Various Artists - Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective, 1925–1950

Type:	Album - Compilation
Released:	June 30, 1992
Length:	5:09:00
Genres:	Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Folk, Gospel, Non-Music, Piano Blues
Labels:	Columbia Legacy

Disc 1
01.	Whitehouse Blues	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	3:28
02.	High Sheriff	Aiken County String Band	2:55
03.	The Last Scene of the Titanic	Frank Hutchison	3:32
04.	Suitcase Blues	Hersal Thomas	2:37
05.	Death’s Black Train Is Coming	Rev. J.M. Gates	3:13
06.	Cow‐Cow Blues	Dora Carr	2:51
07.	Washington County Fox Chase	Vances Tennessee Breakdowners	2:59
08.	I’m Going to Take the Train to Charlotte	Fiddlin’ John Carson	3:08
09.	[untitled]	Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio	3:03
10.	Low Down Blues	Whistler and His Jug Band	2:58
11.	Paul & Silas in Jail	Washington Phillips	2:40
12.	Blind Pig Blues	Barbecue Bob	3:04
13.	Chattanooga Blues	Austin and Lee Allen	3:06
14.	[untitled]	Sherman Tedder	2:58
15.	Hokum Blues	Dallas String Band with Coley Jones	3:27
16.	Worried Blues	Gladys Bentley	2:47
17.	Empty Bed Blues, Part 1	Elizabeth Johnson	3:04
18.	Empty Bed Blues, Part 2	Elizabeth Johnson	3:24
19.	Blue Grass Twist	South Georgia Highballers	2:49
20.	Moonshiner and His Money	Charlie Bowman and His Brothers	3:12
21.	Johnson City Blues	Clarence Greene	2:59
22.	Warming Bythe Devil’s Fire	Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by the Santified Sisters	3:27
23.	(Honey) It’s Tight Like That	Papa Too Sweet And Harry Jones	2:38
24.	Big Leg Blues	Mississippi John Hurt	2:53
25.	Hallelujah	Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers	2:58
Disc 2
01.	Liberty	Herschel Brown and His Happy Five	2:56
02.	My Sportin’ Man	Mamie Smith	3:00
03.	Mean Low Blues	Blues Birdhead	3:15
04.	C.C. & O. Blues	Pink Anderson & Blind Simmie Dooley	3:06
05.	Ortonville	The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers	3:12
06.	Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)	Slim Doucet	3:01
07.	Roosevelt Blues	Roosevelt Sykes	2:49
08.	Gin Mill Blues	Famous Hokum Boys	3:28
09.	Osson	Cléoma Falcon, Ophy Breaux & Joe Falcon	2:58
10.	Sweet Milk and Peaches (breakdown)	W.T. Narmour and S.W. Smith	3:12
11.	Soldier’s Joy (feat. Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen)	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	2:56
12.	They May Not Be My Toes	Whistlin’ Alex Moore	3:04
13.	The Jazz Fiddler	Mississippi Sheiks	3:14
14.	I Have to Do My Time	Lonnie Johnson	3:11
15.	Lonesome Frisco Line	Darby & Tarlton	3:20
16.	Back to the Blue Ridge	Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland	2:57
17.	Darn Good Girl	Buster Carter & Preston Young	2:53
18.	West Jackson Blues	Bo Carter	3:20
19.	You Had Too Much	Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green	3:21
20.	Oh! Glory Glory	Silver Leaf Quartet	3:16
21.	Don’t You Remember the Time	Freeny's Barn Dance Band	3:19
22.	Walkin’ Georgia Rose	Pelican Wildcats	2:58
23.	Police Station Blues	Peetie Wheatstraw	3:05
24.	Hallelujah Side	Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers	3:18
25.	Highway #61 Blues	Will Batts	2:42
Disc 3
01.	Doughboys Theme Song #1	W. Lee O'Daniel & The Light Crust Doughboys	0:43
02.	Ida (Sweet as Apple Cider)	W. Lee O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys	3:11
03.	Doughboys Theme Song #2	W. Lee O'Daniel & The Light Crust Doughboys	0:30
04.	Bell Street Lightnin’	Blind Willie McTell & Curley Weaver	2:54
05.	Jersey Bull Blues	Charley Patton	3:07
06.	Every Morning Blues	Walter Roland	2:46
07.	D Blues	Blue Ridge Ramblers	2:50
08.	La valse des yeux bleus (Blue Eyes Waltz)	Breaux Frères	3:13
09.	Skin Game Blues	Lucille Bogan	2:59
10.	Good Woman Blues	Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell	2:59
11.	Sissy Man	Josh White	2:51
12.	Blue Yodel #2 (My Lovin’ Gal Lucille)	The Rhythm Wreckers	2:48
13.	Just Inside the Pearly Gates	The Anglin Brothers	2:27
14.	Hard Rocks in My Bed	Bumble Bee Slim	2:42
15.	Tired Feelin’ Blues	The Two Charles	3:05
16.	One‐Eyed Sam	Eidon Baker & His Brown County Revellers	2:53
17.	Poor Naomi Wise	A’nt Idy Harper and The Coon Creek Girls	2:38
18.	South Bound Blues	“Kid” Prince Moore	3:04
19.	C & A Blues	Big Bill Broonzy	3:00
20.	My Last Five Dollars	George Curry	2:38
21.	Memphis Blues	The Nite Owls	2:36
22.	Pourquoi tu m’aime Pas	Alley Boys of Abbeville	2:48
23.	Have Mercy on Me	Rev. Benny Campbell	2:34
24.	Shout for Joy	Albert Ammons	2:27
25.	Flower Blues	Jack Kelly	2:32
26.	Onion‐Eating Mama	Cliff Carlisle	2:56
27.	Brown’s Ferry Blues	Callahan Brothers	3:08
28.	Slick Capers Blues	Little Buddy Doyle	2:38
29.	Poor‐Boy Blues	Jazz Gillum	2:53
Disc 4
01.	We Got to Get Together	Frank Edwards	2:38
02.	You Got to See Mama Ev’ry Night (Or You Can’t See Mama at All)	Sweet Violet Boys	2:51
03.	I’ll Fly Away	The Humbard Family	2:51
04.	Cross Cut Saw Blues’	Tony Hollins	2:52
05.	Black Snake Blues	Doctor Clayton	2:53
06.	Step It Up and Go	Black Cats & The Kitten	2:50
07.	Papa’s Going Crazy, Mama’s Going Mad	Bob & Randall Atcher	2:40
08.	Cotton‐Eyed Joe	Adolph Hofner & His San Antonians	2:31
09.	Old Vets Blues	Poor Boy Burke	2:55
10.	Black Rat Swing	Little Son Joe	2:54
11.	Macy Special	Big Maceo	2:44
12.	It’s Funny What Love Will Make You Do	The Light Crust Doughboys & J.B. Brinkley	2:50
13.	Army Blues	Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys	2:39
14.	Who but You	James "Beale Street" Clark	2:40
15.	Tomorrow May Be Too Late	Homer Harris	3:07
16.	Burying Ground Blues	Muddy Waters	2:33
17.	Goodbye Old Pal	Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys	2:25
18.	Dixie Cannonball	Gene Autry	2:42
19.	Run On for a Long Time	Bill Landford & The Landfordaires	2:37
20.	Baby, Please Don’t Go	Big Joe Williams	2:49
21.	I’m Toiling	Sister Myrtle Fields & Austin McCoy Trio	2:45
22.	Two by Four Blues	Willie "Boodle It" Right	2:58
23.	You Can’t Go Halfway (and Get In)	Bailes Brothers	2:48
24.	Heaven’s Radio	Molly O’Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks	2:52
25.	Plow Hand Blues	Rosetta Howard	2:49
26.	Grunt Meat Blues	Memphis Seven	2:50
27.	Until I Found the Lord	Deep South Boys	2:26
28.	I Know My Jesus Won’t Deny Me	Brother Porter & Brother Cook	2:40