The Very Best of Jimmy Reed

~ Release by Jimmy Reed (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Sometimes sold with bonus disc Roots of the Blues, Volume 5.

Annotation last modified on 2011-08-27 09:22 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1I Told You Baby
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Phillips (on 1958-09-11)
guitar:
Remo Biondi (on 1958-09-11), Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1958-09-11) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer) (on 1958-09-11)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1958-09-11)
vocals:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1958-09-11)
2:20
2Take Out Some Insurance
recording of:
Take Out Some Insurance
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
2:22
3Baby, What You Want Me to Do
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Phillips (on 1959-08-07)
electric bass guitar [electric bas]:
Marcus Johnson (bassist) (on 1959-08-07)
guitar:
Lefty Bates (on 1959-08-07), Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1959-08-07) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer) (on 1959-08-07)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1959-08-07)
vocals:
Mama Reed (on 1959-08-07) and Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1959-08-07)
recording of:
Baby What You Want Me to Do (on 1959-08-07)
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.
2:25
4Hush Hush
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Phillips (on 1959-08-25)
guitar:
Philip Upchurch (on 1959-08-25), Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1959-08-25) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer) (on 1959-08-25)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1959-08-25)
vocals:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1959-08-25)
recording of:
Hush Hush (on 1959-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
2:34
5Found Love
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Phillips (on 1959-12-15)
guitar:
Lefty Bates (on 1959-12-15), Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1959-12-15) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer) (on 1959-12-15)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1959-12-15)
vocals:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1959-12-15)
recording of:
Found Love (on 1959-12-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
2:21
6Come Love
2:34
7Big Boss Man
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Willie Dixon (on 1960-03-29)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Phillips (on 1960-03-29)
guitar:
Lefty Bates (on 1960-03-29), Lee Baker (Lonnie "Guitar Jr." Brooks) (on 1960-03-29) and Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1960-03-29)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1960-03-29)
vocals:
Mama Reed (on 1960-03-29) and Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1960-03-29)
cover recording of:
Big Boss Man (on 1960-03-29)
writer:
Luther Dixon and Al Smith (US blues artist)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), EMI Unart Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Mijac Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Tristan Music Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ロックンロール ミュージック
2:49
8Close Together
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Phillips (on 1960-12-13)
guitar:
Lefty Bates (on 1960-12-13), Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1960-12-13) and Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer) (on 1960-12-13)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1960-12-13)
background vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1960-12-13)
vocals:
Mama Reed (on 1960-12-13) and Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (on 1960-12-13)
recording of:
Close Together (on 1960-12-13)
writer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
2:35
9Tell Me You Love Me
recording of:
Tell Me You Love Me
writer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) and Al Smith (US blues artist)
2:44
10Bright Lights, Big City
recording of:
Bright Lights, Big City (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:42
11Baby, What's Wrong
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Phillips (in 1961)
guitar:
Lefty Bates (in 1961), Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1961) and Jimmy Reed, Jr. (in 1961)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1961)
vocals:
Mama Reed (in 1961) and Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1961)
recording of:
Baby What’s Wrong (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
3:13
12Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Phillips (in 1961)
guitar:
Lefty Bates (in 1961), Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1961) and Jimmy Reed, Jr. (in 1961)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1961)
vocals:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1961)
recording of:
Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
2:25
13Good Lover
2:28
14Too Much
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Al Duncan (in 1962)
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Philip Upchurch (in 1962)
guitar:
Lefty Bates (in 1962), Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1962) and Jimmy Reed, Jr. (in 1962)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1962)
vocals:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1962)
2:24
15I'll Change My Style
2:53
16Let's Get Together
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Al Duncan (in 1962)
guitar:
Lefty Bates (in 1962), Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1962) and Jimmy Reed, Jr. (in 1962)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1962)
vocals:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1962)
2:54
17Shame, Shame, Shame
recording of:
Shame, Shame, Shame
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
2:51
18When You're Doing All Right
2:44
19I'm Going Upside Your Head
drums (drum set) [drums]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1964)
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Eddie Taylor (electric blues guitarist and singer) (in 1964)
guitar:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1964) and Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1964)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1964)
vocals:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1964)
2:57
20I'm the Man Down There
drums (drum set) [drums] and electric bass guitar [bass guitar]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1965)
guitar:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1965) and Jimmy Reed, Jr. (in 1965)
harmonica:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1965)
vocals:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician) (in 1965)
recording of:
I’m the Man Down There (in 1965)
writer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:59

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ASIN:UK: B000024PMD [info]