Blues Masters (The Essential Blues Collection)

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Release Date: 1994

Label: Rhino Records

Sample tracks from volumes 1 to 5, 9 & 10 of the Blues Masters series.
Track 1 recorded Los Angeles, Nov. 1947. Supreme single #1506, Sept. 1948.
Track 2 recorded Los Angeles, Dec. 14, 1956. From the album T-Bone Blues, Atlantic #8020, Aug. 1959.
Track 3 recorded Memphis, March 15, 1966. Stax single #190, May, 1966.
Track 4 recorded Chicago, 1950. Parkway single #501, 1950.
Track 5 recorded Chicago, 1958. Cobra single #5032, 1958.
Track 6 recorded Chicago, Jan. 22, 1953. JOB single #1010, March 1953.
Track 7 recorded Chicago, 1957. Profile single #4011, May 1960.
Track 8 recorded Houston Aug. 1947. Gold Star single #3131, probably released 1947.
Track 9 recorded Houston, 1958. Kangaroo single #103/4, probably released 1958.
Track 10 recorded New York City, July 30, 1969. From the album My Feeling For The Blues, Cotillion #9016, 1970.
Track 11 recorded Montreux, Switzerland, July 17, 1982. From the album Blues Explosion, Atlantic #81713, 1986.
Track 12 recorded Crowley, LA, 1958. Excello single #2143, Aug. 1958.
Track 13 recorded Birmingham, Alabama, 1961. Rex single #1014, 1961.
Track 14 recorded Crowley, LA, 1957. Excello single #2113, July 1957.
Track 15 recorded New York City, Feb. 15, 1954. Atlantic single #1026, April 1954.
Track 16 recorded Chicago, Nov. 9, 1953. Atlantic single #1045, Dec. 1954.
Track 17 recorded New York City, Dec. 16, 1953. Atlantic single #1027, April 1954.
Track 18 recorded Chicago, 1978. From the album The Earthshaker, Alligator #4711, 1978.
Track 19 recorded Chicago, May 1978. From the album Ice Pickin', Alligator #4713, 1978.
Track 20 recorded Chicago, 1986. From the album Third Degree, Alligator #4748, 1986.
Track 21 recorded Memphis, June 18, 1953. Sun single #187, July 1953.
Track 22 recorded Memphis, Mar. 8, 1953. Sun single #181, Mar. 1953.

This compilation ℗ & © 1994 Rhino Records Inc.
Made In Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe.

Regular jewel case with black tray.
12-page foldout booklet with liner notes (general and track by track), photos, tracklist with discography, release credits.
Tracks duration uncredited.