The Best of American Folk & Blues

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Annotation

3CD digipack of a mix of "American Folk" and blues music; the quality of the transfers presented here range wildly, with some of them being a bit too loud and thus generating unnecessary distorition when compared to the original recordings or better transfers on other releases.

Track 15, CD2 is mis-credited to T-Bone Walker when it is actually Memphis Slim singing.

Annotation last modified on 2023-10-15 11:57 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
recording of:
When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Powerforce Music and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
B.B. King42:47
2Mean Old Frisco
recording of:
Mean Old Frisco (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
Brownie McGhee2:16
3In the Pines
recording of:
In the Pines (Black Girl)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3421)
Dave Van Ronk43:03
4We’re Gonna Rock
Memphis Slim3:00
5I Wonder Why
Lightnin’ Hopkins42:30
6Tom Dooley
recording of:
Tom Dooley
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)
The Kingston Trio43:05
7Mind Your Own Business
Lightnin’ Slim42:18
8Down on My Knees
Eddie Kirkland32:21
9The Yellow Rose of Texas
recording of:
The Yellow Rose of Texas
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music
Pegram & Parham42:05
10Don’t Start Cryin’ Now
producer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
drums (drum set):
Sammy K. Brown
guitar:
James Johnson (50s-60s US bass player) and Rudolph Richard
harmonica:
Slim Harpo
tenor saxophone:
Willie Parker
vocals:
Slim Harpo
recording of:
Don’t Start Cryin’ Now (in 1960-06)
writer:
James Moore (aka Slim Harpo) and Jerry West
Slim Harpo32:12
11I'll Never Be Free
Jimmy Witherspoon33:21
12Jackhammer Blues
recording of:
Jackhammer Blues
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Essex Music
Woody Guthrie42:38
13Can’t Keep From Cryin’
Earl Gaines42:30
14Strawberry Roan
Pat Foster44:01
15Swooshy
Freddie King32:20
16I’m in Love
T‐Bone Walker43:56
17Shake a Leg
Smokey Hogg42:58
18Goodbye, Little Bonnie, Goodbye
Paul Clayton41:40
19Goin Down Slow
Sonny Terry43:16
20Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
Pete Seeger42:29