The Vee-Jay Box: The Complete Singles and Other RaritiesThe Vee-Jay Box: The Complete Singles and Other Rarities
The Vee-Jay Box: The Complete Singles and Other Rarities

The Vee-Jay Box: The Complete Singles and Other Rarities

Compilation by Jimmy Reed

Released 1998
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Tracklist

  • CD 1: Chicago, 1953-1957
  • 1
    High and Lonesome
    2:48
  • 2
    Jimmie's Boogie
    2:46
  • 3
    I Found My Baby
    2:49
  • 4
    Roll and Rhumba
    2:49
  • 5
    You Don't Have to Go
    3:09
  • 6
    Boogie in the Dark
    2:38
  • 7
    Shoot My Baby
    2:05
  • 8
    Rockin' With Reed
    2:33
  • 9
    You Upset My Mind
    2:53
  • 10
    I'm Gonna Ruin You
    2:35
  • 11
    Pretty Thing
    2:46
  • 12
    I Ain't Got You
    2:21
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    She Don't Want Me No More
    2:37
  • 14
    Come on Baby
    2:39
  • 15
    I Don't Go for That
    2:47
  • 16
    Baby, Don't Say That No More
    2:36
  • 17
    Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
    2:22
  • 18
    Can't Stand to See You Go
    2:53
  • 19
    When You Left Me
    2:35
  • 20
    I Love You Baby
    2:46
  • 21
    My First Plea
    2:50
  • 22
    You Got Me Dizzy
    2:56
  • 23
    Honey, Don't Let Me Go
    2:42
  • 24
    Untitled Instrumental
    2:44
  • 25
    It's You Baby
    2:28
  • 26
    Honey, Where You Going
    3:14
  • 27
    Do the Thing
    2:47
  • 28
    Little Rain
    3:14
  • CD 2: Chicago, 1957-1959
  • 1
    Signals of Love
    2:31
  • 2
    The Sun Is Shining
    2:58
  • 3
    Baby, What's on Your Mind
    3:11
  • 4
    Honest I Do
    2:48
  • 5
    State Street Boogie
    2:16
  • 6
    Odds and Ends
    2:29
  • 7
    My Bitter Seed
    2:22
  • 8
    Ends and Odds
    2:26
  • 9
    My Baby (Down in Virginia)
    2:36
  • 10
    You're Something Else
    2:39
  • 11
    A String to Your Heart
    2:55
  • 12
    Go on to School
    2:52
  • 13
    You Got Me Crying
    2:42
  • 14
    The Moon Is Rising
    2:26
  • 15
    Down in Virginia
    2:34
  • 16
    I'm Gonna Get My Baby
    2:46
  • 17
    I Wanna Be Loved
    2:18
  • 18
    Caress Me Baby
    2:54
  • 19
    Caress Me Baby (alternate take)
    2:31
  • 20
    I Know It's a Sin
    2:32
  • 21
    You'n That Sack
    2:24
  • 22
    Going to New York
    2:24
  • 23
    I Told You Baby
    2:20
  • 24
    Take Out Some Insurance
    2:26
  • 25
    I'm Nervous
    2:40
  • 26
    You Know I Love You
    2:28
  • CD 3: Chicago, 1959-1960
  • 1
    Baby What You Want Me to Do
    2:51
  • 2
    Baby What You Want Me to Do (alternate take)
    2:46
  • 3
    Baby What You Want Me to Do (alternate take)
    2:27
  • 4
    Goin' by the River, Part 1
    2:07
  • 5
    Goin' by the River, Part 1 (alternate take)
    2:39
  • 6
    Goin' by the River, Part 1 (alternate take)
    2:30
  • 7
    Goin' by the River, Part 2
    2:08
  • 8
    Goin' by the River, Part 2 (alternate take)
    3:31
  • 9
    Where Can You Be
    2:39
  • 10
    Hush Hush
    2:34
  • 11
    I Was So Wrong
    3:15
  • 12
    Blue Blue Water
    2:38
  • 13
    Please Don't
    2:36
  • 14
    Found Love
    2:21
  • 15
    You Gonna Need My Help
    2:35
  • 16
    Hold Me Close
    2:35
  • 17
    Come Love
