Artist: Various Artists
Title: Chicago Blues: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Big3 [BT3061]
Genre: Blues
Quality: MP3 320kbps (m3u,scans)
Total Time: 2:47:02
Total Size: 486.429 MB

I can't argue with the part that says "Absolutely Essential", because it is. Lots of hits & classic tracks by Muddy, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, Etta James, Little Walter & others, alongside even more obscure tracks that might be a bit harder to find otherwise. Great sound & a superb collection of classic blues, even if some of it didn't come from Chicago, (John Lee Hooker for one), that is an excellent starting point for a newbie to the blues, as well as being a great collection for those of us that have been blues fans for many years.



CD1
1. Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy
2. Howlin' Wolf – The Red Rooster
3. Sonny Boy Williamson – Fattening Frogs For Snakes
4. Buddy Guy – Sit And Cry (The Blues)
5. Walter Horton – Need My Baby
6. Jimmy Reed – Honest I Do
7. Jimmy Rogers – That's All Right
8. Billy Boy Arnold – I Ain't Got You
9. James Cotton – Cotton Crop Blues
10. Otis Rush – I Can't Quit You Baby
11. Willie Dixon – Pain In My Heart
12. Billy Emerson – If Lovin' Is Believing
13. Eddie Boyd – Five Long Years
14. Junior Wells – Hoodoo Man
15. Willie Mabon – I Don't Know
16. John Brim – Be Careful What You Do
17. Etta James – Spoonful
18. Muddy Waters – Just Make Love To Me (I Just Want To Make Love To You)
19. Willie Mabon – The Seventh Son
20. Elmore James – I Can't Hold Out

CD2
1. Howlin' Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin'
2. John Lee Hooker – Dimples
3. Sonny Boy Williamson – our Funeral And My Trial
4. Buddy Guy – Try To Quit You Baby
5. Little Walter – Last Night
6. Eddie Boyd – 24 Hours
7. Lee Jackson – Fishing In My Pond
8. Jimmy Witherspoon – When The Lights Go Out
9. Otis Rush – All Your Love
10. Junior Wells – Two-Headed Woman
11. Magic Sam – Love Me With A Feeling
12. Howlin' Wolf – Back Door Man
13. Guitar Shorty – You Don't Treat Me Right
14. Willie Dixon – Walkin' The Blues
15. Etta James – I Just Want To Make Love To You
16. Billy Boy Arnold – I Wish You Would
17. Little Willie Foster – Crying The Blues
18. Lowell Fulson – Tollin' Bells
19. Sunnyland Slim – It's You Baby
20. Otis Rush – Keep Me Loving Me Baby

CD3
1. Jimmy Reed – Bright Lights, Big City
2. Muddy Waters – Got My Mojo Working
3. Little Walter – Juke
4. Howlin' Wolf – Wang Dang Doodle
5. Willie Nix – Just Can't Say
6. Junior Wells – Bout The Break Of Day
7. Sonny Boy Williamson – Don't Start Me Talking
8. Lowell Fulson – Do Me Right
9. Muddy Waters – I'm Ready
10. Howlin' Wolf – How Many More Years
11. Jimmy Reed – Hush Hush
12. Magic Sam – All Night Long
13. Junior Wells – I Could Cry
14. Little Walter – My Babe
15. Walter Horton – Have A Good Time
16. Howlin' Wolf – Evil
17. Muddy Waters – I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
18. Eddie Boyd – Third Degree
19. Otis Rush – It Takes Time
20. Jimmy Reed – Big Boss Man