Best of Blues

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Tracklist

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1▼CD: Vol. 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Caledonia recording of: Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?) lyricist and composer: Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Fleecie Moore publisher: Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (on 1945-04-16)	B.B. King		3:25
2	Round About Midnight	Richard Berry		3:54
3	Trouble in Mind	Amos Milburn		2:44
4	Dust My Broom cover recording of: Dust My Broom 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	Canned Heat		5:49
5	First Time I Met the Blues	Buddy Guy		2:11
6	Forty Four Blues	Memphis Slim		3:31
7	Bad Luck Shadow	Johnny Otis		3:23
8	Nobody Cares recording of: Nobody Cares lyricist and composer: Baby Washington	Baby Washington		2:09
9	Goin’ Back to L.A.	Joe Liggins		3:06
10	Bad Bad Whiskey	Amos Milburn		2:28
11	Information Blues	Roy Milton		2:25
12	I Ain’t Mad at You Baby	Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore		3:14
13	London Blues recording of: London Blues composer: Jelly Roll Morton	Jelly Roll Morton		3:08

2▼CD: Vol. 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Wee Baby Blues	Big Joe Turner		4:55
2	I’m the Midnight Creeper	Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson		3:27
3	Rich Man’s Blues	Dinah Washington		2:56
4	Baby, Please Don’t Go	Big Joe Williams		1:52
5	Somebody Got to Go	Arnold “Gatemouth” Moore		3:25
6	So Tired	Amos Milburn		3:25
7	C.C. Rider	Amos Milburn		2:43
8	Lover Come Back to Me recording of: Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon") lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928) writer: Sigmund Romberg composer: Sigmund Romberg (in 1928) publisher: Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928) sub-publisher: ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present) part of: The New Moon: Act II	Billie Holiday		2:21
9	Boogie Woogie Blues	Roy Brown		5:35
10	Bullfrog Blues cover recording of: Bullfrog Blues lyricist and composer: William Harris (Early 1900's blues artist (aka Alonso Boone)) publisher: Metric Music Co (publisher), SBK United Partnership Ltd. and United Artists Music Ltd.	Canned Heat		7:19
11	Blues in the Ghetto	Pee Wee Crayton		3:07
12	Woman Is the Root of All Evil	Dr. John		2:14
13	I Put a Spell on You recording of: I Put a Spell on You lyricist and composer: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins publisher: Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), SBK Unart Catalog Inc., EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (in 1956) and EMI United Partnership Ltd. (in 1956)	Screamin’ Jay Hawkins		3:30

3▼CD: Vol. 3
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Low Down Dirty Dog Blues	Johnny Otis		3:45
2	I’ll Just Keep on Singing the Blues	Memphis Slim		2:43
3	Shake That Thing recording of: Shake That Thing lyricist and composer: Charlie Jackson publisher: Paul Rodriguez Holdings	Lightnin’ Hopkins		3:59
4	The Thrill Is Gone recording of: The Thrill Is Gone (1951 blues song) writer: Roy Hawkins (in 1951) and Rick Darnell (in 1951) publisher: BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Grosvenor House Music, Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc., Pamco Music Inc., Powerforce Music, Sounds Of Lucille, Inc. and Universal Music Careers	B.B. King		5:00
5	Broken Hearted Blues	Buddy Guy		3:09
6	Big Legged Woman	Charles Brown		2:51
7	Chicken Shack Boogie	Canned Heat		3:28
8	Blues After Hours	Pee Wee Crayton		5:11
9	Got My Mojo Working	The James Cotton Band		4:04
10	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby recording of: When Something Is Wrong With My Baby composer: Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter) publisher: Rondor, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (Australia) Pty Ltd, Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)	Sam & Dave		3:14
11	Barrelhouse Blues	Johnny Otis		6:12
12	John Lee Boogie recording of: John Lee Boogie writer: John Mayall	John Mayall		4:14

4▼CD: Vol. 4
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Payin’ the Cost to Be the Boss recording of: Paying the Cost to Be the Boss lyricist and composer: B.B. King publisher: Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal Music Careers	B.B. King		2:36
2	Blue Monday recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1964) live recording of: Blue Monday (in 1964) writer: Gil Caple and Don Robey	Buddy Guy and Junior Wells		5:02
3	Driftin’ Blues	Charles Brown		4:01
4	Rockin’ Blues	Charles Brown		2:53
5	Everyday I Have the Blues	Buddy Guy and Junior Wells		4:31
6	Bring Me My Shotgun	Lightnin’ Hopkins		4:00
7	You’ve Done Lost a Good Thing cover recording of: You’ve Done Lost You’re Good Thing Now writer: Joe Josea and Riley B. King publisher: BMG Music Pub Ltd and Universal Music Careers	B.B. King		5:15
8	Cow Cow Blues	Memphis Slim		3:33
9	Slo Fuse	Johnny Otis		4:13
10	Boogie Thang	The James Cotton Band		4:56
11	Inner City Blues (live) live recording of: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) composer: Marvin Gaye and James Nyx (R&B songwriter) publisher: Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.	Marvin Gaye		5:09
12	My Baby’s on Line	Pee Wee Crayton		3:22

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ASIN:	CA: B000MC0B5A [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 056775591526
Format:: 4×CD
Length:: 3:05:37

Additional details

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

Labels

Madacy Special Products
BFP2 5915

Release events

Canada
2003

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