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B I R M I N H A M   J O N E S; source: Harris 1987, p. 291 ('Courtesy Record Research Archives')
source: Harris 1987, p. 291 ("Courtesy Record Research Archives")
Birmingham Jones
born Wright Birmingham     a/k/a "Birmingham Junior"
b. January 9, 1937 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
d. February 14, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois

discography

Front cover of Floatin' Bridge LP 1069

#year
of release
title / label / notes

7 inch 45 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 45 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11956BIRMINGHAM JUNIOR AND HIS LOVERBOYS

- Birmingham Late Hours (A) (instr)   @ youtube
- You're Too Bad (B) #   @ youtube

rec. 1956 in Chicago, IL; Wright Birmingham, hca, # voc; Freddy Robinson, Charles Jones, g; Billy Davenport, dr

Freddy Robinson / Abu Talib discography


Ebony 1007

21964/65Prez Kenneth

- Devil Dealing Part 1 (SS 3987 01A)
- Devil Dealing Part 2 (SS 3987 01B)

rec. 1964/65 Chicago, IL; Kenneth Kidd, voc, b; Willie Welchess, ts; Birmingham Jones, hca;Kermit Chandler, g; Leroy Spottsville, dr


On-Beat 2725

= Biscayne 009

31964/65PREZ KENNETH

- You Left Me To Cry (SS 3987 02A)
- Messin' With Mabel (SS 3987 02B) #   @ youtube

rec. 1964/65 Chicago, IL; Kenneth Kidd, voc, b; # Willie Welchess, ts; Birmingham Jones, hca; Kermit Chandler, g; Leroy Spottsville, dr; prod. by Prez Kenneth


Biscayne 015

41964/65Prez Kenneth

- I Am The Man Downstairs (ZTSC 104402)   @ youtube
- I'm Looking For My Baby (ZTSC 104403)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- I Am The Man Downstairs (alt tk) [Sunnyland KS 101]   @ youtube

rec. 1964/65 Chicago, IL; Kenneth Kidd, voc, b; Birmingham Jones, hca; p; Kermit Chandler, g; Leroy Spottsville, dr; prod. by Bill Tyson


Biscayne 005

   

- Drinkin' Again   @ youtube
- I'm Glad   @ youtube
- Chills And Fever   @ youtube
- Birmingham Bounce   @ youtube
- Tators And Matos [Birmingham Jones, hca not audible - to my ears!]   @ youtube

rec. 1965 in Chicago, IL; Birmingham Jones, voc, hca; Jarrett Gibson, ts; Donald Hankins, bs; p; Hubert Sumlin, g; b; dr

Vee-Jay / Vivid
(originally unissued)

Floatin' Bridge 1069

   

- unknown titles

rec. poss. mid 1970s in Chicago, IL; Birmingham Jones, hca; Earring George Meyweather, hca

unissued


LP / CD compilations
51970Have A Good Time - Chicago Blues
Chicago Anthology

Homesick James
- Little And Low ## [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
- Look On Yonder's Wall # [unissued Willie Dixon recording]  @ youtube
- My Home Ain't Here ## [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
Walter Horton
- I Need My Baby Blues * [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
- Have A Good Time * [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube

Prez Kenneth
- I Am The Man Downstairs § [Biscayne, alt tk!]   @ youtube
- Messin' With Mabel § [Biscayne 015]   @ youtube

Smokey Smothers
- I'm Lookin' For You + [Gamma GA-104]   @ youtube
"Poor" Bob Woodfork
- I Wanna School You Pretty Baby || [originally unissued]   @ youtube
- Ain't Got A Lousy Dime || [originally unissued; alt tk of "The Sun Is Rising"]   @ youtube
L.C. McKinley
- So Strange // [originally unissued]   @ youtube
- Mind Your Business // [originally unissued]   @ youtube
Snooky Pryor
- I'm Going Away \\ [Atomic-H unissued]   @ youtube
- Rest A Little While \\ [Atomic-H unissued]   @ youtube


compiled by Mike Leadbitter
Walter Horton photo (inner gatefold) by Marcel Imsand

# rec. August 1964 in Chicago, IL by Willie Dixon; Homesick James, voc, g; ## Walter Horton, hca; Henry Gray or Willie Mabon, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr

* rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; Walter Horton, voc, hca; Henry Gray, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr


§ rec. 1964/65 in Chicago, IL; Prez Kenneth (Kenneth Kidd), voc, b; Willie Welchess, ts; Birmingham Jones, hca; Kermit Chandler, g; Leroy Spottsville, dr

+ rec. 1968 in Chicago, IL; Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers, voc, hca, g; b; dr

|| rec. 1965 in Chicago, IL; "Poor" Bob Woodfork, voc, g; Henry Gray, p; Buddy Guy, Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James

// rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; L.C. McKinley, voc, g; p; g; b; dr

\\ rec. 1954 in Chicago, IL by the Rev. Houston H. Harrington for his Atomic-H label; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Homesick James, g


Walter Horton photo (inner gatefold) by Marcel Imsand

notes on four leaflets (December 1970) by Mike A. Leadbitter
 

inner gatefold with Walter Horton photo by Marcel Imsand



Sunnyland KS 101 (UK 1970)

Sunnyland Records discography

61972?Blues Rarities

LP 1:
J.L. Smith
- Got My Top Let Down
- If It's Too Late
- I Hate To See You Go
- Can't Stand Your Evil Ways
- Tears Won't Help You Baby
- Bleeding Heart
Mighty Joe Young
- Sweet Kisses

John Littlejohn
- Bloody Tears [T-D-S 4710]
- What In The World [Margaret 997]
- 29 Ways [T-D-S 4713]
- Kitty O [Margaret 996]
Little Eddie
- Teddy Bear Blues
- The Skrooch
Bo Dudley
- Shotgun Rider


LP 2:
Fenton Robinson
- From My Heart
- Say You're Leavin'

Prez Kenneth
- I Am The Man Downstairs
G.L. Crockett
- Every Goodbye Ain't Gone
Magic Sam
- She Belongs To Me
Andre Odom
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes
Jody Williams
- You May

Louie Meyers & The Aces
- Just Whaling
- Bluesy
Detroit Jr.
- The Way I Feel
Bo Bo Jenkins
- Tell Me Who
- Nothing But Love
Smokey Smothers
- I Got My Eyes On You
Eddie Taylor
- Big Town Playboy


2 LP set

Rarities no #, no label (UK)

71978Birmingham Jones / Kid Thomas
Blues! Harp! Boogie! 1957-1965


Birmingham Jones
- Drinkin' Again   @ youtube
- I'm Glad   @ youtube
- Chills And Fever   @ youtube
- Birmingham Bounce   @ youtube
- Tators And Matos [on label: "Mators"!] [actually Hubert Sumlin, g; Birmingham Jones, hca; p;b;dr]   @ youtube
Kid Thomas
- The Spell

Kid Thomas
- The Wolf Pack (tk 6)
- The Wolf Pack (tk 7)
- The Wolf Pack (tk 8)
- That's My Baby (tk 1)
- That's My Baby (tk 2)
- Come On In This House
- Need Your Love Baby
- Here's My Story



Floatin' Bridge 1069

81985Chills And Fever
Chicago Bluesmasters   Vol. 4

- Blue Evening - L.C. McKinley [Vee Jay unissued; Negro Rhythm 107]
- I'm So Satisfied - L.C. McKinley [Vee Jay 159]
- Down With It - L.C. McKinley [Vee Jay unissued]
- Lonely - L.C. McKinley [Vee Jay 159]
- Baby Please Don't - Jimmy Eager
- Please Mr Doctor - Jimmy Eager
- I Should Have Loved Her More - Jimmy Eager

- Beat That Bop - Jimmy Eager

- Drinkin' Again - Birmingham Jones   @ youtube
- I'm Glad - Birmingham Jones   @ youtube
- Chills And Fever - Birmingham Jones   @ youtube
- Birmingham Bounce - Birmingham Jones   @ youtube
- Tators And Matos - Hubert Sumlin (& Birmingham Jones)   @ youtube
- You're So Hard To Please - Willie Cobbs
- You Can't Love Me - Willie Cobbs



Charly CRB 1080

91987Chicago Blues Session Volume 1

Willie Kent
- I Am Worried
- All Night Long
- Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
- Bad Luck
Snooky Pryor
- It Seem Like A Dream
- Harp Boogie


Birmingham Jones
- Don't Slam That Door #   @ youtube
- My Little Girl #   @ youtube
- Strange City #   @ youtube
- I Was Wondering #   @ youtube
Jimmy Walker
- Mr. Freddie
- If I Had Listen To My Baby


# rec. August 1984 in Chicago, IL; Birmingham Jones, voc, hca; Eddie Taylor, Johnny B. Moore, g; Willie Kent, b; Timothy Taylor, dr


Wolf LP 120.847

(=) Wolf CD 120.848

101987/
1992
Chicago Blues Session   Volume 2

LP track sequence:
Chicago Blues Session   Volume 2
Smokey Smothers
- Schooldays
- Don't Judge Nobody
- Do The Thing
- Sad Day
Vera Taylor
- Look Out
- All Your Lovin Mr. Lovin


