Reefer Songs (1927-1947) torrent

Reefer Songs (1927-1947)

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A collection of risqué jazz and blues tunes. While all drug related in one way or another, most of these songs center around the usage of that great menace, Marijuana.

Incredibly enough, songs with this subject matter actually enjoyed a certain level of popularity at the time. Until the (US) Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, that is. That piece of legislation led to the eventual criminalization of cannabis. Because of federal pressure, many of the artists that continued to sing about its virtues suffered industry blacklisting.

Skin up and enjoy.








Tracklist:


1. Don Redman and His Orchestra - Reefer Man [1940] (3:32)
2. Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra - The Man from Harlem [1932] (3:07)
3. Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club - Here Comes the Man with the Jive [1936] (3:00)
4. Bob Howard and His Boys - If You're a Viper [1938] (2:24)
5. Benny Goodman and His Orchestra / Jack Teagarden - Texas Tea Party [1938] (3:21)
6. Buster Bailey's Rhythm Busters - Light Up [1938] (2:44)
7. Trixie Smith - Jack, I'm Mellow [1938] (2:44)
8. Barney Bigard Sextet - Sweet Marijuana Brown [1945] (2:57)
9. Sidney Bechet / Noble Sissle's Swingsters - Viper Mad [1938] (3:01)
10. The Harlem Hamfats - The Weed Smoker's Dream [1936] (3:18)
11. Cee Pee Johnson - The "G" Man Got the "T" Man [1945] (3:06)
12. Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - All the Jive Is Gone [1936] (2:36)
13. Georgia White - The Stuff Is Here [1937] (2:53)
14. Chick Webb and His Orchestra / Ella Fitzgerald - Wackey Dust [1938] (3:02)
15. Harry "The Hipster" Gibson - Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine? [1944] (3:03)
16. Clarence Williams and His Washboard Band - Jerry the Junker [1934] (3:06)
17. Fats Waller - Reefer Song [1943] (2:50)
18. Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends - Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana) [1947] (3:16)
19. Ernest Rodgers - Willie the Chimney Sweeper [1927] (2:50)
20. Bea Foote - Weed [1938] (2:58)
21. Buck Washington - Save the Roach for Me [1944] (1:34)
22. Lil Green - Knockin' Myself Out [1941] (2:59)
23. Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra - Minnie the Moocher [1931] (3:32)
24. Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra - Reefer Man [1932] (2:57)