The Gold Collection: 40 Classic Performances - The Blues

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Frankie

  Mississippi John Hurt
  3:22
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Stack O' Lee Blues

  Mississippi John Hurt
  2:57
• 3
  Candy Man Blues

  Mississippi John Hurt
  2:43
• 4
  Jack O' Diamonds

  Blind Lemon Jefferson
  2:44
• 5
  Hangman's Blues

  Blind Lemon Jefferson
  3:01
• 6
  Low Down Mojo Blues

  Blind Lemon Jefferson
  2:48
• 7
  Midnight Special

  Leadbelly
  3:04
• 8
  Good Morning Blues

  Leadbelly
  2:52
• 9
  Easy Rider

  Leadbelly
  3:17
• 10
  Trucking Little Woman

  Big Bill Broonzy
  2:39
• 11
  Bull Cow Blues

  Big Bill Broonzy
  2:53
• 12
  Cross Road Blues

  Robert Johnson
  2:40
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Sweet Home Chicago

  Robert Johnson
  3:04
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Love in Vain

  Robert Johnson
  2:24
  5.0 ★
• 15
  House of the Rising Sun

  Woody Guthrie
  3:00
• 16
  Mean Talking Blues

  Woody Guthrie
  3:26
• 17
  Little Black Train

  Woody Guthrie
  2:30
• 18
  Black Cat

  Lightnin’ Hopkins
  2:34
• 19
  House Upon the Hill

  Lightnin’ Hopkins
  2:35
• 20
  Someday Baby

  Lightnin’ Hopkins
  2:34
• CD 2
• 1
  Dimples

  John Lee Hooker
  2:17
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Boom Boom

  John Lee Hooker
  2:32
  3.2 ★
• 3
  Boogie Chillen

  John Lee Hooker
  2:32
• 4
  Eyesight to the Blind

  Sonny Boy Williamson
  3:04
• 5
  Nine Below Zero

  Sonny Boy Williamson
  2:52
• 6
  Come on Back Home

  Sonny Boy Williamson
  2:48
• 7
  Dust My Broom

  Elmore James
  2:56
• 8
  Standing at the Crossroads

  Elmore James
  2:58
• 9
  Blues Before Sunrise

  Elmore James
  2:45
• 10
  Sweet Little Angel

  B.B. King
  2:58
• 11
  Everyday I Have the Blues

  B.B. King
  2:46
• 12
  Rock Me Baby

  B.B. King
  2:49
• 13
  Baby Please Don't Go

  Muddy Waters
  2:41
• 14
  Got My Mojo Working

  Muddy Waters
  5:00
• 15
  I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

  Muddy Waters
  3:00
• 16
  Little Red Rooster

  Howlin’ Wolf
  6:18
• 17
  Going Down Slow

  Howlin’ Wolf
  6:23
• 18
  Howling for My Darlin'

  Howlin’ Wolf
  4:24
• 19
  The Moon Is Rising

  Freddie King
  7:15
• 20
  Feelin' Alright

  Freddie King
  5:08

Release credits

• Art Satherly
  executive [12-14]
• Benny Benjamin
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Bill Holford
  recording [4-6]
• Blind Lemon Jefferson
  guitar [4-6], vocal [4-6]
• Calvin Carter
  producer [2]
• Cliff Givens
  bass vocals [5], percussion [5]
• Don Law
  producer [12-14]
• Eddie Taylor
  guitar [1]
• Elmore James
  guitar [6]
• George Washington
  bass [1]
• Hank Crosby
  tenor saxophone [2]
• Henry Reed
  double bass [4]
• James Jamerson
  bass [2]
• Joe Dyson
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Joe Hunter
  piano [2]
• Joe Willie Wilkins
  guitar [5-6]
• John Lee Hooker
  guitar [1-2], vocal [1-2]
• Leonard Ware
  double bass [6]
• Lightnin’ Hopkins
  guitar [19], vocal [19]
• Lillian McMurry
  producer [4-6]
• Mississippi John Hurt
  guitar [1-3], vocal [1-3]
• Robert Johnson
  guitar [12-14], vocal [12-14]
• Sonny Boy Williamson
  harmonica [4-6], vocal [4-6]
• Vincent Liebler
  recording [12-14]
• Willie Love
  piano [4-6]
• [unknown]
  drums (drum set) [6], guitar [4]
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