Johnny B. Moore
- Sacrified [sic, actually "Sacrifice"!] #   @ youtube
- Memphis Bound ##   @ youtube
Eddie Taylor
- Take Your Hands Down
- I Got Long To Stay
Homesick James
- You Treat Me Nothing
Floyd Jones
- Take A Little Walk With Me


CD track sequence:
From West Helena To Chicago
Honeyboy Edwards - West Helena Blues
Honeyboy Edwards - Drop Down Mama
Honeyboy Edwards - Build Myself A Cave
Honeyboy Edwards - Little Boy Blue
Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago
Magic Slim - Bring Your Fine-Self Home
John Primer - Mojo Hand
Eddie C. Campbell - My Sister Taught Me
Eddie C. Campbell - Rock Me
Eddie C. Campbell - Just Walking
Eddie C. Campbell - Last Affair
Eddie C. Campbell - Jump, Jump, Jump
Johnny B. Moore - Straighten Up Woman

Johnny B. Moore - Memphis Bound ##   @ youtube

# rec. August 12, 1984 in Chicago, IL; Johnny B. Moore, voc, g; ## Wright Birmingham Jones, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Willie Kent, b; Timothy Taylor, dr

notes by Daniel Gugolz

Wolf LP 120.848
(Austria 1987)


Wolf CD 120.854
(Austria 1992)

111990?Your Car Machine - Hot Blues 1956-1964

Little Sonny
- Love Shock
- I Love You Baby Until The Day I Die
- I Gotta Find My Baby
- Hear My Woman Calling
Willie Saunders & The Birmingham Blues Boys
- Cross Cut Saw
- Slim's Twist
Cousin Leroy
- Waitin' At The Station
- Crossroads


Birmingham Junior & His Lover Boys
- Birmingham Late Hours
- You're Too Bad
Mojo Watson & His Band
- So Broken Hearted
Guitar Tommy Moore & The 5 J's
- Your Car Machine
- I Ain't Botherin' Nobody
Big Charles Green with Lil Dusty Fletcher & his Front Page Clefs
- Rocking On The Moon Tonight
Ace Holder & His Blues Rockers
- Lonesome Harmonica
- Homeless Boy


notes by Patrick Banino

Black Arts 804 (Fr)

12(1988)
1992
From West Helena To Chicago
Chicago Blues Session   Volume 8

LP track sequence:
From Helena To Chicago!
Honeyboy Edwards, Johnny B. Moore - West Helena Blues
Eddie C. Campbell - My Sister Taught Me
Johnny B. Moore - Straighten Up Woman
Honeyboy Edwards - Build Myself A Cave
Eddie C. Campbell - Rock Me
Eddie C. Campbell - Just Walking

Honeyboy Edwards, Johnny B. Moore - Drop Down Mama
Eddie C. Campbell - Last Affair
Honeyboy Edwards, Johnny B. Moore - Sweet Home Chicago
Honeyboy Edwards, Johnny B. Moore - Little Boy Blue
Eddie C. Campbell - Jump, Jump, Jump

CD track sequence:
From West Helena To Chicago
Honeyboy Edwards - West Helena Blues
Honeyboy Edwards - Drop Down Mama
Honeyboy Edwards - Build Myself A Cave
Honeyboy Edwards - Little Boy Blue
Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago
Magic Slim - Bring Your Fine-Self Home
John Primer - Mojo Hand
Eddie C. Campbell - My Sister Taught Me
Eddie C. Campbell - Rock Me
Eddie C. Campbell - Just Walking
Eddie C. Campbell - Last Affair
Eddie C. Campbell - Jump, Jump, Jump
Johnny B. Moore - Straighten Up Woman

Johnny B. Moore - Memphis Bound

notes by Daniel Gugolz

Wolf LP 120.854
(Austria 1988)


Wolf CD 120.854
(Austria 1992)

131996Chicago Blues Harmonica

Snooky Pryor
- Look What You Doin' To Me
- You Better Keep The Arms Around Me
James Cotton
- Decoration Day
Lester Davenport
- Let's Go Party
- She's 41 Years Old
- When My Troubles End
Golden "Big" Wheeler
- I'm Ready
- Dirty Blues
Dusty Brown
- Say You Love Me
- Hey Baby
- He Don't Love You
Little Mac Simmons
- Come Back To Me

Birmingham Jones
- Don't Slam That Door [Wolf LP 120.847]
- My Little Girl [Wolf LP 120.847]
- I Was Wondering [Wolf LP 120.847]
- Strange City [Wolf LP 120.847]
Billy Branch
- Take You Down Town



Wolf CD 120.848

14200?Stompin' 27
22 Rockin' Blues Classics!

