Roots
1928-1932


VOL. 7:
1928-29

cover: Jimmie Rodgers
VOL. 8:
1929

cover: Charley Patton
VOL. 9:
1929-30

cover: Barbecue Bob
1. Jimmie Rodgers - I'm Lonely and Blue
2. Tommy Johnson - Maggie Campbell Blues
3. Leroy Carr - How Long, How Long Blues
4. Lonnie Johnson - Sweet Potato Blues
5. Tampa Red - It's Tight Like That
6. The Carter Family - Grave on the Green 
        Hillside
7. Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting for a Train
8. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues
9. Charley Patton - Pony Blues
10. Bo Carter - Pussy Cat Blues
11. Blind Blake - Diddie Wa Diddie
12. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - 
        Mahogany Hall Stomp
13. Victoria Spivey - Dirty T. B. Blues
14. Charley Patton - Screamin' and Hollerin'
        the Blues
15. Charley Patton - Magnolia Blues
16. The Carter Family - Motherless Children
17. The Carolina Tar Heels - Peg and Awi
18. Jimmie Rodgers - Frankie and Johnny
1. Charley Patton - A Spoonful Blues
2. Tampa Red - The Duck Yas Yas Yas
3. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - St. 
        Louis Blues
4. Jimmie Rodgers - Train Whistle Blues
5. Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - Bumble 
        Bee
6. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Pneumonia Blues
7. Charley Patton - Down the Dirty Road
        Blues
8. Charley Patton - Hammer Blues
9. Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozens
10. Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You
        When You're Down and Out
11. Jimmie Rodgers - Jimmie's Texas Blues
12. The Carter Family - Wabash Cannonball
13. Blind Willie Johnson - You're Gonna
        Need Somebody on Your Bond
14. Charley Patton - Jesus Is a Dying Bed
        Maker
15. Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp
16. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - Ain't
        Misbehavin'
17. Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 6
18. Charley Patton - When Your Way Gets
        Dark
1. Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere
        Pt. 1
2. Barbecue Bob - We Sure Got Hard Times
3. Jimmie Rodgers - My Rough and Rowdy 
        Ways
4. Jules Verne Allen - The Dying Cowboy
5. Charley Patton - Green River Blues
6. Blind Blake - Police Dog Blues
7. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - 
        Knockin' a Jug
8. Leroy Carr - Prison Bound Blues
9. Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light
        Shine on Me
10. The Carter Family - I'm Thinking Tonight 
        of My Blue Eyes
11. Jimmie Rodgers - Hobo Bill's Last Ride
12. Charley Patton - Shake It and Break It
13. Son House - Preachin' the Blues Pt. 1
14. Willie Brown - M & O Blues
15. Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues
16. Lizzie Miles - My Man O' War
17. Son House - My Black Mama Pt. 1

 
VOL. 10:
1930-31

cover: Son House
VOL. 11:
1931

cover: Skip James
VOL. 12:
1931-32

cover: Blind Willie McTell
1. The Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting on Top of
        the World
2. Son House - Walkin' Blues
3. Jimmie Rodgers - Pistol Packin' Papa
4. The Carter Family - Lonesome Valley
5. The Floyd County Ramblers - Aunt Dinah's
        Quilting Party
6. Big Bill Broonzy - I Can't Be Satisfied
7. Lonnie Johnson - She's Making Whoopee
        in Hell Tonight
8. Blind Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag
9. Rev. Robert Wilkins - That's No Way to
        Get Along
10. Willie Brown - Future Blues
11. Barbecue Bob - She's Coming Back Some 
        Cold Rainy Day
12. Blind Willie Johnson - John the Revelator
13. Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule
        Skinner Blues)
14. The Carter Family - Worried Man Blues
15. Bo Carter - Banana in Your Fruit Basket
16. Son House - Dry Spell Blues Pt. 1
17. Skip James - Devil Got My Woman
18. Blind Willie McTell - Stomp Down Rider
1. Skip James - I'm So Glad
2. Jimmie Rodgers - T. B. Blues
3. The Carter Family - Lonesome for You
4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - It Don't
        Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That
        Swing)
5. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra -
        Stardust
6. Tampa Red - You Can't Get That Stuff No 
        More
7. Skip James - Hard Luck Child
8. Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
9. Blind Willie McTell - Georgia Rag
10. The Carter Family - Jimmie Rodgers Visits
        the Carter Family
11. Jimmie Rodgers - Travellin' Blues
12. The Carter Family - 'Mid the Green Fields 
        of Virginia
13. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Mood 
        Indigo
14. Tampa Red - Things 'Bout Coming My 
        Way
15. Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine 
        Blues
16. Skip James - Jesus Is a Mighty Good
        Leader
17. Skip James - 22-20 Blues
18. Jimmie Rodgers - Jimmie the Kid
1. Jimmie Rodgers - Gambling Polka Dot Blues
2. Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
3. Leroy Carr - Mean Mistreater Mama
4. Big Bill Broonzy - Bull Cow Blues
5. Blind Willie McTell - It's Your Time to 
        Worry
6. The Carter Family - Picture on the Wall
7. Jimmie Rodgers - Hobo's Meditation
8. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - I Hate 
        to Leave You Now
9. Lonnie Johnson - I'm Nuts About That Gal
10. Tampa Red - Western Bound Blues
11. Leroy Carr - Midnight Hours Blues
12. Blind Willie McTell - Savannah Mama
13. The Kentucky Ramblers - Ginseng Blues
14. Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies - 
        Brownie's Stomp
15. The Carter Family - Where We'll Never 
        Grow Old
16. Lonnie Johnson - Racketeer's Blues
17. Big Bill Broonzy - Worrying You Off My 
        Mind
18. Jimmie Rodgers - Peach Pickin' Time Down 
        in Georgia


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