30x CD (1998 release)

Blues Story

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 1998

Tracklist

CD 1: Les rois du Blues
1
Statesboro Blues
The Allman Brothers Band
4:13
2
Cocaïne
J.J. Cale
2:53
3.4 ★
3
The Thrill Is Gone
B.B. King
5:11
3.0 ★
4
Mannish Boy
Muddy Waters
2:57
3.6 ★
5
Boom Boom
John Lee Hooker
2:32
3.2 ★
6
The Red Rooster
Howlin’ Wolf
2:28
3.0 ★
7
Dust My Broom
Elmore James
2:46
8
If You Have to Know
Lonnie Mack & Stevie Ray Vaughan
4:33
3.0 ★
9
I Just Want to Make Love to You
Etta James
3:06
3.0 ★
10
Ice Pick
Albert Collins
3:10
11
On the Road Again
Canned Heat
4:57
4.0 ★
12
Bullfrog Blues
Rory Gallagher
6:47
13
Here in the Dark
Taj Mahal feat. Eric Clapton
3:10
14
Murdering Blues
Johnny Winter
5:03
15
I Put a Spell on You
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
3:29
CD 2: Le Blues Anglais
1
Spoonful
Cream
6:29
3.9 ★
2
A Fool No More
Peter Green
7:44
3
All Your Love
John Mayall & Eric Clapton
3:35
4
Watermelon Man
Alexis Korner
2:28
5
I’m a Man
The Yardbirds
4:25
6
Talk to You
Small Faces
2:09
7
I’ve Got My Mojo Working
Manfred Mann
3:10
8
Love Like a Man
Ten Years After
7:29
9
Milk Cow Blues
The Kinks
3:43
10
Down in the Boots
Jimmy Page
3:26
11
So Much to Say
Rod Stewart
3:15
12
I Had a Dream
The Pretty Things
3:00
13
Black Magic Woman (live)
Fleetwood Mac
6:06
14
Boom Boom
The Animals
3:19
4.0 ★
15
Steelin’
Jeff Beck
2:37
CD 3: Les Labels de Légende Chess Records
1
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Waters
2:51
3.8 ★
2
Searching for a Woman
Albert King
3:03
3.0 ★
3
29 Ways
Willie Dixon
2:10
4
Wang Dang Doodle
Koko Taylor
3:00
4.0 ★
5
My Baby
Memphis Slim
3:04
6
Mama Talk to Your Daughter
J.B. Lenoir
2:27
7
Don’t Start Me to Talkin’
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:34
5.0 ★
8
You Never Can Tell
Chuck Berry
2:41
4.2 ★
9
Who Do You Love
Bo Diddley
2:29
3.5 ★
10
First Time I Met the Blues
Buddy Guy
2:18
11
My Babe
Little Walter
2:40
12
That’s All Right
Jimmy Rogers
2:49
5.0 ★
13
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
John Lee Hooker
3:00
3.5 ★
14
I’m Satisfied
Otis Rush
2:25
2.0 ★
15
How Many More Years
Howlin’ Wolf
2:38
2.0 ★
CD 4: Le Blues Rock
1
Bad to the Bone
George Thorogood
4:49
4.0 ★
2
Dust My Broom
Dr. Feelgood
2:54
3
Hot ’Lanta
The Allman Brothers Band
5:12
4
Blues for Stevie
Rick Derringer feat. Steve Hunter & Pat Travers
7:32
5
Goin’ Up the Country
Canned Heat
2:50
3.0 ★
6
White Room
Cream
4:55
4.2 ★
7
Parisienne Walkways
Gary Moore
3:18
3.6 ★
8
Why Don’t You Want Me
Roy Buchanan
6:05
3.0 ★
9
You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
Bo Diddley
3:13
10
Dance the Night Away
Popa Chubby
4:45
11
Tattoo’d Lady
Rory Gallagher
4:37
12
Roadhouse Blues
Status Quo
7:28
13
Crossroads (live)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3:43
14
Jump City
Willy DeVille
4:58
15
South Bay Cities
Great White
5:23
CD 5: Le Rock ’n’ Roll Noir & Le Rhythm ’n’ Blues
1
Red House
Albert King
5:36
2
Before You Accuse Me
Bo Diddley
3:04
4.0 ★
3
Back Door Man
Howlin’ Wolf
2:48
5.0 ★
4
Got My Mojo Working
Muddy Waters
2:50
3.0 ★
5
Spankin’ Leroy
Lucky Peterson
5:03
6
Worried Life Blues
Chuck Berry
2:09
7
Forecast (Calls for Pain)
Robert Cray
3:58
8
Poison Ivy
Eddy Clearwater
2:49
9
T. Bone Shuffle
T‐Bone Walker
2:58
10
Tutti Frutti
Little Richard
2:22
4.1 ★
11
Shake, Rattle & Roll (live)
Fats Domino
3:47
12
Rock Me Baby
Ike & Tina Turner
2:45
13
Choo‐Choo‐Ch’ Boogie
Louis Jordan
2:16
14
Hamp’s Boogie Woogie
Lionel Hampton
3:17
15
Chicago Breakdown
Doctor Ross
2:52
CD 6: Les grandes voix du Blues
1
My Babe Just Cares for Me
Nina Simone
3:35
4.0 ★
2
Let the Good Time Roll (live)
Koko Taylor
4:15
3
Tell It Like It Is
Aaron Neville
3:05
4
Please Don’t Go
John Lee Hooker
2:28
1.0 ★
5
Killing Floor
Howlin’ Wolf
2:48
6
Farther Up the Road
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:44
7
I Choose to Sing the Blues
Ray Charles
2:27
8
Empty Heart
Willy DeVille
4:34
9
I’m a Man
The Super Super Blues Band
5:38
10
Louisiana Blues
Muddy Waters
2:52
3.0 ★
11
Willy & Leadbelly
Patrick Verbeke & Jean-Jacques Milteau
3:54
12
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Bessie Smith
2:57
5.0 ★
13
Long John Blues
Dinah Washington
3:11
14
All I Could Do Is Cry
Etta James
2:53
4.0 ★
15
Don’t Decieve Me
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