Schoolboy Cleve (Cleveland White) - She's Gone
Jo Jo Williams - Rock 'n' Roll Boogie
Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew) - It's You Baby
Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones - Certainly All
Calvin Frazier - Track Down
Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay
Eddie Burns - Biscuit Baking Mama
Little Sonny (Aaron Willis) - I Love You Baby Until The Day I Die
McKinley James - Ain't Gonna Pick No Cotton
Little Walter Jr. (George Smith) - Miss O'Mally's Rally
Dr. Ross (Isaiah Ross) - Industrial Boogie
Sunnyland Slim - Going Back To Memphis
John Lee (Henley) - Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Clarence Johnson - That's Not Right
Clarence Johnson - Baby Come Back To Me

Birmingham Jr. (Wright Birmingham) - You're Too Bad
Elmon Mickle - Jackson Blues
Elmon Mickle - Lonesome Highway
Jimmy Rogers - Sloppy Drunk
Joe Hill Lewis - Hydramatic Woman
Clear Waters (Eddy Harrington) - Boogie Woogie Baby
Clifford King - Chicken Shack Boogie



Stompin' CD 327

Stompin' Records discography

152003Midnite Blues Party

Blue Bull - I'm A Loser
The Nite Riders - I've Been Thinkin' Pt. 1

Birmingham Junior And His Lover Boys - You're Too Bad
Bobby Long - Don't Leave Me
Randy Hobbs - Slowly But Surely
Little Grier - But You
Bob Reed - I'm Leaving You
Junior Gordon - Call The Doctor
Al Garris - That's All
Don Hollinger - I Had A Nightmare
Sonny Harper - Lonely Stranger
Little Daddy Walton & Sons - Spend My Money
Jim Sweeney - The Buzzard And The Owl
Clarence Nelson - You Make Me Feel So Good
Baby Huey - Messin' With The Kid
Jay Lewis - Darling Let Me Know
Luther Thomas - Who Slipped Out
Rollie McGill - People Are Talking Pt. 1
Dorothy Berry - You're Driving Me Crazy
Percy Welsh - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone
Buddy Lamp - Have Mercy Baby
Thomas East - You're What's Happening
Jesse Gee - Don't Mess With My Honey
Good Time Charlie - Whoop It On Me
Willie Jones - Where's My Money?
Joe Hinton - Let's Start A Romance
Roy Lee Johnson - Two Doors Down


Compilation produced by Andrew Galloway and Eddy B.


Electro-Fi 3372

162008?Downtown Rockin' At The Striptease Club 500
14 Raw & Wild Blues Rockers From The 1960's

Lefty Dizz - We're Gonna Boogie
John Littlejohn - Shake Your Money Maker
Richard Riggins - Dust My Broom
Model "T" Slim - Jackson Tennessee
Poor Bob - Ain't Got A Lousy Dime
Alabama Watson - Cost Time
Big Jack Reynolds - I Had A Little Dog

Model "T" Slim - Shake Your Boogie
Poor Bob - The Sun Is Rising

Prez Kenneth - I Am Looking For My Baby
Johnny Young - Don't You Lie To Me
John Littlejohn - Bloody Tears
Otis Spann - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
Luke "Long Gone" Miles - Hello Josephine



B-Sharp B-SHARP 666/8

172011We're Gonna Boogie

Lefty Dizz - We're Gonna Booogie
John Littlejohn - Shake Your Money Maker
Poor Bob - The Sun Is Rising
West Virginia Slim Electric Blues Band - Only Sixteen
Richard Riggins - Dust My Broom
Willie Williams - Wine Head Woman

Prez Kenneth - I Am The Man Downstairs
Luke "Long Gone" Miles - Hello Josephine
Prez Kenneth - I Am Looking For My Baby
Model "T" Slim - Shake Your Boogie
Cliff Jackson - Nine Below Zero
Model "T" Slim - Jackson Tennessee
Big Jack Reynolds - I Had A Little Dog
Poor Bob - Ain't Got A Lousy Dime
Otis Spann - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
Johnny Young and Big Walter - Don't You Lie To Me
Homesick James - Crutch And Cane
John Littlejohn - Bloody Tears
Alabama Watson - Cost Time
West Virginia Slim Electric Blues Band - I Love You



