Flo Johnson, Ruth Johnson, Josephine Jones, Genevieve Jordan, Eliza Christmas Lee, Mandy Lee, Florence Lowery, vocals ; with piano and various other instrumental accompamiments
Compiled and produced by Johnny Parth
Original recordings from the collections of Werner Benecke, Gary Fortine, Roger Misiewicz, Johnny Parth, Guido van Rijn, Ken Romanowski, Leon Rosenberg, Tom Tsotsi, Max Vreede, Ross Wilby.
Compact disc.
Biographical notes by David Evans laid in container.
Recorded between 1921 and 1931.
Four o'clock blues (2:35) ; Sugar blues (2:27) (Flo Johnson) -- Rockin' chair (2:36) ; Careless love (2:32) (Ruth Johnson) -- I wonder what's become of Sally? (3:09) ; Just one word of consolation (3:03) (Josephine Jones) -- Baby's got the blues (Genevieve Jordan) (3:33) -- I ain't givin' nothin' away (3:03) ; Arkansas blues (3:03) (Eliza Christmas Lee) -- Aggravatin' papa (3:14) ; I'm a harmony baby (2:51) ; If your man is like my man (3:01) ; 'Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do (2:48) ; Papa better watch your step (2:33) ; Rounders blues (2:55) ; Wandering papa blues (2:52) ; I needs aplenty of grease in my frying pan (2:46) ; Crap shootin' papa, mama done caught your dice (2:31) ; Harlem blues (2:37) ; Somebody's been loving my baby (2:54) (Mandy Lee) -- Bow down blues (3:23) ; Moving day blues (2:51) ; Poor girl blues (3:06) ; Thirty day blues (3:15) (Florence Lowery)