Pre-War 78s from Joe Bussard's Reel-to-Reel Tapes)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ain't It a Pity and a Shame (Vocalion 1649)
Peetie Wheatstraw3:16
2Baby Lou Blues (Paramount 12918)
Blind Blake3:05
3Back Door Slam Blues (Paramount 12710)
Blind Blake2:42
4Broke Down Engine Blues (Columbia 14632)
Blind Willie McTell3:03
5Brother James (Bluebird B-7022)
Big Joe Williams2:47
6C and A Blues (Vocalion 1672)
Peetie Wheatstraw3:10
7Cake Alley (Decca 7441)
Peetie Wheatstraw3:01
8Champagne Charlie Is My Name (Crown 3357)
Blind Blake2:25
9Chifferobe (Let Me Ramble Through Your Drawers) (Decca 7353)
Charley Jordan2:24
10Cold Hearted Mama Blues (Paramount 12710)
Blind Blake2:42
11Cold Love Blues (Paramount 12918)
Blind Blake3:03
12Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal (Decca 7762)
Charlie Pickett3:18
13Dans La Grand Bois (In the Forest) (Bluebird 2059)
The Hackberry Ramblers2:23
14Darbone's Breakdown (Bluebird 2015)
The Hackberry Ramblers2:37
15Depression's Gone From Me Blues (Crown 3357)
Blind Blake3:26
16Doin' the Best I Can (Decca 7007)
Peetie Wheatstraw2:54
17Don't Hang My Clothes on No Barbed Wire Line (Vocalion 1649)
Peetie Wheatstraw3:09
18Down the Highway (Decca 7707)
Charlie Pickett3:04
19Dry Spell Blues Part 1 (Paramount 12990)
Son House3:12
20Frankie and Albert (Paramount 13110
Charley Patton3:11
21Freeze To Me Mama (Columbia 14507)
Barbecue Bob3:00
22French Two-Step (Bluebird 2059)
The Hackberry Ramblers2:36
23Georgia Bound (Paramount 12824)
Blind Blake3:14
24Get Your Head Trimmed Down (Bluebird 7719)
Big Joe Williams3:15
25Hot Potatoes (Paramount 12673)
Blind Blake2:59
26Hungry Blues (Vocalion 1657)
Charley Jordan3:19
27I Know You Gonna Miss Me (Bluebird B-7022)
Big Joe Williams2:55
28I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More (Bluebird B-7065)
Big Joe Williams2:33
29I'm Going to Move to Alabama (Paramount 13014)
Charley Patton3:02
30It Ain't No Good Part 1 (Melotone M12303)
“Papa” Charlie McCoy & Chatman’s Mississippi Hot Footers3:13
31It Ain't No Good Part 2 (Melotone M12303)
“Papa” Charlie McCoy & Chatman’s Mississippi Hot Footers3:08
32Jive Me Blues (Victor 38572)
Clifford Gibson2:56
33Levee Camp Moan (Victor 38577)
Clifford Gibson3:03
34Livin' in a Strain (Okeh 405013-1, unissued)
Mississippi Sheiks3:14
35Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake (Paramount 13043)
Jaydee Short2:46
36Lost Ship Blues (Vocalion 1657)
Charley Jordan3:22
37Louisiana Sweetheart (Montgomery Ward M-7340)
The Hackberry Ramblers2:51
38Ma Chere Belle (Bluebird 2015)
The Hackberry Ramblers2:35
39Madam Atchen (Columbia 40515-F)
Amédé Ardoin3:05
40Me and My Whiskey (Columbia 14507)
Barbecue Bob3:12
41Mississippi I'm Longing For You (Okeh 8853)
“Papa” Charlie McCoy & Bo Carter3:18
42Nobody Like You (Bluebird B-6110)
The Hackberry Ramblers2:41
43Notoriety Woman (Paramount 12754)
Blind Blake2:45
44Oh, When I Come to the End of My Journey (Decca 48043)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe3:03
45Pas Aller Vita (Bluebird 2021)
The Hackberry Ramblers2:34
46Please Don't Go (Bluebird B-8969)
Big Joe Williams2:41
47Poney Blues (Paramount 12792)
Charley Patton2:50
48Poor John Blue (Victor 38628)
Sleepy John Estes2:52
49Poor Me (Vocalion 02651)
Charley Patton2:58
50Quitter La Maison (Bluebird 2021)
The Hackberry Ramblers2:40
51Rock Me (Decca 2243)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:31
52Rootin' Ground Hog (Bluebird B-7065)
Big Joe Williams2:50
53Running Wild Blues (Paramount 12924)
Charley Patton2:57
54Sad and Lonesome Blues (Bluebird 5982)
Walter Davis3:38
55Signifying Blues (Oriole 8127)
Sam Collins3:03
56Sitting On Top of the World (Okeh 8784)
Mississippi Sheiks3:25
57Sitting On Top of the World No. 2 (Okeh 8854)
Mississippi Sheiks3:25
58Sleepless Nights Blues (Vocalion 1727)
Peetie Wheatstraw2:53
59Some of these Days I'll be Gone (Paramount 13110)
Charley Patton3:14
60South Bound Rag (Paramount 12681)
Blind Blake3:17
61Southern Can is Mine (Columbia 14632)
Blind Willie McTell3:07
62Steel Mill Blues (Paramount 12681)
Blind Blake3:10
63Stir It Now (Bluebird 6657)
Chatman Brothers2:52
64Tampa Bound (Paramount 12442)
Blind Blake2:46
65Telephone Arguin' Blues (Paramount 13043)
Jaydee Short3:09
66The Lonesome Road (Decca 2243)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:30
67The Northern Starvers Are Returning Home (Okeh 8853)
“Papa” Charlie McCoy & Bo Carter3:30
68The Old Fiddle Blues (Montgomery Ward M-7340)
The Hackberry Ramblers2:36
69This Train (Decca 48043)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:51
70Throw Me in the Alley (Decca 7018)
Peetie Wheatstraw2:52
71Too Tight No. 2 (Paramount 12824)
Blind Blake2:46
72Travelin' This Lonesome Road (Bluebird 5982)
Walter Davis3:31
73Two Step de la Prairie Soileau (Columbia 40515-F)
Amédé Ardoin3:03
74Walkin' Across the Country (Paramount 12754)
Blind Blake3:06
75What's the Name of that Thing (Bluebird 6657)
Chatman Brothers2:55
76Whatcha Doin' (Victor 38628)
Sleepy John Estes3:05
77Turpentine Blues (Victor 21134)
Will Weldon3:25
78Hitch Me To Your Buggy and Drive Me Like I was a Mule (Victor 21134)
Will Weldon3:08
79King of Spades (Vocalion 03066)
Peetie Wheatstraw3:03
80I'm Going Home (Paramount 12883)
Charley Patton3:02
81Keep It Clean (Vocalion 1511)
Charley Jordan2:43
82Rising Sun Blues (Vocalion 03066)
Peetie Wheatstraw3:01
83Dry Spell Blues Part 2 (Paramount 12990)
Son House3:13
84Hackberry Trot (Bluebird B-6110)
The Hackberry Ramblers2:40