The Blues Box

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#	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

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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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