3:41
CD 7: Les guitar heroes du blues
1
Mojo Boogie
Johnny Winter
4:51
4.0 ★
2
I’ll Play the Blues for You (live)
Albert King
6:35
3
Lowdown in Lodi
Freddie King
3:03
4
It All Turns to Gold
Popa Chubby
3:22
5
Deja Voodoo
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
6:06
4.0 ★
6
Petal to the Metal
Roy Buchanan
2:38
7
Mama Lion
Mike Bloomfield
3:34
8
Cry and Sing the Blues
Buddy Guy
3:17
9
Frosty (live)
Albert Collins
4:38
10
Taylor’s Rock
Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers
3:57
11
Messin’ With the Kid (live)
Rory Gallagher
6:07
12
Devil’s Slide
Elvin Bishop
2:56
13
One for Danny
Tom Principato
3:08
14
Hideaway
John Mayall & Eric Clapton
3:13
15
The Stumble
Peter Green
4:16
CD 8: Le Louisiana Blues
1
Hello My Lover
Willy DeVille
3:29
2
Undercover Agent for the Blues
Tony Joe White
4:42
3
Jambalaya
Fats Domino
2:23
4
Memories of Professor Longhair
Dr. John
3:50
5
Try a Little Tenderness
Katie Webster
4:19
6
The Blues Ain’t Nothing
Johnny Neel
4:03
7
Beast of Burden
Buckwheat Zydeco
3:39
8
Louisiana Down Home Blues
C.J. Chenier
3:54
9
New Landlord
Sonny Landreth
3:57
10
A Mother’s Love
Earl King
2:41
11
Louisiana Medicine Man
Coco Robicheaux
4:00
12
Cry to Me
Professor Longhair
3:35
13
C. Jam Blues
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
3:08
14
Chicken Strut
The Meters
2:43
15
Toot Toot
Fats Domino & Doug Kershaw
3:10
CD 9: Chicago Blues
1
Dust My Broom
Elmore James
2:52
2
Mellow Down Easy
Little Walter
2:40
3
Pain in My Heart
Willie Dixon
3:17
4
Born in Chicago (live)
James Cotton
3:08
5
Leaving Blues
Charlie Musselwhite
2:38
6
Nine Below Zero
Sonny Boy Williamson
3:26
7
The Night Ain’t Long Enough
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
3:05
8
Stagger Lee
Mike Bloomfield
4:30
9
Don’t Start Crying
Larry Garner
4:13
10
Nothin’ but the Blues
Joanna Connor
4:01
11
I Just Want to Make Love to You
Muddy Waters
2:50
12
55th Street Boogie
Hound Dog Taylor
3:03
13
I Cried Like a Baby
Koko Taylor
5:14
14
I’d Rather Go Blind
Etta James
2:32
15
Smokestack Lightnin’
Howlin’ Wolf
3:03
3.0 ★
CD 10: Concert, Volume 1
1
Wild Night Out
Jimmy Thackery
5:39
2
I’m Going Home
Ten Years After
4:41
3
The Thrill Is Gone
B.B. King
5:03
4
Things I Used to Do
Albert Collins
5:10
5
Crossroads
Cream
4:10
4.0 ★
6
Crocodile Walk
John Mayall
2:38
7
Stoop Down Baby
Popa Chubby
5:34
8
Bamboo Road
Willy DeVille
4:59
9
Freebird
Lynyrd Skynyrd
8:30
10
Shake Your Money Maker
Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo
5:38
11
Loco Loco
Paul Personne
5:51
12
Laundromat
Rory Gallagher
4:55
13
It’s Not My Cross to Bear
The Allman Brothers Band
5:16
14
St Louis Blues
George Thorogood & Johnny Johnson
5:23
15
Walkin’ Blues
Amos Garrett
4:24
CD 11: Le Blues Blanc
1
Duke’s Mood
Duke Robillard
6:28
2
I Got the Same Old Blues
J.J. Cale
2:56
3
Bullfrog Blues
Canned Heat
2:16
4
Frankie and Johnny (live)
Mike Bloomfield
4:42
5
The Chokin’ Kind
Roy Buchanan
3:13
6
Another Mule Kickin’ in Your Stall
Elvin Bishop
4:33
7
You Got Work to Do
Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers
4:15
8
Looking for Trouble
Johnny Winter
3:56
9
I Just Want to Make Love to You
Robben Ford
5:44
10
This Soul Is Mine
Tommy Castro
3:41
11
It Hurts Me Too (live)
Neal Black & The Healers
3:41
12
Down in Mississippi (live)
Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo
4:52
13
Did She Say
Monster Mike Welsh
3:29
14
River Hip Mama
Charlie Musselwhite
4:16
15
Zydeco Shuffle
Sonny Landreth
3:04
CD 12: Le West Coast Blues
1
Nothing Against You
Robert Cray
5:46
2
He Don’t Play Nothing but the Blues
Robben Ford
4:31
3
I Shall Not Be Moved
Pops Staples & Ry Cooder
4:02
4
You Are My Sunshine
Ray Charles
2:57
5
Stormy Monday Blues
T‐Bone Walker
2:48
6
Baby You Don’t Cry
Pee Wee Crayton
2:08
7
Reconsider Baby
Lowell Fulson
3:09
8
Willie & The Hand Jive
Johnny Otis
2:35
9
Long Way Down
The Bone Shakers
4:26
10
Suitcase Full of Blues
Tommy Castro
4:08
11
To Much of a Good Thing
Coco Montoya
4:24
12
Don’t You Lie to Me
Elvin Bishop
3:06
13
Thse Blues
Charles Brown
6:29
14
Terraplane Blues
Roy Rogers
3:32
15
Mile Hi‐Club
Joe Louis Walker
6:06
CD 13: Le Blues Rock, Volume 2
1
I’m a Man
Bo Diddley
2:59
4.4 ★
2
Wee Wee Hours
Chuck Berry
3:02
3.0 ★
3
That’s All Right
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
2:19
4
What’s Your Point?
