Produced and song notes by Ian A. Anderson;
Recorded by Barbara Blythe at Riverside Recordings, London;
Photo by Ursula

Musicians

Ian A. Anderson: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Maggie Holland: vocals, bass guitar

with
Dave Griffiths: fiddle [9], mandolin;
Dave Peabody: harmonica;
John Pilgrim: washboard

Tracks

Side 1

1. Low Down Dog (2.10)
2. The Sky (4.00)
3. I Love the Life I Live (3.00)
4. So It Goes (3.05)
5. Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B) (2.55)
6. Baby What’s Wrong? / Shame, Shame, Shame (3.25)

Side 2

7. The Midnight Special (3.35)
8. Another Normal Day (3.05)
9. Bound to Lose (3.16)
10. You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover (3.15)
11. The Road to Marazion (2.45)
12. We Got Hard Times Now

Track 1 Antonia Stampfel;
Track 2 Derroll Adams;
Tracks 3, 10 Willie Dixon;
Tracks 4, 8 Tucker Zimmerman;
Tracks 5, 12 trad. arr. Ian A. Anderson;
Track 6 Jimmy Reed arr. Ian A. Anderson;
Track 9 Clarence Ashley, Pete Stampfel, Steve Weber (of Holy Modal Rounders);
Track 11 Al Jones

Produced by Ian A. Anderson;
Recorded by Joun Gill at Riverside Recordings, London, 1977;
Photography by Dave Peabody;
Song notes and sleeve design by Ian A. Anderson

Musicians

Ian A. Anderson: vocals, guitar, bottleneck guitar;
Maggie Holland: vocals, bass guitar, guitar

with
Martin Simpson: guitar [3, 14], banjo [5, 10];
Simon Major: mandolin [1, 12], fiddle [7-8];
Hilary Jones: extra vocals [7-8];
Raggy Farmer: marraccas [9], extra vocals [6]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Put Your Money in Your Shoes (Roud 15518) (3.04)
2. Southern Cannonball (2.21)
3. Handful of Rain (3.24)
4. Charley Patton (3.32)
5. The Blues Got the World by the Balls (2.07)
6. John the Revelator (Roud 6701) (1.51)
7. Hello Stranger Blues (Roud 15144) (3.30)

Side 2

8. Takin’ My Time (2.47)
9. Mail Order Mystics (2.27)
10. Hobo Bill’s Last Ride (4.16)
11. Just Allow Me One More Chance (Roud 24543) (2.18)
12. London Blues (3.41)
13. Aloha, Aloha, What’s All This ’Ere Then (1.34)
14. Can’t Be Satisfied (3.09)

Tracks 1, 6-7, 11 trad. arr. Ian A. Anderson;
Track 2 Jimmie Rodgers, Roy E. Hall;
Track 3 Tucker Zimmerman;
Tracks 4, 13 Ian A. Anderson;
Track 5 Bruce Cockburn, Ian A. Anderson;
Track 8 John Koerner;
Track 9 Chris Smither;
Track 10 Waldo Lafayette O’Neal;
Track 12 Chris Thompson;
Track 14 McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) arr. Ian A. Anderson

Produced by Ian A. Anderson;
Recorded by Joun Gill at Leader Sound, Halifax, 1979;
Photography by Dave Peabody;
Cartoon by Lawrence Heath;
Typesetting by Caroline Hurrell;
Song notes and sleeve design by Ian A. Anderson

Musicians

Ian A. Anderson: vocals, guitar;
Maggie Holland: vocals, bass guitar, guitar, banjo

with
Pete Coe: melodeon [1, 8, 10], vocals [10];
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer [1, 8, 10], vocals [4, 10];
Martin Simpson: bass [2, 9], banjo [5, 12], vocals [5, 12], guitar [6]

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Preacher’s Blues (2.30)
2. Pontchartrain (Roud 1836; Laws H9; Henry H619) (4.32)
3. The Black Dog Blues (Roud 4854) (2.57)
4. Mistreated Mama (Roud 11581) (2.31)
5. The Spring of ’65 (Roud 7070) (3.50)
6. Going Across the Mountains (Roud 4624) (2.20)
7. Corinna, Corinna (Roud 10030) (3.39)

Side 2

8. The T.B. Blues (4.26)
9. South Coast Bound (2.44)
10. The Bonny Light Horseman (Roud 1185; G/D 8:1584; Henry H122a) (3.40)
11. The Black Snake Moan (Roud 15806) (3.10)
12. Chattanooga Papa (3.11)
13. Write Me a Few of Your Lines (Roud 20964) (3.47)

