DISC 1:

1. Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
2. No Dough Blues - Blind Blake
3. Down and Out Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
4. Starvation Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
5. Bad Time Blues - Barbecue Bob
6. Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson
7. Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
8. We Sure Got Hard Times - Barbecue Bob
9. Levee Camp Man Blues - Gene Campbell
10. Hard Times on Me Blues - Andy Chatman
11. Tough Times Blues - Charley Jordan
12. Northern Starvers are Returning Home - Bo Carter / Charlie McCoy
13. Hard Times Done Drove Me to Drink - Leroy Carr
14. Starvation Blues - Charley Jordan
15. Hard Time Blues - Charles Spand
16. Chain Gang Bound - Bumble Bee Slim
17. Days of the Weeks Blues - Charley Jordan
18. Times Has Done Got So Hard - King Solomon Hill
19. Hard Time Blues - Carrie Edwards
20. The Depression Blues - Leroy Carr
21. Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red
22. Hard Time Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
23. DeKalb Chain Gang - Fred McMullen
24. Hard Time Blues - Buddy Moss
25. Red Cross Blues - Walter Roland

DISC 2:

1. Red Cross Man - Lucille Bogan
2. Coal Mountain Blues - Sonny Scott
3. Red Cross Blues No.2 - Walter Roland
4. It's Hard Time - Joe Stone
5. R.F.C. Blues - Jack Kelly
6. Red Cross Blues - Walter Davis
7. Sales Tax - Mississippi Sheiks
8. Welfare Blues - Joshua White
9. C.W.A. Blues - Walter Roland
10. Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
11. Charity Blues - Charlie McCoy
12. Sylvester and His Mule Blues - Memphis Minnie
13. Providence Help the Poor People - Big Joe Williams
14. Meat and Bread Blues - Blind Teddy Darby
15. Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
16. Let's Have a Good Deal - Joe Pullum
17. Bonus Blues - Joe Pullum
18. W.P.A. Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
19. When I Get My Bonus - Peetie Wheatstraw
20. When I Get My Money - Bumble Bee Slim
21. I'm Gonna Have My Fun - Bumble Bee Slim
22. Jungle Man Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
23. When the Soldiers Get Their Bonus - Bumble Bee Slim
24. W.P.A. Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
25. Don't Take Away My P.W.A. - Jimmie Gordon

DISC 3:

1. Hobo Jungle Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
2. New Red Cross Blues - Frank Springback
3. Working for the P.W.A. - Black Ivory King
4. Government Money - Sleepy John Estes
5. Working on the Project - Peetie Wheatstraw
6. Hobo Jungle Blues - Sleepy John Estes
7. Hard Times Ain't Gone No Where - Lonnie Johnson
8. I Have Spent My Bonus - Robert Lee McCoy
9. Relief Blues - Red Nelson
10. Unemployment Stomp - Big Bill Broonzy
11. 304 Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
12. Old Bachelor Blues - Son Bonds
13. Welfare Blues - Calvin Frazier
14. Back in My Cell Again - George Curry
15. Welfare Blues - Speckled Red
16. C.C.C. Blues - Washboard Sam
17. Welfare Blues - Sampson Pittman
18. `29 Blues - Alfred Fields
19. Charity Blues - Gene Gilmore
20. Four-O-Three Blues - Lonnie Johnson
21. Warehouse Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
22. Nothing in Rambling - Memphis Minnie
23. Hobo Blues - Yank Rachell
24. Stamp Blues - Tony Hollins
25. Hard Times is on Me - Ollie Shepard

DISC 4:

1. Keep Straight Blues - Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
2. Red Cross Store Blues - Terry & McGhee
3. Working Man Blues - Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
4. Post-War Future Blues - Cousin Joe
5. Shipyard Woman - Jim Wynn
6. Living in a Different World - Roosevelt Sykes
7. Reconversion Blues - Ivory Joe Hunter
8. Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
9. Bonus Pay - Eddie Vinson
10. Luxury Tax Blues - Eddie Vinson
11. Unemployment Blues - Smokey Hogg
12. Hard Times - Smokey Hogg
13. Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones
14. High Cost Low Pay Blues - Ivory Joe Hunter
15. Homeless Blues - Willie "Long Time" Smith
16. Inflation Blues - Jack McVea
17. Strike Blues - L.C. Williams
18. Strike Blues - John Lee Hooker
19. Cotton Picking Blues - Big Mama Thornton
20. Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
21. Tough Times - John Brim
22. Depression Blues - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
23. The Panic's On - Jimmy McCracklin
24. Things Are So Slow - J.B. Hutto
25. Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir