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Various Artists - The Encyclopedia Of Early Blues Classics (1969)

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Gulf Coast Blues Mildred Bailey 3:11
  2. Big Bill Blues Big Bill Broonzy 3:03
  3. Four Day Creep Ida Cox 3:28
  4. Lord I Wish I Could See Blind Gary Davis 3:04
  5. Death Bell Blues Tom Dickson 3:10
  6. Little Rock Blues Pearl Dickson 3:03
  7. Homesick and Lonesome Blues Blind Boy Fuller 3:09
  8. John Henry Woody Guthrie 2:45
  9. Mister Crump W.C. Handy 2:02
  10. Loveless Love Billie Holiday 3:17
  11. Black Man Blues John Lee Hooker 3:30
  12. Guitar Lightnin' Lightnin' Hopkins 4:18
  13. Louis Collins Mississippi John Hurt 2:47
  14. Match Box Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson 3:10
  15. Dark Was The Night Blind Willie Johnson 3:21
  16. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom Robert Johnson 2:59
  17. The Gallis Pole Leadbelly 3:05
  18. Billy Lyons And Stackolee Furry Lewis 2:36
  19. Atlanta Blues Sara Martin 2:55
  20. Scarey Day Blues Blind Willie McTell 3:01
Volume 2
  1. Where Is My Good Man At? Memphis Minnie 3:02
  2. 34 Blues Charlie Patton 2:58
  3. Sleep Talkin' Blues Ma Rainey 3:13
  4. Sugar Mama Blues Tampa Red 3:28
  5. May Be The Last Time Otis Rush 4:00
  6. The Gin House Blues Bessie Smith 3:15
  7. I Just Want a Little Bit Otis Spann 3:33
  8. Black Gal Victoria Spivey 2:48
  9. Mountain Blues Sonny Terry 3:12
  10. Ball and Chain Big Mama Thornton 7:29
  11. Red Hot Mama Sophie Tucker 2:44
  12. Doin' Time T. Bone Walker 3:02
  13. Blue Mood Little Walter 3:30
  14. St. Louis Blues Ethel Waters 2:17
  15. Hoochie Coochie Man Muddy Waters 3:04
  16. Special Stream Line Bukka White 2:55
  17. Black and Evil Blues Josh White 3:15
  18. Cool Cool Blues Sonny Boy Williamson 2:45
  19. Skidrow Blues Jimmy Witherspoon 2:51
  20. Evil Howlin' Wolf 5:11

Notes


This two-disc budget collection is a mishmash of old 78s, and 1960s rediscovery recordings of blues and folk artists. What makes it unusual, although it probably isn't a selling point, is that the musicians are presented in sequence alphabetically. There are some great songs and performances here, but nothing so rare that it can't easily be found elsewhere.