
Little Walter – His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (rec. Skip James – The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James – 1930 (rec. Mississippi John Hurt – Avalon Blues: Complete 1928 Recordings (rec. John Mayall - Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (1966) Son House – Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Recordings (1965) 1951-1961)Ĭlarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown – The Original Peacock Recordings (rec. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)Įlmore James – The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James (rec. Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues (rec. 1951-1959)Īlbert King – Born Under a Bad Sign (rec. Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ in the Moonlight (rec. For example, all the music on Robert Johnson’s King of the Delta Blues is also available on Robert Johnson’s The Complete Recordings. Much of the material from the artists is available on multiple compilation albums. NOTE: Many older blues albums are compilations. For the same list organized in chronological order, go here. Albums on the same number of lists are organized in chronological order, based on the earliest recording on the album. This list is organized by rank, that is, with the albums on the most lists at the time. I have collected over a dozen lists of ‘best blues albums’ that I found in books, magazines and websites and compiled them into a single meta-list.
