Bill Monroe
- The Essential Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys 1945-1949 Vols. I & II (Columbia)
- Bluegrass: 1959-1969 Box Set (Bear Family Records)
- Bill Monroe & Doc Watson Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Master of Bluegrass (out of print but copies turn up on Ebay now and again) "an all instrumental and original album recorded in 1979." By all means, land a copy!
Mike Seeger and Paul Brown
- Way Down In North Carolina (Rounder Records)
Mississippi John Hurt
- Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Recordings (Okeh Electric Records)
- Avalon Blues: 1963 (Rounder)
- Worried Blues: 1963 (Rounder)
- Today! (Vanguard)
Lowe Stokes
- Vol. 1 1927-1930 (Document Records)
Mary Black
- Collected (Gifthorse Records)
Peggy Seeger
- Heading For Home (Appleseed Recordings)
- The Folkways Years 1955-1992 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Mississippi Sheiks
- Stop and Listen (Yazoo)
Highwoods Stringband
- Feed Your Babies Onions (Rounder)
"stuck on a desert island with only one record? This might be it."The New Lost City Ramblers
- There Ain't No Way Out (Smithsonian Folkways)
- American Folksongs and Tunes Vols. 1 - 5 (Smithsonian Folkways)
- 40 Years of Concert Performances (Rounder)
Big Bill Broonzy
- Good Time Tonight (Columbia)
Jimmie Rodgers
- Train Whistle Blues (ASV)
The Kingston Trio
- Here We Go Again (Capitol)
Uncle Dave Macon
- Travelin' Down the Road (County)
Charlie Poole
- Old Time Songs 1925 - 1930 (County)
- Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers Vol. 2 (County)
- The Legend of Charlie Poole Vol. 3 (County)
The Blue Sky Boys
- The Blue Sky Boys (Rounder)
Kenny Baker
- Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe (County)
- A Bakers Dozen (County)
- Frost On the Pumpkin (County)
Bruce Molskey
- Bruce Molsky and Big Hoedown (Rounder)
- Lost Boy (Rounder)
Mike Compton and David Long
- Stomp! (Acoustic Disc)
Blind Blake
- Best of Blind Blake (Yazoo)
