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    10/01/2002

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    All Music Guide Review

    Duet tracks are a long-standing tradition in the R&B world, from classic late-'20s blues through '40s R&B (and all the way into hip-hop of the '90s and beyond). This P-Vine compilation celebrates jive duets, balancing a few of the more popular tracks of the subgenre with a lot of genuine obscurities that should bring tears of joy to the eyes of any collector who realizes how little of what was recorded during the '40s has actually been reissued. Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama begins with a few risqué novelties from the '20s, including "Put Your Mind to It" by the Hokum Boys and the hilarious "Coldest Stuff in Town" by Whistling Bob Howe and Frankie Grigg. The two greatest R&B duet acts, Slim & Slam and Butterbeans & Susie, check in with two tracks apiece, followed by great inclusions from the obscure Grant and Wilson and Nora and Dell. A couple of great duets feature those master love sharks, Fats Waller and Louis Jordan, and Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley gossip and cat around with a subtle ease on "Saturday Night Fish Fry." And thankfully, it's just one in a series of jive reissues that rank as one of the most important reissue series of the millennium. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Put Your Mind on It
  • Hokum Boys
  • 2:42
  • 2
  • It's All Gone Now
  • Down Home Boys
  • 3:08
  • 3
  • The Coldest Stuff in Town
  • 3:01
  • 4
  • Monkey and the Baboon
  • 2:59
  • 5
  • What Makes You Act Like That?
  • 3:09
  • 6
  • The Lady's Love With You
  • Slim & Slam
  • 2:38
  • 7
  • Bei Mir Bist du Schön
  • Slim & Slam
  • 1:56
  • 8
  • Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama
  • Butterbeans And Susie
  • 3:11
  • 9
  • Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (And Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree)
  • Butterbeans And Susie
  • 3:19
  • 10
  • Keep Your Hands Off My Mojo
  • Grant And Wilson
  • 2:56
  • 11
  • Save a Little Bit for Me
  • Grant And Wilson
  • 2:49
  • 12
  • Electric Man
  • 2:50
  • 13
  • Nagasaki
  • Les & Scotty
  • 2:30
  • 14
  • Sheik of Araby
  • Les & Scotty
  • 1:44
  • 15
  • Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)
  • 3:19
  • 16
  • Part Time Papa
  • Bandana Girls
  • 2:52
  • 17
  • Every Time I Hear Your Name
  • Hawkins, Erskin
  • 2:48
  • 18
  • Keep a Knockin
  • Nora & Dell
  • 2:28
  • 19
  • Get Away From My Window
  • Nora & Dell
  • 2:55
  • 20
  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  • 2:55
  • 21
  • You're on the Right Track, Baby
  • 3:02
  • 22
  • Saturday Night Fish Fry
  • 2:53
  • 23
  • You Don't Live Here No More
  • 2:58
  • 24
  • Hey Sister Lucy
  • Trenier Twins
  • 2:40
  • 25
  • Open the Door Richard!
  • McVea, Jack
  • 2:57

  • Credits



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