Label: Columbia / Legacy.
Release Date: June 30, 1992.
Recording Time: 306 minutes.
Recording Date: 1925 - 1950.
Release Info: Studio Recording (C4K-47911).
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Bluegrass, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Folk-Blues, Old-Timey, Regional Blues, String Bands, Traditional Bluegrass, Traditional Country, Jug Band.
Roots n' Blues: the Retrospective presents five hours of music over four discs, covering the traditional recordings made by Columbia Records and its associated labels from 1925 to 1950. As an all-inclusive survey of American roots music, this set is an invaluable library piece and a good reference, but where this collection really stands out is in its presentation. The collection does a better service than the more academic studies by including a variety of styles -- including early string band recordings, spirituals, jugbands, blues, cajun and country music, mixing the better known artists with the more obscure -- in the end, the diversity makes for good listening as well as a good learning experience. ~ Chris Woodstra
Credits: Harold Adams - vocals; Aiken County String Band - performer, primary artist; David Akeman - banjo; R. Alan - composer; Austin Allen - banjo, composer, performer, primary artist, vocals; Lee Allen - composer; Lee Allen - guitar, kaz, kazoo, performer; Alley Boys of Abbeville - performer, primary artist; Albert Ammons - composer, performer, piano, primary artist; Pink Anderson - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Jack Anglin - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Jim Anglin - bass, composer, vocals; Bob Atcher - composer, performer, primary artist, vocals; Randall Atcher - performer, vocals; Gene Autry - composer, performer, primary artist, vocals; Earl Backus - guitar; The Bailes Brothers - performer, primary artist; John Bailes - composer, vocals; Walter Bailes - vocals; Eldon Baker - performer, primary artist; Barbecue Bob - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; H.M. Barnes' Blue Ridge Ramblers - performer, primary artist; Will Batts - performer, primary artist, violin, vocals; Gladys Bentley - composer, performer, primary artist, vocals; Black Bob - piano; Black Cats and the Kitten - performer, primary artist; Willie Black - mandolin; Scrapper Blackwell - performer, primary artist, speech/speaker/speaking part; Eubie Blake - composer; Rev. Johnny Blakey - composer, performer, primary artist; Blues Birdhead - harmonica, performer, primary artist; Jimmy Blythe - composer, piano, vocals; Lucille Bogan - composer, performer, primary artist, vocals; William Boush - baritone (vocal); Charlie Bowman - composer, fiddle, primary artist, speech/speaker/speaking part; Walter Bowman - banjo; Breaux Brothers - composer; The Breaux Fréres - performer, primary artist; Amédé Breaux - accordion, vocals; Cleoma Breaux - guitar; Clifford Breaux - guitar, vocals; Ophy Breaux - performer, violin, vocals; J.B. Brinkley - composer, performer, primary artist, vocals; Big Bill Broonzy - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Brother Cook - performer, primary artist, vocals; Brother Porter - performer, primary artist, vocals; Cook Brother - vocals; Herschel Brown - performer, primary artist; J.T. Brown - clarinet; Dr. Thomas Brown - baritone (vocal); Albert E. Brumley - composer; Valda Buggs - vocals; Bumble Bee Slim - performer, primary artist; William Bunch - composer; Poor Boy Burke - performer, primary artist, vocals; W.R. Calaway - composer; Bob Call - piano; The Callahan Brothers - performer, primary artist; Homer "Bill" Callahan - guitar, vocals; Walter "Joe" Callahan - guitar, vocals; Gina Campanaro - package coordinator; Rev. Benny Campbell - performer, primary artist; Fonzie Cannon - guitar; Cliff Carlisle - composer, performer, primary artist; Dora Carr - performer, primary artist, vocals; Leroy Carr - composer, performer, piano, primary artist, vocals; Fiddlin' John Carson - composer, fiddle, performer, primary artist, vocals; A.P. Carter - composer; Bo Carter - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Buster Carter - banjo, composer, performer, primary artist; Bill Casimir - sax (tenor); Lonnie Chatmon - violin, vocals; James Clark - composer, piano, primary artist, vocals; Kelland Clark - accordion; Peter J. Clayton - composer, performer, primary artist; Peter Cleighton - performer, vocals; Bob Clifford - guitar, vocals; Lawrence Cohn - compilation