Various – When The Levee Breaks – Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941 – 4 CD

This 4-CD focuses on the other side of Mississippi blues, the more rhythmic style of the eastern hill country as opposed to the bottleneck style of the Delta. Among these 100 tracks are a wealth of incredible performances seldom heard by modern ears, including sides by Freddie Spruell, Sam Butler a.k.a. Bo Weavil Jackson, Garfield Akers ( Cottonfield Blues ), Kid Bailey ( Mississippi Bottom Blues ), Geeshie Wiley, Mattie Delaney, Willie "61" Blackwell and more, as well as better-known artists like Son House ( Clarksdale Moan ), Charlie McCoy and Robert Lockwood. A great blues box!

Track Listing:

CD1:
Garfield Akers: 1. Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 1 -- 2:53   Jim Thompkins: 2. Bedside Blues - 3:06   Kid Bailey: 3. Mississippi Bottom Blues - 2:49   Sam Butler: 4. Poor Boy Blues - 2:48   William Harris: 5. I'm Leavin' Town - 3:02   Mississippi Jook Band: 6. Hittin' the Bottle Stomp - 2:38   Geeshie Wiley: 7. Last Kind Words Blues - 3:00   Blind Willie Reynolds: 8. Third Street Woman Blues - 2:41   Freddie Spruell: 9. Muddy Water Blues - 3:12   Joe Calicott: 10. Fare Thee Well Blues - 3:11   Arthur Petties: 11. That Won't Do - 3:01   Willie Blackwell: 12. Four O'Clock Flower Blues - 3:12   Kansas Joe McCoy: 13. Evil Devil Woman Blues - 3:12   Sam Collins: 14. The Jail House Blues - 2:32   Robert Lockwood, Jr.: 15. Black Spider Blues - 3:00   Robert Johnson: 16. Traveling Riverside Blues - 2:41   Charlie McCoy: 17. Baltimore Blues - 2:51   Mattie Delaney: 18. Down the Big Road Blues - 3:09   Mississippi Bracey "Caldwell": 19. You Scolded Me and Drove Me - 3:19   Freddie Spruell: 20. Milk Cow Blues - 3:19   Mose Andrews: 21. Ten Pound Hammer - 2:39   Willie Blackwell: 22. Noiseless Motor Blues - 3:23   Buddy Boy Hawkins: 23. Jailhouse Fire Blues - 2:30   Freddie Spruell: 24. 4A Highway - 3:06   King Solomon Hill: 25. Times Had Done Got Hard - 3:12

CD2:
Son House: 1. Mississippi County Farm Blues - 2:51   Kansas Joe McCoy: 2. When the Levee Breaks - 3:11   Blind Joe Reynolds: 3. Ninety Nine Blues - 2:40   Jelly Jaw Short: 4. Snake Doctor Blues - 3:23   Otto Virgial: 5. Little Girl in Rome - 2:36   The Mississippi Moaner: 6. It's Cold in China Blues - 2:49   Willie Blackwell: 7. Bald Eagle Blues - 3:27   Ben Covington: 8. Boodle-De-Bum Blues - 3:23   William Harris: 9. Bull Frog Blues - 3:10   Mississippi Jook Band: 10. Dangerous Woman - 2:45   Buddy Boy Hawkins: 11. Shaggy Dog Blues - 2:34   Sam Collins: 12. Devil in the Lion's Den - 2:43   Arthur Petties: 13. Quarrellin' Mama Blues - 2:41   Sam Collins: 14. Devil and My Brown Blues - 2:52   Robert Lockwood, Jr.: 15. Take a Little Walk with Me - 2:55   Charlie McCoy: 16. Last Time Blues - 3:03   Garfield Akers: 17. Dough Roller Blues - 3:11   Walter Rhodes: 18. The Croowing Rooster - 3:25   Elva Thomas & Geeshie Wiley: 19. Motherless Child Blues - 3:18   George Torey: 20. Married Woman Blues - 2:55   Willie Blackwell: 21. She's Young and Wild - 3:18   Mississippi Bracey "Caldwell": 22. Cherry Ball - 3:15   Otto Virgial: 23. Bad Notion Blues - 2:43   Freddie Spruell: 24. Don't Cry Baby - 3:05   Kid Bailey: 25. Rowdy Blues - 2:59

