Bunk Johnson

Portrait of Bunk Johnson and Maude Johnson,

Stuyvesant Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946.

Bunk Johnson 

Rare & Unissued Masters: Volume One (1943-1945)

ORGM-2101

This long awaited release presents over a dozen previously unissued masters of surprisingly high quality from the premier artist on the American Music label, Bunk Johnson. The venues for the recording sessions varied between the legendary 1944 sound of the San Jacinto Hall to the homes of Bertha Gonsoulin in San Francisco and George Lewis in New Orleans.

The album receives its first ever vinyl pressing, spread across two LPs, on transparent blue color vinyl for Record Store Day 2018. The recording were remastered for vinyl at Infrasonic Mastering and pressed at Pallas Group in Germany. The inside spread of the gatefold jacket features extensive liner notes.

Track Listing

SIDE A

Ballin’ the Jack

Careless Love

Panama

Good Morning Blues

SIDE B

Royal Garden

(I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My) Sister Kate

Ole Miss

Oh! Didn’t He Ramble

SIDE C

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

St. Louis Blues

Basin Street Blues

Maple Leaf Rag

SIDE D

Bunk’s Blues in F

Slow Drag’s Boogie Woogie

Don’t Fence Me In

Milenberg Joys