VA - The Ultimate Black History Collection

Size: 564 MB
Time: 4:00:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues, R&B, Rock, Soul, Pop
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Ray Charles - I'm Movin' On (3:09)
02 Barack Obama - We Are The Ones We Are Waiting For (0:46)
03 Baby Washington - Nobody Cares (2:11)
04 Memphis Slim - Blue & Disgusted (3:00)
05 Paul Robeson - American Crusade Against Lynching (0:58)
06 Percy Sledge - When Man Loves A Woman (Re-Recorded Version) (3:42)
07 John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (Re-Recorded Version) (2:31)
08 Charles Brown - Black Night (Re-Recorded Version) (3:06)
09 Ralph Bunche - First Afican American To Receive Noble Peace Prize (0:56)
10 Chic - Good Times (7:17)
11 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (2:48)
12 Dionne Warwick - Walk On By (2:21)
13 The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New (5:52)
14 Ohio Players - A Thing Called Love (Re-Recorded Version) (3:15)
15 Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (2:59)
16 Magic Johnson - Retires After Testing Positive For HIV Virus (0:44)
17 Dinah Washington - Unforgettable (Re-Recorded Version) (2:43)
18 Al Wilson - Show & Tell (Re-Recorded Version) (3:25)
19 Ray Charles - What'd I Say (Re-Recorded Version) (2:22)
20 Count Basie - Tarrersfield Stomp (2:33)
21 B.B. King - Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss (2:37)
22 Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (3:02)
23 Big Maybelle - I Won't Cry Anymore (2:54)
24 Louis Armstrong - Interview (0:42)
25 Joe Simon - The Chokin' Kind (Re-Recorded Version) (2:43)
26 The Miracles - You've Really Got A Hold On Me (Re-Recorded Version) (3:09)
27 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (Re-Recorded Version) (3:30)
28 Ben E. King - Stand By Me (Re-Recorded Version) (2:53)
29 Martin Luther King, Jr. - Mountain Top (0:57)
30 Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Re-Recorded Version) (3:29)
31 Tiger Woods - Interview (0:55)
32 General Colin Powell - Declines Bid For Presidency (1:26)
33 Muhammad Ali - On His Foreman Fight (0:43)
34 Gladys Kinight & The Pips - Every Beat Of My Heart (Re-Recorded Version) (2:05)

CD 2:
01 Big Joe Williams - Goin' Away, Won't Be Back Till Fall (1:55)
02 Radio Broadcast - Little Rock School Integration (0:48)
03 Fats Domino - I Want To Walk You Home (Re-Recorded Version) (2:38)
04 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 3 (0:15)
05 Percy Sledge - When Man Loves A Woman (Re-Recorded Version) (3:42)
06 Mahalia Jackson - Tell It, Sing It, Shout It (2:37)
07 Jackie Robinson - Speaks Of Racist Heckling (0:47)
08 Memphis Slim - 44 Blues (3:32)
09 Buddy Guy - Blue Monday (5:02)
10 Cassius Clay - Clay On His Fight With Liston - Took Him In 7 (0:56)
11 Lloyd Price - I'm Gonna Get Married (Re-Recorded Version) (2:41)
12 Venus Williams - Venus Williams Wins Wimbledon (0:56)
13 The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (Re-Recorded Version) (4:46)
14 Malcolm X - Speech (0:26)
15 Sly Stone - Life Of Fortune And Fame (3:21)
16 Ike & Tina Turner - In The Morning Blues (2:45)
17 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Unknown Blues (4:09)
18 Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues (3:08)
19 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (2:16)
20 Booker T. Washington - Speech Against Slavery (0:45)
21 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (Re-Recorded Version) (2:39)
22 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 1 (0:20)
23 A. Philp Randolph - March On Washington Speech (0:48)
24 The Commodores - I Know I'm Losing You (3:09)
25 Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia (Re-Recorded Version) (4:01)
26 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - First Black Congressman From New York (0:31)
27 Robert Kenndey - Martin Luther King, Jr., Assassination (0:49)
28 Wilson Pickett - It's Too Late (3:09)
29 Leadbelly - The Bourgoeis Blues (3:03)
30 Martin Luther King, Jr. - We're Marching By (0:31)
31 Arthur Ashe - Remains The Only African American Men's Single Champion (0:51)
32 The Marvelettes - Don't Mess With Bill (Re-Recorded Version) (3:42)
33 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (4:45)

