Various Artists

Really the Blues? A Blues History 1893-1959 Volume1 (Of 4) (1893-1929)

Release date 2010

Tracklist

1
Mama's Black Baby Boy
2
Keep Movin'
3
Poor Mourner
4
You Been a Good Old Wagon
5
Poor Mourner
1:48
1:48
6
Nobody
2:50
2:50
7
What a Time
8
The Camp Meeting Jubilee
9
Poor Mourner
10
Down Home Rag
11
The Rain Song
3:08
3:08
12
Memphis Blues
13
Memphis Blues
14
Blame It on the Blues
15
St Louis Blues
16
Nigger Blues
2:51
2:51
17
Livery Stable Blues
3:09
3:09
18
Moonlight Blues
19
Death Where Is Thy Sting?
20
Beale Street Blues
21
Memphis Blues
22
Kansas City Blues
23
Swanee Blues
24
Lovin' Sam From Alabam
2:45
2:45
25
Frankie Blues
26
Chain Gang Blues
27
My Soul Is a Witness
28
Society Blues
3:12
3:12
29
Teasin' the Frets
2:54
2:54
30
I Ain't Got Nobody
3:05
3:05
31
Midnight Blues
3:03
3:03
32
Aggravatin' Papa
3:03
3:03
33
New Orleans Joys
2:45
2:45
34
Guitar Blues
2:40
2:40
35
London Blues
3:14
3:14
36
Waitin' for the Evening Mail
2:54
2:54
37
Bleeding-Hearted Blues
3:01
3:01
38
London Cafe Blues
2:45
2:45
39
The Gospel Train Am Comin'
2:56
2:56
40
Any Woman's Blues
3:17
3:17
41
God's Gonna Set This World on Fire
3:02
3:02
42
If You Do What You Do
3:04
3:04
43
Hatchet Head Blues
2:44
2:44
44
Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay
2:45
2:45
45
Waffle Man's Call
3:01
3:01
46
Rhapsody In Blue
3:52
3:52
47
I've Got a Cross Eyed Papa
3:28
3:28
48
Barrel House Blues
3:17
3:17
49
Mississippi Shivers
3:24
3:24
50
Kiss Me Sweet
3:08
3:08
51
Toddlin' Blues
2:42
2:42
52
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
2:47
2:47
53
Steppin on the Blues
2:30
2:30
54
All Night Long Blues
3:14
3:14
55
Meddlin’ With the Blues
3:09
3:09
56
Frank Du Pree
2:56
2:56
57
Steel String Blues
3:12
3:12
58
Hersal Blues
2:58
2:58
59
Street Cries of New Orleans
2:59
2:59
60
The Wagon
1:45
1:45
61
A Married Man's Blues
2:38
2:38
62
She's Cryin' for Me
2:44
2:44
63
Put Me in the Alley
2:51
2:51
64
All I Want Is a Little Spoonful
2:38
2:38
65
Red Man Blues
2:58
2:58
66
South Street Blues
2:34
2:34
67
No Home Blues
2:44
2:44
68
Sugar Babe
2:38
2:38
69
Careless Love
3:26
3:26
70
Don't Fish in My Sea
2:52
2:52
71
I'll Be Rested
2:29
2:29
72
I Want My Life to Testify
2:52
2:52
73
Can't Sleep Blues
2:28
2:28
74
String Band Blues
2:31
2:31
75
Black Cat Blues
3:05
3:05
76
Mama's Angel Child
2:57
2:57
77
Jack O' Diamond Blues
3:04
3:04
78
Memphis Shake
3:16
3:16
79
Crucifixion
3:29
3:29
80
Royal Palm Special
3:02
3:02
81
Lamb's Blood Has Washed Me Clean
82
I Shall Wear a Crown
3:26
3:26
83
High Fever
84
I Want Jesus to Walk With Me
85
Blackville
86
Bridwell Blues
87
Fat Meat and Greens
2:51
2:51
88
Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain’t Long
2:44
2:44
89
Got the Blues
2:55
2:55
90
Chock House Blues
2:41
2:41
91
Birth of the Blues
92
Knoxville Blues
2:30
2:30
93
My Soul Is a Witness for the Lord
2:27
2:27
94
Smoke House Blues
95
Boneyard Shuffle
96
Motherless Children Have a Hard Time
3:12
3:12
97
The Bumps
98
Tin Roof Blues
99
Bamalong Blues
3:11
3:11
100
Hanna Won't You Open the Door
101
Honey, Won’t You Allow Me One More Chance?
2:52
2:52
102
James Alley Blues
3:05
3:05
103
Franklin Street Blues
3:21
3:21
104
Fight That Thing
105
Clarinet Wobble
2:35
2:35
106
Mr. Johnson Turn Me Loose
107
My Old Daddy's Got a Brand New Way to Love
108
Honey in the Rock
2:40
2:40
109
Georgia Crawl
3:23
3:23
110
Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
3:08
3:08
111
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
112
I Am Resolved
113
Curley-Headed Woman
3:08
3:08
114
Down South Blues
2:11
2:11
115
Black Snake Blues
3:00
3:00
116
Weary Way Blues
117
