Album · Compilation

Midnight At The Barrelhouse: Rockin’ California Rhythm & Blues 1947–1951

Released 2003125 tracks · 358:13EnglishJSP Records

Tracks

#	Title	Sung by
1.1	My Baby’s Business	Jimmy Rushing	3:05
1.2	Preston Love’s Mansion	Bill Doggett	3:07
1.3	Jimmy’s Round the Clock Blues	Jimmy Rushing	3:12
1.4	Harlem Nocturne	Bill Doggett	3:02
1.5	Omaha Flash	Johnny Otis	2:49
1.6	He Was Tall, Dark & Handsome	Ivie Anderson	3:16
1.7	S.K. Blues	Big Joe Turner	2:19
1.8	Jam Session Blues	Ivie Anderson	4:17
1.9	Omaha Flash	Johnny Otis	2:41
1.10	Jeff‐Hi Stomp	Johnny Otis	3:09
1.11	Miss Mitchell	Johnny Otis	3:20
1.12	Ultra‐Violet	Johnny Otis	3:12
1.13	Sgt. Barksdale, Pt. 1	Johnny Otis	2:58
1.14	Sgt. Barksdale, Pt. 2	Johnny Otis	2:52
1.15	Love’s Nocturne	George Washington	3:17
1.16	Good Boogie Googie	Johnny Otis	2:49
1.17	Midnight in the Barrelhouse	Johnny Otis	3:06
1.18	Barrelhouse Stomp	Johnny Otis	2:47
1.19	Alimony Boogie	Cathy Cooper	3:14
1.20	Hog Jaws	Johnny Otis	2:35
1.21	My Baby Done Told Me	Four Bluebirds	2:36
1.22	Court Room Blues	Darby Hicks	2:55
1.23	The Jelly Roll	Johnny Otis	2:57
1.24	Pay Day Blues	Cathy Cooper	3:08
1.25	Happy New Year Baby	Cathy Cooper	2:46
2.1	That’s Your Last Boogie	Joe Swift	3:05
2.2	Lovin’ Baby Blues	Joe Swift	3:07
2.3	Crazy ‘Bout Your Cookin’	Joe Swift	2:40
2.4	Right Now Baby	Joe Swift	2:35
2.5	Boogie Guitar	Johnny Otis	2:36
2.6	Ain’t Nothin’ Shakin’	Redd Lyte	2:30
2.7	Hangover Blues	Johnny Otis	2:54
2.8	Get Together Blues	Little Esther	2:38
2.9	I’m Not Falling in Love With You	Devonia Williams	2:43
2.10	If It’s So Baby	The Robins	3:07
2.11	Our Romance Is Gone	The Robins	2:37
2.12	If I Didn’t Love You So	The Robins	3:13
2.13	Rain in My Eyes	The Robins	3:17
2.14	Double Crossing Blues	Little Esther	2:50
2.15	Headhunter	Johnny Otis	3:05
2.16	Going to See My Baby	Redd Lyte	2:40
2.17	The Little Red Hen	Redd Lyte	2:31
2.18	New Orleans Shuffle	Johnny Otis	2:43
2.19	The Turkey Hop Part 1	The Robins	2:39
2.20	The Turkey Hop Part 2	The Robins	2:44
2.21	Blues Nocturne	Johnny Otis	2:51
2.22	Cry Baby	Mel Walker	3:03
2.23	Lover’s Lane Boogie	Little Esther	2:32
2.24	I Found Out My Troubles	The Robins	2:44
2.25	Misery	Little Esther	2:49
3.1	I’m Through	The Robins	2:54
3.2	I’m Living O.K.	The Robins	2:25
3.3	There Ain’t No Use Begging	The Robins	2:55
3.4	You’re Fine but Not My Kind	The Robins	2:41
3.5	Helpless	Mel Walker	3:08
3.6	Cool and Easy	Johnny Otis	2:43
3.7	Mistrustin’ Blues	Little Esther & Mel Walker	3:04
3.8	Dreamin’ Blues	Mel Walker	2:35
3.9	Cupid’s Boogie	Little Esther & Mel Walker	2:39
3.10	Just Can’t Get Free	Little Esther	2:34
3.11	My Heart Tells Me	Mel Walker	2:52
