The Mercury Blues ’n’ Rhythm Story 1945–1955
Various Artists
Release: 24 Sep 1996 United States,
Language: English,
Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD,
Tracks: 211,
Length: 9:55:37,
Barcode: 731452829221
Release type: Album - Compilation
Contents
CD #1
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1
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It’s Just the Blues
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3:30
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2
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Bedroom Blues
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3:16
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3
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Buzz Me
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3:04
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4
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My Baby Left Me
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2:55
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5
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Come Back to Me Baby Blues
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3:08
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6
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She Is Going to Ruin Me
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2:57
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7
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Joy Juice
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2:50
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8
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If It’s Good
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2:56
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9
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Show Me Missouri Blues
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3:02
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10
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Dream Lucky Blues
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3:06
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11
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Doin’ the Boogie Woogie
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2:51
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12
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Suitcase Blues
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2:53
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13
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Tell Your Best Friend Nothing
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2:20
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14
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Railroad Porter’s Blues
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2:49
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15
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Gonna Send You Where I Got You From
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2:26
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16
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Hold That Money
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2:26
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17
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I’m in My Sins This Morning
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2:39
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18
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Booted
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2:45
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19
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Long John Blues
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3:14
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20
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(I’m a) Wonderin’ Man
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3:09
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21
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I Love My Whiskey
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3:05
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22
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You’ve Been Mistreating Me
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2:57
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23
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I Stay Blue All the Time
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2:29
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24
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Water Coast Blues
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2:52
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25
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Shame on You Baby
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3:09
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26
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I’m Not Satisfied
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3:21
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CD #2
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1
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Mud Kickin’ Woman
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3:01
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2
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Everytime I Get to Drinkin’
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2:54
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3
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Train Is Comin’
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2:48
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4
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The Question
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2:56
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5
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I’m a Good Rockin’ Daddy
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2:36
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6
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Drivin’ Me Mad
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2:45
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7
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Never Let Me Love
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2:52
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8
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Train Time
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2:50
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9
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Blue Evening
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2:30
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10
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Get Back (Black, Brown and White)
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3:02
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11
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Willie Mae
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2:50
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12
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I Know She Will
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3:14
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13
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Leavin’ Day
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3:01
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14
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South Bound Train
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2:59
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15
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Tomorrow
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2:51
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16
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You Changed
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2:37
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17
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(I’m Gonna) Dig Myself a Hole
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2:39
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18
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Dust My Broom
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2:41
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19
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Glory for Man
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2:28
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20
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My Daily Wish
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2:41
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21
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No Mail Blues
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2:45
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22
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You’re Gonna Need My Help Someday
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2:50
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23
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Ain’t Nothing but a Child
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2:47
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24
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Brown Skinned Woman
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2:57
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25
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Hit the Road Again
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3:13
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26
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Gin Drinkin’ Baby
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2:59
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27
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Leap Year Blues
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2:37
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CD #3
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1
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Garfield Avenue Boogie
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3:04
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2
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Crown Prince Blues
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2:51
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3
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Shipyard Woman Blues
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3:02
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4
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W.B. Blues
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2:30
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5
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Sloppy Drunk
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2:46
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6
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Lovin’ a Beggar
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2:55
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7
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Miss Lollipop’s Confession
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2:45
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8
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Love Troubles
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3:04
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9
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Baby Get Wise
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2:33
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10
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Byrd’s Blues
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2:48
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11
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Her Mind Is Gone
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2:39
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12
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Bald Head
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2:31
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13
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Hey Now Baby
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2:49
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14
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Oh Well
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2:27
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15
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Boogie’s The Thing
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2:48
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16
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She Won’t Leave No More
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2:26
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17
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Mercury Boogie
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2:38
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18
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Hadacol Bounce
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3:01
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19
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Longhair Stomp
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2:46
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20
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Been Fooling Around
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3:00
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21
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Between the Night and Day (In the Wee Wee Hours)
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2:45
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22
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Streetwalkin Daddy
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2:39
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23
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A Job for a Jockey
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2:28
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24
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Still My Little Angel Child
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2:34
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25
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Cloudy Weather Blues
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3:00
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26
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Sixty Years and a Day
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2:58
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CD #4
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1
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Papa Said Yes, Mama Said No, No, No
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2:30
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2
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I’m From Texas
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2:02
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3
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Sittin’ Here Wonderin’
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3:35
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4
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January 11, 1949 Blues
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2:37
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5
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I Don’t Want No Woman
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3:15
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6
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Louise
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3:07
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7
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I Don’t Like to Travel
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3:08
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8
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Miss Georgia
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3:01
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9
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She’s Always on My Mind
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2:40
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10
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Dirty Mistreater
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2:37
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11
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I’m Looking for My Baby
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2:32
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12
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(All Alone) I Sit and Cry
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2:53
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13
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Six Foot Papa (I’m a Whole Lot of Woman)
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2:31
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14
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Got a Mean Woman
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2:47
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15
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Why Did You Leave Me
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2:52
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16
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Sad News From Korea
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3:08
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17
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Let Me Fly Your Kite
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3:45
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18
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Gone With the Wind
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2:38
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19
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She’s Almost Dead
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3:39
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20
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(In Love With a) Married Woman Blues
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2:55
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21
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Playboy Blues
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2:49
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22
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Cave Man Blues
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3:34
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23
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Million Dollar Blues
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2:38
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24
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Ain’t It a Shame
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3:20
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25
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Crazy ’Bout My Baby
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2:44
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CD #5
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1
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Ernestine
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2:50
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2
