MEMPHIS BLUES
VA - The Memphis Blues Box, Original Recordings First Released on 78s and 45s, 1914–1969 [2023] (20 x CDs)
Released in November 2023 by Bear Family Records, The Memphis Blues Box is a monumental 20-CD anthology that traces the evolution of Memphis blues across five decades. Spanning recordings first issued on 78s and 45s between 1914 and 1969, the set offers a panoramic portrait of the city’s musical soul, from its acoustic street-corner origins to its electrified postwar transformations.
Curated and part-written by Martin Hawkins, with contributions from Charlie Musselwhite, David Evans, Paul Swinton, and others, the box includes 534 tracks and a hardcover book filled with newly researched biographies, discographical notes, essays, and rare photographs. This is a sonic biography of Memphis itself.
The early discs document the jug bands, country blues, and vaudeville-inflected street music of artists like Frank Stokes, Furry Lewis, Will Shade, and Gus Cannon. These recordings, often made in hotel rooms or field sessions, reflect a porous musical culture where storytelling, syncopation, and communal rhythm were central. Labels like Victor, Paramount, and Bluebird captured this raw immediacy, preserving the sound of Beale Street before the war.
As the chronology unfolds, the box traces the rise of urban blues, gospel-inflected ballads, and proto-R&B, spotlighting figures such as Memphis Minnie, Robert Wilkins, Willie Nix, and Doctor Ross. The transition from acoustic to electric instrumentation is gradual but unmistakable. Guitars gain bite, vocals grow more assertive, and arrangements tighten into groove-based structures that prefigure soul and rock. Labels like Sun, Checker, RPM, and Meteor emerge as key players in this sonic shift.
Later volumes delve into the postwar club scene, where artists like Rosco Gordon, Junior Parker, and Bobby “Blue” Bland fuse blues with jump rhythms, horn sections, and gospel cadences. These recordings reflect Memphis’s growing role as a regional hub for Black music, feeding into the rise of Stax, Hi Records, and the broader Southern soul movement. The box closes just before that explosion, offering a prequel to the soul era while remaining firmly rooted in blues tradition.
Bear Family’s production is meticulous. The remastering is sympathetic, preserving surface noise where appropriate to retain historical texture. The accompanying book provides session dates, label provenance, artist histories, and contextual essays that situate each track within Memphis’s broader musical ecology. The set avoids redundancy, favoring rare sides, field recordings, and under-documented artists, making it a vital resource for researchers, collectors, and historians.
The Memphis Blues Box is rich with rarities, offering a trove of previously unreissued tracks, field recordings, and limited-run 78s and 45s that rarely surface outside specialist archives. Bear Family Records prioritized obscure artists, alternate takes, and under-documented labels, restoring sides from Victor, Bluebird, Sun, Meteor, and Library of Congress sessions with sympathetic remastering. These aren’t filler, they’re essential artifacts that illuminate Memphis’s porous musical culture, capturing the city’s street-level creativity before the blues became codified. For collectors and historians, the rarities are the heartbeat of the box.
More than a retrospective, The Memphis Blues Box is a living document. It captures the texture of a city in motion, where rural traditions met urban realities, and where blues evolved through dialogue, migration, and community. For anyone seeking to understand the roots of American music, this box set offers not just a compilation, but a narrative, resonant, foundational, and profoundly human. (B)
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Track lists
CD01
01 W. C. Handy - Mr. Crump and The Memphis Blues 4:02
02 Victor Military Band - The Memphis Bllues 3:00
03 Handy's Memphis Blues Band - Yellow Dog Blues 3:14
04 Memphis Jug Band - Sun Brimmers 3:24
