The Very Best of Blues – The Album (black disc labels)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

CD1:

Catalog number: 2252-1
Mastering SID code: IFPI LY88
Mould SID code: IFPI 1286
Matrix: barcode CA 2252CD1 @@ IFPI LY88 7/15/2014 3:04:39 PM 0000758278

CD2:

Catalog number: 2252-2
Mastering SID code: IFPI L039
Mould SID code: IFPI 1286
Matrix: barcode CA 2252CD2 @ IFPI L039 12/22/14 12:30:29 PM

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Annotation last modified on 2020-12-28 16:48 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Lucille
John Lee Hooker6:07
2The House of the Rising Sun
Blues Guitars United3:52
3I’m Your Witchdoctor
John Mayall2:13
4Leaving Blues
Johnny Winter2:47
5Got My Mojo Working
producer:
Johnny Otis
recording of:
Got My Mojo Working (original version)
lyricist and composer:
Preston Foster
publisher:
Dare Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
cover recording of:
Got My Mojo Working (Muddy Waters arrangement)
additional writer:
Morgan Field (blues musician)
arranger:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Dare Music Co.
version of:
Got My Mojo Working (original version)
Canned Heat2:41
6I Just Want to Make Love to You
Willie Dixon5:51
7Ain’t No Business We Can Do
Peppermint Harris5:42
8The Colour of the Blues
Travelling Blues / Gert Lange3:12
9Moth to a Flame
Roger Chapman4:57
10Wang‐Dang‐Doodle
recording of:
Wang Dang Doodle
lyricist:
Willie Dixon (in 1960-06)
composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Hoochie Coochie Music
Eric Clapton / Jimmy Page4:28
11Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot3:18
12So Fine
Elvin Bishop4:26
13Morning Dew
recording of:
Morning Dew
additional lyricist:
Tim Rose
lyricist and composer:
Bonnie Dobson
publisher:
Nina Music Company, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Grateful Dead3:44
14Near You
Boz Scaggs5:21
15Stagger Lee
Taj Mahal3:20
16Hey! Bo Diddley
John Hammond4:49
17Windy and Warm
Doc Watson2:22
18C. C. Rider (See See Rider)
Lightnin’ Hopkins3:14
19Ramblin’ Banjo
Roger McGuinn2:25
20Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Fred “Mississippi” McDowell3:30
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Shake, Rattle and Roll
Joe Turner3:02
2I Was Robbed Last Night
Electric Flag / Mike Bloomfield4:42
3Long Way Back Home
Gordon Lightfoot2:59
4Better Walk the Line
Linda Ronstadt3:36
5Jungle Blues
Boz Scaggs3:48
6Out on the Water Coast
Eric Clapton2:57
7Let’s Get Together
Jimmy Reed2:54
8Going Down Slow
cover recording of:
Goin’ Down Slow
lyricist and composer:
James Burke Oden (blues singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Leeds Music, MCA Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Ray Charles2:48
9Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie
Louis Jordan2:49
10I’m the Midnight Creeper
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson3:31
11Texas Hop
Pee Wee Crayton3:18
12Driftin’ Blues
Charles Brown4:06
13Baby Please Don’t Go
recording of:
Baby Please Don't Go
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music MV GmbH (music publishing)
version of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
Muddy Waters3:16
14Payday
Jesse Winchester4:41
15Johnny G. Is Back
Johnny “Guitar” Watson5:17
16Walkin’ and Talkin’
Bo Diddley2:40
17Fannie Mae
Johnny Otis3:15
18Hush
Roy Milton3:03
19Goin’ Back to L.A.
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers3:28
20Saturday‐Night Fish Fry
Louis Jordan5:16