Mance
Lipscomb

Bodyglin Lipscomb, as a youth took the name of  'Mance'
b. April 9, 1895 near Navasota, Texas
d. January 30, 1976 in Navasota. Texas

discography
M A N C E   L I P S C O M B (picture from cover of Arhoolie F 1001; photograph Chris Strachwitz)
source: cover of Arhoolie F 1001  
photographer: Chris Strachwitz  
This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de

Mance Lipscomb LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11960A Treasury Of Field Recordings Vol. 2
Regional And Personalized Song

- Hammer Ring (R.G. Williams and Group)
- Night Herding Song (Harry Stephens)
- Anything From A Foot Race To A Resting Place (Jealous James Stanchell)
- The Slop (Jack Jackson & Lightnin' Hopkins)
- Deep Ellum Blues (Paul Elliott)
- This Old World Is In A Terrible Condition (George Coleman)

- Goin' To The River (Gozy Kilpatrick)
- Oh, What A Time (A History of World War II) (Percy Wilborn Quartet)
- Atomic Energy (Jimmy Womack)

- Tom Moore's Farm (Anonymous [= Mance Lipscomb])
- Tom Moore's Farm (Lightnin' Hopkins)
- Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos (John Lomax Jr:)
- The Boogie Woogie Machine (William Spross & Harvey Krueger)
- Tin Can Alley (R.C. Forest & Gozy Kilpatrick)
- The Waco Girl (John Q. Anderson)

compiled by Robert 'Mack' McCormick

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77 LA-12-3 (UK)

77 Records discography

21960Various unidentified Texas, New York and British Artists: The Unexpurgated Folk Songs Of Men

- The Ring-A-Rang-A-Roo
- Keeper Of The Eddystone Light
- Mamie Had A Baby
- Cocaine Bill And Morphine Sue
- Take A Whiff On Me
- The Bastard King Of England
- No Balls At All
- Barnacle Bill The Sailor
- Big Jim Folsom
- Cristoforo Columbo
- Monk Of Priory Hall
- Hootchy Kootchy Dance
- Always In The Hallway
- Merry Cuckold
- In Crawled One-Hung-Low
- Who Stole My Beer?
- Dicky Dido
- Shine And The Titanic

- You Be Kind To Me [Mance Lipscomb]
- Boar Hog Blues[Buster Pickens]
- Grubbing Hoe
- Uncle Bud
- The Girl I Left Behind Me
- There's A Skeeter

- Stavin' Chain [Mance Lipscomb]
- You Got Good Business [Buster Pickens]
- Dirty Dozens [Lightnin' Hopkins]
- Limericks
- Ball Of Kirriemuir
- Change The Name Of Arkansas

collected 1959 by Robert 'Mack' McCormick; rel. with 12-page booklet

first issued with no label
name ('ufsom' being the
master name printed on
the label)
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Raglan R 51

= Arhoolie LP 4006
[according to 1976 Arhoolie
catalog]

sound clips

31960Mance Lipscomb:
Texas Sharecropper and Songster


- Freddie
- Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now
- Going Down Slow
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Rock Me All Night Long
- Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo
- Jack O'Diamonds Is A Hard Card To Play

- Shake, Shake, Mama
- Ella Speed
- One Thin Dime
- Going To Louisiana (See See Rider)
- Mama Don't Allow
- Ain't It Hard
- Bout A Spoonful

rec. Navasota, Aug. 11, 1960 by Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick

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Arhoolie F 1001

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41960Blues 'n Trouble

Big Joe Williams
- Married Woman Blues
Lil' Son Jackson
- Johnny Mae
Lowell Fulson
- Good Woman Blues

Mance Lipscomb
- Back Water Blues *
Jasper Love
- Jove's Honeydripper

Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- One Thin Dime
Sam Chatman
- God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore
- Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace
- Hitchhiking Woman
Robert Curtis Smith
- Stella Ruth
Mercy Dee
- I Been A Fool

* unlike other tracks from F 1006 not reissued on Arhoolie CD 432 (1995) "Mississippi Blues 1960"

