01. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – That’s Why I’m Walking – 2:48
02. Alberta Hunter – Chirpin’ the Blues – 3:34
03. Lonnie Johnson & Elmer Snowden – Haunted House – 5:01
04. Lightnin’ Hopkins – Coffee Blues – 3:40
05. Mercy Dee Walton – Have You Ever Been out in the Country – 3:41
06. Lucille Hegamin – St. Louis Blues – 3:33
07. Reverend Gary Davis – Death Don’t Have No Mercy – 4:45
08. Blind Snooks Eaglin – Alberta – 2:36
09. Sidney Maiden – Me and My Chauffeur – 2:40
10. Sunnyland Slim – I’m Prison Bound – 3:28
11. Memphis Willie B. – Worried Man Blues – 3:25
12. Little Brother Montgomery – Santa Fe – 2:39
13. Victoria Spivey – I Got Men All over This Town – 5:05
14. Al Smith & Eddie Davis Quartet – I’ve Got the Right Kind of Lovin’ – 3:26
15. Pink Anderson – Baby I’m Going Away – 2:58
16. Willie Dixon – Sittin’ and Cryin’ the Blues – 3:18
17. Tampa Red – You Better Let My Gal Alone – 3:26
18. Roosevelt Sykes – Hangover – 3:20
19. Scrapper Blackwell – Little Boy Blue – 3:09
20. Blind Willie McTell – The Dyin’ Crapshooter’s Blues – 3:04

Bluesville was a subsidiary of Prestige Records, and released many good blues albums over the years. This 3 CD set is a pretty good overview of the kinds of blues the label was recording and releasing. But another 3 CD set could easily be issued because there's so many great blues artists/songs available from that era. The sound is pretty good/good overall--like other sets from the Not Now Music label. And similar to other releases, there's no booklet, only a short essay about the label and a few of the artists.

Most of the blues on this compilation lean toward country blues, with a smattering of more sophisticated blues from people like Willie Dixon, Alberta Hunter, Victoria Spivey, and even Sunnyland Slim. Many of these artists you'll recognize--Lightnin' Hopkins, Memphis Slim, Pink Anderson, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry, Brownie and Sonny, Blind Willie McTell, Mercy Dee Walton, and others. Also included are a few female blues performers--Victoria Spivey, Alberta Hunter, Lucille Hegamin, and Mildred Anderson.

These tracks were recorded in the late 1950's/early '60s, when the folk-blues boom was just starting to happen. And as such they rely mostly on acoustic guitar, piano, and mouth harp for accompaniment, along with a small rhythm section. Bluesville was known (in the vinyl LP days) as a label for country/folk/blues and this collection has a number of good/great tracks from many artists. This compilation is a perfect foil to the more electric, post-war collections from the Not Now label. But as I've said before, not having a booklet with at least track/artist/song information is a disservice to many blues fans--especially those who are new to this type of music. But for the low price for so much great music I can't complain too much. And whatever information folks need can easily be found in the many books on blues artists/music, and on the internet. --- Stuart Jefferson, amazon.com

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01. Willie Dixon – Go Easy – 5:52
02. Tampa Red – Don’t Jive Me – 3:31
03. Big Joe Williams – Meet Me at the Bottom – 3:31
04. Alberta Hunter – I Got a Mind to Ramble – 2:43
05. Lightnin’ Hopkins – Catfish Blues – 4:18
06. Brownie McGhee – The Killin’ Floor – 3:41
07. Sunnyland Slim – The Devil Is a Busy Man – 3:58
08. Blind Snooks Eaglin – Brown Skinned Woman – 3:41
09. Mercy Dee Walton – One Room Country Shack – 4:06
10. Lonnie Johnson & Victoria Spivey – Idle Hours – 3:32
11. Sidney Maiden – Sidney’s Fox Chase – 2:27
12. Roosevelt Sykes – Miss Ida B. – 4:58
13. Reverend Gary Davis – Lost Boy in the Wilderness – 5:01
14. K.C. Douglas – Bottle up and Go – 4:07
15. Little Brother Montgomery – Vicksburg Blues – 3:16
16. Robert Pete Williams – Free Again – 5:02
17. Memphis Slim – Frankie and Johnny Boogie – 4:08
18. Furry Lewis – Shake ‘Em on Down – 2:52
19. Mildred Anderson & Eddie Davis Quartet – I’m Gettin’ Long Alright (Connections) – 2:44
20. Scrapper Blackwell – Goin’ Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog – 4:47

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01. Lightnin’ Hopkins – Walkin’ This Road by Myself – 4:53
02. Memphis Slim – Grinder Man Blues – 4:35
03. Blind Willie McTell – Broke Down Engine Blues – 2:47
04. Alberta Hunter – You Gotta Reap What You Sow – 2:43
05. Lonnie Johnson – No Love for Sale – 3:03
06. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Custard Pie Blues – 2:43
07. Victoria Spivey – I’m a Red Hot Mama – 3:32
08. Scrapper Blackwell – Blues Before Sunrise – 5:10
09. Mildred Anderson – Everybody’s Got Somebody but Me – 5:35
10. K.C. Douglas – Big Road Blues – 3:25
11. Al Smith – Goin’ to Alabama – 3:22
12. Furry Lewis – Done Changed My Mind – 3:00
13. Robert Pete Williams – I’ve Grown so Ugly – 2:49
14. Shakey Jake – Jake’s Cha Cha – 2:08
15. Henry Townsend – Tired of Being Mistreated – 2:57
16. Pink Anderson – Greasy Greens – 4:41
17. Sonny Terry – Four O’clock Blues – 3:34
18. Memphis Willie B. – Wine Drinking Women – 3:37
19. Curtis Jones – Suicide Blues – 4:08
20. Big Joe Williams – Pallet on the Floor – 3:01

The Prestige label is a byword in jazz circles, founded in 1948 by Bob Weinstock he launched a series of subsidiary labels buoyed by its unprecedented success. One of the more successful of those sister labels was Bluesville, which proceeded to release some truly legendary blues artists in the shape of Lightnin' Hopkins, Victoria Spivey and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Sometimes in acoustic settings and in others with full accompaniment the labels' roster shone brightly no matter how they were presented, so enjoy the blues men and women of Bluesville doing what came naturally. ---amazon.com

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