Compil. US 2008 on Double Play label
Blues (Piano Blues)
"22 Tracks Over One Hour." Tracks 1 to 10 are Candid recordings, made in New York City, January 16,1961. Tracks 11 to 22 were recorded in Chicago in 1961 and previously released as The World's Foremost Blues Singer (Strand SL 1046).
![]() | Memphis Slim p, voc, 1915-1988 US vocals, piano, album by, written by |
![]() | John Calvin sax, alto saxophone, uncredited |
![]() | Sam Chatmon voc, b, bass, uncredited |
![]() | Billie Stepney dr, US drums, uncredited |
![]() | Arbee Stidham g, voc, 1917-1988 US guitar, uncredited, vocals, uncredited |
![]() | Matt Murphy g, *1929 US guitar, uncredited |
![]() | Jazz Gillum voc, h, 1904-1966 US harmonica, uncredited |
![]() | Johnny Board ts, as, 1919-1989 US tenor saxophone, uncredited |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | 4.00 Blues | Memphis Slim | Memphis Slim | 3:31 |
2 | Trouble In Mind | Memphis Slim | Richard M. Jones | 3:10 |
3 | Worried Life Blues | Memphis Slim | Maceo Merriweather | 2:29 |
4 | Cow Cow Blues | Memphis Slim | Cow Cow Davenport | 3:31 |
5 | Lonesome In My Bedroom | Memphis Slim | 3:39 | |
6 | Diggin' My Potatoes | Memphis Slim | 2:05 | |
7 | In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down | Memphis Slim | Huddie Ledbetter | 3:35 |
8 | Blue & Disgusted | Memphis Slim | Memphis Slim | 3:32 |
9 | Miss Ida Bea | Memphis Slim | Roosevelt Sykes | 4:05 |
10 | I'll Take Her To Chicago | Memphis Slim | 1:44 | |
11 | Lonesome | Memphis Slim | Peter Chatman | 2:24 |
12 | Cold Blooded Woman | Memphis Slim | Peter Chatman | 3:35 |
13 | One Man's Mad | Memphis Slim | Peter Chatman | 2:48 |
14 | Let The Good Times Roll Creole | Memphis Slim | J. Leslie McFarland | 2:33 |
15 | What Is The Mare Rack? | Memphis Slim | Peter Chatman | 2:59 |
16 | Pigalle Love | Memphis Slim | Peter Chatman | 2:21 |
17 | Four Walls | Memphis Slim | George Campbell, Marvin Moore | 2:47 |
18 | It's Been Too Long | Memphis Slim | 2:33 | |
19 | Big Bertha | Memphis Slim | Alan Blaikley, Barry Mason, Ken Howard | 2:10 |
20 | I'm Lost Without You | Memphis Slim | Peter Chatman | 2:02 |
21 | I'll Just Keep On Singing' The Blues | Memphis Slim | Peter Chatman | 2:45 |
22 | True Love | Memphis Slim | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | 3:02 |