producer, executive producer, liner notes, producer; Jimmy Colvard - guitar (steel); Con Conrad - composer; Coon Creek Girls - performer; Leonard Copeland - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist; Allan Crockett - guitar (electric); George Currie - vocals; George Curry - composer, performer, primary artist, vocals; Dallas String Band - performer, primary artist; Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - performer, primary artist; Tom Darby - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Cow Cow Davenport - composer, piano; Blind John Davis - piano; Lynn Davis - arranger, guitar, vocals; Deep South Boys - performer, primary artist; Marshall Derricotte - vocals; Tyrell Dixon - drums; Simmie Dooley - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey - composer; Slim Doucet - accordion, composer, performer, primary artist; Candida Doyle - composer; Charlie "Little Buddy" Doyle - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Amos Easton - composer, vocals; Frank Edwards - composer, guitar, harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Cozy Eggleston - sax (tenor), vocals; Alfred Elkins - bass (upright), Strings; Vander Everidge - guitar; Joseph Falcon - accordion, performer, primary artist, vocals; Jess Ferguson - violin; Sister Myrtle Fields - performer, primary artist, vocals; Red Foley - composer; Wilene Forrester - accordion; Leroy Foster - guitar; Freeny's Barn Dance Band - performer, primary artist; Cleveland Freeny - mandolin; Hendrix Freeny - fiddle; Leslie Freeny - fiddle; Howard Fritzson - art direction; Reverend J.M. Gates - performer, primary artist; Georgia Tom - piano; Jess Gerguson - violin; Jazz Gillum - performer, primary artist; Clarence Green - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist; Tom Griffin - piano; Murphy Guidry - guitar (rhythm); Sidney Guidry - guitar (rhythm); W.C. Handy - composer; A'nt Idy Harper - performer, primary artist, vocals; Homer Harris - composer, performer, primary artist, vocals; Roy Harvey - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist; Thomas Hastings - composer; Chester Hawkins - guitar; A. Hill - composer; Alexander Hill - piano; Adolph Hofner - performer, primary artist; The Hokum Boys - performer, primary artist; Tony Hollins - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Salty Holmes - violin; Vaughn Horton - composer; Rosetta Howard - performer, primary artist, vocals; Humbard Family - performer, primary artist; Chick Hurt - mandolin; Mississippi John Hurt - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Frank Hutchison - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Armand Jump Jackson - drums; Bessie Johnson - vocals; Elizabeth Johnson - performer, primary artist, vocals; Hobson "Hop" Johnson - guitar; J.C. Johnson - composer; Lonnie Johnson - composer, guitar, performer, piano, primary artist, vocals; Coley Jones - mandolin, performer, primary artist; Harry Jones - performer, primary artist, vocals; Charlie Jordan - guitar, vocals; Jack Kelly - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Porter Kilbert - sax (alto); King Oliver - cornet; Augie Klein - guitar; Ransom Knowling - bass; Ester "Violet" Koehler - mandolin; Bill Landford - guitar, leader; Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - performer, primary artist; Evelyn "Daisy" Lange - bass; Ernest Lawlars - composer; Lily May Ledford - fiddle; Rosie Ledford - guitar; Eddie Leonard - composer; The Light Crust Doughboys - performer, primary artist; Little Son Joe - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Little Walter - composer; Robert Lockwood, Jr. - guitar; Frank Mailhes - composer, violin, vocals; Oett "sax" Mallard - sax (alto); Charles Manson - guitar, vocals; Harvey Mason, Sr. - baritone (vocal); Harold Matthews - vocals; Austin McCoy - organ; Brownie McGhee - composer; Lonnie McIntorsh - guitar; Bill McKinley - harmonica, vocals; Clayton McMichen - fiddle, performer, primary artist; Ellis McPherson - bass (vocal); Whitey McPherson - vocals, yodeling; Blind Willie McTell - composer, guitar, primary artist, vocals; David Mells - vocals; Memphis Minnie - guitar; Memphis Seven - performer, primary artist; Big Maceo Merriweather - composer, performer, piano, primary artist; Mississippi Sheiks - performer, primary artist; David Mitson - remastering; Bill Monroe - composer, mandolin, vocals; Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - performer, primary artist; Kid Prince Moore - performer; Prince Moore - composer, guitar, primary artist, vocals; Whistlin' Alex Moore - composer, performer, piano, primary artist, vocals; Johnny Morton - trumpet; Eddie Munson - composer; W.T. Narmour - composer, fiddle, performer, primary artist; The Nite Owls - performer, primary artist; Fate Norris - banjo; North Carolina Ramblers - performer; George Norton - composer; W. Lee O'Daniel - strings; Molly O'Day - guitar, performer, vocals; W.Lee O'Daniel & his Light Crust Doughboys - performer, primary artist; Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - performer, primary artist; James Burke Oden - composer; Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - performer, primary artist; Luke Owens - vocals; Gary Pacheco - executive producer, producer; Papa Too Sweet - performer, primary artist, vocals; Truck Parham - bass, bass (upright); Charley Patton - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Pelican Wildcats - performer, primary artist; Hank Penny - composer, guitar, vocals; Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys - performer, primary artist; George Washington Phillips - composer, dolceola, performer, primary artist, vocals; Charlie Poole - banjo, composer, performer, vocals; Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers - performer, primary artist; Porterettes - vocals, vocals (background); Riley Puckett - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Haywood Purnell - bass (vocal); Rampa Red - guitar; The Rhythm Wreckers - performer, primary artist; Willie Right - composer, piano, primary artist, vocals; Judge Riley - drums; Claude Robinson - vocals; Ikey Robinson - vocals; Jimmie Rodgers - composer; Walter Roland - performer, piano, primary artist, vocals; Posey Rorer - fiddle; Billy Rose - composer; Gale Ryan - vocals; Silver Leaf Quartette of Norfolk - performer, primary artist, vocals; Dan Sing - guitar, speech/speaker/speaking part; Noble Sissle - composer; Clara Smith - performer, primary artist, vocals; Ed Smith - harmonica; Eddie Smith - harmonica; Mamie Smith - performer, primary artist, vocals; Melvin Smith - tenor (vocal); S.W. Smith - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist; Slim Soucet - accordion; South Georgia Highballers - performer, primary artist; Carl Stewart - bass; Ernest Stoneman's Trio - performer, primary artist; Ernest V. Stoneman - guitar; Sugarman Penigar - piano; Sweet Violet Boys - performer, primary artist; Roosevelt Sykes - composer, performer, piano, primary artist, vocals; Tampa Red - guitar; Gid Tanner - fiddle, performer; Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers - primary artist; Jimmie Tarleton - composer; Jimmie Tarlton - guitar, guitar (steel), performer, primary artist, vocals; Jack Taylor - accordion; Sherman Tedder - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist; William Thatch - falssetist, vocals; Hersal Thomas - composer, performer, piano, primary artist; Rudolph Thompson - jug; Buford Threlkeld - guitar, nose whistle, vocals, whistle (instrument); Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - performer, primary artist, vocals; Albert T. Tindley - tenor (vocal); Lourse Toutch - guitar, national steel guitar; Maxie Toutch - drums; Traditional - composer; Merle Travis - guitar; Jack True - leader; The Two Charlies - performer, primary artist; Unidentified Prisoner - composer; Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - performer, primary artist; Walter Vinson - guitar, vocals; Washboard Sam - washboard; Muddy Waters - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Pete Welding - liner notes; Bill Westbrook - bass, bass (upright); Peetie Wheatstraw - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Whistler & His jug Band - performer, primary artist; Josh White - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, speech/speaker/speaking part, vocals; Hudson Whittaker - composer; Mark Wilder - digital restoration; Big Joe Williams - composer, guitar, guitar (steel), performer, vocals; Clarence Williams - composer, piano; Joe Williams - primary artist; Sonny Boy Williamson II - harmonica; Sonny Boy Williamson I - harmonica; Tex Willis - guitar; Frank Wilson - guitar, speech/speaker/speaking part; Frank Wilson - guitar, speech/speaker/speaking part; Frank Wilson - guitar, speech/speaker/speaking part; Chubby Wise - fiddle; D.C. Wright - tenor (vocal); Preston Young - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist.
