Illustrated Raymond Barrow discography

There is no photo of this artist known to exist

Raymond Barrow
b. apparently March 26, 1900 in LaFayette, Chambers County, Alabama
d. possibly April 20, 1931 in DeKalb County, Georgia
discography

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm*
1	1929	Freezone - Indian Squaw Blues (15156- ) # @ youtube Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues (15165- ) * @ youtube # rec. June 6, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Freezone, voc, prob. g * rec. July 7, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Raymond Barrow, p, voc [almost inaudible] Paramount 12803 Freezone discography
*LP / CD compilations*
2	1970	Stomp 'Em Down Piano Blues 1927-1937 James 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Keep A Knockin' An You Can't Get In - Evil Woman Blues Bob Call - 31 Blues Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues 'Spider' Carter - Dry Spell Blues Ell-Zee Floyd - Snow Bound And Blue John Oscar - Dyin' Mother Blues - Whoopee Mama Blues George Noble - If You Lose Your Good Gal, Don't Mess With Mine Pinetop Burks - Aggravatin' Mama Blues - Sundown Blues Joe Pullum - CWA Blues [Bluebird B5534] - Cows, See That Train Coming? [Bluebird B5534] Robert Cooper - West Dallas Drag [Bluebird B5459] Walter 'Cowboy' Washington - Ice Pick Mama - West Dallas Woman Black Snake BSL 18003 cover by John W. van Tilburg notes by Anonymous Black Snake BSL 18003 (NL 1970) [Dick Bakker label, 300 copies pressed] notes by Dick van Herrikhuysen & Eric Mossel = Oldie Blues OL 2808 (NL 1976) Oldie Blues discography
3	1972	Barrelhouse Blues 1927-1936 Bob Call - Thirty-One Blues Barelhouse Welsh - Dying Pickpocket Blues Joe Dean - I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today George Noble - Seminole Blues Lonnie Johnson - Sam, You're Just A Rat Louise Johnson - On The Wall Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues No. 2 Charley Taylor - Heavy Suitcase Blues Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive Jabo Williams - Polack Blues Jesse James - Ramrod Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues Will Ezell - Barrelhouse Woman (tk 2) notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls Yazoo 1028 = Yazoo CD 1028 (US 1992) Yazoo Records discography
4	1982	Paramount Vol. 2 1927-1932 'raised in the alley' (The Piano Blues Vol. 17) Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues Henry Brown - Eastern Chimes Blues Freddie Brown - Raised In The Alley Blues Skip James - 22-20 Blues Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues Charley Taylor - Heavy Suitcase Blues Barrel House Welch - Dying Pickpocket Blues Louise Johnson - Long Way From Home Louise Johnson - On The Wall Charley Taylor - Louisiana Bound Barrel House Welch - Larceny Woman Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Will Ezell - Playing The Dozen Freddie Brown - Whip It To A Jelly Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Blues Jabo Williams - Jab Blues foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4417 (UK 1982) (=) Magpie PYCD 05 (UK 19??) Magpie Records discography
5	1988	Barrelhouse, Blues & Boogie Piano (1927-1930) Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues Bob Call - 31 Blues Piano Kid Edwards - Piano Kid Special - Give Us Another Jug Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'em Down - Louisiana Glide James "Boodle It" Wiggins - Keep A-Knockin' An You Can't Get In - Evil Woman Blues - My Lovin' Blues - Weary Heart Blues - Forty-Four Blues - Frisco Bound - Corinne Corinna Blues - Gotta Shave 'em Dry RST Blues Documents BD 2033 (Austria 1988) RST discography
6	1992	Boogie Woogie & Barrelhouse Piano Vol. 2 1928 - 1930 Bob Call - Keep A-knockin' An You Can't Get In (James "Boodle-It" Wiggins, voc) - Evil Woman Blues (James "Boodle-It" Wiggins, voc) - 31 Blues Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues Blind Leroy Garnett - My Lovin' Blues (James "Boodle-It" Wiggins, voc) - Weary-Heart Blues (James "Boodle-It" Wiggins, voc) - Chain 'em Down - Louisiana Glide - Forty-Four Blues (James "Boodle-It" Wiggins, voc) - Frisco Bound (James "Boodle-It" Wiggins, voc) - What Do You Think This Is? (Marie Griffin, voc) - Blue And Disgusted (Marie Griffin, voc) James "Boodle-It" Wiggins - Corinne Corinna Blues - Gotta Shave 'em Dry Listen Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - Dyin' Rider Blues - 11.29 Blues (The Midnight Special) Rudy Foster - Black Gal Makes Thunder - Corn Trimmer Blues Piano Kid Edwards - Gamblin' Mans Prayer Blues - Hard Luck Gamblin' Man - Piano Kid Special - Give Us Another Jug notes by Mike Rowe Document DOCD-5103 (Austria 1992) notes by Mike Rowe = Document DOCD-5103 (UK 2008)
7	1998	Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here Strutting the Dozens Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps 1928-35 - Trenches - Turner Parrish - Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here - Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag - Cow Cow Davenport - Avenue Strut - Herve Duerson - Mixed up Rag - William Ezell - Louisiana Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett - Windy City - Arnold "Doc" Wiley - Slum Gullion Stomp - Cow Cow Davenport - Old Mill Blues - William Ezell - Wilkins Street Blues - Speckled Red - Easy Drag - Herve Duerson - Texas Shout - Cow Cow Davenport - The Fives - Turner Parrish - Arnold Wiley Rag - Arnold "Doc" Wiley - Playing the Dozen - William Ezell - Chain 'Em Down - Blind Leroy Garnett - Alabama Strut - Cow Cow Davenport - Heifer Dust - William Ezell - Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 - Speckled Red - Chimin' the Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown Yazoo CD 2034 (US 1998) Yazoo Records discography
