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1	His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) (1997) more music like this by Little Walter add to wishlist As MCA reconfigures their Chess catalog, this 20-track single-disc compilation now takes the place of their original 12-track Best of Little Walter collection, a landmark blues album which had remained in print for over three decades. His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) reprises ten of those seminal tracks (leaving off the echoey "Blue ... see all copies from $7.65! new only from $7.65!
2	The Definitive Collection [Geffen] (2006) more music like this by Muddy Waters add to wishlist There are scores of Muddy Waters compilations out there, and while it might be overreaching a bit to call this 24-track single-disc set definitive, it is still a mighty good selection, including as it does all of Waters' major singles from Chess Records and its Aristocrat Records imprint between the years 1948 and 1964 along with a single track ... see all copies from $11.51! new only from $11.51!
3	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) more music like this by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band add to wishlist Even after his death, Paul Butterfield's music didn't receive the accolades that were so deserved. Outputting styles adopted from Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters among other blues greats, Butterfield became one of the first white singers to rekindle blues music through the course of the mid-'60s. His debut album, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, saw ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $6.50!
4	Come on in This House (1997) more music like this by Junior Wells add to wishlist Junior Wells' penchant for clowning around sometimes conflicts with his craftsmanship, but he's all business on Come on in This House, his most unadulterated blues record since his highly acclaimed Hoodoo Man Blues of more than 30 years vintage. This is what has come to be known as an "unplugged" session -- that is, predominately, although not ... see all copies from $6.55! new only from $12.15!
5	Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy (1999) more music like this by Buddy Guy add to wishlist Buddy Guy revitalized his career when he signed with Silvertone Records in the early '90s. His first album for the label, Damn Right, I've Got the Blues, was a smash success, earning critical acclaim, awards, and sales hand over fist. Prior to that record, he was a legend only among blues fans; afterward, he was a star. Although it was a bit too ... see all copies from $6.07! new only from $6.07!
6	Pure Blues (2001) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist The "pure" in the Pure series initially suggested the unadulterated, soothing dulcet tones of new age in the Pure Moods discs, but as the series took off, Universal Music realized they had a real marketable brand name here, so they decided to use it for different genres. The one thing that all the collections shared was that they were exceptional ... see all copies from $11.08! new only from $11.08!
7	The Anthology: 1947-1972 (2001) more music like this by Muddy Waters add to wishlist There have been countless collections of Muddy Waters' classic Chess material released over the years, but Chess began to whittle down the domestic catalog toward the late '90s. The triple-disc Chess box remained in print, but they added two single-disc collections that each covered a specific period in Waters' career at Chess. Then, in 2001, MCA ... see all copies from $23.99! new only from $23.99!
8	Damn Right, I've Got the Blues [Bonus Tracks] (1991) more music like this by Buddy Guy add to wishlist Grammy-winning comeback set that brought Buddy Guy back to prominence after a long studio hiatus. Too many clichéd cover choices -- "Five Long Years," "Mustang Sally," "Black Night," "There Is Something on Your Mind" -- to earn unreserved recommendation, but Guy's frenetic guitar histrionics ably cut through the superstar-heavy proceedings (Eric ... see all copies from $8.08! new only from $8.08!
9	The Definitive Collection (2007) more music like this by Howlin' Wolf add to wishlist At six foot three and 270 pounds, Chester Burnett was a bear of a man, but his voice, rough and harsh as broken Delta glass, was what really gave him dimension. A powerful blues shouter out of the Charley Patton mold, Burnett (or Howlin' Wolf, as he came to be known) brought a feral fire to his vocals that made him sound like a gale force ... see all copies from $11.55! new only from $11.55!
10	The Chess Box (1990) more music like this by Muddy Waters add to wishlist The Chess Box does not contain all the great music Muddy Waters made. His talent and legacy are too large to be captured in a mere three discs, even one that spans from 1947 to 1972. This means, of course, that his legendary plantation recordings with Alan Lomax are not here, nor is his dynamic late-'70s comeback, Hard Again. But, truth be told, ... see all copies from $27.59! new only from $39.20!
11	Bring 'Em In (2005) more music like this by Buddy Guy add to wishlist Buddy Guy's career and discography have been marked by inconsistency. Especially since his high-profile comeback in the early '90s, it seems he's been all too willing to turn over creative control on his albums, both for better and worse. Even just looking at the covers of those albums bears this out. 1991's Damn Right, I've Got the Blues has him ... see all copies from $6.58! new only from $6.58!
12	At Newport [Bonus Track] (1960) more music like this by Muddy Waters add to wishlist For many back in the early '60s, this was their first exposure to live recorded blues, and it's still pretty damn impressive some 40-plus years down the line. Muddy, with a band featuring Otis Spann, James Cotton, and guitarist Pat Hare, lays it down tough and cool with a set that literally had 'em dancing in the aisles by the set closer, a ... see all copies from $7.65! new only from $7.65!
