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OK, you talked me into it. Here are some of what you'd find on my driving list, in no order of preference:

Muddy Waters, His Best: 1948-55 and His Best: 1956-64.
B.B. King, Do the Boogie: Early '50s Classics.
Duke Ellington, Braggin' in Brass: The Complete 1938 Recordings.
Michael Bloomfield and Friends, Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West 1969.
Otis Redding, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul.
James Brown, Live at the Apollo.
Howlin' Wolf, Moanin' at Midnight/Howlin' Wolf.
Grant Green, Grant's First Stand.
Various Artists, Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland-Dozier-Holland Story. (Including their Motown hits in the original mono single masters---talk about putting the jukebox in your car!)
The Butterfield Blues Band, East-West.
Ray Charles, The Genius Sings the Blues.
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue.
The Beatles, The Beatles' Second Album. (Yes, I know, Capitol fragmented their catalog in the original heady days, but even with that this album just plain kicked---and kicks---end-to-end ass!)
Savoy Brown, A Step Further. (Especially for "The Savoy Brown Boogie" . . .)
Canned Heat, Boogie with Canned Heat.
Santana, Live at the Fillmore '68.
Albert King, I'll Play the Blues for You.
Freddie King, The Complete King/Federal Singles.
Guitar Slim, Sufferin' Mind: The Legends of Specialty Series.
Booker T. and the MGs, Melting Pot.
Albert Collins, The Cool Sound of Albert Collins.
Various Artists, Memphis Blues: Important Postwar Blues (a four-disc set of all the blues Sam Phillips recorded at what became the Sun Studios before he found Elvis Presley).
John Lee Hooker, The Original Modern Recordings.
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Rev Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (and how long do we have to wait before these guys get their due in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?)

. . . just for openers . . .