Various Artists

The Perfect Blues Collection

Release date June 21, 2011

Tracklist

1
St. Louis Blues
3:12
3:12
2
I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle
3:23
3:23
3
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
3:30
3:30
4
Sobbin' Hearted Blues
3:02
3:02
5
Reckless Blues
3:05
3:05
6
J.C. Holmes Blues
3:05
3:05
7
Careless Love Blues
3:27
3:27
8
Cold in Hand Blues
3:14
3:14
9
Nashville Woman's Blues
3:45
3:45
10
Jailhouse Blues
3:16
3:16
11
Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
3:20
3:20
12
Down Hearted Blues
3:28
3:28
13
Big Bill Blues
3:33
3:33
14
Hey Hey Baby
3:39
3:39
15
Low Land Blues
4:41
4:41
16
House Rent Stomp
3:17
3:17
17
Make My Gataway
3:47
3:47
18
John Henry
3:02
3:02
19
Feelin Low Down
3:25
3:25
20
Black Brown and White
3:09
3:09
21
Blues In 1890
3:40
3:40
22
Willie Mae Blues
2:35
2:35
23
Guitar Shuffle
3:29
3:29
24
In The Evening
4:47
4:47
25
What I Used To Do
3:15
3:15
26
Lonesome Road Blues
3:17
3:17
27
Ain't Nothin' Happenin'
2:12
2:12
28
Why Did You Leave Me ?
2:33
2:33
29
Every Hour
2:53
2:53
30
I Brought It All On Myself
2:54
2:54
31
Taxi Blues
2:18
2:18
32
Get Rich Quick
2:16
2:16
33
Please Have Mercy On Me
2:32
2:32
34
Thinkin' bout My Mother
2:54
2:54
35
Crazy Lips
2:37
2:37
36
Any Hour
2:39
2:39
37
Hey Operator
2:37
2:37
38
That’s a Lot of Brass
2:33
2:33
39
An Evening Prayer
3:23
3:23
40
I'm on My Way
3:31
3:31
41
A City Called Heaven
3:52
3:52
42
It Don't Cost Very Much
3:21
3:21
43
Walk Over God's Heaven
3:06
3:06
44
The Lord's Prayer
3:50
3:50
45
Didn't It Rain
3:07
3:07
46
My God Is Real
3:45
3:45
47
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
2:42
2:42
48
I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
4:08
4:08
49
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
2:34
2:34
50
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
4:37
4:37
51
My Story
3:15
3:15
52
I Feel So Bad
2:55
2:55
53
You’re Still My Baby
3:12
3:12
54
Lawdy Miss Mary
2:11
2:11
55
Need One More Chance
3:00
3:00
56
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?)
2:26
2:26
57
Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)
3:04
3:04
58
One More Break
2:33
2:33
59
I Can Tell
2:55
2:55
60
Search My Heart
2:21
2:21
61
Love Struck
2:22
2:22
62
Charged With Cheating
3:02
3:02
63
That’s All Right
1:58
1:58
64
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
2:10
2:10
65
Mystery Train
2:29
2:29
66
Playing for Keeps
2:54
2:54
67
Poor Boy
2:16
2:16
68
My Baby Left Me
2:15
2:15
69
I Was the One
2:35
2:35
70
Shake Rattle and Roll
2:29
2:29
71
I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone
2:38
2:38
72
You’re a Heartbreaker
2:11
2:11
73
I’ll Always Be in Love
4:00
4:00
74
Gee, Baby Ain’t It Good to You
3:48
3:48
75
See See Rider
4:12
4:12
76
I Make a Lot of Money
2:40
2:40
77
Blowin' the Blues
3:02
3:02
78
Tain't Nobody's Business
4:39
4:39
79
Everything You Do Is Wrong
4:43
4:43
80
Roll 'em Pete
5:58
5:58
81
Cross Road Blues
2:30
2:30
82
Terraplane Blues
3:03
3:03
83
Come On In My Kitchen
2:53
2:53
84
Walkin’ Blues
2:32
2:32
85
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
2:40
2:40
86
32–20 Blues
2:52
2:52
87
Kind Hearted Woman Blues (take 1)
2:52
2:52
88
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
2:37
2:37
89
Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
2:53
2:53
90
When You Got a Good Friend
2:40
2:40
91
Ramblin’ on My Mind (take 1)
2:53
2:53
92
Stones in My Passway
2:30
2:30
93
Traveling Riverside Blues
2:48
2:48
94
Milkcow’s Calf Blues (take 2)
2:19
2:19
95
Me & The Devil Blues (Take 1)
2:36
2:36
96
