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I want to make a 3 cd blues compilation. One artist, one track. Old stuff (prewar) just when absolutely necessary. Emphasis - Muddy Waters, Albert King, Howlin Wolf era. But I want stuff from the 80's, 90's and 00's too. The most known songs.

Help me!

― Elvis is Dead, Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

First, get a CD burner.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I think you can skip these first steps...

― Elvis is Dead, Thursday, 8 April 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

what do you need to know?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 8 April 2004 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Where to get cd-rs...

Serious, I want suggestions, some tracklists... you know...

― Elvis is Dead, Thursday, 8 April 2004 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I can work on one for ya, Elvis. 3 CDs though, this might take a couple minutes... shouldn't be too hard though, if ya just want the popular cuts for each artist.

― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 8 April 2004 19:19 (twenty-two years ago)

there are lots and lots of blues comps out there dirt cheap. I got a real good 3-disc set for like 5 bucks a couple years ago. Not the most popular cuts, but really, what's the diff?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 8 April 2004 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Search for Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers.

― Sengai, Thursday, 8 April 2004 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"I can work on one for ya, Elvis. 3 CDs though, this might take a couple minutes... shouldn't be too hard though, if ya just want the popular cuts for each artist."

Great, Broheems. Thank You.

― Elvis is Dead, Thursday, 8 April 2004 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"there are lots and lots of blues comps out there dirt cheap. I got a real good 3-disc set for like 5 bucks a couple years ago. Not the most popular cuts, but really, what's the diff?"

I am from Brazil and it is hard to find a blues album (except BB King). But I really want to know more about it, and the starting point will be these cds.

I just have three bb king cds, a muddy waters import, Eric Clapton's "from the Cradle" and this:

Blues Guitar Masters:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB020403240709043021&sql=Ame7m967ogep2

This is good, but I think we can do much better than Charly...

― Elvis is Dead, Thursday, 8 April 2004 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

That comp looks pretty darn good actually, although yeah in a few instances they willfully avoided the "obvious" cuts....

― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 8 April 2004 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)

bukka white - special stream line
tampa red - can't get that stuff no more

not sure what songs but don't neglect these artists...

robert pete williams
mississippi fred mcdowell
j b lenoir

― autovac (autovac), Thursday, 8 April 2004 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Memphis Minnie McCoy
Lil Johnson

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 8 April 2004 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

luther huff - 1951 blues

― autovac (autovac), Thursday, 8 April 2004 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)

check out the first 4 volumes of the RCA/Bluebird When the Sun Goes Down series. It's all from the RCA archives, but it's pretty damn good.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 8 April 2004 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, the Charly compilation is good. The sound quality is awful. I think it is oriented to the rock fan (yardbirds, ike and tina turner, fleetwood mac). it has a lot of live tracks, including an awful version of Hendrix's Red House.

But I want a more definitive blues compilation.

― Elvis is Dead, Thursday, 8 April 2004 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, here's what I came up with off the top of my head (I haven't gone back and auditioned any of these). I avoided more than a cursory look at the pre-war period, as per the request. I'm sure I got some of these dates/epochs wrong. Also I'm sure I missed some important stuff somewhere. OH well. May revise as necessary.

CD1 (1920s - 1950s) :

1. Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell - "Blues Before Sunrise"
2. Robert Johnson - "Sweet Home Chicago"
3. Blind Lemon Jefferson - "Matchbox Blues"
4. Gabriel Brown - "Down in the Bottom"
5. Sleepy John Estes - "Divin' Duck Blues"
6. Pinetop Perkins - "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"
7. T-Bone Walker - "Stormy Monday" (original 1947 Capitol version)
8. John Lee Hooker - "I'm in the Mood" (try to get the original Modern records recording)
9. Howlin' Wolf - "Evil"
10. Muddy Waters - "I Can't Be Satisfied"
11. Elmore James - "Done Somebody Wrong"
12. Lightnin' Hopkins - "Katie May"
13. Chuck Berry - "Guitar Boogie"
14. Freddie King - "Hideaway"
15. Lonnie Mack - "Wham!"
16. Robert Nighthawk - "Goin' Down to Eli's"
17. Big Maceo Merriweather - "Worried Life Blues"
18. B.B. King - "Sweet Little Angel" (from Live at the Regal)
19. Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Farther On Up the Road"

CD2 (1960s) :

1. Slim Harpo - "I'm A King Bee"
2. Junior Parker - "Drivin' Wheel"
3. Earl King - "Trick Bag"
4. Little Milton - "We're Gonna Make It"
5. Magic Sam - "I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie)" (from West Side Soul)
6. Otis Rush - "Double Trouble"
7. Sonny Boy Williamson - "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"
8. Jimmy Rogers - "The World's in a Tangle"
9. Eddie Taylor - "Bad Boy"
10. Lowell Fulson - "Tramp"
11. Little Walter - "Juke"
12. John Brim - "Ice Cream Man"
13. J.B. Lenoir - "Voodoo Music"
14. Rev. Charlie Jackson - "God's Got It"
15. Earl Hooker - "Frog Hop"
16. Snooky Pryor - "Stockyard Blues"
17. Junior Wells - "Blues Hit Big Town"
18. Johnny Young - "My Black Mare"
19. Otis Spann - "Sarah Street"

CD3 (1970s - ) :

1. J.B. Hutto & the Hawks - "Hawk Squat"
2. Hound Dog Taylor & His Houserockers - "Shake Your Moneymaker"
3. Koko Taylor - "Wang Dang Doodle"
4. Harvey Mandel - "Baby Batter"
5. Albert King - "I'll Play the Blues for You"
6. Johnnie Taylor - "Cheaper to Keep Her"
7. Eddie C. Campbell - "King of the Jungle"
8. Z.Z. Hill - "Down Home Blues"
9. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - "A Real Mother for Ya"
10. Albert Collins - "Honey Hush"
11. Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Lenny"
12. Son Seals - "Help Me, Somebody" (from Live and Burning)
13. Buddy Guy - "Damn Right, I've Got the Blues"
14. Eddie Burns - "When I Get Drunk" (from Detroit)
15. Tail Dragger - "My Head is Bald"
16. Junior Kimbrough - "Sad Days, Lonely Nights"
17. Little Axe - "Midnight Dream"

― Broheems (diamond), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you very much, Broheems.

― Elvis is Dead, Thursday, 8 April 2004 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

nine years pass...

Found this- maybe I'll investigate it.

http://www.indiana.edu/~z320list/files/Z385ListeningList.pdf

― Evan, Sunday, 16 June 2013 19:15 (twelve years ago)

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