Flashbacks # 2: Blue & Lonely Various Artists

24 tracks recorded between 1927 and 1946 reveal the many faces of the blues. Songs of lost love, dire straits, unrequited longing and endless nights of loneliness are offset by songs of hope and promise and some up-tempo blues instrumentals. Black and white folk traditions sit comfortably alongside uptown numbers from Hollywood and the Broadway stage. Diverse blues as you can get, from Blind Willie Johnson via Mezz Mezzrow to the Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald. This pressing comes packaged in a Digipak. Trikont. 2005.