Various - The Blues Legend

Label:

Happy Bird

Catalog#:

90098

Format:

4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Box Set

Country:

Germany

Released:

1980

Genre:

Blues

Style:

Country Blues, Electric Blues, Chicago Blues

Tracklist

A1	John Lee Hooker -	I Bought You A Brand New Home	3:23
A2	John Lee Hooker -	I Believe I'll Lose My Mind	3:43
A3	John Lee Hooker -	Teasin' Me	3:31
A4	John Lee Hooker -	My Cryin' Days Are Over	3:17
A5	John Lee Hooker -	Sittin' Here Thinkin'	3:18
A6	John Lee Hooker -	Mean Mistreatin'	4:05
B1	John Lee Hooker -	How Long ?	3:15
B2	John Lee Hooker -	How Many More Years ?	3:35
B3	John Lee Hooker -	C. C. Rider	3:35
B4	John Lee Hooker -	Sad And Lonesome	4:32
B5	John Lee Hooker -	Can't You See What You're Doin' To Me ?	4:41
C1	Blind J. Davis -	My Own Boogie	2:05
		Written By - John Davis
C2	Blind J. Davis -	Eveyday I Have The Blues	3:37
		Written By - John Davis
C3	Blind J. Davis -	Texas Tony	1:48
		Written By - John Davis
C4	Blind J. Davis -	Trouble In Mind	2:28
		Written By - Richard Jones
C5	Blind J. Davis -	If I Had A Listen	3:02
		Written By - John Davis
C6	Blind J. Davis -	St. Louis Blues	2:35
		Written By - W. C. Handy / Bearb., Davis
C7	Blind J. Davis -	After Hours	2:22
		Written By - Eskin Hawkins
C8	Blind J. Davis -	How Long Blues	1:56
		Written By - Leroy Carr
D1	Blind J. Davis -	Everybody's Boogie	2:18
		Written By - John Davis
D2	Blind J. Davis -	Memphis Blues	2:49
		Written By - W. C. Handy / Bearb., Davis
D3	Blind J. Davis -	Rockin Chair Boogie	2:25
		Written By - John Davis
D4	Blind J. Davis -	The House Of Blue Lights	1:16
		Written By - Trad. / Davis
D5	Blind J. Davis -	C. C. Rider	3:19
		Written By - W. C. Handy / Bearb., Davis
D6	Blind J. Davis -	Run Away Boogie	1:58
		Written By - John Davis
D7	Blind J. Davis -	Pinetop Boogie	1:45
		Written By - Smith
E1	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	You Hear Me Talkin'	4:30
		Guitar [Second] - Benny Foster
E2	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	Goin' Down Slow	3:34
E3	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	Raise A Ruckus Tonight	3:18
E4	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	C. C. Rider	3:18
E5	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	Cindy, Cindy	2:48
E6	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	Right Now	3:34
F1	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	Worried Life Blues	3:18
F2	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	John Henry	4:16
F3	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	Crawdad Hole	3:16
F4	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	Ain't Gonna Study War (Down By The Riverside)	3:06
F5	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	Take This Hammer	4:08
F6	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -	That Good Old Jelly Roll	3:28
G1	Muddy Waters -	Diggin' My Potatoes	3:08
G2	Muddy Waters -	Watch Dog	3:03
		Harmonica - George "Mojo" Buford
G3	Muddy Waters -	Sting It	2:30
		Guitar - Luther Johnson
G4	Muddy Waters -	Why'd You Do Me ?	3:22
G5	Muddy Waters -	Natural Wig	3:15
		Guitar - Luther Johnson Piano - Otis Spann
H1	Muddy Waters -	Mud In Your Ear	2:50
H2	Muddy Waters -	Excuse Me Baby	2:04
		Guitar - Luther Johnson
H3	Muddy Waters -	Sad Day Uptown	4:09
		Guitar - Luther Johnson
H4	Muddy Waters -	Top Of The Boogaloo	4:09
		Guitar - Luther Johnson
H5	Muddy Waters -	Long Distance Call	3:51

Credits

Drums - Francis Clay (tracks: G1 to H5)
Edited By - Fred Seibert (tracks: A1 to B5)
Engineer - Richard Alderson (tracks: G1 to H5) , Rudy Van Gelder (tracks: E1 to F6)
Engineer [Remix Engineer] - Carl Paroulo* (tracks: G1 to H5)
Guitar - Sammy Langhorne (tracks: G1 to H5)
Guitar [Second], Bass, Drums - Unknown Artist (tracks: A1 to B5)
Harmonica - Sonny Terry (tracks: E1 to F6)
Producer - Fred Mendelsohn (tracks: A1 to B5) , Ozzie Cadena (tracks: E1 to F6)
Producer, Guitar - Muddy Waters (tracks: G1 to H5)
Vocals, Guitar - Brownie McGhee (tracks: E1 to F6)
Vocals, Guitar, Written-By - John Lee Hooker (tracks: A1 to B5)
Written By - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (tracks: E1 to F6)

Notes

LP 1
(P) 1979 Muse Records. A division of Blanchris, Inc. New York, N.Y.
LP 2
Live in Hamburg
Malersaal des Deutschen Schauspielhauses
16.04.1973
LP 3
Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood, N.J. in 1961 for Choice Records
"John Henry" & "Take This Hammer" recorded in 1959
(P) 1978 Muse Records. A division of Blanchris, Inc. New York, N.Y.
LP 4
Originally recorded: Impact Sound
Engineered at Sigma Sound Studios. Philadelphia
LP 1, 3, 4:
Licensed for Germany, Scandinavia, Switzerland And Benelux
Licensed from Blanchris, Inc. by Pentagon Records

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