VA: - Broke, Black & Blue

Disc One - UP COUNTRY BLUES

1. Ed Andrews BARREL HOUSE BLUES (Andrews) ® 1924
2. Tom Delaney GEORGIA STOCKADE BLUES (Delaney) ® 1925
3. Memphis Jug Band SUN BRIMMERS BLUES (Unknown) ® 1927
4. Big Boy Cleveland GOIN' TO LEAVE YOU BLUES (Unknown) ® 1927
5. Blind Blake DRY BONE SHUFFLE (Blake) ® 1927
6. De Ford Bailey UP COUNTRY BLUES (Bailey) ® 1927
7. Sippie Wallace DEAD DRUNK BLUES (Thomas) ® 1927
8. Long "Cleve"" Reed, Little Harvey Hull ORIGINAL STACK O'LEE BLUES (P.D.) ® 1927
9. Barbecue Bob EASY RIDER DON'T YOU DENY MY NAME (Hicks) ® 1927
10. Kid Brown BO-LITA (Brown) ® 1927
11. William and Versey Smith EVERYBODY HELP THE BOYS COME HOME (Unknown) ® 1927
12. Luke Jordan CHURCH BELLS BLUES (Jordan) ® 1927
13. Emery Glen TWO WAYS TO TEXAS (Unknown) ® 1927
14. Barbecue Bob and Laughing Charley IT WON'T BE LONG NOW (Hicks) ® 1927
15. Weaver & Beasley BOTTLENECK BLUES (Weaver, Beasley) ® 1927
16. Lewis Black ROCK ISLAND BLUES (Unknown) ® 1927
17. William (Bill) Moore MIDNIGHT BLUES (Moore) ® 1928
18. Johnnie Head FARE THEE BLUES, PT.1 (Head) ® 1928
19. Jim Jackson MY MONDAY WOMAN BLUES (Jackson) ® 1928
20. Frank Stokes WHAT'S THE MATTER BLUES (Stokes) ® 1928
21. Rosie Mae Moore SCHOOL GIRL BLUES (Unknown) ® 1928
22. Tommy Johnson COOL DRINK OF WATER BLUES (Johnson) ® 1928
23. Ishman Bracey LEFT ALONE BLUES (Bracey) ® 1928
24. ""Mooch"" Richardson T AND T BLUES (Richardson) ® 1928
25. T.C. Johnson and ""Blue Coat"" Tom Nelson T.C. JOHNSON BLUES (Johnson) ® 1928

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Disc Two - BROKE AND HUNGRY BLUES

1. Rube Lacy HAM HOUND CRAVE
2. Texas Alexander NO MORE WOMEN BLUES 3:00
3. ""New Orleans"" Willie Jackson HOW LONG - HOW LONG BLUES 2:56
4. Tarter and Gay UNKNOWN BLUES 3:02
5. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton CHICKEN WILSON BLUES 3:06
6. Mississippi JohnHurt STACK O'LEE BLUES
7. Peg Leg Howell BROKE AND HUNGRY BLUES 3:19
8. Victoria Spivey FUNNY FEATHERS 3:15
9. Will Ezell PITCHIN' BOOGIE
10. Jed Davenport MR. DEVIL BLUES 3:07
11. Kid Bailey MISSISSIPPI BOTTOM BLUES
12. James Wiggins WEARY HEART BLUES
13. Henry Townsend POOR MAN BLUES
14. Eli Framer FRAMER'S BLUES 3:03
15. Aaron ""T-Bone"" Walker TRINITY RIVER BLUES 3:10
16. Charley Taylor HEAVY SUITCASE BLUES
17. Joe Calicott TRAVELING MAMA BLUES
18. Garfield Akers JUMPIN' AND SHOUTIN' BLUES
19. Jim Thompkins BEDSIDE BLUES
20. Son House WALKING BLUES
21. Willie Brown FUTURE BLUES
22. Louise Johnson LONG WAYS FROM HOME
23. Bayless Rose FRISCO BLUES 3:05
24. Arthur Pettis GOOD BOY BLUES
25. Little Brother Montgomery NO SPECIAL RIDER BLUES