Popa Chubby
5:10
5
I’m Gonna Cry
Neal Black
3:42
6
Nothing
Ian Moore
5:15
7
Let’s Spend the Night Together
Muddy Waters
3:07
8
Madison Blues
Elmore James
2:22
9
I Ain’t Superstitious
Howlin’ Wolf
2:49
3.5 ★
10
Young Thing
Tino Gonzales
5:07
11
Leaving New York
Steve Johnson
3:49
12
Stevie Shuffle
Stevie Larocca
3:09
13
Call Me a Doctor
Eddy Shaver
3:00
14
Don’t Loose Your Cool
Albert Collins
4:40
15
Beer Drinking Wooman
Roy Buchanan
4:47
CD 14: Le Texas Blues
1
Ain’t That Just Like a Women
Johnny Winter
2:58
2
Hideaway
Freddie King
2:29
3
The Peeper
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
4:31
4
Shake for Me
Omar and the Howlers
2:30
5
Last Encore
Larry Garner
2:20
6
Good Morning Blues
Lead Belly
2:54
7
Bitter Rain
Storyville
5:55
8
Katie May
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:59
9
Louisiana Bayou Drive
T‐Bone Walker
3:12
10
Misery
Neal Black
5:01
11
Sweet Texas Soul
Jimmy Spacek
4:06
12
Take It Back to Texas
Marc Benno
5:19
13
Come On In My Kitchen
Rory Block
3:12
14
Road Hog
Long John Hunter
4:00
15
I Must Be Dreamin’
Del Dragons
2:55
CD 15: Les Labels de Légende Vee Jay & Sun
1
I Love You Honey
John Lee Hooker
2:32
2
Shame, Shame, Shame
Jimmy Reed
2:47
3
Get It Over Babe
Ike Turner
2:01
4
Tiger Man
Rufus Thomas
2:45
5
Uncloudy Day
The Staple Singers
2:58
6
I Wish You Would
Billy Boy Arnold
2:39
7
Rocket 88
Jackie Brenston
2:48
4.0 ★
8
Just a Little Bit
Rosco Gordon
2:04
9
Baker Shop Boogie
Willie Nix
2:39
10
It Hurts Me Too
Elmore James
3:17
11
Highway Man
Howlin’ Wolf
2:24
12
Blue Guitar
Earl Hooker
2:44
5.0 ★
13
Rockin’ the House
Memphis Slim
2:03
14
Pineteop’s Boogie Woogie
Pinetop Perkins
2:54
15
Cotton Crop Blues
James Cotton
3:00
CD 16: Les Lables de Légende Chess Records, Volume 2
1
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
2:44
2.5 ★
2
Big House
Howlin’ Wolf
7:27
3
I’m a Little (Mixed Up)
Koko Taylor
2:40
4
Bye Bye Bird
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:32
5
Stone Crazy
Buddy Guy
7:10
2.0 ★
6
You Know My Love
Otis Rush
2:41
4.0 ★
7
Walkin’ the Blues
Willie Dixon
3:03
8
I’m Ready
Muddy Waters
3:02
3.5 ★
9
Walking by Myself
Jimmy Rogers
2:46
2.0 ★
10
Eisenhower Blues
J.B. Lenoir
2:52
11
Dead Presidents
Little Walter
2:45
12
Slim’s Blues
Memphis Slim
3:00
13
Someday
Robert Nighthawk
3:03
14
Confessin’ the Blues
Chuck Berry
2:09
15
Worried Life Blues
John Lee Hooker
3:04
CD 17: Le Blues au Féminin
1
All I Could Do Is Cry
Etta James
2:51
2
I’d Rather Go Blind
Koko Taylor
5:00
3
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Aretha Franklin
2:43
4.1 ★
4
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin
Alberta Hunter
2:53
5
I’m Bad
Katie Webster
4:32
6
Bitch With a Bad Attitude
Saffire
4:06
7
Queen Bee
Zora Young
5:02
8
Big Girl Blues
Joanna Connor
3:45
9
Roll With Me
Deborah Coleman
4:12
10
Stones in My Passway
Zakiya Hooker
4:27
11
Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Ruth Brown
2:53
12
Down Hearted Blues
Bessie Smith
3:25
4.0 ★
13
Fine and Mellow
Billie Holiday
3:13
14
Tweedlee Dee
LaVern Baker
3:07
15
What’s Wrong
Marva Wright
3:52
CD 18: La nouvellle Scene du Blues
1
Consequences
Robert Cray
4:24
2
You’re the One for Me
Lucky Peterson
3:41
3
Low Down Dirty Blues
Joe Louis Walker
6:54
4
Special Kind of Loving
Sherman Robertson
4:07
5
Bluestime in America
Michael Hill's Blues Mob
4:07
6
Don’t Fix Our Love
Kenny Neal
4:09
7
Break My Rule
Tinsley Ellis
3:04
8
Sing Your Song
Eric Bibb
5:02
9
Real Thing
Popa Chubby
5:12
10
Lost in the Blues
Bill Perry
3:11
11
Aberdeen
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
4:14
3.0 ★
12
Every Time You Lie
Monster Mike Welsh
3:09
13
Don’t Let Me Cry
The Hoax
2:59
14
Sent by Angels
Arc Angels
5:41
15
Bit by Love (Hard Times)
Zakiya Hooker
5:09
CD 19: Les Labels de Légende Alligator Records
1
Tired Man (live)
Albert Collins and the Icebreakers
5:05
2
Don’t Cloud Up on Me
Lucky Peterson
3:16
3
She’s Gone
Hound Dog Taylor
3:52
4
Digging New Ground
