- Devil Got My Woman Skip James 3:00
- C.C. Rider Lead Belly 2:59
- Baby Please Don't Go Big Joe Williams 3:24
- Dirty Mother For You (Don't You Know) Roosevelt Sykes 2:59
- Billie's Blues Billie Holiday 2:40
- Cross Road Blues Robert Johnson 2:40
- Good Mornin' Little School Girl Sonny Boy Williamson I 3:01
- Shake 'em On Down Bukka White 3:01
- Roll 'em Pete Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 2:50
- Catfish Blues Robert Petway 2:53
- Going To Chicago Blues Count Basie Orchestra With Jimmy Rushing 3:26
- Key To The Highway Big Bill Broonzy 3:01
- Me And My Chauffeur Blues Memphis Minnie 2:46
- Worried Life Blues Big Maceo Merriweather 2:56
- Cross Cut Saw Blues Tommy Mcclennon 2:46
- Evil Gal Blues Lionel Hampton Sextet With Dinah Washington 2:54
- Strange Things Happening Everyday Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2:52
- Honeydripper Pt.1 Joe Liggins 3:05
- Drifting Blues Johnny Moore's Three Blazers Featuring Charles Brown 3:14
- Let The Good Times Roll Louis Jordan 2:47
- That's All Right Mama Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup 2:55
- Call It Stormy Monday T-Bone Walker 3:02
- Good Rockin' Tonight Wynonie Harris 2:47
- Ain't Nobody's Business, Part One Jimmy Witherspoon 2:55
- Double Crossing Blues Johnny Otis Quintette With Little Esther & The Robbins 2:46
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Mar 2, 1927 - Apr 9, 2003
This five-disc, 116-track box set presents a sweeping history of the blues from its emergence in the early 1900s clear through to its various contemporary guises, and includes samples of country blues in all of its regional variations, as well as cuts from string bands, jug bands, jazz combos, gritty Chicago blues outfits, and a look at how rock artists like Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix incorporated the blues into their distinctive styles. Intelligently gathered and arranged, it treats the blues both from a historical perspective and from a working assumption that the form is still alive and well, continually morphing and transforming itself. There simply isn't a better or deeper survey of the blues on the market.