Complete Recordings 1929-1934

Tracklist

• CD 1: June 1929
• 1
  Pony Blues
  3:02
• 2
  A Spoonful Blues
  3:12
• 3
  Down the Dirt Road Blues
  3:00
• 4
  Prayer of Death, Part 1
  3:07
• 5
  Prayer of Death, Part 2
  2:53
• 6
  Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues
  3:10
• 7
  Banty Rooster Blues
  3:05
• 8
  Tom Rushen Blues
  3:08
• 9
  It Won't Be Long
  3:29
• 10
  Shake It and Break It (But Don't Let It Fall, Mama)
  3:09
• 11
  Pea Vine Blues
  3:06
• 12
  Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues
  3:11
• 13
  Lord, I'm Discouraged
  3:10
• 14
  I'm Goin' Home
  3:08
• 15
  Snatch It and Grab It

  Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
  3:08
• 16
  A Rag Blues

  Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
  3:02
• 17
  How Come Mama Blues

  Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
  3:09
• 18
  Voice Throwin' Blues

  Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
  3:02
• CD 2: October 1929
• 1
  Hammer Blues (take 1)
  3:20
• 2
  I Shall Not Be Moved
  2:44
• 3
  High Water Everywhere, Part 1
  3:01
  4.7 ★
• 4
  High Water Everywhere, Part 2
  3:01
• 5
  I Shall Not Be Moved
  3:06
• 6
  Rattlesnake Blues
  2:48
• 7
  Going to Move to Alabama
  3:02
• 8
  Hammer Blues (take 2)
  3:17
• 9
  Joe Kirby
  3:10
• 10
  Frankie and Albert
  3:12
• 11
  Magnolia Blues
  2:58
• 12
  Devil Sent the Rain Blues
  3:05
• 13
  Runnin' Wild Blues
  2:58
• 14
  Some Happy Day
  3:11
• 15
  Mean Black Moan
  3:19
• 16
  Green River Blues
  3:09
• 17
  That's My Man

  Edith North Johnson
  3:41
• 18
  Honey Dripper Blues, No. 2

  Edith North Johnson
  3:12
• 19
  Eight Hour Woman

  Edith North Johnson
  2:49
• 20
  Nickel's Worth of Liver Blues, No. 2

  Edith North Johnson
  2:39
• CD 3: October 1929
• 1
  Some of These Days I'll Be Gone
  2:52
• 2
  Elder Green Blues (take 2)
  3:02
• 3
  Jim Lee, Part 1
  3:06
• 4
  Jim Lee, Part 2
  3:03
• 5
  Mean Black Cat Blues
  2:55
• 6
  Jesus Is A-Dying (Bed Maker)
  2:54
• 7
  Elder Green Blues (take 2)
  3:04
• 8
  When Your Way Gets Dark
  3:09
• 9
  Some of These Days I'll Be Gone (take 2)
  3:10
• 10
  Heart Like Railwood Steel
  2:51
• 11
  Circle Round the Moon
  2:34
• 12
  You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
  2:52
• 13
  Be True, Be True Blues

  Henry Sims
  3:03
• 14
  Farrell Blues

  Henry Sims
  3:08
• 15
  Tell Me Man Blues

  Henry Sims
  3:15
• 16
  Come Back Corrina

  Henry Sims
  3:09
• CD 4: June 1930
• 1
  Some Summer Day
  3:05
• 2
  Bird Nest Bound
  3:13
• 3
  Future Blues

  Willie Brown
  3:02
  5.0 ★
• 4
  M&O Blues

  Willie Brown
  3:11
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Walkin' Blues

  Son House
  2:58
• 6
  My Black Mama, Part 1

  Son House
  3:09
• 7
  My Black Mama, Part 2

  Son House
  3:16
• 8
  Preachin' the Blues, Part 1

  Son House
  3:06
• 9
  Preachin' the Blues, Part 2

  Son House
  2:55
• 10
  Dry Spell Blues, Part 1

  Son House
  3:13
• 11
  Dry Spell Blues, Part 2

  Son House
  3:18
• 12
  All Night Long Blues (take 1)

  Louise Johnson
  3:13
• 13
  On the Wall

  Louise Johnson
  3:06
  5.0 ★
• 14
  All Night Long Blues (take 2)

  Louise Johnson
  3:04
• 15
  By the Moon and Stars

  Louise Johnson
  2:54
• 16
  Long Ways From Home

  Louise Johnson
  3:28
  5.0 ★
• CD 5: 1930-1934
• 1
  Dry Well Blues
  3:23
• 2
  Moon Going Down
  3:19
• 3
  We All Gonna Face the Rising Sun

  Delta Big Four
  3:42
• 4
  Moaner, Let's Go Down in the Valley

  Delta Big Four
  3:03
• 5
  Jesus Got His Arms Around Me

  Delta Big Four
  3:11
• 6
  God Won't Forsake His Own

  Delta Big Four
  3:24
• 7
  I'll Be Here

  Delta Big Four
  3:12
• 8
  Where Was Eve Sleeping?

  Delta Big Four
  3:19
• 9
  I Know My Time Ain't Long

  Delta Big Four
  3:15
• 10
  Watch and Pray

  Delta Big Four
  3:05
• 11
  High Sheriff Blues
  3:14
• 12
  Stone Pony Blues
  2:56
• 13
  Jersey Bull Blues
  3:13
• 14
  Hang It on the Wall
  2:48
• 15
  34 Blues
  3:00
• 16
  Love My Stuff
  3:00
• 17
  Poor Me
  3:01
• 18
  Revenue Man Blues
  2:47
• 19
  Troubled 'Bout My Mother

  Charley Patton & Bertha Lee
  2:59
• 20
  Oh Death

  Charley Patton & Bertha Lee
  2:54
• 21
  Yellow Bee

  Bertha Lee
  2:56
  5.0 ★
• 22
  Mind Reader Blues

  Bertha Lee
  2:56
  5.0 ★

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Release credits

• Bertha Lee
  vocal [19-22]
• Charley Patton
  acoustic guitar [5], guitar [3.2-8, 3.10-16, 1.1-14, 2.1, 2.3-6, 2.6-14, 2.16, 4.2, 5.1-2, 5.11-22], lead vocals [2-5, 11, 13-14], slide guitar [1], spoken vocals [12-14, 16], vocal [5.1-2, 5.11-20, 4.1-2, 1.1, 1.4-14, 2.1, 2.3-6, 2.6-14, 2.16, 3.2-8, 3.10-12]
• Henry Sims
  violin [3.2, 3.7, 3.11, 3.14, 3.16, 2.6-7, 2.9, 2.12-13], vocal [3, 13-16]
• Louise Johnson
  lead vocals [12-13, 15-16], piano [12, 12-13, 13-15, 15-16, 16], vocal [12-13, 13-16]
• Son House
  guitar [5-6, 8, 10-11], lead vocals [5-6, 8, 10], slide guitar [5-11], spoken vocals [12, 12-14, 16], vocal [5-11]
• Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins
  vocal [14]
• Willie Brown
  acoustic guitar [1, 3-4], additional [4.2, 5.1-2], guitar [4.2-4, 5.1-2], lead vocals [3-4], spoken vocals [12, 12-14, 16], vocal [3, 3-4]
• [unknown]
  additional [2-3]

Issues

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  C
  Complete Recordings 1929-1934

  5x CD
  24 September 2002