016351300225

The Best There Ever Was: The Legendary Early Blues Performers

Various Artists

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Format: CD

Cat No: YAZCD3002

Release Date:  08 September 2003

Label:  Yazoo

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  016351300225

Genres:  Blues  

  • Description

    For 35 years now Yazoo has been recognised as a leading historical blues label, and its credibility and extremely high standards add to the sales potential of this album featuring the 20 greatest performers of the earliest period of blues recording, the 1920s into the early '30s - performers such as Charlie Patton, Skip James, Son House and Blind Willie McTell.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers
      • 2. Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
      • 3. My Black Mamma - Part 1 - Son House
      • 4. Ain't No Tellin - Mississippi John Hurt
      • 5. Cypress Grove - Skip James
      • 6. I Know His Blood Can Me Whole - Blind Willie Johnson
      • 7. Mama, Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell
      • 8. Barefoot Blues - Jaydee Short
      • 9. I'll Go With Her Blues - Robert Wilkins
      • 10. Squabblin Blues - Ed Bell
      • 11. It Won't Be Long - Charlie Patton
      • 12. What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
      • 13. Last Kind Word Blues - Geeshie Wiley
      • 14. Bullfrog Blues - William Harris
      • 15. You Gonna Quit Me Blues - Blind Blake
      • 16. The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
      • 17. Outdoor Blues - Memphis Minnie
      • 18. Prison Cell Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
      • 19. Graveyard Digger's Blues - Sam Collins
      • 20. Big Chief Blues - Furry Lewis