Reissue - Originally released in 1953 as 3 volumes of 2 LPs each, this historic collection is now available as 3 separately packaged boxes containing 6 remastered CDs. Rare photos, interviews and essays are also included. "The most influential and magical document of the American urban folk revival." Billboard.

Track List

1. Henry Lee - Dick Justice
2. Fatal Flower Garden - Nelston's Hawaiians
3. House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley
4. Drunkard's Special - Coley Jones
5. Old Lady and the Devil - Bill ; Belle Reed
6. The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee
7. The Wagoner's Lad - Buell Kazee
8. King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O - Chubby Parker
9. Old Shoes and Leggins - Uncle Eck Dunford
10. Willie Moore - Richard Burnett and Leonard Rutherford
11. A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter and Preston Young
12. Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
13. Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson
14. My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell
15. Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
16. Charles Giteau - Kelly Harrel
17. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man - Carter Family
18. Gonna Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers and Curry
19. Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
20. White House Blues - Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers
21. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
22. When That Great Ship Went Down - William and Versey Smith
23. Engine 143 - Carter Family
24. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
25. Down on Penny's Farm - Bently Boys
26. Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Masked Marvel
27. Got the Farm Land Blues - Carolina Tar Heels
28. Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
29. The Wild Wagoner - Jilson Setters
30. Wake Up Jacob - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
31. La Danseuse - Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard
32. Georgia Stomp - Andrew and Jim Baxter
33. Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson
34. Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming ; His Pep-Steppers
35. Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas
36. Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
37. Saut Crapaud - Columbus Fruge
38. Acadian One-Step - Joseph Falcon
39. Home Sweet Home - Breaux Freres
40. Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
41. Moonshiner's Dance (Part One) - Frank Cloutier and the Victoria Cafe Orchestra
42. You Must Be Born Again - Rev. J.M. Gates
43. Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting - Rev. J.M. Gates
44. Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
45. Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
46. This Song of Love - Middle Georgia Singing Conv. No. 1
47. Judgement - Sister Mary Nelson
48. He Got Better Things for You - Memphis Sanctified Singers
49. Since I Laid My Burden Down - Elders McIntorsh ; Edwards' Sanctified Singers
50. John the Baptist - Rev. Moses Mason
51. Dry Bones - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
52. John the Revelator - Blind Willie Johnson
53. Little Moses - Carter Family
54. Shine on Me - Ernest Phipps ; Holiness Singers
55. Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
56. In the Battlefield for My Lord - Rev. D.C. Rice and Congregation
57. The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
58. East Virginia - Buell Kazee
59. Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
60. I Woke Up One Morning in May - Didier Hebert
61. James Alley Blues - Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
62. Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
63. I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
64. Mountaineer's Courtship - Ernest and Hattie Stoneman
65. The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Stoneman Family
66. Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band
67. Single Girl Married Girl - Carter Family
68. Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Cleoma Breaux ; Joseph Falcon
69. Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
70. Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes ; Yank Rachell
71. Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
72. Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
73. Country Blues - Dock Boggs
74. 99 Year Blues - Julius Daniels
75. Prison Cell Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
76. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
77. C'est Si Triste Sans Lui - Cleoma and Ophy Breaux and Joseph Falcon
78. Way Down the Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon
79. Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line - Uncle Dave Macon
80. Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
81. K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
82. Train on the Island - J.P. Nestor
83. The Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard
84. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas