Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Billie Holiday
2. Stormy Monday Blues - Joe Turner
3. Catfish Blues - B.B. King
4. Information Blues - Roy Milton
5. Dust My Broom - Elmore James
6. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Billie Holiday
7. Squeeze Me, Baby - Big Joe Turner
8. B.B. Boogie - B.B. King
9. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Billie Holiday
10. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
11. Barrel House Blues - Johnny Otis
12. Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton

Disc 2:

1. Wee Baby Blues - Big Joe Turner
2. Frisco Blues - John Lee Hooker
3. Don't Explain - Billie Holiday
4. Look on Yonder Wall - Elmore James
5. Please Love Me - B.B. King
6. Slow Fuse - Johnny Otis
7. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
8. Goin' Down Slow - Billie Holiday, Gatemouth Moore
9. Did You Ever Love a Woman - Gatemouth Moore
10. Piney Brown Blues - Big Joe Turner
11. Outskirts of Town - Louis Jordan
12. Foolin' Myself - Billie Holiday

Disc 3:

1. Trouble Blues - John Lee Hooker
2. Hey Now - Ray Charles
3. It's Easy to Remember - Billie Holiday
4. I'm Wonderin' and Wonderin' - Ray Charles
5. Whiskey and Wimmen' - John Lee Hooker
6. Bad Luck Shadow - Johnny Otis
7. 'Round About Midnight - Richard Berry
8. Trouble in Mind
9. Alimony Blues - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
10. Process - John Lee Hooker
11. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? - Ray Charles
12. Sky Is Crying - Elmore James

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #199495 in Music
• Released on: 1997-06-03
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Album Description
Blues Collection with Eddie "Clean Head" Vinson and others

Customer Reviews

Disappointing
If you are into modern blues such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton or recent B.B. King this album is not for you. The recordings are poorly done and the blues are so old that they sound more like 30's jazz. I realize that this is where blues started but if you enjoy listening to that fast blues guitar or harmonica you will not find it here.

This set would be better if all the tracks were labeled correctly
This set is a pretty good overview of 40s-50s blues (With the exception of the Holliday tracks) and it is worth noting that the following tracks are mislabeled:
Disc 1, track 2 should be: Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch
Disc 1, track 7 soulld be: Muddy Waters - Iodine In My Coffee
Disc 3, track 11 should be: Muddy Waters - Train Fare Home

Broad Selection of Good Blues
This collection carries a little bit of everything. From the Jazz of the 40's, like Billie Holiday to the Blues of the 70's. Chicago, Delta, Memphis, New York blues. It's all here. It's missing some of the greats, like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Lightin' Hopkins, but hey! There's only 3 disc's!
Blues purists may sell it short but it's a good listenin' set. Killer background tunes to fill in between sets. And damn good party music. I don't think there's a bad cut in the whole collection. A lot of it lesser known. And not all of it electric. Muddy Waters may have invented 'lectricity but an old accoustic was good enough for Robert Johnson.
I recommend this set for anyone that likes the blues but isn't a geek about it. And it's priced right. I just wish they would put out more disc's. I'd buy 'em in a heart beat!