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If you're a blues fan chances are you're already familiar with (if you don't already own) some/many/all of these albums. But if you don't own these sets (or have only a few) this is a good way to own all 20 albums in one nice, neat box. The sound is the same as the individual albums which is very good for the various periods when these tracks were originally recorded. The jackets are fairly thick cardboard and are reproductions of the original covers. The outer box is also of good quality. There's a 34 page booklet that has a few paragraphs on each disc, and track lists, but no detailed liner notes to really put this music into some kind of perspective, but information on these artists and styles is available in various blues books/encyclopedias and on the internet.
For about two bucks (or so) per disc this is an unbeatable purchase--especially for the sound quality, the various individual performers, and styles of blues, for blues fans wishing to delve a bit deeper into the genre. Long time blues fans will already have most if not all these sides, but for someone new to the blues this is a small goldmine.
Encompassing performers relatively unknown ("The Retrospective" four volumes encompassing the years 1925-1950), the series morphs into "Legends Of The Blues" (two volumes) with artists like Bessie Smith, Mississippi John Hurt, Bo Carter, Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy, Muddy Waters, Son House, T-Bone Walker, and a number of other performers. The next three discs are given over to guitar players ("String Dazzlers", and two volumes of "The Slide Guitar"), then it's "Holy Blues", "Good Time Blues", "News & The Blues", "Booze & The Blues", "Messed Up In Love", "Raunchy Business", two volumes ("Cajun" and "Cajun Dance Party"), and two volumes of "White Country Blues 1926-1938". The only blues performer singled out is Lonnie Johnson ("Steppin' On The Blues"), which I quite frankly don't understand. While his guitar playing was phenomenal and his contributions to jazz and blues was certainly very great, why he was singled out when other equally great players were skipped is a mystery to me. But with so much great music at such a great price--whose quibbling?
Bottom line--if you don't own these sets and you're looking into the blues--this is a good place to begin.
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Track Listings
Disc: 1
| 1 | Whitehouse Blues - Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers |
| 2 | High Sheriff - Aiken County String Band |
| 3 | The Last Scene of the Titanic - Frank Hutchinson |
| 4 | Suitcase Blues - Hersal Thomas |
| 5 | Death's Black Train Is Coming - Reverend J.M. Gates |
| 6 | Cow-Cow Blues - Dora Carr |
| 7 | Washington County Fox Chase - Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners |
| 8 | I'm Going to Take the Train to Charlotte - Fiddlin' John Carson |
| 9 | Untitled - Ernest Stoneman |
| 10 | Low Down Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band |
| 11 | Paul & Silas In Jail - Washington Phillips |
| 12 | Blind Pig Blues - Barbecue Bob |
| 13 | Chattanooga Blues - Austin & Lee Allen |
| 14 | Untitled - Sherman Tedder |
| 15 | Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones |
| 16 | Worried Blues - Gladys Bentley |
| 17 | Empty Bed Blues Pt. I - Elizabeth Johnson |
| 18 | Empty Bed Blues Pt. II - Elizabeth Johnson |
| 19 | Blue Grass Twist - South Georgia Highballers |
| 20 | Moonshiner and His Money - Charlie Bowman & His Brothers |
| 21 | Johnson City Blues - Clarence Green |
| 22 | Warming By the Devil's Fire - The Reverend Johnny Blakey |
| 23 | (Honey) It's Tight Like That - Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones |
| 24 | Big Leg Blues - Mississippi John Hurt |
| 25 | Hallelujah - Daniels Deason Sacred Harp |
Disc: 2
| 1 | Liberty - Herschel Brown & His Happy 5 |
| 2 | My Sportin' Man - Mamie Smith |
| 3 | Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead |
| 4 | C. C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley |
| 5 | Ortonville - The OKeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers |
| 6 | Dear Black Eyes - Slim Doucet |
| 7 | Roosevelt Blues - Roosevelt Sykes |
| 8 | Gin Mill Blues - The Hokum Boys |
| 9 | Osson - Joe Falcon |
| 10 | Sweet Milk and Peaches (Breakdown) - Narmour & Smith |
| 11 | Soldier'S Joy - Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers |
| 12 | They May Not Be My Toes - Whistlin' Alex Moore |
| 13 | The Jazz Fiddler - Mississippi Sheiks |
| 14 | I Have To Do My Time - Lonnie Johnson |
| 15 | Lonesome Frisco Line - Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton |
| 16 | Back to the Blue Ridge - Roy Harvey and Leonard Copeland |
| 17 | Darn Good Girl - Buster Carter & Preston Young |
| 18 | West Jackson Blues - Mississippi Sheiks |
| 19 | You Had Too Much - Lonnie Johnson & Clara Smith |
| 20 | Oh! Glory Glory - Silver Leaf Quartet |
| 21 | Don't You Remember the Time - Freeny's Barn Dance Band |
| 22 | Walkin' Georgia Rose - Pelican Wildcats |
| 23 | Police Station Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw |
| 24 | Hallelujah Side - Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers |
| 25 | Highway #61 Blues - Will Batts |
Disc: 3
| 1 | Doughboys Theme Song #1 - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Light Crust Doughboys |
| 2 | Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys |
| 3 | Doughboys Theme Song #2 - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Light Crust Doughboys |
| 4 | Bell Street Lightnin' - Blind Willie McTell |
| 5 | Jersey Bull Blues - Charlie Patton |
| 6 | Every Morning Blues - Walter Roland |
| 7 | D Blues - The Blue Ridge Ramblers |
| 8 | La Valse Des Yeux Bleu (Blue Eyes Waltz) - Breaux Freres |
| 9 | Skin Game Blues - Lucille Bogan |
| 10 | Good Woman Blues - Leroy Carr |
| 11 | Sissy Man - Joshua White |
| 12 | Blue Yodel No. 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille) - The Rhythm Wreckers |
| 13 | Just Inside the Pearly Gates - The Anglin Twins |
| 14 | Hard Rocks In My Bed - Bumble Bee Slim |
| 15 | Tired Feelin' Blues - The Two Charlies |
| 16 | One Eyed Sam - Eldon Baker & His Brown County Revellers |
| 17 | Poor Naomi Wise - A'nt Idy Harper & The Coon Creek Girls |
| 18 | South Bound Blues - Prince Moore |
| 19 | C & A Blues - Big Bill Broonzy |
| 20 | My Last Five Dollars - George Curry |
| 21 | Memphis Blues - The Nite Owls |
| 22 | Pourquoi Tu M'Aime Pas - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 23 | Have Mercy On Me - Reverend Benny Campbell |
| 24 | Shout for Joy - Albert Ammons |
| 25 | Flower Blues - Jack Kelly |
| 26 | Onion Eating Mama - Cliff Carlisle |
| 27 | Brown's Ferry Blues #2 - The Callahan Brothers |
| 28 | Slick Capers Blues - Little Buddy Doyle |
| 29 | Poor Boy Blues - Bill "Jazz" Gillum |
Disc: 4
| 1 | We Got to Get Together - Frank Edwards |
| 2 | You Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) - Sweet Violet Boys |
| 3 | I'll Fly Away - The Humbard Family |
| 4 | Cross Cut Saw Blues - Tony Hollins |
| 5 | Black Snake Blues - Peter Cleighton |
| 6 | Step It Up and Go - Black Cats and The Kitten |
| 7 | Papa'S Going Crazy, Mama'S Going Mad - Bob & Randall Atcher |
| 8 | Cotton-Eyed Joe - Adolf Hofner & His San Antonians |
| 9 | Old Vets Blues - Poor Boy Burke |
| 10 | Black Rat Swing - Little Son Joe |
| 11 | Macy Special - Big Maceo Merriweather |
| 12 | It'S Funny What Love Will Make You Do - Light Crust Doughboys With J.B. Brinkley |
| 13 | Army Blues - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys |
| 14 | Who But You - James Clark |
| 15 | Tomorrow May Be Too Late - Homer Harris |
| 16 | Burying Ground Blues - Muddy Waters |
| 17 | Goodbye Old Pal - Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys |
| 18 | Dixie Cannonball - Gene Autry |
| 19 | Run On for a Long Time - Bill Landford & The Landfordaires |
| 20 | Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams |
| 21 | I'm Toiling - Sister Myrtle Fields |
| 22 | Two By Four Blues - Willie Right |
| 23 | You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In) - Bailes Brothers |
| 24 | Heaven's Radio - Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks |
| 25 | Plow Hand Blues - Rosetta Howard |
| 26 | Grunt Meat Blues - Memphis Seven |
| 27 | Until I Found the Lord - Deep South Boys |
| 28 | I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me - Brother Porter & Brother Cook with The Porterettes |
Disc: 5
| 1 | The St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith |
| 2 | Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson |
| 3 | Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt |
| 4 | Lord, I Just Can't Keep from Cryin' - Blind Willie Johnson |
| 5 | Pigmeat Is What I Crave - Bo Carter |
| 6 | Southern Can Is Mine - Blind Sammie a.k.a. Blind Willie McTell |
| 7 | Low Down St. Louis Blues - Lonnie Johnson |
| 8 | Revenue Man Blues - Charley Patton |
| 9 | Stormy Night Blues - Leroy Carr |
| 10 | I Believe I'll Make a Change - Josh White |
| 11 | Fort Worth And Dallas Blues - Leadbelly |
| 12 | Sweet Home Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw |
| 13 | Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson |
| 14 | Truckin' My Blues Away, #2 - Blind Boy Fuller |
| 15 | Spreadin' Snakes Blues - Big Bill Broonzy |
| 16 | Nothing In Ramblin' - Memphis Minnie |
| 17 | Fixin' to Die Blues - Bukka White |
| 18 | Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters |
| 19 | Don't You Leave Me Here - Big Joe Williams |
| 20 | Death Letter - Son House |
Disc: 6
| 1 | Henry Ford Blues - Roosevelt Sykes |
| 2 | Ninety-Eight Degree Blues - "Texas" Alexander |
| 3 | Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker |
| 4 | She Shook Her Gin - Robert Hicks |
| 5 | Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red |
| 6 | No No Blues - Curly Weaver |
| 7 | Bo-Easy Blues - Bessie Jackson |
| 8 | School-Boy Blues - Walter Roland |
| 9 | Cold Blooded Murder - No. 2 - Amos As "Bumble Bee Slim" Easton |
| 10 | MY BABY WON'T PAY ME NO MIND - Buddy Moss |
| 11 | Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins |
| 12 | Take It Easy Greasy - Lil Johnson |
| 13 | Two-Timin' Woman - Casey Bill Weldon |
| 14 | Down Hill Pull - Victoria Spivey |
| 15 | DOWN IN THE SLUMS - Curtis Jones |
| 16 | Separation Blues - Merline Johnson |
| 17 | Soon This Morning No. 2 - Charlie Spand |
| 18 | Is That A Monkey You Got? - Bill "Jazz" Gillum |
| 19 | Hurry Down Sunshine - Champion Jack Dupree |
| 20 | Goodbye Now - Brownie McGhee |
Disc: 7
| 1 | Hot Fingers - Blind Willie Dunn |
| 2 | A Handful Of Riffs - Lonnie Johnson |
| 3 | Work Ox Blues - Texas Alexander |
| 4 | I'm Busy and You Can't Come In - Sylvester Weaver |
| 5 | Georgia Rag - Blind Willie McTell |
| 6 | Warm It Up to Me - Blind Willie McTell |
| 7 | Untitled - Sylvester Weaver |
| 8 | Untitled - Walter Beasley |
| 9 | When the War Was On - Blind Willie Johnson |
| 10 | It's Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson |
| 11 | How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy |
| 12 | Getting Older Every Day - Big Bill Broonzy |
| 13 | Guitar Swing - Casey Bill Weldon |
| 14 | Bull Frog Moan - Lonnie Johnson |
| 15 | Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson |
| 16 | Little Brother Blues - Joshua White |
| 17 | Prodigal Son - Joshua White |
| 18 | Denver Blues - Tampa Red |
| 19 | Away Down In the Alley Blues - Lonnie Johnson |
| 20 | I Love You, Mary Lou - Lonnie Johnson |
Disc: 8
| 1 | Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley |
| 2 | Untitled - Barbecue Bob |
| 3 | God Don't Never Change - Blind Willie Johnson |
| 4 | Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson |
| 5 | St. Louis Blues - Weaver & Beasley |
| 6 | Experience Blues - Ruth Willis |
| 7 | Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver |
| 8 | You Can't Get That Stuff No More - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom |
| 9 | High Sheriff Blues - Charlie Patton |
| 10 | Homesick & Lonesome Blues - Blind Boy Fuller |
| 11 | Packin' Trunk Blues - Leadbelly |
| 12 | I Believe I'll Make a Change - Casey Bill Weldon |
| 13 | Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods |
| 14 | Muscat Hill Blues - Buddy Woods |
| 15 | Traveling Riverside Blues - Robert Johnson |
| 16 | Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White |
| 17 | Special Stream Line - Bukka White |
| 18 | Swing Low, Chariot - Sister O.M. Terrell |
| 19 | Pearline - Son House |
Disc: 9
| 1 | Moanin' the Blues - Allen Shaw |
| 2 | Slow Mama Slow - Sam Collins |
| 3 | Decatur St. 81 - The Georgia Browns |
| 4 | Where the Sweet Old Oranges Grow - Sam Montgomery |
| 5 | Low In Mind Blues - Sam Montgomery |
| 6 | Midnight Weeping Blues - Nellie Florence |
| 7 | Dead Cats On the Line - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom |
| 8 | Things 'Bout Coming My Way - Tampa Red |
| 9 | Caught Us Doing It - The Hokum Boys |
| 10 | Cross-Eyed Blues - Helen Humes |
| 11 | Alligator Blues - Helen Humes |
| 12 | Jealous Hearted Man - Buddy Moss |
| 13 | Hard Times Blues - Buddy Moss |
| 14 | Things 'Bout Coming My Way No. 2 - Tampa Red |
| 15 | No Matter How She Done It - Tampa Red |
| 16 | Toad Frog Blues - Walter Beasley |
| 17 | Hard Road Blues - Buddy Moss |
| 18 | Big Fat Mama - Papa Too Sweet |
| 19 | Western Bound Blues - Tampa Red |
| 20 | Sugar Mama Blues No. 1 - Tampa Red |
Disc: 10
| 1 | Mr. Johnson Blues - Lonnie Johnson |
| 2 | Sweet Potato Blues - Lonnie Johnson |
| 3 | Steppin' On The Blues - Lonnie Johnson |
| 4 | I Done Told You - Lonnie Johnson |
| 5 | Mean Old Bedbug Blues - Lonnie Johnson |
| 6 | Toothache Blues - Part I - Lonnie Johnson |
| 7 | Toothache Blues - Part II - Lonnie Johnson |
| 8 | Have to Change Keys (To Play These Blues) - Lonnie Johnson |
| 9 | Guitar Blues - Lonnie Johnson |
| 10 | She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight - Lonnie Johnson |
| 11 | Playing With The Strings - Lonnie Johnson |
| 12 | No More Women Blues - Lonnie Johnson |
| 13 | Deep Blue Sea Blues - Lonnie Johnson |
| 14 | No More Troubles Now - Lonnie Johnson |
| 15 | Got the Blues for Murder Only - Lonnie Johnson |
| 16 | Untitled - Lonnie Johnson |
| 17 | 6/88 Glide - Lonnie Johnson |
| 18 | Racketeer's Blues - Lonnie Johnson |
| 19 | I'm Nuts About That Gal - Lonnie Johnson |
Disc: 11
| 1 | Mother's Children Have A Hard Time - Blind Willie Johnson |
| 2 | I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge - Blind Willie Johnson |
| 3 | Denomination Blues, Pt. 1 - Washington Phillips |
| 4 | Denomination Blues, Pt. 2 - Washington Phillips |
| 5 | God's Got A Crown - Arizona Dranes |
| 6 | He Is My Story - Arizona Dranes |
| 7 | Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed - Joshua White |
| 8 | While The Blood Runs Warm In Your Veins - Joshua White |
| 9 | Drinking Shine - Elder Charlie Beck |
| 10 | Lord, I Wish I Could See - Blind Gary Davis |
| 11 | Untitled - Jessie May Hill |
| 12 | Sunshine In the Shadows - Jessie May Hill |
| 13 | You Can't Stop a Tattler,Pt. 1 - Washington Phillips |
| 14 | You Can't Stop a Tattler, Pt. 2 - Washington Phillips |
| 15 | King of Kings - Rev. Johnny Blakey |
| 16 | Jesus Was Here On Business - Rev. Johnny Blakey |
| 17 | Crying Holy Unto the Lord - The Blue Chips |
| 18 | Stay On The Right Side Of The Road - The Blue Chips |
| 19 | The Bible's Right - Sister O.M. Terrell |
| 20 | I'm Going To That City (To Die No More) - Sister O.M. Terrell |
Disc: 12
| 1 | Hittin' The Bottle - Mississippi Jook Band |
