Various – Best Of Blues (3 x CD, 2000, Madacy Entertainment KSW2 0435)

Why This CD Matters
Best Of Blues is a three-disc survey featuring recordings by major blues figures including B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Memphis Slim, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, and Big Joe Turner. The collection also reaches into blues-related jazz and R&B through artists including Billie Holiday, Cannonball Adderley, Charles Brown, and Ike & Tina Turner. Its 36-track program includes “Boom Boom,” “The Thrill Is Gone,” “Mojo Hand,” and “Blues After Hours.”

Collector Note
This 2000 Canadian three-CD compilation was issued by Madacy Entertainment under catalog number KSW2 0435. The set contains 36 tracks spanning electric blues, piano blues, jump blues, and related styles.

Availability
Single copy available—once it's gone, it's gone.

Condition & Details
CD: VG+
Case: VG+
Booklet: VG+

Technical Details
Format: 3 x CD, Compilation
Label: Madacy Entertainment – KSW2 0435
Country: Canada
Released: 2000
Genre: Blues
Style: Not specified

Matrix / Runout
Not specified

Tracklist
John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom 3:26
B.B. King – Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss (Live) 6:19
Ike & Tina Turner – I Smell Trouble 3:40
Charles Brown – Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand 3:16
Memphis Slim – Blue And Disgusted 3:37
B.B. King – Sweet Sixteen (Live) 4:17
Roy Brown – Boogie Woogie Blues 5:33
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells – No Use Cryin' 3:05
Betty Roché, Earl Hines Sextet – Blues On My Weary Mind 3:01
Roy Milton – I Got A Big Fat Mama 2:56
Ike & Tina Turner – Poor Fool 2:47
Big Joe Turner – Wee Baby Blues 5:14
B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone (Live) 5:03
Billie Holiday – I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 2:35
Leadbelly – The Bourgeois Blues 3:02
John Mayall – Mama Talk To Your Daughter 3:55
Big Maybelle – I Cried For You 2:45
Big Joe Williams – Goin' Away, Won't Be Back Till Fall 1:54
Roy Milton – Information Blues 2:27
Amos Milbourne – Bad Bad Whiskey 2:27
Ike & Tina Turner – So Blue Over You 2:33
B.B. King – All Over Again (Live) 3:28
Billie Holiday – Lover Man 3:15
Lightnin' Hopkins – Mojo Hand 2:58
Memphis Slim – 44 Blues 3:34
Cannonball Adderley – Cannon's Blues 7:02
Charles Brown – Black Night 3:09
Canned Heat – Big Road Blues 2:07
Pee Wee Crayton – Blues After Hours 3:25
Bo Diddley – Walkin' And Talkin' 2:41
Dr. John – Loser For You Baby 3:11
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells – Every Day I Have The Blues 4:31
Billie Holiday – Billie's Blues 3:10
Lightnin' Hopkins – Last Night 5:10
B.B. King – You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 5:19
Big Maybelle – Put Yourself In My Place 2:01

Shipping & Handling
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