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Arhoolie F 1006

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Arhoolie CD 432

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51961Mance Lipscomb:
Trouble in Mind

american folk song traditionalist

- Captain, Captain
- Careless Love
- When Death Come Creeping In Your Room (Run, Sinner, Run)
- Alabama Bound
- Buck Dance (Instrumental)
- Night Time Is The Right Time

- Rocks And Gravel Makes A Solid Road
- Johnnie Take A One On Me
- Motherless Children
- Which-A-Way Do Red River Run
- Trouble In Mind
- Ballad Of The Boll Weevil

rec. Houston, July 7 / 8 / 9, 1961 by Chris Strachwitz and Mac McCormick

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Reprise R-2012 (mono)

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Reprise R-2012
([exaggerated] stereo)

= Reprise RV2006 (Fr)

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= Reprise RS 6404 (1970)
([exaggerated] stereo)


= Collector's Issue C-5521
(Austria 198?) "Captain, Captain
And Other Songs"

20 page booklet with original
notes by Mack McCormick
plus new notes by Bill Dahl
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Rhino CD RHM2 7829

6196?Texas Blues Volume 2

Manny Nichols
- Long Skinny Mama

Mance Lipscomb
- You Don't Mean No Good
Black Ace
- Beer Drinking Woman
Rattlesnake Cooper
- I'm Leaving Town
Otis Cherry
- Ebony Baby
Mercy Dee
- Isam Hisam
Lightning Hopkins
- I'm Feeling Bad

Manny Nichols
- Walking Talking Blues
Billy Bizor
- Tom Moore
Alex Moore
- Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg
- Hello Baby
Robert Shaw
- The Fives
Lightning Hopkins
- Hurricanes Carla & Esther
Mercy Dee / K.C. Douglas / Otis Cherry
- 8th Wonder Of The World
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Arhoolie F 1017

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71964Mance Lipscomb:
Texas Songster Volume 2


- Joe Turner Killed A Man
- Bumble Bee
- Silver City
- If I Miss The Train
- Alabama Jubilee
- God Moves On The Water (The Titanic)

- Come Back Baby
- Charlie James
- Boogie In A
- Key To The Highway
- Cocaine Done Killed My Baby
- Spanish Flang Dang
- You Got To Reap What You Sow

rec. Berkeley, May 2, 1964 by Chris Strachwitz

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Arhoolie F 1023

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= Pacific Jazz / Fontana (UK)
688 805 ZL (1967)
"Texas Songster"

81965Conversation With The Blues
A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver

Boogie Woogie Red - "So Much Good Feeling" Spoken, with own piano
Willie Thomas - "A Little Different" Spoken
James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - "Kill That Nigger Dead" Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar
Lil' Son Jackson - "The Onliest Way" Spoken
J. B. Lenoir - "My Father's Style" Guitar solo
J. B. Lenoir - "So It Rocked On" Spoken
J. B. Lenoir - "Move To Kansas City" Vocal and own guitar
Otis Spann - "When She Comes Back" Spoken
Otis Spann - "Poor Country Boy" Vocal, with own piano
Lightnin' Hopkins - "Ain't No Easy Thing" Spoken

Mance Lipscomb - "Evil Heart Blues" Vocal and own piano #
Blind Arvella Gray - "A Roughneck" Spoken
Roosevelt Sykes - "West Helena Blues" Vocal and guitar
Will Shade - "Days Of Nineteen-Hundred" Spoken
Will Shade - "Newport News Blues" Vocal and own guitar
Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken
Whistling Alex Moore - "Come and Get Me" Vocal and own piano
Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken
Brother John Sellers - "Move Back For What?" Spoken
J. B. Lenoir - "I Been Down So Long" Vocal and own guitar

Jasper Love - "Santa Fé Blues" Vocal and piano
John Lee Hooker - "Somewhere Down The Line" Spoken
Robert Curtis Smith - "I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change" Vocal and own guitar
Otis Spann - "Only Places They Can Go" Spoken
Otis Spann - "People Calls Me Lucky" Vocal and own piano
Henry Townsend - "What Have I Committed" Spoken
James Butch Cage - "Tween Midnight And Day" Vocal and own guitar
Little Brother Montgomery - "Walking Basses" Spoken
Little Brother Montgomery - "Dud Low Joe" Piano solo
Little Brother Montgomery - "It's A Barrelhouse Blues" Spoken
Little Brother Montgomery - "Vicksburg Blues" Vocal with piano
Little Brother Montgomery - "They Beat Me To Chicago" Spoken
Roosevelt Sykes - "They All Called Him 'Pork Chops'" Spoken
Roosevelt Sykes - "Forty-Four Blues" Vocal and own piano
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - "Doctor Clayton And Me" Spoken
Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - "Take A Little Walk With Me" Vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano
Edwin Buster Pickens - "To Have The Blues Within" Spoken