05 Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug 3:08
06 Sadie James - What Makes a Bow-Legged Woman Crazy 'Bout Her Knock-Kneed Man? 3:12
07 Baby More - Drop Down 3:27
08 Williamson's Beale Street Frolic Orchestra - Midnight Frolic Drag 2:53
09 Sadie McKinney - Rock Away 3:13
10 Ollie Rupert - I Raised My Window and Looked at the Risin' Sun 3:22
11 Blind Mamie Forehand - Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All 3:11
12 Ollie Rupert - Ain't Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog 3:12
13 Williamson's Beale Street Frolics Orchestra - Memphis Scronch 2:54
14 Furry Lewis - Everybody's Blues 2:54
15 Memphis Jug Band - Sunshine Blues 2:41
16 Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Boy 2:56
17 Beale Street Sheiks - It's a Good Thing 2:54
18 Beale Street Sheiks - Beale Town Bound 2:53
19 Beale Street Sheiks - Mr. Crump Don't Like It 2:38
20 Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons and Stack-O-Lee 2:31
21 Memphis Jug Band - Kansas City Blues 2:55
22 Memphis Jug Band with Jennie Clayton - I Packed My Suitcase, Started to the Train 3:14
23 Memphis Jug Band - Beale Street Mess Around 3:05
24 Will Weldon - Turpentine Blues 3:25
25 Vol Stevens - Vol Stevens Blues 3:18
CD02
01 Banjo Joe - My Money Never Runs Out 2:51
02 Louis S. Black - Rock Island Blues 3:05
03 Walter Rhodes with "Pet" and "Can" - The Crowing Rooster 3:25
04 Louis S. Black - Corn Liquor Blues 2:57
05 Pearl Dickson - Twelve Pound Daddy 3:07
06 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Minglewood Blues 3:45
07 Jim Jackson - I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop 2:53
08 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Madison Street Rag 3:14
09 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Springdale Blues 3:07
10 Jim Jackson - My Monday Woman Blues 2:51
11 Memphis Jug Band - Snitchin' Gambler Blues 3:22
12 Frank Stokes - Bedtime Blues 2:57
13 Jim Jackson - My Mobile Central Blues 2:58
14 Memphis Stompers - Memphis Stomp 3:00
15 Lemuel Turner - Jake Bottle Blues 3:11
16 Memphis Jug Band - Coal Oil Blues 3:32
17 Memphis Jug Band - Peaches in the Springtime 3:06
18 Mooch Richardson - 'Mooch' Richardson's Low Down Barrel House Blues Part 1 3:13
19 Jim Jackson - Bootlegging Blues 2:57
20 Jim Jackson - Policy Blues 3:09
21 Arthur Petties - Two Time Blues 3:21
22 McLaughlin's Old Time Melody Makers - Dill Pickels Rag 3:13
23 Keghouse - Keghouse Blues 3:20
24 Tom Dickson - Labor Blues 2:59
CD03
01 Mooch Richardson - Helena Blues 3:04
02 Tom Dickson - Happy Blues 3:02
03 Mooch Richardson - Burying Ground Blues 2:47
04 Original Washboard Band - Jasper Taylor Blues 3:12
05 Frank Stokes - Mistreatin' Blues 3:13
06 Frank Stokes - It Won't Be Long Now 3:24
07 Frank Stokes - Nehi Mamma Blues 3:05
08 Frank Stokes - I Got Mine 3:00
09 Jim Jackson - This Morning She Was Gone 3:15
10 Furry Lewis - I Will Turn Your Money Green 3:12
11 Furry Lewis - Furry's Blues 3:13
12 Frank Stokes - Stomp That Thing 3:17
13 Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones Pt. 1 3:05
14 Furry Lewis - Cannon Ball Blues 3:13
15 Furry Lewis - Judge Harsh Blues 3:00
16 Jim Jackson - I'm Gonna Move to Louisiana Pt. 1 3:34
17 Frank Stokes - 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do Pt. 1 3:09
18 Frank Stokes - Take Me Back 3:10
19 Charlie Kyle - Kyle's Worried Blues 3:23
20 Charlie Kyle - Walking Blues 3:33
21 Jim Jackson - Traveling Man 3:19
22 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Pig Ankle Strut 3:03
23 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Ripley Blues 3:01
24 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Hollywood Rag 3:03
CD04
01 Jim Jackson - Bye, Bye Policeman 3:01
02 Robert Wilkins - Rolling Stone Part 1 2:51
03 Robert Wilkins - Jail House Blues 3:33
04 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Feather Bed 3:12
05 Memphis Jug Band - Lindberg Hop 2:48
06 Memphis Jug Band - Sugar Pudding 2:43
07 Memphis Jug Band - A Black Woman is Like a Black Snake 2:48
08 Memphis Jug Band - On the Road Again 2:48
09 Memphis Jug Band - Whitewash Station Blues 2:44
