Singers like Clara Smith Lucille Bogan Lil Johnson and Victoria Spivey were undoubtebly ladies-but not when they entered the recording studio. These are tough records with hard singing and lyrics that take double entendre to an art form-and when not double entendre-it’s direct single entendre.... wonderful stuff that nobody would dare to record these days.

CD A: CLARA SMITH
1. Every Woman’s Blues
2. Awful Moanin’ Blues
3. Waitin’ For The Evenin’ Mail
4. I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
5. Cold Weather Blues
6. Mean Papa Turn In You Key
7. Don’t Advertise Your Man
8. Back Woods Blues
9. Done Sold My Soul To The Devil
10. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Morning
11. My Good-for-nuthin’ Man
12. Shipwrecked Blues
13. Kitchen Mechanic Blues
14. I’m Tired Of Being Good
15. Alley Rat Blues
16. Jelly Bean Blues
17. Whip It To A Jelly
18. How’m I Doin’
19. Ease It
20. Black Woman’s Blues
21. Black Cat Moan
22. Jelly Look What You Done Done
23. Steamboat Man
24. Daddy Don’t Put That Thing On Me
25. It’s Tight Like That

CD B: LUCILLE BOGAN
1. Kind Stella Blues
2. Jim Tampa Blues
3. Women Won’t Need No Men
4. New Way Blues
5. Pay Roll Blues
6. My Georgia Grind
7. Whisk Selling Blues
8. They Ain’t Walking No More
9. Sloppy Drunk Blues
10. Alley Boogie
11. Crawlin’ Lizard Blues
12. Struttin’ My Stuff
13. Black Angel Blues
14. Walking Blues
15. Baking Powder Blues
16. Groceries On The Shelf
17. Hungry Man’s Scuffle
18. Mean Twister
19. Pig Iron Sally
20. I Have That Train Called The M & O
21. Sweet Man Sweet Man
22. Changed Way Blues
23. Barbecue Bess
24. BD Woman Blues
25. Stew Meat Blues
26. Shave ‘Em Dry (Sexually Explicit Version)

CD C: LIL JOHNSON
1. Minor Blues
2. Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Do
3. House Rent Scuffle
4. Anybody Want To Buy My Cabbage
5. New Shave ‘Em Dry
6. Shake Man Blues
7. Buckt’s Got A Hole In IT
8. Keep On Knocking
9. I Lost My Baby
10. That Bonus Done Gone Thru – Take 1
11. Press My Button (Ring My Bell)
12. If You Can Dish It (I Can Take It)
13. You‘re Just A Cream Puff (You Can’t Take It)
14. I’ll Take You To The Cleaners – Take 1
15. Goofer Dust Swing
16. My Stove’s In Good Condition
17. Meat Balls
18. Get ‘Em From The Peanut Man
19. Sam – The Hot Dog Man
20. Hottest Gal In Town
21. You Stole My Cherry
22. Take Your Hand Off It
23. My Baby Squeeze Me Again – Take 1
24. Come And Get It
25. You Lied Your Last Time
26. Down At The Old Village Store

CD D:
MOANING BERNICE EDWARDS:
1. Sunshine Blues
2. Lonesome Longing Blues
3. Mean Man Blues
4. Long Tall Mama
5. Moaning Blues
6. Southbound Blues
7. Hard Hustling Blues
8. High Powered Mama
9. Low Down Dirty Shame Blues
10. Born To Die Blues
11. Two-way Mind Blues
12. Jack Of All Trades
13. Bantam Rooster
14. Butcher Shop Blues
HOCIEL THOMAS:
15. Worried Down With The Blues
16. Fish Tail Dance
SIPPIE WALLACE
17. Murder’s Gonna Be My Crime
18. A Man For Every Day Of The Week
19. You Gonna Need My Help
20. I’m A Mighty Tight Woman
21. Fort Worth And Denver Blues
22. Penitentiary
23. Bessie’s Moan
24. The Dummy
25. Key To The Bushes
VICTORIA SPIVEY:
26.Blood Hound Blues