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Roll on Katy
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3:05
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3
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Voodoo Woman Blues
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2:36
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4
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I Want a Little Girl
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2:33
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5
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Bar Fly Blues
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2:31
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6
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Please Stop Playing These Blues, Boy
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2:57
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7
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All My Geets Are Gone
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2:34
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8
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Strange Woman Blues
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3:08
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9
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Bowlegged Boogie
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3:06
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10
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He’s the Man (He’s Tall and Cool)
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2:55
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11
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Red Light
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2:58
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12
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When a Man Has the Blues
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2:37
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13
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Lonely Boy Blues
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2:38
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14
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Beer Drinking Baby
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2:38
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15
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What’s Good for One’s Good for All
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2:54
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16
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Kinda Sick, Mostly Worried
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3:04
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17
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Hey Everybody
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2:26
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18
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I’d Rather Be Like a Hermit
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2:40
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19
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High School Baby
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2:51
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20
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West Coast Lover
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2:42
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21
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Dog House Blues
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3:01
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22
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Just Kiss Me Once (And You’ll Be Back)
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2:39
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23
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Worrying Blues
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2:40
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24
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Boogie on the 88
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2:31
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25
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I Only Want Your Love
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3:07
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26
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West Coast Blues
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2:51
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27
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Mama Does the Boogie (Washington Ave. Boogie)
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2:47
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CD #6
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1
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Call Operator 210
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3:09
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2
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Baby Baby Blues
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3:04
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3
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Gypsy Blues
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2:32
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4
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Sugar Sugar
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3:09
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5
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Last Mile
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2:34
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6
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The Candle’s Burning Low
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2:16
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7
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The Love Bug Boogie (That’s the Way It’s Gonna Be)
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2:41
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8
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Brown Skin Butterball
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2:53
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9
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The Game Is Over
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3:06
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10
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Keep Your Hand on Your Heart
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2:48
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11
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Rock Me Baby
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2:43
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12
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Boogie the Blues
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2:46
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13
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House of Blues
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2:41
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14
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I’ll Never Let You Go
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2:45
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15
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Smilin’ blues
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2:29
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16
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Something’s Wrong
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2:15
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17
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Five Long Letters
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2:49
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18
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Unlucky Man
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2:46
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19
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My Baby
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2:29
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20
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Another Sad Night
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2:29
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21
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Feelin’ Mighty Lonesome
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2:48
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22
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I Have Decided
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2:46
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23
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They Were Doing the Mambo
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2:48
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24
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Honeydrippin’ Daddy
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3:05
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25
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Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
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2:54
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26
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In My Neighborhood
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2:48
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27
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Rhythm Rockin’ Blues
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2:42
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CD #7
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1
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Jockey Blues
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2:36
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2
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Cherry Red Blues
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2:48
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3
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Somebody’s Gotta Go
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2:55
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4
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Too Many Women Blues
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2:43
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5
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Just a Dream
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2:54
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6
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I Like to Be Home Blues
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2:38
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7
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Cleanhead Blues
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2:48
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8
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When a Woman Loves Her Juice
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2:57
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9
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Kidney Stew Blues
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2:58
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10
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King for a Day Blues
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3:06
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11
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Old Maid Boogie
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2:47
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12
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Jet Propelled Papa
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2:46
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13
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Hey, Sister Lucy!
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2:39
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14
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When I Get Drunk
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2:42
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15
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Oil Man Blues
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2:48
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16
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Ever‐Ready Blues
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2:45
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17
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Have You Ever Missed Your Baby
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2:46
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18
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Some Women Do
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2:24
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19
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Alimony Blues
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2:25
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20
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I Took the Front Door In (I Took the Backdoor Out)
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2:55
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21
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Record Ban Blues
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3:15
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22
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Good Daddy Blues
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2:24
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23
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Baby Get Lost
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2:51
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24
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Fine Fine Daddy
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2:32
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25
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Please Send Me Someone to Love
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3:01
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26
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Under the Viaduct (In Atlanta G.A.)
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2:49
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27
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Love Is a Sin
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3:08
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CD #8
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1
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Lonely Blues
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2:44
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2
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Body Rocking Daddy
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2:31
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3
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Lovin’ Blues
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2:40
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4
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New Blowtop Blues
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2:37
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5
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Worry, Worry, Worry
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2:17
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6
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Mumbles Blues
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2:36
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7
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Hittin’ on Me
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3:09
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8
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Don’t Give My Good Love Away
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2:48
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9
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Thank You
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2:41
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10
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The Other Side
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2:42
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11
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I’m Just Your Fool
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2:54
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12
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Shut Your Big Mouth (Girl)
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2:56
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13
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Sloppy Daddy Blues
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2:42
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14
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Juicy Lucy
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3:06
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15
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What’s Her Whimsey, Dr. Kinsey
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2:47
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16
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Walk Around the Corner
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2:48
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17
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Short John
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2:53
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18
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This Is All
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2:54
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19
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What That Is
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2:26
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20
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(She Put the) Wamee (On Me)
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3:04
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21
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Well I Tried
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2:35
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22
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Talk About Me
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2:33
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23
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Sweet and Slow
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2:53
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24
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Big John
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2:44
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25
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All Around the World
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2:39
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26
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Woke Up This Morning
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2:53
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Links (2)
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001EH1
Discogs
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https://www.discogs.com/release/4660622