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Description
60 timeless examples tracing the developement of The Blues, including some of the earliest recordings through to a time when the instrumentation had radically changed but the power was undiminished.
All of the key artists are here, most of them responsible for shaping the future of popular music as a whole. -
Tracklisting
- 1. Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues
- 2. Ma Rainey - See See Rider
- 3. Bertha "Chippie" Hill with Richard M. Jones - Trouble In Mind
- 4. Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)
- 5. Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie
- 6. Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues
- 7. Henry Thomas - Bull Doze Blues
- 8. Memphis Minnie - When The Levee Breaks
- 9. Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
- 10. Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
- 11. Charley Patton - A Spoonful Blues
- 12. Mississippi Johnhurt - Stack O'Lee Blues
- 13. Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
- 14. Lonnie Johnson - Got The Blues For Murder Only
- 15. Skip James - I'm So Glad
- 16. Bessie Smith - Gimme A Pigfoot
- 17. Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
- 18. John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- 19. Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail
- 20. Blind Boy Fuller - Get Your Yas Yas Out
- 1. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues
- 2. Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur Blues
- 3. Champion Jack Dupree - Junker Blues
- 4. Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
- 5. Albert Ammons/Pete Johnson - Barrelhouse Boogie
- 6. Big Bill Broonzy - Key To The Highway
- 7. Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
- 8. Lead Belly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
- 9. Arthur Crudup - That's Alright Mama
- 10. T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
- 11. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen
- 12. Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
- 13. Lightnin' Hopkins - Black Cat Bone
- 14. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long)
- 15. Little Walter - Juke
- 16. B.B.King - Three O'Clock Blues
- 17. Little Walter - Mean Old World
- 18. Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used To Do
- 19. Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
- 20. Junior Wells - æBout The Break Of Day
- 1. Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- 2. B.B. King - Every Day (I Have The Blues)
- 3. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Don't Start Me To Talking
- 4. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
- 5. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
- 6. Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby
- 7. John Lee Hooker - Dimples
- 8. Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee
- 9. Magic Sam - All Your Love
- 10. Bobby "Blue" Bland - Further Up The Road
- 11. Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
- 12. Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
- 13. Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry(The Blues)
- 14. John Lee Hooker - Crawlin' Kingsnake
- 15. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
- 16. Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do
- 17. Howlin' Wolf - The Red Rooster
- 18. Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
- 19. Freddie King - I'm Tore Down
- 20. Albert King - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
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Disc 2
Disc 3
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