This landmark side was put on the US National Record Registry in 2015.

Essay by Tom Morgan (pdf)
https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/WildCatBlues.pdf

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"#WestEnd Blues" is a multi-strain #twelvebarBlues composition by #JoeKingOliver. It is most commonly performed as an #instrumental, although it has #lyrics added by #ClarenceWilliams. King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators made the first recording for #BrunswickRecords on June 11, 1928. Clarence Williams later added lyrics to the instrumental tune. He recorded the song several times in 1928, first with vocalist #EthelWaters, then with Irene Mims.
https://youtu.be/pXHdqTVC3cA

JackAss Blues by Clarence Williams Stompers, recorded 7 April 1926

https://youtu.be/YaI78N3hyp8

Advertisement from the Times-Picayune newspaper, New Orleans, 4 June 1926

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