Year: 1999
Label: House Of Blues, Platinum Entertainment
Format: CD (18), Box Set
Country: US
Genres: Rock, Blues
Essential Blues Piano
1-1. Chicago Breakdown - 2:55
1-2. Chicken Shack Boogie - 2:48
1-3. Slow Leake - 3:01
1-4. Didn't He Ramble / Closer Walk With Thee - 6:29
1-5. Otis Blues - 4:19
1-6. 44 Blues - 2:40
1-7. San Francisco Blues - 3:00
1-8. Twos And Fews - 4:31
1-9. Willie Fugal's Blues - 2:03
1-10. Going Down Slow - 5:42
1-11. Pop's Delima - 3:26
1-12. Sporting Life Blues - 3:51
1-13. The Ma Grinder - 4:13
1-14. Four O'clock Blues - 4:42
1-15. All Night Long - 2:58
2-1. Frances - 4:10
2-2. The Rattler - 3:07
2-3. Got Lonesome Here - 3:18
2-4. Atlanta Bounce - 2:55
2-5. Introduction To The Blues / That's All Right For You - 7:02
2-6. The Fat Man - 2:34
2-7. Late Afternoon Blues - 4:34
2-8. Your Family - 3:28
2-9. Arkansas Blues - 3:08
2-10. Bartender's Bounce - 2:12
2-11. Going Back To Froggy Bottom - 3:05
2-12. Johnson Machine Gun Blues - 3:02
2-13. C.Q. Boogie - 2:37
2-14. Chica Boo - 2:23
2-15. Swingin' The Boogie - 2:48
2-16. Vicksburg Blues - 3:13
Essential Blues Harmonica
3-1. The Blues Overtook Me - 4:41
3-2. Scratch My Back - 4:07
3-3. The Jumpin' Blues - 5:14
3-4. Ninety Nine - 2:36
3-5. Must Be Jelly - 7:00
3-6. I Wish You Would - 2:40
3-7. My Home Is A Prison - 5:10
3-8. Wade In The Water - 3:16
3-9. Why Can't You Love Me - 5:30
3-10. Cotton Crop Blues - 2:19
3-11. I Just Keep Loving Her - 2:52
3-12. It Hurts Me To - 2:46
3-13. New Slow Down Baby - 3:30
3-14. Sonny's Squall - 3:44
4-1. The Bounce - 3:07
4-2. I Ain't Lyin' - 3:39
4-3. Stick Way Out Behind - 3:23
4-4. Boogie In The Dark - 2:34
4-5. Gillum's Windy Blues - 2:25
4-6. Lowdown - 4:38
4-7. Sittin' On Top Of The World - 2:32
4-8. Carey Bell's Blues Harp - 3:51
4-9. Blues In The Dark - 2:56
4-10. Need My Baby - 2:15
4-11. Little Red Rooster - 6:30
4-12. Good Morning School Girl - 3:01
4-13. Blues On The Moon - 2:53
4-14. Just Wailin' - 2:43
4-15. Going To The Country - 3:37
4-16. Sugar Mama - 4:08
4-17. Sweet Home Chicago - 2:31
Essential Blues Guitar
5-1. Josephine - 6:05
5-2. Do Unto Others - 2:22
5-3. Buck's Boogie - 4:28
5-4. Bring Your Love To Me - 3:20
5-5. Double Trouble - 2:42
5-6. Catfish Blues - 7:06
5-7. Little Boy Blue - 3:38
5-8. Melt Down - 4:03
5-9. First Time I Met The Blues - 2:17
5-10. Rollin' And Tumblin' - 2:57
5-11. Black Angel Blues - 3:32
5-12. Ain't Got Nobody - 3:30
5-13. Blues All Around Me - 6:04
5-14. 1823 S. Michigan Avenue - 4:25
5-15. Red Cross Store - 4:04
6-1. Phone Booth - 3:02
6-2. Blues In D Natural - 2:10
6-3. T-Bone Shuffle - 2:57
6-4. The Sky Is Crying - 2:46
6-5. The Thrill Is Gone - 5:24
6-6. When A Guitar Plays The Blues - 6:38
6-7. Sinners Prayer - 2:55
6-8. Have The Same Old Blues - 3:31
6-9. Beetin Nockin Ringin - 7:08
6-10. Your Love Is Amazing - 4:15
6-11. Blues Power - 3:07
6-12. Standing At The Crossroads - 2:54
6-13. The Things That I Used To Do - 2:58
6-14. Mumblin' Guitar - 2:48
6-15. I Got A Bad Mind - 2:19
6-16. Crawlin' King Snake - 2:45
6-17. Baby Please Don't Go - 3:03
Essential Texas Blues
7-1. Baby Please Don't Lie To Me - 3:01
