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The Complete Vanguard Recordings (Box Set) (CD)

By: Big Mama Thornton (Artist)

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Big Mama Thornton Artist Snapshot:

A blues shouter in the tradition of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton is best remembered as the first artist to record "Hound Dog." A side-by-side comparison of her version and Elvis's shows just how different a song can be in two great artists' hands: where Presley's version is all frenzy, Thornton's is pure R&B, gritty, haughty, and funky. Although she never matched the success of 1953's "Hound Dog," Thornton remained a popular live performer for the rest of her long career.

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DISC 1 for The Complete Vanguard Recordings (Box Set) (CD) Album By Big Mama Thornton (Artist)
1   Little Red Rooster
2   Ball And Chain
3   Jail
4   Hound Dog
5   Rock Me Baby
6   Sheriff O.E. & Me
7   Oh Happy Day
 
DISC 2 for The Complete Vanguard Recordings (Box Set) (CD) Album By Big Mama Thornton (Artist)
1   Rolling Stone
2   Lost City
3   Mr. Cool
4   Big Mama's New Love
5   Private Number
6   Sassy Mama
7   Everybody's Happy (But Me)
 
DISC 3 for The Complete Vanguard Recordings (Box Set) (CD) Album By Big Mama Thornton (Artist)
1   Good-Bye Baby
2   Gonna Leave You
3   Mixed Up Feeling
4   Special
5   Going Fishing
6   Big Mama Swings
7   Happy Me
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (5/19/00, p.75) - "...Includes the previously unreleased BIG MAMA SWINGS, a thrilling, staggering 1975 album that redefines her considerable legend." - Rating: B+
Down Beat (8/00, p.78) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...She performs spiritedly...hitting the mark with revivals of her signature songs....The studio effort is laudable..."

Title Note

Originally released as two separate LPs: JAIL (1975), SASSY MAMA (1975) and includes the previously unreleased BIG MAMA SWINGS.

Personnel: Big Mama Thornton (vocals); B. Huston, Steve Wachsman, Ronnie Miller, Cornell Dupree (guitar); George Smith (harmonica); Bill Potter, Buddy Lucas (tenor saxophone); Eric Hayes, J.D. Nichols (piano); Paul Griffin (keyboards); Wilbur Bascomb, Bruce Sieverson (bass); Jimmy Johnson, Todd Nelson (drums).

Includes liner notes by Ed Ward.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

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