    2:34
  • 18
    Big Boss Man
    2:49
  • 19
    Meet Me
    2:54
  • 20
    I Got the Blues
    2:48
  • 21
    Sugar Sugar
    2:40
  • 22
    Got Me Chasing You
    2:29
  • 23
    Down the Road
    2:36
  • 24
    Want to Be With You Baby
    3:07
  • 25
    Jimmy's Rock
    2:03
  • 26
    Tell the World I Do
    4:04
  • 27
    You're My Baby
    2:09
  • 28
    Ain't Gonna Cry No More
    3:38
  • CD 4: Chicago, 1960-1962
  • 1
    Close Together
    2:34
  • 2
    You Know You're Looking Good
    2:21
  • 3
    Laughing at the Blues
    2:00
  • 4
    I'm a Love You
    2:01
  • 5
    Kind of Lonesome
    2:44
  • 6
    Found Joy
    3:32
  • 7
    Tell Me You Love Me
    2:43
  • 8
    Bright Lights, Big City
    2:41
  • 9
    Baby, What's Wrong
    3:12
  • 10
    Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
    2:24
  • 11
    I'm Mr. Luck
    3:26
  • 12
    Blue Carnegie
    2:41
  • 13
    Take It Slow
    3:01
  • 14
    Good Lover
    2:33
  • 15
    Down in Mississippi
    3:52
  • 16
    Too Much
    2:19
  • 17
    I'll Change My Style
    2:52
  • 18
    I'll Change My Style (LP version)
    2:34
  • 19
    Let's Get Together
    2:56
  • 20
    In the Morning
    2:24
  • 21
    You Can't Hide
    4:28
  • 22
    Back Home at Noon
    3:39
  • 23
    Lookin' for My Baby
    4:24
  • 24
    Kansas City Baby
    4:15
  • 25
    Oh John
    2:52
  • CD 5: Chicago, 1963
  • 1
    Shame Shame Shame
    2:51
  • 2
    Cold and Lonesome
    3:35
  • 3
    There'll Be a Day
    2:49
  • 4
    Ain't No Big Deal
    2:30
  • 5
    Mary, Mary
    3:01
  • 6
    Upside the Wall
    2:55
  • 7
    Baby's So Sweet
    2:45
  • 8
    I'm Gonna Help You
    3:04
  • 9
    Up Tight
    2:28
  • 10
    Mixed Up
    2:26
  • 11
    I'm Trying to Please You
    3:34
  • 12
    Five Long Years
    3:21
  • 13
    See See Rider
    2:45
  • 14
    Outskirts of Town
    3:23
  • 15
    Trouble in Mind
    2:29
  • 16
    The Comeback
    3:07
  • 17
    How Long, How Long Blues
    2:58
  • 18
    Roll 'em Pete
    2:46
  • 19
    Cherry Red
    2:49
  • 20
    Wee Wee Baby
    2:21
  • 21
    St. Louis Blues
    2:30
  • 22
    Worried Life Blues
    2:15
  • CD 6: Chicago, 1963-1965
  • 1
    Blues for Twelve Strings
    1:44
  • 2
    New Chicago Blues
    2:17
  • 3
    Wear Something Green
    2:46
  • 4
    Help Yourself
    3:02
  • 5
    Heading for a Fall
    3:05
  • 6
    Going Fishing
    2:59
  • 7
    Left Handed Woman
    4:04
  • 8
    I Wanna Be Loved
    2:58
  • 9
    Fifteen Years
    2:46
  • 10
    A New Leaf
    3:04
  • 11
    When You're Doing All Right
    2:45
  • 12
    I Wanna Know
    2:48
  • 13
    I'm Going Upside Your Head
    2:58
  • 14
    The Devil's Shoestring, Part 2
    2:45
  • 15
    The Devil's Shoestring, Part 2 (alternate take)
    2:25
  • 16
    You've Got Me Waiting
    4:01
  • 17
    I'm the Man Down There
    2:59
  • 18
    When Girls Do It
    2:08
  • 19
    Don't Think I'm Through
    3:40
  • 20
    Baby What You Want Me to Do
    2:29
  • 21
    Hush Hush
    2:40
  • 22
    Take Out Some Insurance
    2:32
  • 23
    Big Boss Man
    3:28
  • 24
    Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
    2:20
  • 25
    Bright Lights, Big City
    2:47
  • 26
    Close Together
    2:37