7-2. Comin' Home Today - 2:50
7-3. Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me - 2:55
7-4. Frosty - 3:02
7-5. Changing Neighborhoods - 5:41
7-6. Stop These Teardrops - 4:08
7-7. I Want A Little Girl - 4:53
7-8. Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night? - 2:50
7-9. Nasty Ways - 3:30
7-10. Love Her With A Feeling - 5:02
7-11. Little School Girl - 2:30
7-12. There Is Something On Your Mind - 4:41
7-13. Kidney Stew Blues - 2:57
7-14. The Cows - 4:01
7-15. Chicken Stuff - 1:59
8-1. It's My Life, Baby - 4:11
8-2. Go On - 3:10
8-3. It's Been A Mistake - 3:38
8-4. Why Do Things Happen To Me? - 3:26
8-5. Ball N' Chain - 4:31
8-6. Ella Speed - 2:32
8-7. Reconsider Baby - 3:08
8-8. Texas Hop - 2:25
8-9. How Do You Spell Love? - 2:17
8-10. Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty - 3:54
8-11. Change It - 3:00
8-12. Going Back To The Country - 2:55
8-13. My Time Is Expensive - 2:45
8-14. If You Want To See The Blues - 4:30
8-15. I Feel So Good - 2:38
8-16. Tom Moore Blues - 4:56
Essential Women In Blues
9-1. A Fool In Love - 3:16
9-2. Jump For Joy - 4:22
9-3. I Don't Want No Man - 4:05
9-4. Wild Women Don't Have The Blues - 3:17
9-5. If I Can't Sell It, (I'll Keep Sittin' On It) - 5:23
9-6. Trouble In Mind - 2:34
9-7. I Got Myself A Workin' Man - 3:17
9-8. No! I Ain't Gonna Let You Go - 2:59
9-9. Why Young Men Go Wild - 3:32
9-10. Do Your Duty - 3:25
9-11. Good Rockin' Daddy - 2:24
9-12. Why Don't You Do Right? - 2:59
9-13. I Want My Money Back - 3:33
9-14. Dirty Tee Bee Blues - 3:08
9-15. Poppa-Mama Blues - 3:49
10-1. Better Left Unsaid - 3:21
10-2. Two-Fisted Mama - 3:24
10-3. Gabbin' Blues - 2:41
10-4. Satisfy Me - 4:48
10-5. "Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom - 3:11
10-6. Black Snake Blues - 2:47
10-7. Evil Gal Blues - 2:57
10-8. Hound Dog - 2:50
10-9. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl - 2:32
10-10. The Spirit Returns - 3:20
10-11. Crazy Blues - 3:20
10-12. One Monkey (Don't Stop No Show) - 3:43
10-13. That's My Desire - 2:44
10-14. Don't You Feel My Leg - 3:02
10-15. Me And My Chauffeur Blues - 2:47
Essential Chicago Blues
11-1. It Must Have Been The Devil - 3:47
11-2. Before You Accuse Me - 3:03
11-3. Don't Stay Out All Night - 3:46
11-4. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - 2:36
11-5. Sad Hours - 3:08
11-6. On My Knees - 4:56
11-7. See Me In The Evening - 5:04
11-8. Hoochie Coochie Man - 2:44
11-9. Mama, Talk To Your Daughter - 3:26
11-10. Sit And Cry (And Sing The Blues) - 3:00
11-11. Borrow Your Love - 3:59
11-12. I Cried Like A Baby - 5:11
11-13. I Don't Know - 3:09
11-14. Double Trouble - 5:56
11-15. Born Blind - 2:34
11-16. Five Long Years - 2:41
12-1. Spoonful - 4:56
12-2. Messin' With The Kid - 2:19
12-3. Smokestack Lightnin' - 3:04
12-4. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - 3:15
12-5. Hush Hush - 2:36
12-6. Bad Dream - 5:02
12-7. Too Much Alcohol - 2:26
12-8. She's Nineteen Years Old - 4:48
12-9. I Don't Want No Woman - 3:38
12-10. Little Angel Child - 4:00
12-11. Sitting On The Top Of The World - 4:15
12-12. Bad Boy - 3:00
12-13. Superharp - 3:46
