Blues Breakers

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4-CD set; incomplete. 4 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase.

Individual cat#s: KBOX419A–D

Annotation last modified on 2025-07-16 00:13 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Frisco recording of: Frisco lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)	John Lee Hooker		2:43
2	Low Down Gal of Mine recording of: Low Down Gal of Mine writer: Johnny Winter (American blues/rock musician)	Johnny Winter		3:09
3	Draggin’ My Tail recording of: Draggin’ My Tail writer: Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page publisher: EMI United Partnership Ltd.	Eric Clapton		3:07
4	Evil Child recording of: Evil Child writer: Riley B. King	B.B. King		3:56
5	I Believe recording of: I Believe writer: Jules Taub version of: Dust My Broom	Elmore James		3:28
6	Rooster Blues recording of: Rooster Blues writer: J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)	Lightnin’ Slim		2:44
7	Louise recording of: Louise (John Lee Hooker song) writer and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) publisher: Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.	Canned Heat		3:04
8	My Baby’s Gone	Lightnin’ Slim		2:48
9	Walk On recording of: Walk On writer: Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry	Brownie McGhee		3:20
10	Baby What You Want Me to Do	John Mayall		5:05
11	Bleeding Heart recording of: Bleeding Heart lyricist and composer: Elmore James publisher: Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Rhinelander Music Inc.	Jimi Hendrix		5:27
12	Spike Drivers Blues recording of: Spike Driver Blues writer: Mississippi John Hurt publisher: Adage Songs, Winwood Music and Wynwood Music Company Inc	Mississippi John Hurt		3:08
13	I’m Movin’ On cover recording of: I’m Moving On lyricist and composer: Hank Snow publisher: Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Unichappell Music, Inc.	Ray Charles		2:22
14	You Got Me Running	Tony Joe White		2:59
15	Stinking Blues	Big Joe Williams		2:29
16	Nobody but You	The Animals		7:02
17	Cherry Red	Mike Bloomfield		4:44
18	Jeff’s Blues recording of: Jeff’s Blues lyricist and composer: Jeff Beck (English rock guitarist)	The Yardbirds		3:06

2▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Ridin’ on the L & N live cover recording of: Riding on the L&N writer: Dan Burley and Lionel Hampton	John Mayall		5:50
2	Standing at the Crossroads recording of: Standing at the Crossroads writer: Elmore James and Joe Josea	Elmore James		2:47
3	Tribute to Elmore recording of: Tribute to Elmore writer: Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page	Eric Clapton		2:14
4	Leavin’ Blues	Johnny Winter		2:53
5	Boogie Chillen 2 recording of: Boogie Chillen’ writer: Bernard Besman (producer, label owner and songwriter) and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1948) publisher: BMG Music Publishing Ltd., La Cienega Music and Sony Music Publishing Ltd.	John Lee Hooker		2:35
6	Got My Mojo Working recording of: Got My Mojo Working (original version) lyricist and composer: Preston Foster publisher: Dare Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	Canned Heat		2:42
7	You’ve Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 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		5:18
8	Santa Fe Blues recording engineer and editor: Robert "Mack" McCormick guitar: Lightnin’ Hopkins vocals: Lightnin’ Hopkins	Lightnin’ Hopkins		3:17
9	Down by the Riverside	Brownie McGhee		3:19
10	Dust My Broom 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	Elmore James		2:57
11	Big Road Blues recording of: Big Road Blues writer: Frank Cook (US drummer), Bob Hite, Larry Taylor (US bassist), Henry Vestine and Alan Wilson (Canned Heat member) publisher: Reheated Music	Canned Heat		2:07
12	Dusty Road recording of: Dusty Road lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)	John Lee Hooker		2:14
13	Deep River Blues producer: John Madara recording of: Deep River Blues lyricist and composer: John Oates publisher: Young Ideas Publishing Company cover recording of: Deep River Blues lyricist and composer: John Oates publisher: Young Ideas Publishing Company	Daryl Hall & John Oates		2:44
14	One Room Country Shack producer: Robert “Bumps” Blackwell orchestra: Bumps Blackwell Orchestra (Robert Alexander "Bumps" Blackwell) (on 1957-11-11) recorded at: Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1957-11-11) cover recording of: One Room Country Shack (on 1957-11-11) writer: Mercy Dee Walton publisher: Venice Music	Johnny “Guitar” Watson		2:41
15	Pontiac Blues recording of: Pontiac Blues lyricist and composer: Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)	The Animals		3:40
16	Ride in My New Car	Big Joe Williams		2:39
17	Jockey Blues	Mike Bloomfield		3:55
18	Ball and Chain recording of: Ball and Chain lyricist and composer: Big Mama Thornton	Big Mama Thornton		7:16

3▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Boom 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 Hooker	3.25	2:31
2	Mean Mistreatin’ Mama recording of: Mean Mistreatin’ Mama writer: Elmore James and Bobby Robinson	Elmore James		2:43
3	Coming Home recording of: Coming Home lyricist and composer: Elmore James	Elmore James		2:28
4	Lost and Gone recording of: Lost and Gone lyricist and composer: John Mayall	John Mayall		2:44
5	Going Down Slow cover recording of: Going Down Slow lyricist and composer: James Oden (blues singer and songwriter) publisher: Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)	Johnny Winter		4:45
6	It’s on My Fault Baby recording of: It's My Own Fault Baby writer: Riley B. King and Jules Taub publisher: MCA Music Entertainment GmbH	B.B. King		3:37
7	Baby Lee recording of: Baby Lee writer: James Bracken and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)	John Lee Hooker		2:45
8	Coffe for Mama	Lightnin’ Hopkins		3:32
9	Blues for the Lowlands guitar: Brownie McGhee (from 1961 until 1962) harmonica: Sonny Terry (from 1961 until 1962) vocals: Brownie McGhee (from 1961 until 1962) and Sonny Terry (from 1961 until 1962) recorded at: The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California, United States (from 1961 until 1962)	Brownie McGhee		4:49
10	Lightning’s Bad Luck	Lightnin’ Slim		2:37
11	Wolverine Blues recording of: Wolverine Blues lyricist: Benjamin F Spikes (Benjamin Franklin "Reb" Spikes) and John Spikes composer: Jelly Roll Morton	Jelly Roll Morton		3:27
12	West Coast Idea recording of: West Coast Idea writer: Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page	Eric Clapton		2:22
13	Outside Help live recording of: Outside Help lyricist and composer: B.B. King recording of: Outside Help lyricist and composer: B.B. King	B.B. King		3:40
14	Lonesome Blues	Mississippi John Hurt		3:49
15	Nothin’ but the Blues bass: Donald Cooks (in 1954-04) drums (drum set): Ben Turner (blues drummer) (in 1954-04) electric guitar: Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1954-04) vocals: Lightnin’ Hopkins (in 1954-04) recorded at: ACA Studio in Houston, Texas, United States (in 1954-04) recording of: Nothin' but the Blues (in 1954-04) writer: Lightnin’ Hopkins	Lightnin’ Hopkins		2:24
16	Little Red Rooster recording of: Little Red Rooster	Big Mama Thornton		5:53
17	Baby Please Don’t Go recording of: Baby, Please Don’t Go lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) publisher: EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) version of: Another Man Done Gone	Big Joe Williams		1:49
18	Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight	Mississippi John Hurt		3:37

4▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Long Nights cover recording of: Long Nights lyricist and composer: Huddie William Ledbetter	B.B. King		3:34
2	The Sky Is Crying recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1959-11) bass guitar: Homesick James (in 1959-11) drums (drum set): Odie Payne (American Chicago blues drummer) (in 1959-11) guitar: Elmore James (in 1959-11) piano: Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist) (in 1959-11) tenor saxophone [tenor sax]: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1959-11) and J.T. Brown (saxophonist) (in 1959-11) lead vocals: Elmore James part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1991) recording of: The Sky Is Crying (in 1959-11) lyricist and composer: Elmore James publisher: Longitude Music Co.	Elmore James	4.5	2:42
3	C‐H‐I‐C‐K‐E‐N Blues guitar: Mississippi John Hurt (on 1965-04-15) vocals: Mississippi John Hurt (on 1965-04-15) recorded at: Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, United States (on 1965-04-15)	Mississippi John Hurt		0:57
4	Out of Sight	Johnny Winter		2:22
5	Whiskey and Wimmen recording of: Whiskey and Wimmen lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) publisher: Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Platinum Songs US and Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	John Lee Hooker		2:39
6	Bad Luck Blues recording of: Bad Luck Blues writer: Jerry West (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller) and Otis Hicks (blues)	Lightnin’ Slim		2:36
7	Don’t Wake Me recording of: Don’t Wake Me writer: Samuel Hopkins	Lightnin’ Hopkins	4	4:46
8	John Lee Boogie recording of: John Lee Boogie writer: John Mayall	John Mayall		4:15
9	Someone Cares for Me orchestra: Maxwell Davis and His Orchestra (in 1955-08) recording of: Someone Cares for Me (in 1955-08) writer: Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger “The Father of West Coast R&B”), Jules Taub and Johnny “Guitar” Watson	Johnny “Guitar” Watson		2:58
10	Mr Pawnbroker recording of: Mr. Pawnbroker writer: Jules Taub publisher: BMG Music Publishing Ltd.	B.B. King		3:16
11	Everybody’s Blue	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry		6:45
12	Blues for My Cookie recording of: Blues for My Cookie writer: Lightnin’ Hopkins	Lightnin’ Hopkins		2:33
13	Freight Loader recording of: Freight Loader writer: Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page publisher: EMI United Partnership Ltd.	Eric Clapton		2:46
14	Catfish Blues cover recording of: Catfish Blues (Robert Petway) lyricist and composer: Robert Petway publisher: MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Wabash Music Company (BMI-affiliated)	B.B. King		2:28
15	No Shoes recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1960-03-01) bass: Sylvester Hickman (on 1960-03-01) drums (drum set): Jimmy Turner (on 1960-03-01) guitar: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and William "Lefty" Bates (on 1960-03-01) vocals: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (on 1960-03-01) recording of: No Shoes (on 1960-03-01) lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) publisher: Tristan Music Ltd.	John Lee Hooker	1	2:23
16	It Hurts Me Too recording of: It Hurts Me Too lyricist and composer: Elmore James and Mel London writer: Kevin Moore publisher: Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Lonmel Publishing (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Rhinelander Music Inc. and Mo’ Than Jus’ Music (in 2000)	Elmore James		3:04
17	Nobody Knows You When Your Down and Out	Big Joe Williams		3:25
18	Women Lovin’ Each Other	Mike Bloomfield		4:40

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/10431143 [info]
ASIN:	DE: B00004S3XH [info]
other databases:	https://www.musik-sammler.de/release/8873/ [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 8712155042980
Format:: 4×CD
Length:: 4:03:31

Additional details

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

Labels

K-Box
KBOX419

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Netherlands
1998

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