"For most listeners, this 1978 compilation may be a better bet than Columbia/Legacy's East Coast Piedmont Style, since it actually has a higher concentration of strong material, capturing the influential bluesman at his peak. All of the 14 tracks were recorded between 1935 and 1938, and there are a number of exceptional performances here, including "Homesick and Lonesome Blues," "Truckin' My Blues Away," "I Crave My Pig Meat," "Walking My Troubles Away" and "Sweet Honey Hole." It's a nice, concise introduction."

Disc has a couple of grazes.

• 1 Truckin' My Blues Away
• 2 Untrue Blues
• 3 Homesick And Lonesome Blues
• 4 You Never Can Tell
• 5 Mamie
• 6 Jivin' Woman Blues
• 7 Weeping Willow
• 8 Funny Feeling Blues
• 9 I Crave My Pigmeat
• 10 Corrine What Makes You Treat Me So ?
• 11 Meat Shakin' Woman
• 12 Walking My Troubles Away
• 13 Painful Hearted Man
• 14 Sweet Honey Hole