Muddy came to Chicago in '43 but didn't really rise up 'til '47, when the Chess brothers started recording him. This fantastic (and fabulously priced) set compiles the early Aristocrat sides and all... more

The Hook recorded foot-stomping, gritty-guitar, deep-voiced boogie-blues classics for all those labels in and around the '50s. With its price, its 101 tracks and its plethora of essential classics,... more

Stellar price for all this early B.B.! All his 1949–62 A- and B-sides means you get 123 tracks: his breakthrough hits "3 O'Clock Blues," "You Know I Love You," "Woke Up This Morning," "Please Love... more

No blues-harmonica collection—really, no blues collection—is complete without these prime Rice Miller recordings. This is some value for 51 classics and rarely compiled cuts: "Eyesight to the Blind,"... more

Etta James is widely regarded as one of the finest female blues, R&B and soul singers of the modern era, second only in some eyes to Aretha Franklin - Atlantic's Jerry Wexler called her "the greatest... more

Here it is: all of Elmore James' classic singles in one massive volume. 52 tracks comprise the A- and B-sides of every single he released from his debut in 1951 to a few months before his death.... more

Along with Bessie Smith, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey has come to be recognised as one of the towering figures of early blues, pioneering the recording of blues by female artists during the earliest years of... more

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown grabbed the torch from his hero, T-Bone Walker, and lit up the guitar world with his own incendiary style that's all over these 28 seminal cuts. His influence on the likes... more

Himself a Chicago bootlegger during the Prohibition, this Georgia native made a name for himself as a Windy City bluesman after the Prohibition ended, making Decca recordings of his own songs that... more

Hits, classics, overlooked B-sides…30 Imperial, J-B, Specialty and Atco sides by the New Orleans bluesman whose crunchy guitar tones showed future rockers the way: "The Things That I Used to Do,"... more

One of the greatest stories in the blues was Alberta Hunter's amazing comeback in the 1970s. This low-priced 4-CD set, though, turns back the clock to the 1921–40 sides that built her legend in the... more

The rockin', up-tempo R&B numbers, the smooth, seductive ballads…every A- and B-side by Harvey Fuqua and his Moonglows, one of the most influential doo-wop groups of 'em all. Their biggest smash,... more

Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup was a Mississippi Delta blues guitarist, singer and noted songwriter who was often known as "The Father of Rock 'n' Roll", because even in the early '40s he was playing in a... more

Chester Burnett, better known as Howlin' Wolf, was one of the most important and influential figures in Chicago Blues through the 1950s, and along with Muddy Waters helped to establish the electric... more

The guitar-playing right-hand man of Leroy Carr also recorded a lot under his own name, and that's the focus here: 43 tracks that take us from Blackwell's 1928–35 original prime on Vocalion, Gennett,... more

Robert Nighthawk, also known during the early years of his career by the name of Robert Lee McCoy, as well as other pseudonyms like Ramblin' Bob and Peetie's Boy, was a blues slide guitarist, singer... more

Bobby Bland, often known as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was one of the best blues, R&B and soul singers of the post-war era, recognised as one of the finest interpreters of blues-influenced songs, comparable... more

Victoria Spivey was a blues and jazz singer who enjoyed significant popularity during the 1920s and '30s, performing with many well-known accompanists and ensembles, with a vivacious personality that... more

T-Bone Walker was among the first to amplify his guitar, making him unquestionably one of the most important pioneers of the electric blues sound— specifically the style most closely associated with... more

Known for his rollicking, barrelhouse style of blues piano playing and song composition, Roosevelt recorded a substantial body of work for the Okeh, Decca and RCA Victor labels before, during and... more

Here are 74 of the greatest recorded moments by the most famous washboard artist in the blues—including tracks with Bill Broonzy, Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon. It's all-star affair... more

Some artists spread their recordings over decades. In Patton's case, only five years in the studio were allotted before death called—but in that time, he established himself as the king of Delta... more

This live performance from 1980 proves that the undisputed Queen of the Blues entered a new decade with her status intact! These nine tracks find Etta in top form as she storms through a set of blues... more

Eddie Boyd was a blues pianist, singer and songwriter who made his primary impact on the Chicago scene during the 1940s and '50s, before becoming a popular figure in the American Folk Blues tours of... more

Unlike so many other blues night owls, Lowell lived a long life and was a key figure in several generations of blues evolution. This import takes you back to the top with his first nine (1948–54)... more