If it wasn't for the recordings on this 60 tracker the whole 20th century musical landscape would be completely different. A large majority of these songs were copied, interpreted and re-titled by the likes of the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, the Yardbirds et al. A host of haunting recordings from where it all began. DISC ONE: Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues / Skip James - I'm So Glad / Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along / Big Joe Williams - Crawlin' King Snake / Muddy Waters - Country Blues / Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blues / Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues / Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee / Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - Death Valley Blues / Son House - My Black Mama (Part 1) / Charley Patton - Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues / Sam Collins - The Yellow Dog Blues / Robert Lockwood Jr. - Little Boy Blue / Bo Carter - My Pencil Won't Write No More / William Harris - Bullfrog Blues / Tommy McClennan - Highway No. 51 / Big Bill Broonzy - Mississippi River Blues / Blind Willie McTell - Stomp Down Rider / Sleepy John Estes - Hobo Jungle Blues / Robert Petway- Bertha Lee Blues. DISC TWO: Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go / Robert Johnson - Love In Vain / Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues / Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues / Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues / Robert Petway - Catfish Blues / Muddy Waters - I Be's Troubled / Mississippi John Hurt Frankie / Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - Black Pony Blues / Son House - Low Down Dirty Dog Blues / Ishman Bracey - Trouble Hearted Blues / Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues (Part 1) / Willie 'Poor Boy' Lofton - Dirty Mistreater / Kansas Joe McCoy - When The Levee Breaks / Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing / Kid Bailey - Rowdy Blues / Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words / Papa Charlie McCoy - Motherless And Fatherless Blues / Arthur Petties - Two Time Blues / Freddie Spruell - Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues. DISC THREE: Charley Patton - Spoonful Blues / The Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World / Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues / Robert Lockwood Jr. - Take A Little Walk With Me / Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail / Skip James - Devil Got My Woman / Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me (When Im Dead And Gone)/ Mississippi John Hurt - Nobody's Dirty Business / Son House - Special Rider Blues / Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink Of Water Blues / Charley Patton- Down The Dirt Road Blues / Joe Callicott - Fare Thee Well Blues / Tommy McClennan - I'm A Guitar King / Papa Charlie McCoy - Last Time Blues / Willie Brown - Ragged And Dirty / Rube Lacy - Mississippi Jailhouse Groan / Big Joe Williams - Rootin' Ground Hog / Ishman Bracey - Leavin' Town Blues / Frank Stokes - Nehi Mamma Blues / King Solomon Hill - Whoopee Blues