CD 3:
01 Serena Williams - Interview (0:47)
02 Martin Luther King, Jr. - Nobel Prize (0:45)
03 Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (Re-Recorded Version) (3:04)
04 The Spinners - I'll Be Around (3:08)
05 Muhammad Ali - Interview (0:23)
06 The Miracles - I Second That Emotion (Re-Recorded Version) (2:44)
07 Radio Broadcast - Rodney King - Radio Broadcast Of The Verdict (0:50)
08 James Brown - It's A Man's, Man's Man's World (4:12)
09 Bob Marley - Soul Rebel (3:19)
10 Shiley Chisholm - First African American Woman Elected To Congress (0:33)
11 Ike & Tina Turner - Poor Fool (2:45)
12 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (Re-Recorded Version) (3:04)
13 Nat King Cole & The King Cole Trio - My Lips Remember Your Kisses (3:07)
14 Miles Davis - Out Of Nowhere (4:05)
15 Radio Broadcast - Barry Bonds Breaks Home Run Record (0:55)
16 B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get (3:24)
17 Buddy Guy - No Use Cryin' (3:02)
18 Big Maybelle - Don't Let Him See You Cry (2:44)
19 Jessie Jackson - Speech (0:57)
20 Sam & Dave - Land Of 1,000 Dances (Re-Recorded Version) (2:30)
21 Wilson Pickett - I Can't Stop (2:31)
22 James Baldwin - Interview (0:54)
23 Billie Holiday - Lover Man (3:17)
24 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 4 (0:10)
25 Ray Charles - Blues Is My Middle Name (3:11)
26 Mississippi Fred Mcdowell - Big Fat Mama (3:22)
27 Sam & Dave - Soul Man (Re-Recorded Version) (2:55)
28 Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have A Dream (0:58)
29 Bo Diddley - Walin' And Talkin' (2:38)
30 Reggie Jackson - Death Threat (0:33)
31 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 2 (0:06)
32 Lightnin' Hopkins - Last Night (5:09)
33 Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door (Re-Recorded Version) (4:40)


The Ultimate Black History Collection MP3
The Ultimate Black History Collection Part 1 FLAC
The Ultimate Black History Collection Part 2 FLAC

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Leadbelly - Blues Best: Greatest Hits

Size: 66.3 MB
Time: 28:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. New Orleans (The Rising Sun Blues) [3:16]
2. Goodnight Irene [2:33]
3. Where Did You Sleep Last Night [3:02]
4. How Long [2:10]
5. John Hardy [3:14]
6. When I Was A Cowboy [2:56]
7. Pretty Flower In Your Back Yard (#1) [2:45]
8. Roberta [3:08]
9. Pretty Flower In Your Back Yard (#2) [2:27]
10. Yellow Gal [3:16]

Huddie Ledbetter, known as Lead Belly, was a unique figure in the American popular music of the 20th century. Ultimately, he was best remembered for a body of songs that he discovered, adapted, or wrote, including "Goodnight, Irene," "Rock Island Line," "The Midnight Special," and "Cotton Fields." But he was also an early example of a folksinger whose background had brought him into direct contact with the oral tradition by which folk music was handed down, a tradition that, by the early years of the century, already included elements of commercial popular music.

Because he was an African-American, he is sometimes viewed as a blues singer, but blues (a musical form he actually predated) was only one of the styles that informed his music. He was a profound influence on folk performers of the 1940s such as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, who in turn influenced the folk revival and the development of rock music from the 1960s onward, which makes his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, early in the hall's existence, wholly appropriate.

Blues Best: Greatest Hits

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VA - Blues Folk

Size: 207,2 MB
Time: 87:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues Folk
Art: Front

01 Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Blues In D (2:43)
02 Alvin Youngblood Hart - John Hardy (4:30)
03 60,000,000 Buffalo - American Money Blues (5:36)
04 Kelly Joe Phelps - Roll Away The Stone (4:50)
05 Thorstein Bergman - How Long Blues (Demo 1965) (2:36)
06 Blind Willie McTell - You Got To Die (3:09)
07 Judy Henske - Empty Bed Blues (3:39)
08 Grateful Dead - Dupree's Diamond Blues (3:33)
09 Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Come On In My Kitchen - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (4:14)
10 James Shorty - I Want Jesus To Walk With Me (3:43)
11 Felix Dukes - Motherless Children (2:49)
12 John Sebastian - Goodnight Irene (Live) (4:40)
13 Alannah Myles - Hurry Make Love (2:16)
14 Chas & Dave - Midnight Special (2:30)
15 John Lee Hooker - Drifting Blues (3:31)
16 Geoff Muldaur - Jailbird Love Song (3:56)
17 Maria Muldaur - Travelin' Shoes (2:23)
18 Odetta - Mule Skinner Blues (2:51)
19 Leadbelly - Looky Looky Yonder Black Betty Yellow Women's Door Bells (3:07)
20 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Drop Down Mama (2:52)
21 Ed Young & Lonnie Young - Chevrolet (4:04)
22 Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate - Catfish Blues (5:29)
23 Beausoleil - Les Blues De Chaleur (Hot Blues) (3:19)
24 Tim Hardin - I Cant Slow Down (3:25)
25 Lightnin' Hopkins - Bluebird Bluebird (1:26)

