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1998 greatest hits album by Hot Tuna
The Best of Hot Tuna
Released July 28, 1998
Label
RCA
Producer Paul Williams Bill Thompson
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The Best of Hot Tuna is a
Hot Tuna compilation album released in 1998. It covers songs from all the Hot Tuna albums released on
Grunt Records . Bill Thompson, former manager of
Jefferson Airplane and
Hot Tuna helped select the songs for inclusion. The artwork on the cover is a painting of
Jorma Kaukonen and
Jack Casady made by
Grace Slick . The album was released as a double CD.
Track listing
Disc one
"Hesitation Blues" (Traditional) (from
Hot Tuna ) – 5:05
"Know You Rider" (Traditional) (from Hot Tuna ) – 4:07
"Winin' Boy Blues" (
Jelly Roll Morton ) (from Hot Tuna ) – 5:31
"Mann's Fate" (
Jorma Kaukonen ) (from Hot Tuna ) – 5:20
"Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" (
Rev. Gary Davis ) (from
First Pull Up, Then Pull Down ) – 8:15
"Candy Man" (Davis) (from First Pull Up, Then Pull Down ) – 5:48
"Been So Long" (Kaukonen) (Studio Version) (from "Been So Long" single) – 3:45
"Keep On Truckin'" (B. Carleton) (from
Burgers ) – 3:40
"99 Year Blues" (
Julius Daniels ) (from Burgers ) – 3:57
"Ode for Billy Dean" (Kaukonen) (from Burgers ) – 4:50
"Sea Child" (Kaukonen) (from Burgers ) – 5:00
"Water Song" (Kaukonen) (from Burgers ) – 5:15
"I See the Light" (Kaukonen) (from
The Phosphorescent Rat ) – 4:15
"Living Just for You" (Kaukonen) (from The Phosphorescent Rat ) – 3:18
"Easy Now" (Kaukonen) (from The Phosphorescent Rat ) – 5:10
"Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From" (Davis) (from The Phosphorescent Rat ) – 2:56
Disc two
"Hit Single #1" (Kaukonen) (from
America's Choice ) – 5:13
"Serpent of Dreams" (Kaukonen) (from America's Choice ) – 6:51
"Sleep Song" (Kaukonen) (from America's Choice ) – 4:23
"Funky #7" (
Jack Casady , Kaukonen) (from America's Choice ) – 5:47
"Hot Jelly Roll Blues" (
Bo Carter ) (from
Yellow Fever ) – 4:21
"Sunrise Dance with the Devil" (Kaukonen) (from Yellow Fever ) – 4:28
"Bar Room Crystal Ball" (Kaukonen) (from Yellow Fever ) – 6:52
"I Wish You Would" (
Billy Boy Arnold ) (from
Hoppkorv ) – 3:10
"Watch the North Wind Rise" (Kaukonen) (from Hoppkorv ) – 4:39
"It's So Easy" (
Buddy Holly ,
Norman Petty ) (from Hoppkorv ) – 2:35
"Song from the Stainless Cymbal" (Kaukonen) (from Hoppkorv ) – 4:02
"Genesis" (Kaukonen) (from
Double Dose ) – 4:27
"Rock Me Baby" (
Joe Josea ,
B. B. King ) (previously unreleased) – 7:36
"Extrication Love Song" (Kaukonen) (from Double Dose ) – 5:20
Personnel
Production
Paul Williams – producer, compilation, tape research
Bill Thompson – compilation, assistant
Ray Loughren – assistant, sequencer
Jim Cooperman – assistant
Brian Mayer – assistant
Bill Lacey – audio restoration
Mike Harty – digital transfer
Michael Drexler – digital transfer
Dalita Keumurian – project director
Dave Cohen – essay
Tori Larkey – vault research
Jack Rovner – creative director
Henry Marquez – art direction
Grace Slick – illustrations
Mike Diehl – design
References
Studio and live albums Archival live albums Compilations Related articles