| 2 | Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band |
| 3 | Mary Anna Cut Off - Memphis Jug Band |
| 4 | Gator Wobble - Memphis Jug Band |
| 5 | Mistreated Washboard Blues - Son Becky |
| 6 | Baby You Win - Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats |
| 7 | Oil It Up And Go - Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats |
| 8 | Tampa Strut - The Georgia Browns |
| 9 | Diddle-Da-Diddle - Georgia Cotton Pickers |
| 10 | She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - Georgia Cotton Pickers |
| 11 | If You Take Me Back - Big Joe & His Washboard Band |
| 12 | I'm Through With You - Big Joe & His Washboard Band |
| 13 | When You Said Goodbye - Big Joe & His Washboard Band |
| 14 | I Love You Baby - Big Joe & His Washboard Band |
| 15 | Struggle Buggie - Buddy Moss |
| 16 | I'm Sittin' Here Tonight - Buddy Moss |
| 17 | Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band |
| 18 | Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band |
| 19 | Diggin' My Potatoes No. 2 - Peter Chatman And His Washboard Band |
| 20 | Touch It Up And Go - Sonny Terry |
| 21 | Ninth Street Stomp - Bernice Edwards |
Disc: 13
| 1 | Backwater Blues - Bessie Smith |
| 2 | Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey |
| 3 | If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down - Blind Willie Johnson |
| 4 | Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt |
| 5 | God Moves On The Water - Blind Willie Johnson |
| 6 | Groceries On The Shelf - Lucille Bogan |
| 7 | '34 Blues - Charlie Patton |
| 8 | W.P.A. Blues - Casey Bill Weldon |
| 9 | Unemployment Stomp - Big Bill Broonzy |
| 10 | '29 Blues - Alfred Fields |
| 11 | Joe Louis Special - Jack Kelly |
| 12 | Three Ball Blues - Blind Boy Fuller |
| 13 | Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White |
| 14 | Life Of Leroy Carr - Bill Gaither |
| 15 | Ma Rainey - Memphis Minnie |
| 16 | Moonshine Man Blues - Peter Cleighton |
| 17 | In The Army Now - Big Bill Broonzy |
| 18 | The Gambling Man - Sister O.M. Terrell |
| 19 | Atomic Bomb Blues - Homer Harris |
| 20 | Homeless Blues - Willie "Long Time" Smith |
Disc: 14
| 1 | You Drink Too Much - State Street Swingers |
| 2 | Cherry Wine Woman - Charley Jordan |
| 3 | Drunken Barrel House Blues - Memphis Minnie |
| 4 | Bootleggers' Blues |
| 5 | Me and My Whiskey - Barbecue Bob |
| 6 | Bug Juice Blues - (Kid) Prince Moore |
| 7 | Rock And Rye - Charlie Spand |
| 8 | Rukus Juice And Chittlin' - Memphis Jug Band |
| 9 | Bad Whiskey Blues - Merline Johnson |
| 10 | I Keep On Drinking (To Drive My Blues Away) - Part I - Amos Easton |
| 11 | I Keep On Drinking (To Drive My Blues Away) - Part II - Amos Easton |
| 12 | Moonshine By The Keg - Little Bill Gaither |
| 13 | Drinking Blues - Lucille Bogan |
| 14 | More Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw |
| 15 | Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues - Joshua White |
| 16 | Give Me Another Shot - Casey Bill Weldon |
| 17 | When I Been Drinking - Big Bill Broonzy |
| 18 | Corn Liquor Blues - Lewis Black |
| 19 | Canned Heat Blues - Sloppy Henry |
| 20 | When I Been Drinking - Big Bill Broonzy |
| 21 | Blackberry Wine - Jack Newman |
| 22 | Drinking Shine - Rev. W.M. Mosley |
Disc: 15
| 1 | Beggin' for Love - Barbecue Bob |
| 2 | LOVE ME, BABY, LOVE ME - Buddy Moss |
| 3 | Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers |
| 4 | IT MAKES MY LOVE COME DOWN - Bessie Smith |
| 5 | I LOVE THAT THING - Bo Carter |
| 6 | Careless Love - Lonnie Johnson |
| 7 | "U" NEED SOME LOVIN' BLUES - Mamie Smith |
| 8 | LOVE MAKIN' MAMA #1 - Blind Willie McTell |
| 9 | Messed Up In Love - Big Bill Broonzy |
| 10 | LOVE IS GONE - Peter Cleighton |
| 11 | Moonlight Lover Blues - Curtis Jones |
| 12 | LOVE SHOWS WEAKNESS - Merline Johnson |
| 13 | I Love You Baby - Big Joe & His Washboard Band |
| 14 | Love Trifling Blues - Bill Gaither |
| 15 | When You Love Me - Memphis Minnie |
| 16 | Lost Lover Blues - Blind Boy Fuller |
Disc: 16
| 1 | Sam-The Hot Dog Man - Lil Johnson |
| 2 | My Stove'S In Good Condition - Lil Johnson |
| 3 | Wipe It Off - Lonnie Johnson |
| 4 | The Best Jockey In Town - Lonnie Johnson |
| 5 | Shave 'Em Dry I - Lucille Bogan |
| 6 | Shave 'Em Dry II - Lucille Bogan |
| 7 | He'S Just My Size - Lillie Mae Kirkman |
| 8 | If It Don'T Fit (Don'T Force It) - Barrel House Annie |
| 9 | Furniture Man Blues-Part 1 - Victoria Spivey |
| 10 | Furniture Man Blues-Part 2 - Victoria Spivey |
| 11 | My Pencil Won'T Write No More - Bo Carter |
| 12 | Banana In Your Fruit Basket - Bo Carter |
| 13 | Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Lil Johnson |
| 14 | Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (The New Hot Nuts) - Lil Johnson |
| 15 | Driving That Thing - Mississippi Sheiks |
| 16 | Bed Spring Poker - Mississippi Sheiks |
| 17 | Lollypop - Hunter & Jenkins |
| 18 | Meat Cuttin' Blues - Hunter & Jenkins |
| 19 | You Got To Give Me Some Of It - Buddy Moss |
| 20 | Butcher Shop Blues - Bernice Edwards |
Disc: 17
| 1 | Vas Y Carrement (Step It Fast) - Amedee Breaux |
| 2 | Pochie-Town - Joe Falcon with Cleoma Breaux |
| 3 | Prenez Courage (Take Courage) - Cleoma Breaux with Joe Falcon |
