Various Artists

Tracklisting

Disc 1

Side 1

• 1. Jail Bird Love Song: Mississippi Sheiks
• 2. No Job Blues: Ramblin Thomas
• 3. Down In The Bottom Where I Stay: Ozie McPherson
• 4. Gut Struggle: Wilmer Davis
• 5. Trouble And Whiskey: Roosevelt Sykes
• 6. Raise R-U-K-U-S Tonight: Norfolk Jubilee Singers
• 7. Raise A R-U-K-U-S Tonight: Birmingham Jubilee Singers
• 8. Landladys Footsteps: Madlyn Davis
• 9. Get On Board: Clara Smith
• 10. Im Goin Home: Charley Patton
• 11. Old Rattler: Mose Clear Rock Platt & James Iron Head Baker
• 12. Aint No More Cane On This Brazos: Ernest Williams, James Iron Head Baker & Convict Group
• 13. The Prisoners Blues: Sara Martin
• 14. Penitentiary Bound Blues: Rosa Henderson
• 15. Wash And Iron Woman Blues: Gene Campbell
• 16. Ive Got The Blues But Im Just Too Mean To Cry: Dorothy Dodd
• 17. Rising River Blues: George Carter
• 18. Song From A Cotton Field: Bessie Brown
• 19. They Aint Walking No More: Lucille Bogan
• 20. Long John: Washington (Lightnin)
• 21. Another Man Done Gone: Vera Hall
• 22. Black Evil Blues: Alice Moore
• 23. Richmond Blues - Tk 1: Julius Daniels
• 24. Bessies Moan: Bessie Tucker
• 25. Rock Pile Blues: Sylvester Weaver
• 26. Highway 51 Blues: Curtis Jones

Disc 2

• 1. Down The Dirt Road Blues: Charley Patton
• 2. Po Moaners Got A Home At Last: Fisk Jubilee Singers
• 3. That White Mule Of Sin: John Byrd
• 4. Youve Got To Recognise Me: Charles Tyus
• 5. Im All Out And Down: Leadbelly
• 6. Prison Cell Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson
• 7. Moaning Blues: Moanin’ Bernice Edwards
• 8. On Our Turpentine Farm: Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charlie
• 9. Good Old Turnip Greens: Bo Carter
• 10. Two White Horses Standing In Line: Smith Casey
• 11. Jim Crow Blues: Cow Cow Davenport
• 12. Am I Right Or Wrong: Son House
• 13. It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad: Kelly Pace
• 14. Waitin For The Evenin Mail: Clara Smith
• 15. I Shall Not Be Moved: Rev. Edward Clayborn
• 16. Toad Frog Blues: Ma Rainey
• 17. Squinch Owl Moan: Too Tight Henry
• 18. Daddy-Calling Mama: Alice Moore
• 19. Mean Old World: Heavenly Gospel Singers
• 20. Cow Cow Blues: Dora Carr with Cow Cow Davenport
• 21. Last Fair Deal Gone Down: Robert Johnoson
• 22. Chain Gang Bound: Bumble Bee Slim
• 23. These Hard Times Are Tight Like That: Rev. J.M. Gates
• 24. The Panic Is On: Hezekiah Jenkins
• 25. Preachin The Blues – Pt 1: Son House

Disc 3

• 1. Starvation Farm Blues: Bob Campbell
• 2. No Place To Go: Walter Davis
• 3. One Dime Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson
• 4. Blue Harvest Blues: MississippiI John Hurt
• 5. Fools Blues: Funny Paper Smith
• 6. Boll Weevil Blues: Vera Hall
• 7. Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues: Charley Patton
• 8. Hopali: 8 Unknown Girls
• 9. Experience Blues: Alberta Hunter
• 10. Broken Levee Blues: Lonnie Johnson
• 11. Eighteen Hundred And Ninety One: Charley Campbell
• 12. Bank Failure Blues: Martha Copeland
• 13. Hammer Ring: Jess Bradley
• 14. The Escaped Convict - Tk 2: George Bullet Williams
• 15. Im Having So Much Trouble: Bumble Bee Slim
• 16. Worried Blues: Tom Bell
• 17. Workhouse Blues: Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
• 18. The Sure Route Excursion To Hell - Pt 1: Rev. F.W. McGee
• 19. Black Hearse Blues: Sara Martin
• 20. Washwoman Blues: Bessie Smith
• 21. Sud Bustin Blues: Sippie Wallace
• 22. Hitler And Hell: Rev. J.M. Gates
• 23. Dont Mess With Me: Mamie Smith
• 24. My Daddys Calling Me: Irene Scruggs
• 25. I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Tk 1: Jim Jackson
• 26. G. Burns Gonna Rise Again: Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
• 27. The Bourgeois Blues: Leadbelly

Disc 4

• 1. Hobo Bill: Martha Copeland
• 2. Dyin Crapshooters Blues: Martha Copeland
• 3. Dying Crapshooters Blues: Blind Willie McTell
• 4. Sarah Jane: Jazz Gillum
• 5. North Bound Blues: Maggie Jones
• 6. Go Down Old Hannah: James Iron Head Baker
• 7. Been Drinking: Vera Hall
• 8. Poor Lazarus: Vera Hall
• 9. Cotton Seed Blues: Tampa Red
• 10. I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray - Tk 2: Paramount Jubilee Singers
• 11. Hes In The Jailhouse Now: Memphis Jug Band
• 12. Railroad Bill: Will Bennett
• 13. Mad Mamas Blues: Josie Miles
• 14. Dynamite Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson
• 15. Key To The Bushes Blues: Bessie Tucker
• 16. Red Ripe Tomatoes: Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
• 17. Justice Blues: Texas Alexander
• 18. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Mornin: Clara Smith
• 19. Pail In My Hand: Edna Winston
• 20. The Basement Blues: Clara Smith
• 21. Workin Womans Blues: Helen Gross
• 22. Broke Man Blues: Sylvester Palmer
• 23. Sadies Servant Room Blues: Hattie Burleson
• 24. Red Cross Man: Lucille Bogan
• 25. Life Is Just A Book: Washboard Sam