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Peter Green Splinter Group: The Very Best Of Peter Green Splinter Group [Digipak]

2 CD / Snapper / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Look On Yonder Wall; Stumble, The; Steady Rollin' Man; It Takes Time; When You Got a Good Friend; Walkin' Blues; Ramblin' On My Mind; Me & the Devil Blues; Sweet Home Chicago - (featuring Paul Rodger...
Artists: Peter Green Splinter Group

Liner Note Author: Roger Dopson.

Photographer: Ross Halfin....continue...

Various Artists: The Roots of Kings of Leon [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2009-09-15

Tracks: Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf; Don't Go No Farther - Muddy Waters; I'm a King Bee - Slim Harpo; Need Your Love So Bad - Little Willie John; Sittin' on Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks; Corrine Co...
Artists: Various Artists

2009 collection of tracks that inspired American Alt-Rock favorites Kings Of Leon. Having formed in 1999 in Nashville, the three Followill brothers, Nathan, Jared and...continue...
Liner Note Author: Dave Henderson.

This 20-track collection of early blues, country, folk, and spirituals that supposedly influenced gritty, American, Southern rock outfit Kings of Leon (who fo...continue...

Various Artists: The Roots of the Doors [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2009-06-16

Tracks: I'm a King Bee - Slim Harpo; Mystery Train - Junior Parker/Little Junior Parker & His Blue Flames; Don't Go No Farther - Muddy Waters; Fever - Little Willie John; Harlem Nocturne - The Viscounts; Sum...
Artists: Various Artists

2009 release, a collection of original tracks that served as the musical inspiration behind one of the '60s greatest bands: The Doors. Features 21 Blues,...continue...
Liner Note Author: Dave Henderson.

A collection of 21 mostly blues tracks that either influenced or were covered by the Doors, this set works just fine as an anthology even without the Doors co...continue...

Various Artists: Roots of the Black Crowes [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2009-05-19

Tracks: Hobo Blues - John Lee Hooker; Death Letter Blues - Son House; Shake 'Em on Down - Furry Lewis; Rats in My Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes; Wonderin' and Worryin' - Slim Harpo; Blue Yodel (T for Texas) - ...
Artists: Various Artists

2009 collection containing tracks that inspired the young Robinson brothers before they formed the world-conquering Black Crowes. Chris Robinson was just 23 when The Black...continue...
Liner Note Author: Dave Henderson.

The ROOTS OF series attempts to give the listener insight into a particular artist's influences. The Black Crowes' sound has always hearkened back to the earl...continue...

Various Artists: The Roots of the Grateful Dead [Snapper]

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-11-11

Tracks: It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red; Viola Lee Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers; On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band; Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - Cliff Carlisle; Sitting on Top of the World - Bill Monroe...
Artists: Various Artists

UK collection that contains 22 classic recordings that inspired the members of The Grateful Dead and kick-started their musical journey. When a group of jug...continue...
Tributee: Grateful Dead.

Whether or not these 22 songs inspired the Grateful Dead or not, this would still be a nice collection, and it's surprisingly varied, including blues pieces, jug and st...continue...

Various Artists: The Roots of Jimi Hendrix

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-11-11

Tracks: Money Honey - Elvis Presley; Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston; Alimony Blues - T-Bone Walker; Bye Bye Baby - B.B. King; Things That I Used to Do, The - Guitar Slim; Can't Believe You Wanna Leave - Little ...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributee: Jimi Hendrix.

Whether or not these 22 songs inspired Jimi Hendrix or not, this would still be a nice collection, and it actually works as a well-sequenced and varied little blues prim...continue...

Leadbelly: Definitive Leadbelly [Box]

3 CD / Snapper / 2008-11-11

Tracks: Grasshopper In My Pillow; Tight Like That; C.C Rider; Well You Know I Had To Do It; Alberta; Sweet Mary Blues; New Orleans; New York City; Baby, Don't You Love Me No More; Thirty Days In The Work Hou...
Artists: Leadbelly

2008 three CD set from one of the singular most important Blues artists of all time. Features 75 Leadbelly classics including 'Jim Crow Blues', 'Ain't...continue...

