All the Classic Sides 1928-1937

Compilation by Big Bill Broonzy

Released 22 September 2003

blues country blues

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CD 1: Disc A: 1928-1930
1
House Rent Stomp
Big Bill and Thomps
2:39
2
Big Bill Blues
Big Bill and Thomps
2:59
3
Down in the Basement Blues
Big Bill and Thomps
3:30
4
Starvation Blues
Big Bill and Thomps
3:18
5
Somebody's Been Using That Thing
Famous Hokum Boys
2:44
6
Black Cat Rag
Famous Hokum Boys
2:59
7
Pig Meat Strut
Famous Hokum Boys
2:50
8
Guitar Rag
Famous Hokum Boys
2:54
5.0 ★
9
Saturday Night Rub
Famous Hokum Boys
2:56
10
I Can't Be Satisfied
Sammy Sampson
2:48
11
Grandma's Farm
Sammy Sampson
2:26
12
Skoodle Do Do
Sammy Sampson
2:46
13
Tadpole Blues
Sammy Sampson
2:31
14
Bow Leg Baby
Sammy Sampson
2:43
15
Skoodle Do Do
Big Bill Johnson
2:47
16
Saturday Night
Hokum Boys
2:56
17
Pig Meat Strut
Hokum Boys
2:58
18
Papa's Gettin' Hot
Hokum Boys
2:47
19
Police Station Blues
Sammy Sampson
2:44
20
They Can't Do That
Sammy Sampson
2:51
21
No Good Buddy
Sammy Sampson & Bill Williams
2:55
22
State Street Woman
Sammy Sampson
3:01
23
Meanest Kind of Blues
Sammy Sampson
3:01
24
I Got the Blues for My Baby
Sammy Sampson
2:56
25
Banker's Blues, The
Big Bill Johnson
2:35
5.0 ★
26
How You Want It Done
Big Bill Johnson
2:47
CD 2: Disc B: 1932-1934
1
Worried in Mind Blues
Big Bill Johnson
3:03
2
Too Too Train Blues
Big Bill Johnson
3:00
3
Mistreatin' Mamma
Big Bill Johnson
3:00
4
Big Bill Blues
Big Bill Johnson
2:59
5
Brown Skin Shuffle
Big Bill Johnson
2:57
6
Stove Pipe Stomp
Big Bill Johnson
2:48
7
Beedle Um Bum
Big Bill Johnson
3:04
8
Selling That Stuff
Big Bill Johnson
3:00
9
Mr. Conductor Man
Big Bill Johnson
3:02
10
Too Too Train Blues
Big Bill
2:53
11
Worrying You Off My Mind, Part 1
Big Bill
3:07
12
Worrying You Off My Mind, Part 2
Big Bill
3:09
13
Shelby County Blues
Big Bill
3:19
14
Mistreatin' Mama Blues
Big Bill
3:04
15
Bull Cow Blues
Big Bill
2:53
16
How You Want It Done
Big Bill
2:53
17
Long Tall Mama
Big Bill
2:49
5.0 ★
18
M and o Blues
Big Bill & His Jug Busters
3:19
19
Rukus Juice Blues
Big Bill & His Jug Busters
3:06
20
Friendless Blues
Big Bill
3:25
21
Milk Cow Blues
Big Bill
3:19
22
Hungry Man Blues
Big Bill
3:33
23
I'll Be Back Home Again
Big Bill
2:56
24
Bull Cow Blues, Part 2
Big Bill
3:36
25
Serve It to Me Right
Big Bill
3:26
CD 3: Disc C: 1934-1935
1
Starvation Blues
Big Bill
3:27
2
Mississippi River Blues
Big Bill
2:43
3
At the Break of Day
Big Bill
3:00
4
I Want to Go Home
Big Bill
2:48
5
Hard Headed Woman
Big Bill
3:25
6
Dying Day Blues
Big Bill
3:00
7
I Want to See My Baby
Big Bill
3:23
8
Serve It to Me Right
Big Bill
2:56
9
Dirty No-Gooder
Big Bill
3:23
10
Let Her Go / She Don't Know
Big Bill
3:35
11
Hobo Blues
Big Bill
3:15
12
Prowlin' Ground Hog
Big Bill
3:04
13
C.C. Rider (take a)
Big Bill
3:18
14
C.C. Rider (take B)
Big Bill
3:20
15
Sweet to Mama
State Street Boys
2:51
16
Rustlin' Man
State Street Boys
3:11
17
She Caught the Train
State Street Boys
3:06
18
Midnight Special
State Street Boys
2:53
19
The Dozen
State Street Boys
3:04
20
Don't Tear My Clothes
State Street Boys
3:11
21
The Southern Blues
Big Bill
3:37
22
Good Jelly
Big Bill
3:18
23
C and a Blues
Big Bill
2:59
24
Something Good
Big Bill
2:54
25
You May Need My Help Someday
Big Bill
3:03
CD 4: Disc D: 1935-1936
1
Rising Sun Shine On
Big Bill
3:12
2
Mountain Blues
Big Bill
3:04
3
Bad Luck Blues
Big Bill
3:10
4
I Can't Make You Satisfied
Big Bill
3:14
5
I'm Just a Bum
Big Bill
3:00
6
Keep Your Hands Off Her
Big Bill
2:54
7
The Sun Gonna Shine in My Door Someday
Big Bill
3:04
8
Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down
Big Bill
2:46
9
Down the Line Blues
Big Bill
3:20
10
Bricks in My Pillow
Big Bill
3:09
11
Tell Me What You Been Doing
Big Bill
2:54
12
Ash Hauler
Big Bill
2:38
13
Evil Women Blues
Big Bill
3:00
14
These Ants Keep Biting Me
Big Bill
2:53
15
Big Bill Blues (These Blues Are Doggin' Me)
Big Bill
2:58
16
You Know I Need Lovin'
Big Bill
3:13
17
Match Box Blues
Big Bill
3:02
18
Low Down Woman Blues
Big Bill
3:04
19
Keep Your Mind on It
Hokum Boys
3:04
20
Bull Cow Blues No. 3
Big Bill
3:08
21
Married Life's a Pain
Big Bill
3:04
22
Black Mare Blues
Big Bill
2:57
23
Pneumonia Blues (I Keep on Aching)
Big Bill
2:43
24
Big Bill's Milk Cow No. 2
Big Bill
3:10
25
W.P.A. Blues
Big Bill
3:04
26
I'm a Southern Man
Big Bill
2:49
CD 5: Disc E: 1936-1937
1
Nancy Jane
Hokum Boys
3:04
2
Lowland Blues
Big Bill
3:05
3
Seven-Eleven (Dice Please Don't Fail Me)
Big Bill
3:00
4
You Know I Got a Reason
Big Bill
2:52
5
Oh Babe (Dice Please Don't Fail Me)
Big Bill
3:10
6
Detroit Special
Big Bill
2:58
7
Falling Rain
Big Bill
3:22
8
Black Widow Spider
Big Bill
2:55
9
Cherry Hill
Big Bill
3:16
10
Out With the Wrong Woman
Midnight Ramblers
3:00
11
Don't Tear My Clothes No. 2
Chicago Black Swans
2:45
12
You Drink Too Much
Chicago Black Swans
3:11
13
Southern Flood Blues
Chicago Black Swans
3:16
14
My Big Money
Big Bill
3:15
15
My Woman Mistreats Me
Big Bill
3:02
16
Let's Reel and Rock
Big Bill & His Orchestra
3:18
17
Come Up to My House
Big Bill & His Orchestra
3:14
18
Get Away
Big Bill
2:59
19
Terrible Flood Blues
Big Bill
3:06
20
Little Bug
Big Bill
3:08
21
Horny Frog (take 1)
Big Bill
3:12
22
Horny Frog (take 2)
Big Bill
3:05
23
Mean Old World (take 1)
Big Bill
3:03
24
Mean Old World (take 2)
Big Bill
3:10
25
Barrelhouse When It Rains
Big Bill
2:50

