The music that changed everything! Memphis - the iconic city where it happened! And now from Bear Family Records the best of the best from the best!

The Blues - the iconic music that changed everything! Memphis - the iconic city where it happened! And now - the Memphis Blues Box from Bear Family Records® - the best of the best from the best!

An incredible 534 individual tracks on 20 CDs packed into an LP-sized box - total weight almost 10lbs.

Memphis recordings from 1914 to 1969 featuring musicians from the city and region.

Introduction by blues harmonica star and Grammy® winner Charlie Musselwhite.

Biographies of every performer, many newly researched; notes about every song and recording, index and track listing.

Many unseen photographs

Produced and part-written by Martin Hawkins

This magnificent new 20-CD boxed set with its 534 tracks and an accompanying 360-page book traces the blues as recorded in Memphis and by Memphis-area musicians and singers. Starting a hundred years ago with W.C. Handy's tune Memphis Blues, this set includes classic blues, jug band blues and itinerant blues from the 1920s and '30s, the R&B bands and small combos of the 1940s and '50s, and the tougher blues styles recorded up to the close of the 1960s.

The box presents the recorded Memphis Blues as defined by the performers and their recording companies during the years 1914 to 1969 - the period when blues in its various forms was issued on single discs, 78 rpm and then 45 rpm, for consumption largely by the original audience - the people who listened on street corners, in juke joints, at local house parties, or in the bars, night clubs and theaters of Memphis.

The box focuses on how each disc sat within the evolving picture, either contributing something new, reinforcing trends of the moment, or harking back to tradition. At least one side of every relevant 78 or 45 rpm disc issued during the period is included, showing off the Memphis blues as it was offered year on year by artists and record companies.

Living Blues Critics Poll named this release the Best Historical Release/Pre-War Blues Album of 2023!

Track Listing

Disc 1:

W. C. Handy - Mr. Crump and the Memphis Blues
Victor Military Band - The Memphis Blues - One Step
Handy's Memphis Blues Band - Yellow Dog Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Sun Brimmers
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug
Sadie James - What Makes A Bow-Legged Woman Crazy ‘Bout her Knock-Kneed Man?
Baby' Moore - Drop Down
Williamson’s Beale Street Frolic Orchestra - Midnight Frolic Drag
Sadie McKinney - Rock Away
Ollie Rupert - I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin’ Sun
Blind Mamie Forehand - Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All
Ollie Rupert - Ain’t Gonna be Your Low Down Dog
Williamson’s Beale Street Frolic Orchestra - Memphis Scronch
Furry Lewis - Everybody's Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Sunshine Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Boy
Beale Street Sheiks - It’s A Good Thing
Beale Street Sheiks - Beale Town Bound
Beale Street Sheiks - Mr. Crump Don’t Like It
Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons and Stack O Lee
Memphis Jug Band - Kansas City Blues
Memphis Jug Band vocals Jennie Clayton - I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train
Memphis Jug Band - Beale Street Mess Around
Will Weldon - Turpentine Blues
Vol Stevens - Vol Stevens Blues

Disc 2:

Banjo Joe - My Money Never Runs Out
Lewis Black - Rock Island Blues
Walter Rhodes with 'Pet' and 'Can' - The Crowing Rooster
Lewis Black - Corn Liquor Blues
Pearl Dickson - Twelve Pound Daddy
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Minglewood Blues
Jim Jackson - I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Madison Street Rag
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Springdale Blues
Jim Jackson - My Monday Woman Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Snitchin’ Gambler Blues
Frank Stokes - Bedtime Blues
Jim Jackson - My Mobile Central Blues
Memphis Stompers - Memphis Stomp
Lemmuel Turner - Jake Bottle Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Coal Oil Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Peaches In The Springtime
‘Mooch’ Richardson - Mooch Richardson’s Low Down Barrel House Blues
Jim Jackson - Bootlegging Blues
Jim Jackson - Policy Blues
Arthur Petties - Two Time Blues
McLaughlin's Old Time Melody Makers - Dill Pickles Rag
Keghouse - Keghouse Blues
Tom Dickson - Labor Blues

