Roots
1932-39


VOL. 13:
1932-34

cover: Leadbelly
VOL. 14:
1934-36

cover: Milton Brown
VOL. 15:
1936

cover: Robert Johnson
1. Blind Willie McTell - Searching the Desert 
        for the Blues
2. Alfred G. Karnes - We Shall Be Reunited
3. The Carter Family - See That My Grave Is 
        Kept Green
4. Big Bill Broonzy - Long Tall Mama
5. Leroy Carr - Blues Before Sunrise
6. Tex Ritter - Rye Whiskey
7. Jimmie Rodgers - Jimmie Rodgers' Last
        Blue Yodel
8. Leadbelly - Good Morning Blues
9. Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues
10. Charley Patton - Poor Me
11. Leadbelly - Roberta
12. The Kentucky Ramblers - Do Not Wait
13. The Carter Family - Are You Tired of Me, 
         My Darling?
14. The Delmore Brothers - Brown's Ferry 
        Blues
15. The Memphis Jug Band - Memphis 
        Shakedown
16. Tampa Red - Denver Blues
17. Lucille Bogan - Shave 'Em Dry, Pt. 2
18. Leadbelly - Midnight Special
1. Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene
2. Kokomo Arnold - The Twelves
3. Leroy Carr - When the Sun Goes Down
4. Uncle Dave Macon - All In, Down and Out
        Blues
5. Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies - 
        Taking Off
6. Gene Autry - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
7. Blind Boy Fuller - Baby You Gotta Change
        Your Mind
8. Tampa Red - Sugar Mama Blues
9. Bumble Bee Slim - Ramblin' With That 
        Woman
10. Big Bill Broonzy - Don't Tear My Clothes
11. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - King
        Porter Stomp
12. Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies - 
        Mama Don't Allow It
13. The Carter Family - Can the Circle Be
        Unbroken?
14. Robert Johnson - I Believe I'll Dust My 
        Broom
15. Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
16. Lil Johnson - Get 'Em from the Peanut
        Man (Hot Nuts)
17. Casey Bill Weldon - W.P.A. Blues
18. Robert Johnson - Ramblin' on My Mind
1. Robert Johnson - When You Got a Good 
        Friend
2. The Mississippi Jook Band - Barbecut Bust
3. Jimmie Davis - Honky Tonk Blues
4. Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies - 
        Hesitation Blues
5. Robert Johnson - Come On in My Kitchen
6. Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues
7. Big Bill Broonzy - You Know I Got a Good
        Reason
8. Lonnie Glosson - Lonnie's Fox Chase
9. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Steel 
        Guitar Rag
10. Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues
11. Lil Johnson - Sam the Hot Dog Man
12. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - 
        Stompin' at the Savoy
13. Robert Johnson - 32-20 Blues
14. Robert Johnson - They're Red Hot
15. Blind Boy Fuller - Truckin' My Blues
        Away
16. Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies - 
        My Galveston Gal
17. The Blue Sky Boys - Bury Me Beneath
        the Willow
18. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues
19. Robert Johnson - Walkin' Blues

 
VOL. 16:
1936-37

cover: Roy Rogers
VOL. 17:
1937

cover: Sonny Boy Williamson
VOL. 18:
1937-39

cover: Tampa Red
1. Robert Johnson - Last Fair Deal Gone
        Down
2. Lil Johnson - My Stove's in Good 
        Condition
3. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Right or 
        Wrong
4. Roy Acuff - The Great Speckle Bird
5. Robert Johnson - Preachin' Blues
6. Robert Johnson - If I Had Possession Over 
        Judgment Day
7. Milton Brown & The Musical Brownise - 
        The Yellow Rose of Texas
8. The Blue Sky Boys - In My Little Home in 
        Tennessee
9. Roy Rogers - Cowboy Night Herd Song
10. Robert Johnson - Stones in My Passway
11. Bukka White - Shake 'Em on Down
12. Leadbelly - C. C. Rider
13. Big Bill Broonzy - Hattie Blues
14. Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late
15. Robert Johnson - Hell Hound on My Trail
16. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Time 
        Changes Everything
17. The Blue Sky Boys - We Buried Her
18. Sonny Boy Williamson - Blue Bird Blues
19. Robert Johnson - Malted Milk Blues
1. Big Bill Broonzy - Good Boy
2. Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil Blues
3. Sonny Boy Williamson - Sugar Mama
        Blues
4. Al Dexter - Honky Tonk Blues
5. The Monroe Brothers - All the Good Times
6. Lionel Hampton - Vibraphone Blues
7. Blind Boy Fuller - Mamie
8. Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down
         Blues
9. Robert Johnson - Traveling Riverside
        Blues
10. Roy Acuff - Steel Guitar Blues
11. The Blue Sky Boys - Within the Circle
12. Sons of the Pioneers - Song of the Bandit
13. Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis - 
         Boogie Woogie Blues
14. Robert Johnson - Honeymoon Blues
15. Big Bill Broonzy - Horny Frog
16. Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning 
        Little Schoolgirl
17. Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
        Stomp
18. Patsy Montana - I Want to Be a Cowboy's 
        Sweetheart
19. Bukka White - Pinebluff, Arkansas
20. Robert Johnson - Love in Vain Blues
1. Robert Johnson - Milkcow's Calf Blues
2. Big Bill Broonzy - Good Time Tonight
3. Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Roll 'Em 
         Pete
4. Count Basie & His Orchestra - Jumpin' at 
        the Woodside
5. Leadbelly - Rock Island Line
6. Cliff Bruner & the Texas Wanderers - It 
        Makes No Difference Now
7. The Blue Sky Boys - Story of the Knoxville 
        Girl
8. Big Bill Broonzy - Going Back to Arkansas
9. Georgia White - Alley Boogie
10. Blind Boy Fuller - Meat Shakin' Woman
11. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Boogie 
        Woogie
12. The Light Crust Doughboys - Pussy 
        Pussy Pussy
13. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Corrine 
        Corrina
14. Cliff Bruner & the Texas Wanderers - 
        When You're Smiling
15. The Blue Sky Boys - Who Wouldn't Be
         Lonely?
16. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Take the
        "A" Train
17. Big Bill Broonzy - It's Your Time Now
18. Tampa Red - Anna Lou Blues
19. Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent


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