FLAC tracks | Blues | 02:34:45 | 687 MbBig Joe Williams was the epitome of the rambling, wandering itinerant bluesman so romanticised in the early days of blues discovery and record collecting.

He rambled across the United States from coast to coast in the 1920s and ’30s.

This 2CD collection features many of his most famous recordings in the post war years.

His most famous composition was ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’ eventually a major pop hit for Belfast’s blues rockers, Them in the UK and later for Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes in America.

The really exciting attraction of this compilation is the CD debut of the 8 tracks he recorded with Chicago pianist Erwin Helfer in 1957.

These 8 tracks only ever appeared on two very rare UK Eps on the Collector label.

Tracklist:1. Big Joe Williams – His Spirit Lives On2. Big Joe Williams – Baby Please Don’t Go3. Big Joe Williams – Stack of Dollars4. Big Joe Williams – Mellow Apples5. Big Joe Williams – Wild Cow Moan6. Big Joe Williams – P Vine Blues7. Big Joe Williams – Bad and Weak Hearted Blues8. Big Joe Williams – King Biscuit Stomp9. Big Joe Williams – I’m a Highway Man10. Big Joe Williams – Banta Rooster Blues11. Big Joe Williams – Mean Stepfather Blues12. Big Joe Williams – House Lady Blues13. Big Joe Williams – Don’t You Leave Me Here14. Big Joe Williams – Jivin’ Woman15. Big Joe Williams – She’s a Married Woman16. Big Joe Williams – Mama Don’t Allow Me17. Big Joe Williams – Delta Blues18. Big Joe Williams – Over Hauling Blues19. Big Joe Williams – Whistling Pines20. Big Joe Williams – Friends and Pals21. Big Joe Williams – Juanita22. Big Joe Williams – She Left Me a Mule23. Big Joe Williams – Bad Heart Blues24. Big Joe Williams – Baby Please Don’t Go (Alternative Version)25. Big Joe Williams – Ride in My New Car with Me26. Big Joe Williams – Rather Be Sloppy Drunk27. Big Joe Williams – Cottage Grove Blues28. Big Joe Williams – Goin’ Back29. Big Joe Williams – My Baby Left30. Big Joe Williams – King’s Highway31. Big Joe Williams – Lula Mae32. Big Joe Williams – All I Want Is My Train Fare Home33. Big Joe Williams – I’m Talkin’ About You34. Big Joe Williams – Joe Williams’ Blues35. Big Joe Williams – Don’t Leave Me Here36. Big Joe Williams – Cow Cow Blues37. Big Joe Williams – Crawlin’ King Snake38. Big Joe Williams – I May Be Wrong39. Big Joe Williams – Keep A-Knockin’40. Big Joe Williams – Cottage Grove41. Big Joe Williams – Meet Me in the Bottom42. Big Joe Williams – Bessemer Baby43. Big Joe Williams – Baby Please Don’t Go (Highway 49)44. Big Joe Williams – Shake Your Boogie45. Big Joe Williams – Jump Baby Jump46. Big Joe Williams – Mean Mistreater47. Big Joe Williams – Prison Bound48. Big Joe Williams – Whistlin’ Pines49. Big Joe Williams – Bluebird Blues50. Big Joe Williams – Elevate Me Baby51. Big Joe Williams – T.B. Blues52. Big Joe Williams – King Biscuit Stomp (Version 2)53. Big Joe Williams – Rootin’ Ground Hog