Victor 23268 (US 4/1931)
Decca 7026 (US 11/1934)
= Decca 48000 (US 9/1946)
Decca 7044
Decca 7050
Decca 7059 (US 3/1935)
Decca 7069
Decca 7070
Decca 7083
Decca 7092
Decca unissued
MCA 3528
Decca 7103
Decca 7116
Decca 7133 (US 11/1935)
Decca 7139
1) Start of fifth verse: "Now if you dream about gambling, play 11, 17, and 61 If they don't give you your money, go buy you a Gatling gun."
# Collector's Classics CC25 (UK)Document DOCD 5038
2) Start of fifth verse: "Now if you dream about gambling, play 7, 11, and 71, Be careful, Buddy, 'cos you might have to run."
Decca 7147
Decca 7156
Decca 7159
Peetie Wheatstraw discography
Decca 7160
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Decca 7163
Decca 7164 (US 4/1936)
Decca 7165
Decca 7167
Decca 7172 (US 5/1936)
Decca 7177
Decca 7181 (US 6/1936)
Decca 7187
Decca 7188
Decca 7190
Alice Moore discographyPeetie Wheatstraw discography
Alice Moore discography
Decca 7191
Decca 7198
Decca 7200
Document DOCD-5150
Decca 7201
Decca 7212
Decca 7227
Decca 7228
Decca 7242 (US 11/1936)
Decca 7243
Decca 7253 (US 12/1936)
Decca 7257
Decca 7261 (US 1/1937)
Decca 7267
Decca 7272
Decca 7275
Decca 7285 (US 4/1937)
Decca 7305
Mary Johnson discography
Decca 7306 (US 5/1937)
Decca 7311
Decca 7319
Decca 7347 (US 9/1937)
Decca 7361
Decca 7390 (US 12/1937)
Decca 7391
Decca 7417
Decca 7431
Decca 7449
Decca 7464
Decca 7485 (US 8/1938)
Decca 7510
Decca 7540
notes (French) by Jacques Demêtre Brunswick 87 504 selection (Fr 1960)
notes (English) by Nat Henthoff, notes (German) by Dr. Dietrich Schulz-Köhn = Brunswick LPBM 87 504 (Germany)
notes (English) by Nat Henthoff, notes (German) by Dr. Dietrich Schulz-Köhn = Fonit LPB. 87504 (It)
Lonnie Johnson discographySleepy John Estes discographyLightnin' Hopkins discographyPeetie Wheatstraw discography
2 LP boxed setnotes (8-page booklet) by Samuel B. Charters same front cover as RF-202(X) (1964), but with more reddish lettering; notes captioned "RBF RECORDS album No. RF 202 Copyright © 1960"RBF RF-202 (US 1960)
(=) RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1964)
RBF discography
2 LP boxed setnotes (8-pp. booklet) by Samuel B. Charters originally issued with same front and back cover as RF-202 (1960) but with orange letteringRBF RF-202 (X) (US 1964)
later issued with addition "All original recordings are included in their entirety" on back cover= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1966?)
2 LP boxed set(abbreviated) notes by Samuel B. Charters = XTRA 1035 (UK 1966)
DLP gatefoldnotes by Samuel B. Charters = XTRA 1035 (UK 1966?)
