Illustrated Ed Bell discography

E D B E L L; source: front cover of Mamlish LP S-3811
source: Front cover of Mamlish LP S-3811 Edward Bell
aka "Barefoot Bill" aka "Sluefoot Joe"
b. May 1905 on the Davis Plantation near Fort Deposit, Alabama
d. 1965 in Greenville, Butler County, Alabama
discography

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm*
1	1927	Ed Bell - Mamlish Blues (4816-3) @ youtube - Ham Bone Blues (4817-3) @ youtube rec. c. September 1927 in Chicago, IL; Ed Bell, voc, g Paramount 12524 (US 1927)
2	1927	Ed Bell - Frisco Whistle Blues (4822-1) @ youtube - Mean Conductor Blues (4820-1) @ youtube rec. c. September 1927 in Chicago, IL; Ed Bell, voc, g Paramount 12546
3	1929	SLUEFOOT JOE & HIS GUITAR - She's A Fool (489-A) * @ youtube - House Top Blues (495-A) # @ youtube rec. c. April 1929 in Long Island, N.Y.C.; Sluefoot Joe, voc, * g; # Clifford Gibson, g QRS R7080 Clifford Gibson discography
4	1929	SLUEFOOT JOE - Grab It And Run (493-A) @ youtube @ Spotify - Leaving Train Blues (494-A) @ youtube rec. c. April 1929 in Long Island, N.Y.C.; Sluefoot Joe, voc; Clifford Gibson, g QRS R7084 Clifford Gibson discography
5	1929	SLUEFOOT JOE - Shouting Baby Blues (488-A) # @ youtube @ Spotify - Tooten' Out Blues (490-A) * @ youtube @ Spotify rec. c. April 1929 in Long Island, N.Y.C.; Sluefoot Joe, voc, * g; # Clifford Gibson, g; * prob. Clifford Gibson, p QRS R7086 Clifford Gibson discography
6	1929	SLUEFOOT JOE - Rocky Road Moan (496-A) @ youtube @ Spotify - Rosca Mama Blues (497-A) @ youtube rec. c. April 1929 in Long Island, N.Y.C.; Sluefoot Joe, voc; Clifford Gibson, g QRS R7091 = Broadway 5044 Clifford Gibson discography
7	1929	BAREFOOT BILL From Alabama - Big Rock Jail (149356-2) @ youtube - From Now On (149357-2) @ youtube unissued tracks from same session: - Country Woman Blues (149354-2) - Having Fun Blues (149355-1) rec. November 4, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Barefoot Bill, voc, g Columbia 14481-D
8	1929	BAREFOOT BILL From Alabama - My Crime Blues (149352-2) @ youtube - Snigglin' Blues (149353-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. November 4, 1929 in Atlanta, GA; Barefoot Bill, voc, g Columbia 14510-D
9	1930	BAREFOOT BILL From Alabama - Squabblin' Blues (150303-2) @ youtube - Bad Boy (150306-2) @ youtube rec. April 20, 1930 in Atlanta, GA; Barefoot Bill, voc, g Columbia 14526-D
10	1930	PILLIE BOLLING and BAREFOOT BILL - I Don't Like That (150301-1; 194912-2) @ youtube - She's Got A Nice Line (150-302-1; 194911-2) @ youtube rec. April 19, 1930 in Atlanta, GA; Pillie Bolling, voc, g; Barefoot Bill, voc, g Columbia 14544-D
11	1930	BAREFOOT BILL From Alabama - Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues (150304-2) @ youtube - One More Time (150305-1) @ youtube originally unissued tracks from same session: - Drunk Spell Blues (151035-2) - Starvation Moan (151036-2) [CD accompanying the Frog Blues and Jazz Annual Vol. 2] @ youtube rec. April 20, 1930 in Atlanta, GA; Barefoot Bill, voc, g Columbia 14561-D Starvation Moan (151036-2 = 130244-2) - test Starvation Moan on "Grannyphone" vinyl & polystyrene 78 rpm pressings
