The Blues Box

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1▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	12 Year Old Boy recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1957) bass guitar: Homesick James (in 1957) guitar: Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist) (in 1957) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer) (in 1957) membranophone: Odie Payne (American Chicago blues drummer) (in 1957) piano: Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist) (in 1957) slide guitar and lead vocals: Elmore James (in 1957) tenor saxophone: J.T. Brown (saxophonist) (in 1957) recording of: The 12 Year Old Boy (in 1957) lyricist and composer: Mel London	Elmore James		3:04
2	Hoochie Coochie Man recording of: I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly, Hello Mr. Wilson, Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Pub Co Ltd (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Willie Dixon Music	Muddy Waters		3:22
3	High & Lonesome	Jimmy Reed		2:47
4	Telephone Is Ringing	Pee Wee Crayton		3:10
5	Bye Bye Baby	Memphis Slim		4:14
6	Save That Money	Rufus Thomas		2:42
7	Rockin' It Is	Billy Boy Arnold		2:40
8	When I've Been Drinkin'	Smokey Hogg		2:25
9	Mystery Train	Little Junior’s Blue Flames		2:23
10	All Alone Blues recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1947-03-04) drums (drum set): Baby Dodds (on 1947-03-04) guitar: Sticks McGhee (on 1947-03-04) harmonica: Sonny Terry (on 1947-03-04) vocals: Sonny Terry (on 1947-03-04)	Sonny Terry		3:06
11	They Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)	T‐Bone Walker		3:04
12	Before Long recording of: Before Long writer: Jimmy DeBerry	Jimmy & Walter		3:00
13	My Babe	Lightnin’ Slim		3:33
14	Brownie's Guitar Blues	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		6:07
15	Cotton Crop Blues producer: Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records) recording of: Cotton Crop Blues lyricist and composer: James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)	James Cotton		3:02
16	Boom 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 Hooker	3.25	2:34
17	Mailman Blues recording of: Mailman Blues lyricist and composer: Lloyd Price (US R&B/soul singer)	Lloyd Price		2:08
18	Blues 'round the World	Big Joe Williams		2:56

2▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Thats All Right	Jimmy Rogers		3:07
2	I Feel So Worried	Lewis-Johnson Combo		2:33
3	Alone and Blue	Little Milton		3:11
4	Dust My Broom	Robert Johnson		2:58
5	That's All Right Mama	Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup with Ransom Knowling & Lawrence "Judge" Riley		2:56
6	Beer Garden Blues drums (drum set): Baby Dodds guitar: Sticks McGhee harmonica: Sonny Terry vocals: Sonny Terry	Sonny Terry		2:45
7	Big Boss Man	Jimmy Reed		2:51
8	Seems Like a Million Years	Willie Nix		2:43
9	Oh Babe	J.B. Lenoir		2:11
10	Red Truckin' My Blues Away	Blind Boy Fuller with Bull City		2:50
11	Baby Please Don't Go	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry		3:13
12	Little Anna Mae recording of: Little Anna Mae composer: Muddy Waters (blues musician)	Muddy Waters with Sunnyland Slim & Ernest "Big" Crawford		2:33
13	Dimples	John Lee Hooker		2:12
14	Frankie and Albert	Mississippi John Hurt		4:08
15	Come Back Baby	Dr. Ross		2:49
16	Stack Alee	Memphis Slim		3:57
17	Hand Me Down My Old Walking	Big Joe Williams		3:30
18	My Troubles and Me	Howlin’ Wolf		3:16

3▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Cold Cold Feeling	T‐Bone Walker		3:11
2	Mojo Hand	Lightnin’ Hopkins		3:18
3	Call Me Anything but Call Me	Big Memphis Marainey		3:01
4	We All Gotta Go Sometime	Joe Hill Louis		2:38
5	Bad Luck Blues	Lightnin’ Slim		2:27
6	Ain't That Loving You Baby	Jimmy Reed		2:20
7	Piney Brown Blues	Big Joe Turner and His Fly Cats		3:02
8	New Early in the Morning	Sonny Boy Williamson with Joshua Altheimer & Fred Williams		2:43
9	You Don't Have to Go	Jimmy Reed		3:07
10	Blow Wind Blow recording of: Blow Wind Blow lyricist and composer: McKinley Morganfield (blues musician) publisher: Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music, Inc. and Watertoons Music	Muddy Waters		2:56
11	Easy	Jimmy & Walter		2:59
12	It Hurts Me Too recording of: It Hurts Me Too 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 James		3:04
13	Livin' With the Blues	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry		3:58
14	Grandma Told Grandpa	Lightnin’ Hopkins		4:48
15	Telephone Blues	Sonny Terry		3:25
16	Tupelo (live)	John Lee Hooker		3:23
17	California Blues	Howlin’ Wolf		2:57
18	Sassy Mae	Memphis Slim		2:03

4▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Pearly Mae	Big Joe Williams		2:32
2	Got to Move	Mississippi Fred McDowell		2:48
3	Skidrow Blues	Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann & His Orchestra		3:46
4	Chicago Breakdown	Dr. Ross		2:53
5	How Long	Memphis Slim		2:20
6	Scardie Mama	Big Joe Williams		2:51
7	Take a Little Change	Jim DeBerry		2:44
8	Whoopin' the Blues recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1947-03-04) drums (drum set): Baby Dodds (on 1947-03-04) guitar: Sticks McGhee (on 1947-03-04) harmonica: Sonny Terry (on 1947-03-04) vocals: Sonny Terry (on 1947-03-04)	Sonny Terry		2:42
9	Kokomo Me Baby	Mississippi Fred McDowell		3:02
10	Rock Me recording of: Rock Me lyricist and composer: McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)	Muddy Waters	3	3:14
11	I Waited Too Long	Eskew Reeder		2:24
12	My Baby Walked Off recording of: My Baby Walked Off writer: Burnett	Howlin’ Wolf		3:01
13	Baby What You Want Me to Do recording of: Baby What You Want Me to Do lyricist: Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (until 1952-08-07) composer: Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (until 1959-08-07) publisher: Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Seeds of Reed Music and Tristan Music Ltd.	Jimmy Reed		2:23
14	Beggin' My Baby	Little Milton		2:25
15	Ain't No Telling 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)	Mississippi John Hurt		2:57
16	My Baby	James Cotton		2:22
17	Gin Mill Sal (version of Junker Blues)	Champion Jack Dupree		2:46
18	Blues for the Lowlands	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry		4:38

5▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Boogie Chillun	John Lee Hooker		2:35
2	Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do recording of: Ain’t Nobody’s Business (Jimmy Witherspoon song) lyricist: Jimmy Witherspoon composer: Richard Henry Grisham and Jimmy Witherspoon	Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann & His Orchestra		2:59
3	The Comeback	Memphis Slim		2:13
4	Chains of Love	Joe Turner		7:18
5	Airplane Blues drums (drum set): Melvin Merritt guitar: Brownie McGhee harmonica: Sonny Terry piano: Wilbert Ellis vocals: Sonny Terry	Sonny Terry		2:48
6	Gypsy Woman recording of: Gypsy Woman lyricist and composer: McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)	Muddy Waters with Sunnyland Slim & Ernest "Big" Crawford		2:35
7	Wimmin From Coast to Coast	Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry & Lightnin’ Hopkins		5:49
8	So Long Baby Goodbye producer: Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records) guitar: Willie Johnson (American electric blues guitarist) harmonica: Sammy Lewis membranophone: Joe Nathan Franklin piano: L.C. Hubert vocals: Willie Johnson (American electric blues guitarist) and Sammy Lewis recording of: So Long Baby, Goodbye (on 1955-03-28) lyricist and composer: Willie Johnson (American electric blues guitarist)	Lewis-Johnson Combo		2:07
9	Baker Shop Boogie	Willie Nix		2:44
10	Wolf Call Boogie	Hot Shot Love		2:34
11	If You Love Me	Little Milton		2:33
12	Death Letter Blues	Son House		3:49
13	Honest I Do	Jimmy Reed		2:45
14	Ticket Agent Blues	Lil’ Son Jackson		2:34
15	When the Sun Goes Down	Memphis Slim		3:35
16	Walking in the Rain	Rufus Thomas		2:24
17	Fussin' and Fightin' Blues	Little Junior’s Blue Flames		2:58
18	Sunny Road	Roosevelt Sykes with His Original Honeydrippers		3:00

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Barcode:: 0724382496328
Format:: 5×CD
Length:: 4:34:28

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: Other
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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DB 249632

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Netherlands
1999

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