Various - American Epic: The Collection (Box Set) [5CD]

Sony Music

£62.98

Format: 5 x CD
Catalogue No.: 88875099692
Barcode: 888750996923
Release Date: 12 May 2017
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country

Disc 1: The Southeast • Memphis | Bristol | Johnson City | Louisville | Ashland | Charlotte
1-1 Clarence Ashley– The Coo-Coo Bird
1-2 Memphis Jug Band– On The Road Again
1-3 Washington White– The Panama Limited
1-4 Hoyt Ming And His Pep Steppers*– Indian War Whoop
1-5 Frank Stokes– 'Tain't Nobody Business If I Do (Part 1)
1-6 Andrew And Jim Baxter*– K.C. Railroad Blues
1-7 Alfred G. Karnes– I Am Bound For The Promised Land
1-8 Garfield Akers– Cottonfield Blues (Part 2)
1-9 Bascom Lamar Lunsford– I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground
1-10 The Bentley Boys*– Down On Penny's Farm
1-11 Whistler's Jug Band– Foldin' Bed
1-12 Weems String Band– Greenback Dollar
1-13 Mattie Delaney– Tallahatchie River Blues
1-14 Cannon's Jug Stompers– Walk Right In
1-15 The Carter Family– Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
1-16 Jim Jackson*– Old Dog Blue
1-17 Columbus Fruge– Bayou Teche
1-18 Tommy Johnson– Cool Drink Of Water Blues
1-19 J.P. Nester– Train On The Island
Disc 2: Atlanta • The Origin Of Commercial Field Recording
2-1 Elder J.E. Burch– My Heart Keeps Singing
2-2 Julius Daniels– Ninety-Nine Year Blues
2-3 Earl Johnson And His Clodhoppers*– I Get My Whisky From Rockingham
2-4 Rev. J. M. Gates– Death's Black Train Is Coming
2-5 Jimmie Rodgers– Waiting For A Train
2-6 Tenneva Ramblers– Darling, Where Have You Been So Long?
2-7 Alabama Sacred Harp Singers– Rocky Road
2-8 Amédée Breaux*, Ophy Breaux And Cleoma Breaux– Ma Blonde Est Partie
2-9 Carolina Tar Heels*– Peg And Awl
2-10 Barbecue Bob– Chocolate To The Bone
2-11 Eddie Head And Family*– Down On Me
2-12 Cleoma Breaux With Joseph Falcon And Ophy Breaux– Prenez Courage
2-13 Dilly And His Dill Pickles*– Pickin' Off Peanuts
2-14 Nelstone's Hawaiians– Just Because
2-15 Willie Walker*– Dupree Blues
2-16 Burnett And Rutherford*– Ladies On The Steamboat
2-17 Blind Willie McTell– Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day
Disc 3: New York City | East Coast • The Birthplace Of Electric Recording
3-1 Cuarteto Flores*– Cecilia
3-2 Los Borinqueños– La Coquetera
3-3 Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho*– Coconito
3-4 Emmett Miller– Lovesick Blues
3-5 Big Bill Broonzy– Long Tall Mama
3-6 Two Poor Boys– John Henry Blues
3-7 Lead Belly*– Mr. Tom Hughes' Town
3-8 Mississippi John Hurt– Louis Collins
3-9 Blind Gary Davis– I Am The Light Of The World
3-10 Rev. F.W. McGee– Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room
3-11 Hopi Indian Chanters*– Chant Of The Eagle Dance
3-12 Mike Hanapi And Ilima Islanders*– Hilo Hula (Hilo Hanakahi)
3-13 Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers– If The River Was Whiskey
3-14 Frank Hutchison– Stackalee
3-15 Ernest Stoneman– The Wreck Of The '97
3-16 Buell Kazee– Faded Coat Of Blue
3-17 Dock Boggs– Country Blues
3-18 Uncle Dave Macon And His Fruit Jar Drinkers*– Sail Away Ladies
3-19 Uncle Bunt Stephens– Sail Away Lady
3-20 A.C. (Eck) Robertson*– Sallie Gooden
3-21 Don Richardson*– Arkansas Traveler
Disc 4: The Midwest • Chicago | St. Louis | Richmond | Grafton
4-1 Lane Hardin– Hard Time Blues
4-2 Charley Patton– Down The Dirt Road Blues
4-3 Banjo Joe– Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
4-4 Blind Blake And Charlie Spand– Hastings Street
4-5 Blind Lemon Jefferson– See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
4-6 Golden Melody Boys– Gonna Have 'Lasses In The Morning
4-7 Bumble Bee Slim And Memphis Minnie– New Orleans Stop Time
4-8 Ma Rainey– Prove It On Me Blues
4-9 The Williamson Brothers And Curry*– I'm Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand
4-10 Geeshie Wiley– Last Kind Words Blues
4-11 Dixieland Jug Blowers– Banjoreno
4-12 Beale Street Sheiks (Stokes And Sane)*– It's A Good Thing
4-13 Blind Willie Davis– Trust In God And Do The Right
4-14 Sleepy John Estes– Someday Baby Blues
4-15 Sam Collins– Lonesome Road Blues
4-16 Willie Brown*– Future Blues
4-17 Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"*– Bull Doze Blues
4-18 Massey Family*– Brown Skin Gal (Down The Lane)
4-19 Dick Justice– Henry Lee
4-20 William Moore*– Old Country Rock
4-21 Delma Lachney And Blind Uncle Gaspard– La Danseuse (The Dancer)
4-22 Son House– My Black Mama (Parts 1 & 2)
4-23 Skip James– Cypress Grove Blues
Disc 5: The Deep South & The West • Birmingham | Jackson | Hattiesburg | New Orleans | Shreveport | Dallas | San Antonio | Los Angeles | San Francisco
5-1 Robert Johnson– Cross Road Blues
5-2 Lydia Mendoza– Mal Hombre
5-3 Frenchy's String Band– Sunshine Special
5-4 Robert Wilkins– Old Jim Kinnane's
5-5 Amédée Ardoin* And Dennis McGee– Les Blues De Voyage (Travel Blues)
5-6 Stripling Brothers– The Lost Child
5-7 Jaybird Coleman– I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some Of These Days
5-8 The Aloha Serenaders Featuring Sol K. Bright*– Tomi Tomi
5-9 Mississippi Sheiks– Sittin' On Top Of The World
5-10 Richard "Rabbit" Brown– James Alley Brown
5-11 Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band– The Indian Tom Tom
5-12 Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers– Blues In A Bottle
5-13 Berthmost Montet And Joswell Dupuis– Je Me Suis En Alle
5-14 Blind Willie Johnson– Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
5-15 Sol Ho'opi'i And His Novelty Trio*– E, Mama Ea
5-16 Truett And George– Ghost Dance
5-17 Roosevelt Graves And Brother– Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus)
5-18 Joseph Falcon– Allons À Lafayette
5-19 Los Madrugadores– Corrido De Joaquín Murrieta (Parts 1 & 2)
5-20 Washington Phillips– Denomination Blues (Parts 1 & 2)