Track listing:

Volume 1

1. Mama's Black Baby Boy - The Unique Quartet 2:31
2. Poor Mourner - Cousins And De Moss 2:03
3. A Coon Band Contest - Vess Ossman 2:56
4. Cakewalk - Unknown 1:45
5. Pasquinale - Sousa Band 2:16
6. Bill Bailey - Arthur Collins 2:34
7. Nobody - Bert Williams 2:56
8. Grand Old Rag - Billy Murrary 2:44
9. De Little Old Log Cabin In De Lane - Carrol C. Clark And Vess Ossman 3:12
10. The Bully - May Irwin 3:26
11. Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? - Nora Bayes 3:06
12. You Made Me Love You - Al Jolson 3:05
13. Hungarian Rag - The New York Military Band 2:45
14. Down Home Rag - James Reese Europe 3:26
15. Desecration Rag - Felix Arndt 3:07
16. Memphis Blues - Victor Military Band 3:05
17. That's The Kind Of Baby For Me - Eddie Cantor 3:05
18. Tiger Rag - The Original Dixieland Jazz Band 3:10
19. After You've Gone - Marion Harris 3:22
20. Memphis Blues - James Reese Europe 2:59
21. Royal Garden Blues - Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds 3:08
22. Sweet Man O' Mine - Mamie Smith 3:17
23. Love Will Find A Way - Sissle And Blake 3:02
24. Sounds Of Africa - Eubie Blake 3:07
25. Keep Off The Grass - James P. Johnson 3:14

Volume 2

1. Society's Blues - Kid Ory's Sunshine Orchestra 3:06
2. Ragtime Annie - Eck Robertson 3:27
3. It Aint Gonna Rain No Mo' - Wendel Hall 3:22
4. Original Charleston Strut - Thomas Morris 2:51
5. The Old Hen Crackled & The Roosters Gonna Crow - Fiddlin' John Carson 3:01
6. New Orleans Joys - Jelly Roll Morton 2:49
7. Kansas City Man's Blues - Sidney Bechet 3:00
8. Elephants Wobble - Benny Motens Kansas City Orchestra 3:09
9. Working Man Blues - King Oliver 3:03
10. Lucky Rock Blues - Ma Rainey 3:03
11. Chicago Stomp - Jimmy Blythe 3:00
12. Johnny Dunn's Cornet Blues - Johnny Dunn 3:14
13. California Here I Come - Cliff Edwards 2:51
14. Prisoner's Song - Vernon Dalhart 3:05
15. Ezekiel Saw De Wheel - Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers 2:44
16. Suitcase Blues - Hersel Thomas 2:38
17. When The Works All Done This Fall - Carl Sprague 2:57
18. Sugar Hill - Crockett Ward & His Boys 2:46
19. Candy Girl - Uncle Blunt Stevens 3:04
20. Long Lonesome Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 3:02
21. It's All Right Now - Arizona Dranes 2:47
22. Sweet & Low Down - George Gershwin 2:43
23. Stockyard Strut - Freddie Keppard 2:27
24. The Cross-Eyed Butcher & The Cacklin' Hen - Dave Macon 2:59

Volume 3

1. Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton 3:14
2. Flop Eared Mule - Kahle Brewer 3:05
3. Country Blues - Doc Boggs 3:00
4. New Jelly Roll Blues - Peg Leg Howell 3:04
5. After You've Gone - Sophie Tucker 2:52
6. Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver 3:01
7. I'm Coming Virginia - Bing Crosby With Paul Whiteman 3:13
8. My Pretty Girl - Jean Goldkette 2:41
9. Woke Up With The Blues In My Fingers - Lonnie Johnson 3:04
10. I'm Coming Virginia - Frankie Trumbauer And Bix Beiderbecke 3:10
11. The Old Hickory Cane - Ernest Stoneman 2:59
12. There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood - The Giddens Sisters 3:08
13. Blue Guitar Stomp - Clifford Hayes 3:00
14. Silhouette - Rube Bloom 2:30
15. No More Goodbyes - Ernest Stoneman Et Al 2:41
16. O' Molly Dear - B.F. Shelton 3:02
17. Pick Poor Robin Clean - Luke Jordan 3:15
18. Honolulu Blues - Red Nichols And Miff Mole 2:48
19. Track Forty-Five - Grayson And Whitter 3:05
20. Mama 'taint Long For Day - Blind Willie Mctell 2:57
21. My Money Never Runs Out - Gus Cannon 2:51
22. Motherless Chile Blues - Barbecue Bob 3:16
23. Washboard Blues - Hoagy Carmichael 4:17
24. Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson 3:22

