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1	A Man Of Many Words Written-By – Buddy Guy	4:01
2	My Baby She Left Me (She Left Me A Mule To Ride) Written-By – Sonny Boy Williamson	3:11
3a	Come On In This House Written-By – Junior Wells	4:23
3b	Have Mercy Baby Written-By – Junior Wells
4	T-Bone Shuffle Written-By – Aaron T-Bone Walker*	4:19
5	A Poor Man's Plea Written-By – Junior Wells	3:13
6	Messin' With The Kid Written-By – Mel London	2:16
7	This Old Fool Written-By – Buddy Guy	3:11
8	I Don't Know Written-By – Willie Mabon	4:30
9	Bad Bad Whiskey Written-By – Thomas Davis*	4:15
10	Honeydripper Written-By – Joe Liggins	3:50

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – ATCO Records
• Copyright (c) – Repertoire Records
• Recorded At – Criteria Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Intermedia Studios
• Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
• Remixed At – The Hit Factory

Credits

• Accompanied By [Foot Tapping] – Juke Joint Jimmy (tracks: 7, 10)
• Bass – Carl Radle (tracks: 1), Danny Klein* (tracks: 7, 10), Leroy Stewart (tracks: 2 to 6, 8, 9)
• Design [Cover] – Haig Adishian
• Drums – Jim Gordon (tracks: 1), Roosevelt Shaw (tracks: 2 to 6, 8, 9), Stephen Bladd (tracks: 7, 10)
• Engineer [Overdubs] – Bobby Warner (tracks: 1, 7), Gene Paul (tracks: 1, 7)
• Engineer [Recording] – Richard Oulleppe (tracks: 7, 10), Ron Albert (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9)
• Engineer [Remix] – Harry Maslin
• Harmonica – Magic Dick (tracks: 7, 10)
• Liner Notes – H.J. Simon
• Piano – Dr. John (tracks: 1, 4, 6), Mike Utley* (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8, 9), Seth Justman (tracks: 7, 10)
• Producer – Ahmet Ertegun (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9), Eric Clapton (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9), Michael Cuscuna (tracks: 7, 10), Tom Dowd (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 ,9)
• Recorded By – Richard Oulleppe (tracks: 7, 10), Ron Albert (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9)
• Reissue Producer – Yves Beauvais
• Remastered By – Joe Gastwirt
• Rhythm Guitar – J. Geils (tracks: 7, 10)
• Rhythm Guitar, Guitar [Bottleneck] – Eric Clapton (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9)
• Supervised By [Overdub & Remix Supervision] – Michael Cuscuna
• Tenor Saxophone – A. C. Reed* (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9)
• Vocals, Harmonica – Junior Wells (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9)
• Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Buddy Guy

Notes

All tracks except "This Old Fool" and "Honeydripper" recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida in October, 1970.
"This Old Fool" and "Honeydripper" recorded at Intermedia Studios, Boston, Massachusetts in April, 1972.
Overdubs on "A Man Of Many Words" and "This Old Fool" recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY in April 1972.
Album remixed at The Hit Factory, New York, NY in May, 18972

℗ 1972 ATCO Records © 1992 Repertoire Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 4009910426326
• Matrix / Runout: 038.460.004.263.0
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 0121

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 33-364	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Play The Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Atco Records	SD 33-364	US	1972
K40240	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Play The Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	K40240	UK	1972
40 240	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Play The Blues ‎(LP, Album)	Atco Records	40 240	France	1972
K 40240, SD 33-364	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Play The Blues ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic, Atlantic	K 40240, SD 33-364	UK	1975
RHM2 7894	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells	Play The Blues ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd, Num, RE, RM)	Rhino Handmade, ATCO Records	RHM2 7894	US	2005