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1	The Best There Ever Was: The Legendary Early Blues Performers (2003) more music like this by Various Artists 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 $13.14! new only from $15.40!
2	The Best of the Memphis Jug Band (2001) more music like this by Memphis Jug Band The liner notes implicitly state that no other jug band surpassed the Memphis Jug Band in breadth and scope. They played all styles -- blues, rags, and pop -- and performed them better than their competitors. Since few listeners or reviewers are experts on jug bands, there is little use in arguing the point. All one need do is place The Best of ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $15.61!
3	Memphis Jug Band with Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers (2005) more music like this by Memphis Jug Band Memphis Jug Band with Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers is a wonderful four-disc set which amounts to a street corner jug band party in a box, containing nearly every side recorded in the '20s and '30s by America's two best-ever jug bands, Will Shade's Memphis Jug Band and Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers, including one-off sides by Memphis Jug Band members ... see all copies from $22.39! new only from $25.71!
4	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1930-1931) (1991) more music like this by Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Document's Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1930-1931) reissues 23 sides from Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe, including classics like "Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues," "Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)," and a version of "Bumble Bee." Still, the lengthy running time, poor sound quality, and all conspire to cut into the collection's casual ... see all copies from $6.39! new only from $6.39!
5	The Original Rolling Stone (1980) more music like this by Robert Wilkins Yazoo's Original Rolling Stone is a wonderful disc containing 14 of the 17 sides Robert Wilkins recorded before the war. Wilkins was one of the great country-blues artists, and these songs -- including "Rollin' Stone," "That's No Way to Get Along," "Jailhouse Blues" and "I'll Go with Her" -- became legendary, not only because the songs were ... see all copies from $12.87! new only from $15.61!
6	Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow!: Vintage Fiddle Music 1927-1935 (2001) more music like this by Various Artists While these 24 performances might be most strongly linked to early blues styles, in fact what most strongly links them together is that all of them prominently feature fiddles. It's a reflection of a time when musical borders were not as solidified as they would soon become, and when blues mixed with ragtime, jazz, vaudeville, pop, string bands, ... see all copies from $12.99! new only from $21.90!
7	Complete Works, Vol. 2 (1995) more music like this by Peetie The Devil's Son-In-Law Wheatstraw see all copies from $11.59! new only from $19.58!
8	Complete Works, Vol. 4 (1995) more music like this by Peetie The Devil's Son-In-Law Wheatstraw see all copies from $11.59! new only from $18.07!
9	Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Furry Lewis (2003) more music like this by Furry Lewis Furry Lewis recorded several strikingly intimate 78s in the 1920s and 1930s and when he was rediscovered by blues scholar Sam Charters in the 1960s, he proved adept at entertaining his new audiences, even garnering an appearance on The Tonight Show. This collection opens with three of those old 78s before switching over to his 1960s recordings, ... see all copies from $4.99!
10	Americana Roots Songbook: Traditional Blues (2002) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.57!
11 view cover	Big Lonesome Radio (2002) more music like this by Mark Lemhouse see all copies from $2.95! new only from $5.78!
12 view cover	Broke, Black and Blue [Box] (1999) more music like this by Various Artists This four-disc, 100-track box set differs from most blues compendiums on a number of fronts. For openers, it focuses on the first 20 years of blues recordings, from 1924's "Barrelhouse Blues" by Ed Andrews to 1946's "Rhythm Mama" by Johnny Temple. Second, even though there are entries from artists like Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House ... see all copies from $29.40! new only from $29.40!
13 view cover	Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 (2000) more music like this by Various Artists 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 $38.39! new only from $38.39!
14 view cover	Fourth & Beale [Bonus Tracks] (2006) more music like this by Furry Lewis Fourth and Beale is a remarkably intimate session, recorded at Furry Lewis' rooming house in Memphis on March 5, 1969 with Lewis (he was approaching 80-years-old at the time) playing guitar and singing while propped up in bed. The sound is excellent (Terry Manning taped the session), literally placing the listener right at the foot of Lewis' bed. ... see all copies from $11.04! new only from $12.48!
15 view cover	Americana Roots Songbook: Americana (2002) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
16 view cover	Conqueroo (2002) more music like this by William Lee Ellis Three years after William Lee Ellis gained the attention of the world's blues community with his stellar third album and Yellow Dog Records debut, The Full Catastrophe, he arrived on a horse of a different color. Conqueroo is a record steeped deeply in all of the traditions that have informed Ellis' musical, spiritual, and emotional lives: folk, ... see all copies from $10.67! new only from $17.23!
17 view cover	It Came from Memphis [Upstart] (1995) more music like this by Various Artists Compilations can by their nature be very diverse affairs. You'd have to search for quite some time, though, to find one that squeezes as much unnerving variety into 19 cuts as this one does. Devoted to odds'n'sods of Memphis popular music from the 1950s to the 1990s, this was compiled by Robert Gordon as a companion CD to his book of the same ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $15.30!
18 view cover	Memphis Blues 1928-1935 (1928) more music like this by Robert Wilkins Document's Memphis Blues 1928-1935 contains the 14 Robert Wilkins sides that are currently in circulation, augmented with cuts by a pair of country bluesmen, Tom Dickinson and Allen Shaw. Since Wilkins' recordings are also available on Yazoo's Original Rolling Stone, which is easier to find than this disc, Memphis Blues 1928-1935 isn't a necessary ... see all copies from $11.40! new only from $14.79!
19 view cover	Queen of the Delta Blues, Vol. 2 (2005) more music like this by Memphis Minnie see all copies from $21.60! new only from $26.68!
20 view cover	Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937) (1991) more music like this by Memphis Minnie Memphis Minnie is a unique figure in blues history, a female country blues singer who emerged in the late '20s when the field (at least on record) was exclusively filled by men. But, gender aside, she was one of the most talented blues singer/guitarists of the '30s and '40s. This CD reissue primarily dates from her period between her partnerships ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $12.00!
21 view cover	Too Late, Too Late Blues, Vol. 1 (1996) more music like this by Various Artists This CD initiated a logical series for the Document label. The company's goal of reissuing every single prewar recording has resulted in hundreds of valuable CDs being reissued. Inevitably, there were new discoveries of music after the fact, so this series consists of previously unreleased titles, alternate takes, and discoveries. Vol. 1 has ... see all copies from $9.49! new only from $14.19!
22 view cover	The Best of Frank Stokes (2005) more music like this by Frank Stokes 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 $12.50! new only from $16.21!
23 view cover	As Good As It Gets: Country Blues (2000) more music like this by Various Artists For the most part, the Disky label's As Good As It Gets series lives up to its title, dividing early influential musical genres (gospel, cajun, hillbilly, jazz, etc.) into budget-priced two-disc samplers. As Good As It Gets: Country Blues includes 52 original classic performances from the likes of Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie McTell, Memphis ... see all copies from $11.98! new only from $18.50!
24 view cover	Shake 'Em on Down (1972) more music like this by Furry Lewis This 20-song single CD reissues Furry Lewis' first modern commercial recordings, done for two Prestige/Bluesville albums (Back on My Feet Again, Done Changed My Mind) in April and May of 1961 at Sun Studios in Memphis. Lewis is in brilliant form throughout, his fingers nearly as fast and his voice as rich as they were 30-odd years earlier. The ... see all copies from $8.15! new only from $11.63!
25 view cover	Memphis Blues Singers, Vol. 1 (1998) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $14.23! new only from $16.41!

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