Various Artists: Roots of Van Morrison [Snapper UK] [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-11-11

Tracks: Midnight Special - Leadbelly; Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams; Good Morning Little School Girl - Sonny Boy Williamson I; Whoopin' the Blues - Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee; That Ain't the Way to...
Artists: Various Artists

2008 collection featuring 20 terrific recordings that inspired the music of Van The Man Morrison. From his early days as lead singer of Them to...continue...

Mississippi Sheiks: Sitting on Top of the World [Snapper]

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-11-11

Tracks: Sitting on Top of the World; Grinding Old Fool; Still I'm Traveling On; I've Got Blood in My Eyes for You; It's Done Got Wet; Jail Bird Love Song; World Is Going Wrong, The; Sheik Waltz, The; Baby Ke...
Artists: Mississippi Sheiks

2008 compilation. Equally at home when playing for white audiences in square-dance bands, when the musicians in the Mississippi Sheiks played the Blues, they became...continue...
Liner Note Author: Michael Hendon.

In the 1920s and `30s, the Mississippi Sheiks became a phenomenon in the South with their unique mix of blues, folk, and string-band sounds. Many decades late...continue...

Bobby "Blue" Bland: Farther on Up the Road

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-11-11

Tracks: Farther Up the Road; Time Out; Bobby's Blues; You've Got Bad Intentions; Don't Want No Woman; It's My Life, Baby; Woke Up Screaming; Teach Me (How to Love You); I Learned My Lesson; I Can't Put You D...
Artists: Bobby "Blue" Bland

2008 collection from the pioneer of modern Soul-Blues containing the tracks that launched his career including "Woke Up Screaming", "Don't Want No Woman" and "It's...continue...
Bobby "Blue" Bland was one of the finest voices in post-war blues, and FARTHER UP THE ROAD offers a glimpse of his talent in its early, developmental phase. These 16 tracks are culled from his earlies...continue...

Peter Green/Peter Green Splinter Group: The Robert Johnson Songbook

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-11-11

Tracks: When You Got a Good Friend; 32-20 Blues; Phonograph Blues; Last Fair Deal Gone Down; Stop Breakin' Down Blues; Terraplane Blues; Walkin' Blues; Love in Vain Blues; Ramblin' on My Mind; Stones in My P...
Artists: Peter Green/Peter Green Splinter Group

Tributee: Robert Johnson.

Liner Note Author: Michael Hendon.

Most people know Peter Green as the visionary guitar hero behind the original, blues-rocking version of Fleetwood Mac, but he...continue...

Peter Green: Soho Sessions

CD / Snapper / 2008-08-26

Artists: Peter Green

2008 installment in this new classic Rock 'N' Roll series from the Snapper label featuring striking artwork, comprehensive sleeve notes and original recordings. Contains 27...continue...
Recorded live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho, London, this two-disc set captures much of the essence of Green with the Splinter Group, his backing outfit for the last several years. And it's an i...continue...

Tampa Red: You Can't Get That Stuff No More [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-05-27

Tracks: Uncle Bud; But They Got It Fixed Right On; Grievin' and Worryin' Blues; Turpentine Blues; Let Me Play with Your Poodle; Hard Road Blues; Boogie Woogie Dance; Voice of the Blues; Give It Up Buddy; Thi...
Artists: Tampa Red

Liner Note Author: Michael Hendon....continue...

Blind Blake: Southern Rag [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-05-27

Tracks: West Coast Blues (Take 2); Goodbye Mama Moan; Notoriety Woman Blues; Georgia Bound; Come on Boys Lets Do That Messin' Around; Walkin' Across the Country; Southern Rag; Rumblin' and Ramblin' Boa Const...
Artists: Blind Blake

Liner Note Author: Michael Hendon....continue...

Memphis Minnie: Hoodoo Lady [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-04-29

Tracks: Jockey Man Blues; Me and My Chauffeur Blues; In My Girlish Days; Hoodoo Lady; I'm a Bad Luck Woman; Can't Afford to Lose My Man; My Gage Is Going Up; When the Levee Breaks; Three Times Seven Blues; S...
Artists: Memphis Minnie

Personnel: Memphis Minnie (vocals, guitar).

Liner Note Author: Michael Hendon.

Memphis Minnie was notable not only for making a name for herself in the almost exclusively male field of e...continue...