Disc 3:

‘Mooch’ Richardson - Helena Blues
Tom Dickson - Happy Blues
‘Mooch’ Richardson - Burying Ground Blues
Original Washboard Band - Jasper Taylor Blues
Frank Stokes - Mistreatin’ Blues
Frank Stokes - It Won’t Be Long Now
Frank Stokes - Nehi Mamma Blues
Frank Stokes - I Got Mine
Jim Jackson - This Morning She Was Gone
Furry Lewis - I Will Turn Your Money Green
Furry Lewis - Furry’s Blues
Frank Stokes - Stomp That Thing
Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones Pt 1
Furry Lewis - Cannon Ball Blues
Furry Lewis - Judge Harsh Blues
Jim Jackson - I’m Gonna Move To Louisiana
Frank Stokes - ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
Frank Stokes - Take Me Back
Charlie Kyle - Kyle’s Worried Blues
Charlie Kyle - Walking Blues
Jim Jackson - Traveling Man
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Pig Ankle Strut
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Ripley Blues
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Hollywood Rag

Disc 4:

Jim Jackson - Bye, Bye, Policeman
Robert Wilkins - Rolling Stone
Robert Wilkins - Jail House Blues
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Feather Bed
Memphis Jug Band - Lindberg Hop
Memphis Jug Band - Sugar Pudding
Memphis Jug Band - A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake
Memphis Jug Band - On The Road Again
Memphis Jug Band - Whitewash Station Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Stealin' Stealin'
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Riley’s Wagon
Will Shade - Better Leave That Stuff Alone
Will Shade - She Stabbed Me With An Ice-Pick
Keg House - Canned Heat Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern - Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Workhouse Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues
Cannon and Woods - Fourth And Beale
Cannon and Woods - Last Chance Blues
Memphis Jug Band - What’s The Matter?
Furry Lewis - John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) Part 1
Furry Lewis - Black Gypsy Blues
Speckled Red (Rufus Perryman) - The Dirty Dozen

Disc 5:

Frank Stokes - South Memphis Blues
Minnie Wallace - Dirty Butter
Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It
Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues Pt 1
Jed Davenport - Cow Cow Blues
Jenny Pope - Whiskey Drinkin’ Blues
Robert Wilkins - Alabama Blues
Robert Wilkins - Long Train Blues
Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
Jim Jackson, Tampa Red, Georgia Tom, Speckled Red - Jim Jackson’s Jamboree Pt 1
Hattie Hart - You Wouldn’t, Would You, Papa?
Frank Stokes - Right Now Blues
John Estes - Diving Duck Blues
Douglas Williams Orchestra - Undertaker Blues
John Estes and James Rachel - Little Sarah
John Estes - Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too
Memphis Jug Band - I Can Beat You Plenty (That Hand You Tried To Deal Me)
Blind Clyde Church - Number Nine Blues
Frank Stokes - I’m Going Away Blues
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes’ Dream
Frank Stokes - Memphis Rounders Blues
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Going To Germany
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Last Chance Blues
Cannon’s Jug Stompers - Walk Right In
Memphis Sanctified Singers - He Got Better Things For You

Disc 6:

