"A Fortune Of Blues" Vol. 1

Raw & rare Detroit blues from the late 40s, 50s & 60s on the Fortune record label.Fortune Records was an American family operated, independent record label located in Detroit, Michigan from 1946 to 1995. The label owners were Jack and Devora Brown, their son Sheldon Brown recorded for the label. Original releases tapered off after 1972 aside from a few albums in the mid-1980s. Fortune specialized in R&B, blues, soul and doo-wop music, although the label also released pop, big band, hillbilly, gospel, rock and roll, and polka records.
Whereas its far bigger Detroit rival, Motown Records, perfected a highly polished pop sound, releases on Fortune Records were often characterized by raw, unrestrained vocal performances and relatively simple instrumental arrangements, recorded without excessive care for production values. Recording was accomplished via a few microphones to an Ampex one-track tape deck. As a result, the label's records have a distinctively direct sound and often packed considerable emotional power. It is estimated that Fortune Records and its subsidiaries, Hi-Q Records and Strate-8, released approximately 400 45-RPM vinyl records, as well as long-playing albums, during its existence.

trax:
1. 609 Boogie - John Lee Hooker 2. Cat Squirrel - Doctor Ross 3. Ten Below Zero (Version 1) - Bobo Jenkins 4. Ten Below Zero (Version 2) - Bobo Jenkins 5. Cry Baby - John Lee Hooker 6. Love You Baby - John Lee Hooker 7. Call The Doctor - Doctor Ross 8. Worried Life Blues #2 - Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather 9. I Must've Done Something Wrong - Eddie Kirkland 10. New York Breakdown - Doctor Ross 11. I Had A Little Dog - Big Jack Reynolds 12. Whiskey & Women - John Lee Hooker 13. Strange Man - Grace Brim 14. Industrial Boogie - Doctor Ross 15. Baby Don't You Want To Go (Version 1) - Bobo Jenkins 16. Baby Don't You Want To Go (Version 2) - Bobo Jenkins 17. Have Mercy On Poor Me - John Lee Hooker 18. It's My Own Fault - John Lee Hooker 19. Have You Heard About It - Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather 20. Poker Playing Baby - Harry Willis 21. Why Did You Leave - Big Blues Carson 22. Take Two Steps Back - Earl Chapman 23. Cannonball - Doctor Ross 24. Crazy 'Bout That Walk - John Lee Hooker 25. I'm On My Merry Way - Joe Weaver
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