Songs From The Invisible Republic / Various Songs From The Invisible Republic / Various CD

Repressing. Two CD set. When a new and original artist emerges on the scene and provides inspiration for all around him, there is often a desperate need to identify the source of such genius. In the case of Bob Dylan, as the young man in the peaked cap sang his own folk style songs, the world was transfixed. The purpose of this compilation is to celebrate the many other great artists who - it could be argued - laid the foundations for his work. Certainly the richly varied performers on this double disc set represent the best in American music. There are ballad singers, Blues men, R&B, Folk and Country artists, Jazz men and women. Among the 45 diverse tracks, we find artists ranging from Muddy Waters to Bing Crosby and from Leadbelly to Chuck Berry and Louis Armstrong.

1. Another Man Done Gone - Odetta 2. Automobile Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins 3. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters 4. Uncle John's Bongos - Johnnie ; Jack 5. Shake Your Hips - Slim Harpo 6. Daddy Loves Mommy-O - Tommy Duncan 7. Too Much Monkey Business - Chuck Berry 8. Blue Moon of Kentucky - Bill Monroe 9. Diamond Joe - Ramblin' Jack Elliott 10. Nottamun Town - Bert Jansch 11. Ribbon Bow - Karen Dalton 12. Man of Constant Sorrow - Clinch Mountain Boys / The Stanley Brothers 13. Alone and Forsaken - Hank Williams 14. That Lucky Old Son - Frankie Laine 15. People Get Ready - The Impressions / Curtis Mayfield 16. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King 17. Hard Times (Come Again No More) û The Graham Bros. 18. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) - The Ink Spots 19. The Lonesome Road - Gene Austin 20. The House of the Rising Sun - Josh White 21. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday 22. St. James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong ; His Savoy Ballroom Five 23. 1913 Massacre - Woody Guthrie 24. Tomorrow Night - Lonnie Johnson 25. It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red 26. Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) - Bing Crosby 27. In the Pines - Lead Belly 28. Highway 51 Blues - Curtis Jones 29. Stak-O-Lee - Mississippi John Hurt 30. The Pale Horse and His Rider - Audrey Williams / Hank Williams 31. Fixin' to Die Blues - Bukka White 32. Rosalla - The Son Simms Four / Muddy Waters 33. Della - Blind Willie McTell 34. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt.1 - Muddy Waters 35. Baby, Let Me Lay It on You - Rev. Gary Davis 36. James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown 37. Someday Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins 38. High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2 - Charley Patton 39. Little Queen of Spades - Robert Johnson 40. Having Myself a Time - Billie Holiday 41. You Gonna Quit Me Baby Blues - Blind Blake 42. Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt 43. Highway 61 Blues - Jack Kelly ; His South Memphis Jug Band 44. Sitting on Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks 45. Barbara Allen - Josh White