10 Memphis Jug Band - Stealin' Stealin' 2:57
11 Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz 2:52
12 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues 3:10
13 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Riley's Wagon 2:57
14 Shade Will - Better Leave That Stuff Alone 3:25
15 Shade Will - She Stabbed Me With an Ice-Pick 3:22
16 Keghouse - Canned Heat Blues 3:07
17 Hambone Willie Newbern - Nobody Knows (What the Good Deacon Does) 3:08
18 Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Workhouse Blues 2:54
19 Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll and Tumble Blues 3:00
20 Cannon & Woods (The Beale Street Boys) - Fourth and Beale 2:47
21 Cannon & Woods (The Beale Street Boys) - Last Chance Blues 2:47
22 Memphis Jug Band - What's the Matter? 2:51
23 Furry Lewis - John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) Pt. 1 2:53
24 Furry Lewis - Black Gypsy Blues 2:48
25 Speckled Red & Rufus Perryman - The Dirty Dozen 3:12
CD05
01 Frank Stokes - South Memphis Blues 2:56
02 Minnie Wallace - Dirty Butter 3:01
03 Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It 2:43
04 Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues Pt. 1 2:54
05 Jed Davenport - Cow Cow Blues 2:48
06 Jenny Pope - Whiskey Drinkin' Blues 3:14
07 Robert Wilkins - Alabama Blues 2:38
08 Robert Wilkins - Long Train Blues 3:06
09 Robert Wilkins - That's No Way to Get Along 2:58
10 Jim Jackson, Tampa Red, Georgia Tom & Speckled Red - Jim Jackson's Jamboree Pt. 1 3:10
11 Hattie Hart - You Wouldn't, Would You, Papa? 3:16
12 Frank Stokes - Right Now Blues 3:05
13 'Sleepy' John Estes - Diving Duck Blues 3:15
14 Douglas Williams Orchestra - Undertaker Blues 2:55
15 'Sleepy' John Estes & James Rachel - Little Sarah 3:10
16 'Sleepy' John Estes - Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too 3:18
17 Memphis Jug Band - I Can Beat You Plenty (That Hand You Tried to Deal Me) 2:52
18 Blind Clyde Church - Number Nine Blues 3:12
19 Frank Stokes - I'm Going Away Blues 2:59
20 Frank Stokes - Frank Stoke's Dream 2:58
21 Frank Stokes - Memphis Rounders Blues 2:51
22 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going to Germany 2:33
23 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Last Chance Blues 3:15
24 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In 2:56
25 Memphis Sanctified Singers - He Got Better Things for You 2:55
CD06
01 Mel Parker with Douglas Williams Orchestra - Leaving Blues 3:07
02 Douglas Williams Orchestra - The Beale Street Sheik 3:00
03 Douglas Williams Orchestra - Thrill Me 3:08
04 Noah Lewis - Chickasaw Special 3:24
05 Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers - The Rooster's Crowing Blues 3:01
06 Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers - Jonestown Blues 2:49
07 Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Yo Yo Blues 2:51
08 Memphis Jug Band - K.C. Moan 2:32
09 Memphis Jug Band - I Whipped My Woman With a Single Tree 3:02
10 Brother Williams Memphis Sanctified Singers - I WIll Meet You at the Station 2:41
11 Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band - Beale Street Breakdown 2:52
12 Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band - Jug Blues 2:57
13 Memphis Minnie - I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits 2:53
14 Memphis Minnie - Mister Tango Blues 3:36
15 Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band - You Ought to Move Out of Town 3:13
16 Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band - Save Me Some 2:49
17 Joe Calicott - Fare Thee Well Blues 3:10
18 Joe Calicott - Taveling Mama Blues 3:14
19 Kansas Joe & Memphis Millie - What Fault You Find of Me? Part 1 2:43
20 Kansas Joe & Memphis Millie - Can I Do it for You? Part 1 3:09
21 Kansas Joe & Memphis Millie - She Wouldn't Give Me None 2:59
22 Robert Wilkins - I'll Go With Her Blues 3:06
23 Robert Wilkins - Nashville Stonewall Blues 3:23
24 Jennie Pope - Tennessee Workhouse Blues 2:50
25 'Bozo' Nickerson - What's The Matter Now? Pt 1 3:04
CD07
01 Jenny Pope - Rent Man Blues 3:08
02 Jim Tompkins - Bedside Blues 3:05
