Play Me the Blues...

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Tracklist

▶ CD 1

▶ CD 2

▼ CD 3
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Boom Boom bass: James Jamerson drums (drum set): Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961) guitar: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) piano: Joe Hunter tenor saxophone: Hank Crosby vocals: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) phonographic copyright (℗) by: MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967) part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463) recording of: Boom Boom (in 1961) lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) publisher: Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.	John Lee Hooker	3.4	2:31
2	Mean Mistreatin' Mama recording of: Mean Mistreatin’ Mama writer: Elmore James and Bobby Robinson	Elmore James		2:43
3	Coming Home recording of: Coming Home lyricist and composer: Elmore James	Elmore James		2:28
4	Lost and Gone recording of: Lost and Gone lyricist and composer: John Mayall	John Mayall		2:44
5	Going Down Slow cover recording of: Going Down Slow lyricist and composer: James Oden (blues singer and songwriter) publisher: Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)	Johnny Winter		4:45
6	It'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. King		3:37
7	Baby Lee recording of: Baby Lee writer: James Bracken and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)	John Lee Hooker		2:45
8	Coffee for Mama	Lightnin’ Hopkins		3:32
9	Blues for the Lowlands guitar: Brownie McGhee (from 1961 until 1962) harmonica: Sonny Terry (from 1961 until 1962) vocals: Brownie McGhee (from 1961 until 1962) and Sonny Terry (from 1961 until 1962) recorded at: The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California, United States (from 1961 until 1962)	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		4:49
10	Lightning's Bad Luck	Lightnin’ Slim		2:37
11	Wolverine Blues recording of: Wolverine Blues composer: Benjamin F Spikes (Benjamin Franklin "Reb" Spikes), Jelly Roll Morton and John Spikes	Jelly Roll Morton		3:27
12	West Coast Idea recording of: West Coast Idea writer: Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page	Eric Clapton		2:22
13	Outside Help (short version) recording of: Outside Help lyricist and composer: B.B. King	B.B. King		3:40
14	Lonesome Blues	Mississippi John Hurt		3:49
15	Nothin' but the Blues recording of: Nothin' but the Blues writer: Lightnin’ Hopkins	Lightnin’ Hopkins		2:24
16	Little Red Rooster	Big Mama Thornton		5:53
17	Baby Please Don't Go	Big Joe Williams		1:49
18	Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight	Mississippi John Hurt		3:37

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Release information

Barcode:: 8712155035746
Format:: 3×CD
Length:: 2:57:52

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data Quality:: Normal

Labels

K-BOX365

Release events

Europe
1996

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