12-14. Anna Lee - 6:30
12-15. Maxwell Street Alley Blues - 4:12
Essential Blues
13-1. Intro - 0:42
13-2. Dust My Broom - 3:14
13-3. Three O'Clock Blues - 3:01
13-4. Killing Floor - 3:14
13-5. Stop Watching Your Enemies - 5:16
13-6. Messin' With The Kid - 2:23
13-7. Better Off With The Blues - 4:26
13-8. When You Walk Out The Door - 4:19
13-9. Don't Start Me Talkin' - 2:57
13-10. Blues In The Basement - 4:16
13-11. Little Bluebird - 6:31
13-12. Mojo Hand - 3:46
13-13. Big Boss Man - 2:52
13-14. Boogie Chillen - 3:06
13-15. I'll Take Care Of You - 2:24
13-16. Otis In The Dark - 4:36
14-1. Intro - 0:21
14-2. Master Charge - 5:08
14-3. Mother Nature - 4:42
14-4. Walking The Backstreets And Crying - 6:47
14-5. Give Me Back My Wig - 3:35
14-6. Prisoner Of Love - 2:25
14-7. You Upset Me Baby - 3:01
14-8. Let's Straigten It Out - 5:32
14-9. I'll Play The Blues For You (Parts 1 & 2) - 7:15
14-10. Must Have Been The Devil - 2:40
14-11. Dimples - 2:12
14-12. Rainin' In My Heart - 3:01
14-13. The Getaway - 3:18
14-14. Too Much Sugar For A Dime - 4:08
14-15. Bright Lights, Big City - 2:46
14-16. Drivin' Wheel - 2:36
Essential Blues 2
15-1. Mannish Boy - 5:27
15-2. Boom Boom - 2:35
15-3. Evil (Is Goin' On) - 2:53
15-4. Turn On Your Love Light - 2:40
15-5. I Hear Some Blues Downstairs - 4:16
15-6. Juke - 2:44
15-7. Im A Hog For You Baby - 3:43
15-8. I Need Someone (To Love Me) - 3:22
15-9. Born Under A Bad Sign - 2:51
15-10. Hoodoo Man Blues - 2:07
15-11. Frigidaire Woman - 5:10
15-12. A Man And The Blues - 6:21
15-13. Spanns Boogie Woogie - 2:13
15-14. Sweet Home Chicago - 5:49
15-15. Messing With The Blues - 2:12
15-16. Baby What You Want Me To Do - 2:22
16-1. Going Down
16-2. I Aint Drunk
16-3. These Things
16-4. Shake Your Moneymaker
16-5. All Of Your Love
16-6. High Compression
16-7. Help Me
16-8. I Aint Superstitious
16-9. Wang Dang Doodle
16-10. I Can't Quit You Baby
16-11. I Can't Be Satisfied
16-12. Im A King Bee
16-13. Down The Road Apiece
16-14. Blue Guitar
16-15. Everyday I Have The Blues
Essential Blues 3
17-1. You Can't Always Get What You Want - 4:37
17-2. Got My Mojo Working - 2:50
17-3. You Fired Yourself - 4:28
17-4. Chicago Bound - 2:20
17-5. Up And Down World - 4:48
17-6. I Need You So Bad - 4:50
17-7. Jinx Blues - 3:17
17-8. Farther Up The Road - 2:59
17-9. I Don't Know - 2:27
17-10. Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) - 3:03
17-11. My Babe - 2:42
17-12. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction) - 5:54
17-13. I'm In The Mood - 2:45
17-14. Shake 'Em On Down - 4:48
17-15. Corinna Corrina - 1:48
18-1. Toehold - 3:43
18-2. Voodoo Daddy - 4:45
18-3. We're Gonna Make It - 2:41
18-4. Change Of Heart, Change Of Mind - 3:49
18-5. Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pocket - 2:51
18-6. Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues - 2:45
18-7. You've Got Me Dizzy - 2:53
18-8. I Don't Know - 5:38
18-9. Katie Mae - 3:00
18-10. Best Of Me - 4:31
18-11. Driving Wheel - 2:39
18-12. Go To The Mardi Gras - 2:48
18-13. Honky Tonk Women - 4:40
18-14. C-Jam Blues - 3:10
18-15. Fool's Paradise - 4:51
18-16. Meet Me In The City - 6:49