Baby Please Don't Go: The Collection 1935-62

Compilation by Big Joe Williams

Released 8 November 2023

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Little Leg Woman
Joe Williams
3:06
5.0 ★
2
Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
Joe Williams
3:03
3
Providence Help the Poor People
Joe Williams
3:05
4
My Grey Pony
Joe Williams
3:09
5
Highway 49 Blues
Joe Williams
3:06
6
Stepfather Blues
Joe Williams
3:07
7
Wild Cow Blues
Joe Williams Washboard Blues
3:19
8
Baby Please Don't Go
Joe Williams Washboard Blues
3:23
3.0 ★
9
Worried Man Blues
Joe Williams Washboard Blues
2:37
10
Stack O Dollars
Joe Williams Washboard Blues
3:09
11
Brother James
Joe Williams
2:51
12
I Know You Gonna Miss Me
Joe Williams
2:59
13
I Won't Be in Hard Luck Any More
Joe Williams
2:37
14
Rootin' Ground Hog
Joe Williams
2:54
15
Crawling King Snake
Joe Williams
2:49
16
Meet Me Around the Corner
Joe Williams
2:55
17
I'm Getting Wild About Her
Joe Williams
2:45
18
Peach Orchard Mama
Joe Williams
2:40
19
Please Don't Go
Joe Williams
2:46
20
Break Em on Down
Joe Williams
3:12
21
Someday Baby
Joe Williams
3:09
22
Highway 49
Joe Williams
3:12
23
Somebody's Been Worrying
Joe Williams
3:10
CD 2
1
Vitamin A
Joe Williams
2:46
2
His Spirit Lives On
Joe Williams
2:44
3
Good Mr. Roosevelt
Joe Williams
2:42
4
Wild Cow Moan
Joe Williams
2:52
5
Baby, Please Don't Go
Joe Williams
2:47
6
Stack O' Dollars
Joe Williams
2:48
7
Mellow Apples
Joe Williams
2:47
8
House Lady Blues
Joe Williams
2:56
9
Banta Rooster Blues
Joe Williams
2:58
10
Don't You Leave Me Here
2:52
11
King Biscuit Stomp
2:33
12
P Vine Blues
Joe Williams
3:10
13
I'm a Highway Man
Joe Williams
2:52
14
Jivin' Woman
Joe Williams
2:47
15
She's a Married Woman
Joe Williams
2:40
16
Mama Don't Allow Me
Joe Williams
2:42
17
Delta Blues
Joe Williams
2:39
18
Overhauling Blues
Joe Lee Williams
2:45
19
Whistling Pines
Joe Lee Williams
2:32
20
She Left Me a Mule
Joe Lee Williams
2:27
21
Bad Heart Blues
Joe Lee Williams
2:43
22
Goin’ Back
2:50
23
My Baby Left
2:39
24
King's Highway
2:21
25
Eula Mae
2:18
26
All I Want Is My Train Fare Home
2:47
CD 3
1
I'm Talking About You
2:46
2
Joe Williams' Blues
4:43
3
Don't Leave Me Here
2:13
4
Crawlin' King Snake
2:49
5
Cow Cow Blues
2:33
6
I May Be Wrong
3:44
7
Keep A-Knockin'
2:34
8
Baby Please Don't Go
3:06
9
Drop Down Mama
2:31
10
Mellow Peaches
3:10
11
No More Whisky
3:14
12
Tailor Made Babe
3:36
13
Big Joe Talking
3:37
14
Some Day Baby
3:01
15
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
3:14
16
Peach Orchard Mama (album version)
3:44
17
Juanita
3:26
18
Shetland Pony Blues
3:10
19
Omaha Blues
3:29
20
Sloppy Drunk Blues
2:45
21
Yo Yo Blues (A Levee Camp Moan)
3:08
22
President Roosevelt
3:48
CD 4
1
Forty-Four Blues
3:07
2
Greystone Blues
2:30
3
I Want My Crown
2:18
4
Mean Stepfather
2:43
5
Brother James
3:35
6
Shake Your Boogie
2:19
7
Vitamin a Blues
3:01
8
She Left Me a Mule to Ride
2:33
9
So Glad
4:10
10
Highway 49 Blues
3:49
11
Poor Beggar
3:22
12
Blues Left Texas
3:19
13
13 Highway
2:28
14
Down in the Bottom
2:32
15
Overhaul Your Machine
2:16
16
That Thing's in Town
3:46
17
Walk On, Little Girl
2:56
18
Tiajuana Blues
3:16
19
45 Blues
3:10
20
Arkansas Woman
3:11
21
Four Corners of the World
4:12
22
I Got the Best King Biscuit
3:16
23
Haunted House Blues
2:37
CD 5
1
I Done Stop Hollering
4:16
2
I Got a Bad Mind
2:21
3
Long Tall Woman, Skinny Mama Too
3:51
4
Stack of Dollars
3:19
5
Indiana Woman Blues
4:39
6
My Baby Keeps Hanging Around
2:44
7
Jiving the Blues
3:42
8
Jump Baby Jump!
3:09
9
Whistling Pines
2:56
10
Bluebird Blues
3:24
11
She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain
3:18
12
Elevate Me Baby
3:14
13
Mama Don't Allow Me to Fool Around All Night Long
4:17
14
Kings Highway Blues
2:55
15
Somebody's Been Fooling No. 1
2:51
16
T.B. Blues
3:33
17
King Biscuit Stomp
4:42
18
Delta Blues
2:56
19
Somebody's Been Fooling No. 3
3:42
20
Rooting Ground Hog
3:11
21
Don't Leave Me Here
2:40

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Blues Masters, Volume 2

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Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 1935 - 1941

Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 1935 - 1941 2007

Release credits

Alfred Elkins
additional [5], bass [19-22], washtub bass [19, 19-21, 21-22]
Armand “Jump” Jackson
drums (drum set) [1.23, 2.1], membranophone [1.23, 2.1]
Big Joe Williams
guitar [1.1-4, 1.6-23, 2.1-2, 2.4-15, 3.4, 5.1, 5.5, 5.15, 5.20, 4.2, 4.4], lead vocals [3.4, 2.1-2, 2.4-15, 4.4, 5.20, 1.1-4, 1.6-23], vocal [5.1, 5.5, 5.15, 5.20, 3.4, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6-8, 1.10-19, 1.21-23, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6-11, 2.13, 4.2, 4.4]
Chasey Collins
background vocals [8], washboard [7-10]
Clifford Dinwiddie
washboard [2]
Dad Tracy
fiddle [7-10]
Henry Townsend
guitar [2]
Lawrence "Judge" Riley
drums (drum set) [4.4, 2.4-11, 2.13], membranophone [4.4, 2.6-13]
Ransom Knowling
bass [2.6-13, 4.4], double bass [5.1, 5.15, 4.4, 2.4-11, 2.13]
Robert Nighthawk
guitar [5.20, 1.11-14]
Singleton Palmer
membranophone [14-15]
Sonny Boy Williamson
additional [5], harmonica [5.20, 4.4, 1.11-14, 1.19-23, 2.1, 2.4-13]
William Mitchell
washtub bass [1.15, 1.15-16, 1.16-17, 1.17-18, 1.18, 3.4]

Issues

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Baby Please Don't Go: The Collection 1935-62
5x CD
8 November 2023