Volume 4

1. Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band 2:50
2. Deep Elm - Willard Robinson 3:25
3. Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson 3:34
4. Black Beauty - Duke Ellington 3:03
5. Somethin' Doin' - Hayes And Prater 2:54
6. Antioch - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 2:45
7. Ham Beats All Meat - Dr. Humphrey Bate 2:38
8. Melanchololy Baby - Paul Whiteman 4:28
9. Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller 2:51
10. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas 2:43
11. Wild Cat - Venuti And Lang 2:28
12. Indiana - Teschemacher-Condon-Sullivan-Krupa 2:59
13. Oysters And Wine At 2 Am - Polk Miller And His Old South Quartette 3:13
14. Lonesome Swallow - Ethel Waters 3:00
15. Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Beamon 2:16
16. How Long - Frank Stokes 3:20
17. The Miner's Blues - Frank Hutchinson 3:19
18. Ice Water Blues - Deford Bailey 3:20
19. Acorn Stomp - East Texas Serenaders 2:52
20. Heavy Hearted Blues - Tarlton And Darby 3:18
21. Next Week Sometime - Alex Johnson 3:04
22. Tell Me Woman Blues - Texas Alexander 2:59
23. Just Too Soon - Earl Hines 3:11
24. Tight Like This - Louis Armstrong 3:22

Volume 5

1. Away Out On The Mountain - Riley Puckett 3:14
2. Baby Please Loan Me Your Heart - Papa Charlie Jackson 3:01
3. Jump Steady Blues - Pinetop Smith 3:22
4. Get Away From My Window (Stay Away) - Butterbeans And Susie 3:07
5. Madame Young - Dennis Mcgee, Sady Courville 3:02
6. Till Times Get Better - Jabbo Smith 3:00
7. He Rambled - Charlie Poole 2:55
8. Feelin' The Spirit - Louis Russell 3:11
9. Blind Arthur's Breakdown - Blind Blake 3:03
10. K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band 2:33
11. You Don't Understand - Bessie Smith 3:07
12. Hell Broke Loose In Georgia - The Skillet Lickers 2:53
13. Squabblin - Walter Page's Blue Devils 3:06
14. There'll Be No Distinction There - Blind Alfred Reed 3:03
15. You Got To Wet It - Frankie Jaxon 3:02
16. I Hate A Man Like You - Lizzie Miles 3:29
17. Dry Spell Blues - Sone House 3:11
18. Motherless Children - Bessemer Melody Boys 2:57
19. Don't Think I'm Santa Claus - Lil Mcclintock 3:13
20. Guitar Rag - Roy Harvey, Jess Johnson 3:21
21. Warm Wipe Stomp - Eddie Anthony 3:13
22. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James 3:00
23. Draggin My Heart Around - Fats Waller 3:28

Volume 6

1. So Sorry Dear - Two Poor Boys 2:50
2. Get On Board Aunt Susan - Jimmie Davis 3:11
3. Let Me Be Your Sidetrack - Jimmie Rodgers 2:50
4. Stardust - Louis Armstrong 3:37
5. Last Kind Word Blues - Geeshie Wiley 3:04
6. Tiger Rag - Art Tatum 2:22
7. Shanghai Rooster Yodel #2 - Cliff Carlisle 3:08
8. Washboard Blues - Connee Boswell 5:06
9. (When It's) Darkness On The Delta - Isham Jones 3:23
10. Moten Swing - Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 3:26
11. Home On The Range - Lee Sims 4:06
12. Dance Of The Octopus - Red Norvo 3:20
13. I've Got The Big River Blues - Delmore Brothers 3:01
14. Montana Plains - Patsy Montana 2:55
15. Bay Rum Blues - Gwenn Foster 2:58
16. My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby - Wilf Carter 3:15
17. Someday Sweetheart - Bing Crosby 3:18
18. Railroad Blues - Sam Mcgee 3:18
19. Down South Camp Meeting - Fletcher Henderson 3:01
20. Bring Up Breakdown - Arthur Schutt 2:49
21. Dinah - Boswell Sisters 3:12
22. Some Of These Days - Milt Brown 2:39
23. Fiddler's Dream - Fiddlin' Arthur Smith 2:53

