'Texas' AlexanderAlger Alexanderb. September 12, 1900 in Jewett, Leon County, Texasd. April 16, 1954 in Richards, Grimes County, Texasburied at Longstreet Cemetery in [Grimes County] Montgomery County, Texas
OKeh 8498 (red label rel. late September 1927)
source: Blues Unlimited 148/149 (Winter 1987), p. 32
OKeh 8511 (US November 5, 1927: patent lines ending 'May 22/23' on both sides) // (US 1928: patent lines ending 'RE. 16588' on both sides)
OKeh 8526
source: John Tefteller's Blues Images (http://www.goldminemag.com/) Blues Images Vol. 5 (US 2008)
OKeh 8542
OKeh 8563 (US 1928, large red label)
OKeh 8563 (US 192?, large black label)
OKeh 8563 (US 1930 or later, small black label)
OKeh 8578
OKeh 8591
OKeh 8603
OKeh 8624
OKeh 8640
source: Samuel B. Charters: The Blues Makers (incorporates The Bluesmen [1967] and Sweet As the Showers of Rain [1977]).- New York (Da Capo) 1991, p. 196
OKeh 8658
= Temple 526 as by King Oliver
= Jazz Society 594 as by Texas Alexander and His Black Tams
OKeh 8673
OKeh 8688
OKeh 8705
Little Hat Jones discography
OKeh 8731
OKeh 8745
OKeh 8751
OKeh 8764
OKeh 8771 (US 3/1930)
OKeh 8785
OKeh 8801
OKeh 8813
OKeh 8823
OKeh 8835
OKeh 8890 (US 1931)
Vocalion 02743
Vocalion 02764 (US 1934)
Vocalion 02772
Vocalion 02856
Vocalion 02876
Vocalion 02894 = Brunswick A86008 (Germany)
= Brunswick A86008 (Germany)
Vocalion 02912
Freedom 1538
Buster Pickens discography
10 inch LP Jazz Society L-P 14 (Fr 1955?)
Jazz Society discography
notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker Fontana 467.136 TE (NL)
= Fontana TFE 17057 (NL)
= Fontana 467.136 ME (Fr 1958)
Fontana Records discography
Flyright track sequence: Lewis Black - Gravel Camp Blues (Memphis 1927) Bob Campbell - Starvation Farm Blues (New York 1934) Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett - Court Street Blues (St. Louis 1927) "Texas" Alexander & Lonnie Johnson - When You Get To Thinking (San Antonio 1929) Tallahassee Tight - Tallahassee Women (New York 1934) Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues (Atlanta 1927) Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Elm Street Blues (Dallas 1929) Otis Harris - Walking Blues (Dallas 1928) Barefoot Bill - Bad Boy (Atlanta 1930) Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony - Lonesome Blues (Atlanta 1928) Charlie Campbell - Goin' Away Blues (Birmingham Ala 1937) Garfield Akers - Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues (Memphis 1930) Sunny Boy & His Pals - Don't You Leave Me Here (Chicago 1927) Bill Moore - One Way Gal (Chicago 1928)
notes by Paul Oliver Philips BBL 7369 (UK 1960) "Blues Fell This Morning"
(=) Flyright LP 103 (UK 1972) "Goin' Away Walking"
Flyright Records discography
14-pp. booklet by Mack McCormick first issued with white cover without any printing, label name 'ufsom' being the master name printed on the label
= Raglan R 51 (US 1960?)
= Arhoolie LP 4006 (US 197?) [according to 1976 Arhoolie catalog]
gatefold LPnotes by H.R. Rookmaaker Fontana 682.099 TL (NL 1960)
notes by Paul Oliver Heritage HLP 1008 (UK 1962)notes (1962) by Paul Oliver = Flyright LP 536 (UK 1977)
notes (1962) by Paul Oliver = Flyright LP 536 (UK 1977)
12-pp. booklet by Jeff Harris(=) Document DOCD-5698 (UK 2013)
Heritage Records discographyFlyright Records discography
RBF 9 (US 1964)
RBF discography
notes (November 1, 1966) by Mike Raven XTRA 1047 (UK 1966)
XTRA Records discography
Kokomo K-1001 (UK 1967)
Kokomo Records discography
notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt] 390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009 Belzona L-1004 (US 1968)
notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt] 390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009 (black and purple label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 1968)
notes by Stephen Calt 54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014 (black, purple & red label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 196? ff.)
notes by Stephen Calt 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (red label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??)
notes by Stephen Calt 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (new front cover, new title, red or peacock label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??) "Don't Leave Me Here" The Blues of Texas, Arkansas, & Louisiana 1927-1932
= Yazoo 1004 cassette (US 1989)
notes by Stephen Calt = Yazoo CD 1004 YAZ (US 1991)
Yazoo Records discographyBuddy Boy Hawkins discographyHenry Thomas discography Blind Lemon Jefferson discographyLittle Hat Jones discographyKing Solomon Hill discography
notes by Jerome Epstein Yazoo L-1010 (US 1968)
Yazoo Records discography
Roots RL-312 (Austria 1968)
= Roots RL-312 (Austria 19??)
