VA - ABC of the Blues [52 CD, 2010] Vol.41-52

 

 

This 52 disc Ultimate Collection features music from the Delta to the Big Cities. This special first edition also includes a historic puck harmonica. How blue can you get? You will find your favorites here and discover some hidden gems, as the 'ABC of the Blues' brings together the best of the best.

It presents some of the most influential Blues musicians - some of the most influential musicians, period. Their styles may range as far and wide as their attitudes, their concepts, yes, even their stories and legends. The oldest member of the distinct congregation were born in the late 19th century. Some of the young'uns still record and perform to this day. The music may lift you up or get you down. But one thing is for sure:

The Blues will live on!




41-01 Roosevelt Sykes - 44 Blues
41-02 Roosevelt Sykes - Under Eyed Woman
41-03 Roosevelt Sykes - Knock Me Out
41-04 Roosevelt Sykes - Trouble and Whiskey
41-05 Roosevelt Sykes - Sykes Advice Blues
41-06 Roosevelt Sykes - Training Camp Blues
41-07 Roosevelt Sykes - Sugar Babe Blues
41-08 Roosevelt Sykes - Jiving the Jive
41-09 Roosevelt Sykes - Little Sam
41-10 Roosevelt Sykes - The Honeydripper
41-11 Son House - Am I Right or Wrong
41-12 Son House - The Pony Blues
41-13 Son House - Walkin' Blues
41-14 Son House - Depot Blues
41-15 Son House - Country Farm Blues
41-16 Son House - The Jinx Blues
41-17 Son House - Levee Camp Blues
41-18 Son House - Special Rider Blues
41-19 Son House - Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
41-20 Son House - American Defense

42-01 Sunnyland Slim - Mud Kicking Woman
42-02 Sunnyland Slim - Brown Skin Woman
42-03 Sunnyland Slim - I'm Just a Lonesome Man
42-04 Sunnyland Slim - Back to Korea Now
42-05 Sunnyland Slim - You've Got to Stop This Mess
42-06 Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland Special
42-07 Sunnyland Slim - Leaving Your Town
42-08 Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong
42-09 Sunnyland Slim - Orphan Boy Blues
42-10 Sunnyland Slim - When I Was Young (Shake It Baby)
42-11 Sunnyland Slim - Hit the Road Again
42-12 Johnny Shines - Ramblin'
42-13 Johnny Shines - Fishtail
42-14 Johnny Shines - Cool Drive
42-15 Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good
42-16 Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle
42-17 Johnny Shines - Evening Sun
42-18 Johnny Shines - No Name Blues
42-19 Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman
42-20 Johnny Shines - Gonna Call the Angel

43-01 Big Mama Thornton - Partnership Blues
43-02 Big Mama Thornton - I'm All Fed Up
43-03 Big Mama Thornton - Let Your Tears Fall Baby
43-04 Big Mama Thornton - They Call Me Big Mama
43-05 Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
43-06 Big Mama Thornton - Walking Blues
43-07 Big Mama Thornton - I've Searched the World Over
43-08 Big Mama Thornton - I Smell a Rat
43-09 Big Mama Thornton - Nightmare
43-10 Big Mama Thornton - I Ain't No Fool Neither
43-11 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Let That Liar Alone
43-12 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Sit Down
43-13 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - What's the News
43-14 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Singin' in My Soul
43-15 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Natural Facts
43-16 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread
43-17 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Nobody's Fault but Mine
43-18 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares
43-19 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - All Over This World
43-20 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Four or Five Times

44-01 Sonny Terry - Bye Bye Baby Blues
44-02 Sonny Terry - I Don't Care How Long
44-03 Sonny Terry - Blues and Worried Man
44-04 Sonny Terry - Harmonica Blues
44-05 Sonny Terry - Somebody's Been Talkin'
44-06 Sonny Terry - Harmonica Stomp
44-07 Sonny Terry - Twelve Gates to the City
44-08 Sonny Terry - You Got to Have Your Dollar
44-09 Sonny Terry - Don't Want No Skinny Woman
44-10 Sonny Terry - Blowing the Blues
44-11 Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy
44-12 Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy
44-13 Eddie Taylor - Find My Baby
44-14 Eddie Taylor - Stroll Out West
44-15 Eddie Taylor - E.T. Blues
44-16 Eddie Taylor - Don't Knock at My Door
44-17 Eddie Taylor - I'm Gonna Love You
44-18 Eddie Taylor - Leave This Neighborhood
44-19 Eddie Taylor - I'm Sitting Here
44-20 Eddie Taylor - Ride'em On Down

