Frank Stokes - The Best Of Frank Stokes (2005)
BAND/ARTIST: Frank Stokes
- Title: The Best Of Frank Stokes
- Year Of Release: 2005
- Label: Yazoo
- Genre: Blues
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:07:23
- Total Size: 309 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Take Me Back
02. Mistreatin' Blues
03. You Shall
04. What's the Matter Blues
05. I'm Going Away Blues
06. Memphis Rounders Blues
07. It Won't Be Long Now
08. It's a Good Thing
09. Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
10. Old Sometime Blues
11. I Got Mine
12. Sweet to Mama
13. Nehi Mama
14. Downtown Blues
15. How Long
16. South Memphis Blues
17. Frank Stokes' Dream
18. Mr
19. Bedtime Blues
20. Jumpin on the Hill
21. Blues in "D"
22. Right Now Blues
The music - a meld of blues and older, more satiric songster-inspired material, as well as gospel-influenced sides -- speaks for itself on this, the widest-ranging and best-sounding collection of Frank Stokes' work issued on CD. The Best of Frank Stokes, released by Yazoo, combines the highlights of such previous releases as Frank Stokes' Dream and Creator of the Memphis Blues, for a total of six solo sides by Stokes, a dozen by Stokes accompanied by Dan Sane (usually credited to the Beale Street Sheiks), and four more on which he is accompanied by Will Batts on the fiddle. The result is a brilliant showcase for the Memphis blues legend, though with some inevitable shortcomings. As producer Richard Nevins freely admits in his opening annotation, virtually every copy of most of Stokes' original records were marred by pressing flaws (even in otherwise perfect discs) that make for a certain amount of noise - coming out as hiss - in the background on playback. Additionally, because many of Stokes' sides were recorded in a hall that was much too large for solo- or duet-performing acoustics, and didn't have the guitars mic'ed properly, the instruments do have a slightly boomy quality, without the presence and impact that one would expect. That said, the widely varying dynamics of the vocals have been balanced out here, so that this CD does, indeed, sound significantly better than the original 78's in at least one essential respect.
01. Take Me Back
02. Mistreatin' Blues
03. You Shall
04. What's the Matter Blues
05. I'm Going Away Blues
06. Memphis Rounders Blues
07. It Won't Be Long Now
08. It's a Good Thing
09. Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
10. Old Sometime Blues
11. I Got Mine
12. Sweet to Mama
13. Nehi Mama
14. Downtown Blues
15. How Long
16. South Memphis Blues
17. Frank Stokes' Dream
18. Mr
19. Bedtime Blues
20. Jumpin on the Hill
21. Blues in "D"
22. Right Now Blues
The music - a meld of blues and older, more satiric songster-inspired material, as well as gospel-influenced sides -- speaks for itself on this, the widest-ranging and best-sounding collection of Frank Stokes' work issued on CD. The Best of Frank Stokes, released by Yazoo, combines the highlights of such previous releases as Frank Stokes' Dream and Creator of the Memphis Blues, for a total of six solo sides by Stokes, a dozen by Stokes accompanied by Dan Sane (usually credited to the Beale Street Sheiks), and four more on which he is accompanied by Will Batts on the fiddle. The result is a brilliant showcase for the Memphis blues legend, though with some inevitable shortcomings. As producer Richard Nevins freely admits in his opening annotation, virtually every copy of most of Stokes' original records were marred by pressing flaws (even in otherwise perfect discs) that make for a certain amount of noise - coming out as hiss - in the background on playback. Additionally, because many of Stokes' sides were recorded in a hall that was much too large for solo- or duet-performing acoustics, and didn't have the guitars mic'ed properly, the instruments do have a slightly boomy quality, without the presence and impact that one would expect. That said, the widely varying dynamics of the vocals have been balanced out here, so that this CD does, indeed, sound significantly better than the original 78's in at least one essential respect.
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