Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 (Box Set)
Various Artists
Released:
Jun 1992
Label:
Legacy/Columbia
Columbia Records was just one of many labels recording American roots music in the early 20th century. Nevertheless, its Roots N' Blues box set would serve as a great introduction for anybody interested in exploring vintage folk, country, jug band, jazz, blues and gospel (both black and white). This four-disc monster really does cover it all, from Fiddlin' John Carson to Mississippi John Hurt to the, uh, Light Crust Doughboys. And just for the record, we didn't make that last name up!
Play Album
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3:28Charlie Poole
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2:55Aiken County String Band
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3:31Frank Hutchison
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2:37Hersal Thomas
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3:12Rev. J.M. Gates
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2:51Dora Carr
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2:58Vance Tennessee Breakdowners
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3:07Fiddlin' John Carson
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3:03Ernest Stoneman
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2:57Whistler & His Jug Band
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2:39Washington Phillips
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3:03Barbecue Bob
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3:06Austin & Lee Allen
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2:57Sherman Tedder
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3:27Dallas String Band
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2:47Gladys Bentley
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3:03Elizabeth Johnson
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3:24Elizabeth Johnson
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2:50South Georgia Highballers
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3:11Charlie Bowman and His Brothers
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2:59Clarence Green
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3:27Rev. Johnny Blakey/Gipson
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2:37Papa Too Sweet
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2:51Mississippi John Hurt
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2:59Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers
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2:55Herschel Brown
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2:59Mamie Smith
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3:14Blues Birdhead
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3:07Pink Anderson
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3:11The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers
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3:01Slim Doucet
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2:48Roosevelt Sykes
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3:29The Hokum Boys
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2:58Joe Falcon
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3:12W.T. Narmour
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2:55The Skillet Lickers
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3:03Alex Moore
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3:14Mississippi Sheiks
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3:11Lonnie Johnson
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3:19Tom Darby
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2:56Roy Harvey
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2:53Buster Carter & Preston Young
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3:19Bo Carter
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3:21Lonnie Johnson
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3:15Silver Leaf Quartet
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3:18Freeney's Barn Dance Band
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2:57Pelican Wildcats
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3:05Peetie Wheatstraw
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3:19Tindley Quaker City
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2:44Will Batts
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0:42W. Lee O'Daniel
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3:11W. Lee O'Daniel
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0:30W. Lee O'Daniel
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2:52Blind Willie McTell
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3:07Charley Patton
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2:46Walter Roland
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2:49Blue Ridge Ramblers
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3:13The Breaux Freres
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2:59Lucille Bogan
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2:58Leroy Carr
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2:51Josh White
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2:47The Rhythm Wreckers
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2:26The Anglin Twins
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2:42Bumble Bee Slim
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3:04The Two Charlies
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2:53Eldon Baker
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2:38A'nt Idy Harper and The Coon Creek Girls
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3:03(Kid) Prince Moore
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3:01Big Bill Broonzy
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2:37George Curry
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2:36The Nite Owls
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2:47The Alley Boys Of Abbeville
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2:34Reverend Benny Campbell
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2:27Albert Ammons
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2:32Jack Kelly
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2:55Cliff Carlisle
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3:08Callahan Brothers
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2:37Little Buddy Doyle
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2:56Bill "Jazz" Gillum
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2:37Frank Edwards
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2:50Sweet Violet Boys
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2:51Humbard Family
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2:51Tony Hollins
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2:53Peter Cleighton
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2:50Black Cats and Kittens
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2:40Bob and Randall Atcher
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2:31Adolf Hofner
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2:54Poor Boy Burke
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2:54Little Son Joe
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2:43Big Maceo Merriweather
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2:49The Light Crust Doughboys
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2:38Hank Penny and His Radio Cowboys
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2:40James "Beale Street" Clark
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3:08Homer Harris
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2:30Muddy Waters
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2:25Bill Monroe
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2:39Gene Autry
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2:34Bill Monroe
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2:49Big Joe Williams
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2:44Sister Myrtle Fields
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2:57Willie "Boodle It" Right
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2:48Bailes Brothers
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2:49Molly O'Day/Cumberland...
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2:48Rosetta Howard
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2:49Memphis Seven
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2:26Deep South Boys
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2:42Brother Porter and Brother Cook
1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.