CD1 1. Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - Shortnin'/Henduck (2:52) 2. Lightning & Group - Long John (5:25) 3. Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues (3:29) 4. W.C. Handy - St. Louis Blues (3:02) 5. Bessie Smith - Muddy Water (3:08) 6. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Match Box Blues (3:01) 7. Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons & Stack-O-Lee (2:36) 8. ''Ma'' Rainey - "Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom (3:03) 9. Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground (3:21) 10. Louis Armstrong - Savoy Blues (3:27) 11. Frank Stokes - Downtown Blues (3:10) 12. Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie (3:24) 13. Henry Thomas - Fishing Blues (2:43) 14. Leroy Carr - How Long, How Long Blues (3:06) 15. Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:38) 16. Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues (2:30) 17. Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - It's Tight Like That (3:05) 18. Pine Top Smith - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (3:22) 19. Lonnie Johnson - Guitar Blues (3:15) 20. Charley Patton - Pony Blues (3:00) 21. Blind Blake - Diddie Wah Diddie (2:58) 22. Memphis Jug Band - K.C. Moan (2:32) 23. Jimmie Rodgers - Standin' on the Corner (Blue Yodel #9) (2:39) 24. Mississippi Sheiks - Sittin' on Top of the World (3:12) 25. Son House - Preachin' the Blues (3:02) CD2 1. Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (3:01) 2. Lead Belly - C.C. Rider (2:59) 3. Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go (3:24) 4. Roosevelt Sykes - Dirty Mother for You (Don't You Know) (3:00) 5. Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues (2:40) 6. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues (2:40) 7. Sonny Boy Williamson I - Good Mornin' Little School Girl (3:01) 8. Bukka White - Shake 'em on Down (3:01) 9. Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Roll 'Em, Pete (2:50) 10. Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:53) 11. Count Basie Orchestra with Jimmie Rushing - Going to Chicago Blues (3:26) 12. Big Bill Broonzy - Key to the Highway (3:01) 13. Memphis Minnie - Me and My Chauffeur Blues (2:46) 14. Big Maceo Merriweather - Worried Life Blues (2:56) 15. Tommy McClennon - Cross Cut Saw Blues (2:46) 16. Lionel Hampton Sextet with Dinah Washington - Evil Gal Blues (2:54) 17. Sisiter Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happening Everyday (2:53) 18. Joe Liggins - Honeydripper, Pt. 1 (3:05) 19. Johnny Moore's Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown - Drifting Blues (3:14) 20. Louis Jordan - Let The Good Times Roll (2:47) 21. Arthur ''Big Boy'' Crudup - That's All Right, Mama (2:55) 22. T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday (3:02) 23. Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin' Tonight (2:48) 24. Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business, part 1 (2:55) 25. The Johnny Otis Quintette with Little Esther & The Robins - Double Crossing Blues (2:46) CD3 1. Memphis Slim - Mother Earth (2:42) 2. Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone to Love (2:55) 3. Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88 (2:50) 4. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (2:45) 5. Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin' (3:09) 6. Little Walter Jacobs - Juke (2:46) 7. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (2:50) 8. Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby (3:10) 9. Guitar Slim - The Things I Used to Do (3:02) 10. Professor Longhair - In the Night (2:32) 11. Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (2:51) 12. J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:53) 13. Fats Domino - Blue Monday (2:17) 14. Ray Charles - Hard Times (2:55) 15. Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knockin' (2:44) 16. Elvis Presley - Mystery Train (2:27) 17. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Don't Start Me to Talkin' (2:34) 18. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightin' (3:08) 19. Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love (2:30) 20. Slim Harpo - I'm a King Bee (3:04) 21. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (2:42) 22. Bobby ''Blue'' Bland - Farther Up The Road (2:59) 23. Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains (3:13) 24. Buddy Guy - First Time I Met the Blues (2:18) 25. Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man (2:49) CD4 1. Freddie King - Hide Away (2:35) 2. Junior Parker - Drivin' Wheel (2:37) 3. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (2:32) 4. Albert Collins - Frosty (3:03) 5. Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (2:58) 6. Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor (2:50) 7. Son House - Death Letter Blues (4:21) 8. Mississippi Fred McDowell - You Gotta Move (3:22) 9. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisted (3:26) 10. Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (2:05) 11. Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle (3:01) 12. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton - All Your Love (3:34) 13. Paul Butterfiled Blues Band - I've Got a Mind to Give Up Livin' (4:58) 14. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Red House (3:51) 15. Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (2:46) 16. Magic Sam - Mama Talk to Your Daughter (2:43) 17. Etta James - Tell Mama (2:23) 18. The Jeff Beck Group - I Ain't Superstitious (4:53) 19. Taj Mahal - She Caught The Katy (And Left Me A Mule To Ride) (3:30) 20. Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman (2:53) 21. Janis Joplin - One Good Man (4:09) CD5 1. B.B. King - The Thrill is Gone (4:03) 2. Johnny Winter - Dallas (2:45) 3. Derek & The Dominos - Have You Ever Loved a Woman (6:54) 4. Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers - Give Me Back My Wig (3:35) 5. The Allman Brothers Band - One Way Out (4:57) 6. Z.Z. Hill - Down Home Blues (3:59) 7. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Pride and Joy (3:40) 8. The Robert Cray Band - Smoking Gun (4:00) 9. The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff (3:22) 10. John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt - I'm In The Mood (4:31) 11. Ali Farka Touré - Timbarma (4:11) 12. Keb' Mo' - Am I Wrong? (2:20) 13. Luther Allison - Cherry Red Wine (4:23) 14. Peggy Scott-Adams - Bill (4:18) 15. Susan Tedeschi - Just Won't Burn (4:46) 16. Los Lobos - Voodoo Music (3:23) 17. Bonnie Raitt - Round & Round (3:39) 18. Cassandra Wilson - Vietnam Blues (4:32) 19. Robert Cray & Shemekia Copeland - I Pity the Fool (Live) (3:40) 20. Keb' Mo' & Corey Harris - Sweet Home Chicago (2:51)