Summary: A distillation of the five-disc series, this album has so many different artists and styles that it is made very clear that the blues are as varied and individual as the artists themselves.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: UTV Records 2003

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Contents: Volume 1. Dirty mother for you / (Roosevelt Sykes) -- So glad you're mine / (Arthur "Big BOy" crudup -- Too much alcohol / (J.B. Hutto & his Hawks) -- I wonder why / (Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins) -- Help me (A tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson) / (Junior Wells) -- I've got a mind to give up living / (B.B. King with Sonny Freeman and the Unusuals) -- John Henry / (Mississippi Fred McDowell) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Contents: Sound the bell / [performed by] Johnny Winter (3:23) -- Come to mama / [performed by] Koko Taylor (4:36) -- Satisfy Suzie / [performed by] Lonnie Mack (4:07) -- Blackjack / [performed by] Albert Collins, with Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland (6:26) -- Goin' home / [performed by] Son Seals (3:25) -- Don't take advantage of me / [performed by] Lonnie Brooks (4:00) -- Short fuse / [performed by]...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Alligator Records 1986

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Cotton, James

Contents: Mississippi freight train -- You didn't think about that -- Pacific blues -- Take a message -- Hungry country girl -- Hucklebuck -- One little piece of shade -- Living the blues -- Black knights -- Mississippi saxophone -- Cotton in the kitchen -- Certified -- Mississippi freight train (pt. 2).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Gitanes Jazz 1994

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Contents: Ain't nobody here but me / Little Brother Montgomery (Little Brother Montgomery) (3:15) -- Bumble bee / Memphis Minnie (John Lee Granderson) (2:35) -- Murderin' blues / Robert Nighthawk (Robert Nighthawk) (4:55) -- Hotel Lorraine / Otis Spann (Otis Spann) (3:45) -- Sinkin' blues / Joe Lee Williams (Big Joe Williams) (2:25) -- Worried life blues / Maceo Merriweather (Johnnie Jones) (2:10) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1993

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Contents: Juke / (Little Walter & His Night Cats), Marion Walter Jacobs (02:43) -- Ends & odds / (Jimmy Reed), Jimmy Reed (02:24) -- Rocket 88 / (Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet), Jackie Brenston (02:05) -- Help me / (Sonny Boy Williamson), Sonny Boy Williamson (03:09) -- Messin' with the kid / (Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band), Mel London (02:23) -- Blues with a feeling / (The Paul Butterfield Blues Band) /...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 1992

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Cotton, James

Contents: Down at your buryin' (4:32) -- All walks of life (3:34) -- You got my nose open (4:18) -- Dealin' with the devil (3:34) -- Strange things happen (4:20) -- Country boy (3:21) -- Vineyard blues (3:29) -- Worried life blues (4:05) -- Two trains runnin' (4:53) -- Ozark mountain railroad (3:45) -- Sad letter (4:14) -- Play with your poodle (3:39) -- Blues in my sleep (6:10) -- Everybody's fishin'...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Verve/Gitanes Blues Productions 1996

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Joplin, Janis.

Contents: Disc one. What good can drinkin' do (2:42) -- Trouble in mind (3:04) -- Hesitation blues (4:03) -- Easy rider (2:22) ; Coo coo (2:04) ; Down on me (2:04) ; The last time (2:15) ; All is loneliness (2:18) ; Call on me (3:36) ; Women is losers (5:05) ; Intruder (2:31) ; Light is faster than sound (2:30) ; Bye, bye baby (2:37) ; Farewell song (4:23) ; Flower in the sun (3:11) ; Misery'n (4:07) ;...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 1993

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Contents: disc 1. You upset me baby (B.B. King) -- Midnight in the Barrel House (Johnny Otis feat. Pete "Guitar" Lewis) -- First time I met the blues (Buddy Guy) -- Cotton crop blues (James Cotton feat. Pat Hare) -- Lookin' for my baby (Little Milton) -- Rock me (Muddy Waters) -- The stumble (Freddy King) -- All your love (I miss loving) (Otis Rush) -- Chicken-hearted woman (Clarence Samuels feat. Johnny...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Fantastic Voyage/Future Noise Music 2012

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Muddy Waters

Contents: My home is in the delta (3:58) -- Long distance (3:30) -- My captain / Willie Dixon (5:10) -- Good morning little school girl / Sonny Boy Williamson (3:12) -- You gonna need my help (3:10) -- Cold weather blues (4:41) -- Big leg woman / John Temple (3:25) -- Country boy (3:27) -- Feel like going home (3:51) -- Bonus tracks: The same thing (2:45) / Willie Dixon -- You can't lose what you never...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: MCA/Chess 1999

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House, Son.

