THE STORY OF PRE-WAR BLUES
(P-VINE PCD-2772~75)
(Disc 1)
WAY DOWN SOUTH -Holler,Ballad,Gospel & Early Blues
  1. Po'Farmer (Lemuel Jones)
  2. Tennessee Dog (Jimmie Strothers)
  3. Texas Traveller (Nathan Frazier&Frank Patterson)
  4. Guitar Blues (Sylvester Weaver)
  5. Man Trouble Blues (Jaybird Coleman)
  6. Mamlish Blues (Ed Bell)
  7. Don't Put That Thing On Me (Cliford Gibson)
  8. South Carolina Rag (Willie Walker)
  9. You Got To Go Down (Blind Gary)
  10. Careless Love (Blind Boy Fuller)
  11. Crow Jane (Carl Martin)
  12. Apaloosa Blues (Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band)
  13. Barbecue Blues (Barbecue Bob)
  14. Atlanta Strt (Blind Willie McTell)
  15. Low Down Rounder Blues (Peg Leg Howell)
  16. If It Looks Like Jelly Shake Like Jelley It Must Be Gelatine (Charley Lincoln)
  17. Wait And Listen (Fred McMullen)
  18. Red Rider Blues (Buddy Moss)
  19. No No Blues (Curly Weaver)
  20. No Woman No Nickel (No Nickel One) (Bumble Bee Slim)
  21. The Gone Dead Train (King Solomon Hill)
  22. Mother's Prayer (A.C.Forehand And Blind Marie Forehand)
  23. Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room (Rev.F.W.McGee)
  24. Just Look (Arizona Dranes)
  25. He Took My Sins Away (Birmingham Jubilee Singers)
(Disc 2)
T FOR TEXAS,T FOR TENNESSEE -Texas & Memphis Country Blues
  1. Dallas Rag (Dallas String Band)
  2. Worried Down With The Blues (Hociel Thomas)
  3. John Henry (Henry Thomas)
  4. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today (Washington Phillips)
  5. Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed (Blind Willie Johnson)
  6. Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard (Joe Pullum)
  7. Range In My Kitchen Blues (Texas Alexander)
  8. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
  9. Hungry Wolf (Funny Papa Smith)
  10. Ramblin'Mind Blues (Ramblin' Thomas)
  11. Lone Wolf Blues (Oscar Woods)
  12. Black Ace(Black Ace)
  13. Poor Boy,Long Ways From Home (Gus Cannon)
  14. Jim Jackson's Jamboree (Jim Jackson)
  15. You Shall (Beale Street Sheiks(Stroks And Sane))
  16. Kassie Jones -Part1 (Furry Lewis)
  17. That's No Ways To Get Along (Robert Wilkins)
  18. Highway No.61 Blues (Jack Kelly & His Memphis Jug Band)
  19. Lake Michigan Blues (James "Yank" Rachel)
  20. Drivin' Duck Blues (Sleepy John Estes)
  21. Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon (Charlie Picken)
  22. Sweet Man Blues (Little Buddy Doyle)
  23. I Don't Want That Junk Outa You (Menmphis Minnie)
  24. Moanin' The Blues (Allen Shaw)
  25. Memphis Shakedown (Memphis Jug Band)
(Disc 3)
THE DELTA -Blues from Mississippi
  1. Jail Bird Love Song (Mississippi Sheiks)
  2. Be True Be True Blues (Henry Slim)
  3. Lomesome Atlanta Blues (Bobby Grant)
  4. Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (Charley Patton)
  5. Mississippi Bottom Blues (Kid Bailey)
  6. Dough Roller Blues (Garfield Akers)
  7. Fare Three Well Blues (Joe Calicott)
  8. Devil Got My Woman (Skip James)
  9. Old Devil (Bo Carter)
  10. Last Time Blues (Charlie McCoy)
  11. Leavin' Town Blues (Ishman Bracey)
  12. Maggie Campbell blues (Tommy Johnson)
  13. Lead Pencil Blues (It Just Won't Write) (Johnnie Temple)
  14. Married Man Blues (Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds)
  15. Parchman Farm Blues (Bukka White)
  16. Future Blues (Willie Brown)
  17. My Black Mama Part1&2 (Son House)
  18. Cross Road Blues(take1) (Robert Johnson)
  19. 4A Highway (Mr.Freddie)
  20. Stepfather Blues (Big Joe Williams)
  21. Don't Go Down Baby (Robert Petway)
  22. Cotton Patch Blues (Tommy McClennan)
  23. Little Boy Blue (Robert Lockwood)
(Disc 4)
ANY PLACE BUT HERE -City Blues,Hokum,Jive & All That Jazz
  1. Pine Top Boogie Woogie (Pine Top Smith)
  2. You Put It In,I'll Take It Out (Papa Charlie Jackson)
  3. It's Tight Like That (Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band)
  4. How Long - How Long Blues (Leroy Carr)
  5. Southern Rag (Blind Blake)
  6. Back To The Woods Blues (Charlie Spand)
  7. "Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom (Ma Rainey)
  8. I Don't Know (Crippie Clarence Lofton)
  9. Long Tall Mama (Big Bill Broonzy)
  10. I'm Gonna Tell My Mama On You ((Big Boy) Teddy Edwards)
  11. You've Had Your Way (The Pods Of Pepper)
  12. Under Meath The Harlem Moon (Washboad Rhythm Kings feat.Leo Watson)
  13. Oh Red! (State Street Swingers)
  14. Chant Of The Rain (The Cats & The Fiddle)
  15. Standing By The Bedside Of A Neghbor (The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet)
  16. The Chickin And The Worm (Teddy Bunn And Spencer Williams)
  17. Got The Blues For The West End (Lonnie Johnson)
  18. The Dirty Dozen (Speckled Red)
  19. I Can Tell By The Way You Smell (Walter Davis)
  20. More Good whisky Blues (Peetie Wheatstraw)
  21. Two Street Blues (Charley Jordan)
  22. Blue Day Blues (Scrapper Blackwell)
  23. Mean Old Twister (Kokomo Arnold)
  24. Bad Luck Blues (Sonny Boy Williamson)
  25. Chicago Breakdown (Big Maceo)
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