Cousin Joe – Cousin Joe From New Orleans – 4CD

The first serious and comprehensive reissue on this hugely influential and fascinating artist.

Cousin Joe's career spanned postwar jazz sessions, heavy rocking New Orleans R&B, fascinating blues and a late flowering as a very popular expatriate bluesman in England.

These are his very best sides presented in the usual chronological and complete order superbly packaged and presented.

Track Listing:

CD1:
Cousin Joe: 1. Broken Man Blues - 2:35   2. New Jailhouse Blues - 3:09   Mezzrow-Bechet Septet: 3. Levee Blues - 2:56   4. Layin' My Rules In Blues - 2:37   5. Bad, Bad Baby Blues - 2:56   6. Bad, Bad Baby Blues [Alt] - 2:59   7. Saw Mill Man Blues - 2:59   Leonard Feather's Hip-Tet: 8. Post War Future Blues - 3:06   9. Larceny Hearted Woman - 3:01   10. Just Another Woman - 2:56   11. My Love Comes Tumblin' Down - 2:47   Pete Brown Brooklyn Blues Blowers: 12. Wedding Day Blues - 3:09   13. Desperate GI Blues - 3:03   14. You Got It Comin' To You - 3:03   15. Boogie Woogie Hannah - 2:55   Earl Bostic's Gotham Sextet: 16. You Ain't So Such-a-Much - 2:50   17. Fly Hen Blues - 2:43   18. Lonesome Man Blues - 2:51   19. Little Eva - 2:37   Earl Bostic & His Orchestra: 20. Baby, You Don't Know It All - 2:47   21. The Barefoot Boy - 2:52   22. If I Just Keep Still - 2:35   23. When Your Mother's Gone - 2:57   24. Make Me As Strong As Samson - 2:57   25. When the Roll Be Called In Heaven - 2:52   26. My Tight Woman - 2:37

CD2:
Earl Bostic & His Orchestra: 1. Lightning Struck the Poorhouse - 3:08   Cousin Joe: 2. Just As Soon As I Go Home - 2:35   3. Phoney Woman Blues - 2:39   4. Little Woman Blues - 2:21   5. It's Dangerous To Be a Husband - 2:45   Al Casey: 6. Old Man Blues - 2:49   7. Death House Blues - 2:39   8. Too Tight To Walk Loose - 2:45   9. Big Fat Mama - 2:44   Dickie Wells' Blue Seven: 10. Come Down Baby - 2:54   11. Bachelor's Blues - 2:44   12. Don't Pay Me No Mind - 2:57   13. Stoop To Conquer - 2:48   The Sam Price Trio: 14. Bad Luck Blues - 2:59   15. Box Car Shorty and Peter Blue - 2:51   Cousin Joe: 16. Beggin' Woman - 2:54   17. Sadie Brown - 2:47   18. Evolution Blues - 3:01   19. Box Car Shorty's Confession - 2:45   20. Looking For My Baby - 2:52   21. High-Powered Gal - 2:54   22. Chicken a La Blues - 2:18   23. Poor Man Blues - 2:43   Smilin' Joe: 24. Living On Borrowed Time - 2:36   25. Lovesick Soul - 2:28   Cousin Joe: 26. Second Hand Soul - 2:25   27. Dinah - 2:34   28. Won't Settle Down - 2:24

CD3:
Cousin Joe: 1. Misery - 2:22   2. A.B.C.'s, Pt. 1 - 2:28   3. A.B.C.'s, Pt. 2 - 2:13   4. How Long Must I Wait - 2:12   5. Sleep Walking Woman - 2:30   Freddie Kohlman Orchestra: 6. Easy Rockin' - 2:29   7. Hole In the Ground - 2:24   8. You'll Never Get Nothing Without Trying - 1:43   9. Ramblin' Woman - 1:57   Smilin Joe's Sextet: 10. Feel Like a Million - 2:24   11. Old Man's Sweetheart - 2:14   Freddie Kohlman & His Band: 12. I Saw Mommy Kissin' Santa Claus - 3:17   Paul Gayten: 13. Back Trackin' (Dr Daddy-O) - 2:57   14. Confused - 2:52   15. Fishtails - 3:10   16. You Shouldn't - 2:29   17. Baby, What's New - 2:55   18. You Ought To Know - 2:19   19. I'll Never Be Free - 3:01   20. My Last Good-Bye - 2:54   21. Ooooh La La - 2:25   22. Gold Ain't Everything - 2:55   23. Suzette - 2:48   24. Bear Hug - 2:47   25. Each Time - 3:07   26. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! - 2:54

CD4:
Bobby Marchan: 1. Have Mercy - 2:27   2. Helping Hand [Take 6] - 2:50   3. Pity Poor Me [Take 5] - 2:50   4. Little Girl of Mine - 2:45   5. I Know [Take 6] - 1:59   6. I'll Never Let You Go - 2:29   7. It Hurts Me To My Heart [Take 3] - 2:36   8. Don't Take Your Love From Me - 2:17   9. Chickee Wah Wah - 2:17   10. I Can't Stop Lovin' You - 2:28   11. You Can't Stop Her - 2:30   12. Loberta - 2:26   13. Oh Me Oh My [Take 2] - 2:49   14. Dearest Darling - 2:34   15. Hush Your Mouth - 2:40   16. Havin' a Good Time - 2:33   17. Well I'll Be John Brown - 2:25   18. High Blood Pressure - 2:45   19. Rockin' Behind the Iron Curtain [Take 2] - 2:21   20. Don't You Just Know It - 2:32   21. For Cryin' Out Loud - 2:32   22. Would You Believe It (I Have a Cold) - 2:21   23. I'll Never Let You Go [Take 1] - 2:38   24. I Know [Take 1] - 1:57   25. It Hurts Me To My Heart [Take 1] - 2:38   26. Chickee Wah Wah [Take 4] - 2:18   27. Helping Hand [Take 5] - 2:47   28. Pity Poor Me [Take 1] - 3:58