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This big set chronicling the big guitar-blues boom of the ’20s and ’30s contains 58 tracks and a 134-page booklet. Includes Mr. Johnson’s Blues Lonnie Johnson; Match Box Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson; Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground Blind Willie Johnson; Frankie Mississippi John Hurt; Statesboro Blues Blind Willie McTell; Pony Blues Charley Patton; When the Levee Breaks Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie; Diddie Wah Diddie Blind Blake; Last Time Blues Charlie McCoy; Sitting on Top of the World Mississippi Sheiks; My Black Mama—Pt. 1 Son House; I’m So Glad Skip James; Good Gal Joshua White; Black Angel Blues Tampa Red; Milk Cow Blues Kokomo Arnold; Rag, Mama Rag Blind Boy Fuller; Midnight Special Leadbelly; Cross Road Blues Robert Johnson; This Train Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Shake ’Em On Down Bukka White; Old Devil Bo Carter, and more! Bear Family.