Blues History

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	I'd Rather Go Blind recording engineer and producer: Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, "Father of Muscle Shoals Music") drums (drum set): Roger Hawkins electric bass guitar: David Hood guitar: Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section) and Albert Lowe Jr. (American guitarist, bassist, and songwriter) organ: Carl Banks and Dewey Oldham piano: Dewey Oldham saxophone: Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Floyd Newman and Aaron Varnell trumpet: Gene “Bowlegs” Miller (American trumpeter) lead vocals: Etta James arranger: Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, "Father of Muscle Shoals Music") recorded at: FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1967-08-23) recording of: I’d Rather Go Blind (on 1967-08-23) lyricist: Billy Foster (American singer, member of The Medallions and songwriter) composer: Ellington Jordan publisher: The Jewel Music Co. Ltd.	Etta James	4	2:37
2	Mother Earth	Memphis Slim		2:41
3	I Asked for Water	Howlin’ Wolf		2:54
4	Honey Bee recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1950-10-23) double bass [bass]: Ernest "Big" Crawford (on 1951-01-23) guitar: Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1951-01-23) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1951-01-23) vocals: Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1951-01-23) recording of: Honey Bee (on 1951-01-23) writer: Muddy Waters (blues musician)	Muddy Waters	5	3:25
5	Loving You	Lowell Fulson		3:04
6	Diggin' My Potatoes	Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam		2:41
7	Down at the Landing guitar: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) vocals: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) recording of: Down at the Landing lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)	John Lee Hooker		2:57
8	One Way Out recording of: One Way Out writer: Elmore James, Marshall E. Sehorn and Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) publisher: Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Rhinelander Music Inc.	Sonny Boy Williamson		2:01
9	Who's Cheating Who?	Little Milton		3:00
10	Mannish Boy part of: Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 229) recording of: Mannish Boy writer: Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer), Mel London and McKinley Morganfield (blues musician) publisher: Bug Music Ltd. and Tristan Music Ltd. part of: Risky Business (film soundtrack)	Muddy Waters	4.35	2:55
11	Broken Hearted Blues	Buddy Guy		3:10
12	I Can't Stop Baby	Otis Rush	3	2:15
13	My Babe	Little Walter		2:44
14	Madison Blues recording of: Madison Blues lyricist: Elmore James publisher: Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.	Elmore James		2:23

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/1333867 [info]
other databases:	https://www.musik-sammler.de/media/794218 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 8711539003517
Format:: 4×CD
Length:: 2:48:42

Additional details

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

Labels

Disky
HRCD 37
Disky
HRCD 3740
Disky
HRCD 38
Disky
HRCD 39
Disky
HRCD 40

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Netherlands
1989

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