The Living the Blues collection has proved to be a popular set, perhaps more so in Europe (where the volumes were 2-CD sets) than in the U.S. The different volumes cover a vast time period from the 1920s to the 1990s, making it perhaps one of the broadest blues sets ever produced.

Direct-mail sales material included sly references to blues songs such as, "Get the blues without paying your dues," along with eye-popping old blues photos such as the one of T-Bone Walker at near left. Even Walker's band mates seem impressed.

We would appreciate any additions or corrections to this discography. Just send them to us via e-mail. Both Sides Now Publications is an information web page. We are not a catalog, nor can we provide the records listed below. We have no association with Time-Life or Warner Bros. Records. Should you be interested in acquiring albums listed in this discography (all of which are out of print), we suggest you see our Frequently Asked Questions page and follow the instructions found there. This story and discography are copyright 2004 by Mike Callahan.

TIME-LIFE ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY, Part 31

Cover	Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] Contents
	R859-01 (MCA Special Markets & Products MSD-35881) - Living the Blues: Blues Legends - Various Artists [1995] Dust My Broom - Elmore James (M)/I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo (M)/Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters (M)/Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf (S, buzz in one channel)/Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed (S)/Bad Bad Whiskey - Amos Milburn (M)/Frosty - Albert Collins (M)/Farther Up The Road - Bobby "Blue" Bland (M)/I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush (E)/Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As Bad - T- Bone Walker (M)/Who Do You Love - Bo Diddley (M)/Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker (M)/My Babe - Little Walter (M)/Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir (M)/Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson (M)/Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor (S)/The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King (S, 5:24)/Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King (S)/Stone Crazy - Buddy Guy (M)/Trouble Blues - Charles Brown (M)
	R859-02 (MCA Special Markets & Products MSD-35882) - Living the Blues: Blues Masters - Various Artists [1995] I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man - Muddy Waters/Hound Dog - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton/Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf/Baby What You Want Me to Do - Jimmy Reed/The Sky Is Crying - Elmore James/Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd/Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker/Next Time You Saw Me - Little Junior Parker/Baby Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo/So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush/Rock Me Baby - B. B. King/You're So Fine - Little Walter/I'm a Man - Bo Diddley/Don't Start Me Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson/The Things That I Used to Do - Guitar Slim/Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson/Turn On Your Lovelight - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Grits Ain't Groceries - Little Milton/Crosscut Saw - Albert King/I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James
	R859-03 (MCA Special Markets & Products MSD-35883) - Living the Blues: Blues Greats - Various Artists [1995] Smoke Stack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf /Crawling King Snake Blues - John Lee Hooker/Double Trouble - Otis Rush/It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James/Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed/Little by Little - Junior Wells/29 Ways - Willie Dixon/One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers/T- Bone Shuffle - T-Bone Walker/Every Day I Have the Blues - B. B. King/Juke - Little Walter and His Night Cats/I Just Want to Make Love to You - Muddy Waters/Help Me - Sonny Boy Williamson/Fannie Mae - Buster Brown/Walking by Myself - Jimmy Rogers/Driving Wheel - Little Junior Parker/We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton/Cry Cry Cry - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Wee Wee Hours - Chuck Berry/Black Night - Charles Brown
	R859-04 (MCA Special Markets & Products MSD-36045) - Living the Blues: Blues Classics 1957-1959 - Various Artists [1996] I Hear You Knockin' - Lazy Lester (M)/All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush (M)/Rock Me - Muddy Waters (M)/Key To The Highway - Little Walter (M)/Please Accept My Love - B.B. King (M)/Rooster Blues - Lightnin' Slim (M)/The Walk - Jimmy McCracklin (M)/Gangster Of Love - Johnny "Guitar" Watson (M)/I'll Take Care Of You - Bobby "Blue" Bland (M)/Blues Early Early - Big Maybelle (M)/Number 9 Train - Tarheel Slim (M)/(Night Time Is) The Right Time - Ray Charles (S)/Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed (M)/Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison (E)/All Your Love - Magic Sam (M)/Got My Mojo Workin' - Ann Cole (M)/I Love You Honey - John Lee Hooker (M)/Barefoot Rock - Little Junior Parker (M)/I've Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo (M)/Texas Flood - Larry Davis (M)
