Lifelong political activist and Blues/Jazz/Folk singer BARBARA DANE - namechecked by the likes of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, etc, and routinely compared with Bessie Smith - commenced her recording career in 1956.Possessor of an extraordinary voice, in 1958 Time Magazine described her: 'The voice is pure, rich and carries the dusky legato that still echoes the New Orleans of forty years ago... as rare as a 20 carat diamond.'This compilation pairs up her first two LPs, Trouble In Mind (1957) and Livin' With The Blues (1959), plus a trio of contemporaneous bonus tracks, recorded in 1956.For many years her early recordings were unavailable in any format; this is the first time these sides have been thus paired up.Described as 'America's Great Lost/Forgotten Icon', she is only now, belatedly, receiving due acknowledgement.Barbara still records and performs occasionally; in 2017 she headlined a gig at UCLA's Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, in honour of her 90th birthday.

• 1. Special Delivery Blues
• 2. Ain't Nobody Got the Blues Like Me
• 3. Trouble In Mind
• 4. Misery Blues
• 5. Mighty Rumbling Blues
• 6. See See Rider
• 7. Good Morning Blues
• 8. Oh Papa Blues
• 9. Prescription For the Blues
• 10. Muddy Water
• 11. Livin' With the Blues
• 12. How Long, How Long Blues
• 13. If I Could Be With You
• 14. In the Evenin'
• 15. Bye Bye Blackbird
• 16. Hundred Years From Today
• 17. Mecca Flat Blues
• 18. Why Don't You Do It Right
• 19. I Loves You Porgy
• 20. Since I Fell For You
• 21. Good Mornin' Blues
• 22. Glory of Love
• 23. How Long Blues