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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - An Anthology: The Elektra Years (1971)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Born In Chicago 3:12
  2. Lovin' Cup 2:38
  3. One More Mile 3:28
  4. Off The Wall 2:03
  5. Come On In 2:04
  6. Nut Popper #1 2:22
  7. Ain't No Need To Go No Further 2:40
  8. Born In Chicago 3:02
  9. Shake Your Money Maker 2:24
  10. Blues With A Feeling 4:20
  11. Thank You Mr. Poobah 4:04
  12. Our Love Is Driftin' 3:31
  13. Mystery Train 2:31
  14. Last Night 4:17
  15. Walkin' Blues 3:15
  16. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living 4:56
  17. Work Song 7:51
  18. All These Blues 2:19
  19. East West 13:09
CD2
  1. One More Heartache 3:36
  2. Double Trouble 5:38
  3. Last Hope's Gone 4:47
  4. Mornin' Blues 4:54
  5. Just To Be With You 6:05
  6. Get Yourself Together 4:06
  7. In My Own Dream 5:41
  8. Love March 2:54
  9. Walkin' By Myself 4:27
  10. Love Disease 3:25
  11. Everything's Gonna Be Alright 10:02
  12. Driftin' & Driftin' 13:39
  13. Blind Leading The Blind 3:53
  14. Song For Lee 4:21

Notes

An Anthology — The Elektra Years is a double-disc, 33-song set that offers a comprehensive overview of Paul Butterfield's eight years with the label. His first two albums, Paul Butterfield Blues Band and East-West, were seminal, groundbreaking records that blurred the boundaries between blues, jazz and rock, suggesting everything from blues-rock to psychedelia. They were stunning achievements which proved to be difficult to match, but Butterfield's remaining albums for the label all had a few good cuts. An Anthology does a nice job of rounding up those highlights, picking the best moments from uneven records; consequently, it's quite a valuble package for listeners who simply want a sampling from those later albums instead of purchasing them individually. Butterfield's first two albums remain necessary listens in their own right, but this set offers an excellent summary of his entire stint with Elektra.