6 Hours of the Greatest Blues Recordings Ever Made

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Catfish Blues
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. King2:27
2Blue & Disgusted
Memphis Slim3:01
3Unknown Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell4:09
4Don’t Let Him See You Cry
Big Maybelle2:44
5Big 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 Heat3:07
6Trouble Blues
recording of:
Trouble Blues
lyricist and composer:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Charles Brown2:38
7Blues Is My Middle Name
recording of:
Blues Is My Middle Name
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
Ray Charles3:11
8Where Did You Sleep Last Night
recording of:
Where Did You Sleep Last Night (In the Pines)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Lead Belly
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
version of:
In the Pines (Black Girl)
Lead Belly3:02
9Jumping the Blues
Jimmy McGriff4:12
10I Won’t Cry Anymore
Big Maybelle2:54
11Big Fat Mama
Mississippi Fred McDowell3:22
12In the Morning Blues
Ike & Tina Turner2:45
13How Blue Can You GetB.B. King3:25
14Put Yourself in My PlaceBig Maybelle2:00
15Last Night
Lightnin’ Hopkins5:09
16Billie’s Blues
recording of:
Billie’s Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
Billie Holiday3:08
17Loser for You Baby
recording of:
Loser for You Baby
writer:
Mac Rebennack (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Crazy Cajun Music (This is the publisher. Label is Crazy Cajun only)
Dr. John3:08
18Walkin’ and Talkin’
Bo Diddley2:38
19Black Night
Charles Brown3:07
20Cannon’s Blues
Cannonball Adderley7:00
2144 Blues
Memphis Slim3:32
22Mojo Hand
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1960-11)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
recording of:
Mojo Hand
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:59
23Lover Man
recording of:
Lover Man
writer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Billie Holiday3:17
24So Blue Over You
recording of:
So Blue Over You
composer:
Ike & Tina Turner (US rock & soul duo)
Ike & Tina Turner2:33
25Goin’ Away, Won’t Be Back Till Fall
Big Joe Williams1:56
26The Bourgoeis Blues
Lead Belly3:03
27Poor Fool
recording of:
Poor Fool
writer:
Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner2:45
28I Got a Big Fat Mama
Roy Milton2:54
29No Use Cryin’
recording of:
No Use Cryin’
writer:
Junior Wells
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells3:03
30Sweet SixteenB.B. King4:18
31Boom Boom
John Lee Hooker2:31
32Payin’ 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. King2:37
33Blue Monday
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1964)
live recording of:
Blue Monday (in 1964)
writer:
Gil Caple and Don Robey
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells5:03
2▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rockin’ Blues
Charles Brown2:54
2Everyday I Have the Blues
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells4:32
3Bring Me My Shotgun
recording of:
Bring Me My Shotgun
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Lightnin’ Hopkins4:01
4You’ve Done Lost a Good ThingB.B. King5:15
5Cow Cow Blues
Memphis Slim3:34
6Boogie Thang
The James Cotton Band4:56
7Inner City BluesMarvin Gaye5:10
8My Baby’s on Line
Pee Wee Crayton3:22
9’Round About Midnight
Richard Berry3:55
10Trouble in Mind
Amos Milburn2:45
11First Time I Met the Blues
recording of:
First Time I Met the Blues
composer:
Eurreal Montgomery
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Flomont Music, Flomont Music Publishing Co. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Buddy Guy2:13
12Forty Four Blues
Memphis Slim3:32
13Bad Luck ShadowJohnny Otis3:24
14Goin’ Back to L.A.
Joe Liggins3:07
15Bad Bad Whiskey
recording of:
Bad Bad Whiskey
writer:
Adelia Davis and Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger “The Father of West Coast R&B”)
Amos Milburn2:29
16Information Blues
Roy Milton2:26
17I Ain’t Mad at You Baby
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown3:15
18London Blues
recording of:
London Blues
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton3:08
19Wee Baby Blues
recording of:
Wee Baby Blues
writer:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist) and Big Joe Turner
publisher:
Leeds Music Ltd.