03 Jim Jackson - Hesitation Blues (Oh Baby Must I Hesitate?) 3:20
04 Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee 3:17
05 Memphis Minnie - I'm Talking About You 2:40
06 Mattie Delaney - Down the Big Road Blues 3:12
07 Mattie Delaney - Tallahatchie River Blues 2:47
08 Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues 3:12
09 Madelyn James - Stinging Snake Blues 3:31
10 Madelyn James - Long Time Blues 2:50
11 Memphis Jug Band - Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green 3:08
12 Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues 3:01
13 Memphis Jug Band - Oh Ambulance Man 2:42
14 Memphis Jug Band - Cocaine Habit Blues 2:49
15 Memphis Jug Band - Cave Man Blues 3:08
16 Memphis Jug Band - It Won't Act Right 2:32
17 Memphis Jug Band - Jim Strainer Blues 3:19
18 Memphis Jug Band - 4th Street Mess Around 3:17
19 'Sleepy' John Estes - What'cha Doin'? 3:01
20 Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie - I'm Going Back Home 2:51
21 Memphis Jug Band - Bumble Bee Blues 2:55
22 Memphis Jug Band - Meningitis Blues 3:12
23 White & Hairiston - The New 'Frisco Train 3:09
24 Washington White - I Am in the Heavenly Way 3:04
25 McCoy & Johnson - I Never Told a Lie 2:41
CD08
01 McCoy & Johnson - Don't Want No Woman (T'Have T'Give My Money To) 3:15
02 Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie - Georgia Skin 3:03
03 Memphis Jug Band - Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues 3:07
04 Memphis Jug Band - Stonewall Blues 3:27
05 'Sleepy' John Estes - Stack o' Dollars 2:52
06 James Rachel (issued as by John Estes) - Sweet Mama 3:03
07 Kaiser Clifton - Cash Money Blues 2:50
08 Kaiser Clifton - She'll Be Back Someday 2:53
09 Carolina Peanut Boys - Spider's Nest Blues 3:06
10 Memphis Jug Band - Papa's Got Your Bath Water On 2:30
11 Charley Nickerson - Going Back to Memphis 2:26
12 Fleming & Townsend - I'm Blue and Lonesome 3:10
13 Fleming & Townsend - She's Just That Kind 2:59
14 Jimmie Lunceford & His Chickasaw Syncopators - In Dat Mornin' 3:21
15 Beale Street Rounders - I'm Sittin' on Top of the World 2:48
16 Beale Street Rounders - Talking 'Bout Yo-Yo 3:01
17 Memphis Minnie - North Memphis Blues 2:35
18 Memphis Sheiks - He's in the Jailhouse Now 3:12
19 Gus Cannon with Jug Stompers - Wolf River Blues 2:38
20 Cannon's Jug Stompers - Bring it With You When You Come 2:45
21 Noah Lewis' Jug Band - Like I Want to Be 3:06
22 Noah Lewis' Jug Band - Ticket Agent Blues 2:40
23 Noah Lewis' Jug Band - New Minglewood Blues 2:44
24 Memphis Sheiks - Round and Round 3:03
25 Carolina Peanut Boys - This Will Bring You Back 3:05
26 Carolina Peanut Boys - Move That Thing 3:06
CD09
01 Noah Lewis' Jug Band - Bad Luck's My Buddy 3:00
02 Carolina Peanut Boys - Selling the Jelly 2:48
03 Memphis Minnie - Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More 3:07
04 Picaninny Jug Band - Bottle it Up and Go 2:26
05 Burse & Stephen - Tapping That Thing 2:28
06 Jack Kelly with South Memphis Jug Band - Highway No. 61 Blues 2:48
07 South Memphis Jug Band - Policy Rag 2:56
08 Will Batts - Country Woman 3:01
09 Will Batts - Cadillac Baby 2:51
10 South Memphis Jug Band - Doctor Medicine 2:56
11 Ramblin' Red Lowery - Ramblin' Red's Memphis Yodel No. 1 2:46
12 Poor Jim with Dan Jackson - Sugar Farm Blues 2:45
13 Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie - You Got to Move (You Ain't Got to Move) Pt 1 3:03
14 Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie - Give it to Me in My Hand (Can I Go Home With You?) 3:26
15 Allen Shaw - Moanin' the Blues 3:01
16 Memphis Jug Band - Tear it Down, Bed Slats and All 2:57
17 Charlie Burse with Memphis Jug Band - Bottle it Up and Go 2:56
18 Charlie Burse With Memphis Jug Band - Insane Crazy Blues 3:06
19 Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Shakedown 3:02
20 Gospel Minnie - Let Me Ride 2:59
21 Sleepy John Estes - Down South Blues 3:08
22 Sleepy John Estes - Stop That Thing 2:42
23 Minnie Wallace and Her Night Hawks - The Cockeyed World 2:58
24 Minnie Wallace and Her Night Hawks - Let's All Do That Thing 3:26
