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07/29/1996
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All Music Guide Review
Blues Classics is a three-disc box set that attempts to tell the history of the blues over the course of its 72 tracks. In a way, it does offer a good sampler. Drawing from tracks recorded between 1927 and 1969, many major artists are featured: Muddy Wateres, Howlin' Wolf, Roosevelt Sykes, B.B. King, Lonnie Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Bobby Bland, Etta James and John Lee Hooker are all featured, among many others. The catch is, several very, very important figures didn't make the cut -- there's no Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Magic Sam, etc. -- even it is probably because of legal rights. Furthermore, the selected tracks aren't always the best choices. Neverthless, Blues Classics does contain a lot of excellent performances and, in its own way, offers a good introduction to genre for neophytes, even if it is bound to frustrate collectors. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Blues Classics (MCA) Track Listing
Credits of Blues Classics (MCA)
- Charlie Pickett
- Guitar, Vocals
- Billy Mackel
- Guitar
- Walter Martin
- Drums
- Robert Lee McCoy
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Hugh McCracken
- Guitar
- Andy McKaie
- Producer
- Jack Meyers
- Bass
- Gene Miller
- Trumpet
- Frank Mitchell
- Trumpet
- Paul Monday
- Piano
- Muddy Waters
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Bob Neely
- Sax (Tenor)
- Floyd Newman
- Saxophone
- Jim O'Neal
- Photography
- Hot Lips Page
- Trumpet
- Junior Parker
- Performer
- Earl Phillips
- Drums
- Big Walter Price
- Vocals, Performer
- Milton Rector
- Bass
- Eddie Roane
- Trumpet
- Ikey Robinson
- Guitar
- Arnold Rogers
- Sax (Tenor)
- Jimmy Rogers
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Otis Rush
- Guitar, Performer, Vocals
- Hamp Simmons
- Bass
- Otis Spann
- Piano
- Andrew Stephenson
- Bass
- Bill Szymczyk
- Producer
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Performer
- Arnold Thomas
- Piano
- Luther Tucker
- Guitar
- Aaron Varnell
- Saxophone
- Percy Walker
- Drums
- Murray Watson
- Trumpet
- Devonia Williams
- Piano
- Sonny Boy Williamson
- Performer
- Albert Winston
- Bass
- Bert de Coteaux
- Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey
- Piano
- Georgia White
- Piano, Performer, Vocals
- Johnny Pate
- Producer
- Carl Adams
- Trumpet
- Floyd Arceneaux
- Trumpet
- L.A. Hill
- Sax (Tenor)
- Odie Turner
- Piano
- Chick Booth
- Drums
- Little Sax Crowder
- Sax (Tenor)
- Roger Dawkins
- Drums
- Phillip Gibeaux
- Saxophone
- George Guy
- Guitar, Vocals
- Fats Morris
- Trombone
- Dewey Oldham
- Organ, Piano
- Timothy Overton
- Sax (Tenor)
- Johnny Perry
- Drums
- Charles Brooks
- Piano
- Bertha "Chippie" Hill
- Performer
- Herman Parker
- Vocals
- Oscar Woods
- Guitar, Performer, Vocals
- David Gahr
- Photography
- Bill Hall
- Producer
- John "Jabo" Starks
- Drums
- Kansas Joe McCoy
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Georgia Tom
- Vocals, Performer
- Ray Flerlage
- Photography
- Artie Starks
- Clarinet
- Geary Chansley
- Photo Research
- Teddy Reynolds
- Piano
- Meire Murakami
- Producer, Design
- Tommy Nevue
- Trumpet
- Vernon Slater
- Sax (Tenor)
- Lou Zito
- Producer
- George Jones
- Drums
- Brian Smith
- Photography
- Lionel Hampton & His Septet
- Performer
- Sonny Turner
- Trumpet
- Charlie Harris
- Bass
- Wild Bill Davis
- Piano, Arranger
- Tampa Red
- Performer
- James Booker
- Piano
- Gene Barge
- Saxophone
- Black Ace
- Performer
- Walter Brown
- Vocals, Performer
- Choker Campbell
- Saxophone
- Sam Lay
- Drums
- Andrew McMahon
- Bass
- Jody Williams
- Guitar
- Cecil Gant
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
- Robert Lockwood, Jr.
