6 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
6 records matching
Ma Rainey, celebrated as the 'Mother of the Blues', originally recorded 'Soon This Morning' and 'Don't Fish in My Sea' for Paramount in the 1920s; this disc on the 'Jazz Collection' label reissues those historic sides.AI summary
Jazz Collection L16 Jazz
Ma Rainey, 'the Mother of the Blues', sings 'Moonshine Blues' and 'New Boweavil Blues' on Jazz Collection.AI summary
Jazz Collection L42 Jazz
Ma Rainey, the 'Mother of the Blues', recorded 'Weepin' Women Blues' and 'Morning Hours Blues' for Jazz Collection. UK copies of this label are extremely uncommon; Rainey's recordings are actively sought by blues collectors.AI summary
Jazz Collection L57 Jazz
Ma Rainey, 'the Mother of the Blues', sings 'Yonder Come the Blues' and 'Stack O'Lee Blues' on Jazz Collection.AI summary
Jazz Collection L73 Jazz
Ma Rainey performs 'Blues oh blues' and 'Oh papa blues' on Jazz Record Society AA108. Rainey was the 'Mother of the Blues', one of the earliest and most influential blues singers, active from the 1920s onward. The Jazz Record Society was a specialist reissue label founded in the 1940s, making available early jazz and blues recordings. UK copies of specialist reissue labels are uncommon.AI summary
JazzRecSocAA 108 Jazz
Ma Rainey, the pioneering American blues singer, performing 'Countin' the Blues' and 'Jelly Bean Blues' on UHCA 83/4. UHCA appears to be a very obscure or short-lived British imprint, and UK copies of Ma Rainey sides are extremely uncommon.AI summary
UHCA 83/4 Jazz