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1	Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (2006) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Smithsonian Folkways ninth installment of its popular Classic Series chronicles the golden age of the American railroad. Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways picks up where 2004's Classic Maritime Music collection left off, unearthing previously unheard of gems from their archives along with classics from some of the genre's finest ... see all copies from £7.98! new only from £7.98!
2	The Best of Frank Stokes (2005) more music like this by Frank Stokes add to wishlist The music -- a meld of blues and older, more satiric songster-inspired material, as well as gospel-influenced sides -- speaks for itself on this, the widest-ranging and best-sounding collection of Frank Stokes' work issued on CD. The Best of Frank Stokes, released by Yazoo, combines the highlights of such previous releases as Frank Stokes' Dream ... see all copies from £12.02! new only from £12.02!
3	The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (2001) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist see all copies from £3.34! new only from £33.47!
4	Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 (2000) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist The Harry Smith-compiled three-volume Anthology of American Folk Music set, originally released in the 1950s and reissued to much brouhaha in 1997, was one of the most important records in launching the folk revival. It was not well known, though, that Smith compiled a fourth volume that was unissued. Revenant finally put it out in 2000, and like ... see all copies from £15.64! new only from £15.64!
5	Masters of Memphis Blues (2004) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist JSP's Masters of Memphis Blues compiles four CDs of performances by Furry Lewis, Stokes & Sane, Gus Cannon as Banjo Joe, Frank Stokes, Allen Shaw, Robert Wilkins, and Little Buddy Doyle. It's hard to go wrong with these 101 recordings cut between 1927 and 1939. The tracks have been remastered, making the majority of this material sound great. ... see all copies from £17.77! new only from £17.77!
6	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops (1991) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist This sex-based set of early blues-oriented recordings has 19 double entendre songs and a humorous (and quite profane) "alternate" version of Lucille Bogan's "Shave 'Em Dry" that still could not be played on the radio. Among the performers are Lil Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Barrel House Annie, Bo Carter and Buddy Moss. With titles such as "Sam The ... see all copies from £5.57!
7	Whiskey Is My Habit, Women Is All I Crave: The Best of Leroy Carr (2004) more music like this by Leroy Carr add to wishlist The 40 tracks compiled on this two-disc set represent the entire span of pianist and singer Leroy Carr's recording career that spanned a brief seven years, from 1928-1935. The material represented here -- all but one of these tracks were recorded for the Vocalion label -- features accompaniment by guitarist Scrapper Blackwell on all but one ... see all copies from £12.54! new only from £12.54!
8	Blues Everywhere I Go (1999) more music like this by Odetta add to wishlist This is Odetta's first studio release in over a decade, but time doesn't appear to have affected her interpretive skills or the range and quality of her voice, which remains one of the most remarkable instruments in American folk and blues music to date. The 15 tracks on Blues Everywhere I Go tell what Odetta calls "the other side" of the African ... see all copies from £6.81! new only from £10.40!
9	Topdog/Underdog [Clean] (2002) more music like this by Original Soundtrack add to wishlist see all copies from £2.47! new only from £12.59!
10	Rude Dudes (2003) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Since leaving the Rolling Stones in 1993, Bill Wyman has gone on a one-man crusade to promote the music he obviously loves. Wyman fronts his own blues band, the Rhythm Kings, and has been instrumental in keeping the names of both classic and obscure blues artists in the public eye through compilations like Rude Dudes. The title is somewhat ... see all copies from £4.27! new only from £7.59!
11	Angola Prisoners' Blues (1959) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist In the '50s, Harry Oster made several recordings of African-American inmates at the penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. These sessions are primarily remembered for the discovery of Robert Pete Williams, but Oster also found several other acoustic blues performers of merit. Several of them are featured on this 20-track, 80-minute CD (which includes ... see all copies from £10.98! new only from £10.98!
12	The Best There Ever Was: The Legendary Early Blues Performers (2003) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Yazoo Records has long been one of the prime sources for rural blues reissues from the 1920s and '30s. Transferred from old 78s, some so rare only a single copy or two are known to exist, these tracks offer a wonderful glimpse into a fabled blues past. Essentially a kind of greatest-hits collection for Yazoo, The Best There Ever Was features ... see all copies from £10.89! new only from £10.89!
