Roots 'n Blues: The Retrospective 1925–1950
Roots 'N Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 är en box med fyra CD-skivor som släpptes på Columbia Records i juni 1992. Samlingen innehåller cirka fem timmars tidig blues- , folk- / country- och gospelinspelningar från en mängd olika amerikanska artister. Många av dessa inspelningar hade aldrig tidigare givits ut i något medium. Linernoterna skrevs av Lawrence Cohn och Pete Welding .
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Skiva ett
- Charlie Poole med North Carolina Ramblers - "Whitehouse Blues" (3:25) (inspelad 20 september 1926 i New York City , New York )
- Aiken Country String Band - "High Sheriff" (2:53) (inspelad 19 september 1927, i Winston-Salem , North Carolina)
- Frank Hutchison - "The Last Scene of the Titanic" (3:30) (inspelad 29 april 1927 i St. Louis , Missouri )
- Hersal Thomas - "Suitcase Blues" (2:36) (inspelad ca 22 februari 1925 i Chicago , Illinois )
- The Reverend JM Gates - "Death's Black Train is Coming" (3:11) (inspelad 24 april 1926 i Atlanta , Georgia )
- Dora Carr - "Cow Cow Blues" (2:50) (inspelad 1 oktober 1925, i New York City, New York)
- Vances Tennessee Breakdowners - "Washington County Fox Chase" (2:57) (inspelad 22 september 1927, i Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
- Fiddlin' John Carson - "I'm Going to Take the Train to Charlotte" (3:05) (inspelad 10 augusti 1928 i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Ernest V. Stoneman 's Trio - Untitled (3:01) (inspelad 1 januari 1927 i New York City, New York)
- Whistler and His Jug Band - "Low Down Blues" (2:56) (inspelad 29 april 1927 i St. Louis, Missouri)
- Washington Phillips - " Paul och Silas i fängelse " (2:42) (inspelad 2 december 1927, i Dallas , Texas )
- Barbecue Bob - "Blind Pig Blues" (3:02) (inspelad 13 april 1928 i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Austin och Lee Allen - "Chattanooga Blues" (3:04) (inspelad 4 november 1927, i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Sherman Tedder - Untitled (2:57) (inspelad 25 februari 1928, i Memphis , Tennessee )
- Dallas String Band med Coley Jones - "Hokum Blues" (3:25) (inspelad 8 december 1928, i Dallas, Texas)
- Gladys Bentley - "Worried Blues" (2:45) (inspelad 8 augusti 1928, i New York City, New York)
- Elizabeth Johnson - "Empty Bed Blues, Part One" (3:02) (inspelad 26 juni 1928 i New York City, New York)
- Elizabeth Johnson - "Empty Bed Blues, Part Two" (3:22) (inspelad 26 juni 1928 i New York City, New York)
- South Georgia Highballers - "Blue Grass Twist" (2:48) (inspelad 5 oktober 1927, i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Charlie Bowman and His Brothers - "Moonshiner and His Money" (3:10) (inspelad 20 februari 1929 i New York City, New York)
- Clarence Horton Greene - "Johnson City Blues" (2:57) (inspelad 15 oktober 1928, i Johnson City , Tennessee)
- Pastor Johnny Blakey, assisterad av Sanctified Singers - "Warming By The Devil's Fire" (3:25) (inspelad 6 december 1928 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - " (Honey) It's Tight Like That " (2:36) (inspelad 11 december 1928 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Mississippi John Hurt - "Big Leg Blues" (2:51) (inspelad 21 december 1928 i New York City, New York)
- Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - "Hallelujah" (2:58) (inspelad 24 oktober 1928, i Atlanta, Georgia)
Skiva två
- Herschel Brown and His Happy Five - "Liberty" (2:54) (inspelad 19 mars 1929, i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Mamie Smith - "My Sportin' Man" (2:58) (inspelad 30 mars 1929 i New York City, New York)
- Blues Birdhead - "Mean Low Blues" (3:13) (inspelad 13 oktober 1929, i Richmond , Virginia )
- Pink Anderson och Simmie Dooley - "CC & O. Blues" (3:05) (inspelad 14 april 1928 i Atlanta, Georgia)
- The OKeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - "Ortonville" (3:11) (inspelad 18 mars 1929, i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Slim Doucet - "Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)" (3:00) (inspelad 20 mars 1929, i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Roosevelt Sykes - "Roosevelt Blues" (2:47) (inspelad 16 november 1929, i Chicago, Illinois)
