The artists are sorted by birth date. The dates next to the album titles are the recording dates.

• Henry Thomas (1874-1950)
  • Texas Worried Blues: Complete Recorded Works (Yazoo, 1927-1929)
    • cd 1: ***
• Sam Collins (1887-1949)
  • Jailhouse Blues (Yazoo, 1927,1931)
    • cd 1: ****
• Leadbelly (1888-1949)
  • Midnight Special (Rounder)
    • cd 1: ***
  • Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Memorial Volumes 1 & 2 (Collectables)
    • cd 1: **
  • Memorial Volumes 3 & 4 (Collectables)
    • cd 1: **
• Charley Patton (1891-1934)
  • The Definitive Charley Patton (Catfish, 1929-1934)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
    • cd 3: ****
• Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929)
  • The Best Of Blind Lemon Jefferson (Yazoo)
    • cd 1: ****
  • King Of The Country Blues (Yazoo)
    • cd 1: ****
• Mississippi John Hurt (1893-1966)
  • Avalon Blues – The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings (Columbia/Legacy, 1928)
    • cd 1: ****
• Furry Lewis (1893-1981)
  • The Blues Collection 61 – Beale Street Blues (Orbis. With Frank Stokes)
    • cd 1: ***
• Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
  • The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy, 1928-1931)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
  • The Collection (Columbia, 1923-1933)
    • cd 1: ****
• Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)
  • The Blues Collection 85 – Songster (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ****
• Tommy Johnson (1896-1956)
  • Complete Recorded Works (Document, 1928-1929)
    • cd 1: ****
• Robert Wilkins (1896-1987)
  • The Original Rolling Stone (Yazoo)
    • cd 1: ****
• Rev. Gary Davis (1896-1972)
  • Pure Religion & Bad Company (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1957)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Blues & Ragtime (Shanachie, 1962-1966)
    • cd 1: ***
• Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945)
  • Complete Recordings of Blind Willie Johnson (Columbia/Legacy, 1927-1930)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
• Blind Willie McTell (1898-1959)
  • The Definitive Blind Willie McTell (Catfish, 1927-1935)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
    • cd 3: ****
• Big Bill Broonzy (1898-1958)
  • The Essential (Classic Blues, 1930-1941)
    • cd 1: ***
    • cd 2: ***
  • The Blues: Chicago 1937-1945 (Frémeaux & Associés, 1937-1945)
    • cd 1: ***
    • cd 2: ***
• Sleepy John Estes (1899-1977)
  • Blues Collection 53 – Drop Down Mama (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ***
• Son House (1902-1988)
  • Delta Blues (Biograph, 1940-1941)
    • cd 1: *****
  • The Original Delta Blues (Columbia/Legacy, 1965)
    • cd 1: *****
  • Delta Blues and Spirituals (EMI Music Distribution, 1970)
    • cd 1: ****
  • The Legendary Delta Blues Session (P-Vine Records. Also includes: Louise Johnson, Willie Brown and Charlie Patton)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Son House And The Great Delta Blues Singers (Document, 1928-1930. Also includes: Willie Brown, Kid Bailey, Garfield Akers, Joe Calicott, Jim Thompkins, Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds, and Rube Lacy)
    • cd 1: ****
• Skip James (1902-1969)
  • The Complete 1931 Paramount Recordings (Document, 1931)
    • cd 1: *****
  • The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James (Yazoo, 1931)
    • cd 1: *****
  • Today! (Vanguard, 1965)
    • cd 1: ***
• Scrapper Blackwell (1903-1962)
  • Mr. Scrapper’s Blues (Original Blues Classics, 1961)
    • cd 1: *****
• Big Joe Williams (1903-1982)
  • The Blues Collection 36 – Baby Please Don’t Go (Orbis, 1935-1941)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Blues from the South Side (Pilz)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Shake Your Boogie (Arhoolie, 1959-1969)
    • cd 1: *****
• Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
  • First Recordings: The Alan Lomax Portait Series (Rounder, 1959)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Heroes of the Blues (Shout! Factory)
    • cd 1: ***
  • The Blues Collection 45 – Mississippi Blues (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ****
  • I Do Not Play No Rock ‘N’ Roll (Fuel 2000, 1969)
    • cd 1: ***
  • Live at the Gaslight (Live Archive, 1971)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
• Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
  • The Blues Collection 86 – Naptown Blues (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ***
• Bukka White (1906-1977)
  • The Complete Bukka White (Columbia/Legacy)
    • cd 1: ****
  • The Blues Collection 23 – Parchman Farm Blues (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ****
• Blind Boy Fuller (1907-1941)
  • The Blues Collection 55 – Heart Ease Blues (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ***
• Sonny Boy Williamson II (1908-1965)
  • His Best (MCA/Chess, 1955-1964)
    • cd 1: ***
  • The Real Folk Blues (MCA/Chess, 1960-1963)
    • cd 1: ***
  • The Blues Collection 10 – Nine Below Zero (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ***
• Robert Lee McCoy (Nighthawk) (1909-1967)
  • Complete Recorded Works: 1937-1940 (Wolf, 1937-1940)
    • cd 1: ***
  • The Blues Collection 63 – Robert Nighthawk & Forrest City Joe (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ***
• Howlin’ Wolf (1910-1976)
  • Howlin’ the Blues (Music Avenue, 1951-1964)
    • cd 1: ***
    • cd 2: ***
  • The Chess Box (MCA/Chess, 1951-1973)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
    • cd 3: ****
• T-Bone Walker (1910-1975)
  • Complete Capitol Black & White Recordings (EMI Music Distribution, 1940-1949)
    • cd 1: ***
    • cd 2: ***
    • cd 3: ***
• Robert Johnson (1911-1938)
  • The Complete Recordings (Sony BMG, 1936-1937)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
• Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)
  • Shouting The Blues (Specialty)
    • cd 1: **
  • The Very Best of Big Joe Turner (Rhino, 1951-1959)
    • cd 1: ***
• Lightnin’ Hopkins (1912-1982)
  • The Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 1 (Arhoolie, 1947-1950)
    • cd 1: ****
  • The Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 2 (Arhoolie, 1947-1950)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Blues Collection 31 – Texas Blues (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ***
  • Drinkin’ In The Blues – Golden Classics – Part 1 (Collectables, 1960s)
    • cd 1: ***
  • Prison Blues – Golden Classics – Part 2 (Collectables, 1960s)
    • cd 1: ***
  • Mama & Papa Hopkins – Golden Classics – Part 3 (Collectables, 1959-1960)
    • cd 1: **
  • Nothin’ But The Blues – Golden Classics – Part 4 (Collectables, 1960s)
    • cd 1: **
• John Lee Hooker (1912-2001)
  • Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go (Beat Goes On, 1967)
    • cd 1: ***
  • The Complete Chess Folk Blues (MCA)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Anthology – 50 Years (Shout! Factory)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ***
  • The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) (Rhino)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
• Muddy Waters (1913-1983)
  • Library of Congress Recordings (1941-1942), Early Commercial Recordings (1946-1950) (Document)
    • cd 1: ****
  • The Antology: 1947-1972 (MCA/Chess, 1947-1972)
    • cd 1: *****
    • cd 2: *****
  • The Chess Box (MCA/Chess, 1947-1972)
    • cd 1: *****
    • cd 2: ****
    • cd 3: ****
  • At Newport 1960 (MCA/Chess, 1960)
    • cd 1: ****
  • The Woodstock Album (MCA/Chess, 1975)
    • cd 1: **
  • Hard Again (Blue Sky, 1977)
    • cd 1: ****
  • The Johnny Winter Sessions 1976-1981 (Raven, 1976-1981)
    • cd 1: ***
