日本のブルース・ファンのバイブルとなる編集盤。「初期のカントリー・ブルース」「メンフィス・ブルース」「ジャグ・バンド」などの分類がなされている
DISK1
A-1. Big Road Blues / Tommy Johnson
A-2. Cannde Heat Blues / Tommy Johnson
A-3. Troubled Hearted Blues / Ishman Bracy
A-4. Dark Night Blues / Blind Willie McTell
A-5. Loving Talking Blues / Blind Willie McTell
A-6. Drauman Blues / Clifford Gibson
A-7. The Panama Kimited / Bukka White
B-1. I’m Wild About Loving / Jim Jackson
B-2. Dry Land Blues / Furry Lewis
B-3. ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Business / Frank Stokes
B-4. Frank Stokes Dream / Frank Stokes
B-5. The Girl I Love, She Got A Long Curly Hair / Sleepy John Estes
B-6. Lawyer Clark Blues / Sleepy John Estes
DISK2
A-1. Memphis Jug Blues / Memphis Jug Band
A-2. Going Back To Memphis / Memphis Jug Band
A-3. Viola Lee Blues / Cannon’s Jug Stompers
A-4. Going To Germany / Cannon’s Jig Stompers
A-5. Walk Right In / Cannon’s Jug Stompers
A-6. The Spams / Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
B-1. Whiskey Head Woman / Tommy McClenman
B-2. Dese My Blues / Tommy McClenman
B-3. Baby Please Don’t Go / Big Jim Williams
B-4. Highway 49 / Big Jim Williams
B-5. Peach Orchard Mama / Big Jim Williams
B-6. Catfish Blues / Robert Petway
B-7. Take A Little With Me / Robert Lockwood
DISK3
A-1. Rocks In My Bed / Leroy Carr
A-2. Six Cold Feet In The Ground / Leroy Carr
A-3. Devil’s Son-In-Law / Peetie Wheatstraw
A-4. Pete Wheatstraw / Pete Wheatstraw
A-5. Vicksburg Blues Part 3 / Little Brother Montgomery
A-6. Worried Life Blues / Big Maceo
A-7. Hard Working Man Blues / Joe Pullum
B-1. Friendless Blues / Big Bill Broonzy
B-2. The Southern Blues / Big Bill Broonzy
B-3. Kingfish Blues / Tampa Red
B-4. Tough Luck / Robert Lee McCoy
B-5. Good Morning Little School Girl / Sonny Boy Williamson
B-6. Early In The Morning / Sonny Boy Williamson
B-7. Key To The Highway / Jazz Gillum