The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Down Hearted Blues
  3:30
• 2
  Gulf Coast Blues
  3:07
• 3
  Beale Street Mama
  3:37
• 4
  Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
  2:58
• 5
  'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  3:29
• 6
  Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
  3:12
• 7
  Any Woman's Blues
  3:27
• 8
  Chicago Bound Blues
  3:18
• 9
  Moonshine Blues
  3:19
• 10
  Weeping Willow Blues
  3:12
• 11
  The Bye Bye Blues
  3:20
• 12
  Sinful Blues
  3:11
• 13
  Dying Gambler's Blues
  2:59
• 14
  Reckless Blues

  feat. Louis Armstrong
  3:06
• 15
  You've Been A Good Ole Wagon

  feat. Louis Armstrong
  3:30
• 16
  Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
  3:11
• 17
  The Yellow Dog Blues
  3:04
• 18
  Soft Pedal Blues
  3:21
• 19
  What's The Matter Now ?
  2:46
• 20
  I Want Every Bit Of It
  2:38
• CD 2
• 1
  The St. Louis Blues

  Bessie Smith feat.Louis Armstrong
  3:14
• 2
  Careless Love Blues
  3:27
• 3
  I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
  3:23
• 4
  I Ain't Got Nobody
  3:11
• 5
  Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
  3:21
• 6
  The Gin House Blues
  3:14
• 7
  After You've Gone
  2:58
• 8
  Alexander's Ragtime Band
  3:00
• 9
  A Good Man Is Hard To Find
  3:01
• 10
  Lost Your Head Blues
  2:55
• 11
  Young Woman's Blues
  3:09
• 12
  Baby Doll
  3:01
• 13
  Preachin' The Blues
  2:52
• 14
  Hard Drivin' Papa
  2:58
• 15
  Backwater Blues
  3:19
• 16
  There'll Be a Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
  3:20
• 17
  Trombone Cholly
  3:12
• 18
  Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
  3:23
• 19
  Dyin' By The Hour
  3:00
• 20
  Thinking Blues
  3:10
• CD 3
• 1
  Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
  3:00
• 2
  Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
  2:49
• 3
  Empty Bed Blues Part 1
  3:03
• 4
  Empty Bed Blues Part 2
  3:22
• 5
  Gimme A Pig Foot And A Bottle Of Beer
  3:30
• 6
  Spider Man Blues
  3:25
• 7
  Devil's Gonna Git You
  3:12
• 8
  Poor Man's Blues
  3:26
• 9
  Me And My Gin
  2:52
• 10
  I'm Wild About That Thing
  2:49
• 11
  Kitchen Man
  2:58
• 12
  Blue Spirit Blues
  2:57
• 13
  Baby, Have Pity On Me
  3:21
• 14
  On Revival Day
  2:57
• 15
  Hustlin' Dan
  3:31
• 16
  Black Mountain Blues
  3:10
• 17
  Safety Mama
  3:26
• 18
  Do Your Duty
  3:25
• 19
  Take Me For A Buggy Ride
  2:37
• 20
  I'm Down In The Dumps
  3:11

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Issues