Tracks The Cobra Records Story
- Little Girl - Little Willie Foster
- If You Were Mine - Otis Rush
- I Don't Care Who Knows [Alternate Version] - Harold Burrage
- This Is the End - Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy
- Eli Toscano Blues [Outtake from Sunnyland Slim Session] - Sunnyland Slim
- You Sure Can't Do - Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy
- Checking on My Baby - Otis Rush
- It Takes Time - Otis Rush
- Rock & Roll Boogie [Alternate Version] - Clouds, Clouds
- Sit and Cry (The Blues) - Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy
- Box Top - Carlson Oliver, Ike Turner
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Look Whatcha Done - Magic Sam
- Try to Quit You Baby - Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy
- Easy Baby [Alternate Version] - Magic Sam
- All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
- She's a Good 'Un - Willie Dixon Band, Otis Rush
- Need My Baby - Big Walter Horton
- Call Me If You Need Me - Willie Dixon Band, Shakey Jake Harris, Shakey Jake
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Roll Your Moneymaker - Willie Dixon Band, Shakey Jake Harris, Shakey Jake
- You Keep on Worrying Me - Jackie Brenston, Ike Turner
- Crying the Blues - Little Willie Foster
- Love Me With a Feeling - Magic Sam
- Highway 61 - Sunnyland Slim
- Sit Down Baby [Alternate Version] - Otis Rush
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Ain't Gonna Cry - Betty Everett
- My Baby's a Good 'Un - Otis Rush
- Just Wailin' [Originally Titled Just Whaling]
- Keep on Loving Me Baby - Otis Rush
- Matchbox - Tommy Hodge, Ike Turner
- I Can't Quit You Baby [Alternate Version] - Otis Rush
- My Love [Alternate Version] - Betty Everett
- Satisfied [Alternate Version] - Harold Burrage
- You've Got to Lose - Jackie Brenston, Ike Turner
- Have a Good Time - Shakey Horton
- I Can't Quit You Baby [Alternate Version] - Otis Rush
- Shake It [Alternate Version][#]
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- 21 Days in Jail [Alternate Version] - Magic Sam
- I Cry for You [Alternate Version][#] - Harold Burrage
- Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam
- Row Your Boat [Alternate Version] - Charles Clark, Willie Dixon Band
- Down and Out - Tommy Hodge, Ike Turner
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush
- Jump Sister Bessie - Otis Rush
- All Night Long - Magic Sam
- Love That Woman - Otis Rush
- Violent Love - Otis Rush
- Groaning the Blues - Otis Rush
- My Love Will Never Die [Alternate Version] - Otis Rush
- (I Know) You Don't Love Me - Tommy Hodge, Ike Turner
- Three Times a Fool - Willie Dixon Band, Otis Rush
Publisher: Capricorn Release date: 1993-04-27 Price: £24.99
Review The Cobra Records Story / Various Artists:Cobra was the exception, a label that took its personality from its A&R chief rather than its owner. Eli Toscano, who owned a record shop in West Chicago, founded the label in 1956, but he left the artistic decisions to his in-house songwriter-producer-bassist Willie Dixon, who had just left Chess Records in a money dispute. Dixon was a great talent scout, and he snatched the three best performers of the Chicago blues' second generation-Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, and Magic Sam- right out from under the Chess brothers' noses. He wrote them some great songs, and encouraged them to develop the single-note guitar leads that distinguished their style from the chordal style of their Mississippi-bred predecessors. The result was some of the finest Chicago blues ever recorded. -Geoffrey Himes.
