Illustrated Advent Records discography

Advent Records catalogue Spring 1975
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discography

# year of release	title / notes
UK Advent label founded / owned by Dave Sax & Frank Scott (later owned by Dave Sax & John Holt)
2801 (1966)	John Lee Hooker And His Guitar - Graveyard Blues [Chance 1110] - I Love To Boogie [Chance 1110] - Miss Eloise [Sensation 34] - Burnin' Hell [Sensation 21] - Miss Sadie Mae [Sensation 21] - Huckle Up Baby [Sensation 26] - Canal Street Blues [Sensation 26] - Boogie Chillun No. 2 [Sensation 34] - My Daddy Was A Jockey [Gotham 513] - Questionnaire Blues [Gotham 509] - Real Gone Gal [Gotham 509] - Mean Old Train [Gotham 515] - Catfish [Gotham 515] - Miss Lorraine [Chance 1108] - Talkin' Boogie [Chance 1108] sleeve design by Ray Topping notes by John Holt Advent 2801 BU 31/24
LLP.1 (196?)	Jimmy Rogers: Blues All Day Long side A BCC (Blues Collectors Club) 102 - Ludella [Chess 1435] - Going Away Blues [Chess 1442] - Today Today Blues [Chess 1442] - I Used To Have A Woman [Chess 1506] - She Loves Another Man [Chess 1453] - Money, Marbles And Chalk [Chess 1476] - Chance To Love [Chess 1476] - The Last Time [Chess 1519] side B BCC (Blues Collectors Club) 103 - Out On The Road [Chess 1519] - Back Door Friend [Chess 1506] - Act Like You Love Me [Chess 1543] - Left Me With A Broken Heart [Chess 1543] - Chicago Bound [Chess 1574] - Blues All Day Long [Chess 1616] - Sloppy Drunk [Chess 1574] - You're The One [Chess 1616] - If It Ain't Me [Chess 1643] notes by John Holt [Advent] LLP.1
EP 2802 (1966?)	Big Boy Spires - Murmur Low [C 1017] # - One Of These Days [C 1016] # - About To Lose My Mind [U 5000] * - Which One Do I Love [U 5001] * # rec. Chicago 1952, Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, voc, g; Earl Dranes, Edie Ell, g; Willie Smith, dr [Checker 752] * rec. Chicago 1953, Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; Johnny Williams, g; Johnny "Ted" ?, dr [Chance 1137] 7 inch 45 rpm EP notes by Dave Sax Advent EP 2802 (UK 1966?) Boulevard Vintage 1014 (4 CD set) www.secretrecordslimited.com Big Boy Spires discography
2803 (1967?)	Joe Hill Louis: Memphis Blues And Breakdowns The One Man Band - Don't Trust Your Best Friend [Columbia 30221] - Railroad Blues [Columbia 30182] - A-Jumpin' And A-Shufflin' [Columbia 30182] - Joe's Jump (instr.) [Columbia 30221] - I Feel Like A Million [Modern 20-795] - Heartache Baby [Modern 20-795] - Boogie In The Park [Modern 20-813] - Cold Chills [Modern 20-813] - Walkin' Talkin' Blues [Modern 20-822] - Street Walkin' Woman [Modern 20-822] - Eyesight To The Blind [Modern 20-828] - Going Down Slow [Modern 20-828] - Gotta Go Baby [Modern 839] - Big Leg Woman [Modern 839] - We All Gotta Go Sometime [Sun 178] - She May Be Yours (But She Will Come And See Me Sometime) [Sun 178] notes by Ray Topping Advent 2803 BU 46/23
2804 (1969)	John Lee Hooker: No Friend Around - Stomp Boogie [King 4283] - Black Man Blues [King 4283] - Helpless Blues [Regent 1001] - Goin' Mad Blues [Regent 1001] - Morning Blues [Acorn 308] - Roll N' Roll [Modern 767] - No Friend Around [Modern 746] - Low Down-Midnite Boogie [Savoy 5558] - House Rent Boogie [Gotham 506] - Wandering Blues [King 4334] - Landing Blues [Savoy 5558] - My Baby's Got Something [Sensation 33] - Decoration Day [Sensation 33] - Do The Boogie [Acorn 308] rec. 1948-1951 Advent 2804 album cover never materialized! Some LPs with Advent labels obviously were sold