The Very Best of Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 12, 1992)
• Original Release Date: May 12, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B0000032DK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,844 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. First Time I Met the Blues

2. The Way You Been Treating Me [*]

3. Sit and Cry (The Blues)

4. This Is the End

5. Stone Crazy

6. When My Left Eye Jumps

7. My Time After While

8. Hold That Plane

9. Hello San Francisco [*]

10. Five Long Years

11. First Time I Met the Blues

12. A Man of Many Words

13. T-Bone Shuffle

14. When You See the Tears from My Eyes [*]

15. Ten Years Ago

16. Blues at My Baby's House

17. She Suits Me to a T [*]

18. Just Teasin'

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Trying to boil down a prolific 40-year career into 18 songs is an impossible task, but that doesn't stop Rhino from taking a shot. To its credit, this single-CD compilation reaches across many labels, highlighting Guy's explosive work for Chess and Vanguard in the 1960s, Atlantic in the 1970s, and diverse labels in the 1980s. On the other hand, his Chess and Vanguard work deserve significantly more attention than they're given here. In addition, Guy's rejuvenated 1990s work for Silvertone is completely ignored. The result is a rather cursory overview of Guy's career, despite the high quality of what is present. The benefit of this approach, however, is that it displays Guy's versatility: The Guy of feverish guitar pyrotechnics, wailing vocals, and rocker intensity lives alongside a smoother, more soulful and melodic Guy. --Marc Greilsamer

Product Description

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Media Type: CD
Artist: GUY,BUDDY
Title: VERY BEST OF BUDDY GUY
Street Release Date: 05/12/1992
Domestic
Genre: BLUES

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ****1/2, December 8, 2003

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Very Best of Buddy Guy (Audio CD)

This is a very credible attempt to summarize Buddy Guy's entire (pre-Silvertone) career on a single disc.
"The Very Best Of Buddy Guy" encompasses Guy's 1957 demo "The Way You Been Treating Me," a couple of Cobra sides, four of his best Chess sides, a few recordings for Vanguard and Atlantic, and three numbers from Buddy Guy's days with the British JSP label.

Four Chess sides isn't really enough, but you can get the rest on MCA/Chess' "Buddy's Blues" once your appetite is whetted. The compilers have done a fine job considering they only had 80 minutes of disc space to work with (the CD clocks in at approximately 75 minutes), and the vast majority of these songs, such as "First Time I Met The Blues", "Sit and Cry (The Blues)", and "My Time After Awhile", rank among Guy's very best, showcasing his powerful, intense vocals and smouldering guitar playing.
A very good introduction to the reigning king of Chicago blues.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Single Buddy Guy Compilation., January 27, 2005

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"The Woj" (Downers Grove, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Very Best of Buddy Guy (Audio CD)

For someone on a budget who is interested in the music of this legendary artist, look no further than this single disc album. The sound and track selection here are excellent. Anyone interested in electric Chicago Blues needs to have at least one Buddy Guy album in their collection; and you can't go wrong here. There is some song overlap here with the "Chess 50th Collection" single disc compilation, but "Very Best Of" features 18 tracks over the 15 presented in the "Chess 50th Collection" cd. Plus, this disc has the great remastered sound the folks at Rhino are known for. For those of you have a few extra dollars around, I strongly suggest 2 disc set, "The Complete Chess Studio Sessions" which boasts 47 tracks!
It can be found here on zShops or eBay at a very reasonable cost.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Start for New Buddy Fans, February 10, 2005

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Jonathan Stewart (Chicago, Il) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of Buddy Guy (Audio CD)

Anyone familiar with blues Gitar' knows Buddy is the man. While I don't think that he's anymore talented than the other greatest living bluesman,Otis Rush, he seems to play like Otis with a whole lot more solos. What I wouldn't give to see one of their classic duels in the flesh. Buddy's chess recordings are of course top notch, but my favorite on this complition is the 7 minute extravaganza "Blues at My Baby's House", which in my opinion features some of Buddy's most soulful licks and vocals. If you can only afford one Buddy Guy record make it this or his 2-cd chess collection, that one really cooks.