Boxset / Compilation · 2023
Tracklist
Beale Street Mess Around 1914 - 1927
1-1 W. C. Handy– Mr. Crump And The Memphis Blues 4:00
1-2 Victor Military Band– The Memphis Blues - One Step 2:59
1-3 Handy's Memphis Blues Band– Yellow Dog Blues 3:12
1-4 Memphis Jug Band– Sun Brimmers 3:22
1-5 Memphis Jug Band– Memphis Jug 3:07
1-6 Sadie James– What Makes A Bow-Legged Woman Crazy 'Bout Her Knock-Kneed Man? 3:11
1-7 'Baby' Moore – Drop Down 3:26
1-8 Williamson Beale Street Frolic Orchestra – Midnight Frolic Drag 2:51
1-9 Sadie McKinney– Rock Away 3:11
1-10 Ollie Rupert– I Raised My Window And Looked At The Rising Sun 3:20
1-11 Blind Mamie Forehand– Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All 3:09
1-12 Ollie Rupert– Ain't Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog 3:11
1-13 Williamson's Beale Street Frolic Orchestra– Memphis Scronch 2:52
1-14 Furry Lewis– Everybody's Blues 2:52
1-15 Memphis Jug Band– Sunshine Blues 2:39
1-16 Memphis Jug Band– Memphis Boy 2:55
1-17 Beale Street Sheiks– It's A Good Thing 2:53
1-18 Beale Street Sheiks– Beale Town Bound 2:51
1-19 Beale Street Sheiks– Mr. Crump Don't Like It 2:36
1-20 Furry Lewis– Billy Lyons And Stack O Lee 2:29
1-21 Memphis Jug Band– Kansas City Blues 2:53
1-22 Memphis Jug Band, Jennie Clayton– I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train 3:12
1-23 Memphis Jug Band– Beale Street Mess Around 3:03
1-24 Will Weldon– Turpentine Blues 3:23
1-25 Vol Stevens– Vol Stevens Blues 3:18
Memphis Stomp 1927 - 1928
2-1 Banjo Joe– My Money Never Runs Out 2:49
2-2 Lewis Black – Rock Island Blues 3:03
2-3 Walter Rhodes With 'Pet' & 'Can' – The Crowing Rooster 3:23
2-4 Lewis Black – Corn Liquor Blues 2:55
2-5 Pearl Dickson– Twelve Pound Daddy 3:06
2-6 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Minglewood Blues 3:43
2-7 Jim Jackson – I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop 2:52
2-8 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Madison Street Rag 3:13
2-9 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Springdale Blues 3:06
2-10 Jim Jackson – My Monday Woman Blues 2:50
2-11 Memphis Jug Band– Snitchin' Gambler Blues 3:21
2-12 Frank Stokes– Bedtime Blues 2:56
2-13 Jim Jackson – My Mobile Central Blues 2:56
2-14 Memphis Stompers– Memphis Stomp 2:59
2-15 Lemmuel Turner – Jake Bottle Blues 3:09
2-16 Memphis Jug Band– Coal Oil Blues 3:31
2-17 Memphis Jug Band– Peaches In The Springtime 3:05
2-18 'Mooch' Richardson – 'Mooch' Richardson's Low Down Barrel House Blues 3:12
2-19 Jim Jackson – Bootlegging Blues 2:55
2-20 Jim Jackson – Policy Blues 3:07
2-21 Arthur Petties – Two Time Blues 3:20
2-22 McLaughlin's Old Time Melody Makers– Dill Pickles Rag 3:12
2-23 Keghouse– Keghouse Blues 3:18
2-24 Tom Dickson– Labor Blues 3:00
Hollywood Rag 1928 Continued
3-1 'Mooch' Richardson – Helena Blues 3:03
3-2 Tom Dickson– Happy Blues 3:00
3-3 'Mooch' Richardson – Burying Ground Blues 2:45
3-4 Original Washboard Band – Jasper Taylor Blues 3:11
3-5 Frank Stokes– Mistreatin' Blues 3:12
3-6 Frank Stokes– It Won't Be Long Now 3:22
3-7 Frank Stokes– Nehi Mamma Blues 3:03
3-8 Frank Stokes– I Got Mine 2:58
3-9 Jim Jackson – This Morning She Was Gone 3:13
3-10 Furry Lewis– I Will Turn Your Money Green 3:10
3-11 Furry Lewis– Furry's Blues 3:11
3-12 Frank Stokes– Stomp That Thing 3:15
3-13 Furry Lewis– Kassie Jones Pt 1 3:03
3-14 Furry Lewis– Cannon Ball Blues 3:11
3-15 Furry Lewis– Judge Harsh Blues 2:59
3-16 Jim Jackson – I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana 3:32
3-17 Frank Stokes– 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do 3:08
3-18 Frank Stokes– Take Me Back 3:08
3-19 Charlie Kyle– Kyle's Worried Blues 3:21
3-20 Charlie Kyle– Walking Blues 3:31
3-21 Jim Jackson – Traveling Man 3:17
3-22 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Pig Ankle Strut 3:02
