Blues Breakers

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Annotation

4-CD set; incomplete. 4 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase.

Individual cat#s: KBOX419A–D

Annotation last modified on 2025-07-16 00:13 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD

2▶CD

3▶CD

4▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Long Nights	B.B. King		3:34
2	The Sky Is Crying recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1959-11) bass guitar: Homesick James (in 1959-11) drums (drum set): Odie Payne (American Chicago blues drummer) (in 1959-11) guitar: Elmore James (in 1959-11) piano: Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist) (in 1959-11) tenor saxophone [tenor sax]: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1959-11) and J.T. Brown (saxophonist) (in 1959-11) lead vocals: Elmore James part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1991) recording of: The Sky Is Crying (in 1959-11) lyricist and composer: Elmore James publisher: Longitude Music Co.	Elmore James	4.5	2:42
3	C-H-I-C-K-E-N Blues guitar: Mississippi John Hurt (on 1965-04-15) vocals: Mississippi John Hurt (on 1965-04-15) recorded at: Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, United States (on 1965-04-15)	Mississippi John Hurt		0:57
4	Out of Sight	Johnny Winter		2:22
5	Whiskey and Wimmen	John Lee Hooker		2:39
6	Bad Luck Blues	Lightnin’ Slim		2:36
7	Don’t Wake Me	Lightnin’ Hopkins		4:46
8	John Lee Boogie recording of: John Lee Boogie writer: John Mayall	John Mayall		4:15
9	Someone Cares for Me orchestra: Maxwell Davis and His Orchestra (in 1955-08) recording of: Someone Cares for Me (in 1955-08) writer: Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger “The Father of West Coast R&B”), Jules Taub and Johnny “Guitar” Watson	Johnny “Guitar” Watson		2:58
10	Mr Pawnbroker	B.B. King		3:16
11	Everybody’s Blue	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry		6:45
12	Blues for My Cookie	Lightnin’ Hopkins		2:33
13	Freight Loader recording of: Freight Loader writer: Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page publisher: EMI United Partnership Ltd.	Eric Clapton		2:46
14	Catfish Blues	B.B. King		2:28
15	No Shoes	John Lee Hooker		2:23
16	It Hurts Me Too	Elmore James		3:04
17	Nobody Knows You When Your Down and Out	Big Joe Williams		3:25
18	Women Lovin’ Each Other	Mike Bloomfield		4:40

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/10431143 [info]
ASIN:	DE: B00004S3XH [info]
other databases:	https://www.musik-sammler.de/release/8873/ [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 8712155042980
Format:: 4×CD
Length:: 4:03:31

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: Slipcase
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

K-Box
KBOX419

Release events

Netherlands
1998

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