= Fontana 982.099
2 x CDrnotes by Samuel B. Charters = Smithsonian CD RF 202 (US 2012)
RBF discographyXTRA Records discography
Brunswick 004.626 (Germany 1964) ("Sonderauflage")
Blues Classics BC 4 (US 1964)
picture on front cover does not show Peetie Wheatstraw, but Herman / Harmon Ray ("Peetie Wheatstraw's Buddy")from Paul Garon: The Devil's Son-In-Law - The Story of Peetie Wheatstraw and his Songs.- Studio Vista, London 1971, p. 63:Herman / Harmon Ray
Blues Classics discographyPeetie Wheatstraw discography
notes by Stanley Dance & Yannick Bruynoghe= Ace of Hearts H 0072 (UK 1964)
notes by Stanley Dance & Yannick Bruynoghe = Coral CP 58 (UK 1970)
= MCA 1352 (US 1982) (Jazz Heritage Series)
Down With The Game D 204 (UK 1968)
DWTG discography
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1012 (US 1968) "STEREO" on back cover black label: "390 East 8th Street, NY 10009" red/orange label: "54 King Street, NY 10014"
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart = Yazoo L-1012 (US 197?) "STEREO" on back cover "Waverly Place, NY 10014"
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart = Yazoo L-1012 (US 198?) "STEREO" on back cover "P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860"
= Yazoo 1012 cassette (US 1989)
= Yazoo CD 1012 YAZ (US 1991)
= Vivid VSCD-1156 (Jp)
Yazoo Records discography
Roots RL 318 (Austria 1968)
Roots Records discography
notes by Pete Welding Origin Jazz Library OJL 20
OJL Records discography
notes by David Harrison Saydisc Matchbox SDR 163 (UK 1969)
= Magpie PY 1802 (UK 1976) "Set Down Gal, Quit Your Low Down Ways" (1935-1938 vintage country blues)
Matchbox discographyMagpie discography
Kokomo K-1004 (UK 1969)
Kokomo Records discography
notes by Bill Givens and David Evans or Origin Jazz Library OJL 18 (US 1969)
Collector's Classics CC 25 (Austria 1970?)
notes by Jacques Demêtre MCA 510.116 (Fr 1974)
notes by Stephen Calt & John Miller Yazoo L 1049 (US 1975)
= Yazoo CD 1049 YAZ (US 1992)
MCA MCA-3526 (Jp 1975)
notes by Tashiaki Tanaka MCA / Victor MCA-3528 (Jp 1975)
4 LP setnotes (in German and English) by Robert Hertwig MCA Coral 6.30106 (Germany 1975)
= MCA Coral 82.024 / RCOX 7526/1-4 (Germany 1975)
(=) Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006)
MCA MCA-3539 (Jp 1976)
Stash ST-106 (US 1977)
Stash discography
notes by Stephen Calt 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014 Yazoo L 1073 (US 1986)
= Yazoo CD 1073 YAZ (US 1990)
Document DLP 512 (Austria 1987)
Document Records discography
5 LP box set (80 tracks) Jass Box One (US 1987)
5 cassette set (80 tracks) (=) Jass JCB1-1 - JCB1-5 (US 1988)
2 CD set (50 tracks) (=) Jass JASS CD-11/12 (US 1989)
Stash/Jass Records discography
notes by Don Kent Origin OJL-25 (US 1988)
notes (31st May 1987) continued on insert leaflet by Guido van Rijn, Cor van Sliedregt and Hans Vergeer Agram AB 2013 (NL 1988)
notes by Cor van Sliedregt, Guido Van Rijn & Hans Vergeer both photos on page 6 are laterally reversed!Agram AB 2015 (NL 1990)
3 LP set24-pp. booklet notesby 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)
notes by Keith BriggsDocument DOCD 5037
notes by Keith BriggsDocument DOCD 5038
notes by Keith BriggsDocument DOCD 5039
notes by Keith BriggsDocument DOCD 5040
notes by Roger MisiewiczDocument DOCD 5150
notes by Jacques Morgantini Black & Blue CD 59.250-2 (Fr 1991) (Blues for Ever series)
notes by Guido van Rijn Document DOCD 5216
notes by Klaus KilianWolf BC001 (Austria 1997)
P-Vine CD 5727 (Jp 1997)
EMP Musique 59302 (Fr 1998)
notes by Michael HeatleyCatfish CD 102 (UK 1999)
Catfish Records (UK) discography
4 CD set40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
2 CD setHistory CD 20.1934-HI (Germany 2000)
