Harlem Hamfats - Masters of Jazz & Blues 1936-1944 [4CD Remastered Box Set] (2016)

:: TRACKLIST ::

1-1 –Harlem Hamfats - Oh! Red 2:32
1-2 –Harlem Hamfats - Lake Providence Blues 3:02
1-3 –Harlem Hamfats - Live And Die For You 2:36
1-4 –Harlem Hamfats - New Oh Red! 2:35
1-5 –Harlem Hamfats - What You Gonna Do 2:34
1-6 –Harlem Hamfats - She's Gone Again 2:30
1-7 –Harlem Hamfats - Let's Get Drunk And Truck 2:54
1-8 –Harlem Hamfats - Move Your Hand 2:55
1-9 –Harlem Hamfats - Sales Tax On It (But Its The Same Thing) 2:56
1-10 –Harlem Hamfats - You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down 2:45
1-11 –Harlem Hamfats - Little Girl 2:46
1-12 –Harlem Hamfats - Southern Blues 3:06
1-13 –Harlem Hamfats - My Garbage Man 2:23
1-14 –Harlem Hamfats - Weed Smokers Dream 3:14
1-15 –Harlem Hamfats - If You Want To Live 2:45
1-16 –Harlem Hamfats - I Feel Like A Millionaire 2:43
1-17 –Harlem Hamfats - Bad Luck Man 2:42
1-18 –Harlem Hamfats - My Daddy Was A Lovin' Man 2:44
1-19 –Harlem Hamfats - She's Trickin' Me 2:35
1-20 –Harlem Hamfats - We Gonna Pitch A Boogie (Take A) 2:45
1-21 –Harlem Hamfats - Hamfat Swing 2:57
1-22 –Harlem Hamfats - Who Done It 2:47
1-23 –Harlem Hamfats - Growling Dog 2:30
1-24 –Harlem Hamfats - We Gonna Pitch A Boogie (Take C) 2:47
1-25 –Harlem Hamfats - Keep It Swinging Round And Round 2:54
1-26 –Harlem Hamfats - Ooh-Wee Baby 2:52
1-27 –Harlem Hamfats - I Don't Want You Loving Me 2:18
1-28 –Harlem Hamfats - She's A Mellow Mother For You 2:41

2-1 –Harlem Hamfats - Hallelujah Joe Ain't Preachin' No More 2:56
2-2 –Harlem Hamfats - What's My Baby Doin' 2:57
2-3 –Harlem Hamfats - It Was Red 2:37
2-4 –Harlem Hamfats - I Feel Like Going To Town 2:23
2-5 –Harlem Hamfats - I'm So Glad 2:23
2-6 –Harlem Hamfats - Jam Jamboree 2:43
2-7 –Harlem Hamfats - Down In Shady Lane 2:54
2-8 –Harlem Hamfats - I'm Cuttin' Out 2:32
2-9 –Harlem Hamfats - Hoodooin' Woman 2:25
2-10 –Harlem Hamfats - I Love That 3:14
2-11 –Harlem Hamfats - My Old Lady Blues 2:37
2-12 –Harlem Hamfats - Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes 2:40
2-13 –Harlem Hamfats - You Drink Too Much 2:28
2-14 –Harlem Hamfats - Empty Bed Blues 2:51
2-15 –Harlem Hamfats - Let Your Linen Hang Low 3:04
2-16 –Harlem Hamfats - If You're A Viper 3:09
2-17 –Harlem Hamfats - Rosetta Blues 2:50
2-18 –Harlem Hamfats - It's Your Turn 3:00
2-19 –Harlem Hamfats - Let's Fall In Love Again 3:06
2-20 –Harlem Hamfats - Worried Mind Blues 2:58
2-21 –Harlem Hamfats - Tempo De Bucket 2:34
2-22 –Harlem Hamfats - You Got The Devil To Pay 3:05
2-23 –Harlem Hamfats - Times A-Wastin' 2:34
2-24 –Harlem Hamfats - Black Gal You Better Use Your Head 2:35
2-25 –Harlem Hamfats - Root Hog Or Die 2:53
2-26 –Harlem Hamfats - You Got To Be Satisfied 2:25
2-27 –Harlem Hamfats - Toodle-Oo Blues 2:34
2-28 –Harlem Hamfats - Rampart And Gravier Blues 2:38