12	1930	ED BELL - Carry It Right Back Home (151037-2) @ youtube - She's A Fool Gal (151038-2) @ youtube unissued tracks from same session: - You've Got To Hand It Up To Him (151039-2) - She Can Use That Thing (151040-1) rec. December 4, 1930 in Atlanta, GA; Ed Bell, voc, g Columbia 14595-D
*EP / LP / CD compilations*
13	1960	Blues Fell This Morning Rare recordings of Southern Blues Singers Philips BBL 7369 track sequence: - Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black (Dallas - 10/12/27) - Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell (1934) - Chocolate To The Bone - Barbecue Bob (Atlanta - 13/4/28) - Court Street Blues - Stovepipe No. 1 and David Crockett (Atlanta 1927) - When You Get To Thinking - "Texas" Alexander and Lonnie Johnson (Chicago - 1929) - Tallahassee Blues- Tallahassee Tight (1934) - Skin Game Blues - Peg Leg Howell (Atlanta 1927) - Elm Street Blues - Texas Bill Day, Billiken Johnson (Dallas 1929) - Bad Boy - Barefoot Bill (Atlanta 1930) - When The Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie (1929) - When You Are Gone - Blind Boy Fuller (Chicago 1940) - Strange Place Blues - Bukka White (Chicago 1940) - Lonesome Blues - Henry Williams and Eddie Anthony (Atlanta 1928) - Walking Blues - Otis Harris (Dallas 1928) Flyright LP 103 track sequence: Lewis Black - Gravel Camp Blues (Memphis 1927) Bob Campbell - Starvation Farm Blues (New York 1934) Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett - Court Street Blues (St. Louis 1927) "Texas" Alexander & Lonnie Johnson - When You Get To Thinking (San Antonio 1929) Tallahassee Tight - Tallahassee Women (New York 1934) Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues (Atlanta 1927) Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Elm Street Blues (Dallas 1929) Otis Harris - Walking Blues (Dallas 1928) Barefoot Bill - Bad Boy (Atlanta 1930) Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony - Lonesome Blues (Atlanta 1928) Charlie Campbell - Goin' Away Blues (Birmingham Ala 1937) Garfield Akers - Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues (Memphis 1930) Sunny Boy & His Pals - Don't You Leave Me Here (Chicago 1927) Bill Moore - One Way Gal (Chicago 1928) notes by Paul Oliver Philips BBL 7369 (UK 1960) "Blues Fell This Morning" (=) Flyright LP 103 (UK 1972) "Goin' Away Walking" Flyright Records discography
14	1960	Blind Lemon Jefferson and Ed Bell The Male Blues Vol. 7 Blind Lemon Jefferson - Change My Luck Blues - Weary Dogs [sic!] Blues Ed Bell - Frisco Whistle Blues - Mean Conductor Blues 7 inch EP Jazz Collector JEL 13 (UK 1960) Jazz Collector discography Blind Lemon Jefferson discography
15	1965?	The Male Blues Singers Vol. 1 Casey Bill - Red Hot Blues - Worried About That Woman Barbecue Bob - Yo-Yo Blues No. 2 Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Next Week Sometime Mississippi Sheiks - I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You - The World Is Going Wrong Barefoot Bill - Bad Boy Blues Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues Big Boy Teddy Edwards - Louise Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Sleepy Man Blues Jim Jackson - Long Gone / Travelin' Man Otis Harris - You'll Like My Loving Charley Lincoln - Jealous Hearted Blues Collector's Classics CC 3 (Dk 1965?)
