Album · 1996
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Ma Rainey
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:45
2
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:52
3
Mean Old ’Frisco Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:37
4
Bourgeois Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:19
5
Mean Old World
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:55
6
Evil Gal Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:54
7
I Wonder
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:00
8
Blood on the Moon
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:26
9
Chicago Breakdown
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:56
10
Angels in Harlem
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:05
11
Billie’s Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:48
12
Hoodoo Hoodoo
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:56
13
Good Rockin Tonight
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:58
14
Chicken Shack Boogie
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:50
15
Trouble Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:23
16
Crawlin’ Kingsnake
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:01
17
When Things Go Wrong With You (It Hurts Me Too)
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:04
18
Cairo Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:50
19
Black Angel Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:04
20
Mardis Gras in New Orleans
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:55
21
Every Day I Have the Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:33
22
Double Crossing Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:48
Disc 2
1
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Part 1)
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:01
2
Mother Earth
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:45
3
Please Send Me Someone to Love
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:56
4
Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain’t long)
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:45
5
How Many More Years
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:43
6
Black, Brown and White
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:09
7
Rocket ’88’
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:50
8
Juke
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:45
9
Five Long Years
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:42
10
Mean Old World
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:56
11
I Smell a Rat
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
1:42
12
Gabbin’ Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:43
13
(I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:48
14
The Things That I Used to Do
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:03
15
Eisenhower Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:57
16
Okie Dokie Stomp
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:35
17
Come Back Baby
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:07
18
How Long, How Long Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
4:52
19
Cherry Red
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:27
20
San Francisco Bay Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:03
21
I Can’t Quit You Baby
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:08
22
Three Hours Past Midnight
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:32
Disc 3
1
Freight Train
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:46
2
Junker’s Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:12
3
Sweet’s Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
5:19
4
Living With the Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:53
5
Shake ’em on Down
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:36
6
Spoonful
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:43
7
Pardon Denied Again
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
4:44
8
Freddie
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:40
9
Hide Away
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:37
10
Goin’ Back to Florida
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:13
11
Trust My Baby
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:45
12
Drivin’ Wheel
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:37
13
Bright Lights, Big City
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:46
14
Stormy Monday Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
4:10
15
Tongue Lashing
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:50
16
Worry, Worry
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
6:31
17
Baby Scratch My Back
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:53
18
Think
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:28
19
Wang Dang Doodle
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:00
20
Early in the Morning
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
4:48
21
Sweet Home Chicago
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:30
Disc 4
1
Crosscut Saw
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
2:33
2
Every Night and Every Day
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:08
3
Why I Sing the Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
8:34
4
Everybody Knows About My Good Thing, Part 1
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:19
5
Little Bluebird
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
6:55
6
Your Turn to Cry
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
5:52
7
Down Home Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
5:12
8
Your Husband Is Cheatin' on Us
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
4:38
9
How Long This Must Go On
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
4:03
10
Jr. Blues
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
6:43
11
Big Legged Mamas Are Back in Style
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
4:17
12
Stubborn Woman
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:20
13
Cities Need Help
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
5:32
14
You
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
6:33
15
Between Midnight and Day
Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
3:35
In print
First pressed 1996 — 2 pressings.