Tracklist

CD1:

1. Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' For My Baby
2. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Red Hot
3. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Hums The Blues
4. Elmore James - Dust My Blues
5. Amos Milburn - Please, Mr. Johnson
6. Kitty White - Meaning Of The Blues
7. Lightnin' Hopkins - My Baby's Gone
8. Mildred Bailey - Rockin Chair
9. Champion Jack Dupree - Weed Head Woman
10. Pearl Bailey - The Birth Of The Blues
11. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues
12. T-Bone Walker - Mean Old World
13. Roscoe Gordon - Two Kinds Of Women
14. Jimmy Witherspoon - Blues And Trouble
15. Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide
16. Gene Ammons - Blues For Turfers
17. Charles Brown - Texas Blues
18. Albinia Jones - Salty Papa
19. Little Milton - Lookin' For My Baby
20. Brownie McGhee - Born For Bad Luck

CD2:

1. B.B. King - Everyday I Have The Blues
2. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
3. Fats Domino - What's The Matter Baby
4. Helen Humes - Loud Talkin' Woman
5. Faber Smith - East St Louis Blues
6. Lena Horne - St Louis Blues
7. Lightning Slim - Ethel Mae
8. Miss Rhapsody - Blues In My Heart
9. Bonita Cole With Bill Forte's Orchestra - Life Is Like That
10. Hot Shot Love - Wolf Call Boogie
11. Leroy Carr - Midnight Hour Blues
12. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Why Did You Waste My Time?
13. Bertha Chippie Hill - Pratt City Blues
14. Harmonica Frank Floyd - Rockin' Chair Daddy
15. Robert Johnson - Kind Hearted Woman Blues
16. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Balky Mule Blues
17. Eliza Brown - Peddlin' Man
18. Barbecue Bob - It Won't Be Long Now
19. Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling
20. Billy Eckstine - Mister, You've Gove & Got The Blues

CD3:

1. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen
2. Big Maybelle - Gabbin' Blues
3. Leadbelly - Black Snake
4. Grant 'Mr Blues' Jones - They Call Me Mr Blues
5. Big Joe Turner - Goin' To Chicago Blues
6. Lizzie Miles - Memphis Blues
7. Ray Charles - Late In The Evening Blues
8. Wynonie Harris - Big City Blues
9. Bessie Smith - Black Mountain Blues
10. Eddie Boyd - Cool Kind Treatment
11. Jimmy Nelson - Meet Me With Your Black Dress On
12. Ruth Brown - Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
13. Little Caesar - Here Is A Letter
14. Blind Willie Dunn - Church Street Sobbin' Blues
15. Sarah Vaughan - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
16. Charley Patton - Stone Pony Blues
17. Pee Wee Crayton - Louella Brown
18. Handy Jackson - Got My Application, Baby
19. RB Thibadeaux - New Kind Of Loving
20. Elmore Nixon - You See Me Smiling

CD4:

1. Eartha Kitt - The Blues
2. Big Bill Broonzy - All By Myself
3. Dinah Washington - Wise Woman Blues
4. Ivory Joe Hunter - False Friend Blues
5. June Christy - A Stranger Called The Blues
6. Sonny Boy Williamson - Miss Stella Brown
7. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Rm Blues
8. Bobby Bland - Army Blues
9. Edgar Blanchard With The Gondoliers - Creale Gal Blues
10. Lil Green - Why Don't You Do Right?
11. Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues
12. Ida Cox & Her All Star Band - Hard Time Blues
13. Danny Taylor - Coffee Daddy Blues
14. Floyd Dixon - Bad Neighbourhood
15. Roy Brown - Double Crossing Woman
16. Billy Wright - Stacked Deck
17. Mercy Dee - One Room Country Shack
18. Blow-Top Lynn & His House Rockers - Reliefin' Blues
19. Lost John Hunter - Schoolboy
20. Blind Boy Fuller - Worn Out Engine Blues

CD5:

1. Big Memphis Ma Rainey - Call Me Anything, But Call Me
2. Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
3. Mabel Scott - No More Cryin' Blues
4. Bullmoose Jackson - Bullmoose Jackson Blues
5. Gwen Johnson With The Quinton Batiste Orchestra - A Trumpet Blows Away The Blues
6. D.A. Hunt - Greyhound Blues
7. The Peppermint Harris - The Blues Pick On Me
8. Blues Caravan Featuring John Peek & Zilla Mays - Train Train Blues
9. Frankie Ervin With Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Dragnet Blues
10. Josh White - Bad Housing Blues
11. Memphis Slim - The Question
12. Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues
13. Bo Carter - Sorry Feeling Blues
14. Casey Bill Weldon - W.P.A. Blues
15. Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Free Lancin' Again
16. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
17. Jimmy Liggins - Dark Hour Blues
18. Blind Willie McTell - Travelin' Blues
19. Guitar Slim - Well, I Done Got Over It
20. Jimmy McCracklin - The End