16	1967	They Sang The Blues (1927-1929) Mississippi John Hurt - Nobody's Dirty Business "Mr. Freddie" Spruell - Tom Cat Blues Ki Ki Johnson - Wrong Woman Blues - Lady, Your Clock Ain't Right Willie Reed - Leavin' Home Sluefoot Joe - Shouting Baby Blues - Tooten' Out Blues Blind Bobby Baker (= Bobby Leecan) - Macon Georgia Cut Out - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Frenchy's String Band - Texas And Pacific Blues - Sunshine Special Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face prod. by Arnold S. Caplin; cover by Paul Burgess notes by Arnold S. Caplin Historical ASC-17 (US 1967) = Historical ASC-5829-17 notes by Paul Burgess = Historical HLP-17 Historical Records discography
17	1967	Alabama Country 1927-1931 Barefoot Bill - Squabblin Blues - From Now On - My Crime Jaybird Coleman - No More Good Water Two Poor Boys - John Henry - Two White Horses In A Line Jaybird Coleman - Mistreatin Mama Ed Bell - Frisco Whistle Blues - Mamlish Blues - Hambone Blues Ollis Martin - Police & High Sheriff Wiley Barner - My Gal Mistreats Me Whistlin Pete and Daddy Stovepipe - Tuxedo Blues George 'Bullet' Williams - Frisco Leaving Birmingham notes by Jacques Roche Origin Jazz Library OJL 14 (US 1967) OJL Records discography
18	1968	The Blues Of Alabama 1927-1931 resp. Alabama Blues 1927-1931 Belzona/Yazoo LP 1006 track sequence: Clifford Gibson - Keep Your Windows Pinned Clifford Gibson - Don't Put That Thing On Me Edward Thompson - Showers Of Rain Blues Edward Thompson - West Virginia Blues Jay Bird Coleman - Coffee Grinder Blues Marshall Owens - Try Me One More Time Marshall Owens - Texas Blues Edward Thompson - Seven Sister Blues Edward Thompson - Florida Bound George 'Bullet' Williams - The Escaped Convict Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] - Snigglin' Blues Clifford Gibson - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Part 2 Clifford Gibson - Whiskey Moan Blues Yazoo CD 1006 track sequence:@ youtube Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] - Snigglin' Blues Clifford Gibson - Don't Put That Thing On Me Jay Bird Coleman - Coffee Grinder Blues Edward Thompson - Seven Sister Blues Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues Clifford Gibson - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Part 2 Edward Thompson - Florida Bound Clifford Gibson - Keep Your Windows Pinned Edward Thompson - West Virginia Blues Clifford Gibson - Whiskey Moan Blues Edward Thompson - Showers Of Rain Blues Marshall Owens - Try Me One More Time Marshall Owens - Texas Blues George "Bullet" Williams - The Escaped Convict notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt] on back cover: "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, NY 10009" front cover says Belzona but the record has a Yazoo back cover and a (black) "Yazoo" label - this LP was never released with Belzona labels Belzona L-1006 (US 1968) "The Blues of Alabama" notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt] "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, NY 10009" = Yazoo L-1006 (196?) "Alabama Blues" notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt] "Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, NY 10014" "Yazoo Records, P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860" = Yazoo L-1006 (197?) "Alabama Blues" notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt] "Yazoo Records, P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860" = Yazoo CD 1006 (US 1991) "Alabama Blues" Yazoo Records discography Clifford Gibson discography Jay Bird Coleman discography Marshall Owens discography George "Bullet" Williams discography
19	1968	Down South 1927-1941 Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama-Florida Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice Shreveport Home Wreckers - Home Wreckin' Blues Kid Cole - Hard Hearted Mama Blues - Niagra Fall Blues Robert Johnson - Milkcow's Calf Blues No. 2 Tommy McClennan - Deep Blue Sea Blues Fiddlin' Joe Martin - Son House - Willie Brown - Fo' Clock Blues Fiddlin' Joe - Willie Brown - Leroy Williams - Going To Fishing Barefoot Bill - Big Rock Jail Wiley Barner - If You Want A Good Woman Clifford Gibson - Hard-Headed Woman Blues - Levee Camp Moan Jaybird Coleman - Save Your Money - Let These Women Go - Man Trouble Blues Tallahassee Tight - Black Snake Blind Blake - Depression's Gone From Me Blues Roots RL 313 (Austria 1968) Roots Records discography
