Album · Compilation
Mother of the Blues
Tracks
| # | Title | Sung by | |
|---|
| 1.1 | Bad Luck Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:07 |
| 1.2 | Bo-Weavil Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 2:33 |
| 1.3 | Bo-Weavil Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 2:42 |
| 1.4 | Barrel House Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:49 |
| 1.5 | Those All Night Long Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 3:07 |
| 1.6 | Those All Night Long Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 3:06 |
| 1.7 | Moonshine Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:05 |
| 1.8 | Last Minute Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:57 |
| 1.9 | Southern Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:53 |
| 1.10 | Walking Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:10 |
| 1.11 | Lost Wandering Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:49 |
| 1.12 | Dream Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:44 |
| 1.13 | Honey, Where You Been So Long | Ma Rainey | 2:47 |
| 1.14 | Ya-Da-Do (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 2:57 |
| 1.15 | Ya-Da-Do (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 2:55 |
| 1.16 | Those Dogs of Mine | Ma Rainey | 3:04 |
| 1.17 | Lucky Rock Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:03 |
| 1.18 | South Bound Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:12 |
| 1.19 | Lawd, Send Me a Man Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:45 |
| 1.20 | Ma Rainey's Mystery Record | Ma Rainey | 3:18 |
| 2.1 | Shave 'em Dry Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:40 |
| 2.2 | Farewell, Daddy Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:05 |
| 2.3 | Booze and Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:10 |
| 2.4 | Toad Frog Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:04 |
| 2.5 | Jealous Hearted Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:12 |
| 2.6 | See See Rider Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 3:12 |
| 2.7 | See See Rider Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 3:09 |
| 2.8 | Jelly Bean Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:09 |
| 2.9 | Countin' the Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 3:07 |
| 2.10 | Countin' the Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 3:07 |
| 2.11 | Cell Bound Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:08 |
| 2.12 | Army Camp Harmony Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 3:00 |
| 2.13 | Army Camp Harmony Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 2:57 |
| 2.14 | Explaining the Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 3:26 |
| 2.15 | Explaining the Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 3:23 |
| 2.16 | Louisiana Hoo-Doo Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:07 |
| 2.17 | Goodbye, Daddy Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:23 |
| 2.18 | Stormy Sea Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:41 |
| 2.19 | Rough and Tumble Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:53 |
| 2.20 | Night Time Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 3:00 |
| 2.21 | Night Time Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 2:57 |
| 2.22 | Levee Camp Moan | Ma Rainey | 2:47 |
| 2.23 | Four Day Honorary Scat (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 3:21 |
| 2.24 | Four Day Honorary Scat (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 2:54 |
| 2.25 | Memphis Bound Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:51 |
| 3.1 | Slave to the Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:42 |
| 3.2 | Yonder Comes the Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:01 |
| 3.3 | Titanic Man Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 2:45 |
| 3.4 | Titanic Man Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 2:41 |
| 3.5 | Chain Gang Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:10 |
| 3.6 | Bessemer Bound Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 2:52 |
| 3.7 | Bessemer Bound Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 2:48 |
| 3.8 | Oh! My Babe Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:17 |
| 3.9 | Wringing and Twisting Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:57 |
| 3.10 | Stack O'Lee Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:54 |
| 3.11 | Broken Hearted Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:55 |
| 3.12 | Jealousy Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:55 |
| 3.13 | Seeking Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 2:55 |
| 3.14 | Seeking Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 2:59 |
| 3.15 | Mountain Jack Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 2:42 |
| 3.16 | Mountain Jack Blues (take 3) | Ma Rainey | 2:44 |
| 3.17 | Down in the Basement | Ma Rainey | 3:05 |
| 3.18 | Sissy Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:14 |
| 3.19 | Broken Soul Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:56 |
| 3.20 | Trust No Man | Ma Rainey | 3:09 |
| 4.1 | Morning Hour Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:39 |
| 4.2 | Weeping Woman Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:04 |
| 4.3 | Soon This Morning | Ma Rainey | 2:50 |
| 4.4 | Little Low Mama Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:02 |
| 4.5 | Grievin' Hearted Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:57 |
| 4.6 | Don't Fish in My Sea | Ma Rainey | 2:55 |
| 4.7 | Big Boy Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:52 |
| 4.8 | Blues Oh Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:54 |
| 4.9 | Damper Down Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:36 |
| 4.10 | Gone Daddy Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey, [unknown] | 2:35 |
| 4.11 | Oh Papa Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:53 |
| 4.12 | Misery Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:41 |
| 4.13 | Dead Drunk Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:52 |
| 4.14 | Slow Driving Moan | Ma Rainey | 3:01 |
| 4.15 | Blues the World Forgot, Part 1 | Ma Rainey, [unknown] | 3:09 |
| 4.16 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey | 3:02 |
| 4.17 | Blues the World Forgot, Part 2 | Ma Rainey, [unknown] | 3:18 |
| 4.18 | Hellish Rag | [unknown] | 3:06 |
| 4.19 | Georgia Cake Walk | Ma Rainey, [unknown] | 3:04 |
| 4.20 | New Bo Weavil Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:55 |
| 4.21 | Moonshine Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:57 |
| 4.22 | Ice Bag Papa | [unknown] | 3:07 |
| 5.1 | Black Cat, Hoot Owl Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:32 |
| 5.2 | Log Camp Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:57 |
| 5.3 | Hear Me Talking to You | Ma Rainey | 3:03 |
| 5.4 | Hustlin' Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:40 |
| 5.5 | Prove It to Me Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:44 |
| 5.6 | Victim of the Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:37 |
| 5.7 | Traveling Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 2:46 |
| 5.8 | Traveling Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 2:54 |
| 5.9 | Deep Moaning Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 3:02 |
| 5.10 | Deep Moaning Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 2:46 |
| 5.11 | Daddy Goodbye Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:14 |
| 5.12 | Sleep Talking Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 3:13 |
| 5.13 | Sleep Talking Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 3:19 |
| 5.14 | Tough Luck Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:07 |
| 5.15 | Blame It on the Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:12 |
| 5.16 | Sweet Rough Man | Ma Rainey | 3:08 |
| 5.17 | Runaway Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:29 |
| 5.18 | Screech Owl Blues | Ma Rainey | 3:00 |
| 5.19 | Black Dust Blues | Ma Rainey | 2:55 |
| 5.20 | Leaving This Morning | Ma Rainey | 3:11 |
| 5.21 | Black Eye Blues (take 1) | Ma Rainey | 3:21 |
| 5.22 | Black Eye Blues (take 2) | Ma Rainey | 3:14 |
| 5.23 | Ma and Pa Poorhouse Blues | Ma Rainey, Papa Charlie Jackson | 3:05 |
| 5.24 | Big Feeling Blues | Ma Rainey, Papa Charlie Jackson | 2:48 |
Source: MusicBrainz release group 25390e26-80a4-442e-bb81-deb86a5e3d81 (CC0). Cover: Cover Art Archive.