Honky Tonk Train Blues
3:12
3:12
118
The Lord Is My Shepherd
3:30
3:30
119
Penn Beach Blues
120
Black Hearse Blues
3:20
3:20
121
Cold Penitentiary Blues
3:30
3:30
122
Shaking the Blues Away
123
The Crowing Rooster
3:25
3:25
124
Creole Love Call
2:54
2:54
125
God's Gonna Separate the Wheat From the Tares
126
Jazz Me Blues
3:10
3:10
127
Royal Garden Blues
3:09
3:09
128
Chattanooga Blues
129
New Orleans Lowdown
130
Barrelhouse Man
131
I Am Born to Preach the Gospel
3:07
3:07
132
Death Is Only a Dream
133
Neckbones and Beans
134
She's in the Graveyard Now
135
Yellow Dog Blues
2:31
2:31
136
Mamlish Blues
2:36
2:36
137
Starvation Blues
138
Wild Man Blues
139
Can You Blame the Colored Man?
140
Mama You Don’t Know How
2:57
2:57
141
A Woman Gets Tired of the Same Man All the Time
142
Second-Hand Blues
143
Awful Fix
144
Train 45
3:05
3:05
145
Hesitation Blues
146
Section Gang Blues
147
Lonesome Ghost Blues
148
Lord, I Can’t Stay Away
149
Deep River
2:21
2:21
150
Doan Let Satan Git You
2:46
2:46
151
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
152
Man Trouble Blues
3:06
3:06
153
Big Road Blues
3:23
3:23
154
Deep River
2:54
2:54
155
Blues in the Bottle
156
Stealin'
157
I’m Wild About My Lovin’
3:12
3:12
158
Viola Lee Blues
3:09
3:09
159
Take Me Back
3:12
3:12
160
Three Preludes (2nd Prelude)
161
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
162
Away Down in the Alley Blues
2:51
2:51
163
Going Across the Sea
164
Chocolate To The Bone
2:52
2:52
165
Pinetop's Blues
2:47
2:47
166
99 Year Blues
167
Touch Me Light, Mama
2:50
2:50
168
Mississippi Jail House Groan
3:22
3:22
169
Sawmill Moan
2:56
2:56
170
Johnson City Blues
2:58
2:58
171
Wayward Girl Blues
2:57
2:57
172
I Must Have That Man
173
Slow Motion
2:36
2:36
174
Molly Man
175
If the Light Has Gone Out in Your Soul
3:03
3:03
176
Mon Cherie
177
Four or Five Times
178
Avalon Blues
3:03
3:03
179
I Ain't Got Nobody
3:09
3:09
180
G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again
3:00
3:00
181
Can't Help Lovin' That Man
182
Violin Blues
183
Good Old Turnip Greens
3:08
3:08
184
Every Day of the Week Blues
185
Alley Rat
186
I'm on My Journey Home
187
One Way Gal
188
Stack O'Lee Pt. 2
189
Worried Blues
2:44
2:44
190
Can't Help Lovin' That Man
191
Jungle Blues
3:11
3:11
192
Old Man River
193
Old Time Baptism Pt 2
194
Blue Piano Stomp
195
Sunshine Special
3:11
3:11
196
Midnight Mama
197
Lord Lord He Sure Is Good
198
Wang Wang Blues
3:09
3:09
199
It’s Tight Like That
2:44
2:44
200
A Blues Serenade
201
I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man
2:53
2:53
202
I Found a New Baby
203
Hard Hustling Blues
204
The Boy in the Boat
205
School Girl Blues
3:15
3:15
206
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
207
Ham Beats All Meat
2:42
2:42
208
In the Mornin'
2:55
2:55
209
The Preacher Got Drunk and Laid Down His Bible
2:46
2:46
210
Home Town Blues
3:13
3:13
211
Judge Harsh Blues
2:59
2:59
212
Caution Blues
3:00
3:00
213
Blue Harmony
3:37
3:37
214
Cannon Ball Blues
3:23
3:23
215
Brown Skin Blues
3:13
3:13
216
Leake County Blues
217
Bathe in That Beautiful Pool
218
Easy Rider Blues
2:57
2:57
219
Operation Blues
220
I'm a Mighty Tight Woman
221
That’s No Way to Get Along
2:55
2:55
222
Walking Blues
3:04
3:04
223
Don't Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend
224
St. Louis Blues/Weary Yodelin' Blues
225
Fresno Blues
226
Mean Low Blues
3:18
3:18
227
Georgia Bound
3:23
3:23
228
If I Call You Mama
229
Just Blues
230
Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues
231
New York Blues
232
Guitar Blues
233
Avenue Strut
2:47
2:47
234
Slum Gullion Stomp

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