with Red Lightnin' RL 003 album covers Advent 2804 [200 copies pressed] notes by Dave Sax = Red Lightnin' RL 003 (UK 1969) with Advent 2804 label, no RL logo on front cover notes by Dave Sax = Red Lightnin' RL 003 RL logo on front cover, black album cover, orange label notes by Dave Sax = Red Lightnin' RL 003 red album cover and label = BYG BGT 529 511 (Fr) "No Friend Around" (Pop Blues Vol. 11) notes by Martin Hawkins = Charly CR 30170 (UK 1979) "No Friend Around" = Happy Bird B 90165 (Germany 1984) "Do The Boogie" Red Lightnin' RLCD0093 (UK 1993) "No Friend Around" Red Lightnin' RLCD0093 (UK 1995) "No Friend Around" Red Lightnin' Records discography

# year of release	title / notes
US Advent label founded / owned by Frank Scott
2801 (1972)	Thomas Shaw: Born In Texas LP track sequence: - Born In Texas // @ youtube - Stop And Listen // @ youtube - Worried Blues \|\|\| - Hungry Wolf \|\| @ youtube - Motherless Children \|\| @ youtube - Richard Nixon's Welfare Blues [] @ youtube - Tom Shaw's Penitentiary Blues [] - Let's Rock \\ - Old Original Penitentiary Blues \|\| - Worried Life \|\| - Dirty Mistreater \|\| CD track sequence: - Born In Texas // - Stop And Listen // - Worried Blues \|\|\| - Hungry Wolf \|\| - Last Year Was A Mighty Fine Year # @ youtube - Working Man Blues # - Motherless Children \|\| - Richard Nixon's Welfare Blues [] - Tom Shaw's Penitentiary Blues [] - Let's Rock \\ - Sinners Prayers # - All Out And Down # @ youtube - Old Original Penitentiary Blues \|\| - Worried Life \|\| - Dirty Mistreater \|\| - Milky Highway # - If Jesus Had To Pray # - Stocking Feet Blues # - Mocking The Trains # # CD bonus tracks prod. by Frank Scott // rec. May 29, 1971 in San Diego, CA; Thomas Shaw, voc, g \|\| rec. May 30, 1971 in San Diego, CA; Thomas Shaw, voc, g, \|\|\| Bob Jefferey, p \\ rec. May 31, 1971 in San Diego, CA; Thomas Shaw, voc, g [] rec. June 5, 1971 in San Diego, CA; Thomas Shaw, voc, g # rec. 1972 in Los Angeles, CA; Thomas Shaw, voc, g photos by Frank Scott notes by Frank Scott Advent 2801 (US 1972) notes by Frank Scott = XTRA 1132 (UK 1972) original notes by Frank Scott (=) Testament TCD-5027 (US 1995) Testament Records discography XTRA Records discography Thomas Shaw discography
2802 (1972)	Eddie Taylor: I Feel So Bad The Blues of Eddie Taylor - I Feel So Bad # @ Spotify - Jackson Town Blues # @ youtube @ Spotify - Stop Breaking Down # @ youtube @ Spotify - 13 Highway (Highway 13) # @ Spotify - Stroll Out West * @ youtube @ Spotify - Sittin' Here Thinkin' # @ Spotify - Going Upside Your Head # @ youtube @ Spotify - Twelve Year Old Boy # @ Spotify - There'll Be A Day # @ Spotify - Bullcow Blues * @ Spotify - Wreck On 83 Highway * @ Spotify - Blues In The Rain (instr) # @ Spotify P-Vine PCD-24118 / P-Vine PCD-93223 bonus tracks: - Mean Old Spider ° - Big Town Playboy ° - Greyhound Bus ° # rec. June 1972 at Eldorado Studios in Hollywood, CA; Eddie Taylor, voc, g; George Smith, hca; Phillip Walker, g; David Li, ten, bar, perc; Jimmy Jones, p; Chuck Jones, bs; Johnny Tucker, dr; Little H. Williams, tamb * rec. June 1972 at Advent Studios in Glendale, CA: Eddie Taylor, voc, g ° rec. June 1972 in Hollywood, CA; Eddie Taylor, voc, g; unknown acc. prod. by Frank Scott with assistance from Bruce Bromberg; cover design by Mike Faye; photos by John Sullivan notes by Eddie Taylor Advent 2802 = DJM 22065 (UK 1977) = Advent/Vivid VS-1051 (Jp 1985) = Hightone HCD 8027 (US 1991) = P-Vine PCD 2102 (Jp) (=) P-Vine PCD-24118 (Jp 2002) (=) P-Vine PCD-93223 (Jp 2009)
