Taking Care of Business: 1956-1973 [Bear Family]

Original Release Date:  1985

Track Listing

• 1. Country Boy
• 2. That's What You Think
• 3. You Know That You Love Me (But You Never Tell Me So)
• 4. See See Baby
• 5. You've Got to Love Her with a Feeling
• 6. Have You Ever Loved a Woman
• 7. Hide Away
• 8. I Love the Woman
• 9. Lonesome Whistle Blues
• 10. If You Believe (In What You Do)
• 11. It's Too Bad (Things Are Going So Tough)
• 12. I'm Tore Down
• 13. Butterscotch (Onion Rings)
• 14. Sen-Sa-Shun
• 15. Side Tracked
• 16. The Stumble
• 17. San-Ho-Zay
• 18. Wash Out
• 19. You Know That You Love Me (But You Never Tell Me So)
• 20. See See Baby [Alternate Take]
• 21. You've Got to Love Her with a Feeling [Alternate Take]
• 22. Have You Ever Loved a Woman [Alternate Take]
• 23. Butterscotch (Onion Rings) [Alternate Take 1]
• 24. Butterscotch (Onion Rings) [Alternate Take 2]
• 25. Wash Out [Alternate Take]
• 26. Just Pickin'
• 27. Heads Up
• 28. Christmas Tears
• 29. Let Me Be (Stay Away from Me)
• 30. Takin' Care of Business
• 31. You Mean, Mean Woman (How Can Your Love Be True)
• 32. I Hear Jingle Bells
• 33. In the Open
• 34. Out Front
• 35. Swooshy
• 36. Closed Door (High Rise)
• 37. Texas Oil
• 38. She Put the Whammy on Me
• 39. I'm on My Way to Atlanta
• 40. Over Drive (The Untouchable Glide)
• 41. Driving Sideways
• 42. Sittin' on the Boat Dock
• 43. Come On
• 44. Do the President Twist
• 45. (Let Your Love) Watch Over Me
• 46. You Can't Hide
• 47. It's Easy Child
• 48. Just Pickin' [Alternate Take]
• 49. Heads Up [Alternate Take]
• 50. Closed Door (High Rise) [Alternate Take]
• 51. I'm on My Wat to Atlanta [Alternate Take]
• 52. Your Love Keeps A-Working on Me
• 53. What About Love
• 54. Bossa Nova Blues
• 55. The Bossa Nova Watusi Twist
• 56. Freeway 75
• 57. Walk Down That Aisle (Honey Chile)
• 58. Someday, After Awhile (You'll Be Sorry)
• 59. You Walked In
• 60. You're Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree
• 61. Is My Baby Mad at Me
• 62. (The Welfare) Turns Its Back on You
• 63. It Hurts to Be in Love
• 64. Look Ma, I'm Cryin'
• 65. (I'd Love To) Make Love to You
• 66. One Hundred Years
• 67. Now I've Got a Woman
• 68. Surf Monkey
• 69. If You Have It
• 70. Low Tide (Zoo Surfin')
• 71. Remington Ride
• 72. Monkey Donkey
• 73. Walk Down That Aisle (Honey Chile) [Alternate Take]
• 74. Meet Me at the Station
• 75. Full Time Love
• 76. King-A-Ling
• 77. I Love You More Every Day
• 78. Teardrops on Your Letter
• 79. Some Other Day, Some Other Time
• 80. She's the One
• 81. She's That Kind
• 82. Man Hole
• 83. Fish Fare
• 84. Funny Bone
• 85. Cloud Sailin' (Don't Move)
• 86. The Sad Nite Owl
• 87. Nickel Plated
• 88. Freddy's Midnite Dream
• 89. Girl from Kookamunga
• 90. You've Got Me Licked
• 91. Double Eyed Whammy
• 92. Use What You've Got
• 93. The Mojo
• 94. Play It Cool
• 95. Untitled Instrumental #1
• 96. Untitled Instrumental #2
• 97. Untitled Instrumental #3
• 98. Hide Away
• 99. Funky
• 100. Blue Shadows
• 101. Play It Cool
• 102. That Will Never Do
• 103. It's Too Late, She's Gone
• 104. Sweet Thing
• 105. Get out of My Life Woman
• 106. Hot Tomato
• 107. Wide Open
• 108. Let Me Down Easy
• 109. Today I Sing the Blues
• 110. Yonder Wall
• 111. I Wonder Why
• 112. I Don't Know
• 113. My Feeling for the Blues
• 114. The Stumble
• 115. Stormy Monday
• 116. What'd I Say
• 117. Ain't Nobody's Business What We Do
• 118. You Don't Have to Go
• 119. Woke Up This Morning
• 120. The Things I Used to Do
• 121. Same Old Blues
• 122. Dust My Broom
• 123. Worried Life Blues
• 124. Five Long Years
• 125. Key to the Highway
• 126. Going Down
• 127. Living on the Highway
• 128. Walking by Myself
• 129. Tore Down
• 130. Palace of the King
• 131. Gimme Some Lovin'
• 132. Please Send Me Someone to Love
• 133. That's All Right
• 134. The Same Thing
• 135. Tore Down [Live]
• 136. Dust My Broom [Live]
• 137. Can't Trust Your Neighbor
• 138. You Was Wrong
• 139. How Many More Years
• 140. Ain't No Sunshine
• 141. The Sky Is Crying
• 142. Love Her with a Feeling
• 143. Somebody Got to Go
• 144. Pulpwood
• 145. Hide Away
• 146. Lowdown in Lodi
• 147. Reconsider Baby
• 148. Big Legged Woman
• 149. Me and My Guitar
• 150. I'd Rather Be Blind
• 151. Something You Got
• 152. Ain't No Bid Deal on You
• 153. I Just Want to Make Love to You
• 154. It Hurts Me To
• 155. Boogie Fuck (Guitar Boogie)
• 156. Woman Across the River
• 157. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
• 158. Danger Zone
• 159. Boogie Man
• 160. Leave My Woman Alone
• 161. Just a Little Bit
• 162. Yonder Wall
• 163. Help Me Through the Day
• 164. I'm Ready
• 165. Trouble in Mind
• 166. You Don't Have to Go
• 167. Goin' Down [Live]

