Best of the Vanguard Years (1998)

About this title: Best of the Vanguard Years collects Junior Wells' material from the Chicago! The Blues! Today! various-artists series, live and studio tracks from the albums It's My Life, Baby! and Comin' at You, and a smattering of rare and/or unreleased cuts. As a Wells retrospective, it's irredeemably incomplete, covering as it does his output for only one label, but the fine-quality material does make it an engaging listen, and it may be a good way for some collectors to plug holes in their Wells discographies. Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Tracks:

1. Help Me [Bass/Williamson]
2. It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong) [James]
3. Messin' With the Kid [London]
4. Vietcong Blues [Wells]
5. All Night Long (Rock Me Baby) [Wells]
6. It's My Life, Baby [Robey/Washington]
7. It's So Sad to Be Lonely
8. Country Girl [King]
9. Stormy Monday Blues [Crowder/Eckstine/Hi]
10. Shake It Baby [Guy/Wells]
11. Checking on My Baby [Wells]
12. Early in the Morning [Traditional]
13. (I Got A) Stomach Ache [Guy/Wells]
14. Look How Baby
15. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man [Dixon]
16. Slow, Slow [Wells/Guy]
17. Shotgun Blues [Williamson]
18. You Know That I Know

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