Blues double dose

This is a Blue Horizon double-LP album called The Blues that once included a poster, which I think was the earth seen from space, but maybe my recollection fails me. The numbers are SPR-31 and SPR-34. I inadvertently began on what's on the tri-fold cover called side 3 and on the center label marked as a side 1, and it's SPR 34. This is a very odd potpourri of material some of which comes from Blue Horizon via CBS and some of which is directly from CBS. This was pressed and distributed in Germany. The Johnny Winter (Be Careful with a Fool) derivative track could have been skipped. The 1928 Blind Lemon Jefferson track has not been remastered (Prison Cell Blues). John Lee Hooker is mesmerising as always from the first bar (Robo Blues). Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong certainly hold the attention, even with the oft-heard St. Louis Blues in a 1926 slow-drag version). I still enjoy Taj Mahal, even this minor effort (The Cuckoo). Then Ma Rainey is represented by the Deep Moaning Blues and Robert Johnson by the Terraplane Blues, both rightly famous. Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper are surprisingly fun to hear in a version of That's All Right from the Super Session Live album. Side 4 (or side two of SPR-34) brings a track from the Cheap Thrills album with a live feel of Janis Joplin doing Big Mama Thorton's Ball and Chain. Lightnin' Hopkins has always been a favorite but War Starting Again is a lesser effort. My response to Steamhammer is lukewarm (Junior's Wailing). The 1930 Son House track is Pearline. I love the Big Maybelle track (No More Trouble Out of Me); the sharp band is not credited. I see that in other Okeh sessions she's also someone who recorded One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (here's what seems to be a good discography for future reference). Driftin' Slim is sharp (Jackson Blues). Then this side ends up with an odd effort from that odd success Blood, Sweat & Tears (Blues Part II). This will be continued.