New Blues Hits (1997)

About this title: This 18-track sampler from Bullseye Blues runs through a spate of 1996-1997 vintage releases to cobble together a nice selection from some of the label's better-known artists. Kicking off with the Persuasions' "Life Is Like a Ballgame" (in keeping with the baseball cover art motif), selected highlights from Smokin' Joe Kubek ("Can't See for Lookin'"), Magic Dick & Jay Geils & Bluestime ("Hot Leftover No. 1" and "Hot Leftover No. 3"), Eddy Clearwater ("Mean Case of the Blues"), Ruth Brown and Johnny Adams ("I Don't Know"), Jumpin' Johnny Sansone ("The Talkin' Is Over [The Walkin' Has Begun]"), ... read more

Tracks:

1. Life Is a Ballgame [Carr]
2. Can't See for Lookin' [Kubek/King]
3. You Don't Drink What I Drink [Wilson]
4. Trombone Porky [Smith]
5. Hot Leftover No. 1
6. Running Out of Time [Vachon]
7. Promised Land [Holmes]
8. No Use Talkin' [Bullens/Beghe]
9. The Talkin' Is over (The Walkin' Has Begun) [Sansone]
10. Longwallin' [Boyack]
11. Check Out Yourself [Jones]
12. Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Whittaker]
13. Hot Leftover No. 3
14. I Need Time [Jones]
15. One Foot in the Blues [Penn/Barnett/Whitse]
16. Soldier for the Blues [Turner]
17. I Don't Know [Benton/Stevenson]
18. Mean Case of the Blues [Harrington]

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