2803 (1974)	Johnny Shines - Give My Heart A Break - Too Lazy - Moaning And Groaning - Just A Little Tenderness - I Know The Winds Are Blowing - Just Call Me - My Love Can't Hide - Skull And Crossbones Blues - Vallie Lee - Can't Get Along With You - Have To Pay The Cost CD bonus track: - Ramblin' rec. 1970 at Vault Studios, Los Angeles, Ca.; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Philip Walker, g; David Li, bs; Nathaniel Dove, p; Charles Jones, b; Downy Murl, dr (Phillip Walker Band); prod. by Bruce Bromberg, John Harmer & Frank Scott CD bonus track rec. June 1974 at radio station KPFK Advent 2803 (US 1974) = Trio PA-3040 (Jp 1975) = P-Vine PCD 2103 (Jp 1989) notes by Peter Guralnick (=) Hightone HCD 8028 (US 1991) Johnny Shines discography
2804 (1974)	San Diego Blues Jam Advent 2804 track sequence: Tom Courtney & Henry Ford Thompson - Somebody's Been Knockin' Bob Jefferey & Sam Chatmon - Watergate Blues Thomas Shaw - Jack of Diamonds Sam Chatmon - She's My Baby @ youtube Tom Courtney & Louis Major - Early One Morning Bonnie Jefferson - Take Me Back @ youtube Louis Major - Handy Brandy Thomas Shaw - Hey Mr. Nixon Bonnie Jefferson - Got The Blues So Bad Bob Jefferey - 73 Hop Louis Major - Shotgun Blues Bob Jefferey & Sam Chatmon - Ashtray Taxi Tom Courtney & Henry Ford Thompson - Just Goes To Show You (The World Is Mad) Testament TCD-5029 track sequence: Tom Courtney & Henry Ford Thompson - Somebody's Been Knockin' Bob Jefferey & Sam Chatmon - Watergate Blues Thomas Shaw - Jack of Diamonds Sam Chatmon - She's My Baby Bob Jefferey - Toe Shakin' # Bob Jefferey - Handsome Stranger # Tom Courtney & Louis Major - Early One Morning Bonnie Jefferson - Take Me Back Louis Major - Handy Brandy Thomas Shaw - Hey Mr. Nixon Tom Courtney and Henry Ford Thompson - Dust My Blues # Sam Chatmon - Sweet Old San Diego # Bonnie Jefferson - Got The Blues So Bad Bob Jefferey - 73 Hop Louis Major - Shotgun Blues Bob Jefferey & Sam Chatmon - Ashtray Taxi Bonnie Jefferson - Crow Rooster Crow # @ youtube Tom Courtney & Henry Ford Thompson - Just Goes To Show You (The World Is Mad) Sam Chatmon & Bob Jefferey - Shake 'Em All Down # # CD bonus tracks notes (January 1974) by Lou Curtiss Advent 2804 (US 1974) original notes by Lou Curtiss (=) Testament TCD-5029 (US 1995) Testament Records discography
2805 (1975)	Sorrow, Come Pass Me Around A Survey Of Rural Black Religious Music Ephram Carter and his Fife & Drum Band - Sorrow, Come Pass Me Around Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - Do Remember Me Babe Stovall - The Ship Is At The Landing Annie Lee & Oscar Crawford - You Don't Know What The Lord Has Done For Me Rev. Rubin Lacey - Talk About A Child That Do Love Jesus Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson - Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down Dorothy Lee, Norma Jean & Shirley Marie Johnson - You Got To Give An Account Katie Mae Young - By The Grace Of My Lord, I've Come A Long Way Eddie Lee 'Mustright' Jones - My Sun Don't Never Go Down Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson - Climbing High Mountains Chester Davis and Congregation; Compton Jones & Group; Furry Lewis - Glory, Glory Hallelujah Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - A Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right Pattie Rosemon - I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say Babe Stovall - When The Circle Be