3-23 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Ripley Blues 3:00
3-24 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Hollywood Rag 3:04
Fourth And Beale Late-1928 - Mid-1929
4-1 Jim Jackson – Bye, Bye, Policeman 2:59
4-2 Robert Wilkins– Rolling Stone 2:50
4-3 Robert Wilkins– Jail House Blues 3:31
4-4 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Feather Bed 3:10
4-5 Memphis Jug Band– Lindberg Hop 2:47
4-6 Memphis Jug Band– Sugar Pudding 2:41
4-7 Memphis Jug Band– A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake 2:46
4-8 Memphis Jug Band– On The Road Again 2:46
4-9 Memphis Jug Band– Whitewash Station Blues 2:42
4-10 Memphis Jug Band– Stealin' Stealin' 2:55
4-11 Memphis Jug Band– Jug Band Waltz 2:50
4-12 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Viola Lee Blues 3:08
4-13 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Riley's Wagon 2:56
4-14 Will Shade– Better Leave That Stuff Alone 3:23
4-15 Will Shade– She Stabbed Me With An Ice-Pick 3:20
4-16 Keghouse– Canned Heat Blues 3:05
4-17 Hambone Willie Newbern– Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does) 3:07
4-18 Hambone Willie Newbern– Shelby County Workhouse Blues 2:53
4-19 Hambone Willie Newbern– Roll And Tumble Blues 2:58
4-20 Cannon & Woods "The Beale Street Boys" – Fourth And Beale 2:45
4-21 Cannon & Woods "The Beale Street Boys" – Last Chance Blues 2:46
4-22 Memphis Jug Band– What's The Matter? 2:50
4-23 Furry Lewis– John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) Part 1 2:51
4-24 Furry Lewis– Black Gypsy Blues 2:47
4-25 Speckled Red (Rufus Perryman) – The Dirty Dozen 3:13
Walk Right In Later 1929
5-1 Frank Stokes– South Memphis Blues 2:54
5-2 Minnie Wallace– Dirty Butter 3:00
5-3 Minnie Wallace– The Old Folks Started It 2:42
5-4 Garfield Akers– Cottonfield Blues Pt 1 2:53
5-5 Jed Davenport– Cow Cow Blues 2:46
5-6 Jenny Pope– Whiskey Drinkin' Blues 3:12
5-7 Robert Wilkins– Alabama Blues 2:36
5-8 Robert Wilkins– Long Train Blues 3:04
5-9 Robert Wilkins– That's No Way To Get Along 2:56
5-10 Jim Jackson , Tampa Red, Georgia Tom, Speckled Red– Jim Jackson's Jamboree Pt 1 3:09
5-11 Hattie Hart– You Wouldn't, Would You, Papa? 3:14
5-12 Frank Stokes– Right Now Blues 3:04
5-13 John Estes*– Diving Duck Blues 3:13
5-14 Douglas Williams Orchestra – Undertaker Blues 2:54
5-15 John Estes & James Rachel – Little Sarah 3:08
5-16 John Estes – Broken Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too 3:17
5-17 Memphis Jug Band– I Can Beat You Plenty (That Hand You Tried To Deal Me) 2:50
5-18 Blind Clyde Church– Number Nine Blues 3:10
5-19 Frank Stokes– I'm Going Away Blues 2:57
5-20 Frank Stokes– Frank Stokes' Dream 2:57
5-21 Frank Stokes– Memphis Rounders Blues 2:50
5-22 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Going To Germany 3:13
5-23 Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers – Last Chance Blues 2:31
5-24 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Walk Right In 2:55
5-25 Memphis Sanctified Singers– He Got Better Things For You 2:56
Beale Street Breakdown Late 1929 - Early 1930
6-1 Mel Parker (Singing) With Douglas Williams Orchestra – Leaving Blues 3:06
6-2 Douglas Williams Orchestra – The Beale Street Sheik 2:58
6-3 Douglas Williams Orchestra – Thrill Me 3:06
6-4 Noah Lewis– Chickasaw Special 3:22
6-5 Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers – The Rooster's Crowing Blues 3:00
6-6 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Jonestown Blues 2:47
6-7 Memphis Jug Band– Memphis Yo Yo Blues 2:50
6-8 Memphis Jug Band– K.C. Moan 2:30
6-9 Memphis Jug Band– I Whipped My Woman With A Single Tree 3:00
6-10 Brother Williams' Memphis Sanctified Singers – I Will Meet You At The Station 2:39
6-11 Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band– Beale Street Breakdown 2:50
