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Various - The Great Blues Men
Label:
Catalog#:
VSD 25/26
Format:
2 x Vinyl, LP
Country:
US
Released:
1972
Genre:
Blues
Style:
Country Blues,
Chicago Blues,
Texas Blues,
Delta Blues,
Piedmont Blues
Tracklist
| 25A1 | Homesick James - | Set A Date | 2:44 | |
|
Bass -
Willie Dixon
Drums - Frank Kirkland | ||||
| 25A2 | John Lee Hooker - | Dusty Road | 3:05 | |
| Written-By - John Lee Hooker | ||||
| 25A3 | Sleepy John Estes - | Corinna | 2:45 | |
|
Harmonica, Other [Jug] -
Hammy Nixon
Mandolin - Yank Rachel | ||||
| 25A4 | Muddy Waters - | Nineteen Years Old | 4:55 | |
|
Bass -
Sonny Wimberley
Drums - S.P. Leary Guitar - Luther Johnson , Pee Wee Madison Harmonica - George Smith (4) Piano - Otis Spann Written-By - McKinley Morganfield | ||||
| 25A5 | Jesse Fuller* - | San Francisco Bay Blues | 2:40 | |
| Written-By - Jesse Fuller* | ||||
| 25A6 | Mance Lipscomb - | Blues In G | 3:33 | |
| Written-By - Mance Lipscomb | ||||
| 25A7 | Rev. Gary Davis - | If I Had My Way (Samson And Delilah) | 3:05 | |
| Written-By - Gary Davis* | ||||
| 25B1 | Mississippi John Hurt - | Moanin' The Blues | 3:15 | |
| Guitar [2nd] - Patrick Sky | ||||
| 25B2 | Junior Wells - | Stormy Monday Blues | 4:19 | |
|
Guitar -
Buddy Guy
Written-By - Billy Eckstine , Earl Hines , Bob Crowder* | ||||
| 25B3 | Johnny Shines - | Dynaflow Blues | 2:35 | |
| Written-By - J. Shines* | ||||
| 25B4 | Son House - | Empire State Blues | 3:01 | |
|
Guitar [2nd] -
Al Wilson (2)
Written-By - Son House | ||||
| 25B5 | Sonny Terry - | Mountain Blues | 3:04 | |
| 25B6 | Joe Turner* & Pete Johnson - | It's All Right, Baby | 2:30 | |
| 26A1 | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - | Key To The Highway | 3:38 | |
| Written-By - Broonzy* , Charles Segar | ||||
| 26A2 | Otis Spann - | Burning Fire | 3:15 | |
| 26A3 | Lightning Hopkins* - | Cotton Field Blues | 5:36 | |
| 26A4 | Big Bill Broonzy - | Louise, Louise Blues | 2:55 | |
| Written-By - J. Mayo Williams , Johnny Temple (2) | ||||
| 26A5 | Johnny Young (3) - | Tighten Up On It | 3:06 | |
| Written-By - Johnny Young (3) | ||||
| 26A6 | James Cotton - | Ain't Nobody's Business | 3:23 | |
| 26B1 | Jimmy Rushing - | How Long, How Long Blues | 4:45 | |
| Written-By - Leroy Carr | ||||
| 26B2 | Skip James - | Cypress Grove Blues | 4:10 | |
| Written-By - Skip James | ||||
| 26B3 | J.B. Hutto - | Please Help | 2:52 | |
| Written By - Hutto | ||||
| 26B4 | Fred McDowell - | Fred's Rambling Blues | 2:05 | |
| 26B5 | Ida Cox - | Four Day Creep | 3:25 | |
|
Bass -
W. Page*
Drums - J. Jones* Guitar - F. Greene* Piano - J.P. Johnson Saxophone [Tenor] - Lester Young Trombone - Dickie Wells Trumpet - Buck Clayton Written-By - Ida Cox | ||||
| 26B6 | Robert Pete Williams - | On My Way From Texas | 3:43 | |
| 26B7 | Otis Rush - | It's A Mean Old World | 2:22 | |
Credits
Producer -
John Hammond
(tracks: 25B5, 25B6, 26A4, 26B5)
,
Michael Chechik
(tracks: 26B6)
,
Samuel Charters*
(tracks: 25A1, 25B2, 25B3, 26A2, 26A5, 26B3, 26B7)
Notes
(P)1972 Vanguard Recording Society, Inc. Recorded in U.S.A.
Tracks 25B5, 25B6, 26A4, and 26B5 recorded live in 1938.
Tracks 26A3, 26B4, and 26B6 recorded live in 1964.
Tracks 25A1, 25B2, 26A2, 26A5, 26B3, and 26B7 recorded in 1965.
Gatefold cover.
Tracks 25B5, 25B6, 26A4, and 26B5 recorded live in 1938.
Tracks 26A3, 26B4, and 26B6 recorded live in 1964.
Tracks 25A1, 25B2, 26A2, 26A5, 26B3, and 26B7 recorded in 1965.
Gatefold cover.