20	1969	Alabama Country Blues 1924-1933 Barefoot Bill - Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues - One More Time Pillie Bolling with Ed Bell - I Don't Like That - She's Got Nice Line Red Hot Ole Man Mose (Moses Mason) - Shrimp Man Daddy Stovepipe - Sundown Blues - Stove Pipe Blues Clifford Gibson - Beat You Doing It Ed Bell - Carry It Right Back Home - She's A Fool Gal Ben Curry - Fat Mouth Blues Sonny Scott - Red Cross Blues Birmingham Jug Band - Cane Break Blues - Kickin' Mule Blues Blind Bogus Ben Covington - It's A Fight Like That - Boodle-De-Bum Blues Roots RL-325 (Austria 1969) Roots Records discography
21	1972	The World's Rarest Country Blues Records Blind Willie McTell - B And O Blues No 2 (New York Sep. 21 1933) King Solomon Hill - Down On My Bended Knee (Grafton, Wis. c. Jan 1932) Blind Lemon Jefferson - Disgusted Blues (Chicago, Ill. c. Jan 1929) - The Cheaters Spell (Richmond Ind. Sep 24 1929) Sluefoot Joe - She's A Fool (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929) - House Top Blues (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929) Jaybird Coleman - Trunk Busted Suitcase Full Of Holes (Birmingham Alabama c. Aug. 1927) Ruby Paul - Last Farewell Blues (Chicago, Ill. Dec. 1927) Blind Willie Davis - Trust In God And Do Right. Grafton Wis. c. Jan 1930) William Harris - Electric Chair Blues - Kansas City Blues (Richmond Ind. Oct. 9th 1928) Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues - Skinny Leg Blues (Grafton, Wis. c. April 1930) Skip James - Hard-Luck Child - 4 O'Clock Blues (Grafton Wis. c. Feb. 1931) Charley Patton - Circle Round The Moon - Magnolia Blues - Mean Black Cat Blues (Grafton Wis. Nov. 1929) Strictly limited edition (150 Copies). Plain white cover white Separate Typed Listing Sheet. Note: "Every title presented on this lp has been dubbed from the only copy known to exist in the world. The makers have done their best to make these extremely rare and worn out 78's audible!" For Specialists Only FSO-001 (Austria [Paltram/Roots] 1972)
22	1983	Ed Bell's Mamlish Moan - Mamlish Blues - Shouting Baby Blues ("Sluefoot Joe") - From Now On ("Barefoot Bill") - She's A Fool ("Sluefoot Joe") - Mean Conductor Blues - She's Got A Nice Line ("Barefoot Bill With Pillie Bolling") - One More Time ("Barefoot Bill") - Ham Bone Blues - Big Rock Jail ("Barefoot Bill") - Tooten Out Blues ("Sluefoot Joe") - Frisco Whistle Blues - Carry It Right Back Home - House Top Blues ("Sluefoot Joe") - Squabblin' Blues ("Barefoot Bill") notes by Stephen Calt, Don Kent and Michael Stewart Mamlish S-3811 (US 1983) Mamlish Records discography
23	1984	Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues Ed Bell - Bad Boy - My Crime Blues - Snigglin' Blues - She's A Fool Gal - Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues John Lee - Alabama Boogie - Baby's Blues Pillie Bolling - Brown Skin Woman - Shake Me Like A Dog Pillie Bolling with Ed Bell - I Don't Like That May Armstrong - Nobody Can Take His Place Sonny Scott - Red Cross Blues John Lee - Down At The Depot - Baby Please Don't Go notes by Don Kent, Pat Conte, Gayle Dean Wardlow, Bengt Olsson Mamlish S-3812 (US 1984) Mamlish Records discography
24	19??94	The Story Of Pre-War Blues CD 1: Way Down South - Holler, Ballad, Gospel & Early Blues - Po' Farmer - Lemuel Jones - Tennessee Dog - Jimmie Strothers - Texas Traveller - Nathan Frazier & Frank Patterson - Guitar Blues - Sylvester Weaver - Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman - Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell - Don't Put That Thing On Me - Clifford Gibson - South California Rag - Willie Walker - You Got To Go Down - Blind Gary - Careless Love - Blind Boy Fuller - Crow Jane - Carl Martin - Apaloosa Blues - Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band - Barbecue Blues - Barbecue Bob - Atlanta Strut - Blind Willie McTell - Low Down Rounder Blues - Peg Leg Howell - If It Looks Like Jelly Shakes Like Jelly It Must Be Gelatine - Charley Lincoln - Wait And Listen - Fred McMullen - Red River Blues - Buddy Moss - No No Blues - Curley Weaver - No Woman No Nickel (No Nickel One) - Bummble Bee Slim - The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill - Mother's Prayer - A.C.Forehand and Blind Mamie Forehnd - Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee - Just Look - Arizona Dranes - He Took My Sins Away - Birmingham Jubilee Singers CD 2: T For Texas, T For Tennessee - Texas & Memphis Country Blues - Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band - Worried Down With The Blues - Hociel Thomas - John Henry - Henry Thomas - What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? - Washington Phillips - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bead - Blind Willie Johnson - Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard? - Joe Pullum - Range In My Kichen Blues - Texas Alexander - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Hungry