American Epic: The Collection

Release by Various Artists

Track list

CD 1: The Southeast: Memphis / Bristol / Johnson City / Louisville / Ashland / Charlotte

=> 1 The Coo‐Coo Bird (2:58)
=> 2 On the Road Again (2:51)
=> 3 The Panama Limited (3:12)
=> 4 Indian War Whoop (3:11)
=> 5 ’Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do (part 1) (3:16)
=> 6 K.C. Railroad Blues (3:30)
=> 7 I Am Bound for the Promised Land (3:11)
=> 8 Cottonfield Blues (part 2) (3:21)
=> 9 I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground (3:20)
=> 10 Down on Penny’s Farm (2:48)
=> 11 Foldin’ Bed (2:57)
=> 12 Greenback Dollar (3:10)
=> 13 Tallahatchie River Blues (2:48)
=> 14 Walk Right In (2:57)
=> 15 Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow (2:59)
=> 16 Old Dog Blue (3:03)
=> 17 Bayou Teche (2:55)
=> 18 Cool Drink of Water Blues (3:34)
=> 19 Train on the Island (3:01)

CD 2: Atlanta: The Origins of Commercial Field Recording

=> 1 My Heart Keeps Singing (3:11)
=> 2 Ninety‐Nine Year Blues (3:06)
=> 3 I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham (3:03)
=> 4 Death’s Black Train Is Coming (3:13)
=> 5 Waiting for a Train (2:47)
=> 6 Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? (3:24)
=> 7 Rocky Road (2:46)
=> 8 Ma blond est partie (2:51)
=> 9 Peg and Awl (2:57)
=> 10 Chocolate to the Bone (2:54)
=> 11 Down On Me (3:09)
=> 12 Prenez Courage (2:57)
=> 13 Pickin’ Off Peanuts (3:29)
=> 14 Just Because (2:54)
=> 15 Dupree Blues (3:30)
=> 16 Ladies on the Steamboat (3:16)
=> 17 Mamma, ’Tain’t Long Fo’ Day (3:13)

CD 3: New York City / East Coast: The Birthplace of Electric Recording

=> 1 Cecilia (3:12)
=> 2 La Coquetera (3:03)
=> 3 Coconito (3:01)
=> 4 Lovesick Blues (2:52)
=> 5 Long Tall Mama (2:51)
=> 6 John Henry Blues (2:49)
=> 7 Mr. Tom Hughes’ Town (3:08)
=> 8 Louis Collins (3:01)
=> 9 I Am the Light of the World (3:04)
=> 10 Fifty Miles of Elbow Room (2:42)
=> 11 Chant of the Eagle Dance (2:29)
=> 12 Hilo Hula (Hilo Hanakahi) (3:20)
=> 13 If the River Was Whiskey (3:11)
=> 14 Stackalee (3:07)
=> 15 The Wreck of the ’97 (2:50)
=> 16 Faded Coat of Blue (3:11)
=> 17 Country Blues (3:02)
=> 18 Sail Away Ladies (3:00)
=> 19 Sail Away Lady (3:00)
=> 20 Sally Gooden (3:10)
=> 21 Arkansas Traveller (3:07)

CD 4: The Midwest: Chicago / St. Louis / Richmond / Grafton

=> 1 Hard Time Blues (3:20)
=> 2 Down the Dirt Road Blues (2:56)
=> 3 Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home (3:11)
=> 4 Hastings Street (3:15)
=> 5 See That My Grave’s Kept Clean (2:54)
=> 6 Gonna Have ’Lasses in the Morning (2:43)
=> 7 New Orleans Stop Time (2:58)
=> 8 Prove It on Me Blues (2:42)
=> 9 Gonna Die With My Hammer in My Hand (3:26)
=> 10 Last Kind Words Blues (3:04)
=> 11 Banjoreno (3:15)
=> 12 It’s a Good Thing (3:00)
=> 13 Trust in God and Do the Right (2:49)
=> 14 Someday Baby Blues (3:02)
=> 15 Lonesome Road Blues (3:06)
=> 16 Future Blues (2:57)
=> 17 Bull Doze Blues (3:28)
=> 18 Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) (2:46)
=> 19 Henry Lee (3:26)
=> 20 Old Country Rock (3:02)
=> 21 La Danseuse (2:55)
=> 22 My Black Mama (parts 1 & 2) (6:24)
=> 23 Cypress Grove Blues (3:16)

CD 5: The Deep South & The West: Birmingham / Jackson / Hattiesburg / New Orleans / Shreveport / Dallas / San Antonio / Los Angeles / San Francisco

=> 1 Cross Road Blues (2:32)
=> 2 Mal Hombre (3:32)
=> 3 Sunshine Special (3:11)
=> 4 Old Jim Kinnane’s (2:54)
=> 5 Les Blues de Voyage (2:57)
=> 6 The Lost Child (3:06)
=> 7 I’m Gonna Cross the River of Jordan Some of These Days (3:06)
=> 8 Tomi Tomi (2:43)
=> 9 Sittin’ On Top of the World (3:16)
=> 10 James Alley Blues (3:09)
=> 11 The Indian Tom Tom (2:36)
=> 12 Blues in a Bottle (3:25)
=> 13 Je me suis en alle (2:53)
=> 14 Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (3:27)
=> 15 E, Mama Ea (3:12)
=> 16 Ghost Dance (3:02)
=> 17 Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus) (2:51)
=> 18 Allons à Lafayette (2:57)
=> 19 Corrido de Joaquín Murrieta (parts 1 & 2) (5:55)
=> 20 Denomination Blues (parts 1 & 2) (5:39)

Labels

=> Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)

88875099692

=> Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)

88875099692

=> Lo-Max

88875099692

=> Third Man Records

88875099692

Release events

2017-05-12 Europe

Relations

art direction

=> 🧑 Nathanio Strimpopulos

compiler

=> 🧑 Bernard MacMahon

design

=> 🧑 Nathanio Strimpopulos

editor

=> 🧑 Bernard MacMahon

engineer

=> 🧑 Nicholas Bergh

liner notes

=> 🧑 Duke Erikson

liner notes

=> 🧑 Patrick Ferris

liner notes

=> 🧑 Bernard MacMahon

liner notes

=> 🧑 Allison McGourty

liner notes

=> 🧑 Jack McLean

liner notes

=> 🧑 Elijah Wald

mastering

=> 🧑 Nicholas Bergh

mastering

=> 🧑 Duke Erikson

mastering

=> 🧑 Duke Erikson

mastering

=> 🧑 Peter Henderson

mastering

=> 🧑 John Polito

mastering

=> 🧑 Joel Tefteller

producer

=> 🧑 Adam Block

producer

=> 🧑 T-Bone Burnett

producer

=> 🧑 Duke Erikson

producer

=> 🧑 Patrick Ferris

producer

=> 🧑 Peter Henderson

producer

=> 🧑 Bernard MacMahon

producer

=> 🧑 Allison McGourty

producer

=> 🧑 Jack McLean

producer

=> 🧑 Robert Redford

producer

=> 🧑 Jack White

allmusic

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=> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0184U96LG

discogs

=> https://www.discogs.com/release/10305235

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