Tracks, Disc 1: 1. White House Blues - Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers; 2. High Sheriff - Aiken County String Band; 3. The Last Scene of the Titanic - Frank Hutchison; 4. Suitcase Blues - Hersal Thomas; 5. Death's Black Train Is Coming - Reverend J.M. Gates; 6. Cow Cow Blues - Dora Carr; 7. Washington County Fox Chase - Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners; 8. I'm Going to Take the Train to Charlotte - Fiddlin' John Carson; 9. [Untitled Track] - Ernest Stoneman's Trio; 10. Low Down Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band; 11. Paul and Silas in Jail - George Washington Phillips; 12. Blind Pig Blues - Barbecue Bob; 13. Chattanooga Blues - Austin & Lee Allen; 14. [Untitled Track] - Sherman Tedder; 15. Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band & Coley Jones; 16. Worried Blues - Gladys Bentley; 17. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1 - Elizabeth Johnson; 18. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2 - Elizabeth Johnson; 19. Blue Grass Twist - South Georgia Highballers; 20. Moonshiner and His Money - Charlie Bowman; 21. Johnson City Blues - Clarence Green; 22. Warming by the Devil's Fire - Rev. Johnny Blakey; 23. (Honey) It's Tight Like That - Harry Jones & Papa Too Sweet; 24. Big Leg Blues - Mississippi John Hurt; 25. Hallelujah - Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers.
Tracks, Disc 2: 1. Liberty - Herschel Brown; 2. My Sportin' Man - Mamie Smith; 3. Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead; 4. C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley; 5. Ortonville - Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers; 6. Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs) - Slim Doucet; 7. Roosevelt's Blues - Roosevelt Sykes; 8. Gin Mill Blues - The Hokum Boys; 9. Osson - Joseph Falcon; 10. Sweet Milk and Peaches (Breakdown) - W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith; 11. Soldier's Joy - Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers / Clayton McMichen & Riley Puckett; 12. They May Not Be My Toes - Whistlin' Alex Moore; 13. The Jazz Fiddler - Mississippi Sheiks; 14. I Have to Do My Time - Lonnie Johnson; 15. Lonesome Frisco Line - Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton; 16. Back to the Blue Ridge - Leonard Copeland & Roy Harvey; 17. Darn Good Girl - Buster Carter & Preston Young; 18. West Jackson Blues - Bo Carter; 19. You Had Too Much - Lonnie Johnson & Clara Smith; 20. Oh! Glory Glory - Silver Leaf Quartette of Norfolk; 21. Don't You Remember the Time - Freeny's Barn Dance Band; 22. Walkin' Georgia Rose - Pelican Wildcats; 23. Police Station Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw; 24. Hallelujah Side - Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers; 25. Highway 61 Blues - Will Batts.
Tracks, Disc 3: 1. Doughboys Theme Song No. 1 - W.Lee O'Daniel & his Light Crust Doughboys; 2. Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider - W.Lee O'Daniel & his Light Crust Doughboys; 3. Doughboys Theme Song No. 2 - W.Lee O'Daniel & his Light Crust Doughboys; 4. Bell Street Lightnin' - Blind Willie McTell; 5. Jersey Bull Blues - Charley Patton; 6. Every Morning Blues - Walter Roland; 7. D Blues - H.M. Barnes' Blue Ridge Ramblers; 8. La Valse des Yeux Bleu (Blue Eyes Waltz) - The Breaux Fréres; 9. Skin Game Blues - Lucille Bogan; 10. Good Woman Blues - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell; 11. Sissy Man - Josh White; 12. My Lovin' Gal Lucille - The Rhythm Wreckers; 13. Just Inside the Pearly Gates - The Anglin Twins; 14. Hard Rocks in My Bed - Bumble Bee Slim; 15. Tired Feelin' Blues - The Two Charlies; 16. One Eyed Sam - Eldon Baker; 17. Poor Naomi Wise - A'nt Idy Harper & The Coon Creek Girls; 18. South Bound Blues - Kid Prince Moore; 19. C & A Blues - Big Bill Broonzy; 20. My Last Five Dollars - George Curry; 21. Memphis Blues - The Nite Owls; 22. Pourquoi Tu M'Aime Pas - Alley Boys of Abbeville; 23. Have Mercy on Me - Rev. Benny Campbell; 24. Shout for Joy - Albert Ammons; 25. Flower Blues - Jack Kelly; 26. Onion Eating Mama - Cliff Carlisle; 27. Brown's Ferry Blues - The Callahan Brothers; 28. Slick Capers Blues - Charlie "Little Buddy" Doyle; 29. Poor Boy Blues - Jazz Gillum.
Tracks, Disc 4: 1. We Got to Get Together - Frank Edwards; 2. You've Got to See Mamma Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mamma at All) - Sweet Violet Boys; 3. I'll Fly Away - Humbard Family; 4. Cross Cut Saw Blues - Tony Hollins; 5. Black Snake Blues - Peter J. Clayton; 6. Step It up and Go - Black Cats and the Kitten; 7. Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad - Bob Atcher; 8. Cotton Eyed Joe - Adolph Hofner; 9. Old Vets Blues - Poor Boy Burke; 10. Black Rat Swing - Little Son Joe; 11. Macy Special - Big Maceo Merriweather; 12. It's Funny What Love Will Make You DoJ.B. Brinkley & The Light Crust Doughboys; 13. Army Blues - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys; 14. Who But You - James Clark; 15. Tomorrow May Be Too Late - Homer Harris; 16. Burying Ground Blues - Muddy Waters; 17. Goodbye Old Pal - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys; 18. Dixie Cannonball - Gene Autry; 19. Run on for a Long Time - Bill Landford & The Landfordaires; 20. Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams; 21. I'm Toiling - Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio; 22. Two by Four Blues - Willie Right; 23. You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In) - The Bailes Brothers; 24. Heaven's Radio - Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks; 25. Plow Hand Blues - Rosetta Howard; 26. Grunt Meat Blues - Memphis Seven; 27. Until I Found the Lord - Deep South Boys; 28. I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me - Brother Porter & Brother Cook.
Notes:
(Recording dates and original issue serial numbers)
Track 1-01 rec. NYC 20/9/1926 Columbia 15099-D;
Track 1-02 rec. Winston-Salem, NC 19/9/1927 OK 45219;
Track 1-03 rec. St. Louis, MO 29/4/1927 OK 45121;
Track 1-04 rec. Chicago, IL 22/2/1925 OK 8227;
Track 1-05 rec. Atlanta, GA 24/4/1926 Columbia 14145-D;
Track 1-06 rec. NYC 1/10/1925 OK 8250;
Track 1-07 rec. Winston-Salem, NC 22/9/1927;
Track 1-08 rec. Atlanta, GA 10/8/1928;
Track 1-09 rec. NYC 1/1/1927;
Track 1-10 rec. St. Louis, MO 29/4/1927 OK 8469;
Track 1-11 rec. Dallas, TX 2/12/1927 Columbia 14369-D;
Track 1-12 rec. Atlanta, GA 13/4/1928 Columbia 14372-D;
Track 1-13 rec. Atlanta, GA 4/11/1927 Columbia 14266-D;
Track 1-14 rec. Memphis, TN 25/2/1928;
Track 1-15 rec. Dallas, TX 8/12/1928 Columbia 14389-D;
Track 1-16 rec. NYC 8/8/1928 OK 8610;
Tracks 1-17, 1-18 rec. NYC 26/6/1928 OK 8593;
Track 1-19 rec. Atlanta, GA 5/10/1927 OK 45155;
Track 1-20 rec. NYC 20/2/1929 Columbia 15387-D;
Track 1-21 rec. Johnson City, TN 15/10/1928 Columbia 15461-D;
Track 1-22 rec. Chicago, IL 6/12/1928 OK 8685;
Track 1-23 rec. Chicago, IL 11/12/1928 OK 8651;
Track 1-24 rec. NYC 21/12/1928;
Track 1-25 rec. Atlanta, GA 24/10/1928;
Track 2-01 rec. Atlanta, GA 19/3/1929;
Track 2-02 rec. NYC 30/3/1929;
Track 2-03 rec. Richmond, VA 13/10/1929 OK 8824, Cl 5915-C, Ve 7123-V;
Track 2-04 rec. Atlanta, GA 14/4/1928 Columbia 14400-D;
Track 2-05 rec. Atlanta, GA 18/3/1929 OK 45325;
Track 2-06 rec. Atlanta, GA 20/3/1929 OK 45333;
Tracks 2-07, 2-08 rec. Chicago, IL 16/11/1929 OK 8776, OK 8747;
Track 2-09 rec. Atlanta, GA 18/4/1929 Columbia 40506-F, OK 90006;
Track 2-10 rec. NYC 25/9/1929 OK 45424;
Track 2-11 rec. Atlanta, GA 29/10/1929 Columbia 15538-D;
Track 2-12 rec. Dallas, TX 5/12/1929 Columbia 14596-D;
Track 2-13 rec. Shreveport, LA 17/2/1930 OK 45436;
Track 2-14 rec. NYC 5/8/1930 OK 8909;
Track 2-15 rec. Atlanta, GA 31/10/1929;
Track 2-16 rec. Atlanta, GA 30/6/1930;
Track 2-17 rec. NYC 26/6/1931;
Track 2-18 rec. San Antonio, TX 10/6/1930;
Track 2-19 rec. NYC 31/10/1930 OK 8839;
Track 2-20 rec. NYC 20/3/1931;
Track 2-21 rec. Jackson, MS 16/12/1930 OK 45508;
Track 2-22 rec. Atlanta, GA 27/10/1931 Columbia 15755-D;
Track 2-23 rec. NYC 15/3/1932 Vocalian 1722, 04487, Cq 9201;
Track 2-24 rec. NYC 8/3/1932;
Track 2-25 rec. NYC 3/8/1933 Vocalion 02531;
Tracks 3-01, 3-03 rec. San Antonio, TX 4/1934;
Track 3-02 rec. San Antonio, TX 21/11/1936;
Track 3-04 rec. NYC 21/9/1933;
Track 3-05 rec. NYC 30/1/1934 Vocalion 02782;
Track 3-06 rec. NYC 2/8/1934;
Track 3-07 rec. NYC 14/2/1935 Vocaliion 02911;
Track 3-08 rec. San Antonio, TX 9/10/1934 Vocalion 02962;
