This Is Blues (2007)

Product Summary Label: Koch Entertainment Dist UPC: 00881162807429 Release Date: 6/26/2007 Buy.com Sku: 204830143 Item#: M3NGCU Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson ~ Various Artists 2. High Water - Charley Patton ~ Various Artists 3. Garlic Blues - Helen Blues ~ Various Artists 4. Morning Sun Blues - Mary Johnson ~ Various Artists 5. Goin' To Chicago - Jimmy Rushing ~ Various Artists 6. How Long Blues - Esquires ~ Various Artists 7. Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker ~ Various Artists 8. Chewin' Mama Blues - Dinah Washington ~ Various Artists 9. Dream Lucky Blues - Julia Lee ~ Various Artists 10. Mean Red Spider - Muddy Waters ~ Various Artists 11. Lovin' Blues - Martha Davis & The Esquires ~ Various Artists 12. Confession Blues - Ray Charles/The Maxin Trio ~ Various Artists 13. She Knows How To Love A Man - Robert Nighthawk ~ Various Artists 14. Bad Luck Got My Man - Big Mama Thornton ~ Various Artists 15. Midnight Dreams - Big Jay McNeely ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Mother Earth - Memphis Slim ~ Various Artists 2. Catfish Blues - Bob 'Slim Thomas ~ Various Artists 3. Everybody's Fishing - Elmore James/Willie Love & His Three Aces ~ Various Artists 4. Delta Blues - Big Joe Williams ~ Various Artists 5. Smile At Me - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists 6. Make A Litte Love With Me - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup ~ Various Artists 7. From The Bottom - Sonny Boy Williamson ~ Various Artists 8. Come On In This House - Junior Wells ~ Various Artists 9. You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - B.B. King ~ Various Artists 10. Broken-Hearted Blues - Buddy Guy ~ Various Artists 11. Majo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins ~ Various Artists 12. Blues - Roosevelt Sykes ~ Various Artists 13. Little Dreamer - John Lee Hooker/The Groundhogs ~ Various Artists 14. You Got To Move - Mississippi Fred Mcdowell ~ Various Artists 15. Driftin' Blues - Charles Brown ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Heartbreaker - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 2. Alone In The City - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 3. Can Anyone Ask For More? - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 4. Rockin'chair Blues - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 5. How Long Blues - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 6. You'll Always Miss The Water - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 7. You Be My Baby - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 8. I've Had My Fun - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 9. Honey, Honey - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 10. Tell Me How Do You Feel - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 11. What'd I Say - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists 12. Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info There are countless blues compilations out there, and at first glance, this two-disc, 30-track selection doesn't seem to be anything special, but a closer look reveals that it covers a fairly wide spectrum, both in the number of blues styles it includes (prewar country-blues to Chicago blues, jump blues, folk-blues and more) and in the years it considers (disc one covers 1927 to 1950, while disc two carries things from 1950 through 1973). It also features relatively rare tracks even when the artist is well known (Muddy Waters is represented by "Mean Red Spider," for instance, rather than one of his better known songs like "I Can't Be Satisfied"), which doesn't necessarily make this collection essential, but it does make it more likely to fill in some cracks for listeners who may already have a large blues library. [Some editions of This Is Blues included a bonus third disc of twelve Ray Charles' tracks that were originally released by Cleopatra Records as a standalone album called Essentials.] ~ Steve Leggett Producer: Athan Maroulis   Technical Info Release Date : 06/26/2007 Original Release Date : 2007 Catalog ID : MCS-80742 Label : Master Classics Number of Discs : 3 Runtime : 127m : 47s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00881162807429    Related Videos This Time: Robert Cray Ballad Of John Henry Joe ...