Best of Blues
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 2000
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Payin' The Cost to Be the BossB.B. King6:23
- 2Blues Is My Middle NameRay Charles3:10
- 3Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm GoneBillie Holiday2:01
- 4Boom BoomJohn Lee Hooker2:323.2 ★
- 5Trouble TroubleDinah Washington2:22
- 6I Smell TroubleIke & Tina Turner3:46
- 7Broken Hearted BluesBuddy Guy3:10
- 8Baby Let Me Hold Your HandCharles Brown3:18
- 9Blue and DisgustedMemphis Slim3:39
- 10Sweet SixteenB.B. King4:19
- 11(I Know) I'm Losing YouRare Earth3:37
- 12Rx for the BluesMike Bloomfield2:22
- 13Boogie Woogie BluesRoy Brown5:36
- 14I’m Going Down to the RiverRay Charles3:05
- 15Mess AroundBo Diddley2:16
- 16No Use Cryin'Buddy Guy & Junior Wells3:03
- CD 2
- 1I Got It Bad and That Ain't GoodBillie Holiday2:27
- 2Ain't SuperstitiousHowlin’ Wolf2:473.5 ★
- 3The Thrill Is GoneB.B. King5:06
- 4The Bourgeois BluesLead Belly3:04
- 5Mama Talk to Your DaughterJohn Mayall3:58
- 6I Cried for YouBig Maybelle2:48
- 7Goin' Away, Won't Be Back Till FallBig Joe Williams1:57
- 8Little Red RoosterBig Mama Thornton5:49
- 9Information BluesRoy Milton2:27
- 10Bad Bad WhiskeyAmos Milburn2:29
- 11So Blue Over YouIke & Tina Turner2:34
- 12Blues on My Weary MindDinah Washington3:02
- 13Stormy MondayBuddy Guy & Junior Wells5:05
- 14The LetterB.B. King3:29
- 15Lover ManBillie Holiday3:184.0 ★
- 16Mojo HandLightnin’ Hopkins2:59
- CD 3
- 1Cannon's BluesCannonball Adderley7:02
- 2Black NightCharles Brown3:07
- 3Big Road BluesCanned Heat2:07
- 4Late in the Evening BluesRay Charles3:04
- 5Blues After HoursPee Wee Crayton3:22
- 6Walkin' and Talkin'Bo Diddley2:39
- 7Loser for You BabyDr. John3:10
- 8Every Day I Have the BluesBuddy Guy & Junior Wells4:31
- 9Billie's BluesBillie Holiday3:10
- 10Last NightLightnin’ Hopkins5:11
- 11You've Done Lost Your Good Thing NowB.B. King5:15
- 12Put Yourself in My PlaceBig Maybelle2:01
- 1344 BluesMemphis Slim3:33
- 14I Got a Big Fat MamaRoy Milton2:55
- 15Poor FoolIke & Tina Turner2:47
- 16Wee Baby BluesBig Joe Turner4:54
Release credits
- guitar [10], vocal [10]
- drums (drum set) [10]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- lead vocals [15]
- tenor saxophone [10]
- producer [4]
- guitar [15]
- piano [15]
- organ [10]
- double bass [15]
- tenor saxophone [4]
- piano [2]
- guitar [2], harmonica [2], lead vocals [2], vocal [2]
- guitar [2]
- alto saxophone [15]
- alto saxophone [15]
- bass [4]
- guitar [2]
- piano [4]
- guitar [4], vocal [4]
- drums (drum set) [15]
- producer [10]
- trumpet [10]
- tenor saxophone [15]
- bass [10]
- guitar [2.16, 3.10], vocal [2.16, 3.10]
- bass [10]
- producer [15]
- tenor saxophone [15]
- producer [10]
- recording [10]
- trumpet [15]
- drums (drum set) [2]
- drums (drum set) [10]
- harmonica [10]
- performing orchestra [15]
- arranger [15], conductor [15]
- double bass [2]
Issues
B2000
B3x CD (turquoise)2005