The Blues (A Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers) Various Artists [Box Set]

Release Date: 1993
Format: Pre-Owned CD
Label: Smithsonian Collection
Catalog Number: A4 23981

1-1 Blind Lemon Jefferson– That Black Snake Moan 2:50
1-2 Blind Lemon Jefferson– Broke And Hungry Blues 2:59
1-3 Blind Lemon Jefferson– Match Box Blues 2:47
1-4 Papa Charlie Jackson– Shake That Thing 2:57
1-5 Ma Rainey– Shave ‘Em Dry 2:36
1-6 Ma Rainey– Countin’ The Blues 3:08
1-7 Bessie Smith– Jailhouse Blues 3:13
1-8 Bessie Smith– Mama’s Got The Blues 2:56
1-9 Bessie Smith– Back Water Blues 3:17
1-10 Sippie Wallace– Special Delivery Blues 3:22
1-11 Sara Martin– Death Sting Me Blues 2:53
1-12 Robert Hicks– Barbeque Blues 3:10
1-13 Jaybird Coleman– Mean Trouble Blues 3:02
1-14 Texas Alexander– Long Lonesome Day Blues 3:00
1-15 Jim Jackson– Kansas City Blues (Pts. 1 And 2) 6:28
1-16 Furry Lewis– Why Don’t You Come Home Blues 2:44
1-17 Blind Willie Johnson– Dark Was The Night 3:18
1-18 Jim Jackson– Minglewood Blues 3:36
1-19 Tommy Johnson– Cool Drink Of Water 3:30
1-20 Tommy Johnson– Big Road Blues 3:20
1-21 Henry Thomas– Bull Doze Blues 3:24
1-22 Leroy Carr– How Long, How Long Blues (Pt. 1) 3:02
2-1 Leroy Carr– Blues Before Sunrise 3:30
2-2 Frank Stokes– Downtown Blues 3:11
2-3 Mississippi John Hurt– Stack O’Lee Blues 2:55
2-4 Peg Leg Howell– Rolling Mill Blues 3:30
2-5 Lonnie Johnson– Mr. Johnson’s Blues No. 2 2:57
2-6 Charley Patton– Pony Blues 2:55
2-7 Roosevelt Sykes– Forty-Four Blues 3:05
2-8 Memphis Minnie– Bumble Bee Blues 2:46
2-9 Memphis Minnie– I’m So Glad 2:38
2-10 Speckled Red– The Dirty Dozens (No. 1) 3:12
2-11 Sleepy John Estes– Diving Duck Blues 3:13
2-12 Memphis Jug Band– K. C. Moan 2:31
2-13 Mississippi Sheiks– Sittin’ On Top Of The World 3:12
2-14 Walter Davis– M & O Blues 3:01
2-15 Son House– Dry Spell Blues (Pt. 1) 3:06
2-16 Skip James– Devil Got My Woman 2:57
2-17 Bumble Bee Slim– Chain Gang Bound 3:40
2-18 Blind Willie McTell– Broke Down Engine Blues 3:09
2-19 Big Bill Broonzy– Big Bill Blues 2:55
2-20 Big Bill Broonzy– I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town 2:52
2-21 Kokomo Arnold– Old Original Kokomo Blues 2:49
2-22 Cripple Clarence Lofton– Strut That Thing 2:50
2-23 Carl Martin– Crowe Jane 2:50
2-24 Big Joe Williams– Baby Please Don’t Go 3:22
3-1 Little Brother Montgomery– The First Time I Met You 2:46
3-2 Robert Johnson– I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom 2:56
3-3 Robert Johnson– Cross Road Blues 2:28
3-4 Peetie Wheatstraw– Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp 2:31
3-5 Sonny Boy Williamson– Good Morning, Little School Girl 3:00
3-6 Sonny Boy Williamson– Sloppy Drunk Blues 3:12
3-7 Jimmy Rushing– Sent For You Yesterday 2:55
3-8 Big Joe Turner– Roll ‘Em Pete 2:50
3-9 Big Joe Turner– Wee Baby Blues 2:53
3-10 Bukka White– Fixin’ To Die Blues 2:44
3-11 Blind Boy Fuller– Step It Up And Go 2:51
3-12 Tampa Red– Anna Lou Blues 2:50
3-13 Big Maceo– Worried Life Blues 2:53
3-14 Washboard Sam– I’ve Been Treated Wrong 3:12
3-15 T-Bone Walker– T-Bone Blues 2:53
3-16 T-Bone Walker– Call It Stormy Monday 2:58
3-17 Tommy McClennan– Mozelle Blues 2:53
3-18 Louis Jordan– It’s A Low Down Dirty Shame 2:47
3-19 Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson– Cherry Red 3:06
3-20 Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup– That’s All Right 2:53
3-21 Charles Brown– Drifting Blues 3:11
3-22 Wynonie Harris– Mr. Blues Jumped The Rabbit 2:47
3-23 John Lee Hooker– Boogie Chillen’ 3:05
3-24 Lightnin’ Hopkins– Tim Moore’s Farm 2:37
3-25 Jimmy Witherspoon– No Rollin Blues 4:02
4-1 Muddy Waters– Louisiana Blues 2:52
4-2 Muddy Waters– Honey Bee 3:20
4-3 Lowell Fulson– Reconsider Baby 3:08
4-4 Aleck Miller– Eyesight To The Blind 2:59
4-5 Jimmy Yancey, Mama Yancey– Monkey Woman Blues 4:03
4-6 Big Mama Thornton– Hound Dog 2:50
4-7 Junior Parker– Mystery Train 2:22
4-8 Junior Wells– Hoodoo Man 3:07
4-9 Joe Williams– Every Day I Have The Blues 5:25
4-10 Howlin’ Wolf– Smokestack Lightnin’ 3:04
4-11 Elmore James– The Sky Is Cryin’ 2:45
4-12 Memphis Slim– Woman Blues Boogie 3:07
4-13 Bobby Blue Bland– Farther Up The Road 2:57
4-14 Bobby Blue Bland– I’ll Take Care Of You 2:17
4-15 Buddy Guy– The First Time I Met The Blues 2:16
4-16 Lightnin’ Slim– Rooster Blues 2:32
4-17 Otis Rush– So Many Roads, So Many Trains 3:10
4-18 Jimmy Reed– Big Boss Man 2:47
4-19 Ray Charles– I Got A Woman 2:52
4-20 Henry Johnson– Join The Army 3:36
4-21 Latimore– Let’s Straighten It Out 3:26
4-22 John Cephas & Phil Wiggins– Dog Days Of August 5:09