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Table of Contents:

• Bottleneck blues (Weaver and Beasley) (2:51)
• Untitled (Barbecue Bob) (3:07)
• God don't never change (2:57) ; Dark was the night (Blind Willie Johnson) (3:18)
• St. Louis blues (Weaver and Beasley) (2:44)
• Experience blues (Ruth Willis, Blind Willie McTell) (3:09)
• Guitar rag (Sylvester Weaver) (2:58)
• You can't get that stuff no more (Tampa Red) (2:55)
• High sheriff blues (Charlie Patton) (3:07)
• Homesick and lonesome blues (Blind Boy Fuller) (3:07)
• Packin' trunk blues (Leadbelly) (2:54)
• I believe I'll make a change (Casy Bill Weldon) (3:00)
• Don't sell it (Don't give it away) (2:30) ; Muscat Hill blues (2:48) (Buddy Wood) (2:48)
• Traveling riverside blues (Robert Johnson) (2:48)
• Bukka's jitterbug swing (2:36) ; Special stream line (2:52) (Bukka White)
• Swing low, chariot (Sister O.M. Terrell) (2:33)
• Pearline (Son House) (4:31).

Contributors:

Beasley, Walter (Guitarist) , performer

Weaver, Sylvester , performer

Barbecue Bob, 1902-1931 , performer

Johnson, Blind Willie , performer

Willis, Ruth, 1898-1962 , singer

McTell, Blind Willie , performer

Tampa Red, 1904-1981 , performer

Patton, Charley, 1891-1934 , performer

Fuller, Blind Boy, 1907-1941 , performer

Leadbelly, 1885-1949 , performer

Weldon, Will , performer

Woods, Oscar, -1956 , performer

Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938 , performer

White, Bukka , performer

Terrell, O. M. , performer

House, Son , performer

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Sung in English.

Related Series:

Roots n' blues

Subjects:

Blues (Music)

United States

Genres:

Blues (Music)

Songs

Performers:

Various musicians.

Production Credits:

Roots 'n' Blues series producer: Lawrence Cohn; digital restoration and engineering: Frank Abbey; project coordination: Gary Pacheco, Mike Berniker, Amy Herot, and Steve Berkowitz.

Performance Medium:

Guitar doubling singer
Guitar; singer

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Blues songs.
Recorded 1927-1965.
Analog recordings.
Chiefly previously released selections; tracks 2,12, and 15 previously unreleased.
Program notes laid in container.
From the collection of Wayne and Kathy Zatopek.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 155,725

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 074644621822
Publisher Number, Columbia: CK 46218

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

91756026

OCLC Numbers:

24547412