| CD1 |
| 1. Various, Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson / Traveling Riverside Blues | not rated | 2:46 |
| 2. Various, Johnny Shines - Johnny Shines / Dynaflow Blues | not rated | 2:35 |
| 3. Various, Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson / Hellhound On My Trail | not rated | 2:37 |
| 4. Various, Mckinley Morganfield/Robert Johsnon - Muddy Waters / Country Blues | not rated | 3:27 |
| 5. Various, Robert Johnson (''walking Shoes'') - Taj Mahal / Celebrated Walkin' Blues | not rated | 8:55 |
| 6. Various, Mckinley Morganfiedl - Muddy Waters With The Son Simms Four / Rosalie | not rated | 3:04 |
| 7. Various, Eddie James ''son'' House, Jr - Son House / My Black Mama Pt.2 | not rated | 3:15 |
| 8. Various, Eddie James ''son'' House, Jr. - Son House / Government Fleet Blues | not rated | 6:53 |
| 9. Various, Mckinley Morganfield - Muddy Waters / Gypsy Woman | not rated | 2:35 |
| 10. Various, Charley Patton/Sonny Boy Williamson - Charley Patton / High Water Everywhere Pt.1 | not rated | 3:00 |
| 11. Various, Traditional/Arr By Huddie Ledbetter - Lead Belly / C.C. Rider | not rated | 2:58 |
| 12. Various, Willie King - Willie King & The Liberators / Terrorized | not rated | 4:23 |
| 13. Various, Napoleon Strickland/Tim Rice - Napoleon Strickland & The Como Drum Band (With Otha Turner) / Oh Baby | not rated | 2:54 |
| 14. Various, Traditional/Arr. By Otha Turner - Otha Turner & Corey Harris / Lay My Burden Down | not rated | 2:27 |
| 15. Various, Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Touré / Mali Dje | not rated | 5:39 |
| 16. Various, John Lee Hooker - John Lee Hooker / Tupelo Blues | not rated | 3:25 |
| 17. Various, Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Touré / Amandrai | not rated | 7:20 |
| 18. Various, Jules Taub/Tim Rice - John Lee Hooker / Down Child | not rated | 2:52 |
| 19. Various, Salif Keita - Salif Kieta / Aanamin (It's Been So Long) | not rated | 4:01 |
| 20. Various, Willie Dixon - Otha Turner & Rising Star Fife & Drum Band / My Babe | not rated | 4:31 |
| 1:19:37 |
| CD2 |
| 1. Rev. Gatemouth Moore, Rev. Gatemouth Moore - Beale Street Ain't Beale Street No More | not rated | 1:10 |
| 2. Elmore James, Robert Johnson - (I Believe I'll) Dust My Broom | not rated | 2:45 |
| 3. Elmore James, Robert Johnson - (I Think I'll) Dust My Broom | not rated | 2:45 |
| 4. B.B. King, Riley B. King / Jules Taub - Three O'Clock Blues | not rated | 3:01 |
| 5. Howlin' Wolf, Chester Arthur Burnett - Moanin' at Midnight | not rated | 2:59 |
| 6. Rosco Gordon, Rosco Gordon - Rosco's Boogie | not rated | 2:45 |
| 7. Little Junior's Blue Flames, Herman Parker / Sam Phillips - Mystery Train | not rated | 2:27 |
| 8. Jackie Brenston, Ike Turner - Rocket '88 | not rated | 2:50 |
| 9. B.B. King, Thomas A. Dorsey - Precious Lord | not rated | 3:23 |
| 10. Bobby Rush, Bobby Rush - Hoochie Man | not rated | 6:20 |
| 11. Robert Belfour, Junior Kimbrough - Done Got Old | not rated | 4:05 |
| 12. Bobby Rush, Bobby Rush - Hen Pecked | not rated | 5:56 |
| 13. Rev. Charles E. Polk, Bobby Rush - Medley | not rated | 4:55 |
| 14. Bobby "Blue" Bland, Deadric Malone - I Pity the Fool | not rated | 2:44 |
| 15. Sonny Boy Williamson II, Willie Dixon - Bring It On Home | not rated | 2:36 |
| 16. Hubert Sumlin & David Johansen, Chester Arthur Burnett - Killing Floor | not rated | 3:59 |
