Various - The Blues (A Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers) (Box, Comp, RM + 4xCD)

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  
Genre:       Blues
Style:         Delta Blues, Jump Blues, Texas Blues, Harmonica Blues, Chicago Blues, Memphis Blues, Louisiana Blues, Country Blues

Comments:
excellent copy overall! All discs looks super nice, box and booklet are also in nice shape with just some basic minor wear that's better than expected for a box set of this age
 

Notes:

1-1. Blind Lemon Jefferson - That Black Snake Moan 2:50
1-2. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Broke And Hungry Blues 2:59
1-3. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Match Box Blues 2:47
1-4. Papa Charlie Jackson - Shake That Thing 2:57
1-5. Ma Rainey - Shave 'Em Dry 2:36
1-6. Ma Rainey - Countin' The Blues 3:08
1-7. Bessie Smith - Jailhouse Blues 3:13
1-8. Bessie Smith - Mama's Got The Blues 2:56
1-9. Bessie Smith - Back Water Blues 3:17
1-10. Sippie Wallace - Special Delivery Blues 3:22
1-11. Sara Martin - Death Sting Me Blues 2:53
1-12. Robert Hicks - Barbeque Blues 3:10
1-13. Jaybird Coleman - Mean Trouble Blues 3:02
1-14. Texas Alexander - Long Lonesome Day Blues 3:00
1-15. Jim Jackson (2) - Kansas City Blues (Pts. 1 And 2) 6:28
1-16. Furry Lewis - Why Don't You Come Home Blues 2:44
1-17. Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night 3:18
1-18. Jim Jackson (2) - Minglewood Blues 3:36
1-19. Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink Of Water 3:30
1-20. Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues 3:20
1-21. Henry Thomas - Bull Doze Blues 3:24
1-22. Leroy Carr - How Long, How Long Blues (Pt. 1) 3:02
2-1. Leroy Carr - Blues Before Sunrise 3:30
2-2. Frank Stokes - Downtown Blues 3:11
2-3. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues 2:55
2-4. Peg Leg Howell - Rolling Mill Blues 3:30
2-5. Lonnie Johnson (2) - Mr. Johnson's Blues No. 2 2:57
2-6. Charley Patton - Pony Blues 2:55
2-7. Roosevelt Sykes - Forty-Four Blues 3:05
2-8. Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee Blues 2:46
2-9. Memphis Minnie - I'm So Glad 2:38
2-10. Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozens (No. 1) 3:12
2-11. Sleepy John Estes - Diving Duck Blues 3:13
2-12. Memphis Jug Band - K. C. Moan 2:31
2-13. Mississippi Sheiks - Sittin' On Top Of The World 3:12
2-14. Walter Davis - M & O Blues 3:01
2-15. Son House - Dry Spell Blues (Pt. 1) 3:06
2-16. Skip James - Devil Got My Woman 2:57
2-17. Bumble Bee Slim - Chain Gang Bound 3:40
2-18. Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine Blues 3:09
2-19. Big Bill Broonzy - Big Bill Blues 2:55
2-20. Big Bill Broonzy - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town 2:52
2-21. Kokomo Arnold - Old Original Kokomo Blues 2:49
2-22. Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing 2:50
2-23. Carl Martin - Crowe Jane 2:50
2-24. Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go 3:22
3-1. Little Brother Montgomery - The First Time I Met You 2:46
3-2. Robert Johnson - I Believe I'll Dust My Broom 2:56
3-3. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues 2:28
3-4. Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp 2:31
3-5. Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning, Little School Girl 3:00
3-6. Sonny Boy Williamson - Sloppy Drunk Blues 3:12
3-7. Jimmy Rushing - Sent For You Yesterday 2:55
3-8. Big Joe Turner - Roll 'Em Pete 2:50
3-9. Big Joe Turner - Wee Baby Blues 2:53
3-10. Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blues 2:44
3-11. Blind Boy Fuller - Step It Up And Go 2:51
3-12. Tampa Red - Anna Lou Blues 2:50
3-13. Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues 2:53
3-14. Washboard Sam - I've Been Treated Wrong 3:12
3-15. T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues 2:53
3-16. T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday 2:58
3-17. Tommy McClennan - Mozelle Blues 2:53
3-18. Louis Jordan - It's A Low Down Dirty Shame 2:47
3-19. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Cherry Red 3:06
3-20. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right 2:53
3-21. Charles Brown - Drifting Blues 3:11
3-22. Wynonie Harris - Mr. Blues Jumped The Rabbit 2:47
3-23. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen' 3:05
3-24. Lightnin' Hopkins - Tim Moore's Farm 2:37
3-25. Jimmy Witherspoon - No Rollin Blues 4:02
4-1. Muddy Waters - Louisiana Blues 2:52
4-2. Muddy Waters - Honey Bee 3:20
4-3. Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby 3:08
4-4. Rice Miller - Eyesight To The Blind 2:59
4-5. Jimmy Yancey, Mama Yancey - Monkey Woman Blues 4:03
4-6. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog 2:50
4-7. Little Junior Parker - Mystery Train 2:22
4-8. Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man 3:07
4-9. Joe Williams - Every Day I Have The Blues 5:25
4-10. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' 3:04
4-11. Elmore James - The Sky Is Cryin' 2:45
4-12. Memphis Slim - Woman Blues Boogie 3:07
4-13. Bobby Bland - Farther Up The Road 2:57
4-14. Bobby Bland - I'll Take Care Of You 2:17
4-15. Buddy Guy - The First Time I Met The Blues 2:16
4-16. Lightning Slim - Rooster Blues 2:32
4-17. Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains 3:10
4-18. Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man 2:47
4-19. Ray Charles - I Got A Woman 2:52
4-20. Henry Johnson (2) - Join The Army 3:36
4-21. Latimore (2) - Let's Straighten It Out 3:26
4-22. John Cephas & Phil Wiggins - Dog Days Of August 5:09

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 0 33251 05302 0
Barcode 033251053020
Matrix / Runout DIDP-079962 3
Mould SID Code IFPI 5089
Matrix / Runout DIDP-079963 3
Mould SID Code IFPI 5069
Matrix / Runout DIDP-079964 2
Mould SID Code IFPI 5087
Matrix / Runout DIDP-079965 1

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