Absolute Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Red Shoes
recording of:
Red Shoes
lyricist and composer:
Chris Rea
publisher:
Magnet Music Ltd. (publisher)
Chris Rea3:53
2Gonna Lay My Body Down
Sonny Terry3:16
3Too Broke to Spend the Night
assistant engineer:
Sarah Bedingham
engineer:
Tony Platt (UK engineer and producer)
producer:
John Porter (producer and musician US and UK)
bass guitar:
Greg Rzab (in 1991)
drums (drum set):
Richie Hayward (in 1991)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1991)
guitar:
Neil Hubbard (in 1991) and John Porter (producer and musician US and UK) (in 1991)
piano:
Mick Weaver (in 1991)
recording of:
Too Broke to Spend the Night (in 1991)
writer:
Buddy Guy
publisher:
Mic-Shau Music Co. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Buddy Guy4:58
4Is It Me or Is It You
Kenn Lending3:05
5Woman
recording of:
W-O-M-A-N
lyricist:
Dorothy Hawkins (singer), Etta James, Abbye Mallory and Jean Mitchell
composer:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
version of:
I’m a Man
Etta James13:13
6Roll Me Baby
Big Joe Turner8:03
7Night Owl Blues
recording of:
Night Owl Blues
composer:
Steve Boone, Joseph Campbell Butler, John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky
The Lovin’ Spoonful42:54
8I Guess I Showed Her
The Robert Cray Band3:45
9Going Home
Muddy Waters2:33
10Anything for Your Love
Johnny Winter3:53
11Can't Let Her Go
Robben Ford5:31
12Nightlife
B.B. King4:23
13She's a Woman
engineer:
Denim Bridges
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
guitar:
Jeff Beck (English rock guitarist)
recorded at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
instrumental cover recording of:
She’s a Woman
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Jeff Beck4:38
14What's Love Got to Do With It
engineer and mixer:
John Hudson (producer, recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
Terry Britten
drums (drum set):
Graham Jarvis (UK session drummer)
guitar:
Terry Britten
keyboard:
Nick Glennie‐Smith and Billy Livsey
percussion:
Simon Morton
background vocals:
Terry Britten and Tessa Niles
lead vocals:
Tina Turner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1984), Parlophone Records Ltd. (not for release label use! a Warner Music Group company) (in 1984, in 1997) and EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2004)
recorded at:
Mayfair Studios (England) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 134), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 160) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 309)
recording of:
What’s Love Got to Do With It
writer:
Graham Lyle and Terence Ernest Britten
publisher:
Hornall Brothers Music Ltd. (limited company), Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Goodsingle Limited (publisher) (in 1984), Irving Music, Inc. (in 1984), Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (in 1984), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1984 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
recording of:
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo version)
writer:
Terry Britten, Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (Norwegian DJ & producer Kyrre Gørvell‐Dahll a.k.a. ※) and Graham Lyle
publisher:
Kobalt Music (publisher) (from 2020 to present) and WC Music Corp. (from 2020 to present)
is based on:
What’s Love Got to Do With It
Tina Turner4.153:47
15To Know You Is to Love You
keyboard:
Stevie Wonder
cover recording of:
To Know You Is to Love You (1970s song written by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright)
writer:
Syreeta Wright (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s) and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc. and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
B.B. King48:38
16Congo Square
cover recording of:
Congo Square
lyricist:
Sonny Landreth
composer:
Sonny Landreth, Mel Melton and David Ranson
publisher:
Verdigris Music and Whitewing Music
John Mayall4:35
17Roadbuster
recording of:
Roadbuster
writer:
Gerry Chapman and Danny McCulloch
McCulloch’s “The Animals”4:09
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