The Blues Box

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
112 Year Old Boy
recording of:
The 12 Year Old Boy
lyricist and composer:
Mel London
Elmore James3:04
2Hoochie Coochie Man
recording of:
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music Ltd., Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Pub Co Ltd (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Willie Dixon Music
Muddy Waters3:22
3High & Lonesome
Jimmy Reed2:47
4Telephone Is Ringing
Pee Wee Crayton3:10
5Bye Bye Baby
Memphis Slim4:14
6Save That Money
Rufus Thomas2:42
7Rockin' It Is
Billy Boy Arnold2:40
8When I've Been Drinkin'
Smokey Hogg2:25
9Mystery Train
Little Junior’s Blue Flames2:23
10All Alone Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-03-04)
drums (drum set):
Baby Dodds (on 1947-03-04)
guitar:
Sticks McGhee (on 1947-03-04)
harmonica:
Sonny Terry (on 1947-03-04)
vocals:
Sonny Terry (on 1947-03-04)
Sonny Terry3:06
11They Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)
T‐Bone Walker3:04
12Before Long
recording of:
Before Long
writer:
Jimmy DeBerry
Jimmy & Walter3:00
13My Babe
Lightnin’ Slim3:33
14Brownie's Guitar Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee6:07
15Cotton Crop Blues
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
James Cotton3:02
16Boom 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 Hooker3.42:34
17Mailman Blues
Lloyd Price2:08
18Blues 'round the World
Big Joe Williams2:56
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