Various
Beale Street Mess-Around

Listening notes

Beale Street Mess-Around is a 1975 vinyl release on Rounder Records, credited to Various and issued under catalog number 2006. The listed genres are Blues, Country Blues, and Memphis Blues. The album’s title track is placed at the start of Side A, and the set is organized across two sides with a total of fifteen selections. Track durations are not provided in the available information.

Side A presents eight tracks: Beale Street Mess Around (A1), Muscle Shoals Blues (A2), Tippin' Round (A3), Perolee (A4), Dirty Dozens (A5), Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (A6), Let Me Ride With You Tonight (A7), and I'm Going Home (A8). Several titles reference well-known place names or themes associated with the blues lexicon, such as “Beale Street” and “Muscle Shoals,” while others invoke familiar motifs through phrases like “Dirty Dozens.” The appearance of Old Original Furry Lewis Blues is noted here strictly as a track title.

Side B features seven tracks: Kansas City Blues (B1), Newport News (B2), Jump On Down (B3), U. S. Waltz (B4), I'll Get A Break (B5), Eleven Light City (B6), and Hello, Judge (B7). As on Side A, some titles point to geographic locales—“Kansas City Blues” and “Newport News”—and others suggest narrative or thematic angles typical of blues songwriting, as indicated by titles such as “Hello, Judge.”

Within the parameters provided, Beale Street Mess-Around can be described as a Rounder Records vinyl issue from 1975 that groups material under the broader categories of Blues, Country Blues, and Memphis Blues. The sequencing, titling, and side structure are clearly documented, but no performance credits, recording details, or track lengths are included in the supplied data. Consequently, this draft limits itself to verified release metadata and the published track list, without characterization of personnel, recording context, reception, or audio particulars.