Product details
- Label Atlantic
- Artist Big Joe Turner
- Format 1LP
- Country France
- Released Date 1971
- Genre Blues
- Sealed Yes
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Condition: Sealed (New)
Condition Notes:
Shrink wrap is ripped on the back of the cover and corner is cut but the record is still sealed.
His Greatest Recordings by Big Joe Turner.
Part of Atlantic's "Blues Power" series, released here as No. 7, this compilation gathers Big Joe Turner's essential recordings from one of the most fertile stretches of his career. The sessions span roughly 1951 to 1957, drawing on studios across the American map — Universal in Chicago, Beltone and Coastal in New York, Capitol's New York room, Atlantic's own recording studio, and the legendary J & M Studios in New Orleans. That geographic sweep tells its own story: Turner was a Kansas City shouter who moved fluidly through the postwar blues and rhythm-and-blues world, and these tracks capture him at his commercial and artistic peak.
Turner's voice is the whole show here — a huge, unhurried blues holler that never needs to strain to fill a room. Recorded across bustling city sessions and the humid, rhythm-heavy atmosphere of New Orleans at J & M, the arrangements shift between big-city polish and looser, horn-driven swing. What holds it all together is that unmistakable delivery, riding the beat with the authority of a man who helped bridge jump blues and early rock and roll.
This pressing carries its own collectible quirks: a stereo label variation with a different price code and runout, cover art credited to Jean Vern, and lacquer cut by Dennis King. Note the label misprint reading "His Greatest Recording" — a small detail that makes this copy a genuine conversation piece.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. TV Mama
A2. Still In Love
A3. Teenage Letter
A4. Sweet Sixteen
A5. Shake, Rattle & Roll
A6. Honey Hush
A7. Flip, Flop And Fly
B1. Corrine, Corrina
B2. Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop
B3. Boogie Woogie Country Girl
B4. Crawdad Hole
B5. Midnight Cannonball
B6. Chains Of Love
B7. The Chicken And The Hawk
Credits:
Jean Vern - Cover
Dennis King - Lacquer Cut By
Notes:
Label variation ("stereo") / different price code / different runout
Released as "Blues Power No7"
Title on label reads "His Greatest Recording"
A1 recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago, Ill on October 7, 1953
A2 recorded at Beltone Studios, New York, N.Y. on April 19, 1951
A3 recorded at Capitol Studio, New York, N.Y. on October 2, 1957
A4 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y. on January 20, 1952
A5 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y. on February 15, 1954
A6 recorded at J & M Studios, New Orleans on May 12, 1953
A7 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, N.Y. on January 28, 1955
B1 recorded at Capitol Studio, New York, N.Y. on February 24, 1956
B2 recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago, Ill on October 7, 1953
B3 recorded at Coastal Recording Studio, New York, N.Y. on November 3, 1955
B4 recorded at J & M Studios, New Orleans on May 12, 1953
B5 recorded at J & M Studios, New Orleans on December 3, 1953
B6 recorded at Beltone Studios, New York, N.Y. on April 19, 1951
B7 recorded at Coastal Recording Studio, New York, N.Y. on November 3, 1955
Artist: Big Joe Turner
Format: 1LP
Genre: Blues
Label: Atlantic
Catalog Number: 40 525
Release Year: 1971
Country: France
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