Century of the Blues: The Definitive Country Blues Collection (4-CD)

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CD Details

Number of Discs: 4
Released: July 1, 2014
Originally Released: 2014
Label: Enlightenment Records UK

Description by OLDIES.com:

Featuring 100 tracks in total, this 4CD collection attempts a comprehensive round-up of the blues. Disc 1 is dedicated to the early development of the form in the Mississippi Delta, whilst disc 2 collects together the pivotal recordings from Louisiana, Texas and the East Coast. Disc three covers Memphis and the mid-states before we bow-out with the urban sounds of Dallas and Chicago on disc 4. Includes John Lee Hooker, Son House, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters and tons more.

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Charley Patton
2.My Black Mama, Pt. 1 - Son House
3.Future Blues - Willie Brown
4.Canned Heat - Tommy Johnson
5.Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
6.Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) - Robert Johnson
7.Kind Hearted Woman Blues - J.J. Johnson
8.Wind Howlin' Blues - David Honeyboy Edwards
9.Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
10.Shake 'Em on Down - Bukka White
11.Sitting on Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
12.Stack O'Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
13.Barrelhouse Blues - Ed Andrews
14.Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
15.Bottle it Up and Go - Tommy McClennan
16.Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
17.Mule Skinner Blues - J. Rogers
18.Farewell Blues - Sol Hoopii
19.Old Original Kokomo Blues - Kokomo Arnold
20.Country Blues - Muddy Waters
21.I Be's Troubled - McKinley Morganfield
22.Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker
23.Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood, Jr.
24.Ramblin' - Johnny Shines
25.Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
2.Ground Hog Blues - Henry Thomas
3.Gallis Pole - Phil Leadbetter
4.Evil Hearted Woman Blues - Oscar Woods
5.Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
6.Maxwell Street Blues - Charlie "Papa" Jackson
7.Bulldoze Blues - Henry Thomas
8.Black Ave - B.K. Turner
9.It's Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
10.The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
11.Woke Up With the Blues in My Fingers - Lonnie Johnson
12.Penitentiary Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
13.Katie Mae - Lightnin' Hopkins
14.Diddie Wa Diddie - Blind Blake
15.I Want Some of Your Pie - Fulton Allen
16.Mama T'aint Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell
17.Motherless Chile Blues - Robert Hicks
18.Jealous Hearted Blues - Charley Lincoln
19.No No Blues - Curley Weaver
20.Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver
21.Big Legged Woman - Brownie McGhee
22.Twelve Gates to the City - Rev. Gary Davis
23.Every Day in the Week Blues - Pink Anderson
24.Runaway Man Blues - Floyd Council
25.Divin' Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes

Tracks on Disc 3:

1.Careless Love Blues - Bessie Smith
2.Goin' Crazy With the Blues - Mamie Smith
3.Whip it to a Jelly - Clara Smith
4.See See Rider - Ma Rainey
5.Mister Man, Pt. 1 - Ida Cox
6.Murder in the First Degree - Victoria Spivey
7.I'm a Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
8.Black Angel Blues - Lucille Bogan / Bessie Smith
9.Long Ways From Home - Louise Johnson
10.Downhearted Blues - Alberta Hunter / Lovie Austin
11.Rock Island Blues - Walter "Furry" Lewis
12.Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Gus Cannon
13.Rollin' and Tumblin' Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
14.Moanin' the Blues - Allen Shaw
15.He's in the Jailhouse Now - Memphis Jug Band
16.That's No Way to Get Along - Robert Wilkins
17.What's the Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
18.How Long, How Long Blues - Leroy Carr
19.Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
20.Bricks in My Pillow - Amos Easton
21.The Honeydripper - Roosevelt Sykes
22.Strut That Thing - Cripple Fulton Allen
23.Blues at Midnight - Peter Chatman
24.Gangster's Blues - Luther Williams
25.Kokomo Blues - Scrapper Blackwell

Tracks on Disc 4:

1.Key to the Highway - Big Bill Broonzy
2.Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
3.Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
4.You Can't Get That Stuff No More - Sam Theard
5.Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo Merriweather
6.Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum
7.That's All Right - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
8.When the Levee Breaks - Joe McCoy / Minnie McCoy
9.Me and My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie
10.Guitar Swing - Casey Bill Weldon
11.Mama Don't Allow No.2 - Washboard Sam
12.Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters
13.Moanin' at Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
14.Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson I
15.Eyesight to the Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson II
16.Evans Shuffle - Little Walter
17.This Train - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
18.Prowling Nighthawk - Robert Nighthawk
19.Ain't Nobody's Business, Pt. 1 - Jimmy Whetherspoon
20.Dust My Broom - Elmore James
21.B.B. Boogie - B.B. King
22.Three O'Clock Blues - B.B. King
23.Everyday I Have the Blues - Lowell Fulson
24.Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker
25.Call it Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker