The Great Tomato Blues Package

Tracklist

1-1	–Johnny Shines	Too Wet To Plow	4:24
1-2	–Mississippi Fred McDowell*	You Got To Move	2:52
1-3	–Peg Leg Sam	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho	3:20
1-4	–Louisiana Red	Sweet Blood Call	3:00
1-5	–Lightnin' Hopkins	Cryin' Shame	2:33
1-6	–Sonny Terry	Playing With The Thing	2:39
1-7	–Sonny Boy Williams*	Fattening Frogs For Snakes	2:24
1-8	–Roosevelt Sykes	Music Is My Business	2:41
1-9	–Jelly Roll Morton	Dead Man Blues	3:17
1-10	–Louis Armstrong	St. Louis Blues	3:05
1-11	–Bessie Smith	Alexander's Ragtime Band	3:03
1-12	–Champion Jack Dupree	Shake Baby Shake	2:29
1-13	–Willie Mabon	Poison Ivy	2:54
1-14	–Billie Holiday	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	1:56
1-15	–Charlie Parker	Parker's Mood	3:05
1-16	–'Big Mama' Thornton*	Ball & Chain	7:00
1-17	–Little Walter	Juke	2:45
1-18	–Howlin' Wolf	Little Red Rooster	2:27
1-19	–Buster Brown	Fanny Mae	2:59
1-20	–Elmore James	The Sky Is Crying	2:45
1-21	–Aretha Franklin	There Is A Fountain	4:28
1-22	–Ray Charles	Blues Is My Middle Name	3:08
2-1	–Ike & Tina Turner	Poor Fool	2:36
2-2	–B.B. King	The Other Night Blues	3:37
2-3	–Brownie McGhee	The Blues Had A Baby	2:54
2-4	–Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	2:29
2-5	–Little Richard	Lucille	2:28
2-6	–Etta James	I'd Rather Go Blind	2:37
2-7	–Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City	2:25
2-8	–Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	2:58
2-9	–Jimmy Reed	Take Out Some Insurance	2:26
2-10	–Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	3:02
2-11	–Chuck Berry	In The Wee Wee Hours	3:05
2-12	–'Fats' Domino*	Blue Monday	2:44
2-13	–Don Garner* & Dee Dee Ford	I Need Your Lovin'	2:17
2-14	–Irma Thomas	Wish Someone Would Care	2:14
2-15	–Percy Sledge	When A Man Needs A Woman	2:59
2-16	–Carl Perkins	Honey Don't	2:50
2-17	–Jerry Lee Lewis	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	5:04
2-18	–John Lee Hooker	Tupelo	7:25
2-19	–Albert King	Angel Of Mercy	5:54
2-20	–Rocky Hill & Johnny Winter	Bad Girl Blues	2:49
2-21	–Townes Van Zandt	Nothin'	2:51
2-22	–Robert Cray	Too Many Cooks	2:47
2-23	–Leadbelly	Midnight Special	2:54

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Tomato
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Tomato
• Mastered At – New York Digital
• Distributed By – Play It Again Sam Records

Credits

• Design – Milton Glaser
• Engineer – Tom Lazarus
• Executive Producer – Heiner Stadler, Kevin Eggers

Notes

Booklet includes a 21-page introduction by Pete Welding.
TOMATO a trade name of the Music Works, New York, N.Y.
Manufactured and distributed by PLAY IT AGAIN SAM 598.0015.23
Made in Austria LC 7800

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5413356930320
• Rights Society: SABAM/BIEM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2696 152	Various	The Great Tomato Blues Package (45 Classic Blues Selections) ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Tomato	2696 152	Netherlands	1989
R2 70386	Various	The Great Tomato Blues Package ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Tomato	R2 70386	US	1989
TOM-3008	Various	The Great Tomato Blues Package ‎(2xCD, Comp, RE)	Tomato	TOM-3008	US	2002
2696 152	Various	The Great Tomato Blues Package ‎(2xCass, Comp, Dol)	Tomato	2696 152	US	1989
2696 152	Various	The Great Tomato Blues Package (45 Classic Blues Selections) ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Tomato	2696 152	US	1989