Chicago Blues: Milestones of Jazz Legends

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 12 May 2017

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CD 1: At Newport (1960) & Sings Big Bill (1959)
1
I Got My Brand on You
Muddy Waters
4:46
2
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Waters
2:57
3
Baby, Please Don't Go
Muddy Waters
3:04
4
Soon Forgotten
Muddy Waters
4:19
5
I Wanna Put a Tiger in Your Tank
Muddy Waters
4:36
6
I Feel so Good v1
Muddy Waters
2:55
7
Got My Mojo Working (Part 1)
Muddy Waters
4:28
8
Got My Mojo Working (Part 2)
Muddy Waters
3:02
9
Goodbye Newport Blues
Muddy Waters
4:52
10
Tell me Baby
Muddy Waters
2:19
11
Southbound Train
Muddy Waters
2:55
12
When I Get to Thinking
Muddy Waters
3:09
13
Just a Dream (On My Mind)
Muddy Waters
2:33
14
Double Trouble
Muddy Waters
2:48
15
I Feel So Good v2
Muddy Waters
2:57
16
I Done Got Wise
Muddy Waters
3:00
17
Mopper's Blues
Muddy Waters
2:56
18
Lonesome Road Blues
Muddy Waters
3:04
19
Hey, Hey
Muddy Waters
2:42
CD 2: King Of The Blues (1960) & My Kind of Blues (1960)
1
I've Got a Right to Love My Baby
B.B. King
3:16
2
What a Way to Go
B.B. King
3:08
3
Long Nights
B.B. King
3:32
4
Feel Like a Million
B.B. King
3:33
5
I'll Survive
B.B. King
2:42
6
Good Man Gone Bad
B.B. King
2:48
7
If I Lost You
B.B. King
2:42
8
You're on Top
B.B. King
2:51
9
Partin' Time
B.B. King
3:01
10
I'm King
B.B. King
2:22
11
You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
B.B. King
5:15
12
Mr. Pawn Broker
B.B. King
3:15
13
Understand
B.B. King
2:40
14
Someday Baby
B.B. King
2:54
15
Driving Wheel
B.B. King
2:52
16
Walking Dr. Bill
B.B. King
3:42
17
My Own Fault Aka It's My Fault
B.B. King
3:34
18
Catfish Blues
B.B. King
2:33
19
Hold That Train
B.B. King
3:58
20
Please Set the Date
B.B. King
2:48
CD 3: Various Songs (1960) & Have Guitar Will Travel (1960)
1
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
2:31
2
I'm a Man
Bo Diddley
2:47
3
Bring It to Jerome
Bo Diddley
2:29
4
Before You Accuse Me
Bo Diddley
3:07
4.0 ★
5
Hey! Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
2:13
6
Dearest Darling
Bo Diddley
2:52
7
Hush Your Mouth
Bo Diddley
2:53
8
Say Boss Man
Bo Diddley
2:34
9
Diddley Daddy
Bo Diddley
2:29
10
Diddey Wah Diddey
Bo Diddley
2:32
11
Who Do You Love
Bo Diddley
2:30
12
Pretty Thing
Bo Diddley
2:47
13
She's Alright
Bo Diddley
4:07
14
Cops and Robbers
Bo Diddley
3:30
15
Run Diddley Daddy
Bo Diddley
2:44
16
Mumblin' Guitar
Bo Diddley
2:51
17
I Need You Baby
Bo Diddley
2:25
18
Say Man. Back Again
Bo Diddley
3:02
19
Nursery Rhyme
Bo Diddley
2:52
20
I Love You So
Bo Diddley
2:26
21
Spanish Guitar
Bo Diddley
4:08
22
Dancing Girl
Bo Diddley
2:24
23
Come on Baby
Bo Diddley
1:58
CD 4: I'm John Lee Hooker (1959) & Travelin' (1960)
1
Dimples
John Lee Hooker
2:15
2
Hobo Blues
John Lee Hooker
2:49
3
I'm so Excited
John Lee Hooker
2:54
4
I Love You Honey
John Lee Hooker
2:35
5
Boogie Chillun
John Lee Hooker
2:36
6
Little Wheel
John Lee Hooker
2:25
7
I'm in the Mood
John Lee Hooker
2:44
8
Maudie
John Lee Hooker
2:21
9
Crawlin' King Snake
John Lee Hooker
2:43
10
Every Night
John Lee Hooker
3:00
11
Time Is Marching
John Lee Hooker
3:03
12
Baby Lee
John Lee Hooker
2:53
13
No Shoes
John Lee Hooker
2:26
14
I Wanna Walk
John Lee Hooker
2:15
15
Canal Street Blues
John Lee Hooker
2:55
16
Run On
John Lee Hooker
2:12
17
I'm a Stranger
John Lee Hooker
2:42
18
Whiskey and Wimmen
John Lee Hooker
2:59
19
Solid Sender
John Lee Hooker
2:36
20
Sunny Land
John Lee Hooker
2:30
21
Goin' to California
John Lee Hooker
2:24
22
I Can't Believe
John Lee Hooker
2:50
23
I'll Know tonight
John Lee Hooker
2:41
24
Dusty Road
John Lee Hooker
2:18
CD 5: Howlin' Wolf - Moaning in the Moonlight (1958) & Jimmy Reed - Rockin' with Reed (1961)
1
Moanin' at Midnight
Howlin’ Wolf
2:57
2
How Many More Years
Howlin’ Wolf
2:43
3
Smokestack Lightnin'
Howlin’ Wolf
3:09
4
Baby, How Long
Howlin’ Wolf
2:55
5
No Place to Go
Howlin’ Wolf
2:56
6
All Night Boogie
Howlin’ Wolf
2:14
7
Evil
Howlin’ Wolf
2:56
8
I'm Leavin' You
Howlin’ Wolf
3:00
9
Moanin' for My Baby
Howlin’ Wolf
2:50
10
I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