Mel Parker with Douglas Williams Orchestra - Leaving Blues
Douglas Williams Orchestra - The Beale Street Sheik
Douglas Williams Orchestra - Thrill Me
Noah Lewis - Chickasaw Special
Cannon's Jug Stompers - The Rooster’s Crowing Blues
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Jonestown Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Yo Yo Blues
Memphis Jug Band - K. C. Moan
Memphis Jug Band - I Whipped My Woman With A Single Tree
Brother Williams' Memphis Sanctified Singers - I Will Meet You At The Station
Jed Davenport & his Beale Street Jug Band - Beale Street Breakdown
Jed Davenport & his Beale Street Jug Band - Jug Blues
Memphis Minnie - I’m Gonna Bake My Biscuits
Memphis Minnie - Mister Tango Blues
Jed Davenport & his Beale Street Jug Band - You Ought To Move Out Of Town
Jed Davenport & his Beale Street Jug Band - Save Me Some
Joe Calicott - Fare Thee Well Blues
Joe Calicott - Traveling Mama Blues
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - What Fault You Find Of Me? Part 1
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - Can I Do It For You ? Part 1
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - She Wouldn’t Give Me None
Robert Wilkins - I'll Go With Her Blues
Robert Wilkins - Nashville Stonewall Blues
Jennie Pope - Tennessee Workhouse Blues
'Bozo' Nickerson - What’s The Matter Now? Part 1

Disc 7:

Jenny Pope - Rent Man Blues
Jim Thompkins - Bedside Blues
Jim Jackson - Hesitation Blues
Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee
Memphis Minnie - I’m Talking About You
Mattie Delaney - Down The Big Road Blues
Mattie Delaney - Tallahatchie River Blues
Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues
Madelyn James - Stinging Snake Blues
Madelyn James - Long Time Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Everybody’s Talking About Sadie Green
John Estes - Milk Cow Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Oh Ambulance Man
Memphis Jug Band - Cocaine Habit Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Cave Man Blues
Memphis Jug Band - It Won’t Act Right
Memphis Jug Band - Jim Strainer Blues
Memphis Jug Band - 4th Street Mess Around
John Estes - What'cha Doin'?
Minnie McCoy & Joe Johnson - I’m Going Back Home
Memphis Jug Band - Bumble Bee Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Meningitis Blues
White and Hairiston - The New Frisco Train
Washington White - I Am In The Heavenly Way
McCoy and Johnson - I Never Told A Lie

Disc 8:

McCoy and Johnson - Don’t Want No Woman (T'Have T'Give My Money To)
Minnie McCoy & Joe Johnson - Georgia Skin
Memphis Jug Band - Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Stonewall Blues
John Estes - Stack O' Dollars
John Estes & James Rachel - Sweet Mama
Kaiser Clifton - Cash Money Blues
Kaiser Clifton - She’ll Be Back Someday
Carolina Peanut Boys - Spider’s Nest Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Papa’s Got Your Bath Water On
Charley Nickerson - Going Back To Memphis
Fleming and Townsend - I’m Blue And Lonesome
Fleming and Townsend - She’s Just That Kind
Jimmie Lunceford & his Chickasaw Syncopators - In Dat Mornin'
Beale Street Rounders - I’m Sittin’ On Top Of The World
Beale Street Rounders - Talking ‘Bout Yo Yo
Memphis Minnie - North Memphis Blues
Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jailhouse Now
Gus Cannon with Jug Stompers - Wolf River Blues
Cannon Jug Stompers - Bring It With You When You Come
Noah Lewis's Jug Band - Like I Want To Be
Noah Lewis's Jug Band - Ticket Agent Blues
Noah Lewis's Jug Band - New Minglewood Blues
Memphis Sheiks - Round And Round
Carolina Peanut Boys - This Will Bring You Back
Carolina Peanut Boys - Move That Thing

Disc 9:

Noah Lewis's Jug Band - Bad Luck’s My Buddy
Carolina Peanut Boys - Selling The Jelly
Memphis Minnie - Tricks Ain’t Walkin No More
Picaninny Jug Band - Bottle It Up And Go
Burse and Stephen - Tappin' That Thing
Jack Kelly & South Memphis Jug Band - Highway No. 61 Blues
South Memphis Jug Band - Policy Rag
Will Batts - Country Woman
Will Batts - Cadillac Baby
South Memphis Jug Band - Doctor Medicine
Ramblin Red Lowery - Ramblin' Red's Memphis Yodel No. 1
Poor Jim with Dan Jackson - Sugar Farm Blues
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe - You Got To Move (You Ain't Got To Move) Pt 1
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe - Give It To Me In My Hand
Allen Shaw - Moanin' The Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Tear It Down, Bed Slats And All
Charlie Burse with Memphis Jug Band - Bottle It Up And Go
Charlie Burse with Memphis Jug Band - Insane Crazy Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Shakedown
Gospel Minnie - Let Me Ride
Sleepy John Estes - Down South Blues
Sleepy John Estes - Stop That Thing
Minnie Wallace & her Night Hawks - The Cockeyed World
Minnie Wallace & her Night Hawks - Let's All Do That Thing
Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady
Memphis Minnie - Black Cat Blues

