Various Artists – The Secret History Of Rock´n´Roll Vol 1.-4. (2002)

Rovná stovka písní a přes pět hodin hudby aneb jak to tenkrát ve 20.-30. letech minulého století hrálo v Americe. Hudba před Elvisem, Beatles a Rolling Stones. Začátky blues, jazzu, rhythm & blues, písničky známé, méně známé i takové, které vycházejí úplně poprvé. Umělci světově proslulí, ale i zcela neznámí. Všichni tu zanechali nesmírné bohatství, z kterého se čerpá dodnes. Kvalitně zremasterováno, obsáhlý booklet, takže velký dík patří vydavatelství RCA!

Vol. 1 Walk Right In

1. Catfish Blues – Robert Petway
2. Baby, Please Don’t Go – Big Joe Williams
3. Ham an’ Eggs – Leadbelly
4. Mississippi River Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
5. Just A Good Woman Through With The Blues – Trixie Butler
6. Garbage Man Blues – Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
7. The Panama Limited – Bukka “Washington” White
8. Cool Drink of Water Blues – Tommy Johnson
9. The Midnight Special – Leadbelly
10. Worried Man Blues – Carter Family
11. Les Blues de Voyage – Amede Ardoin & Denus McGee
12. K. C. Railroad Blues – Andrew & Jim Baxter
13. Somebody’s Been Stealin’ – Rev. J. M. Gates
14. Beale Street Blues – Alberta Hunter
15. Devil In The Wood Pile – Noah Lewis
16. Walk Right In – Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers
17. Ninety-Nine Year Blues – Julius Daniels
18. Got Cut All to Pieces – Bessie Tucker
19. Feather Bed – Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers
20. Can’t Put a Bridle on That Mule This Morning – Julius Daniels
21. Davidson County Blues – DeFord Bailey
22. Frankie and Johnny – Frank Crumit
23. Dixie Bo-Bo – Taskiana Four
24. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Paul Robeson
25. St. Louis Blues – The Hall Johnson Choir

Vol. 2 – The First Time I Met The Blues

1. Telephoning The Blues – Victoria Spivey
2. Viola Lee Blues – Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers
3. Haven’t Got a Dollar to Pay Your House Rent Man – Genevieve Davis
4. Saturday Blues – Ishman Bracey
5. When I Woke Up This Morning She Was Gone – Jim Jackson
6. Canned Heat Blues – Tommy Johnson
7.  Statesboro Blues – Blind Willie McTell
8.  Stealin’ Stealin’ – Memphis Jug Band
9.  Judge Harsh Blues – Furry Lewis
10. Rent Man Blues – Edna Winston
11. I Don’t Care What You Say – Harris & Harris
12. I Hate A Man Like You – Lizzie Miles With Jell Roll Morton
13. ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do – Pt. 1 – Frank Stokes
14. I’m a Mighty Tight Woman – Sippie Wallace
15. Blue Yodel #9 – Jimmie Rodgers
16. The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair – Sleepy John Estes
17. Don´t Want No Woman – Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe
18.  Cocaine Habit Blues – Memphis Jug Band
19. Married Woman Blue – Blind Willie Reynolds
20. Red Nightgown Blues – Jimmie Davis
21. Hardworking Woman – Mississippi Matilda
22. Doubled Up in a Knot – Bo Carter
23. If You Want Me Baby – Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
24. The First Time I Met the Blues – Little Brother Montgomery
25. Sales Tax – The Mississippi Sheiks

Vol. 3 That´s Chicago´s South Side

1. That’s Chicago’s South Side – Sam Theard & Burns Campbell Orchestra
2. Peetie Wheatstraw – Pete Wheatstraw
3. Devil’s Island Gin Blues – Roosevelt Sykes
4. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On – Bumble Bee Slim
5. Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard? – Joe Pullum
6. I Lost My Baby – Lil Johnson
7. Keep Your Hands Off Her – Big Bill Broonzy
8. When the Sun Goes Down – Leroy Carr
9. Selling My Pork Chops – Memphis Minnie
10. Every Day I Have the Blues – Pine Top Perkins
11. Sweet Sixteen – Walter Davis
12. Honky Tonk Train Blues – Meade Lux Lewis
13. Trouble in Mind – Richard M. Jones
14. He Roars Like a Lion – Merline Johnson
15. Prowling Night Hawk – Robert Lee McCoy
16. Good Morning School Girl – Sonny Boy Williamson
17. You Got to Fix It – Speckled Red
18. Bucket’s Got a Hole in It – Washboard Sam
19. Bottle It Up and Go – Tommy McClennan
20. Key To the Highway – Jazz Gillum
21. Don’t You Lie to Me – Tampa Red
22. What Is That She Got – Johnny Temple
23. Going Down Slow – St. Louis Jimmy
24. Hobo Blues – Yank Rachel
25. He’s a Jelly Roll Baker – Lonnie Johnson

Vol. 4 That´s All Right

1. Pearl Harbor Blues – Doctor Clayton
2. My Buddy Blues – The Five Breezes
3. Worried Life Blues – Big Maceo
4. I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water – The Cats & A Fiddle
5. Grinder Man Blues – Memphis Slim
6. Walkin’ the Boogie – Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons
7. Why Don’t You Do Right – Lil Green
8. Little Boy Blue – Robert Lockwood
9. Angels in Harlem – Doctor Clayton
10. Illinois Blues – Sunnyland Slim
11. Chicago Is Just That Way – Eddie Boyd
12. That’s All Right – Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
13. Get the Mop – Henry “Red” Allen
14. Look On Yonder Wall – Jazz Gillum
15. Anytime is the Right Time – Roosevelt Sykes Trio
16. When Things Go Wrong With You – Tampa Red
17. Dust My Broom – Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
18. Soap and Water Blues – Washboard Sam
19. Rockin’ with Red – Piano Red
20. Little Angel – Tampa Red Sweet
21. My Baby Left Me – Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
22. How Blue Can You Get {Downhearted} – Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
23. Right String But the Wrong Yo-Yo – Piano Red
24. Ride and Roll – Sonny Terry
25. Get Rich Quick – Little Richard