 | The Complete Recordings by Robert Johnson
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.99 The start of any good blues collection begins here.
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 | Hoodoo Man Blues by Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.30 Maybe the finest non-compilation blues CD ever made.
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 | Howlin Wolf: The Chess Box by Howlin' Wolf
Buy new: $44.99 / Used from: $39.84 A personal favorite of mine. I could listen to just "Killing Floor" non-stop.
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 | The Chess Box :Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters
Buy new: $44.99 / Used from: $23.00 Just too much good Muddy and Wolf out there to buy single CD compilations
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 | John Lee Hooker: The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 by John Lee Hooker
Buy new: $24.96 / Used from: $7.84 This selection covers most of the companies that JHL recorded for.
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 | Tell Mama: The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions by Etta James
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.47 A great CD from her work in the early 60's - "Gold" is a good choice if you want her earlier stuff as well
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 | Live at the Regal by B.B. King
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.13 Maybe the best "blues" concert ever recorded
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 | Roots of Robert Johnson by Various Artists
Buy used from: $7.94 A good cross section of the early musicans who influence RJ
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 | The Complete Studio Recordings Mississippi John Hurt by Mississippi John Hurt
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $15.96 The sound is better than his Okeh stuff from 1928 and a lot more selection
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 | The Complete Library of Congress Sessions, 1941-1942 by Son House
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $51.61 I enjoy the rawness of his earlier recordings
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 | The Chess Box by Willie Dixon
Buy new: $25.98 / Used from: $17.39 An add on to my top 10 - This has a good cross sample of Chess artists - Will have some repeats with Muddy and Wolf though
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 | The Blues by Various Artists
Buy used from: $28.10 Another add on - Great selections from all eras of the blues
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