50 essential BLUES albums for your record collection

GREATEST 50 BLUES ALBUMS TO OWN. What are the Greatest Blues Records?
So you wish to have the coolest & most complete BLUES record collection possible? Here are 50 albums that are ESSENTIAL. They are NOT the BEST ALL TIME as this is a very subjective issue & everyone has their valid opinions. These 50 are suggesting building blocks to your collection (especially for beginners) which will be built on by other older & newer records as they get discovered or appear to your likes. Said in a different manner, this is my choice of records that NEED TO BE within any serious record collection… they are just 50 Blues works restricted in number for discipline sake and in no particular order of ranking.

Now it’s up to you to keep adding to this list of 50 Blues albums with your choice, likes & modern day music. Enjoy!

50 ÁLBUMES ESENCIALES DE BLUES PARA TU COLECCIÓN DE DISCOS

¿Deseas tener la mejor y más completa colección de discos BLUES posible? Aquí propongo los 50 álbumes ESENCIALES para tener. No es una lista de los MEJORES DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS, esto seria muy subjetivo y todos tenemos nuestros valida opiniones. Estos 50 Blues discos son bloques para construir tu colección (especialmente principiantes) para ir añadiendo otros y novedades en cuando los vayas descubriendo y gustando. Dicho de otra manera, esta lista es solo mi opinión de los discos que DEBES tener para poseer una colección de discos Blues seria…solo aparecen 50 restringidos a tal a propósito por disciplina y en ningún orden en particular de importancia.

Ahora depende de ti para ir añadiendo a esta lista de 50 con tus favoritos, los que te gustan a ti y del moderno. Disfruta!

Full list / Lista:

The Essential Bessie Smith - Bessie Smith
Complete Recordings 1929-1934 - Charley Patton
The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson
King of the Country Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Lead Belly
West Side Soul - Magic Sam
Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
His Best - Little Water
His Best - Sonny Boy Williamson
I Am The Blues - Willie Dixon
At Last! - Etta James
A Man and The Blues - Buddy Guy
Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells & Buddy Guy
The Original Peacock Recordings - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Fathers And Sons - Muddy Waters
Son House Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions
Moanin' In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dance With Freddie King - Freddie King
Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton - John Mayall
The Gate Of The Horn - Memphis Slim
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Paul Butterfield
Coffee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
The Natch'l Blues - Taj Mahal
It Serves You Right To Suffer - John Lee Hooker
Spotlight On Lucille - B.B. King
Blues After Hours - Elmore James
I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll - Mississippi Fred McDowell
Completely Well - B.B. King
Roy Buchanan - Roy Buchanan
Too Bad Jim - R.L. Burnside
Blues In My Bottle - Lightin´Hopkins
House Of The Blues- John Lee Hooker
My Ding A Ling- Chuck Berry
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
T-Bone BluesT-Bone Walker
Truth - Jeff Beck
Irish Tour - Rory Gallagher
Mr Wonderful - Fleetwood Mac
Live At Fillmore East - Allman Brothers Band
First Album - ZZ Top
So Many Roads - Ottis Rush
I'm Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed
Folk Singer - Muddy Waters
The Best Of - Mamie Smith
Mother of Blues - Ma Rainey
Sings The Blues - Nat King Cole
Resurrection Of The Bayou Maharajah - James Booker
Mostly Blues - Louis Armstrong
The Genius of Ray Charles - Ray Charles

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