(3-CD box set) This detailed 72 track anthology features a theme for each CD in the set: acoustic blues (CD 1), electric blues (CD 2) and blues women (CD 3). Features Big Bill Broonzy, Leroy Carr, John Lee Hooker and B.B. King, Leadbelly, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Memphis Minnie, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, Sunnyland Slim, Roosevelt Sykes, Lowell Fulson, Helen Humes, Victoria Spivey and many others.