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The most comprehensive history EVER of electric blues continues with this 3-CD set, this time taking us from the mid-’70s to the new millennium. This was compiled and annotated by Bill Dahl: a 156-page booklet and 65 tracks that spill over from pure blues into soul, blues-rock and R&B: "A Nickel and a Nail" O.V. Wright, "I’ll Play the Blues for You" Albert King, "Cheaper to Keep Her" Johnnie Taylor, "Let’s Straighten It Out" Latimore, "Ain’t That a Bitch" Johnny "Guitar" Watson, "Turning Point" Tyrone Davis, "The Thrill Is Gone" B.B. King, "Breaking Up Somebody’s Home" Ann Peebles, "That’s What Love Will Make You Do" Little Milton, "Chicken Heads" Bobby Rush, "I Can’t Get Next to You" Al Green, "Your Turn to Cry" Betty LaVette, "Take Me to the River" Syl Johnson, "Going Down" Freddie King, "Boogie Thing" James Cotton, "Luther’s Blues" Luther Allison, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime" Fenton Robinson, "Memory Pain" Johnny Winter, "Right Place, Wrong Time" Otis Rush, "Give Me Back My Wig" Houng Dog Taylor, "After Hours" Roy Buchanan, "Should’ve Learnt My Lesson" Rory Gallagher, "The Train I Ride" Junior Wells, "Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues" Buddy Guy, "Tuff Enuff" Fabulous Thunderbirds, "Smoking Gun" Robert Cray, "Pride and Joy" Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, "Brick" Albert Collins, "Runaway" Bonnie Raitt…killer collection! Bear Family.