The World of Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Boom Boom
The Cryin' Fox3:19
2The Thrill Is GoneB.B. King5:00
3That’s My Baby
Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim3:24
4Mean Mistreatin’ MamaElmore James2:44
5Payin’ the Cost to Be the Boss
recorded in:
Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (in 1983)
live recording of:
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss (in 1983)
lyricist and composer:
B.B. King
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal Music Careers
B.B. King6:11
6Hobo Blues
recording of:
Hobo Blues
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
writer:
Bernard Besman and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
John Lee Hooker2:50
7My Mind Is Ramblin’Howlin’ Wolf2:47
8Goin’ Home
Muddy Waters2:33
9Roll Me Baby
Big Joe Turner8:04
10Gambler's Blues
recording of:
Gambler's Blues
writer:
Peter Chatman
Memphis Slim4:07
11Gonna Lay My Body Down
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee3:16
12My Baby Is So Sweet
Jimmy Reed2:42
13Walters Blues
Little Walter3:33
14Highway 49
cover recording of:
Highway 49
lyricist and composer:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
Howlin’ Wolf3:04
15Automobile Blues
recording of:
Automobile Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
publisher:
Prestige Music (US drum & bass) and The Bicycle Music Company (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, overseeing publishing and rights management)
Lightnin’ Hopkins4:31
2CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Dust My Broom
recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music (world and ethnic music label), Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Elmore James2:56
2Please Love MeB.B. King2:49
3Still Got the Blues
Gary Browne4:20
4Crawling King Snake
recording of:
Crawling King Snake
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Doors Music Company and Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc.
John Lee Hooker2:41
5Honest I Do
recording of:
Honest I Do
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
writer:
Ewart G. Abner, Jr.
Jimmy Reed2:41
6Trouble in Mind
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1961-04-25)
bass:
Jimmy Lewis (jazz bassist) (on 1961-04-25)
membranophone:
Belton Evans (on 1961-04-25)
piano:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) (on 1961-04-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Fantasy, Inc. (not for release label use!)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1961-04-25)
recording of:
Trouble in Mind
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones (US jazz pianist)
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
King Curtis2:59
7Everyday I Have the Blues
cover recording of:
Everyday I Have the Blues
lyricist, composer and revised by:
Peter Chatman
writer:
Memphis Slim, Aaron ‘Pinetop’ Sparks (1930s blues & boogie-woogie pianist) (in 1935) and Milton Sparks (in 1935)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Platinum Songs, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Golden State Songs, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Trio Music Co., Inc., Trio Music Company and Tristan Music Ltd.
B.B. King5:00
8It’s Hard for Me to Believe My Baby
Otis Rush5:58
9’Cause of It All
recording of:
Cause of It All
writer:
Chester Burnett
Howlin’ Wolf2:47
10Forty Days and Forty Nights
cover recording of:
Forty Days and Forty Nights
lyricist and composer:
Bernard Roth
Muddy Waters2:51
11Ida Mae
Sonny Terry3:20
12Roll ’m Pete
Big Joe Turner4:00
13Sweet SixteenB.B. King4:16
14The Blues Never Die
Otis Spann3:42