Tracks 1, 3, 7, 9-10 trad. arr. Ian A. Anderson;
Tracks 2, 4 trad. arr. Maggie Holland;
Track 5 trad. arr. Pete Stampfel, Ian A. Anderson;
Track 6 trad. arr. Frank Proffitt, Maggie Holland;
Track 8 Jimmie Rodgers;
Track 11 trad. arr. Cooper;
Track 12 Allen Brothers arr. Maggie Holland;
Track 13 Fred McDowell arr. Ian A. Anderson

Compiled and produced by Ian A. Anderson;
Production master engineered by Nick Freeth;
Design by Jali Roll Martion

Musicians

Ian A. Anderson: vocals, guitars, electric and acoustic slide guitar;
Maggie Holland: vocals, electric and acoustic bass guitar, banjo, guitar

with
Martin Simpson: guitar [2], banjo [10, 20-21], acoustic bass guitar [1, 8], vocals [20-21];
Chris Coe: hammered dulcimer [4, 11], vocals [18];
Pete Coe: melodeon [4];
Simon Major: mandolin [7], fiddle [9];
Hilary Jones: vocals [9];
Al Jones: guitar [3, 6];
Dave Peabody: harmonica [3, 13];
John Pilgrim: washboard [3];
Dave Griffiths: mandolin [14];
Mike Cooper: National guitar [16];
Tim Hill: alto saxophone [16];
Geoff Nichols: drums [16]

Tracks

1. South Coast Bound (2.44)
2. Going Across the Mountains (Roud 4624) (2.20)
3. Baby What’s Wrong? / Shame, Shame, Shame (3.25)
4. The Preacher’s Blues (2.30)
5. Peach Picking Time in Georgia (3.56)
6. So It Goes (3.05)
7. Put Your Money in Your Shoes (Roud 15518) (3.04)
8. Pontchartrain (Roud 1836; Laws H9; Henry H619) (4.32)
9. Taking My Time (2.47)
10. The Blues Got the World by the Balls (2.07)
11. The T.B. Blues (4.26)
12. Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B) (2.55)
13. New Lonesome Day (2.58)
14. I Love the Life I Live (3.00)
15. The Black Dog Blues (Roud 4854) (2.57)
16. Lone Wolf Blues (3.33)
17. Handful of Rain (3.24)
18. Mistreated Mama (Roud 11581) (2.31)
19. The Sky (4.00)
20. The Spring of ’65 (Roud 7070) (3.50)
21. Chattanooga Papa (3.11)
22. Write Me a Few of Your Lines (Roud 20964) (3.47)
23. Aloha, Aloha, What’s All This ’Ere Then (1.34)

Tracks 3, 6, 12, 14, 19 from Carrion On (1975);
Tracks 7, 9-10, 17, 23 from The East Street Shakes (1977);
Tracks 1-2, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 20-21 from Up the Line (1979);
Track 5 from Maggie Holland: Still Pause (1983);
Tracks 13, 16 from Ian Anderson & Mike Cooper: The Continuous Preaching Blues (1984);
Track 22 previously unissued

Compiled and produced by Ian A. Anderson;
Production master engineered by Nick Freeth;
Design by Jali Roll Martion

Musicians

Ian A. Anderson: vocals [2, 4, 6, 8], guitar [1-2, 4-6], slide guitar [3, 7-8];
Maggie Holland: vocals [1-7], electric bass guitar [2, 6, 8], guitar [3, 7], banjo [1, 4-5];
Martin Simpson: guitar [2, 5, 8], acoustic bass guitar [3-4], banjo [1, 6-7], backing vocals [1]

Tracks

1. Chattanooga Papa (3.13)
2. Handful of Rain (3.25)
3. Pontchartrain (Roud 1836; Laws H9; Henry H619) (4.34)
4. South Coast Bound (2.46)
5. Going Across the Mountains (Roud 4624) (2.21)
6. The Spring of ’65 (Roud 7070) (3.52)
7. Hobo Bill’s Last Ride (4.17)
8. I Can’t Be Satisfied (3.09)

Track 1 Allen Bothers arr. Maggie Holland;
Track 2 Tucker Zimmermann arr. Ian A. Anderson;
Tracks 3, 5 trad. arr. Maggie Holland;
Tracks 4, 6 trad. arr. Ian A. Anderson;
Track 7 Waldo Lafayette O’Neal arr. Maggie Holland;
Track 8 McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) arr. Ian A. Anderson

Tracks 2, 7-8 from Hot Vultures: The East Street Shakes (1977);
Tracks 1, 3-6 from Hot Vultures: Up the Line (1979)