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Artist: Various Artists Title: The Story Of The Blues Label:   CBS Country: UK Catalogue: 66218 / M 63572 / M63573 Date: 1979 Format: Double LP Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  2 Own Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
The Origins Of The Blues
A1	Fra-Fra Tribesmen	Yarum Praise Songs	Traditional	Rate
A2	Mississippi John Hurt	Stack O'Lee Blues	Traditional	Rate
A3	Blind Willie McTell	Travelin' Blues	McTell	Rate
A4	Charley Patton	Stone Pony Blues	Patton	Rate
A5	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Black Snake Moan	Jefferson	Rate
A6	Lead Belly	Pig Meat Papa	Leadbetter	Rate
A7	Texas Alexander	Broken Yo-Yo	Alexander	Rate
A8	Peg Leg Howell	Broke And Hungry Blues	Sleepy John Estes	Rate
Blues And Entertainment
B1	Barbecue Bob / Laughing Charlie	It Won't Be Long Now	Hicks, Lincoln	Rate
B2	Henry Williams / Eddie Anthony	Georgia Crawl	Williams, Anthony	Rate
B3	Mississippi Jook Band	Dangerous Women	Graves	Rate
B4	Memphis Jug Band	Gator Wobble	Shade, Burse	Rate
B5	Bessie Smith	In The House Blues	B. Smith	Rate
B6	Lillian Glinn	Shake It Down	Glinn	Rate
B7	Bertha "Chippie" Hill	Pratt City Blues	Hill, Jones	Rate
B8	Butterbeans And Susie	What It Takes To Bring You Back (Mama Keeps It All The Time)	Edwards	Rate
The Thirties, Urban And Rural Blues
C1	Leroy Carr / Scrapper Blackwell	Midnight Hour Blues	L. Carr	Rate
C2	Faber Smith / Jimmy Yancy	East St. Louis Blues	J. Yancy	Rate
C3	Peetie Wheatstraw	Good Whiskey Blues	Bunch	Rate
C4	Casey Bill / Black Bob	W.P.A. Blues	W. Weldon, L. Melrose	Rate
C5	Bo Carter	Sorry Feeling Blues	Chapman	Rate
C6	Robert Johnson	Little Queen Of Spades	R. Johnson	Rate
C7	Bukka White	Parchman Farm Blues	B. White	Rate
C8	Memphis Minnie	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	M. Lawlar	Rate
World War Ⅱ And After
D1	Blind Boy Fuller / Sonny Terry	I Want Some Of Your Pie	Fultan, Allen	Rate
D2	Brownie McGhee	Million Lonesome Women	B. McGhee	Rate
D3	Joe Williams / Sonny Boy Williamson	Wild Cow Moan	J. Williams	Rate
D4	Big Bill Broonzy	All By Myself	W. Broonzy	Rate
D5	Joe Turner / Pete Johnson	Roll 'Em Pete	P. Johnson	Rate
D6	Otis Spann	Bloody Murder	O. Spann	Rate
D7	Elmore James	Sunnyland	E. James	Rate
D8	Johnny Shines	I Don't Know	J. Shines	Rate

Notes

A documentary history of the blues on record compiled by Paul Oliver

Gatefold Cover

Fra-Fra Tribesmen: vocal, rattle, fiddle 1964
Mississippi John Hurt: vocal, guitar 1928
Blind Willie McTell: vocal, guitar 1929
Charley Patton: vocal, guitar 1934
Blind Lemon Jefferson: vocal, guitar 1927
Leadbelly: vocal, guitar 1935
Texas Alexander: vocal, Lonnie Johnson guitar 1929
Peg Leg Howell: vocal, guitar 1929

Barbecue Bob: vocal, guitar & Laughing Charley: vocal, guitar 1927
Henry Williams: vocal, guitar & Eddie Anthony: vocal, fiddlee 1928
Mississippi Jook Band: vocal, Roosevelt Graves: guitar, Uaroy Graves: tambourine, Cooney Vaughn: piano 1936
Memphis Jug Band: Will Shade: harmonica, Charlie Burse: guitar, Jab Jones: piano, jug, Robert Burse: cowbell 1934
Bessie Smith: vocal, Louis Bacon: cornet, Charlie Green: trombone, Clarence Williams: piano, Floyd Casey: drums (931
Lillian Glinn: vocal (1928
Bertha "Chippie" Hill: vocal, Louis Armstrong: cornet, Richard M. Jones: piano 1926
Butterbeans And Susie (vocal duet): Eddie Heywood: piano And His Sons Of Harmony 1930

Leroy Carr: vocal, piano, Scrapper Blackwell: guitar 1932
Faber Smith: vocal, Jimmy Yancey: piano 1940
Peetie Wheatstraw: vocal, piano, Casey Bill: guitar 1935
Casey Bill: vocal, guitar, Black Bob: piano (936
Bo Carter: vocal, guitar 1931
Robert Johnson: vocal, guitar 1937
Bukka White: vocal, guitar, Washboard Sam: washboard
Memphis Minnie: vocal, guitar, Little Son Joe: guitar

Blind Boy Fuller: vocal, guitar, Sonny Terry: harmonica 1939
Brownie McGhee: vocal, guitar, Jordan Webb: harmonica 1941
Joe Williams: vocal, guitar, Sonny Boy Williamson: harmonica, Ransom Knowling: bass, Judge Riley: drums 1947
Big Bill Broonzy: vocal, guitar, Memphis Slim: piano, Ransom Knowling: bass, Washboard Sam: washboard 1941
Joe Turner: vocal, Pete Johnson: piano (938)
Otis Spann: vocal, piano, Walter Horton: harmonica, Willie Dixon: bass, Clifton James: drums 1968
Elmore James: vocal, gu

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