25 Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady 3:04
26 Memphis Minnie - Black Cat Blues 2:55
CD10
01 Memphis Minnie - You Can't Rule Me 3:06
02 Memphis Minnie - Down in the Alley 3:02
03 Bukka White - Shake 'Em on Down 3:02
04 'Sleepy' John Estes - Brownsville Blues 3:07
05 'Sleepy' John Estes - Easin' Back to Tennessee 2:42
06 Memphis Minnie - Good Biscuits 2:42
07 Little Son Joe - Diggin' My Potatoes 2:42
08 Little Son Joe - Key to the World 2:49
09 Memphis Minnie - Call the Fire Wagon 2:25
10 Little Buddy Doyle - Grief Will Kill You 2:36
11 Little Buddy Doyle - Hard Scufflin' Blues 2:39
12 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Beale Street Holiday 2:25
13 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Goldie May 2:46
14 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - What's the Matter With the Well? 2:38
15 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Good Potatoes on the Hill 2:38
16 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Dawn of Day Blues 2:45
17 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Scared to Death 2:28
18 Swift Jewel Cowboys - Fan It 2:35
19 Swift Jewel Cowboys - Memphis Blues 2:38
20 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys - You Played a Trick on Me 2:26
21 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys - Oh, Liza! 2:35
22 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys - Single Man Blues 2:33
23 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys - Spider Bite Blues 2:39
24 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys - Nummy Nimmy Not 2:39
25 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys - You Can Go 2:48
26 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys - Insane Jealous Blues 2:37
27 James DeBerry & His Memphis Playboys - Zugity Zugity Zomp 2:37
28 Gene Steele - Here's Your Opportunity 2:24
CD11
01 Gene Steele - Just a LIttle of the Blues 2:48
02 Jack Kelly - You Done Done It 2:27
03 Jack Kelly - Diamond Buyer Blues 2:29
04 Jack Kelly - High Behind Blues 2:25
05 Little Buddy Doyle - Sweet Man Blues 2:39
06 Jack Kelly - World Wandering Blues 2:31
07 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - You Better Watch Out 2:28
08 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Too Much Beef 2:42
09 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Brand New Day Blues 2:27
10 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Magic Spell Blues 2:38
11 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Ain't Gonna Be No Doggone Afterwhile 2:37
12 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - It Makes No Difference Now 2:41
13 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Memphis Highway Stomp 2:41
14 Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - It's Against the Rule 2:33
15 Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues 2:39
16 Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing 2:38
17 Bukka White - Special Stream Line 2:54
18 Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band - Last Pair of Shoes Blues 2:56
19 Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman 3:21
20 Memphis Slim - Grinder Man Blues 3:08
21 Memphis Slim - Shelby County Blues 2:57
22 James "Yank" Rachell - Biscuit Baking Woman 3:01
23 James "Yank" Rachell - Hobo Blues 3:19
24 Memphis Minnie - In My Girlish Days 2:34
25 Memphis Minnie - Me and My Chauffeur Blues 2:47
26 'Sleepy' John Estes - Lawyer Clark 3:07
27 Delta Boys - Don't You Want to Know? 3:10
28 James "Yank" Rachell - Tappin' That Thing 2:51
CD12
01 James "Beale Street" Clark - Get Ready to Meet Your Man 2:53
02 Memphis Minnie - Killer Diller 2:30
03 Memphis Minnie - Fish Man Blues 2:53
04 James "Beale Street" Clark - Come to Me Baby (What Evil Have I Done) 2:43
05 Memphis Slim - Rockin' the House 2:46
06 Al Jackson Band - Long About Three 2:32
07 B.B. King - Miss Martha King 2:42
08 Tuff Green Orchestra [vocal by J.P. Louper] - Let's Go to the Liquor Store 2:43
09 Tuff Green Orchestra [vocal by Sammy Jett] - I Love My Baby 2:34
10 B.B. King - Got the Blues 2:47
