An interesting concept, Brian Jones Presents His Favourite Songs on CD and vinyl is well worth a look.
Of course, Brian isn’t around to pick his favourite songs, but they have been put together based on his personal preferences when he was.
This new anthology brings together the original songs – by their creators – that were the making of Brian Jones. These recordings were the reason why he formed a band and the reason why the Rolling Stones were initially so successful.
It was all about forming a group capable of playing and promoting a love of the blues and early soul and R&B.
The album is being made available on 21st June 2019 as either a 3-CD set with a 52-page booklet or a double vinyl set via the Le Chant Du Monde label. If you want either, the CD sells for £12.71 and the vinyl £20.91. Tracks listed below and you can pre-order now.
Vinyl set at the Amazon website
CD track listing:
Dust my broom (Elmore Brooks) 1951 – ELMORE JAMES
I can’t be satisfied (McKinley Morganfield) 1948 – MUDDY WATERS
I feel like going home (McKinley Morganfield) 1948 – MUDDY WATERS
Don’t start me talkin’ (Aleck Rice Miller) 1955 – MUDDY WATERS
All my love in vain (Aleck Rice Miller) 1955 – SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON
Stones in my passway (Robert Johnson) 1937 – ROBERT JOHNSON
I’m a steady rollin’ man (Robert Johnson) 1937 – ROBERT JOHNSON
I’m a King Bee (James Isaac Moore) 1957 – SLIM HARPO
I got love if you want it (James Isaac Moore) 1957 – SLIM HARPO
Smoke stack lightning (Chester Burnett) 1956 – THE HOWLIN’ WOLF
The red rooster (Willie Dixon) 1961 – HOWLIN’ WOLF
Three o’clock blues (Lowell Fulson) 1951 – B. B. KING
Dimples (John Lee Hooker) 1956 – JOHN LEE HOOKER
Crawling King Snake (Big Joe Williams) 1959 – JOHN LEE HOOKER
I’m your Hoochie-Coochie man (Willie Dixon) 1954 – MUDDY WATERS
Look what you’ve done (McKinley Morganfield) 1956 – MUDDY WATERS
Louisiana blues (Muddy Waters) 1950 – MUDDY WATERS
I got to find my baby (Peter Clayton) 1954 – LITTLE WALTER
Hush-Hush (Mathis James Reed) 1959 – JIMMY REED
Big Boss Man (Luther Dixon/Al Smith) 1960 – JIMMY REED
Happy Home (Joe Josea) 1954 – ELMORE JAMES
Come on (Charles Edward Anderson Berry) 1961 – CHUCK BERRY
(Get your kicks on) Route 66 (Robert Wesley Troup) 1946 – THE NAT KING COLE TRIO
Pretty thing (Willie Dixon) 1955 – BO DIDDLEY
Money (That’s what I want) (Berry Gordy/Janie Bradford) 1959 BARRETT STRONG
Fortune teller (Allen R. Toussaint) 1962 – BENNY SPELLMAN
Hitch Hike (Marvin Gaye, Clarence Paul, William Stevenson) 1962 – MARVIN GAYE
Cry to me (Bert Berns) 1961 – SOLOMON BURKE
Vinyl track listing:
Side A
Dust my broom (Elmore Brooks) 1951 – ELMORE JAMES
I can’t be satisfied (McKinley Morganfield) 1948 – MUDDY WATERS
I feel like going home (McKinley Morganfield) 1948 – MUDDY WATERS
All my love in vain (Aleck Rice Miller) 1955 – SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON
Stones in my passway (Robert Johnson) 1937 – ROBERT JOHNSON
I’m a steady rollin’ man (Robert Johnson) 1937 – ROBERT JOHNSON
Side B
I’m a King Bee (James Isaac Moore) 1957 – SLIM HARPO
I got love if you want it (James Isaac Moore) 1957 – SLIM HARPO
Smoke stack lightning (Chester Burnett) 1956 – THE HOWLIN’ WOLF
The red rooster (Willie Dixon) 1961 – HOWLIN’ WOLF
Three o’clock blues (Lowell Fulson) 1951 – B. B. KING
Dimples (John Lee Hooker) 1956 – JOHN LEE HOOKER
Crawling King Snake (Big Joe Williams) 1959 – JOHN LEE HOOKER
Side C
I’m your Hoochie-Coochie man (Willie Dixon) 1954 – MUDDY WATERS
Look what you’ve done (McKinley Morganfield) 1956 – MUDDY WATERS
Louisiana blues (Muddy Waters) 1950 – MUDDY WATERS
I got to find my baby (Peter Clayton) 1954 – LITTLE WALTER
Hush-Hush (Mathis James Reed) 1959 – JIMMY REED
Big Boss Man (Luther Dixon/Al Smith) 1960 – JIMMY REED
Happy Home (Joe Josea) 1954 – ELMORE JAMES
Side D
Come on (Charles Edward Anderson Berry) 1961 – CHUCK BERRY
(Get your kicks on) Route 66 (Robert Wesley Troup) 1946 – THE NAT KING COLE TRIO
Pretty thing (Willie Dixon) 1955 – BO DIDDLEY
Money (That’s what I want) (Berry Gordy/Janie Bradford) 1959 BARRETT STRONG
Fortune teller (Allen R. Toussaint) 1962 – BENNY SPELLMAN
Hitch Hike (Marvin Gaye, Clarence Paul, William Stevenson) 1962 – MARVIN GAYE
Cry to me (Bert Berns) 1961 – SOLOMON BURKE
