Aiming right at the Father’s Day market, Got The Blues is a 4CD boxed set from UMOD of all-time blues classics designed to… well, one assumes to let dad know just how miserable life could be if it weren’t for his family showering him with gifts all the time. And asking him to lend them a tenner. And turn the TV over for Amazing Spacesinstead of the football. And stuff.
It’s packed full of classics by the genre’s biggest names, including Muddy Waters,John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Bo Diddley,Little Walter, Buddy Guy, Etta James, Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, Memphis Slim… you name ‘em, they’re here.
Better yet, we here at Echoes have 5 copies to hand out to our readers and followers. All you have to do is email us at editor@echoesmagazine.co.uk, tell us your name and address and answer this one question: ‘What exactly is a ‘Back Door Man’, according to Willie Dixon? You will then go into the sorting hat and take your chances in The Great Random Extrication Of Winners – something that sounds more impressive than it actually is, but you might get a free CD. Which is the point, after all.
Got The Blues is released on UMOD on 1st June 2018. Order here
Got The Blues Full Track List:
Disc: 1
- Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy
- Booker T. & The MG’s Mo Onions – Green Onions
- John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom
- Ray Charles, The Count Basie Orchestra – Georgia On My Mind
- Nina Simone – Feeling Good
- B. B. King – The Thrill Is Gone
- Buddy Guy – Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues
- Bo Diddley – I’m A Man
- Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ At Midnight
- Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton – Hound Dog
- Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup – That’s All Right
- Fontella Bass – You’ll Never Know
- Etta James – I Just Want To Make Love To You
- Hadda Brooks – Need A Little Sugar in My Bowl
- Freddie King – I’m Tore Down
- Guitar Slim – The Things That I Used To Do
- Little Milton – Walking the Backstreets
- Sonny Terry – Walkin My Blues Away
- Big Joe Turner – Flip, Flop and Fly
- Soloman Burke – Cry to Me
Disc: 2
- B. B. King – Rock Me Baby
- Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign
- Chuck Berry – Reelin’ & Rockin’
- J. J. Cale – Cocaine
- Elmore James – Dust My Broom
- Robert Johnson – Sweet Home Chicago
- Ramsey Lewis – Wade in the Water
- Roscoe Holcomb – Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
- Blind Willie Johnson – Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
- Sonny Boy Williamson – Fattening Frogs For Snakes
- John Fahey – Sunflower River Blues
- Billie Holiday – God Bless The Child
- Ruth Brown – 5
- Memphis Minnie – Looking The World Over
- Lowell Fulson – Reconsider Baby
- Little Walter – My Babe
- Jimmy Reed – Bright Lights, Big City
- Jimmy McCracklin – The Walk
- Memphis Slim – Mother Earth
- Big Maceo Merriweather – Worried Life Blues
Disc: 3
- James Brown and the Famous Flames – Messing with the Blues
- Jimmy Reed – Take Out Some Insurance
- Bo Diddley – Before You Accuse Me
- Ray Charles – I Can’t Stop Loving You
- Fats Domino – Blueberry Hill
- Lee Hazlewood – If It’s Monday Morning
- John Hammond – I’ve Got Love If You Want It
- Bukka White – Fixin To Die Blues
- Robert Lockwood Jr – Little Boy Blue
- Eric Bibb – With My Maker I Am One
- Scrapper Blackwell – Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
- Mississippi John Hurt – Candy Man Blues
- Eddie Boyd – Third Degree
- Jimmy Rogers – Walking by Myself
- Slimp Harpo – I’m A King Bee
- Big Joe Williams – Baby Please Don’t Go
- Otis Spann – Someday
- Sonny Terry – Better Day
- Dinah Washington – Back Water Blues
- Lightnin Hopkins – Mojo Hand
Disc: 4
- Gary Moore – Still Got The Blues
- Steppenwolf – The Pusher
- John Lee Hooker – One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
- Freddie King – Going Down
- Eddie Taylor – Ride ‘Em On Down
- Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle
- T – Bone Walker
- Willie Dixon – Back Door Man
- Big Maybelle – So Good To My Baby
- Lowell Fulsom – Tramp
- Dale Hawkins – Suzie Q
- Terry Evans – Get Your Lies Straight
- Clarence Frogman – Ain’t Got No Homes
- John Fahey – Sligo River Blues
- Big Bill Broonzy – Get Back
- Skip James – Devil’s Got My Woman
- Jimmy and Walter – Easy
- Pops Staples – I Shall Not Be Moved
- Champion Jack Dupree – Junker’s Blues
- Ray Charles, Betty Carter – Goodbye / We’ll Be Together Again