| 4 | Quand Je Suit Partis Pour Le Texas (When I Left for Texas) - Cleoma Breaux with Joe Falcon |
| 5 | Aimer Et Perdre (To Love and Lose) - Joe Falcon |
| 6 | Egan One-Step - Breaux Freres |
| 7 | T'as Vol Mon Chapeau (You Have Stolen My Hat) - Breaux Freres |
| 8 | Home Sweet Home - Breaux Freres |
| 9 | Le One Step A Martin - Breaux Freres |
| 10 | La Valse Du Bayou Plaquemine - Breaux Freres |
| 11 | Abbeville Breakdown - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 12 | Te A Pas Raison - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 13 | Se Toute Sain Comme Moi Ma Saine - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 14 | Jolie Petite Fille (Pretty Little Girl) - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 15 | Quel Espoire (What's the Use) - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 16 | Moi Et Ma Belle (Me and My Pretty One) - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 17 | Je Vous T'aime Lessair Pleurer (I'll Never Let You Cry) - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 18 | Es Ce Que Tu Pense Jamais A Moi (Do You Ever Think of Me) - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 19 | Tu Ma Quite Seul (Prisoner's Song) - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 20 | Home Sweet Home - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 21 | Apres Jengles A Toi (Thinking of You) - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
| 22 | Te Bonne Pour Moi Estere (I Don't Care What You Used to Be) - The Alley Boys of Abbeville |
Disc: 18
| 1 | Ma Blonde Est Partie - Amedee Breaux |
| 2 | Les Tracas Du Hobo - Amedee Breaux |
| 3 | Two Step De Mama - Amédé Ardoin |
| 4 | La Valse Ah Abe - Amédé Ardoin |
| 5 | Two Step De Eunice - Amédé Ardoin |
| 6 | Two Step De Prairie Soileau - Amédé Ardoin |
| 7 | Rosalia - Dewey Segura |
| 8 | You're Small And Sweet - Dewey Segura |
| 9 | Far Away From Home Blues - Dewey Segura |
| 10 | Fais Do-Do Negre - Breaux Freres |
| 11 | Tiger Rag Blues - Breaux Freres |
| 12 | One Step A Marie - Breaux Freres |
| 13 | Mazurka De La Louisiane - Breaux Freres |
| 14 | Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Cleoma Breaux |
| 15 | Marie Buller - Cleoma Breaux |
| 16 | Mon Coeur T'appelle - Cleoma Breaux |
| 17 | C'est Si Triste Sans Lui - Cleoma Breaux |
| 18 | Madam Atchen - Amédé Ardoin |
| 19 | Taunt Aline - Amédé Ardoin |
| 20 | Le Blues Du Petit Chien - Breaux Freres |
| 21 | La Valse Du Vieux Temps - Breaux Freres |
| 22 | La Valse D'Auguste - Breaux Freres |
| 23 | La Valse D'Utah - Breaux Freres |
Disc: 19
| 1 | K.C. Blues - Frank Hutchison |
| 2 | Cannon Balls Blues - Frank Hutchison |
| 3 | Leaving Home - Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers |
| 4 | If the River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers |
| 5 | Duplin County Blues - Cauley Family |
| 6 | Sweet Sarah Blues - Tom Darby |
| 7 | Frankie Dean - Tom Darby |
| 8 | A Darkey's Wail - Riley Puckett |
| 9 | Johnson City Blues - Clarence Green |
| 10 | Mistreated Blues - Walter Smith |
| 11 | Haunted Road Blues - Tom Ashley |
| 12 | Steel Guitar Blues - Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseeans |
| 13 | Guitar Blues - Carlisle & Ball |
| 14 | I Want A Good Woman - Carlisle & Ball |
| 15 | Ash Can Blues - Cliff Carlisle |
| 16 | Yodel Blues (Part I) - Pete Martinez |
| 17 | Yodel Blues (PART II) - Pete Martinez |
| 18 | Adam And Eve (Part 2) - Mr. & Mrs. Chris Bouchillon |
| 19 | Carroll County Blues - Narmour & Smith |
| 20 | Ramblin' Blues - Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers |
| 21 | Worried Blues - Frank Hutchison |
| 22 | Train That Carried The Girl From Town - Frank Hutchison |
| 23 | Lonesome Weary Blues - Leonard Copeland |
| 24 | Bear Cat Mama - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys |
Disc: 20
| 1 | Jug Rag - The Blue Ridge Ramblers |
| 2 | Deep Elem Blues - Prairie Ramblers |
| 3 | Prohibition Blues - Clayton McMichen |
| 4 | Match Box Blues - Larry Hensley |
| 5 | Somebody's Been Using That Thing - The Callahan Brothers |
| 6 | Rattle Snake Daddy - Homer Callahan |
| 7 | My Good Gal Has Thrown Me Down - Homer Callahan |
| 8 | Dirty Hangover Blues - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys |
| 9 | Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys |
| 10 | Lonesome, Broke And Weary - Asa Martin |
| 11 | Chicken Roost Blues - Cliff Carlisle |
| 12 | Tom Cat Blues - Cliff Carlisle |
| 13 | Oozlin' Daddy Blues - Cliff Hobbs |
| 14 | Kansas City Blues - Cliff Hobbs |
| 15 | Ramblin' Red's Memphis Yodel No. 1 - "Ramblin' Red" |
| 16 | Southern Whoopee Song - Anglin Brothers |
| 17 | Drunk And Nutty Blues - Allen Brothers |
| 18 | Chattanooga Mama - Allen Brothers |
| 19 | String Bean Mama - Bill Carlisle |
| 20 | Copper Head Mama - Bill Carlisle |
| 21 | Long Chain Charlie Blues - Bill Cox |
| 22 | Georgia Brown Blues - Bill Cox |
| 23 | New Jelly Roll Blues - Al Dexter |
| 24 | Never No Mo' Blues - The Rhythm Wreckers |
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VARIOUS ARTISTS - ROOTS AND BLUES BOX SET - 20 CD SET
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.35 x 5.24 x 2.91 inches; 1.77 Pounds
- Manufacturer : Sony Music Canada Inc.