CD3:
King Solomon Hill: 1. My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon - 3:08   Buddy Boy Hawkins: 2. Snatch It Back Blues - 3:03   Willie Blackwell: 3. Machine Gun Blues - 3:08   Arthur Petties: 4. Revenue Man Blues - 2:45   Freddie Spruell: 5. Mr Freddie's Kokomo Blues - 3:06   Geeshie Wiley: 6. Over to My House - 3:29   Jelly Jaw Short: 7. Barefoot Blues - 2:58   Garfield Akers: 8. Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues - 3:08   Kansas Joe McCoy: 9. Look Who's Coming Down the Road - 2:47   Joe Calicott: 10. Traveling Mama Blues - 3:14   William Harris: 11. Leavin' Here Blues - 3:13   Otto Virgial: 12. Got the Blues About Rome - 2:56   Mose Andrews: 13. Young Heifer Blues - 3:01   Mississippi Jook Band: 14. Skippy Whippy - 2:48   Sam Collins: 15. Yellow Dog Blues - 2:31   Sam Butler: 16. You Can't Keep No Brown - 2:47   Mattie Delaney: 17. Tallahatchie River Blues - 2:45   Mississippi Bracey "Caldwell": 18. Stered Gal - 3:09   Charlie McCoy: 19. Motherless and Fatherless Blues - 3:14   Willie Blackwell: 20. Don't Misuse Me, Baby - 3:20   Robert Lockwood, Jr.: 21. I'm Gonna Train My Baby - 2:59   Arthur Petties: 22. Out on Santa Fe Blues - 3:12   Joe Stone: 23. It's Hard Time - 3:08   Freddie Spruell: 24. Your Good Man Is Gone - 3:24   Blind Joe Reynolds: 25. Cold Woman Blues - 2:56

CD4:
Son House: 1. Clarksdale Moan - 2:59   Ben Covington: 2. Adam and Eve in the Garden - 2:40   George Torey: 3. Lonesome Man Blues - 2:45   Walter Rhodes: 4. Leaving Home Blues - 3:24   Sam Collins: 5. Loving Lady Blues - 2:43   William Harris: 6. Early Mornin' Blues - 2:48   Buddy Boy Hawkins: 7. Number Three Blues - 2:49   King Solomon Hill: 8. Tell Me Baby - 3:25   Robert Lockwood, Jr.: 9. Little Boy Blue - 3:06   Garfield Akers: 10. Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - 3:16   Willie Blackwell: 11. Chalk My Toy - 3:11   Mississippi Jook Band: 12. Barbecue Bust - 2:40   Arthur Petties: 13. Two Time Blues - 3:14   Joe Stone: 14. Back Door Blues - 3:01   Freddie Spruell: 15. Way Back Down Home - 3:07   Geeshie Wiley: 16. Skinny Leg Blues - 3:09   Kansas Joe McCoy: 17. Meat Cutter Blues - 2:56   The Mississippi Moaner: 18. Mississippi Moan - 2:31   Blind Willie Reynolds: 19. Married Man Blues - 3:17   Sam Butler: 20. Jefferson County Blues - 2:44   Willie Blackwell: 21. Rampaw Street Blues - 3:12   Mississippi Bracey "Caldwell": 22. I'll Overcome Someday - 3:14   Arthur Petties: 23. Good Boy Blues - 3:20   Jelly Jaw Short: 24. Grand Daddy Blues - 3:14   Freddie Spruell: 25. Let's Go Riding - 2:59