Tracklist
| Disc 1 | |||
| 1-1 | –Memphis Minnie | Ma Rainey | 2:35 |
| 1-2 | –Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five | I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town | 2:42 |
| 1-3 | –Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup | Mean Old 'Frisco Blues | 2:28 |
| 1-4 | –Leadbelly | Bourgeois Blues | 2:16 |
| 1-5 | –T-Bone Walker | Mean Old World | 2:45 |
| 1-6 | –Dinah Washington | Evil Gal Blues | 2:42 |
| 1-7 | –Cecil Gant | I Wonder | 2:33 |
| 1-8 | –Hot Lips Page | Blood On The Moon | 2:14 |
| 1-9 | –Big Maceo | Chicago Breakdown | 2:47 |
| 1-10 | –Doctor Clayton | Angels In Harlem | 2:54 |
| 1-11 | –Billie Holiday | Billie's Blues | 3:25 |
| 1-12 | –John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson* | Hoodoo Hoodoo | 2:46 |
| 1-13 | –Roy Brown And His Mighty-Mighty Men* | Good Rockin' Tonight | 2:56 |
| 1-14 | –Amos Milburn | Chicken-Shack Boogie | 2:42 |
| 1-15 | –Charles Brown | Trouble Blues | 2:15 |
| 1-16 | –John Lee Hooker | Crawlin' Kingsnake | 2:52 |
| 1-17 | –Tampa Red | When Things Go Wrong With You (It Hurts Me Too) | 2:53 |
| 1-18 | –Li'l Son Jackson* | Cairo Blues | 2:44 |
| 1-19 | –Robert Nighthawk | Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) | 2:55 |
| 1-20 | –Professor Longhair | Mardi Gras In New Orleans | 2:45 |
| 1-21 | –Lowell Fulson | Every Day I Have The Blues | 2:24 |
| 1-22 | –Johnny Otis Quintet With Little Esther Phillips* | Double Crossing Blues | 2:40 |
| Disc 2 | |||
| 2-1 | –Muddy Waters | Rollin' And Tumblin' (Pt. 1) | 2:52 |
| 2-2 | –Memphis Slim And The Houserockers* | Mother Earth | 2:35 |
| 2-3 | –Percy Mayfield | Please Send Me Someone To Love | 2:46 |
| 2-4 | –Elmore James | Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long) | 2:39 |
| 2-5 | –Howlin' Wolf | How Many More Years | 2:35 |
| 2-6 | –Big Bill Broonzy | Black, Brown And White | 2:37 |
| 2-7 | –Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats* | Rocket "88" | 2:41 |
| 2-8 | –Little Walter And His Night Cats* | Juke | 2:35 |
| 2-9 | –Eddie Boyd | Five Long Years | 2:38 |
| 2-10 | –Little Walter And His Night Cats* | Mean Old World | 2:45 |
| 2-11 | –Big Mama Thornton | I Smell A Rat | 1:40 |
| 2-12 | –Big Maybelle | Gabbin' Blues | 2:36 |
| 2-13 | –Muddy Waters | (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man | 2:39 |
| 2-14 | –Guitar Slim And His Band | The Things That I Used To Do | 2:54 |
| 2-15 | –J.B. Lenoir | Eisenhower Blues | 2:54 |
| 2-16 | –Gatemouth Brown* With The Pluma Davis Orchestra | Okie Dokie Stomp | 2:31 |
| 2-17 | –Ray Charles And His Orchestra | Come Back Baby | 2:59 |
| 2-18 | –Jimmy Rushing | How Long, How Long Blues | 4:48 |
| 2-19 | –Joe Turner And His All-Stars* | Cherry Red | 3:16 |
| 2-20 | –Jesse Fuller | San Francisco Bay Blues | 2:38 |
| 2-21 | –Otis Rush | I Can't Quit You Baby | 3:01 |
| 2-22 | –Johnny "Guitar" Watson* | Three Hours Past Midnight | 3:23 |
| Disc 3 | |||
| 3-1 | –Elizabeth Cotten | Freight Train | 2:44 |
| 3-2 | –Champion Jack Dupree | Junker's Blues | 3:01 |
| 3-3 | –Jimmy Witherspoon | Sweets' Blues | 5:03 |
| 3-4 | –Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee* | Living With The Blues | 2:52 |
| 3-5 | –Fred McDowell | Shake 'Em On Down | 2:31 |
| 3-6 | –Howlin' Wolf | Spoonful | 2:37 |
| 3-7 | –Robert Pete Williams | Pardon Denied Again | 4:34 |
| 3-8 | –Mance Lipscomb | Freddie | 2:33 |
| 3-9 | –Freddie King | Hide Away | 2:30 |
| 3-10 | –Lightnin' Hopkins | Goin' Back To Florida | 3:10 |
| 3-11 | –Sonny Boy Williamson | Trust My Baby | 2:36 |
| 3-12 | –Junior Parker* | Drivin' Wheel | 2:30 |
| 3-13 | –Jimmy Reed | Bright Lights, Big City | 2:36 |
| 3-14 | –Bobby Bland | Stormy Monday Blues | 4:00 |
| 3-15 | –Albert Collins | Tongue Lashing | 2:50 |
| 3-16 | –B.B. King | Worry, Worry | 6:13 |
| 3-17 | –Slim Harpo | Baby Scratch My Back | 2:46 |
| 3-18 | –Jimmy McCracklin | Think | 2:27 |
| 3-19 | –Koko Taylor | Wang Dang Doodle | 2:54 |
| 3-20 | –Junior Wells | Early In The Morning | 4:36 |
| 3-21 | –Johnny Shines | Sweet Home Chicago | 3:19 |
| Disc 4 | |||
| 4-1 | –Albert King | Crosscut Saw | 2:27 |
| 4-2 | –Magic Sam | Every Night And Every Day | 3:00 |
| 4-3 | –B.B. King | Why I Sing The Blues | 8:30 |
| 4-4 | –Little Johnny Taylor | Everybody Knows About My Good Thing (Pt. 1) | 3:10 |
| 4-5 | –Little Milton | Little Bluebird | 6:28 |
| 4-6 | –Jimmy Johnson | Your Turn To Cry | 5:38 |
| 4-7 | –Z.Z. Hill | Down Home Blues | 5:01 |
| 4-8 | –Denise LaSalle | Your Husband Is Cheatin' On Us | 4:30 |
| 4-9 | –Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes And The Playboys* | How Long This Must Go On | 3:55 |
| 4-10 | –Junior Kimbrough | Jr. Blues | 6:30 |
| 4-11 | –Taj Mahal | Big Legged Mamas Are Back In Style | 4:06 |
| 4-12 | –Tutu Jones | Stubborn Woman | 3:16 |
| 4-13 | –Buddy Guy | Cities Need Help | 5:21 |
| 4-14 | –Billy Branch | You | 7:12 |
| 4-15 | –Corey Harris | Between Midnight And Day | 3:19 |
Credits
- Co-producer [Associate Producer] – Dennis Britton
- Compiled By, Liner Notes [Annotator] – Lawrence Hoffman*
- Coordinator [Editorial And Design] – Amy Pickworth, Jane Sapp
- Coordinator [Production] – Amy Pickworth, Kathy Kim Healy
- Design [Graphic Designers] – Alan Carter , Kathleen Sims
- Edited By [Text] – Amy Pickworth, Beth Kelley, Jane Sapp
- Engineer [Mastering] – Mike Donaldson
- Management [Business Manager] – Judie Gumbita
- Producer – Bruce Talbot, Lawrence Hoffman*
