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| Johnny Otis | Swinging the BLues | Spirit of the Black Territory Bands | Arhoolie |
| Persuasions | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | Persuasions Sing U2 | Chesky |
| Mavis Staples (w/Ry Cooder) | Jesus Is on the Mainline | We'll Never Turn Back | anti- |
| Taj Mahal | "Freight Train" (live on Austin City Limits) | In Progress and in Motion (1965-1998) | Columbia Legacy |
| Blind Willie Johnson | Nobody's Fault But Mine (1927) | Dark Was the Night | Columbia Legacy |
| Alma Matters (Peter Apfelbaum et al) | Nobody's Fault But Mine | Alma Matters | Jeff Weinmann: Tone Traveler Productions |
| The next three songs are by | acts performing at Saturday's Freight and salvage | benefit for Tom Size | |
| Los Cenzontles | Every Kinda People (Robert Palmer song) | The Singles Project | online only, loscenzontles.com |
| Chris Webster and Nina Gerber | Sitting in Limbo | Apple Blossom Lane | Tootsie Roll Records |
| Linda Tillery, Laurie Lewis and Barbara Higbie | Black Girl / In the Pines | Hills to Hollers: Live! | Slow Baby Records |
| Henry Mancini | Springtime for Hitler (from "The Producers") | The Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini | RCA |
| Madeline Peyroux | La vie en rose | Dreamland | Atlantic (Rounder) |
| Bryan Ferry | Answer Me | Taxi | Reprise |
| Linda Thompson (w/Savoy-Doucet Band) | Je Voux plus te voir (I Don't Want You Any More) | Various: Evangeline Made: A tribute to Cajun Music | Vanguard |
| Charles Mingus | Fables of Faubus (with Vocal) | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus | Candid |
| Nina Simone | Turning Point | Silk and Satin | RCA |
| Paul Robeson | Scandalize My Name | Ballad for Americans | Vanguard |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young | For What It's Worth (live) | Deja Vu Live | Reprise |
| Shuggie Otis | Freedom Flight | Freedom Flight | Epic (Reissued on David Byrne's Luaka Bop label with Inspiration Information) |