11 Tuff Green Orchestra [vocal by Billy Taylor] - She Ain't No Good 2:50
12 Joe Hill Louis - A Jumpin' and a Shufflin' 2:34
13 Joe Hill Louis - Don't Trust Your Best Friend 2:50
14 Rufus Thomas - I'm So Worried 2:56
15 Memphis Eddie - Higway 61 3:05
16 Lost John Hunter - Cool Down Mamma 2:14
17 Lost John Hunter - Y M & V Blues 3:08
18 Joe Hill Louis - Gotta Let You Go 2:44
19 Mr. Swing with Bobby Platers' Orchestra - Beer Bottle Boogie 2:57
20 B.B. King - B.B. Boogie 3:11
21 B.B. King - The Other Night Blues 3:40
22 Joe Hill Louis (The One Man Band) - I Feel Like a Million 2:30
23 Joe Hill Louis (The One Man Band) - Boogie in the Park 2:48
24 Tippo Lite's All Stars - Dark Skin Woman Blues 3:07
25 Tippo Lite's All Stars - Jumping This Morning 2:33
26 B.B. King - Don't You Want a Man Like Me 2:21
27 B.B. King - B.B. Blues 2:27
28 B.B. King - Fine Looking Woman 2:21
CD13
01 Roscoe Gordon - Roscoe's Boogie 2:42
02 Mumbles - Little Boy Blue 2:58
03 Joe Hill Louis - Walkin' Talkin' Blues 2:40
04 Joe Hill Louis - Goin' Down Slow 2:40
05 Jackie Brenston - Rocket "88" 2:49
06 Ike Turner - Heartbroken and Worried 3:06
07 Jackie Brenston - Independent Woman 2:52
08 Roscoe Gordon - Saddled the Cow 2:53
09 Joe Hill Louis - Big Legged Woman 2:37
10 Joe Hill Louis - Eyesight to the Blind 2:37
11 B.B. King - She's Dynamite 2:30
12 Lou Sargent Orechestra - She Really Treats Me Wrong 2:54
13 Rufus Thomas - Night Workin' Blues 2:41
14 Rufus Thomas - Crazy About You Baby 2:36
15 Phinus Newborn - Tennessee Bounce 2:07
16 B.B. King - She's a Mean Woman 2:34
17 Dick Cole & Phinus Newborn Orchestra - Fine as Wine 2:48
18 Mumbles - Black Gal 2:58
19 Mumbles - Jumpin' Blues 2:16
20 Willie Nix - Lonesome Bedroom Blues 2:28
21 Harmonica Frank Floyd - Goin' Away Walkin' 2:32
22 Harmonica Frank Floyd - She's Done Moved 2:56
23 Jackie Brenston - Juiced 2:31
24 Roscoe Gordon - Dime a Dozen 2:34
25 Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' at Midnight 2:56
26 Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years? 2:42
27 Jackie Brenston - Tuckered Out 2:28
CD14
01 Roscoe Gordon - Booted 3:05
02 B.B. King - 3 O'Clock Blues 3:01
03 Howlin' Wolf - Moaning at Midnight 2:38
04 Howlin' Wolf - Riding in the Moonlight 3:01
05 Howlin' Wolf - Crying at Daybreak 2:55
06 Howlin' Wolf - My Baby Stole Off 2:58
07 Roscoe Gordon and His Orchestra - Booted 3:08
08 Billy 'Red' Love - You're Gonna Cry 2:27
09 Doctor Ross & His Jump; Jive Boys - Country Clown 2:30
10 Robert Bland - Dry Up Baby 2:00
11 Robert Bland with Roscoe Gordon & Orchestra - Crying 2:59
12 Roscoe Gordon and His Orchestra - Two Kind of Women 3:01
13 Howlin' Wolf - The Wolf is at Your Door 2:59
14 Howlin' Wolf - Worried All the Time 3:08
15 Johnny London & Alto Wizard - Drivin' Slow 3:00
16 Howlin' Wolf - Mr. Highway Man 2:48
17 B.B. King - My Own Fault, Darlin' 3:27
18 B.B. King - Some Day, Some Where 2:52
19 Parker & Little Junior's Blue Flames - Bad Women, Bad Whiskey 3:01
20 Bill Harvey Orchestra with Bonita Cole - Walk Right In 2:45
21 Bill Harvey Orchestra with Bonita Cole - I Hear You Knocking 2:35
22 Joe Hill Louis (The One Man Band) - Chocolate Blonde 2:51
23 Roscoe Gordon - No More Doggin' 3:10
24 Ike Turner - Trouble and Heartaches 2:35
25 Roscoe Gordon and His Orchestra - New Orleans Wimmen 2:32
26 Roscoe Gordon and His Orchestra - What You Got on Your Mind? 1:53
27 Earl Forest - Trouble and Me 2:56
28 Earl 'Whoopin' and Hollerin'' Forest - I Wronged a Woman 2:50
CD15
01 Earl Forest with the Beale Streeters - Rock the Bottle 2:49
02 Earl Forest with the Beale Streeters - Whoopin' and Hollerin' 3:01
03 Robert Bland - Drifting From Town to Town 3:04
04 Johnny Ace - Midnight Hours Journey 3:33
05 B.B. King - You Know I Love You 3:05
06 B.B. King - Boogie Woogie Woman 2:48
07 Joe Hill Louis - When I Am Gone (She Treats Me Mean and Evil) 3:45
08 Howlin' Wolf - Saddle My Pony (Gonna Find My Baby Out in the World Somewhere) 2:33
09 Bonnie & Ike Turner - Looking for My Baby 2:30
10 Rosco Gordon - Hey, Fat Girl 2:29
11 Rosco Gordon with The Beale Streeters - T-Model Boogie 2:35