- Guitar
- Robert Wilkins
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Gene Ramey
- Bass
- Wellman Braud
- Bass
- Mary Katherine Aldin
- Producer, Liner Notes
- Lil Armstrong
- Piano
- Jerome Arnold
- Maracas
- Theodore Arthur
- Sax (Tenor)
- Alex Atkins
- Sax (Alto)
- Carl Banks
- Organ
- Duke Barker
- Drums
- Dallas Bartley
- Bass
- Lefty Bates
- Guitar
- Jimmy Beck
- Saxophone
- Leard Bell
- Drums
- Fred Below
- Drums
- Wayne Bennett
- Guitar
- Milton Bland
- Trombone
- Bo Diddley
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Johnny Board
- Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
- Abe Bolar
- Bass
- Henry Boozier
- Trumpet
- Skippy Brooks
- Piano
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Guitar
- Johnny Brown
- Guitar
- John Browning
- Trumpet
- Lawrence Burdine
- Sax (Alto)
- Clifford Burks
- Sax (Tenor)
- Howlin' Wolf
- Performer
- Eddie Byrd
- Drums
- Leonard Caston
- Guitar
- Charles Chalmers
- Saxophone
- Leonard Chess
- Producer
- Phil Chess
- Producer
- Shirley Clay
- Cornet
- John Collins
- Guitar
- Donald Cooks
- Bass
- Leroy Cooper
- Bass
- Wendell Culley
- Trumpet
- Rayfield Davers
- Sax (Baritone)
- Pluma Davis
- Trombone
- David Dean
- Saxophone
- Hobart Dotson
- Trumpet
- Paul Drake
- Piano
- Al Duncan
- Drums
- Alfred Elkins
- Bass
- Elgin Evans
- Drums
- Mike Fink
- Design
- Fred Ford
- Sax (Baritone)
- Sonny Freeman
- Drums
- Barry Galbraith
- Guitar
- Grady Gaines
- Sax (Tenor)
- Jarrett Gibson
- Sax (Tenor)
- A.G. Godley
- Drums
- Rick Hall
- Producer
- Donald Hankins
- Saxophone, Sax (Baritone)
- Pat Hare
- Guitar
- Paul Harris
- Keyboards
- Bill Harvey
- Sax (Tenor)
- Henry Hayes
- Sax (Alto)
- Herbert Henderson
- Drums
- Milt Hinton
- Bass
- Carl Hogan
- Guitar
- David Hood
- Bass
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Performer
- Barney Hubert
- Sax (Baritone)
- Bill Inglot
- Remixing
- Aaron Izenhall
- Trumpet
- Clifton James
- Drums
- Duke Jethro
- Organ
- Gus Johnson
- Drums
- Jimmy Johnson
- Guitar
- Ray Johnson
- Bass
- K.C. Jones
- Drums
- Charley Jordan
- Bass, Guitar
- Hosea Lee Kennard
- Piano
- B.B. King
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- King Kolax
- Trumpet
- Ernest Lane
- Piano
- Leo Lauchie
- Bass
- Lafayette Leake
- Organ, Piano
- Pete "Guitar" Lewis
- Guitar
- John Lindsay
- Bass
- Carl Lott
- Bass
- Buster Bailey
- Clarinet
- Arnett Cobb
- Sax (Tenor)
- Albert Collins
- Performer
- Lionel Hampton
- Vibraphone
- Pete Johnson
- Piano
- Louis Jordan
- Performer
- Jay McShann
- Piano, Performer
- Dinah Washington
- Vocals, Performer
- Charlie Shavers
- Trumpet
- Herbie Fields
- Sax (Alto)
- Pinetop Smith
- Performer
- Billy Boy Arnold
- Harmonica
- Kokomo Arnold
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Scrapper Blackwell
- Guitar
- Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Vocals, Performer
- Eddie Boyd
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
- Leroy Carr
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
- James Cotton
- Harmonica
- Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport
- Performer
- Larry Davis
- Bass, Vocals, Performer
- Willie Dixon
- Bass, Vocals, Producer
- Sleepy John Estes
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Blind Boy Fuller
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Lowell Fulson
- Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Performer
- Buddy Guy
- Guitar, Performer
- John Lee Hooker
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Alberta Hunter
- Vocals, Performer
- Etta James
- Vocals, Performer
- Lonnie Johnson
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Furry Lewis
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Little Walter
- Performer
- Memphis Minnie
- Performer
- Memphis Slim
- Performer
- Robert Nighthawk
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Hammie Nixon
- Harmonica
- Johnny Otis
- Vibraphone
- Fenton Robinson
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Hubert Sumlin
- Guitar
- Roosevelt Sykes
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
- Koko Taylor
- Vocals, Performer
- Big Mama Thornton
- Vocals, Performer
- Big Joe Turner
- Vocals
- Peetie Wheatstraw
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
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