The Classic Early Recordings

Album by Elmore James

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Dust My Broom
    2:47
  2. 2.
    Please Find My Baby (version 1)
    3:04
  3. 3.
    Hawaiian Boogie
    2:40
  4. 4.
    Please Find My Baby (version 2)
    3:08
  5. 5.
    Hand in Hand
    2:53
  6. 6.
    Long Tall Woman
    2:56
  7. 7.
    Rock My Baby Right
    2:51
  8. 8.
    One More Drink (take 1)
    3:05
  9. 9.
    My Baby’s Gone
    2:24
  10. 10.
    One More Drink (take 2)
    3:16
  11. 11.
    Lost Woman Blues (aka Please Find My Baby) (version 3)
    3:16
  12. 12.
    I Believe
    3:17
  13. 13.
    I Held My Baby Last Night
    3:31
  14. 14.
    Baby What’s Wrong
    2:53
  15. 15.
    Sinful Woman
    2:52
  16. 16.
    Round House Boogie (aka Sax Symphonic Boogie)
    2:47
  17. 17.
    Dumb Woman Blues
    3:12
  18. 18.
    Sax‐Only Boogie
    2:36
  19. 19.
    Kicking the Blues Around (aka Flaming Blues)
    2:56
  20. 20.
    I May Be Wrong
    2:51
  21. 21.
    Sweet Little Woman
    3:00

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Early in the Morning
    2:48
  2. 3.
    Can’t Stop Lovin’
    2:26
  3. 4.
    Hawaiian Boogie (version 2)
    2:20
  4. 5.
    Make a Little Love
    2:51
  5. 6.
    My Best Friend (take 1)
    2:48
  6. 7.
    Make My Dreams Come True (take 2)
    2:46
  7. 8.
    Make My Dreams Come True (take 3)
    0:56
  8. 9.
    Make My Dreams Come True (take 4)
    2:47
  9. 10.
    Make My Dreams Come True (take 7)
    2:43
  10. 11.
    Strange Kinda Feeling (take 1)
    2:31
  11. 12.
    Strange Kinda Feeling (take 2)
    2:39
  12. 13.
    Strange Kinda Feeling (take 3)
    2:48
  13. 14.
    Strange Kinda Feeling (take 4)
    0:57
  14. 15.
    Strange Kinda Feeling (take 5)
    2:36
  15. 16.
    Strange Kinda Feeling (take 6)
    2:43
  16. 17.
    Dark and Dreary (take 1)
    0:27
  17. 18.
    Dark and Dreary (take 2)
    3:30
  18. 19.
    Dark and Dreary (take 4)
    2:48
  19. 20.
    Quarter Past Nine
    3:31
  20. 21.
    Where Can My Baby Be (take 1)
    0:20
  21. 22.
    Where Can My Baby Be (take 8)
    2:59
  22. 23.
    Where Can My Baby Be (take 9)
    2:57
  23. 24.
    Please Come Back to Me (Sho’ Nuff I Do)
    3:00
  24. 25.
    Sho’ Nuff I Do (session talk & false start)
    1:31
  25. 26.
    Sho’ Nuff I Do (alternate take)
    2:46
  26. 27.
    Sho’ Nuff I Do
    2:52
  27. 28.
    1839 Blues
    3:17
  28. 29.
    I Got a Strange Baby (false start & chat)
    1:02
  29. 30.
    Canton Mississippi Breakdown
    2:41

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Standing at the Crossroads
    2:49
  2. 4.
    Late Hours at Midnight
    2:47
  3. 5.
    Happy Home
    2:47
  4. 6.
    Sunny Land
    3:19
  5. 7.
    The Way You Treat Me (aka Mean and Evil)
    2:14
  6. 8.
    No Love in My Heart
    2:25
  7. 9.
    Dust My Blues
    3:11
  8. 10.
    I Was a Fool
    2:52
  9. 11.
    Blues Before Sunrise
    2:45
  10. 12.
    Goodbye (Baby)
    3:00
  11. 13.
    So Mean to Me (take 2)
    2:38
  12. 14.
    So Mean to Me (take 3)
    2:37
  13. 15.
    So Mean to Me (take 4)
    2:30
  14. 16.
    Wild About You Baby (chat & false start)
    1:01
  15. 17.
    Wild About You
    3:20
  16. 18.
    Wild About You (Baby)
    2:42
  17. 19.
    Elmo’s Shuffle (take 3)
    3:10
  18. 20.
    Elmo’s Shuffle (take 4)
    2:56
  19. 21.
    Elmo’s Shuffle (take 5)
    2:36
  20. 22.
    Long Tall Woman
    3:41
  21. 23.
    Long Tall Woman
    2:52

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