6-12 Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band– Jug Blues 2:56
6-13 Memphis Minnie– I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits 2:51
6-14 Memphis Minnie– Mister Tango Blues 3:35
6-15 Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band– You Ought To Move Out Of Town 3:11
6-16 Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band– Save Me Some 2:47
6-17 Joe Calicott – Fare Thee Well Blues 3:08
6-18 Joe Calicott – Traveling Mama Blues 3:12
6-19 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie– What Fault You Find Of Me? Part 1 2:41
6-20 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie– Can I Do It For You? Part 1 3:07
6-21 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie– She Wouldn't Give Me None 2:57
6-22 Robert Wilkins– I'll Go With Her Blues 3:04
6-23 Robert Wilkins– Nashville Stonewall Blues 3:22
6-24 Jennie Pope – Tennessee Workhouse Blues 2:49
6-25 'Bozo' Nickerson – What's The Matter Now? Part 1 3:04
Fourth Street Mess Around 1930 Continued
7-1 Jenny Pope– Rent Man Blues 3:06
7-2 Jim Thompkins– Bedside Blues 3:04
7-3 Jim Jackson – Hesitation Blues 3:19
7-4 Memphis Minnie– Bumble Bee 3:15
7-5 Memphis Minnie– I'm Talking About You 2:38
7-6 Mattie Delaney– Down The Big Road Blues 3:10
7-7 Mattie Delaney– Tallahatchie River Blues 2:46
7-8 Garfield Akers– Dough Roller Blues 3:10
7-9 Madelyn James– Stinging Snake Blues 3:30
7-10 Madelyn James– Long Time Blues 2:48
7-11 Memphis Jug Band– Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green 3:06
7-12 John Estes – Milk Cow Blues 2:59
7-13 Memphis Jug Band– Oh Ambulance Man 2:41
7-14 Memphis Jug Band– Cocaine Habit Blues 2:48
7-15 Memphis Jug Band– Cave Man Blues 3:06
7-16 Memphis Jug Band– It Won't Act Right 2:30
7-17 Memphis Jug Band– Jim Strainer Blues 3:17
7-18 Memphis Jug Band– Fourth Street Mess Around 3:16
7-19 John Estes – Wat'cha Doin'? 2:59
7-20 Minnie McCoy & Joe Johnson – I'm Going Back Home 2:49
7-21 Memphis Jug Band– Bumble Bee Blues 2:53
7-22 Memphis Jug Band– Meningitis Blues 3:11
7-23 White & Hairiston – The New Frisco Train 3:07
7-24 Washington White – I Am In The Heavenly Way 3:02
7-25 McCoy & Johnson – I Never Told A Lie 2:41
North Memphis Blues May To November 1930
8-1 McCoy & Johnson – Don't Want No Woman (T' Have T' Give Me Money To) 3:13
8-2 Minnie McCoy & Joe Johnson – Georgia Skin 3:01
8-3 Memphis Jug Band– Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues 3:05
8-4 Memphis Jug Band– Stonewall Blues 3:26
8-5 John Estes – Stack O' Dollars 2:50
8-6 James Rachel (But Issues As By John Estes) – Sweet Mama 3:01
8-7 Kaiser Clifton– Cash Money Blues 2:48
8-8 Kaiser Clifton– She'll Be Back Someday 2:52
8-9 Carolina Peanut Boys– Spider's Nest Blues 3:04
8-10 Memphis Jug Band– Papa's Got Your Bath Water On 2:29
8-11 Charly Nickerson – Going Back to Memphis 2:24
8-12 Fleming & Townsend – I'm Blue And Lonesome 3:09
8-13 Fleming & Townsend – She's Just That Kind 2:58
8-14 Jimmie Lunceford And His Chickasaw Syncopators– In Dat Mornin' 3:20
8-15 Beale Street Rounders– I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World 2:46
8-16 Beale Street Rounders– Talking 'Bout Yo Yo 2:59
8-17 Memphis Minnie– North Memphis Blues 2:33
8-18 Memphis Sheiks– He's In The Jailhouse Now 3:11
8-19 Gus Cannon With Jug Stompers – Wolf River Blues 2:36
8-20 Cannon Jug Stompers – Bring It With You When You Come 2:44
8-21 Noah Lewis's Jug Band– Like I Want To Be 3:05
8-22 Noah Lewis's Jug Band– Ticket Agent Blues 2:38
8-23 Noah Lewis's Jug Band– New Minglewood Blues 2:43
8-24 Memphis Sheiks– Round And Round 3:02
8-25 Carolina Peanut Boys– This Will Bring You Back 3:03
8-26 Carolina Peanut Boys– Move That Thing 3:07
Memphis Shakedown 1930 - 1936
9-1 Noah Lewis's Jug Band– Bad Luck's My Buddy 2:58
9-2 Carolina Peanut Boys– Selling The Jelly 2:47
9-3 Memphis Minnie– Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More 3:05
9-4 Picaninny Jug Band– Bottle It Up And Go 2:25
9-5 Burse & Stephen – Tappin' That Thing 2:27
9-6 Jack Kelly & South Memphis Jug Band – Highway No. 61 Blues 2:47
9-7 South Memphis Jug Band– Policy Rag 2:54
9-8 Will Batts– Country Woman 2:59
9-9 Will Batts– Cadillac Baby 2:50
9-10 South Memphis Jug Band– Doctor Medicine 2:55
9-11 Ramblin Red Lowery – Ramblin' Reds Memphis Yodel No. 1 2:44
9-12 Poor Jim With Dan Jackson – Sugar Farm Blues 2:44
9-13 Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe– You Got To Move (You Ain't Got To Move) Pt 1 3:02
9-14 Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe– Give It To Me In My Hand 3:25
9-15 Allen Shaw– Moanin' The Blues 2:59
9-16 Memphis Jug Band– Tear It Down, Bed Slats And All 2:56
9-17 Charlie Burse With Memphis Jug Band– Bottle It Up And Go 2:55
9-18 Charlie Burse With Memphis Jug Band– Insane Crazy Blues 3:04
9-19 Memphis Jug Band– Memphis Shakedown 3:00
9-20 Gospel Minnie– Let Me Ride 2:57
9-21 Sleepy John Estes– Down South Blues 3:07
9-22 Sleepy John Estes– Stop That Thing 2:41
9-23 Minnie Wallace & Her Night Hawks – The Cockeyed World 2:56
9-24 Minnie Wallace & Her Night Hawks – Let's All Do That Thing 3:25
9-25 Memphis Minnie– Hoodoo Lady 3:03
9-26 Memphis Minnie– Black Cat Blues 2:55
Beale Street Holiday 1938 - Mid-1939
10-1 Memphis Minnie– You Can't Rule Me 3:05
10-2 Memphis Minnie– Down In The Alley 3:00
10-3 Bukka White– Shake 'Em On Down 3:00
10-4 Sleepy John Estes– Brownsville Blues 3:06
10-5 Sleepy John Estes– Easin' Back To Tennessee 2:40
10-6 Memphis Minnie– Good Biscuits 2:40
10-7 Little Son Joe– Diggin' My Potatoes 2:40
10-8 Little Son Joe– Key To The World 2:47
10-9 Memphis Minnie– Call The Fire Wagon 2:23
10-10 Little Buddy Doyle– Grief Will Kill You 2:34
10-11 Little Buddy Doyle– Hard Scufflin' Blues 2:38
10-12 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – Beale Street Holiday 2:24
10-13 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – Goldie May 2:45
10-14 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – What's The Matter With The Well? 2:37
10-15 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – Good Potatoes On The Hill 2:37
10-16 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – Dawn Of Day Blues 2:43
10-17 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – Scared To Death 2:27
10-18 Swift Jewel Cowboys– Fan It 2:34
10-19 Swift Jewel Cowboys– Memphis Blues 2:36
10-20 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys – You Played A Trick On Me 2:24
10-21 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys – Oh, Liza! 2:33
10-22 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys – Single Man Blues 2:31
10-23 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys – Spider Bite Blues 2:37
10-24 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys – Nummy Nimmy Not 2:37
10-25 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys – You Can Go 2:46
10-26 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys – Insane Jealous Blues 2:35
10-27 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys – Zugity Zugity Zomp 2:35
10-28 Gene Steele– Here's Your Opportunity 2:25
Shelby County Blues Mid-1939 - December 1941
11-1 Gene Steele– Just A Little Of The Blues 2:46
11-2 Jack Kelly – You Done It 2:25
11-3 Jack Kelly – Diamond Buyer Blues 2:27
11-4 Jack Kelly – High Behind Blues 2:23
11-5 Little Buddy Doyle– Sweet Man Blues 2:37
11-6 Jack Kelly – World Wandering Blues 2:28
11-7 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – You Better Watch Out 2:26
11-8 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – Too Much Beef 2:40
11-9 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – Brand New Blues 2:25