Peter Green: Me & the Devil [Box]

3 CD / Snapper / 2008-04-01

Tracks: I'm a Steady Rollin' Man; From Four Until Late; Dead Shrimp Blues; Little Queen of Spades; They're Red Hot; Preachin' Blues; Hell Hound On My Trail; Traveling Riverside Blues; Malted Milk; Milkcow's ...
Artists: Peter Green

2008 three CD set featuring two discs of Peter Green's award-winning recordings of bluesman Robert Johnson classics plus a third disc containing Johnson's own recordings...continue...
The 3-CD set ME & THE DEVIL contains THE ROBERT JOHNSON SONGBOOK (1998) and HOT FOOT POWDER (2000), both by Peter Green & The Splinter Group, and a disc of some of Robert Johnson's historic recordings...continue...

Charley Patton: The Definitive

3 CD / Snapper / 2008-03-18

Tracks: Mississippi Boweavil Blues; Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues; Down the Dirt Road Blues; Pony Blues; Banty Rooster Blues; It Won't Be Long; Pea Vine Blues; Tom Rushen Blues; Spoonful Blues, A; Shake ...
Artists: Charley Patton

Three CD set that compiles the 58 tracks he recorded between 1929 and his death in 1934.Charley Patton was the godfather of the Delta Blues...continue...
The story of Delta blues starts with Charley Patton's slashing slide style, hoarse and gruff vocals, and unerring ability to enliven and enlarge even the most mundane blues lyric. Patton's 78s have be...continue...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Up Above My Head [Snapper] [Slimline]

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-03-18

Tracks: When I Move to the Sky; Strange Things Happening Every Day; This Train; I Claim Jesus First; Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down; Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air; Didn't It Rain; Don't Take Eve...
Artists: Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Liner Note Author: Michael Hendon.

This 22-track compilation features some of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's best gospel numbers, ranging from the poignant to the uplifting to the out-and-out rollicki...continue...

Various Artists: The Blues Roots of the Rolling Stones [Slimline]

1 CD / Snapper / 2008-03-18

Tracks: Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters; I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo; Dust My Broom - Elmore James; You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry; Diddley Daddy - Bo Diddley; Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly; Boogie C...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Michael Hendon.

As one of the first (and most popular) British rock bands of the 1960s to adapt the sounds of classic American blues, the Rolling Stones introduced a whole ge...continue...

Blind Boy Fuller: Get Your Yas Yas Out

1 CD / Snapper / 2007-04-24

Tracks: Catman Blues; Rag Mama Rag; Lost Lover Blues; Precious Lord; Shake It Baby; When You Are Gone; Boots and Shoes; Homesick and Lonesome; I Want Some of Your Pie; Get Your Yas Yas Out; Step It Up and Go...
Artists: Blind Boy Fuller

Liner Note Author: Keith Briggs.

Highlighting the characteristic ragtime guitar playing and often bawdy songs of the classic country blues artist Blind Boy Fuller, this collection features many...continue...

Various Artists: Early Blues Roots of Led Zeppelin

1 CD / Snapper / 2007-04-24

Tracks: When the Levee Breaks - Memphis Minnie; Sugar Mama - Sonny Boy Williamson I; Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed - Josh White; Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson; Traveling Riverside Blues -...
Artists: Various Artists

Excellent collection of the original classic Blues songs that inspired Led Zeppelin. Includes tracks by Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Memphis Minnie, Josh White,...continue...
This fascinating excavation of the musical foundations of one of the most influential rock bands of all time features Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe's original version of "When the Levee Breaks," as we...continue...

Little Walter: Juke

1 CD / Snapper / 2007-04-24

Tracks: You'd Better Watch Yourself; Last Night; Boom, Boom, Out Goes the Lights; Evans Shuffle; Thunder Bird; Tonight with a Fool; My Babe; Juke; I Got to Go; Mean Old World; I Can't Hold out Much Longer; T...
Artists: Little Walter

Personnel: Little Walter (vocals, harmonica).

Liner Note Author: Russell Beecher....continue...

Various Artists: The Roots Of Ry Cooder

1 CD / Snapper / 2007-04-24

Tracks: Do Re Mi - Woody Guthrie; Pigmet Papa - Leadbelly; Police Dog Blues - Blind Blake; Brownsville Blues - Sleepy John Estes; Dark Was the Night - Blind Willie Johnson; On a Monday - Leadbelly; Vigilante...
Artists: Various Artists

Though he's now renowned as the man who rediscovered a generation of Cuban musicians, bringing them to the world's attention with his series of Buena Vista Social Club releases, Ry Cooder began his ar...continue...

