An Anthology Of 20Th Century Blues / Various An Anthology Of 20Th Century Blues / Various CD

The Acrobat catalogue contains a wealth of blues collections by artists from across the spectrum of the genre, and this fantastic-value 100-track 4-CD set comprises recordings selected from just about every artist represented in the catalogue, and offering a rich cross-section of the finest blues of the 20th century. Inevitably it draws on every strand of the blues and just about every regional variation, from country blues from the Delta, to electric blues from Chicago, post-war California blues, New Orleans blues, Piedmont blues, New York Blues and more. The genre's most influential luminaries and it's biggest stars are all here - B.B. King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Bill Bill Broonzy, Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf, Bessie Smith, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ma Rainey, and dozens more. Presented more or less in chronological order, it offers an extraordinary feast of music which provides not only a window on the development of the music of the African-American population of the USA, who provide the vast majority of the recordings here, but an anecdotal social commentary on their lives and observations which are the subject of many of the songs. It's a collection which anyone with the remotest interest in the blues will undoubtedly enjoy.

1. Alberta Hunter - Stingaree Blues 2. Ma Rainey with Her Georgia Jazz Band - See See Rider Blues 3. Papa Charlie Jackson - Shake That Thing 4. Willie Jackson - Old New Orleans Blues 5. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Gone Dead On You Blues 6. The Memphis Jug Band - Kansas City Blues 7. Victoria Spivey - Dope Head Blues 8. "Texas" Alexander - Levee Camp Moan Blues 9. Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones - Part 1 10. Charley Patton - A Spoonful Blues 11. Lonnie Johnson ; Blind Willie Dunn - Guitar Blues 12. Charlie McCoy - Last Time Blues 13. Blind Blake - Diddie Wa Diddie 14. Alfred Lewis - Mississippi Swamp Moan 15. Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean 16. Scrapper Blackwell - Hard Time Blues 17. Memphis Minnie - Crazy Crying Blues 18. Pinetop ; Lindberg - East Chicago Blues 19. Bumble Bee Slim - M ; O Blues Pt. 1 20. Tampa Red - Black Angel 21. Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues 22. Buddy Moss - Dough Rolling Papa 23. Walter Davis - Sweet Sixteen 24. Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues 25. Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go 26. Roosevelt Sykes - The Honey Dripper 27. Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago 28. Robert McCoy - Prowling Night Hawk 29. Washboard Sam - My Bucket's Got A Hole In It 30. Trixie Smith - My Daddy Rocks Me 31. Tommy McLennan - Bottle It Up And Go 32. Bukka White - Fixin' To Die 33. Sonny Terry - Blowin' The Blues 34. Lil Green - Romance In The Dark 35. Jazz Gillum - It's All Over Now 36. Big Bill Broonzy - I Feel So Good 37. Sleepy John Estes - Working Man Blues 38. Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues 39. Champion Jack Dupree - Junker Blues 40. Cecil Gant - I Wonder 41. Miss Rhapsody (Viola Wells) - Downhearted Blues 42. Josh White - Motherless Children 43. Leadbelly - Ella Speed 44. Big Joe Turner - Sk Blues Pt. 1 45. Wynonie Harris - WynonieÆs Blues 46. Louis Jordan ; His Tympani Five - Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door 47. Jay McShann - Garfield Avenue Blues 48. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's All Right 49. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Old Maid Boogie 50. Helen Humes - Be-Baba-Leba 51. T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As Bad 52. Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston - Midnight Special 53. Annie Laurie With Paul Gayten ; His Trio - Since I Fell For You 54. Jimmy McCracklin - Jimmy's Blues 55. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours 56. Hadda Brooks Trio - Out Of The Blue 57. Blind Willie McTell - Don't Forget It 58. Sunnyland Slim - Every Time I Get To Drinkin' 59. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - My Time Is Expensive 60. Goree Carter ; His Hep Cats - Rock Awhile 61. Edgar Blanchard ; The Gondoliers - Creole Gal Blues 62. Smokey Hogg - Little School Girl 63. Ivory Joe Hunter - I Almost Lost My Mind 64. Lowell Fulson - Blue Shadows 65. Elmore James - Dust My Broom 66. Mac Willis - Howling Woman 67. Griffin Brothers - Weepin' And Cryin' 68. Sonny Boy Williamson - Eyesight To The Blind 69. Floyd Dixon With Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Telephone Blues 70. Peppermint Harris With Maxwell Davis And His All-Stars - I Got Loaded 71. Little Bobby Harris - Love Love Love 72. Eddie Boyd Sings And Plays - Five Long Years 73. Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used To Do 74. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good 75. B.B. King - Every Day I Have The Blues 76. Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man 77. Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues 78. Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knockin' 79. Big Maybelle - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 80. Earl King - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights 81. Nappy Brown - Don't Be Angry 82. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning 83. Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing 84. Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Lovin' You Baby 85. Bobby Bland - Farther Up The Road 86. Huey Smith and The Clowns - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu - Part 1 87. Snooks Eaglin - This Mean Old World 88. Lightnin' Slim - Rooster Blues 89. Ramblin' Jack Elliot - Talking Blues 90. Little Walter - My Babe 91. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom 92. James Cotton - So Glad I'm Living 93. John Hammond - You Got Me Walkin' And Talkin' 94. Son House - Judgement Day 95. Canned Heat - Rollin' And Tumblin' 96. Memphis Slim - Born With The Blues 97. Lightnin' Hopkins - Easy On Your Heels 98. Mike Bloomfield - Prescription For The Blues 99. Jimmy Witherspoon ; Richard Holmes - California Blues 100. Magic Sam Aka Ron Thompson - Just Pickin'