Table of Contents:
  • Dark was the night (Blind Willie Johnson, vocal, with guitar) (3:26)
  • Black woman (Vera Hall, vocal) (1:26)
  • Black snake moan (Blind Lemon Jefferson, vocal, with guitar) (2:54)
  • Misery blues (Ma Rainey, vocal, with her Georgia Band) (2:41)
  • Working man's blues (King Oliver, cornet, with his Creole Jazz Band) (3:04)
  • No easy rider blues (Gertrude Perkins, vocal, with guitar, piano and tuba) (3:27)
  • Lord, I just can't keep from crying (Blind Willie Johnson, vocal, with guitar and female "helpers") (3:09)
  • How long blues (Jimmy Yancey, piano) (4:00)
  • Mr. Jelly Lord (Jelly Roll Morton Trio) (2:55)
  • [Bridwell] blues (Nolan Welsh, vocal, with Louis Armstrong, cornet and Richard M. Jones, piano) (3:39)
  • Careless love (Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra) (3:11)
  • Mean old bed bug blues (Bessie Smith, vocal, with piano and guitar) (3:18)
  • I'm not rough (Louis Armstrong, vocal and cornet, with his Hot Five) (3:02).