Mississippi Fred McDowell: London Calling [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2006-01-31

Tracks: 61 Highway; Red Cross Store; When I Lay My Burden Down; Evil Hearted Woman; I Asked For Whiskey, She Brought Me Gasoline; Standing at the Burying Ground; Glory Hallelujah; Write Me a Few Lines; My Ba...
Artists: Mississippi Fred McDowell

A powerful set from the mayfair hotel in 1969 from one of the last original fathers of the Delta Blues. Raw recordings by one of...continue...
Liner Note Author: Cliff Dane....continue...

Jimmy Witherspoon: Ain't Nobody's Business [Snapper UK]

1 CD / Snapper / 2006-01-31

Tracks: Wandering Gal Blues; Hey Mr. Landlord; How I Hate to See X-Mas Come Around; Third Floor Blues; Money's Getting Cheaper; Skid Row Blues; How Long Blues; Ain't Nobody's Business, Pt. 1; Ain't Nobody's ...
Artists: Jimmy Witherspoon

Liner Note Author: Keith Briggs....continue...

Elmore James: King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Chief & Fire Sessions

3 CD / Snapper / 2005-01-25

Tracks: Dust My Broom (Original); Twelve Year Old Boy; Coming Home; It Hurts Me Too; Knocking on Your Door; Elmore's Contribution to Jazz; Cry For Me Baby; Tell Me Where You Go; Bobby's Rock; Sky Is Crying; ...
Artists: Elmore James

Import exclusive three CD set for the most influential blues slide guitarist of the postwar era. Snapper....continue...
Mississippi born and raised, Elmore James learned his trade in the Delta in the 1930s, emerging in the early 1950s as the godfather of modern electric guitar, and no guitarist who ever plugged an inst...continue...

J.B. Lenoir: Alabama Blues: Rare and Intimate Recordings from the Tragically Short Career of the Gre [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-10-26

Tracks: Alabama Blues; God's Word; Whale, The; Remove This Rope; I Feel So Good; Mama Talk to Your Daughter; My Name Is J B Lenoir; I Want the Whole World to Know; Alabama March; Fox Squirrel; I Feel So Good...
Artists: J.B. Lenoir

Liner Note Author: Richard Pearce.

Director: Cliff Dane.

J.B. Lenoir's final two albums before his death in 1967 may well have been his crowning achievements. Alabama Blues (1965) and Do...continue...

Albert Collins: Thaw Out at the Fillmore [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-10-26

Tracks: Introduction Instrumental; How Blue Can You Get?; Thaw Out; So Tired; Funky; Deep Freeze; Baby What Do You Want Me to Do?; Mustang Sally; Backstroke
Artists: Albert Collins

Recording information: 1969.

Director: Cliff Dane....continue...

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown: Just Got Lucky [Snapper] [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-10-26

Tracks: Gatemouth Boogie; Guitar in My Hand; After Sunset; Without My Baby; Didn't Reach My Goal; Atomic Energy; Mercy on Me; My Time's Expensive; Mary Is Fine; I Live My Life; 2 O'Clock in the Morning; Boog...
Artists: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Personnel: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (vocals, guitar); Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown; Maxwell Davis, Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis (tenor saxophone); George Alexander (trumpet); Clarence Green (piano); Har...continue...

Lowell Fulson: Trying to Find My Baby [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-10-26

Tracks: 9.30 Shuffle; Thinking Blues; Wee Hours in the Morning; My Baby; Demon Woman; Blues and Misery; Ain't Nobody's Business; Black Widow Spider Blues; Three O'Clock Blues; Midnight Showers of Rain; So Lo...
Artists: Lowell Fulson

Personnel: Lowell Fulson (vocals, guitar); Lowell Fulson; Martin Fulson, Tiny Webb (guitar); Don Hill (alto saxophone); Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis (tenor saxophone); Vernon Smith (trumpet); Earl Singe...continue...

Big Joe Williams: Baby Please Don't Go [Snapper] [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-10-26

Tracks: Bad and Weakhearted Blues; I'm Getting Wild About Her; North Wind Blows; Baby Please Don't Go; My Grey Pony; Wild Cow Blues; Vitamin A; Peach Orchard Mama; Jivin' Woman; Throw a Boogie Woogie; Little...
Artists: Big Joe Williams

Personnel: Big Joe Williams (vocals, guitar); Big Joe Williams; Sonny Boy Williamson II (harmonica); Armand Jump Jackson, Judge Riley (drums); Clifford Dinwiddie, Chasey Collins (washboard).

Re...continue...

Sleepy John Estes: Someday Baby Blues [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-10-26

Tracks: Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too; Floating Bridge; Lawyer Clark Blues; Harlem Bound; Divin' Duck Blues; Liquor Store Blues; Watcha Doin'; Working Man Blues; Someday Baby Blues; Girl I Love She Go...
Artists: Sleepy John Estes

Personnel: Sleepy John Estes (vocals, guitar); Sleepy John Estes; Charlie Pickett (guitar); James Rachell, Yank Rachell (mandolin); Lee Brown (kazoo); Johnny Hardge, Jab Jones (piano); Son Bonds (guit...continue...

Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Williamson): Good Morning Little Schoolgirl [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-10-26

Tracks: Bring Another Half Pint; You Give an Account; I Been Dealing with the Devil; Blue Bird Blues; New Early in the Morning; Mellow Chick Swing; I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away; Little 'Low Woman; Sugar ...
Artists: Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Williamson)

Personnel: Sonny Boy Williamson II (vocals, harmonica); Yank Rachell (guitar, mandolin); Willie James Lacey, Big Joe Williams (guitar); Eddie Boyd, Walter Davis, Blind John Davis (piano); William Mitc...continue...

Bukka White: Fixin' to Die [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-04-20

Tracks: District Attorney Blues; Bukka's Jitterbug Swing; Special Streamline; Shake 'Em on Down; Where Can I Change My Clothes; Promise True and Grand; Po' Boy; New Frisco Train, The; Sic 'Em Dogs On; High F...
Artists: Bukka White

The best of the last great blues singers. 20 tracks including "Pachman Farm Blues", "Fixin' To Die Blues" and "Shake Em Down"....continue...
Personnel: Bukka White (vocals, guitar); Bukka White; Washboard Sam (rub-board, washboard); Miss Minnie (vocals).

Recording information: 05/26/1930-03/08/1940.

Arranger: Bukka White....continue...

Memphis Slim: Grinder Man Blues [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-04-20

Tracks: Jasper's Gal; Blues at Midnight; Last Pair of Shoes Blues; Me, Myself and I; Whiskey and Gin Blues; Old Taylor; Jive Blues, The; Maybe I'll Loan You a Dime; Miss Ora Lee Blues; I Believe I'll Settle ...
Artists: Memphis Slim

The cream of the early recordings of one of the greatest pianists in the history of blues. 20 tracks including "Blues At Midnight" and "Lend...continue...
Recorded between 1940 & 1941.

Personnel: Memphis Slim (vocals, piano); Memphis Slim; Leroy Batchelor (bass instrument); Washboard Sam (rub-board, washboard).

Recording information: 1940-...continue...

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Pawnshop Blues [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-04-20

Tracks: Watch Out; Train Whistle Blues; All Alone Blues; I'm Gonna Rock; Whoopin' the Blues; Shake Down; Brownie's Guitar Boogie; Harmonica Stomp; Custard Pie Blues; Sweet Woman; Riff and Harmonica Jump; Big...
Artists: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

20 classic early recordings from the most popular duo in the history of the blues including "Going Down Slow" and "Leavin' Blues"....continue...
Personnel: Sticks McGhee (guitar); Wilbert Ellis, Melvin Merritt (piano); Sticks Evans (drums); Oh Red (washboard); Brownie McGhee (vocals, guitar); Sonny Terry (vocals, harmonica); Baby Dodds (drums)...continue...

Leadbelly: Take This Hammer [Snapper] [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Can't You Line 'Em; Fannin Street; Rock Island Line; C.C. Rider; New York City; Goodnight Irene; Pick a Bale of Cotton; TB Blues; Good Morning Blues; Alberta; Midnight Special; Take This Hammer; Bour...
Artists: Leadbelly

20 timeless songs by the father of American folk music including "Rock Island Line", "CC Rider" and "Goodnight Irene"....continue...
Personnel: Leadbelly (vocals, guitar).

Whether Leadbelly actually wrote the classic songs attributed to him or had the good sense and fortune to rework existing folk songs into a final form isn...continue...

