19世紀末の北米黒人のダンス音楽、ケークウォークから２０世紀初めに開花した北米ポピュラーの基礎、ラグタイム・ミュージックの開花を白人プロデューサー達が制作したＳＰ音源で辿る２ＣＤセット！この辺、アメリカン・ミュージックの原点に興味ある方は避けて通れませんな。

Disc 1
1 Eli Green’s cake-walk / J. Cullen, W. Collins 2:12
2 Cake-walk / unknown 1:46
3 Smoky mokes / Metropolitan Orchestra 1:31
4 Whisling Rufus / Sousa’s Band 1:57
5 The cake-walk / Victor Minstrels 2:50
6 Whistling Rufus / Olly Oakley 2:30
7 (Unidentified) Cake-walk / unknown 1:46
8 Cake-walk in the sky / Victor Dance Orchestra 3:39
9 St. Louis tickle / Ossman-Dudley Trio 3:05
10 Dixie girl / Ossman-Dudley Trio 2:17
11　Le Vrai Cake-walk / Musique De La Garde Républicaine 2:23
12 Anona / Orchestre Apga 3:28
13 A bunch of rags / Vess Ossman 2:20
14 The buffalo rag / Vess Ossman 2:09
15 Alexander’s ragtime band / A. Collins, B.g. Harlan 2:57
16 Alabama skedaddle / W. Ditcham 2:36
17 Alexander’s ragtime band / Victor Military Band 2:39
18 Slippery place rag / Victor Military Band 2:49

Disc 2
1 Black diamond rag / J. Cullen, W. Collins 2:50
2 Stomp dance / Victor Military Band 2:38
3 That mysterious rag / R. Carr, J. Charman, H. Cove 2:45
4 Grizzly bear / J. Charman, W. Miller 2:54
5 Dill Pickles – Hot stuff ragtime / Empire Military Band 2:59
6 Ragtime frolics / Mr R. White (= B. Whitlock) 3:12
7 I’ll dance till de sun breaks through / Joyce’s Orch. 3:50
8 Oh! that Yankianna rag / Orchestre Tzigane Du Volney 3:11
9 Bacchanal rag / Peerless Orchestra 2:49
10 Too much mustard / Europe’s Society Orchestra 3:50
11 Down home rag / Europe’s Society Orchestra 3:22
12 You’re here and I’m here / Europe’s Society Orchestra 2:37
13 Castle walk / Europe’s Society Orchestra 3:16
14 Notoriety rag / Fred Van Eps Trio 2:54
15 That moaning saxophone rag / Six Brown Bros 2:14
16 Operatic rag / Joseph Moskovitz 2:32
17 Raggin’ the scale / Fred Van Eps 2:44
18 Two-key rag / Conway’s Band 3:02