Blues with a Feeling (1995)

About this title: A 40-song double CD of material that didn't appear on The Essential Little Walter. Much of this is pretty rare, having only appeared on long unavailable singles or hard-to-get import LPs; almost a dozen, in fact, had not previously been officially released anywhere. Its appeal isn't limited to collectors, though. Anyone who likes a Little Walter greatest-hits anthology will like this almost as much, including as it does some excellent performances ("Flying Saucer," "Teenage Beat," "Who," "Crazy for My Baby," "Thunderbird") that don't appear on The Essential Little Walter. The dozen or so ... read more

Tracks:

1. Juke [Alternate Take] [Little Walter]
2. Can't Hold Out Much Longer [Alternate Take] [Little Walter]
3. Blue Midnight [Alternate Take] [Little Walter]
4. Fast Boogie [Alternate Take] [Little Walter]
5. Drifting [Brown/Moore/William]
6. Tonight With a Fool [Little Walter]
7. That's It [Little Walter]
8. Blues With a Feeling [Alternate Take] [Little Walter]
9. My Kind of Baby [Little Walter]
10. Last Boogie [Little Walter]
11. Come Back Baby [Little Walter]
12. I Love You So (Oh Baby) [Little Walter]
13. Big Leg Mama [Little Walter]
14. Mercy Babe (My Babe) [Dixon]
15. Thunderbird [Little Walter]
16. Crazy for My Baby [Dixon]
17. Can't Stop Lovin' You [Little Walter]
18. Who [Dixon]
19. Flying Saucer [Little Walter]
20. Teenage Beat [Little Walter]
21. Temperature [Alternate Take] [Little Walter]
22. Shake Dancer [Little Walter]
23. Ah'w Baby [Alternate Take] [Little Walter]
24. Rock Bottom [Alternate Take] [Little Walter]
25. You Gonna Be Sorry (Someday Baby) [Little Walter]
26. Baby [Little Walter]
27. My Baby Is Sweeter [Alternate Take] [Dixon]
28. Crazy Mixed up World [Alternate Take] [Dixon]
29. Worried Life Blues [Merriweather]
30. Everything's Gonna Be Alright [Alternate Take] [Little Walter]
31. Mean Old Frisco [Alternate Take] [Crudup]
32. One of These Mornings [Little Walter]
33. Blue and Lonesome [Alternate Take] [Little Walter]
34. Me and Piney Brown [Little Walter]
35. Break It Up [Little Walter]
36. Goin' Down Slow [Oden]
37. You're Sweet [Little Walter]
38. You Don't Know [Little Walter]
39. I'm a Business Man [Dixon/Emerson]
40. Chicken Shack [Little Walter]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.