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Disc Three - GOOD WHISKEY BLUES

1. Blind Willie Reynolds MARRIED MAN BLUES
2. Willie Walker DUPREE BLUES 3:28
3. Skip James 22-20 BLUES
4. Sam Collins LONESOME ROAD BLUES
5. Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell MIDNIGHT HOUR BLUES 3:04
6. Jabo Williams FAT MAMA BLUES
7. Georgia Boyd NEVER MIND BLUES
8. Kokomo Arnold THE TWELVES (DIRTY DOZEN)
9. Big Joe Williams LITTLE LEG WOMAN
10. Bessie Jackson THAT'S WHAT MY BABY LIKES 2:58
11. Peetie Wheatstraw GOOD WHISKEY BLUES 3:06
12. Cripple Clarence Lofton STRUT THAT THING 2:55
13. Louie Lasky TEASIN' BROWN BLUES 2:43
14. Bumble Bee Slim COLD BLOODED MURDER, NO.2 3:00
15. Blind Boy Fuller BABY, YOU GOTTA CHANGE YOUR MIND 3:13
16. Walter Davis ASHES IN MY WHISKEY 2:33
17. The Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles) IT'S COLD IN CHINA BLUES
18. Jazz Gillum JOCKEY BLUES 2:47
19. George Clarke PRISONER BLUES 3:07
20. Casey Bill Weldon BACK DOOR BLUES
21. Buddy Woods DON'T SELL IT (DON'T GIVE IT AWAY) 2:30
22. Washboard Sam BOOKER T. BLUES 2:37
23. Little Buddy Doyle HARD SCUFFLIN' BLUES 2:38
24. Lonnie Johnson JERSEY BELLE BLUES 2:57
25. Tommy McLennan BABY, PLEASE DON'T TELL ON ME

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Disc Four - JUMPIN' AT THE CLUB BLUE FLAME

1. Faber Smith and Jimmy Yancey EAST ST. LOUIS BLUES 2:48
2. Bukka White BUKKA'S JITTERBUG SWING 2:36
3. Big Maceo CAN'T YOU READ
4. Memphis Slim LIFE IS LIKE THAT 2:53
5. Forest City Joe MEMORY OF SONNY BOY 2:47
6. Lee Brown HORSE SHOE BOOGIE 2:54
7. Lee Brown RUBY MOORE BLUES 2:54
8. Lee Brown LOW LAND BLUES 2:47
9. Lee Brown ROUND THE WORLD BOOGIE 2:54
10. Jimmie Gordon ROCK THAT BOOGIE 2:40
11. Jimmie Gordon FAST LIFE 2:55
12. Jimmie Gordon MISTREATED BLUES 2:30
13. Jimmie Gordon I AIN'T LIKE THAT NO MORE 2:42
14. Johnny Temple CHAIN GANG BLUES 2:48
15. Johnny Temple YUM, YUM, YUM 2:35
16. Jimmie Gordon MY BABY'S ACTING FUNNY 2:43
17. Jimmie Gordon IT'S TIME TO GO 2:41
18. Jimmie Gordon THAT WOMAN'S A PEARL DIVER 2:50
19. Jimmie Gordon JUMPIN' AT THE CLUB BLUE FLAME 2:36
20. Johnny Temple I BELIEVE I'LL GO DOWNTOWN AGAIN 2:51
21. Johnny Temple SOMETHING IN THE MOON THAT GIVES ME A THRILL 2:43
22. Johnny Temple DIXIE FLYER 2:49
23. Johnny Temple BELIEVE MY SINS HAVE FOUND ME OUT 2:43
24. Johnny Temple RHYTHM MAMA 2:44
25. Lee Brown NEW LITTLE GIRL, LITTLE GIRL 2:37

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