Various Artists - The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection (1991)

If you've been playing along at home, you know I've listened to plenty of blues compilations of late. Nothing against the other discs - I've liked all of them and learned plenty along the way - but, simply put, this is the most enjoyable blues compilation I've come across this year. I'm not the only one who likes it: it sold exceptionally well for a blues release and spawned many a catalog sale (more on that here). Recommended. Or check out any of Alligator's many anniversary compilations.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: #187

Tracks:

	Disc One
	Song	Artist	Year
1	Give Me Back My Wig	Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers	1971
2	No Cuttin' Loose	James Cotton	1984
3	Black Cat Bone	Albert Collins & Johnny Copeland	1985
4	Big Chief	Professor Longhair	1980
5	That's Why I'm Crying	Koko Taylor	1975
6	Double Eyed Whammy	Tinsley Ellis	1988
7	I'm Free	Lucky Peterson	1990
8	These Blues Is Killing Me	A.C. Reed with Stevie Ray Vaughan	1987
9	Rain	Little Charlie & The Nightcats	1991
10	Look But Don't Touch	Kenny Neal	1991
11	Fannie Mae	Elvin Bishop	1991
12	Serves Me Right To Suffer	Jimmy Johnson	1978
13	Leavin'	The Siegel-Schwall Band	1988
14	Born In Louisiana	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	1989
15	Leaving Your Town	Charlie Musselwhite	1990
16	Drowning On Dry Land	Roy Buchanan	1986
17	If I Hadn't Been High	Detroit Junior	1980
18	Trouble In Mind	Big Walter Horton	1972

	Disc Two
	Song	Artist	Year
1	Brick	Albert Collins	1980
2	Pussycat Moan	Katie Webster	1989
3	You Don't Exist Any More	Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials	1986
4	Second Hand Man	Carey Bell & Junior Wells	1990
5	I've Got Dreams To Remember	Delbert McClinton	1989
6	Going Down To Big Mary's	The Paladins	1988
7	300 Pounds Of Heavenly Joy	Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows	1983
8	Going Back Home	Son Seals	1976
9	Strike Like Lightning	Lonnie Mack	1985
10	The Middle Aged Blues Boogie	Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women	1990
11	Eyeballin'	Lonnie Brooks	1981
12	Full Moon On Main Street	The Kinsey Report	1987
13	Crow Jane	Sonny Terry	1984
14	I'm The Zydeco Man	Clifton Chenier	1982
15	Don't Know What Love Is	Fenton Robinson	1974
16	Blues After Hours	Pinetop Perkins	1978
17	Boot Hill	Johnny Winter	1984

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: In the days before the Internet, we filled out a card requesting a catalog via snail mail: