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Today!

Name: Various - Chicago / The Blues / Today!
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

Label:	Vanguard – 3VCD 172 / 74-2
Series:	Chicago/The Blues/Today!
Format:	3 x CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country:	Europe
Released:	Apr 10, 2000
Genre:	Blues
Style:	Chicago Blues

Tracklist

1-1	Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band*–	Help Me (A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson)	4:05
1-2	Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band*–	It Hurts Me Too	2:44
1-3	Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band*–	Messin' With The Kid	2:21
1-4	Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band*–	Vietcong Blues	4:57
1-5	Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band*–	All Night Long	3:44
1-6	J.B. Hutto And His Hawks*–	Going Ahead	2:03
1-7	J.B. Hutto And His Hawks*–	Please Help	2:53
1-8	J.B. Hutto And His Hawks*–	Too Much Alcohol	2:29
1-9	J.B. Hutto And His Hawks*–	Married Woman Blues	3:06
1-10	J.B. Hutto And His Hawks*–	That's The Truth	2:47
1-11	Otis Spann's South Side Piano–	Marie	2:27
1-12	Otis Spann's South Side Piano–	Burning Fire	3:14
1-13	Otis Spann's South Side Piano–	S.P. Blues	2:51
1-14	Otis Spann's South Side Piano–	Sometime I Wonder	3:27
1-15	Otis Spann's South Side Piano–	Spann's Stomp	2:19
2-1	Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet–	Cotton Crop Blues	2:18
2-2	Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet–	The Blues Keep Falling	4:01
2-3	Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet–	Love Me Or Leave Me	3:25
2-4	Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet–	Rocket 88	2:02
2-5	Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet–	West Helena Blues	3:27
2-6	The Otis Rush Blues Band–	Everything's Going To Turn Out Alright	3:52
2-7	The Otis Rush Blues Band–	It's A Mean Old World	2:21
2-8	The Otis Rush Blues Band–	I Can't Quit You Baby	3:14
2-9	The Otis Rush Blues Band–	Rock	3:52
2-10	The Otis Rush Blues Band–	It's My Own Fault	5:55
2-11	Homesick James And His Dusters–	Dust My Broom	3:15
2-12	Homesick James And His Dusters–	Somebody Been Talkin'	2:14
2-13	Homesick James And His Dusters–	Set A Date	2:43
2-14	Homesick James And His Dusters–	So Mean To Me	2:48
3-1	Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band–	One More Time	2:26
3-2	Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band–	Kid Man Blues	2:59
3-3	Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band–	My Black Mare	3:40
3-4	Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band–	Stealin' Back	3:17
3-5	Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band–	I Got Mine In Time	4:18
3-6	Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band–	Tighten Up On It	3:09
3-7	The Johnny Shines Blues Band–	Dynaflow Blues	2:34
3-8	The Johnny Shines Blues Band–	Black Spider Blues	3:02
3-9	The Johnny Shines Blues Band–	Layin' Down My Shoes And Clothes	2:27
3-10	The Johnny Shines Blues Band–	If I Get Lucky	3:23
3-11	Big Walter Horton's Blues Harp Band–	Rockin' My Boogie	3:26
3-12	The Johnny Shines Blues Band–	Mr. Boweevil	3:10
3-13	The Johnny Shines Blues Band–	Hey, Hey	2:21

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Marketed By – ZYX Music
Distributed By – ZYX Music
Distributed By – Ace Records Ltd.
Distributed By – Wea Music France
Distributed By – Nuevos Medios S.A.
Distributed By – Warner Fonit
Distributed By – Amigo
Distributed By – Festival Records Pty. Ltd.
Distributed By – Dargil
Manufactured By – ZYX Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Vanguard Records
Glass Mastered At – ZYX Mastering

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Robert "Sax" Crowder* (tracks: 2-6 to 2-10)
Bass – Floyd Jones (2) (tracks: 3-7 to 3-13), Hayes Ware (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6), Herman Hassell (tracks: 1-6 to 1-10), Jack Myers (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), Roger Jones (5) (tracks: 2-6 to 2-10), Willie Dixon (tracks: 2-11 to 2-14)
Design – Barry Ridge, Barry Ridge Graphic Design, Drew Cartwright
Drums – Elga Edmonds (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6), Frank Kirkland (tracks: 1-6 to 1-10, 2-11 to 2-14, 3-7 to 3-13), Fred Below (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), S.P. Leary (tracks: 1-11 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-5), Willie Lion (tracks: 2-6 to 2-10)
Engineer [CD-Release] – Jeff Zaraya
Graphic Design [Creative Service] – Georgette Cartwright
Guitar – Buddy Guy (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), James Madison (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5)
Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals – Johnny Young (3) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-6)
Guitar, Vocals – Homesick James Williamson* (tracks: 2-11 to 2-14), J.B. Hutto (tracks: 1-6 to 1-10), Johnny Shines (tracks: 3-7 to 3-13), Otis Rush (tracks: 2-6 to 2-10)
Harmonica – Memphis Charlie Musselwhite* (tracks: 3-11), Walter Horton (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
Harmonica, Vocals – Jimmy Cotton* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5), Junior Wells (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
Liner Notes [Additional/Re-Issue] – Ed Ward
Photography By – Ann Charters
Photography By [Pepper's Lounge] – Ray Flerlage
Piano – Otis Spann (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5)
Piano, Vocals – Otis Spann (tracks: 1-11 to 1-15)
Producer [Re-Issue] – Tom Vickers
Producer, Liner Notes [Original] – Samuel Charters*
Rhythm Guitar – Luther Tucker (tracks: 2-6 to 2-10)

Notes

3 CDs in 8-panel cardboard gatefold incl. 48-p. booklet

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 90204 87242 8
Barcode (Scanned): 090204872428
Label Code: LC 00381
Rights Society: Biem Gema
Matrix / Runout (CD1): ZYX MASTERING ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ 3VCD 172/74 CD1
Matrix / Runout (CD2): ZYX MASTERING ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ 3VCD 172/74 CD2
Matrix / Runout (CD3): ZYX MASTERING ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ ✷ 3VCD 172/74 CD3

Other Versions (5)View All

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Chicago/The Blues/Today! (3×8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo)	Vanguard	VGM 89216	US	1966
New Submission	Chicago/The Blues/Today! (3×LP, Compilation, Reissue)	Vanguard	627110	Portugal	1984
New Submission	Chicago/The Blues/Today! (3×CD, Compilation, Remastered)	Vanguard	3 VCD 172 / 74-2	US	1999
	Chicago/The Blues/Today! (3×LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, 180 gram)	Vanguard	VSD-79216/7/8	UK	2009
New Submission	Chicago/The Blues/Today! (3×LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered)	Vanguard	CR00351	Worldwide	2021