| 17. Rosco Gordon, Rosco Gordon - Now You're Gone | not rated | 4:41 |
| 59:21 |
| CD3 |
| 1. Various, Jelly Roll Morton - Jelly Roll Morton / Turtle Twist | not rated | 3:07 |
| 2. Various, Lena Arrant - Ma Rainey / See See Rider | not rated | 3:11 |
| 3. Various, Eddie James ''Son'' House, Jr. - Son House / Death Letter | not rated | 4:22 |
| 4. Various, Frank Sinatra / Jack Wolf / Joel Herron - Billie Holiday / I'm A Fool To Want You | not rated | 3:27 |
| 5. Various, John Hurt - Mississippi John Hurt / Big Leg Blues | not rated | 2:52 |
| 6. Various, Tewer Blackman - Memphis Jug Band / K.C. Moan | not rated | 2:32 |
| 7. Various, Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson / Sweet Home Chicago | not rated | 2:59 |
| 8. Various, Tommy McClennan - Tommy McClennan / Deep Blue Sea Blues | not rated | 3:01 |
| 9. Various, Peter DeRose / Jo Trent - Bessie Smith / Muddy Water | not rated | 3:09 |
| 10. Various, Aleck Rice Miller - Sonny Boy Williamson II / Cross My Heart | not rated | 3:23 |
| 11. Various, Robert Johnson / adapted by Elmore James - Elmore James / Dust My Broom | not rated | 2:46 |
| 12. Various, McKinley Morganfield - Muddy Waters / You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had | not rated | 2:57 |
| 13. Various, W.C. Handy - W.C. Handy / Beale Street Blues | not rated | 2:42 |
| 14. Various, Charley Patton - Charley Patton / Hang It On The Wall | not rated | 2:46 |
| 15. Various, Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Sister Rosetta Tharpe / Up Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air) | not rated | 2:33 |
| 16. Various, Stephen James Taylor - Stephen James Taylor / Give Me Freedom | not rated | 3:33 |
| 17. Various, Mildred Jones - Mildred Jones / Mr. Thrill | not rated | 2:33 |
| 18. Various, John Lee Hooker - John Lee Hooker / I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive | not rated | 4:45 |
| 56:38 |
| CD4 |
| 1. Various, James B. Oden - Tom Jones & Jeff Beck / Goin' Down Slow | not rated | 5:03 |
| 2. Various, Louis Armstrong / Luis Russell - Louis Armstrong & His All Stars / Back O' Town Blues (Live) | not rated | 4:14 |
| 3. Various, unknown - Dixie Four / St. Louis Man | not rated | 2:32 |
| 4. Various, William Broonzy - Big Bill Broonzy / Black, Brown, And White Blues | not rated | 2:42 |
| 5. Various, traditional / arr. by Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight / Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air | not rated | 2:29 |
| 6. Various, traditional / arr. by Lonnie Donegan - The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group / Rock Island Line | not rated | 3:21 |
| 7. Various, Arthur Hamilton - Lulu & Jeff Beck / Cry Me A River | not rated | 5:31 |
| 8. Various, Miles Davis - Miles Davis / Generique | not rated | 2:48 |
| 9. Various, Edward Heyman / Victot Young - Tom Jones & Jeff Beck / Love Letters | not rated | 3:19 |
| 10. Various, Humphrey Lyttleton - Humphrey Lyttelton / Bad Penny Blues | not rated | 2:43 |
| 11. Various, Aaron Thibideaux Walker - Little Joe Cook (aka Chris Farlowe) / Stormy Monday Blues Pts.1 & 2 | not rated | 6:19 |
| 12. Various, Ray Charles - Tom Jones & Jeff Beck / Hard Times | not rated | 3:55 |
| 13. Various, Lowman Pauling - Ray Charles / Tell The Truth (Live) | not rated | 3:16 |
| 14. Various, Spencer Davis / Steve Winwood - Spencer Davis Group / Hey Darling | not rated | 4:46 |
