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Tracklist

CD 1: B.B. King
CD 2: Blind Willie Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Skip James
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1Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
publisher:
Harmony (20s/30s US)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999)
recording of:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3.75?:??
2If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson?:??
3Praise God I’m Satisfied
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-12-11) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
recording of:
Praise God I'm Satisfied (on 1929-12-11)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson?:??
4Trouble Will Soon Be Over
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
Trouble Will Soon Be Over (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson?:??
5I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson5?:??
6Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right (on 1930-04-20)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson?:??
7It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1991)
recording of:
It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson song) (on 1927-12-03)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
previously attributed to:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Blind Willie Johnson?:??
8I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1928-12-05)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1928-12-05) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge (on 1928-12-05)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson?:??
9Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1928-12-05)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1928-12-05) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning (on 1928-12-05)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
is based on:
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
Blind Willie Johnson?:??
10Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
version of:
Jesus Goin' A-Make Up My Dying Bed
Blind Willie Johnson?:??
11Cool Drink of Water Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-03)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03) and “Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
recording of:
Cool Drink of Water Blues
writer:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
Tommy Johnson?:??
12Maggie Campbell Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-04)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-04) and “Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-04)
lead vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-04)
recording of:
Maggie Campbell
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Tommy Johnson?:??
13Canned Heat Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-08-11, on 1928-08-31)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-08-31)
lead vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-08-31)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
Tommy Johnson?:??
14Big Road Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-03)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03) and “Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1987)
recording of:
Big Road Blues
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
publisher:
Kokomo Music
Tommy Johnson?:??
15Alcohol and Jake Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1929-12)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (in 1929-12)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (in 1929-12)
Tommy Johnson?:??
16If You Haven’t Any Hay Get on Down the Road
recorded in:
United States (in 1931-02)
piano:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
vocals:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
Skip James?:??
1722‐20 Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02) and United States (in 1931-02)
piano and lead vocals:
Skip James
Skip James?:??
18How Long “Buck”
recorded in:
United States (in 1931-02)
Skip James?:??
19Cypress Grove Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02)
guitar:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
vocals:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
Skip James?:??
20Devil Got My Woman
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2006)
recording of:
Devil Got My Woman (in 1931-02)
lyricist and composer:
Skip James (in 1931)
publisher:
Wynwood Music Company Inc
Skip James?:??
CD 3: Magic Sam, Jimmy McCracklin
CD 4: John Lee Hooker, Wynonie Harris
CD 5: Jimmy Reed, Otis Rush
CD 6: Johnny Guitar Watson, Big Joe Williams
CD 7: Muddy Waters, Junior Wells
CD 8: Big Bill Broonzy, Scrapper Blackwell, Blind Blake
CD 9: Little Willie John, Smiley Lewis
CD 10: Robert Johnson
CD 11: Elmore James, Lonnie Johnson
CD 12: Bukka White, Josh White
CD 13: Howlin’ Wolf
CD 14: Little Walter
CD 15: Richard Berry, Barbecue Bob
CD 16: Bo Diddley
CD 17: Percy Mayfield, Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
CD 18: Champion Jack Dupree, Cousin Joe
CD 19: Buddy Guy, Arthur Gunter, Slim Gaillard
CD 20: Memphis Minnie, Big Maybelle
CD 21: Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell, Pee Wee Crayton
CD 22: Lightnin’ Hopkins
CD 23: Roosevelt Sykes, Son House
CD 24: Snooks Eaglin, Sleepy John Estes
CD 25: T‐Bone Walker, Jimmy Witherspoon
CD 26: Charley Patton, Snooky Pryor
CD 27: Lowell Fulson, The Four Blazes
CD 28: Lead Belly
CD 29: Professor Longhair, Junior Parker
CD 30: Alberta Hunter, Ivory Joe Hunter
CD 31: Bessie Smith
CD 32: Sonny Boy Williamson I, Sonny Boy Williamson II
CD 33: Furry Lewis, Robert Lockwood, Jr.
CD 34: Earl Hooker, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
CD 35: Big Joe Turner, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
CD 36: Roy Milton, Amos Milburn
CD 37: Robert Nighthawk, Johnny Otis
CD 38: Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Blue Lu Barker
CD 39: Big Maceo, Blind Willie McTell
CD 40: Mississippi Fred McDowell, Mississippi John Hurt
CD 41: Lightnin’ Slim, J.B. Lenoir
CD 42: Jimmy Rushing, Tampa Red
CD 43: Big Mama Thornton, Sister Rosetta Tharp
CD 44: Sunnyland Slim, Johnny Shine
CD 45: Huey “Piano” Smith, Frankie Lee Sims
CD 46: Willie Dixon, Floyd Dixon
CD 47: Kokomo Arnold, Billy Boy Arnold
CD 48: Sonny Terry, Eddie Taylor
CD 49: Memphis Slim, Tommy McClennan
CD 50: Bobby “Blue” Bland, Charles Brown
CD 51: Sippie Wallace, Peetie Wheatstraw