Vol. 1 - 1917-1927

A1     –Sister Cunningham* And T.C.I. Sacred Singers     Sign Of Judgement     2:42
A2     –Blind Blake     Dry Bone Shuffle

    Rattle [Rattlebones] [ Prob.] – Cliff MooreVocals, Guitar – Blind Blake

    2:47
A3     –Jimmy O'Bryant's Famous Original Washboard Band*     My Man Rocks Me     3:03
A4     –Danny Small (2) And Ukelele Mays*     Sweet Georgia Brown     2:31
A5     –Handy's Memphis Blues Band     St. Louis Blues     3:03
A6     –Bo Weavil Jackson     Pistol Blues     3:02
A7     –Harkreader* And Moore*     Old Joe Clark     2:53
B1     –Papa Charlie Jackson     Coffee Pot Blues     2:19
B2     –Jones' Paramount Charleston Four     Old Steady Roll     2:53
B3     –Famous Jubilee Singers     Wait 'Till I Put On My Robe     2:45
B4     –Jimmy Blythe And His Ragamuffins     Messin' Around

    Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Johnny DoddsCornet, Trombone, Drums, Washboard – Unknown ArtistPiano – Jimmy BlytheVocals – Trixie Smith

    2:56
B5     –Banjo Joe     Madison Street Rag

    Banjo, Speech, Whistling – Gus CannonGuitar – Blind Blake

    3:02
B6     –Lottie Beaman     Mama's Can't Lose

    Banjo [Prob.] – Papa Charlie JacksonPiano – Jimmy BlytheVocals – Lottie Beaman

    2:45
B7     –Sunset Four*     Barnum's Steam Calliope     2:52
C1     –O'Bryant's Washboard Band*     Skoodlum Blues     
C2     –Norfolk Jazz Quartette     Jelly Roll's First Cousin     
C3     –Alberta Hunter     Come On Home     
C4     –Lone Star Fiddlers     Drunk Man's Blues     
C5     –The Washingtonians     Rainy Nights     
C6     –Ida Cox     How Long Daddy, How Long     
C7     –Jelly Roll Morton's Steamboat Four     Mr. Jelly Lord     
D1     –Viola Bartlette     Anna Mina Forty And St. Louis Shorty

    Accompanied By – Blythe's Sinful FiveAlto Saxophone – Unknown ArtistBanjo – Unknown ArtistCornet – Bernie YoungDrums, Kazoo – W.E. BurtonPiano – Jimmy BlytheViolin – Leroy PickettVocals – Viola Bartlette

    2:45
D2     –Ida Cox     Coffin Blues     3:17
D3     –Blythe's Sinful Five     Pump Tillie

    Banjo, Alto Saxophone – Unknown ArtistCornet [? Or] – Alfred Bell, Bernie YoungDrums, Kazoo – W.E. BurtonPiano – Jimmy BlytheViolin – Leroy Pickett

    2:41
D4     –Beale Street Sheiks     You Shall

    Vocals, Guitar – Frank Stokes

    2:51
D5     –C.H. Gatewood*     Well Of Salvation     3:31
D6     –John Williams' Synco Jazzers     Goose Grease     3:16
D7     –Ethel Waters And The Jazz Masters     Brown Baby     3:01
E1     –Leola B. Wilson     Dying Blues     2:49
E2     –Lovie Austin And Her Blues Serenaders*     Charleston Mad

    Clarinet – Jimmy O'BryantCornet – Tommy LadnierDrums – W.E. BurtonPiano – Lovie AustinVocals – Priscilla Stewart

    2:49
E3     –Pace Jubilee Singers     Certainly Lord     2:31
E4     –Blanche Johnson     216 Blues     2:46
E5     –Junie Cobb's Home Town Band*     Chicago Buzz     2:45
E6     –Ed Bell (2)     Mamlish Blues

    Vocals, Guitar – Ed Bell (2)

    2:37
E7     –North Carolina Ramblers* And Roy Harvey     I'm Glad I'm Married     2:55
E8     –Jelly Roll Morton's Stomp Kings     Steady Roll     2:40
F1     –Nelson's Paramount Serenaders*     Nelson Blues     
F2     –T.C.I. Section Crew     Track Linin'     
F3     –Ma Rainey     Bessemer Bound Blues     
F4     –William And Versey Smith     Everybody Help The Boys Come Home     
F5     –Dixon's Jazz Maniacs     Crazy Quilt     
F6     –Buddy Boy Hawkins     Shaggy Dog Blues     
F7     –Trixie Smith     My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll     
F8     –Ollie Powers     Jazzbo Jenkins     
G1     –J. Churchill     Sleep Baby Sleep     
G2     –Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals     Salty Dog     
G3     –Rev. James Beard     Memory Of Departed Friends

    Performer [Sermons], Vocals [Singing] – Rev. James Beard

    2:54
G4     –Big Bill And Thomps     House Rent Stomp     
G5     –Ukulele “Bob” Williams*     West Indies Blues     
G6     –Sodarisa Miller     Nobody Knows     
G7     –Lovie Austin And Her Blues Serenaders*     Steppin' On The Blues

    Clarinet – Jimmy O'BryantCornet – Tommy LadnierPiano – Lovie Austin

    2:28
G8     –Watts* And Wilson*     Walk Right In Belmont     
H1     –Norfolk Jubilee Quartette*     When I Was A Moaner     
H2     –Wilson's T.O.B.A. Band     Steady Roll     
H3     –Rev. W.M. Clark And Sisters     Satan At Church     
H4     –Ethel Waters' Jazz Masters*     Pacific Coast Blues     
H5     –Papa Charlie Jackson     Look Out Papa Don't Tear Your Pants     
H6     –Marion Harrison (2)     Baby Can't You Understand     
H7     –Wood's Famous Blind Jubilee Singers     Seek And Ye Shall Find     
I1     –Blind Connie Rosemond     Will My Mother Know Me There     
I2     –Jimmy O'Bryant's Washboard Band     Hot Hot Hottentot     
I3     –Four Harmony Kings     Ain't It A Shame     
I4     –Lena Wilson     The Wicked Fives' Blues     
I5     –James Blythe*     Armour Ave. Struggle

    Piano [Solos] – Jimmy Blythe

    2:42
I6     –Elzadie Robinson     Houston Bound     
I7     –D.C. Nelson's Serenaders     Coo Coo Stomp     
J1     –Bo Weavil Jackson     You Can't Keep No Brown     
J2     –Jasper Taylor And His State Street Boys*     Stomp Time Blues     
J3     –Rev. T.T. Rose And Gospel Singers*     I've Got A Hiding Place     
J4     –Osey Helton     Cacklin' Hen     
J5     –Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools*     Fade Away Blues     
J6     –Sweet Papa Stovepipe     Mama's Angel Child     
J7     –Edmonia Henderson     Black Man Blues     
K1     –Jack Penewell     Hen House Blues     
K2     –Pickett-Parham Apollo Syncopators*     Mojo Strut     
K3     –Rev. M.L. Gipson And Various     Sympathetic Christ     
K4     –Ethel Waters And Her Jazz Masters*     That Da Da Strain     
K5     –Blind Lemon Jefferson     Wartime Blues     
K6     –Dixie-Land Thumpers     There'll Come A Day     
K7     –Wiseman Sextette With Various     Oh Calvary     
L1     –Chicago De Lux Orchestra     St. Louis Blues     
L2     –Son Of Thunder, Johnnie Blakey*     On This Rock I Will Build My Church

    Performer [Sermons], Vocals [Singing] – Reverend Johnnie Blakey

    2:54
L3     –Alberta Hunter     Don't Pan Me     
L4     –Ollie Powers' Orchestra     Play That Thing     
L5     –Homer Quincy Smith     I Want Jesus To Talk With Me     
L6     –Lovie Austin And Her Blues Serenaders*     Peepin' Blues

    Clarinet – Jimmy O'BryantCornet – Tommy LadnierDrums – W.E. BurtonPiano – Lovie Austin

    3:08
L7     –Danny Small (2) And Ukelele Mays*     Cecilia     
1     –Dodds* And Parham*     19th Street Blues     2:54
2     –Blanche Johnson     216 Blues     2:42
3     –Tiny Parham And His "Forty" Five     A Little Bit Closer     2:29
4     –Rev. J. O. Hanes And Male Choir*     Abounding Sin And Abounding Grace     2:41
5     –Trixie Smith     Ada Jane's Blues     3:06
6     –Jimmy Blythe And His Ragamuffins     Adams Apple     2:52
7     –Sam Manning     African Blues     2:52
8     –Alberta Hunter     Aggravatin' Papa     3:11
9     –Ethel Waters     Ain't Goin' Marry     2:58
10     –Norfolk Jazz Quartette     Aint A Shame     2:59