The Perfect Blues Collection

Album by Various Artists

Blues

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    St. Louis Blues
    3:12
  2. 2.
    I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
    3:23
  3. 3.
    You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon
    3:30
  4. 4.
    Sobbin’ Hearted Blues
    3:02
  5. 5.
    Reckless Blues
    3:05
  6. 6.
    J.C. Holmes Blues
    3:05
  7. 7.
    Careless Love Blues
    3:27
  8. 8.
    Cold in Hand Blues
    3:14
  9. 9.
    Nashville Woman’s Blues
    3:45
  10. 10.
    Jailhouse Blues
    3:16
  11. 11.
    Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down
    3:20
  12. 12.
    Down Hearted Blues
    3:28

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Big Bill Blues
    3:33
  2. 2.
    Hey Hey Baby
    3:39
  3. 3.
    Low Land Blues
    4:41
  4. 4.
    House Rent Stomp
    3:17
  5. 5.
    Make My Gataway
    3:47
  6. 6.
    John Henry
    3:02
  7. 7.
    Feelin’ Low Down
    3:25
  8. 8.
    Black, Brown & White
    3:09
  9. 9.
    Blues in 1890
    3:40
  10. 10.
    Willie Mae Blues
    2:35
  11. 11.
    Guitar Shuffle
    3:29
  12. 12.
    In the Evening
    4:47
  13. 13.
    What I Used to Do
    3:15
  14. 14.
    Lonesome Road Blues
    3:17

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Aint Nothin’ Happenin’
    2:12
  2. 2.
    Why Did You Leave Me
    2:33
  3. 3.
    Every Hour
    2:53
  4. 4.
    I Brought It All on Myself
    2:54
  5. 5.
    Taxi Blues
    2:18
  6. 6.
    Get Rich Quick
    2:16
  7. 7.
    Please Have Mercy on Me
    2:32
  8. 8.
    Thinkin’ ’Bout My Mother
    2:54
  9. 9.
    Crazy Lips
    2:37
  10. 10.
    Any Hour
    2:39
  11. 11.
    Hey Operator
    2:37
  12. 12.
    That’s a Lot of Brass
    2:33

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    An Evening Prayer
    3:23
  2. 2.
    I’m on My Way
    3:31
  3. 3.
    A City Called Heaven
    3:52
  4. 4.
    It Don’t Cost Very Much
    3:21
  5. 5.
    Walk Over God’s Heaven
    3:06
  6. 6.
    The Lord’s Prayer
    3:50
  7. 7.
    Didn’t It Rain
    3:07
  8. 8.
    God Is Real
    3:45
  9. 9.
    He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
    2:42
  10. 10.
    I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
    4:08
  11. 11.
    Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
    2:34
  12. 12.
    His Eye Is on the Sparrow
    4:37

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    My Story
    3:15
  2. 2.
    I Feel So Bad
    2:55
  3. 3.
    You’re Still My Baby
    3:12
  4. 4.
    Lawdy Miss Mary
    2:11
  5. 5.
    Need One More Chance
    3:00
  6. 6.
    Caldonia
    2:26
  7. 7.
    Don’t Deceive Me
    3:04
  8. 8.
    One More Break
    2:33
  9. 9.
    I Can Tell
    2:55
  10. 10.
    Search My Heart
    2:21
  11. 11.
    Love‐Struck
    2:22
  12. 12.
    Charged With Cheating
    3:02

Disc 6

  1. 1.
    That’s All Right
    1:58
  2. 2.
    Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
    2:10
  3. 3.
    Mystery Train
    2:29
  4. 4.
    Playing for Keeps
    2:54
  5. 5.
    Poor Boy
    2:16
  6. 6.
    My Baby Left Me
    2:15
  7. 7.
    I Was the One
    2:35
  8. 8.
    Shake, Rattle and Roll
    2:29
  9. 9.
    I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone
    2:38
  10. 10.
    You’re a Heartbreaker
    2:11

Disc 7

  1. 1.
    I’ll Always Be in Love
    4:00
  2. 2.
    Gee, Baby Ain’t It Good to You
    3:48
  3. 3.
    See See Rider
    4:12
  4. 4.
    I Make a Lot of Money
    2:40
  5. 5.
    Blowin’ the Blues
    3:02
  6. 6.
    Tain’t Nobody’s Business
    4:39
  7. 7.
    Everything You Do Is Wrong
    4:43
  8. 8.
    Roll ’em Pete
    5:58