- The Hokum Boys - "Gin Mill Blues" (3:27) (inspelad 16 november 1929 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Joe Falcon , ackompanjerad av Clemo och Ophy Breaux - "Osson" (2:56) (inspelad 18 april 1929, i Atlanta, Georgia)
- WT Narmour & SW Smith - "Sweet Milk and Peaches (Breakdown)" (3:11) (inspelad 25 september 1929 i New York City, New York)
- Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers, med Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - "Soldier's Joy" (2:54) (inspelad 29 oktober 1929, i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Whistlin' Alex Moore - "They May Not Be My Toes" (3:02) (inspelad 5 december 1929, i Dallas, Texas)
- Mississippi Sheiks - "The Jazz Fiddler" (3:13) (inspelad 17 februari 1930, i Shreveport , Louisiana )
- Lonnie Johnson - "I Have To Do My Time" (3:09) (inspelad 5 augusti 1930 i New York City, New York)
- Tom Darby och Jimmie Tarlton - "Lonesome Frisco Line" (3:17) (inspelad 31 oktober 1929, i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Roy Harvey och Leonard Copeland - "Back to the Blue Ridge" (2:55) (inspelad 30 juni 1930, i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Buster Carter och Preston Young - "Darn Good Girl" (2:51) (inspelad 26 juni 1931 i New York City, New York)
- Bo Carter - "West Jackson Blues" (3:17) (inspelad 10 juni 1930, i San Antonio , Texas)
- Lonnie Johnson och Clara Smith (som Violet Green) - "You Had Too Much" (3:19) (inspelad 31 oktober 1930 i New York City, New York)
- Silver Leaf Quartet - "Oh! Glory Glory" (3:13) (inspelad 20 mars 1931 i New York City, New York)
- Freeny's Barn Dance Band - "Don't You Remember the Time" (3:16) (inspelad 16 december 1930 i Jackson , Mississippi )
- Pelican Wildcats - "Walkin' Georgia Blues" (2:56) (inspelad 27 oktober 1931, i Atlanta, Georgia)
- Peetie Wheatstraw (Djävulens svärson) - "Police Station Blues" (3:03) (inspelad 15 mars 1932 i New York City, New York)
- Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - "Hallelujah Side" (3:16) (inspelad 8 mars 1932, i New York City, New York)
- Will Batts - "Highway #61 Blues" (2:42) (inspelad 3 augusti 1933 i New York City, New York)
Skiva tre
- W. Lee O'Daniel and His Light Crust Doughboys - "Doughboys Theme Song #1" (0:41) (inspelad ca april 1934 i San Antonio, Texas)
- W. Lee O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys - "Ida (Sweet as Apple Cider)" (3:09) (inspelad 21 november 1936 i San Antonio, Texas)
- W. Lee O'Daniel and His Light Crust Doughboys - "Doughboys Theme Song #2" (0:29) (inspelad ca april 1934 i San Antonio, Texas)
- Blind Willie McTell & Partner - "Bell Street Lightnin'" (2:52) (inspelad 21 september 1933 i New York City, New York)
- Charlie Patton - "Jersey Bull Blues" (3:04) (inspelad 30 januari 1934, i New York City, New York)
- Walter Roland - "Every Morning Blues" (2:44) (inspelad 2 augusti 1934 i New York City, New York)
- Blue Ridge Ramblers - "D Blues" (2:48) (inspelad 14 februari 1935 i New York City, New York)
- Breaux Freres - "La valse des yeux bleu (Blue Eyes Waltz)" (3:11) (inspelad 9 oktober 1934, i San Antonio, Texas)
- Lucille Bogan (som Bessie Jackson) - "Skin Game Blues" (2:57) (inspelad 8 mars 1935 i New York City, New York)
- Leroy Carr med Scrapper Blackwell - "Good Woman Blues" (2:57) (inspelad 14 december 1934 i New York City, New York)
- Josh White (som Pinewood Tom) - "Sissy Man" (2:49) (inspelad 18 mars 1935 i New York City, New York)
- The Rhythm Wreckers - "Blue Yodel #2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)" (2:46) (inspelad 27 mars 1937 i Los Angeles , Kalifornien )
- The Anglin Twins (Jack and Jim) - "Just Inside The Pearly Gates" (2:25) (inspelad 5 november 1937 i San Antonio, Texas)
- Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) - "Hard Rocks in My Bed" (2:40) (inspelad 6 februari 1936, i Chicago, Illinois)
- The Two Charlies - "Tired Feelin' Blues" (3:03) (inspelad 10 april 1936 i New York City, New York)
- Eldon Baker with His Brown County Revelers - "One Eyed Sam" (2:51) (inspelad 5 juni 1938 i Chicago, Illinois)
- A'nt Idy Harper med The Coon Creek Girls - "Poor Naomi Wise" (3:36) (inspelad 30 juni 1938 i Chicago, Illinois)
- (Kid) Prince Moore - "South Bound Blues" (3:01) (inspelad 10 april 1936 i New York City, New York)
- Big Bill Broonzy - "C & A Blues" (2:58) (inspelad 20 juni 1935 i Chicago, Illinois)