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Release credits

Alfred Bell
trumpet [13, 17]
Big Bill Broonzy
guitar [3.2-4, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.9-14, 4.16-22, 2.11, 2.15, 2.17, 2.20, 2.23, 5.4, 5.8, 5.13, 5.17-20, 5.22-25, 1.2, 1.10, 1.26], vocal [3.2-4, 4.3-4, 4.6, 4.9-14, 4.16-22, 5.4, 5.8, 5.13, 5.17-20, 5.22-25, 1.2, 1.10, 1.26, 2.11, 2.15, 2.17, 2.20, 2.23]
Bill Settles
bass [5.8, 5.13, 5.17-20, 5.22-25, 1.2, 4.6, 4.9-14, 4.16-22]
Black Bob
piano [4.3-4, 4.6, 4.9-14, 4.16-18, 4.20-22, 1.2, 2.20, 2.23, 3.2-4, 5.8, 5.18-20, 5.22-25]
Casey Bill Weldon
guitar [19], vocal [19]
Frank Brasswell
guitar [10]
Fred Williams
membranophone [17, 20, 22-25], wood block [19]
Horace Malcolm
piano [4]
Papa Charlie Jackson
banjo [3-4]
Punch Miller
trumpet [18, 20, 22]
Washboard Sam
washboard [19]
“Papa” Charlie McCoy
mandolin [4]

Issues

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All the Classic Sides 1928-1937
5x CD
22 September 2003