Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Crazy BluesMamie Smith3:27
- 2Land of Cotton BluesLucille Hegamin3:05
- 3Blind Man BluesSara Martin3:10
- 4Jazzin' Babies BluesEva Taylor3:13
- 5West Indies BluesEsther Bigeou2:47
- 6Texas MoanerAlberta Hunter2:57
- 7Jelly Bean BluesMa Rainey3:11
- 8Shake That ThingEthel Waters3:22
- 9Shipwrecked BluesClara Smith3:16
- 10Pratt City BluesBertha Chippie Hill2:55
- 11Back Water BluesBessie Smith3:21
- 12I Thought I'd Do ItHattie McDaniel2:58
- 13Little Rock BluesPearl Dickson3:01
- 14PenitentiaryBessie Tucker3:31
- CD 2
- 1I Hate a Man Like YouLizzie Miles3:29
- 2Moaning the BluesVictoria Spivey3:07
- 3Shreveport BluesLilian Glinn3:12
- 4Rolling Log BluesLottie Beaman2:17
- 5Won't You Be Kind to MeHattie Hart3:21
- 6Black Men BluesMary Johnson3:04
- 7Can't Make Another DayEdith Johnson3:18
- 8Black & Evil BluesAlice Moore3:35
- 9Tallahatchie River BluesMattie Delaney2:445.0 ★
- 10Can't Be Bothered With No SheiksRosa Henderson3:22
- 11Down Hearted BluesMildred Bailey3:25
- 12Skin Game BluesLucille Bogan3:01
- 13Trouble in MindGeorgia White2:43
- 14Take It Easy GreasyLil Johnson3:29
- CD 3
- 1Rosetta BluesRosetta Howard & Harlem Hamfats2:56
- 2Pallet on the FloorMerline Johnson & (The Yas Yas Girl)2:53
- 3My Daddy Rocks MeTrixie Smith2:55
- 4Blue Lu BarkerBlue Lu Barker2:52
- 5Long Gone BluesBille Holiday3:07
- 6Last Mile BluesIda Cox3:08
- 7Why Don't You Do RightLil Green2:58
- 8In My Girlish DaysMemphis Minnie2:36
- 9See See Rider BluesWee Bea Booze3:12
- 10I Want a Tall Skinny PapaRosetta Tharpe2:53
- 11That Ain't RightAda Brown & Fats Waller3:00
- 12Salty Papa BluesDinah Washington & Lionel Hampton3:02
- 13Be Baba LebaHelen Humes2:46
- 14Julia's BluesJulia Lee2:34
Release credits
- vocal [11]
- trombone [11]
- trumpet [11]
- vocal [10]
- lead vocals [14]
- guitar [7]
- banjo [3-4]
- piano [3-4]
- vocal [4]
- piano [11], vocal [11]
- drums (drum set) [1]
- reeds [11]
- vocal [5]
- trumpet [1]
- piano [1]
- guitar [11]
- double bass [1]
- trombone [3]
- piano [5]
- piano [14]
- guitar [1]
- guitar [8]
- cornet [10]
- guitar [9], lead vocals [9], vocal [9]
- guitar [13]
- guitar [8], vocal [8]
- violin [5]
- clarinet [1]
- vocal [13]
- guitar [13]
- piano [10]
- lead vocals [1], vocal [1]
- vocal [3]
- soprano saxophone [3-4]
- double bass [11]
- cornet [3]
- guitar [5]
- drums (drum set) [11]
- guitar [1], mandolin [1]
Issues
L3x CD1997