Big Joe Is Here/Big Joe Rides Again (2002)

About this title: This Collectables reissue combines two post-R&B-era Big Joe Turner Atlantic sides, Big Joe Is Here and Joe Turner Rides Again, originally released in 1959 and 1960, respectively. The focus here is on the jazzy blues side of Turner's career, closer to Kansas City jazz and traditional pop than his pioneering R&B hits. Alongside a few tracks penned by Turner, he tackles several standards, including "Time After Time," "Pennies From Heaven," "Until the Real Thing Comes Along," and "I Get the Blues When It Rains." If you're looking for "Flip, Flop and Fly" or "Shake, Rattle and Roll," pick up the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Wee Baby Blues [Turner/Johnson]
2. Rock a While [Nightengale]
3. Baby I Still Want You [Sweet]
4. The Chill Is On [Turner]
5. Poor Lover's Blues [Turner]
6. Don't You Cry [Pomus]
7. Ti-ri-lee [Turner/Ertegun/Wexl]
8. Married Woman [Turner]
9. Midnight Cannonball [Turner]
10. I'll Never Stop Loving You [Chase]
11. After My Laughter Came Tears [Tobias/Turk]
12. Bump Miss Susie [Toombs]
13. Switchin' in the Kitchen [Moore]
14. Nobody in Mind [Turner]
15. Until the Real Thing Comes Along [Holiner/Nichols/Cah]
16. I Get the Blues When It Rains [Stoddard/Klauber]
17. Rebecca [Turner]
18. When I Was Young [Turner]
19. Don't You Make Me High [Barker/Harris]
20. Time After Time [Cahn/Styne]
21. Pennies From, Heaven [Burke/Johnston]
22. Here Comes Your Iceman [Turner]

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