Blues Spirit

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Annotation

Track 7.2 is incorrectly titled "Baby Won't You Jump With Me" (writers C. Warfield - C. Williams). It's actually a recording of "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (written by Clarence Williams and Charles Warfield).

Annotation last modified on 2020-06-08 08:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Helpless Blues
John Lee Hooker3:39
2Careless Love Blues
Bessie Smith3:26
3You’re Not Goin’ to Worry My Life Anymore
recording of:
You're Not Goin' to Worry My Life Anymore
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:50
4Keep Your Arms Around Me
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1944-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Melvin Draper (1940s drummer) (on 1944-12-15)
guitar:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (on 1944-12-15)
vocals:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (on 1944-12-15)
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:30
5If Someone Would Only Love Me
recording of:
If Someone Would Only Love Me
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton3:42
6Crawlin’ King Snake
recorded in:
Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1948-09)
producer:
Bernard Besman (producer, label owner and songwriter)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1948-09)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1948-09)
recording of:
Crawling King Snake (in 1948-09)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Doors Music Company and Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc.
John Lee Hooker13:00
7’41 Blues
Doctor Clayton2:56
8Gulf Coast Blues
recording of:
The Gulf Coast Blues
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1923)
Bessie Smith3:06
9Dirty Road Blues
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup3:05
10Boom 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 Hooker3.252:29
11Bumble Bee
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-02-21)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-02-21) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-02-21)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1930-02-21)
recording of:
Bumble Bee
composer:
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie3:18
12I Got My Discharge Papers
Big Joe Turner2:41
13Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down
Big Bill Broonzy2:46
14Keep What You Got
Lonnie Johnson2:56
15Bad Luck Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1939-07-21)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1939-07-21)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1939-07-21)
piano:
Walter Davis (American blues singer and pianist) (on 1939-07-21)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:41
16How You Want It Done
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1991)
Big Bill Broonzy2:52
17I’m a Black Woman’s Man
Brownie McGhee2:50
18Dupree Shake Dance
Champion Jack Dupree2:50
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Credits

Release

manufactured in:European Union (Europe)
distributed by and marketed by:Flex Media Entertainment
Weton-Wesgram B.V. (not an imprint, for copyrights/marketing/distribution use only)
ASIN:UK: B0006GTDPQ [info]