- Stack-A-Lee Part 1 (IM 164)   @ youtube
- Stack-A-Lee Part 2 (IM 165)   @ youtube

rec. March 23, 1950 in New Orleans, LA; Leon T. Gross, voc, p; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Joe Harris, as; Clarence Hall, ts; Ernest McLean, g; Peter 'Chuck' Badie, b; Thomas Moore, dr

 
Imperial 5068

= Imperial 5358

= Imperial 5563

= Play Back PB-2334 (US 1970s) (Glendale, CA) as by "ARCHIEBALD"

- Shake Shake Baby (IM 1966) #   @ youtube
- Ballin' With Archie (IM 1967)   @ youtube

rec. March 23, 1950 in New Orleans, LA; Leon T. Gross, p, # voc; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Joe Harris, as; Clarence Hall, ts; Ernest McLean, g; Peter 'Chuck' Badie, b; Thomas Moore, dr

Imperial 5082

- Ballin' With Archie (IM 1967) (alt tk)

rec. March 23, 1950 in New Orleans, LA; Leon T. Gross, p; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Joe Harris, as; Clarence Hall, ts; Ernest McLean, g; Peter 'Chuck' Badie, b; Thomas Moore, dr

Imperial unissued

Polydor EP 27.721 (as by T-Bone Walker)

Polydor 1771 [???]

Krazy Kat KK 7409

- My Gal (IM 202)   @ youtube
- She's Scattered (IM 205)   @ youtube

rec. September 1950 in New Orleans, LA; Leon T. Gross, voc, p; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Joe Harris, as; Clarence Hall, ts; Ernest McLean, g; Peter 'Chuck' Badie, b; Thomas Moore, dr

Imperial 5101

- Little Miss Muffet (IM 203) #   @ youtube
- Crescent City Bounce (IM 204)   @ youtube

rec. September 1950 in New Orleans, LA; Leon T. Gross, p, # voc; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Joe Harris, as; Clarence Hall, ts; Ernest McLean, g; Peter 'Chuck' Badie, b; Thomas Moore, dr

Colony 105

- Early Morning Blues (IM 481)   @ youtube
- Great Big Eyes (IM 484) #   @ youtube

rec. September 1952 in New Orleans, LA; Leon T. Gross, p, # voc; Joe Harris, as; Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, ts; Ernest McLean, g; Frank Fields, b; Earl Palmer, dr

Imperial 5212

- House Party Blues (IM 482) []   @ youtube
- Soon As I Go Home (IM 483) # {}   @ youtube
- Great Big Eyes (alt tk) # []

rec. September 1952 in New Orleans, LA; Leon T. Gross, p, # voc; Joe Harris, as; Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, ts; Ernest McLean, g; Frank Fields, b; Earl Palmer, dr

Imperial unissued

[] United Artists UAS 29215

{} Imperial LP 94004

- I Need Your Love - Pee Wee Crayton
- Garden Of Memories - Johnny Fuller
- Stack-A-Lee - Part 1 - Archibald
- Spending Money Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Pledge Of Love - Ken Copeland
- Lost Dreams - Ernie Freeman

- Every Dog Has A Day - Pee Wee Crayton
- My Heart Is Bleeding - Johnny Fuller
- Stack-A-Lee - Part 2 - Archibald
- Rockin' And Rollin - Lil' Son Jackson
- Teenage - Ken Copeland
- Spring Fever - Ernie Freeman

notes by Anonymous

Imperial LP 9099

claimed content (T-Bone Walker):
- Welcome Blues [Imperial 5147]
- Alimony Blues [Imperial 5153]

- Life Is Too Short [Imperial 5153]
- You Don't Understand [Imperial 5147]

actual content (Archibald):
- Stack-A-Lee [Imperial 5068]
- Shake Baby Shake [Imperial 5082]

- Ballin' With Archie [Imperial 5082]
- Ballin' With Archie (alt tk) [Imperial unissued]

content according to Peter Goldsmith's reader's letter published in Blues Unlimited 121 (September/October 1976), pp. 22-23