	R859-05 (MCA Special Markets & Products MSD-36046) - Living the Blues: Blues Classics 1960-1964 - Various Artists [1996] Hide Away - Freddy King (M)/Hush Hush - Jimmy Reed (M)/I Pity The Fool - Bobby Bland (M)/You Shook Me - Muddy Waters (M)/Sweet 16, Part 1 - B.B. King (S)/Rainin' In My Heart - Slim Harpo (M)/Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James (M)/Part Time Love - Little Johnny Taylor (S)/Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf (M)/Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong - Albert King (M)/Watch Your Step - Bobby Parker (M)/Cuttin' In - Johnny "Guitar" Watson (M)/Just A Little Bit - Roscoe Gordon (M)/Stormy Monday Blues - Bobby "Blue" Bland (S)/Come On, Part 1 - Earl King (M)/The First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy (M)/Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James (M)/Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Freddy King (M)/In The Dark - Little Junior Parker (M)/Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker (M)
	R859-06 (MCA Special Markets & Products MSD 36044) - Living the Blues: Blues Classics 1955-1956 - Various Artists [1996] Manish Boy - Muddy Waters/Ain't That Lovin' You Baby - Jimmy Reed/Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter/One Night - Smiley Lewis/Those Lonely Lonely Lonely Nights - Earl King/Keep It To Yourself - Sonny BoyWilliamson/I Wanna Ramble - Little Junior Parker/Need Your Love So Bad - Little Willie John/When It Rain, It Pours - Billy "The Kid" Emerson/My Love Will Never Die - Otis Rush/Boogie Woogie Country Girl - Big Joe Turner/Dimples - John Lee Hooker/I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold/Lonely Avenue - Ray Charles/Sweet Little Angel - B. B. King/Poison Ivy - Willie Mabon/Baby Let's Play House - Arthur Gunter/I Asked For Water - Howlin' Wolf/Walking The Blues - Champion Jack Dupree/Candy - Big Maybelle
	R859-07 (MCA Special Markets & Products MSD-37049) - Living the Blues: Blues Classics 1965-1969 - Various Artists [1996] Tramp - Lowell Fulson/Who's Cheating Who? - Little Milton/Laundromat Blues - Albert King/These Hands (Small But Mighty) - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells/Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) - Magic Sam/Madison Blues - Elmore James/Why I Sing The Blues - B. B. King/Think - Jimmy McCracklin/Ball And Chain - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton/Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu - Slim Harpo/Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers/My Time After Awhile - Buddy Guy/Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf/29 Ways (To My Baby's Door) - KoKo Taylor/Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - B.B. King/It Serves Me Right - John Lee Hooker/Black Gal - Clifton Chenier/It's A Man Down There - G.L. Crockett/Conversation With Collins - Albert Collins
	R859-08 (MCA Special Markets & Products MSD-37075) - Living the Blues: Blues Classics 1953-1954 - Various Artists [1996] I Feel So Bad - Chuck Willis/Well I Done Got Over It - Guitar Slim/You Upset Me Baby - B. B. King/Blues With a Feeling - Little Walter/Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames/Hours - Eddie Boyd/I Smell a Rat - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton/Tiptina - Professor Longhair/One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee/Gabbin' Blues - Big Maybelle/Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas/K. C. Loving - Little Willie Littlefield/I'm Mad - Willie Mabon/Let Me Go Home Whiskey - Amos Milburn/Okie Dookie Stomp - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown/Evil - Howlin' Wolf/Blue Monday - Smiley Lewis/When the Lights Go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon/Space Guitar - Young John Watson (aka Johnny "Guitar" Watson)/Hittin' On Me - Buddy Johnson
	R859-09 - Living the Blues: Blues Classics 1950-1952 - Various Artists [1996] Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston with his Delta Cats/How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf/I'm in the Mood - John Lee Hooker/I Don't Know - Willie Mabon/Three O'Clock Blues - B.B. King/Goin' Home - Fats Domino/Rockin' With Red - Piano Red/No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon/New Blowtop Blues - Dinah Washington/Hard Luck Blues - Roy Brown/Lovin' Machine - Wynonie Harris/She's Dynamite - B.B. King/I Got Loaded - Peppermint Harris/Well Oh Well - Tiny Bradshaw/Chains of Love - Big Joe Turner/Double Crossing Blues - Little Esther with the Robins and the Johnny Otis Orchestra/Rollin' and Tumblin' - Muddy Waters/I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks - Marie Adams/T-99 (My Sweet Little Honey Dripper) -Jimmy Nelson/Call Operator 210 - Floyd Dixon
	R859-10 - Living the Blues: Blues Classics 1945-1949 - Various Artists [1997] Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris/Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn/Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five/Baby Get Lost - Dinah Washington/Long About Midnight - Roy Brown/That's All Right - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup/Hobo Blues - John Lee Hooker/My Gal's a Jockey - Big Joe Turner/Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton/Drifting Blues - Johnny Moore's 3 Blazers/Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five/He's a Real Gone Guy - Nellie Lutcher/Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me - Bull Moose Jackson/Old Maid Boogie - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters/Bobby Socks Blues - T-Bone Walker/(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It - Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends/The Honeydripper - Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers/My Heart Belongs to You - Arbee Stidham/It's Midnight - Little Willie Littlefield
	R859-11 - Living the Blues: Blues Classics - The '70s - Various Artists [1997]