Back In Love MP3

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VA - Old Time Blues Mix

Size: 204,9 MB
Time: 86:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Elecric/Acoustic Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (3:01)
02 Sammy Price - Jelly Roll Junior Blues (3:02)
03 Faces - Jerusalem (1:51)
04 Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Come On In My Kitchen - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (4:13)
05 Blind Willie McTell - The Razor Ball (2:51)
06 Odetta - Gallows Tree (Gallows Pole) (2:49)
07 Mississippi Fred Mcdowell - Freight Train Blues (3:03)
08 Tim Hardin - I Cant Slow Down (3:25)
09 Felix Dukes - Motherless Children (2:49)
10 Kelly Joe Phelps - Goodnight Irene (5:38)
11 James Shorty - I Want Jesus To Walk With Me (3:43)
12 Odetta - Midnight Special (2:34)
13 Alvin Youngblood Hart - Illinois Blues (4:19)
14 60,000,000 Buffalo - American Money Blues (5:36)
15 Dr. John - Dear Old Southland (2:41)
16 Thorstein Bergman - How Long Blues (Demo 1965) (2:34)
17 Tim Buckley - Hong Kong Bar (6:57)
18 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - I Got My Mojo Working (3:32)
19 Maria Muldaur - Honey Babe Blues (3:07)
20 Charlie Norman - Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues (3:00)
21 Ray Charles - Mr. Charles Blues (2:47)
22 Mose Allison - Rollin' Stone (2:59)
23 Geoff Muldaur - Tennessee Blues (3:37)
24 Beausoleil - Les Blues De Chaleur (Hot Blues) (3:19)
25 Champion Jack Dupree - Strollin' (3:06)

Old Time Blues Mix

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VA - Piano Blues

Size: 161,2 MB
Time: 68:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Piano Blues, Blues Rock, woogie Boogie
Art: Front

01 Dr. John - Fess Up (Instrumental Version) (Live) (3:13)
02 Aretha Franklin - Honest I Do (3:16)
03 Champion Jack Dupree - Don't Leave Me Mary (2:52)
04 Fats Domino - I Know (2:49)
05 Nina Simone - Baseball Boogie (Outtake) (0:54)
06 Charlie Norman - Boogie Woogie On St Louis Blues (3:01)
07 Joe Turner - Roll 'Em Pete (3:43)
08 Alan Price - You Won't Get Me (4:03)
09 Jerry Lee Lewis - Rockin' Little Angel (1:58)
10 The Sammy Price Trio - Hot Club Boogie (6:01)
11 Ray Charles - Boogie Woogie (Rehearsal Session With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953) (1:57)
12 Junior Mance - Don't Worry 'Bout It (Single Version) (5:03)
13 The Incredible String Band - Robot Blues (4:07)
14 Danny O'Keefe - If Ya Can't Boogie, Woogie (You Sure Can't Rock & Roll) (3:09)
15 Billy Taylor - Summertime (3:47)
16 Chas & Dave - I Wonder In Whose Arms (3:33)
17 The Kingbees - Life's Too Short (To Be With You) (3:54)
18 Leadbelly - Big Fat Woman (1:20)
19 The Everly Brothers - Blueberry Hill (3:00)
20 Wilbur De Paris - Piano Blues (Live At Symphony Hall) (6:47)

Piano Blues

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LeadBelly - Absolutely The Best

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:51
Size: 98.1 MB
Styles: Acoustic country blues
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[3:14] 1. In New Orleans (House Of The Rising Sun)
[3:22] 2. The Bourgeois Blues
[2:31] 3. Goodnight, Irene
[3:05] 4. Looky, Looky Yonder/Black Betty/Yellow Women's Doorbells
[1:12] 5. Borrow Love and Go
[3:03] 6. De Kalb Blues
[3:12] 7. John Hardy
[2:09] 8. How Long
[3:05] 9. Roberta
[2:25] 10. Pretty Flower In Your Backyard
[3:09] 11. The Gallis Pole
[3:00] 12. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
[2:05] 13. Midnight Special
[4:17] 14. John Hardy (Version 2)
[2:54] 15. When I Was A Cowboy

