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Various Artists - Sammy Price & The Blues Singers Vol. 1 (1938-1941)

Track listing:
  1. Swing Low Sweet Chariot - Ebony Three (1938) 2:24
  2. Go Down Moses - Ebony Three (1938) 2:44
  3. Heartbroken Blues - Ebony Three (1938) 3:14
  4. Mississippi Moan - Ebony Three (1938) 3:03
  5. Try And Get It - Bea Foote (1938) 2:46
  6. Jive Lover - Bea Foote (1938) 3:04
  7. I Want A Long Time Daddy - Bea Foote (1938) 2:43
  8. The Monkey Swing - Harlem Stompers (1939) 2:32
  9. Jammin' In Georgia - Harlem Stompers (1939) 2:42
  10. My Understanding Aan - Harlem Stompers (1939) 2:37
  11. Serenade To A Jitterbug - Harlem Stompers (1939) 2:43
  12. My Mellow Man - Yack Taylor (1941) 3:00
  13. Knockin' Myself Out - Yack Taylor (1941) 3:12
  14. You're Gonna Go Your Way and I'm Gonna Go Mine - Yack Taylor (1941) 3:04
  15. Don't Stop Now - Yack Taylor (1941) 2:51
  16. My Nightmare Jockey - Yack Taylor (1941) 3:04
  17. The Low Down Lonely Blues - Sweet Georgia Brown (1941) 3:13
  18. Rock Me In The Groove - Sweet Georgia Brown (1941) 2:59
  19. Black Cat Bone - Sweet Georgia Brown (1941) 3:21
  20. These Low Down Men Blues - Sweet Georgia Brown (1941) 3:12
  21. Make Me Love You - Ruby Smith (1941) 2:57
  22. Fruit Cakin' Mama - Ruby Smith (1941) 3:19
  23. Black Gal - Ruby Smith (1941) 2:36
  24. Thinking Blues - Ruby Smith (1941) 3:27

Notes

Sammy Price & The Blues Singers Vol 1. 1938-1941
Document DOCD-5667

EBONY THREE
Two unknown females, unknown male (vo) acc. Buster Bailey (cl), Sam Price (p), Richard Fullbright (sb), O'Neil Spencer (dm).
New York City, May 25, 1938.
01. 63862-A Swing Low Sweet Chariot [Decca 7527]
02. 63863-A Go Down Moses [Decca 7527]
03. 63864-A Heartbroken Blues [Decca 7503]
04. 63865 Mississippi Moan [Decca 7503]

BEA FOOTE
Vocal acc. Charlie Shavers (tp), J. C. Higginbotham (tb), Buster Bailey (cl), Sam Price (p), unknown (g), unknown (sb), unknown (dm).
New York City, September 13, 1938.
05. 64658-A Try And Get It [Decca 7535]
06. 64659-A Jive Lover [Decca 7535]
64660 If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It
07. 64661-A I Want A Long Time Daddy [Decca 7554]

HARLEM STOMPERS
unknown (tp), Sam Price (p), unknown (g), unknown (sb), unknown (dm), Hester Lancaster (vo).
New York City, April 27, 1939.
08. 65486-A The Monkey Swing [Decca 7600]
09. 65487-A Jammin' In Georgia [Decca 7616]
10. 65488-A My Understanding Man [Decca 7600]
11. 65489-A Serenade To A Jitterbug [Decca 7616]

YACK TAYLOR
Vocal acc. Sam Price (p), unknown (g), unknown (dm).
New York City, April 8, 1941.
12. 68951-A My Mellow Man [Decca 7836]
13. 68952-A Knockin' Myself Out [Decca 7836]
14. 68953-A You're Gonna Go Your Way And I'm Gonna Go Mine [Decca 7850]

Vocal acc. Sam Price (p), poss. Leonard Ware (g), unknown (dm).
New York City, July 23, 1941.
15. 69553-A Don't Stop Now [Decca 7864]
69554-A Chicago Bound Blues [Decca 7855]
69555-A Who It To A Jelly [Decca 7855]
16. 69556-A My Nightmare Jockey [Decca 7864]

SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
Vocal acc. Sam Price (p), unknown (g), unknown (sb).
New York City, October 8, 1941.
17. 69789-A The Low Down Lonely Blues [Decca 7880]
18. 69790-A Rock Me In The Groove [Decca 7871]
19. 69791-A Black Cat Bone [Decca 7880]
20. 69792-A These Low Down Men Blues [Decca 7871]

RUBY SMITH
Vocal acc. Sam Price (p), unknown (g), unknown (sb).
New York City, October 15, 1941.
21. 69821-A Make Me Love You [Decca 7875]
22. 69822-A Fruit Cakin' Mama [Decca 7869]
23. 69823-A Black Gal [Decca 7869]
24. 69824-A Thinking Blues [Decca 7875]