VA - Living The Blues - Blues Roots: 1930-1944 (1999)

Tracklist:

1. Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds - Crazy Blues (3:28)
2. Bessie Smith - The St. Louis Blues (3:10)
3. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Match Box Blues (2:57)
4. Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1 (3:17)
5. Pine Top Smith - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (3:11)
6. Ma Rainey and Her Georgia Jazz Band - See See Rider Blues (3:19)
7. Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues (2:38)
8. Leroy Carr - How Long - How Long Blues, Pt. 1 (3:05)
9. Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues (3:20)
10. Bertha "Chippie" Hill - Troube In Mind (2:51)
11. Blind Willie Johnson - Mother's Children Have A Hard Time (3:24)
12. Sleepy John Estes - Divin' Duck Blues (3:15)
13. Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (3:08)
14. Blind Blake - Diddie Wa Diddie (2:59)
15. Tampa Red and Georgia Tom - It's Tight Like That (3:03)
16. Sippie Wallace - I'm A Mighty Tight Woman (2:53)
17. Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man Blues (2:48)
18. DeFord Bailey - Pan-American Blues (3:01)
19. Charley Patton - Pony Blues (3:01)
20. Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World (3:13)