Track List:

Disc 1

1. Mamie Smith - That Thing Called Love

2. Mamie Smith - You Can't Keep A Good Man Down

3. Mamie Smith - Crazy Blue

4. Mamie Smith - It's Right Here For You (If You Don't Get It - 'Taint No Fault O' Mine)

5. Mamie Smith - Fare Thee Honey Blues

6. Mamie Smith - The Road Is Rocky (But I Am Gonna Find My Way)

7. Mamie Smith - Mem'ries Of You Mammy

8. Mamie Smith - If You Don't Want Me Blues

9. Mamie Smith - Don't Care Blue

10. Mamie Smith - Frankie Blues

11. Bessie Smith - Down Hearted Blues

12. Bessie Smith - Graveyard Dream Blues

13. Bessie Smith - Far Away Blues

14. Bessie Smith - I'm Going Back To My Used To Be

15. Bessie Smith - Any Woman's Blues

16. Bessie Smith - Chicago Bound Blues

17. Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues

18. Bessie Smith - Wreckless Blues

19. Bessie Smith - Sobbin' Hearted Blues

20. Bessie Smith - Cold In Hand Blues

21. Bessie Smith - Cake Walkin' Babies From Home

22. Bessie Smith - Dixie Flyer Blues

Disc 2

1. Clara Smith - Down In The Mouf' Blues

2. Clara Smith - Low Land Moan

3. Clara Smith - Woman To Woman

4. Clara Smith - You're Getting Old On Your Job

5. Clara Smith - What Makes You Act Like That?

6. Clara Smith - You Had Too Much

7. Clara Smith - Don't Wear It Show

8. Ma Rainey - Chain Gang Blues

9. Ma Rainey - Wringing And Twisting Blues

10. Ma Rainey - Dead Drunk Blues

11. Ma Rainey - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

12. Ma Rainey - New Boweavil Blues

13. Ma Rainey - Moonshine Blues

14. Ma Rainey - Deep Moanin' Blues

15. Memphis Minnie - Has Anyone Seen My Man?

16. Memphis Minnie - I Hate To See The Sun Go Down

17. Memphis Minnie - Ice Man (Come On Up)

18. Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady

19. Memphis Minnie - I'm A Bad Luck Woman

20. Memphis Minnie - Black Cat Blues

21. Memphis Minnie - Good Morning

Disc 3

1. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - I Looked Down The Line ( And I Wondered)

2. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Sit Down

3. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Stand By Me

4. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Rock Me

5. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - That's All

6. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - I Want To Live So God Can Use Me

7. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - I Claim Jesus First

8. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happening Every Day

9. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Two Little Fishes And Five Loaves Of Bread

10. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend

11. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - How Far From God

12. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - When I Move To The Sky

13. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Jesus Is Here To Stay

14. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Oh When I Come To The End Of My Journey

15. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Beams Of Heaven

16. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air

17. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - My Journey To The Sky

18. Ethel Waters - You Had It Coming To You

19. Ethel Waters - What Goes Up Must Come Down

20. Ethel Waters - Jeepers Creepers

21. Ethel Waters - Bread And Gravey

22. Ethel Waters - They Say

23. Ethel Waters - Baby What Else Can I Do?

24. Ethel Waters - If You Ever Change Your Mind

25. Ethel Waters - I Just Got A Letter

26. Ethel Waters - Push Out

27. Ethel Waters - Old Man Harlem

Disc 4

1. Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - St. Louis Blues

2. Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - Moanin' Low

3. Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - Downhearted Blues

4. Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - Now I'm Satisfied

5. Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - Sweet Georgia Brown

6. Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - You Better Change

7. Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - C-Jam Blues

8. Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - Streets Paved With Gold

9. Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - Gallion Stomp

10. Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - I Will Always Be In Love With You

