Absolutely the Best

~ Release by Big Joe Williams (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Cottage Grove
Big Joe Williams2:35
2Meet Me in the Bottom
Big Joe Williams2:18
3Bessemer Baby
Big Joe Williams3:24
4Baby Please Don’t Go (track 1)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Big Joe Williams2:06
5Baby Please Don’t Go (track 2)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-07-22)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
membranophone:
Lawrence "Judge" Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
additional performer:
Alfred Elkins and Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Big Joe Williams2:56
6Shake Your Boogie
Big Joe Williams2:07
7Jump Baby Jump
Big Joe Williams2:05
8Mean Mistreater
Big Joe Williams3:09
9Prison Bound
Big Joe Williams2:15
10Chain Gang Blues
Big Joe Williams w/ Lightnin’ Hopkins and Sonny & Brownie5:27
11Razor Sharp Blues
Big Joe Williams4:19
12I Feel So Worried
Big Joe Williams2:58
13So Soon I’ll Be Goin’ My Way Back Home
Big Joe Williams3:37
14Shake ’em on Down
Big Joe Williams2:49
15Don’t You Leave Me Here
Big Joe Williams3:05
16Fickle Pickle
Big Joe Williams3:17
17Ramblin’ and Wanderin’ Blues
Big Joe Williams2:35
18Don’t the Apples Look Mellow
Big Joe Williams3:00
19El Paso Blues
Big Joe Williams2:21
20Shaggy Hound Blues
Big Joe Williams3:25