2 CD setnotes by Keith Briggs Document CBL-200023 (UK 2001)
2 CD setnotes by Keith Briggs Catfish KATCD 178 (UK 2001)
Catfish KATCD 179 (UK 2001)
Old Hat RCD-1004 (US 2003)
www.oldhatrecords.com
2 CD set archive blues 222067 (Membran Music) (Germany 2004)
Yazoo CD 2067 (US 2003)
Yazoo CD 2068 (US 2003)
Yazoo CD 2070 (US 2004)
from 1975: MCA Coral 6.30106 (Blues Box Vol. 1) and 1976: MCA Coral 30109= MCA Coral 82.040 (Blues Box Vol. 2)
2 CD set Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006) [Robert "Bob" Hertwig's label]
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 8 (rel. 2010, for 2011)
Blues Images CD BIM-108 (US 2010) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 8 (for 2011)
Blues Images calendar discography
LPNight Records NR07 (Fr 9/2018)
2 CDs and DVD size 32-pp. colour booklet in a DVD size case Frog Records DGF88 (UK 2019)
thanks to Alan Balfour, Joël Eveno, Peter Brown, Frits Segers, Helge Thygesen, David J. Costa, Klaus Kilian, George Mitchell, Amandus Grund, Benoît Brière, Howard Rye and Jeff Harris for additional info / scans
Kokomo Arnold 1930sfrom 193? Decca Records flyersource: Yazoo CD 2067/68 "Times Ain't Like They Used To Be" Vol. 7/8 Kokomo Arnold at Gallo's 29 ClubCorner 47th and Dearborn Streets in Chicago, IL, July 1938(Chicago Defender ad, 2nd July 1938)source: Leaflet accompanying Agram AB 2015photoshop enhanced by Stefan Wirz Kokomo Arnold, 1945(photo that was given to Demêtre & Chauvard by Arnold when they visited him in September 1959)source: Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: Voyage au Pays du Blues.- Levallois-Perret (CLARB-Soul Bag) 1994, p. 154 Kokomo Arnold starring at Bob Mays & Bob Simmons' Picadilly Inn2652 Indiana Avenue, Chicago, IL, June 1946(Chicago Defender ad, 15th June 1946, "Thornton Photo")source: Leaflet accompanying Agram AB 2015 Kokomo Arnold relaxes in a Chicago clubThis photo in 1963 has been given by Kokomo Arnold to George Mitchell, who posted it at facebook; a bit photoshop cleaned up by Stefan WirzA cropped version of the photo has been published in Paul Oliver: Die Story des Blues.- Hamburg 1978, p. 192;photographer's name not given Kokomo Arnold in his home, 4413 South Calumet Avenue in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Edition Atlas) 1993, p. 81;photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold in his home in Chicago, September 1959source: Front cover of EMP Musique CD 59302; photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold in his home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source of photo on the left: Philippe Bas-Rabérin (ed.): Blues - Les Incontournables.- Paris (Éditions Filipacchi) 1994, p. 13source of photo on the right: Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: Voyage au Pays du Blues.- Levallois-Perret (CLARB-Soul Bag) 1994, p. 146photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold and Jacques Demêtre in Arnold's home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Steve Cushing: Pioneers of the Blues Revival.- Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield (University of Illinois Press) 2014, p. 249photographer: Jacques Demêtre / Soul Bag Archive Kokomo Arnold's headstone, put up by André Cochepin Mingarroat Burr Oak Cemetery (4400 W. 127th Street, Alsip, Illinois), section Acacia Lawn, lot 323, grave 5source: http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/26871#.WAINKfmLSUkphotographer: Jocelyn Richez Leon Terjanian: "Kokomo Arnold"Blues Link No. 2 (Oct/Nov 1973), p. 27-30 The article above is 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, it may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.
