Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950)

Release Date: 1992
Format: Pre-Owned CD
Label: Columbia/Legacy Records
Catalog Number: C4K 47911

1-1 Charlie Poole With The North Carolina Ramblers– Whitehouse Blues 3:25
1-2 Aiken County String Band– High Sheriff 2:53
1-3 Frank Hutchison– The Last Scene Of The Titanic 3:30
1-4 Hersal Thomas– Suitcase Blues 2:36
1-5 Reverend J.M. Gates– Death's Black Train Is Coming 3:11
1-6 Dora Carr– Cow-Cow Blues 2:50
1-7 Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners– Washington County Fox Chase 2:57
1-8 Fiddlin' John Carson– I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte 3:05
1-9 Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio– Untitled 3:01
1-10 Whistler And His Jug Band– Low Down Blues 2:56
1-11 Washington Phillips– Paul & Silas In Jail 2:42
1-12 Barbecue Bob– Blind Pig Blues 3:02
1-13 Austin & Lee Allen– Chattanooga Blues 3:04
1-14 Sherman Tedder– Untitled 2:57
1-15 Dallas String Band With Coley Jones– Hokum Blues 3:25
1-16 Gladys Bentley– Worried Blues 2:45
1-17 Elizabeth Johnson– Empty Bed Blues Part 1 3:02
1-18 Elizabeth Johnson– Empty Bed Blues Part 2 3:22
1-19 South Georgia Highballers– Blue Grass Twist 2:48
1-20 Charlie Bowman And His Brothers– Moonshiner And His Money 3:10
1-21 Clarence Green– Johnson City Blues 2:57
1-22 Reverend Johnny Blakey Assisted By The Sanctified Singers– Warming By The Devil's Fire 3:25
1-23 Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones– (Honey) It's Tight Like That 2:36
1-24 Mississippi John Hurt– Big Leg Blues 2:51
1-25 Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers– Hallelujah 2:58
2-1 Hershel Brown And His Happy Five– Liberty 2:54
2-2 Mamie Smith– My Sportin' Man 2:58
2-3 Blues Birdhead– Mean Low Blues 3:13
2-4 Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley– C.C. & O. Blues 3:05
2-5 The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers– Ortonville 3:11
2-6 Slim Doucet– Dear Black Eyes = Chere Yeux Noirs 3:00
2-7 Roosevelt Sykes– Roosevelt Blues 2:47
2-8 The Hokum Boys– Gin Mill Blues 3:27
2-9 Joe Falcon Accompanied By Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux– Osson 2:56
2-10 W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith– Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown) 3:11
2-11 Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen– Soldier's Joy 2:54
2-12 Whistlin' Alex Moore– They May Not Be My Toes 3:02
2-13 Mississippi Sheiks– The Jazz Fiddler 3:13
2-14 Lonnie Johnson– I Have To Do My Time 3:09
2-15 Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton– Lonesome Frisco Line 3:17
2-16 Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland– Back To The Blue Ridge 2:55
2-17 Buster Carter & Preston Young– Darn Good Girl 2:51
2-18 Bo Carter– West Jackson Blues 3:17
2-19 Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green– You Had Too Much 3:19
2-20 Silver Leaf Quartet– Oh! Glory Glory 3:13
2-21 Freeny's Barn Dance Band– Don't You Remember The Time 3:16
2-22 Pelican Wildcats– Walkin' Georgia Rose 2:56
2-23 Peetie Wheatstraw– Police Station Blues 3:03
2-24 Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers– Hallelujah Side 3:16
2-25 Will Batts– Highway #61 Blues 2:42
3-1 W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys– Doughboys Theme Song #1 0:41
3-2 W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys– Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) 3:09
3-3 W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys– Doughboys Theme Song #2 0:29
3-4 Blind Willie– Bell Street Lightnin' 2:52
3-5 Charlie Patton– Jersey Bull Blues 3:04
3-6 Walter Roland– Every Morning Blues 2:44
3-7 Blue Ridge Ramblers– D Blues 2:48
3-8 Breaux Freres– La Valse Des Yeux Bleu = Blue Eyes Waltz 3:11
3-9 Bessie Jackson– Skin Game Blues 2:57
3-10 Leroy Carr With Scrapper Blackwell– Good Woman Blues 2:57
3-11 Pinewood Tom– Sissy Man 2:49
3-12 The Rhythm Wreckers– Blue Yodel #2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille) 2:46
3-13 The Anglin Twins– Just Inside The Pearly Gates 2:25
3-14 Bumble Bee Slim– Hard Rocks In My Bed 2:40
3-15 The Two Charlies– Tired Feelin' Blues 3:03
3-16 Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers– One Eyed Sam 2:51
3-17 A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls– Poor Naomi Wise 3:36
3-18 Kid Prince Moore– South Bound Blues 3:01
3-19 Big Bill Broonzy– C & A Blues 2:58
3-20 George Curry– My Last Five Dollars 2:36
3-21 The Nite Owls– Memphis Blues 2:21
3-22 The Alley Boys Of Abbeville– Pourquoi Tu M'Aime Pas 3:46
3-23 The Reverend Benny Campbell– Have Mercy On Me 2:32
3-24 Albert Ammons– Shout For Joy 2:25
3-25 Jack Kelly– Flower Blues 2:30
3-26 Bob Clifford– Onion Eating Mama 2:54
3-27 Callahan Bros.– Brown's Ferry Blues #2 3:06
3-28 Little Buddy Doyle– Slick Capers Blues 2:35
3-29 Bill McKinley– Poor Boy Blues 2:54
4-1 Frank Edwards– We Got To Get Together 2:36
4-2 Sweet Violet Boys– You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) 2:49
4-3 The Humbard Family– I'll Fly Away 2:49
4-4 Tony Hollins– Cross Cut Saw Blues 2:48
4-5 Peter Cleighton– Black Snake Blues 2:51
4-6 Black Cats And The Kitten– Step It Up And Go 2:48
4-7 Bob And Randall Atcher– Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad 2:38
4-8 Adolph Hofner And His San Antonians– Cotton-Eyed Joe 2:29
4-9 Poor Boy Burke– Old Vets Blues 2:53
4-10 Little Son Joe– Black Rat Swing 2:52
4-11 Big Maceo Merriweather– Maceo Special 2:42
4-12 The Light Crust Doughboys With J.B. Brinkley– It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do 2:47
4-13 Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys– Army Blues 2:36
4-14 James (Beale Street) Clark– Who But You 2:38
4-15 Homer Harris– Tomorrow May Be Too Late 3:05
4-16 McKinley Morganfield– Burying Ground Blues 2:30
4-17 Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys– Goodbye Old Pal 2:23
4-18 Gene Autry– Dixie Cannonball 2:40
4-19 Bill Landford & The Landfordaires– Run On For A Long Time 2:34
4-20 Joe Williams– Baby, Please Don't Go 2:57
4-21 Sister Myrtle Fields Acc. By The Austin McCoy Trio– I'm Toiling 2:43
4-22 Willie (Boodle It) Right– Two By Four Blues 2:56
4-23 Bailes Bros.– You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In) 2:46
4-24 Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks– Heaven's Radio 2:49
4-25 Rosetta Howard– Plow Hand Blues 2:46
4-26 Memphis Seven– Grunt Meat Blues 2:47
4-27 Deep South Boys– Until I Found The Lord 2:25
4-28 Brother Porter & Brother Cook– I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me 2:41