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Release credits

  • drums (drum set) [5.1, 4.14-16, 4.18-19, 4.25]
  • drums (drum set) [1-3, 5-6, 8]
  • double bass [10-11, 27]
  • drums (drum set) [6.20, 6.25, 3.7, 3.9-10, 3.14, 3.18, 1.13, 1.15, 1.22-23, 1.26, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.11, 2.16-18, 2.20, 2.23, 2.26, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.7, 4.9-11]
  • electric bass guitar [13], guitar [3.7, 3.9-10, 3.14, 6.4-5, 6.20, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.16-18, 2.20, 2.23, 2.26, 5.5, 5.8, 5.13-14, 5.20-21, 1.5-6, 1.8, 1.10-11, 1.16-18, 1.20-23, 1.26-27, 4.1], instrument [11]
  • piano [13, 15]
  • guitar [13]
  • guitar [1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.8, 1.10-11, 1.13, 1.15-18, 1.20-23, 1.26-27, 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 5.13-14, 5.20-21, 6.4-5, 6.13, 6.17-20, 6.25, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.7, 4.9-11, 4.14-16, 4.18-19, 4.25, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.11, 2.16-18, 2.20, 2.23, 2.26, 3.7, 3.9-10, 3.14, 3.18], harmonica [3.7, 3.9-10, 3.14, 3.18, 1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.8, 1.10-11, 1.13, 1.15-18, 1.20-23, 1.26-27, 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 5.13-14, 5.20-21, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.11, 2.16-18, 2.20, 2.23, 2.26, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.7, 4.9-11, 4.14-16, 4.18-19, 4.25, 6.4-5, 6.13, 6.17-20, 6.25], lead vocals [5], vocal [2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.11, 2.16-18, 2.20, 2.23, 2.26, 3.7, 3.9-10, 3.14, 3.18, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.7, 4.9-11, 4.14-16, 4.18-19, 4.25, 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 5.13-14, 5.20-21, 6.4-5, 6.13, 6.17-20, 6.25, 1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.8, 1.10-11, 1.13, 1.15-18, 1.20-23, 1.26-27]
  • guitar [6.17-19, 6.25, 4.7, 4.9-11, 4.14-16, 4.18-19, 4.25, 5.1]
  • guitar [1-3]
  • guitar [5], slide guitar [6, 8]
  • guitar [18]
  • guitar [6.20, 6.25, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.7, 4.9-11, 4.14-16, 4.18-19, 4.25, 5.1, 2.26, 3.7, 3.14, 3.18]
  • electric bass guitar [3.7, 6.20]
  • vocal [3.18, 6.20, 6.25, 4.1, 4.9]
  • bass guitar [13, 15]
  • electric bass guitar [14-16], guitar [9-10]
  • drums (drum set) [10-11, 27]
  • guitar [8, 11, 16-18, 20, 23], violin [6]
  • drums (drum set) [16-18, 20-21]
  • guitar [13, 15]
  • double bass [18]
  • background vocals [1, 4], double bass [1-3], drums (drum set) [5.5, 5.8, 5.13-14, 5.20-21, 6.4-5, 6.13, 6.17-19], electric bass guitar [5.5, 5.8, 5.13-14, 5.20-21, 6.4-5, 6.17-19], organ [18], tenor saxophone [18], trumpet [18]

Issues