EP
notes by Kurt Mohr

Polydor 27.721 (Fr)

- Help Me - Fats Domino [Imperial unissued]
- I've Got Eyes For You - Fats Domino [Imperial unissued]
- Stay Away - Fats Domino [Imperial unissued]
- Slide Me Down - Smiles Lewis [Imperial unissued]
- It's So Peaceful - Smiley Lewis [Imperial 5208]
- ABC's, Pts. 1 & 2 - Smilin' Joe (Pleasant Joseph) [Imperial 5304]

- Shake Shake Baby - Archibald [Imperial 5082]
- Soon As I Go Home - Archibald [Imperial unissued]
- Goin' Back To The Country - Little Sonny [Imperial unissued]
- I'm Thankful - Fats Mathews [Bayou 016]
- Lucille - Joe Turner with Fats Domino [Imperial unissued]
- Travelin' Mood - Wee Willie Wayne [Imperial 5355]
- Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn [Aladdin 3332]

production coordinator: Bob Hite

notes by Pete Welding

Imperial LM 94004 (US)

notes by Pete Welding

= Liberty LBL 83327 (UK)

(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 456 (UK 1999; along with Imperial LM-94002) "Urban Blues, Volumes 1&2" (remastered)

Imperial/Liberty discography

Archibald - House Party Blues [Imperial unissued]
Smilin' Joe - Sleepwalking Woman
Smiley Lewis - The Bells Are Ringing
Archibald - Great Big Eyes (alt tk) [Imperial unissued]
James Wayne - Travelin' Mood
Lee Allen - Rockin' At Cosmo's
Roy Brown - Let The Four Winds Blow

Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo part 1
Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo part 2
Benny Spellman - Lipstick Traces
Barbara George - I Know
Aaron Neville - Over You
Ernie K. Doe - Waiting At The Station
The Showmen - Country Fool
Irma Thomas - Ruler Of My Heart

compiled by Charlie Gillett
cover photo by Mike Rowe

notes by Charlie Gillett

United Artists UAS 29215 (UK)

Papa Lightfoot
- Jump The Boogie [Imperial LM-94006]
- Mean Old Train [Imperial 5289]
Little Sonny
- Goin' Back To The Coutry
Roosevelt Sykes
- Sweet Old Chicago
- I'm Tired
Wee Willie Wayne
- Sweet Little Woman
Smilin' Joe
- ABC's Part 1 & 2

Archibald
- Shake, Shake Baby
Smiley Lewis
- Too Many Drivers
- Slide Me Down
- It's So Peaceful
Fats Domino
- Don't Lie To Me
- I've Got Eyes For You
- Stay Away

Toshiba/Liberty LLS-8195 (Jp 1975)

Imperial/Liberty discography

Smiley Lewis
- Gumbo Blues [Imperial 5208]
Billy Tate
- You Told Me [Imperial 5337]
Smiley Lewis
- Can't Stop Loving You [Imperial 5296]

Billy Tate
- Single Life [Imperial 5337]
Jesse Allen
- Rockin' And Rollin' [Imperial 5315]
Archibald
- She's Scattered Everywhere [Imperial 1501]

7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP

Black Diamond 4506

Black Diamond discography

Tommy Ridgely
- Looped [Imperial 5203]
Smiley Lewis
- Come On [Imperial 5372]
Joe Turner
- Jumpin' Tonight [Imperial 5090]

Al Johnson
- Lena [Ric 956]
Snooks Eaglin
- Don't Slam That Door [Imperial 5823]
Archibald
- Ballin' With Archie [Imperial 5082]

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Black Diamond 4508

Black Diamond discography

- Great Big Eyes [Imperial 5212]
- Early Morning Blues [Imperial 5212]
- Ballin' With Archie [Imperial 5082]
- Little Miss Muffet [Colony 105]
- Stack-A-Lee Part 1 [Imperial 5068]
- Stack-A-Lee Part 2 [Imperial 5068]
- Ballin' With Archie (alt tk) [Imperial unissued]

