VA — Matchbox Bluesmaster Series, Set 4 (2021)

Volume 4 of the CD release of the iconic Matchbox Bluesmaster LP series from the 1980s with extensive notes from world authority on the blues, Paul Oliver.

CD1 (15 / 49:01)

1. Julius Daniels — My Mamma Was a Sailor (3:24)

2. Julius Daniels — Ninety-Nine Year Blues (1) (3:11)

3. Julius Daniels — I\’m Goin\’ To Tell God How You Doin\’ (2:53)

4. Julius Daniels — Slippin\’ and Slidin\’ up the Golden Street (1) (3:14)

5. Julius Daniels — Can\’t Put the Bridle on That Mule This Morning (1) (3:03)

6. Julius Daniels — Richmond Blues (1) (3:11)

7. Julius Daniels — Crow Jane Blues (3:39)

8. Julius Daniels — Ninety-Nine Year Blues (?2) (3:14)

9. Julius Daniels — Slippin\’ and Slidin\’ up the Golden Street (?2) (3:21)

10. Julius Daniels — Can\’t Put the Bridle on That Mule This Morning (?2) (3:35)

11. Julius Daniels — Richmond Blues (?2) (3:35)

12. Lil McClintock — Furniture Man (3:17)

13. Lil McClintock — Don\’t Think I\’m Santa Claus (3:13)

14. Lil McClintock — Sow Good Seeds (2:48)

15. Lil McClintock — Mother Called Her Child to Her Dying Bed (3:21)

CD2 (16 / 51:14)

1. Texas Alexander — Gold Tooth Blues (2:57)

2. Texas Alexander — Johnny Behren\’s Blues (3:04)

3. Texas Alexander — Rolling Mill Blues (3:13)

4. Texas Alexander — Broken Yo Yo (3:04)

5. Texas Alexander — Texas Special (3:14)

6. Texas Alexander — When You Get to Thinking (2:50)

7. Texas Alexander — Thirty Day Blues (3:07)

8. Texas Alexander — Peaceful Blues (3:11)

9. Texas Alexander — Days Is Lonesome (3:34)

10. Texas Alexander — Seen Better Days (3:23)

11. Texas Alexander — Last Stage Blues (3:13)

12. Texas Alexander — Stealing to Her Man (3:17)

13. Texas Alexander — She\’s So Fair (3:13)

14. Texas Alexander — Rolling and Stumbling Blues (3:04)

15. Texas Alexander — Frost Texas Tornado Blues (3:28)

16. Texas Alexander — Texas Troublesome Blues (3:22)

CD3 (14 / 46:26)

1. Peg Leg Howell — Coal Man Blues (3:10)

2. Peg Leg Howell — Tishamingo Blues (3:21)

3. Peg Leg Howell — New Prison Blues (3:17)

4. Peg Leg Howell — Fo\’ Day Blues (3:12)

5. Peg Leg Howell — New Jelly Roll Blues (3:02)

6. Peg Leg Howell — Beaver Slide Rag (3:25)

7. Peg Leg Howell — Papa Stobb Blues (3:44)

8. Peg Leg Howell — Sadie Lee Blues (3:11)

9. Peg Leg Howell — Too Tight Blues (3:17)

10. Peg Leg Howell — Moanin\’ and Groanin\’ Blues (3:37)

11. Peg Leg Howell — Hobo Blues (3:19)

12. Peg Leg Howell — Peg Leg Stomp (3:37)

13. Peg Leg Howell — Doin\’ Wrong (3:04)

14. Peg Leg Howell — Skin Game Blues (3:11)

CD4 (19 / 57:21)

1. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — The Master Came and Called To Me (Live) (3:16)

2. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — Saul, a Wicked Man (Live) (3:04)

3. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — Come Over Here (Live) (3:05)

4. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — How Much I Owe for Love Divine (Live) (3:06)

5. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — Lord, Lord, He Sure Is Good to Me (Live) (3:05)

6. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — Watch, Ye, Therefore, You Know Not the Day (Live) (2:49)

7. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — A Lie Was Told, but God Know\’d It (1) [Live] (3:30)

8. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — A Wild Man In Town (1) [Live] (3:20)

9. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — He Shut the Lion\’s Mouth (1) [Live] (3:07)

10. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — A Lie Was Told, but God Know\’d It ?(2) [Live] (1:21)

11. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — A Wild Man in Town (2) [Live] (3:40)

12. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — He Shut the Lion\’s Mouth (2) [Live] (3:30)

13. ?Elder Richard Bryant\’s Sanctified Singers — Everybody Was There (Live) (3:24)

14. Brother Williams Memphis Sanctified Singers — He\’s Got the Whole World In His Hands (2:47)

15. Brother Williams Memphis Sanctified Singers — I Will Meet You at the Station (2:44)

16. Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers — Thou Carest Lord, for Me (3:03)

17. Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers — Jesus Throwed Up a Highway for Me (2:52)

18. Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers — Sinner, I\’d Make a Change (2:48)

19. Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers — When I Get Inside the Gate (2:50)

CD5 (18 / 57:12)

1. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Cryin\’ for Daddy Blues (3:17)

2. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — High Water Blues (3:36)

3. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Creepin\’ Eel Blues (2:59)

4. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Ghost Creeping Blues (3:18)

5. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Boa Constrictor Blues (3:22)

6. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Dead Sea Blues (3:12)

7. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Sneakin\’ Lizard Blues (3:09)

8. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — My Daddy\’s Coffin Blues (3:23)

9. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Mean Bloodhound Blues (2:58)

10. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Death Valley Moan (3:41)

11. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Sweet Black Woman (2:44)

12. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Good Feelin\’ Blues (1) (3:07)

13. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — St. Louis Daddy (3:12)

14. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Farewell Baby Blues (2:58)

15. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Sugar Mama Blues, Pt. 1 (2:59)

16. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Sugar Mama Blues, Pt. 2 (2:53)

17. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — He Treats Me Like a Dog (3:12)

18. St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith) — Meat Cutter Blues (3:12)

CD6 (16 / 49:41)

1. Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams — Blues In My Mind (3:26)

2. Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams — Mistreatin\’ Woman (3:23)

3. Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams — Polo Blues (3:35)

4. Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams — Normangee Blues (3:28)

5. Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams — Worried Blues (3:17)

6. Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams — Prairie Dog Hole Blues (3:10)

7. Texas Alexander — Justice Blues (2:56)

8. Texas Alexander — Katy Crossing Blues (3:01)

9. Texas Alexander — Lonesome Blues (3:24)

10. Texas Alexander — Lonesome Valley Blues (3:09)

11. Texas Alexander — One Morning Blues (2:35)

12. Texas Alexander — Deceitful Blues (2:55)

13. Texas Alexander — Easy Rider Blues (2:48)

14. Texas Alexander — Good Feelin\’ Blues (2) (3:06)

15. Texas Alexander — Bottom\’s Blues (2:50)

16. Texas Alexander — Crossroads (2:41)