Various – Classic Blues : The Essential Collection (3 CD Set)

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Tracklisting

Disc 1
1 Mamie Smith – Crazy Blues
2 Ma Rainey – See See Rider
3 Bertha “Chippie” Hill with Richard M. Jones – Trouble In Mind
4 Blind Willie Johnson – Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)
5 Mississippi John Hurt – Frankie
6 Blind Willie McTell – Statesboro Blues
7 Henry Thomas – Bull Doze Blues
8 Memphis Minnie – When The Levee Breaks
9 Robert Wilkins – That’s No Way To Get Along
10 Bessie Smith – Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
11 Charley Patton – A Spoonful Blues
12 Mississippi Johnhurt – Stack O’Lee Blues
13 Meade Lux Lewis – Honky Tonk Train Blues
14 Lonnie Johnson – Got The Blues For Murder Only
15 Skip James – I’m So Glad
16 Bessie Smith – Gimme A Pigfoot
17 Robert Johnson – Sweet Home Chicago
18 John Lee ‘Sonny Boy’ Williamson – Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
19 Robert Johnson – Hellhound On My Trail
20 Blind Boy Fuller – Get Your Yas Yas Out

Disc 2
1 Robert Johnson – Cross Road Blues
2 Memphis Minnie – Me And My Chauffeur Blues
3 Champion Jack Dupree – Junker Blues
4 Robert Petway – Catfish Blues
5 Albert Ammons/Pete Johnson – Barrelhouse Boogie
6 Big Bill Broonzy – Key To The Highway
7 Big Maceo – Worried Life Blues
8 Lead Belly – Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
9 Arthur Crudup – That’s Alright Mama
10 T-Bone Walker – Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
11 John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillen
12 Big Joe Williams – Baby Please Don’t Go
13 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Black Cat Bone
14 Elmore James – Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain’t Long)
15 Little Walter – Juke
16 B.B.King – Three O’Clock Blues
17 Little Walter – Mean Old World
18 Guitar Slim – The Things That I Used To Do
19 Lowell Fulson – Reconsider Baby
20 Junior Wells – ‘Bout The Break Of Day

Disc 3
1 Muddy Waters – I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
2 B.B. King – Every Day (I Have The Blues)
3 Sonny Boy Williamson II – Don’t Start Me To Talking
4 Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy
5 Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin’
6 Otis Rush – I Can’t Quit You Baby
7 John Lee Hooker – Dimples
8 Slim Harpo – I’m A King Bee
9 Magic Sam – All Your Love
10 Bobby “Blue” Bland – Further Up The Road
11 Muddy Waters – Got My Mojo Working
12 Elmore James – It Hurts Me Too
13 Buddy Guy – Sit And Cry(The Blues)
14 John Lee Hooker – Crawlin’ Kingsnake
15 Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful
16 Jimmy Reed – Baby What You Want Me To Do
17 Howlin’ Wolf – The Red Rooster
18 Etta James – I Just Want To Make Love To You
19 Freddie King – I’m Tore Down
20 Albert King – Don’t Throw Your Love On Me So Strong