- Crescent City Bounce [Colony 105]
- Shake Baby Shake [Imperial 5082]
- Soon As I Go Home [Imperial LP 94004]
- House Party Blues [United Artists UAS 29215]
- My Gal [Imperial 5101]
- She's Scattered Everywhere [Imperial 5101]

photography: John Broven

Krazy Kat KK 7409

Krazy Kat Records discography

Fats Domino - Blue Monday
Dave Bartholomew - The Shufflin' Fox
Smiley Lewis - Bumpity Bump
Smilin' Joe - Sleepwalking Woman
Archibald - Great Big Eyes (Those Little Reds)
Earl King - Come On (Parts 1 & 2)

Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knocking
Huey Smith & The Clowns - Snag-A-Tooth Jeannie
Dave Bartholomew - That's How You Got Killed Before
Fats Domino - Domino Stomp
Ford Eaglin - I've Been Walkin'
Joe Houston - Bobby Sox Ramble
Big Jay McNeely - Deacon Rides Again

EMI/America SQ-17265 (US 1987 "Treasury Series")

= EMI/Stateside SSL 6030 (UK 1987)

disc 1:
- Ain't Gonna Do It
- Don't Marry Too Soon
- Shrewsbury Blues
- Stack-A-Lee, Part 1 [actually "Stack-A-Lee, Part 2"]
- Stack-A-Lee, Part 2 [actually "Ballin' With Archie"]
- The Blues Jumped Over the Rabbit
- Blow Your Top
- 3 x 7 = 21
- Little Girl Sing Ding-A-Ling
- I'm Gone
- Pony Tail
- Blue Monday
- I Got Booted
- I-Yi
- Ain't That a Shame
- Thinking About My Baby
- Every Dog Has a Day
- You Ain't So Such a Much
- Why Fool Yourself
- Single Life
- The Real Thing
- Drops of Rain
- Mighty Long Road
- Teen Age Baby
- Bo Weevil
- Runnin' Wild

disc 2:
- Jump Children
- Can't See for Lookin'
- Doin' the Hambone
- Toy Bell
- I Hear You Knocking
- Witchcraft
- Nothing Sweet As You
- Valley of Tears
- Hoo Doo
- Morning Star
- Let the Four Winds Blow
- Sick and Tired
- Good News
- I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday
- One Night
- Young School Girl
- She's Got a Wobble (When She Walks)
- I Walk in My Sleep
- Come On, Pts. 1 & 2
- I Wanna Know
- That Certain Door
- Walking to New Orleans [Undubbed Version]
- Little Willie
- Trick Bag
- They Said It Couldn't Be Done

2 CD set
track annotations by Steve Kolanjian and notes by Dawn Eden and Adam Block

EMI CD 80184 (Legends of Rock N Roll series)

disc 1:
Champion Jack Dupree
- Dupree Shake Dance
- Junker Blues
- Big Time Mama
Professor Longhair
- Byrd's Blues
- Her Mind Is Gone
- Bald Head
- Hey Now Baby
- Oh Well
- Hadacol Bounce
- Longhair Stomp
- Been Fooling Around
- Between The Night And Day (In The Wee Wee Hours)
- Hey Now Baby
- Mardi Gras In New Orleans
- She Walks Right In
- Hey Little Girl
- Willie Mae
- Walk Your Blues Away
- Professor Longhair Blues
- Boogie Woogie
- Longhair's Blues-Rhumba
Archibald
- Stack- A- Lee, Pts 1
- Stack- A- Lee, Pts 2
- Shake Baby Shake
- Ballin' With Archie
- My Gal
- Little Miss Muffet
- Crescent City Bounce
- She's Scattered Everywhere

