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Big Joe Turner
Classic Hits 1938-52
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. Goin' Away Blues
2. Roll 'Em Pete
3. Cherry Red
4. Baby, Look At You
5. Lovin' Mama Blues
6. Cafe Society Rag
7. Piney Brown Blues
8. Doggin' The Dog
9. Careless Love
10. Jumpin' Down Blues
11. Rainy Day Blues
12. Wee Baby Blues
13. Last Goodbye Blues
14. Lucille
15. Rock Me Mama
16. Corrine Corrina
17. Lonesome Graveyard Blues
18. Nobody In Mind
19. Somebody's Got To Go
20. Ice Man
21. Chewed Up Glass
22. Rocks In My Bed
23. Blues On Central Avenue
24. Goin' To Chicago
25. Sun Risin' Blues
Track Listings (24) - Disc #2
1. Blues In The Night
2. Cry Baby Blues
3. It's The Same Old Story
4. Rebecca
5. Little Bittie Gal's Blues
6. I Got A Gal For Every Day In The Week
7. S.K. Blues Part 1
8. S.K. Blues Part 2
9. Johnson & Turner Blues
10. Watch That Jive
11. Howlin' Winds
12. Low Down Dog
13. Miss Brown Blues
14. I Got My Discharge Papers
15. My Gal's A Jockey
16. I'm Still In The Dark
17. I Got Love For Sale
18. Sunday Morning Blues
19. Mad Blues
20. It's A Low Down Dirty Shame (Playboy Blues)
21. I'm Still In The Dark
22. Miss Brown Blues
23. Sally-Zu-Zazz
24. Rock Of Gibralter
Track Listings (25) - Disc #3
1. Milk And Butter Blues
2. That's When It Really Hurts
3. I'm In Sharp When I Hit The Coast
4. New Ooh Wee Baby Blues
5. Around The Clock Part 1
6. Around The Clock Part 2
7. I Don't Dig It
8. Ooo-Ouch-Stop
9. Battle Of The Blues Part 1
10. Battle Of The Blues Part 2
11. Going Home
12. Blues
13. Morning Glory
14. Nobody In Mind
15. Low Down Dog
16. Back Breaking Blues
17. Empty Pocket Blues
18. Roll 'Em Pete
19. Ice Man Blues
20. Nobody In Mind
21. Lucille, Lucille
22. Rocks In My Bed
23. Careless Love
24. Last Goodbye Blues
25. Whistle Stop
Track Listings (24) - Disc #4
1. Hollywood Bed
2. Howlin' Winds
3. Radar Blues
4. Trouble Blues
5. Wine-O-Baby Boogie
6. B & O Blues
7. Christmas Date Boogie
8. Tell Me Pretty Baby
9. Old Piney Brown Is Gone
10. Baby Won't You Marry Me
11. I Love Ya, I Love Ya, I Love Ya
12. Born To Gamble
13. Messin' Around
14. Mardi Gras Boogie
15. My Hearts Belongs To You
16. So Many Women Blues
17. I Don't Dig It
18. Rainy Weather Blues
19. Feelin' So Sad
20. Boogie Woogie Baby
21. Married Woman Blues
22. Moody Baby
23. Wish I Had A Dollar
24. Fuzzy Wizzy Honey
Track Listings (25) - Disc #5
1. Adam Bit The Apple
2. Still In The Dark
3. Life Is Just A Card Game
4. Jumpin' At The Jubilee
5. Story To Tell
6. Jumpin' Tonight
7. Lucille
8. Love My Baby
9. Blues Jumped The Rabbit
10. The Sun Is Shining
11. Just A Travelin' Man
12. After A While You'll Be Sorry
13. I Want My Baby (When The Rooster Crows)
14. Midnight Is Here Again
15. Feelin' Happy
16. The Chill Is On
17. After My Laughter Came Tears
18. Bump Miss Suzie
19. Chains Of Love
20. I'll Never Stop Lovin' You
21. Sweet Sixteen
22. Don't You Cry
23. Poor Lover's Blues
24. Still In Love (With You)
25. Baby I Still Want You

CD Details

All Artists: Big Joe Turner
Title: Classic Hits 1938-52
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Jsp Records
Release Date: 5/20/2003
Album Type: Box set, Original recording remastered
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock
Styles: Jump Blues, Swing Jazz
Number of Discs: 5
SwapaCD Credits: 5
UPCs: 788065770921, 669910195154

CD Reviews

For the serious fan

Docendo Discimus | Vita scholae | 01/24/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Now that the excellent three-disc box set "Big, Bad & Blue - The Joe Turner Anthology" isn't available anymore, this very thorough and reasonably nicely packaged compilation may well be the serious Turner-fan's choice.

"Classic Hits 1938-52" is a five-disc, 123-track collection of Big Joe Turner's earliest recording sessions before finding stardom with his mid-'50s R&B sides, and it's quite a luxury to have Turner's sides for National, Aladdin, Freedom, MGM, and Imperial remastered and together in one collection.

This is no cheap, second-rate product...the only problem is that it is not anywhere close to being a complete career overview.

These recordings were all made before 1953, and Joe Turner lived another 33 years, recording songs like "Honey Hush", "TV Mama" (with slide guitarist Elmore James), "Shake, Rattle & Roll", "Honeydripper", and "Love Rollercoaster".

3 3/4 stars. A nice compilation, but not the definitive word on Joseph Vernon Turner."

If you like this ......

L. Hall | Sunny Sarasota Florida | 08/11/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Check out the "1947 - 1948 - Big Joe Turner CD ( Tower Records ) which has some fantastic live recordings ( Riding Blues, Plaful Baby and others ) that are great !!

These two songs were also put out on RMP records ( 78's ) in the late 40's or early 50's. But the quality was poor compared to the perfect quality of the CD.

This is Joe Turner at his very best !!!!"