When Bobby 'Blue' Bland was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, he seemed genuinely surprised at the honour. 'I'm doing the same thing I've been doing all my life. My audience just seemed to catch up with me.' 'Though he possessed gifts on a par with his most accomplished peers,' said the New York Post in its obituary, 'Bland never achieved the popular acclaim enjoyed by contemporaries like Ray Charles and BB King. But he was nevertheless a mainstay on the rhythm and blues charts and club circuit for decades.' Hopefully this three-disc set of his Duke Records output from 1952-'62 will stay on your playlist, dear listener, for many years to come.

Tracklist:

Disc 1

01. Farther Up The Road (02:58)
02. Stormy Monday Blues (04:00)
03. Little Boy Blue (02:36)
04. Lead Me On (02:02)
05. Who Will The Next Fool Be? (02:24)
06. Call On Me (02:29)
07. I.O.U. Blues (03:10)
08. It s My Life, Baby (02:42)
09. You ve Got A Bad Intentions (02:29)
10. Woke Up Screaming (02:44)
11. Bobby's Blues (02:17)
12. You're The One (That I Adore) (02:30)
13. Hold Me Tenderly (02:16)
14. Two Steps From The Blues (02:31)
15. How Does A Cheating Women Feel (02:35)
16. Close To You (02:02)
17. Don t Want No Woman (02:37)
18. You Did Me Wrong (02:34)
19. Teach Me (How To Love You) (02:07)
20. Last Night (02:52)

Disc 2

01. Ain't That Loving You (02:30)
02. Yield Not To Temptation (02:34)
03. Cry, Cry, Cry (02:39)
04. I'll Take Care Of You (02:22)
05. Lovin' Blues (03:16)
06. Time Out (02:47)
07. Blue Moon (02:12)
08. I've Been Wrong So Long (02:17)
09. I Learned My Lesson (02:44)
10. I Don t Believe (02:36)
11. I Smell Trouble (02:29)
12. You Got Me (Where You Want Me) (02:26)
13. I Lost Sight On The World (02:34)
14. Wishing Well (02:33)
15. Is It Real (02:25)
16. Your Friends (02:28)
17. I've Just Got To Forget You (02:31)
18. That's Why (01:52)

Disc 3

01. Turn On Your Love Light (02:32)
02. I Pity the Fool (02:39)
03. I'm Not Ashamed (02:32)
04. Don't Cry No More (02:22)
05. St. James Infirmary (02:22)
06. That's The Way Love Is (02:36)
07. Someday (02:09)
08. No Blow, No Show (02:58)
09. Army Blues (02:38)
10. You Or None (02:50)
11. I Can t Put You Down Baby (02:36)
12. Blues In The Night (03:32)
13. Jelly, Jelly, Jelly (03:21)
14. Loan A Helping Hand (02:24)
15. Twistin' Up The Road (02:27)
16. 36-22-36 (02:25)
17. You're Worth It All (02:20)
18. Sometime Tomorrow (02:32)
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