Son House: Delta Blues [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Walkin' Blues; My Black Mama, Pt. 1; My Black Mama, Pt. 2; Preachin' the Blues, Pt. 1; Preachin' the Blues, Pt. 2; Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1; Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 2; Levee Camp Blues; Government Camp Bl...
Artists: Son House

20 formative tracks from the king of Delta blues, including "Preachin' The Blues", "Walking Blues" and "The Pony Blues"....continue...
Includes liner notes by Ken Romanowski.

Personnel: Son House (vocals, guitar); Son House; Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Joe Martin (mandolin, violin); Leroy Martin (harmonica); Willie Brown (guitar, fid...continue...

T-Bone Walker: Midnight Blues [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Midnight Blues; Lonesome Woman Blues; That's Better For Me; Bobby Sox Baby; It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal; T-Bone Jumps Again; I Wish You Were Mine; Stormy Monday; Plain Old Down Home Blues, The; I'm in ...
Artists: T-Bone Walker

20 classics from the man who brought the electric guitar to the forefront of the blues. Includes the legendary "Stormy Monday" and "T-Bone Shuffle"....continue...
Personnel: T-Bone Walker (vocals, guitar); Jack McVea (alto saxophone); Freddie Slack, Lloyd Glenn (piano); William K. "Billy" Hadnott (bass instrument); Oscar Lee Bradley (drums)....continue...

Skip James: Cypress Grove Blues [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Devil Got My Woman; Four O'Clock Blues; 22-20 Blues; Cypress Grove Blues; Cherry Ball Blues; Illinois Blues; Be Ready When He Comes; Hard Luck Child; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Yola My Blues Away...
Artists: Skip James

This collection contains all the Skip James tracks released by Paramount records in 1931 in chronological order.

Personnel includes: Skip James (vocals, guitar, piano).

Includes liner no...continue...

Charley Patton: Hang It on the Wall [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Tom Rushen Blues; Pony Blues; Hammer Blues; Pea Vine Blues; Frankie and Albert; High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1; High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2; Poor Me; Mississippi Boweavil Blues; 34 Blues; Spoonful Blu...
Artists: Charley Patton

The godfather of the Delta blues. 20 epic tracks including "Pony Blues", "A Spoonful Blues" and "High Water Everywherr"....continue...
Personnel: Charley Patton (vocals, guitar); Charley Patton.

Recording information: Grafton, WI (06/14/1929-02/01/1934); New York, NY (06/14/1929-02/01/1934); Richmond VA (06/14/1929-02/01/1934)...continue...

Muddy Waters: Feel Like Going Home [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Walking Blues; I Can't Be Satisfied; Sittin' Here Drinkin'; Kind Hearted Woman; Gypsy Woman; I Be Bound to Write You; Rollin' and Tumblin, Pt. 1; Rollin' and Tumblin, Pt. 2; Take a Walk With Me; Loui...
Artists: Muddy Waters

20 early originals from the man from the Delta who became the king of the Chicago blues including "Walking Blues", "Rollin' Stone" and "Louisianna Blues"....continue...
Personnel: Muddy Waters (vocals, guitar); Muddy Waters; Leroy Foster (guitar, drums); Johnny Jones & the King Casuals (piano); Ernest "Big" Crawford (bass instrument); Elgin Edmonds (drums); Jimmy Rog...continue...

Robert Johnson: From Four Till Late [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Terraplane Blues; Stop Breakin' Down Blues; If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day; Stones in My Passway; From Four Till Late; Come on in My Kitchen; Love in Vain; Malted Mild; Travelling Riverside B...
Artists: Robert Johnson

20 songs which changed the landscape of the blues and popular music forever, by the incompareable King of the Blues....continue...
Personnel: Robert Johnson (vocals, guitar); Robert Johnson.

Recording information: Dallas, TX (11/23/1936-06/20/1937); San Antonio, TX (11/23/1936-06/20/1937).

Robert Johnson may not hav...continue...

Blind Willie Johnson: The Soul of a Man [Universe] [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning; You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond; God Moves on the Water; Jesus Is Coming Soon; John the Revelator; Dark Was The Night / Cold Was The Ground; Trouble Will S...
Artists: Blind Willie Johnson

20 haunting religious-based blues songs from the Mississippi slide guitar player including "Dark Was The Night" and "It's Nobody's Fault But Mine"....continue...
Personnel: Blind Willie Johnson (vocals, guitar); Willie B. Richardson (vocals).

