What did America sound like in 1925? Join us for a special episode of Deeper Roots as Dave welcomes Josh Rosenthal, founder of Tompkins Square Records, into the studio for an extraordinary musical deep dive. Josh takes us inside the newly minted anthology, Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present…1925 Songs. This 32-track collection spotlights a pivotal, watershed year in American music history—the moment electrical recording began replacing acoustic horns, allowing the vibrant, raw sounds of early jazz, country blues, and hillbilly music to reach a coast-to-coast audience for the very first time. Deeper Roots may be about a century of America’s music… but this week, we’re taking you back a century plus one! Don’t miss it.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Year | Start At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dora Carr | Cow Cow Blues | Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 | 1925 | 00:00 |
| 2 | Wheat Street Female Quartet | Go Down Moses | Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs | 1925 | 16:31 |
| 3 | Rosa Lee Carson | The Drinker's Child | Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs | 1925 | 19:17 |
| 4 | Bascom Lamar Lunsford | Sherman Valley | Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs | 1925 | 44:11 |
| 5 | Tweedy Brothers | Cripple Creek | Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs | 1925 | 46:47 |
| 6 | Clifford's Louisville Jug Band | Struttin' The Blues | Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs | 1925 | 1:00:42 |
| 7 | Dr. James Roach | Gue Gue Solingae | Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs | 1925 | 1:18:24 |
| 8 | Brownlee's Orchestra of New Orleans | Peculiar | Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs | 1925 | 1:21:25 |
| 9 | Papa Charlie Jackson | Drop That Sack | Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2] | 1925 | 1:26:18 |
| 10 | Ma Rainey | Chain Gang Blues | Ma Rainey | 1925 | 1:29:38 |
| 11 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | All I Want Is That Pure Religion | Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs | 1925 | 1:32:49 |
| 12 | Bennie Moten's Kansas Cityÿ Orchestra | Kater Street Rag | The Real Kansas City Of The '20s '30s & '40s | 1925 | 1:35:58 |
| 13 | Butterbeans & Susie | Brown Skin Gal | Butterbeans & Susie Vol. 1-(1924-25) | 1925 | 1:38:29 |
| 14 | Cliff Edwards | Paddlin' Madelaine Home | Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935 | 1925 | 1:41:38 |
| 15 | Ida Cox | Coffin Blues | The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records Volume 1 (1917-1927) | 1925 | 1:49:16 |
| 16 | Seminole Syncopators | Sailing on Lake Pontchartrain | Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs | 1925 | 1:52:30 |
| 17 | Kelly Harrell | The Wreck On The Southern Old 97 | Lonesome Whistle | 1925 | 1:55:23 |