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
3:50
5
Trying to Make a Living
Koko Taylor
2:48
6
Lonesome Stranger
Carey Bell
4:05
7
The Window
Bob Margolin
2:59
8
Have a Good Time
Big Walter Horton
3:48
9
You’re Driving Me Crazy
Professor Longhair
2:37
10
Evil on My Mind
Johnny Winter
2:22
11
Chicago Smokeshop
Roy Buchanan
5:01
12
Soul Emergency
Michael Hill's Blues Mob
3:50
13
Hush Mouth Money
Lonnie Brooks
4:03
14
River’s Invitation
The Kinsey Report
3:42
15
High Compression
James Cotton
2:42
CD 20: Les Grandes Pianistes et le Boogie‐Woogie
1
Drown In My Own Tears
Ray Charles
3:21
3.4 ★
2
New York City Blues
Dr. John
3:59
3
Please Don’t Drive Me Away
Charles Brown
2:21
4
Five Spot
Otis Spann
2:41
5
450 Pound Woman
Floyd Dixon
2:18
6
Boogie Woogie Stomp
Albert Ammons
3:37
7
Honky Tonk Train Blues
Meade Lux Lewis
3:13
8
Nasty Boogie
Champion Jack Dupree
3:09
9
Blues Before Sunrise
Leroy Carr
3:32
10
Bless My Soul
Johnny Neel
3:41
11
Mother Earth
Memphis Slim
2:42
12
Tipitina
Professor Longhair
2:38
13
Roll’Em Pete
Big Joe Turner
2:50
14
Eyesight to the Blind
Mike Bloomfield
4:15
15
Trouble in Mind
Amos Milburn
2:33
CD 21: Concert, Volume 2
1
The Good Times Roll (live at San Quentin)
B.B. King
5:08
2
You Upset Me Babe
Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers
5:58
3
Heart Attack and Wine
Popa Chubby
4:45
4
Too Tired
Gary Moore feat. Albert Collins
4:36
5
Since I’ve Been Loving You
Great White
6:34
6
Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino
2:35
7
Mercury Blues
Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo
5:21
8
Sitting on the Top of the World
Howlin’ Wolf
7:52
9
I Got My Brand on You (live at Newport)
Muddy Waters
4:31
10
Makin’ Whoopie
Ray Charles
6:16
11
Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Jimmy Witherspoon
5:58
12
Glamour Girl
Duke Robillard
9:10
13
Blues at Sunrise
Albert King
8:37
CD 22: Les Labels de Légende Alligator Records, Volume 2
1
Third Degree
Johnny Winter
6:35
2
Avalanche
Albert Collins
2:38
3
I Found a Love
Lucky Peterson
5:48
4
Camp Washinton Chili
Lonnie Mack
2:27
5
Christine
Big Walter Horton feat. Carey Bell
4:02
6
Part Time Love
James Cotton
5:09
7
Blues Got Me Again
Charlie Musselwhite
5:22
8
Sunday Morning Blues
Billy Boy Arnold
4:58
9
Voodoo Woman
Koko Taylor
3:48
10
Allogator Eating Dog
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
4:10
11
Up & In
Bob Margolin
2:58
12
Before You Go
Lonnie Brooks
6:06
13
I’m Just Lucky That Way
Little Charlie & the Nightcats
3:51
14
Sadie
Hound Dog Taylor
6:12
15
Mama Got Worried
Corey Harris
3:00
CD 23: Les labels de legende Point Blank & Demon
1
Fore Day Rider
John Hammond
3:36
2
Vida’s Place
Roy Rogers
4:20
3
Vicksburg Blues
Skip James
2:55
4
C.C. Rider
Mississippi John Hurt
3:25
5
Both Sides of the Fence
Charlie Musselwhite
3:56
6
Judgement Day
Duke Robillard
4:50
7
Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City
Walter “Wolfman” Washington
4:02
8
Delta Hurricane
Larry McCray
4:26
9
It’s a Matter of Taste
Rainer & Das Combo
3:34
10
Mac’s Boogie
Dr. John
3:58
11
Red Neck Gigolo
Terell
4:09
12
Keep on Loving Me Baby
Colin James
3:41
13
Protect Me From the Blues
Zakiya Hooker
4:18
14
Gettin’ Down
Bill Perry
3:08
15
Happy Song
Steve Johnson
4:13
CD 24: Soul‐Blues
1
I’m Gonna Forget About You
Robert Cray
3:09
2
I’ve Been Lovin’ You Too Long
Popa Chubby
4:35
3
Lonely Boy Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon
4:38
4
Lucille
B.B. King
10:14
5
Lemon Squeezin’ Baby
Nappy Brown
4:34
6
Move
Lucky Peterson
3:51
7
Don’t Cry No More
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:25
8
Honky Tonk
Walter “Wolfman” Washington
3:49
9
Born Under a Bad Sign
Albert King
3:25
10
Messin’ With the Kid
Junior Wells
2:14
11
All My Whole Life
Magic Sam
2:13
12
Feel So Bad
Little Milton
2:33
13
Born for You
Rockie Charles
2:52
14
Told and Evil Night
Joe Louis Walker
5:21
15
Jailhouse
Aaron Neville
3:11
CD 25: Le Blues d’Ailleurs
1
Où est l’Paradis?