| 15. Various, Elmore James - Fleetwood Mac / Shake Your Money Maker | not rated | 2:55 |
| 16. Various, John Mayall - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers & Eric Clapton / Have You Heard | not rated | 5:54 |
| 17. Various, Robert Johnson - Cream / Crossroads (Live) | not rated | 4:14 |
| 18. Various, McKinley Morganfield - Jeff Beck / Rollin' And Tumblin' | not rated | 2:18 |
| 19. Various, Lloyd Price - Tom Jones / Lawdy Miss Clawdy | not rated | 2:21 |
| 20. Various, Henry Glover - Lulu & Jeff Beck / Drown In My Own Tears | not rated | 4:53 |
| 1:15:33 |
| CD5 |
| 1. Jimmy Yancey, Leroy Carr - How Long Blues | not rated | 3:04 |
| 2. The Boogie Woogie Boys, Albert Ammons / Meade Lux Lewis / Pete Johnson - Boogie Woogie Prayer, Pt.1 | not rated | 2:22 |
| 3. Count Basie And His Orchestra, Leroy Carr - How Long Blues | not rated | 3:02 |
| 4. Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, Charles Brown / Johnny Moore / Eddie Williams - Driftin' Blues | not rated | 3:14 |
| 5. Fats Domino, D. Bartholomew / Antoine Domino - The Fat Man | not rated | 2:36 |
| 6. Art Tatum, Art Tatum - Tatum Pole Boogie | not rated | 2:25 |
| 7. Professor Longhair, H. Roy Byrd - Tipitina | not rated | 2:38 |
| 8. Ray Charles, Ray Charles - What'd I Say, Pts.1 & 2 | not rated | 6:28 |
| 9. Otis Spann, Otis Spann - Good Morning Mr. Blues | not rated | 3:23 |
| 10. Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus & Max Roach, E. K. Ellington - Backward Country Boy Blues | not rated | 6:21 |
| 11. Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk | not rated | 6:15 |
| 12. Big Joe Turner & Jay McShann, Joe Turner / Pete Johnson - Piney Brown Blues | not rated | 5:25 |
| 13. Jay McShann & Dave Brubeck, Jay McShann / Dave Brubeck - Mission Ranch Blues | not rated | 3:48 |
| 14. Joe Turner, Joe Turner - The Ladder | not rated | 2:21 |
| 15. Dr. John, Joe Liggins - Honey Dripper | not rated | 3:36 |
| 16. Henry Townsend, Henry Townsend - World Full Of People | not rated | 4:01 |
| 17. Dr. John, J. Gaines - Big Chief | not rated | 3:00 |
| 18. Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins & Marcia Ball, Joseph W. Perkins / Marcia Ball - Carmel Blues | not rated | 2:59 |
| 19. Dave Brubeck, Dave Brubeck - Travelin' Blues | not rated | 3:20 |
| 20. Dr. John, Pete Jolly & Henry Gray, Leroy Carr - How Long Blues | not rated | 5:13 |
| 1:15:31 |
| CD6 |
| 1. Jimmy Rogers, James A. Lane - Chicago Bound | not rated | 2:40 |
| 2. Muddy Waters, Melvin London / Elias McDaniel / McKinley Morganfield - Mannish Boy | not rated | 2:55 |
| 3. Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon - Spoonful | not rated | 2:45 |
| 4. Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon - I Cry & Sing the Blues | not rated | 3:16 |
| 5. Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Reed / Mary Reed - Bright Lights, Big City | not rated | 2:40 |
| 6. Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon - Evil (Is Going On) | not rated | 2:55 |
| 7. Little Walter, William Broonzy - Key to the Highway | not rated | 2:46 |
| 8. Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon - Wang Dang Doodle | not rated | 3:01 |
| 9. Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon - The Red Rooster | not rated | 2:26 |
| 10. Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon - I Got What It Takes | not rated | 3:08 |