Unbroken Napoleon Strickland - Motherless Children Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - I Shall Not Be Moved rec. by David Evans "Among my more treasured possessions is a general survey of black rural religious singing, which he produced several years before the disc under consideration. It is called Sorrow Come Pass Me Around, and in terms of superb it is completely off the scale. If nobody has had the foresight to re-issue that LP, and you happen to see it in some expensive second-hand vinyl catalogue, do not pause to worry about how you are going to raise the asking price. Once you have the disc home and on your turntable, all qualms about the bank you so rashly decided to stick up, will be utterly dissipated." Fred McCormick - 9.3.01 notes (November 1974, 12-pp. brochure) by David Evans Advent 2805 (US 1975) = P-Vine PCD-2104 (Jp 1991) 16-pp. booklet by David Evans = Dust-To-Digital LP PT-3001 (US 2013) 32-pp. booklet by David Evans = Dust-To-Digital CD DTD-3001 (US 2013) Babe Stovall discography Rube Lacey discography Furry Lewis discography
2806 (1977)	Chicago Blues At Home Louis Myers - Going Back To The Ghetto @ youtube John Littlejohn - Mean Old World @ youtube Eddie Taylor - Greyhound Bus @ youtube Louis Myers - Stop Breaking Down @ youtube Bob Myers - Train Fare Home °° @ youtube Jimmy Rogers - Ludella @ youtube Johnny Shines - Ramblin' @ youtube John Littlejohn - The Moon Is Rising °° @ youtube Homesick James Williamson - Tell Me Who @ youtube Louis Myers - Short Haired Woman °° @ youtube Jimmy Rogers - Back Door Friend °° @ youtube Bob Myers - Right Kind Of Life @ youtube John Littlejohn - Slidin' @ youtube Louis Myers - Mean Red Spider @ youtube Louis Myers - Just a Snap Boogie °° @ youtube Jimmy Rogers - What Have I Done °° @ youtube Eddie Taylor - Jackson Town @ youtube Eddie Taylor - Tell Me Baby °° @ youtube John Littlejohn tracks rec. August 21, 1970 at John Littlejohn's home in Chicago, IL by Frank Scott; John Littlejohn, voc, g; Jimmy Rogers, g Jimmy Rogers tracks rec. August 21, 1970 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; John Littlejohn, g Johnny Shines track rec. June 1974 at KPFK Radio, North Hollywood, CA; Johnny Shines, voc, g Homesick James track rec. March 8, 1973 in Chicago, IL by Jim O'Neal; Homesick James, voc, g; Andrew McMahon, g; Lou Ella Smith, conga photography (Louis & Bob Myers) by Amy O'Neal, all other photos by Frank Scott °° CD bonus tracks, previously unissued notes by Frank Scott Advent 2806 (US 1977) notes by Frank Scott (=) Testament TCD-5028 (US 1995) Advent Records discography Testament Records discography John Littlejohn discography Jimmy Rogers discography Johnny Shines discography Homesick James discography
2807 (1976)	Robert Jr. Lockwood & The Aces: Blues Live In Japan Trio PA-6024 / Advent 2807 tracks (LP): - Sweet Home Chicago - Going Down Slow - Worried Life Blues - Anna Lee # - One Room Country Shack # - Stormy Monday - Feel All Right Again - Honky Tonk (instr) - Mean Black Spider - Little And Low Vivid VSCD-011 bonus tracks: - You Upset Me Baby - Sweet Little Angel - Just Like A Woman - Juke (instr) Vivid VSCD-033 tracks: - Everyday I Have The Blues - Early In The Morning - Guitar Instrumental - Route 66 - Things Happening - Money Marbles And Chalk - Hide Away (instr) - Reconsider Baby - Harp Instrumental - New Orleans - Hoochie Koochie Man - Steal Away - Got My Mojo Working Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - Corina