Percy Mayfield - Lost Love : Singles As & Bs 1947-1962 (CD)

Details: EU-only two CD collection. Percy Mayfield is commonly described as 'The Poet Laureate of the Blues', by contemporary writers and historians and he enjoyed a string of hits on the Los Angeles based, Specialty label during the early '50s and then enjoyed a major renaissance as a songwriter in the '60s thanks to Ray Charles. This superb set features all of his greatest recordings and contains the original versions of such well-known classics as "Please Send Me Someone To Love", "Strange Things Happening" and "The River's Invitation". This is the most complete collection of Percy Mayfield's work yet released and is an absolute must for all blues and R&B fans.

Tracklist:

1. Jack You Ain't Nowhere (Part 1)
2. Jack You Ain't Nowhere (Part 2)
3. Two Years of Torture (Gru-V-Tone Version)
4. Woman Get Way Back
5. Half Awoke (Baby You're Still a Square)
6. Two Years of Torture (Supreme Version)
7. How Wrong Can a Good Man Be
8. Leary Blues
9. Please Send Me Someone to Love
10. Strange Things Happening
11. Life Is Suicide
12. Lost Love (Baby Please Come Back to Me)
13. What a Fool I Was
14. Nightless Lover
15. Prayin' for Your Return
16. My Blues
17. Cry Baby
18. Hopeless (Nappin' the Nickels)
19. The Hunt Is on
20. The Big Question
21. Two Hearts Are Greater Than One
22. Louisiana
23. My Heart
24. I Dare You Baby
25. The River's Invitation
26. The Lonely One
27. Lost Mind
28. How Deep Is the Well
29. The Batchelor Blues
30. I Need Love So Bad
31. Loose Lips
32. Sugar Mama Peachy Papa
33. You Don't Exist No More
34. You Were Lyin' to Me
35. My Heart Is Cryin'
36. Baby You're Rich
37. The Voice Within
38. Are You Out There?
39. Double Dealing
40. You Name It
41. No.43 (My Story About a Woman)
42. Look the Whole World Over
43. The Bluest Blues
44. Please Believe Me
45. Diggin' the Moonglow
46. One Love
47. My Reward
48. My Heart Is a Prisoner
49. My Memories
50. When Did You Leave Heaven
51. What Must I Do
52. Say You Love Me
53. Ha Ha in the Daytime Boo Hoo at Night
54. Never No More
55. I Reached for a Tear