Blind Willie Johnson wasn't a blues singer in the generally accepted sense. He was really a singing preacher wit...continue...

Mississippi John Hurt: Candy Man Blues [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Frankie; Louis Collins; Nobody's Dirty Business; Ain't No Tellin'; Stack O' Lee; Avalon Blues; Big Leg Blues; Praying on the Old Camp Ground; Candy Man Blues; Blessed Be Thy Name; Blue Harvest Blues;...
Artists: Mississippi John Hurt

Complete 1928 sessions from the folk/blues legend includes "Candy Man Blues", "Stack O'Lee" and "Louis Collins"....continue...
Personnel: Mississippi John Hurt (vocals, guitar).

Recording information: Memphis, TN (02/14/1928-12/??/1928); New York, NY (02/14/1928-12/??/1928).

With an intricate, delicate guitar st...continue...

Blind Willie McTell: Atlanta Strut [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Love Changing Blues; Three Women Blues; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Broke Down Engine Blues; Travelin' Blues; Georgia Rag; Southern Can Is Mine; Statesboro Blues; Death Cell Blues; Drive Away...
Artists: Blind Willie McTell

20 legendary recording including the original "Statesbro Blues"....continue...
Personnel: Blind Willie McTell (vocals, guitar); Blind Willie McTell; Ruby Glaze (vocals); Kate McTell (vocals); Curley Weaver (guitar).

Recording information: Atlanta, GA (10/18/1927-04/23/193...continue...

John Lee Hooker: Don't Look Back [Blue Label] [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Dimples; Unfriendly Woman; Everybody Rockin'; I'm So Excited; Crawlin' Black Spider; Little Wheel; I Love You Honey; Boogie Chillun'; Hobo Blues; Moanin' Blues; Dirty Ground Hog; My First Wife Left M...
Artists: John Lee Hooker

Personnel: John Lee Hooker (vocals, guitar); John Lee Hooker; William "Lefty" Bates, Larry Veeder (guitar); Jimmy Reed (harmonica); Henry Cosby (tenor saxophone); Andrew "Mike" Terry (baritone saxopho...continue...

Big Bill Broonzy: Can't Be Satisfied [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Trucking Little Woman; Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down; Baby I Done Got Wise; Saturday Night Rub; C & A Blues; I Can't Be Satisfied; Mistreatin' Mama Blues; Rockin' Chair Baby; Bull Cow Blues; Flat F...
Artists: Big Bill Broonzy

20 diverse and influential tracks including "Key To The Highway" and "I Can't Be Satisfied" from one of the greatest ambassadors of blues....continue...
Personnel: Big Bill Broonzy (vocals, guitar); Big Bill Broonzy; Louie Lasky , Casey Bill Weldon (guitar); Alfred Bell, Punch Miller (trumpet); Black Bob Hudson, Memphis Slim, Black Bob (piano); Bill S...continue...

Elmore James: Person to Person [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Dust My Broom/I Believe My Time Ain't Long; It Hurts Me Too; Knocking at Your Door; Elmore's Contribution to Jazz; Cry for Me Baby; Sky Is Crying, The; Rollin' and Tumblin'; I Can't Stop Lovin' You; ...
Artists: Elmore James

The very best of the king of the electric slide guitar. From the immortal "Dust My Broom" to tracks from his final sessions including "Hand...continue...
Personnel: Elmore James (vocals, guitar); Eddie Taylor (guitar); Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (piano); Willie Dixon (double bass); Homesick James Williamson (bass guitar).

Elmore James has influen...continue...

Howlin' Wolf: Come Back Home [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Baby Ride With Me; How Many More Years; California Boogie; Look a Here Baby; Smile at Me; My Baby Walked Off; My Troubles and Me; Mr. Highway Man; Everybody's in the Mood; Colour and Kind; Bluebird; ...
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

20 historic cuts recorded for Sun Records, by the most powerful vocalist in this history of Chicago blues including "Baby Ride With Me" and "California...continue...
Personnel: Howlin' Wolf (vocals, harmonica); Willie Johnson (guitar); James Cotton (harmonica); Ike Turner (piano); Willie Steele (drums).

This is the latest in a series of increasingly ubiquit...continue...