Tracks The Best of [Us Import]
- Bumble Bee
- I'm Not a Bad Girl
- Me and My Chaffeur Blues
- I'm So Glad
- Nothing in Rambling
- Looking the World Over
- Firsco Town
- I'm Talking About You - Memphis Minnie
- Broken Heart
- Night Watchman Blues
- My Baby Don't Want Me No More
- Moaning Blues
- Joe Louis Strut
- Moonshine
- Boy Friend Blues
- In My Girlish Days
- Kid Man Blues
- Down Home Girl
Publisher: Blues Forever Release date: 2005-04-05 RRP: £6.99 Price: £7.29
Review The Best of [Us Import] / Memphis Minnie:
Tracks The Essential
- You Got Me In This Mess
- Rollin' Mill Stomp
- How About You
- Ain't Going There No More No. 2
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
- Get That 'L' On Down The Road
- Don't Drink It In Here
- Grievin' Me Blues
- Second-Hand Blues
- Hip Shakin' Strut
- Some Cold Rainy Day
- Maybe It's The Blues
- Don't Let Your Mouth Start Nothing Your Head Won't Stand
- Devilish Blues
- Knife Man Blues
- What Is It That Tastes Likes Gravy
- Blue Moanin' Blues
- Then My Gal's In Town
- It's Tight Like That No. 2
- Terrible Operation Blues
- Where Did You Stay Last Night
- Levee Bound Blues
- Do It Some More
- M&O Blues
- My Texas Blues
- Weary Money Blues
- Been Mistreated Blues
- M&O Blues
- Christmas Time Blues
- Eagle Riding Papa
- Hard Times Blues
- What You Gonna Do
- That's The Way She Likes It
- What's That I Smell
- We Don't Sell Here No More
- Jive Man Blues
Publisher: Classic Blues Release date: 2002-12-09 RRP: £10.99 Price: £12.99
Review The Essential / Georgia' Tom Dorsey:
Tracks Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Robert Johnson
- Come on in My Kitchen
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Cross Road Blues
- From Four Until Late
- Hellhound on My Trail
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down - Keb' Mo'
- Malted Milk
- Hot Tamales - Cassandra Wilson
- Ramblin' on My Mind
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- Love in Vain
- Walkin' Blues
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Traveling Riverside Blues
- 32-20 Blues
Publisher: Columbia Release date: 2003-09-09 Price: £14.99
Review Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Robert Johnson / Robert Johnson:
Tracks 1941-1947
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
- I Be's Troubled
- Gypsy Woman - Sunnyland Slim, Muddy Waters
- Country Blues
- Mean Red Spider
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
- Country Blues
- Hard Day Blues
- Burying Ground Blues
- Little Anna Mae - Sunnyland Slim, Muddy Waters
- Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You
- You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days
- Pearlie May Blues - Son Simms
- Joe Turner Blues - Son Simms
- 32-20 Blues
- Burr Clover Farm Blues
- Take a Walk With Me
- Jitterbug Blues
- Ramblin' Kid Blues - Son Simms
- Burr Clover Farm Blues
- Rosalie - Son Simms
- I Be Bound to Write to You
Publisher: Jazz Chronological Classics Release date: 2001-10-02 RRP: £15.47 Price: £41.95
Review 1941-1947 / Muddy Waters:
Tracks Best of Big Bill Broonzy
- Black, Brown and White
- Lonesome Road Blues
- Medicine Man Blues
- Big Bill Blues
- Baby I Done Got Wise
- Night Watchman Blues
- Back Water Blues
- All by Myself
- House Rent Stomp
- Blues in 1890
- John Henry
- When I Been Drinking
- Just a Dream
- Willie Mae Blues
- In the Evening
- Looking up at Down
- Wee Wee Blues
- Conversation with the Blues
Publisher: Blues Forever Release date: 2004-08-10 Price: £11.99
Review Best of Big Bill Broonzy / Big Bill Broonzy:
Tracks Blues for Big Town
- Blues for Big Town
- Lonely Boy Boogie
- Big Fine Woman
- Apologize
- Walkin' the Boogie [Alternate Take]
- Dreamin' Blues
- Journey
- Please Don't Go
- I Don't Want Your Money
- Bluebird
- Mad Man Blues
- Blues for Christmas
- Hey Baby, You Look Good to Me
- Just Me and My Telephone
- Worried Life Blues
- Hey Boogie
Publisher: Charly Release date: 1995-11-02 RRP: £9.99 Price: £12.95
Review Blues for Big Town / John Lee Hooker:
Tracks Golden Greats: Greatest Blues
- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- Motherless Child Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
- I'm a Doctor for Women - Champion Jack Dupree
- Crawlin' King Snake - John Lee Hooker
- T.B. Blues - Leadbelly
- Take a Swing With Me - B.B. King
- High Sheriff Blues - Charley Patton
- New Early in the Morning - John Williamson
- Truckin' My Blues Away - Blind Boy Fuller
- Love in Vain - Robert Johnson
- Raining in My Heart - Roosevelt Sykes
- My Black Mama - Son House
- Venus - Sticks McGhee & His Buddies,
- Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters
- Chill Is On - Big Joe Turner
- They Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad) - T-Bone Walker, Jr.
