Various Artists - Before the Blues 2 / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Bamalong Blues - Andrew and Jim Baxter 2. Run Mollie Run - Henry Thomas 3. Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins 4. Jackson Stomp - Missippi Mud Steppers 5. On Jordan's Stormy Banks We Stand - Seventh Day Adventist Choir 6. Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy 7. Forked Deer - Taylor's Kentucky Boys 8. Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hat Jones 9. Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton 10. Soft Steel Piston - Weaver & Beasley 11. Two White Horses in a Line - Evans & McClain 12. Jamestown Exhibition - Bayless Rose 13. Dupree Blues - Willie Walker 14. France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull 15. Dying Mother and Her Child - Rev. Gates & Congregation 16. John Hardy - Buell Kazee 17. Wayward Girl Blues - Lottie Kimbrough 18. Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band 19. Tom Sherman's Barroom - Dick Devall 20. Stack O'Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt 21. Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby 22. I'll Go with Her Blues - Robert Wilkins 23. Christian Soldier - Denson Quartet

Album Tracks 1. The Other Night Blues (B.B. King) - B.B. King 2. Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker) - John Lee Hooker 3. I'm a Natural Born Lover (Muddy Waters) - Muddy Waters 4. Brownskin Woman (Sunnyland Slim and Little Brother Montgomery) - Sunnyland Slim and Little Brother Montgomery 5. Big Boss Man (Jimmy Reed) - Jimmy Reed 6. My Baby (Memphis Slim) - Memphis Slim 7. Long Way from Texas (Lightnin' Hopkins) - Lightnin' Hopkins 8. Little Red Rooster (Howlin' Wolf) - Howlin' Wolf 9. Wee Wee Hours (Chuck Berry) - Chuck Berry 10. I Believe (Elmore James) - Elmore James 11. Diggin' My Potatoes (Big Bill Broonzy) - Big Bill Broonzy 12. Play on Little Girl (T-Bone Walker) - T-Bone Walker 13. Casey Jones (Mississippi John Hurt) - Mississippi John Hurt 14. I Got My Eyes on You (Buddy Guy) - Buddy Guy 15. I Got Rambling on My Mind (Otis Spann) - Otis Spann 16. Evil Woman (Champion Jack Dupree) - Champion Jack Dupree 17. That Crawlin' Baby Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson) - Blind Lemon Jefferson 18. I Can't Quit You Baby (Otis Rush) - Otis Rush 19. Someday Baby (Lowell Fulson) - Lowell Fulson 20. All Your Love (Magic Sam) - Magic Sam 21. Treat Her Right (Eddie Boyd) - Eddie Boyd 22. I Put a Spell on You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) - Screamin' Jay Hawkins 1. Ten Long Years (B.B. King) - B.B. King 2. Ground Hog Blues (John Lee Hooker) - John Lee Hooker 3. I Don't Know Why (Muddy Waters) - Muddy Waters 4. Devil Is a Busy Man (Sunnyland Slim and Little Brother Montgomery) - Sunnyland Slim and Little Brother Montgomery 5. Bright Lights, Big City (Jimmy Reed) - Jimmy Reed 6. Blues for My Baby (Memphis Slim) - Memphis Slim 7. One Kind of Favour (Lightnin' Hopkins) - Lightnin' Hopkins 8. Spoonful (Howlin' Wolf) - Howlin' Wolf 9. Today (Rufus Thomas) - Rufus Thomas 10. Please Find My Baby, Lost Woman Blues (Elmore James) - Elmore

Taken from unreleased recordings, previous Folkways releases, and early blues recordings, this two-disc set offers an introduction to the vocal styles, ornamentation, and instrumentation of this Inchhighly personal, expressive idiom.Inch Copious liner notes by Samuel B. Charters accompany the musical material. Album Tracks 1. I Can't Stand It 2. Shelby County Work House Blues 3. From Four Until Late 4. You Can Leave, Baby 5. Milk Cow Blues 6. Roberta Blues 7. Thousand Woman Blues 8. If I Get Lucky 9. Down the Highway 10. Milk Cow Blues 11. Take Your Burden to the Lord 12. New Highway 51 13. Mama T'ain't Long Fo' Day 14. Take Your Fingers Off It 15. My Wife Drove Me from My Door 16. Skin Game Blues 17. Goin' Back to Florida 18. Standing at the Crossroads 1. One Kind Favor 2. Nobody's Fault But Mine 3. Warm Up 4. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing 5. Coal Man Blues 6. Southern Can Mama 7. Airy Man Blues 8. Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues 9. New How Long How Long Blues 10. Harmonica Stomp 11. Shiney Town Blues 12. Trouble in Mind 13. Mean Old Frisco 14. Sporting Life Blues 15. Solo 16. Tippin' Round 17. Mama Don't Low It 18. Key to the Highway