Various - Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950) (4xCD, Comp)

no outer packaging, or book. all 4 CDs (complete w/ all inserts) ONLY

Recording location and date, original release:
Track 1-1 rec. NYC 20/9/1926 Columbia 15099-D
Track 1-2 rec. Winston-Salem, NC 19/9/1927 OK 45219
Track 1-3 rec. St. Louis, MO 29/4/1927 OK 45121
Track 1-4 rec. Chicago, IL 22/2/1925 OK 8227
Track 1-5 rec. Atlanta, GA 24/4/1926 Columbia 14145-D
Track 1-6 rec. NYC 1/10/1925 OK 8250
Track 1-7 rec. Winston-Salem, NC 22/9/1927
Track 1-8 rec. Atlanta, GA 10/8/1928
Track 1-9 rec. NYC 1/1/1927
Track 1-10 rec. St. Louis, MO 29/4/1927 OK 8469
Track 1-11 rec. Dallas, TX 2/12/1927 Columbia 14369-D
Track 1-12 rec. Atlanta, GA 13/4/1928 Columbia 14372-D
Track 1-13 rec. Atlanta, GA 4/11/1927 Columbia 14266-D
Track 1-14 rec. Memphis, TN 25/2/1928
Track 1-15 rec. Dallas, TX 8/12/1928 Columbia 14389-D
Track 1-16 rec. NYC 8/8/1928 OK 8610
Tracks 1-17, 1-18 rec. NYC 26/6/1928 OK 8593
Track 1-19 rec. Atlanta, GA 5/10/1927 OK 45155
Track 1-20 rec. NYC 20/2/1929 Columbia 15387-D
Track 1-21 rec. Johnson City, TN 15/10/1928 Columbia 15461-D
Track 1-22 rec. Chicago, IL 6/12/1928 OK 8685
Track 1-23 rec. Chicago, IL 11/12/1928 OK 8651
Track 1-24 rec. NYC 21/12/1928
Track 1-25 rec. Atlanta, GA 24/10/1928
Track 2-1 rec. Atlanta, GA 19/3/1929
Track 2-2 rec. NYC 30/3/1929
Track 2-3 rec. Richmond, VA 13/10/1929 OK 8824, Cl 5915-C, Ve 7123-V
Track 2-4 rec. Atlanta, GA 14/4/1928 Columbia 14400-D
Track 2-5 rec. Atlanta, GA 18/3/1929 OK 45325
Track 2-6 rec. Atlanta, GA 20/3/1929 OK 45333
Tracks 2-7, 2-8 rec. Chicago, IL 16/11/1929 OK 8776, OK 8747
Track 2-9 rec. Atlanta, GA 18/4/1929 Columbia 40506-F, OK 90006
Track 2-10 rec. NYC 25/9/1929 OK 45424
Track 2-11 rec. Atlanta, GA 29/10/1929 Columbia 15538-D
Track 2-12 rec. Dallas, TX 5/12/1929 Columbia 14596-D
Track 2-13 rec. Shreveport, LA 17/2/1930 OK 45436
Track 2-14 rec. NYC 5/8/1930 OK 8909
Track 2-15 rec. Atlanta, GA 31/10/1929
Track 2-16 rec. Atlanta, GA 30/6/1930
Track 2-17 rec. NYC 26/6/1931
Track 2-18 rec. San Antonio, TX 10/6/1930
Track 2-19 rec. NYC 31/10/1930 OK 8839
Track 2-20 rec. NYC 20/3/1931
Track 2-21 rec. Jackson, MS 16/12/1930 OK 45508
Track 2-22 rec. Atlanta, GA 27/10/1931 Columbia 15755-D
Track 2-23 rec. NYC 15/3/1932 Vocalian 1722, 04487, Cq 9201
Track 2-24 rec. NYC 8/3/1932
Track 2-25 rec. NYC 3/8/1933 Vocalion 02531
Track 3-1 rec. San Antonio, TX 4/1934
Track 3-2 rec. San Antonio, TX 21/11/1936
Track 3-3 rec. San Antonio, TX 4/1934
