This opulent three-disc set offers 60 classic tracks, all of which have been covered by or, at the least, influenced later performers. Some of the artists – B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, the Kings – will be more familiar than others, but the music is uniformly potent.
CD 1
1. Hide Away ~ Freddy King
2. That Man ~ Earl Hooker & The Earlettes
3. Need You By My Side ~ Albert King
4. The Things That I Used To Do ~ Guitar Slim
5. Down On My Knees ~ Eddie ‘Blues Man’ Kirkland
6. Quit My Baby ~ B.B. King
7. You Shook Me ~ Muddy Waters
8. Lost Without Love ~Lonesome Sundown
9. Dust My Blues ~ Elmore James
10. Before You Accuse Me ~ Bo Diddley
11. Baby I’m Gonna Miss You ~ John Lee Hooker
12. Let’s Get Together ~ Jimmy Reed
13. Okie Dokie Stomp ~ Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown
14. Reconsider Baby ~ Lowell Fulson
15. The Wolf Is At Your Door ~Howlin’ Wolf
16. It’s Mighty Crazy ~ Lightnin’ Slim
17. Love My Baby ~ Shakey Jake
18. Number 9 Train ~ Tarheel Slim
19. Tell Me Pretty Mama ~ Lightnin’ Hopkins
20. When My Left Eye Jumps ~ Buddy Guy
CD 2
1. Boom Boom ~ John Lee Hooker
2. Do The Do ~ Howlin’ Wolf
3. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now ~ B.B. King
4. Stormy Monday ~ Jimmy Witherspoon
5. Blue Guitar ~ Earl Hooker
6. The Treasure Untold ~ Buddy Guy
7. The Sky Is Crying ~ Elmore James
8. Butterscotch ~ Freddy King
9. Messin’ With The Man ~ Muddy Waters
10. Don’t Throw Your Love On Me So Strong ~ Albert King
11. T-Bone Shuffle ~ T-Bone Walker
12. Don’t Take My Heart ~ Eddie ‘Blues Man’ Kirkland
13. Patrol Blues ~ Lazy Lester
14. Too Much ~ Jimmy Reed
15. Trouble At Home Blues ~ Silas Hogan
16. Juke ~ Little Walter
17. Quit My Drinkin’ ~ Robert Garrett
18. Don’t Start Me To Talking ~ Sonny Boy Williamson
19. I Got Love If You Want It ~ Slim Harpo
20. The Walk ~ Jimmy McCracklin
CD 3
1. I Get Evil ~ Albert King
2. Tanya ~ Earl Hooker
3. Last Affair ~ Lightnin’ Hopkins
4. Smokestack Lightnin’ ~ Howlin’ Wolf
5. Hoochie Coochie ~ Muddy Waters
6. Saturday Night Stomp ~ Eddie ‘Blues Man’ Kirkland
7. Want Ad Blues ~ John Lee Hooker
8. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) ~ Otis Rush & His Band
9. San-Ho-Zay ~ Freddy King
10. Cuttin’ In ~ Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson
11. Later On ~ Jimmy McCracklin
12. Shake A Leg ~ Smokey Hogg
13. Take It Slow ~ Jimmy Reed
14. My Babe ~ Little Walter
15. I Could Cry ~ Junior Wells
16. Leave My Money Alone ~ Lonesome Sundown
17. Mean And Evil ~ Elmore James
18. First Time I Met The Blues ~ Buddy Guy
19. Can’t Keep From Cryin’ ~ Earl Gaines
20. Everyday I Have The Blues ~ B.B. King