CD Number TR201 (BLUES SERIES VOLUME ONE) This CD contains sides by Joe Turner, the blues singer, from the period 1939 to 1953. Sound quality is very good. The tracks on this CD are 44.1 kHz-16 bit WAV files. Audio samples in Media Player compressed format are provided below. All of the selections were recorded directly from the original 78-rpm records. There are Twenty-Nine tracks amounting to a total of Seventy-Eight minutes. (See the detailed track listing below.) The CD is labeled and comes in a slim jewel case. It includes a booklet which contains selected label images in color, along with the track listing. Audio, photo, and label image restoration by Tony Fournier.

Track Listing For the "JOE TURNER (1939-1953)" CD: 1. Goin' Away Blues - Joe Turner And Pete Johnson - Vocalion 4607 - 1939 2. Cherry Red - Pete Johnson And His Boogie Woogie Boys (Vocal Joe Turner) - Vocalion 4997 - 1939    LISTEN (Windows Media Player) 3. Shake It And Break It - The Varsity Seven (Vocal Joe Turner) - Varsity 8179 - 1940 4. Goin' To Chicago Blues - Joe Turner With Freddie Slack Trio - Decca 4093 B - 1941 5. Corrine Corrina - Art Tatum And His Band (Vocal Joe Turner) - Decca 8563 B - 1941    LISTEN (Windows Media Player) 6. Rebecca - Big Joe Turner And Pete Johnson Trio - Decca 11001 B - 1945 7. I Got A Gal For Every Day In The Week - Big Joe Turner And Pete Johnson Trio - Decca 48042 B - 1947 8. Miss Brown Blues - Joe Turner And His Boogie-Woogie Boys - National 4011-A - 1947    LISTEN (Windows Media Player) 9. Rock O' Gibralter - Joe Turner And His Boogie Woogie Boys - National 4016-A - 1948 10. Morning Glory - Joe Turner And His Band - Aladdin 3013A - 1948 11. Low Down Dog - Joe Turner And His Band - Aladdin 3013B - 1948 12. Sun Risen' Blues - Big Joe Turner With Freddie Slack Trio - Coral 65004 B - 1949 13. Empty Pocket Blues - Joe Turner And His Band - Aladdin 3070B - 1950 14. Nobody In Mind - Joe Turner - National 9099 - 1950 15. It's A Lowdown Dirty Shame - Joe Turner - National 9099 - 1950 16. Adam Bit The Apple - Joe Turner And Orchestra - Freedom F 1531 - 1950 17. Still In The Dark - Joe Turner And Orchestra - Freedom F 1531 - 1950 18. Just A Travelin' Man - Joe Turner And Orchestra - Freedom F 1537 - 1950 19. After 'While You'll Be Sorry - Joe Turner And Orchestra - Freedom F 1540 - 1950 20. Midnight Is Here Again - Joe Turner And Orchestra - Freedom F 1545 - 1950    LISTEN (Windows Media Player) 21. Jumpin' Tonight - Joe Turner (Dave Bartholomew And His Orchestra) - Imperial 5090 - 1950 22. Story To Tell - Joe Turner (Dave Bartholomew And His Orchestra) - Imperial 5090 - 1950 23. Howlin' Winds - Joe Turner With Orchestra - National 9144 - 1951 24. Riding Blues - Joe Turner - RPM 345 - 1952 25. Poor Lover's Blues - Joe Turner With Van "Piano Man" Walls And His Orchestra - Atlantic 970 - 1952 26. Don't You Cry - Joe Turner With Van "Piano Man" Walls And His Orchestra - Atlantic 970 - 1952    LISTEN (Windows Media Player) 27. Still In Love - Joe Turner With Van "Piano Man" Walls And His Orchestra - Atlantic 982 - 1952 28. Blues Jump The Rabbit - Joe Turner - Bayou 015 - 1953 29. The Sun Is Shining - Joe Turner - Bayou 015 - 1953