UK five CD set comprising the band's first five albums, originally issued on EMI's Parlophone and Harvest labels between 1969 and 1972 (The Climax Chicago Blues Band, Plays On, A Lot of Bottle, Tightly Knit and Rich Man). Formed in Stafford in 1968 by Colin Cooper, the band (originally known as the Climax Chicago Blues Band) recorded their debut album in September and November 1968 with a line-up of Colin Cooper (vocals, harmonica), Pete Haycock (guitar, slide guitar, vocals), Arthur Wood (keyboards), Derek Holt (rhythm guitar, bass, organ), Richard Jones (bass) and George Newsome (drums). Issued early the following year on EMI's Parlophone label, the album saw the band gain a wider audience. Shortening their name to the Climax Blues Band, the group recorded and released their excellent follow-up album, Plays On, later that year. By 1970 the band had moved to EMI's progressive label, Harvest, and issued their third album A Lot of Bottle later that year. The 1971 album Tightly Knit was arguably their best of this period. The band's final album for Harvest was Rich Man, issued in 1972. The album made commercial inroads in the United States and was the launching platform for their success in that country over the next few years.

Track List

1. Mean Old World
2. Insurance
3. Going Down This Road
4. You've Been Drinking
5. Don't Start Me Talkin'
6. Wee Baby Blues
7. Twenty Past One
8. A Stranger in Your Town
9. How Many More Years
10. Looking for My Baby
11. And Lonely
12. The Entertainer
13. Checking on My Baby (Bonus Track)
14. Arthur's Boogie (Bonus Track)
15. Stormy Monday (Bonus Track)
16. Don't Start Me Talkin' (Take One) (Bonus Track)
17. Anybody's Boogie (Bonus Track)
18. You've Been Drinking (Take One) (Bonus Track)
19. And Lonely (Take Five) (Bonus Track)
20. Flight
21. Hey Baby Everything's Gonna Be Alright Yeh Yeh Yeh
22. Cubano Chant
23. Little Girl
24. Mum's the Word
25. Twenty Past Two / Temptation Rag
26. So Many Roads So Many Trains
27. City Ways
28. Crazy 'Bout My Baby
29. Like Uncle Charlie (A-Side of Single) (Bonus Track)
30. Loving Machine (B-Side of Single) (Bonus Track)
31. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter (Bonus Track)
32. Flight (First Mix) (Bonus Track)
33. Country Hat
34. Every Day
35. Reap What I've Sowed
36. Brief Case
37. Alright Blue?
38. Country Hat (Reprise)
39. Seventh Son
40. Please Don't Help Me
41. Morning Noon and Night
42. Long Lovin' Man
43. Louisiana Blues
44. Cut You Loose
45. Flight (Live at the Blow Up Club London 1971) (Bonus Track)
46. Seventh Son (Live at the Blow Up Club London 1971) (Bonus Track)
47. Reap What I Have Sowed (Live at the Blow Up Club London 1971) (Bonus Track)
48. Hey Mama
49. Shoot Her If She Runs
50. Towards the Sun
51. Come on in My Kitchen
52. Who Killed McSwiggin
53. Little Link
54. St. Michael's Blues
55. Bide My Time
56. That's All
57. Hey Mama (Live at the Blow Up Club London 1971) (Bonus Track)
58. Shoot Her If She Runs (Live at the Blow Up Club London 1971) (Bonus Track)
59. Spoonful (Live at the Blow Up Club London 1971) (Bonus Track)
60. Rich Man
61. Mole on the Dole
62. You Make Me Sick
63. Standing By a River
64. Shake Your Love
65. All the Time in the World
66. If You Wanna Know
67. Don't You Mind People Grinning in Your Face
68. Mole on the Dole (Single Version) (Bonus Track)