Wolf - Funny Papa Smith - Ramblin' Mind Blues - Ramblin' Thomas - Lone Wolf Blues - Oscar Woods - Black Ace - Black Ace - Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Gus Cannon - Jim Jackson's Jamboree - Jim Jackson - You Shall - Beale Street Sheiks (Stokes And Sane) - Kassie Jones - Part I - Furry Lewis - That's No Ways To Get Along - Robert Wilkins - Highway No.61 Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band - Lake Michigan Blues - James Yank Rachell - Drivin' Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon - Charlie Pickett - Sweet Man Blues - Little Buddy Doyle - I Don't Want That Junk Outa You - Memphis Minnie - Moanin'The Blues - Allen Shaw - Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band CD 3: The Delta - Blues from Mississippi - Jail Bird Love Song - Mississippi Sheiks - Be True Be True Blues - Henry Sims - Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant - Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues - Charley Patton - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers - Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Callicott - Devil Got My Woman - Skip James - Old Devil - Bo Carter - Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy - Leavin' Town Blues - Ishman Bracey - Maggie Cambell Blues - Tommy Johnson - Lead Pencil Blues (It Just Won't Write) - Johnnie Temple - Married Man Blues - Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds - Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White - Future Blues - Willie Brown - My Black Mama - Part I & II - Son House - Cross Road Blues (take 1) - Robert Johnson - 4A Highway - Mr. Freddie - Stepfather Blues - Big Joe Williams - Don't Go Down Baby - Robert Petway - Cotton Patch Blues - Tommy McClennan - Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood CD 4: Any Place But Here - City Blues,Hokum,Jive & All That Jazz - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith - You Put It In, I'll Take It Out - Papa Charlie Jackson - It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - How Long Blues - Leroy Carr - Southern Rag - Blind Blake - Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ma Rainey - I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy - I'm Gonna Tell My Mama On You - (Big Boy) Teddy Edwards - You've Had Your Way - The Pods of Pepper - Underneath The Harlem Moon - Washboard Rhythm Kings feat. Leo Watson - Oh Red! - State Street Swingers - Chant Of The Rain - The Cats & The Fiddle - Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor - The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - The Chicken And The Worm - Teddy Bunn And Spencer Williams - Got The Blues For The West End - Lonnie Johnson - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red - I Can Tell By The Way You Smell - Walter Davis - More Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Two Street Blues - Charley Jordan - Blue Day Blues - Scrapper Blackwell - Mean Old Twister - Kokomo Arnold - Bad Luck Blues - John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson - Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo 4 CD set notes by Yoshio Nakayama P-Vine PCD 2772-75 (Jp 1994)
25	1995	Suitcase Full of Blues - The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill - Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell - Ramblin' Man - Ramblin' Thomas - Going Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough - Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home - Gus Cannon - Florida Bound - Edward Thompson - Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton - Rambler Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Up the Way Bound - Papa Charlie Jackson - Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams - Slidin' Delta - Tommy Johnson - Down the Country - Leola B. Wilson - M and O Blues - Willie Brown - Georgia Bound - Blind Blake - Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins - Sunshine Special - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Illinois Blues - Skip James - I Wonder to Myself - Tommy Johnson - Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas - Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell - Suitcase Full of Blues - Ishman Bracey compiled by John Tottenham, prod. for the GHB Jazz Foundation by Jon P. Pult cover art by Tony Mostrom notes by John Tottenham Black Swan HCD-23 (US 1995) (US 1995)
26	1997	Southern Country Blues Ed Bell - Bad Boy 3 CD set Star Sounds 3712 www.acrobatmusic.net