Leadbelly stands like a cornerstone in modern folk music. He showed that folk songs didn't have to be 300 years old and originate from the British Isles; instead they could be born out of American experience. Absolutely the Best offers a number of Leadbelly classics including "Roberta," "Midnight Special," and "In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun." There is a wonderful version of "The Bourgeois Blues," filled with cutting social commentary, and a haunting version of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." There is a simple, affecting version of "Goodnight, Irene" and two versions of the outlaw ballad "John Hardy." Most of the cuts feature no more than the singer and his guitar, allowing Leadbelly's powerful voice to stand front and center. "How Long" receives a fuller arrangement with Sonny Terry's harmonica giving it a down and dirty blues feel. This disc will be educational for those who have only heard Creedence Clearwater Revival's version of "Midnight Special" or Led Zeppelin's "Gallows Pole." The difference is that Leadbelly could approach "Midnight Special" with sincerity, having spent a number of years in prison himself for murder. While there is nothing to complain about concerning this collection, it is irritating to find, on the song credits, Alan Lomax's name taking co-credit on songs like "The Bourgeois Blues." Lomax was an excellent field recorder, and he deserves praise for helping Leadbelly in a number of ways, but his helping hand came with a price. Leadbelly is an American original, and one has to know him to know American folk music. Absolutely the Best offers a good place for the listener to begin the acquaintance. ~Ronnie D. Lankford Jr.

Absolutely The Best

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VA - Milestones Of Legends: Delta Blues Vol. 01 to Vol. 10

Size: 1.55 GB
Time: 11:28:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Acoustic Delta Blues
Art: Front

Vol. 01:
01. Charlie Patton - High Sheriff Blues (3:06)
02. Son House - Mississippie Country Blues (2:50)
03. Son House - Clarksdale Moan (2:57)
04. Blind Willie Johnson - God Don't Never Change (2:56)
05. Leadbelly - Packin'trunk Blues (2:53)
06. Casey Bill Weldon - I Believe I´ll Make A Change (3:02)
07. Blind Willie Johnson - When The War Was On (3:00)
08. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan (2:50)
09. Joshua White - The Prodigal Son (2:58)
10. Lonnie Johnson - Away Down In The Alley Blues (2:49)
11. Son House - My Black Mama Part One (3:11)
12. Son House - My Black Mama Part Two (3:18)
13. Sonny Terry - Touch It Up And Go (2:25)
14. Mississippie Jock Band - Hittin' The Bottom Stomp (2:35)
15. Big Joe Williams - Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff (3:02)
16. Big Joe Williams - Greystone Blues (2:29)
17. Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing (2:36)
18. Blind Boy Fuller - Homesick & Lonesme Blues (3:06)
19. Son House - Dry Spell Blues Pt. 1 (3:08)
20. Son House - Dry Spell Blues Pt. 2 (3:12)
21. Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine (2:44)
22. Mississippie Fred McDowell - Shake 'em Down (3:18)
23. John Lee Hooker - My Baby Don't Love Me (3:03)

Vol. 02:
01. Charlie Patton - Down The Dirt Road Blues (2:56)
02. Charlie Patton - It Won't Be Long (3:23)
03. Charlie Patton - High Water Everywhere Pt. 1 (3:04)
04. Charlie Patton - High Sheriff Blues (3:06)
05. Charlie Patton - Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (3:04)
06. Charlie Patton - Lord I'm Discouraged (3:08)
07. Charlie Patton - Shake It And Break It (3:07)
08. Charlie Patton - Rattlesnake Blues (2:44)
09. Charlie Patton - Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (3:06)
10. Charlie Patton - A Spoonful Of Blues (3:10)
11. Charlie Patton - Pony Blues (3:00)
12. Charlie Patton - Magnolia Blues (3:11)
13. Charlie Patton - Moon Going Down (3:13)
14. Charlie Patton - I'm Goin' Home (3:03)
15. Charlie Patton - Elder Green Blues (3:00)
16. Charlie Patton - Jim Lee Blues Pt. 1 (3:01)
17. Charlie Patton - Banty Rooster Blues (3:04)
18. Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues (3:09)
19. Charlie Patton - I Shall Not Be Moved (3:02)
20. Charlie Patton - Going To Move To Alabama (2:58)
21. Charlie Patton - Pea Vine Blues (3:02)
22. Charlie Patton - Green River Blues (3:09)
23. Charlie Patton - Bird Nest Bound (3:09)