Paul Personne
5:59
2
Sado‐Maso Blues
Patrick Verbeke
7:00
3
Hometown
Jean‐Jacques Milteau
5:12
4
On peut plus en trouver
Benoît Blue Boy
4:41
5
Give Me a Kiss Baby
Nico Wayne Toussaint
4:37
6
Don’t Tell Me
Amos Garrett
3:16
7
No Rest for the Wicked
Colin Linden
6:02
8
Big City Behind the Sun
Eddie Kirkland
3:03
9
(Making the) Trains (Run on Time)
Rainer & Das Combo
4:04
10
Louise
Paul Ubana Jones
5:02
11
I’m Ready
The Jeff Healey Band
3:34
12
Changer l’Horizon
Rod & The Shotgun Blues
3:23
13
Merci Blues
Baton Rouge
3:23
14
Shake It or Leave It
Manu Galvin
2:36
15
J’nage en eaux troubles
Leadfoot Rivet
4:42
CD 26: Folk‐Blues
1
I’m in the Mood
John Lee Hooker
2:43
2
Sonny’ Whoopin’ the Droop
Sonny Terry
4:45
3
Peach Tree
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:34
4
Worried Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
2:21
5
Match Box Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
3:02
6
Devil Got My Woman
Skip James
3:12
7
Burr Clover Farm Blues
Muddy Waters
2:55
8
Ladder of Success
Ted Hawkins
3:27
9
Honeymoon Blues
Bob Brozman
3:44
10
Back No More
Bo Ramsey
5:37
11
High Fever Blues
Corey Harris
3:12
12
Some Day When We’re Both Alone
Greg Brown
4:09
13
Going to Brownsville
Furry Lewis
5:03
14
Attar
David Lindley
4:52
15
Please Call Me Baby
Preacher Boy
4:01
CD 27: Zydeco & Delta Blues
1
I Know What I’ve Got
Dr. John
5:02
2
Her Mind Is Gone
Professor Longhair
4:24
3
Shake Your Moneymaker
Elmore James
2:30
4
Slidin’ Delta
Mississippi John Hurt
2:57
5
Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Koko Taylor
3:06
6
Whoo‐Wee Sweet Daddy
Katie Webster
3:19
7
Bring It on Home
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:36
8
I’m So Glad
Skip James
2:56
9
Combination Boogie
J.B. Hutto
2:16
10
Black Betty
Lead Belly
0:58
11
Walkin’ the Boogie
John Lee Hooker
2:35
12
Do You Know Him
Johnny Adams
4:27
13
Too Much Fun
C.J. Chenier
3:20
14
Route 66
Buckwheat Zydeco
3:03
15
Bayou Blood
Kenny Neal
3:14
CD 28: Nouvelle Vague
1
Rats Get Whacked
Popa Chubby
5:23
5.0 ★
2
Time (mix 1)
Lucky Peterson with Bootsy Collins
4:52
3
In the Dark
Kim Lembo
2:53
4
Reason of the Rythme
Colin Linden
2:31
5
Memphis Turnaround
Van Wilks
4:14
6
Hard Blues for Hard Time
Michael Hill’s Blues Band
5:11
7
Power of Delight
Rainer & Das Combo
3:33
8
Diamonds at Your Feet
Big Bill Morganfield
2:59
9
Lost on a Blue Highway
Neal Black
4:23
10
The Cross Must Move
Preacher Boy
4:01
11
Superstition
The Hoax
5:39
12
Nobody to Blame
Deborah Coleman
3:51
13
Cut You Loose
Tinsley Ellis
5:25
14
Right as Rain
Tommy Castro
4:22
15
Pawnshop Bound
William Clarke
4:22
CD 29: Les Labels de Légende Chess Records & Demon
1
I Can’t Be Satisfied
Muddy Waters
2:42
2
Crazy for My Baby
Willie Dixon
2:49
3
Evil
Howlin’ Wolf
2:51
5.0 ★
4
So Many Roads, So Many Trains
Otis Rush
3:10
5
Sad Hours
Little Walter
3:10
6
Third Degree
Eddie Boyd
3:16
7
I’m Leaving
Otis Spann
2:40
8
Tollin’ Bell
Lowell Fulson
3:04
9
Worried Blues
Skip James
3:25
10
Crackin’ Up
Bo Diddley
2:05
11
Watch Out
Hound Dog Taylor
3:10
12
Staggerlee
Mississippi John Hurt
4:12
13
Pineteop
Dr. John
3:12
14
Seventh Son
Willie Mabon
2:53
15
Mushmind Blues
Rainer & Das Combo
3:45
CD 30: Slide Guitar
1
Bad Girl Blues
Johnny Winter
4:35
2
Taylor’s Rock
Sonny Landreth
3:58
3
Jack of Diamonds / Queen of Spades
Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo
2:57
4
I’ve Got Other Plans
Jimmy Thackery
3:04
5
Stiletto Blues
Van Wilks
4:17
6
Too Damn Much Lovin’
James Solberg Band
3:55
7
The Sky Is Crying
Elmore James
2:46
4.5 ★
8
Talk to My Baby
Hound Dog Taylor
3:15
9
Give Me Back My Wig
Luther Allison
4:46
10
Bukka’s Jitterburg Swing
Corey Harris
2:01
11
Big Bill
Bo Ramsey
5:48
12
How Long Blues
Spencer Bohren
4:57
13
At the Feet of the Master
Jon Butcher
5:52
14
20% Alcohol
Microwave Dave & the Nukes
4:30
15
Gonna Send You Back to Georgia
Gov’t Mule
3:58

Release credits

A. J. Gladney
drums (drum set) [9]
Adrian Barber
engineer [10.5, 4.6], recording [6]
