Blues Greatest (1996)

About this title: MCA Special Products' Blues Greatest culls ten highlights from their vaults, including cuts from various labels, such as Chess, they've acquired over the years. During that time, they've amassed one of the best blues catalogs around, as the roster of Blues Greatest attests. Over the course of ten tracks, strong songs (not necessarily hits) from Albert Collins ("Don't Lose Your Cool"), Lowell Fulson ("Reconsider Baby"), John Lee Hooker ("I'm in the Mood"), Buddy Guy ("Stone Crazy"), B.B. King ("Philadelphia"), Koko Taylor ("Wang Dang Doodle"), Little Milton ("We're Gonna Make It"), Bobby Bland ... read more

Tracks:

1. Don't Lose Your Cool [Collins]
2. Reconsider Baby [Fulson]
3. I'm in the Mood [Besman/Hooker]
4. Stone Crazy [Guy]
5. Philadelphia [Crawford]
6. Wang Dang Doodle [Dixon]
7. Good to Me [Redding/Dollison]
8. Do What You Set Out to Do [Malone]
9. We're Gonna Make It [Barge/Miner/Smith]
10. Walking the Blues [Dixon]

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