Credits

• Eddie Boyd: Composer
• Big Bill Broonzy: Composer
• Willie Dixon: Composer
• Lowell Fulson: Composer
• Lloyd Glenn: Composer
• Z.Z. Hill: Composer
• Freddie King: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Composer, Vocals, Producer
• J.B. Lenoir: Composer
• Willie Mabon: Composer
• Lonnie Mack: Guitar
• Percy Mayfield: Composer
• Jimmy McCracklin: Composer
• Jimmy Reed: Composer
• Tommy Ridgley: Composer
• Hank Ballard: Composer
• Ray Charles: Composer
• John Fogerty: Composer
• Rosco Gordon: Composer
• Chris Kenner: Composer
• Bobby King: Guitar, Composer
• Leon Russell: Organ, Piano, Composer, Keyboards, Producer
• Chuck Willis: Composer
• Steve Winwood: Composer
• Bill Withers: Composer
• George Coleman: Sax (Tenor)
• King Curtis: Composer, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), Producer, Bass Marimba
• Joe Newman: Trumpet
• Don Preston: Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Ernie Royal: Trumpet
• Clifford Scott: Sax (Tenor)
• James Booker: Organ
• Robert "Mojo" Elem: Bass (Electric)
• Claudia Lennear: Choir, Chorus
• Don Nix: Composer
• Jim Keltner: Drums
• Hank Penny: Composer
• Richard M. Jones: Composer
• Deacon Jones: Organ
• Robert Lockwood, Jr.: Guitar
• Jim Gordon: Drums
• Sonny Thompson: Organ, Piano, Composer, Vocals (Background), Producer
• Martin Banks: Trumpet
• Chuck Blackwell: Drums
• Willie Bridges: Saxophone, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• David Byrd: Organ
• Milton Campbell: Composer
• Joey Cooper: Choir, Chorus
• Denny Cordell: Producer
• Michael Cuscuna: Producer
• Cornell Dupree: Guitar
• Jimmy Douglass: Producer
• Donald "Duck" Dunn: Bass (Electric), Composer
• John Gallie: Organ
• Henry Glover: Composer
• Porter Grainger: Composer
• Isaac Hayes: Composer
• Jerry Harris: Composer
• Rev. Patrick Henderson: Organ, Piano
• Detlev Hoegen: Photography, Illustrations
• Bill Inglot: Mixing
• Elmore James: Composer
• Fred Jordan: Guitar
• B.B. King: Composer
• Riley King: Composer
• Melvin Lastie: Trumpet
• Trevor Lawrence: Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Clarence Lewis: Composer
• Kathi McDonald: Choir, Chorus
• David Maxwell: Piano
• Hugh McCracken: Harmonica
• David "Fathead" Newman: Saxophone
• Philip Paul: Drums
• David Porter: Composer
• Don Preston: Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Norman Pride: Drums
• Carl Radle: Bass (Electric)
• Gene Redd: Composer, Vocals (Background)
• Morgan Robinson: Composer
• Jimmy Rogers: Composer
• George Stubbs: Piano
• Rudy Toombs: Composer
• Allen Toussaint: Composer
• Benny Turner: Bass, Bass (Electric)
• Aaron Walker: Composer
• Frank Wess: Sax (Tenor)
• Hudson Whittaker: Composer
• Bill Willis: Bass, Bass (Electric), Composer, Vocals (Background)
• Billy Butler: Guitar
• Tunc Erim: Producer
