The Blues

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Annotation last modified on 2021-08-29 10:44 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: USA Pre War Bluesplayers
▼CD 2: USA Post War Bluesplayers 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton2:51
2Old and Grey
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup4:12
3Wang Dang Doodle
Koko Taylor3:03
4Baby, Scratch My Back
Slim Harpo2:35
5Burning Fire
Otis Spann3:18
6Talk to Me Baby
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1960-04)
bass guitar:
Homesick James (in 1960-04)
guitar:
Homesick James (on 1960-04-14) and Elmore James (on 1960-04-14)
membranophone:
Henry "Sneaky Joe" Harris (in 1960-04, on 1960-04-14)
piano:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist) (in 1960-04) and Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist) (on 1960-04-14)
saxophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1960-04-14) and J.T. Brown (saxophonist) (on 1960-04-14)
slide guitar and lead vocals:
Elmore James (in 1960-04)
tenor saxophone:
J.T. Brown (saxophonist) (in 1960-04)
vocals:
Elmore James (on 1960-04-14)
recording of:
I Can’t Hold Out (aka “Talk to Me Baby”) (in 1960-04)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
writer:
W. Jacobs
previously attributed to:
Elmore James
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
Elmore James2:17
7Boogie Chillen
John Lee Hooker3:11
8I Got the Blues Again
T‐Bone Walker3:19
9Lady Sings the Blues
recording of:
Lady Sings the Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Herbie Nichols (jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Northern Music Company
Billie Holiday3:47
10Everybody's Fishin'
James Cotton3:19
11Lead Me On
Bobby Bland2:06
12Hate to See You Go
Little Walter2:19
13Everything Is Broken
R.L. Burnside4:53
14Little Red Rooster
Otis Rush4:44
15Hustled Down in Texas
Johnny Winter3:30
16Going to New York
Jimmy Reed2:19
17Free Again
Robert Pete Williams5:04
18Mean Old Highway
Sonny Boy Williamson3:24
19I'll Die Tryin'
J.B. Lenoir3:08
▶CD 3: USA Post War Bluesplayers 2
▶CD 4: USA Modern Bluesplayers
▶CD 5: UK Bluesplayers 1
▶CD 6: UK Bluesplayers 2