Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5 (1939-1940)
Released: Sep 7, 2000
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Released: Sep 7, 2000
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Other than an album from 1961, this CD has blues singer Ida Cox's final recordings. The first seven selections (which include a previously unreleased "One Hour Mama") has four additional alternate...
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Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923)
Released: Apr 1, 1997
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Released: Apr 1, 1997
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Ida Cox was one of the most powerful blues singers of the 1920s, ranking just below Bessie Smith. The Document label has reissued all of Cox's 1920s recordings on four CDs, leaving out many of the...
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Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1924-1925)
Released: March 1924
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Released: March 1924
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Unlike most of her contemporaries, who spent at least part of their time singing vaudeville-type material and pop songs, Ida Cox stuck throughout her career to the blues. On the second of four...
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Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1925-1927)
Released: April 1925
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Released: April 1925
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The third of four "complete" Ida Cox CDs from Document has 14 selections from 1925, six from 1926 and four from 1927. Most of the sessions feature the masterful blues singer assisted by Lovie...
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Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1927-1938)
Released: July 1927
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Released: July 1927
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The fourth and final CD in Document's extensive Ida Cox series features the classic blues singer in a variety of settings: backed by her future husband Jesse Crump on eight selections from 1927;...
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The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues
Released: June 1923
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Released: June 1923
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Ida Cox was one of the most talented of the classic blues singers of the 1920s. This Black Swan CD has 20 of her first 32 recordings and, although one regrets that it is not a "complete" series...
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Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
Released: Apr 11, 1961
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Released: Apr 11, 1961
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Ida Cox's Wild Women Don't Have the Blues was recorded at the end of her career. Surprisingly, Cox's voice hadn't faded away -- she could belt out a song with nearly as much power as she did in her...
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