Singer: Big Bill Broonzy
Title: Classic Box Set: The Bill Broonzy Story
Label: Avid Roots ‎– EMSC 1159
Type: 2 x CD, Album, Remastered
Country: Europe
Date of released: 15 May 2015
Category: Blues
Style:
Size MP3 zip: 1654 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1647 mb
Rating: 3.6✭
Format: MP3 RA VOC AU DTS ADX RA AU FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	Key To The Highway Written-By – Big Bill Broonzy, Charles Segar	2:33
1-2	Speech	3:43
1-3	Mindin' My Own Business	3:03
1-4	Saturday Evening Blues	3:17
1-5	Speech	2:59
1-6	Southbound Train	3:40
1-8	Tell Me What Kind Of Man Jesus Is (Ananias)	2:24
1-9	[Spoken Introduction] Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	3:56
1-10	Joe Turner Blues Written-By – W. C. Handy	5:24
1-11	Speech	2:03
1-12	Joe Turner Blues [Instrumental] Written-By – W. C. Handy	1:05
1-13	Speech	2:11
1-14	Plowhand Blues	2:58
1-15	Speech	1:33
1-16	Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad	2:17
1-17	Speech	5:46
1-18	Makin' My Getaway	3:15
1-19	Speech	6:22
1-20	Stump Blues	3:48
1-21	Speech	8:33
1-22	[Spoken Introduction] See See Rider Written-By – Ma Rainey	3:21
1-23	I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town Written-By – Casey Bill Weldon, Walter Jacobs	2:26
2-1	Speech	1:41
2-2	This Train	3:04
2-3	Speech	1:14
2-4	Hush Hush	4:15
2-5	Speech	2:09
2-6	[Spoken Introduction] Backwater Blues Written-By – Bessie Smith	4:21
2-7	Slow Blues [Instrumental]	2:53
2-8	[Spoken Introduction] It Hurts Me Too Written-By – Hudson Whittaker	2:45
2-9	[Spoken Introduction] Kansas City Blues	4:01
2-10	[Spoken Introduction] In The Evenin'	5:29
2-11	Worried Life Blues Written-By – Big Maceo Merriweather*	2:26
2-12	Trouble In Mind Written-By – Richard M. Jones	3:18
2-13	Take This Hammer	3:24
2-14	The Glory Of Love Written-By – Billy Hill	3:04
2-15	Louise Blues Written-By – J. Mayo Williams, Johnny Temple	3:23
2-16	Willie Mae Blues	3:28
2-17	Alberta	2:59
2-18	Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)	1:56
2-19	Crawdad Song	2:48
2-20	John Henry	3:29
2-21	Just A Dream	3:38
2-22	Frankie And Johnny	2:10
2-23	Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home Written-By – Hughie Cannon	2:12
2-24	Hollerin' The Blues	8:24

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Membran International GmbH
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Avid Entertainment

Credits

• Guitar, Vocals, Written-By – Big Bill Broonzy
• Producer, Interviewer – Bill Randle
• Remastered By – Dave Bennett

Notes

Dialogue tracks interspersed between music tracks are Broonzy's conversations with Bill Randle. Recorded 12-13 July 1957 in Chicago.
This release contains the US issued 5 LP set “The Bill Broonzy Story” edited to include all 35 performance tracks and the important bulk of his spoken, constantly fascinating reminiscences, often interspersed with his guitar. In the UK it was released as a 3LP set “Last Session Parts 1, 2, 3” that only included the 35 performance tracks.
ⓒ & Ⓟ 2014 (discs) 2015 (rear) Avid Entertainment/Avid Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 022810 709527
• Rights Society: MCPS
• Label Code: LC 12869

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MG-V 3000-5	Big Bill Broonzy	The Bill Broonzy Story ‎(Box + 5xLP, Mono)	Verve Records	MG-V 3000-5	US	1961
547 555-2	Big Bill Broonzy	The Big Bill Broonzy Story ‎(3xCD, Comp)	Verve Records	547 555-2	Europe	1999
AMSC 1159	Big Bill Broonzy	Classic Box Set: The Bill Broonzy Story ‎(2xCD, Album, RM)	Avid Roots	AMSC 1159	UK	2015