Big Bill Broonzy - Blues Singer Vol. 1 & 2 (2023) [Hi-Res]

Big Bill Broonzy Blues Singer Vol. 1 and Vol 2.
SAM RECORDS 45 RPM ARTISAN SERIES REISSUE OF VOGUE TEN INCH LPS

On July 18, 1951, Bill Broonzy got off a plane in Brussels, was met by a member of the Hot Club of France and began his first tour of Europe. A Black American guitar playing, self accompanied blues singer was a little understood novelty in Europe in 1951. Blues was considered by jazz critics and fans to be a primitive form of jazz that had flourished in the 1920s only to degenerate into a simplistic, sexually suggestive dance music. Very few Europeans, only those who had traveled to the U.S. or who had American collector friends who mailed “want list” selections, had ever heard the records of Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Hopkins or Elmore James which were popular with contemporary Black audiences in the U.S. Even fewer had heard acoustic country blues or any of Broonzy’s 1920s and 1930s recordings. ( Great review of a great recording by a great artist - https://trackingangle.com/music/big-bill-broonzy-blues-singer-vol-1-and-vol-2)

Tracklist:
1.01 - Big Bill Broonzy - Blues in 1890 (Joe Turner Blues) (3:36)
1.02 - Big Bill Broonzy - The Moppin' Blues (3:35)
1.03 - Big Bill Broonzy - Hollerin' and Cryin' the Blues (9:29)
1.04 - Big Bill Broonzy - Make My Getaway (3:48)
1.05 - Big Bill Broonzy - Backwater Blues (4:39)
1.06 - Big Bill Broonzy - In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) (4:44)
1.07 - Big Bill Broonzy - Low Land Blues (3:26)
1.08 - Big Bill Broonzy - Hey! Bud Blues (3:06)
1.09 - Big Bill Broonzy - Baby, Please Don't Go (2:27)
1.10 - Big Bill Broonzy - Down by the Riverside (3:04)
1.11 - Big Bill Broonzy - Kind Hearted Blues (3:25)
1.12 - Big Bill Broonzy - Louise Louise Blues (4:14)
1.13 - Big Bill Broonzy - Letter to My Baby (3:09)
1.14 - Big Bill Broonzy - Stand Your Test in Judgment (2:53)
1.15 - Big Bill Broonzy - Do Right Blues (3:14)