Contents: My Black Mama, pt. 1 -- My Black Mama, pt. 2 -- Preachin' the blues, pt. 1 -- Preachin' the blues, pt. 2 -- Dry spell blues, pt. 1 -- Dry spell blues, pt. 2 -- Levee camp blues -- Government fleet blues -- Walking blues -- Shetland pony blues -- camp hollers -- Delta blues -- Special rider blues, 2 -- Low down dirty dog blues -- Depot blues -- American defense -- Am I right or wrong? -- Walking...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Proper Records 2004

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Seals, Son.

Contents: Believe to my soul (4:14) -- Going home (Where women got meat on their bones) (3:49) -- Bad axe (3:13) -- Don't pick me for your fool (5:01) -- Buzzard luck (5:04) -- Telephone angel (You're on my mind) (5:26) -- Life all by myself (3:44) -- Your love is like a cancer (4:35) -- Landlord at my door (4:26) -- Now that I'm down (6:01) -- I can't hold out 4:18) -- Before the bullets fly (3:54) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Alligator 2002

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Spencer, Jon

Contents: Do the trash can -- Fake -- Overlord -- Time 2 be bad -- Ghost -- Beetle boots -- Hornet -- Wilderness -- Love handle -- I got the hits -- Alien humidity -- Cape.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: In The Red Records 2018

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Contents: C.C. Rider (Big Bill Broonzy) (2:34) -- Woman in Elaine, Arkansas (Roosevelt Sykes) (2:23) -- Death letter blues (Son House) (2:58) -- Your crying won't make me stay (K.C. Douglas and Richard Riggins) (2:43) -- Columbus, Mississippi blues (Bukka White) (3:30) -- I'm goin' to walk your log (William "Cat Iron" Carradine) (1:53) -- Why did you go last night (Clifton Chenier) (3:17) -- I stand and...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2018

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Contents: Rich woman / Li'l Millet and his Creoles -- Mystery train / Junior Parker -- Pretty thing / Bo Diddley -- Big boss man / Jimmy Reed -- Baby please don't go / Big Joe Williams -- Mellow down easy / Little Walter -- (I'm your) Hoochie coochie man / Muddy Waters -- Key to the highway / Big Bill Broonzy -- I'm gonna kill that woman / John Lee Hooker -- Death letter blues / Son House -- I got love...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo 2010

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Various Artists

Contents: St. Louis blues (Bessie Smith) -- Match box blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson) -- Ain't no tellin' (Mississippi John Hurt) -- Lord, I just can't keep from cryin' (Blind Willie Johnson) -- Pigmeat is what I crave (Bo Carter) -- Southern can is mine (Blind Willie McTell) -- Low down St. Louis blues (Lonnie Johnson) -- Revenue man blues (Charley Patton) -- Stormy night blues (Leroy Carr) -- I believe...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1990

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Contents: Sliding Delta ; Candy man ; Coffee blues ; Stagolee ; Here I am Lord send me ; Pallet on your floor (Mississippi John Hurt) -- Devil got my woman ; Hard time killing floor blues (Skip James) -- Preaching blues ; Death letter blues ; Empire State express ; Son blues (Son House) -- Aberdeen Mississippi blues (Bukka White) -- Louise ; If the river was whiskey (Mississippi Fred McDowell) -- Walkin'...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard 2001

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Ida

Contents: Capitaine Gumbo (3:35) -- Grand Basile (2:58) -- Mazuka (2:55) -- La Louisiane (2:58) -- P'tit fille O'Paradis (3:08) -- Madame Ben (2:33) -- Bayou polka (2:56) -- Corps solide (2:29) -- Frisco Zydeco (4:02) -- La vierge (2:57) -- La femme du Doight (3:08) -- Vieux Paris (3:39) -- C'est la vie (4:35).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1986

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Contents: He's in the jailhouse now (Blind Blake) -- No job blues (Ramblin' Thomas) -- 22-20 blues (Skip James) -- Rising high water blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson) -- Down the dirt road blues (Charley Patton) -- Death cell blues (Blind Willie McTell) -- Rough rugged road (Bumble Bee Slim) -- Dry spell blues (Son House) -- Bad feeling blues (Blind Blake) -- Beale Town bound (the Beale Street Sheiks) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

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