| CD1: |
1. |
Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band -
Shortin' / Hunduck
(Othar Turner / traditional)
2:52 |
2. |
Lightning & Group -
Long John
(traditional)
5:26 |
3. |
Mamie Smith -
Crazy Blues
(Bradford / traditional)
3:29 |
4. |
W.C. Handy -
St. Louis Blues
(W.C. Handy)
3:02 |
5. |
Bessie Smith -
Muddy Water
(DeRose / Richman / Trent)
3:08 |
6. |
Blind Lemon Jefferson -
Match Box Blues
3:02 |
7. |
Furry Lewis -
Billy Lyons & Stack-O-Lee
2:36 |
8. |
''Ma'' Rainey -
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
(Gertrude Rainey)
3:03 |
9. |
Blind Willie Johnson -
Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground
(Blind Willie Johnson)
3:21 |
10. |
Louis Armstrong -
Savoy Blues
(E. Ory)
3:28 |
11. |
Frank Stokes -
Downtown Blues
(Dan Sane / Frank Stokes)
3:10 |
12. |
Mississippi John Hurt -
Frankie
(Mississippi John Hurt)
3:24 |
13. |
Henry Thomas -
Fishing Blues
(Henry Thomas)
2:43 |
14. |
Leroy Carr -
How Long, How Long Blues
(Leroy Carr)
3:06 |
15. |
Tommy Johnson -
Canned Heat Blues
(Tommy Johnson)
3:38 |
16. |
Blind Willie McTell -
Statesboro Blues
(William McTell)
2:30 |
17. |
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom -
It's Tight Like That
(Thomas A. Dorsey / Hudson Whitaker)
3:05 |
18. |
Pine Top Smith -
Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
(Clarence Smith)
3:22 |
19. |
Lonnie Johnson -
Guitar Blues
(Lonnie Johnson / Eddie Lang)
3:16 |
20. |
Charley Patton -
Pony Blues
(Charley Patton)
3:00 |
21. |
Blind Blake -
Diddie Wah Diddie
(Arthur Phelps)
2:58 |
22. |
Memphis Jug Band -
K.C. Moan
(Tewee Blackman)
2:32 |
23. |
Jimmie Rodgers -
Standin' on the Corner (Blue Yodel #9)
(Jimmie Rodgers)
2:39 |
24. |
Mississippi Sheiks -
Sittin' on Top of the World
(Walter Vinson)
3:12 |
25. |
Son House -
Preachin' the Blues
(Eddie James ''Son'' House, Jr.)
3:02 |
| CD2: |
1. |
Skip James -
Devil Got My Woman
(Nehemiah James)
3:01 |
2. |
Lead Belly -
C.C. Rider
(Huddie Ledbetter / traditional)
2:59 |
3. |
Big Joe Williams -
Baby, Please Don't Go
(Big Joe Williams)
3:24 |
4. |
Roosevelt Sykes -
Dirty Mother for You (Don't You Know?)
