Mercury New Orleans Sessions 1950 & 1953 / Various

Since Bear Family issued this 1989 2-LP set, more early-'50s New Orleans Mercury R&B sessions have been unearthed-so here's a 2-CD expansion on that Crescent City classic! Ultra-rare gospel sessions by the Silvertone Singers and cuts by "Woo Woo" Moore, Ray Johnson and more join Byrd's Blues; Her Mind Is Gone; Bald Head; Oh Well; Longhair Stomp Professor Longhair; Baby Get Wise; Love Troubles; I Need You Baby Alma Mondy; Lost Love Theard Johnson; Snuff Dipper Little Joe Gaines, and more.