11. Alberta Hunter, Lucille Hegamin, Victoria Spivey - I Got Myself A Workin' Man

12. Lucille Hegamin - St. Louis Blues

13. Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues

14. Alberta Hunter, Lucille Hegamin, Victoria Spivey - I Got A Mind To Ramble

15. Lucille Hegamin - You'll Want My Love

16. Victoria Spivey - Going Blues

17. Alberta Hunter, Lucille Hegamin, Victoria Spivey - You Gotta Reap What You Sow

18. Lucille Hegamin - Arkansas Blues

19. Victoria Spivey - Got The Blues So Bad

20. Alberta Hunter, Lucille Hegamin, Victoria Spivey - Chirpin' The Blues

21. Lucille Hegamin - Has Anybody Seen My Corine

22. Victoria Spivey - Let Him Beat Me

Disc 5

1. Ida Cox, the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Blues For Rampart Street

2. Ida Cox, the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - St. Louis Blues

3. Ida Cox, the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Fogyism

4. Ida Cox, the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Wild Women Don't Have The Blues

5. Ida Cox, the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Hard Time Blues

6. Ida Cox, the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Cherry Pickin' Blues

7. Ida Cox, the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Hard, Oh Lord

8. Ida Cox, the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Lawdy, Lawdy Blues

9. Ida Cox, the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Death Letter Blues

10. Ida Cox, the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Mama Goes Where Papa Goes

11. Helen Humes - You Can Depend On Me

12. Helen Humes - Trouble In Mind

13. Helen Humes - Among My Souvenirs

14. Helen Humes - Ain't Misbehavin'

15. Helen Humes - Star Dust

16. Helen Humes - Bill Bailey

17. Helen Humes - When I Grow Too Old To Dream

18. Helen Humes - A Good Man Is Hard To Find

19. Helen Humes - Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do

20. Helen Humes - I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good

21. Helen Humes - When The Saints Go Marching In

Disc 6

1. Big Maybelle - Just Want Your Love

2. Big Maybelle - Gabbin' Blues

3. Big Maybelle - My Country Man

4. Big Maybelle - Rain Down Rain

5. Big Maybelle - Way Back Home

6. Big Maybelle - Stay Away From My Sam

7. Big Maybelle - Jinny Mule

8. Big Maybelle - Maybelle's Blues

9. Big Maybelle - I've Got A Feeling

10. Big Maybelle - You'll Never Know

11. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog

12. Big Mama Thornton - Rock-a-bye Baby

13. Big Mama Thornton - Mischievous Boogie

14. Big Mama Thornton - Don't Talk Back

15. Big Mama Thornton - You Don't Move Me No More

16. Big Mama Thornton - Just Can't Help Myself

17. Big Mama Thornton - Stop A-hoppin' On Me

18. Big Mama Thornton - They Call Me Big Mama

19. Big Mama Thornton - Walking Blues

20. Big Mama Thornton - I Smell A Rat

21. Big Mama Thornton - I Ain't No Fool Either

22. Big Mama Thornton - Willie Mae's Blues

23. Big Mama Thornton - Hard Times

24. Big Mama Thornton - Big Mama's Coming Home

25. Big Mama Thornton - The Fish

Disc 7

1. Etta James - Anything To Say You're Mine

2. Etta James - My Dearest Darling

3. Etta James - Trust In Me

4. Etta James - A Sunday Kind Of Love

5. Etta James - Tough Mary

6. Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You

7. Etta James - At Last

8. Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry

9. Etta James - Stormy Weather

10. Etta James - Girl Of My Dreams (Rendered As Boy Of My Dreams)

11. Etta James - Don't Cry Baby

12. Etta James - Fool That I Am

13. Etta James - One For My Baby

14. Etta James - In My Diary

15. Etta James - Seven Day Fool

16. Etta James - It's Too Soon To Know

17. Etta James - Dream

18. Etta James - I'll Dry My Tear

19. Etta James - Plum Nuts

20. Etta James - Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Disc 8

1. Ruth Brown - Lucky Lips

2. Ruth Brown - As Long As I'm Moving

3. Ruth Brown - Wild Wild Young Men

4. Ruth Brown - Daddy Daddy

5. Ruth Brown - Mambo Baby

6. Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes

7. Ruth Brown - Hello Little Boy

8. Ruth Brown - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean

9. Ruth Brown - 5 -10 -15 Hours

10. Ruth Brown - It's Love Baby

11. Ruth Brown - Sentimental Journey

12. Ruth Brown - Old Man River

13. Ruth Brown - So Long

14. Ruth Brown - Oh What A Dream

15. Ruth Brown - This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'

16. Ruth Brown - Just Too Much

17. Ruth Brown - I Hope We Meet (On The Road Some Day)

18. Ruth Brown - Why Me

19. Ruth Brown - Somebody Touched Me

20. Ruth Brown - When I Get You Baby

21. Ruth Brown - Jack O' Diamonds

22. Ruth Brown - I Can't Hear A Word You Say

23. Ruth Brown - One More Time

24. Ruth Brown - Book Of Lies

25. Ruth Brown - I Can See Everybody's Baby

26. Ruth Brown - Show Me

Disc 9

1. LaVern Baker - Gimme A Pigfoot

2. LaVern Baker - Baby Doll

3. LaVern Baker - On Revival Day

4. LaVern Baker - Money Blues

5. LaVern Baker - I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle

6. LaVern Baker - Back Water Blues

7. LaVern Baker - Empty Bed Blues

8. LaVern Baker - There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

9. LaVern Baker - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

10. LaVern Baker - 0027018R

11. LaVern Baker - Young Woman's Blues

12. LaVern Baker - Preaching The Blues

13. LaVern Baker - I Cried A Tear

14. LaVern Baker - If You Love Me

15. LaVern Baker - You're Teasing Me

16. LaVern Baker - Love Me Right

17. LaVern Baker - Dix-A-Billy

18. LaVern Baker - So High So Low

19. LaVern Baker - I Waited Too Long

20. LaVern Baker - Why Baby Why

21. LaVern Baker - Humpty Dumpty Heart

22. LaVern Baker - It's So Fin

23. LaVern Baker - Whipper Snapper

24. LaVern Baker - St. Louis Blues

Disc 10

1. Odetta - Gonna Take My Time

2. Odetta - Stranger Here

3. Odetta - I've Been Living With The Blues

4. Odetta - Be My Woman

5. Odetta - Poor Man

6. Odetta - Empty Pocket Blues

7. Odetta - I Just Can't Keep From Cryin'

8. Odetta - Special Delivery

9. Odetta - If I Had Wings

10. Odetta - Darlin' Baby

11. Odetta - Misery Blues

12. Odetta - House Of The Rising Sun

13. Odetta - Hard, Oh Lord

14. Odetta - Believe I'll Go

15. Odetta - Oh, Papa

16. Odetta - How Long Blues

17. Odetta - Hogan's Alley

18. Odetta - Leavin' This Mornin'

19. Odetta - Oh, My Babe

20. Odetta - Yonder Comes The Blues

21. Odetta - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor

22. Odetta - Weeping Willow Blues

23. Odetta - Go Down Sunshine

24. Odetta - Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out