Consists of previously released material

Disc one. A fool in love / Marcia Ball, Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Baton (3:16) -- Jump for joy / Koko Taylor (4:22) -- I didn't want no man / Big Time Sarah (4:05) -- Wild women don't have the blues / Ida Cox (3:17) -- If I can't sell it, (I'll keep sittin' on it) / Ruth Brown (5:23) -- Trouble in mind / Sister Rosetta Tharpe (2:34) -- I got myself a workin' man / Alberta Hunter (3:17) -- No! I ain't gonna let you go / Candye Kane (2:59) -- Why young men go wild / Lavelle White (3:32) -- Do your duty / Bessie Smith (3:25) -- Good rockin' daddy / Etta James (2:24) -- Why don't you do right? / Lil Green (2:59) -- I want my money back / Saffire (3:33) -- Dirty tee bee blues / Victoria Spivey (3:08) -- Poppa-Mama blues / Edith Wilson (3:49)

Compact disc

Disc two. Better left unsaid / Michelle Willson (3:21) -- Two-fisted mama / Katie Webster (3:24) -- Gabbin' blues / Big Maybelle (2:41) -- Satisfy me / Becky Barksdale (4:48) -- "Ma" Rainey's black bottom / "Ma" Rainey (3:11) -- Black snake blues / Sippie Wallace (2:47) -- Evil gal blues / Dinah Washington (2:57) -- Hound dog / Willie Mae Thornton (2:50) -- I want a little sugar in my bowl / Nina Simone (2:32) --The spirit returns / Rory Block (3:20) -- Crazy blues / Mamie Smith (3:20) -- One monkey (don't stop no show) / Francine Reed (3:43) -- That's my desire / Hadda Brooks (2:44) -- Don't you feel my leg / Blu Lu Barker (3:02) -- Me and my chauffeur blues / Memphis Minnie (2:47)

Various performers