2016 - A unique strictly limited (500 only!) three CD set with extensive liner notes, and lots of rare and previously unseen photographs. This collection of pre-war Blues, Country, and Folk, expertly compiled illustrates the beginnings of what we now call AMERICANA. Disc one highlights Blues, disc 2 Country, and disc 3 Folk… 78 Songs u.a. von Charlie Patton, Bessie Smith, The Carter Family, Maddox Brothers, Lydia Mendoza und Woody Guthrie
78 Songs
- CD 1: (Blues):
- 1. Mamie & Her Jazz Hounds Smith - Crazy blues
- 2. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rambler blues
- 3. Texas Alexander - Levee camp moan blues
- 4. Henry Thomas - Bull doze blues
- 5. Blind Blake - Too tight blues no. 2
- 6. Tommy Johnson - Big road blues
- 7. Cannon Jug Stompers - Walk right in
- 8. Charlie Patton - Pony blues
- 9. Bessie Smith - Dirty no-gooder's blues
- 10. Sleepy John Estes - The girl I love, she got long curly hair
- 11. Blind Willie McTell - Travelin' blues
- 12. Mississippi John Hurt - Got the blues can't be satisfied
- 13. Son House - Walkin' blues
- 14. Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg blues
- 15. Skip James - I'm so glad
- 16. Kokomo Arnold - Milk cow blues
- 17. Leroy Carr - When the sun goes down
- 18. Bo Carter - I want you to know
- 19. Casey Bill Weldon - Back door blues
- 20. Big Bill Broonzy - C&A blues
- 21. Sonny Boy Williamson - Good morning little school girl
- 22. Lonnie Johnson - Mr. Johnson swing
- 23. Liil Green - Romance in the dark
- 24. Sippie Wallace & Albert & His Rhythm Kings Ammons - Bedroom blues
- 25. Memphis Minnie - Kid man blues
- CD 2: (Country)
- 1. Henry C. Grilland - Arkansas traveler
- 2. B.F. Shelton - Darling Cora
- 3. Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Don't let your deal go down
- 4. Uncle Dave Macon - Worthy of estimation
- 5. Gid & His Skillet Lickers Tanner & Riley Puckett - Dance all night with a bottle in your hand
- 6. The Carter Family - Wildwood flower
- 7. Jimmie Rodgers - Blue yodel
- 8. Frank Hutchison - K.C. blues
- 9. The Delmore Brothers - Blue railroad train
- 10. Patsy Montana & The Prarie Ramblers - I wanna be a cowboy's sweetheart
- 11. Milton & His Brownies Brown - Somebody's been using that thing
- 12. Coon Creek Girls - Banjo pickin' girl
- 13. Fiddlin' Arthur & His Dixieliners Smith - Peacock rag
- 14. The Sons Of The Pioneers - Cool water
- 15. Bill & His Blue Grass Boys Monroe - Mule skinner blues
- 16. Bob & His Texas Playboys Wills - Time changes everything
- 17. Ernest Tubb - I ain't goin' Honkey Tonkin' anymore
- 18. Roy Acuff - Fireball mail
- 19. Carson Robison - 1942 Turkey in the straw
- 20. Cousin & Her Kinfolks Emmy - Ruby
- 21. The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch - Little glass of wine
- 22. Molly O'Day - Tramp on the street
- 23. Chet Atkins & The All Star Hillbillies - Guitar blues
- 24. The & Rose Maddox Bros. - George's playhouse
- 25. Hank Williams - I'm so lonesome I could cry
- 26. Johnny & Jack - Jesus hits like an atom bomb
- CD 3: (Folk):
- 1. Clarence Ashley - The house carpenter
- 2. Blind Willie Johnson - Dark was the night, cold was the ground
- 3. Obed 'Dad' Pickard - The old gray horse
- 4. Blind Uncle Gaspard - Sur le borde de l'eau
- 5. Big Boy Cleveland - Quill blues
- 6. Alabama Sacred Heart Singers - Religion is a fortune
- 7. The Two Poor Boys - Two white horses in a line
- 8. Floyd & His Pep Steppers Ming - Indian war whoop
- 9. Golden Eagle Gospel Singers - Shake mother's hand for me
- 10. Texas Gladden & Hobart Smith - Down in the willow garden
- 11. Luther Strong - Glory in the meetinghouse
- 12. Vera Hall - Another man done gone
- 13. Kelly Pace & Charlie Porter - Rock Island line
- 14. Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene
- 15. Hugh Gillespie - The Mullingar Lee / The star of Munster
- 16. Denus McGhee & Amedie Ardoin - Blues de Basile
- 17. Ukrainska Orchestra Pawla Humeniuka - Kozak Zawydija
- 18. Narcisco Martinez & Santiago Almeida - Chicharronera polka
- 19. Achileas Poulos - Nedem geldem Amerikaya (When I came to America)
- 20. Lydia Mendoza - Mal hombre
- 21. Burl Ives - Poor wayfaring stranger
- 22. Peter Seeger & The Almanac Singers - Song for John Doe
- 23. Woody Guthrie - Pretty boy Floyd
- 24. Josh White - Uncle Sam says
- 25. Elder Utah Smith - I want two wings
- 26. Merle Travis - Dark as a dungeon
- 27. Paul Robeson - The hammer song