V.A.
The Blues Vol. 1-3 (1988)
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Length:  1:40:17
    Track Listing:
      CD1:
      1.  
      		 Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talkin'    2:37
      2.  
      		 Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues    2:15
      3.  
      		 Chuck Berry - Worried Life Blues    2:13
      4.  
      		 Little Walter - My Babe    2:39
      5.  
      		 John Lee Hooker - Walkin' The Boogie    2:52
      6.  
      		 Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man    2:51
      7.  
      		 Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby    3:12
      8.  
      		 Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning    3:06
      9.  
      		 Little Walter - Juke    2:46
      10.  
      		 Jimmy Witherspoon - When The Lights Go Out    2:53
      11.  
      		 Muddy Waters - Just Make Love To Me    2:51
      12.  
      		 Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful    2:44
      CD2:
      1.  
      		 Chuck Berry - Thirty Days    2:27
      2.  
      		 John Lee hooker - Sugar Mama    3:18
      3.  
      		 Howlin'Wolf - Evil    2:55
      4.  
      		 Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working    3:01
      5.  
      		 Bo Diddley - I'm A Man    2:51
      6.  
      		 Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling    3:09
      7.  
      		 Little Walter - Key To The Highway    2:47
      8.  
      		 Jimmy Witherspoon - It Ain't No Secret    3:00
      9.  
      		 Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours    3:07
      10.  
      		 Buddy Guy - Ten Years Ago    2:43
      11.  
      		 Otis Rush - So Many Roads    3:09
      CD3:
      1.  
      		 Washboard Sam - Diggin' My Potatoes    2:46
      2.  
      		 Willie Dixon - Walking The blues    3:07
      3.  
      		 Little Milton - Lonely No More    2:18
      4.  
      		 Howlin' Wolf - I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)    2:54
      5.  
      		 Little Walter - Off The Wall    2:59
      6.  
      		 Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone    3:09
      7.  
      		 John Lee Hooker - It's My Own Fault    3:03
      8.  
      		 Muddy Waters - Baby, Please Don't Go    3:19
      9.  
      		 Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes    2:24
      10.  
      		 Jimmy Witherspoon - Time Brings About A Change    2:54
      11.  
      		 Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining    2:47
      12.  
      		 Jimmy Rogers - The World's In A Tangle    2:55
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      CD: Various - The Blues Vol. 1

      01. Sonny Boy Williamson/Don't Start Me To Talkin' [0:02:37.09]
      02. Buddy Guy/First Time I Met The Blues [0:02:15.33]
      03. Chuck Berry/Worried Life Blues [0:02:13.70]
      04. Little Walter/My Babe [0:02:39.73]
      05. John Lee Hooker/Walkin' The Boogie [0:02:52.29]
      06. Muddy Waters/Hoochie Coochie Man [0:02:51.00]
      07. Lowell Fulson/Reconsider Baby [0:03:12.60]
      08. Howlin' Wolf/Smokestack Lightning [0:03:06.26]
      09. Little Walter/Juke [0:02:46.66]
      10. Jimmy Witherspoon/When The Lights Go Out [0:02:53.04]
      11. Muddy Waters/Just Make Love To Me [0:02:51.62]
      12. Howlin' Wolf/Spoonful [0:02:44.53]

      Review by Stephen Cook

      Even though Chess should be releasing collections with more than just over 30 minutes of music on them, this thin blues roundup from the legendary Chicago label's vaults still works well enough as a sampler of vintage electric blues. Recorded between 1952 and 1960, the 12 tracks spotlight such legends as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, and Sonny Boy Williamson. Most of the numbers are classics, including Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man," Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning," and Walter's "Juke." The inclusion of Lowell Fullson's perennial "Reconsider Baby," Chuck Berry's "Worried Life Blues," and Jimmy Witherspoon's "When the Lights Go Out" does come as a surprising but welcome addition to a basic overview such as this. In addition to being floored by Buddy Guy's manic, high-voltage performance on "First Time I Met the Blues," fans will be pleased to see legendary Chicago blues sidemen like Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Rogers, Fred Below, and Hubert Sumlin filling the support roles. A fine yet slim blues collection that's best purchased for a discount price.
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