| 11. Otis Rush, Sandy Jones, Jr. - Walking the Backstreets & Crying (Live) | not rated | 5:59 |
| 12. Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man | not rated | 2:51 |
| 13. Lonnie Brooks, Lonnie Brooks - Feel Good Doin' Bad (Live) | not rated | 5:36 |
| 14. Bo Diddley, Elias McDaniel - Diddley Daddy | not rated | 2:28 |
| 15. Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Elmore James - Talk to Me Baby (I Can't Hold Out) (Live) | not rated | 6:56 |
| 16. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Nick Gravenites - Born in Chicago | not rated | 3:07 |
| 17. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Elmore James / adapted by Paul Butterfield - Shake Your Money Maker | not rated | 2:28 |
| 18. Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm | not rated | 3:55 |
| 19. Public Enemy, Carlton Ridenhour / Eric Sadler / Hank Shocklee - Show 'Em Whatcha Got | not rated | 1:57 |
| 20. Common, Lonnie Lynn / James Yancey - Dooinit | not rated | 3:38 |
| 21. The ElectriK Mud Kats, Melivin London / Elias McDaniel / McKinley Morganfield - Mannish Boy | not rated | 5:21 |
| 22. Etta James, Ellington Jordan / Billy Foster - I'd Rather Go Blind | not rated | 2:30 |
| 1:15:18 |
| CD7 |
| 1. Cassandra Wilson, J.B. Lenoir - Vietnam blues (J.B. Lenoir) | not rated | 4:34 |
| 2. Eagle-Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid & James Blood Ulmer, J.B. Lenoir - Down in Mississippi (J.B. Lenoir) | not rated | 4:38 |
| 3. Lucinda Williams, Nehemiah James - Hard times killing floor blues (Nehemian 'Skip' James) | not rated | 5:13 |
| 4. Lou Reed, Nehemiah James - Look down the road (Nehemiah 'Skip' James) | not rated | 3:43 |
| 5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, J.B. Lenoir - I feel so good (J.B. Lenoir) | not rated | 1:45 |
| 6. Cassandra Wilson, J.B. Lenoir - Slow down (J.B. Lenoir) | not rated | 2:21 |
| 7. T Bone Burnett, J.B. Lenoir - Don't dog your woman (J.B. Lenoir) | not rated | 3:45 |
| 8. Los Lobos, J.B. Lenoir/Willie Dixon - Voodoo music (J.B. Lenoir, W. Dixon) | not rated | 3:24 |
| 9. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, John Mayall/Lewis, Clarence L. - The Death Of J.B. Lenoir (John Mayall) | not rated | 4:19 |
| 10. J.B. Lenoir, J.B. Lenoir - Alabama (J.B. Lenoir) | not rated | 3:13 |
| 11. Shemekia Copeland, J.B. Lenoir - God's word (J.B. Lenoir) | not rated | 4:29 |
| 12. Alvin Youngblood Hart, Nehemiah James - Illinois blues (Nehemian 'Skip' James) | not rated | 4:12 |
| 13. Beck, Nehemiah James - I'm so glad (Nehemiah 'Skip' James) | not rated | 3:37 |
| 14. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Nehemiah James - Special rider blues (Nehemian 'Skip' James) | not rated | 3:48 |
| 15. Marc Ribot, William Johnson - Dark was the night, cold was the ground (Willie Johnson) | not rated | 5:27 |
| 16. Bonnie Raitt, Nehemiah James - Devil got my woman (Nehemian 'Skip' James) | not rated | 4:54 |
| 17. Skip James, Nehemiah James - Crow Jane (Nehemian 'Skip' James) | not rated | 2:59 |
| 18. Garland Jeffreys, Nehemiah James - Washington D.C. Hospital Center blues (Nehemian 'Skip' James) | not rated | 4:37 |
| 19. Blind Willie Johnson, William Johnsom - Soul of a man (Willie Johnson) | not rated | 3:15 |
| 20. Lou Reed, Blind Lemon Jefferson - See that my grave is kept clean (Blink Lemon Jefferson) | not rated | 5:25 |
| 1:19:38 |
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