蓝调诞生的年代，正好也是唱片刚刚成形的年代。唱片中记录的蓝调，很大程度上塑造了我们对当年的蓝调的理解。在 1920 年代，城市蓝调女歌手，也就是蓝调天后，成为了蓝调的代名词。在这期播客里，我们来聊聊这个现像是如何出现的，以及背后推动它成形的商业模式。
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St. Louis Tickle，Theron Catlen Bennett 作曲，Dave Van Ronk 演奏，1920，Victor
Livery Stable Blues，Ray Lopez/Alcide Nunez 作曲，Original Dixieland Jazz Band 演奏，1917，Victor
St. Louis Tickle，Theron Catlen Bennett 作曲，Plantation Trio 演奏，1920，Victor
A To Z Blues，Butterbeans/Ray Arthur 词曲，Butterbeans & Susie 演唱，Clarence Willams 钢琴，1924，Okeh
A Married Man's A Fool，Blind Willie McTell 词曲，Ry Cooder 等演奏，1974，Reprise
A Married Man's a Fool，Eddie Green/Jadie Edwards 词曲，Blind Willie McTell 唱奏，1956，Prestige Bluesville(1961)
A Good Man Is Hard To Find，Eddie Green 词曲，Marion Davis 演唱，1919，Victor
A Good Man Is Hard To Find，Eddie Green 词曲，Bessie Smith/Lincoln Conaway/Porter Grainger Porter Grainger 唱奏，1927，Columbia
St. Louis Blues，W.C. Handy 词曲，Al Bernard 演唱，Original Dixieland Jazz Band 演奏，1921，Victor
That Thing Called Love，Perry Bradford 词曲，Mamie Smith 演唱，1920，Okeh
Crazy Blues，Perry Bradford 词曲，Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds 唱奏，1920，OKeh
Down Home Blues，Tom Delaney 词曲，Ethel Waters 演唱，Cordy Williams' Jazz Masters 伴奏，1921，Black Swan
My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)，J. Berni Barbour 词曲，Trixie Smith and The Jazz Masters 唱奏，1922，Black Swan
Down Hearted Blues，Lovie Austin 作曲, Alberta Hunter 作词，Bessie Smith 演唱，Clarence Willams 钢琴，1923，Columbia
A Fiddler's Convention in Georgia, Pt. 2，Clayton McMichen/Gid Tanner/Riley Puckett/Bob Nichols/Fate Norris/Bert Layne 演奏，1927，Columbia
Guitar Rag，Sara Martin/Sylvester Weaver 作曲，Sylvester Weaver 演奏，1927，Okeh
Barrel House Blues，Ed Andrews 词曲/唱奏，1924，Okeh