13	The Frank Stokes Victor Recordings (1928-1929) (1990) more music like this by Frank Stokes add to wishlist This 20-song compilation of Frank Stokes' late-'20s recordings for the Victor label is a more expansive version of the Stokes collection available on Yazoo Records, with very little overlap between the two. The sound is variable, as is usually the case with Document's releases, some songs sounding like they came from decent master sources and ... see all copies from £9.74! new only from £10.64!
14	Rough Guide to the Blues (2007) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Full marks to the Rough Guide people -- with this release they've hit it very squarely on the head. If you want one definitive guide to the blues, this is it. Granted, not every major figure is here -- no Skip James or Furry Lewis, for example, or Tampa Red -- but this is as good as you're going to find on a single CD, ranging from the very early ... see all copies from £9.53! new only from £9.53!
15	This Is Blues (2007) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist There are countless blues compilations out there, and at first glance, this two-disc, 30-track selection doesn't seem to be anything special, but a closer look reveals that it covers a fairly wide spectrum, both in the number of blues styles it includes (prewar country-blues to Chicago blues, jump blues, folk-blues and more) and in the years it ... see all copies from £11.47! new only from £11.47!
16	The Story of the Blues [Sony] (1995) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist see all copies from £11.34! new only from £11.34!
17	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923) (1997) more music like this by Ida Cox add to wishlist Ida Cox was one of the most powerful blues singers of the 1920s, ranking just below Bessie Smith. The Document label has reissued all of Cox's 1920s recordings on four CDs, leaving out many of the alternate takes (since there are a great deal from 1923-24) to be put out on a later series. The first CD has the master takes of all of Cox's ... see all copies from £11.00! new only from £11.00!
18	Memphis Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (1998) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist see all copies from £12.77! new only from £12.77!
19	Good Time Tonight (1990) more music like this by Big Bill Broonzy add to wishlist If you're following the 30-plus year career of Bill Broonzy and already have the two early compilations available on Yazoo, here's where you go next. These are basically ensemble works covering the time frame between 1930 to 1940 and Broonzy sounds very comfortable in the company of Blind John Davis and Joshua Altheimer. The 20 tracks compiled ... see all copies from £4.86!
20	Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives, & Steel, Vol. 2 (1991) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist This is another excellent volume of various styles of blues slide guitar from Columbia's Roots & Blues series. ~ All Music Guide, All Music Guide see all copies from £6.14!
21	Legendary Blues: Oh Brother - Best of Southern (2002) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Legendary Blues: Oh Brother -- Best of Southern Blues is a rather skimpy compilation of ten songs by familiar artists of the genre, including Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, and Skip James. Also included are lesser-known tracks by Bessie Tucker ("Penitentiary"), Lucille Hegamin ("Land of Cotton Blues"), and Blind Blake ("Police Dog Blues"). If ... see all copies from £6.26! new only from £6.26!
22	Rare Country Blues, Vol. 3: 1928-1936 (2000) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Document Records, a British reissue label, has set an admirable goal of releasing all the music found on 78s from the 1920s and '30s. Their collections are historical and archival in intent and are absolutely essential to scholars, collectors, and others interested in music of the period. Rare Country Blues, Vol. 3 assembles the complete known ... see all copies from £11.84! new only from £11.84!
23	I Feel So Good (1995) more music like this by Big Bill Broonzy add to wishlist It is hard enough to find a comprehensive collection of Big Bill Broonzy's music, much less a smaller one that covers most of the bases. This 22-track set, with 18 of his compositions, showcases many of his best-known tunes from an acoustic on-the-porch approach, and there are a few that saddle up to a more jazzy aesthetic. Among the top-drawer ... see all copies from £9.49! new only from £9.49!
24	Legendary Blues: Acoustic Blues (2002) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Bizarre packaging aside, Legendary Blues: Acoustic Blues is a rather skimpy compilation of ten songs by familiar artists of the genre, including Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee. Also included are lesser-known tracks by Sleepy John Estes ("Someday Baby"), Big Joe Williams ("Brother James"), and Bo Carter ("All ... see all copies from £5.17! new only from £5.17!
25	The Godfather of Chicago Blues (2005) more music like this by Big Bill Broonzy add to wishlist Big Bill Broonzy was viewed as a beloved country blues player when he died in 1958, a master of raw and authentic-sounding folk-blues. But this public image, although Broonzy worked hard to maintain it in his later years, does him a bit of a disservice. He was much more than a rustic relic, however well he played the part. Broonzy was an excellent ... see all copies from £8.82! new only from £8.82!

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