IRMA RECORDS WAS ONE OF THE MOST INCENDIARY BAY AREA LABELS OF THE 1950'S DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE AMAZING RECORDINGS OF JIMMY MCCRACKLIN'S BLUES BLASTERS FOR THE LABEL. FEATURING LAFAYETTE THOMAS ON GUITAR, THE 8 TRACKS BY THE BLUES BLASTERS ARE SOME OF THE FINEST RECORDINGS OF HARD EDGED BLUES FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.....LAFAYETTE'S SOLO ON "BEER TAVERN GAL" IS WORTH THE PRICE ALONE!!!!........ Juke Boy Bonner 1. Well Baby [2.25] 2. Rock With Me Baby [2.51]............ Jimmy Mc Cracklin's Blues Blasters 3. I Wanna Make Love To You [2.27] 4. You're The One [2.46] 5. Fare-Well [2.35] 6. Savoy's Jump [3.09] 7. I'm The One [2.48] 8. Take A Chance [2.54] 9. Beer Tavern Girl [2.54] 10. My Love For You [2.33]........... Big Mama Thornton & The Hi Tones 11. Don't Talk Back [2.42] 12. Big Mama's Coming Home [2.24]....... Johnny Fuller With Candyman McGuirt's Band 13. Strange Land [3.11] 14. First Stage Of The Blues [2.25] 15. No More-No More [2.31] 16. Weeping And Mourning [3.06].......... Jimmy Wilson & His Blues Blasters 17. Oh Red [2.15] 18. Blues In The Alley [2.44]........... Geneva Vallier With Candyman McGuirt's Band 19. He's A Friend (Vote For Adlai Stevenson) [2.21] 20. Sunny Day [1.55]......... The Intervals 21. Love Me Sweet [2.35]......... The Starlighters 22. Last Night [2.08] 23. Love Cry [3.25]....... Al Smith & The Angels 24. Leavin' You Baby [2.45] 25. Sha-Wa-Wa [2.58]....... The Golden Keys 26. One Step [2.45] 27. Somebody Touched Me [2.26]