- George Curry - "My Last Five Dollars" (2:36) (inspelad 2 november 1938, i Chicago, Illinois)
- The Nite Owls - "Memphis Blues" (2:21) (inspelad 12 juni 1938, i Dallas, Texas)
- The Alley Boys of Abbeville - "Pourquoi tu m'aime pas" (3:46) (inspelad 30 juni 1939 i Memphis, Tennessee)
- Reverend Benny Campbell - "Have Mercy on Me" (2:32) (inspelad 8 november 1938, i Columbia , South Carolina )
- Albert Ammons - "Shout For Joy" (2:25) (inspelad 30 december 1938, i New York City, New York)
- Jack Kelly - "Flower Blues" (2:30) (inspelad 14 juli 1939, i Memphis, Tennessee)
- Cliff Carlisle (som Bob Clifford) - "Onion Eating Mama" (2:54) (inspelad 29 augusti 1934 i New York City, New York)
- Callahan Bros. - "Brown's Ferry Blues #2" (3:06) (inspelad 11 april 1935 i New York City, New York)
- Little Buddy Doyle - "Slick Capers Blues" (2:35) (inspelad 1 juli 1939, i Memphis, Tennessee)
- Bill "Jazz" Gillum (som Bill McKinley) - "Poor Boy Blues" (2:54) (inspelad 2 maj 1941 i Chicago, Illinois)
Skiva fyra
- Frank Edwards - "We Got To Get Together" (2:36) (inspelad 28 maj 1941 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Sweet Violet Boys - "You Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)" (2:49) ( inspelad 15 februari 1940, i Chicago, Illinois)
- Familjen Humbard - "I'll Fly Away" (2:49) (inspelad 17 april 1940 i Dallas, Texas)
- Tony Hollins - " Cross Cut Saw Blues " (2:48) (inspelad 3 juni 1941 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Peter Cleighton - "Black Snake Blues" (2:51) (inspelad 1 juli 1941, i Chicago, Illinois)
- Black Cats and the Kitten - "Step It Up and Go" (2:48) (inspelad 21 oktober 1940 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Bob och Randall Atcher - "Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad" (2:38) (inspelad 13 juni 1940, i Chicago, Illinois)
- Adolf Hofner and His San Antonians - "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (2:29) (inspelad 28 februari 1941, i Dallas, Texas)
- Poor Boy Burke - "Old Vets Blues" (2:53) (inspelad 21 november 1941 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Little Son Joe - "Black Rat Swing" (2:52) (inspelad 12 december 1941 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Big Maceo Merriweather - "Macy Special" (2:42) (inspelad 19 februari 1945 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Light Crust Doughboys, med JB Brinkley - "It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do" (2:47) ( inspelad 3 mars 1941 i Dallas, Texas)
- Hank Penny and His Radio Cowboys - "Army Blues" (2:36) (inspelad 29 juni 1941 i Charlotte, North Carolina)
- James (Beale Street) Clark - "Who But You" (2:38) (inspelad 24 oktober 1945, i Chicago, Illinois)
- Homer Harris - "Tomorrow May Be Too Late" (3:05) (inspelad 27 september 1946, i Chicago, Illinois)
- Muddy Waters (som McKinley Morganfield) - "Burying Ground Blues" (2:30) (inspelad 27 september 1946, i Chicago, Illinois)
- Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys - "Goodbye Old Pal" (2:23) (inspelad 13 februari 1945, i Nashville , Tennessee)
- Gene Autry - "Dixie Cannonball" (2:40) (inspelad 9 september 1946, i Hollywood , Kalifornien )
- Bill Landford and The Landfordaires - "Run On For A Long Time" (2:34) (inspelad 15 december 1949 i Memphis, Tennessee)
- Big Joe Williams - "Baby, Please Don't Go" (2:57) (inspelad 22 juli 1947 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Syster Myrtle Fields ackompanjerad av Austin McCoy Trio - "I'm Toiling" (2:43) (inspelad 7 januari 1950, i Hollywood, Kalifornien)
- Willie (Boodle It) Right - "Two By Four Blues" (2:56) (inspelad 7 oktober 1940 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Bailes Bros. - "You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)" (2:46) (inspelad 21 december 1947, plats ej listad)
- Molly O'Day and the Cumberland Mountain Folks - "Heaven's Radio" (2:49) (inspelad 20 juni 1950, i Nashville, Tennessee)
- Rosetta Howard - "Plow Hand Blues" (2:46) (inspelad 20 december 1947, i Chicago, Illinois)
- Memphis Seven - "Grunt Meat Blues" (2:47) (inspelad 4 oktober 1947 i Chicago, Illinois)
- Deep South Boys - "Until I Found The Lord" (2:25) (inspelad 20 december 1947 i Nashville, Tennessee)
- Brother Porter och Brother Cook - "I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me" (2:41) (inspelad 11 juli 1950 i New York City, New York)