Disc 8

  1. 1.
    Crossroads Blues
    2:30
  2. 2.
    Terraplane Blues
    3:03
  3. 3.
    Come On In My Kitchen
    2:53
  4. 4.
    Walking Blues
    2:32
  5. 5.
    Last Fair Deal Gone Down
    2:40
  6. 6.
    32‐20 Blues
    2:52
  7. 7.
    Kindhearted Woman Blues
    2:52
  8. 8.
    If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
    2:37
  9. 9.
    Preaching Blues
    2:53
  10. 10.
    When You Got a Good Friend
    2:40
  11. 11.
    Rambling on My Mind
    2:53
  12. 12.
    Stones in My Passway
    2:30
  13. 13.
    Traveling Riverside Blues
    2:48
  14. 14.
    Milkcow’s Calf Blues
    2:19
  15. 15.
    Me and the Devil Blues
    2:36
  16. 16.
    Hellhound on My Trail
    2:40
  17. 17.
    Traveling Riverside Blues (alternate take)
    2:39

Disc 9

  1. 1.
    The Skies Are Crying
    4:37
  2. 2.
    Your Funeral and My Trial
    4:07
  3. 3.
    Explain Yourself to Me
    4:39
  4. 4.
    Nine Below Zero
    3:39
  5. 5.
    Fattening Frogs for Snakes
    5:40
  6. 6.
    My One Room Cabin
    4:18
  7. 7.
    Getting Out of Town
    5:31

Disc 10

  1. 1.
    Unforgettable
    3:42
  2. 2.
    Cold, Cold Heart
    4:37
  3. 3.
    What a Diff’rence a Day Made
    3:33
  4. 4.
    Drinking Again
    3:30
  5. 5.
    Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
    5:13
  6. 6.
    Evil Gal Blues
    2:42
  7. 7.
    Don’t Say You’re Sorry Again
    2:47
  8. 8.
    This Bitter Earth
    4:36
  9. 9.
    If I Should Lose You
    3:39
  10. 10.
    Soulville
    2:23
  11. 11.
    Lee Cross
    3:18

Disc 11

  1. 1.
    Death Letter
    4:21
  2. 2.
    Pearline
    4:34
  3. 3.
    Louise McGhee
    6:13
  4. 4.
    John the Revelator
    2:32
  5. 5.
    Empire State Express
    3:41
  6. 6.
    Preachin’ Blues
    5:45
  7. 7.
    Grinning in Your Face
    2:08
  8. 8.
    Sundown
    6:14
  9. 9.
    Levee Camp Moan
    9:28

Disc 12

  1. 1.
    Two for the Price of One
    3:22
  2. 2.
    Keep on Lovin’ You
    2:42
  3. 3.
    Ask Me
    2:35
  4. 4.
    Ain’t Gonna Move
    2:15
  5. 5.
    Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
    2:57
  6. 6.
    Too Late
    2:25
  7. 7.
    Love Is Such a Funny Thing
    2:44
  8. 8.
    Takin’ No Chances
    2:15
  9. 9.
    I’d Rather Fight Than Switch
    2:54
  10. 10.
    A Quitter Never Wins
    2:44
  11. 11.
    Nobody
    2:37
  12. 12.
    Find Yourself Someone to Love
    2:04
  13. 13.
    Fever
    4:41
  14. 14.
    Coke
    2:15
  15. 15.
    Unchained My Heart
    3:16
  16. 16.
    Comin’ Home Baby
    3:19
  17. 17.
    Skate Key
    2:28
  18. 18.
    Summertime
    3:09
  19. 19.
    Makin’ Whoopee
    5:00
  20. 20.
    Ain’t Misbehavin’
    3:18

Disc 13

  1. 1.
    The Tricks
    3:47
  2. 2.
    Death of Luther King
    5:25
  3. 3.
    Ugly Woman
    3:58
  4. 4.
    In the Evening
    4:34
  5. 5.
    Take Me Back, Baby
    3:49
  6. 6.
    Early in the Morning
    2:36
  7. 7.
    My Black and White Dog
    5:14
  8. 8.
    My Next Door Neib
    3:45
  9. 9.
    I Had a Dream
    5:29
  10. 10.
    Goin’ to Paris
    4:23
  11. 11.
    I’m Tired of Moanin’
    3:15

