Walker,T-Bone Essential T-Bone Walker Collection CD

This double disc set is well titled, as it contains most of T-Bone's greatest recordings from his glory years. Disc One comes from his Capitol and Black & White period, and includes his best-known song, "Call It Stormy Monday," along with his other classics, backed by the cream of the Los Angeles players. Disc Two is the best of his Imperial sides, the sides that B. B. King has said were the recordings that were his greatest inspiration, mostly backed by the warm horn charts of Maxwell Davis, who later performed the same function for B. B. The remastering is awesome; this stuff has never sounded cleaner. You can hear every instrument, not easy on recordings from the late 40s-early 50s. The liner notes are literate and informative, and of generous length. Great photos inside too!

1. Mean Old World 2. I Got a Break Baby 3. Bobby Sox Baby 4. I'm Gonna Find My Baby 5. It's a Low Down Dirty Deal 6. T-Bone Jumps Again 7. Call It Stormy Monday 8. She's My Old Time Used to Be 9. Midnight Blues 10. Long Skirt Baby Blues 11. I'm Waiting for You Call 12. Hypin' Woman Blues 13. Description Blues 14. T-Bone Shuffle 15. Prison Blues 16. I Want a Little Girl 17. I'm Still in Love with You 18. West Side Baby 19. Strollin' with Bone 20. Glamour Girl 21. You Don't Love Me 22. The Hustle Is on 23. Life Is Too Short 24. Alimony Blues 25. You Don't Understand 26. I Get So Weary 27. Tell Me What's the Reason 28. Cold Cold Feeling 29. News for My Baby 30. Street Walking Woman 31. Here in the Dark 32. Blue Mood 33. Party Girl 34. Love Is Just a Gamble 35. High Society 36. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)