Mance Lipscomb - "Blues In The Bottle" Vocal and own guitar #

# rec. Navasota, Aug. 13, 1960; LP accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title

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Decca LK 4664

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2nd ed. (1997) of book
(with enclosed CD)

91965Mance Lipscomb Vol. 3
Texas Songster in a Live Performance

- Take me Back Baby
- Shine On Harvest Moon
- Rag In G
- Heel And Toe Polka
- Big Boss Man
- You Gonna Quit Me
- Blues In G

- Mama Don't Dog Me
- Willie Poor Boy
- Polly Wolly Doodle All Day
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night
- Knocking Down Windows
- Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Motherless Children

notes by Paul Oliver
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Arhoolie F 1026

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101966Lightning Hopkins, Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb:
the 2nd annual Berkeley Blues Festival

Concert & Dance

Mance Lipscomb
- Stop Time
- I Ain't Got Nobody
- Take Your Arms From Around My Neck, Sugarbabe
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Clifton Chenier
- Clifton's Rock
- After Hours
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Lightning Hopkins
- Last Night
- Going To Louisiana
- Black Cadillac
- Short Haired Woman
- Lightning's Boogie

rec. Berkeley, April 15, 1966






Arhoolie F 1030

re-released 2000
on Arhoolie CD 484

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111967Mance Lipscomb Vol. 4

- Captain Captain
- Ain't You Sorry
- Night Time Is The Right Time
- Mr. Tom
- I Want To Do Something For You
- So Different Blues
- A Rag

- Long Tall Girl Got Stuck On Me
- Keep On Trucking
- Run, Sinner, Run
- Reminiscences At Home
- Farewell

cover photo by Les Blank

notes by Pete Welding
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Arhoolie F 1033

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121968(?)Texas Blues "The Early '50s"

Smokey Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues
- Penitentiary Blues, part 2
Mercy Dee
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
- Lucy Mae Blues
John Hogg
- West Texas Blues
- Black Snake Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
- I'm Long, Long Gone
Buddy Chiles
- Mistreated Blues

Anonymous [Mance Lipscomb]
- Tom Moore's Farm *
L.C. Williams
- Trying, Trying
Texas Alexander
- Crossroads
L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
Lightning Hopkins
- Late In The Evening

* rec. Houston, June 30, 1960


Blues Classics BC-16


Blues Classics discography

131968The Roots Of America's Music

Mance Lipscomb
- Sugar Babe
2-disc package

Arhoolie R2001/2002
= Stateside/Toshiba SR-
9323B (Jp 1972)

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141969Blues Roots

- Frisco Lines - Fred McDowell
- Fare You Well Baby Blues - Joe Callicott
- Long Haired Doney - R. L. Burnside
- Mean Stepfather - Big Joe Williams
- Bald Eagle Train - Bukka White and Washboard Willie
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith

- Long Tall Girl - Mance Lipscomb
- Red River Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- I Am the Black Ace - Black Ace
- Whistling Alex Moore - Alex Moore
- Texas Blues - L. and M. Fulson
- Cat Bear - John Jackson
- Ma Grinder - Robert Shaw
- Take a Walk - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bear Cat - John Jackson
- Snowing and Raining - Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly
- Got A Date I Can't Be Late - Jesse Fuller
- You Got Another - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane
- Struggle Here - Juke Boy Bonner and Simon
- Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman
- Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner
- Dream - Little Willie Littlejohn
- Sugar Daddy - Wade Walton
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thorton
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Two Bugs - Earl Hooker

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"The selections from this album have been comprised from the catalog of Arhoolie Records ... Except where otherwise indicated, all selections produced and recorded by Chris Strachwitz"

two record set
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Poppy PYS-60.003
= RCA / Victor SHP-6124/25

