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Various Artists - Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 (1950)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Whitehouse Blues Charlie Poole With The North Carolina Ramblers 3:28
  2. High Sheriff Aiken County String Band 2:54
  3. The Last Scene Of The Titanic Frank Hutchinson 3:32
  4. Suitcase Blues Hersal Thomas 2:37
  5. Death's Black Train Is Coming Reverend J.M. Gates 3:12
  6. Cow-Cow Blues Dora Carr 2:51
  7. Washington County Fox Chase Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners 2:59
  8. I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte Fiddlin' John Carson 3:07
  9. Untitled Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio 3:03
  10. Low Down Blues Whistler And His Jug Band 2:57
  11. Paul & Silas In Jail Washington Phillips 2:39
  12. Blind Pig Blues Barbecue Bob 3:03
  13. Chattanooga Blues Austin & Lee Allen 3:06
  14. Untitled Sherman Tedder 2:58
  15. Hokum Blues Dallas String Band With Coley Jones 3:26
  16. Worried Blues Gladys Bentley 2:47
  17. Empty Bed Blues - Part 1 Elizabeth Johnson 3:03
  18. Empty Bed Blues - Part 2 Elizabeth Johnson 3:24
  19. Blue Grass Twist South Georgia Highballers 2:49
  20. Moonshiner And His Money Charlie Bowman And His Brothers 3:11
  21. Johnson City Blues Clarence Green 2:59
  22. Warming By The Devil's Fire Reverend Johnny Blakey, Assisted By The Sanctified Singers 3:26
  23. (Honey) It's Tight Like That Papa Too Sweet And Harry Jones 2:37
  24. Big Leg Blues Mississippi John Hurt 2:53
  25. Hallelujah Daniels Deason Sacred Harp Singers 2:58
CD2
  1. Liberty Hershel Brown And His Happy Five 2:56
  2. My Sportin' Man Mamie Smith 2:58
  3. Mean Low Blues Blues Birdhead 3:16
  4. C.C. & O. Blues Pink Anderson And Simmine Dooley 3:06
  5. Ortonville The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers 3:12
  6. Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs) Slim Doucet 3:01
  7. Roosevelt Blues Roosevelt Sykes 2:49
  8. Gin Mill Blues The Hokum Boys 3:28
  9. Osson Joe Falcon, Accompanied By Clemo & Ophy Breaux 2:58
  10. Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown) W.T. Narmour And S. W. Smith 3:12
  11. Soldier's Joy Gid Tanner And The Skillet Lickers, With Riley Puckett & Clayton Mcmichen 2:55
  12. They May Not Be My Toes Whistlin' Alex Moore 3:03
  13. The Jazz Fiddler Mississippi Sheiks 3:14
  14. I Have To Do My Time Lonnie Johnson 3:11
  15. Lonesome Frisco Line Tom Darby And Jimmie Tarlton 3:19
  16. Back To The Blue Ridge Roy Harvey And Leonard Copeland 2:56
  17. Darn Good Girl Buster Carter & Preston Young 2:53
  18. West Jackson Blues Bo Carter 3:20
  19. You Had Too Much Lonnie Johnson And Clara Smith (As Violet Green) 3:21
  20. Oh! Glory Glory Silver Leaf Quarter 3:15
  21. Don't You Remember The Time Freeny's Barn Dance Band 3:18
  22. Walkin' Georgia Rose Pelican Wildcats 2:57
  23. Police Station Blues Peetie Wheatstraw (The Devil's Son In Law) 3:05
  24. Hallelujah Side Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers 3:18
  25. Highway #61 Blues Will Batts 2:43
CD3
  1. Doughboys Theme Song #1 W. Lee O'daniel And His Light Crust Doughboys 0:43
  2. Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) W. Lee O'daniel And His Hillbilly Boys 3:11
  3. Doughboys Theme Song #2 W. Lee O'daniel And His Light Crust Doughboys 0:30
  4. Bell Street Lightnin' Blind Willie (Mctell) & Partner 2:54
  5. Jersey Bull Blues Charlie Patton 3:07
  6. Every Morning Blues Walter Roland 2:46
  7. D Blues Blue Ridge Ramblers 2:49
  8. La Valse Des Yeux Bleu (Blue Eyes Waltz) Breaux Freres 3:12
  9. Skin Game Blues Lucille Bogan (As Bessie Jackson) 2:58
  10. Good Woman Blues Leroy Carr With Scrapper Blackwell 2:59
  11. Sissy Man Josh White (As Pinewood Tom) 2:51
  12. Blue Yodel #2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille) The Rhythm Wreckers 2:48
  13. Just Inside The Pearly Gates The Anglin Twins (Jack And Jim) 2:27
  14. Hard Rocks In My Bed Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) 2:42
  15. Tired Feelin' Blues The Two Charles 3:04
  16. One Eyed Sam Eidon Baker And His Brown County Revellers 2:53
  17. Poor Naomi Wise A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls 2:38
  18. South Bound Blues (Kid) Prince Moore 3:03
  19. C & A Blues Big Bill Broonzy 3:00
  20. My Last Five Dollars George Curry 2:37
  21. Memphis Blues The Nite Owls 2:36
  22. Pourquoi Tu M'aime Pas The Alley Boys Of Abberville 2:47
  23. Have Mercy On Me Reverend Benny Campbell (Meetin' House In Dixie) 2:34
  24. Shout For Joy Albert Ammons 2:27
  25. Flower Blues Jack Kelly 2:32
  26. Onion Eating Mama Cliff Carlisle (As Bob Clifford) 2:55
  27. Brown's Ferry Blues #2 Callahan Bros. 3:08
  28. Slick Capers Blues Little Buddy Doyle 2:37
  29. Poor Boy Blues Bill "Jazz" Gillum (As Bill Mckinley) 2:54
CD4
  1. We Got To Get Together Frank Edwards 2:38
  2. You Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) Sweet Violet Boys 2:50
  3. I'll Fly Away The Humbard Family 2:50
  4. Cross Cut Saw Blues Tony Hollins 2:51
  5. Black Snake Blues Peter Cleighton 2:53
  6. Step It Up And Go Black Cats And The Kitten 2:50
  7. Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad Bob And Randall Atcher 2:40
  8. Cotton-Eyed Joe Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians 2:31
  9. Old Vets Blues Poor Boy Burke 2:55
  10. Black Rat Swing Little Son Joe 2:53
  11. Macy Special Big Maceo Merriweather 2:43
  12. It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do Light Crust Doughboys, With J.B. Brinkley 2:50
  13. Army Blues Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys 2:38
  14. Who But You James (Beale Street) Clark 2:39
  15. Tomorrow May Be Too Late Homer Harris 3:06
  16. Burying Ground Blues Muddy Waters (As Mckinley Morganfield) 2:32
  17. Goodbye Old Pal Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys 2:25
  18. Dixie Cannonball Gene Autry 2:42
  19. Run On For A Long Time Bill Landford And The Landfordaires 2:36
  20. Baby, Please Don't Go Joe Williams 2:49
  21. I'm Toiling Sister Myrtle Fields, Accompanied By Austin Mccoy Trio 2:44
  22. Two By Four Blues Willie (Boodle It) Right 2:58
  23. You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In) Bailes Bros. 2:48
  24. Heaven's Radio Molly O'day And The Cumberland Mountain Folks 2:51
  25. Plow Hand Blues Rosetta Howard 2:49
  26. Grunt Meat Blues Memphis Seven 2:49
  27. Until I Found The Lord Deep South Boys 2:25
  28. I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me Brother Porter And Brother Cook 2:41

Notes

Roots 'n' Blues: the Retrospective presents five hours of music over four discs, covering the traditional recordings made by Columbia Records and its associated labels from 1925 to 1950. As an all-inclusive survey of American roots music, this set is an invaluable library piece and a good reference, but where this collection really stands out is in its presentation. The collection does a better service than the more academic studies by including a variety of styles — including early string band recordings, spirituals, jugbands, blues, cajun and country music, mixing the better known artists with the more obscure — in the end, the diversity makes for good listening as well as a good learning experience.