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Various Artists - Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues - A Musical Journey

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Shortnin'-Henduck - Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band 2:52
  2. Long John - Lightning & Group 5:25
  3. Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith 3:29
  4. St. Louis Blues - W.C. Handy 3:02
  5. Muddy Water - Bessie Smith 3:08
  6. Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 3:01
  7. Billy Lyons & Stack-O-Lee - Furry Lewis 2:36
  8. 'ma' Rainey's Black Bottom - Ma Rainey 3:03
  9. Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson 3:21
  10. Savoy Blues - Louis Armstrong 3:27
  11. Downtown Blues - Frank Stokes 3:10
  12. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt 3:24
  13. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas 2:43
  14. How Long How Long Blues - Leroy Carr 3:06
  15. Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson 3:38
  16. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie Mctell 2:30
  17. It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom 3:04
  18. Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith 3:22
  19. Guitar Blues - Lonnie Johnson 3:15
  20. Pony Blues - Charley Patton 2:59
  21. Diddie Wah Diddie - Blind Blake 2:58
  22. K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band 2:32
  23. Standin' On The Corner (Blue Yodel #9) - Jimmie Rodgers 2:39
  24. Sittin' On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks 3:04
  25. Preachin' The Blues - Son House 3:02
Volume 2
  1. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James 3:00
  2. C.C. Rider - Lead Belly 2:59
  3. Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams 3:24
  4. Dirty Mother For You (Don't You Know) - Roosevelt Sykes 2:59
  5. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday 2:40
  6. Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson 2:40
  7. Good Mornin' Little School Girl - Sonny Boy Williamson I 3:01
  8. Shake 'em On Down - Bukka White 3:01
  9. Roll 'em Pete - Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 2:50
  10. Catfish Blues - Robert Petway 2:53
  11. Going To Chicago Blues - Count Basie Orchestra With Jimmy Rushing 3:26
  12. Key To The Highway - Big Bill Broonzy 3:01
  13. Me And My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie 2:46
  14. Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo Merriweather 2:56
  15. Cross Cut Saw Blues - Tommy Mcclennon 2:46
  16. Evil Gal Blues - Lionel Hampton Sextet With Dinah Washington 2:54
  17. Strange Things Happening Everyday - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2:52
  18. Honeydripper Pt.1 - Joe Liggins 3:05
  19. Drifting Blues - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers Featuring Charles Brown 3:14
  20. Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan 2:47
  21. That's All Right Mama - Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup 2:55
  22. Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker 3:02
  23. Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris 2:47
  24. Ain't Nobody's Business, Part One - Jimmy Witherspoon 2:55
  25. Double Crossing Blues - Johnny Otis Quintette With Little Esther & The Robbins 2:46
Volume 3
  1. Mother Earth - Memphis Slim 2:42
  2. Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield 2:55
  3. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston 2:50
  4. Dust My Broom - Elmore James 2:45
  5. No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon 3:09
  6. Juke - Little Walter 2:45
  7. Hound Dog - Big Mam Thornton 2:50
  8. Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson 3:10
  9. The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim 3:02
  10. In The Night - Professor Longhair 2:32
  11. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters 2:51
  12. Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir 2:53
  13. Blue Monday - Fats Domino 2:17
  14. Hard Times - Ray Charles 2:55
  15. I Hear You Knockin' - Smiley Lewis 2:44
  16. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley 2:27
  17. Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson Ii 2:34
  18. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf 3:08
  19. Who Do You Love - Bo Diddley 2:30
  20. I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo 3:04
  21. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 2:42
  22. Farther Up The Road - Bobby 'blue' Bland 2:58
  23. So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush 3:13
  24. First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy 2:18
  25. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed 2:49
Volume 4
  1. Hide Away - Freddie King 2:35
  2. Drivin' Wheel - Junior Parker 2:37
  3. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker 2:32
  4. Frosty - Albert Collins 3:03
  5. You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had - Muddy Waters 2:58
  6. Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf 2:50
  7. Death Letter Blues - Son House 4:21
  8. You Gotta Move - Mississippi Fred Mcdowell 3:21
  9. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan 3:26
  10. Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells 2:05
  11. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor 3:01
  12. All Your Love - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers 3:34
  13. I've Got A Mind To Give Up Livin' - Paul Butterfield Blues Band 4:58
  14. Red House - Jimi Hendrix 3:51
  15. Born Under The Bad Sign - Albert King 2:46
  16. Mama Talk To Your Daughter - Magic Sam 2:43
  17. Tell Mama - Etta James 2:23
  18. Ain't Superstitious - The Jeff Beck Group 4:53
  19. She Caught The Katy - Taj Mahal 3:30
  20. Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac 2:52
  21. One Good Man - Janis Joplin 4:09
Volume 5
  1. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King 4:03
  2. Dallas - Johnny Winter 2:45
  3. Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Derek & The Dominos 6:53
  4. Give Me Back My Wig - Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers 3:35
  5. One Way Out - Allman Brothers Band 4:57
  6. Down Home Blues - Z.Z. Hill 3:59
  7. Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble 3:40
  8. Smoking Gun - Robert Cray 4:00
  9. Tuff Enuff - Fabulous Thunderbirds 3:22
  10. I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt 4:31
  11. Timbarma - Ali Farka Toure 4:11
  12. Am I Wrong - Keb' Mo' 2:19
  13. Cherry Red Wine - Luther Allison 4:23
  14. Bill - Peggy Scott-Adams 4:18
  15. Just Won't Burn - Susan Tedeschi 4:46
  16. Voodoo Music - Los Lobos 3:23
  17. Round & Round - Bonnie Raitt 3:39
  18. Vietnam Blues - Cassandra Wilson 4:32
  19. I Pity The Fool (Live) - Robert Cray & Shemekia Copeland 3:40
  20. Sweet Home Chicago - Keb' Mo' & Corey Harris 2:51

Notes

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.