Essential Blues Anthology [Gatefold, 2LP Vinyl SET]

Artist: VARIOUS ARTISTS
Format: 2LP
Bar-code: 5060403742490
Cat No: NOT2LP249

£17.99

Why is the blues such an enduring strand of popular music? Eric Clapton simply called it ‘a very powerful drug…I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook.’ The 32 tracks in this collection are an enjoyable history lesson. With tracks such as “I Put A Spell On You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins or Otis Rush’s “I Can’t Quit You Baby”, this compilation demonstrates why this genre, that evolved out of African-American work songs, became the foundation of virtually every mayor American music form of the 20th century.

 

LP 1 SIDE ONE
1. Smoke Stack Lightning – Howlin’ Wolf
2. Every Day I Have The Blues – B.B. King
3. It’s My Life – Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland
4. Messin’ Around – Memphis Slim
5. Little Rain – Jimmy Reed
6. Just Your Fool – Little Walter
7. Buzz Me Babe – Slim Harpo
8. Dust My Broom – Elmore James

LP 1 SIDE TWO
1. I’m A Man – Bo Diddley
2. Just Make Love To – Me Muddy Waters
3. The Things That I Used To Do – Guitar Slim
4. Trouble, Trouble – Lowell Fulson
5. When My Left Eye Jumps – Buddy Guy
6. Don’t Start Me To Talkin’ – Sonny Boy Williamson
7. C.C. Rider – Chuck Willis
8. Queen Bee – John Lee Hooker

 

LP 2 SIDE ONE
1. I’m A King Bee – Slim Harpo
2. I Can’t Quit You Baby – Otis Rush
3. Stormy Monday Blues – T-Bone Walker
4. Dimples – John Lee Hooker
5. Tell Me Baby – Big Bill Broonzy
6. Rock Me – Muddy Waters
7. I Hear You Knocking – Smiley Lewis
8. Evil – Howlin’ Wolf

LP 2 SIDE TWO
1. I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man – Muddy Waters
3. Patrol Blues – Lazy Lester
4. Farther Up The Road – Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland
5. Blood River Blues – Brownie McGee
6. 24 Hours – Eddie Boyd
7. Keep It To Yourself – Sonny Boy Williamson
8. When The Lights Go Out – Jimmy Witherspoon