Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-68

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Annotation

Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, 1959-68.

Annotation last modified on 2014-10-07 05:03 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD: Delta Blues
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Sliding Delta live recording of: Sliding Delta lyricist and composer: Mississippi John Hurt	Mississippi John Hurt		3:31
2	Candy Man live recording of: Candy Man Blues composer: Reverend Gary Davis and Mississippi John Hurt	Mississippi John Hurt		2:33
3	Coffee Blues	Mississippi John Hurt		2:54
4	Stagolee	Mississippi John Hurt		3:22
5	Here I Am Lord Send Me	Mississippi John Hurt		3:54
6	Pallet on Your Floor live recording of: Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: The Master Book of American Folk Song (number: 1327) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13930)	Mississippi John Hurt		3:20
7	Devil Got My Woman live recording of: Devil Got My Woman lyricist and composer: Skip James (in 1931) publisher: Wynwood Music Company Inc	Skip James		3:20
8	Hard Time Killing Floor Blues live recording of: Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues lyricist and composer: Skip James publisher: Wynwood Music Company Inc	Skip James		2:21
9	Preaching Blues	Son House		3:53
10	Death Letter Blues recorded in: Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1965-07-22) recorded at: Newport Folk Festival 1965 (1965-07-22 – 1965-07-25) live recording of: Death Letter Blues (Son House) writer: Son House	Son House		4:01
11	Empire State Express live recording of: Empire State Express writer: Son House	Son House		3:52
12	Son Blues	Son House		6:33
13	Aberdeen Mississippi Blues live recording of: Aberdeen Mississippi Blues lyricist and composer: Bukka White	Bukka White		4:51
14	Louise	Mississippi Fred McDowell		2:40
15	If the River Was Whiskey	Mississippi Fred McDowell		2:37
16	Walkin' Blues live recording of: Walking Blues lyricist and composer: Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) publisher: King of Spades Music and Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.	Muddy Waters		4:06
17	I Can't Be Satisfied live recording of: I Can’t Be Satisfied lyricist and composer: Muddy Waters (blues musician) publisher: Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music (music publishing) and Watertoons Music	Muddy Waters		3:22

2▼CD: Country Blues
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Levee Camp Blues	Robert Pete Williams		5:22
2	Midnight Boogie	Robert Pete Williams		3:26
3	On My Way From Texas	Robert Pete Williams		3:52
4	Freddie	Mance Lipscomb		1:53
5	So Different Blues recorded at: Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (from 1965-07-22 until 1965-07-25) live recording of: So Different Blues (from 1965-07-22 until 1965-07-25) lyricist and composer: Mance Lipscomb publisher: Tradition Music Co. recording of: So Different Blues lyricist and composer: Mance Lipscomb publisher: Tradition Music Co.	Mance Lipscomb		2:33
6	God Moves on the Water live recording of: God Moves on the Water lyricist and composer: Blind Willie Johnson	Mance Lipscomb		2:36
7	San Francisco Bay Blues live recording of: San Francisco Bay Blues lyricist and composer: Jesse Fuller	Jesse Fuller		2:49
8	I Double Double Do Love You	Jesse Fuller		2:45
9	Samson & Delilah live recording of: Samson and Delilah lyricist: [traditional] (special purpose artist) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis version of: If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down recording of: Samson and Delilah lyricist: [traditional] (special purpose artist) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis version of: If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down	Reverend Gary Davis		3:37
10	I Won't be Back No More	Reverend Gary Davis		3:43
11	The Train Is Leaving	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		6:46
12	Drink Muddy Water	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		2:53
13	Long Gone	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		3:00
14	Key to the Highway live recording of: Key to the Highway writer: Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar (blues pianist and occasional singer) publisher: Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		3:53
15	My Baby Done Changed	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		2:42
16	Clean up at Home	Sleepy John Estes		3:00

3▼CD: Urban Blues
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite	Lightnin’ Hopkins		3:08
2	Baby Please Don't Go live recording of: Baby, Please Don’t Go lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) publisher: EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) version of: Another Man Done Gone	Lightnin’ Hopkins		2:47
3	Shake That Thing live recording of: Shake That Thing lyricist and composer: Charlie Jackson publisher: Paul Rodriguez Holdings	Lightnin’ Hopkins		1:44
4	Tupelo live recording of: Tupelo lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)	John Lee Hooker		3:15
5	Bus Station Blues	John Lee Hooker		3:17
6	Let's Make It live recording of: Let’s Make It lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) publisher: Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	John Lee Hooker		2:41
7	Great Fire of Natchez	John Lee Hooker		4:58
8	Boom Boom live recording of: Boom Boom lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) publisher: Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.	John Lee Hooker		3:01
9	I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby live cover recording of: I Can’t Quit You Baby lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Hoochie Coochie Music live cover recording of: Stop Now Baby lyricist and composer: Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)	John Lee Hooker		2:34
10	How Long	Memphis Slim		3:25
11	Black Cat Crossed My Path	Memphis Slim		2:48
12	Harlem Bound	Memphis Slim		1:39
13	"Piano Instrumental"	Memphis Slim		2:13
14	Blow Wind Blow live recording of: Blow Wind Blow lyricist and composer: McKinley Morganfield (blues musician) publisher: Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music, Inc. and Watertoons Music	Muddy Waters & Otis Spann		3:11
15	Flood live recording of: Flood writer: Muddy Waters (blues musician)	Muddy Waters & Otis Spann		4:51
16	See See Rider live recording of: See See Rider Blues lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10056)	The Chambers Brothers		3:24
17	Blues With a Feeling live recording of: Blues With a Feeling (Little Walter version) lyricist and composer: Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter) is based on: Blues With a Feeling (original Rabon Tarrant / Jack McVea version)	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band		3:58
18	Born in Chicago live recording of: Born in Chicago lyricist and composer: Nick Gravenites (singer, guitarist and songwriter)	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band		4:06

Credits

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design/illustration:	Meredith Steele
photography:	Ray Flerlage (photographer) David Gahr (photographer)
liner notes:	John Milward
engineer:	Jeff Zaraya
producer:	Tom Vickers

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/2536922 [info]
ASIN:	US: B00005AKJG [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 015707019323
Format:: 3×CD
Length:: 2:52:59

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation + Live
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Vanguard
193/95-2

Release events

United States
2001

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