House of Blues: Essential Blues

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Intro	[unknown]		0:42
2	Dust My Blues recording of: Dust My Blues additional writer: Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) writer: Joe Bihari and Elmore James version of: Dust My Broom	Elmore James		3:14
3	Three O'Clock Blues recording of: Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946) writer: Lowell Fulson publisher: Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music	B.B. King		3:01
4	Killing Floor recording of: Killing Floor lyricist and composer: Chester Arthur Burnett	Howlin’ Wolf		3:14
5	Stop Watching Your Enemies engineer: David Axelbaum, Steve Frisk and Justin Niebank producer: Bruce Iglauer, Criss Johnson and Koko Taylor mixer: David Axelbaum bass guitar [bass]: Jerry Murphy guitar: Criss Johnson harmonica: Ray "Killer" Allison keyboard [keyboards]: Jim Dortch vocals: Koko Taylor recorded at: Streeterville Studios in Chicago, United States	Koko Taylor		5:16
6	Messin' With the Kid recording of: Messin’ With the Kid writer: Mel London publisher: Downtown DMP Songs	Junior Wells		2:23
7	Better Off With the Blues	Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown		4:26
8	When You Walk Out the Door	Albert King		4:19
9	Don't Start Me to Talkin'	Sonny Boy Williamson		2:57
10	Blues in the Basement	Rufus Thomas		4:16
11	Little Bluebird	Little Milton		6:31
12	Mojo Hand	Lightnin’ Hopkins		3:46
13	Big Boss Man cover recording of: Big Boss Man writer: Luther Dixon and Al Smith (US blues artist) publisher: Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), EMI Unart Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Mijac Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Tristan Music Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ロックンロールミュージック	Jimmy Reed		2:52
14	Boogie Chillen	John Lee Hooker		3:06
15	I'll Take Care of You	Bobby “Blue” Bland		2:24
16	Otis in the Dark engineer: George Piros producer: Nat Hentoff guitar: Robert Lockwood, Jr. (on 1960-08-23) piano: Otis Spann (on 1960-08-23) recorded at: Fine Recording Studios in Manhattan, United States (on 1960-08-23) recording of: Otis in the Dark writer: Otis Spann	Otis Spann		4:35

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Intro	House of Blues		0:21
2	Master Charge	Albert Collins		5:08
3	Mother Nature	Koko Taylor		4:42
4	Walking the Backstreets and Crying	Little Milton		6:48
5	Give Me Back My Wig	Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers		3:35
6	Prisoner of Love recorded in: New York, United States (on 1962-12-17) producer: James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Hal Neely lead vocals: James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (on 1962-12-17) recorded at: Bell Sound Studios in New York, United States (on 1962-12-17) cover recording of: Prisoner of Love (on 1962-12-17) lyricist: Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) composer: Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor) and Clarence Gaskill publisher: Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)	James Brown	4	2:25
7	You Upset Me Baby recording of: You Upset Me Baby writer: Riley B. King and Jules Taub publisher: BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)	B.B. King		3:02
8	Let's Straighten It Out	Latimore		5:33
9	I'll Play the Blues for You	Albert King		7:15
10	Must Have Been the Devil	Otis Spann		2:40
11	Dimples bass: George Washington (1950s bassist) (in 1956) guitar: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1956) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer) (in 1956) vocals: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1956) recording of: Dimples (in 1956) lyricist: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1956) composer: James Bracken publisher: Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Costoma Publishing Company and Tristan Music Ltd.	John Lee Hooker	4	2:12
12	Rainin' in My Heart	Slim Harpo		3:01
13	The Getaway	Fenton Robinson		3:19
14	Too Much Sugar for a Dime	Katie Webster		4:08
15	Bright Lights, Big City recording of: Bright Lights, Big City lyricist and composer: Jimmy Reed (blues musician) publisher: Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	Jimmy Reed		2:47
16	Drivin' Wheel	Junior Parker		2:36

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ASIN:	US: B000003QY0 [info]

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/958908 [info]

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Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 1:56:36

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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House of Blues
7001087000-2/4

Release events

1995-07-25

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