13	The Chess Box (1991) more music like this by Howlin' Wolf add to wishlist This three-CD box set currently rates as the best -- and most digestible -- overview of Howlin' Wolf's career. Disc one starts with the Memphis sides that eventually brought him to the label, including hits like "How Many More Years," but also compiling unissued sides that had previously only been available on vinyl bootlegs of dubious origin and ... see all copies from $38.90! new only from $38.90!
14	Live (2005) more music like this by The Butterfield Blues Band add to wishlist For the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, this two-LP set proved that it all came down to Butterfield himself and his abilities as a leader in the end. For all of the adulation heaped on Mike Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop, et al., the group was ultimately an extension of Butterfield's abilities as a leader and player, and this set proved that Butterfield ... see all copies from $11.50! new only from $11.50!
15	Fathers and Sons [Expanded] (1969) more music like this by Muddy Waters add to wishlist The resurgence of Chicago-based blues in the mid- to late 1960s came with an entirely new breed of icons to bear the torch. Among them were the decidedly electric Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Joining Muddy Waters (guitar/vocals) and Otis Spann (piano) on the aptly titled Fathers and Sons are three Butterfield Blues Band alumni: Michael Bloomfield ... see all copies from $8.25! new only from $11.93!
16	Breakin' It Up & Breakin' It Down (2007) more music like this by Muddy Waters/Johnny Winter/James Cotton add to wishlist In March 1977, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, and James Cotton did a concert tour together in support of Waters' then-recent Hard Again LP, on which Winter had played guitar (as well as produced) and Cotton had played harmonica. This CD, not released until about 30 years later, has an hour of music drawn from three different shows on the tour. It ... see all copies from $7.59! new only from $7.59!
17	Lightning in a Bottle (2004) more music like this by Original Soundtrack add to wishlist Lightning in a Bottle is the double-disc soundtrack to the documentary film of the same title directed by Antoine Fuqua and shot at a February 7, 2003, concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Billed as a "Salute to the Blues," the show featured veteran blues musicians as well as a younger generation of players and artists either ... see all copies from $10.24! new only from $12.97!
18	Blues Classics: Millennium Collection - 20th Century Masters (2003) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist There is no doubt that all of the tracks on this collection are indeed blues classics. B.B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone," Muddy Waters' "Got My Mojo Working," and Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" are just three of the signature songs found here. With so many blues anthologies on the market, though, this compilation suffers for its brief length, and ... see all copies from $6.93! new only from $6.93!
19	The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions [Deluxe Edition] (1971) more music like this by Howlin' Wolf add to wishlist Although The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions was not a high point in the careers of either Howlin' Wolf or the guest superstars Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Stevie Winwood, and Ringo Starr, it's not as bad as some blues purists make it out to be. This deluxe edition two-CD set pads out the original with an entire disc of previously ... see all copies from $25.36! new only from $25.36!
20	Super Session (1968) more music like this by Michael Bloomfield/Al Kooper/Steve Stills add to wishlist As the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) had done a year earlier, Super Session (1968) initially ushered in several new phases in rock & roll's concurrent transformation. In the space of mere months, the soundscape of rock shifted radically from two- and three-minute danceable pop songs to comparatively longer works with more ... see all copies from $3.08! new only from $28.74!
21	Blues Masters, Vol. 8: Mississippi Delta Blues (1993) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist The title for this volume is a bit of a misnomer. While there is easily half a compilation's worth of authentic acoustic material here (including classics by Tommy Johnson, Charley Patton, Willie Brown, and Robert Johnson), the inclusion of tracks by B.B. and Albert King and recorded in Chicago sides by Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James and Robert ... see all copies from $8.71! new only from $8.71!
22	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics (1993) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics features seminal and classic tracks from Elmore James ("Dust My Broom"), Muddy Waters ("Honey Bee"), and Hound Dog Taylor to modern-day disciples like Johnny Winter and Ry Cooder. Blind Willie Johnson's "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" is worth the price of admission alone. ~ Cub Koda, All ... see all copies from $11.08! new only from $11.08!
23	Hoodoo Man Blues [Bonus Tracks] (1965) more music like this by Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band add to wishlist One of the truly classic blues albums of the 1960s, and one of the first to fully document the smoky ambience of a night at a West Side nightspot in the superior acoustics of a recording studio. Wells just set up with his usual cohorts -- guitarist Buddy Guy (billed as "Friendly Chap" on first vinyl pressings), bassist Jack Myers, and drummer ... see all copies from $17.92! new only from $17.92!
24	King of the Electric Blues (1997) more music like this by Muddy Waters add to wishlist The first 20-bit remastering of any of Muddy's late career work for Johnny Winter's Blue Sky label is of considerable interest. The fact that, in the wake of the earlier Blues Sky best-of disc, there's enough material to do another 60-minute-plus collection, also speaks well for this catalog. The clarity of the Super Bit Mapping audio brings out a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.66!
25	Chess Blues Classics: 1957-1967 (1997) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist This second volume of a two-volume entry in MCA's Chess 50th Anniversary reissue series chronicles the second decade of blues classics produced by the landmark company. Although Chess' big four (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, and Sonny Boy Williamson) are all finely represented, influential sides by Elmore James ("Madison Blues"), Otis ... see all copies from $5.75! new only from $6.93!

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