Best Of The Blues(3-Pk Fo (2000)

Product Summary Label: Madacy Entertainment UPC: 00628261066025 Release Date: 12/20/2005 Buy.com Sku: 63856534 Item#: MG3QJE Buy.com Sales Rank: 26588 Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. How Blue Can You Get ~ B.B. King ------ 2. Bullfrog Blues ~ Canned Heat ------ 3. Blues After Hours ~ Pee Wee Crayton ------ 4. Woman Is The Root Of All Evil ~ Dr. John ------ 5. Boogie Thang ~ James Cotton Blues Band ------ 6. 3:00 In The Morning Blues ~ Ike & Tina Turner ------ 7. Low Down Dirty Dog Blues ~ Johnny Otis ------ 8. Baby What You Want Me To Do ~ John Mayall ------ 9. Big Fat Mama ~ Mississippi Fred McDowell ------ 10. I Won't Cry Anymore ~ Big Maybelle ------ Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Jumping The Blues ~ Jimmy McGriff ------ 2. Cow Cow Blues ~ Memphis Slim ------ 3. Where Did You Sleep Last Night ~ Leadbelly ------ 4. You've Done Lost A Good Thing ~ B.B. King ------ 5. Mojo Hand ~ Lightnin' Hopkins ------ 6. First Time I Met The Blues ~ Buddy Guy ------ 7. Blues Is My Middle Name ~ Ray Charles ------ 8. Trouble Blues ~ Charles Brown ------ 9. Boogie Woogie Blues ~ Roy Brown ------ 10. Big Road Blues ~ Canned Heat ------ Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Blues In The Ghetto ~ Pee Wee Crayton ------ 2. Fanny Mae ~ James Cotton Blues Band ------ 3. Barrelhouse Blues ~ Johnny Otis ------ 4. Don't Let Him See You Cry ~ Big Maybelle ------ 5. Unknown Blues ~ Mississippi Fred McDowell ------ 6. Blue & Disgusted ~ Memphis Slim ------ 7. Bourgeois Blues, The ~ Leadbelly ------ 8. Catfish Blues ~ B.B. King ------ 9. Just Sitting Down Thinkin' ~ Lightnin' Hopkins ------ 10. Every Day I Have The Blues ~ B.B. King ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Unlike most of the Madacy collections on the market, the Best of Blues set consists of mostly high-quality blues recordings from some of the biggest names in the genre. Many different aspects of the blues are here, from the delicate piano ballads of Billie Holiday and Ray Charles to the rock/blues rave-ups of Rare Earth and John Mayall to the traditional guitar-based work of B.B. King and Buddy Guy. Some incredible songs are unearthed for this collection too, like Charles Brown's guitar workout "Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand," Howlin' Wolf's incredible stop-and-start crawler "Ain't Superstitious," and Leadbelly's depressing race relations tale "The Bourgeois Blues." While many of these are songs that appear quite frequently on these types of collections, this particular set has a great track listing that complements the genre nicely. The sound quality is rough in spots, particularly on anything released before 1950, but the songs are still quite listenable despite the audible scratches and clicks. Fans of the genre may have most of these tracks, but to anyone looking to hear an inexpensive blues sampler that features some high-quality music, this is a great album to start with. ~ Bradley Torreano   Technical Info Release Date : 01/17/2006 Original Release Date : 2000 Catalog ID : 10660 Label : Madacy Distribution Number of Discs : 3 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00628261066025