Howlin’ Wolf
2:52
11
Forty-Four
Howlin’ Wolf
2:49
12
Somebody in My Home
Howlin’ Wolf
2:24
13
Going to new York
Jimmy Reed
2:18
14
A String to Your Heart
Jimmy Reed
2:43
15
Ends& Odds
Jimmy Reed
2:12
16
Caress Me Baby
Jimmy Reed
2:48
17
Take out Some Insurance
Jimmy Reed
2:20
18
The Moon Is Rising
Jimmy Reed
2:23
19
Down in Virginia
Jimmy Reed
2:24
20
I know It's a Sin
Jimmy Reed
2:24
21
Wanna Be Loved
Jimmy Reed
2:15
22
Baby, What's on Your Mind
Jimmy Reed
3:06
23
My Bitter Seed
Jimmy Reed
2:14
24
Rockin' with Reed
Jimmy Reed
2:32
CD 6: Sonny Boy Williamson - Down and Out Blues (1959) & Little Walter - The Best of Little Walter (1957)
1
Don't Start Me to Talkin'
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:36
5.0 ★
2
I Don't Know
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:28
3
All My Love in Vain
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:51
4
The Key (To Your Door)
Sonny Boy Williamson
3:18
5
Keep It to Yourself
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:52
5.0 ★
6
Dissatisfied
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:46
7
Fattening Frogs for Snakes
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:23
8
Wake up Baby
Sonny Boy Williamson
3:00
9
Your Funeral and My Trial
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:33
10
"99"
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:41
11
Cross My Heart
Sonny Boy Williamson
3:25
12
Let Me Explain
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:57
13
My Babe
Little Walter
2:38
14
Sad Hours
Little Walter
3:09
15
You're so Fine
Little Walter
3:02
16
Last Night
Little Walter
2:42
17
Blues with a Feeling
Little Walter
3:04
18
Can't Hold out Much Longer
Little Walter
2:58
19
Juke
Little Walter
2:43
20
Mean Old World
Little Walter
2:53
21
Off the Wall
Little Walter
2:47
22
You Better Watch Yourself
Little Walter
3:02
23
Blue Lights
Little Walter
3:15
24
Tell Me Mamma
Little Walter
2:45
CD 7: Sunnyland Slim - Slim's Shout(1960) & Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery - Chicago Blues Session (1960)
1
I'm Prison Bound
Sunnyland Slim
3:30
2
Slim's Shout
Sunnyland Slim
3:57
3
The Devil Is a Busy Man
Sunnyland Slim
4:00
4
Brownskin Woman
Sunnyland Slim
3:52
5
Shake It
Sunnyland Slim
3:09
6
Decoration Day
Sunnyland Slim
4:45
7
Baby How Long
Sunnyland Slim
2:46
8
Sunnyland Special
Sunnyland Slim
4:50
9
Harlem Can't Be Heaven
Sunnyland Slim
2:23
10
It's You Baby
Sunnyland Slim
2:32
11
One Room Country Shack
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
2:52
12
Trembling Blues
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
2:14
13
Prison Bound
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
3:39
14
My Electronical Invention Blues Blues
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
3:19
15
Brownskin Woman v2
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
2:43
16
La Salle St. Boogie
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
3:26
17
That's Why I Keep Drinkin' Blues
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
4:06
18
I Got the Blues About My Baby
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
3:33
19
Bob Martin Blues
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
1:40
20
Devil Is a Busy Man
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
2:47
21
No Special Rider Blues
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
2:35
22
Everytime I Get to Drinkin'
Sunnyland Slim & Little Brother Montgomery
4:19
CD 8: Songs of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon (1960) and At The Village Gate (1962)
1
Joggie-Boogie
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
3:28
2
Stewball
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
3:36
3
John Henry
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:28
4
Kansas City #1, 2, & 3
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
7:51
5
Have You Ever Been to Nashville Pen?
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:32
6
Roll and Tumble
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:59
7
Beer Drinking Woman
