Various - This Is Blues (2-disc set)

There are countless blues compilations out there, and at first glance, this two-disc, 30-track selection doesn't seem to be anything special, but a closer look reveals that it covers a fairly wide spectrum, both in the number of blues styles it includes (prewar country-blues to Chicago blues, jump blues, folk-blues and more) and in the years it considers (disc one covers 1927 to 1950, while disc two carries things from 1950 through 1973). It also features relatively rare tracks even when the artist is well known (Muddy Waters is represented by "Mean Red Spider," for instance, rather than one of his better known songs like "I Can't Be Satisfied"), which doesn't necessarily make this collection essential, but it does make it more likely to fill in some cracks for listeners who may already have a large blues library. ~Steve Leggett

Album: This Is Blues (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 42:45
Size: 97.9 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:54] 1. Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
[3:05] 2. Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere, Part Ii
[2:55] 3. Helen Humes - Garlic Blues
[2:48] 4. Mary Johnson - Morning Sun Blues
[3:22] 5. Jimmy Rushing - Goin' To Chicago
[2:08] 6. Lead Belly - How Long Blues
[2:51] 7. T-Bone Walker - Mean Old World Blues
[2:51] 8. Dinah Washington - Chewin' Mama Blues
[3:01] 9. Julia Lee - Dream Lucky Blues
[2:20] 10. Muddy Waters - Mean Red Spider
[2:45] 11. Martha Davis And The Esquires - Lovin' Blues
[2:27] 12. The Maxin Trio - Confession Blues
[3:04] 13. Robert Nighthawk - She Knows How To Love A Man
[3:00] 14. Big Mama Thornton - Bad Luck Got My Man
[3:08] 15. Big Jay Mcneely - Midnight Dreams

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Album: This Is Blues (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:07
Size: 105.6 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:40] 1. Memphis Slim - Mother Earth
[2:52] 2. Bobo Slim Thomas - Catfish Blues
[2:18] 3. Elmore James - Everybody's Fishing
[2:37] 4. Big Joe Williams And His 9 String Guitar - Delta Blues
[2:04] 5. Howlin' Wolf - Smile At Me
[3:05] 6. Arthur Big Boy Crudup - Make A Little Love With Me
[2:37] 7. Sonny Boy Williamson Ii - From The Bottom
[2:20] 8. Junior Wells - Come On In This House
[5:12] 9. B.B. King - You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
[3:08] 10. Buddy Guy - Broken-Hearted Blues
[2:58] 11. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand
[3:00] 12. Roosevelt Sykes - 44 Blues
[4:16] 13. The Groundhogs - Little Dreamer
[2:52] 14. Mississippi Fred Mcdowell - You Got To Move
[4:01] 15. Charles Brown - Driftin' Blues

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