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Various Artists - The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (2001)

Track listing:
  1. Ose Yie (Ashanti War Chant) - Asafoiatse Nettey
  2. Sakadougou (Maninka Ballad) - Kandia
  3. Ake (Yoruba Work Chant)
  4. Kufidi M'Pala Bituta (Baluba) - Toko Mzobe
  5. Ayilongo (Ghenya Boatmen) - Emanuel N'Suba
  6. Oba Oba (Homage to a King)
  7. Oaikoi (Harvest Ceremony)
  8. Agiee Tatatale (Ga Play Song) - Betty Clotty and the African Children's Chorus
  9. Aja Aja O (Yoruba Fable) - Betty Clotty and the African Children's Chorus
  10. Falle-well Shisha Maley (Transitional Hymn)
  11. Amazing Grace - Bessie Jones, Sorrell Booke
  12. How Do You Do Ev'rybody? (Greeting Shout) - Ella Jenkins, Nannie McNeil
  13. O, Lord, I'm Waitin' On You (Spiritual) - Valentine Pringle
  14. Prayer (Spiritual) - Bessie Jones
  15. Kneebone Bend (Prayer Shout) - Bessie Jones
  16. Hark 'E Angel (Watcher's Shout) - Harry Belafonte
  17. Yonder Comes Day (New Year Shout) - Bessie Jones
  18. Goodbye Ev'rybody (Farewell Shout) - Valentine Pringle
  19. Tombeau, Tombeau
  20. Je M'en Vais Finir Mes Jours ("Madelaine" song)
  21. Dans Un Brigatoire
  22. Pour la Belle Layotte - William "Billy" Eaton
  23. Fomme la Dit, Mo Malheure
  24. Miche Banjo (Bamboula) - Robert Henson
  25. Good Mornin', Good Mornin' ("John Canoe" processional) - J. Hamilton Grandison
  26. All Roun' de Glory Manger - Ezerlene Jenkins, Joe Crofford
  27. Mary, What You Call Yo' Baby? - Carrie Suter
  28. Wonderful Councillor - Harry Belafonte
  29. Follow The Drinking Gourd - Leon Bibb
  30. Steal Away To Jesus
  31. Meetin' Here Tonight - Joe Crofford
  32. Many Thousan' Gone
  33. The Colored Volunteer - Harry Belafonte
  34. We Look Like Men of War - Earl Baker, Milt Grayson
  35. Song Of The First Arkansas Volunteers (Glory Hallelujah) - Harry Belafonte
  36. Free At Las' - Joe Crofford
  37. Ol' Lady From Brewster (Children's Song)
  38. Hallie, Come On! (Woman's Field Holler) - Miriam Burton
  39. Run Squirrel, Whoa Mule (Game Song) - Thelma Drayton
  40. Fox Chase (Mouth Organ) - Sonny Terry, Brownie McGee
  41. Chickens Done Crowed (Sunrise Holler) - Valentine Pringle
  42. 'Way Go Lily (Children's Song)
  43. Shine On (Graveyard Holler) - Ned Wright
  44. Grey Goose (Ballad) - Bessie Jones
  45. Pick A Bale O' Cotton (Hoe Down) - Sonny Terry, Brownie McGee
  46. Li'l Gal, Li'l Gal (Game Song) - Bessie Jones
  47. Go To Sleepy (Lullaby) - Harry Belafonte
  48. I Got 'Em (Street Cry) - Valentine Pringle
  49. Hambone, Hambone (Children's Pattin') - Tyrone Cooper
  50. Watermelon Man (Blues) - Ned Wright
  51. Fare Thee Well, Oh Honey (Blues) - Gloria Lynne
  52. Blackberry Woman (Street Cry) - Lillian Hayman
  53. Easy Rider Blues (Blues) - Joe Williams
  54. Oh, Johnny Brown (Ring Game) - Sharon G. Williams
  55. I Got 'Em (Street Cry) - Valentine Pringle
  56. Black Woman (Blues) - Brownie McGee
  57. Watermelon Man (Street Cry) - Ned Wright
  58. Let The Deal Go Down - Godfrey Cambridge, Joe Crofford, Brownie McGee
  59. Betty and Dupree - Joe Williams
  60. Eas' Man - Leon Bibb
  61. John Henry - Valentine Pringle
  62. Boll Weevil - Harry Belafonte, Al Shackman
  63. Stagolee - Cortez Franklin, Lennie Pogan
  64. Joe Turner Blues - Gloria Lynne, Herman Foster
  65. Honey Take A Whiff On Me - Ben Carter, Lennie Pogan
  66. Go 'Long Muley
  67. My Baby In A Guinea Blue Gown
  68. Dat Liar - Milton Grayson
  69. Finale
  70. Ho Boys Cancha Line 'Em? - Valentine Pringle
  71. Good Ir'n - Harry Belafonte
  72. Go On Ol' Gator
  73. Doncha Hear Yo' Po' Mother Callin'?
  74. River Sounding Chant - Charles Colman, William Eaton
  75. Nobody's Business Lord But Mine - Harry Belafonte
  76. My God Is A Rock - Harry Belafonte
  77. We Are Climbin' Jacob's Ladder
  78. I Am So Glad - Harry Belafonte
  79. I'll Never Turn Back, No Mo' (and excerpt from Dr. King speech) - Irving Barnes, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  80. Lord, I Don't Feel Noways Tired - Howard Roberts