Various - The Essential Shoebox Full Of Blues FLAC

Various 1999

Tracklist

Essential Blues Piano
1-1	–Big Maceo Merriweather*	Chicago Breakdown	2:55
1-2	–Amos Milburn	Chicken Shack Boogie	2:48
1-3	–Lafayette Leake	Slow Leake	3:01
1-4	–Dr. John	Didn't He Ramble / Closer Walk With Thee	6:29
1-5	–Otis Spann	Otis Blues	4:19
1-6	–Roosevelt Sykes	44 Blues	2:40
1-7	–Floyd Dixon	San Francisco Blues	3:00
1-8	–Albert Ammons & Mead Lux Lewis*	Twos And Fews	4:31
1-9	–Professor Longhair	Willie Fugal's Blues	2:03
1-10	–Pinetop Perkins	Going Down Slow	5:42
1-11	–James Booker	Pop's Delima	3:26
1-12	–Champion Jack Dupree	Sporting Life Blues	3:51
1-13	–Robert Shaw	The Ma Grinder	4:13
1-14	–Speckled Red	Four O'clock Blues	4:42
1-15	–Skip James	All Night Long	2:58
2-1	–Johnnie Johnson	Frances	4:10
2-2	–Omar Shariff	The Rattler	3:07
2-3	–Eddie Boyd	Got Lonesome Here	3:18
2-4	–Piano Red	Atlanta Bounce	2:55
2-5	–Booker T. Laury	Introduction To The Blues / That's All Right For You	7:02
2-6	–Fats Domino	The Fat Man	2:34
2-7	–Memphis Slim	Late Afternoon Blues	4:34
2-8	–Detroit Junior	Your Family	3:28
2-9	–Tuts Washington	Arkansas Blues	3:08
2-10	–Blind John Davis	Bartender's Bounce	2:12
2-11	–Whistlin' Alex Moore	Going Back To Froggy Bottom	3:05
2-12	–Sunnyland Slim	Johnson Machine Gun Blues	3:02
2-13	–Katie Webster	C.Q. Boogie	2:37
2-14	–Lloyd Glenn	Chica Boo	2:23
2-15	–Hadda Brooks	Swingin' The Boogie	2:48
2-16	–Little Brother Montgomery	Vicksburg Blues	3:13
Essential Blues Harmonica
3-1	–Charlie Musselwhite	The Blues Overtook Me	4:41
3-2	–Frank Frost	Scratch My Back	4:07
3-3	–Magic Dick & Jay Geils*	The Jumpin' Blues	5:14
3-4	–Sonny Boy Williamson	Ninety NIne	2:36
3-5	–William Clarke	Must Be Jelly	7:00
3-6	–William "Billy Boy" Arnold*	I Wish You Would	2:40
3-7	–Sugar Ray Norcia & Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters*	My Home Is A Prison	5:10
3-8	–Little Sonny	Wade In The Water	3:16
3-9	–The Paul deLay Band	Why Can't You Love Me	5:30
3-10	–Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet	Cotton Crop Blues	2:19
3-11	–Little Walter	I Just Keep Loving Her	2:52
3-12	–Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band*	It Hurts Me To	2:46
3-13	–Willie Cobbs	New Slow Down Baby	3:30
3-14	–Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	Sonny's Squall	3:44
4-1	–Rod Piazza And The Mighty Flyers*	The Bounce	3:07
4-2	–Little Sammy Davis	I Ain't Lyin'	3:39
4-3	–Snooky Pryor	Stick Way Out Behind	3:23
4-4	–Jimmy Reed	Boogie In The Dark	2:34
4-5	–Bill "Jazz" Gillum*	Gillum's Windy Blues	2:25
4-6	–Kim Wilson	Lowdown	4:38
4-7	–Howlin' Wolf	Sittin' On The Top Of The World	2:32
4-8	–Carey Bell	Care Bell's Blues Harp	3:51
4-9	–Little George Smith*	Blues In The Dark	2:56
4-10	–Walter "Shakey" Horton*	Need My Baby	2:15
4-11	–Sugar Blue	Little Red Rooster	6:30
4-12	–John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson*	Good Morning School Girl	3:01
4-13	–Raful Neal	Blues On The Moon	2:53
4-14	–Louis Myers & The Aces	Just Wailin'	2:43
4-15	–Kenny Neal	Going To The Country	3:37
4-16	–Big Leon Brooks	Sugar Mama	4:08
4-17	–Junior Parker*	Sweet Home Chicago	2:31
Essential Blues Guitar
5-1	–Snooks Eaglin	Josephine	6:05
5-2	–Pee Wee Crayton	Do Unto Others	2:22
5-3	–Matt "Guitar" Murphy*	Buck's Boogie	4:28
5-4	–Hubert Sumlin	Bring Your Love To Me	3:20
5-5	–Otis Rush	Double Trouble	2:42
5-6	–Big Jack Johnson	Catfish Blues	7:06
5-7	–Robert Lockwood Jr. With Otis Spann	Little Boy Blue	3:38
