Roots 'n Blues: The Retrospective 1925–1950
Roots 'N Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 is a four-CD box set released on Columbia Records in June 1992. The collection features about five hours of early blues, folk/country and gospel recordings from a variety of American artists. Many of these recordings had never previously been issued in any medium. The liner notes were written by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding. Track listing Disc one Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers - "Whitehouse Blues" (3:25) (recorded September 20, 1926, in New York City, New York) Aiken Country String Band - "High Sheriff" (2:53) (recorded September 19, 1927, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) Frank Hutchison - "The Last Scene of the Titanic" (3:30) (recorded April 29, 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri) Hersal Thomas - "Suitcase Blues" (2:36) (recorded c. February 22, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois) The Reverend J.M. Gates - "Death's Black Train is Coming" (3:11) (recorded April 24, 1926, in Atlanta, Georgia) Dora Carr - "Cow Cow Blues" (2:50) (recorded October 1, 1925, in New York City, New York) Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - "Washington County Fox Chase" (2:57) (recorded September 22, 1927, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) Fiddlin' John Carson - "I'm Going to Take the Train to Charlotte" (3:05) (recorded August