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Big Maybelle - The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-55 (1955)

Track listing:
  1. Just Want Your Love 3:14
  2. So Good to My Baby 2:34
  3. Gabbin' Blues (Don't Run My Business) 2:41
  4. My Country Man 2:35
  5. Rain Down Rain 3:05
  6. Way Back Home 2:45
  7. Please Stay Away from My Sam 2:34
  8. Jinny Mule 2:46
  9. Send for Me 3:11
  10. Maybelle's Blues 3:10
  11. I've Got a Feelin' 2:57
  12. You'll Never Know 3:03
  13. No More Trouble Out of Me 3:26
  14. My Big Mistake 2:39
  15. Ain't No Use 3:00
  16. I'm Getting 'Long Alright 3:36
  17. You'll Be Sorry 2:30
  18. Hair Dressin' Women 3:25
  19. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 2:52
  20. Don't Leave Poor Me 2:37
  21. Ain't to be Played With 2:31
  22. New Kind of Mambo 2:36
  23. Ocean of Tears 2:31
  24. Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On 2:59
  25. The Other Night 2:07
  26. Such a Cutie 2:06

Notes

Oct 8, 1952-Mar 21, 1955

This collection features Big Maybelle's entire OKeh output -- 26 tracks -- including her three R&B chart items, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," and the risqué slow blues "I'm Gettin' 'Long Alright." "Gabbin' Blues," her 1952 OKeh debut smash, is a humorous dialogue between Maybelle and gossiping rival Rose Marie McCoy, the tune's co-writer. Maybelle was no mere copyist; her sandpapery vocals stood in sharp contrast to the many interchangeable thrushes then populating the R&B world. New York session wizards such as tenor saxophonist Sam "The Man" Taylor and guitarist Mickey Baker provide great support throughout.