Poppy discography

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= Tomato DLP 2696181 (1989)

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reissued as Tomato CD
TOM 3001 (2002)

151970Mance Lipscomb Vol. 5
Texas Blues and 3 Other Songs

- Black Gal
- Texas Blues
- Oh, Baby
- Blues In The Bottle *
- Angel Child *

- Mance's Blues
- Whiskey Blues
- Long Way From Tipperary
- Haunted House Blues
- Mother Had A Sick Child
- I'm Looking For My Jesus

* rec. Navasota, Dec. 5, 1968
rec. Berkeley, ca. Nov. 20 & 22, 1969

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Arhoolie 1049

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= AR 19007 (Eur)

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161972The Great Blues Men

Homesick James
- Set A Date
John Lee Hooker
- Dusty Road
Sleepy John Estes
- Corinna #
Muddy Waters
- Nineteen Years Old
Jesse Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues

Mance Lipscomb
- Blues In G
Rev. Gary Davis
- If I Had My Way #

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Key To The Highway
Otis Spann
- Burning Fire
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Cotton Field Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Louise, Louise Blues
Johnny Young
- Tighten Up On It
James Cotton
- Ain't Nobody's Business


Mississippi John Hurt
- Moanin' The Blues
Junior Wells
- Stormy Mnday Blues #
Johnny Shines
- Dynaflow Blues
Son House (+ Al Wilson)
- Empire State Blues #
Sonny Terry
- Mountain Blues
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
- It's All Right, Baby

Jimmy Rushing
- How Long, How Long Blues
Skip James
- Cypress Grove Blues
J. B. Hutto
- Please Help
Fred McDowell
- Fred's Ramblin' Blues
Ida Cox
- Four Day Creep #
Robert Pete Williams
- On My Way From Texas
Otis Rush
- I't's A Mean Old World

# not on CD

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Vanguard VSD 25/26

Vanguard / King GW-203/4
(Jp 1972)

(=) Vanguard CD 25/26 (1988)

171974Mance Lipscomb Volume 6

- Does She Ever Think Of Me
- I Just Hang Down My Head And Cry
- Rag In F
- Wonder Where My Easy Rider Gone
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night
- Corinne, Corinna

- Evil Blues
- Mama, Let Me Lay It On You
- Louise
- When Death Comes Creeping In Your Room
- Sometimes I Feel Like
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Arhoolie 1069

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181976Great Bluesmen Newport

Robert Pete Williams
- Midnight Boogie
- Levee Camp Blues
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
John Lee Hooker with Bill Lee on bass
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues


Son House
- Son's Blues
- Death Letter Blues #

- Pony Blues (with Mance Lipscomb, 2nd g)
Sleepy John Estes
- Mailman Blues
- Clean Up At Home
Doc Reese
- Hey Rattler / Oh My Lord


Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Day
Skip James
- Hard Times Killing Floor Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues #
- Illinois Blues
The Reverend Gary Davis
- Death Don't Have No Mercy

Willie Doss
- Catfish Blues
- I Had A Woman
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Lord, I'm Going Down South
- If The River Was Whiskey
Lightnin' Hopkins with Samuel Lay
- Cotten Fields Blues
- Shake That Thing

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# note on CD 77/78: "due to compact disc time restrictions some songs on the original album are not included in this package"

DLP
notes by Maynard Solomon
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Vanguard VSD 77/78

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King/Vanguard LAX-155
(Jp 1976)

notes by Samuel Charters
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= Vanguard CD 77/78 (1991)
2 LPs on 1 CD #
Great Bluesmen At
Newport 1959-1965

191978Mance Lipscomb:
You'll Never Find Another Man Like Mance


- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Tom Moore's Farm
- Keep On Trucking
- Joe Turner Blues
- Alabama Bound
- You Got To See Your Mama Every Night
- Out And Down
- Angel Child

- You Rascal You
- Mance's St. Louis Blues
- Baby, Don't Lay It On Me
- Tall Angel At The Bar
- Willie Poor Boy
- Johnny Take A One On Me
- plus two segments of Mance talking with the audience
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Arhoolie 1077

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201993Mance Lipscomb:
So Different Blues


