The Ultimate Blues Collection

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Tracklist

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1▼CD: Volume 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Dimples
John Lee Hooker2:12
2The Welfare (Turns Its Back on You)
Robert Cray3:20
3You've Got Me Dizzy
recording of:
You Got Me Dizzy
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
Jimmy Reed2:48
4Rolling and Rolling
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:59
5My Mama Don't Allow Me
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:21
6Dust My Blues
recording of:
Dust My Blues
additional writer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
writer:
Joe Bihari and Elmore James
version of:
Dust My Broom
Elmore James3:11
7Big town Playboy
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1955-12-05)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier
guitar:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
lead vocals:
Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer)
recording of:
Big Town Playboy
writer:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Eddie Taylor2:57
8I'm Sinking
Lowell Fulson4:00
9Gonna Make You Mine
Frank Frost2:30
10Wish Me Well
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1959-08-18)
alto saxophone:
Alex Atkins
bass:
Sam Chatman (Blues bass player) (on 1959-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Billy Stepney (on 1959-08-18)
electric guitar:
Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (on 1959-08-18)
guitar:
Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist)
piano:
Memphis Slim (on 1959-08-18)
saxophone:
Alex Atkins (on 1959-08-18), John Calvin (1950-1960s Chicago tenor & alto saxophone player) (on 1959-08-18) and Ernest Cotton (1950s US jazz saxophonist) (on 1959-08-18)
tenor saxophone:
John Calvin (1950-1960s Chicago tenor & alto saxophone player) and Ernest Cotton (1950s US jazz saxophonist)
lead vocals:
Memphis Slim
vocals:
Memphis Slim (on 1959-08-18)
performer:
Memphis Slim and The Houserockers (on 1959-08-18)
Memphis Slim2:41
11Mojo Hand
Lightnin’ Hopkins3:02
12I'm Tore Up
Billy Gayles2:22
13That's All I Care
Floyd Dixon2:38
14Blues In the Dark
Little George Smith2:58
15Knocks Me Out Fine, Fine, Fine
Guitar Junior1:55
16Good Lovin'
Bobby “Blue” Bland2:24
17You Upset Me Baby
alto saxophone:
Jewell Grant (US saxophonist) (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
bass:
Ralph Hamilton (US jazz/R&B bassist) (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Jesse Sailes (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
guitar:
B.B. King (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
piano:
Willard McDaniel (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
saxophone:
Floyd Turnham (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger “The Father of West Coast R&B”) (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
trumpet:
Harry D. Jones (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
vocals:
B.B. King (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
arranger:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger “The Father of West Coast R&B”)
publisher:
Intersong Music
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ace Records Ltd (Do not use as label, use only for copyright and distribution credits.) (in 1954) and P‐VINE RECORDS (record label — add releases here) (in 1954)
recorded at:
Modern Studios in Culver City, California, United States (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
recording of:
You Upset Me Baby (from 1954-08-18 until 1958-08-19)
writer:
Riley B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
B.B. King13:02
18Telephone Blues
Little George Smith3:01
19I Know Your Wig Has Gone
T‐Bone Walker2:42
2▼CD: Volume 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Riding in the Moonlight
recording of:
Riding in the Moonlight
lyricist and composer:
Howlin’ Wolf
Howlin’ Wolf3:05
2Ain't That Loving You Baby
recording of:
Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
publisher:
ABG Elvis Songs, Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Elvis Presley Music, Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing and Tristan Music Ltd.
Jimmy Reed2:13
3I Wish You Would
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2016)
recording of:
I Wish You Would
lyricist and composer:
Billy Boy Arnold (US blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Tristan Music
Billy Boy Arnold2:40
4Fever
recording of:
Fever
writer:
Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (songwriter Otis Blackwell)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp., Chrysalis Songs, Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Jay & Cee Music, Lark Music Ltd., Trio Music (publisher), Trio Music Co., Inc. and Trio Music Company
part of:
The Adjustment Bureau
Little Willie John2:40
5The Thrill Has Gone
Roy Hawkins2:52
6Cow Town
Floyd Dixon2:48
7I'm Tore Down
engineer:
Randall Merryman
recording of:
I’m Tore Down
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Thompson (US R&B bandleader and pianist)
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Inc. and Trio Music Co., Inc.
Freddie King2:37
8Train Fare
Eddie Taylor2:50
9I Love You Honey
John Lee Hooker2:34
10Come on Rock, Little Girl
Smokey Smothers2:48
11I Ain't Drunk
Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm2:28
12Me and My Crazy Self
Lonnie Johnson2:34
13Found My Baby Crying
recording of:
Found My Baby Crying
writer:
Stanley Lewis (well known 60s/70s US producer/songwriter)
Lightnin’ Hopkins3:57
14You Don't Have to Go
recording of:
You Don’t Have to Go
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
Jimmy Reed3:04
15Cold Blooded Woman
Great Gates3:04
16Walking the Blues
Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear2:55
17Just a Little Bit
Rosco Gordon2:06
18The Comeback
bass:
Sam Chatman (Blues bass player) (on 1959-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Billy Stepney (on 1959-08-18)
electric guitar:
Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (on 1959-08-18)
piano:
Memphis Slim (on 1959-08-18)
saxophone:
Alex Atkins (on 1959-08-18), John Calvin (1950-1960s Chicago tenor & alto saxophone player) (on 1959-08-18) and Ernest Cotton (1950s US jazz saxophonist) (on 1959-08-18)
vocals:
Memphis Slim (on 1959-08-18)
performer:
Memphis Slim and The Houserockers (on 1959-08-18)
Memphis Slim2:16
19My Own Fault Darlin'
recording of:
My Own Fault, Darlin'
writer:
B.B. King
B.B. King3:30
3▼CD: Volume 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Boom Boom
producer:
Calvin Carter
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano:
Joe Hunter (of the Motown "Funk Brothers" studio ensemble)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Universal Recording Corporation, Studio B in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-10-26)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463)
recording of:
Boom Boom (on 1961-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
John Lee Hooker3.252:28
2Ain't Times Hard
Floyd Jones3:07
3The Score
Robert Cray4:06
4The Sky is Crying
recording of:
The Sky Is Crying
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
Longitude Music Co.
Elmore James2:47
5K.C.Loving
recording of:
Kansas City (aka “K.C. Loving”) (on 1952-08-18)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber (in 1952)
composer:
Mike Stoller (in 1952)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Jerry Leiber Music, Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP), Peter Maurice Music Co., Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Little Willie Littlefield2:38
6Crying at Daybreak
recording engineer:
Joe Bihari
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1951-10-02)
drums (drum set):
Willie Steele (on 1951-10-02)
guitar:
Willie Johnson (American electric blues guitarist) (on 1951-10-02)
harmonica:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1951-10-02)
piano:
Ike Turner (on 1951-10-02)
vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1951-10-02)
recorded at:
Radio Station KWEM in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States (on 1951-10-02)
Howlin’ Wolf3:53
7Talkin' Woman
Lowell Fulson2:28
8Three Hours Past Midnight
producer:
Joe Bihari (in 1955)
baritone saxophone:
Jewell Grant (US saxophonist) (in 1955)
bass:
Ralph Hamilton (US jazz/R&B bassist) (in 1955)
drums (drum set):
Jesse Sailes (in 1955)
guitar:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson (in 1955)
piano:
Willard McDaniel (in 1955)
vocals:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson (in 1955)
recording of:
Three Hours Past Midnight (in 1955)
writer:
Sam Ling and Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Johnny “Guitar” Watson3:27
9Easy Baby
Magic Sam3:29
10Play With Your Poodle
recording of:
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
lyricist and composer:
Tampa Red
Lightnin’ Hopkins1:31
11Central Avenue Blues
Pee Wee Crayton2:43
12That's All Right
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:20
13Go Away Mr Blues
Noble "Thin Man" Watts2:33
14All Around the World
cover recording of:
All Around the World (aka “Grits Ain’t Groceries”)
lyricist and composer:
Titus Turner
publisher:
Bro ’n Sis Music, Rockland Music and Titus Turner Songs Co.
Little Willie John2:55
15It Hurts Me Too
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1963-02-21)
bass and drums (drum set):
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1963-02-21)
guitar:
Elmore James (on 1963-02-21)
piano:
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (on 1963-02-21)
vocals:
Elmore James (on 1963-02-21)
recording of:
It Hurts Me Too (on 1963-02-21)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James and Mel London
writer:
Kevin Moore
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Lonmel Publishing (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Rhinelander Music Inc. and Mo’ Than Jus’ Music (in 2000)
Elmore James3:18
16I Found My Baby
Jimmy Reed2:46
17Gangster of Love
Johnny “Guitar” Watson2:52
18Big Legs, Tight Skirt
John Lee Hooker2:14
19T. Bone Shuffle
T‐Bone Walker3:00