"CRAZY BLUES" Mamie Smith & her Jazz Hounds OKeh 4169 VV+ 1920 PIONEERING BLUES
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Description
HERE is the first official "Race" record - i.e., of, by, and for Black folks. It's the epochal 1920 "CRAZY BLUES" by pioneering blues-stress MAMIE SMITH. For a first attempt at recording blues, this is an outstanding performance, which struts; and has powerful, even shocking lyrics: "I'm gonna do like the Chinaman - Go and get some 'Hop,' / Grab myself a gun / and shoot myself a cop!"
"IT'S RIGHT HERE FOR YOU" is the flip side, and has a similar urgency about it.
This original 1920 maroon OKeh 4169 is in slightly weathered VV+ condition - it still plays well!
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