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Little Walter - The Essential (1968)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Juke 2:45
  2. Can't Hold Out Much Longer 3:01
  3. Boogie 3:02
  4. Blue Midnight (Alt.) 3:02
  5. Mean Old World 2:55
  6. Sad Hours 3:12
  7. Don't Need No Horse 3:15
  8. Tell Me Mama 2:48
  9. Off The Wall 2:51
  10. Quarter To Twelve 3:12
  11. Blues With A Feeling 3:07
  12. Too Late 2:41
  13. Fast Boogie 2:52
  14. Lights Out 2:45
  15. Fast Large One 2:51
  16. You're So Fine 3:05
  17. Oh Baby 2:46
  18. I Got To Find My Baby 2:49
  19. Last Night (First Version) 2:54
  20. You Better Watch Yourself 3:04
  21. Mellow Down Easy 2:43
  22. My Babe 2:42
  23. Roller Coaster 2:54
  24. Little Girl 3:04
CD2
  1. Hate To See You Go 2:17
  2. Boom, Boom Out Goes The Light 2:51
  3. It Ain't Right 2:54
  4. It's Too Late Brother 2:41
  5. Just A Feeling 2:54
  6. Ah'w Baby 2:54
  7. I've Had My Fun (Alt.) 2:13
  8. Confessin' The Blues 3:04
  9. Key To The Highway 2:46
  10. Walkin' On 2:36
  11. You Gonna Be Sorry (Someday Baby)(Alt.) 3:07
  12. Crazy Mixed Up World 2:01
  13. Worried Life 2:41
  14. Everything's Gonna Be Alright 2:50
  15. Back Track 2:50
  16. Blue And Lonesome 2:55
  17. I Don't Play 2:19
  18. As Long As I Have You 2:39
  19. Just Your Fool 2:24
  20. Up The Line 2:07
  21. Southern Feeling 2:59
  22. Dead Presidents 2:52

Notes

In many ways, this supplants the original single disc, Best of Little Walter, and appends it with 35 more classics of Chicago blues harp genius, although one track from the original 12-song lineup is (perhaps purposely) left off. If you want to start your Walter collection with a nice generous helping of his best, this one runs the entire gamut of his solo career, from the classic 1952 instrumental "Juke" up to the Willie Dixon-penned "Dead Presidents." 46 tracks, one dynamite booklet, nice remastering, a great value for the cash outlay involved and best of all, an album title that truly delivers the goods.