Complete Vintage Recordings of Furry Lewis: 1927-1929 (CD - 1997)

Liner Note Authors: Chris Frazer Smith; Chris Smith .

Recording information: Chicago, IL (04/??/1927-09/22/1929); Memphis, TN (04/??/1927-09/22/1929); Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN (04/??/1927-09/22/1929).

Arranger: Furry Lewis.

This release supplants both the Yazoo In His Prime and the Wolf Records 1990 Complete Works collections released earlier. This time everything that Lewis recorded for Victor and Vocalion during those extraordinary two years of work during the 1920's has been gathered together, including both parts of "Kassie Jones." The sound has been improved as well, and the notes are decent if, as is usual with Document, unexceptional. But this is one instance where Document's release of the complete works of an artist are preferable to Yazoo's picking and choosing. ~ Bruce Eder minimize