ABC of the Blues

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Tracklist

1CD: Kokomo Arnold & Billy Boy Arnold
2CD: Richard Berry & Barbecue Bob
3CD: Bobby “Blue” Bland & Charles Brown
4CD: Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown & Blue Lu Baker
5CD: Big Bill Bronzy, Scrapper Blackwell & Blind Blake
6CD: Champion Jack Dupree & Cousin Joe
7CD: Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell & Pee Wee Crayton
8CD: Bo Diddley
9CD: Willie Dixon & Floyd Dixon
10CD: Snooks Eaglin & Sleepy John Estes
11CD: Lowell Fulson & The Four Blazes
12CD: Buddy Guy, Arthur Gunter & Slim Gaillard
13CD: John Lee Hooker & Wynonie Harris
14CD: Earl Hooker & Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
15CD: Lightnin’ Hopkins
16CD: Howlin’ Wolf
17CD: Alberta Hunter & Ivory Joe Hunter
18CD: Robert Johnson
19CD: Elmore James & Lonnie Johnson
20CD: Blind Willie Johnson, Tommy Johnson & Skip James
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1Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
publisher:
Harmony (20s/30s US)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999)
recording of:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3.753:22
2If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:10
3Praise God I’m Satisfied
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-12-11) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
recording of:
Praise God I'm Satisfied (on 1929-12-11)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:13
4Trouble Will Soon Be Over
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
Trouble Will Soon Be Over (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:09
5I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson53:04
6Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:07
7It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
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)
recording of:
It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson song) (on 1927-12-03)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
previously attributed to:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Filmtrax Mogull (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Blind Willie Johnson53:11
8I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1928-12-05)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1928-12-05) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge (on 1928-12-05)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:25
9Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1928-12-05)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1928-12-05) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning (on 1928-12-05)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
is based on:
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
Blind Willie Johnson3:05
10Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
version of:
Jesus Goin' A-Make Up My Dying Bed
Blind Willie Johnson3:15
11Cool Drink of Water Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-03)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03) and “Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
recording of:
Cool Drink of Water Blues (on 1928-02-03)
writer:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
Tommy Johnson3:37
12Maggie Campbell Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-04)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-04) and “Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-04)
lead vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-04)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-04)
recording of:
Maggie Campbell (on 1928-02-04)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Tommy Johnson53:39
13Canned Heat Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-08-31)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-08-31)
lead vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-08-31)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
Tommy Johnson53:42
14Big Road Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-03)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03) and “Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1987)
recording of:
Big Road Blues (on 1928-02-03)
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
publisher:
Kokomo Music
Tommy Johnson3:23
15Alcohol and Jake Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1929-12)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (in 1929-12)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (in 1929-12)
Tommy Johnson3:22
16If You Haven’t Any Hay Get On Down the Road
recorded in:
United States (in 1931-02)
piano:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
vocals:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
Skip James2:55
1722–20 Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02) and United States (in 1931-02)
piano and lead vocals:
Skip James
Skip James2:52
18How Long “Buck”
recorded in:
United States (in 1931-02)
Skip James2:54
19Cypress Grove Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02)
guitar:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
vocals:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
Skip James3:13
20Devil Got My Woman
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2006)
recording of:
Devil Got My Woman (in 1931-02)
lyricist and composer:
Skip James (in 1931)
publisher:
Wynwood Music Company Inc
Skip James3:02
21CD: B.B. King
22CD: Little Walter
23CD: Lightnin’ Slim & J.B. Lenoir
24CD: Leadbelly
25CD: Little Willie John & Smiley Lewis
26CD: Furry Lewis & Robert Lockwood
27CD: Magic Sam & Jimmy McCracklin
28CD: Percy Mayfield & Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
29CD: Memphis Minnie & Big Maybelle
30CD: Roy Milton & Amos Milburn
31CD: Big Maceo & Blind Willie McTell
32CD: Memphis Slim & Tommy McLennan
33CD: Mississippi Fred McDowell & Mississippi John Hurt
34CD: Robert Nighthawk & Johnny Otis
35CD: Charley Patton & Snooky Pryor
36CD: Professor Longhair & Junior Parker
37CD: Jimmy Reed & Otis Rush
38CD: Jimmy Rushing & Tampa Red
39CD: Bessie Smith
40CD: Huey “Piano” Smith & Frankie Lee Smith
41CD: Roosevelt Sykes & Son House
42CD: Sunnyland Slim & Johnny Shines
43CD: Big Mama Thornton & Sister Rosetta Tharpe
44CD: Sonny Terry & Eddie Taylor
45CD: Big Joe Turner & Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
46CD: T‐Bone Walker & Jimmy Witherspoon
47CD: Muddy Waters & Junior Wells
48CD: Sippie Wallace & Peetie Wheatstraw
49CD: Johnny Guitar Watson & Big Joe Williams
50CD: Sonny Boy Williamson I. & Sonny Boy Williamson II.
51CD: Bukka White & Josh White
52CD: Jimmy Yancey