Hell Hound on My Trail
2:40
2:40
97
Traveling Riverside Blues
2:39
2:39
98
The Skies Are Crying
4:37
4:37
99
Your Funeral and My Trial
4:07
4:07
100
Explain Yourself to Me
4:39
4:39
101
Nine Below Zero
3:39
3:39
102
Fattening Frogs for Snakes
5:40
5:40
103
My One Room Cabin
4:18
4:18
104
Getting Out of Town
5:31
5:31
105
Unforgettable
3:42
3:42
106
Cold, Cold Heart
4:37
4:37
107
What a Difference a Day Made
3:33
3:33
108
Drinking Again
3:30
3:30
109
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
5:13
5:13
110
Evil Gal Blues
2:42
2:42
111
Don’t Say You’re Sorry Again
2:47
2:47
112
This Bitter Earth
4:36
4:36
113
If I Should Lose You
3:39
3:39
114
Soulville
2:23
2:23
115
Lee Cross (mono)
3:18
3:18
116
Death Letter
4:21
4:21
117
Pearline
4:34
4:34
118
Louise McGhee
6:13
6:13
119
John the Revelator
2:32
2:32
120
Empire State Express
3:41
3:41
121
Preachin' Blues
5:45
5:45
122
Grinnin' in Your Face
2:08
2:08
123
Sundown
6:14
6:14
124
Levee Camp Moan
9:28
9:28
125
Two for the Price of One
3:22
3:22
126
Keep On Lovin' You
2:42
2:42
127
Ask Me
2:35
2:35
128
Ain't Gonna Move
2:15
2:15
129
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
2:57
2:57
130
Too Late
2:25
2:25
131
Love Is Such a Funny Thing
2:44
2:44
132
Takin' No Chances
2:15
2:15
133
I'd Rather Fight Than Switch
2:54
2:54
134
A Quitter Never Wins
2:44
2:44
135
Nobody
2:37
2:37
136
Find Yourself Someone to Love
2:04
2:04
137
Fever
4:41
4:41
138
Coke
2:15
2:15
139
Unchained My Heart
3:16
3:16
140
Comin' Home Baby
3:19
3:19
141
Skate Key
2:28
2:28
142
Summertime
3:09
3:09
143
Makin' Whoopee
5:00
5:00
144
Ain't Misbehavin'
3:18
3:18
145
The Tricks
3:47
3:47
146
Death of Luther King
5:25
5:25
147
Ugly Woman
3:58
3:58
148
In the Evening
4:34
4:34
149
Take Me Back, Baby
3:49
3:49
150
Early in the Morning
2:36
2:36
151
My Black and White Dog
5:14
5:14
152
My Next Door Neib
3:45
3:45
153
I Had a Dream
5:29
5:29
154
Goin’ to Paris
4:23
4:23
155
I’m Tired of Moanin’
3:15
3:15
156
My Love Depends on You
5:22
5:22
157
Walkin’
2:54
2:54
158
It Was a Big Thing
3:26
3:26
159
Temperature Is Rising (100.2°F)
6:13
6:13
160
Dig You
3:04
3:04
161
No More Doggin’
3:00
3:00
162
Ain’t Nobody’s Business
5:15
5:15
163
She Needs Some Loving
3:08
3:08
164
I Need Some Air
4:40
4:40
165
Someday Baby
3:02
3:02
166
I’m Yours and I’m Hers
4:31
4:31
167
Be careful with a fool
5:16
5:16
168
Dallas
2:49
2:49
169
Mean Mistreater
3:55
3:55
170
Leland Mississippi Blues
3:30
3:30
171
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
2:46
2:46
172
When You Got A Good Friend
3:42
3:42
173
I'll Drown In My Tears
4:46
4:46
174
Back Door Friend
2:58
2:58
175
Country Girl
3:08
3:08
176
Dallas (with band)
3:37
3:37
177
Two Steps From the Blues
2:35
2:35
178
Yes, You’ll Play
2:42
2:42
179
Live Today Like the Day Before
2:41
2:41
180
The Highway Is Like a Woman
3:00
3:00
181
Painful Party
3:01
3:01
182
You Wear Your Hair Too Long
2:58
2:58
183
To Live the Past
3:48
3:48
184
My Friend
3:01
3:01
185
A Lying Woman (Not Trustworthy)
3:04
3:04
186
To Claim It’s Love
3:47
3:47
187
My Error
2:32
2:32
188
The Country
2:29
2:29
189
This Time You Suffer Too
3:01
3:01
190
Willie and the Hand Jive
3:18
3:18
191
Cry Me a River Blues
4:46
4:46
192
Cleanhead’s Blues
4:55
4:55
193
I Got a Gal
2:57
2:57
194
Since I Met You Baby
2:38
2:38
195
Baby You Don’t Know
3:01
3:01
196
Preacher’s Blues
3:28
3:28
197
Good Rockin’ Tonight
3:27
3:27
198
The Time Machine
3:30
3:30
199
Margie’s Boogie
3:33
3:33
200
Little Esther’s Blues: Blowtop Blues
6:50
6:50
201
Kidney Stew
3:07
3:07
202
The Things I Used to Do
4:59
4:59
203
R.M. Blues
3:01
3:01
204
Shuggie’s Boogie
4:06
4:06
205
You Better Look Out
4:09
4:09
206
Goin’ Back to L.A.
2:45
2:45
207
Plastic Man
4:51
4:51
208
Boogie Woogie Bye Bye
2:38
2:38
209
Back Door Man
6:15
6:15
210
I Can't Quit You Baby
6:44
6:44
211
The Seventh Son
4:18
4:18
212
Spoonful
4:58
4:58
213
I Ain’t Superstitious
4:07
4:07
214
You Shook Me
4:18
4:18
215
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
4:52
4:52
216
The Little Red Rooster
3:40
3:40
217
The Same Thing
4:40
4:40
218
Blues for Elmore James
2:41
2:41
219
Funky Roots
3:48
3:48
220
I Can’t Lose
3:42
3:42
221
One Down
3:41
3:41
222
Willie’s Back in Town
2:48
2:48
223
Minor Feelings
3:14
3:14
224
Everyday I Have the Blues
3:32
3:32
225
Straight Talk
3:45
3:45
226
Little by Little
3:34
3:34
227
When Evelyn’s Not Around
4:04
4:04
228
It Hurts Me Too
5:29
5:29
229
Fishin' Blues
2:57
2:57
230
Ain’t Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo’)
9:11
9:11
231
Sweet Mama Janisse
3:32
3:32
232
Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue
3:24
3:24
233
Big Kneed Gal
5:34
5:34
234
You’re Going to Need Somebody on Your Bond
6:13
6:13
235
Tom and Sally Drake
3:39
3:39
236
Diving Duck Blues
3:46
3:46
237
John, Ain’ It Hard
5:30
5:30
238
She Caught the Katy (and Left Me a Mule to Ride)
4:08
4:08
239
You Ain’t No Street Walker Mama, Honey but I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff
18:56
18:56
240
Mannish Boy
5:24
5:24
241
Bus Driver
7:48
7:48
242
I Want to Be Loved
2:21
2:21
243
Jealous Hearted Man
4:25
4:25
244
I Can’t Be Satisfied
3:31
3:31
245
The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll (#2)
3:36
3:36
246
Deep Down in Florida
5:27
5:27
247
Crosseyed Cat
6:01
6:01
248
Little Girl
7:11
7:11
249
Walking Through the Park
3:55
3:55
250
Love Struck Baby
2:23
2:23
251
Pride and Joy
3:40
3:40
252
Texas Flood
5:21
5:21
253
Tell Me
2:48
2:48
254
Testify
3:22
3:22
255
Rude Mood
4:40
4:40
256
Mary Had a Little Lamb
2:47
2:47
257
Dirty Pool
5:02
5:02
258
I'm Cryin'
3:47
3:47
259
Lenny
5:07
5:07
260
SRV Speaks
0:37
0:37
261
Tin Pan Alley (a.k.a. Roughest Place in Town)
7:42
7:42
262
Testify (live)
3:54
3:54
263
Mary Had a Little Lamb (live)
3:31
3:31
264
Wham! (live)
4:20
4:20
265
That's Not Love
4:07
4:07
266
Perpetual Blues Machine
3:16
3:16
267
More Than One Way Home
4:52
4:52
268
I'm on Your Side
3:39
3:39
269
Just Like You
3:25
3:25
270
You Can Love Yourself
2:33
2:33
271
Dangerous Mood
4:58
4:58
272
The Action
3:58
3:58
273
Hand It Over
2:54
2:54
274
Standin' at the Station
3:12
3:12
275
Momma, Where's My Daddy
3:07
3:07
276
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
3:46
3:46
277
Lullaby Baby Blues
2:33
2:33
278
Born Under a Bad Sign
3:29
3:29
279
I Want to Ta Ta You, Baby
5:56
5:56
280
Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
4:55
4:55
281
Running Out of Lies
5:03
5:03
282
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
7:01
7:01
283
Spoonful
4:09
4:09
284
Life, Love & the Blues
5:17
5:17
285
Hoochie Coochie Gal
4:25
4:25
286
Cheating in the Next Room
4:57
4:57
287
If You Want Me to Stay
5:21
5:21
288
The Love You Save May Be Your Own
4:01
4:01
289
I’ll Take Care of You
4:59
4:59
290
Hard Time Killing Floor
2:48
2:48
291
Crawlin’ Kingsnake
5:17
5:17
292
Lucy Mae Blues
3:33
3:33
293
Can’t See Baby
4:04
4:04
294
I Love the Life I Live
2:47
2:47
295
Louise McGhee
5:24
5:24
296
Moanin’ and Groanin’
3:30
3:30
297
Black Cat Blues
4:29
4:29
298
Bad Life Blues
3:44
3:44
299
Sally Mae
4:27
4:27
300
Anna Lee
4:14
4:14
301
Lonesome Home Blues
5:00
5:00

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