Tracklist

A1	–Fred McDowell	Frisco Lines
A2	–Joe Callicott	Fare You Well Baby Blues
A3	–R.L. Burnside	Long Haired Doney
A4	–Big Joe Williams	Mean Stepfather
A5	–Bukka White and Washboard Willie	Bald Eagle Train
A6	–R.C. Smith* and S. Moore	Don't Drive Me Away
B1	–Mance Lipscomb	Long Tall Girl Got Stuck On Me
B2	–Lil' Son Jackson	Red River Blues
B3	–Black Ace	I Am The Black Ace
B4	–Alex Moore	Whistling Alex Moore Blues
B5	–Lowell Fulson and Martin Fulson	Texas Blues
B6	–Robert Shaw	The Ma Grinder
B7	–Lightnin' Hopkins	Take A Walk
C1	–John Jackson	Bear Cat Blues
C2	–Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly	Snowing And Raining Blues
C3	–Jesse Fuller	Got A Date At Half Past Eight
C4	–Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane	You Got Another Man
C5	–Juke Boy Bonner and Alvin J. Simon	Struggle Here In Houston
C6	–George Coleman	Listen At That Bull
C7	–Joe Turner*, Pete Johnson, James Ross, Frank Sleet, Pete Peterson , Milburn Newman, Addison Farmer, Robert Brady and Art Farmer	Trouble Blues
D1	–John Littlejohn, Monroe Jones*, Booker Sidgraves, Alvin Nichols, Robert Pulliam and Willie Young	Dream
D2	–Walton*, Sidney Maiden and Otis Cherry	Sugar Daddy
D3	–Big Mama Thornton, Otis Spann, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, Samuel Lawhorn*, Luther Johnson and Francis Clay	I'm Feeling Alright
D4	–Johnny Young , "Big" Walter "Shakey" Horton*, Lafayette Leake, Jimmy Dawkins, Lester Dorsie and Ernest Gatewood	Sometimes I Cry
D5	–Clifton Chenier, Cleveland Chenier and Robert St. Julien	Black Snake Blues
D6	–Earl Hooker, Andrew Odom, Williams* and Geno Skaggs	Two Bugs And A Roach

Credits

• Design – Milton Glaser
• Producer – Chris Strachwitz, Willie Dixon (tracks: D4)
• Recorded By – Chris Strachwitz

Notes

1st issue on the brown and red Poppy label with flower illustration. Gatefold sleeve.
Track D4 produced by Chris Strachwitz and Willie Dixon.
Additional note:
The selections from this album have been comprised from the catalog of Arhoolie Records, which has one of the finest traditional folk blues catalogs in the United States.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PYS 60003-2	Various	Blues Roots ‎(2xLP, Comp, Promo)	Poppy	PYS 60003-2	US	1969
2696181	Various	Blues Roots ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE)	Tomato	2696181	Germany	1989
PYS 60,003	Various	Blues Roots ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gat)	Poppy	PYS 60,003	US	1969
TOM-2-7006	Various	Blues Roots ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE)	Tomato	TOM-2-7006	US	1978
5353-7006	Various	Blues Roots ‎(Cass, Comp, Club)	Tomato	5353-7006	US	1978