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Release Date

1953

Duration

48:22

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

October 22, 1949 - February 11, 1952
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Burt Bales / Paul Lingle

They Tore My Playhouse Down

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Burt Bale's testament to Jelly Roll Morton has numbers such as "Wild Man Blues," "New Orleans Joys," and "Midnight Mama," backed with Paul Lingle's mixed bag of W.C. Handy and Morton's blues and stomps, including "Memphis Blues" and "Black Bottom Stomp" (1953).

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Henry Lodge
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
2:59 SpotifyAmazon
2
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
2:52 SpotifyAmazon
3
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
2:53 SpotifyAmazon
4
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
3:05 SpotifyAmazon
5
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
3:17 SpotifyAmazon
6
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
3:10 SpotifyAmazon
7
Jelly Roll Morton
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
3:00 SpotifyAmazon
8
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
2:32 SpotifyAmazon
9
W.C. Handy
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
2:45 SpotifyAmazon
10
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
3:36 SpotifyAmazon
11
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
2:59 SpotifyAmazon
12
Charles L. Cooke / Tommy Dorsey
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
2:43 SpotifyAmazon
13
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
3:28 SpotifyAmazon
14
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
2:34 SpotifyAmazon
15
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
3:31 SpotifyAmazon
16
Jelly Roll Morton
Burt Bales / Paul Lingle
2:58 SpotifyAmazon
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