Alle wichtigen Bluesmusiker*innen sind hier vertreten: B.B. King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Big Bill Broonzy, Howlin' Wolf, Bessie Smith, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ma Rainey u.v.a. Die Aufnahmen sind mehr oder weniger chronologisch präsentiert, von den frühen 1920er- bis in die 1990er-Jahre.
Tracklist
Disk 1 von 4 (CD)
1 Stingaree Blues: Alberta Hunter
2 See See Rider Blues: Ma Rainey with Her Georgia Jazz Band
3 Shake That Thing: Papa Charlie Jackson
4 Old New Orleans Blues: Willie Jackson
5 Gone Dead On You Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson
6 Kansas City Blues: The Memphis Jug Band
7 Dope Head Blues: Victoria Spivey
8 Levee Camp Moan Blues: "Texas" Alexander
9 Kassie Jones - Part 1: Furry Lewis
10 A Spoonful Blues: Charley Patton
11 Guitar Blues: Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn
12 Last Time Blues: Charlie McCoy
13 Diddie Wa Diddie: Blind Blake
14 Mississippi Swamp Moan: Alfred Lewis
15 Keep It Clean: Charley Jordan
16 Hard Time Blues: Scrapper Blackwell
17 Crazy Crying Blues: Memphis Minnie
18 East Chicago Blues: Pinetop & Lindberg
19 M & O Blues Pt. 1: Bumble Bee Slim
20 Black Angel: Tampa Red
21 Milk Cow Blues: Kokomo Arnold
22 Dough Rolling Papa: Buddy Moss
23 Sweet Sixteen: Walter Davis
24 St. Louis Blues: Bessie Smith
Disk 2 von 4 (CD)
1 Baby Please Don't Go: Big Joe Williams
2 The Honey Dripper: Roosevelt Sykes
3 Sweet Home Chicago: Robert Johnson
4 Prowling Night Hawk: Robert Nighthawk
5 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It: Washboard Sam
6 My Daddy Rocks Me: Trixie Smith
7 Bottle It Up And Go: Tommy McLennan
8 Fixin' To Die: Bukka White
9 Blowin' The Blues: Sonny Terry
10 Romance In The Dark: Lil Green
11 It's All Over Now: Jazz Gillum
12 I Feel So Good: Big Bill Broonzy
13 Working Man Blues: Sleepy John Estes
14 Worried Life Blues: Big Maceo
15 Junker Blues: Champion Jack Dupree
16 I Wonder: Cecil Gant
17 Downhearted Blues: Miss Rhapsody (Viola Wells)
18 Motherless Children: Josh White
19 Ella Speed: Leadbelly
20 Sk Blues Pt. 1: Big Joe Turner
21 Wynonie’s Blues: Wynonie Harris
22 Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door: Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five
23 Garfield Avenue Blues: Jay McShann
24 That's All Right: Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
25 Old Maid Boogie: Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Disk 3 von 4 (CD)
1 Be-Baba-Leba: Helen Humes
2 Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As Bad: T-Bone Walker
3 Midnight Special: Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston
4 Since I Fell For You: Annie Laurie With Paul Gayten & His Trio
5 Jimmy's Blues: Jimmy McCracklin
6 Blues After Hours: Pee Wee Crayton
7 Out Of The Blue: Hadda Brooks Trio
8 Don't Forget It: Blind Willie McTell
9 Every Time I Get To Drinkin': Sunnyland Slim
10 My Time Is Expensive: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
11 Rock Awhile: Goree Carter & His Hep Cats
12 Creole Gal Blues: Edgar Blanchard & The Gondoliers
13 Little School Girl: Smokey Hogg
14 I Almost Lost My Mind: Ivory Joe Hunter
15 Blue Shadows: Lowell Fulson
16 Dust My Broom: Elmore James
17 Howling Woman: Mac Willis
18 Weepin' And Cryin': Griffin Brothers
19 Eyesight To The Blind: Sonny Boy Williamson
20 Telephone Blues: Floyd Dixon With Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
21 I Got Loaded: Peppermint Harris With Maxwell Davis And His All-Stars
22 Love Love Love: Little Bobby Harris
23 Five Long Years: Eddie Boyd Sings And Plays
24 The Things That I Used To Do: Guitar Slim
25 Feelin' Good: Little Junior's Blue Flames
Disk 4 von 4 (CD)
1 Every Day I Have The Blues: B.B. King
2 I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man: Muddy Waters
3 San Francisco Bay Blues: Jesse Fuller
4 I Hear You Knockin': Smiley Lewis
5 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On: Big Maybelle
6 Those Lonely, Lonely Nights: Earl King
7 Don't Be Angry: Nappy Brown
8 Smokestack Lightning: Howlin' Wolf
9 Pretty Thing: Bo Diddley
10 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby: Jimmy Reed
11 Farther Up The Road: Bobby Bland
12 Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu - Part 1: Huey Smith and The Clowns
13 This Mean Old World: Snooks Eaglin
14 Rooster Blues: Lightnin' Slim
15 Talking Blues: Ramblin' Jack Elliot
16 My Babe: Little Walter
17 Boom Boom: John Lee Hooker
18 So Glad I'm Living: James Cotton
19 You Got Me Walkin' And Talkin': John Hammond
20 Judgement Day: Son House
21 Rollin' And Tumblin': Canned Heat
22 Born With The Blues: Memphis Slim
23 Easy On Your Heels: Lightnin' Hopkins
24 Prescription For The Blues: Mike Bloomfield
25 California Blues: Jimmy Witherspoon & Richard Holmes
26 Just Pickin': Magic Sam Aka Ron Thompson