Disc 10:

Memphis Minnie - You Can’t Rule Me
Memphis Minnie - Down In The Alley
Bukka White - Shake 'Em On Down
Sleepy John Estes - Brownsville Blues
Sleepy John Estes - Easin' Back To Tennessee
Memphis Minnie - Good Biscuits
Little Son Joe - Diggin' My Potatoes
Little Son Joe - Key To The World
Memphis Minnie - Call The Fire Wagon
Little Buddy Doyle - Grief Will Kill You
Little Buddy Doyle - Hard Scufflin’ Blues
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Beale Street Holiday
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Goldie May
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - What’s The matter With The Well?
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Good Potatoes On The Hill
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Dawn Of Day Blues
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Scared To Death
Swift Jewel Cowboys - Fan It
Swift Jewel Cowboys - Memphis Blues
James DeBerry & his Memphis Playboys - You Played A Trick On Me
James DeBerry & his Memphis Playboys - Oh, Liza!
James DeBerry & his Memphis Playboys - Single Man Blues
James DeBerry & his Memphis Playboys - Spider Bite Blues
James DeBerry & his Memphis Playboys - Nummy Nimmy Not
James DeBerry & his Memphis Playboys - You Can Go
James DeBerry & his Memphis Playboys - Insane Jealous Blues
James DeBerry & his Memphis Playboys - Zugity Zugity Zomp
Gene Steele - Here's Your Opportunity

Disc 11:

Gene Steele - Just A Little Of The Blues
Jack Kelly - You Done Done It
Jack Kelly - Diamond Buyer Blues
Jack Kelly - High Behind Blues
Little Buddy Doyle - Sweet Man Blues
Jack Kelly - World Wandering Blues
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - You Better Watch Out
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Too Much Beef
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Brand New Day Blues
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Magic Spell Blues
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Ain’t Gonna Be No Doggone Afterwhile
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - It Makes No Difference Now
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Memphis Highway Stomp
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - It’s Against The Rule
Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues
Bukka White - Bukka’s Jitterbug Swing
Bukka White - Special Streamline
Peter Chatman & his Washboard Band - Last Pair Of Shoes Blues
Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman
Memphis Slim - Grinder Man Blues
Memphis Slim - The Shelby County Blues
Yank Rachell - Biscuit Baking Woman
Yank Rachell - Hobo Blues
Memphis Minnie - In My Girlish Days
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur Blues
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
The Delta Boys - Don't You Want To Know
Yank Rachell - Tappin' That Thing

Disc 12:

James (Beale Street) Clark - Get Ready To Meet Your Man
Memphis Minnie - Killer Diller
Memphis Minnie - Fish Man Blues
James (Beale Street) Clark - Come To Me Baby (What Evil Have I Done)
Memphis Slim - Rockin' The House
Al Jackson Band - Long About Three
B.B. King - Miss Martha King
Tuff Green Orchestra - Let's Go To The Liquor Store
Tuff Green Orchestra - I Love My Baby
B.B. King - Got The Blues
Tuff Green Orchestra - She Ain't No Good
Joe Hill Louis - A Jumpin' And A Shufflin'
Joe Hill Louis - Don't Trust Your Best Friend
Rufus Thomas - I'm So Worried
Memphis Eddie - Highway 61
Lost John Hunter - Cool Down Mamma
Lost John Hunter - Y M & V Blues
Joe Hill Louis - Gotta Let You Go
Mr. Swing with Bobby Plater's Orchestra - Beer Bottle Boogie
B.B. King - B. B. Boogie
B.B. King - The Other Night Blues
Joe Hill Louis - I Feel Like A Million
Joe Hill Louis - Boogie In The Park
Tippo Lite's All Stars - Dark Skin Woman Blues
Tippo Lite's All Stars - Jumping This Morning
B.B. King - Don’t You Want A Man Like Me
B.B. King - B. B. Blues
B.B. King - Fine Looking Woman