3-1 –Harlem Hamfats - What's On Your Mind 2:39
3-2 –Harlem Hamfats - Broken Hearted Blues 3:05
3-3 –Palooka Washboard Band - We Gonna Move 2:57
3-4 –Palooka Washboard Band - Back Door 2:58
3-5 –Palooka Washboard Band - You Done Tore Your Pants With Me 2:54
3-6 –Palooka Washboard Band - Save Me Some 2:42
3-7 –Harlem Hamfats - Don't Start No Stuff 2:39
3-8 –Harlem Hamfats - Let Me Feel It 2:43
3-9 –Harlem Hamfats - Little Girl 2:49
3-10 –Harlem Hamfats - I'd Rather Be With You 2:38
3-11 –Harlem Hamfats - I'm In So Much Trouble Now 2:44
3-12 –Harlem Hamfats - I Believe I'll Make A Change 2:56
3-13 –Harlem Hamfats - It Will Never Happen Again 2:49
3-14 –Harlem Hamfats - Trading Old Love For New 2:43
3-15 –Harlem Hamfats - Stay On It 2:27
3-16 –Harlem Hamfats - Delta Bound 2:57
3-17 –Harlem Hamfats - You Got To Go When The Wagon Comes 2:32
3-18 –Harlem Hamfats - How Long Baby (Will You Keep Me This Way) 2:20
3-19 –Harlem Hamfats - Harlem Jamboree 3:04
3-20 –Harlem Hamfats - Mellow Little Devil 2:43
3-21 –Harlem Hamfats - The Barefoot Boy 2:45
3-22 –Rosetta Howard - Stomp It Out Gate 3:04
3-23 –Rosetta Howard - The Candy Man 2:49
3-24 –Rosetta Howard - Oh Rider 2:53
3-25 –Rosetta Howard - Stay Away From My Door 2:25
3-26 –Rosetta Howard - All On Account Of You 3:04
3-27 –Harlem Hamfats - You've Had Your Last Good Time With Me 2:30

4-1 –Harlem Hamfats - What Was You Doing 2:46
4-2 –Harlem Hamfats - Something Wrong With My Mind 2:46
4-3 –Harlem Hamfats - Way Down That Lonely Road 2:36
4-4 –Harlem Hamfats - When The Sun Goes Down In Harlem 2:34
4-5 –Harlem Hamfats - That's Going To Ruin Your Beauty Spot 2:48
4-6 –Harlem Hamfats - Bartenders Blues 2:43
4-7 –Harlem Hamfats - Ready For The River 2:42
4-8 –Harlem Hamfats - Rockin' Myself To Sleep 2:43
4-9 –Harlem Hamfats - Business Is Gone Away 2:45
4-10 –Harlem Hamfats - You Done Turned Salty On Me 2:44
4-11 –Harlem Hamfats - You Brought Me Everything But Love 2:41
4-12 –Harlem Hamfats - Oh Babe Has Your Money Come 2:31
4-13 –Harlem Hamfats - Take Me In Your Alley 2:41
4-14 –Harlem Hamfats - You Can't Win In Here 2:33
4-15 –Harlem Hamfats - When My Love Has Come Down 2:40
4-16 –Big Joe & His Washboard Band If You Take Me Back 2:43
4-17 –Big Joe & His Washboard Band I'm Through With You 2:32
4-18 –Big Joe & His Washboard Band When You Said Goodbye 2:38
4-19 –Big Joe & His Washboard Band I Love You Baby 2:57
4-20 –Big Joe & His Rhythm - What Will I Do 3:09
4-21 –Big Joe & His Rhythm - Oh Red's Twin Brother 3:18
4-22 –Big Joe & His Rhythm - We Can't Agree 3:02
4-23 –Big Joe & His Rhythm - Let's Try It Again 2:58
4-24 –Big Joe & His Rhythm - I'll Get You Off My Mind 2:47
4-25 –Big Joe & His Rhythm - It Ain't No Lie 2:54
4-26 –Big Joe & His Rhythm - Your Money Cant Buy Me 2:41
4-27 –Big Joe & His Rhythm - I'm Alright Now 3:07

Alto Saxophone – Edgar Sancier (tracks: 4-26, 4-27)
Bass – Alfred Elkins (tracks: 4-20 to 4-23**), John Lindsay (tracks: 2-15 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-15), Ransom Knowling (tracks: 2-1 to 2-14, 4-16 to 4-27**), Unknown Artist (tracks: 1-1 to 1-28)
Clarinet – Buster Bailey (tracks: 3-8 to 3-12), Chris Reggell (tracks: 1-25 to 1-28), Odell Rand (tracks: 1-1 to 1-24, 2-1 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-7, 3-13 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-7)
Drums – Fred Flynn (tracks: 2-15 to 2-28, 3-1, 3-2, 3-7 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-7), Pearlis Williams (tracks: 1-1 to 1-28, 2-1 to 2-14)
Guitar – Charlie McCoy (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-28, 2-1 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-7), Joe McCoy (tracks: 1-1 to 1-28, 2-1 to 2-14, 3-1 to 3-21, 3-27, 4-1 to 4-27)
Harmonica – Robert Lee McCoy (tracks: 4-16 to 4-23)
Mandolin – Charlie McCoy (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-28, 2-1 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-7, 4-16 to 4-27)
Piano – Horace Malcolm (tracks: 1-1 to 1-28, 2-1 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-7), Little Brother Montgomery (tracks: 4-26, 4-27), Unknown Artist (tracks: 4-8 to 4-15)
Tenor Saxophone – Chris Reggell (tracks: 1-25 to 1-28, 4-8 to 4-15)
Trumpet – Ann Cooper (tracks: 3-27, 4-1 to 4-15), Herb Morand (tracks: 1-1 to 1-28, 2-1 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-26)
Vocals – Alberta Smith (tracks: 3-27, 4-1 to 4-3), Amanda Sortier (tracks: 4-17), Charlie McCoy (2) (tracks: 1-7 [possibly], 2-5 [probably], 2-7 [probably], 2-15, 2-19), Herb Morand (tracks: 2-4, 2-9, 2-21, 2-23, 2-25, 2-27, 3-6, 3-20, 3-21), Joe McCoy (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 to 1-20, 1-22, 1-24 to 1-28, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-8, 2-10 to 2-13, 2-22, 2-24, 2-26, 2-28, 3-1 to 3-5, 3-7 to 3-12, 4-4 to 4-7, 4-12 to 4-27), Lil Allen (tracks: 4-8 to 4-11), Rosetta Howard (tracks: 2-14 [probably], 2-15 to 2-20, 3-13 to 3-19, 3-22 to 3-26)
Washboard – Amanda Sortier (tracks: 4-16 to 4-23), Unknown Artist (tracks: 3-3 to 3-6), Washboard Sam (tracks: 4-24, 4-25)

** = Either Alfred Elkins or Ransom Knowling plays the bass on tracks 4-20 to 4-23.

Tracks 1-1, 1-2: Chicago, April 18, 1936
Tracks 1-3 to 1-6: Chicago, July 2, 1936
Tracks 1-7 to 1-10: Chicago, August 14, 1936
Tracks 1-11 to 1-15: Chicago, October 2, 1936
Tracks 1-16 to 1-19: Chicago, October 22, 1936
Tracks 1-20 to 1-24: Chicago, November 13, 1936
Tracks 1-25 to 1-28: Chicago, December 12, 1936
Tracks 2-1 to 2-3: Chicago, January 14, 1937
Tracks 2-4 to 2-7: Chicago, March 1, 1937
Tracks 2-8 to 2-11: Chicago, April 28, 1937
Tracks 2-12, 2-13: Chicago, May 12, 1937
Track 2-14: Chicago, May 21, 1937
Tracks 2-15 to 2-20: New York City, October 5, 1937
Tracks 2-21 to 2-28: New York City, October 6, 1937
Tracks 3-1, 3-2: New York City, October 5, 1937
Tracks 3-3 to 3-6: Chicago, October 27, 1937
Track 3-7: New York City, April 20, 1938
Tracks 3-8 to 3-19: New York City, April 21, 1938
Tracks 3-20, 3-21: New York City, April 22, 1938
Tracks 3-22 to 3-26: Chicago, October 21, 1938
Track 3-27: Chicago, March 31, 1939
Tracks 4-1 to 4-7: Chicago, March 31, 1939
Tracks 4-8 to 4-15: Chicago, September 14, 1939
Tracks 4-16 to 4-19: Chicago, December 17, 1940
Tracks 4-20 to 4-23: Chicago, July 23, 1941
Tracks 4-24, 4-25: Chicago, January 30, 1942
Tracks 4-26, 4-27: Chicago, December 15, 1944