Only The Best Of

Hank Crawford

Collectables

An 8 CD box set that brings together 12 LPs originally released on Atlantic. Joe Dukes plays drums on a few tracks on the source LPs Mr Blues and After Hours.

Tracks

• Dig These Blues (Crawford)
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington / Russell)
• Banana Head (Crawford)
• H.C. Blues (Crawford)
• It's a Sin (Rose / Turner)
• Hollywood Blues (Newborn)
• Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Warfield / Willams)
• New Blues (Newborn)
• Bluff City Blues (Crawford)
• After Hours (Bruce / Feyne / Parrish)
• Junction (Golson)
• Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) (Bricusse / Newley)
• Next Time You See Me (Tucker)
• Soul Shoutin' (Turrentine)
• Makin' Whoopee (Donaldson / Kahn)
• When Did You Leave Heaven (Bullock / Whiting)
• The Back Slider (Crawford)
• Don't Cry Baby (Bernie / Johnson / Unger)
• Sweet Cakes (Crawford)
• You've Changed (Carey / Fischer)
• Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Charles)
• Sherri (Crawford)
• The Peeper (Crawford)
• But on the Other Hand (Mayfield)
• Stoney Lonesome (Crawford)
• What Will I Tell My Heart (Gordon / Lawrence / Tinturin)
• It's a Funky Thing to Do (Ellis)
• If Ever I Should Leave You (Lerner / Loewe)
• Hills of Love (Malcolm / Shaw)
• Sophisticated Soul (Crawford)
• You're the One (Smith)
• Parker's Mood (Parker)
• Kingsize Man (Crawford)
• Boo's Tune (Moody)
• Angel Eyes (Brent / Dennis)
• Four Five Six (Crawford)
• The Story (Moody)
• Dat Dere (Brown / Timmons)
• Misty (Garner)
• Sister Sadie (Silver)
• Mr. Blues (Crawford)
• On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) (Lane / Lerner)
• Hush Puppies (Crawford)
• Danger Zone (Mayfield)
• Route 66 (Troup)
• Lonely Avenue (Pomus)
• Teardrops (Scott / Thompson)
• Smoky City (Crawford)
• The Turfer (Crawford)
• Groovin' (Brigati / Cavaliere)
• I Can't See Myself Leaving You (Shannon)
• Never Let Me Go (Scott)
• Baby, I Love You (Shannon)
• Lady Soul (Crawford)
• Soul Serenade (Dixon / Ousley)
• Ain't No Way (Franklin)
• Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) (Franklin / White)
• Take a Look (Otis)
• Going Down Slow (Oden)
• Blueberry Hill (Lewis / Rose / Stock)
• I Left My Heart in San Francisco (Cory / Cross)
• Stormy Weather (Arlen / Koehler)
• Sweet Slumber (Millinder / Neiberg / Woode)
• If I Didn't Care (Lawrence)
• Stardust (Carmichael / Parish)
• Any Time (Lawson)
• Whispering Grass (Fisher / Fisher)
• Time out for Tears (Berman / Schiff)
• I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You (Bassman / Washington)
• There Goes My Heart (Davis / Silver)
• Have a Good Time (Bryant / Bryant)
• Shake a Plenty (Crawford)
• Mellow Down (Crawford / Ford)
• Read 'Em and Weep (Crawford)
• Merry Christmas Baby (Baxter / Moore)
• Save Your Love for Me (Johnson)
• Skunky Green (Crawford)
• Two Years of Torture (Mayfield / Morris)
• Blues in Bloom (Mapp)
• Got You on My Mind (Biggs / Thomas)
• Shooby (Branch / Crawford)
• Double Cross (Crawford)
• Jimmy Mack (Dozier / Holland / Holland)
• Glue Fingers (Crawford)
• I Can't Stand It (Crawford)
• In the Heat of the Night (Bergman / Bergman / Jones)
• The Second Time Around (Cahn / VanHeusen)
• Mud Island Blues (Crawford)
• Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) (Hodges)
• Please Send Me Someone to Love (Mayfield)
• Easy Living (Rainger / Robin)
• Playmates (Crawford)
• What a Difference a Day Made (Adams / Grever)
• Me and My Baby (Silver)
• Lorelei's Lament (Crawford)
• Blue Stone (Crawford)
• Sigi (Wright)
• Angel Eyes (Brent / Dennis)
• Autumn Leaves (Kosma / Mercer / Prevert)
• Indian Summer (Dubin / Herbert)
• Blues Shout (Gryce)
• Night in Tunisia (Gillespie / Paparelli)
• The Wind (Freeman / Gladstone)
• Two Moods (Wright)

The music on this box set was originally released on;

• More Soul, Hank Crawford, 1961
• Blues Shout, Leo Wright, 1961
• The Soul Clinic, Hank Crawford, 1962
• From The Heart, Hank Crawford, 1962
• Soul Of The Ballad, Hank Crawford, 1963
• True Blue, Hank Crawford, 1964
• Dig These Blues, Hank Crawford, 1965
• After Hours, Hank Crawford, 1966
• Mr Blues, Hank Crawford, 1967
• Double Cross, Hank Crawford, 1967
• Mr Blues Plays Lady Soul, Hank Crawford, 1969
• It's A Funky Thing To Do, Hank Crawford, 1971