Two Classic Albums (1997)

About this title: In their early days, Roomful of Blues recorded some seminal LPs for the Muse label, which were bought by 32 Jazz, and two of them are available on this two-disc set. Blues Train with Big Joe Turner and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Roomful of Blues are the recordings included, and they offer some of the very best, and certainly seminal, early-period work of the Rhode Island-based horn-fired blues/jazz band. Dr. John also helps out on the first recording, which features Turner's signature takes on "Crawdad Hole" and "I Want a Little Girl," while the sessions with alto saxophonist/vocalist Vinson ... read more

Tracks:

1. Crawdad Hole [Turner]
2. Red Sails in the Sunset [Kennedy/Grosz]
3. Cock-A-Doodle-Doo [Turner]
4. Jumpin' for Joe [Piccolo]
5. I Want a Little Girl [Mencher/Moll]
6. Blues Train [Pomus/Doctor John]
7. I Know You Love Me [Turner]
8. Last Night [Axton/Smith/Newman/]
9. I Love the Way (My Baby Sings the Blues) [Turner]
10. House of Joy [Hanighen/Williams]
11. He Was a Friend of Mine [Crawford]
12. Movin' with Lester [Young]
13. No Bones [Horvath/Copley]
14. That's the Groovy Thing [Bostic]
15. Past Sixty Blues [Vinson/Hillery]
16. Street Lights [Davis]
17. Farmer's Daughter Blues [Seltzer/Vinson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.