Kokomo Arnold at Gallo's 29 ClubCorner 47th and Dearborn Streets in Chicago, IL, July 1938(Chicago Defender ad, 2nd July 1938)source: Leaflet accompanying Agram AB 2015photoshop enhanced by Stefan Wirz
Kokomo Arnold, 1945(photo that was given to Demêtre & Chauvard by Arnold when they visited him in September 1959)source: Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: Voyage au Pays du Blues.- Levallois-Perret (CLARB-Soul Bag) 1994, p. 154 Kokomo Arnold starring at Bob Mays & Bob Simmons' Picadilly Inn2652 Indiana Avenue, Chicago, IL, June 1946(Chicago Defender ad, 15th June 1946, "Thornton Photo")source: Leaflet accompanying Agram AB 2015 Kokomo Arnold relaxes in a Chicago clubThis photo in 1963 has been given by Kokomo Arnold to George Mitchell, who posted it at facebook; a bit photoshop cleaned up by Stefan WirzA cropped version of the photo has been published in Paul Oliver: Die Story des Blues.- Hamburg 1978, p. 192;photographer's name not given Kokomo Arnold in his home, 4413 South Calumet Avenue in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Edition Atlas) 1993, p. 81;photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold in his home in Chicago, September 1959source: Front cover of EMP Musique CD 59302; photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold in his home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source of photo on the left: Philippe Bas-Rabérin (ed.): Blues - Les Incontournables.- Paris (Éditions Filipacchi) 1994, p. 13source of photo on the right: Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: Voyage au Pays du Blues.- Levallois-Perret (CLARB-Soul Bag) 1994, p. 146photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold and Jacques Demêtre in Arnold's home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Steve Cushing: Pioneers of the Blues Revival.- Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield (University of Illinois Press) 2014, p. 249photographer: Jacques Demêtre / Soul Bag Archive Kokomo Arnold's headstone, put up by André Cochepin Mingarroat Burr Oak Cemetery (4400 W. 127th Street, Alsip, Illinois), section Acacia Lawn, lot 323, grave 5source: http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/26871#.WAINKfmLSUkphotographer: Jocelyn Richez Leon Terjanian: "Kokomo Arnold"Blues Link No. 2 (Oct/Nov 1973), p. 27-30 The article above is 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, it may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.
Kokomo Arnold starring at Bob Mays & Bob Simmons' Picadilly Inn2652 Indiana Avenue, Chicago, IL, June 1946(Chicago Defender ad, 15th June 1946, "Thornton Photo")source: Leaflet accompanying Agram AB 2015 Kokomo Arnold relaxes in a Chicago clubThis photo in 1963 has been given by Kokomo Arnold to George Mitchell, who posted it at facebook; a bit photoshop cleaned up by Stefan WirzA cropped version of the photo has been published in Paul Oliver: Die Story des Blues.- Hamburg 1978, p. 192;photographer's name not given Kokomo Arnold in his home, 4413 South Calumet Avenue in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Edition Atlas) 1993, p. 81;photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold in his home in Chicago, September 1959source: Front cover of EMP Musique CD 59302; photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold in his home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source of photo on the left: Philippe Bas-Rabérin (ed.): Blues - Les Incontournables.- Paris (Éditions Filipacchi) 1994, p. 13source of photo on the right: Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: Voyage au Pays du Blues.- Levallois-Perret (CLARB-Soul Bag) 1994, p. 146photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold and Jacques Demêtre in Arnold's home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Steve Cushing: Pioneers of the Blues Revival.- Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield (University of Illinois Press) 2014, p. 249photographer: Jacques Demêtre / Soul Bag Archive Kokomo Arnold's headstone, put up by André Cochepin Mingarroat Burr Oak Cemetery (4400 W. 127th Street, Alsip, Illinois), section Acacia Lawn, lot 323, grave 5source: http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/26871#.WAINKfmLSUkphotographer: Jocelyn Richez Leon Terjanian: "Kokomo Arnold"Blues Link No. 2 (Oct/Nov 1973), p. 27-30 The article above is 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, it may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.