• Pinetop Perkins (1913-)
  • After Hours (Blind Pig, 1988)
    • cd 1: **
  • Portrait Of A Delta Bluesman (Vanguard)
    • cd 1: **
• Willie Dixon (1915-1992)
  • The Chess Box (MCA/Chess, 1951-1965)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
• Memphis Slim (1915-1988)
  • The Blues Collection 13 – Beer Drinkin’ Woman (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ***
• Johnny Shines (1915-1992)
  • Standing At The Crossroads (Testament, 1970)
    • cd 1: *****
  • The Blues Collection 87 – Ramblin’ Blues (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ****
• David Honeyboy Edwards (1915-)
  • Delta Bluesman (Earwig, 1942,1991)
    • cd 1: ***
• Elmore James (1918-1963)
  • The Sky Is Crying (Blues Factory)
    • cd 1: ***
  • King of the slide guitar (MCA/Chess)
    • cd 1: ***
    • cd 2: ***
    • cd 3: ***
    • cd 4: ***
• Jimmy Witherspoon (1920-1997)
  • The Concerts (Fantasy Records, 1959)
    • cd 1: ***
• Albert King (1923-1992)
  • Born Under a Bad Sign (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, 1966-1967)
    • cd 1: ****
  • King of the Blues Guitar (Atlantic, 1966-1968)
    • cd 1: ***
  • The Very Best of Albert King (Rhino, 1960-1975)
    • cd 1: ***
• Jimmy Rogers (1924-1997)
  • Chicago Bound (MCA/Chess, 1950-1956)
    • cd 1: ***
• Jimmy Reed (1925-1976)
  • The Very Best of (Charly)
    • cd 1: ***
    • cd 2: ***
  • Live At Carnegie Hall (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, 1961)
    • cd 1: ***
• B.B. King (1925-)
  • Live at the Regal (MCA, 1964)
    • cd 1: ****
  • King Of The Blues (MCA, 1949-1991)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
    • cd 3: ****
    • cd 4: ****
• R.L. Burnside (1926-2005)
  • First Recordings (Fat Possum, 1967-1968)
    • cd 1: ***
  • Too Bad Jim (Fat Possum, 1993)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Burnside on Burnside (Fat Possum, 2001)
    • cd 1: ****
• Bo Diddley (1928-2008)
  • The Chess Box (Chess, 1955-1968)
    • cd 1: ***
    • cd 2: ***
• J.B. Lenoir (1929-1967)
  • Vietnam Blues (Evidence, 1965-1966)
    • cd 1: ****
  • The Blues Collection Vol.34 – Eisenhower Blues (Orbis)
    • cd 1: ***
• Little Walter (1930-1968)
  • His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) (MCA/Chess, 1952-1960)
    • cd 1: ***
• Junior Kimbrough (1930-1998)
  • All Night Long (Fat Possum, 1992)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Most Things Haven’t Worked Out (Fat Possum, 1997)
    • cd 1: *****
• Albert Collins (1932-1993)
  • Ice Pickin’ (Alligator Records, 1978)
    • cd 1: ****
  • Collins Mix: The Best Of (Point Blank)
    • cd 1: ***
  • Deluxe Edition (Alligator Records)
    • cd 1: ***
• Junior Wells (1934-1998)
  • Hoodoo Man Blues (Analogue Productions, 1965. With Buddy Guy)
    • cd 1: ***
  • Come on in This House (DTS Entertainment, 1996)
    • cd 1: **
• James Cotton (1935-)
  • Best of the Verve Years (Verve, 1967)
    • cd 1: **
• Otis Rush (1935-)
  • I Can’t Quit You Baby – The Cobra Sessions (P-Vine Records, 1956-1958)
    • cd 1: ***
• Snooks Eaglin (1936-2009)
  • Country Boy Down in New Orleans (Arhoolie, 1950s)
    • cd 1: ****
• Buddy Guy (1936-)
  • Buddy’s Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy (Silvertone Records)
    • cd 1: ***
  • The Complete Chess Studio Sessions (MCA/Chess, 1960-1966)
    • cd 1: ***
    • cd 2: ***
• Magic Sam (1937-1969)
  • West Side Soul (Delmark, 1967)
    • cd 1: ***
• Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990)
  • Texas Flood (Epic, 1982-1989)
    • cd 1: ****
  • The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (Sony Music Distribution, 1980-1990)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
• Various Artists
  • Angola Prisoners’ Blues (Arhoolie, 1950s)
    • cd 1: *****
  • Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley (1201 Music)
    • cd 1: ****
    • cd 2: ****
    • cd 3: ****