa Red–    Grouchy Hearted Woman (C) 2:53
15    Tampa Red–    Why Should I Care? (C) 3:22
16    Tampa Red–    Got To Leave My Woman (C) 3:15
17    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five– (D) Now That You've Gone    2:54
18    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five– (D) Rock It In Rhythm    2:51
19    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five– (D) I Do    2:59
20    Tampa Red And The Chicago Five– (D) Sweetest Gal In Town    2:34
21    Tampa Red–    Crazy With The Blues (E) 3:17
22    Tampa Red–    Love With A Feeling  (E) 2:57