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427:Early Recordings Vol. 1
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344:"You Don't Know" – 2:43
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332:"Loretta Blues" – 2:45
329:"Airplane Blues" – 2:42
304:"Goodbye Blues" – 2:43
300:"Somebody's Got to Go"
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504:Autobiography in Blues
347:"Organ Boogie" – 2:59
291:"Walking Blues" – 2:47
190:The Gold Star Sessions
648:The King of the Blues
600:Smokes Like Lightning
560:Lightnin' Sam Hopkins
536:Lightnin' in New York
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297:"Mad With You" – 2:32
294:"Unkind Blues" – 3:00
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200:Reception
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