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Various - The Great Blues Men (1972) - VG+ 2 LP Record 1976 Vanguard USA Vinyl - Piedmont Blues / Chicago Blues / Delta Blues - Shuga Records
Various - The Great Blues Men (1972) - VG+ 2 LP Record 1976 Vanguard USA Vinyl - Piedmont Blues / Chicago Blues / Delta Blues - Shuga Records
Various - The Great Blues Men (1972) - VG+ 2 LP Record 1976 Vanguard USA Vinyl - Piedmont Blues / Chicago Blues / Delta Blues - Shuga Records

Various - The Great Blues Men (1972) - VG+ 2 LP Record 1976 Vanguard USA Vinyl - Piedmont Blues / Chicago Blues / Delta Blues

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Various  The Great Blues Men

 

Label:

Vanguard – VSD 25/26

Format:

2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo, Pitman Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

1976

Genre:

Blues

Style:

Country Blues, Chicago Blues, Texas Blues, Delta Blues, Piedmont Blues

Tracklist


A1 Homesick James Set A Date
Bass  Willie Dixon
Drums  Frank Kirkland
2:44
A2 John Lee Hooker Dusty Road
Written-By  John Lee Hooker
3:05
A3 Sleepy John Estes Corinna
Harmonica, Jug  Hammy Nixon*
Mandolin  Yank Rachel*
2:45
A4 Muddy Waters Nineteen Years Old
Bass  Sonny Wimberley*
Drums  S.P. Leary
Guitar  Luther Johnson, Pee Wee Madison
Harmonica  George Smith (4)
Piano  Otis Spann
Written-By  McKinley Morganfield
4:55
A5 Jesse Fuller San Francisco Bay Blues
Written-By  Jesse Fuller
2:40
A6 Mance Lipscomb Blues In G
Written-By  Mance Lipscomb
3:33
A7 Rev. Gary Davis If I Had My Way (Samson And Delilah)
Written-By  Gary Davis*
3:05
B1 Mississippi John Hurt Moanin' The Blues
Guitar [2nd]  Patrick Sky
3:15
B2 Junior Wells Stormy Monday Blues
Guitar  Buddy Guy
Written-By  Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines, Bob Crowder*
4:19
B3 Johnny Shines Dynaflow Blues
Written-By  J. Shines*
2:35
B4 Son House Empire State Blues
Guitar [2nd]  Al Wilson (2)
Written-By  Son House
3:01
B5 Sonny Terry Mountain Blues 3:04
B6 Joe Turner* & Pete Johnson It's All Right, Baby 2:30
C1 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Key To The Highway
Written-By  Broonzy*, Charles Segar
3:38
C2 Otis Spann Burning Fire 3:15
C3 Lightning Hopkins* Cotton Field Blues 5:36
C4 Big Bill Broonzy Louise, Louise Blues
Written-By  J. Mayo Williams, Johnny Temple (2)
2:55
C5 Johnny Young (3) Tighten Up On It
Written-By  Johnny Young (3)
3:06
C6 James Cotton Ain't Nobody's Business 3:23
D1 Jimmy Rushing How Long, How Long Blues
Written-By  Leroy Carr
4:45
D2 Skip James Cypress Grove Blues
Written-By  Skip James
4:10
D3 J.B. Hutto Please Help
Written-By  Hutto*
2:52
D4 Fred McDowell Fred's Rambling Blues 2:05
D5 Ida Cox Four Day Creep
Bass  W. Page*
Drums  J. Jones*
Guitar  F. Greene*
Piano  J.P. Johnson*
Tenor Saxophone  Lester Young
Trombone  Dickie Wells
Trumpet  Buck Clayton
Written-By  Ida Cox
3:25
D6 Robert Pete Williams On My Way From Texas 3:43
D7 Otis Rush It's A Mean Old World 2:22

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗  Vanguard Recording Society, Inc.
  • Pressed By  Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

  • Artwork [Collage]  Eric Von Schmidt
  • Design  Jules Halfant
  • Liner Notes  Leroy J. Pierson*
  • Producer  John Hammond (tracks: B5, B6, C4, D5), Michael Chechik (tracks: D6), Samuel Charters* (tracks: A1, B2, B3, C2, C5, D3, D7)

Notes

Vanguard "wood-grained" label.

(P)1972 Vanguard Recording Society, Inc. Recorded in U.S.A.
Tracks B5, B6, C4, and D5 recorded live in 1938.
Tracks C3, D4, and D6 recorded live in 1964.
Tracks A1, B2, C2, C5, D3, and D7 recorded in 1965.

Gatefold cover.

Track listing, labels:
A7 - If I Had My Way
D5 - Four Dar Creep

Runouts: variant 1 stamped, side B etched; variant 2 all stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Other (Side A catalog number, record 1): VSD-25-A
  • Other (Side B catalog number, record 1): VSD-25-B
  • Other (Side A catalog number, record 2): VSD-26-A
  • Other (Side B catalog number, record 2): VSD-26-B
  • Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): P
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): XSV 223866
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): XSV 223867
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C label): XSV 223868
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D label): XSV 223869
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): XSV223866-1E V SD 25 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): XSV223867-1G V SD 25 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, variant 1): XSV223868-1E V SD 26 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, variant 1): XSV223869-1E V SD 26 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): P XSV223866-1E V SD 25 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): P XSV223867-1E V SD 25 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, variant 2): P XSV223868-1E V SD 26 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, variant 2): XSV223869-1H P V SD 26 B