- Original Release Date : 2015
- Run time : 21 hours and 13 minutes
- Date First Available : December 19, 2014
- Label : Sony Music Canada Inc.
- ASIN : B00P7372GU
- Number of discs : 20
- Best Sellers Rank: #159,654 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #74,590 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #105,747 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl)
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a great buy if you like blues or want a good overall idea of what the whole field of blues is all about
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"...Big Legs, Empty Beds And Moonshiners..." Roots & Blues: 20 CD Box Set by Various Artists (2015 Sony/Legacy Mini Box Set)
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2015Verified Purchase
Entirely made up of tracks dubbed from Twenties, Thirties, Forties and Early Fifties 78"s - the 437 tracks across these 20 fabulous "Roots & Blues" CDs (all now in 5" card repro sleeves) represent an Americana Fest you've probably not heard before. Bluegrass, Old Timey Country, Guitar Blues, Washboard Shuffles, Church Music and Gospel, Fiddle Music, Piano Blues, Boogie Woogie, Vocal Blues, Cow Bells and Kazoos - it's all here and more - and neatly repackaged too.
Originally issued in the USA between 1990 and 1996 by Columbia/Legacy as 16 individual CD compilations and one 4CD box set - the riches contained within this mid-priced European 20-disc mini box set reissue bundle are amazing. But a word about the SOUND first - we're not talking audiophile here - and you need to accept that as a given for 'every' disc. Across 20 themed-sets the audio varies wildly as you can imagine - most times alarmingly good in its clarity given the vintage and sources - but on other occasions it can be utterly atrocious (included for historical and rarity value). But I find the clicks and pops (which aren't that often really) and ghostly voices and messages from the past are part of the thrill and charm. This is grittily real stuff and very funny too in places. Go with the flow on this one...
Another downside (if you could call it that) is that a 36-page booklet giving you basic track lists/credits and little else has replaced the heavily annotated booklets that accompanied the original individual CD releases. You do at least get some paragraphs on each compilation by liner notes king DEAN RUDLAND and the pictures are nice - but the songs and artists are so obscure and interesting that you long for more info on what's what. This is one of those occasions where you wish Sony would have gone a bit better on the booklet (worth pointing out). Here are the finite details...
UK/Europe released January 2015 - "Roots & Blues: 20 CD Box Set" on Sony Music 88875043322 (Barcode 888750433220) breaks downs as follows:
Disc 1 "The Retrospective (1925-1950) Vol.1", 25 Tracks, 76:09 minutes
Disc 2 "The Retrospective (1925-1950) Vol.2", 25 Tracks, 77:52 minutes
Disc 3 "The Retrospective (1925-1950) Vol.3", 29 Tracks, 77:52 minutes
Disc 4 "The Retrospective (1925-1950) Vol.4", 28 Tracks, 77:07 minutes
Disc 5 "Legends Of The Blues Volume One", 20 Tracks, 59:00 minutes
Disc 6 "Legends Of The Blues Volume Two", 20 Tracks, 61:21 minutes
Disc 7 "Great Blues Guitarists: String Dazzlers", 20 Tracks, 61:29 minutes
Disc 8 "The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel", 19 Tracks, 57:36 minutes
Disc 9 "The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel Vol. 2", 20 Tracks, 62:10 minutes
Disc 10 "Lonnie Johnson: Steppin' On The Blues", 19 Tracks, 58:26 minutes
Disc 11 "Preachin' The Gospel: Holy Blues", 20 Tracks, 60:23 minutes
Disc 12 "Good Time Blues: Harmonicas, Kazoos, Washboards & Cow-Bells", 21 Tracks, 59:28 minutes
Disc 13 "News & The Blues: Telling It Like It Is", 20 Tracks, 59:03 minutes
Disc 14 "Booze & The Blues", 22 Tracks, 65:44 minutes
Disc 15 "Messed Up In Love And Other Tales Of Woe", 16 tracks, 45:32 minutes
Disc 16 "Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollipops", 20 Tracks, 61:31 minutes
Disc 17 "Cajun Vol.1: Abbeville Breakdown 1929-1939", 22 Tracks, 61:23 minutes
Disc 18 "Cajun Dance Party: Fais Do-Do", 23 Tracks, 67:58 minutes
Disc 19 "White Country Blues 1926-1938: A Lighter Shade Of Blue Vol.1", 24 Tracks, 73:05 minutes
Disc 20 "White Country Blues 1926-1938: A Lighter Shade Of Blue Vol.2", 24 Tracks, 66:52 minutes
It opens smartly clumping together the 4-discs of the much praised and long deleted "Retrospective: 1925-1950" 4CD Sony/Legacy Box Set first issued June 1992 in the USA (107 tracks). Highlights on Disc 1 are "Cow-Cow Blues" by Dora Carr and "Empty Bed Blues" by Elizabeth Johnson - the kind of 78" Blues you'd swear turned up in episodes of "Boardwalk Empire". Discs 2 and 3 feature names you know like Lonnie Johnson, the piano of Albert Ammons, Roosevelt Sykes, the twelve-string guitar of Blind Willie McTell, Leroy Carr, Charlie Patton, Joshua White and Big Bill Broonzy ("...leaving this morning on the C&A"). Highlights include "Good Woman Blues" where Scrapper Blackwell instructs the lady folk of the USA "...women if you got a good man, give him three meals a day..." and Joshua White worries that he'll have to travel to find love because his "good gal might be in China..." Cliff Carlisle yodels his woes about a lack of clothes, the little ones coming on and his wife eating all the time in "Onion Eating Mama".
