Sidney Bechet - Mezz Mezzrow - Really The Blues
Sidney Bechet - Mezz Mezzrow - Really The Blues Singer: Sidney Bechet
Title: Really The Blues
Label: Populaire Platen Kring ‎– HPK-723, Populaire Platen Kring ‎– HPK 723
Type: Vinyl, 7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM, Compilation
Country: Netherlands
Date of released:
Category: Jazz, Blues
Style: Dixieland
Size MP3 zip: 1728 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1859 mb
Rating: 4.7✭
Format: MP3 RA XM AUD WAV MP2 MP1 MIDI FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Perdido Street Stomp
Bass – George "Pops" Foster*Clarinet – Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow*Drums – Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett*Guitar – Danny BarkerPiano – Sammy PriceSoprano Saxophone – Sidney BechetTrumpet – Oran "Hot Lips" Page*Written-By – Mezzrow*, Bechet*
A2 Gone Away Blues
Bass – George "Pops" Foster*Clarinet – Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow*Drums – Kaiser MarshallPiano – Fitz WestonSoprano Saxophone – Sidney BechetWritten-By – Mezzrow*, Bechet*
A3 Ole Miss Stomp
Bass – George "Pops" Foster*Clarinet – Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow*Drums – Kaiser MarshallPiano – Fitz WestonSoprano Saxophone – Sidney BechetWritten-By – Mezzrow*, Bechet*
B1 The Sheik Of Araby
Bass – George "Pops" Foster*Clarinet – Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow*Drums – Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett*Guitar – Danny BarkerPiano – Sammy PriceSoprano Saxophone – Sidney BechetTrumpet – Oran "Hot Lips" Page*Written-By – Wheeler*, Smith*, Snyder*
B2 Really The Blues (Part II)
Bass – Wellmann Brand*Clarinet – Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow*Drums – Warren "Baby" Dodds*Piano – Wesley "Sox" Wilson*Soprano Saxophone – Sidney BechetWritten-By – Mezzrow*, Bechet*
B3 Revolutionary Blues (Part II)
Bass – George "Pops" Foster*Clarinet – Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow*Drums – Kaiser MarshallPiano – Sammy PriceSoprano Saxophone – Sidney BechetWritten-By – Mezzrow*

Notes

PPK = "Populaire Platen Kring" - was a Dutch mail-order company for records during the 1960's.
The HPK stands for "Holland Platen Kring" in contrast to the Belgian labels.
The sleeve notes on the back cover are in Dutch only.
Comes with a transparent plastic inner sleeve.
Catalog# HPK 723 appears on the sleeve, while HP-723 appears on the labels.

Recordings:
A1: New-York, 30 July 1945
A2: New-York, 30 August 1945
A3: New-York, 29 August 1945
B1: New-York, August 1945
B2: New-York, 18 September 1946
B3: Chicago, 18 December 1947

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BIEM
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - runout - etched by hand): HPK 722-I-21
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - runout - etched by hand): HPK 722-II-21
  • Other (On labels): AH

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SPK-722 Sidney Bechet - Mezz Mezzrow Sidney Bechet - Mezz Mezzrow - Really The Blues ‎(7", EP, Comp) Gala International, Gala-Klubben SPK-722 Sweden Unknown
G-335 Sidney Bechet - Mezz Mezzrow Sidney Bechet - Mezz Mezzrow - Really The Blues ‎(7", Comp) Gala Des Variétés G-335 France Unknown
BPC 715 Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet And Septet* Really The Blues ‎(7", EP) Pop Parade BPC 715 UK 1963

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