The Blues - The Best Blues Of All-Time

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Tracklist

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1▼CD: Disc 1
#	Title	Artist	Length
1	T.Bone Boogie	T‐Bone Walker	3:04
2	She's Gone	Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup	3:00
3	Moonshine double bass: Bill Settles (on 1936-11-12) guitar: Memphis Minnie (on 1936-11-12) piano: Black Bob (on 1936-11-12) trumpet: Mr. Sheiks (on 1936-11-12) vocals: Memphis Minnie (on 1936-11-12)	Memphis Minnie	2:48
4	Mean Red Spider recording of: Mean Red Spider composer: McKinley Morganfield	Muddy Waters	2:17
5	Let Me Play With Your Poodle recording of: Let Me Play With Your Poodle (in 1947) lyricist and composer: Tampa Red	Lightnin’ Hopkins	2:32
6	Jim recording of: Jim lyricist: Nelson Shawn composer: Edward Ross and Caesar Petrillo publisher: MCA, Inc.	Billie Holiday	3:08
7	I Won't Be in Hard Luck No More	John Lee Hooker	2:41
8	I Know Your Gonna Miss Me recorded in: Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05) guitar: Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (on 1937-05-05) harmonica: Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1937-05-05) lead vocals: Big Joe Williams (on 1937-05-05) vocals: Big Joe Williams (on 1937-05-05)	Big Joe Williams	3:04
9	Gypsy Women recording of: Gypsy Woman lyricist and composer: McKinley Morganfield	Muddy Waters	2:34
10	Gloomy Sunday recording of: Gloomy Sunday lyricist: Jávor László composer: Rezső Seress translator: Sam M. Lewis translated version of: Szomorú vasárnap	Billie Holiday	3:12
11	Georgia Rag recording of: Georgia Rag lyricist and composer: Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:04
12	Easy Rider	Lead Belly	3:12
13	Down Hearted Blues recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-16) piano: Clarence Williams (on 1923-02-16) vocals: Bessie Smith (on 1923-02-16) part of: National Recording Registry (number: 1923, inducted: 2002) recording of: Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-06) lyricist: Alberta Hunter (in 1922) composer: Lovie Austin (in 1922)	Bessie Smith	3:27
14	Can't Get That Women Off My Mind	Lightnin’ Hopkins	2:40
15	Break Em Down recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-12-12) bass and washtub bass [imitation bass]: Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-12) guitar and lead vocals: Big Joe Williams (on 1941-12-12) harmonica: Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1941-12-12)	Big Joe Williams	3:14
16	Booze & Blues	Ma Rainey	3:18
17	Blues at Midnight	Peter Chatman	2:43
18	Big Leg Blues recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-21) guitar: Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-21) vocals: Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-21) recording of: Big Leg Blues (on 1928-12-21) composer: Mississippi John Hurt	Mississippi John Hurt	2:53

2▼CD: Disc 2
#	Title	Artist	Length
1	War Is Over (Goodbye California) guitar and lead vocals: John Lee Hooker recording of: War Is Over (Goodbye California) (in 1948-11) writer: Bernard Besman and John Lee Hooker	John Lee Hooker	2:45
2	Toad Frog Blues cornet: Howard Scott drums (drum set): Kaiser Marshall instruments: Don Redman piano: Fletcher Henderson trombone: Charlie Green	Ma Rainey	3:12
3	Stop Breakin’ Down Blues recording engineer: Vincent Liebler executive producer: Art Satherly producer: Don Law guitar: Robert Johnson (on 1937-06-20) vocals: Robert Johnson (on 1937-06-20) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Soul Jam Records (in 2015) recorded at: a makeshift studio located in the Brunswick Records Building (on 1937-06-20) recording of: Stop Breaking Down Blues (on 1937-06-20) lyricist and composer: Robert Johnson publisher: MPCA King of Spades	Robert Johnson	2:17
4	Stack O’ Dollars recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1935-10-31) fiddle: Dad Tracy (on 1935-10-31) guitar and lead vocals: Big Joe Williams (on 1935-10-31) washboard: Chasey Collins (on 1935-10-31) vocals: Big Joe Williams (on 1935-10-31)	Big Joe Williams	3:11
5	Sail on Boogie	T‐Bone Walker	2:39
6	Rollin’ & Tumblin’ recording of: Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Morganfeld arrangement) writer: [traditional] arranger: M. Morganfield publisher: Arc Music Corp., Watertoons and Watertoons Music version of: Roll and Tumble Blues	Muddy Waters	2:59
7	Please Don’t Go recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-12-12) bass, washtub bass and washtub bass [imitation bass]: Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-12) guitar and lead vocals: Big Joe Williams (on 1941-12-12) harmonica: Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1941-12-12) vocals: Big Joe Williams (on 1941-12-12) recording of: Baby, Please Don’t Go lyricist and composer: [traditional] arranger: Big Joe Williams publisher: EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music, MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. version of: Another Man Done Gone	Big Joe Williams	2:49
8	Am I Blue cover recording of: Am I Blue? lyricist: Grant Clarke composer: Harry Akst publisher: EMI Music Publishing, Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present) sub-publisher: ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部	Billie Holiday	2:50
9	Me and My Chauffeur Blues recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-05-21) bass: [unknown] guitar: Little Son Joe (on 1941-05-21) and Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21) vocals: Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21) part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013) recording of: Me and My Chauffeur Blues writer: Memphis Minnie publisher: Arc Music Corp.	Memphis Minnie	2:46
10	Little Geneva recording of: Little Geneva writer: McKinley Morganfield	Muddy Waters	2:47
11	Keeps on a Rainin’	Bessie Smith	3:08
12	I'm in a Low-Down Groove recording of: I'm in a Low Down Groove lyricist and composer: Louis Jordan	Billie Holiday	3:08
13	Gonna Follow My Baby	Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup	2:50
14	Death Letter Blues recording of: Death Letter Blues (Leadbelly)	Lead Belly	2:59
15	Cryin’ Blues guitar: Kokomo Arnold (on 1937-05-07) vocals: Kokomo Arnold (on 1937-05-07)	Kokomo Arnold	2:58
16	Come Back Baby	Lightnin’ Hopkins	2:40
17	Beer Drinking' Women	Peter Chatman	3:22
18	Peach Orchard Mama recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-03-27) guitar and lead vocals: Big Joe Williams (on 1941-03-27) washtub bass and washtub bass [imitation bass]: William Mitchell (on 1941-03-27) vocals: Big Joe Williams (on 1941-03-27)	Big Joe Williams	2:45