8	2004	The Paramount Masters disc 1: - Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant - Red River Blues - Lottie Beaman - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weevil Jackson - Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Old Country Rock - William Moore - Keep A-Knockin' - James "Boodle It" Wiggins - Touch Me Light Mama - George "Bullet" Williams - Jack Of All Trades - Moanin' Bernice Edwards - Come on in (Ain't Nobody Here But Me) - Harum Scarums - All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me - Sweet Papa Stovepipe - Cotton Field Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson - Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey - Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand - Gay Cattin' - Papa Charlie Jackson - Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill - Eagles on a Half - Geechie Wiley - Wasn't It Sad About Lemon - Washboard Walter - Freakish Man Blues - George Hannah - Rough Rugged Road Blues - Bumble Bee Slim - Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy - Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens - Barrel House Flat Blues - Mary Johnson disc 2: - I Shall Not Be Moved - Charley Patton - Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow - Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves - Black and Evil Blues - Alice Moore - The New Dirty Dozen - Ben Curry - Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man - Freddie Spruell - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Jack of Diamonds Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend - Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd - Bunker Hill Blues - Side Wheel Sally Duffie - Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins - Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell - Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown - Fetch Your Water - Charlie Spand - Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - J.D. Short - Water Bound Blues - Alice Pearson - Broke Down Engine - Lonnie Clark - Dying Pickpocket Blues - Barrel House Welch - Seven Sister Blues - Edward Thompson - Old Timbrook Blues - John Byrd - The Preacher Must Get Some Sometime - Bob Robinson - Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas - The Ducks Yas Yas - Jack O' Diamonds - Boodle De Bum Bum - Ben Curry . Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James Wiggins disc 3: - Some Scream High Yellow - Bo Weevil Jackson - Jab Blues - "Jabo" Williams - Raised In The Alley Blues - Freddie Brown - Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams - Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Conjur Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Mama's Angel Child - Sweet Papa Stovepipe - Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman - Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant - Fat Greasy Baby - Robert Peeples - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - New York Blues - Blind Roosevelt Graves - Doctor, Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend - I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington - Red Letter Blues - Ruby Paul - Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards - Where Did You Stay Last Night - Famous Hokum Boys - The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill - Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace - Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geechie Wiley - The Boy In The Boat - George Hannah - Texas Blues - Marshall Owens - Evil Woman Blues - James "Boodle It" Wiggins - Three, Six and Nine - Roosevelt Sykes disc 4: - Tom Cat Blues - Freddie Spruell - Smiling Blues - Jack O' Diamonds - Mama, Don't You Think I Know - Papa Charlie Jackson - Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand - Prison Blues - Alice Moore - Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown - My Laona Blues - Teddy Darby - Pistol Blues - Bo Weevil Jackson - Pratt City Blues - "Jabo" Williams - Telephone Arguin' Blues - J.D. Short - Over To My House - Elvie Thomas - Hambone Blues - Ed Bell - Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy - Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Up On The Hill Blues - Edward Thompson - Key To The Mountain Blues - Mary Johnson - Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill - Red River Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson - Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards - Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Last Farewell Blues - Ruby Paul - Larceny Woman Blues - Barrel House Welch - Wicked Devil's Blues - Robert Peeples - Raggin' The Blues - William Moore 4 CD box JSP JSPCD 7723 (UK 2004)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 267
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Eric Simkin and Bob Eagle for additional info / scans

photo above of a barrelhouse piano player taken in Minglewood, TN in 1920
(Special Collections Photograph Archives of the University of Louisville)
source: Front cover of Document DOCD-5103
click to enlarge!