Disc 13:

Roscoe Gordon - Roscoe's Boogie
Mumbles - Little Boy Blue
Joe Hill Louis - Walkin’ Talkin’ Blues
Joe Hill Louis - Goin’ Down Slow
Jackie Brenston - Rocket “88”
Ike Turner - Heartbroken And Worried
Jackie Brenston - Independent Woman
Roscoe Gordon - Saddled The Cow
Joe Hill Louis - Big Legged Woman
Joe Hill Louis - Eyesight To The Blind
B.B. King - She’s Dynamite
Lou Sargent Orchestra - She Really Treats Me Wrong
Rufus Thomas - Night Workin' Blues
Rufus Thomas - Crazy About You Baby
Phinus Newborn - Tennessee Bounce
B.B. King - She’s A Mean Woman
Dick Cole with Phinus Newborn Orchestra - Fine As Wine
Mumbles - Black Gal
Mumbles - Jumpin' Blues
Willie Nix - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Harmonica Frank - Goin Away Walkin
Harmonica Frank - She's Done Moved
Jackie Brenston - Juiced
Roscoe Gordon - Dime A Dozen
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin’ At Midnight
Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
Jackie Brenston - Tuckered Out

Disc 14:

Rosco Gordon - Booted
B.B. King - 3 o’clock blues
Howlin' Wolf - Morning At Midnight
Howlin' Wolf - Riding In The Moonlight
Howlin' Wolf - Crying At Daybreak
Howlin' Wolf - My Baby Stole Off
Roscoe Gordon - Booted
Billy Love - You’re Gonna Cry
Doctor Ross - Country Clown
Robert Bland - Dry Up Baby
Robert Bland with Roscoe Gordon and Orchestra - Crying
Roscoe Gordon - Two Kinds Of Women
Howlin' Wolf - The Wolf Is At Your Door
Howlin' Wolf - Worried All The Time
Johnny London - Drivin' Slow
Howlin' Wolf - Mr. Highway Man
B.B. King - My Own Fault, Darlin’
B.B. King - Some Day, Somewhere
Little Junior Parker & the Blue Flames - Bad Women, Bad Whiskey
Bill Harvey Orchestra with Bonita Cole - Walk Right In
Bill Harvey Orchestra with Bonita Cole - I Hear You Knockin'
Joe Hill Louis - Chocolate Blonde
Roscoe Gordon - No More Doggin'
Ike Turner - Trouble And Heartaches
Roscoe Gordon - New Orleans Wimmen
Roscoe Gordon - What You Got On Your Mind
Earl Forest - Trouble And Me
Earl Forest - I Wronged A Woman

Disc 15:

