The Ultimate Blues Album

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Dust My Blues recording of: Dust My Blues additional writer: Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) writer: Joe Bihari and Elmore James version of: Dust My Broom	Elmore James		3:10
2	Every Day I Have the Blues recording of: Everyday I Have the Blues writer: Aaron ‘Pinetop’ Sparks (1930s blues & boogie-woogie pianist) (in 1935) and Milton Sparks (in 1935) revised by: Peter Chatman publisher: Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Platinum Songs, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Golden State Songs, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Trio Music Co., Inc., Trio Music Company and Tristan Music Ltd.	B.B. King		2:49
3	Three Hours Past Midnight	Johnny “Guitar” Watson		3:24
4	Moanin’ at Midnight recording of: Moanin' at Midnight writer: Chester Arthur Burnett	Howlin’ Wolf		2:42
5	W-O-M-A-N	Etta James		2:44
6	Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)	T‐Bone Walker		3:02
7	Goodnight Irene	Lead Belly		2:34
8	Baby I Done Got Wise	Big Bill Broonzy		3:13
9	Driftin’ Blues	Charles Brown		3:15
10	Baby, What You Want Me to Do recording of: Baby What You Want Me to Do lyricist: Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (until 1952-08-07) composer: Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (until 1959-08-07) publisher: Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Seeds of Reed Music and Tristan Music Ltd.	Jimmy Reed		2:20
11	Easy Baby	Magic Sam		3:25
12	I Can’t Quit You Baby	Otis Rush		3:40
13	Matchbox	Ike Turner		2:26
14	Honky Tonky	Koko Taylor		2:17
15	Steady Rollin’ Man	Sonny Boy Williamson		3:05
16	Mojo Boogie recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1952-01-12) drums (drum set): Alfred Wallace guitar and lead vocals: J.B. Lenoir piano: Sunnyland Slim (blues pianist) tenor saxophone: J. T. Brown (blues saxophonist) recording of: Mojo Boogie lyricist and composer: J.B. Lenoir publisher: Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and BMG Platinum Songs US	J.B. Lenoir		2:52
17	Messin’ With the Kid	Junior Wells		2:16
18	This Is the End	Buddy Guy		2:58

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	I’ll Play the Blues for You, Parts 1 & 2	Albert King		7:20
2	It’s Alright	Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown		3:02
3	The Freeze	Albert Collins		2:21
4	Tramp recording of: Tramp writer: Lowell Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin publisher: Budget Music, Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music	Lowell Fulson	5	3:08
5	Mr. Charlie, Parts 1 & 2 recording of: Mr. Charlie, parts 1 & 2 writer: Lightnin’ Hopkins	Lightnin’ Hopkins		4:56
6	Ease My Pain	Johnny Winter		3:09
7	Telephone Blues recording of: Telephone Blues lyricist and composer: John Mayall	John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Eric Clapton		3:56
8	Walk On	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		3:13
9	You Got to Move	Mississippi Fred McDowell		3:00
10	Cakewalk Into Town	Taj Mahal		2:35
11	I Walk on Gilded Splinters recording of: I Walk on Guilded Splinters lyricist and composer: John Creaux (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter) publisher: Marzique Music	Dr. John		7:41
12	(I Feel Like) Breaking Up Somebody’s Home recording of: I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home writer: Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Timothy Matthews publisher: South Memphis Music and South Memphis Music Inc.	Ann Peebles		2:31
13	Serves You Right to Suffer	The J. Geils Band		4:58
14	Bad to the Bone engineer: Paul Mufson and John Nagy assistant producer: Ken Irwin and John Nagy producer: Terry Manning (US recording engineer) and The Delaware Destroyers mixer: Ken Irwin, Paul Mufson, John Nagy, George Thorogood and Terry Manning (US recording engineer) (in 1992) bass: Bill Blough (from 1981 until 1982) drums (drum set): Jeff Simon (from 1981 until 1982) guitar and lead vocals: George Thorogood (from 1981 until 1982) keyboard: Ian Stewart (piano/keyboard, Rolling Stones member) (from 1981 until 1982) piano: Ian Stewart (piano/keyboard, Rolling Stones member) saxophone: Hank Carter (Hank "Hurricane" Carter) (from 1981 until 1982) recorded at: Dimension Sound in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1981 until 1982) mixed at: The Mixing Lab in Newton, Massachusetts, United States recording of: Bad to the Bone (from 1981 until 1982) lyricist and composer: George Thorogood	George Thorogood & the Destroyers	4.25	4:51
15	Wrap It Up	The Fabulous Thunderbirds		2:42
16	Bad Trouble recording of: Bad Trouble lyricist and composer: Dallas Hodge publisher: Canned Heat Music (Please use for publisher, BMI-affiliated) and Dallas Hodge Music (BMI-affiliated)	Canned Heat		4:50
17	Cheaper to Keep Her	Johnnie Taylor		3:29
18	Going Down	Freddie King		3:22

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Barcode:: 030206132625
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 2:03:16

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Fuel 2000 Records
302 061 326 2

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Australia
2003

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