45-01 Big Joe Turner - Blues in the Night
45-02 Big Joe Turner - Sun Risin' Blues
45-03 Big Joe Turner - S.K. Blues Part 1
45-04 Big Joe Turner - Nobody in Mind
45-05 Big Joe Turner - Blues on Central Avenue
45-06 Big Joe Turner - Ice Man
45-07 Big Joe Turner - Cry Baby Blues
45-08 Big Joe Turner - Rebecca
45-09 Big Joe Turner - It's the Same Old Story
45-10 Big Joe Turner - Chewed Up Grass
45-11 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - Too Many Women Blues
45-12 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - Just a Dream
45-13 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - King for a Day Blues
45-14 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - Railroad Porter's Blues
45-15 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - Gonna Send You Back Where I Got You From
45-16 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - When I Get Drunk
45-17 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - Oil Man Blues
45-18 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - Ever-Ready Blue
45-19 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - I've Been So Good
45-20 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - Bonus Pay

46-01 T-Bone Walker - They Call It Stormy Monday
46-02 T-Bone Walker - It's a Low Down Dirty Deal
46-03 T-Bone Walker - Bobby Sox Blues
46-04 T-Bone Walker - Mean Old World
46-05 T-Bone Walker - Evening
46-06 T-Bone Walker - Long Skirt Baby Blues
46-07 T-Bone Walker - Midnight Blues
46-08 T-Bone Walker - I'm Still in Love with You
46-09 T-Bone Walker - Low Down Dirty Shame (Married Woman Blues)
46-10 T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Jumps Again
46-11 Jimmy Witherspoon - I'm Just a Lady's Man
46-12 Jimmy Witherspoon - Love My Baby
46-13 Jimmy Witherspoon - Love and Friendship
46-14 Jimmy Witherspoon - Geneva Blues aka Evil Woman
46-15 Jimmy Witherspoon - I'm Just Wandering (Part 1)
46-16 Jimmy Witherspoon - I'm Just Wandering (Part 2)
46-17 Jimmy Witherspoon - Good Jumping aka Jump Children
46-18 Jimmy Witherspoon - Thelma Lee Blues
46-19 Jimmy Witherspoon - The Doctor Knows His Business aka Doctor Blues
46-20 Jimmy Witherspoon - Slow Your Speed

47-01 Muddy Waters - Country Blues
47-02 Muddy Waters - I Be's Troubled
47-03 Muddy Waters - Burr Clover Farm Blues
47-04 Muddy Waters - Take a Walk with Me
47-05 Muddy Waters - Burr Clover Blues
47-06 Muddy Waters - Walking Blues
47-07 Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied
47-08 Muddy Waters - Gypsy Woman
47-09 Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home
47-10 Muddy Waters - Little Anna Mae
47-11 Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man
47-12 Junior Wells - Junior's Wail
47-13 Junior Wells - Tomorrow Night
47-14 Junior Wells - Please Throw This Poor Dog a Bone
47-15 Junior Wells - Blues Hit Big Town
47-16 Junior Wells - Bout the Break of Day
47-17 Junior Wells - So All Alone
47-18 Junior Wells - Cut That Out
47-19 Junior Wells - Ways Like an Angel
47-20 Junior Wells - Lord Lord

48-01 Sippie Wallace - I'm a Mighty Tight Woman
48-02 Sippie Wallace - Murder's Gonna Be My Crime
48-03 Sippie Wallace - Suitcase
48-04 Sippie Wallace - Special Delivery Blues
48-05 Sippie Wallace - The Flood Blues
48-06 Sippie Wallace - Dead Drunk Blues
48-07 Sippie Wallace - A Man for Every Day in the Week
48-08 Sippie Wallace - Jack of Diamond Blues
48-09 Sippie Wallace - A Jealous Woman
48-10 Sippie Wallace - The Mail Train Blues
48-11 Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
48-12 Peetie Wheatstraw - Shake That Thing
48-13 Peetie Wheatstraw - Gangster's Blues
48-14 Peetie Wheatstraw - Come Over and See Me
48-15 Peetie Wheatstraw - Cake Alley
48-16 Peetie Wheatstraw - Shack Bully Stomp
48-17 Peetie Wheatstraw - Tight Time Project
48-18 Peetie Wheatstraw - Working on the Project
48-19 Peetie Wheatstraw - Weeping Willow Blues
48-20 Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp

49-01 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Gangster of Love
49-02 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Too Tired
49-03 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Oh Baby
49-04 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Motor Head Baby
49-05 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Telephone Boogie
49-06 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - She Moves Me
49-07 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - One Room Country Shack
49-08 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Hot Little Mama
49-09 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - You've Been Gone Too Long
49-10 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Love Bandit (Gangster of Love)
49-11 Big Joe Williams - Drop Down Blues
49-12 Big Joe Williams - Wanita
49-13 Big Joe Williams - Vitamin A
49-14 Big Joe Williams - Stack of Dollars
49-15 Big Joe Williams - Wild Cow Moan
49-16 Big Joe Williams - King Biscuit Stomp
49-17 Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
49-18 Big Joe Williams - Houselady Blues
49-19 Big Joe Williams - His Spirit Lives On
49-20 Big Joe Williams - She's a Married Woman

50-01 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Black Gal Blues
50-02 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Bad Luck Blues
50-03 Sonny Boy Williamson I - My Black Name Blues
50-04 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Stop Breaking Down
50-05 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Train Fare Blues
50-06 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Check Up on My Baby Blues
50-07 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Ho Doo Hoo Doo
50-08 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Shake the Boogie
50-09 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Welfare Store Blues
50-10 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Better Cut That Out
50-11 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Don't Start Me to Talkin'
50-12 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Keep It to Yourself
50-13 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Fattening Frogs for Snakes
50-14 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Wake Up Baby
50-15 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Your Funeral and My Trial
50-16 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Cross My Heart
50-17 Sonny Boy Williamson II - I Don't Know
50-18 Sonny Boy Williamson II - All My Love in Vain
50-19 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Dissatisfied
50-20 Sonny Boy Williamson II - 99
50-21 Sonny Boy Williamson II - The Key (To Your Door)

51-01 Bukka White - Good Gin Blues
51-02 Bukka White - Shake 'em On Down
51-03 Bukka White - When Can I Change My Clothes?
51-04 Bukka White - High Fever Blues
51-05 Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
51-06 Bukka White - District Attorney Blues
51-07 Bukka White - Strange Place Blues
51-08 Bukka White - Sleepy My Blues
51-09 Bukka White - Pinebluff, Arkansas
51-10 Bukka White - Fixin' to Die Blues
51-11 Josh White - Uncle Sam Says
51-12 Josh White - Jim Crow Train
51-13 Josh White - Bad Housing Blues
51-14 Josh White - Southern Exposure
51-15 Josh White - Defence Factory Blues
51-16 Josh White - Prison Bound
51-17 Josh White - Hard Time Blues
51-18 Josh White - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
51-19 Josh White - One Meat Ball
51-20 Josh White - Hard Times Blues

52-01 Jimmy Yancey - Rolling the Stone
52-02 Jimmy Yancey - Steady Rock Blues
52-03 Jimmy Yancey - P.L.K. Special
52-04 Jimmy Yancey - South Side Stuff
52-05 Jimmy Yancey - Yancey's Getaway
52-06 Jimmy Yancey - How Long Blues
52-07 Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Stomp
52-08 Jimmy Yancey - State Street Special
52-09 Jimmy Yancey - Five O'Clock Blues
52-10 Jimmy Yancey - La Salle Street Breakdown
52-11 Jimmy Yancey - Four O'Clock Blues
52-12 Jimmy Yancey - 35th and Dearborne
52-13 Jimmy Yancey - Monkey Woman Blues
52-14 Jimmy Yancey - Santa Fe Blues
52-15 Jimmy Yancey - Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
52-16 Jimmy Yancey - Lucille's Lament
52-17 Jimmy Yancey - Two O'Clock Blues
52-18 Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special
52-19 Jimmy Yancey - White Sox Stomp
52-20 Jimmy Yancey - Shave'em Dry