disc 2:
Dave Bartholomew
- Mr. Fool
- Country Boy
- Gert Town Blues
- Basin Street Breakdown
- Pyramid
- Messy Bessie
- Nickel Wine
- Ain't Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life)
- Good Jax Boogie
Paul Gayten
- Now That You're Gone
- Backtrackin' (Dr. Daddy- O)
- Baby, What's New?
- My Rough And Ready Man
- You Shouldn't
- Confused
- You Oughta Know
- Fishtails
- I'll Never Be Free
- Ain't Gonna Let You In
Smiley Lewis
- Lowdown
- Slide Me Down
- Growing Old
- If You Ever Loved A Woman
- Dirty People
- Where Were You?
- My Baby Was Right

disc 3:
Roy Brown
- Good Rockin' Tonight
- Lolly Pop Mama
- Special Lesson No-1
- Woman's A Wonderful Thing
- Brown, Roy Boogie
- Miss Fanny Brown
- Long About Midnight
- Rainy Weather Blues
- Rockin' At Midnight
- Please Don't Go
- Ridin' High
- Rock A Bye Baby
- (The Girls In) Big Town
Fats Domino
- Detroit City Blues
- The Fat Man
- Hide Away Blues
- She's My Baby
- Brand New Baby
- Little Bee
- Boogie Woogie Baby
- Hey, La Bas Boogie
- Korea Blues
- Every Night About This Time
- Careless Love
- Hey! Fat Man
Larry Darnell
- For You My Love
- I'll Get Along Somehow, Pts 1 & 2
- Lost My Baby

disc 4:
Chubby Newsome
- Hip Shakin' Mama
- Chubby's Confession
- Back Bitin' Woman
- Bedroom Blues
- Close To Train Time
- New Orleans Lover Man
Alma Mondy
- Miss Lollipop's Confession
- Baby Get Wise
- Streetwalkin' Daddy
- A Job For A Jockey
- Boogie's The Thing - George Miller & His Mid-Driffs
- She Won't Leave No More - Little Joe Gaines
- Mercury Boogie - Hose Dwine Craven
- Blazer Boy Blues - James 'Blazer Boy' Locks
- New Orleans Women Blues - James 'Blazer Boy' Locks
- Jump And Shout - Erlin 'Rock'n'roll' Harris
- I Never Missed My Baby - Erlin 'Rock'n'roll' Harris
- Mellow Woman Blues - Johnson Brothers Combo
- Shrewsbury Blues - Tommy Ridgley
- Don't Marry Too Soon - Jewel King
- 3X7=21 - Jewel King
- I'll Get By - Jewel King
- Broke My Mother's Rule - Jewel King
- I Cried - Jo 'Google Eyes' August
- Just To Be Home With You - Jo 'Google Eyes' August

4 CD set
notes by Joop Visser

Properbox 28

disc 1:
- Mardi Gras Mambo - The Hawketts
- New Orleans - U.S. Bonds
- Good Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown
- Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee
- West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
- St. James' Infirmary - Bobby Bland
- The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
- Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair
- Stack-O-Lee - Archibald
- Rockin Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu - Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns
- Blue Monday - Fats Domino
- I Hear You Knocking - Smiley Lewis
- I Don't Want To Do It - The Spiders
- No Use Knocking - Bobby Charles
- I Know - Barbara George
- The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
- Lucille - Little Richard
- Lights Out - Jerry Byrne
- Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price
- Country Fool - The Showmen
- Country Boy - Snooks Eaglin
- Iko Iko - Dixie Cups

disc 2:
- Come On (Part 1) - Earl King
- I Like It Like That (Part 1) - Chris Kenner
- Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 1) - Jessie Hill
- Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 2) - Jessie Hill
- Bad Neighbourhood - Ronnie & The Delinquents
- Losing Battle - Johnny Adams
- Ruler Of My Heart - Irma Thomas
- Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
- Thank You John - Willie Tee
- Down Home Girl - Alvin Robinson
- Get Out Of My Life
- Cissy Strut - The Meters
- Groove Me - King Floyd
- Lady Marmalade - Labelle
- Country John - Allen Toussaint
- Life - Dr. John
- Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
- Rising Sun - Snakefarm
- Yellow Moon - The Neville Brothers
- Bye Bye Baby - G Love & Special Sauce (feat. Rebirth Brass Band)
- What's Hip? - Cool Bone

