Best of the Vanguard Years

by Junior Wells

Overview

Best of the Vanguard Years collects Junior Wells' material from the Chicago! The Blues! Today! various-artists series, live and studio tracks from the albums It's My Life, Baby! and Comin' at You, and a smattering of rare and/or unreleased cuts. As a Wells retrospective, it's irredeemably incomplete, covering as it does his output for only one label, but the fine-quality material does make it an engaging listen, and it may be a good way for some collectors to plug holes in their Wells discographies. ~ Steve Huey

Product Details

Release Date:	03/10/1998
Label:	Vanguard
UPC:	0015707950824
Rank:	106021

Tracks

1. Help Me
2. It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong)
3. Messin' With the Kid
4. Vietcong Blues
5. All Night Long (Rock Me Baby)
6. It's My Life, Baby
7. It's So Sad to Be Lonely
8. Country Girl
9. Stormy Monday Blues
10. Shake It Baby
11. Checking on My Baby
12. Early in the Morning
13. (I Got A) Stomach Ache
14. Look How Baby
15. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
16. Slow, Slow
17. Shotgun Blues
18. You Know That I Know

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Junior Wells   Primary Artist,Vocals,Harmonica
Walter Beasley   Guitar (Rhythm)
Levi Warren   Drums
Jimmy Owens   Trumpet
Clark Terry   Trumpet
Wallace Davenport   Trumpet
Leroy Stewart   Bass
Little Al   Drums
Jack Myers   Bass
Fred Below   Drums
Walter Williams   Guitar (Rhythm)
Buddy Guy   Guitar
Douglas Fagan   Sax (Tenor)
Tom Crawford   Bass

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Composer
Bob Crowder   Composer
B.B. King   Composer
Billy Eckstine   Composer
Elmore James   Composer
Don Robey   Composer
Samuel Charters   Producer
Captain Jeff Zaraya   Engineer
Earl Hines   Composer
Ferdinand Washington   Composer
Ralph Bass   Composer
Mel London   Composer
Tom Vickers   Annotation,Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Buddy Guy   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Junior Wells   Composer
Amos blackmore   Composer
Sonny Boy Williamson I   Composer