- Walking Blues - Amos Milburn
- Three O'Clock Blues - Lowell Fulson
- Sally Zu-Zas - Big Joe Turner
- Baby, Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Nobody Loves Me (Every Day I Have the Blues) - Memphis Slim
- Old Taylor - Memphis Slim
- Piney Brown Blues - Big Joe Turner
- So Glad You're Mine - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Just a Dream - Big Bill Broonzy
- Ticket Agent Blues
- Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt
- Why Can't You Cry for Me? - Lowell Fulson
- Gin Mill Sal - Champion Jack Dupree
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Detroit City Blues - Fats Domino
- Whoopin' the Blues - Sonny Terry
- Custard Pie Blues - Sonny Terry
- Shake the Boogie - Sonny Boy Williamson,
- Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
- Stormy Night Blues - Leroy Carr
- Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
- He's a Jelly Roll Baker - Lonnie Johnson
- How Long Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly
- Nothing But Trouble - Lonnie Johnson
- Baby Take a Chance With Me - Tampa Red
- Hoogie Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- My Fault - Brownie McGhee
- Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 1 - Muddy Waters
- I'm Still in Love With You - T-Bone Walker, Jr.
- That's All Right Mama - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Shotgun Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Skid Row Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Dissatisfied Blues - Washboard Sam
- Keep Your Hands Off Her - Big Bill Broonzy
Publisher: Golden Greats Release date: 2002-05-28 Price: £10.99
Review Golden Greats: Greatest Blues / Various Artists:
Tracks Mama Don't Allow
- Corrina, Corrina
- Trouble in Mind
- Night Time Is the Right Time
- Goin' Down Slow
- See You Mama Every Night
- Rock Me Mama
- Shine on Harvest Moon
- Shorty George Cut Down
- Long Way to Tipperary
- So Different Blues
- Goin' Down Slow
- Mama Don't Allow
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Late Hours Blues
- Good as I Am to You
- Nobody Cares for Me
- Get Away Blues
Publisher: Magnum [All429] Release date: 1996-06-18 RRP: £16.99 Price: £21.95
Review Mama Don't Allow / Mance Lipscomb:
Tracks The Songs of Robert Johnson as Performed by Rocky
- Come on in My Kitchen
- Kind Hearted Women Blues
- Sweet Home Chicago
- 32-20 Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- I'm Steady Rollin' Man
- Milcow's Calf Blues
- Phonograph Blues
- Crossroads
- Me and the Devil Blues
- Love in Vain Blues
- Ramblin' on My Mind
Publisher: The Orchard Release date: 2000-11-14 RRP: £18.99 Price: £14.48
Review The Songs of Robert Johnson as Performed by Rocky / Rocky Lawrence:
Tracks Goin' in Your Direction
- No Nights by Myself
- Carfish Blues - Bobo "Slim" Thomas, Sonny Boy Williamson
- From the Bottom
- Gonna Find My Baby - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Sonny Boy Williamson
- Boppin' With Sonny
- Goin' in Your Direction
- Make a Little Love With Me - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Sonny Boy Williamson
- I'm Not Beggin' Nobody [Alternate Take][#]
- She Brought Life Back to the Dead
- Sonny's Rhythm, No. 2 [Alternate Take][#]
- Red Hot Kisses
- Empty Bedroom
- Gettin' Out of Town
- Cat Hop
- She's Crazy [Alternate Take][#]
Publisher: Trumpet Release date: 1999-12-25 RRP: £16.99 Price: £12.06
Review Goin' in Your Direction / Williamson:
Tracks Roots & Branches, Vol. 3
- Let Us Get Together - Rev. Gary Davis
- Crowley Waltz - The Holy Modal Rounders
- Uncle Penn - The Charles River Valley Boys, Tex Logan
- I Don't Feel at Home in This World Any More - New Strangers
- Euphoria - The Holy Modal Rounders
- High Society
- Maggie Rag - Mitch Greenhill
- Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes - The Charles River Valley Boys, Tex Logan