	R859-12 - Living the Blues: Guitar Classics - Various Artists [199?] Love Me Baby - Little Junior's Blue Flames/Just One More Time - Billy Gales with Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm/The Story Of My Life - Guitar Slim/Sweet Black Angel (Black Angel Blues) - Robert Nighthawk/Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker/Mojo Hand - Lightin' Hopkins/Three Hours Past Midnight - Johnny "Guitar" Watson/The Stumble - Freddy King/Easy Baby - Magic Sam/Night Life - B.B.King/You Did Me Wrong - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Gate's Salty Blues - Clarence (Gatemouth) Brown/Glory For Man - Robert Junior Lockwood/I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters/The Leading Brand - Earl Hooker/She's Out There Somewhere - Buddy Guy/Avalanche - Albert Collins/T-Bone Shuffle - Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland/Phone Booth - Robert Cray Band/I'll Get To Heaven On My Own - Joe Louis Walker
	R859-13 - Living the Blues: Vocal Classics - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-14 - Living the Blues: Blues Classics: The '80s - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-15 - Living the Blues: Raunchy Blues Classics - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-16 - Living the Blues: Louisiana Blues Classics - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-17 - Living the Blues: Texas and West Coast Blues Classics - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-18 - Living the Blues: Chicago Blues Classics - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-19 - Living the Blues: Blues Roots 1920-1930 - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-20 - Living the Blues: Blues Roots 1930-1944 - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-21 - Living the Blues: Jump Blues and Boogie - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-22 - Living the Blues: Blues Christmas - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-23 (Warner Special Products OPCD-2758) - Living the Blues: Blues Classics - The '90s - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-24 - Living the Blues: Ladies Sing the Blues - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-25 - Living the Blues: Blues for Fun - Various Artists [199?]
	R859-?? - Living the Blues: Blues Classics 1942-1945 - Various Artists [199?]
	Living the Blues Retail Samplers:
	M185-18 - Living the Blues: The Collection - Various Artists [1998] (2-CD set) Disc 1: Rock Me Baby - B.B. King/Something's Got a Hold on Me - Etta James/Farther Up the Road - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton/Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf/Driving Wheel - Little Junior Parker/Wee Wee Hours - Chuck Berry/Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King/Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker/Hide Away - Freddie King/Things That I Used to Do - Guitar Slim/Dust My Broom - Elmore James/You Shook Me - Muddy Waters; Disc 2: Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters/Grits Ain't Groceries - Little Milton/My Babe - Little Walter/Stone Crazy - Buddy Guy/Who Do You Love? - Bo Diddley/Feelin' Good - Willie Dixon/I'm a King Bee - Slim Harpo/Bring It on Home - Sonny Boy Williamson/Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor/I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush/Frosty - Albert Collins/Those Lonely, Lonely Nights - Earl King/Trouble Blues - Charles Brown
	M881-04 (Universal Music Special Products MSD-36053) - Living the Blues: Chicago Blues Giants - Various Artists [1999] You Better Watch Yourself - Little Walter/Forty Days & Forty Nights - Muddy Waters/Mona - Bo Diddley/Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson/Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf/Satisfied - Little Milton/What Kind of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor/You Know My Love - Otis Rush/Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy/Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor
	Living the Blues Retail Budget Box Set:
	M183-28 - Living the Blues: Greatest Hits - Various Artists [1999] 3-CD retail box set with the three CDs below in a thin cardboard box/sleeve. Cover artwork repeats some of the pictures in the regular series.
	M183-25 - Living the Blues: Blues Masters - Various Artists [1999] Wee Wee Hours - Chuck Berry/One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Amos Milburn/Dust My Broom - Elmore James/Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters/Key To The Highway - Little Walter/Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf/Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed/Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker/Stone Crazy - Buddy Guy/Black Night - Charles Brown/Turn On Your Love Light - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Grits Ain't Groceries - Little Milton
	M183-26 - Living the Blues: Blues Greats - Various Artists [1999] I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters/Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers/My Babe - Little Walter/Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf/I'm A Man - Bo Diddley/Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson/I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush/Baby What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed/Hound Dog - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thorton/Wang Dang Doogle - Koko Taylor/Farther Up The Road - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - B. B. King
	M183-27 - Living the Blues: Blues Legends - Various Artists [1999] Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As Bad - T-Bone Walker/Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson/The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim/Those Lonely Lonely Nights - Earl King/The Thrill Is Gone - B. B. King/My Time After Awhile - Buddy Guy/Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison/You Shook Me - Muddy Waters/Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf/I Pity The Fool - Bobby "Blue" Bland/Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon/Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James

Thanks to Dan Likins, Pamela Espeland, and Randy Anthony.



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