1. Pony Blues 2. A Spoonful Blues 3. Down The Dirt Road Blues 4. Prayer Of Death - Part 1 5. Prayer Of Death - Part 2 6. Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues 7. Banty Rooster Blues 8. Tom Rushen Blues 9. It Won't Be Long 10. Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama) 11. Pea Vine Blues 12. Mississippi Boweavil Blues 13. Lord I'm Discouraged 14. I'm Goin' Home
[10 second gap]
Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
15. Snatch It And Grab It 16. A Rag Blues 17. How Come Mama Blues 18. Voice Throwin' Blues
Disc 2: October 1929
Charley Patton
00.Hammer Blues (take 1; uniss.), I Shall Not Be Moved (take 1; uniss.) 1. High Water Everywhere - Part I 2. High Water Everywhere - Part II 3. I Shall Not Be Moved 4. Rattlesnake Blues 5. Going To Move To Alabama 6. Hammer Blues (take 2) 7. Joe Kirby 8. Frankie And Albert 9. Devil Sent The Rain Blues 10. Magnolia Blues 11. Running Wild Blues 12. Some Happy Day 13. Mean Black Moan 14. Green River Blues
[10 second gap]
Edith North Johnson
15. That's My Man 16. Honey Dripper Blues No. 2 17. Eight Hour Woman 18. Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues No. 2
Disc 3: October 1929
Charley Patton
00.Some These Days I'll Be Gone (take 1; uniss.), Elder Greene Blues (take 2; uniss.) 1. Jim Lee-Part I 2. Jim Lee-Part II 3. Mean Black Cat Blues 4. Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker 5. Elder Greene Blues (take 1) 6. When Your Way Gets Dark 7. Some These Days I'll Be Gone (take 2) 8. Heart Like Railroad Steel 9. Circle Round The Moon 10. You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
[10 second gap]
Henry "Son" Sims
11. Be True Be True Blues 12. Farrell Blues 13. Tell Me Man Blues 14. Come Back Corrina
Disc 4: June 1930
Charley Patton
1. Some Summer Day 2. Bird Nest Bound
[10 second gap]
Willie Brown
3. Future Blues 4. M&O Blues
[10 second gap]
Son House
5. Walkin' Blues (uniss.) 6. My Black Mama-Part I 7. My Black Mama-Part II 8. Preachin' The Blues-Part I 9. Preachin' The Blues-Part II 10. Dry Spell Blues Part I 11. Dry Spell Blues Part II
[10 second gap]
Louise Johnson
12. All Night Long Blues (take 1) 13. On The Wall 14. All Night Long Blues (take 2; uniss) 15. By The Moon And Stars 16. Long Ways From Home
Disc 5: May/June 1930, January-February 1934
June 1930
Charley Patton
1. Dry Well Blues 2. Moon Going Down
[10 second gap]
May 1930
Delta Big Four
3. We All Gonna Face The Rising Sun 4. Moaner Let's Go Down In The Valley 5. Jesus Got His Arms Around Me 6. God Won't Forsake His Own 7. I'll Be Here 8. Where Was Eve Sleeping? 9. I Know My Time Ain't Long 10. Watch And Pray
[10 second gap]
HC Speir
11. Paramount Test 1-4/19/30 headlines 12. Paramount Test 2-4/12/30 headlines
[10 second gap]
January-February 1934
Charley ("Charlie") Patton
13. High Sheriff Blues 14. Stone Pony Blues 15. Jersey Bull Blues 16. Hang It On The Wall 17. 34 Blues 18. Love My Stuff 19. Poor Me 20. Revenue Man Blues
[10 second gap]
Patton and Lee
21. Troubled 'Bout My Mother 22. Oh Death
[10 second gap]
Bertha Lee
23. Yellow Bee 24. Mind Reader Blues
Disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs
1. Ma Rainey - Booze And Blues (1924) 3:08 2. Walter Rhodes - The Crowing Rooster (1927) 3:22 3. Furry Lewis - I Will Turn Your Money Green (1928) 3:11 4. Rube Lacy - Ham Hound Crave (1928) 2:53 5. Tommy Johnson - Bye Bye Blues (1928) 3:11 6. Tommy Johnson - Maggie Campbell (1928) 3:39 7. Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues (1928) 3:23 8. William Harris - Kansas City Blues (1928) 3:01 9. Kid Bailey - Rowdy Blues (1929) 3:01 10. Kid Bailey - Mississippi Bottom Blues (1929) 3:01 11. Blind Joe Reynolds - Cold Woman Blues (1929) 2:59 12. Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World (1930) 3:01 13. Charley Jordan - Just A Spoonful (1930) 2:41 14. Blind Pete And George Ryan - Banty Rooster (1934) 2:14 15. Big Joe Williams - My Grey Pony (1935) 3:08 16. Willie Lofton Trio - Dark Road Blues (1935) 3:02 17. Unknown Convict - Blues (1936) 2:47 18. Bukka White - Sic 'Em Dogs On (1939) 2:21 19. Bukka White - Po' Boy (1939) 2:50 20. Willie Brown - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (1941) 3:29 21. Son House - County Farm Blues (1942) 2:22 22. The Howlin' Wolf - Saddle My Pony (1952) 2:34 23. The Howlin' Wolf - Forty Four (1954) 2:47 24. Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers - Too Close (1957) 5:23
Disc 7: Charley's Orbit - Interviews
1. The Howlin' Wolf, interviewed by Pete Welding, ca. 1967 2-16. Booker Miller, interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, 1968 17-25. HC Speir, interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, 1968, 1969 26. Roebuck "Pops" Staples, interviewed by Chris Strachwitz, ca.