12 Rufus Thomas - Decorate the Counter 2:22
13 Mary Sue (Bonnie Turner) - Love is a Gamble 3:06
14 Willie Nix - Truckin' Little Woman 2:39
15 Ford Nelson Quintet [vocal by Frank Brown] - Little Annie 2:14
16 Ford Nelson Quintet [vocal by Frank Brown] - Still Feeling Sad 3:04
17 Woodrow Adams & The Three B´s - Pretty Baby Blues 3:13
18 Billy 'Red' Love - Poor Man 3:18
19 Johnny Ace with The Beale Streeters - My Song 3:01
20 Joe Hill Louis - Dorothy Mae 2:06
21 Rosco Gordon with The Beale Streeters - Too Many Women 2:54
22 Johnny Ace With The Beale Streeters - Angel 3:00
23 Bobby "Blue" Bland with The Beale Streeters - I.O.U. Blues 3:10
24 Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra - Ain't No Use 3:11
25 Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra - Three Cent Love 3:06
26 Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra - Dream Baby 2:57
27 Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra - Lucille (Looking for My Baby) 2:41
CD16
01 Walter Horton - Little Walter's Boogie 2:34
02 Walter Horton - West Winds Are Blowing 3:06
03 Howlin' Wolf - Oh, Red!! 2:37
04 Willie Nix & The Memphis Blues Boy - Seems Like a Million Years 2:42
05 Willie Nix & The Memphis Blues Boy - Baker Shop Boogie 2:43
06 Walter "Tang" Smith - Every Monday Morning 3:10
07 Joe Hill Louis - We All Gotta Go Sometime 2:42
08 Johnny Ace with Johnny Board & His Orchestra - Burley Cutie 2:37
09 'Bobby Blue' Bland & His Orchestra - No Blow, No Show 3:01
10 Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra - Just in From Texas 2:41
11 Rosco Gordon - We're All Loaded 3:11
12 Leslie Louis - Don't Do it Again 2:28
13 George Lawson Orchestra - Blue Memphis 3:02
14 George Lawson Orchestra - Honkin' the Blues 2:38
15 Johnny Lewis - She's Taking All My Money 2:43
16 Johnny Lewis - Jealous Man 2:31
17 Handy Jackson - Got My Application Baby 3:06
18 Handy Jackson - Trouble (Will Bring You Down) 2:49
19 Howlin' Wolf - I Love My Baby 2:58
20 Bonita Cole with Bill Fort Orchestra - Life's Like That 3:08
21 Bill Fort's Orchestra - Gatemouth's Ghost 2:31
22 Jimmy & Walter - "Easy" 3:00
23 Jimmy & Walter - Before Long 2:58
24 Chicago Sunny Boy - Western Union Man 3:08
25 Chicago Sunny Boy - On the Floor 2:59
26 Rufus “Hound Dog” Thomas Jr. - Bear Cat (the answer to Hound Dog) 3:00
27 Big Memphis Ma Rainey with Onzie Horne Combo - Call Me Anything, But Call Me 3:00
CD17
01 Big Memphis Ma Rainey with Onzie Horne Combo - Baby, No No! 2:42
02 D.A. Hunt - Greyhound Blues 2:37
03 Jimmy DeBerry - Take a Little Chance 2:21
04 Jimmy DeBerry - Time Has Made a Change 2:42
05 Four Cruisers - Beale St. Shuffle 2:42
06 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good 2:57
07 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Fussin' and Fightin' Blues 2:59
08 Rufus Thomas - Save That Money 2:45
09 Little Milton - Beggin' My Baby 2:29
10 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Love My Baby 2:37
11 Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train 2:26
12 Doctor Ross - Come Back Baby 2:48
13 Memphis Minnie & Her Combo - Kissing in the Dark 2:30
14 Memphis Minnie & Her Combo - World of Trouble 3:06
15 Moohah - All Shook Out 2:47
16 Don Hines with Ben Branch Band - Going Crazy 2:32
17 James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby 2:20
18 Joe Hill Louis & His Band - Hydramatic Woman 2:32
19 Hot Shot Love - Harmonica Jam 2:34
20 Billy "The Kid" Emerson - No Teasing Around 3:01
21 Little Milton - If You Love Me (Baby) 2:32
22 Little Milton - Lookin' for My Baby 2:54
23 Billy "The Kid" Emerson - The Woodchuck 3:08
24 Raymond Hill - The Snuggle 3:01
25 Billy Love - Hart's Bread Boogie 2:40
26 James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues 2:59
27 Harmonica Frank Floyd - Rockin' Chair Daddy 3:06
28 Elvis Presley & Scotty and Bill - "That's All RIght" 1:57
29 Doctor Ross - The Boogie Disease 2:30
CD18
01 Malcolm Yelvington & The Star Rhythm Boys - Drinkin' Wine Spodee-O-Dee 2:51
02 Billy "The Kid" Emerson - When it Rains it Pours 3:10
03 Elvis Presley & Scotty and Bill - Milkcow Blues Boogie 2:37