Earl Forest with the Beale Streeters - Rock The Bottle
Earl Forest with the Beale Streeters - Whoopin’ And Hollerin’
Robert Bland - Drifting From Town To Town
Johnny Ace - Mid Night Hours Journey
B.B. King - You Know I Love You
B.B. King - Boogie Woogie Woman
Joe Hill Louis - When I Am Gone (She Treats Me Mean And Evil)
Howlin' Wolf - Saddle My Pony (Gonna Find My Baby Out In The World Somewhere)
Bonnie & Ike Turner - Looking For My Baby
Rosco Gordon - Hey Fat Girl
Rosco Gordon - T Model Boogie
Rufus Thomas - Decorate The Counter
Mary Sue (Bonnie Turner) - Love Is A Gamble
Willie Nix - Truckin' Little Woman
Ford Nelson Quintet vocal: Frank Brown - Little Annie
Ford Nelson Quintet - Still Feeling Sad
Woodrow Adams & 3 B's - Pretty Baby Blues
Billy Love - Poor Man
Johnny Ace - My Song
Joe Hill Louis - Dorothy Mae
Rosco Gordon with the Beale Streeters - Too Many Women
Johnny Ace - Angel
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - I.O.U. Blues
Rosco Gordon Orchestra - Ain't No Use
Rosco Gordon Orchestra - Three Cent Love
Roscoe Gordon - Dream Baby
Roscoe Gordon - Lucille (Looking For My Baby)

Disc 16:

Walter Horton - Little Walter's Boogie (tk3)
Walter Horton - West Winds Are Blowing (tk 1)
Howlin' Wolf - Oh! Red
Willie Nix (The Memphis Blues Boy) - Seems Like A Million Years
Willie Nix (The Memphis Blues Boy) - Baker Shop Boogie
Walter 'Tang' Smith - Every Monday Morning
Joe Hill Louis - We All Gotta Go Sometime
Johnny Ace - Burley Cutie
Bobby Bland - No Blow No Show
Roscoe Gordon - Just In From Texas
Roscoe Gordon - We're All Loaded
Leslie Louis - Don’t Do It Again
George Lawson Orchestra - Blue Memphis
George Lawson Orchestra - Honkin' The Blues
Johnny Lewis - She’s Taking All My Money
Johnny Lewis - Jealous Man
Handy Jackson / Gay Garth - Got My Application Baby
Handy Jackson / Gay Garth - Trouble (Will Bring You Down)
Howlin' Wolf - I Love My Baby
Bonita Cole with Bill Fort Orch - Life Is Like That
Bill Fort Orchestra - Gatemouth’s Ghost
Jimmy & Walter - Easy
Jimmy & Walter - Before Long
Chicago Sunny Boy - Western Union Man
Chicago Sunny Boy - On The Floor
Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat
Big Memphis Ma Rainey with Onzie Horne Combo - Call Me Anything, But Call Me

Disc 17:

Big Memphis Ma Rainey with Onzie Horne Combo - Baby, No No!
D.A. Hunt - Greyhound Blues
Jimmy DeBerry - Take A Little Chance
Jimmy DeBerry - Time Has Made A Change
The Four Cruisers - Beale St. Shuffle
Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin’ Good
Little Junior's Blue Flames - Fussin’ And Fightin’ Blues
Rufus Thomas - Save That Money
Little Milton - Beggin’ My Baby
Little Junior's Blue Flames - Love My Baby
Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train
Doctor Ross - Come Back Baby
Memphis Minnie & her Combo - Kissing In The Dark
Memphis Minnie & her Combo - World Of Trouble
Moohah - All Shook Out
Don Hines with Ben Branch Band - Going Crazy
James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby
Joe Hill Louis - Hydramatic Woman
Hot Shot Love - Harmonica Jam
Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - No Teasing Around
Little Milton - If You Love Me (Baby)
Little Milton - Lookin’ For My Baby
Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - The Woodchuck
Raymond Hill - The Snuggle
Billy Love - Hart’s Bread Boogie
James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
Harmonica Frank - Rockin Chair Daddy
Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill - That’s All Right
Doctor Ross - The Boogie Disease

Disc 18:

Malcolm Yelvington - Drinkin Wine Spodee O Dee
Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - When It Rains It Pours
Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill - Milkcow Blues Boogie
Woodrow Adams - Baby You Just Don't Know
Les Vendor (Joe Hill Louis) - Goin’ Away Blues
Les Vendor (Joe Hill Louis) - Just Plain Tired
Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo - I Feel So Worried
Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Red Hot
Rosco Gordon - Just Love Me Baby
Eddie Snow - Bring Your Love Back Home
Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill - Mystery Train
Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Something For Nothing
Walter Miller with the Saxons - My Last Mile
Minnie Thomas with Slim Waters Lagoons - What Can The Matter Be?
Rufus Thomas with the Bearcats - The Easy Livin' Plan
Rufus Thomas with the Bearcats - I'm Steady Holding On
Rosco Gordon - The Chicken (Dance With You)
Carl Perkins - Boppin' The Blues
Sonny Burgess - Red Headed Woman
Rosco Gordon - Shoobie Oobie
Little Milton with Playmates of Rhythm - Love At First Sight
Little Milton with Playmates of Rhythm - Ooh! My Little Baby
Levi Seabury & his Band - Motherless Child Blues
Milliard Lee Orchestra - Waughely’s Boogie
Carl Perkins - Matchbox
Rosetta Perry with Milliard Lee Orchestra - Farewell Blues
Chester Guydon - You Gotta Help Me Some
Joe Hall with Tuff Green Orch. - Coming Home Pt. 1

Disc 19:

Little Joe - Glamour Girl
June Nance - What A Fool I Can Be
Rosco Gordon - Sally Jo
Wilbur Steinburg - Mop Bop Boogie
Willie Mitchell Orchestra vocal: Billy Taylor - Wasting My Time
Willie Cobbs - You Don't Love Me
Woodrow Adams - Sad And Blue
Lightnin' Leon - Repossession Blues
Billy Garner - Little School Girl
Eddie Boyd - It's Too Bad
Billy Yates - Blues Like Midnight
Cleanhead Cootsie - Big Legs
Don Hines - I’m So Glad
Don Hines - Stormy Monday Blues
Booker T and the Mgs - Green Onions
Frank Frost - Jelly Roll King
Frank Frost - Crawlback
Willie Cobbs - Five Long Years
Willie Cobbs - Too Sad
Rufus Thomas - Fine And Mellow
Willie Cobbs - Lonely Boy (I Need A Woman)
Willie Cobbs - Big Boss Man
Donald Hines - You Had To Pay
Big John - Astronote Blues
Calvin Newborn - West Memphis Blues
Willie Sanders and The Binghampton Blues Boys - Cross Cut Saw
Big Lucky and The Millionaires Band - My Sweetheart Is Like A Gypsy
Big Lucky Carter with Prince Gabe and The Millionaires - Hurricane Blues
Earl Forest - Now It’s Alright
Mills Allen - Here It Is (Instr)

Disc 20:

Billy Adams - Rock Me Baby
The Jesters - My Babe
Reco Collins - Never Let Me Go
Willie Wilkes - You Don't Know How It Feels To Have The Blues
Big Amos - He Won’t Bite Me Twice
Clyde Hopkins - Fatten Pin
Albert King - Laundromat Blues
Albert King - Overall Junction
Junior Parker - Man Or Mouse
Junior Parker - Just Like A Fish
Albert King - Crosscut Saw
Junior Parker - You Can Make It If You Try
Junior Parker - Country Girl
Big Amos - I’m Gone
Bobby Bland - A Touch Of The Blues
Claude Johnson - I Am Blue And Lonesome
Claude Johnson - Sitting Here Thinking
Rufus Thomas - Steady Holding On
The Three Tuffs - What A Dream
The Three Tuffs - A Man's A Fool
Junior Kimbell (Kimbrough) - You Can’t Leave Me
Big Lucky Carter - Miss Betty Green
Big Lucky Carter - Goofer Dust
Big Lucky Carter - I’ve Been Hurt
Cliff Jackson & Jellean Delk with the Naturals - Frank This Is It
Cliff Jackson & the Naturals - Nine Below Zero
Ike & Tina Turner - Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Ike & Tina Turner - Mean Old World
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Blues

Run Time: 1520 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 12/15/23

UPC: 4000127175151

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