Vol. 03:
01. Son House - Levee Camp Blues (3:43)
02. Son House - Government Fleet Blues (6:50)
03. Son House - Walking Blues (Version 1) (6:42)
04. Son House - Shetland Pony Blues (3:28)
05. Son House - Fo' Clock Blues (3:52)
06. Son House - Camp Hollers (2:27)
07. Son House - Delta Blues (5:20)
08. Son House - Special Rider Blues (Test) (0:45)
09. Son House - Special Rider Blues (3:04)
10. Son House - Low Down Dirty Dog Blues (4:59)
11. Son House - Depot Blues (2:55)
12. Son House - Alan Lomax Talking (1:32)
13. Son House - American Defense (2:56)
14. Son House - Am I Right Or Wrong (1:49)
15. Son House - Walking Blues (Version 2) (2:56)
16. Son House - County Farm Blues (2:13)
17. Son House - The Pony Blues (4:14)
18. Son House - The Jinx Blues (Pt. 1) (3:27)
19. Son House - The Jinx Blues (Pt. 2) (4:26)

Vol. 04:
01. Robert Johnson - I Believe I'll Dust My Broom (2:57)
02. Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues (2:33)
03. Robert Johnson - Ramblin' On My Mind (2:51)
04. Robert Johnson - Kindhearted Woman Blues (2:48)
05. Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues (2:58)
06. Robert Johnson - I'm A Steady Rollin' Man (2:39)
07. Robert Johnson - Walking Blues (2:27)
08. Robert Johnson - Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2:37)
09. Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues (2:34)
10. Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago (2:59)
11. Robert Johnson - 32-20 Blues (2:48)
12. Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen (2:47)
13. Robert Johnson - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (2:32)
14. Robert Johnson - Me And The Devil Blues (2:29)
15. Robert Johnson - Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil) (2:50)
16. Robert Johnson - Stones In My Passway (2:24)
17. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues (2:39)
18. Robert Johnson - Travelling Riverside Blues (2:46)
19. Robert Johnson - When You Got A Good Friend (2:35)
20. Robert Johnson - Milkcow's Calf Blues (2:13)
21. Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail (2:36)
22. Robert Johnson - From Four 'til Late (2:22)
23. Robert Johnson - Honeymoon Blues (2:15)
24. Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down Blues (2:15)
25. Robert Johnson - Malted Milk (2:21)
26. Robert Johnson - Little Queen Of Spades (2:18)
27. Robert Johnson - They're Red Hot (3:02)
28. Robert Johnson - Drunken Hearted Man (2:24)
29. Robert Johnson - Love In Vain (2:18)

Vol. 05:
01. Bukka White - District Attorney Blues (2:42)
02. Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing (2:35)
03. Bukka White - Special Streamline (2:52)
04. Bukka White - Shake 'em On Down (2:58)
05. Bukka White - When Can I Change My Clothes (2:56)
06. Bukka White - Promise True And Grand (3:06)
07. Bukka White - Po' Boy (2:53)
08. Bukka White - The New Frisco Train (2:57)
09. Bukka White - Sic 'em Dogs On (2:20)
10. Bukka White - High Fever Blues (2:47)
11. Bukka White - Pinebluff, Arkansas (2:46)
12. Bukka White - Strange Place Blues (2:49)
13. Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues (2:36)
14. Bukka White - Sleepy Man Blues (2:48)
15. Bukka White - I Am In The Heavenly Way (3:05)
16. Bukka White - Black Train Blues (2:54)
17. Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues (2:32)
18. Bukka White - Good Gin Blues (2:20)
19. Bukka White - The Panama Limited (3:06)
20. Bukka White - Fixin' To Die (2:45)

Vol. 06:
01. Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (2:45)
02. Big Joe Williams - Crawlin' King Snake (2:47)
03. Big Joe Williams - Long Tall Woman, Skinny Mama Too (3:53)
04. Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:27)
05. Big Joe Williams - That Thing's In Town (3:44)
06. Big Joe Williams - King Biscuit Stomp (2:35)
07. Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk Blues (2:45)
08. Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:40)
09. Big Joe Williams - Jump, Baby, Jump! (2:42)
10. Big Joe Williams - Delta Blues (2:38)
11. Big Joe Williams - Stack Of Dollars (3:10)
12. Big Joe Williams - Throw A Boogie Woogie (2:39)
13. Big Joe Williams - Drop Down Blues (2:53)
14. Big Joe Williams - Somebody's Been Worryin' (3:13)
15. Big Joe Williams - Don't Leave Me Here (2:56)
16. Big Joe Williams - Banta Rooster Blues (2:56)
17. Big Joe Williams - Blues Left Texas (3:18)
18. Big Joe Williams - I'm Getting Wild About Her (2:45)
19. Big Joe Williams - Walk On, Little Girl (2:53)
20. Big Joe Williams - Mellow Peaches (3:08)
21. Big Joe Williams - P Vine Blues (3:08)
22. Big Joe Williams - No.13 Highway (2:22)
23. Big Joe Williams - I Got A Bad Mind (2:19)
24. Big Joe Williams - Arkansas Woman (3:13)
25. Big Joe Williams - I Done Stop Hollering (3:58)

Vol. 07:
01. Leadbelly - Midnight Special (3:04)
02. Leadbelly - John Hardy (3:12)
03. Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (3:00)
04. Leadbelly - T.B. Blues (3:09)
05. Leadbelly - Easy Rider (3:14)
06. Leadbelly - Alberta (3:09)
07. Leadbelly - Rock Island Line (2:35)
08. Leadbelly - Alabama Bound (3:03)
09. Leadbelly - You Can't Lose-A Me Cholly (3:04)
10. Leadbelly - New York City (2:58)
11. Leadbelly - Roberta (3:05)
12. Leadbelly - Leaving Blues (3:03)
13. Leadbelly - When The Boys Were Out On The Western Plains (2:54)
14. Leadbelly - I'm On My Last Go Round (3:12)
15. Leadbelly - Mother's Blues (2:33)
16. Leadbelly - Pretty Flowers In My Back Yard (2:24)
17. Leadbelly - Pick A Bale Of Cotton (2:56)
18. Leadbelly - Sail On Little Girl (3:12)
19. Leadbelly - Fannin Street (2:33)
20. Leadbelly - Packing Trunk Blues (2:54)
21. Leadbelly - The Bourgeois Blues (3:21)
22. Leadbelly - Good Morning Blues (2:53)
23. Leadbelly - The Boll Weevil (3:01)
24. Leadbelly - Shorty George (5:01)
25. Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene (2:40)

Vol. 08:
01. Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (3:10)
02. Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (2:55)
03. Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues (2:47)
04. Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues (2:59)
05. Skip James - Drunken Spree (3:01)
06. Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues (2:47)
07. Skip James - Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader (2:51)
08. Skip James - Illinois Blues (2:51)
09. Skip James - How Long Buck (2:59)
10. Skip James - Four O'clock Blues (3:02)
11. Skip James - 22-20 Blues (2:51)
12. Skip James - Hard Luck Child (3:02)
13. Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road (2:37)
14. Skip James - Be Ready When He Comes (2:49)
15. Skip James - Yola My Blues Away (2:55)
16. Skip James - I'm So Glad (3:14)
17. Skip James - What Am I Gonna Do Blues (2:53)
18. Skip James - Special Rider Blues (3:05)

Vol. 09:
01. Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie (3:23)
02. Mississippi John Hurt - Nobody's Dirty Business (2:54)
03. Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Tellin' (2:53)
04. Mississippi John Hurt - Louis Collins (2:59)
05. Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues (3:03)
06. Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues (2:52)
07. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee (2:55)
08. Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man Blues (2:44)
09. Mississippi John Hurt - Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) (2:49)
10. Mississippi John Hurt - Blessed Be The Name (2:45)
11. Mississippi John Hurt - Praying On The Old Camp Ground (2:35)
12. Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues (2:50)
13. Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues (3:13)
14. Blind Willie Johnson - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (3:04)
15. Blind Willie Johnson - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (3:09)
16. Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves On The Water (2:58)
17. Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Is Coming Soon (3:12)
18. Blind Willie Johnson - John The Revelator (3:18)
19. Blind Willie Johnson - Cold Was The Ground - Dark Was The Night (3:19)
20. Blind Willie Johnson - Trouble Will Soon Be Over (3:06)
21. Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light Shine On Me (3:08)
22. Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine (3:08)
23. Blind Willie Johnson - The Soul Of A Man (3:12)
24. Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down (3:11)

Vol. 10:
01. Muddy Waters - Country Blues (3:33)
02. Muddy Waters - I Be's Troubled (3:05)
03. Muddy Waters - Burr Clover Farm Blues (2:53)
04. Muddy Waters - Ramblin' Kid Blues (Partial) (1:10)
05. Muddy Waters - Ramblin' Kid Blues (3:15)
06. Muddy Waters - Rosalie (3:02)
07. Muddy Waters - Joe Turner (2:46)
08. Muddy Waters - Pearlie May Blues (3:22)
09. Muddy Waters - Take A Walk With Me (3:04)
10. Muddy Waters - Burr Clover Blues (3:13)
11. Muddy Waters - I Be Bound To Write To You (First Version) (3:25)
12. Muddy Waters - I Be Bound To Write To You (Second Version) (2:52)
13. Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number One) (3:21)
14. Muddy Waters - You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days (2:08)
15. Muddy Waters - Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You (2:07)
16. Muddy Waters - Country Blues (Number Two) (3:34)
17. Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number Two) (3:40)
18. Muddy Waters - 32-20 Blues (3:24)

10CD set of the greatest innovators of the Delta Blues - 25 artists across 224 tracks. Featuring Charlie Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Big JoeWilliams, Lead Belly, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie Johnson and Muddy Waters.