- Salty Dog
- Blues in the Bottle - The Holy Modal Rounders
- I'd Like to Be Your Shadow in the Moonlight - Harry West, Jeanie West
- Goodbye Maggie - The Lilly Brothers
- She's Gone - Artie Traum, True Endeavor Jug Band
- Twelve Gates to the City - Rev. Gary Davis
- Bound to Lose - The Holy Modal Rounders
- St. Louis Tickle - Dave Van Ronk
- Teardrops in My Eyes
- Jug Band Blues - True Endeavor Jug Band
- Sally Goodin' - The Charles River Valley Boys, Tex Logan
- I'm Coming Back (But I Don't Know When) - Harry West, Jeanie West
- Blues, Just Blues, That's All - True Endeavor Jug Band
- Maple Leaf Rag - Rev. Gary Davis
Publisher: Prestige Release date: 1995-01-30 RRP: £18.99 Price: £27.95
Review Roots & Branches, Vol. 3 / Various:
Tracks The Essential
- Elzadie's Policy Blues
- Wabash Rag
- Third Degree Blues
- Doing A Stretch
- Poker Woman Blues
- Hard Pushing Papa
- I Was Afraid Of That
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- That Will Never Happen No More
- Pay Day Daddy Blues
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Rope Stretchin' Blues
- Champagne Charlie Is My Name
- Sea Board Stomp
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Police Dog Blues
- Let Your Love Come Down
- Rope Stretchin' Blues
- Panther Squall Blues
- Goodbye Mama Moan
- Hastings Street
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around
- West Coast Blues
- Too Tight Blues #2
- Lead Hearted Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Hot Potatoes
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- Southern Rag
- Lonesome Christmas Blues
- Southbound Rag
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues
- Detroit Bound Blues
Publisher: Classic Blues Release date: 2002-12-09 RRP: £10.99 Price: £54.95
Review The Essential / Blind Blake:
Tracks The Essential
- I Don't Know It
- Shout Sister Shout
- Hey Mama Everything's All Right
- Help Me Bear This Heavy Load
- That's All Right
- Baby I've Been Mistreated
- If I Get Lucky
- My Baby Boogies All The Time
- Gonna Be Some Changes Made
- You Got To Reap
- Mr So And So
- Mean Old Frisco Blues
- Crudup's After Hours
- Tired Of Worry
- Rock Me Mama
- Too Much Competition
- Make A Little Love
- Just Like A Spider
- My Mama Don't Allow Me
- Who's Been Foolin' You
- Open Your Book
- I'm Gonna Dog Myself A Hole
- Chicago Blues
- Gonna Find My Baby
- She's Got No Hair
- Behind Closed Doors
- I'm In The Mood
- Going Back To Georgia
- I Want My Lovin'
- Give Me A 32 20
- Dirt Road Blues
- Tears In My Eyes
- Late In The Evening
- Keep Your Arms Around Me
- Standing At My Window
- Death Valley Blues
Publisher: Classic Blues Release date: 2003-01-20 RRP: £10.99 Price: £47.95
Review The Essential / Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup:
Tracks An Introduction to Robert Pete Williams
- Ugly Man Blues
- Greyhound Bus Blues
- I Just Can't Stand It No More
- Feel Like Blowing My Horn
- Louise
- Bye, Bye Baby
- Motherless Child
- Poor Boy Long Ol' Way from Home
- It's So Cold in Chicago
- Lord, I'm Going Back Home Soon
- My Mother Prayed in the World One Day
- Freight Train Blues
- Lonesome Blues
- Jessie James
- Kazoo Blues
Publisher: Fuel 2000 Release date: 2006-11-21 RRP: £9.99 Price: £19.95
Review An Introduction to Robert Pete Williams / Robert Pete Williams:
Tracks When I Lay My Burden Down
- Dankin' Farm - McDowell, 'Mississippi' Fred
- Grieve My Mind - Lewis, Furry
- Rock Of Ages - Wilkins, Robert
- When I Lay My Burden Down - Lewis, Furry
- Casey Jones (Ramblin' Mind) - Lewis, Furry
- Every Day Of The Week - Lewis, Furry
- Beale Street Blues - Lewis, Furry
- 61 Highway - McDowell, 'Mississippi' Fred
- If You See My Baby - McDowell, 'Mississippi' Fred
- I Wish I Was In Heaven - Wilkins, Robert
- Harry Furry Blues - Lewis, Furry