27	1992	Ed Bell: Mamlish Blues Complete Recorded Works (1927-1930) Ed Bell - Mamlish Blues - Hambone Blues - Mean Conductor Blues - Frisco Whistle Blues Sluefoot Joe (prob. Ed Bell) - Shouting Baby Blues - She's A Fool - Tooten Out Blues - Grab It And Run - Leaving Train Blues - House Top Blues - Rocky Road Moan - Rosca Mama Blues Barefoot Bill From Alabama (prob. Ed Bell) - My Crime Blues - Snigglin' Blues - Big Rock Jail - From Now On Pillie Bolling and Barefoot Bill - I Don't Like That - She's Got A Nice Line Barefoot Bill From Alabama (prob. Ed Bell) - Squabblin' Blues - Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues - One More Time - Bad Boy Ed Bell - Carry It Right Back Home - She`s A Fool Gal Pillie Bolling - Brown Skin Woman - Shake Me Like A Dog notes by Roger Misiewicz Document DOCD-5090 (Austria 1992) notes by Roger Misiewicz = Document DOCD-5090 (UK 1998) CDr notes by Roger Misiewicz = Document DOCD-5090 (UK 2008)
27a	1998	My Rough And Rowdy Ways Early American Rural Music, Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs Classic Recordings of the 1920 and 30s - Vol. I - Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers - Little Sadie - Clarence Ashley - Bad Luck Dice - Clifford Gibson - Way Up On Clinch Mountain - Jilson Setters - Frankie - Dykes Magic City Trio - Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson - Got The Jake Leg Too - Ray Brothers - Country Blues - Dock Boggs - Kentucky Blues - 'Little Hat' Jones - Prisoner's Dream - Allen Brothers - John Hardy - Sweet Brothers/Ernest Stoneman - Better Leave That Stuff Alone - Will Shade - Way Down The Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon/Sam McGee - The Fate Of Talmedge Osborn - Ernest Stoneman/Kahle Brewer - Viola Lee Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Rock House Gamblers - Cleve Chaffin/The McClung Brothers - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - All Bound Down - Haywood County Ramblers - Low Down Rounder Blues - Peg Leg Howell - Stack-O-Lee - Fruit Jar Guzzlers - My Crime Blues - Barefoot Bill - Jesse James - Ken Maynard - Chain Gang Special - Watts & Wilson Yazoo CD 2039 (US 1998)
28	2001	Prison Blues - Chain Gang Blues - Kokomo Arnold - Big Rock Jail - Ed Bell - He's In The Jailhouse Now - Jim Jackson - Prison Blues - Alice Moore, Ike Rodgers - Jailhouse Fire Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins - Christmas In Jail, Ain't That a Pain - Leroy Carr - Penitentiary Bound Blues - Sylvester Weaver - Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Midnight Special - Leadbelly - County Jail Special - Champion Jack Dupree - The County Farm Blues - Mae Glover, James Parker - New Prison Blues - Howell, Peg Leg - Dekalb Chain Gang - Fred McMullen - The County Farm Blues - Bo Carter - Alabama Prison Blues - Jesse Wadley - County Jail - Big Maceo, Tampa Red - Crime Don't Pay - Merline Johnson - County Jail Blues - "Funny Paper" Smith - Big House Bound - Blind Boy Fuller - Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels - Doin' A Stretch - Blind Blake, Alex Robinson - Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White, Washboard Sam - Prisoner Bound - Frank Busby, Honey Hill Catfish KATCD 179 (UK 2001)
29	2002	Southern Blues Vol. 2 Ed Bell - Mamlish Blues Acrobat ACRCD 131 www.acrobatmusic.net
30	2002	Country Blues - the essential CD 1: - Weeping Willow - Blind Boy Fuller - Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson - Weak-Minded Woman - Willie Baker - Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey - Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimborough - Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell - California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin - Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers - Mississippi Jailhouse Groan - Rube Lacey - Charming Betsy - Henry Thomas - Mamlish Blues - Barefoot Bill - Easy Rider Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Davidson County Blues - De Ford Baily - Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones - Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan - Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson - One Way Gal - William Moore - Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties CD 2: - Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern - Police Sargeant Blues - Robert Wilkins - Penal Farm Blues - Scrapper Blackwell - Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter - Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone - Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay - Nehi Mamma Blues - Frank Stokes - I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover - Happy Blues - Tom Dickson - Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding - C.C. & O Blues - Pink Anderson and Simmy Dooley - I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis - John Henry Blues - Evans & McClain - Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln - Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley - Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis - Bye Bye Mama - Buddy Moss - Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins 2 CD set notes by Gary Atkinson Document CBL-200008 (UK 2002)