3.12	Lost Dream Blues	Little Esther	3:15
3.13	Deceivin’ Blues	Little Esther	2:37
3.14	Lonely Blues	Mel Walker	2:46
3.15	Strange Woman	Mel Walker	2:57
3.16	Freight Train Boogie	The Robins	2:35
3.17	Good Time Blues	Redd Lyte	2:43
3.18	Sunset to Dawn	Mel Walker	3:12
3.19	Wedding Boogie	Little Esther	2:57
3.20	Faraway Christmas Blues	Little Esther	3:22
3.21	Love Will Break Your Heart	Little Esther	2:57
3.22	Rockin’ Blues	Mel Walker	2:53
3.23	I Don’t Care	Little Esther	3:01
3.24	I Dream	Little Esther & Mel Walker	2:25
3.25	Beer Bottle Boogie	Marylyn Scott	2:43
4.1	Uneasy Blues	Marylyn Scott	2:47
4.2	It Can Never Happen Again	Mel Walker	2:38
4.3	Gee Baby	Mel Walker	3:17
4.4	Fool’s Gold	Mel Walker	2:46
4.5	Feel Like Crying Again	Mel Walker	2:46
4.6	Heartache, Here I Come	Mel Walker	2:39
4.7	Turn the Lights Down Low	Mel Walker	3:04
4.8	Hold Me Close	The Barreleers	2:41
4.9	Gonna Take a Train	Redd Lyte	2:36
4.10	Doggin’ Blues	Linda Hopkins	3:12
4.11	Chitlin’ Switch	The Vocaleers	2:37
4.12	Warning Blues	Linda Hopkins	3:04
4.13	Living and Loving You	Linda Hopkins	3:02
4.14	Mambo Boogie	Johnny Otis	2:44
4.15	New Love	Mel Walker	3:06
4.16	Just Another Flame	Linda Hopkins	2:48
4.17	I’ll Ask My Heart	Mel Walker	3:07
4.18	Looking for a Man	Little Esther	2:45
4.19	Other Lips, Other Arms	Little Esther	2:40
4.20	The Deacon Moves In	Little Esther	2:47
4.21	It Ain’t the Beauty	George Washington	3:08
4.22	All Night Long	Johnny Otis	2:38
4.23	Help Me Blues	Mel Walker	3:10
4.24	Walkin’ Shoe Blues	Mel Walker	2:36
4.25	Honky Tonk Boogie	Johnny Otis	2:50
5.1	Because I Love My Baby So	Mel Walker	3:09
5.2	Where’s My Baby	Mel Walker	2:52
5.3	Three Magic Words	Mel Walker	3:11
5.4	I’m a Bad, Bad Girl	Little Esther	2:57
5.5	Cryin’ and Singin’ the Blues	Little Esther	2:49
5.6	Ring‐A‐Ding‐Doo	Little Esther	2:55
5.7	Hold Me	Little Esther	3:09
5.8	Better Beware	Little Esther	2:39
5.9	Raggedy Blues	Pete 'Guitar' Lewis	2:24
5.10	Crying With the Rising Sun	Pete 'Guitar' Lewis	3:06
5.11	Aged and Mellow Blues	Little Esther	2:47
5.12	Ramblin’ Blues	Little Esther	2:35
5.13	The Storm	Little Esther	3:09
5.14	Strictly Cash	Preston Love	2:32
5.15	Like a Ship at Sea	Preston Love	2:49
5.16	Call Operator 210	Mel Walker	3:09
5.17	Baby Baby Blues	Mel Walker	3:06
5.18	Gypsy Blues	Mel Walker	2:33
5.19	The Candle’s Burnin’ Low	Mel Walker	2:17
5.20	Hollerin’ and Screamin’	Little Esther	2:58
5.21	Saturday Night Daddy	Little Esther	2:37
5.22	Mainliner	Little Esther	2:37
5.23	You Took My Love Too Fast	Little Esther	2:29
5.24	Scratchin’	Pete 'Guitar' Lewis	2:35
5.25	Ooh Midnight	Pete 'Guitar' Lewis	2:46

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