Various Artists | Rural Blues: Essential Collection | 2CD 1400

Two-disc blues compilation released on June 30, 2008 by West End/Avid Records. With over 50 tracks spanning 154 minutes, it features seminal acoustic and early electric blues performances by legends like Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Skip James, and many more—making it a definitive primer on rural blues traditions.

TRACKLIST:

DISC 1

1. Robert Johnson – Crossroads Blues

2. Charley Patton – Mississippi Boweavil Blues

3. Blind Lemon Jefferson – Match Box Blues

4. Lead Belly – Good Morning Blues

5. Blind Willie McTell – Statesboro' Blues

6. Lonnie Johnson – Careless Love Blues

7. Blind Boy Fuller – Homesick and Lonesome Blues

8. Blind Willie Johnson – Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

9. Henry Thomas – Bull Doze Blues

10. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee – Sportin' Life

11. Lightnin' Hopkins – So Long

12. Blind Arthur Blake – Diddie Wa Diddie

13. Furry Lewis – Judge Harsh Blues

14. Rev. Gary Davis – I Belong to the Band

15. Big Joe Williams – Baby, Please Don't Go

16. Barbecue Bob – Motherless Child Blues

17. Josh White – Lazy Black Snake Blues

18. Gus Cannon – Going to Germany

19. Washboard Sam – I'm a Prowling Groundhog

20. Big Bill Broonzy – I Can't Make You Satisfied

21. Mississippi John Hurt – Candy Man Blues

22. Sonny Boy Williamson – Good Morning, School Girl

23. Robert Wilkins – That's No Way to Get Along

24. Roosevelt Graves – I'll Be Rested

25. Son House – Walking Blues
    DISC 2

1. Skip James – I'm So Glad

2. Tampa Red – Kingfish Blues

3. Bukka White – Aberdeen Mississippi Blues

4. Sleepy John Estes – Divin' Duck Blues

5. Jack Kelly – Cold Iron Bed

6. Scrapper Blackwell – Midnight Hour Blues

7. Forest City Joe – Special Delivery Man

8. Blind Willie Reynolds – Married Man Blues

9. Bo Carter – Sorry Feeling Blues

10. Bumble Bee Slim – Dead & Gone Mother

11. Kokomo Arnold – The Twelves (Dirty Dozen)

12. Scrapper Blackwell – Down South Blues

13. Frank Stokes – 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do Part 2

14. Muddy Waters – Country Blues

15. Peetie Wheatstraw – Good Whiskey Blues

16. Ramblin Thomas – Lock and Key Blues

17. Joe Callicott – Travellin Mama Blues

18. Texas Alexander – No More Woman Blues

19. Willie Walker – Dupree Blues

20. Tommy Johnson – Cool Drink of Water Blues

21. Robert Lockwood – Little Boy Blue

22. Ishman Bracey – Left Alone Blues

23. Peg Leg Howell – Broke and Hungry Blues

24. Jesse James – Ramrod

25. Memphis Jug Band – Kansas City Blues