By the time you get to Disc 4 every track is really clear and a blast in its own genre right - Bluegrass, Old Timey Country, Guitar Blues, Washboard Shuffles, Church Music and Gospel, Fiddle Music, Piano Blues, Boogie Woogie - it's all here. Favourites include the saucy "You Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)" where our hero is getting instruction on martial bliss and "Mean Black Snake" where another dude suspects his lady is removing traps for another kind of visitor. Two huge Blues giants show up in early form - Muddy Waters and Joe Williams - with William's monster "Baby, Please Don't Go" thrilling still (how many bands have cut their Blues teeth on this song!).
Of the other discs I have two personal favourites - the eerie and harrowing "News & The Blues: Telling It Like It Is" and the deliciously saucy and sexy "Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollipops". The first has Bessie Smith moaning "it's rained five days and the sky is dark at night...there's trouble in the lowlands..." while the amazing guitar of Blind Willie Johnson has "people run and pray..." as the 1912 Titanic sinks during "God Moves On The Water" (amazing solo in the centre of it). And when the singers let their hair down - the results on "Raunchy Business" are brilliant. Titles like "My Stove's In Good Condition", "Banana In Your Fruit Basket" and "My Pencil Won't Write No More" don't leave much to delicacy but will make you grin. In fact when Lucille Brogan gives us Part 2 of "Shave 'Em Dry" - the opening lyrics about nipples as big as thumbs and pulling back her mattress so Daddy can oil her springs - is shocking even now. Lillie Mae Kirkman waxes lyrical about a man she met last night in "He's Just My Size" where apparently he's a kitchen mechanic who makes her biscuits rise (lovely).
Some of the Cajun and Washboard stuff is samey for sure and hard to take at times - but the "Booze" and "Messed Up" CDs have nuggets galore (The Mississippi Sheiks and Memphis Minnie to name but a few). But that's what so great about a box as full as this - the sheer variety - Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Blind Boy Fuller and so many more - you'll be digging into it for years to come. "Take It Easy Greasy" the song tells us (Lil Johnson on Disc 2) - I say buy it and jump right in and enjoy...
PS: here's hoping that Sony/Columbia do the same type of box for their superb 'Legacy Rhythm and Soul' Series of CDs from the Nineties...some amazing stuff in there...Bill Withers, Cab Calloway, Isley Brothers...
Originally issued in the USA between 1990 and 1996 by Columbia/Legacy as 16 individual CD compilations and one 4CD box set - the riches contained within this mid-priced European 20-disc mini box set reissue bundle are amazing. But a word about the SOUND first - we're not talking audiophile here - and you need to accept that as a given for 'every' disc. Across 20 themed-sets the audio varies wildly as you can imagine - most times alarmingly good in its clarity given the vintage and sources - but on other occasions it can be utterly atrocious (included for historical and rarity value). But I find the clicks and pops (which aren't that often really) and ghostly voices and messages from the past are part of the thrill and charm. This is grittily real stuff and very funny too in places. Go with the flow on this one...
Another downside (if you could call it that) is that a 36-page booklet giving you basic track lists/credits and little else has replaced the heavily annotated booklets that accompanied the original individual CD releases. You do at least get some paragraphs on each compilation by liner notes king DEAN RUDLAND and the pictures are nice - but the songs and artists are so obscure and interesting that you long for more info on what's what. This is one of those occasions where you wish Sony would have gone a bit better on the booklet (worth pointing out). Here are the finite details...
