The Blues at Christmas: The Very Best of the Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I’m Your Man
Sherman Robertson4:00
2It’s My Own Fault Baby
recording of:
It's My Own Fault Baby
writer:
Riley B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
MCA Music Entertainment GmbH
B.B. King3:34
3Thought I Had the Blues
engineer:
Rich Courtney
producer:
Larry Garner
recorded at:
Techno Sound Studio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
mixed at:
Studio 13 in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Larry Garner4:48
4Merry Christmas Baby
Charles Brown3:00
5Ice Pick
assistant recording engineer:
Eddie B. Flick
recording engineer:
Freddie Brietberg
producer:
Bruce Iglauer, Richard McLeese and Dick Shurman
recorded at:
Custom Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States
recording of:
Ice Pick
composer:
Albert Collins (US blues guitarist/vocalist/harmonica)
publisher:
Eyeball Music and Sonet Publishing
Albert Collins3:08
6My First Wife Left Me
recording of:
My First Wife Left Me
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
John Lee Hooker3:34
7I Feel So Good
Magic Sam4:44
8Dust My Broom
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1959-11)
bass:
Homesick James (in 1959-11)
drums (drum set):
Sam Myers (in 1959-11)
guitar:
Homesick James (in 1959-11) and Elmore James (in 1959-11)
instruments:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist) (in 1959-11)
membranophone:
Odie Payne (American Chicago blues drummer) (in 1959-11)
piano:
Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist) (in 1959-11)
saxophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1959-11)
tenor saxophone:
J. T. Brown (blues saxophonist) (in 1959-11)
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1959-11) and J.T. Brown (saxophonist) (in 1959-11)
vocals:
Elmore James (in 1959-11)
recording of:
Dust My Broom (in 1959-11)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Elmore James2:54
9Some Day Baby
Mississippi Fred McDowell4:59
10Rolling Log
Rory Block2:51
11Come On In My Kitchen
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-23)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1989)
recording of:
Come On In My Kitchen (on 1936-11-23)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), King of Spades Music, Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd. and Standing Ovation Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Robert Johnson42:50
12Mess Around
Professor Longhair4:18
13Nothin’ in Ramblin’
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1940-06-27) and Memphis Minnie (on 1940-06-27)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1940-06-27)
Memphis Minnie2:45
14Stormy Monday Blues
T‐Bone Walker2:50
15Wintertime Done Rolled By
Lightnin’ Slim2:46
16Two Headed Man
Lonnie Brooks6:32

Credits

Release

part of:The Blues Collection (Series released in the UK from 1993 to 1997 by Orbis Publishing Ltd. Catalog numbers generally prefixed 'BLU NC') (number: 91) (order: 92)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5946300 [info]