I did listen to all of this 3 times, but will abstain from grading it. I like the Harry Smith anthology way more, for pure listening, but this is generally regarded as a modern update, done beautifully, so perhaps I will keep my eye out for a nice used copy. I can't help but think a 2-CD collection would have been a good option. A distillation of this, in other words, which is an hour longer than even Harry Smith. They have this, and a 1-LP set that is vinyl-only. Stupid. Instead, the Rough Guide series seems to have come closer to what seems called-for, with The Rough Guide to Country Blues. If there is a better modern single- or double-disc collection of definitive country blues, I cannot find it. By modern, I mean post-2015. I know about Yazoo's 2003 The Best There Ever Was, and have played it at least three times, but won't be posting separately about it. Somewhat weird that there is a good 2-CD collection of white country blues (White Country Blues (1926-1938): A Lighter Shade of Blue - see separate post), but not country blues in general.
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