Century Of The Blues (2003)

Product Summary Label: United States Of Dist. UPC: 00823564601724 Release Date: 8/24/2004 Buy.com Sku: 61017102 Item#: MN94MG Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Mississippi Boweavil Blues ~ Charley Patton ------ 2. My Black Mama (Part 1) ~ Son House ------ 3. Future Blues ~ Willie Brown ------ 4. Canned Heat ~ Tommy Johnson ------ 5. Left Alone Blues ~ Ishmon Bracey ------ 6. Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil) ~ Robert Johnson ------ 7. Kind Hearted Woman Blues ~ Robert Johnson ------ 8. Wind Howlin' Blues ~ David Honeyboy Edwards ------ 9. Devil Got My Woman ~ Skip James ------ 10. Shake 'Em On Down ~ Bukka White ------ 11. Sitting On Top Of The World ~ Mississippi Sheiks ------ 12. Stack O'Lee Blues ~ Mississippi John Hurt ------ 13. Barrelhouse Blues ~ Ed Andrews ------ 14. Catfish Blues ~ Robert Petway ------ 15. Bottle It up and Go ~ Tommy McClennan ------ 16. Bull Frog Blues ~ William Harris ------ 17. Mule Skinner Blues ~ Jimmie Rodgers ------ 18. Farewell Blues ~ Sol Hoopii ------ 19. Old Original Kokomo Blues ~ Kokomo Arnold ------ 20. Country Blues ~ Muddy Waters ------ 21. I Be's Troubled ~ Muddy Waters ------ 22. Boogie Chillen ~ John Lee Hooker ------ 23. Little Boy Blue ~ Robert Lockwood, Jr. ------ 24. Ramblin' ~ Johnny Shines ------ 25. Yellow Dog Blues ~ Sam Collins ------ Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Matchbox Blues ~ Blind Lemon Jefferson ------ 2. Ground Hog Blues ~ Ramblin' Thomas ------ 3. Gallis Blues ~ Leadbelly ------ 4. Evil Hearted Woman Blues ~ Oscar Woods ------ 5. Outside Woman Blues ~ Blind Joe Reynolds ------ 6. Maxwell Street Blues ~ Papa Charlie Jackson ------ 7. Bulldoze Blues ~ Henry Thomas ------ 8. Black Ace ~ Black Ace ------ 9. It's Nobody's Fault But Mine ~ Blind Willie Johnson ------ 10. Gone Dead Train, The ~ King Solomon Hill ------ 11. Wake Up With The Blues In My FIngers ~ Lonnie Johnson ------ 12. Penitentiary Moan Blues ~ Alger "Texas" Alexander ------ 13. Katie Mae ~ Lightnin' Hopkins ------ 14. Diddle Wa Diddle ~ Blind Blake ------ 15. I Want Some Of Your Pie ~ Blind Boy Fuller ------ 16. Mama T'aint Long Fo' Day ~ Blind Willie McTell ------ 17. Motherless Chile Blues ~ Barbecue Bob ------ 18. Jealous Hearted Blues ~ Charley Lincoln ------ 19. No No Blues ~ Curley Weaver ------ 20. Guitar Rag ~ Sylvester Weaver ------ 21. Big Legged Blues ~ Brownie McGhee ------ 22. Twelve Gates to the City ~ Rev. Gary Davis ------ 23. Every Day in the Week Blues ~ Pink Anderson ------ 24. Runaway Man Blues ~ Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council ------ 25. Diver Duck Blues ~ Sleepy John Estes ------ Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Careless Love Blues ~ Bessie Smith ------ 2. Goin' Crazy With the Blues ~ Mamie Smith ------ 3. Whip It To A Jelly ~ Clara Smith ------ 4. See See Rider ~ Ma Rainey ------ 5. Mister Man (Part 1) ~ Ida Cox ------ 6. Murder in the First Degree ~ Victoria Spivey ------ 7. I'm A Mighty Tight Woman ~ Sippie Wallace ------ 8. Black Angel Blues ~ Lucille Bogan ------ 9. Long Ways From Home ~ Louis Jordan ------ 10. Downhearted Blues ~ Alberta Hunter ------ 11. Rock Island Blues ~ Walter "Furry" Lewis ------ 12. Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home ~ Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers ------ 13. Rollin' and Tumblin' Blues ~ Hambone Willie Newbern ------ 14. Moanin' the Blues ~ Allen Shaw ------ 15. He's in the Jailhouse Now ~ Memphis Jug Band ------ 16. That's No Way To Get Along ~ Robert Wilkins ------ 17. What's the Matter Blues ~ Frank Stokes ------ 18. How Long, How Long Blues ~ Leroy Carr ------ 19. Cow Cow Blues ~ Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport ------ 20. Bricks in My Pillow ~ Bumble Bee Slim ------ 21. Honeydripper, The ~ Roosevelt Sykes ------ 22. Strut that Thing ~ Cripple Clarence Lofton ------ 23. Blues At Midnight ~ Memphis Slim ------ 24. Gangster's Blues ~ Peetie Wheatstraw ------ 25. Kokomo Bllues ~ Scrapper Blackwell ------ Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Key To The Highway ~ Big Bill Broonzy ------ 2. Baby Please Don't Go ~ Big Joe Williams ------ 3. Poor Man Blues ~ Henry Townsend ------ 4. You Can't Get That Stuff No More ~ Tampa Red ------ 5. Worried Life Blues ~ Big Maceo Merriweather ------ 6. Jockey Blues ~ Jazz Gillum ------ 7. That's All Right ~ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup ------ 8. When the Levee Breaks ~ Kansas Joe ------ 9. Me and My Chauffeur ~ Memphis Minnie ------ 10. Guitar Swing ~ Casey Bill Weldon ------ 11. Mama Don't Allow No.2 ~ Washboard Sam ------ 12. Gypsy Woman ~ Muddy Waters ------ 13. Moanin' at Midnight ~ Howlin' Wolf ------ 14. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl ~ Sonny Boy Williamson ------ 15. Eyesight To the Blind ~ Sonny Boy Williamson ------ 16. Evans Shuffle ~ Little Walter ------ 17. This Train ~ Sister Rosetta Tharpe ------ 18. Prowling Nighthawk ~ Robert Nighthawk ------ 19. Ain't Nobody's Business Part 1 ~ Jimmy Witherspoon ------ 20. Dust My Broom ~ Elmore James ------ 21. B.B. Boogie ~ B.B. King ------ 22. Three O Clock Boogie ~ B.B. King ------ 23. Everyday i Have the Blues ~ Lowell Fulson ------ 24. Mean Old World ~ T ------ 25. Call It Stormy Monday ~ T ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Liner Note Author: Dominic Pedlar. The idea is simple enough -- celebrate a century of blues by releasing a four-CD box set with the 100 greatest blues tracks ever. And, to be fair, they have the artists, everyone from Bessie Smith to Robert Johnson, and Muddy Waters to Mississippi John Hurt. But quality is always in the ear of the beholder, and these aren't always the greatest tracks. Plus, if you're going to subtitle your set "The Definitive Country Blues Collection" then what is someone like Bessie Smith doing there in the first place? She might have been the greatest of the early blues singers, but no one would readily call her music country blues. However, it does recover from that, to make a good -- if not definitive -- statement, helped by the inclusion of a detailed, 64-page booklet. As blues compilations go (and a few blues compilations can go a long way) it's fair, although not outstanding. ~ Chris Nickson   Technical Info Release Date : 08/24/2004 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 424 Label : United States Of Distribution LTD. Number of Discs : 4 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00823564601724    Related Videos This Time: Robert Cray Ballad Of John Henry Joe ...