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Various Artists - Blues Masters, Volume 1: Urban Blues

Track listing:
  1. After Hours Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra 3:21
  2. Kidney Stew Blues Eddie Vinson 4:17
  3. Ain't Nobody's Business Jimmy Witherspoon 2:44
  4. Baby, Get Lost Dinah Washington 2:52
  5. Double Crossin Johnny Otis Quintette (With The Robins &Little Esther) 2:48
  6. Blues After Hours Pee Wee Crayton 2:28
  7. Black Nite Charles Brown 6:03
  8. Chains Of Love Joe Turner 6:08
  9. The Things That I Used To Do Guitar Slim 3:02
  10. I Feel So Bad Chuck Willis 2:55
  11. Reconsider Baby Lowell Fulson 3:13
  12. Every Day Count Basie And His Orchestra (Vocal By Joe Williams) 5:10
  13. Farther Up The Road Bobby "Blue" Bland 2:58
  14. I Can't Quit You Baby Otis Rush 3:17
  15. T-Bone Blues T-Bone Walker 3:46
  16. Driving Wheel Junior Parker 2:38
  17. Part Time Love Little Johnny Taylor 3:49
  18. Laundromat Blues Albert King 3:07

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Blues Masters Volume 01 - Urban Blues

While more horn-driven and less guitar reliant than other forms of blues, the urban style nonetheless provides its own spectacular highlights, some of the best of which are right here. The first volume in this 15 volume series features classic performances by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Dinah Washington, T-Bone Walker, Charles Brown, Joe Turner, and Jimmy Witherspoon. Where the blues meets the jazz and heads uptown for a party.