5-8	–Albert Collins	Melt Down	4:03
5-9	–Buddy Guy	First Time I Met The Blues	2:17
5-10	–Muddy Waters	Rollin' And Tumblin'	2:57
5-11	–Robert Nighthawk	Black Angel Blues	3:32
5-12	–Hound Dog Taylor	Ain't Got Nobody	3:30
5-13	–Lurrie Bell	Blues All Around Me	6:04
5-14	–Magic Slim	1823 S. Michigan Avenue	4:25
5-15	–Mississippi Fred McDowall*	Red Cross Store	4:04
6-1	–The Robert Cray Band	Phone Booth	3:02
6-2	–Earl Hooker	Blues In D Natural	2:10
6-3	–T-Bone Walker	T-Bone Shuffle	2:57
6-4	–Elmore James	The Sky Is Crying	2:46
6-5	–B.B. King	The Thrill Is Gone	5:24
6-6	–Roy Buchanan	When A Guitar Plays The Blues	6:38
6-7	–Lowell Fulson	Sinners Prayer	2:55
6-8	–Magic Sam	Have The Same Old Blues	3:31
6-9	–Jimmy Dawkins	Beetin Nockin Ringin	7:08
6-10	–Robert Ward	Your Love Is Amazing	4:15
6-11	–Albert King	Blues Power	3:07
6-12	–Johnny Shines	Standing At The Crossroads	2:54
6-13	–Guitar Slim*	The Things That I Used To Do	2:58
6-14	–Bo Diddley	Mumblin' Guitar	2:48
6-15	–Big Joe Williams	I Got A Bad Mind	2:19
6-16	–John Lee Hooker	Crawlin' King Snake	2:45
6-17	–Eddie "One String" Jones	Baby Please Don't Go	3:03
Essential Texas Blues
7-1	–Kim Wilson	Baby Please Don't Lie To Me	3:01
7-2	–Smokin' Joe Kubek	Comin' Home Today	2:50
7-3	–Johnny Copeland	Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me	2:55
7-4	–Albert Collins	´Frosty	3:02
7-5	–Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets Featuring Sam Myers	Changing Neighborhoods	5:41
7-6	–Lou Ann Barton	Stop These Teardrops	4:08
7-7	–T-Bone Walker	I Want A Little Girl	4:53
7-8	–Zuzu Bollin	Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?	2:50
7-9	–Long John Hunter	Nasty Ways	3:30
7-10	–Freddie King	Love Her With A Feeling	5:02
7-11	–Smokey Hogg	Little School Girl	2:30
7-12	–Grady Gaines	There Is Something On Your Mind	4:41
7-13	–Eddie VInson*	Kidney Stew Blues	2:57
7-14	–Robert Shaw	The Cows	4:01
7-15	–Hop Wilson	Chicken Stuff	1:59
8-1	–Johnny Winter	It's My Life, Baby	4:11
8-2	–Angela Strehli	Go On	3:10
8-3	–Tutu Jones	It's Been A Mistake	3:38
8-4	–W. C. Clark	Why Do Things Happen To Me?	3:26
8-5	–Willie Mae Thornton*	Ball N' Chain	4:31
8-6	–Mance Lipscomb	Ella Speed	2:32
8-7	–Lowell Fulson	Reconsider Baby	3:08
8-8	–Pee Wee Crayton	Texas Hop	2:25
8-9	–The Fabulous Thunderbirds	How Do You Spell Love?	2:17
8-10	–Omar & THe Howlers*	Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty	3:54
8-11	–Doyle Bramhall	Change It	3:00
8-12	–Juke Boy Bonner	Going Back To The Country	2:55
8-13	–Gatemouth Brown	My Time Is Expensive	2:45
8-14	–Joe "Guitar" Hughes	If You Want To See The Blues	4:30
8-15	–Ivory Joe Hunter	I Feel So Good	2:38
8-16	–Lightnin' Hopkins	Tom Moore Blues	4:56
Essential Women In Blues
9-1	–Marcia Ball / Angela Strehli / Lou Ann Barton	A Fool In Love	3:16
9-2	–Koko Taylor	Jump For Joy	4:22
9-3	–Big Time Sarah	I Don't Want No Man	4:05
9-4	–Ida Cox	Wild Woman Don't Have The Blues	3:17
9-5	–Ruth Brown	If I Can't Sell It, (I'll Keep Sittin' On It)	5:23
9-6	–Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Trouble In Mind	2:34
9-7	–Alberta Hunter	I Got Myself A Workin' Man	3:17
9-8	–Candye Kane	No! I Ain't Gonna Let You Go	2:59
9-9	–Lavelle White	Why Young Men Go Wild	3:32
9-10	–Bessie Smith	Do Your Duty	3:25
9-11	–Etta James	Good Rockin' Daddy	2:24
9-12	–Lil Green	Why Don't You Do Right?	2:59
9-13	–Saffire*	I Want My Money Back	3:33
9-14	–Victoria Spivey	Dirty Tee Bee Blues	3:08