• Al Jackson, Jr.: Drums
• Jerry Jemmott: Bass (Electric)
• Bill Dahl: Reissue Producer, Tape Comparison, Discography, Biographical Information
• Bill Greensmith: Photography, Illustrations
• Herman "Junior" Denby: Composer
• Windsor King: Composer
• Billy Myles: Composer
• Bob Griffin: Organ
• Billy "The Kid" Emerson: Piano
• Alvin Johnson: Composer
• Charlie Robinson: Drums
• Richard Weize: Reissue Producer, Tape Research, Discography
• Joe Thomas: Composer
• Curtis Lewis: Composer
• Jürgen Crasser: Mastering
• Bettye Crutcher: Composer
• Marc de Jonghe: Photography, Illustrations
• Gary Illingworth: Piano
• Rein Wisse: Photography, Illustrations
• Joe Josea: Composer
• Jules Taub: Composer
• James A. Lane: Composer
• Curtis Ousley: Composer
• Everett Robbins: Composer
• Bob Lyons: Composer
• Charles Segar: Composer
• Fred Stryker: Composer
• Israel Tolbert: Composer
• Julius Edward Dixon: Composer
• Robert Davis: Composer
• Billy Lamont: Composer
• Victor Pearlin: Photography, Illustrations, Photo Scanning
• Charles Blackwell: Drums
• H. Johnson: Sax (Tenor)
• Andreas Merck: Photo Scanning
• Bobby "Blanco" King: Guitar
• Deannie O'Neil: Drums
• Beverly Bridge: Composer
• Big Maceo: Composer
• Steve Richards: Photography, Illustrations
• Steve Richards: Photography, Illustrations
• Bobby Turner: Guitar
• Alex Jackson: Drums
• Fred Jordan: Guitar
• Daniel Gersdorf: Photo Restoration
• Mychael Gerstenberger: Artwork
• Zella Bridge: Composer
• Willy Leiser: Photography, Illustrations
• Wayne Bullock: Bass (Electric)
• Sue Sandler: Composer
• Rien Wisse: Photography, Illustrations
• Ray Starr: Composer
• Ralph Watkins: Composer
• Oscar Crummie: Bass (Electric)
• Osborne Whitfield: Sax (Tenor)
• Nunzio Nardo: Composer
• Nathaniel Nathan: Composer
• Marc De Jonghe: Photography, Illustrations
• Lucious Porter Weaver: Composer
• Gerard Doidy: Photography, Illustrations
• Eri Lindahl: Photography, Illustrations
• Elson Teat: Composer
• Eloise Whitfield: Composer, Vocals
• Edwin Johnson: Composer
• Earline Phillips: Composer
• Dean O'Neil: Drums
• Arthur Dellerson: Composer
• André Hobos: Photography, Illustrations
• Allen Jones Jr.: Composer
• Kenneth "Spider Webb" Rice: Drums
• Earlee Payton: Harmonica
• Robert Wilson: Composer
• Dennis Roberts: Composer
• H. Johnson: Sax (Tenor)
• Sammy Taylor: Composer
• Philip Paul: Drums
• Herman "Junior" Parker: Composer
• Roscoe Thorne: Composer
• John Stephens: Composer
• Charles Blackwell: Composer, Drums
• Big Mojo Elem: Bass (Electric)
• Alan Moore: Composer
• Kay Bennett: Composer
• Charles Robinson: Drums
• Robert Griffin: Organ
• Leon Washington: Composer
• Detley Hoegen: Photography, Illustrations
• Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones: Composer
• Chester Burnett: Composer
• Billy Washington: Composer