Little is really known of Mabel Louise Smith aka Big Maybelle, as with so many pioneers of R&B she was never interviewed in her lifetime and passed away in 1972 just as historians of popular culture were finally getting around to the architects of R&B. Here Jasmine have tried a new approach to her recorded work beginning with two rare live radio broadcasts for Alan Freed along with her original LPs for the Savoy and Cub labels presented together for the first time. Also included is her only Christmas 45 along with all of her legendary performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. There is no doubt that Big Maybelle was a big influence over the upcoming soul generation and Aretha Franklin recorded incredible versions of "Ramblin' Blues" and "Pitiful" and the originals by Big Maybelle are included on this superb set.

Tracklist:

Ring Dang Dilly
Candy
All of Me
Stay As Sweet As You Are
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
Say It Isn't So
Rock House
If I Could Be with You
Jim 1
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie 1
I Could Make You Care 1
I Don't Want to Cry 1
Pitiful 1
There, I've Said It Again 1
Candy 1
So Long 1
Ramblin' Blues 1
Blues Early, Early (Parts 1 ; 2) 1
Ring Dang Dilly 2
That's a Pretty Good Love 2
Mean to Me 2
Tell Me Who 2
Silent Night 2
White Christmas 2
Beale Street Blues 2
Careless Love 2
St Louis Blues 2
Memphis Blues 2
Joe Turner Blues 3
Yellow Dog Blues 3
The Basement Blues 3
The Hesitating Blues 3
Ole Miss Blues 3
Friendless Blues 3
Way Down South Where the Blues Began 3
Harlem Blues 3
Let's Roll It (I Ain't Mad at You) 3
Cherry 3
One Hour 4
Baby Please Don't Go 4
The Blues 4
Going Home Baby 4
A Good Man Is Hard to Find 4
I Ain't Got Nobody 4
I Understand 4
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good 4
Some of These Days 4
Until the Real Thing Comes Along

UPC: 604988309522
Label: Imports
Release Date: 3.16.18
Format: CD

Big Maybelle - Savoy Years: Album Collection - Original 50s Album Releases Plus BonusTracks (CD)