2 CD set

EMI

disc 1:
Archibald
- Stack-A-Lee Pt. 1
- Stack-A-Lee Pt. 2
- Shake Baby Shake
- Ballin' With Archie
- My Gal
- Little Miss Muffet
- Crescent City Bounce
- She's Scattered Everywhere
- Early Morning Blues
- Soon As I Go Home
- House Party Blues
- Great Big Eyes (Those Little Reds)
- Ballin' With Archie (alt tk)
Smilin' Joe
- Living on Borrowed Time
- Lovesick Soul
- Second Hand Love
- Dinah
- Won't Settle Down
- Misery
- A.B.C.'S Pt. 1
- A.B.C.'S Pt. 2
- How Long Must I Wait
- Sleep Walking Woman
Roosevelt Sykes
- You Can't Be Lucky All the Time
- Sweet Old Chicago
- Blood Stains
- Hush Oh Hush
- I'm Tired
- Crazy Fox

disc 2:
Tommy Ridgley
- Boogie Woogie Mama
- Shrewsbury Blues
- Early Dawn Boogie
- Lonely Man Blues
- Anything But Love
- Once in a Lifetime
- Come Home Baby
- Tra La La
- Got You on My Mind
- Booted
- Lavinia
- I Live My Life
- Good Times
- Day Is Coming, A
- Looped
- Junie Mae
- Monkey Man
- Nobody Cares
- Ooh Lawdy My Baby
- I'm Gonna Cross That River
- Wish I Had Never
- Jam Up
Ernest Kador
- No Money
- Do Baby Do
- You Never Miss a Good Woman
- So Glad You're Mine
Billy Tate
- Ooh Ooh Baby
- Cryin' in the Morning
- Single Life
- You Told Me

disc 3:
Earl Johnson
- Have You Gone Crazy
- Beggin' at Your Mercy
Earl King
- A Mother's Love
- I'm Your Best Bet, Baby
- What Can I Do
- 'Til I Say Well Done
- No One But Me
- Eating and Sleeping
- Sitting and Wondering
- Funny Face
- Baby You Can Get Your Gun
- Those Lonely, Lonely Nights
- I'm Packing Up
- Nobody Cares
- Mother Told Me Not to Go
- Is Everything All Right
- Little Girl
- My Love Is Strong
- It Must Have Been Love
- I'll Take You Back Home
Blazer Boy
- Surprise Blues
- Mornin' Train
- Waiting for My Baby
- Joe's Kid Sister
George Stevenson
- Meet Me at Grandma's Joint
- Easin' Tan
Little Sonny Jones
- Going Back to the Country
- Winehead Baby
- I Got Booted
- Tend to Your Business Blues

disc 4:
- Bouncin' the Boogie - The Royal Kings
- That Girl I Married - Big Boy Myles
- Blow Your Top - Rodney Harris
- Whistlin' Joe - Lloyd Lambert
- Tryin' to Fool Me - Leonard Lee
- You Know It - Fat Man Matthews
- Pity Poor Me - Bobby Marchan
- North Wind - Jimmy Gil
- Doing the Hambone - Little Booker
- Got a Brand New Baby - Little Mr. Midnight
- Who's Been Fooling You - Big Boy Myles
- (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone - Roy Montrell
- Why - Lil Willie Gibson
- Say Baby - Willie Johnson
- Jealous Blues - The 4 Bars / Ray Lewis
- Teachin' and Preachin' - The Royal Kings
- Have Mercy - Bobby Marchan
- Down the Line - Fat Man Matthews
- Boogie's the Thing - George Miller
- Thinking About My Baby - Little Booker
- 4 O'Clock Blues - Little Mr Midnight
- Gather 'Round - Jimmy Gil
- When the Sun Goes Down - Leonard Lee
- Heavy Sugar - Lloyd Lambert
- Brother Bill - Lil Willie Gibson
- Give a Helping Hand - Bobby Marchan
- Goin' Down - Fat Man Matthews
- When You Were Mine - The 4 Bars / Ray Lewis
- That Night - Willie Johnson
- Hickory Dickory Dock - Big Boy Myles

