Brenda Bell
Sings The Blues Of Victoria Spivey

Listening notes

Released in 1980 by Spivey Records, Brenda Bell’s Sings The Blues Of Victoria Spivey (catalog number LP-1024) is a vinyl album squarely filed under Blues. As its title states, the program is presented in connection with Victoria Spivey’s blues legacy, with track titles and sequencing that foreground that focus.

Side A contains five selections running a combined 18:15. It opens with Brenda Introduces The Fellows! (2:30), followed by From Broadway To 7th Ave. To Fulton St. (3:35) and Go Tell My Other Man (3:38). The side continues with Black Snake Blues (4:08) and You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now (4:24). The mixture of introductory framing and song-driven titles establishes the record’s structure from the outset, with durations that keep each cut in the concise three-to-four-minute range aside from one longer mid-side entry.

Side B presents four tracks totaling 15:29: Now He’s Gone (3:53), Trouble Hurts (3:39), A Basket Of Blues (2:24), and TB Blues (5:33). The closing selection on this side is also the longest on the core two-side sequence. In addition to these nine banded tracks, the provided tracklist includes an unpositioned piece titled Brenda’s Eulogy For Victoria/No. 12 Let Me Roam (5:46). Including this unnumbered entry, the listed program time sums to 39:30.

Across both sides, the titling explicitly centers the blues—A Basket Of Blues and TB Blues on Side B, and Black Snake Blues on Side A—as well as narrative-leaning entries such as From Broadway To 7th Ave. To Fulton St. The appearance of Brenda’s Eulogy For Victoria/No. 12 Let Me Roam further aligns the album’s material with its stated theme. Format is vinyl only per the data provided.

Essential details:
- Artist: Brenda Bell
- Title: Sings The Blues Of Victoria Spivey
- Label: Spivey Records
- Catalog number: LP-1024
- Year: 1980
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Blues

Track durations and positions are as listed above. No additional information beyond the track data and core release metadata is included here. This draft awaits verification against physical copies and label documentation.