discography
Cool 103
* Red Lightnin' RL 0012
Checker 814 (US 3/1955)
= Checker 997 (11/1961)
Otis Spann discography
Chess unissued
# Red Lightnin' RL 0012# Ace CDCHD 610* Chess CHD 4-9340
Checker 819 (US 6/1955)
Vee-Jay VJ 146 (US 1955)
* Vivid 109
Vee-Jay VJ 171 (US 1955)
Vee-Jay VJ 192 (US 6/1956)
= Arteco Top Rank RS 126 (Fr 196?)
Vee-Jay 238 (US 1956)
Vee Jay 260 (US 1957)
= Halo H-1005 (1961 repro)
= Halo H-1005 (1961 repro, red wax)
* Vivid 109 (1964)
originally unissued
Testament TCD 6011
Vivid V-109 (1964)
# Testament T-2218* Testament CD 5018
Testament TCD 5018
Vee Jay VJS 1000 (US 1957) ("Blues And Gospel Train N° 10")
notes by Kurt Mohr = Top Rank RLP 109 (Fr 1959) ("Bluesville Chicago Vol. 1")
Top Rank Records discographyBig Joe Williams discographySnooky Pryor discography
7 inch EP Top Rank / Discophon 17.095 (Spain 196?)
Frankie Lee Sims discography
Bluesville 45-827
Bluesville Records discography
notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding Prestige PR 7389 (US 1965) (mono)
Prestige PR 7389 and Prestige PRST 7389 back covers are identical
Prestige PRST 7389 (US 1965) (stereo sticker)
original Febr. 1965 notes by Pete Welding = Bellaphon/Prestige BJS 40108 (Germany 1972?)
Prestige P-7389 and Prestige PR 7389 front and back covers are identical
= Prestige P-7389 (US 1987)
original February 1965 notes by Pete Welding = Ace CH253 (UK 1989)
original February 1965 notes by Pete Welding = OBC OBCCD-562-2 (US 1993)
OBC Records discographyMighty Joe Young discography
Testament TCD 5018 tracks: Billy Boy Arnold Band - Left My Happy Home # [Testament T-2218] - Billy Boy's Jump # [Testament T-2218] - Cryin' And Pleadin' # [Testament T-2218] - Left My Happy Home (alt tk) # - Baby Jane # - Rock 'n' Roll # - Baby Left Me A Mule To Ride * - Hello Baby * - I Love Only You * - Evalina * - Come See Me Early In The Morning (tk 1) * - Why Is Everybody Down On Me * - Come See Me Early In The Morning (tk 2) * - Somebody Help Me With These Blues * # rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Mighty Joe Young, Ted Mosley or Jody Williams, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Clifton James or Reynolds Howard, dr * rec. September 8, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Mickey Boss (Conway), ts; Mighty Joe Young, g; Jerome Arnold, b
Testament T-2218 (US 1969)
= Testament T-2218 (US 19??) (Special Re-Release by OJL)
notes by Frank Scott (=) Testament TCD 5018 (US 1995)
Testament Records discography
notes by Willy Leiser Vogue LDM 30175 (Fr 1973)
notes by Willy Leiser = Blues Legacy BL 12503 (Fr 1973) "Funky Roots"
Vogue 88697847832 disc 19 of 25 CD box set "The Perfect Blues Collection"
notes by Willy Leiser = Vogue LDM.30175 (Fr 2011) "Hubert Sumlin & his friends"
Joe Carter discographyHubert Sumlin discography
Second series (1959-1970): "with Jump Jackson and Friends" Eddie Clearwater - Ain't That A Shame - Dancin' Time - Cool Water - Baby Please Little Mack - Broken Heart Sy Perry - I Don't Understand You Woman Wilbur "Hi-Fi" White - Don't look now Little Mack - Drivin' Wheel Sy Perry - I Don't Really Have The Blues Little Wolf Jr - Inflation Blues Eddie Boyd - I cry - Vacation From The Blues Jump Jackson - Midnight Shuffle Sunnyland Slim - Something Is Going Wrong
Redita 108 (NL 1974) [first series] ("A Fan to Fan Production Manufactured by Independent Brothers Transylvanian Road Rumania")
Redita 108 (NL 1978) [second series][Redita is Robert Loers' label]
[Redita is Robert Loers' label]
°° on Northern Light LP 87007 (as by "Chicago All Star Black Blues Band")
notes by Willy Leiser Vogue LDM 30285 (Fr 1975) "Billy Boy Arnold Session"
notes by Anonymous (Peter Shertser?) (=) Red Lightnin' RL 0014 (UK 1975) "Sinner's Prayer"
Red Lightnin' Records discography
notes (June 1975) by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 0012 (UK 1975)
Big Bear BEAR 8 (UK 1975)
Big Bear Records discography
gatefold DLP Vogue DP 37 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)
gatefold DLP = Vogue 400037 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)
Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence: CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1 Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues Laura Dukes - Crawdad The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me # Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin' Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2 Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me # The Aces - Blue Shadows Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now James De Shay - Crossroads °° James De Shay - Pony Blues °° James De Shay - Mistake In Life °° James De Shay - Evil Is Going On °° James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor °° James De Shay - Forty Four °° Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People °° Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down °° Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk °° Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye °° Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom °° Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues °° CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °° Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °° Memphis Slim - All By Myself °° Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °° Memphis Slim - In The Evening °° Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °° Matt Murphy - Taking Off °° Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °° °° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks # rec. January 28, 1976 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; The Aces: Louis Myers, g; David Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
DLPnotes by Giles Oakley Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976)
3 CD box setnotes by Neil Slaven = Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series"
Northern Light FSA 87007 (US 1977)
= Northern Light CD FS87007
Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530 track sequence Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °° Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin' Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee °° rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; compiled and edited by Norman Dayron & Mark Naftalin
notes by Pete Welding Roots TR 1005 (US 1977)
= CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977)
notes by Pete Welding (=) TK Records TKR 82539 (UK 1978) "Rare Gems Vol. 1" (LP 1 only)
notes by Pete Welding (=) Bullseye Blues CD BB 9530 (US 1993) "Rare Chicago Blues 1962-1968"
Big Bear BDUB 2
gatefold DLP Big Bear / Intercord INT 156.401 (UK 1978)
notes by Bruce Iglauer Alligator AL 4717 (US 1979)
notes by Bruce Iglauer = Sonet SNTF 821 (UK 1979)
notes by Bruce Iglauer = Alligator ALCD 4717 (US 1992)
Johnny Jones discography
notes by Mick Atherton Red Lightnin' RL 0024 (UK 1979)
= Rockhouse LP-8008 (NL 1980)
= Rockhouse 67462 (Fr 1981)
notes by Mike Atherton= Smokestack Lightning SLS 0174 (1982)
notes by Neil Slaven (=) Sequel NEBCD 850 (UK 1996)
notes (February 2007) by Alfie Falckenbach= Music Avenue CD 250167 (Belgium 2007) "Dirty Mother..."
notes by Alfie Falckenbach= Blues Boulevard / Music Avenue 250288 (Be 2011) "Blue And Lonesome"
notes by Nick Dalton = Angel Air SJPCD415 (UK 2013) "Chicago Blues from Islington Mews 1977"
notes by George Mitchell (May 1979) & Bruce Bastin Flyright LP 549 (UK 1979)
Flyright Records discography
Vee-Jay ULS-1911-JY (Jp 1979)
7 inch EP Red Lightnin' RLEP 0027 (UK 1979)
Red Lightnin' Records discographyLittle Walter discography
notes (12/1980) by Julio Finn Charly CRB 1016 (UK 1980)
= Zafiro 30112722 (Sp 1991)
12 inch LP Red Lightnin' RLEP 0045 (UK 1983)
Red Lightnin' Records discographyGood Rockin' Charles discographyOtis "Big Smokey" Smothers discography
notes by Al Schubaro Blue Phoenix 33.726 (Fr 1984)
= Evidence ECD 26061-2 (US 1995)
notes (8-pp. booklet) by Tony Collins Ace CH 250 (UK 1988)
= Ace CDCH 250 (UK 1988)
Bluesville Records discographyHomesick James discographyLightning Hopkins discographyLonnie Johnson discographyRoosevelt Sykes discography
Melodia M60 49375 004 (Russia 1990)
7 inch 45 rpm, plain white sleeve Shag Archive AR-109 (US 1993)
notes by Kirk SilsbyAlligator ALCD 4815 (US 1993)
notes by Bruce IglauerAlligator ALCD 4836 (US 1995)
notes by Pete Welding Testament TCD-4001 (US 1995)
4 CD set with 44-pp. bookletCharly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
notes by Michael Heatley Catfish KATCD 105 (UK 1997)
Catfish Records (UK) discography
notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6011 (US 1998)
= P-Vine PCD-5575 (Jp)
notes by Keith Briggs Catfish KATCD 130 (UK 1999)
Van der Linden VDL103
= CrossCut CCD 11064 (Germany 2000) "10th Anniversary Edition"
Catfish KATCD 141 (UK 2000)
Delmark DE-746 (US 2000)
Stony Plain SPCD 1266 (Ca 2001)
notes by Mark HummelElectro-Fi 3392 (Ca 2005)
Electro-Fi 3405 (Ca 2008)
2 CD set Raisin Music RM1001 (NL 2009)
= Raisin Music RM1001 (NL 2011)
notes by Bob RiesmanElectro-Fi 3430 (Ca 2012)
notes by Duke RobillardStony Plain CD321378 (Ca 2014)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)
thanks to Alan Balfour, Robert Riesman, Bruce Roberts, Johnny Alrxander, Lex Jansen, Benoît Brière and Gerrit Robs for additional info / scans