Blues Breakers!

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

3 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase.

Cat# / Barcode (CD 1): KBOX 320A / 8712155018343
Cat# / Barcode (CD 2): KBOX 320B / 8712155018350
Cat# / Barcode (CD 3): KBOX 320C / 8712155018367

Annotation last modified on 2025-07-15 23:19 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Smokestack Lightnin’
recording of:
Smokestack Lightning
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Howlin’ Wolf3:07
2Boom Boom
producer:
Calvin Carter
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano:
Joe Hunter (of the Motown "Funk Brothers" studio ensemble)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Universal Recording Corporation, Studio B in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-10-26)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463)
recording of:
Boom Boom (on 1961-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
John Lee Hooker3.32:30
3Baby Please Don’t Go
recording of:
Baby Please Don't Go
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music MV GmbH (music publishing)
version of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
Muddy Waters53:16
4It’s My Own Fault Baby
recording of:
It's My Own Fault Baby
writer:
Riley B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
MCA Music Entertainment GmbH
B.B. King3:37
5Standing at the Crossroads
recording of:
Standing at the Crossroads
writer:
Elmore James and Joe Josea
Elmore James2:48
6Born Blind
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1957-09)
double bass [bass]:
Willie Dixon (in 1957-09)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Below (in 1957-09)
guitar:
Robert Lockwood (in 1957-09) and Luther Tucker (in 1957-09)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (in 1957-09)
piano:
Otis Spann (in 1957-09)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (in 1957-09)
recording of:
Born Blind (in 1957-09)
writer:
Rice Miller (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:33
7John Lee Boogie
recording of:
John Lee Boogie
writer:
John Mayall
John Mayall3:13
8Confessin’ the Blues
recording of:
Confessin’ the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
Little Walter3:05
9Can’t Hold On
producer:
Johnny Otis
cover recording of:
I Can’t Hold Out (aka “Talk to Me Baby”)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
writer:
W. Jacobs
previously attributed to:
Elmore James
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corporation (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
Canned Heat2:27
10I’m Crying
Memphis Slim3:16
11Don’t You Lie to Me
Mike Bloomfield3:30
12Freight Loader
recording of:
Freight Loader
writer:
Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Eric Clapton2:47
13Out of Sight
Johnny Winter2:23
14With a Little Help From My Friends
cover recording of:
With a Little Help From My Friends
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
ATV (Northern Songs Catalog), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd. (, in 1967), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) (from 1967 to present)
Santana14:07
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