04 Woodrow Adams with Boogie Blues Blasters - Baby You Just Don't Know 2:59
05 Les Vendor (Joe Hill Louis) - Goin' Away Blues 3:01
06 Les Vendor (Joe Hill Louis) - Just Plain Tired 2:48
07 Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo - I Feel So Worried 2:34
08 Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Red Hot 2:26
09 Rosco Gordon - Just Love Me Baby 2:24
10 Eddie Snow - Bring Your Love Back Home 3:12
11 Elvis Presley & Scotty and Bill - Mystery Train 2:25
12 Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Something for Nothing 2:49
13 Walter Miller with The Saxons - My Last Mile 3:15
14 Minnie Thomas with Slim Waters' Lagoons - What Can the Matter Be? 2:13
15 Rufus Thomas with The Bearcats - The Easy Livin' Plan 2:46
16 Rufus Thomas with The Bearcats - I'm Steady Holdin' On 3:17
17 Rosco Gordon - The Chicken (Dance With You) 2:37
18 Carl Perkins - Boppin' the Blues 2:49
19 Sonny Burgess - Red Headed Woman 2:08
20 Rosco Gordon - Shoobie Oobie 2:56
21 Little Milton with Playmates of Rhythm - Love at First Sight 2:47
22 Little Milton With Playmates of Rhythm - Ooh! My LIttle Baby 2:26
23 Levi Seabury & His Band - Motherless Child Blues 3:00
24 Millard Lee Orchestra - Waughely's Boogie 2:53
25 Carl Perkins - Matchbox 2:09
26 Rosetta Perry with Millard Lee Orchestra - Farewell Blues 2:36
27 Chester Guydon & Band - You Gotta Help Me Some 2:38
28 Joe Hall with Tuff Green Orchestra - Coming Home Pt. 1 2:22
CD19
01 Little Joe - Glamour Girl 3:07
02 June Nance - What a Fool I Can Be 2:38
03 Rosco Gordon - Sally Jo 2:07
04 Wilbur Steinberg - Mop Bop Boogie 2:21
05 Willie Mitchell Orchestra - Wasting My Time 2:28
06 Willie Cobbs - You Don't Love Me 2:36
07 Woodrow Adams - Sad and Blue 2:43
08 Lightnin' Leon - Repossession Blues 2:43
09 Sugar Billy Garner - Little School Girl 2:10
10 Eddie Boyd - It's Too Bad 2:41
11 Billy Yates - Blues Like Midnight 2:13
12 Cleanhead Cootsie - Big Legs 2:31
13 Don Hines - I'm So Glad 2:14
14 Don Hines - Stormy Monday Blues 3:01
15 Booker T. & The MGs - Green Onions 2:52
16 Frank Frost - Jelly Roll King 2:30
17 Frank Frost - Crawlback 1:59
18 Willie Cobbs - Five Long Years 2:44
19 Willie Cobbs - Too Sad 2:20
20 Rufus Thomas - Fine and Mellow 2:57
21 Willie Cobbs - Lonely Boy (I Need a Woman) 2:11
22 Willie Cobbs - Big Boss Man 2:50
23 Donald Hines - You Had to Pay 2:16
24 Big John - Astronote Blues 2:15
25 Calvin Newborn - West Memphis Blues 2:08
26 Willie Sanders & The Binghampton Blues Boys - Cross Cut Saw 2:29
27 Big Lucky & The Millionaires Band - My Sweetheart is Like a Gypsy 2:24
28 Big Lucky Carter with Prince Gabe & The Millionaires - Hurricane Blues 3:13
29 Earl Forest - Now It's Alright 2:40
30 Mills Allen & His Midnight Raiders - Here it Is 2:19
CD20
01 Billy Adams - Rock Me Baby 2:46
02 Jesters - My Babe 2:16
03 Reco Collins - Never Let Me Go 3:02
04 Willie Wilkes - You Don't Know How it Feels to Have the Blues 2:45
05 Big Amos - He Won't Bite Me Twice 2:35
06 Clyde Hopkins - Fatten Pin 2:33
07 Albert King - Laundromat Blues 3:21
08 Albert King - Overall Junction 2:21
09 Little Junior Parker - Man or Mouse? 2:11
10 Junior Parker - Just Like a Fish 2:34
11 Albert King - Crosscut Saw 2:33
12 Junior Parker - You Can Make it If You Try 2:17
13 Junior Parker - Country Girl 2:44
14 Big Amos - I'm Gone 2:47
15 Bobby "Blue" Bland - A Touch of the Blues 3:18
16 Claude Johnson - I Am Blue and Lonesome 2:19
17 Claude Johnson - Sitting Here Thinking 2:46
18 Rufus Thomas - Steady Holding On 2:28
19 Three Tuffs - What a Dream 2:32
20 Three Tuffs - A Man's a Fool 2:20
21 Junior Kimbell (Junior Kimbrough) - You Can't Leave Me 4:14
22 Big Lucky Carter - Miss Betty Green 2:28
23 Big Lucky Carter - Goofer Dust 2:57
24 Big Lucky Carter - I've Been Hurt 2:26
25 Cliff Jackson & Jellean Delk with The Naturals - Frank, This is It 2:31
26 Cliff Jackson & The Naturals - Nine Below Zero 2:11
27 Ike & Tina Turner - Craxy 'Bout You Baby 3:26
28 Ike & Tina Turner - Mean Old World 2:25
29 Cannon Gus - Walk Right In 2:27
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