When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll

Disc 1
1	Catfish Blues / Robert Petway 2:54
2	Baby, Please Don't Go / Big Joe Williams 3:25
3	Ham an' Eggs / Leadbelly 3:01
4	Mississippi River Blues / Big Bill Broonzy 2:43
5	Just a Goo Woman Through With the Blues / Trixie Butler 2:44
6	Garbage Man Blues / Milton Brown 2:46
7	The Panama Limited / Washington White 3:15
8	Cool Drink of Water Blues / Tommy Johnson 3:35
9	The Midnight Special / Leadbelly 3:09
10	Worried Man Blues / Carter Family 2:47
11	Les Blues de Voyage / Denus McGee 2:57
12	K.C. Railroad Blues / Jim Baxter 3:32
13	Somebody's Been Stealin' / Reverend J.M. Gates 2:50
14	Beale Street Blues / Alberta Hunter 3:18
15	Devil in the Woodpile / Noah Lewis 2:57
16	Walk Right In / Gus Cannon 2:59
17	Ninety-Nine Year Blues / Julius Daniels 3:06
18	Got Cut All to Pieces / Bessie Tucker 3:29
19	Feather Bed / Gus Cannon 3:19
20	Can't Put a Bridle on That Mule This Morning / Julius Daniels 3:26
21	Davidson County Blues / DeFord Bailey 3:24
22	Frankie and Johnny / Frank Crumit 3:22
23	Dixie Bo-Bo / Taskiana Four 3:04
24	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child / Paul Robeson 3:04
25	St. Louis Blues / The Hall Johnson Choir 3:55
Disc 2
1	Telephoning the Blues / Victoria Spivey 3:12
2	Viola Lee Blues / Gus Cannon 3:12
3	Haven't Got a Dollar to Pay Your House Rent Man / Genevieve Davis 3:32
4	Saturday Blues / Ishman Bracey 3:31
5	When I Woke Up This Morning She Was Gone / Jim Jackson 3:16
6	Canned Heat Blues / Tommy Johnson 3:39
7	Statesboro Blues / Blind Willie McTell 2:36
8	Stealin', Stealin' / Memphis Jug Band 2:59
9	Judge Harsh Blues / Furry Lewis 3:06
10	Rent Man Blues / Edna Winston 3:06
11	I Don't Care What You Say / Harris & Harris 2:49
12	I Hate a Man Like You / Lizzie Miles 3:29
13	'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 / Frank Stokes 3:20
14	I'm a Mighty Tight Woman / Sippie Wallace 2:54
15	Standin' on the Corner / Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel No. 9 2:42
16	The Girl I Love, She Got Long, Curly Hair / Sleepy John Estes 2:59
17	Don't Want No Woman (Have T' Give My Money To) / McCoy & Johnson "Memphis Minnie And Kansas Joe" 3:15
18	Cocaine Habit Blues / Memphis Jug Band 2:51
19	Married Woman Blues / Blind Willie Reynolds 3:20
20	Red Nightgown Blues / Jimmie Davis 3:01
21	Hard Working Woman / Mississippi Matilda 2:55
22	Doubled Up in a Knot / Bo Carter 2:54
23	If You Want Me, Baby / Stovepipe, Daddy & Mississippi Sarah 2:45
24	The First Time I Met the Blues / Little Brother Montgomery 2:51
25	Sales Tax / Mississippi Sheiks 3:05
Disc 3
1	That's Chicago's South Side / Theard, Sam "Lovin' Sam And Burns Campbell Orchestra" 2:53
2	Peetie Wheatstraw / Pete Wheatstraw 3:18
3	Devil's Island Gin Blues / Roosevelt Sykes 3:02
4	Sail on, Little Girl, Sail On / Amos "Amos" Easton 3:19
5	Black Gal, What Makes Your Head So Hard? / Joe Pollum 3:30
6	I Lost My Baby / Lil Johnson 2:52
7	Keep Your Hands Off Her / Big Bill Broonzy 2:53
8	When the Sun Goes Down / Leroy Carr 2:58
9	Selling My Pork Chops / Minnie "Memphis Minnie" McCoy 2:54
10	Every Day I Have the Blues / Pine Top 3:09
11	Sweet Sixteen / Walter Davis 2:51
12	Honky Tonk Train Blues / Meade "Lux" Lewis 3:00
13	Trouble in Mind / Richard M. Jones 2:42
14	He Roars Like a Lion / Merline Johnson 3:24
15	Prowling Night Hawk / Robert Lee McCoy 3:05
16	Good Morning School Girl / John Williamson 3:01
17	You Got to Fix It / Speckled Red 3:14
18	Bucket's Got Hole in It / Washboard Sam 2:44
19	Bottle It Up and Go / Tommy McClennan 2:48
20	Key to the Highway / Jazz Gillum 2:40
21	Don't You Like to Me / Tampa Red 2:59
22	What Is That She Got / Johnny Temple 2:56
23	Going Down Slow / St. Louis Jimmy Oden 3:13
24	Hobo Blues / Yank Rachell 3:20
25	He's a Jelly Roll Baker / Lonnie Johnson 3:17
Disc 4
1	Pearl Harbor Blues / Doctor Clayton 3:05
2	My Buddy Blues / Five Breezes 2:51
3	Worried Life Blues / Big Maceo Merriweather 2:57
4	I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water / The Cats & the Fiddle 2:49
5	Grinder Man Blues / Memphis Slim 3:09
6	Walkin' the Boogie / Pete Johnson 2:52
7	Why Don't You Do Right? / Lillian "Lil" Green 3:00
8	Little Boy Blue / Robert Lockwood Jr. 3:06
9	Angels in Harlem / Doctor Clayton 3:07
10	Illinois Central / Sunnyland Slim 3:16
11	Chicago Is Just That Way / Eddie Boyd 2:53
12	That's All Right / Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 2:56
13	Get the Mop / Henry "Red" Allen 2:45
14	Look on Yonder Wall / Jazz Gillum 3:09
15	Anytime Is the Right Time / Roosevelt Sykes 3:16
16	When Things Go Wrong With You / Tampa Red 3:03
17	Dust My Broom / Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 2:39
18	Soap and Water Blues / Washboard Sam 3:09
19	Rockin' With Red / Piano Red 2:34
20	Sweet Little Angel / Tampa Red 3:00
21	My Baby Left Me / Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 2:24
22	How Blue Can You Get? / Johnny Moore's Three Blazers aka Downhearted 3:05
23	Right String, But the Wrong Yo-Yo / Piano Red 2:42
24	Ride and Roll / Sonny Terry 2:35
25	Get Rich Quick / Little Richard 2:15

All Music Guide

The Secret History of Rock and Roll contains 100 original blues classics spread over four discs. The main function of this series is to shine a light on the roots of rock & roll. It's a noble concept which sounds great due to the remastering of these tracks. Among the instantly recognizable tunes covered by rock bands of the '60s and '70s include "Baby, Please Don't Go" by Big Joe Williams; "Viola Lee Blues" by Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers; "Statesboro Blues" by Blind Willie McTell; "Stealin' Stealin'" by the Memphis Jug Band; "Good Morning School Girl" by Sonny Boy Williamson; and "That's All Right" and "My Baby Left Me," both by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. RCA also released these four discs separately. Les Campbell