(Roosevelt Sykes)
3:00 |
5. |
Billie Holiday -
Billie's Blues
(Billie Holiday)
2:40 |
6. |
Robert Johnson -
Cross Road Blues
(Robert Johnson)
2:40 |
7. |
Sonny Boy Williamson (I) -
Good Mornin', Little School Girl
(John Lee Williamson)
3:01 |
8. |
Bukka White -
Shake 'em on Down
(Booker T. Washington White / traditional)
3:02 |
9. |
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson -
Roll 'em, Pete
(Joe Turner / Pete Johnson)
2:50 |
10. |
Robert Petway -
Catfish Blues
(Robert Petway)
2:54 |
11. |
Count Basie Orchestra with Jimmie Rushing -
Going to Chicago Blues
(William Basie / Jimmy Rushing)
3:26 |
12. |
Big Bill Broonzy -
Key to the Highway
(Bill Broonzy / Segar)
3:01 |
13. |
Memphis Minnie -
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
(Lizzie Douglas)
2:47 |
14. |
Big Maceo Merriweather -
Worried Life Blues
(Maceo Merriweather)
2:56 |
15. |
Tommy McClennon -
Cross Cut Saw Blues
(Tommy McClennon)
2:46 |
16. |
Lionel Hampton Sextet with Dinah Washington -
Evil Gal Blues
(Leonard Feather)
2:54 |
17. |
Sisiter Rosetta Tharpe -
Strange Things Happening Everyday
(traditional / Sisiter Rosetta Tharpe)
2:53 |
18. |
Joe Liggins -
Honeydripper, part 1
(Joe Liggins)
3:05 |
19. |
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown -
Drifting Blues
(Charles Brown / Johnny Moore / Eddie Williams)
3:14 |
20. |
Louis Jordan -
Let The Good Times Roll
(Sam Theard / Fleecie Moore)
2:48 |
21. |
Arthur ''Big Boy'' Crudup -
That's All Right, Mama
(Arthur Crudup)
2:55 |
22. |
T-Bone Walker -
Call It Stormy Monday
(Aaron Thibideaux Walker)
3:02 |
23. |
Wynonie Harris -
Good Rockin' Tonight
(Roy Brown)
2:48 |
24. |
Jimmy Witherspoon -
Ain't Nobody's Business, part 1
(P. Granger / Jimmy Witherspoon / R. Prince / C. Williams)
2:55 |
25. |
The Johnny Otis Quintette with Little Esther & The Robins -
Double Crossing Blues
(Johnny Otis)
2:47 |
| CD3: |
1. |
Memphis Slim -
Mother Earth
(John Peter Chatman / Lewis Simkins)
2:42 |
2. |
Percy Mayfield -
Please Send Me Someone to Love
(Percy Mayfield)
2:55 |
3. |
Jackie Brenston -
Rocket '88
(Ike Turner)
2:50 |
4. |
Elmore James -
(I Believe I'll) Dust My Broom
(Robert Johnson)
2:45 |
5. |
Rosco Gordon -
No More Doggin'
(Rosco Gordon)
3:09 |
6. |
Little Walter Jacobs -
Juke
(Walter Jacobs)
2:46 |
7. |
Big Mama Thornton -
Hound Dog
(Jerry Lieber / Mike Stoller)
2:50 |
8. |
Lowell Fulson -
Reconsider, Baby
(Lowell Fulson)
3:10 |
9. |
Guitar Slim -
The Things I Used to Do
(Eddie James ''Son'' House Jr)
3:02 |
10. |
Professor Longhair -
In the Night
(Roy Byrd)
2:32 |
11. |
Muddy Waters -
(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
(Willie Dixon)
2:51 |
12. |
J.B. Lenoir -
Eisenhower Blues
(J.B. Lenoir)
2:54 |
13. |
Fats Domino -
Blue Monday
(Antoine Domino / Dave Bartholomew)
2:17 |
14. |
Ray Charles -
Hard Times
(Ray Charles)
2:55 |
15. |
Smiley Lewis -
I Hear You Knockin'
(Dave Bartholomew / Pearl King)
2:44 |
16. |
Elvis Presley -
Mystery Train
(Junior Parker / Sam Phillips)
2:27 |
17. |
Sonny Boy Williamson (II) -
Don't Start Me to Talkin'
(Aleck Rice Miller)
2:34 |
18. |
Howlin' Wolf -
Smokestack Lightin'
(Chester Arthur Burnett)
3:08 |
19. |
Bo Diddley -
Who Do You Love?
(Elias McDaniel)
2:30 |
20. |
Slim Harpo -
I'm a King Bee
(James Moore)
3:05 |
21. |
Chuck Berry -
Johnny B. Goode
(Chuck Berry)
2:42 |
22. |
Bobby ''Blue'' Bland -
Farther Up The Road
(Don Robey / Joe Veasy)
2:59 |
23. |
Otis Rush -
So Many Roads, So Many Trains
(Marshall Paul)
3:13 |
24. |
Buddy Guy -
First Time I Met the Blues
(Eurreal Montgomery)
2:18 |
25. |
Jimmy Reed -
Big Boss Man
(Willie Dixon)
2:49 |
| CD4: |
1. |
Freddie King -
Hide Away
(Freddie King)
2:36 |
2. |
Junior Parker -
Drivin' Wheel
(Roosevelt Sykes)
2:37 |
3. |
John Lee Hooker -
Boom Boom
(John Lee Hooker)
2:32 |
4. |
Albert Collins -
Frosty
(Albert Collins)
3:04 |
5. |
Muddy Waters -
You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
(McKinley Morganfield)
2:58 |
6. |
Howlin' Wolf -
Killing Floor
(Chester Arthur Burnett)
2:50 |
7. |
Son House -
Death Letter Blues
(Eddie James ''Son'' House, Jr.)
4:21 |
8. |
Mississippi Fred McDowell -
You Gotta Move
(Fred McDowell)
3:22 |
9. |
Bob Dylan -
Highway 61 Revisted
(Bob Dylan)
3:26 |
10. |
Junior Wells -
Hoodoo Man Blues
(Junior Wells)
2:05 |
11. |
Koko Taylor -
Wang Dang Doodle
(Willie Dixon)
3:01 |
12. |
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton -
All Your Love
3:34 |
13. |
Paul Butterfiled Blues Band -
I've Got a Mind to Give Up Livin'
(traditional)
4:58 |
14. |
Jimi Hendrix Experience -
Red House
(Jimi Hendrix)
3:51 |
15. |
Albert King -
Born under a Bad Sign
(Booker T. Jones / William Bell)
2:46 |
16. |
Magic Sam -
Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
(J.B. Lenoir)
2:43 |
17. |
Etta James -
Tell Mama
(Clarence Carter / Wilbur Terrell / Marcus Daniels)
2:23 |
18. |
The Jeff Beck Group -
Ain't Superstitious
(Willie Dixon)
4:54 |
19. |
Taj Mahal -
She Caught the Katy (and Left Me a Mule to Ride)
(Taj Mahal / James Rachel)
3:30 |
20. |
Fleetwood Mac -
Black Magic Woman
(Peter Green)
2:53 |
21. |
Janis Joplin -
One Good Man
(Janis Joplin)
4:09 |
| CD5: |
1. |
B.B. King -
The Thrill is Gone
(Rick Darnell / Roy Hawkins)
4:03 |
2. |
Johnny Winter -
Dallas
(Johnny Winter)
2:45 |
3. |
Derek & The Dominos -
Have You Ever Loved a Woman?
(Billy Myles)
6:54 |
4. |
Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers -
Give Me Back My Wig
(Theodore Taylor)
3:36 |
5. |
The Allman Brothers Band -
One Way Out
(Marshall Sehorn / Elmore James)
4:57 |
6. |
Z.Z. Hill -
Down Home Blues
(George Jackson)
3:59 |
7. |
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble -
Pride and Joy
(Stevie Ray Vaughan)
3:40 |
8. |
The Robert Cray Band -
Smoking Gun
(Robert Cray / Richard Cousins / Bruce Bromberg)
4:01 |
9. |
The Fabulous Thunderbirds -
Tuff Enuff
(Kim Wilson)
3:22 |
10. |
John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt -
I'm in the Mood
(John Lee Hooker / Bernard Bessman)
4:31 |
11. |
Ali Farka Touré -
Timbarma
(Ali Farka Touré)
4:11 |
12. |
Keb' Mo' -
Am I Wrong?
(Kevin Moore)
2:20 |
13. |
Luther Allison -
Cherry Red Wine
(Luther Allison)
4:23 |
14. |
Peggy Scott-Adams -
Bill
(Jimmy Lewis)
4:19 |
15. |
Susan Tedeschi -
Just Won't Burn
(Susan Tedeschi)
4:46 |
16. |
Los Lobos -
Voodoo Music
(J.B. Lenoir)
3:23 |
17. |
Bonnie Raitt -
Round & Round
(J.B. Lenoir / Willie Dixon)
3:39 |
18. |
Cassandra Wilson -
Vietnam Blues
(J.B. Lenoir)
4:32 |
19. |
Robert Cray & Shemekia Copeland -
I Pity the Fool (live)
(Deadric Malone)
3:40 |
20. |
Keb' Mo' & Corey Harris -
Sweet Home Chicago
(Robert Johnson)
2:51 |