Simply the Best Blues · The Ultimate Collection

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Tracklist

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1Keep Your Hands to Yourself
engineer and producer:
Jeff Glixman
bass guitar:
Rick Price (Georgia Satellites)
drums (drum set):
Mauro Magellan
guitar:
Dan Baird and Rick Richards (US rock/metal guitarist)
lead vocals:
Dan Baird
recording of:
Keep Your Hands to Yourself
lyricist and composer:
Dan Baird
The Georgia Satellites53:25
2Couldn’t Stand the Weather
recording of:
Couldn’t Stand the Weather
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan4:41
3A Poor Man’s Plea
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells3:10
4Baby Please Don’t Go
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:50
5It’s Only Love
engineer:
Terry Manning (US recording engineer) and Larry Nix (US mastering engineer)
producer:
Bill Ham (manager of ZZ Top)
recorded at:
Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
It’s Only Love
writer:
Frank Beard (ZZ Top drummer), Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill
publisher:
Music of Stage Three and Songs of Mosaic
ZZ Top44:25
6The Same Thing
recording of:
The Same Thing
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Muddy Waters2:42
7Basin Street Blue
Dr. John4:28
8Polk Salad Annie
recording of:
Polk Salad Annie
lyricist and composer:
Tony Joe White
publisher:
Combine Music Corp. and EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present)
Tony Joe White3:43
9Born Under a Bad Sign
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1967)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (in 1967)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (in 1967)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (in 1967) and Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer) (in 1967)
horn:
Joe Arnold (in 1967), Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (in 1967) and Andrew Love (in 1967)
piano:
Isaac Hayes (in 1967) and Booker T. Jones (in 1967)
lead vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer) (in 1967)
performer:
Booker T. & the MG’s (in 1967) and The Memphis Horns (in 1967)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1988)
recording of:
Born Under a Bad Sign (in 1967)
lyricist:
William Bell
composer:
Booker T. Jones
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Albert King32:47
10Georgia
cover recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia On My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Cold Chisel7:15
11Stormy Monday
T‐Bone Walker3:06
12When the Levee Breaks
cover recording of:
When the Levee Breaks (original country blues song)
writer:
Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie
John Campbell6:13
13Smokestack Lightin’
recording of:
Smokestack Lightning
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Howlin’ Wolf3:06
14Sitting in the Rain
producer:
Mike Vernon
bass:
John McVie (on 1966-10-11)
guitar:
Peter Green (former member of Fleetwood Mac) (on 1966-10-11) and John Mayall (on 1966-10-11)
percussion:
Aynsley Dunbar (on 1966-10-11)
vocals:
John Mayall (on 1966-10-11)
John Mayall2:57
15Blues in the Night
Johnnie Taylor3:16
16Shake for Me
engineer:
Marlin Greene ('60s teen artist, writer & engineer) and Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section)
bass:
David Hood (on 1969-11-21)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (on 1969-11-21)
guitar:
John Hammond (blues singer and guitarist) (on 1969-11-21) and Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section) (on 1969-11-21)
piano:
Barry Beckett (on 1969-11-21)
slide guitar:
Duane Allman (on 1969-11-21)
vocals:
John Hammond (blues singer and guitarist) (on 1969-11-21)
recorded at:
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (on 1969-11-21)
cover recording of:
Shake for Me (on 1969-11-21)
composer:
Willie Dixon
John Hammond2:41
17Walkin’ Blues
cover recording of:
Walking Blues
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
King of Spades Music and Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band3:17