Sonny Boy Williamson II* – Nine Below Zero

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Label:	Orbis – BLU NC 010
Series:	The Blues Collection – 10
Format:	CD, Compilation
Country:	UK
Released:	1993
Genre:	Blues
Style:	Harmonica Blues, Chicago Blues

Tracklist

1	Don't Start Me Talkin'	2:34
2	All My Love Is In Vain	2:48
3	Let Me Explain	2:52
4	Checkin' Up My Baby	1:55
5	Lonesome Cabin	3:02
6	Nine Below Zero	3:28
7	Help Me	3:07
8	Keep It To Yourself	2:48
9	The Key (To Your Door)	2:33
10	Bring It On Home	2:35
11	Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide	2:18
12	The Goat	2:42
13	Trust My Baby	2:42
14	Too Close Together	2:09
15	Born Blind	2:33
16	Decoration Day	3:24
17	Ninety Nine	2:37
18	It's Sad To Be Alone	2:58

Companies, etc.

Licensed From – Charly International APS
Licensed From – Red Dog Express Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Editions Atlas
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Charly Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Charly Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Orbis Publishing Ltd.
Glass Mastered At – PDO, UK – 10240691
Pressed By – Mayking Records

Credits

Bass – Jack Myers (tracks: 16), Milton Rector (tracks: 7, 10), Willie Dixon (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9, 11 to 15, 17, 18)
Drums – Al Duncan (tracks: 7, 10), Clifton James (tracks: 16), Fred Below (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9, 12 to 15, 17, 18), Odie Payne (tracks: 11)
Guitar – Buddy Guy (tracks: 16), Eddie King (3) (tracks: 5), Jimmy Rogers (tracks: 1, 2), Luther Tucker (tracks: 3 to 6, 8, 9, 11 to 15, 17, 18), Matt Murphy (tracks: 7, 10), Muddy Waters (tracks: 1, 2), Robert Jr. Lockwood* (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 to 15, 17, 18)
Organ – Billy Emerson (tracks: 7, 10), Lafayette Leake (tracks: 7, 10, 13 to 16)
Piano – Otis Spann (tracks: 1 to 6, 11, 12, 18)
Saxophone – Donald Hankins (tracks: 16), Jarett Gibson* (tracks: 16)
Vocals, Harmonica – S. B. Williamson*
Written-By – Bass* (tracks: 7, 10), Williamson* (tracks: 1 to 18)

Notes

Issue 10 of the UK version of "The Blues Collection".
Made in England.
℗ Editions Atlas 1992.
Original CHECKER recordings.
Licensed from Charly International APS
by courtesy of of Red Dog Express Inc.
This compilation ℗ & © MCMXC Charly Records Ltd.
© 1993 Orbis Publishing Ltd.

Recorded between 1955-1963.
Tracks: 1, 2. Chicago, 12 August 1955
Tracks: 3, 4, 6. Chicago, 24 January 1956
Tracks: 5. Chicago, June 1960
Tracks: 7, 10. Chicago, 11 January 1963
Tracks: 8, 9. Chicago, 7 August 1956
Tracks: 11. Chicago, 1959
Tracks: 12, 18. Chicago, 30 January 1960
Tracks: 13, 14. Chicago, 15 September 1960
Tracks: 15, 17. Chicago, September 1957
Tracks: 16. Chicago, September 1963

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout: MAYKING RECORDS BLUCC013 10240691 02 &
SPARS Code: ADD

Other Versions (5 of 11)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Nine Below Zero (Cassette, Compilation)	Charly Records	BLU MM 013	UK	1990
New Submission	Nine Below Zero (CD, Compilation, Stereo)	Editions Atlas	BLU-CD 3014	France	1992
New Submission	Nine Below Zero (CD, Compilation)	DeAgostini	BLU - CD 3014	Italy	1992
New Submission	Nine Below Zero (Cassette, Compilation)	Les Génies Du Blues	BLU-K7 3014	France	1992
Recently Edited	Nine Below Zero (CD, Compilation)	DeAgostini	BLU CC 013	UK	1994

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