Track 3-4 rec. NYC 21/9/1933
Track 3-5 rec. NYC 30/1/1934 Vocalion 02782
Track 3-6 rec. NYC 2/8/1934
Track 3-7 rec. NYC 14/2/1935 Vocalion 02911
Track 3-8 rec. San Antonio, TX 9/10/1934 Vocalion 02962
Track 3-9 rec. NYC 8/3/1935 Ba 33448, Me M13415, Or 8474, Pe 0329, Ro 5474
Track 3-10 rec. NYC 14/12/1934 Vocalion 03296
Track 3-11 rec. NYC 18/3/1935 Ba 33404, Cq 8499, Me M13371, Or 8456, Pe 0320, Ro 5456
Track 3-12 rec. Los Angeles, CA 27/3/1937 Vocalion 3566
Track 3-13 rec. San Antonio, TX 5/11/1937 Vocalion 04078
Track 3-14 rec. Chicago, IL 6/2/1936 Vocalion 03328
Track 3-15 rec. NYC 10/4/1936
Track 3-16 rec. Chicago, IL 5/6/1938
Track 3-17 rec. Chicago, IL 30/6/1938 Vocalion 04354A
Track 3-18 rec. NYC 10/4/1936
Track 3-19 rec. Chicago, IL 20/6/1935 ARC 5-12-65
Track 3-20 rec. Chicago, IL 2/11/1938
Track 3-21 rec. Dallas, TX 12/6/1938 Vocalion 4312-B
Track 3-22 rec. Memphis, TN 30/6/1939
Track 3-23 rec. Columbia, SC 8/11/1938 Vocalion 04851, Cq 9772
Track 3-24 rec. NYC 30/12/1938 Vocalion 4608, Columbia 35961
Track 3-25 rec. Memphis, TN 14/7/1939
Track 3-26 rec. NYC 29/8/1934 Vocalion 02910
Track 3-27 rec. NYC 11/4/1935 ARC 6-04-59, Cq 8627
Track 3-28 rec. Memphis, TN 1/7/1939
Track 3-29 rec. Chicago, IL 2/5/1941
Track 4-1 rec. Chicago, IL 28/5/1941 OK 06393
Track 4-2 rec. Chicago, IL 15/2/1940 Vocalion 05498
Track 4-3 rec. Dallas, TX 17/4/1940 Vocalion 05624
Track 4-4 rec. Chicago, IL 3/6/1941
Track 4-5 rec. Chicago, IL 1/7/1941
Track 4-6 rec. Chicago, IL 21/10/1940 OK 05882
Track 4-7 rec. Chicago, IL 13/6/1940
Track 4-8 rec. Dallas, TX 28/2/1941 Columbia 20257
Track 4-9 rec. Chicago, IL 21/11/1941
Track 4-10 rec. Chicago, IL 12/12/1941 OK 06707, Columbia 30025, 37458
Track 4-11 rec. Chicago, IL 19/2/1945
Track 4-12 rec. Dallas, TX 3/3/1941
Track 4-13 rec. Charlotte, NC 29/6/1941 Vocalion 06426, Cq 9845
Track 4-14 rec. Chicago, IL 24/10/1945
Tracks 4-15, 4-16 rec. Chicago, IL 27/9/1946
Track 4-17 rec. Nashville, TN 13/2/1945 Columbia 20370, 37888
Track 4-18 rec. Hollywood, CA 9/9/1946 Columbia 20386
Track 4-19 rec. Memphis, TN 15/12/1949 Columbia 30203
Track 4-20 rec. Chicago, IL 22/7/1947 Columbia 30099
Track 4-21 rec. Hollywood, CA 7/1/1950 Columbia 30188
Track 4-22 rec. Chicago, IL 7/10/1940
Track 4-23 rec. 21/12/1947, location not stated
Track 4-24 rec. Nashville, TN 20/6/1950 Columbia 20732
Track 4-25 rec. Chicago, IL 20/12/1947
Track 4-26 rec. Chicago, IL 4/10/1947 Columbia 30115
Track 4-27 rec. Nashville, TN 20/12/1947
Track 4-28 rec. NYC 11/7/1950

Tracks 1-7 to 1-9, 1-14, 1-24 to 2-2, 2-15 to 2-18, 2-20, 2-24, 3-1 to 3-4, 3-15, 3-16, 3-18, 3-20, 3-22, 3-25, 3-28, 3-29, 4-5, 4-7, 4-9, 4-11, 4-12, 4-14, 4-22, 4-23, 4-25, 4-27 & 4-28 are stated as previously unissued.

Tracks 1-21, 3-6, 3-24, 3-26, 4-3, 4-15 to 4-17 & 4-20 are stated as previously unissued alternate takes.

Restoration at Sony Music, NY
Mastered at Sony Music, LA
℗&© 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Media Condition:  Good Plus (G+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Country:    US  
Released:  1992
Genre:       Blues, Non-Music, Folk World & Country
Style:         Country Blues, Country, Bluegrass, Sermon, Delta Blues, Piano Blues, Gospel, Folk

Track listing:

1-1. Charlie Poole, The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues 3:25
1-2. Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff 2:53
1-3. Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic 3:30
1-4. Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues 2:36
1-5. Rev. J. M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming 3:11
1-6. Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues 2:50
1-7. Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase 2:57
1-8. Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte 3:05
1-9. Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled 3:01
1-10. Whistler's Jug Band - Low Down Blues 2:56
1-11. Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail 2:42
1-12. Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues 3:02
1-13. The Allen Brothers - Chattanooga Blues 3:04
1-14. Sherman Tedder - Untitled 2:57
1-15. Dallas String Band, Coley Jones - Hokum Blues 3:25
1-16. Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues 2:45
1-17. Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1 3:02
1-18. Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2 3:22
1-19. South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist 2:48
1-20. Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money 3:10
1-21. Clarence Greene - Johnson City Blues 2:57
1-22. Reverend Johnnie Blakey, The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire 3:25
1-23. Papa Too Sweet, Harry Jones (2) - (Honey) It's Tight Like That 2:36
1-24. Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues 2:51
1-25. Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah 2:58
2-1. Hershel Brown And His Happy Five - Liberty 2:54
2-2. Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man 2:58
2-3. Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues 3:13
2-4. Pink Anderson, Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues 3:05
2-5. The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville 3:11
2-6. Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes = Chere Yeux Noirs 3:00
2-7. Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues 2:47
2-8. The Hokum Boys (3) - Gin Mill Blues 3:27
2-9. Joseph Falcon, Cleoma Breaux, Ophy Breaux - Osson 2:56
2-10. William T. Narmour, S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown) 3:11
2-11. Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, Riley Puckett, Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy 2:54
2-12. Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes 3:02
2-13. Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler 3:13
2-14. Lonnie Johnson (2) - I Have To Do My Time 3:09
2-15. Darby & Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line 3:17
2-16. Roy Harvey, Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge 2:55
2-17. Buster Carter, Preston Young - Darn Good Girl 2:51
2-18. Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues 3:17
2-19. Lonnie Johnson (2), Violet Green - You Had Too Much 3:19
2-20. Silver Leaf Quartet Of Norfolk - Oh! Glory Glory 3:13
2-21. Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time 3:16
2-22. Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose 2:56
2-23. Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues 3:03
2-24. Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side 3:16
2-25. Will Batts - Highway #61 Blues 2:42
3-1. W. Lee O'Daniel, The Light Crust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song #1 0:41
3-2. W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) 3:09
3-3. W. Lee O'Daniel, The Light Crust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song #2 0:29
3-4. Blind Willie McTell - Bell Street Lightnin' 2:52
3-5. Charley Patton - Jersey Bull Blues 3:04
3-6. Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues 2:44
3-7. Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues 2:48
3-8. Breaux Frères - La Valse Des Yeux Bleu = Blue Eyes Waltz 3:11
3-9. Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues 2:57
3-10. Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues 2:57
3-11. Pinewood Tom - Sissy Man 2:49
3-12. The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel #2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille) 2:46
3-13. The Anglin Brothers - Just Inside The Pearly Gates 2:25
3-14. Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed 2:40
3-15. The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues 3:03
3-16. Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam 2:51
3-17. A'nt Idy Harper, The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise 3:36
3-18. Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues 3:01
3-19. Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues 2:58
3-20. George Curry - My Last Five Dollars 2:36
3-21. The Nite Owls (5) - Memphis Blues 2:21
3-22. The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi Tu M'Aime Pas 3:46
3-23. Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me 2:32
3-24. Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy 2:25
3-25. Jack Kelly (3) - Flower Blues 2:30
3-26. Bob Clifford (2) - Onion Eating Mama 2:54
3-27. The Callahan Brothers - Brown's Ferry Blues #2 3:06
3-28. Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues 2:35
3-29. Bill McKinley - Poor Boy Blues 2:54
4-1. Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together 2:36
4-2. Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) 2:49
4-3. Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away 2:49
4-4. Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues 2:48
4-5. Peter Cleighton - Black Snake Blues 2:51
4-6. Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go 2:48
4-7. Bob Atcher, Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad 2:38
4-8. Adolph Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe 2:29
4-9. Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues 2:53
4-10. Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing 2:52
4-11. Big Maceo - Maceo Special 2:42
4-12. The Light Crust Doughboys, J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do 2:47
4-13. Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues 2:36
4-14. James Clark (2) - Who But You 2:38
4-15. Homer Harris (2) - Tomorrow May Be Too Late 3:05
4-16. McKinley Morganfield - Burying Ground Blues 2:30
4-17. Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal 2:23
4-18. Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball 2:40
4-19. Bill Landford, The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time 2:34
4-20. Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go 2:57
4-21. Sister Myrtle Fields, The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling 2:43
4-22. Willie Right - Two By Four Blues 2:56
4-23. Bailes Brothers - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In) 2:46
4-24. Molly O'Day, The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio 2:49
4-25. Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues 2:46
4-26. Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues 2:47
4-27. Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord 2:25
4-28. Brother Porter, Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me 2:41