11-10 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – Magic Spell Blues 2:36
11-11 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – Ain't Gonna Be No Doggone Afterwhile 2:35
11-12 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – It Makes No Difference Now 2:39
11-13 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – Memphis Highway Stomp 2:39
11-14 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats – It's Against The Rule 2:31
11-15 Bukka White– Parchman Farm Blues 2:37
11-16 Bukka White– Bukka's Jitterbug Swing 2:35
11-17 Bukka White– Special Streamline 2:52
11-18 Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band– Last Pair Of Shoes Blues 2:54
11-19 Memphis Slim– Beer Drinking Woman 3:19
11-20 Memphis Slim– Grinder Man Blues 3:06
11-21 Memphis Slim– The Shelby County Blues 2:55
11-22 Yank Rachell– Biscuit Baking Woman 2:59
11-23 Yank Rachell– Hobo Blues 3:17
11-24 Memphis Minnie– In My Girlish Days 2:32
11-25 Memphis Minnie– Me And My Chauffeur Blues 2:44
11-26 Sleepy John Estes– Lawyer Clark Blues 3:05
11-27 The Delta Boys– Don't You Want To Know 3:08
11-28 Yank Rachell– Tappin' That Thing 2:51
Boogie In The Park 1946 - Early 1951
12-1 James (Beale Street) Clark – Get Ready To Meet Your Man 2:51
12-2 Memphis Minnie– Killer Diller 2:27
12-3 Memphis Minnie– Fish Man Blues 2:50
12-4 James (Beale Street) Clark – Come To Me Baby (What Evil Have I Done) 2:40
12-5 Memphis Slim– Rockin' The House 2:44
12-6 Al Jackson Band– Long About Three 2:40
12-7 B.B. King– Miss Martha King 2:40
12-8 Tuff Green Orchestra (Vocal J P Louper) – Let's Go To The Liquor Store 2:41
12-9 Tuff Green Orchestra (Vocal Sammy Jett) – I Love My Baby 2:32
12-10 B.B. King– Got The Blues 2:45
12-11 Tuff Green Orchestra (Vocal Billy Taylor) – She Ain't No Good 2:48
12-12 Joe Hill Louis– A Jumpin' And A Shufflin' 2:32
12-13 Joe Hill Louis– Don't Trust Your Best Friend 2:47
12-14 Rufus Thomas– I'm So Worried 2:53
12-15 Memphis Eddie– Highway 61 3:03
12-16 Lost John Hunter– Cool Down Mamma 2:12
12-17 Lost John Hunter– Y M & V Blues 3:06
12-18 Joe Hill Louis– Gotta Let You Go 2:42
12-19 Mr. Swing With Bobby Plater's Orchestra– Beer Bottle Boogie 2:56
12-20 B.B. King– B. B. Boogie 3:09
12-21 B.B. King– The Other Night Blues 3:38
12-22 Joe Hill Louis - The One Man Band – I Feel Like A Million 2:28
12-23 Joe Hill Louis - The One Man Band – Boogie In The Park 2:46
12-24 Tippo Lite's All Stars– Dark Skin Woman Blues 3:05
12-25 Tippo Lite's All Stars– Jumping This Morning 2:31
12-26 B.B. King– Don't You Want A Man Like Me 2:19
12-27 B.B. King– B.B. Blues 2:25
12-28 B.B. King– Fine Looking Woman 2:21
Rocket "88" 1951 Continued
13-1 Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra – Roscoe's Boogie 2:40
13-2 Mumbles – Little Boy Blue 2:56
13-3 Joe Hill Louis - The One Man Band – Walkin' Talkin' Blues 2:38
13-4 Joe Hill Louis - The One Man Band – Goin' Down Slow 2:38
13-5 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats– Rocket "88" 2:47
13-6 Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm – Heartbroken And Worried 3:04
13-7 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats– Independent Woman 2:50
13-8 Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra – Saddled The Cow (And Milked The Horse) 2:50
13-9 Joe Hill Louis - The One Man Band – Big Legged Woman 2:34
13-10 Joe Hill Louis - The One Man Band – Eyesight To The Blind 2:35
13-11 B.B. King– She's Dynamite 2:28
13-12 Lou Sargent Orchestra – She Really Treats Me Wrong 2:51
13-13 Rufus Thomas– Night Workin' Blues 2:39
13-14 Rufus Thomas– Crazy About You Baby 2:34
13-15 Phinus Newborn With Orchestra – Tennessee Bounce 2:05
13-16 B.B. King– She's A Mean Woman 2:32
13-17 Dick Cole With Phinus Newborn Orchestra – Fine As Wine 2:46
13-18 Mumbles – Black Gal 2:56
13-19 Mumbles – Jumpin' Blues 2:14
