Bullet Records Story- (3CDS) The First Americana Label
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Bullet Records of Nashville, Tennessee was the first, and initially the most successful, of what would come to be known as the post war indies The Bullet Recording and Transcription Company was launched in late 1945 by former Grand Old Opry booking agent Jim Bulliet, along with businessman C.V. Hitchcock and musician / songwriter Wally Fowler. This is the first comprehensive overview of the Bullet label. The first disc concentrates on Rhythm and Blues (both urban and down home), the second on Country & Western and Hillbilly Boogie, and the third on the jazzier Jump and Jive recordings (with a touch of gospel thrown in for good measure)   This compilation is a complete cross section of the type of music you would have heard as you spun the dial on your radio in 1950..............................

Disc: 1
1. Wynonie Harris - Dig This Boogie
2. Wynonie Harris - Drinkin' By Myself
3. Cecil Gant - Nashville Jumps
4. Cecil Gant - Amma Mae
5. Rudy Greene Trio - No Good Woman Blues
6. Big Three Trio - You Sure Look Good To Me
7. St. Louis Jimmy - Goin' Down Slow
8. St. Louis Jimmy - I Ain't Done Nothin' Wrong
9. Joe Williams - Jivin' Woman
10. Joe Williams - She's A Married Woman
11. Sherman Williams Orchestra - Sherman's Boogie
12. Sherman Williams Orchestra - Baby Don't You Want To Go
13. Smoky Hogg - Hard Times
14. Smoky Hogg - Goin' Back Home
15. Walter Davis - Move Back To The Woods
16. Walter Davis - You've Got To Reap What You Sow
17. Max 'Blues' Bailey - Delinquency Blues
18. Max 'Blues' Bailey - Sting-A-Ree
19. B.B. King - Miss Martha King
20. B.B. King - Take A Swing With Me
Disc: 2
1. Texas Troubadours - That's All She Wrote
2. The Turner Bros. - Guitar Reel
3. Chester Atkins & His All Star Hillbillies - Guitar Blues (instrumental)
4. The York Bros. - Hamatramk Mama
5. Johnnie Barfield - Doin' The Boogie Woogie
6. Bill Nettles - High Falutin' Mama
7. Zeke Clements - Brown's Ferry Boogie
8. Smiley Burnette - Swamp Woman Blues
9. Clyde Moody - I Worship You
10. Leon Payne - Lost Highway
11. Leon Payne - They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
12. Autry Inman - Double Cross
13. Butterball Paige - I'm Too Old To Boogie Anymore
14. Jimmy Work - Hospitality
15. Ray Price - Jealous Lies
16. Calvin Tubb - Heart Don't Complain
17. Johnnie Lee Wills - Rag Mop
18. Hardrock Gunter - My Bucket's Been Fixed
19. Jimmy Work - Mr. & Mrs. Cloud
20. Ray Batts - Wild Man Boogie
Disc: 3
1. Danny Cassalla - Hawaiian War Chant (instrumental)
2. The Five Bars - I'm All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart
3. Bob Troup - Bye Bye Blackbird
4. Bob Troup - Heidi
5. Madge Suttee & Her Swing Trio - Avalon (instrumental)
6. Pepper Neely & The Jazz Trio
7. John Gordy - Raggin' The Blues (instrumental)
8. John Gordy - Frankie & Johnny
9. Cecil Gant - I Wonder
10. Cecil Gant - Boogie Woogie Baby
11. Red Miller Trio - Nobility Boogie (instrumental)
12. Red Miller Trio - Bewildered
13. Big Three Trio - Signifying Monkey
14. Rudy Greene Trio - Deep In My Heart
15. Vicki Zimmer - Take Another Guess
16. Vicki Zimmer - He's A Bad Man But He Treats Me Good
17. Chuck Merrill - Rag Mop
18. Tuff Green & His Orchestra - Let's Go To The Liquor Store
19. The Fairfield Four - Amazing Grace
20. Speer Family - Dig A Little Deeper

 

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