Ahmet Ertegun
producer [17.11, 17.14, 20.1, 20.12]
Al Duncan
drums (drum set) [2]
Al Galvin
drums (drum set) [6], membranophone [10]
Alan Niven
producer [15]
Albert King
guitar [2], lead vocals [2]
Albert “Tootie” Heath
drums (drum set) [1]
Alex Atkins
alto saxophone [12], saxophone [13]
Alfred Elkins
bass [12]
Alfred Roberts
congas [27.2, 8.12, 19.9]
Allison Miner
producer [8.12, 19.9, 27.2]
Alvin “Red” Tyler
baritone saxophone [5.10, 20.12]
Andy Kaslow
producer [27.2, 19.9, 8.12], tenor saxophone [8.12, 27.2, 19.9]
Anthony Arnold Dagradi
tenor saxophone [8.12, 19.9, 27.2]
Aretha Franklin
vocal [3]
Arif Mardin
arranger [3]
Aron Burton
bass [15]
Audie Ashworth
producer [1.2, 11.2]
Benny Benjamin
drums (drum set) [5]
Bernie Glow
trumpet [3]
Bessie Smith
vocal [17.12, 6.12]
Big Walter Horton
harmonica [16.9, 16.13, 29.11]
Bill Blough
bass [1]
Bill Halverson
recording [5]
Bill Samuel
saxophone [19.4, 8.13]
Billy Boy Arnold
harmonica [16.1, 13.1]
Billy Stepney
drums (drum set) [13]
Blind Lemon Jefferson
guitar [5], vocal [5]
Bo Diddley
guitar [5.2, 29.10, 16.1, 13.1, 3.9], vocal [5.2, 16.1, 29.10, 13.1, 3.9]
Bob Neely
tenor saxophone [3.14, 16.5]
Bobby Campo
woodwind [19.4, 8.13]
Brian Downey
drums (drum set) [7]
Brian Young
mix [12], recording [12]
Bruce Iglauer
producer [27.2, 19.9, 8.12, 1.10, 9.13]
Buddy Guy
guitar [3.4, 16.5, 16.13], vocal [5]
Calvin Carter
producer [5, 11]
Canned Heat
producer [5]
Carl Radle
bass [3]
Carolyn Franklin
choir vocals [3]
Cecil Payne
baritone saxophone [1]
Champion Jack Dupree
piano [8], vocal [8]
Charlie Baty
guitar [15], solo [15]
Chris Tsangarides
producer [7]
Chriss Johnson
guitar [19.11, 4.8]
Chuck Berry
guitar [13.2, 3.8, 5.6], lead vocals [13.2, 5.6], producer [3.8, 5.6], vocal [8]
Chuck Blackwell
drums (drum set) [3]
Clarence Williams
piano [17.12, 6.12]
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
guitar [15], producer [19.4, 8.13], solo [15], vocal [8.13, 19.4]
Clifton James
drums (drum set) [3.9, 13.1, 29.10], membranophone [13]
Connie Kay
drums (drum set) [11, 14]
Criss Johnson
producer [13]
Cyrus St. Clair
tuba [12]
Dallas Smith
producer [11]
Damon Lyon-Shaw
engineer [12]
Darrell Leonard
trumpet [13]
Dave Bartholomew
producer [3]
Dave Myers
guitar [5]
David Farrell
mix [8.13, 19.4], recording [19.4, 8.13]
David Lee Watson
bass [19.9, 27.2, 8.12]
Dennis Taylor
tenor saxophone [8.13, 19.4]
Denny Cordell
producer [3]
Dick Shurman
producer [10]
Dino Lappas
engineer [11]
Don Preston
guitar [3]
Don Wilkerson
tenor saxophone [1]
Donald Hankins
baritone saxophone [5], saxophone [4]
Dr. John
guitar [8.12, 19.9, 27.2]
Earl Palmer
drums (drum set) [5.10, 20.12]
Earl Phillips
drums (drum set) [29.3, 9.15]
Ebby Hardy
drums (drum set) [2]
Ed Allen
cornet [12]
Eddie "Porkshop" Hines
drums (drum set) [9], washboard [9]
Eddie B. Flick
assistant [10]
Eddie Burns
guitar [13]
Eddie King
guitar [3]
Eddie Kramer
assistant [6]
Edgar Blanchard
bass [12]
Elmore James
guitar [13.8, 30.7], lead vocals [30.7, 27.3], slide guitar [3], vocal [8]
Eric Clapton
electric guitar [5], guitar [1.13, 4.6, 2.1], vocal [10.5, 2.1]
Erma Franklin
choir vocals [3]
Ernest "Big" Crawford
double bass [12]
Ernest Cotton
saxophone [13]
Etta James
lead vocals [1.9, 6.14]
Felix Pappalardi
producer [4.6, 10.5], viola [6]
Frank Fields
double bass [10]
Frank Kirkland
drums (drum set) [5.2, 16.1]
Fred Below
drums (drum set) [16.5, 3.1, 3.4, 3.7, 9.6, 5.3], membranophone [29.5, 26.3]
Fred Breitberg
engineer [19.9, 27.2, 8.12]
Fred Brietberg
recording [10]
Freddie King
guitar [3], lead vocals [3]
Freddie Robinette
baritone saxophone [2]
Garvin Bushell
alto saxophone [12]
Gary Moore
accordion [7], background vocals [7], guitar [7], mandolin [7], producer [7], string synthesizer [7]
Gene Barge
saxophone [4], tenor saxophone [4]
Gene Chrisman
drums (drum set) [3]
George Maywether
harmonica [9]
George Patterson
tenor saxophone [8]
George Thorogood
guitar [1], lead vocals [1], mix [1]
