Best of Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1CD: Vol. 1
#TitleArtistLength
1Caledonia
recording of:
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan and Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (on 1945-04-16)
B.B. King3:25
2Round About Midnight
Richard Berry3:54
3Trouble in Mind
Amos Milburn2:44
4Dust My Broom
cover recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music, Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Canned Heat5:49
5First Time I Met the Blues
Buddy Guy2:11
6Forty Four Blues
Memphis Slim3:31
7Bad Luck Shadow
Johnny Otis3:23
8Nobody Cares
recording of:
Nobody Cares
lyricist and composer:
Baby Washington
Baby Washington2:09
9Goin’ Back to L.A.
Joe Liggins3:06
10Bad Bad Whiskey
Amos Milburn2:28
11Information Blues
Roy Milton2:25
12I Ain’t Mad at You Baby
Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore3:14
13London Blues
recording of:
London Blues
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton3:08
2CD: Vol. 2
#TitleArtistLength
1Wee Baby Blues
Big Joe Turner4:55
2I’m the Midnight Creeper
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson3:27
3Rich Man’s Blues
Dinah Washington2:56
4Baby, Please Don’t Go
Big Joe Williams1:52
5Somebody Got to Go
Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore3:25
6So Tired
Amos Milburn3:25
7C.C. Rider
Amos Milburn2:43
8Lover Come Back to MeBillie Holiday2:21
9Boogie Woogie Blues
Roy Brown5:35
10Bullfrog BluesCanned Heat7:19
11Blues in the Ghetto
Pee Wee Crayton3:07
12Woman Is the Root of All Evil
Dr. John2:14
13I Put a Spell on YouScreamin’ Jay Hawkins3:30
3CD: Vol. 3
#TitleArtistLength
1Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
Johnny Otis3:45
2I’ll Just Keep on Singing the Blues
Memphis Slim2:43
3Shake That Thing
recording of:
Shake That Thing
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Jackson
publisher:
Paul Rodriguez Holdings
Lightnin’ Hopkins3:59
4The Thrill Is GoneB.B. King5:00
5Broken Hearted Blues
Buddy Guy3:09
6Big Legged Woman
Charles Brown2:51
7Chicken Shack Boogie
Canned Heat3:28
8Blues After Hours
Pee Wee Crayton5:11
9Got My Mojo Working
The James Cotton Band4:04
10When Something Is Wrong With My BabySam & Dave3:14
11Barrelhouse Blues
Johnny Otis6:12
12John Lee Boogie
recording of:
John Lee Boogie
writer:
John Mayall
John Mayall4:14
4CD: Vol. 4
#TitleArtistLength
1Payin’ the Cost to Be the BossB.B. King2:36
2Blue Monday
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1964)
live recording of:
Blue Monday (in 1964)
writer:
Gil Caple and Don Robey
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells5:02
3Driftin’ Blues
Charles Brown4:01
4Rockin’ Blues
Charles Brown2:53
5Everyday I Have the Blues
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells4:31
6Bring Me My Shotgun
Lightnin’ Hopkins4:00
7You’ve Done Lost a Good ThingB.B. King5:15
8Cow Cow Blues
Memphis Slim3:33
9Slo Fuse
Johnny Otis4:13
10Boogie Thang
The James Cotton Band4:56
11Inner City Blues (live)Marvin Gaye5:09
12My Baby’s on Line
Pee Wee Crayton3:22

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Release

ASIN:CA: B000MC0B5A [info]