Track 3-09 rec. NYC 8/3/1935 Ba 33448, Me M13415, Or 8474, Pe 0329, Ro 5474;
Track 3-10 rec. NYC 14/12/1934 Vocalion 03296;
Track 3-11 rec. NYC 18/3/1935 Ba 33404, Cq 8499, Me M13371, Or 8456, Pe 0320, Ro 5456;
Track 3-12 rec. Los Angeles, CA 27/3/1937 Vocalion 3566;
Track 3-13 rec. San Antonio, TX 5/11/1937 Vocalion 04078;
Track 3-14 rec. Chicago, IL 6/2/1936 Vocalion 03328;
Track 3-15 rec. NYC 10/4/1936;
Track 3-16 rec. Chicago, IL 5/6/1938;
Track 3-17 rec. Chicago, IL 30/6/1938 Vocalion 04354A;
Track 3-18 rec. NYC 10/4/1936;
Track 3-19 rec. Chicago, IL 20/6/1935 ARC 5-12-65;
Track 3-20 rec. Chicago, IL 2/11/1938;
Track 3-21 rec. Dallas, TX 12/6/1938 Vocalion 4312-B;
Track 3-22 rec. Memphis, TN 30/6/1939;
Track 3-23 rec. Columbia, SC 8/11/1938 Vocalion 04851, Cq 9772;
Track 3-24 rec. NYC 30/12/1938 Vocalion 4608, Columbia 35961;
Track 3-25 rec. Memphis, TN 14/7/1939;
Track 3-26 rec. NYC 29/8/1934 Vocalion 02910;
Track 3-27 rec. NYC 11/4/1935 ARC 6-04-59, Cq 8627;
Track 3-28 rec. Memphis, TN 1/7/1939;
Track 3-29 rec. Chicago, IL 2/5/1941;
Track 4-01 rec. Chicago, IL 28/5/1941 OK 06393;
Track 4-02 rec. Chicago, IL 15/2/1940 Vocalion 05498;
Track 4-03 rec. Dallas, TX 17/4/1940 Vocalion 05624;
Track 4-04 rec. Chicago, IL 3/6/1941;
Track 4-05 rec. Chicago, IL 1/7/1941;
Track 4-06 rec. Chicago, IL 21/10/1940 OK 05882;
Track 4-07 rec. Chicago, IL 13/6/1940;
Track 4-08 rec. Dallas, TX 28/2/1941 Columbia 20257;
Track 4-09 rec. Chicago, IL 21/11/1941;
Track 4-10 rec. Chicago, IL 12/12/1941 OK 06707, Columbia 30025, 37458;
Track 4-11 rec. Chicago, IL 19/2/1945;
Track 4-12 rec. Dallas, TX 3/3/1941;
Track 4-13 rec. Charlotte, NC 29/6/1941 Vocalion 06426, Cq 9845;
Track 4-14 rec. Chicago, IL 24/10/1945;
Tracks 4-15, 4-16 rec. Chicago, IL 27/9/1946;
Track 4-17 rec. Nashville, TN 13/2/1945 Columbia 20370, 37888;
Track 4-18 rec. Hollywood, CA 9/9/1946 Columbia 20386;
Track 4-19 rec. Memphis, TN 15/12/1949 Columbia 30203;
Track 4-20 rec. Chicago, IL 22/7/1947 Columbia 30099;
Track 4-21 rec. Hollywood, CA 7/1/1950 Columbia 30188;
Track 4-22 rec. Chicago, IL 7/10/1940;
Track 4-23 rec. 21/12/1947, location not stated;
Track 4-24 rec. Nashville, TN 20/6/1950 Columbia 20732;
Track 4-25 rec. Chicago, IL 20/12/1947;
Track 4-26 rec. Chicago, IL 4/10/1947 Columbia 30115;
Track 4-27 rec. Nashville, TN 20/12/1947;
Track 4-28 rec. NYC 11/7/1950.
Tracks 1-07 to 1-09, 1-14, 1-24 to 2-02, 2-15 to 2-18, 2-20, 2-24, 3-01 to 3-04, 3-15, 3-16, 3-18, 3-20, 3-22, 3-25, 3-28, 3-29, 4-05, 4-07, 4-09, 4-11, 4-12, 4-14, 4-22, 4-23, 4-25, 4-27 & 4-28 previously unissued.
Tracks 1-21, 3-06, 3-24, 3-26, 4-03, 4-15 to 4-17 & 4-20 are previously unissued alternate takes.