Tracklist

A1	Rolling Stone	4:40
A2	Lost City	4:51
A3	Mr. Cool	7:41
B1	Big Mama's New Love	3:36
B2	Private Number	6:18
B3	Sassy Mama	4:52
B4	Everybody's Happy (But Me)	3:20

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Vanguard Recording Society, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Vanguard Recording Society, Inc.
• Recorded At – Vanguard Studios

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Jules Halfant
• Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
• Drums – Jimmy Johnson
• Engineer, Mixed By – John Kilgore
• Guitar – Cornell Dupree, Ronnie Miller* (tracks: B1)
• Keyboards – Paul Griffin
• Photography By – Fred Floyd, Joel Brodsky
• Producer – Ed Bland
• Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Lucas
• Vocals – Big Mama Thornton

Notes

This is Big Mama Thornton's debut album on Vanguard ... Big Mama is among the last, if not the last in the great tradition of black women blues singers ... She is presented here in a variety of styles ranging from shuffle-type blues to Muddy Waters, to some current exciting sounds.

Golden Vanguard labels, released with original red Vanguard inner sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): V SD 79354 A1A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): V SD 79354 B1A

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VSD 23014	Big Mama Thornton	Sassy Mama! ‎(LP, Album)	Vanguard	VSD 23014	France	1975
VSD-79354	Big Mama Thornton	Sassy Mama! ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Vanguard	VSD-79354	US	2014
VMD 79354-2	Big Mama Thornton	Sassy Mama! ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Vanguard	VMD 79354-2	US	Unknown
VMD 79354-2	Big Mama Thornton	Sassy Mama! ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Vanguard	VMD 79354-2	Germany	Unknown
VSD 79354	Big Mama Thornton	Sassy Mama! ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Vanguard	VSD 79354	Canada	1982

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