- Old Time Religion - Wilkins, Robert
- Louise - McDowell, 'Mississippi' Fred
- Big Fat Mama - McDowell, 'Mississippi' Fred
- When I Lay My Burden Down - McDowell, 'Mississippi' Fred
- John Henry - McDowell, 'Mississippi' Fred
- Jesus Is On The Main Line - McDowell, 'Mississippi' Fred
- See What My Lord Has Done - McDowell, 'Mississippi' Fred
- When I Lay My Burden Down - Wilkins, Robert
Publisher: Biograph Release date: 2000-09-15 RRP: £16.99 Price: £13.95
Review When I Lay My Burden Down / Mississippi' Fred McDowell:
Tracks Best of Transatlantic
- So They Say
- Orphan Sunday
- Teddy Roosevelt
- Candy Man
- Hot Dogs/Cincinnati Flow Rag/New York City Rag
- Belzona Blues
- Waterfalls
- Those Lazy Blues
- Fat Man
- Vestapol/That's No Way to Get Along
- Blues Jumped the Rabbit
- Morning Comes
- Bo's Rag
- Hi Dum Diddle
- Blues for Mr. Sam
- Little Sally Walker
- Kokomo
- Those Pleasant Days
- Shake Sugaree
- Sound Techniques Recording Blues
- Alibi
- Take a Whiff on Me
- Roll and Tumble Blues
Publisher: Castle Release date: 2002-06-11 RRP: £10.99 Price: £37.95
Review Best of Transatlantic / Stefan Grossman:
Tracks Shake, Holler and Run
- Jump Me One More Time
- Cool Little Car
- It's Been a Long Time Baby
- Baby You Ain't No Good
- It's Stormin' and Rainin'
- Shake, Holler and Run
- Half a Stranger
- Love Money Can't Buy
- You Receive Me
- I Wonder Little Darling
Publisher: Music Digital Release date: 2002-04-16 RRP: £4.99 Price: £5.98
Review Shake, Holler and Run / John Lee Hooker:
Tracks Blues Image Presents...16 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920's, Vol. 3
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Lost Man Blues - Ida Cox
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ma Rainey
- Christmas in Jail - Leroy Carr
- Champagne Charlie Is My Name - Blind Blake
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- M&O Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James
- Skoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Love My Stuff - Charley Patton
- War Time Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done - Louie Lasky
- He Calls That Religion - Mississippi Sheiks
- Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
Publisher: Blues Images Dot Com Release date: 2006-04-18 RRP: £15.99 Price: £5.88
Review Blues Image Presents...16 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920's, Vol. 3 / Various:
Tracks Chicken Minnie
- Prison blues come down on me
- Mama and Papa Hopkins
- When the saints go marching in
- Drinkin' in the blues - feat. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Trouble in mind
- Bottle it up and go
- Right on the shore - feat. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Everybody's blue - feat. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Long time ago
- Ball of twine
- Bunion stew
- Blowin' the fuse - feat. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Till the gin gets here
- Chain gang blues - feat. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Back in my mother's arms
- Chicken Minnie
Publisher: Collectors Blues Release date: 1999-04-26 RRP: £12.99 Price: £1.85
Review Chicken Minnie / Lightnin' Hopkins:
| Models & Brands: The Cobra Records Story, The Best of [Us Import], The Essential, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Robert Johnson, 1941-1947, Best of Big Bill Broonzy, Blues for Big Town, Golden Greats: Greatest Blues, Mama Don't Allow, The Songs of Robert Johnson as Performed by Rocky, Goin' in Your Direction, Roots & Branches, Vol. 3, The Essential, The Essential, An Introduction to Robert Pete Williams, When I Lay My Burden Down, Best of Transatlantic, Shake, Holler and Run, Blues Image Presents...16 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920's, Vol. 3, Chicken Minnie |