9-15	–Edith Wilson	Poppa-Mama Blues	3:49
10-1	–Michelle Wilson	Better Left Unsaid	3:21
10-2	–Katie Webster	Two-Fisted Mama	3:24
10-3	–Big Maybelle	Gabbin' Blues	2:41
10-4	–Becky Barksdale	Satisfy Me	4:48
10-5	–"Ma" Rainey*	"Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom	3:11
10-6	–Sippie Wallace	Black Snake Blues	2:47
10-7	–Dinah Washington	Evil Gal Blues	2:57
10-8	–Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	2:50
10-9	–Nina Simone	I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl	2:32
10-10	–Rory Block	The Spirit Returns	3:20
10-11	–Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	3:20
10-12	–Francine Reed	One Monkey (Don't Stop No Show)	3:43
10-13	–Hadda Brooks	That's My Desire	2:44
10-14	–Blue Lu Barker	Don't You Feel My Leg	3:02
10-15	–Memphis Minnie	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	2:47
Essential Chicago Blues
11-1	–Otis Spann	It Must Have Been The Devil	3:47
11-2	–Bo Diddley	Before You Accuse Me	3:03
11-3	–Billy Boy Arnold	Don't Stay Out All Night	3:46
11-4	–Otis Rush	All Your Love (I Miss Loving)	2:36
11-5	–Little Walter	Sad Hours	3:08
11-6	–Son Seals	On My Knees	4:56
11-7	–Hound Dog Taylor	See Me In The Evening	5:04
11-8	–Muddy Waters	Hoochie Coochie Man	2:44
11-9	–J.B. Lenoir	Mama, Talk To Your Daughter	3:26
11-10	–Buddy Guy	Sit And Cry (And Sing The Blues)	3:00
11-11	–Carey Bell	Borrow Your Love	3:59
11-12	–Koko Taylor	I Cried Like A Baby	5:11
11-13	–Willie Mabon	I Don't Know	3:09
11-14	–John Primer	Double Trouble	5:56
11-15	–Sonny Boy Williamson	Born Blind	2:34
11-16	–Eddie Boyd	Fife Long Years	2:41
12-1	–Willie Dixon	Spoonful	4:56
12-2	–Junior Wells	Messin' With The Kid	2:19
12-3	–Howlin' Wolf	Smokestck Lightnin'	3:04
12-4	–Pinetop Perkins	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	3:15
12-5	–Jimmy Reed	Hush Hush	2:36
12-6	–Eddy Clearwater	Bad Dream	5:02
12-7	–J.B. Hutto	Too Much Alcohol	2:26
12-8	–Eddie C. Campbell	She's Nineteen Years Old	4:48
12-9	–Magic Sam	I Don't Want No Woman	3:38
12-10	–Jimmy Dawkins	Little Angel Child	4:00
12-11	–Hubert Sumlin	Sitting On The Top Of The World	4:15
12-12	–Eddie Taylor	Bad Boy	3:00
12-13	–James Cotton	Superharp	3:46
12-14	–Earl Hooker	Anna Lee	6:30
12-15	–Big John Wrencher	Maxwell Street Alley Blues	4:12
Essential Blues
13-1	–No Artist	Intro
13-2	–Elmore James	Dust My Broom
13-3	–B.B. King	Three O'Clock Blues
13-4	–Howlin' Wolf	Killing Floor
13-5	–Koko Taylor	Stop Watching Your Enemies
13-6	–Junior Wells	Messin' With The Kid
13-7	–Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown*	Better Off With The Blues
13-8	–Albert King	When You Walk Out The Door
13-9	–Sonny Boy Williamson	Don't Start Me Talkin'
13-10	–Rufus Thomas	Blues In The Basement
13-11	–Little Milton	Little Bluebird
13-12	–Lightnin' Hopkins	Mojo Hand
13-13	–Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man
13-14	–John Lee Hooker	Boogie Chillen
13-15	–Bobby Bland	I'll Take Care Of You
13-16	–Otis Spann	Otis In The Dark
14-1	–No Artist	Intro
14-2	–Albert Collins	Master Charge
14-3	–Koko Taylor	Mother Nature
14-4	–Little Milton	Walking The Backstreets And Crying
14-5	–Hound Dog Taylor	Give Me Back My Wig
14-6	–James Brown	Prisoner Of Love
14-7	–B.B. King	You Upset Me Baby
14-8	–Latimore	Let's Straigten It Out
14-9	–Albert King	I'll Play The Blues For You (Parts 1 & 2)
14-10	–Otis Spann	Must Have Been The Devil
14-11	–John Lee Hooker	Dimples
14-12	–Slim Harpo	Rainin' In My Heart
14-13	–Fenton Robinson	The Getaway
