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Lightnin' Slim - The Best Of Lightnin' Slim (1962)

Track listing:
  1. Have Your Way 2:34
  2. Bad Luck And Trouble 2:53
  3. Love Me Mama 2:24
  4. I'm A Rollin' Stone 2:21
  5. It's Mighty Crazy 2:34
  6. Hoo Doo Blues 2:18
  7. Rooster Blues 2:28
  8. Nothin' But The Devil 2:57
  9. Cool Down Baby 2:13
  10. Somebody Knockin' 3:01
  11. Hello Mary Lee 2:41
  12. I'm Tired Waitin' Baby 2:46
  13. You're Old Enough To Understan 2:44
  14. Mind Your Own Business 2:17
  15. I'm Evil 2:21

Notes

Whether the 16 tracks collected here represent Slim's absolute best is open to debate. Here are 16 performances issued on ten different singles during his heyday at Excello, covering a time frame from of 1956 to 1962. What this package does do is provide a nice addition to Slim's Rooster Blues record, with only three of the tunes from that album duplicated here. Tracks like "Bad Luck and Trouble," "I'm a Rollin' Stone," "Nothin' but the Devil," and "Cool Down Baby" catch Lightnin' in peak form, and the later tracks like "Winter Time Blues" and "I'm Evil" rock with a heavier guitar intensity. Once you get hooked into Lightnin' Slim, you're going to want it all, and here's a great little stop along the way.