Kokomo Arnold relaxes in a Chicago clubThis photo in 1963 has been given by Kokomo Arnold to George Mitchell, who posted it at facebook; a bit photoshop cleaned up by Stefan WirzA cropped version of the photo has been published in Paul Oliver: Die Story des Blues.- Hamburg 1978, p. 192;photographer's name not given Kokomo Arnold in his home, 4413 South Calumet Avenue in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Edition Atlas) 1993, p. 81;photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold in his home in Chicago, September 1959source: Front cover of EMP Musique CD 59302; photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold in his home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source of photo on the left: Philippe Bas-Rabérin (ed.): Blues - Les Incontournables.- Paris (Éditions Filipacchi) 1994, p. 13source of photo on the right: Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: Voyage au Pays du Blues.- Levallois-Perret (CLARB-Soul Bag) 1994, p. 146photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold and Jacques Demêtre in Arnold's home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Steve Cushing: Pioneers of the Blues Revival.- Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield (University of Illinois Press) 2014, p. 249photographer: Jacques Demêtre / Soul Bag Archive Kokomo Arnold's headstone, put up by André Cochepin Mingarroat Burr Oak Cemetery (4400 W. 127th Street, Alsip, Illinois), section Acacia Lawn, lot 323, grave 5source: http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/26871#.WAINKfmLSUkphotographer: Jocelyn Richez Leon Terjanian: "Kokomo Arnold"Blues Link No. 2 (Oct/Nov 1973), p. 27-30 The article above is 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, it may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.
Kokomo Arnold in his home, 4413 South Calumet Avenue in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Edition Atlas) 1993, p. 81;photographer: Jacques Demêtre
Kokomo Arnold in his home in Chicago, September 1959source: Front cover of EMP Musique CD 59302; photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold in his home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source of photo on the left: Philippe Bas-Rabérin (ed.): Blues - Les Incontournables.- Paris (Éditions Filipacchi) 1994, p. 13source of photo on the right: Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: Voyage au Pays du Blues.- Levallois-Perret (CLARB-Soul Bag) 1994, p. 146photographer: Jacques Demêtre Kokomo Arnold and Jacques Demêtre in Arnold's home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Steve Cushing: Pioneers of the Blues Revival.- Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield (University of Illinois Press) 2014, p. 249photographer: Jacques Demêtre / Soul Bag Archive Kokomo Arnold's headstone, put up by André Cochepin Mingarroat Burr Oak Cemetery (4400 W. 127th Street, Alsip, Illinois), section Acacia Lawn, lot 323, grave 5source: http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/26871#.WAINKfmLSUkphotographer: Jocelyn Richez Leon Terjanian: "Kokomo Arnold"Blues Link No. 2 (Oct/Nov 1973), p. 27-30 The article above is 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, it may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.
Kokomo Arnold in his home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source of photo on the left: Philippe Bas-Rabérin (ed.): Blues - Les Incontournables.- Paris (Éditions Filipacchi) 1994, p. 13source of photo on the right: Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: Voyage au Pays du Blues.- Levallois-Perret (CLARB-Soul Bag) 1994, p. 146photographer: Jacques Demêtre
Kokomo Arnold and Jacques Demêtre in Arnold's home (4413 South Calumet Avenue) in Chicago, IL, September 1959source: Steve Cushing: Pioneers of the Blues Revival.- Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield (University of Illinois Press) 2014, p. 249photographer: Jacques Demêtre / Soul Bag Archive
Kokomo Arnold's headstone, put up by André Cochepin Mingarroat Burr Oak Cemetery (4400 W. 127th Street, Alsip, Illinois), section Acacia Lawn, lot 323, grave 5source: http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/26871#.WAINKfmLSUkphotographer: Jocelyn Richez
Leon Terjanian: "Kokomo Arnold"Blues Link No. 2 (Oct/Nov 1973), p. 27-30 The article above is 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, it may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.
The article above is 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, it may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.