Tracklist

# Title Artist Rating Length
  CD 1
1 Pony Blues Charley Patton 3:00
2 A Spoonful Blues Charley Patton 3:11
3 Down the Dirt Road Blues Charley Patton 2:59
4 Prayer of Death, Part 1 Charley Patton 3:07
5 Prayer of Death, Part 2 Charley Patton 2:52
6 Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues Charley Patton 3:09
7 Banty Rooster Blues Charley Patton 3:04
8 Tom Rushen Blues Charley Patton 3:08
9 It Won't Be Long Charley Patton 3:28
10 Shake It and Break It (but Don't Let It Fall Mama) Charley Patton 3:07
11 Pea Vine Blues Charley Patton 3:05
12 Mississippi Boweavil Blues Charley Patton 3:10
13 Lord I'm Discouraged Charley Patton 3:09
14 I'm Goin' Home Charley Patton 3:14
15 Snatch It and Grab It Charley Patton 3:07
16 A Rag Blues Charley Patton 3:01
17 How Come Mama Blues Charley Patton 3:07
18 Voice Throwin' Blues Charley Patton 3:01
  CD 2
1 High Water Everywhere, Part 1 Charley Patton 3:00
2 High Water Everywhere, Part 2 Charley Patton 2:59
3 I Shall Not Be Moved Charley Patton 3:05
4 Rattlesnake Blues Charley Patton 2:47
5 Going to Move to Alabama Charley Patton 3:01
6 Hammer Blues (take 2) Charley Patton 3:16
7 Joe Kirby Charley Patton 3:09
8 Frankie and Albert Charley Patton 3:09
9 Devil Sent the Rain Blues Charley Patton 2:57
10 Magnolia Blues Charley Patton 3:03
11 Runnin' Wild Blues Charley Patton 2:56
12 Some Happy Day Charley Patton 3:09
13 Mean Black Moan Charley Patton 3:17
14 Green River Blues Charley Patton 3:15
15 That's My Man Edith North Johnson 3:39
16 Honey Dripper Blues No. 2 Edith North Johnson 3:10
17 Eight Hour Woman Edith North Johnson 2:47
18 Nickel's Worth of Liver Blues No. 2 Edith North Johnson 2:38
  CD 3
1 Jim Lee, Part 1 Charley Patton 3:05
2 Jim Lee, Part 2 Charley Patton 3:02
3 Mean Black Cat Blues Charley Patton 2:54
4 Jesus Is a Dying Bed Maker Charley Patton 2:52
5 Elder Greene Blues (take 1) Charley Patton 3:03
6 When Your Way Gets Dark Charley Patton 3:08
7 Some These Days I'll Be Gone (take 2) Charley Patton 3:09
8 Heart Like Railroad Steel Charley Patton 2:51
9 Circle Round the Moon Charley Patton 2:33
10 You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die Charley Patton 3:00
11 Be True Be True Blues Charley Patton 3:02
12 Farrell Blues Henry Sims 3:07
13 Tell Me Man Blues Henry Sims 3:14
14 Come Back Corrina Henry Sims 3:07
  CD 4
1 Some Summer Day Charley Patton 3:03
2 Bird Nest Bound Charley Patton 3:20
3 Future Blues Charley Patton 3:01
4 M&O Blues Charley Patton 3:19
5 Walkin' Blues Charley Patton 2:56
6 My Black Mama, Part I Charley Patton 3:08
7 My Black Mama, Part II Charley Patton 3:15
8 Preachin' the Blues, Part I Charley Patton 3:04
9 Preachin' the Blues, Part II Charley Patton 2:54
10 Dry Spell Blues, Part I Charley Patton 3:12
11 Dry Spell Blues, Part II Charley Patton 3:24
12 All Night Long Blues (take 1) Charley Patton 3:12
13 On the Wall Charley Patton 3:04
14 All Night Long Blues (take 2) Charley Patton 3:03
15 By the Moon and Stars Charley Patton 2:53
16 Long Ways From Home Charley Patton 3:28
  CD 5
1 Dry Well Blues Charley Patton 3:20
2 Moon Going Down Charley Patton 3:25
3 We All Gonna Face the Rising Sun Delta Big Four 3:39
4 Moaner, Let's Go Down in the Valley Delta Big Four 3:01
5 Jesus Got His Arms Around Me Delta Big Four 3:10
6 God Won't Forsake His Own Delta Big Four 3:22
7 I'll Be There Delta Big Four 3:09
8 Where Was Eve Sleeping? Delta Big Four 3:17
9 I Know My Time Ain't Long Delta Big Four 3:13
10 Watch and Pray Delta Big Four 3:10
11 Headlines, 19 April 1930 HC Speir 3:42
12 Headlines, 12 April 1930 HC Speir 3:13
13 High Sheriff Blues Charley Patton 3:13
14 Stone Pony Blues Charley Patton 2:54
