Various Artists

• 180 gram virgin vinyl

• gatefold edition

• 20 ORIGINAL ALL-TIME CLASSICS

This essential vinyl edition contains 20 of the most legendary original blues songs ever recorded. The track listing mainly covers the period when acoustic guitar was giving way to electric. It also demonstrates the diversity of the idiom, compiling essential recordings of different scenes by the biggest names in each genre.

TRACKS, DATE & ARTIST:

• SIDE A
• A1 I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man (1954) - MUDDY WATERS
• A2 You Upset Me Baby (1954) - B.B. KING
• A3 Boom Boom (1962) - JOHN LEE HOOKER
• A4 The Red Rooster (1961) - HOWLIN’ WOLF
• A5 I Can’t Quit You, Baby (1956) - OTIS RUSH
• A6 Call It Stormy Monday (1947) - T-BONE WALKER
• A7 My Babe (1955) - LITTLE WALTER
• A8 I’m a King Bee (1957) - SLIM HARPO
• A9 Lonesome (1961) - MEMPHIS SLIM with Matt “Guitar” Murphy
• A10 The Sky Is Crying (1960) - ELMORE JAMES

• SIDE B
• B1 I Just Want to Make Love to You (1960) - ETTA JAMES
• B2 She’s a Sweet One (1962) - JUNIOR WELLS
• B3 Hide Away (1961) - FREDDY KING
• B4 Baby What You Want Me to Do (1959) - JIMMY REED
• B5 3 O’Clock Blues (1951) - B.B. KING
• B6 Better Day (1958) - BROWNIE McGHEE & SONNY TERRY
• B7 All Your Love (1957) - MAGIC SAM
• B8 Smokestack Lightnin’ (1958) - HOWLIN’ WOLF
• B9 Boogie Chillen #2 (1950) - JOHN LEE HOOKER
• B10 Sit and Cry (1958) - BUDDY GUY