Big Joe Turner4:55
20I’m the Midnight Creeper
recording of:
I'm the Midnight Creeper
writer:
Johnny Otis
publisher:
Bug Music MV GmbH (music publishing)
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson3:28
21Rich Man’s Blues
recording of:
Rich Man’s Blues
writer:
Thelma Lowe
Dinah Washington2:57
22Baby, 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 Williams1:53
23Somebody Got to Go
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown3:26
24So Tired
Amos Milburn3:26
25C.C. Rider
Amos Milburn2:43
26Lover Come Back to Me
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
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 Holiday2:21
27Boogie Woogie Blues
Roy Brown5:37
28Bullfrog 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 Heat7:20
29Blues in the Ghetto
Pee Wee Crayton3:08
30Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
Johnny Otis3:45
31I’ll Just Keep on Singing the Blues
Memphis Slim2:43
32Shake That Thing
recording of:
Shake That Thing
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Jackson
publisher:
Paul Rodriguez Holdings
Lightnin’ Hopkins4:00
33The Thrill Is GoneB.B. King5:01
3▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Broken Hearted Blues
recording of:
Broken Hearted Blues
writer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Hoochie Coochie Music, Tristan Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Buddy Guy3:10
2Big Legged Woman
Charles Brown2:52
3Chicken Shack BoogieCanned Heat3:29
4Blues After HoursPee Wee Crayton5:12
5Got My Mojo Working
The James Cotton Band4:05
6When 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 (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
Sam & Dave3:15
7Barrelhouse Blues
Johnny Otis6:13
8Black Betty
Pat Travers3:59
9Everything I Do Is Wrong
recording of:
Everything I Do Is Wrong
writer:
Charlie Rich (US country singer)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated)
Jimmy Page2:53
10Got My Mojo
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 Heat2:41
11Road Show
recording of:
Road Show
lyricist and composer:
Maggie Parker (Maggie Mayall)
John Mayall4:26
12Gimme All Your Lovin’
cover recording of:
Gimme All Your Lovin’
writer:
Frank Beard (ZZ Top drummer), Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill
publisher:
BMG Rights Management Scandinavia AB (not for release label use! use it’s imprint “BMG (2008–present)”), Hamstein Music Company (publisher), Music of Stage Three and Songs of Mosaic
recording of:
Gimme All Your Lovin’
writer:
Frank Beard (ZZ Top drummer), Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill
publisher:
BMG Rights Management Scandinavia AB (not for release label use! use it’s imprint “BMG (2008–present)”), Hamstein Music Company (publisher), Music of Stage Three and Songs of Mosaic
Walter Trout4:02
13Purple People EaterGeorge Thorogood4:15
14Mama Talk to Your Daughter
cover recording of:
Mama Talk to Your Daughter
lyricist and composer:
J.B. Lenoir
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Ghana Music
John Mayall3:57
15Down the Line
Albert Lee2:19
16Superstitious
Pat Travers3:58
17Lovin’ Up a StormAlbert Lee2:10
18Evil
Pat Travers4:03
19Dimples
recording of:
Dimples
lyricist:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1956)
composer:
James Bracken
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Costoma Publishing Company and Tristan Music Ltd.
Canned Heat2:18
20Burn Up
recording of:
Burn Up
writer:
Nancy Hopkins
Jimmy Page5:48
21Hully Gully
Mike Bloomfield4:00
22John Lee Boogie
recording of:
John Lee Boogie
writer:
John Mayall
John Mayall4:15
23Woman Is the Root of All Evil
recording of:
Woman Is the Root of All Evil
writer:
Jessie Hill (US R&B/Louisiana blues singer) and Mac Rebennack (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter)
Dr. John2:17
24Back in the SaddleAlbert Lee4:29
25Politician
Pat Travers4:23
26Boll Weevil Song
recording of:
Boll Weevil Song
arranger:
Jerry Capehart and Eddie Cochran (US rock and roll musician active in 1950s)
version of:
Boll Weevil (traditional)
Albert Lee2:07
27Gimme Three StepsWalter Trout4:46
28Rollin’ and Tumblin’
recording of:
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Morganfeld arrangement)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
M. Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Watertoons (BMI-affiliated - publisher associated with Muddy Waters) and Watertoons Music
version of:
Roll and Tumble Blues
Canned Heat2:03
29Don’t You Lie to Me
Mike Bloomfield3:22
30Jailbreak
Mick Taylor4:07
31Mean Cheatin’ Woman
recording of:
Mean Cheatin 'Woman
writer:
Stanley Moss
Dr. John4:44
32Walkin’ the Floor
Mike Bloomfield4:24
33’Cause I Love YouJimmy Page2:46