14-14	–Katie Webster	Too Much Sugar For A Dime
14-15	–Jimmy Reed	Bright Lights, Big City
14-16	–Junior Parker*	Drivin' Wheel
Essential Blues 2
15-1	–Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy
15-2	–John Lee Hooker	Boom Boom
15-3	–Howlin' Wolf	Evil (Is Goin' On)
15-4	–Bobby Bland	Turn On Your Love Light
15-5	–Fenton Robinson	I Hear Some Blues Downstairs
15-6	–Little Walter	Juke
15-7	–Clifton Chenier	Im A Hog For You Baby
15-8	–Z.Z. Hill	I Need Someone (To Love Me)
15-9	–Albert King	Born Under A Bad Sign
15-10	–Junior Wells	Hoodoo Man Blues
15-11	–Son Seals	Frigidaire Woman
15-12	–Buddy Guy	A Man And The Blues
15-13	–Otis Spann	Spanns Boogie Woogie
15-14	–Lonnie Brooks	Sweet Home Chicago
15-15	–James Brown	Messing With The Blues
15-16	–Jimmy Reed	Baby What You Want Me To Do
16-1	–Freddie King	Going Down
16-2	–Albert Collins	I Aint Drunk
16-3	–Robert Cray	These Things
16-4	–Elmore James	Shake Your Moneymaker
16-5	–Magic Sam	All Of Your Love
16-6	–James Cotton	High Compression
16-7	–Sonny Boy Williamson	Help Me
16-8	–Willie Dixon	I Aint Superstitious
16-9	–Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle
16-10	–Otis Rush	I Cant Quit You Baby
16-11	–Muddy Waters	I Cant Be Satisfied
16-12	–Slim Harpo	Im A King Bee
16-13	–Amos Milburn	Down The Road Apiece
16-14	–Earl Hooker	Blue Guitar
16-15	–B.B. King	Everyday I Have The Blues
Essential Blues 3
17-1	–Luther Allison	You Can't Always Get What You Want	4:37
17-2	–Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Working	2:50
17-3	–Otis Rush	You Fired Yourself	4:28
17-4	–Jimmy Rogers	Chicago Bound	2:20
17-5	–Johnny Adams	Up And Down World	4:48
17-6	–Magic Sam	I Need You So Bad	4:50
17-7	–Corey Harris	Jinx Blues	3:17
17-8	–Bobby Bland	Farther Up The Road	2:59
17-9	–Sonny Boy Williamson	I Don't Know	2:27
17-10	–T-Bone Walker	Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)	3:03
17-11	–Little Walter	My Babe	2:42
17-12	–Junior Wells	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction)	5:54
17-13	–John Lee Hooker	I'm In The Mood	2:45
17-14	–R.L. Burnside	Sheke 'Em On Down	4:48
17-15	–Mississippi John Hurt	Corinna Corrina	1:48
18-1	–Robert Ward	Toehold	3:43
18-2	–Lonnie Brooks	Voodoo Daddy	4:45
18-3	–Little Milton	We're Gonna Make It	2:41
18-4	–Robert Cray	Change Of Heart, Change Of Mind	3:49
18-5	–Otis Spann	Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pocket	2:51
18-6	–Alvin Youngblood Hart	Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues	2:45
18-7	–Jimmy Reed	You've Got Me Dizzy	2:53
18-8	–Ruth Brown	I Don't Know	5:38
18-9	–Lightnin' Hopkins	Katie Mae	3:00
18-10	–Maria Muldaur & Dr. John	Best Of Me	4:31
18-11	–Robert Lockwood Jr.	Driving Wheel	2:39
18-12	–Professor Longhair	Go To The Mardi Gras	2:48
18-13	–Taj Mahal	Honky Tonk Woman	4:40
18-14	–Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown*	C-Jam Blues	3:10
18-15	–Charles Brown	Fool's Paradise	4:51
18-16	–Junior Kimbrough	Meet Me In The City	6:49

Notes

"Shoebox" Box - Set with 9 x 2CD, 3 booklets and HOB - sticker. There's no track time on disc 13 to 16.
This box combines the following releases:
Various - House Of Blues: Essential Blues Piano, Various - Essential Blues Harmonica, Various - Essential Blues Guitar, Various - Essential Texas Blues, Various - Essential Women In Blues, Various - Essential Chicago Blues, Various - House Of Blues: Essential Blues, Various - Essential Blues 2, Various - Essential Blues 3