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.
"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 "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 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
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