The Ultimate Encyclopedia of American Blues Classics

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Annotation

There are some anomalies with this release.
The media are labelled 'The Ultimate Encyclopedia of American Blues Classics' and are dated 1997.
The Fatbox front cover and booklet, also the outer sleeve all say 'The Encyclopedia of Early Blues Classics'. The sleeve is (C) 2001.
The barcode and the cat. no. are consistent.
The packaging is a Fatbox in a card slip-case.

Annotation last modified on 2018-12-03 07:18 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Gulf Coast Blues
recording of:
The Gulf Coast Blues
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1923)
Mildred Bailey3:11
2Big Bill Blues
Big Bill Broonzy3:03
3Four Day Creep
Ida Cox3:28
4Lord I Wish I Could See
Reverend Gary Davis3:05
5Death Bell Blues
Tom Dickson3:11
6Little Rock Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-12-12)
guitar:
Can (on 1927-12-12) and Pet (on 1927-12-12)
vocals:
Pearl Dickson (on 1927-12-12)
Pearl Dickson3:04
7Homesick and Lonesome Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-26)
guitar:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1935-07-26)
vocals:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1935-07-26)
Blind Boy Fuller3:10
8John Henry
Woody Guthrie2:46
9Mister Crump
William Christopher Handy2:03
10Loveless Love
recording of:
Loveless Love
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
Billie Holiday3:18
11Black Man Blues
John Lee Hooker3:31
12Guitar Lightnin'
Lightnin’ Hopkins4:18
13Louis Collins
Mississippi John Hurt2:47
14Match Box Blues
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) (in 1927-04)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) (in 1927-04)
recording of:
Match Box Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter)
Blind Lemon Jefferson3:11
15Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
publisher:
Harmony (20s/30s US)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999)
recording of:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3.753:21
16I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-23)
recording of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom (on 1936-11-23)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
Robert Johnson52:59
17The Gallis Pole
recording of:
The Gallis Pole
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
version of:
The Maid Freed From the Gallows (traditional song - not the Led Zep arrangement)
Lead Belly3:06
18Billy Lyons and Stackolee
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-10-09)
guitar and lead vocals:
Furry Lewis (American country blues guitarist) (on 1927-10-09)
vocals:
Furry Lewis (American country blues guitarist) (on 1927-10-09)
Furry Lewis2:37
19Atlanta Blues
Sara Martin2:56
20Scarey Day Blues
recording of:
Scarey Day Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell3:02
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