This Is the Beginning: The Artistic and USA Sessions 1958-1963

Original Release Date:  February 28, 2003

Track Listing

• 1. Sit and Cry
• 2. Try to Quit You Baby
• 3. You Sure Can't Do
• 4. This Is the End
• 5. Too Many Cooks
• 6. Too Many Cooks [Alternate Take][#]
• 7. Good Things
• 8. God's Gift to Man
• 9. God's Gift to Man [Alternate Take][#]
• 10. Heavy Heart Beat
• 11. Heavy Heart Beat [Alternate Take][#]
• 12. Baby Don't You Wanna Come Home [Demo Take][Take]
• 13. The Way You Been Treatin' Me [Demo Take][Take]
• 14. I Hope You Come Back Home [Demo Take][Take]
• 15. You Sure Can't Do (In a Session) [#]
• 16. This Is the End (In a Session) [#]

Credits

• Willie Dixon: Bass, Composer, Vocals
• Buddy Guy: Guitar, Composer, Vocals
• Big Walter Horton: Harmonica
• Harold Ashby: Sax (Tenor)
• Harold Burrage: Piano
• Jesse Fortune: Composer, Vocals
• Jackie Brenston: Sax (Baritone)
• McKinley Easton: Sax (Baritone)
• Ike Turner: Guitar
• Lafayette Leake: Piano
• Jack Myers: Bass
• Bob Neely: Sax (Tenor)
• Odie Payne, Jr.: Drums
• Carlson Oliver: Sax (Tenor)
• Otis Rush: Guitar
• Eddie Jones: Sax (Tenor)
• David Redfern: Cover Photo
• Hitoshi Koide: Compilation