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:33
8
Chicago House Rent Party
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
5:01
9
44 Blues
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:36
10
Unlucky
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:46
11
Crazy for My Baby
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:42
12
My Baby Don't Stand No Cheating
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
3:26
13
Stewball v2
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
3:24
14
Slop Boogie
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:53
15
Misery Falls Like Rain
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:08
16
Wish Me Well
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:14
17
T for Texas
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
4:24
18
I Just Want to Make Love to You
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
4:07
19
Try to Find My Baby
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
3:25
20
One More Time
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:59
21
Nobody Loves Me
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
2:24
22
We Are Going to Rock
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
3:07
CD 9: Lonnie Johnson - Blues By Lonnie Johnson (1960) & Freddie King - Let's Hide Away And Dance Away With Freddie King (1961)
1
Don't Ever Love
Lonnie Johnson
3:36
2
No Love for Sale
Lonnie Johnson
3:04
3
There's No Love
Lonnie Johnson
2:27
4
I Don't Hurt Anymore
Lonnie Johnson
3:56
5
She Devil
Lonnie Johnson
2:57
6
One Sided Love Affair
Lonnie Johnson
3:16
7
Big Leg Woman
Lonnie Johnson
3:15
8
There Must Be a Way
Lonnie Johnson
3:25
9
She's Drunk Again
Lonnie Johnson
3:24
10
Blues 'Round My Door
Lonnie Johnson
3:37
11
You Don't Move Me
Lonnie Johnson
2:16
12
You Will Need Me
Lonnie Johnson
3:26
13
Hide Away
Freddie King
2:43
14
Butterscotch
Freddie King
3:05
15
Sen-Sa-Shun
Freddie King
2:54
16
Side Tracked
Freddie King
3:08
17
The Stumble
Freddie King
3:15
18
Wash Out
Freddie King
2:39
19
San-Ho-Zay
Freddie King
2:40
20
Just Pickin'
Freddie King
2:33
21
Heads Up
Freddie King
2:34
22
In the Open
Freddie King
3:11
23
Out Front
Freddie King
2:40
24
Swooshy
Freddie King
2:20
CD 10: Elmore James - Blues After Hours (1960) & John Lee Hooker Sings The Blues - That's My Story (1960)
1
Dust My Blues
Elmore James
3:12
2
Sunnyland
Elmore James
3:19
3
Mean and Evil
Elmore James
2:16
4
Dark and Dreary
Elmore James
2:49
5
Standing at the Crossroads
Elmore James
2:47
6
Happy Home
Elmore James
2:44
7
No Love in My Heart
Elmore James
2:24
8
Blues Before Sunrise
Elmore James
2:46
9
I Was a Fool
Elmore James
2:52
10
Goodbye Baby
Elmore James
2:57
11
I Need Some Money
John Lee Hooker
2:28
12
Come on and See About Me
John Lee Hooker
3:11
13
I'm Wanderin'
John Lee Hooker
5:19
14
Democrat Man
John Lee Hooker
3:31
15
I Want to Talk About You
John Lee Hooker
3:05
16
Gonna use My Rod
John Lee Hooker
4:23
17
Wednesday Evenin' Blues
John Lee Hooker
3:37
18
No More Doggin'
John Lee Hooker
2:48
19
One of These Days
John Lee Hooker
4:10
20
I Believe I'll Go Back Home
John Lee Hooker
3:45
21
You're Leavin' Me, Baby
John Lee Hooker
3:57
22
That's My Story
John Lee Hooker
4:37

Release credits

Bo Diddley
guitar [4], vocal [4]
Dave Myers
guitar [21]
Eugene Pierson
guitar [8-9]
Frank Kirkland
drums (drum set) [4]
Fred Below
drums (drum set) [1-3, 5-7, 9, 11-12], membranophone [21]
Jerome Green
maracas [4]
Jimmy Rogers
guitar [1, 3]
Jody Williams
guitar [4]
Lafayette Leake
piano [8-9]
Little Walter
harmonica [21]
Louis Myers
guitar [21]
Luther Tucker
guitar [2, 5-7, 11-12]
Marshall Chess
producer [6]
Muddy Waters
guitar [1, 3]
Otis Spann
piano [1, 6, 11-12]
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
guitar [2, 5-7, 9, 11-12]
Ron Malo
editor [6]
Sonny Boy Williamson
harmonica [1-3, 5-7, 9, 11-12], vocal [1-3, 5-7, 9, 11-12]
Willie Dixon
bass [6], double bass [3.4, 6.1-3, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9, 6.11-12]

Chicago Blues: Milestones of Jazz Legends

Compilation by Various Artists

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