Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed - Blind Willie Johnson
2. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
3. Stealin' Stealin' - Memphis Jug Band
4. When the Levee Breaks - Memphis Minnie
5. That's No Way to Get Along - Robert Wilkins
6. Girl I Love, The - Sleepy John Estes
7. I Can't be Satisfied - Big Bill Broonzy
8. Drop Down Mama - Sleepy John Estes
9. Lone Wolf Blues - Oscar Woods
10. Travelin' Riverside Blues
11. Got the Bottle Up and Gone - Sonny Boy Williamson
12. Shake 'Em on Down - Bukka White
13. Sugar Mama Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
14. Sweet Home Chicago
15. Good Morning School Girl - Sonny Boy Williamson
16. Trucking Little Woman - Big Bill Broonzy
17. I Want Some of Your Pie - Blind Boy Fuller
18. Fixin' to Die - Bukka White
19. Gallis Pole - Leadbelly
20. Goin' Down Slow
DISC 2:
1. Honeydripper - Joe Liggins
2. That's Alright Mama - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
3. Rockin' at Midnight
4. Down by the Riverside - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
5. Boogie Chillen
6. I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow
7. Rollin' and Tumblin' - Muddy Waters
8. Three O'Clock Blues
9. Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters
10. I'm in the Mood
11. How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf
12. Honey Bee - Muddy Waters
13. Dust My Broom - Elmore James
14. I Got a Woman - Ray Charles
15. No Place to Go - Howlin' Wolf
16. Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
17. Baby Let's Play House - Elvis Presley
18. I'm a Man - Bo Diddley
19. Baby I Don't Care - Elvis Presley
20. Be Bop a Lula - Gene Vincent
DISC 3:
1. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
2. Girl Can't Help It, The - Little Richard
3. Twenty Flight Rock - Eddie Cochran
4. I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
5. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Elvis Presley
6. Susie Q - Dale Hawkins
7. Train Kept a Rollin' - Johnny Burnette
8. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
9. Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
10. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
11. Cotton Song - Chas McDevitt
12. Keep-A-Knockin' - Little Richard
13. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
14. Stroll, The - The Diamonds
15. Book of Love, The - The Monotones
16. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
17. Rave On - Buddy Holly
18. Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
19. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
20. C'Mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
DISC 4:
1. Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters
2. Sweet Home Chicago
3. How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf
4. Country Blues J - Muddy Waters
5. Rock Island Line - Leadbelly
6. My Mama Don't Allow - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
7. Bonus Material
| Details | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Liner Note Author: Russell Beecher.
It's not much of a secret that Led Zeppelin (and the whole heavy metal genre that arose in the group's wake) had their roots deep in the blues, and there are several sets like this on the market that explore those roots, collecting source 78s and performances that influenced the band, whether they were acknowledged or not (anyone who thinks that Robert Plant and Jimmy Page actually wrote that line about lemons and squeezing them really needs to check out a set like this one). The Zep had collective good taste, though, and any compilation that has old blues classics like Booker White's "Fixin' to Die Blues," Leadbelly's "Gallis Pole," Memphis Minnie's "When the Levee Breaks," and Sleepy John Estes' "Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair," as this one does, is well worth a listen. But the real highlights of this disc are the final two tracks, "Psycho Daisies" and "Dazed & Confused." The former was the B-side of the Yardbirds' single "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago," recorded late in that group's legacy when both Page and Jeff Beck were members (Beck actually takes a rare vocal turn on the track), and it exhibits a fun, hard sound that somewhat prefigures where Zeppelin would do on their debut album in 1969. The version included here of "Dazed & Confused" is from 1968 and it is fascinatingly sung and performed by the man who wrote it, Jake Holmes. In Zeppelin's hands it morphed a bit, pumped up on metal DNA, but Holmes' version is the obvious blueprint. Play this set and then listen to Zeppelin's Atlantic debut immediately after it. It's all clear. Nothing comes out of thin air. ~ Steve Leggett
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