Ace Blues Masters, Vol. 2: 4th and Beale and Further South (1998)

About this title: This second volume of blues recordings from the vaults of the Jackson, Mississippi-based Ace label yields several tracks to make this a compilation well worth revisiting again and again. It kicks off with six songs from a 1954 unissued session on Memphis musician Joe Hill Louis, with Joe Hill trimming his one-man-band approach down to singing and playing guitar while a three-piece combo beefs up the ensemble sound. Also on board are four songs from Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's 1952 session for the label. Two of these tracks ("My Baby Boogies All the Time" and "I Wonder") saw issuance as a single ... read more

Tracks:

1. 4th and Beale [Louis]
2. Ruthie Mae [Louis]
3. Joe Hill Boogie [Louis]
4. Going Down to Louisiana [Louis]
5. Get Up off It [Louis]
6. Sweetest Woman I Ever Knew [Louis]
7. Mean Old World [Crudup]
8. Baby I've Been Mistreated [Crudup]
9. My Baby Boogies All the Time [Crudup]
10. I Wonder [Crudup]
11. What Will Lucy Do [Sims/Vincent]
12. Misery Blues [Sims/Vincent]
13. Hey Little Girl [Sims/Vincent]
14. Walking With Frankie [Sims/Vincent]
15. My Talk Didn't Do No Good [Sims/Vincent]
16. I Warned You Baby [Sims/Vincent]
17. She Likes to Boogie Real Low [Jordan/Robinson]
18. Well Goodbye Baby [Sims/Caronna]
19. How Long [Sims/Caronna]
20. Marked Deck [Wright]
21. Rock 'N' Roll Baby [Mullins/Vincent]
22. Pleadin' [Ruffino/Mullins]
23. Don't Lie to Me [Ruffino/Mullins]

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