George Thorogood & the Destroyers
producer [1]
Ginger Baker
drums (drum set) [10.5, 2.1, 4.6], percussion [6], timpani [6]
Gloria Hardiman
guest [8]
Glyn Johns
engineer [6]
Greely Walton
tenor saxophone [12]
Hal Jackson
tambourine [11]
Hal White
tenor saxophone [2]
Hank Carter
saxophone [1]
Hank Crosby
tenor saxophone [5]
Hargus “Pig” Robbins
piano [2]
Harold Floyd
bass [19.4, 8.13]
Henry "Sneaky Joe" Harris
drums (drum set) [8]
Henry Gray
piano [9]
Herb Abramson
producer [11]
Homesick James
bass guitar [7], guitar [8]
Hosea Lee Kennard
piano [15]
Hound Dog Taylor
guitar [11], lead vocals [11]
Howlin’ Wolf
guitar [1.6, 13.9], harmonica [29.3, 13.9, 9.15, 5.3, 3.15], lead vocals [13.9, 29.3, 9.15, 1.6, 5.3, 3.15], vocal [29.3, 13.9]
Hubert Sumlin
guitar [5.3, 1.6, 9.15, 13.9, 29.3]
Ian McLagan
Hammond organ [6], piano [6], vocal [6]
Ian Stewart
keyboard [1], piano [1]
Ike Turner
piano [3.15, 15.7]
J.B. Hutto
guitar [9], lead vocals [9]
J.B. Lenoir
guitar [16.10, 3.6], lead vocals [6], vocal [10]
J.J. Cale
guitar [2], vocal [2]
J.T. Brown
tenor saxophone [30.7, 13.8]
Jack Bruce
bass [2.1, 4.6], electric bass guitar [5], harmonica [1], vocal [2.1, 4.6]
Jack Myers
bass [16.5, 16.13, 3.4]
Jackie Brenston
baritone saxophone [7], vocal [7]
James Cotton
harmonica [15]
James E. Bond
double bass [1]
James Jamerson
bass [5]
Jarett Gibson
tenor saxophone [5]
Jeff Simon
drums (drum set) [1]
Jerome Green
maracas [13.1, 29.10, 3.9, 5.2, 16.1]
Jerry Wexler
producer [17.3, 17.14, 20.1, 20.8, 20.12]
Jesse Knight
bass guitar [7]
Jim Albert
engineer [15]
Jim Bateman
producer [8.13, 19.4]
Jim Gordon
drums (drum set) [3]
Jim Horn
flute [5]
Jim Moore
baritone saxophone [19.9, 8.12, 27.2]
Jimmy Reed
guitar [2], harmonica [2], vocal [2]
Jimmy Reed, Jr.
guitar [2]
Jimmy Rogers
guitar [13.9, 16.9, 3.1, 3.7, 3.12], lead vocals [9], vocal [16.9, 3.12]
Jody Williams
guitar [29.3, 3.9, 5.2]
Joe Bridgewater
trumpet [1]
Joe Custom
bass [9]
Joe Hunter
piano [5]
Joe Louis Walker
guitar [15], solo [15], vocal [15]
Joe McGrath
engineer [13]
Joe Montgomery
piano [3.6, 16.10]
Joe Newman
trumpet [3]
Joe Sublett
tenor saxophone [13]
John Calvin
saxophone [13]
John Fry
mix [3], recording [3]
John Gallie
organ [3]
John Lee Hooker
guitar [1.5, 16.15, 6.4, 3.13], lead vocals [13], vocal [6.4, 1.5, 16.15]
John Nagy
assistant [1], engineer [1], mix [1]
John Porter
producer [13]
John Snyder
co [15]
John Timperley
engineer [1]
John Touchy
trombone [19.4, 8.13]
Johnnie Johnson
piano [13.2, 3.8]
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
piano [3]
Johnny Lee Schell
guitar [13]
Johnny Vidacovich
drums (drum set) [27.2, 19.9, 8.12]
Johnny Williams
guitar [4]
Jon Cleary
piano [13]
Joshua Willis
trumpet [1]
Justin Adams
guitar [10]
Justin Niebank
engineer [4.8, 9.13, 19.11], mix [19.11, 4.8, 9.13]
Ken Irwin
assistant [1], mix [1]
Kenney Jones
drums (drum set) [6], percussion [6]
Kenny Malone
drums (drum set) [2]
King Mose
drums (drum set) [3]
Koko Taylor
lead vocals [4], producer [13], vocal [4]
LaVern Baker
lead vocals [14], vocal [14]
Lafayette Leake
piano [9.6, 29.11, 5.6, 16.13, 3.4, 3.14]
Lanky Linstrot
engineer [11]
Larry Dale
guitar [8]
Larry Exum
bass [19.11, 4.8]
Larry Fulcher
bass [13]
Lee Allen
tenor saxophone [20.12, 5.10]
Lee Jackson
bass [11]
Lee Otis
bass [2]
Lefty Bates
guitar [2]
Leon Hooper
drums (drum set) [12]
Leon Russell
piano [3], producer [3]
Leonard & Phil Chess
producer [5.6, 13.2, 1.9, 3.8]
Leonard Chess
producer [6.14, 1.9, 3.8]
Lightnin’ Hopkins
guitar [8], vocal [8]
Little Johnny Jones
piano [13.8, 1.6, 30.7]
Little Richard
lead vocals [10]
Little Walter
harmonica [29.5, 3.1, 3.12]
Lonnie Mack
guitar [8], producer [8], vocal [8]
Lorenzo Smith
tenor saxophone [16.10, 3.6]
Louis Myers
guitar [5]
Louis Satterfield
electric bass guitar [8]
Luther Tucker
guitar [9.6, 26.3]
Mac Gayden
slide guitar [2]
Magic Slim
guitar [15]
Marshall Chess
executive [13], producer [26.3, 9.6]
Marty Wehner
wind instruments [15]
Matt Murphy
