The Best of Elmore James

Tracklist

• 1
  Dust My Broom
  2:53
• 2
  The Sky Is Crying
  2:46
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Bobby's Rock
  2:10
• 4
  Held My Baby Last Night
  2:51
• 5
  Baby Please Set a Date
  2:53
• 6
  Rollin' and Tumblin'
  2:30
• 7
  I'm Worried
  2:47
• 8
  Done Somebody Wrong
  2:18
• 9
  Fine Little Mama
  2:32
• 10
  Something Inside of Me
  4:50
• 11
  Stranger Blues
  3:14
• 12
  Standing at the Crossroads
  3:00
• 13
  One Way Out
  2:26
• 14
  Got to Move
  2:51
• 15
  Shake Your Moneymaker
  2:49
• 16
  Look on Yonder Wall
  2:27
• 17
  It Hurts Me Too
  3:22
• 18
  Talk to Me Baby
  2:50
• 19
  The Twelve Year Old Boy (alternate version)
  3:37
• 20
  I Believe
  3:26

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King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Chief & Fire Sessions

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The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James

The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James 1993

Dust My Broom

Dust My Broom 1991

The Sky Is Crying The Ultimate Collection

The Sky Is Crying The Ultimate Collection 2019

The Best of Elmore James, Vol. 2

The Best of Elmore James, Vol. 2 2018

Release credits

• Belton Evans
  membranophone [6-9]
• Bill Dahl
  liner notes
• Danny Moore
  trumpet [11-13]
• Elmore James
  guitar [2, 4-9, 11-13, 15-16, 18, 20], lead vocals [2, 12], slide guitar [3, 6-10, 12], vocal [3-13, 15-16, 18, 20]
• Homesick James
  bass [4, 6-9], bass guitar [2, 6-10], guitar [3-5]
• J.T. Brown
  tenor saxophone [2-4, 4-5]
• Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
  piano [15-16, 18, 20]
• Johnny Acey
  piano [11-13]
• Johnny Williams
  drums (drum set) [11, 13], membranophone [12]
• Kate Moss
  design/illustration
• King Mose
  drums (drum set) [15-16], membranophone [16]
• Little Johnny Jones
  instrument [5], piano [2, 4]
• Odie Payne
  drums (drum set) [2], membranophone [4]
• Paul Williams
  baritone saxophone [6-13]
• Riff Ruffin
  guitar [11-13]
• Sam Myers
  drums (drum set) [4-10], harmonica [16]
• Sammy Lee Bully
  bass [16], guitar [15-16]
• Wild Jimmy Spruill
  guitar [6-10]
• [unknown]
  bass [11-13, 18, 20], drums (drum set) [18, 20], saxophone [4-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10], tenor saxophone [2, 4, 11-13], trombone [11, 13]
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Issues

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  The Best of Elmore James

  CD
  2009