- So Different Blues
- See You Mama Every Night
- Late Hours Blues
- Nobody Cares For Me
- Shorty George Cut Down
- Corrina, Corrina
- Rock Me Mama
- Shine On Harvest Moon
- Good As I Am To You
- Long Way To Tipperary
- Get Away Blues
- Trouble In Mind
- Going Down Slow
- Baby Please Don't Go

prod. by Roy C. Ames

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Collectables CD COL-5289
211993Mance Lipscomb:
Texas Songster


- Sugar Babe (It's All Over Now)
- Going Down Slow
- Freddie
- Jack O' Diamonds
- Baby Please Don't Go
- One Thin Dime
- Shake, Shake, Mama
- Ella Speed
- Mama Don't Allow
- Ain't It Hard
- Bout A Spoonful
- Take Me Back Babe
- Rag In G
- Big Boss Man
- You Ain't Gonna Quit Me
- Blues In G
- Mama, Don't Dog Me
- Willie Poor Boy
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night
- Knocking Down Windows
- Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Motherless Children

rec. 1960-64; contains all of Arhoolie F 1001 and much of F 1026

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Arhoolie CD 306

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221993Mance Lipscomb:
You Got To Reap What You Sow

Texas Songster Vol. 2

- Charlie James
- Come Back Baby
- Spanish Flang Dang
- You Got To Reap What You Sow
- Cocaine Done Killed My Baby
- Joe Turner Killed A Man
- Bumble Bee
- Boogie In A
- Hattie Green (previously unreleased)
- Silver City
- The Titanic
- If I Miss The Train
- Lord Thomas (previously unreleased)
- Tom Moore Blues (previously unreleased)
- So Different Blues (previously unreleased)
- Tall Angel At The Bar (prev. unreleased)
- Mama, Don't Dog Me (previously unreleased)
- Long Way To Tipperary (prev. unreleased)
- Willie Poor Boy (previously unreleased)
- You Rascal You (previously unreleased)
- I Looked Down The Road And I Wondered
  (previously unreleased)
- Sentimental Blues (previously unreleased)
- Police Station Blues (previously unreleased)
- Missouri Waltz (previously unreleased)

expanded version of F 1023 with 13 previously unissued songs

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Arhoolie CD 398

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231994Mance Lipscomb:
Texas Blues Guitar


- Ain't It Hard
- Big Boss Man
- Bout A Spoonful
- Freddie
- Knockin' Down Windows
- Mama Don't Allow
- Mama, Let Me Lay It On You
- Motherless Children
- Rag In G
- Shake, Shake Mama (Cherry Ball)
- So Different Blues
- Sugar Babe
- Take Me Back
- Willie Poor Boy
- You Got To Reap What You Sow

An Arhoolie Special Product release produced for Mel Bay Publications as a companion to their book "Mance Lipscomb: Texas Blues Guitar Solos" which contains lyrics and guitar ranscriptions to all fifteen songs heard on this CD

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Arhoolie CD 001

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241995Folk Music at Newport, Vol. 1

- The Sinking Of The Titanic
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Vanguard CD 77007
sound clip
251996Mance Lipscomb:
Mama Don't Allow


- Nobody Cares For Me
- Good As I Am To You
- Goin' Down Slow
- Rock Me Mama
- So Different Blues
- Late Hours Blues
- Shorty George Cut Down
- Shine On Harvest Moon
- See You Mama Every Night
- Corrina, Corrina
- Long Way To Tipperary
- Trouble In Mind
- Get Away Blues
- Goin' Down Slow
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Night Time Is The Right Time
- Mama Don't Allow
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Magnum CD 73
261996Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 1
15 Down Home Country Blues Classics

- Frisco Line - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Lightning Hopkins
- Going Down In Georgia On A Horn - John Jackson
- Cairo Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson

- 'bout A Spoonful - Mance Lipscomb
- Drink On Little Girl - Black Ace
- Country Boy Down In New Orleans - Snooks Eaglin
- Columbus, Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Shake 'em On Down - Dr. Ross
- Just Trippin' In - Robert Pete Williams
- Hump In My Back - Jesse Fuller
- Brother James - Big Joe Williams
- I'm Broke And I'm Hungry - Smoky Babe
- Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas



Arhoolie CD 101

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27199?Mance Lipscomb:
At Home in Texas






Catfish CD CTF 100?