Disc 14

  1. 1.
    My Love Depends on You
    5:22
  2. 2.
    Walkin’
    2:54
  3. 3.
    It Was a Big Thing
    3:26
  4. 4.
    Temperature Is Rising (100.2°F)
    6:13
  5. 5.
    Dig You
    3:04
  6. 6.
    No More Doggin’
    3:00
  7. 7.
    Ain’t Nobody’s Business
    5:15
  8. 8.
    She Needs Some Loving
    3:08
  9. 9.
    I Need Some Air
    4:40
  10. 10.
    Someday Baby
    3:02

Disc 15

  1. 1.
    I’m Yours and I’m Hers
    4:31
  2. 2.
    Be Careful With a Fool
    5:16
  3. 3.
    Dallas
    2:49
  4. 4.
    Mean Mistreater
    3:55
  5. 5.
    Leland Mississippi Blues
    3:30
  6. 6.
    Good Morning Little School Girl
    2:46
  7. 7.
    When You Got a Good Friend
    3:42
  8. 8.
    I’ll Drown in My Own Tears
    4:46
  9. 9.
    Back Door Friend
    2:58
  10. 10.
    Country Girl
    3:08
  11. 11.
    Dallas (with band)
    3:37
  12. 12.
    Two Steps From the Blues
    2:35

Disc 16

  1. 1.
    Yes, You’ll Play
    2:42
  2. 2.
    Live Today Like the Day Before
    2:41
  3. 3.
    The Highway Is Like a Woman
    3:00
  4. 4.
    Painful Party
    3:01
  5. 5.
    You Wear Your Hair Too Long
    2:58
  6. 6.
    To Live the Past
    3:48
  7. 7.
    My Friend
    3:01
  8. 8.
    A Lying Woman (Not Trustworthy)
    3:04
  9. 9.
    To Claim It’s Love
    3:47
  10. 10.
    My Error
    2:32
  11. 11.
    The Country
    2:29
  12. 12.
    This Time You Suffer Too
    3:01

Disc 17

  1. 1.
    Willie and the Hand Jive
    3:18
  2. 2.
    Cry Me a River Blues
    4:46
  3. 3.
    Cleanhead’s Blues
    4:55
  4. 4.
    I Got a Gal
    2:57
  5. 5.
    Since I Met You Baby
    2:38
  6. 6.
    Baby You Don’t Know
    3:01
  7. 7.
    Preacher’s Blues
    3:28
  8. 8.
    Good Rockin’ Tonight
    3:27
  9. 9.
    The Time Machine
    3:30
  10. 10.
    Margie’s Boogie
    3:33
  11. 11.
    Little Esther’s Blues: Blowtop Blues
    6:50
  12. 12.
    Kidney Stew
    3:07
  13. 13.
    The Things I Used to Do
    4:59
  14. 14.
    R.M. Blues
    3:01
  15. 15.
    Shuggie’s Boogie
    4:06
  16. 16.
    You Better Look Out
    4:09
  17. 17.
    Goin’ Back to L.A.
    2:45
  18. 18.
    Plastic Man
    4:51
  19. 19.
    Boogie Woogie Bye Bye
    2:38

Disc 18

  1. 1.
    Back Door Man
    6:15
  2. 2.
    I Can’t Quit You, Baby
    6:44
  3. 3.
    The Seventh Son
    4:18
  4. 4.
    Spoonful
    4:58
  5. 5.
    I Ain’t Superstitious
    4:07
  6. 6.
    You Shook Me
    4:18
  7. 7.
    I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
    4:52
  8. 8.
    The Little Red Rooster
    3:40
  9. 9.
    The Same Thing
    4:40

Disc 19

  1. 1.
    Blues for Elmore James
    2:41
  2. 2.
    Funky Roots
    3:48
  3. 3.
    I Can’t Lose
    3:42
  4. 4.
    One Down
    3:41
  5. 5.
    Willie’s Back in Town
    2:48
  6. 6.
    Minor Feelings
    3:14
  7. 7.
    Everyday I Have the Blues
    3:32
  8. 8.
    Straight Talk
    3:45
  9. 9.
    Little by Little
    3:34
  10. 10.
    When Evelyn’s Not Around
    4:04
  11. 11.
    It Hurts Me Too
    5:29

