Various Artists - Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (2003)

Blues is a living and dynamic tradition that has resounded throughout Black communities for over a century, channeling transcendent grief and strength. In the mid-20th century, Folkways Records became a major hub for blues legends such as Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lead Belly, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Elizabeth Cotten, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee. Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings spans half a century and features these and other foundational figures in blues history performing in the Delta, St. Louis, Southwest, Piedmont, and Chicago styles. From boogie to ballads and laced with innuendo and irony, this classic collection is available on vinyl for the first time on two LPs with extensive notes by musician and scholar Dr. Barry Lee Pearson.

Tracklist:
1-1 Sonny Terry;Brownie McGhee - Old Jabo [2:14]
1-2 Big Bill Broonzy - Mule-Ridin' Blues [3:47]
1-3 Memphis Slim;WILLIE DIXON - Joggie Boogie [3:28]
1-4 Vera Hall - Black Woman [1:27]
1-5 K.C. Douglas;K. C. Douglas - Mercury Blues [2:22]
1-6 Roosevelt Sykes - Ran the Blues Out of My Window [2:57]
1-7 Lead Belly - Leaving Blues [2:24]
1-8 Etta Baker - One Dime Blues [3:46]
1-9 Son House - County Farm Blues [2:12]
1-10 Champion Jack Dupree - Clog Dance (Stomping Blues) [2:03]
1-11 Pink Anderson - Boll Weevil [3:07]
1-12 Johnson Edith;Edith Johnson;Henry Brown - Nickel's Worth of Liver [2:43]
1-13 Big Joe Williams - Don't Leave Me Here [2:44]
1-14 Cat-Iron - Jimmy Bell [2:21]
1-15 Rev. Gary Davis - Candy Man [2:35]
1-16 Memphis Slim;WILLIE DIXON - Beer Drinking Woman [2:33]
1-17 Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go Home with Me [3:55]
1-18 Josh White - Careless Love [3:24]
1-19 Henry Townsend - I Asked Her If She Loved Me [2:56]
1-20 Brownie Mcghee;Brownie McGhee;Sonny Terry - Rising Sun [2:43]
1-21 David 'Honeyboy' Edwards;David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Pony Blues [3:28]
1-22 Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues [4:02]
1-23 Elizabeth Cotten - Vastopol [2:11]
1-24 Lonnie Johnson - Drifting Along Blues [2:59]
1-25 The Chambers Brothers - Oh Baby, You Don't Have to Go [2:49]
1-26 Josh White;Lead Belly - Don't Lie Buddy [2:21]