Catfish discography

281993Ruff Stuff
The Roots of Texas Blues Guitar

Nathaniel "Bill" Barnes
- Jack Of Diamonds Is A Hard Card To Play
Lee Mackey
- Out And Down
- Jay Bird Blues

Willie Menifee & Mance Lipscomb
- If I Get Lucky, Mama
Mance Lipscomb
- Angel Child
Mance Lipscomb & Teodar Jackson
- Reconsider Baby
Bill Neely
. Matchbox Blues
Nathaniel "Bill" Barnes
- What's Wrong, Baby

Babe Stovall
- Worried Blues
- Dirty Mistreater
T.J. Jackson
- Out And Down
- Corrina Corrina
Oscar "Preacher" Nelson & Newton "Hoss" Nelson
- Broke And Ain't Got A Dime
- Alcohol Blues
Jimmy Nelson
- West Texas Blues

rec. 1964-1966 by Tary Owens

notes by Tary Owens
& Julie Howell
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Catfish CD CTF 1003

Catfish discography

291998Mance Lipscomb:
Live! at The Cabale

Texas Songster Vol. 4

- Baby Don't You Lay It On Me
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- You Gonna Miss Me
- Keep On Truckin'
- Trouble In Mind
- Tom Moore Blues
- Mance's Short Haired Woma
- Tra-La-Ra-La Doodle All Day
- Shine On Harvest Moon
- Run Sinner, Run
- Key To The Highway
- Rock Me Mama
- Wonder Where My Easy Rider Done Gone
- Late Night Blues & Boogie Woogie
- Early Days Back Home (talking)
- Cocaine Done Killed My Baby
- I Wonder Why
- It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
- You Gonna Quit Me Baby
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Mother Had A Sick Child

rec. 1964 & 1972

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Arhoolie CD 482

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301999Mance Lipscomb:
Captain Captain!

Texas Songster Vol. 3

- Captain, Captain!
- Ain't You Sorry
- Night Time Is The Right Time
- Mr. Tom's Rag (guitar solo)
- I Want To Do Something For You
- Long Tall Girl Got Stuck On Me
- Rag In A (guitar solo)
- Goin' Up North To See My Pony Run
  (previously unreleased)
- Santa Fe Blues (previously unreleased)
- Frankie And Albert (previously unreleased)
- Sentimental Piece In G
  (previously unreleased, guitar solo)
- Farewell Blues
- Shorty George (previously unreleased)
- Angel Child (previously unreleased)
- Black Rat (previously unreleased)
- Tom Moore's Farm (previously unreleased, take 2)
- Foggy Bottom Blues (previously unreleased)
- Heel And Toe Polka (previously unreleased)
- Going Back To Georgia (previously unreleased)
- Easy Rider Blues (previously unreleased)
- Why Did You Leave Me? (previously unreleased
- Me And My Baby (previously unreleased)
- Mance's Talking Blues (previously unreleased)
- Segregation Done Past (previously unreleased, story)

rec. summer 1960 in Navasota and April 1966 in Berkeley (some of it on F 1033)

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Arhoolie CD 465

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311999Blues At Kerrville

Dave Van Ronk
- Another Time And Place
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Sometimes I Feel Myself Slippin'
Roy Book Binder
- Kentucky Blues
Marcia Ball
- My Man Is A Two Timer
Josh White Jr.
- I Can Be Had
Angela Strehli
- Telephone Blues
Marcia Ball
- Under Love's Spell
Tom Ball/Kenny Sultan
- Honey Bee

Mance Lipscomb
- Texas Blues
Robert Shaw
- Put Me In The Alley
Juke Boy Bonner
- I've Had The Blues
Spider John Kelmer
- Midnight Special
Kenneth Threadgill
- Mississippi Delta Blues

Silverwolf CD 1016
322000Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb, Lightning Hopkins Live! At the 1966 Berkeley Blues Festival”

Mance Lipscomb
- Stop Time
- I Ain't Got Nobody
- Downtown Blues
- Shake, Shake, Mama
- The Sinking Of The Titanic (God Moves On The Water)
- Take Your Arms From Around My Neck, Sugar Babe
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Clifton Chenier
- Intro & Louisiana Shuffle
- French Zydeco
- Clifton's After Hours
- Scratch My Back
- Everybody Calls Me Crazy
- What'd I Say
- Old Country Waltz
- Louisiana Waltz
- Clifton's Boogie Woogie
Lightning Hopkins
- If You Don't Want Me
- I Feel So Good
- Last Night
- Goin' To Louisiana
- Black Cadillac
- Short Haired Woman
- Lightnin's Boogie

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Arhoolie CD 484

Arhoolie discography

332000Mance Lipscomb:
Trouble In Mind


- Corrina, Corrina
- Rock Me Mama
- Mama Don't Allow
- Get Away Blues
- Shine On Harvest Moon
- Good As I Am To You
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Get Away Blues
- Trouble In Mind
- Going Down Slow
- Night Time Is the Right Time
- Long Way To Tipperary
- So Different Blues
- Ella Speed
- See You Mama Every Night
- Late Hours Blues
- Nobody Cares For Me
- Shorty George Cut Down
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Aim CD 1306
342000Catfish, Carp, and Diamonds
35 Years of Texas Blues

Grey Ghost

Mance Lipscomb

Dave Tippen

rec. by Tary Owens
notes by Tary Owens

Catfish CD CTF 1004

Catfish discography

352001Newport Folk Festival
Best of the Blues 1959-68


disc 1
Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagger Lee
- Here I Am Lord Send Me
- Pallet On Your Floor
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Son House
- Preaching Blues
- Death Letter Blues
- Empire State Express
- Son Blues
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Louise
- If The River Was Whiskey
Muddy Waters
- Walkin' Blues
- I Can't Be Satisfied


disc 2
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
- Midnight Boogie
- On My Way From Texas

Mance Lipscomb
- Freddie
- So Different Blues
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic)
Jesse Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Double Double Do Love You
Rev. Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Intro/The Train Is Leaving #
- Drink Muddy Water #
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
Sleepy John Estes
- Clean Up At Home


disc 3
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Woman I'm Lovin' She's Taken My Appetite
- Baby Please Don't Go
Lightnin' Hopkins & Samuel Lay
- Shake That Thing
John Lee Hooker & Bill Lee
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues
- Let's Make It #
- Great Fire Of Natchez #
- Boom Boom #
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby
Memphis Slim
- How Long #
- Black Cat Crossed My Path #
- Harlem Bound #
- Piano Instrumental #
Muddy Waters & Otis Spann
- Blow Wind Blow #
- Flood #
Chambers Brothers
- CC Rider
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Blues With A Feeling
- Born In Chicago #

# 12 previously unreleased tracks

3 CD set
painting by Meredith Steele
notes by John Milward

Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2
362002Mance Lipscomb:
Texas Contry Blues

Vol. 5

- Texas Blues
- Black Gal
- Oh, Baby! (You Don't Have To Go)
- Whiskey Blues
- Haunted House Blues
- Mance's Blues
- Does She Ever Think Of Me
- I Just Hang Down My Head And I Cry
- Rag In F
- Wonder Where My Easy Rider Gone
- Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night
- Corrine, Corrina
- Evil Blues
- Mama, Let Me Lay It On You
- Louise
- Sometimes I Feel Like
- Blues In The Bottle
- Angel Child

from previous Arhoolie LPs

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Arhoolie CD 9026

Arhoolie discography

372003Mance Lipscomb:
American Folk Song Traditionalist Sings Trouble In Mind


- Captain, Captain
- Careless Love
- When Death Come Creeping In Your Room
  (Run, Sinner, Run)
- Alabama Bound
- Buck Dance (instrumental)
- Night Time Is The Right Time
- Rocks And Gravel Makes A Solid Road
- Johnnie Take A One On Me
- Motherless Children
- Which-A-Way Do Red River Run
- Trouble In Mind
- Ballad Of The Boll Weevil