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Various - Classic African-American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:49
Size: 153.0 MB
Styles: Folk, Blues, Old Time
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[3:44] 1. Warner Williams With Jay Summerour - Mouse On The Hill
[1:22] 2. K.C. Douglas - Casey Jones
[2:42] 3. Lead Belly - John Hardy
[3:33] 4. John Jackson - Railroad Bill
[3:32] 5. Memphis Slim And Willie Dixon - Stewball
[4:02] 6. Sonny Terry And Brownie Mcghee - John Henry
[2:22] 7. Snooks Eaglin - St. James Infirmary
[5:02] 8. John Cephas And Phil Wiggins - Staggerlee (Stackolee)
[4:53] 9. Convict Group, Ramsey And Retrieve State Farms - Lost John
[3:44] 10. Josh White - Betty And Dupree
[1:57] 11. Lead Belly - Old Riley
[2:26] 12. Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim, And Arbee Stidham - The Race Of The Jim Lee And Katy Adam
[2:49] 13. Pink Anderson - The Titanic
[2:10] 14. Big Bill Broonzy - Frankie And Johnny
[1:58] 15. Earl Taylor And The Stony Mountain Boys - White House Blues
[3:17] 16. John Jackson - Louis Collins
[2:13] 17. Woody Guthrie - Bad Lee Brown
[2:24] 18. Bhorace Sprott - Luke And Mullen
[2:59] 19. Dave Van Ronk - Duncan And Brady
[2:44] 20. Lead Belly - Gallis Pole
[3:03] 21. Pink Anderson - Boll Weevil
[3:42] 22. Josh White Jr. - Delia's Gone

Classic African-American Ballads is a sampling of an important, historic, and engaging slice of America's Black music heritage. The heyday of the Black ballad tradition (1890-1920) left a lasting strain of creativity and a monument to African American life of the time. Ranging from songs created from the heritage of the English ballad, to social commentary vilifying abusive white authority figures, to "blues ballads," this album reminds us of the enormity and constant evolution of African American musical tradition.

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Various - Blues: The Very Best Of...

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:23
Size: 124.5 MB
Styles: Delta blues, Memphis blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[2:52] 1. John Lee Hooker - Baby Lee
[2:26] 2. Lightnin' Hopkins - Lonesome
[3:15] 3. B.B. King - Young Dreamers
[3:23] 4. Jelly Roll Morton - Somebody's Gotta Go
[2:41] 5. Charles Brown - Walking Alone (Blues For My Baby)
[3:14] 6. Lead Belly - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
[3:14] 7. Lightnin' Hopkins - In New Orleans (House Of The Rising Sun)
[3:24] 8. B.B. King - By Myself
[2:36] 9. Johnny Otis - Have You Ever Loved A Woman
[3:44] 10. Memphis Slim - Mr. Jelly Lord
[2:37] 11. B.B. King - Lonesome Dog Blues
[2:24] 12. Gatemouth Moore - On My Word Of Honor
[2:09] 13. Memphis Slim - King Porter Stomp
[2:38] 14. Charles Brown - Trouble Blues
[1:17] 15. Lead Belly - Big Fat Woman
[3:51] 16. B.B. King - I'm Leaving You Now
[5:38] 17. Lightnin' Hopkins - Guess Who
[2:52] 18. Jelly Roll Morton - Rockin' Blues

When you think of the blues, you think about misfortune, betrayal and regret. You lose your job, you get the blues. Your mate falls out of love with you, you get the blues. Your dog dies, you get the blues. While blues lyrics often deal with personal adversity, the music itself goes far beyond self-pity. The blues is also about overcoming hard luck, saying what you feel, ridding yourself of frustration, letting your hair down, and simply having fun. The best blues is visceral, cathartic, and starkly emotional. From unbridled joy to deep sadness, no form of music communicates more genuine emotion.