13-20 Willie Nix– Lonesome Bedroom Blues 2:26
13-21 Harmonica Frank – Goin Away Walkin 2:30
13-22 Harmonica Frank – She's Done Moved 2:54
13-23 Billy Love (Issued As By Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats) – Juiced 2:29
13-24 Roscoe Gordon – Dime A Dozen 2:32
13-25 The Howlin' Wolf – Moanin' At Midnight 2:54
13-26 The Howlin' Wolf – How Many More Years 2:40
13-27 Jackie Brenston– Tuckered Out 2:28
Booted Mid-1951 - January 1952
14-1 Roscoe Gordon – Booted 3:03
14-2 B.B. King– 3 O'Clock Blues 2:59
14-3 Howling Wolf – Moanin' At Midnight 2:36
14-4 Howlin Wolf – Riding In The Moonlight 2:59
14-5 Howlin Wolf – Crying At Daybreak 2:53
14-6 The Howling Wolf – My Baby Stole Off 2:56
14-7 Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra – Booted 3:06
14-8 Billy 'Red' Love – You're Gonna Cry 2:25
14-9 Doctor Ross & His Jump & Jive Boys – Country Clown 2:27
14-10 Robert Bland– Dry Up Baby 1:58
14-11 Robert Bland With Roscoe Gordon & Orchestra – Crying 2:57
14-12 Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra – Two Kinds Of Women 2:59
14-13 The Howlin' Wolf – The Wolf Is At Your Door 2:57
14-14 The Howlin' Wolf – Worried All The Time 3:06
14-15 Johnny London - Alto Wizard – Drivin' Slow 2:58
14-16 The Howlin' Wolf – Mr. Highway Man 2:46
14-17 B.B. King– My Own Fault, Darlin' 3:25
14-18 B.B. King– Some Day, Some Where 2:49
14-19 Little Junior Parker & The Blue Flames – Bad Women, Bad Whiskey 2:59
14-20 Bill Harvey Orchestra With Bonita Cole– Walk Right In 2:43
14-21 Bill Harvey Orchestra With Bonita Cole– I Hear You Knocking 2:33
14-22 Hoe Hill Louis - The One Man Band*– Chocolate Blonde 2:49
14-23 Roscoe Gordon – No More Doggin' 3:08
14-24 Ike Turner– Trouble And Heartaches 2:33
14-25 Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra – New Orleans Wimmen 2:30
14-26 Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra – What You Got On Your Mind 1:51
14-27 Earl Forrest – Trouble And Me 2:54
14-28 Earl (Whoopin' And Hollerin') Forrest – I Wronged A Woman 2:50
Decorate The Counter January - September 1952
15-1 Earl Forest With The Beale Streeters– Rock The Bottle 2:46
15-2 Earl Forest With The Beale Streeters– Whoopin' And Hollerin' 2:59
15-3 Robert Bland– Drifting From Town To Town 3:02
15-4 Johnny Ace– Mid Night Hours Journey 3:31
15-5 B.B. King– You Know I Love You 3:03
15-6 B.B. King– Boogie Woogie Woman 2:46
15-7 Joe Hill Louis– When I Am Gone (She Treats Me Mean And Evil) 3:43
15-8 The Howlin' Wolf – Saddle My Pony (Gonna Find My Baby Out In The World Somewhere) 2:31
15-9 Bonnie Turner & Ike Turner– Looking For My Baby 2:27
15-10 Rosco Gordon– Hey, Fat Girl 2:27
15-11 Rosco Gordon With The Beale Streeters– T Model Boogie 2:33
15-12 Rufus Thomas– Decorate The Counter 2:20
15-13 Mary Sue – Love Is A Gamble 3:04
15-14 Willie Nix– Truckin' Little Woman 2:37
15-15 Ford Nelson Quintet (Vocal Frank Brown) – Little Annie 2:12
15-16 Ford Nelson Quintet (Vocal Frank Brown) – Still Felling Sad 3:02
15-17 Woodrow Adams & 3 Bs – Pretty Baby Blues 3:11
15-18 Billy (Red) Love – Poor Man 3:16
15-19 Johnny Ace With The Beale Streeters– My Song 2:58
15-20 Joe Hill Louis– Dorothy Mae 2:04
15-21 Rosco Gordon With The Beale Streeters– Too Many Women 2:52
15-22 Johnny Ace With The Beale Streeters– Angel 2:58
15-23 'Bobby Blue' Bland With The Beale Streeters– I.O.U. Blues 3:08
15-24 Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra – Ain't No Use 3:09
15-25 Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra – Three Cent Love 3:04
15-26 Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra – Dream Baby 2:55
15-27 Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra – Lucille (Looking For My Baby) 2:41
Easy Late 1952 - Spring 1953
16-1 Walter Horton– Little Walter's Boogie 2:32
