Album
The Immortal Ma Rainey
1966 · Blues
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Immortal Ma Rainey is a Blues album by Ma Rainey, originally released in 1966. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked.
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Sound DNA
- Blues
- Acoustic & Delta Blues
- raw
- mournful
- smoky
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
First release with white and red Milestone center labels.
Heavy cardboard sleeve with pasted-on light paper.
Back Sleeve:
All selections were recorded in Chicago, and first issued on Paramount.
Re-recorded to tape, from 78 rpm shellac originals, by John Steiner.
Re-mastered, October, 1966, by Ray Haggerty (Madison Sound Studios).
Reissued by special arrangement with John Steiner.
Front reads:
" The Immortal Ma Rainey first of the great blue
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Buster BaileyCLARINET
- Charlie DixonBANJO
- Charlie GreenTROMBONE
- Fletcher HendersonPIANO
- Howard ScottTRUMPET
- Jimmy O'BryantCLARINET
- Kaiser MarshallDRUMS
- Lovie AustinPIANO
- Thomas A. DorseyPIANO
- Unknown ArtistBASS SAXOPHONE TRUMPET, CLARINET, SLIDE WHISTLE, BANJO, DRUMS TRUMPET, SAXOPHONE, BANJO, DRUMS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 9 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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