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7792

disc 1:
Richard (Rabbit) Brown - James Alley
Lillian Glinn - Where Have All The Black Men Gone
Will Day - Central Avenue Blues
Mary Butler - Electrocuted Blues
Bo Chatman - Good Old Turnip Greens
Dewey Segura - Far Away From Home Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves On The Water
Christina Gray - The Reverend Is My Man
Amede Ardoin - Blues De Basille
Bo Carter & Walter Jacobs - Times Is Tight Like That
Amede Ardoin - Les Blues De La Prison
The Mississippi Sheiks - Lean To One Woman
Lawrence Walker - Alberta
Harry Carter - These Jackson Women Will Not Treat You Right
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues No. 2
Falcon Trio - Raise Your Window
Bo Carter - Ride My Mule
Walter Jacobs - Rats Been On My Cheese
Oscar Woods (The Lone Wolf) - Evil Hearted Woman
Robert Hill - You Gonna Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old
Bo Carter - Bo Carter's Advice
Chatman Brothers - If You Don't Want Me Please Don't Dog Me Around
Robert Hill - Lumber-Yard Blues
Tommy Griffin - Young Heifer Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - Crescent City Blues

disc 2:
Roy Brown - Good Rockin' Tonight
Annie Laurie - Annie's Blues
Smiley Lewis - Here Comes Smiley
Chubby 'Hip Shakin' Newsom - New Orleans Lover Man
Dave Bartholomew - Girt Town Blues
Erline Harris - Never Missed My Baby
James 'Blazer Boy' Locks - New Orleans Women Blues
Professor Longhair & His Shuffling Hungarians - Mardi Gras In New Orleans
Tommy Ridgley - Shrewsbury Blues
Jewel King - 3 x 7 = 21
Fats Domino - The Fat Man
Larry Darnell - Pack Your Rags And Go
George Miller & His Mid-Driffs - Bat-Lee Swing
Archibald - Stack-A-Lee Part I
Rodney Harris - Blow Your Top
Alma Mondy - Street Walkin' Daddy
Eddie Jones & His Playboys - New Arrival
Ray Lewis - Jealous Blues
Lloyd Price - Mailman Blues
Blazer Boy - Joe's Kid Sister
Papa Lightfoot - P.L. Blues
Big Joe Turner - Crawdad Hole
Boogie Bill Webb - Bad Dog
Ray Johnson - I'll Never Let You Go
Ray Charles - I Wonder Who

disc 3:
Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used To Do
Herbert 'Woo Woo' Moore - Something's Wrong
Fats Matthews - Goin' Down
T-Bone Walker - Pony Tail
Sugar Boy & His Cane Cutters - Jock-A-Mo
Willie Johnson - Say Baby
Papa Lightfoot - Wine, Women & Whiskey
Leonard Lee - When The Sun Goes Down
Blanche Thomas - You Ain't So Much A Much
Earl King - Eating And Sleeping
Pee Wee Crayton - Runnin' Wild
Billy Tate - Single Life
Roosevelt Sykes - Sweet Old Chicago
Boo Breeding - Country Woman
Elmore James - Dust My Blues
Little Richard - Directly From My Heart
Big Boy Myles & The Shaw-Wees - Who's Been Fooling You?
Bobby Charles - See You Later Alligator
Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll
Roy Brown - Let The Four Winds Blow
Jesse Allen - Goodbye Blues
Eddie Lang - Troubles, Troubles
Ernie K-Doe - There's A Will There's A Way
Ford Eaglin (Snooks Eaglin) - That Certain Door
Sammy Myers - You Don't Have To Go

3 CD set

Fantastic Voyage FVTD095 (UK 2011)