16-2 Walter Horton– West Winds Are Blowing 3:04
16-3 Howlin Wolf – Oh, Red!! 2:35
16-4 Willie Nix - The Memphis Blues Boy – Seems Like A Million Years 2:40
16-5 Willie Nix - The Memphis Blues Boy – Bake Shop Boogie 2:41
16-6 Walter (Tang) Smith – Every Monday Morning 3:08
16-7 Joe Hill Louis– We All Gotta Go Sometime 2:40
16-8 Johnny Ace With Johnny Board & His Orchestra – Burley Cutie 2:35
16-9 'Bobby Blue' Bland & His Orchestra – No Blow, No Show 2:58
16-10 Roscoe Gordon & His Orchestra – Just In From Texas 2:39
16-11 Roscoe Gordon – We're All Loaded 3:09
16-12 Leslie Louis – Don't Do It Again 2:26
16-13 George Lawson Orchestra– Blue Memphis 3:00
16-14 George Lawson Orchestra– Honkin' The Blues 2:36
16-15 Johnny Lewis – She's Taking All My Money 2:41
16-16 Johnny Lewis – Jealous Man 2:29
16-17 Handy Jackson– Got My Application Baby 3:04
16-18 Handy Jackson– Trouble (Will Bring You Down) 2:47
16-19 Howlin Wolf – I Love My Baby 2:56
16-20 Bonita Cole With Bill Fort Orchestra – Life Is Like That 3:06
16-21 Bill Fort Orchestra – Gatemouth's Ghost 2:29
16-22 Jimmy & Walter – "Easy" 2:58
16-23 Jimmy & Walter – Before Long 2:55
16-24 Chicago Sunny Boy– Western Union Man 3:06
16-25 Chicago Sunny Boy– On The Floor 2:56
16-26 Rufus 'Hound Dog' Thomas Jr. – Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) 2:57
16-27 Big Memphis Ma Rainey With Onzie Horne Combo– Call Me Anything, But Call Me 3:02
Mystery Train · May 1953 - July 1954
17-1 Big Memphis Ma Rainey With Onzie Horne Combo– Baby, No No! 2:40
17-2 D.A. Hunt– Greyhound Blues 2:35
17-3 Jimmy DeBerry– Take A Little Chance 2:19
17-4 Jimmy DeBerry– Time Has Made A Change 2:40
17-5 The Four Cruisers– Beale St. Shuffle 2:40
17-6 Little Junior's Blue Flames– Feelin' Good 2:55
17-7 Little Junior's Blue Flames– Fussin' And Fightin' Blues 2:57
17-8 Rufus Thomas, Jr. – Save That Money 2:43
17-9 Little Milton– Beggin' My Baby 2:27
17-10 Little Junior's Blue Flames– Love My Baby 2:35
17-11 Little Junior's Blue Flames– Mystery Train 2:24
17-12 Doctor Ross– Come Back Baby 2:46
17-13 Memphis Minnie & Her Combo – Kissing In The Dark 2:27
17-14 Memphis Minnie & Her Combo – World Of Trouble 3:04
17-15 Moohah– All Shook Out 2:45
17-16 Don Hines With Ben Branch Band– Going Crazy 2:30
17-17 James Cotton– Straighten Up Baby 2:18
17-18 Joe Hill Louis & His Band – Hydramatic Woman 2:30
17-19 Hot Shot Love– Harmonica Jam 2:32
17-20 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson – No Teasing Around 2:59
17-21 Little Milton– If You Love Me (Baby) 2:30
17-22 Little Milton– Lookin' For My Baby 2:52
17-23 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson – The Woodchuck 3:06
17-24 Raymond Hill– The Snuggle 2:59
17-25 Billy Love – Hart's Bread Boogie 2:38
17-26 James Cotton– Cotton Crop Blues 2:57
17-27 Harmonica Frank – Rockin' Chair Daddy 3:04
17-28 Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill – "That's All Right" 1:55
17-29 Doctor Ross– The Boogie Disease 2:30
Boppin' The Blues October 1954 - Early 1957
18-1 Malcolm Yelvington & Star Rhythm Boys – Drinkin' Wine Spodee-O-Dee 2:48
18-2 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson – When It Rains It Pours 3:08
18-3 Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill – Milkcow Blues Boogie 2:35
18-4 Woodrow Adams With The Boogie Blues Blasters– Baby You Just Don't Know 2:57
18-5 Les Vendor– Goin' Away Baby 2:59
18-6 Les Vendor– Just Plain Tired 2:46
18-7 Sammie Lewis, Willie Johnson Combo – I Feel So Worried 2:32
18-8 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson – Red Hot 2:24
18-9 Rosco Gordon– Just Love Me Baby 2:22
18-10 Eddie Snow– Bring Your Love Back Home 3:10
18-11 Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill – Mystery Train 2:23
18-12 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson – Something For Nothing 2:47