The blues has deep roots in American history, particularly African-American history. The blues originated on Southern plantations in the 19th Century. Its inventors were slaves, ex-slaves and the descendants of slaves—African-American sharecroppers who sang as they toiled in the cotton and vegetable fields. It's generally accepted that the music evolved from African spirituals, African chants, work songs, field hollers, rural fife and drum music, revivalist hymns, and country dance music. ~Ed Kopp

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Leadbelly - Take This Hammer

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:56
Size: 180.7 MB
Styles: Country blues, Acoustic blues
Year: 1965/2003
Art: Front

[2:58] 1. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
[3:03] 2. Alabama Bound
[2:57] 3. Yellow Gal
[3:05] 4. Midnight Special
[2:35] 5. Rock Island Line
[3:05] 6. Whoa Back Buck
[2:52] 7. Good Morning Blues
[3:00] 8. Leaving Blues
[3:06] 9. T.B. Blues
[3:06] 10. Red Cross Store Blues
[3:14] 11. You Can't Mistreat Me
[2:59] 12. Roberta
[3:10] 13. Alberta
[3:06] 14. I'm On My Last Go Round
[2:55] 15. Grey Goose
[3:07] 16. Didn't Ol' John Cross The Water
[2:59] 17. Stewball
[2:57] 18. Take This Hammer
[2:53] 19. Can't You Line 'em
[3:12] 20. Julie Ann Johnson
[2:57] 21. Ham An' Eggs
[3:11] 22. Asy Rider
[3:01] 23. New York City
[3:11] 24. Worried Blues
[3:04] 25. Don't You Love Your Daddy No More
[3:02] 26. You Can't Lose Me, Cholly

Hudy (or "Huddie") Ledbetter was a songster, a folk singer, a blues singer and a gospel singer, and "Take This Hammer" is an excellent compilation of Leadbelly's 1940 Victor recordings, showing his versatility and the power of his huge, resonant baritone.

On half of these 26 tracks, Leadbelly is joined by The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (a vocal ensemble); the rest are solo performances. The sound is exceptionally good for 64-year-old recordings, and while "Take This Hammer" is not an exhaustive career overview, it does include many of Huddie Ledbetter's best and best-known songs, including "Pick A Bale Of Cotton", "Alberta", "Yellow Gal", "Alabama Bound", "Rock Island Line", "The Midnight Special", "TB Blues", and the title track. The presence of The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet on tracks 1-6 and 15-21 lends a new dimension to Leadbelly's songs, adding texture and depth to them without robbing songs like "Can't You Line 'Em" and "Whoa Buck, Back" of any of their power. These sides have inspired artists from Muddy Waters to Aerosmith (!), and they are also some of the most accessible Hudy Ledbetter ever recorded.

Originally released in 1965 on Smithsonian Folkways, these wonderful recordings are an essential part of Hudy William Ledbetter's recorded legacy. Highly recommended. ~Docendo Discimus

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Lead Belly - King of the 12-String Guitar

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1991
Styles: Blues
Time: 55:31
Size: 127,7 MB
Covers: Full

(2:58) 1. Packin' Trunk
(3:07) 2. Becky Deem, She Was a Gamblin' Girl
(3:15) 3. Honey, I'm All out and Down
(3:08) 4. Four Day Worry Blues
(3:02) 5. Roberta, Pt. 1
(3:06) 6. Roberta, Pt. 2
(3:00) 7. Death Letter Blues, Pt. 1
(3:13) 8. Death Letter Blues, Pt. 2
(3:11) 9. Kansas City Papa
(3:03) 10. Fort Worth and Dallas Blues
(3:05) 11. You Don't Know My Mind
(2:56) 12. Ox Drivin' Blues
(2:51) 13. Daddy I'm Coming Back to You
(3:08) 14. Shorty George
(2:56) 15. Yellow Jacket
(3:12) 16. T.B. Blues
(3:19) 17. Pig Meat Papa
(2:53) 18. My Baby Quit Me

Although Huddie Ledbetter had recorded for the Library of Congress while still in jail in 1933, King of the 12-String Guitar contains some of the music from his earliest commercial recording date, only five months after getting out of prison for the second (and final) time. The majority of the material (other than the first four numbers) consists of alternate takes and previously unissued performances, although some of the numbers were formerly out on LPs by Folkways or Biograph. The music (ranging from blues to folk music) is highly recommended both to veteran collectors (who otherwise probably do not have most of these cuts) and to those just discovering the legendary and unique musician. Forty-six at the time, Leadbelly's powerful voice and his work on 12-string guitar are consistently memorable. -- Allmusic.
Leadbelly is a folk musician by association. He was a bluesman, pure and simple: a howler, an astonishingly prolific composer, and a murderously driving guitar slinger. His catalogue is immense, and though the complete Folkways Leadbelly Legacy series is probably the best way to get a picture of his importance, this single disc of early 1930s field recordings, made shortly after Leadbelly left prison, has some crucial tracks and rare, alternate takes like "Packin' Truck Blues," "Roberta 1 & 2," "You Don't Know My Mind," and "Pigmeat." -- Amazon.

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