electric guitar [13], guitar [5.6, 3.14]
Melissa Sewell
additional [15]
Melvin Dowden
piano [10]
Melvin Lastie
trumpet [3]
Memphis Slim
piano [15.13, 16.12], vocal [15.13, 16.12]
Memphis Slim and The Houserockers
performer [13]
Michael Freeman
mix [9], producer [9]
Michael Holmes
keyboard [8.13, 19.4]
Michael Lardie
engineer [15], producer [15]
Mickey Baker
guitar [11]
Morris Jennings
membranophone [4.8, 19.11]
Muddy Waters
guitar [1, 7], vocal [1]
Nina Simone
lead vocals [1], piano [1]
Odie Payne
drums (drum set) [5.6, 3.8, 30.7], membranophone [14]
Otis Rush
guitar [14], vocal [14]
Otis Spann
piano [26.3, 29.3, 29.10, 16.5, 16.9, 3.1, 3.7, 5.3, 9.6]
Panama Francis
drums (drum set) [1]
Paul Mufson
engineer [1], mix [1]
Paul West
double bass [1]
Pete Brown
alto saxophone [8]
Peter Vernon-Kell
producer [2]
Phil Chess
producer [1.9, 6.14, 3.8]
Phil Lynott
bass [7], guest [7], lead vocals [7]
Pinetop Perkins
piano [15]
Professor Longhair
piano [27.2, 19.9, 20.12, 8.12], vocal [19.9, 27.2, 8.12, 20.12]
Ralph Bass
editor [6], producer [13]
Ray Charles
arranger [1], piano [1], vocal [1]
Raymond Hill
tenor saxophone [7]
Richard Manwaring
assistant [12]
Richard McLeese
producer [10]
Rick Horton
engineer [2]
Riley Hampton
arranger [1.9, 6.14], conductor [6.14, 1.9]
Riley Hampton Orchestra
performing orchestra [6.14, 1.9]
Robert Covington
drums (drum set) [15]
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
guitar [16.9, 9.6]
Robert Nighthawk
guitar [13], vocal [13]
Robert Whitehead
drums (drum set) [11]
Robert “Bumps” Blackwell
producer [10]
Roger Heiss
recording [9]
Ron Harris
guitar [8.13, 19.4]
Ron Malo
editor [3.13, 26.3]
Ronnie Lane
bass guitar [6], producer [6], vocal [6]
Rory Gallagher
producer [12]
Roy Buchanan
guitar [4.8, 19.11], vocal [19.11, 4.8]
Rubin Cooper
tenor saxophone [8]
Ruth Brown
vocal [11]
Sam Chatman
bass [13]
Sam Lay
drums (drum set) [13.9, 1.6]
Sam Myers
drums (drum set) [3]
Sam Phillips
producer [15]
Sam Wallace
piano [2]
Sam “The Man” Taylor
tenor saxophone [14]
Sammy Lee Bully
bass [3]
Scotty Moore
engineer [15], guitar [15], solo [15]
Skip Godwin
associate [19.9, 8.12, 27.2]
Skip James
guitar [8], lead vocals [8]
Skip Taylor
producer [5]
Sonny Boy Williamson
harmonica [3.7, 9.6, 26.3], vocal [9.6, 3.7, 26.3]
Spooner Oldham
piano [3]
Status Quo
arranger [12], producer [12]
Stephen Hart
mix [15]
Steve Cropper
guitar [15], solo [15]
Steve Marriott
electric guitar [6], lead vocals [6], producer [6]
Stevie Ray Vaughan
guitar [8], producer [8], vocal [8]
Taft Jordan
trumpet [11]
Taj Mahal
lead vocals [13]
Terry Manning
mix [1], producer [1]
Terry Townson
horn [8.13, 19.4], trumpet [19.4, 8.13]
The Bosstalkers
performer [15]
The Carnations
background vocals [10]
The Gliders
background vocals [14]
The Jeff Healey Band
producer [11]
The Johnny Nocturne Horns
wind instruments [15]
The Moonglows
background vocals [9]
The Sweet Inspirations
choir vocals [3]
Theodis Morgan
drums (drum set) [2]
Thom Panunzio
mix [11], producer [11]
Thunder Smith
piano [8]
Timothy Overton
tenor saxophone [12]
Tom Dowd
arranger [3], engineer [6], recording [17.3, 4.6, 20.8, 10.5]
Tommy Cogbill
bass [2], bass guitar [3]
Tony Braunagel
membranophone [13]
Waldo Latowsky
drums (drum set) [8.13, 19.4]
Wendell Marshall
double bass [8]
Wilbur Gibson
instrument [2]
Willie Dixon
background vocals [4], bass [9.6, 16.9], double bass [13.1-2, 13.9, 29.3, 1.6, 9.15, 5.2-3, 5.6, 16.9, 3.1, 3.7, 3.14], producer [5.6, 3.4, 3.8]
Willie Johnson
guitar [3.15, 9.15]
Willie Jones
drums (drum set) [8]
Willie Kizart
guitar [7]
Willie Sims
drums (drum set) [7]
Willie Steele
drums (drum set) [15]
Willis Jackson
tenor saxophone [11]
Willy DeVille
lead vocals [1]
[unknown]
drums (drum set) [9], electric bass guitar [6], instrument [13], membranophone [9], other instruments [14], saxophone [8], tenor saxophone [7]

Issues

B
(Combined release view)
B
Blues Story
30x CD (1998 release)
1998
B
Blues Story
30x CD (2001 release)
2001