Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954)
Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954)
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Sign in or Sign up!- Release Date: 10/01/2025
- Barcode: 4000127169211
- Edition: Box Set
- Genre: Blues
- Label Family: Bear Family
- Subgenre: Compilation

Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954)
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Part one of the most comprehensive history EVER of electrified blues on 12 electrifying CDs! Every significant artist . every significant recording from the 1930s to the present day, including T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, George Thorogood, and Freddie, B.B. and Albert King, Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac, Charlie Musselwhite, Johnny Winter, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and literally hundreds more!
TRACK LISTING
Disc 1
1: Floyd's Guitar Blues (Feat. Floyd Smith) - Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
2: Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker
3: Strange Things Happening Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
4: Drifting Blues - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
5: Ain't That Just Like a Woman - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
6: That's All Right - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
7: Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Lightnin' Hopkins
8: Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) - T-Bone Walker
9: Better Cut That Out - Sonny Boy Williamson
10: Ramblin' Bill - Big Bill Broonzy & His Rhythm Band
11: I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
12: Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker
13: Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton
14: Mary Is Fine - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
15: Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee - Stick McGhee & His Buddies
16: Hit the Road - Little Willie Littlefield
17: Who's Been Jivin' You - Jimmy Witherspoon
18: Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) - The Nighthawks
19: My Special Friend Blues - Baby Boy Warren
20: Every Day I Have the Blues (Lonely Heart Blues) - Lowell Fulson
21: Rock Awhile - Goree Carter & His Hep Cats
22: Bon Ton Roula - Clarence Garlow
23: Rollin' and Tumblin' Part 1 - Baby Face Leroy Trio
24: Slippin' and Slidin' - Gene Phillips with Jack McVea Orchestra
25: Rockin' All Day (Aka Rockin' and Reelin') - Jimmy McCracklin
26: Love Don't Love Nobody - Roy Brown and His Mighty Mighty Men
Disc 2
1: That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers
2: Midnight Boogie - Tampa Red
3: Black Night - Charles Brown
4: Rock Little Baby - Cecil Gant
5: Why Should I Cry? - Lonnie Johnson
6: Rocket '88' - Jackie Brenston
7: How Many More Tears? - Howlin' Wolf
8: Boogie Woogie Nighthawk - James 'Wide Mouth' Brown
9: Baby Let's Go Down to the Woods - Floyd Dixon
10: Kansas City Blues - Robert Nighthawk
11: Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
12: Dust My Broom - Elmore James
13: I'm in the Mood - John Lee Hooker
14: Cold Cold Feeling - T-Bone Walker
15: Ramblin' On My Mind - Boyd Gilmore
16: Please Send My Baby Back - Sunny Blair
17: Trust in Me - Fats Domino
18: Juke - Little Walter
19: Me and My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie
20: Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
21: Lonesome Train - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
22: Hound Dog - Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton
23: Chocolate Pork Chop Man - Pete 'Guitar' Lewis
24: Woke Up This Morning - B.B. King
25: Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
26: Cryin' Shame - Snooky Pryor
Disc 3
1: Messin' Up - Chuck Norris
2: Please Love Me - B.B. King
3: Forty Cups of Coffee - Danny Overbea
4: Ice Cream Man - John Brim
5: Losing Hand - Ray Charles
6: Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis
7: Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames
8: One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Amos Milburn
9: Tiger Man - Rufus Thomas Jr.
10: Blues With a Feeling - Little Walter
11: Piggly Wiggly - Lil' Son Jackson
12: TV Mama - Joe Turner
13: The Things That I Used to Do - Guitar Slim
14: Shim Sham Shimmy - Champion Jack Dupree
15: Dirty Work at the Crossroad - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
16: You Don't Have to Go - Jimmy Reed
17: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
18: Sloppy Drunk - Jimmy Rogers
19: Shake That Thing - Wynonie Harris
20: Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
21: I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
22: Pet Cream Man - J.B. Hutto
23: Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
24: Don't Have to Worry - Lafayette Thomas
25: The Boogie Disease - Dr. Ross,
Disc 1
1: Floyd's Guitar Blues (Feat. Floyd Smith) - Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
2: Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker
3: Strange Things Happening Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
4: Drifting Blues - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
5: Ain't That Just Like a Woman - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
6: That's All Right - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
7: Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Lightnin' Hopkins
8: Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) - T-Bone Walker
9: Better Cut That Out - Sonny Boy Williamson
10: Ramblin' Bill - Big Bill Broonzy & His Rhythm Band
11: I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
12: Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker
13: Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton
14: Mary Is Fine - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
15: Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee - Stick McGhee & His Buddies
16: Hit the Road - Little Willie Littlefield
17: Who's Been Jivin' You - Jimmy Witherspoon
18: Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) - The Nighthawks
19: My Special Friend Blues - Baby Boy Warren
20: Every Day I Have the Blues (Lonely Heart Blues) - Lowell Fulson
21: Rock Awhile - Goree Carter & His Hep Cats
22: Bon Ton Roula - Clarence Garlow
23: Rollin' and Tumblin' Part 1 - Baby Face Leroy Trio
24: Slippin' and Slidin' - Gene Phillips with Jack McVea Orchestra
25: Rockin' All Day (Aka Rockin' and Reelin') - Jimmy McCracklin
26: Love Don't Love Nobody - Roy Brown and His Mighty Mighty Men
Disc 2
1: That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers
2: Midnight Boogie - Tampa Red
3: Black Night - Charles Brown
4: Rock Little Baby - Cecil Gant
5: Why Should I Cry? - Lonnie Johnson
6: Rocket '88' - Jackie Brenston
7: How Many More Tears? - Howlin' Wolf
8: Boogie Woogie Nighthawk - James 'Wide Mouth' Brown
9: Baby Let's Go Down to the Woods - Floyd Dixon
10: Kansas City Blues - Robert Nighthawk
11: Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
12: Dust My Broom - Elmore James
13: I'm in the Mood - John Lee Hooker
14: Cold Cold Feeling - T-Bone Walker
15: Ramblin' On My Mind - Boyd Gilmore
16: Please Send My Baby Back - Sunny Blair
17: Trust in Me - Fats Domino
18: Juke - Little Walter
19: Me and My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie
20: Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
21: Lonesome Train - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
22: Hound Dog - Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton
23: Chocolate Pork Chop Man - Pete 'Guitar' Lewis
24: Woke Up This Morning - B.B. King
25: Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
26: Cryin' Shame - Snooky Pryor
Disc 3
1: Messin' Up - Chuck Norris
2: Please Love Me - B.B. King
3: Forty Cups of Coffee - Danny Overbea
4: Ice Cream Man - John Brim
5: Losing Hand - Ray Charles
6: Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis
7: Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames
8: One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Amos Milburn
9: Tiger Man - Rufus Thomas Jr.
10: Blues With a Feeling - Little Walter
11: Piggly Wiggly - Lil' Son Jackson
12: TV Mama - Joe Turner
13: The Things That I Used to Do - Guitar Slim
14: Shim Sham Shimmy - Champion Jack Dupree
15: Dirty Work at the Crossroad - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
16: You Don't Have to Go - Jimmy Reed
17: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
18: Sloppy Drunk - Jimmy Rogers
19: Shake That Thing - Wynonie Harris
20: Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
21: I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
22: Pet Cream Man - J.B. Hutto
23: Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
24: Don't Have to Worry - Lafayette Thomas
25: The Boogie Disease - Dr. Ross
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