= Autogram RL-312 (Germany 2010) "Texas Country Music Vol. 1 - Blues series"
Roots Records discography
Roots RL-315 (Austria 1968)
= Autogram RL-315 (Germany 2010) "Blues Series - Texas Country Music Vol. 2"
Roots RL-316 (Austria 1968)
= Historical HLP-27 (Vol. 27) (US 1969)
Historical Records discography
notes by Chris Albertson Historical HLP-31 (US 1969)
gatefold DLPColumbia G 30008 (US 1969)= CBS 66218 (UK)= CBS 22135
Roots RL-327 (Austria 1970)
Saydisc/Roots RL-327 (UK) [differing from Roots RL-327 only by sticker on front cover top right!]
= Autogram RL-327 (Germany 2010) "Texas Country Blues Music Vol. 3"
notes by Brian Rust Parlophone PMC 7106 (UK 1970)
= Swaggie S1276 (Australia 1970)
(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 327 (UK 1998) "Vol. I & II"
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1032 (US 1972)
Paltram PL-102 (Austria 1972)
= Autogram PL-102 (Germany)
Paltram discography
notes by Stephen Calt Mamlish S-3807 (US 197?)
Mamlish Records discography
notes by Archie Green Rounder 4007 (US 197?)
Rounder Records discography
Albatros VPA 8187 (It 1974)Albatros VC 0775 (cassette)
notes / sound clips
3 LP box set(=) Albatros ALB 8= VPA 8187/88/89 "Il Blues Rurale / Jazzistico / Urbano"
Albatros Records discography
Whoopee 104 (Switzerland 1976)
Whoopee Records discography
notes by Guido van Rijn and Hans Vergeer Agram AB 2009 (NL 1982)
Albatros VPA 8473 (It 1982)
= Albatros VC 5021 (cassette)
notes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSE-206 (UK 1982)
Matchbox Records discography
notes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSE-214 (UK 1983)
notes by Guido van Rijn and Hans Vergeer Agram 2011 (NL 1984)
Matchbox MSE-220 (UK 1986)
notes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSE-224 (UK 1990)
3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)
3 CD setnotes by Paul Oliver 1927-1930 1927-1936 1929-1956= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)
= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)
3 CD set = 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)
booklet notes by Pete Welding Columbia CD CK-/CT-47467 (US 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)
= Columbia/Legacy COL 468770 2 (US / Australia 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)
= SPV GmbH SPV 42722 CD (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)
20 CD box set, CD 6 (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)
notes by Paul OliverDocument MBCD 2001 (UK 1993)
notes by Paul OliverDocument MBCD 2002 (UK 1994)
notes by Paul OliverDocument MBCD 2003 (UK 1994)
3 CD set20-pp. booklet by Steven C. TracyStarsounds 3712-2
= 1201 Music (2001) "Southern Country Blues Vol. 2: Down In Boogie Alley" [sic]
notes by Ken RomanowskiCatfish KATCD 122 (UK 1999)
Catfish (UK) discography
4 CD set40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
Catfish KATCD 167 (UK 2000)
4 CD boxCatfish KATX1 (UK 2000)
2 CD setnotes by Keith BriggsCatfish KATCD 181 (UK 2001)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 5 (rel. 2007, for 2008)
Blues Images CD BIM-105 (US 2007) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 5 (for 2008)
Blues Calendar discography
4 CD setnotes by Neil SlavenJSP CD 77203 (UK 2017)
3 CD setnotes by Paul Watts Acrobat ACTRCD 9084 (UK 5/2019)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 17 (rel. 2019, for 2020)
Blues Images CD BIM-117 (US 2019) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 17 (for 2020)
thanks to Max Hoeffner, Mike Gann, Marc Claes, Peter Brown, Helge Thygesen, Alex van der Tuuk, Sonny Burnett, Bo Lindqvist, Jeff Harris, Dave Williams and Gilbert Guyonnet for additional info / scans
Texas Alexander headstoneput up by the Killer Blues Headstone Project (Steven Salter)photographer: Matthew Tresaugue