Disque 1 : Goin'down the river / Mississippi Fred McDowell, Fanny Davis, Miles Pratcher.
Rolled and tumbled / Rosalie Hill.
Cherry ball blues / Jack Owens & Bus Spires.
Dust my broom / Howlin'Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Shaw.
Boogie children / Boy Blue, Joe Lee, Darnel Walker.
Stagolee / Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford.
Stop all the buses / Cecil Augusta.
Worried life blues / David "Honeyboy" Edwards.
The pony blues / Son House.
Tangle eye blues / Walter "Tangle eye" Jackson.
Trouble so hard / Vera Ward Hall & Dock Reed.
Worried blues / Sonny Terry.
Beggin'the blues / Bessie Jones.
John Henry / Gabriel Brown.
Country blues / Dock Boggs.
Cherry ball blues / Skip James.
I hate a man like you / Jelly Roll Morton.
Roll'em / Pete Johnson.
Kokomo / The Memphis Jug Band.
Life is like that / Memphis Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy.
Disque 2 : I could hear my name ringin' / Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy.
Dimples in your jaws / Joe Lee, Boy Blue, Darnel Walker.
Catfish blues / Jack Owens & Bud Spires.
Kill-it-kild rag / Blind Willie McTell.
You're gonna need my help / Elinor Boyer.
The army blues / David "Honeyboy" Edwards.
Blues de la prison / Canray Fontenot & Bois Sec Ardoin.
I been drinkin' / Vera Ward Hall.
I been a bad, bad girl (Prisoner blues) / Ozella Jones.
I be's troubled / Muddy Waters.
Boogie intrumental / R.L. Burnside.
Blind lemon blues / Lead Belly.
Sweet patootie blues / Albert Ammons.
The last time / Sam Chatmon.
Shorty George / Smith Casey.
Desert blues / Hattie Ellis & Cowboy Jack Ramsey.
Joe Turner / Ed Young & Hobart Smith.
Joe Turner / Miles & Bob Pratcher.
Joe Turner / Big Bill Broonzy.
See that my grave is kept clear / Hobart Smith.
How long blues / Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee
Note bibliographique :
Préface en anglais de Martin Scorsese. Biographie en anglais sur Alan Lomax, ainsi que détail des enregistrements, dates et musiciens pour chaque titre