Boxset / Compilation · 2004
Tracklist
1 –Robert Lee McCoy Tough Luck 3:12
2 –Robert Nighthawk Six Three O 2:53
3 –Robert Lee McCoy Take It Easy Baby 2:36
4 –Robert Lee McCoy Lonesome World 2:41
5 –Peetie's Boy Friar's Point Blues 2:54
6 –Rambling Bob Ol Mose 3:22
7 –Robert Lee McCoy Sweet Pepper Mama 2:49
8 –Robert Nighthawk Return Mail Blues 3:15
9 –Robert Lee McCoy My Friend Has Forsaken Me 3:13
10 –Robert Lee McCoy G-Man 2:40
11 –Rambling Bob Every Day And Night 3:24
12 –Robert Nighthawk The Moon Is Rising 2:44
13 –Robert Nighthawk Kansas City Blues 2:40
14 –Robert Nighthawk Crying Won't Help You 3:19
15 –Robert Lee McCoy CNA 3:21
16 –Robert Nighthawk Black Angel Blues 3:04
17 –Robert Nighthawk My Sweet Lovin' Woman 2:54
18 –Robert Lee McCoy Don't Mistreat Your Woman 2:32
19 –Robert Nighthawk Maggie Campbell - 1 2:50
20 –Robert Lee McCoy Prowling Nighthawk 3:10
21 –Robert Nighthawk Jackson Town Girl 2:52
22 –Robert Nighthawk Feel So Bad 2:47
23 –Robert Lee McCoy Mamie Lee 3:10
24 –Rambling Bob Freight Train Blues 3:12
25 –Robert Nighthawk Take It Easy Baby 2:43
26 –Robert Nighthawk Annie Lee Blues 3:11
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – Ransom Knowling (tracks: 12 to 14, 19, 22, 25), Willie Dixon (tracks: 2, 8, 16, 17, 21, 26)
Drums [Probably] – Jump Jackson (tracks: 13, 14, 22, 25)
Guitar – Joe Williams (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20, 23)
Harmonica – Sonny Boy Williamson (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 to 11, 15, 18, 20, 23, 24)
Piano – Ernest Lane (tracks: 8, 16, 17)
Piano [Possibly] – Bob Call (tracks: 13, 14, 22, 25), Roosevelt Sykes (tracks: 13, 14, 22, 25)
Vocals, Guitar – Robert Lee McCoy
About this release
Document Records – DOCD-32-20-6 (UK)
Compiled from seven different sessions, recorded between 1937 and 1952.
Tracks 1, 4, 10, 18 & 20 recorded May 5, 1937 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, Ill.
Tracks 3, 9, 15 & 23 recorded November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, Ill.
Tracks 6, 11 & 23 recorded December 18, 1937 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, Ill.
Track 5 recorded in Chicago, Ill. on June 5, 1940.
Track 17 recorded in Chicago, Ill. c.November 1948.
Tracks 8 & 16 recorded in Chicago, Ill. on July 12, 1949.
Tracks 2, 21 & 26 recorded in Chicago, Ill. on January 5, 1950.
Tracks 13, 14, 22 & 25 recorded in Chicago, Ill. on July 12, 1951.
Track 19 recorded in Chicago, Ill. on October 25, 1952
Thanks to snobb for the addition