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Release Date: 1998Label: Rhino Records
The Essential Blues CollectionRecordings from 1946 to 1996:
Track 1 recorded in Chicago (1/53) - Checker single #770, 1953
Track 2 recorded in Chicago (4/3/57) - Vee-Jay single #298, 1957
Track 3 recorded in Chicago (12/65) - from the album Chicago/The Blues/Today! Volume 2 [various artists] (Vanguard #79217, 1966)
Track 4 recorded in Chicago (8/7/56) - Checker single #847, 1956
Track 5 recorded in Chicago (12/65) - from the album Chicago/The Blues/Today! Volume 1 [various artists] (Vanguard #79216, 1966)
Track 6 recorded in Chicago (1965) - from the album The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Elektra #7294, 1965)
Track 7 recorded in Crowley, LA (5/58) - Excello single #2155, 1959
Track 8 recorded in New Orleans (4/17/54) - from the album Rural Blues (Down Home Stomp) Volume 3 [various artists] (Imperial #94006, 1970)
Track 9 recorded in Memphis (10/3/53) - Sun single #193, 1953
Track 10 recorded in Culver City, CA (1992) - from the album Serious Intentions (Alligator #4806, 1992)
Track 11 recorded in Crowley, LA (10/65) - Excello single #2273, 1965)
Track 12 recorded in Austin (1996) - from the album Company Man (Black Top #1136, 1997)
Track 13 recorded in Memphis (10/28/53) - Chess single #1557, 1953
Track 14 recorded in Chicago (8/6/46) - Victor single #20-2056, 1946
Track 15 recorded in Detroit (4/21-22/72) -from the album "Live" Full House (Atlantic #7241, 1972)
Track 16 recorded in New York City (11/7/55) - Groove single #135, 1956
Track 16: writer Saunders Terrell (Sonny Terry) misspelled as Saunders Teddell in booklet tracklist.
Regular jewel case with clear blueish tray.
16-page booklet with liner notes (general and track by track), photos, tracklist with discography, release credits.
℗ & © 1998 Rhino Entertainment Company.