V1 Absolutely The Best Of The [Import, Compilation]

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Audio CD (Jan 24 2003)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import, Compilation
Label: Varese Sarabande
ASIN: B00000JNOP

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1. Shame, Shame, Shame - Jimmy Reed

2. Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker

3. Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker

4. Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty - Lightnin' Hopkins

5. One Way Out - Elmore James

6. Good Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown

7. Candy Man - Mississippi John Hurt

8. Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams

9. Got To Move - Mississippi Fred McDowell

10. Rooster Blues - Lightnin' Slim

11. Walk On - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

12. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed

13. My Baby - Lowell Fulson

14. Recession Blues - B.B. King

15. Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters

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Amazon.com: 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)

4.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to the Blues, May 20 2007

By Steven A. Peterson - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: V1 Absolutely The Best Of The (Audio CD)

The liner notes say the following of this CD: "`Absolutely the Best of the Blues' is not just a nifty desert island disc or, in this case, an underground bunker classic but a true primer on the roots of that venerable form of music which arose out of the primal chants and tribal beats of the Delta, perhaps the most important contribution from this Continent over the past 100 years." The liner notes conclude by noting, accurately I think, that this is something like "a time capsule."

There is a long list of some of the "greatest hits" of the blues sung by some of the major figures, from acoustic to electric blues, from the Delta to Chicago.

The CD begins with Jimmy Reed and "Shame, Shame, Shame." Then, to John Lee Hooker's classic "Boogie Chillen" and on to a live version of T-Bone Walker's iconic "Stormy Monday" (I can't get over the great lines:

"They call it stormy Monday

Tuesday's just as bad.

Wednesday's worse,

And Thursday's oh so sad.")

Mississippi John Hurt is represented by "Candy Man." Fred McDowell wails away with "Got to Move." B. B. King does a turn with "Recession Blues," and the CD closes with Muddy Waters' great "Hoochie Coochie Man." Others are represented as well (e.g., Big Joe Williams).

One can always complain that a CD entitled "Absolutely the Best of the Blues" is excluding someone who ought to be included (What about Howlin' Wolf or Sonny Boy Williamson?). Still and all, this does a nice job of representing some of the major figures and their hits. This might be especially attractive for someone not familiar with the blues who wants an entranceway to the genre.

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