UK/Europe released January 2015 - "Roots & Blues: 20 CD Box Set" on Sony Music 88875043322 (Barcode 888750433220) breaks downs as follows:
Disc 1 "The Retrospective (1925-1950) Vol.1", 25 Tracks, 76:09 minutes
Disc 2 "The Retrospective (1925-1950) Vol.2", 25 Tracks, 77:52 minutes
Disc 3 "The Retrospective (1925-1950) Vol.3", 29 Tracks, 77:52 minutes
Disc 4 "The Retrospective (1925-1950) Vol.4", 28 Tracks, 77:07 minutes
Disc 5 "Legends Of The Blues Volume One", 20 Tracks, 59:00 minutes
Disc 6 "Legends Of The Blues Volume Two", 20 Tracks, 61:21 minutes
Disc 7 "Great Blues Guitarists: String Dazzlers", 20 Tracks, 61:29 minutes
Disc 8 "The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel", 19 Tracks, 57:36 minutes
Disc 9 "The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel Vol. 2", 20 Tracks, 62:10 minutes
Disc 10 "Lonnie Johnson: Steppin' On The Blues", 19 Tracks, 58:26 minutes
Disc 11 "Preachin' The Gospel: Holy Blues", 20 Tracks, 60:23 minutes
Disc 12 "Good Time Blues: Harmonicas, Kazoos, Washboards & Cow-Bells", 21 Tracks, 59:28 minutes
Disc 13 "News & The Blues: Telling It Like It Is", 20 Tracks, 59:03 minutes
Disc 14 "Booze & The Blues", 22 Tracks, 65:44 minutes
Disc 15 "Messed Up In Love And Other Tales Of Woe", 16 tracks, 45:32 minutes
Disc 16 "Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollipops", 20 Tracks, 61:31 minutes
Disc 17 "Cajun Vol.1: Abbeville Breakdown 1929-1939", 22 Tracks, 61:23 minutes
Disc 18 "Cajun Dance Party: Fais Do-Do", 23 Tracks, 67:58 minutes
Disc 19 "White Country Blues 1926-1938: A Lighter Shade Of Blue Vol.1", 24 Tracks, 73:05 minutes
Disc 20 "White Country Blues 1926-1938: A Lighter Shade Of Blue Vol.2", 24 Tracks, 66:52 minutes
It opens smartly clumping together the 4-discs of the much praised and long deleted "Retrospective: 1925-1950" 4CD Sony/Legacy Box Set first issued June 1992 in the USA (107 tracks). Highlights on Disc 1 are "Cow-Cow Blues" by Dora Carr and "Empty Bed Blues" by Elizabeth Johnson - the kind of 78" Blues you'd swear turned up in episodes of "Boardwalk Empire". Discs 2 and 3 feature names you know like Lonnie Johnson, the piano of Albert Ammons, Roosevelt Sykes, the twelve-string guitar of Blind Willie McTell, Leroy Carr, Charlie Patton, Joshua White and Big Bill Broonzy ("...leaving this morning on the C&A"). Highlights include "Good Woman Blues" where Scrapper Blackwell instructs the lady folk of the USA "...women if you got a good man, give him three meals a day..." and Joshua White worries that he'll have to travel to find love because his "good gal might be in China..." Cliff Carlisle yodels his woes about a lack of clothes, the little ones coming on and his wife eating all the time in "Onion Eating Mama".
By the time you get to Disc 4 every track is really clear and a blast in its own genre right - Bluegrass, Old Timey Country, Guitar Blues, Washboard Shuffles, Church Music and Gospel, Fiddle Music, Piano Blues, Boogie Woogie - it's all here. Favourites include the saucy "You Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)" where our hero is getting instruction on martial bliss and "Mean Black Snake" where another dude suspects his lady is removing traps for another kind of visitor. Two huge Blues giants show up in early form - Muddy Waters and Joe Williams - with William's monster "Baby, Please Don't Go" thrilling still (how many bands have cut their Blues teeth on this song!).
Of the other discs I have two personal favourites - the eerie and harrowing "News & The Blues: Telling It Like It Is" and the deliciously saucy and sexy "Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollipops". The first has Bessie Smith moaning "it's rained five days and the sky is dark at night...there's trouble in the lowlands..." while the amazing guitar of Blind Willie Johnson has "people run and pray..." as the 1912 Titanic sinks during "God Moves On The Water" (amazing solo in the centre of it). And when the singers let their hair down - the results on "Raunchy Business" are brilliant. Titles like "My Stove's In Good Condition", "Banana In Your Fruit Basket" and "My Pencil Won't Write No More" don't leave much to delicacy but will make you grin. In fact when Lucille Brogan gives us Part 2 of "Shave 'Em Dry" - the opening lyrics about nipples as big as thumbs and pulling back her mattress so Daddy can oil her springs - is shocking even now. Lillie Mae Kirkman waxes lyrical about a man she met last night in "He's Just My Size" where apparently he's a kitchen mechanic who makes her biscuits rise (lovely).
Some of the Cajun and Washboard stuff is samey for sure and hard to take at times - but the "Booze" and "Messed Up" CDs have nuggets galore (The Mississippi Sheiks and Memphis Minnie to name but a few). But that's what so great about a box as full as this - the sheer variety - Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Blind Boy Fuller and so many more - you'll be digging into it for years to come. "Take It Easy Greasy" the song tells us (Lil Johnson on Disc 2) - I say buy it and jump right in and enjoy...
PS: here's hoping that Sony/Columbia do the same type of box for their superb 'Legacy Rhythm and Soul' Series of CDs from the Nineties...some amazing stuff in there...Bill Withers, Cab Calloway, Isley Brothers...
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Great value
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2019Verified Purchase
Unbelievable value. Enough primitive us music for a lifetime. Extraordinary.
aka motley
5.0 out of 5 stars
this is Sony at it's corporate best putting 22 plus hours of early recordings in our ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2015Verified Purchase
OK I failed history at school, this is Sony at it's corporate best putting 22 plus hours of early recordings in our hands at an enticing price
the mixture of music here is a great big box of gems, well packaged/presented if you love blues rockabilly country hillbilly here is the beginning
the mixture of music here is a great big box of gems, well packaged/presented if you love blues rockabilly country hillbilly here is the beginning
alan tyrnbull
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Journey through the best
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2020Verified Purchase
Every track a diamond takes me home if you get it
Say1962_Now
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Essential collection of roots music
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 25, 2015Verified Purchase
Budget repackaging of legendary "Roots & Blues" series. Fantastic collection of early blues/country music with many second tier musicians. Essential for any collector of american roots music. Sadly this time around the extensive liner notes are gone. There are only basic notes on each CD, but still very informative.
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