Essential [Original recording remastered]

Blind Willie McTell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Classic Blues
• ASIN: B000059T56
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #681,497 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Three Women Blues

2. Boll Weevil

3. Don't Forget It

4. My Baby's Gone

5. Atlanta Strut

6. I Got To Cross De River O' Jordan

7. Teasing Brown

8. Stomp Down Rider

9. Stole Rider Blues

10. Chainey

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Mr. McTell Got The Blues

2. Hide Me In Thy Bosom

3. Broke Down Engine Blues

4. Good Little Thing

5. It's Your Time To Worry

6. Dying Crapshooter's Blues

7. Low Rider's Blues

8. This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread

9. Dark Night Blues

10. I Got Religion, I'm So Glad

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An economical sampler, May 24, 2001

By 

Tim O'Neill (Orange, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential (Audio CD)

This collection offers a reasonably good sampling of McTell's work, covering much of his long career, albeit in a somewhat hodge-podge fashion. This issue may compare well to the "Definitive" collection for some, as "Statesboro Blues" is included (see review train for the "Definitive" issue). This is not a collection for the blues afficionado, however. The liner notes here are minimal, giving no particulars on the individual tracks. McTell was certainly an important and talented enough performer to warrant purchasing his entire recorded works as individual disks, but this may be a good choice for the cost conscious.