Corina Vivid VSCD-3107/08 bonus tracks (= CD 3): - Work Song - Caldonia - What'd I Say Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - Corina Corina - When The Saints Go Marchin' In rec. November 27 and 28, 1974 live at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan; Robert Jr. Lockwood, voc, g; Louis Myers, g, # voc; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr Trio PA-6024 (Jp 1975) "Blues Live" notes by Steve Tomashevsky = Advent 2807 (US 1976) "Blues Live In Japan" = Art Union/Vivid KEN-2001 (Jp 1999) (=) Vivid VSCD-011 (Jp 20??) 3 CD set (=) Vivid VSCD-3107/08 (Jp 2008) (VSCD-011 plus VSCD-033 plus bonus CD 3) Robert Lockwood discography
2808 (1978)	Sonny Rhodes: I Don't Want My Blues Colored Bright - One More Drink - Take The Bitter With The Sweet - Just Got It - All Night Long They Play The Blues * - Killing Floor - I'm So Lonely * - Country Boy * - How Long - J.J.'s Blues In G - Stranded * - Sitting And Thinking Black Magic CD9024 bonus tracks: - Worried Time, Hard Time - Next Time You See Me rec. August 16-17, 1976 at Blossom Studios, San Francisco, Ca. * rec. March 20, 1977 Sonny Rhodes, voc, g; Gary Smith, hca; Mike 'Junior" Watson, g; Ken Baker, ts; Brad Johnson, as; Michael Marcus, bs; Harold Attyberry, tp; J.J. Malone, p; Steve Gomes, b; Charles Banks, b; Harold Banks, dr; Richard Milton, dr; prod. by Sonny Rhodes, J.J. Malone & Gary Smith notes by Tommy Löfgren Amigo AMLP 821 (Sweden 1977) "sonny rhodes san francisco blues man" notes by Tommy Löfgren = Advent 2808 (US 1978) (=) Black Magic CD9024 (NL 1994)
2809 (1978)	Louis Myers: I'm A Southern Man - I'm A Southern Man - Short Haired Woman - Woman's Lib - Just Woke Up - Woman Trouble - Hello Stranger - Southbound Blues - All My Love In Vain - Kind Hearted Woman - Old Black Mattie rec. March 1978 in Hollywood, CA; Louis Myers, voc, g, hca; Freddy Robinson, g; Tony Mathews, g; Larry Taylor, b; Dennis Walker, b; Nathaniel Dove, p; Buster Jones, dr; David Li, ts; Chuck Garbett, tp; prod. by Frank Scott notes by Frank Scott Advent 2809 (US 1978) = Testament TCD-5026 (US 1995) Testament Records discography
2815	Big Road Blues Roosevelt Holts - Sundown Blues # - Maggie Campbell Blues # - 2 more tracks Mager Johnson - 3 tracks Robert "Nighthawk" Johnson - 1 track Carey Lee Simmons - 2 tracks Babe Stovall - 1 track Willis Taylor - Mama Do Right Willis Taylor & Mott Willis - The Trashy Gang Blues Mott Willis - Riverside Blues - It Ain't Gonna Rain No More - Bad Night Blues - Who Is That Yonder Coming Down The Road? - Pick And Shovel Blues - Dresser Drawer Blues Arzo & Isaac Youngblood - No Place To Go # rec. April 2, 1969 in Bogalusa; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g announced in David Evans' 1982 book (p. 322) by the same title, but obviously never issued; information about contents from http://www.deltahaze.com and EVANS 1982 Advent 2815
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- David Evans: Big Road Blues, Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues.- Berkeley (University of California Press) 1982
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 406/407
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/r/lockwood.htm
- http://www.beautiful-records.com/discographies/AMIGO/AMLP8.htm
- diverse internet resources
- eBay auctions
thanks to Dave Sax, Jim Clay, Alan Balfour, Paul Vernon, Görgen Antonsson,Klaus Kilian and Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans