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Release Date: 30 July, 1996
Audio CD
Tracks
- Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1 - Jim Jackson
- How Long, How Long Blues - Leroy Carr
- Cow Cow Blues - Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport
- It's Tight Like That - Georgia Tom
- Trouble in Mind - Bertha "Chippie" Hill
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Smith
- That's No Way to Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- What's the Matter with the Mill? - Kansas Joe McCoy
- Things 'Bout Coming My Way - Georgia Tom
- Milk Cow Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Dirty Mother for You - Memphis Minnie
- Honeydripper - Roosevelt Sykes
- Lone Wolf Blues - Oscar Woods
- Black Ace - Black Ace
- Crazy With the Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- If You See My Pigmeat - Blind Boy Fuller
- Down the Highway - Charlie Pickett
- Floating Bridge - Sleepy John Estes
- Mr. Johnson's Swing - Lonnie Johnson
- Truckin' Thru Traffic - Lonnie Johnson
- Blues Ain't Nothin' But a Woman Cryin' for Her Man - Georgia White
- This Train - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Fine and Mellow - Alberta Hunter
- Friar's Point Blues - Robert Lee McCoy
- Piney Brown Blues
- Confessin' the Blues - Walter Brown
- I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town - Louis Jordan
- Blow Top Blues - Lionel Hampton & His Septet
- Let the Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
- Playin' Myself the Blues - Cecil Gant
- That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers
- Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters
- Juke - Little Walter
- Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
- 24 Hours - Eddie Boyd
- I'm Wild About You Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- Okie Dokie Stomp - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- My Babe - Little Walter
- I'm a Man - Bo Diddley
- Don't Start Me to Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
- Pack Fair and Square - Big Walter Price
- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Texas Flood - Larry Davis
- As the Years Go Passing By - Fenton Robinson
- Checkin' up on My Baby - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
- First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy
- Got My Mojo Working [Live] - Muddy Waters
- Driving Wheel - Junior Parker
- I Pity the Fool - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
- I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf
- Turn on Your Love Light - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Stormy Monday - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Frosty - Albert Collins
- Homework - Otis Rush
- Bring It on Home - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
- How Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King
- Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
- It Serves You Right to Suffer - John Lee Hooker
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- Don't Answer the Door - B.B. King
- I'm in the Mood - John Lee Hooker
- Tell Mama - Etta James
- I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James
- Paying the Cost to Be the Boss - B.B. King
- Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
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Rating 5.0
A Shining Addition to Any CollectionThe consolidation of record companies is generally bad, but this 3-CD box set was only possible because MCA acquired the rights to some outstanding early "race" record labels (Vocalion, Decca) and classy early R&B (e.g. Chess). The result is an intelligent, sequenced collection that is much more than a jarring, random assortment of songs by blues masters. Starting with the Delta blues, the mix seems subtly slanted in favor of bawdy, roadhouse-style blues performances--why it's the devil's music and you can't stay away from it. Whether it's Peetie Wheatstraw, Louis Jordan, John Lee Hooker or Etta James, these performances will seduce you. Good quality sound throughout (even the old stuff), with a handsome booklet.An excellent blues collectionI own tons of blues CD's and records but I find myself going back to this collection over and over again. The songs represent some of the strongest recordings by the masters of the blues. Whether your interest is delta blues, piano blues, jump blues, Chicago blues or smooth urban blues; you'll find plenty to peak your ear. If you're lucky as I was, you'll find some unfamiliar and great artists to lead you down new musical roads. Some of my personal favorites are: That's No Way to Get Along - Robert Wilkins, What's the Matter with the Mill? - Kansas Joe McCoy, Floating Bridge - Sleepy John Estes, Mother Earth - Memphis Slim, It Serves You Right to Suffer - John Lee Hooker- just to name a few. Since I've got a 1,000 word limit in this review it prevents me from listing every great track on the collection and all the reasons you should purchase it. Suffice to say, buy it now and you won't be sorry!Best Collection of Classic Blues!I have purchased a lot of Blues recordings recently, but for a single purchase, this collection would be the best. It has the one or two most recognized songs from the most prominent Blues artists from 1927 to 1969, without the "scratches" of the old '78's!!! |
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