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
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Where Is My Good Man At?
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1932-02-03) and Memphis Minnie (on 1932-02-03)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1932-02-03)
recording of:
Where Is My Good Man
Memphis Minnie3:03
234 Blues
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-01-30)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-01-30)
Charley Patton2:58
3Sleep Talkin' Blues
Ma Rainey3:13
4Sugar Mama Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1934-03-23, on 1934-05-12)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1934-03-23, on 1934-05-12)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1934-03-23)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1934-03-23, on 1934-05-12)
recording of:
Sugar Mama (on 1934-03-23)
composer:
Tampa Red
Tampa Red3:29
5May Be the Last Time
Otis Rush4:01
6The Gin House Blues
Bessie Smith3:16
7I Just Want a Little Bit
Otis Spann3:33
8Black Gal
Victoria Spivey2:48
9Mountain Blues
Sonny Terry3:13
10Ball and Chain
Big Mama Thornton7:29
11Red Hot Mama
Sophie Tucker2:44
12Doin' Time
T‐Bone Walker3:03
13Blue Mood
Little Walter3:30
14St. Louis Blues
Ethel Waters2:18
15Hoochie Coochie Man
recording of:
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music Ltd., Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Pub Co Ltd (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Willie Dixon Music
Muddy Waters3:04
16Special Stream Line
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-08)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-08)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
Bukka White2:56
17Black and Evil Blues
Josh White3:16
18Cool Cool Blues
recording engineer:
Bill Holford
producer:
Lillian McMurry
double bass:
Cliff Bivens
drums (drum set):
Frock O'Dell
guitar:
Joe Willie Wilkins
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
piano:
Dave Cambell
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
recording of:
Cool, Cool Blues
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:45
19Skidrow Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon2:52
20Evil
recording of:
Evil (aka “Evil Is Going On”)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Howlin’ Wolf5:12