The Rough Guide to Chicago Blues (first edition)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Potentially around 2003-08-23

Annotation last modified on 2022-11-30 06:00 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sweet Old Chicago
Roosevelt Sykes2:58
2Dust My Broom
recorded in:
Jackson, Mississippi, United States (on 1951-08-05)
producer:
Lillian McMurry
double bass:
Leonard Ware (US blues bassist) (on 1951-08-05)
drums (drum set):
Frock O'Dell (on 1951-08-05)
guitar and slide guitar:
Elmore James (on 1951-08-05)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1951-08-05)
lead vocals:
Elmore James
vocals:
Elmore James (on 1951-08-05)
recording of:
Dust My Broom (on 1951-08-05)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music (world and ethnic music label), Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Elmore James2:45
3Strange Feeling
Nolan Struck3:09
4It Must Have Been the Devil
engineer:
George Piros
producer:
Nat Hentoff
recorded at:
Fine Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1960-08-23)
Otis Spann3:46
5I Got Rambling on My Mind #2
engineer:
George Piros
producer:
Nat Hentoff
guitar:
Robert Lockwood, Jr. (on 1960-08-23)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1960-08-23)
vocals:
Robert Lockwood, Jr. (on 1960-08-23)
recorded at:
Fine Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1960-08-23)
recording of:
I Got Rambling on My Mind #2
writer:
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Otis Spann with Robert Lockwood Junior4:07
6Murderin’ Blues
Robert Nighthawk4:52
7This Is the End
Buddy Guy2:59
8Worried Life Blues
Johnny Jones & Billy Boy Arnold2:12
9Come On in This House
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1959-05-23)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Eugene Lounge
guitar:
Earl Hooker
harmonica:
Junior Wells
piano:
Lafayette Leake
vocals:
Junior Wells
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Paula Records
recording of:
Come On in This House (on 1959-05-23)
lyricist and composer:
Junior Wells
Junior Wells2:23
10Three Harp Boogie
James Cotton, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold & Elvin Bishop3:28
11Ain’t Got Nobody
Hound Dog Taylor3:32
12Bad Avenue
Valerie Wellington4:51
13Walkin’ Blues
producer:
Norman Granz
bass guitar [bass]:
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) and Louis Myers (Blues musician, 1929-1994)
harmonica:
George "Mojo" Buford
piano:
Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
live cover recording of:
Walking Blues (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
King of Spades Music and Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.
Muddy Waters5:50
14What in the World You Goin’ to Do
John Littlejohn4:07
15Money (That’s What I Want)
cover recording of:
Money (That’s What I Want)
writer:
Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Jobete Music (UK), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division and United Partnership Ltd.
John Lee Hooker12:28
16If I Should Have Bad Luck
Charlie Musselwhite4:50
17Never Trust a Man
Koko Taylor3:22
18Sugar Baby
Eddy ‘The Chief’ Clearwater3:58
19Rollin’ and Tumblin’, Part 2
Little Walter3:15
20I Can’t Quit You Baby
cover recording of:
I Can’t Quit You Baby
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Otis Rush3:06
21Sweet Home Chicago
Magic Sam4:11

Credits

Release

mastering:Laurence Cedar (mastering, rough guides related)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/6598607 [info]
ASIN:UK: B0000AQORL [info]

Release group

part of:Music Rough Guides (World Music Network) (number: 1118) (order: 118)