Disc 20

  1. 1.
    Fishin’ Blues
    2:57
  2. 2.
    Ain’t Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo’)
    9:11
  3. 3.
    Sweet Mama Janisse
    3:32
  4. 4.
    Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue
    3:24
  5. 5.
    Big Kneed Gal
    5:34
  6. 6.
    You’re Going to Need Somebody on Your Bond
    6:13
  7. 7.
    Tom and Sally Drake
    3:39
  8. 8.
    Diving Duck Blues
    3:46
  9. 9.
    John, Ain’ It Hard
    5:30
  10. 10.
    She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
    4:08
  11. 11.
    You Ain’t No Street Walker Mama, Honey but I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff
    18:56

Disc 21

  1. 1.
    Mannish Boy
    5:24
  2. 2.
    Bus Driver
    7:48
  3. 3.
    I Want to Be Loved
    2:21
  4. 4.
    Jealous Hearted Man
    4:25
  5. 5.
    I Can’t Be Satisfied
    3:31
  6. 6.
    The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll (#2)
    3:36
  7. 7.
    Deep Down in Florida
    5:27
  8. 8.
    Crosseyed Cat
    6:01
  9. 9.
    Little Girl
    7:11
  10. 10.
    Walking Through the Park
    3:55

Disc 22

  1. 1.
    Love Struck Baby
    2:23
  2. 2.
    Pride and Joy
    3:40
  3. 3.
    Texas Flood
    5:21
  4. 4.
    Tell Me
    2:48
  5. 5.
    Testify
    3:22
  6. 6.
    Rude Mood
    4:40
  7. 7.
    Mary Had a Little Lamb
    2:47
  8. 8.
    Dirty Pool
    5:02
  9. 9.
    I’m Cryin’
    3:47
  10. 10.
    Lenny
    5:07
  11. 11.
    SRV Speaks
    0:37
  12. 12.
    Tin Pan Alley (a.k.a. Roughest Place in Town)
    7:42
  13. 13.
    Testify (live)
    3:54
  14. 14.
    Mary Had a Little Lamb (live)
    3:31
  15. 15.
    Wham! (live)
    4:20

Disc 23

  1. 1.
    That’s Not Love
    4:07
  2. 2.
    Perpetual Blues Machine
    3:16
  3. 3.
    More Than One Way Home
    4:52
  4. 4.
    I’m on Your Side
    3:39
  5. 5.
    Just Like You
    3:25
  6. 6.
    You Can Love Yourself
    2:33
  7. 7.
    Dangerous Mood
    4:58
  8. 8.
    The Action
    3:58
  9. 9.
    Hand It Over
    2:54
  10. 10.
    Standin’ at the Station
    3:12
  11. 11.
    Momma, Where’s My Daddy
    3:07
  12. 12.
    Last Fair Deal Gone Down
    3:46
  13. 13.
    Lullaby Baby Blues
    2:33

Disc 24

  1. 1.
    Born Under a Bad Sign
    3:29
  2. 2.
    I Want to Ta Ta You, Baby
    5:56
  3. 3.
    Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
    4:55
  4. 4.
    Running Out of Lies
    5:03
  5. 5.
    Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
    7:01
  6. 6.
    Spoonful
    4:09
  7. 7.
    Life, Love & The Blues
    5:17
  8. 8.
    Hoochie Coochie Gal
    4:25
  9. 9.
    Cheating in the Next Room
    4:57
  10. 10.
    If You Want Me to Stay
    5:21
  11. 11.
    The Love You Save May Be Your Own
    4:01
  12. 12.
    I’ll Take Care of You
    4:59

Disc 25

  1. 1.
    Hard Time Killing Floor
    2:48
  2. 2.
    Crawlin’ Kingsnake
    5:17
  3. 3.
    Lucy Mae Blues
    3:33
  4. 4.
    Can’t See Baby
    4:04
  5. 5.
    I Love the Life I Live
    2:47
  6. 6.
    Louise McGhee
    5:24
  7. 7.
    Moanin’ and Groanin’
    3:30
  8. 8.
    Black Cat Blues
    4:29
  9. 9.
    Bad Life Blues
    3:44
  10. 10.
    Sally Mae
    4:27
  11. 11.
    Anna Lee
    4:14
  12. 12.
    Lonesome Home Blues
    5:00

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