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- Release Date: October 01, 2002
- Type: Collection (various artists)
- Genre: Blues
Review
Duet tracks are a long-standing tradition in the R&B world, from classic late-'20s blues through '40s R&B (and all the way into hip-hop of the '90s and beyond). This P-Vine compilation celebrates jive duets, balancing a few of the more popular tracks of the subgenre with a lot of genuine obscurities that should bring tears of joy to the eyes of any collector who realizes how little of what was recorded during the '40s has actually been reissued. Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama begins with a few risqué novelties from the '20s, including "Put Your Mind to It" by the Hokum Boys and the hilarious "Coldest Stuff in Town" by Whistling Bob Howe and Frankie Grigg. The two greatest R&B duet acts, Slim & Slam and Butterbeans & Susie, check in with two tracks apiece, followed by great inclusions from the obscure Grant and Wilson and Nora and Dell. A couple of great duets feature those master love sharks, Fats Waller and Louis Jordan, and Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley gossip and cat around with a subtle ease on "Saturday Night Fish Fry." And thankfully, it's just one in a series of jive reissues that rank as one of the most important reissue series of the millennium. ~ John Bush, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Put Your Mind on It | The Hokum Boys | (2:42) | |
| It's All Gone Now | (3:08) | ||
| The Coldest Stuff in Town | (3:01) | ||
| Monkey and the Baboon | Lonnie Johnson, Spencer Williams | (2:59) | |
| What Makes You Act Like That? | Lonnie Johnson | (3:09) | |
| The Lady's Love With You | Slim & Slam | (2:38) | |
| Bei Mir Bist du Schön | Slim & Slam | (1:56) | |
| Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama | Butterbeans & Susie | (3:11) | |
| Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (And Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree) | Butterbeans & Susie | (3:19) | |
| Keep Your Hands Off My Mojo | (2:56) | ||
| Save a Little Bit for Me | (2:49) | ||
| Electric Man | Traditional | Buddy Burton, |
(2:50) |
| Nagasaki | (2:30) | ||
| Sheik of Araby | Harry Beasley Smith, |
(1:44) | |
| Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) | Eddie Durham, |
Mildred Bailey, Roy Eldridge | (3:19) |
| Part Time Papa | (2:52) | ||
| Every Time I Hear Your Name | (2:48) | ||
| Keep a Knockin | Little Richard | (2:28) | |
| Get Away From My Window | (2:55) | ||
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields | Fats Waller, Una Mae Carlisle | (2:55) |
| You're on the Right Track, Baby | Benny Carter, Mack Gordon | Louis Jordan | (3:02) |
| Saturday Night Fish Fry | Louis Jordan, |
Pearl Bailey, Moms Mabley | (2:53) |
| You Don't Live Here No More | Monette Moore | (2:58) | |
| Hey Sister Lucy | (2:40) | ||
| Open the Door Richard! | Jack McVea | Jack McVea | (2:57) |
