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Lifelong political activist and Blues/Jazz/Folk singer Barbara Dane - namechecked by the likes of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, etc, and routinely compared with Bessie Smith - commenced her recording career in 1956. Possessor of an extraordinary voice, in 1958 Time Magazine described her: "The voice is pure, rich and carries the dusky legato that still echoes the New Orleans of forty years ago... as rare as a 20 carat diamond. "This compilation pairs up her first two LPs, Trouble In Mind (1957) and Livin' With The Blues (1959), plus a trio of contemporaneous bonus tracks, recorded in 1956. For many years her early recordings were unavailable in any format; this is the first time these sides have been thus paired up. Described as "America's Great Lost/Forgotten Icon", she is only now, belatedly, receiving due acknowledgement. Barbara still records and performs occasionally; in 2017 she headlined a gig at UCLA's Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, in honour of her 90th birthday
TracksCredits
1 Special Delivery Blues
2 Ain't Nobody Got the Blues Like Me
3 Trouble in Mind
4 Misery Blues
5 Mighty Rumbling Blues
6 See See Rider
7 Good Morning Blues
8 Oh Papa Blues
9 Prescription for the Blues
10 Muddy Water
11 Livin' with the Blues
12 How Long, How Long Blues
13 If I Could Be with You
14 In the Evenin'
15 Bye Bye Blackbird
16 Hundred Years from Today
17 Mecca Flat Blues
18 Why Don't You Do It Right
19 I Loves You Porgy
20 Since I Fell for You
21 Good Mornin' Blues
22 Glory of Love
23 How Long Blues
