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Various Artists - The Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Don't Pick Me For Your Fool Son Seals 4:15
  2. Digging My Potatoes James Cotton 3:39
  3. Something To Remember You By Albert Collins & Johnny Copeland 5:26
  4. The Complainer's Boogie Woogie William Clarke 4:52
  5. Stingaree Charlie Musselwhite 2:54
  6. It's Alright The Blues Imperials 4:46
  7. Man Smart , Woman Smarter C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band 3:02
  8. I Want To Be Your Spy Maurice John Vaughn 5:35
  9. Hey Bartender Floyd Dixon 3:24
  10. Sitting On Top Of The World Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang 3:41
  11. Action Man Cephas & Wiggins 1:53
  12. Bayou Blood Kenny Neal 3:14
  13. T-Bone Intentions Long John Hunter 3:08
  14. T'ain't Nobody's Business Safhire-The Uppity Blues Women 4:12
  15. If You Have To Know Lonnie Mack & Stevie Ray Vaughan 4:31
  16. Been Gone Too Long Billy Boy Arnold 2:54
  17. A Quitter Never Wins Tinsley Ellis 6:10
  18. I Ain't Got You Sugar Blue 2:37
  19. Crawfish Fiesta Professor Longhair 3:15
CD2
  1. Evil Koko Taylor 4:59
  2. Got Lucky Last Night Lonnie Brooks 2:59
  3. Blues Lover Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin 4:53
  4. I Could Deal With It Little Charlie & The Nightcats 4:06
  5. Cherry Red Wine Luther Allison 4:22
  6. Hard Lovin' Mama Kathe Webster 4:12
  7. She Puts Me In The Mood Elvin Bishop 3:33
  8. Low Down Dirty Shame Carey Bell 4:29
  9. Six O'Clock Blues Lucky Peterson 3:42
  10. Keep Your Motor Running Dave Hole 3:45
  11. Roots Woman Corey Harris 2:50
  12. Can't Recall A Time Michael Hill's Blues Mob 3:45
  13. Baby, Baby, Baby Roy Buchanan & Delbert McClinton 4:24
  14. Jack The Ripper Roy Buchanan 2:47
  15. The Sky Is Crying Sonny Boy Williamson 3:17
  16. Love, Life and Money Johnny Winter 5:20
  17. Look On Yonder's Wall Hound Dog Taylor 3:28
  18. Somebody Loan Me A Dime Fenton Robinson 2:56
  19. We're Outta Here Clearence "Gatemouth" Brown 3:50

Notes

This is a specially priced, two-CDs-for-the-price-of-one photocube set, loaded with great stuff from Charlie Musselwhite, Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Johnny Winter, Billy Boy Arnold, Lonnie Mack and a host of others who've trotted their wares on the label over the years. Besides giving the novice one great introduction to the label (as the music runs from traditional to modern), the big bonus here is a treasure trove of previously unissued tracks from Roy Buchanan (a chaotic version of Link Wray's "Jack the Ripper"), Floyd Dixon (a recut of his Blues Brothers-approved hit "Hey Bartender"), Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland in a marvelous out-take from the Showdown! album ("Something to Remember You By") and the band that started it all, Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers, with a crazed version of Elmore James' "Look on Yonder's Wall," as sloppy as it is cool. Very good stuff and at these prices, a bargain and then some.