Crawdad CD-001

182011Juicy Harmonica   Volume 2

- You're Too Bad - Birmingham Junior & His Lover Boys [Ebony 1007]
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis - [Rockin' 512]
- Falling Rain Blues - Little Willy Foster [Blue Lake 113]
- Alley Corn - Earl Hooker (Little Sam Davis, hca) [Rockin' unissued]
- She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 519]
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 519]
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix (Walter Horton, hca) [Checker 756]
- Old Battle Ax - Robert Henry [King 4646]
- Opossum Rock - Sonny Boy Williams [Duplex 9005]
- Just One Mistake -Willie Nix (Walter Horton, hca.) [Checker 756]
- Early In The Morning - Robert Henry [King 4646]
- Red Headed Woman - Baby Face (Little Walter, hca) [Savoy 1122]
- After-while - Papa Lightfoot [Aladdin 3171]
- Don't You Know I Love You - Woodrow Adams [Home Of The Blues unissued]
- Du Dee Squat - Little Luther [Criss Cross 110]
- Aw Shucks Baby - Little Red Walter [Le Sage 711]
- Complete This Order - James Cotton [Loma 2042]
- Laying In The Weeds - James Cotton [Loma 2042]
- Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot [Imperial 5289]
- Open Your Book (Daddy Wants To Read With You) - Percy Lee Crudup [Checker 754]
- Midnight Jump - Walter J. Westbrook & His Phantom Five [Bobbin 106]
- I Love You O Yes I Do - Woodrow Adams [Home Of The Blues unissued]
- Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 512]

- Birmingham Late Hours - Birmingham Junior & His Lover Boys [Ebony 1007)]


Sundown CD 4002

Sundown Records discography

192011Chicago Downhome Harmonica   Vol. 1

- Go Away - John Brim & His Gary Kings
- That Ain't Right - John Brim & His Gary Kings
- The Morning Before Day - Mojo & His Rhythm Quartett
- Memphis To Maxwell - Big John Wrencher
- Tell Me Darling - Big John Wrencher
- Never Leave My Homework Undone - Little Mack Simmon
- Teddy Bear Blues - Little Eddie
- Do You Want Me To Cry - Eddie Taylor
- I Need My Baby Blues - Walter Horton
- Can't Help Myself - Walter Horton
- La Cucuracha - Walter Horton
- You're The Sweetest Girl I Ever Knew - Slim Willis
- Next Time You See Me - Mack Simmons
- My Walking Blues - Little Mack
- You Lied To Me Baby - Sammy Lewis
- The Skrooch - Little Eddie
- I Got My Eyes On You - Smokey Smothers
- Bleeding Heart - J.L. Smith
- Messing With The Kid - Mojo & His Rhythm Quartette
- Blue Light - Mac Simmons

- Drinking Again - Birmingham Jones
- I'm Sittin Here - Eddie Taylor
- The Mix Up - Little Sonny & His Band


Olchicago 11001

202017Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

CD 1:
James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32)
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40)
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)
Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)
Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43)
St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50)
The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)


CD 2:
Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16)
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59)
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03)
Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52)
Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)
Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32)
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36)
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)


CD 3:
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04)
Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17)
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06)
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31)
Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)
Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11)
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)


CD 4:
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36)
John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06)
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45)
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09)
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41)
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)


CD 5:
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)
John Brim -Go Away (2:45)
John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51)

Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31)
Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48)
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42)
Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40)
Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27)
Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)
John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)


88-pp. book by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 84
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp. 326, 329, 516, 590
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 552
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 236
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 291
- Edward Komara: Birmingham Jones.- in Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues Vol. 1 (A-L).- New York/London (Routledge) 2005, p. 543
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Bob Eagle, Tom Morris and Dave's Orbit for additional info / scans

 

B I R M I N H A M   J O N E S, Freddy Robinson (later 'Abu Talib') & Jimmy Dawkins, c. 1956; source: Blues & Rhythm #145 (Christmas 1999), p. 8 ('Courtesy Abu Talib')
Birmingham Jones, Freddy Robinson (later "Abu Talib") & Jimmy Dawkins, c. 1956
source: Blues & Rhythm #145 (Christmas 1999), p. 8 ("Courtesy Abu Talib")

 

The Muddy Waters Blues Band: Little Sonny Wimberley, Sammy Lawhorn, S.P. Leary, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Muddy Waters & Birmingham Jones; source: Back cover of Douglas LP SD 781; photographer's name not given
Little Sonny Wimberley, Sammy Lawhorn, S.P. Leary, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Muddy Waters & Birmingham Jones
source: Back cover of Douglas LP SD 781; photographer's name not given


Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson & Muddy Waters
source: Back cover of Douglas LP SD 789

 

 

 

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