tracks

If I Get Lucky
Death Valley Blues
Kind Lover Blues
Black Pony Blues
Give Me A 3220
Raised To My Hand
Gonna Follow My Baby
Mean Old 'Frisco Blues
My Mama Don't Allow Me
Standing At My Window
Rock Me Mama
Who's Been Foolin' You
Cool Disposition
Keep Your Arms Around Me
I'm In The Mood
She's Gone
That's Your Red Wagon
Dirt Road Blues
So Glad You're Mine
Ethel Mae
No More Lovers
Katie May
Boy Friend Blues
I Want My Lovin'
You Got To Reap
Crudup's After Hours
That's All Right
I Don't Know It
Chicago Blues
Train Fare Blues
Cry Your Blues Away
Gonna Be Some Changes Made
Crudup's Vicksburg Blues
That's Why I'm Lonesome
Just Like A Spider
Hey Mama, Everything's All Right
Someday
Hoodoo Lady Blues
Lonesome World To Me
Roberta Blues
Shout, Sister, Shout
Tired Of Worry
Dust My Broom
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
Come Back Baby
Mercy Blues
You Know That I Love You
She's Just Like Caldonia
Oo Wee Darling (Love Me With A Thrill)
Mean Old Santa Fe
She Ain't Nothin' But Trouble
Behind Closed Doors
Anytime Is The Right Time
My Baby Left Me
Nobody Wants Me
Star Bootlegger
Too Much Competition
I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
Where Did You Stay Last Night?
Love Me Mama
Second Man Blues
Pearly Lee
Do It If You Want To
Lookin' For My Baby
Goin' Back To Georgia
Mr. So And So
Keep On Drinkin'
Nelvina
Worried About You Baby
Late In The Evening
Open Your Book (Daddy Wants To Read With You)
Tears In My Eyes
Gotta Find My Baby
Make A Little Love
I Wonder
My Baby Boogies All The Time
My Wife And Woman
The War Is Over
I Love My Baby
Fall On Your Knees And Pray
If You Ever Been To Georgia
She's Got No Hair
Mean Ole Frisco [1962 Version]
Look On Yonder Wall
That's Alright [1962 Version]
Ethel Mae [1962 Version]
Too Much Competition [1962 Version]
Standing At My Window [1962 Version]
Rock Me, Mama [1962 Version]
Greyhound Bus
Coal Black Mare
Katie Mae [1962 Version]
Dig Myself A Hole [1962 Version]
So Glad You're Mine [1962 Version]

notes

The Bluebird, RCA-Victor, Checker, Trumpet, Champion, Groove & Fire releases.
Recorded in Chicago:
Tracks 1-1 to 1-4: September 11, 1941;
Tracks 1-5 to 1-10: April 15, 1942;
Tracks 1-11 to 1-14: December 15, 1944;
Tracks 1-15 to 1-18: October 22, 1945;
Tracks 1-19 to 1-21, 1-23: February 22, 1946;
Tracks 2-1 to 2-6: September 6, 1946;
Tracks 2-7 to 2-10: April 9, 1947;
Tracks 2-11 to 2-17, 1-22: October 7, 1947;
Tracks 2-18 to 3-2: March 10 & 11, 1949;
Tracks 3-3 to 3-6: March 23, 1950;
Tracks 3-7 to 3-10 November 8, 1950;
Tracks 3-11 to 3-16: April 24, 1951.
Recorded:
Tracks 3-17 to 3-24: January 15, 1952, Atlanta;
Tracks 4-1, 4-2: May 1, 1952, Jackson;
Tracks 4-3, 4-4: August 28, 1952, Jackson;
Tracks 4-5, 4-6: 1952, Jackson;
Tracks 4-7 to 4-10: November 9, 1953, Atlanta;
Tracks 4-11, 4-12: April 8, 1954, Atlanta;
Tracks 4-13 to 4-24: 1962 New York.
Includes 24 page detailed booklet.
℗ & © 2016 Acrobat Licensing Ltd.
Made in the U.K.

credits

Bass – Charles Holloway, (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10), Elmer James (tracks: 4-3, 4-4), Jimmy Sheffield (tracks: 3-17 to 3-24), Joseph Thomas, (tracks: 4-11, 4-12), Ransom Knowling
Drums – Armand "Jump" Jackson (tracks: 1-19 to 1-21), Charles "Chick" Sanders (tracks: 1-15 to 1-18), Lafayette Lawson, (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10), Lawrence "Judge" Riley, Melvin Draper (tracks: 1-11 to 1-14), N. Butler (tracks: 3-17 to 3-24), Willie J. Willis, (tracks: 4-11, 4-12)
Guitar – Joe McCoy (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Joe Willie Wilkins (tracks: 4-3, 4-4)
Guitar, Vocals, Written-By – Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Harmonica – Percy Lee Crudup (tracks: 4-1, 4-2), Robert Fulton (5) (tracks: 4-11, 4-12), Sonny Boy Williamson (2) (tracks: 4-3, 4-4)
Piano – Edward Lumpkin (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10), Thomas Patton, (tracks: 4-11, 4-12)
Tenor Saxophone – J. J. Jones

companies

Record Company – Trapeze Music & Entertainment Ltd.
Distributed By – Discovery Records (11)
Distributed By – Membran International GmbH
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Acrobat Licensing Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Acrobat Licensing Ltd.

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