31	2004	Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 2 2005 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - Drunken Spree - Skip James - My Black Mama Parts 1 & 2 - Son House - Blues, Oh Blues - Ma Rainey - Jungle Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson - Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell - Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks - Pony Blues - Charley Patton - Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - Jaydee Short - Depressions Gone From Me Blues - Blind Blake - Midnight Hour Blues - Ida Cox - Half Cup Of Tea - Beale Street Sheiks - Christmas Eve Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson Supplementary CD tracks: - My Buddy, Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon Hill - Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - You Gotta Have That Thing - Memphis Jug Band - Bottle It Up And Go - Memphis Jug Band restored by Richard Nevins Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (rel. 2004, for 2005) Blues Images CD BIM-102 (US 2004) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (for 2005) Blues Images calendar discography
32	5/2011	Ed Bell: Mamlish Blues - Mamlish Blues - Hambone Blues - Mean Conductor Blues - Frisco Whistle Blues - Shouting Baby Blues - She's A Fool - Tooten' Out Blues - Grab It And Run - Leaving Train Blues - House Top Blues - Rocky Road Mona - Rosca Mama Blues - My Crime Blues - Snigglin' Blues - Big Rock Jail - From Now On - I Don't Like That - She's Got A Nice Line - Squabblin' Blues - Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues - One More Time - Bad Boy - Carry It Right Back Home - She's A Fool Gal - Brown Skin Woman (with Pillie Bolling) - Shake Me Like A Dog (with Pillie Bolling) P-Vine PCD-20087 (Jp 5/2011)
32a	5/2011	The Frog Blues and Jazz Annual No. 2 - My Good Man Sam - King Oliver Orchestra - Nobody Else Will Do - Edmonia Henderson - High Society (test) - Sidney Bechet - Panana Blues (test) - State Street Stompers - K. C. Moan (test) - Memphis Jug Band - Demonstration of Buddy Bolden's cornet style (test) - Bunk Johnson - Preshious (sic) Lord (test) - Joe Taggart - Crossroads Blues #1 - Robert Johnson - Third Rail #B - Walter Barnes Royal Creolians - Messin' Around - Cookie's Gingersnaps - Chinaman Blues - Erskine Tate Vendome Orchestra - Wabash Blues (test) - Troy Floyd Orchestra - Dallas Blues - Marie Cahill - Starvation Moan (test) - Ed Bell @ youtube - Whoopee Stomp (test) - Frank Melrose - Senegalese Stomp - Savoy Bearcats - Beau-Koo - Jack Omer Simeon - Sidewalk Blues - Jelly Roll Morton Red Hot Peppers - Blue Rhythm Stomp - Sammy Price and his Four Quarters - Nasty But Nice - Bert Johnson - Chinese Memories - Pierre De Caillaux - Put On Your Old Grey - Bonnet Stan Atkins Band - Tomi Tomi - Kanui & Lula - Sweet Georgia Brown - Jim & Bob (The Genial Hawaiians) - Round & Round (test) - Casey Bill - Key To The Highway - Jazz Gillum remastered by Nick Dellow CD accompanying the Frog Blues and Jazz Annual - No. 2 www.frogrecords.co.uk
33	5/2012	Lonesome Whistle - An Anthology Of American Railroad Song disc 1: Big Railroad Blues Kelly Harrell - The Wreck On The Southern Old 97 Roy Harvey - The Brave Engineer Blind Joe Taggart - I Wish My Mother Was On That Train Ollie Rupert - I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun Sam Collins - Yellow Dog Blues Willamson Bros & Curry - Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand Blind Joe Amos (Blind Joe Taggart) - C & O Blues Roy Harvey - The Wreck Of The Virginian No. 3 Tenneva Ramblers - The Longest Train I Ever Saw Andrew & Jim Baxter - K.C. Railroad Blues Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues Ed Bell - Frisco Whistle Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rambler Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Sunshine Special Henry Whitter & G.B. Grayson - Train 45 Burnett & Rutherford - Ramblin' Reckless Hobo Allen Brothers - Chattanooga Blues "Billiken" Johnson, Fred Adams - Sun Beam Blues Cannon's Jug Stompers - Big Railroad Blues Tenneva Ramblers - If I Die A Railroad Man Pink Anderson, Simmie Dooley - C. C. & O. Blues G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter - The Red And Green Signal Lights Sloppy Henry - Royal Palm Special Blues Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones - Part 1 Frank Hutchison - Hell Bound Train disc 2: Travellin' Blues Nelstone's Hawaiians - North-Bound Train Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting For A Train Frenchy's String Band - Texas And Pacific Blues Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues The Carter Family - Engine One-Forty-Three Carolina Tar Heels - The Train's Done Left Me Lonnie Coleman - Old Rock Island Blues Darby & Tarlton - The New York Hobo E.E. Hack String Band - Western Kentucky Limited Eddie Mapp And His Harmonica - Riding The Blinds Buell Kazee - The Hobo's Last Ride Charley Patton - Pea Vine Blues Frank Hutchison - Cannonball Blues Jimmie Rodgers - Train Whistle Blues Will Bennett - Railroad Bill Furry Lewis - John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 1 Robert Wilkins - Long Train Blues Memphis Jug Band - K. C. Moan Darby & Tarlton - Freight Train Ramble Darby & Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line Blind Sammie (Blind Willie McTell) - Travelin' Blues Carter Family - Wabash Cannonball Washington White (Bukka White) - The New 'Frisco Train Willie Brown - M & O Blues Walter Davis - M & O Blues disc 3: Blow Yo' Whistle Freight Train Alabama Sheiks - Travelin' Railroad Man Blues Lullaby Larkers (Cliff Carlisle) - True And Trembling Brakeman Walter Davis - Railroad Man Blues King Solomon Hill - The Gone Dead Train Big Bill (Big Bill Broonzy) - Too-Too Train Blues Blind Willie (Blind Willie McTell) - B And O Blues No. 2 Sam McGee - Railroad Blues Memphis Minnie - Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing) Delmore Brothers, The - Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train Bumble Bee Slim - B And O Line Blues Dallas Jamboree Jug Band - Flying Crow Blues Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Monroe Brothers - New River Train Bill Carlisle - The Heavenly Train Crowder Brothers - Depot Blues Monroe Brothers - My Saviour's Train Little Brother Montgomery - A. & V. Railroad Blues Black Ivory King - The Flying Crow Blind Norris - The Katy Blues Wade Mainer - Train Carry My Girl Back Home Robert Johnson - Love In Vain Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris, Steve Ledford - Riding On That Train Forty-Five Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Golden Gate Gospel Train Roosevelt Antrim - Station Boy Blues Shelly Lee Alley - Train Whistle Blues disc 4: The Train Kept A' Rollin' Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) Cripple Clarence Lofton - Streamline Train Smith Casey - Santa Fe Blues Rouse Brothers - Orange Blossom Special Bukka White - Special Stream Line Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) - The Midnight Special Leadbelly, Golden Gate Quartet, The - Rock Island Line Byron Parker & His Mountaineers - C. & N. W. Railroad Karl & Harty - Gospel Cannon Ball Yank Rachell - Hobo Blues Arthur Crudup - Mean Old Frisco Blues Leadbelly - Lining Track (Line 'Em) Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee - Lonesome Train Sonny Boy Williamson - G. M. & O. Blues Hank Williams - Pan American Woody Guthrie - Hard Travelin' Muddy Waters - Train Fare Home T-Bone Walker - Railroad Station Blues Reverend Robert Ballinger - This Train Elvis Presley - Mystery Train Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' Chuck Berry - Down Bound Train Johnny Burnette & The Rock'N'Roll Trio - Train Kept A Rollin' Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow compiled by Russel Beecher 4 CD set Proper PROPERBOX 168 (UK 5/2012)

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Hatch End, Middlesex (Brian A.L. Rust), 1963/64, p.
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- London (Storyville Publications), revised 2nd ed. 1969, p.
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Chigwell (Storyville Publications), fully revised 3rd ed. 1982, pp. 67-68, 656
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 50
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 88
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition.- New York & London (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 124-125
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Helge Thygesen, Paul Vernon, Izumi Kinoshita and Roger Wade for additional info / scans

Ed Bell entry by Tony Russell
in Tony Russell & Chris Smith with Neil Slaven, Ricky Russell & Joe Faulkner: The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings.- London/New York/Toronto (Penguin Books), 2006, p. 31

heavily enlarged photo of Ed Bell
on the front cover of Document DOCD-5090 (UK 1998)

Robert Crumb's 'Heroes Of The Blues' card # 29: Ed Bell
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