Ma Rainey(1882-1939)Mother of the Blues Paramount Rare Moonshine& Southern Blues
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Gertrude Pridgett(Ma) Rainey(1882-1939), Artist, Considered the Mother of the Blues, Rare 1923 78RPM Paramount Record 12083-A, and 12083-B, in its original found album sleeve, Made in the New York Recording Laboratories Inc. Port Washington, WIS.
Side A. Moonshine Blues(Mrs. Winters), Madame "Ma" Rainey, Acc. by Lovie Austin and Her Serenaders, 1608.
Side B. Southern Blues(Gertrude Rainey), Madame "Ma" Rainey, Acc. by Lovie Austin and Her Blues Serenaders, 1612.
A brief biography on artist from Wikipedia as follows:
"Ma" Rainey, born Gertrude Pridgett, was one of the earliest African-American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of blues singers to record. She was billed as the "Mother of the Blues".
"She began performing as a teenager and became known as Ma Rainey after her marriage to Will Rainey, in 1904. They toured with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and later formed their own group, Rainey and Rainey, Assassinators of the Blues. Her first recording was made in 1923. In the next five years, she made over 100 recordings, including "Bo-Weevil Blues" (1923), "Moonshine Blues" (1923), "See See Rider Blues" (1924), "Black Bottom" (1927), and "Soon This Morning" (1927)."
"Rainey was known for her powerful vocal abilities, energetic disposition, majestic phrasing, and a "moaning" style of singing. Her qualities are present and most evident in her early recordings "Bo-Weevil Blues" and "Moonshine Blues"."
"Rainey recorded with Louis Armstrong, and she toured and recorded with the Georgia Jazz Band. She continued to tour until 1935, when she retired and went to live in her hometown."
"Paramount Records was an American record label known for its recordings of jazz and blues in the 1920s and early 1930s, including such artists as Ma Rainey ""Paramount marketed her extensively, calling her the "Mother of the Blues", the "Songbird of the South", the "Gold-Neck Woman of the Blues" and the "Paramount Wildcat".
Rarity of 1920 and 1930 Old Blues Records on Paramount Record Label from the New York Times Article "They've got those Old Hard-to Find Blues:
"Blues music is in part mythological; its legend involves sweltering juke joints, homemade whiskey and Faustian bargains at rural crossroads. A furniture company in a largely white Midwestern suburb is rarely evoked in these reveries, but in the late 1920s and early 1930s Paramount Records ? an arm of the Wisconsin Chair Company, a manufacturer of wooden phonograph cabinets in Port Washington, Wis. ? became an unlikely home for blues legends like Patton, Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House and Skip James. Paramount’s blues releases ? especially its “race” records with label numbers in the 12000s and 13000s ? are among the most coveted records in the world."
"Because these 78s are so scarce ?of the thousands presumably pressed, many were lost, broken or melted down, and of the 1,356 titles said to have been issued in the 12000-13000 series."
It is very hard to find Early Paramount Blues Albums in any kind of shape, this one is a beauty.
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