The Blues: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection CD / Album

Track Listing

Disc 1

1. Marnie Smith - Crazy Blues
2. Bessie Smith - Down Hearted Blues
3. Ma Rainey - See See Rider
4. Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
5. Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine
6. Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues
7. Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie
8. Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
9. Leroy Carr - How Long, How Long Blues
10. Memphis Minnie - When the Levee Breaks
11. Robert Wilkins - That's No Way to Get Along
12. Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll and Tumble Blues
13. Charley Patton - Pony Blues
14. Big Bill Broonzy - I Can't Be Satisfied
15. Son House - My Black Mama Pt. 1
16. Sleepy John Estes - Someday Baby Blues
17. Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
18. Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues
19. Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
20. John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

Disc 2

1. St. Louis Jimmy - Goin' Down Slow
2. Lead Belly - Good Morning Blues
3. Tampa Red - It Hurts Me Too
4. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's Alright Mama
5. T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
6. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen
7. Lightnin' Hopkins - Automobile Blues
8. Lowell Fulson - Everyday I Have the Blues
9. Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
10. Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
11. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long)
12. John Lee Hooker - I'm in the Mood
13. B.B. King - Three O'clock Blues
14. Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used to Do
15. Ruth Brown - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
16. Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
17. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Space Guitar
18. Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
19. B.B. King - When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
20. Little Walter - Last Night

Disc 3

1. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
2. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
3. Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would
4. Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me to Talking
5. Etta James - W-O-M-A-N
6. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
7. John Lee Hooker - Dimples
8. Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got You
9. Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby
10. Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
11. Jimmy Reed - The Sun Is Shining (Edited Version)
12. Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do
13. Slim Harpo - I'm a King Bee
14. Slim Harpo - I've Got Love If You Want It
15. Buddy Guy - Try to Quit You Baby
16. Muddy Waters - She's Nineteen Years Old
17. Howlin' Wolf - Sitting On Top of the World
18. Snooks Eaglin - Mean Old Frisco
19. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
20. Junior Wells - Messin' With the Kid