Volume 7

1. When The Sun Goes Down - Blackwell & Carr 2:58
2. What's The Reason - Mills Brothers 2:32
3. Sola - Lydia Mendoza 3:02
4. Swanee River - Jimmie Lunceford 2:49
5. It Never Dawned On Me - Teddy Wilson 3:14
6. Tillie's Downtown Now - Bunny Berrigan 3:20
7. Honeysuckle Rose - Mildred Bailey 2:55
8. I'm In The Mood For Love - Adelaide Hall 3:05
9. River Blues - Bill Boyd 2:47
10. Want You By My Side - Jazz Gillum 3:21
11. I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Blue Sky Boys 2:59
12. Dinah - Benny Goodman 2:43
13. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Billie Holiday 3:29
14. Liza - Don Albert And His Orchestra 2:57
15. If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day - Robert Johnson 2:37
16. The Church In The Wildwood - Chuck Wagon Gang 2:26
17. Cross Street Swing - Original Yellow Jackets 2:38
18. Good Morning Little School Girl - Sonny Boy Williamson 2:59
19. Topsy - Count Basie 3:11
20. Dust - Gene Autry 2:29
21. Diminuendo In Blue - Duke Ellington 2:49
22. Cowboy Night Herd Song - Sons Of The Pioneers 3:00
23. The Road To Ruin - St. Louis Jimmy Oden 3:02
24. Body And Soul - Larry Adler & Django Reinhardt 3:06
25. Little Joe - Carter Family 2:41

Volume 8

1. Let That Liar Alone - Golden Gate Quartet 2:03
2. You're Okay - Bob Wills 2:27
3. Deep Purple - Art Tatum 3:16
4. P.L.K. Special - Jimmy Yancey 3:11
5. If Dreams Come True - James P. Johson 3:10
6. Stairways To The Stars - Ella Fitzgerald 3:13
7. Walk Around - The Soul Stirrers 2:50
8. I'm Always Dreaming Of You - Floyd Tillman 2:34
9. Muleskinner Blues - Roy Acuff 2:50
10. I Ain't Got No Home - Woody Guthrie 2:46
11. After Hours - Erskine Hawkins 3:24
12. Oh Yes, Take Another Guess - Hank Penny 2:37
13. Sugar - Lee Wiley 4:38
14. Seldom The Sun - Alec Wilder 3:20
15. Mule Skinner Blues - Bill Monroe 2:44
16. Piney Brown's Blues - Joe Turner 3:01
17. Trail Of The Great Divide - Slim Rinehart 1:37
18. Walking The Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb 2:39
19. Swing To Bop - Charlie Christian 3:36
20. Hello Babe - Lil Green 2:52
21. I Got The Blues - Big Maceo 2:50
22. You Got To Get Out Of Here - Memphis Minnie 2:36
23. She's Funny That Way - Frank Sinatra 2:10
24. Mean Old Frisco Blues - Arthur Crudrup 2:37
25. Buster's Last Stand - Claude Thornhill 3:10

Volume 9

1. Rock Daniel - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2:58
2. Indiana - Lester Young And Nat Cole 4:54
3. I Got A Break Baby - T. Bone Walker 3:17
4. Red River Dam Blues - Washboard Sam 3:01
5. Rainbow Mist - Coleman Hawkins 2:58
6. Gulf Coast Blues - Charlie Barnet With Roy Eldridge 3:11
7. Share Croppin Blues - Kay Starr With Charlie Parker 3:02
8. Don't Let That Man Get You Down - Texas Ruby 2:33
9. The Honeydripper - Joe Liggins 3:04
10. Indiana - Don Byas 4:02
11. The Man I Love - Artie Shaw 3:11
12. In A Mezz - Sammy Price 2:55
13. Buzz Me - Ella Mae Morse 2:59
14. I Don't Know Enough About You - Peggy Lee 3:21
15. Shaw 'nuff - Charlie Parker And Dizzy Gillespie 4:19
16. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' - Louis Jordan 2:59
17. I'll Get Along Somehow - Charles Brown 3:15
18. Boogie Woogie Baby - Delmore Brothers 2:48
19. This Subdues My Passion - Charles Mingus 2:54
20. Filipino Baby - Cowboy Copas 2:47
21. I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again - Maddox Brothers And Rose 2:13
22. What Is This Thing Called Love - Lenny Tristano 2:50