15 Jersey Bull Blues Charley Patton 3:10
16 Hang It on the Wall Charley Patton 2:46
17 34 Blues Charley Patton 2:59
18 Love My Stuff Charley Patton 2:58
19 Poor Me Charley Patton 3:00
20 Revenue Man Blues Charley Patton 2:53
21 Troubled 'Bout My Mother Charley Patton & Bertha Lee 2:57
22 Oh, Death Charley Patton & Bertha Lee 3:00
23 Yellow Bee Bertha Lee 2:54
24 Mind Reader Blues Bertha Lee 2:53
  CD 6
1 Booze and Blues Ma Rainey 3:11
2 The Crowing Rooster Walter Rhodes 3:25
3 I Will Turn Your Money Green Furry Lewis 3:11
4 Ham Hound Crave Rube Lacy 2:58
5 Bye Bye Blues Tommy Johnson 3:04
6 Maggie Campbell Tommy Johnson 3:28
7 Big Road Blues Tommy Johnson 3:13
8 Kansas City Blues William Harris 3:04
9 Rowdy Blues Kid Bailey 3:06
10 Mississippi Bottom Blues Kid Bailey 2:57
11 Cold Woman Blues Blind Joe Reynolds 2:59
12 Sitting on Top of the World Mississippi Sheiks 3:04
13 Just a Spoonful Charley Jordan 2:41
14 Banty Rooster Blind Pete & George Ryan 2:17
15 My Grey Pony Big Joe Williams 3:11
16 Dark Road Blues Willie Lofton Trio 3:04
17 Blues [unknown] 2:56
18 Sic 'em Dogs Bukka White 2:23
19 Po' Boy Bukka White 2:51
20 Make Me a Pallet on the Floor Willie Brown 3:26
21 County Farm Blues Son House 2:12
22 Saddle My Pony Howlin' Wolf 2:34
23 Forty Four Howlin' Wolf 2:49
24 Too Close The Staple Singers 5:21
  CD 7
1 Interviewed by Pete Welding (ca. 1967) Howlin' Wolf 2:05
2 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 1 (1968) Booker Miller 1:45
3 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 2 (1968) Booker Miller 0:59
4 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 3 (1968) Booker Miller 0:50
5 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 4 (1968) Booker Miller 2:59
6 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 5 (1968) Booker Miller 1:09
7 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 6 (1968) Booker Miller 0:46
8 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 7 (1968) Booker Miller 2:27
9 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 8 (1968) Booker Miller 1:14
10 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 9 (1968) Booker Miller 1:47
11 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 10 (1968) Booker Miller 6:31
12 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 11 (1968) Booker Miller 1:08
13 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 12 (1968) Booker Miller 0:22
14 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 13 (1968) Booker Miller 7:13
15 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 14 (1968) Booker Miller 2:49
16 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 15 (1968) Booker Miller 0:31
17 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 1 (1968-69) HC Speir 4:40
18 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 2 (1968-69) HC Speir 0:51
19 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 3 (1968-69) HC Speir 2:35
20 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 4 (1968-69) HC Speir 1:10
21 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 5 (1968-69) HC Speir 1:11
22 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 6 (1968-69) HC Speir 1:30
23 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 7 (1968-69) HC Speir 0:36
24 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 8 (1968-69) HC Speir 2:08
25 Interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Part 9 (1968-69) HC Speir 4:18
26 Interviewed by Chris Strachwitz (ca. 1964) Roebuck "Pops" Staples 1:59

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ASIN: US: B00005QD75 [info]
Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/865611 [info]