18-13 Walter Miller With The Saxons – My Last Mile 3:13
18-14 Minnie Thomas With Slim Waters Lagoons – What Can The Matter Be? 2:11
18-15 Rufus Thomas With The Bearcats– The Easy Livin' Plan 2:44
18-16 Rufus Thomas With The Bearcats– I'm Steady Holdin' On 3:15
18-17 Rosco Gordon– The Chicken (Dance With You) 2:35
18-18 Carl Perkins– Boppin' The Blues 2:47
18-19 Sonny Burgess– Red Headed Woman 2:06
18-20 Rosco Gordon– Shoobie Oobie 2:54
18-21 Little Milton With Playmates Of Rhythm – Love At First Sight 2:45
18-22 Little Milton, Playmates Of Rhythm – Ooh! My Little Baby 2:24
18-23 Levi Seabury & His Band – Motherless Child Blues 2:58
18-24 Milliard Lee Orchestra– Waughely's Boogie 2:51
18-25 Carl Perkins– Matchbox 2:07
18-26 Rosetta Perry With Milliard Lee Orchestra– Farewell Blues 2:34
18-27 Chester Guydon & Band – You Gotta Help Me Some 2:36
18-28 Joe Hall With Tuff Green Orchestra – Coming Home Pt. 1 2:22
Blues Like Midnight 1957 - 1965
19-1 Little Joe – Glamour Girl 3:06
19-2 June Nance– What A Fool I Can Be 2:36
19-3 Rosco Gordon– Sally Jo 2:05
19-4 Wilbur Steinberg– Mop Bop Boogie 2:19
19-5 Willie Mitchell Orchestra– Wasting My Time 2:26
19-6 Willie Cobbs– You Don't Love Me 2:34
19-7 Woodrow Adams– Sad And Blue 2:41
19-8 Lightnin Leon – Repossession Blues 2:41
19-9 Billy Garner – Little School Girl 2:09
19-10 Eddie Boyd– It's Too Bad 2:40
19-11 Bill Yates – Blues Like Midnight 2:11
19-12 Cleanhead Cootsie & His Band – Big Legs 2:29
19-13 Don Hines– I'm So Glad 2:13
19-14 Don Hines– Stormy Monday Blues 2:59
19-15 Booker T & The MG's– Green Onions 2:50
19-16 Frank Frost– Jelly Roll King 2:28
19-17 Frank Frost– Crawlback 1:57
19-18 Willie Cobbs– Five Long Years 2:42
19-19 Willie Cobbs– Too Sad 2:19
19-20 Rufus Thomas– Fine And Mellow 2:55
19-21 Willie Cobbs– Lonely Boy (I Need A Woman) 2:10
19-22 Willie Cobbs– Big Boss Man 2:48
19-23 Donald Hines – You Has To Pay 2:15
19-24 Big John – Astronote Blues 2:14
19-25 Calvin Newborn– West Memphis Blues 2:06
19-26 Willie Roy Sanders & The Binghampton Blues Boys*– Cross Cut Saw 2:28
19-27 Big Lucky & The Millionaires – My Sweetheart Is Like A Gypsy 2:22
19-28 Big Lucky Carter With Prince Gabe And The Millionaires– Hurricane Blues 3:11
19-29 Earl Forest– Now It's Alright 2:39
19-30 Mills Allen & His Midnight Raiders – Here It Is (Instr) 2:19
A Touch Of The Blues 1966 - 1969
20-1 Billy Adams – Rock Me Baby 2:44
20-2 The Jesters – My Babe 2:15
20-3 Reco Collins – Never Let Me Go 3:00
20-4 Willie Wilkes– You Don't Know How It Feels To Have The Blues 2:43
20-5 Big Amos– He Won't Bite Me Twice 2:33
20-6 Clyde Hopkins– Fatten Pin 2:31
20-7 Albert King– Laundromat Blues 3:19
20-8 Albert King– Overall Junction 2:19
20-9 Junior Parker – Man Or Mouse 2:09
20-10 Junior Parker – Just Like A Fish 2:32
20-11 Albert King– Crosscut Saw 2:32
20-12 Junior Parker – You Can Make It If You Try 2:15
20-13 Junior Parker – Country Girl 2:42
20-14 Big Amos– I'm Gone 2:46
20-15 Bobby Bland– A Touch Of The Blues 3:16
20-16 Claude Johnson & His Band – I Am Blue And Lonesome 2:18
20-17 Claude Johnson – Sitting Here Thinking 2:45
20-18 Rufus Thomas– Steady Holding On 2:26
20-19 The Three Tuffs– What A Dream 2:30
20-20 The Three Tuffs– A Man's A Fool 2:18
20-21 Junior Kimbell– You Can't Leave Me 4:12
20-22 Big Lucky Carter– Miss Betty Green 2:26
20-23 Big Lucky Carter– Goofer Dust 2:56
20-24 Big Lucky Carter– I've Been Hurt 2:25
20-25 Cliff Jackson & Jellean Delk With The Naturals – Frank This Is It 2:29
20-26 Cliff Jackson & The Naturals – Nine Below Zero 2:09
20-27 Ike & Tina Turner– Crazy 'Bout You Baby 3:25
20-28 Ike & Tina Turner– Mean Old World 2:24
20-29 Gus Cannon– Walk Right In 2:27
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About this release
Bear Family Records – BCD 17515 (Germany)
Thanks to snobb for the addition