VA - Essential Memphis Blues (2012)

It's very hard to characterize "Memphis blues," even though all blues started at Memphis. This is more delta blues, but still a good collection. Some of what we call "Chicago blues" is more of "toned up" Memphis blues. Not so much of that here, and it should've been included. Also, some of the recordings aren't particularly good.

Tracklist:

CD 1

01. B.B. King - Three O'Clock Blues
02. Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' At Midnight
03. Willie Nix - Riding In The Moonlight
04. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train
05. Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blues
06. Sleepy John Estes - Registration Day Blues
07. Jimmy DeBerry - Take A Little Change
08. Walter Shakey Horton - West Winds Are Blowing
09. Billy Love - You're Gonna Cry
10. Little Milton - If You Love Me
11. Memphis Minnie - New Bumble Bee
12. Joe Hill Louis - We All Gotta Go Sometime
13. Charley Patton - Down The Dirt Road Blues
14. Memphis Jug Band - Sun Brimmer's Blues
15. D.A. Hunt - Greyhound Blues
16. James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby
17. Robert Wilkins - Old Jim Canaan's
18. Doctor Ross Taylor - Mae
19. Rufus Thomas Jr - Walking In The Rain
20. Walter Horton - We All Gotta Go Sometime
21. Lost John Hunter & The Blind Bats - Schoolboy
22. Pearl Dickson - Little Rock Blues
23. Charlie McCoy - Last Time Blues
24. Sleepy John Estes - Rats In My Kitchen
25. Johnny Ace - Follow The Rule

CD2

01. Jimmy DeBerry - Before Long
02. Joe Hill Louis - I Feel Like A Million
03. Eddie Snow - Ain't That Right
04. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
05. Rufus Thomas Jr - Save That Money
06. Memphis Jug Band - K.C. Moan
07. Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years?
08. Sammie Lewis & Willie Johnson - Feel So Worried
09. Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
10. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good
11. Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years
12. Johnny Ace - Ace's Wild
13. Jimmy & Walter - Easy
14. Blind Willie Reynolds - Third Street Woman
15. Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Lovin'
16. Doctor Ross - Little Soldier Boy
17. Allen Shaw - Moanin' The Blues
18. Joe Hill Louis - Boogie In The Park
19. Joe Callicott - Fare Three Well Blues
20. Little Buddy Doyle - Hard Scufflin' Blues
21. Tom Dickson - Death Bell Blues
22. Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
23. Little Milton - Somebody Told Me
24. Charlie Burse - Weed Smoking Mama
25. B.B. King - Everyday I Have The Blues