A bit
blues, a bit jazz – and a singer with a style unto her own – the amazing Big Maybelle, one
of the greatest artists to record for Okeh Records in the 50s! This well-done collection pulls together every single Maybelle recorded for the R&B power
house back in the day – a motherlode
of great work that easily puts her right up there with Lavern Baker or Ruth Brown as one
of the great female singers
of the 50s. The package features a whopping 26 tracks in all – including many bits that get lost between the tracks in some
of the too-sifted collections
of her work from the time. Titles include "Maybelle's
Blues", "New Kind
Of Mambo", "Hair Dressin Women", "My Big Mistake", "Ain't No Use", "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show", "So Good To My Baby", "Gabbin
Blues", "You'll Never Know", "The Other Night", and "Such A Cutie".
(Soul, Blues) (Out of print, punch through barcode.)