+ CD bonus tracks:
- Boogie In 'A' (instrumental)
- Hattie Green
- Bumble Bee Blues
- Shine On Harvest Moon
- Cocaine Done Kill My Baby
- Hey Lawdy Mama
- Is You Gonna Quit Me Baby
- Frankie Was A Good Woman
- You Gonna Look Like A Monkey
- Black Gal
- Casey Jones
- After Hours (instrumental)
- Angel Child

expanded, remastered version of 'Trouble In Mind', the first-ever reissue since the album’s original Reprise pressing, features another 13 performances from those same 1961 sessions

20 page booklet
with original notes
by Mack McCormick
plus new notes
by Bill Dahl
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Rhino CD RHM2 7829
382003Roots of the Blues

- Keep On Truckin' Mama
- Freddie
3-CD Set

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Vanguard CD 79715

www.vanguardrecords.com

39200?Mance Lipscomb:
Mance's Boogie




soon to be released
(first issues of 30 volume
Tary Owens collection)
read more


Antones CD 54

402005Blues With A Message

1. I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatman
2. John Henry - John Jackson
3. Walked Down So Many Turn Rows - Mercy Dee

4. Tom Moore's Farm - Mance Lipscomb
5. Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
6. River Blues - Lowell Fulson
7. Levee Camp Blues - Fred McDowell
8. The 1919 Influenza Blues - Essie Jenkins
9. Why I Like Roosevelt - Willie Eason
10. Little Soldier Boy - Doctor Ross
11. Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams
12. I Got To Climb A High Mountain - Johnie Lewis
13. Depression Blues - Herman E. Johnson
14. Stockyard Blues - Johnny Young/Big Walter Horton
15. What Will I Tell The Children - Juke Boy Bonner
16. It's Enough - Juke Boy Bonner
17. Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
18. Back Home Blues - Big Joe Williams
notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie CD 510

Arhoolie discography

412009The Best Of Mance Lipscomb

- Baby, Don't Lay It On Me
- Charlie James
- So Different Blues
- Long Tall Girl Got Stuck On Me
- Joe Turner Killed A Man
- Willie Poor Boy
- Shake, Shake Mama
- The Titanic
- Mance's Blues
- Tom Moore's Farm
- Rag in G
- Ain't It Hard
- Captain, Captain
- Freddie
- Take Me Back, Babe
- Jack O' Diamonds
- Sugar Babe
- Ain't You Sorry
- Run, Sinner, Run
- Angel Child
- Blues In The Bottle
- Texas Blues
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Arhoolie CD 537

Arhoolie discography

 

Additional information appreciated !!!

 

sources / further reading:
- own record collection
- Ebay auctions
- diverse other internet resources

thanks for additional information to Michael Birnbaum

 

Mance Lipscomb bio

Pictures of Mance Lipscomb and Michael Birnbaum

Mance Lipscomb: Captain Blues

Alyn, Glen: I Say Me For a Parable - The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lispcomb (W. W. Norton & Co. 1993); click to enlarge !
Alyn, Glen: I Say Me For a Parable
The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lispcomb
W. W. Norton & Co. 1993

video clip from 'A Well Spent Life' (Les Blank 1971)
Les Blank: A Well Spent Life.- 1971 film (Kay Jazz on Video 955); click to enlarge !
Les Blank's "A Well Spent Life" 1971 film (Kay Jazz on Video 955)

Masters of the Country Blues: Mance Lipscomb and Lightnin' Hopkins.- Yazoo video 502; click to enlarge !
Mance Lipscomb Guitar Books, Records, Videos
at www.torvund.net

Feb. 9-11, 1968 Avalon Ballroom poster, designed by Joel Beck
Poster used to promote a pair of shows featuring the Siegel Schwall Band, Buddy Guy, Hour Glass and Mance Lipscomb Feb. 9-11, 1968 at the Avalon Ballroom San Francisco, designed by Joel Beck
Oct. 11-13, 1968 Avalon Ballroom poster, designed by Wes Wilson
Poster used to promote a pair of shows featuring the Grateful Dead, Lee Michaels, Mance Lipscomb and Linn County Oct. 11-13, 1968 at the Avalon Ballroom San Francisco, designed by Wes Wilson
October, 1970 Armadillo World Headquarter handbill, artwork by Jim Franklin
Handbill used to advertise the October, 1970 concerts at the Armadillo World Headquarters by Freddie King and Mance Lipscomb, artwork by Jim Franklin
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