Track listing:

Volume 1

1. San Francisco Bay Blues Jesse Fuller 3:44
2. Mercury Blues K C Douglas 2:49
3. Shake Shake Mama Mance Lipscomb 2:52
4. Cairo Blues Lil' Son Jackson 2:31
5. Barbershop Rhythm Wade Walton and Robert Curtis Smith 2:26
6. One Thin Dime Butch Cage and Willie Thomas 4:47
7. Charmin' Betsy Hodges Brothers 2:54
8. Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues Alex Moore 3:07
9. I am the Black Ace Black Ace 4:16
10. Brother James Big Joe Williams 3:38
11. Lady Luck Mercy Dee 2:48
12. Don't Drive Me Away Robert Curtis Smith 2:27
13. Zydeco Introduction Zydeco Announcer 0:54
14. Bernadette Chere Albert Chevalier 3:57
15. Bald Headed Woman Lightnin' Hopkins 3:51
16. Baby Please Don't Go James Campbell 2:20
17. Believe On Me Reverend Louis Overstreet 2:41
18. Low Down Blues George Lewis 5:12
19. The Country Blues J E Mainer 3:02
20. Crowley Waltz Hackberry Ramblers 2:14
21. She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain Booker White 3:03
22. Ay, Ai Ai Clifton Chenier 2:26
23. Write Me a Few Lines Fred McDowell 3:37
24. Charlie James Mance Lipscomb 3:35
25. Louisiana Blues Clifton Chenier 3:03

Volume 2

1. Cindy John Jackson 2:10
2. Little Red Rooster Big Mama Thornton 4:27
3. La Betaille Isom Fontenot 1:34
4. Calcasieu waltz Nathan Abshire 3:29
5. Almlied Eibelsberger Duo 2:30
6. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight Del McCoury 2:41
7. In the Breeze Jerry Hahn Quintet 6:29
8. Goin' Back to the Country Juke Boy Bonner 2:59
9. Sometimes I Cry Johnny Young 2:54
10. Two Bugs and a Roach Earl Hooker 4:20
11. Dream John Littlejohn 4:48
12. Things Gonna Get Better Bee Houston 3:11
13. Visions Sonny Simmons 6:09
14. I Wish I Could Sing Bongo Joe 3:15
15. Boogieing In Strasbourg Alex Moore 5:06
16. The Death of Dr King Big Joe Williams 2:53
17. Please Settle in Vietnam Lightnin' Hopkins 4:14
18. Shake 'Em On Down Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods 3:09
19. El Desesperado Los Pinguinos Del Norte 5:17
20. Creole Belles New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra 3:03
21. Finger Lickin' Good Charlie Musselwhite 3:56

Volume 3

1. Church Point Breakdown Austin Pitre 3:13
2. Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal Original Herberstein Trio 3:36
3. Gibson Creek Shuffle The Charles Ford Band 3:48
4. Ups and Downs L C Robinson 6:20
5. You Ain't Got a Chance Piano Red 2:56
6. Home Sweet Home Boisec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot 3:19
7. Satan's Burning Hell Bill Neely 2:43
8. Luzita Narciso Martinez 2:02
9. Yo Me Enamore Trio San Antonio 3:47
10. Borracho Perdido Trio San Antonio 2:22
11. One of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) J C Burris 3:50
12. Allons a Grand Coteau Clifton Chenier 3:15
13. En Bas Du Chene Vert Dewey Blfa, Marc Savoy and D L Menard 4:19
14. Besos Y Copas Chavela Ortiz y Brown Express 3:54
15. Fast Santa Fe (Bear Cat) Robert Shaw 1:57
16. I'll See You In C-U-B-A Any Old Time String Band 4:50
17. El Balaju Conjunto Alma Jarocha 2:08
18. La Gata Los Caporales De Panuco 3:37
19. Beym Rebns Sude The Klezmorim 3:07
20. J'ai Laisse De La Maison Cheese Read 2:24
21. Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio Don Santiago Jimenez Sr 2:52
22. Mi Problema Lydia Mendoza 2:50

Volume 4

1. Gritenme Piedras del Campo Flaco Jimenez 3:35
2. Co-Fe John Delafose 2:13
3. Single Girl Rose Maddox 2:10
4. Bee De La Manche Canray Fontenot 2:24
5. Bosco Stomp Octa Clark and Hector Duhon 3:15
6. Negra Ausencia Santiago Jimenez Jr 2:43
7. La Chanson De Cinquante Sous Michael Doucet dit BeauSoleil 3:27
8. Shake What You Got Preston Frank 2:21
9. Little Black Eyes Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 3:53
10. Chill of a Saturday Afternoon Wade Fruge 2:11
11. Jolie Blonde Chuck Guillory 3:34
12. Here to Stay ReBirth Brass Band 3:54
13. I Know That's Right Katie Webster 3:49
14. I've Been There Lawrence Ardoin 3:06
15. Mentiste Cuando Dijiste Flaco Jimenez 3:25
16. Aguililla Los Campesinos De Michoacan 2:24
17. La Reine De La Salle Odile Falcon 0:58
18. Chanson De La Sagesse Michael Doucet 2:29
19. Hot Chili Mama BeauSoleil 3:39
20. Check Out the Zydeco C J Chenier 3:20
21. El Canoero Valerio Longoria 4:31
22. Corrido Del Mono Los Gavilanes De Oakland 3:27
23. San Francisco Can Be Such a Lonely Town Omar Sharriff 4:27

Volume 5

1. Mother Paramount Gospel Singers 3:22
2. Gumagarugu Chatuye 4:39
3. Khandan-E Amaturi III Aziz Herawi 4:36
4. A Ti, Colombia Ivan Cuesta 3:05
5. Food Stamp Blues Treme Brass Band 9:17
6. Ain't It a Shame Elder Roma Wilson 2:23
7. J'Ai Ete Au Bal Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 6:47
8. La Mal Sentada Los Cenzontles 2:21
9. Falling For You Rose Maddox 2:50
10. Los Traficantes Del Bravo Los Palomares Del Bravo 3:48
11. Jesus Wil Fix It For You Sonny Treadway 4:21
12. Medved Na Lancu Csokolom 1:43
13. Jale Griego Jose Moreno 2:21
14. El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez Santiago Jimenez Jr 5:03
15. What's His Name-Jesus The Campbell Brothers 8:22
16. Just a Closer Walk With Thee Aubrey Ghent 4:28