The Best of the Chicago Blues

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Tracklist

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1Love Me or Leave Me
drums (drum set):
S. P. Leary (blues drummer)
guitar:
James Madison
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
piano:
Otis Spann
vocals:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
recording of:
Love Me or Leave
lyricist and composer:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
The Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet3:29
2Next Time You See Me
cover recording of:
Next Time You See Me
writer:
Earl Forest and William G. Harvey (1950s bandleader/composer)
publisher:
Universal Duchess Music Corp.
The Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet2:48
3Spann’s Stomp
drums (drum set):
S. P. Leary (blues drummer)
piano:
Otis Spann
vocals:
Otis Spann
recording of:
Spann Stomp
composer:
Otis Spann
Otis Spann’s South Side Piano2:23
4One Room Country Shack
producer:
Samuel Barclay Charters
bass:
Jack Myers (US blues bassist) (in 1968)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Below (in 1968)
guitar:
Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist) (in 1968) and Buddy Guy (in 1968)
saxophone [sax]:
Aaron Corthen (in 1968) and Bobby Fields (in 1968)
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Donald Hankins (Saxophonist) (in 1968)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1968)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Vanguard Records (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint "Vanguard" instead) (from 1968 to present)
recorded at:
Universal Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1968)
cover recording of:
One Room Country Shack (in 1968)
writer:
Mercy Dee Walton
publisher:
Venice Music
Buddy Guy55:38
5That's the Truth
bass:
Herman Hassell (Blues bass player)
drums (drum set):
Frank Kirkland
guitar:
J.B. Hutto
vocals:
J.B. Hutto
recording of:
That's the Truth
lyricist and composer:
J.B. Hutto
J.B. Hutto and His Hawks2:51
6Somebody Been Talkin'
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Frank Kirkland
guitar:
Homesick James
vocals:
Homesick James
recording of:
Somebody Been Talkin'
lyricist and composer:
James Williamson
Homesick James and His Dusters2:18
7I Had a Dream Last Night
recording of:
I Had a Dream Last Night
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy6:06
8When My Baby Left Me
recording of:
When My Baby She Left Me
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
Junior Wells2:36
9Sweet Little Angel
producer:
Samuel Barclay Charters
bass:
Jack Myers (US blues bassist) (in 1968)
drums (drum set):
Fred Below (in 1968) and Lonny Taylor (in 1968)
guitar:
Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist) (in 1968) and Buddy Guy (in 1968)
piano:
Otis Spann (in 1968)
saxophone:
Bobby Fields (in 1968), Donald Hankins (Saxophonist) (in 1968) and A.C. Reed (in 1968)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1968)
recorded at:
Universal Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1968)
cover recording of:
Sweet Little Angel (in 1968)
writer:
Jules Bihari and B.B. King
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Powerforce Music, Sounds Of Lucille, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
is based on:
Black Angel Blues
Buddy Guy5:37
10Rocket 88
drums (drum set):
S. P. Leary (blues drummer)
guitar:
James Madison
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
piano:
Otis Spann
vocals:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
cover recording of:
Rocket “88”
lyricist and composer:
Jackie Brenston (until 1951-03-03)
writer:
Ike Turner
The Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet2:07
11Mule Kicking in My Stall
recording of:
Mule Kicking in My Stall
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
Otis Spann3:36
12The Blues Keep Falling
drums (drum set):
S. P. Leary (blues drummer)
guitar:
James Madison
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
piano:
Otis Spann
vocals:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
The Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet4:04
13Rockin' My Boogie
bass:
Floyd Jones (blues performer and songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Frank Kirkland
guitar:
Johnny Shines
harmonica [2nd harmonica]:
Memphis Charlie Musselwhite
harmonica [lead harmonica]:
Big Walter Horton (blues harmonica player)
recording of:
Rockin' My Boogie
composer:
Walter Horton (blues harmonica player)
Big Walter Horton's Blues Harp Band with Memphis Charlie3:30
14S.P. Blues
drums (drum set):
S. P. Leary (blues drummer)
piano:
Otis Spann
vocals:
Otis Spann
recording of:
S.P. Blues
composer:
Otis Spann
Otis Spann’s South Side Piano2:55
15Five Long Years
recording of:
Five Long Years
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
Junior Wells3:23
16Checking on My Baby
recording of:
Checkin’ Up on My Baby
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Peer Music (“Peermusic—the global independent”)
Junior Wells3:12
17Some Day
recording of:
Some Day
lyricist and composer:
Otis Spann
Otis Spann4:37
18Stealin' Back
bass:
Hayes Ware
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans
guitar and mandolin:
Johnny Young (US blues singer, mandolin player & guitarist)
harmonica:
Big Walter Horton (blues harmonica player)
vocals:
Johnny Young (US blues singer, mandolin player & guitarist)
recording of:
Stealin' Back
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Young (US blues singer, mandolin player & guitarist)
Johnny Young’s South Side Blues Band3:21
19Tobacco Road
recording of:
Tobacco Road
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Junior Wells5:30