'Scrapper' BlackwellFrancis Hillman Blackwellb. February 21, 1904 in Indianapolis, Indiananeither in (never existing) "Syracuse, North Carolina"nor in Syracuse (Darlington County), South Carolinad. October 7, 1962 in Indianapolis, IndianaThe Indianapolis Star: "Francis Blackwell, 1116 North Capitol Avenue, wasfound shot in the chest in the alley at the rear of 527 West 17th Street."buried at New Crown Cemetery, 2101 Churchman Ave., Sec. 20, Row 8, Lot 26 in Indianapolis, INdiscography
78 Quarterly #3: "estimated five or less"
Vocalion 1192
Vocalion unissued
78 Quarterly #3: "estimated less than five"
Vocalion 1213
Vocalion 1276
Vocalion 1417
Gennett unissued
78 Quarterly #3: "no known copies [of Gennett 7158]" "two known copies [of Champion 15973]
Gennett 7158
= Champion 15973
Gennett 7130
= Supertone 9647
Gennett 7190
Champion 15994
= Champion 50054
78 Quarterly #3: "one known copy [of Champion 16361]
Champion 16361
= Superior 2827
= Varsity 6049
78 Quarterly #3: "one known copy [of Champion 16370]
Champion 16370
= Varsity 6028
Champion 16452
= Superior 2765
= Varsity 6042
Champion 16682
= Champion 50014
= Decca 7362
Vocalion 1690
Vocalion 1721
Vocalion 02752
Bluebird B5914
Champion 50000
Champion 50036
Champion 50049
(=) Decca 7832
Decca unissued
Decca 7137
(=) Decca 3834 (revs: Bob Crosby & His Orchestra: "Yancey Special" (63386-A) 3/10/38 )
(=) Decca 25266 (revs: Honey Hill: "Boogie Woogie" (64225) (1938)
Bumble Bee Slim: "Blue Blues"Bumble Bee Smith: "Blues Blues"Decca 7098 (US 8/1935)
Broadway label picture from 78 Quarterly Vol. One, No. 7 (1992), p. 35= Broadway (Decca) 9005 (US 1935/36?) (as by Leroy Carr's Buddy)
Bumble Bee Slim discography
5 records 78 rpm albumDecca album A-235
Decca DL 5249: - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis - Yancey Special - Meade "Lux" Lewis - Blues On The Down Beat - Pete Johnson - Kaycee On My Mind - Pete Johnson - Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Cleo Brown - Boogie Woogie - Honey Hill - Texas Stomp - Dot Rice and Frankie Black
4 records 78 rpm albumnotes by Dave Dexter, Jr.Decca album A-610
10 inch LPnotes by Dave Dexter, Jr. (=) Decca DL 5249
Folkways FP 53
= Folkways FJ 2801
7 inch 45 rpm EPnotes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker Fontana TFE 17051 (UK 1958)= Fontana 462.021
notes by Duncan P. Schiedt (scannned by Alan Balfour) 77 Records LA 12-4 (UK 1960)
= 77 Records LA 12-4 (2nd print, UK 196?)
notes by Bill Weiner (=) Document DOCD-5275 (Austria 1994) "Scrapper Blackwell with Brooks Berry (1959-1960)"
77 Records discography
2 LP boxed setnotes (8-page booklet) by Samuel B. Charterssame 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) (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
CBS C 30496, SOP J-95 track sequence: - Midnight Hour Blues - Mean Mistreater Mama # - Hurry Down Sunshine - Corn Likker Blues - Shady Lane Blues - Blues Before Sunrise - Take A Walk Around The Corner - My Woman's Gone Wrong - Southbound Blues - Barrelhouse Woman - I Believe I'll Make A Change - Bobo Stomp - Big Four Blues - Hustler's Blues - Shining Pistol - It's Too Short # different take from the one on CL 1799
CBS CS 8511
= Columbia CL 1799 (US 1962)
= CBS BPG 62206 (UK 1962)
= CBS C 30496 (1971)
= CBS / Sony SOP J-95 (Jp 1975)
= Portrait RK 44122 (198?)
notes by Arthur Rosenbaum Bluesville BVLP 1047 (US 1962)
notes by Arthur Rosenbaum = XTRA 5011 (UK 1966)
notes by Arthur Rosenbaum = Stateside MSL 6070 (New Zealand 19??)
notes by Arthur Rosenbaum = Ace CH 255 (UK 1988)
notes by Arthur Rosenbaum = OBC CD 594 (US 2001)
= P-Vine PCD-5771 (Jp 2002)
three panel digipak including 16-pp. bookletincludes 9 bonus tracks = Soul Jam 806175 (EU 2019) (Collector's Digipack series)
Bluesville Records discographyXTRA Records discographyOBC Records discography
notes by Art Rosenbaum Bluesville BV/BVLP 1074 (US 1963)
= Prestige BV/BVLP 1074 (US 196?)
Bluesville Records discographyBrooks Berry discography
gatefold sleevenotes by Hans R. RookmaakerRiverside RLP 8002
= Jazz Story 40.001 (Germany)
= Mercury 6332.991(Fr)
= Pierre Cardin 92520 (Fr)
= Music Parade LEL 211 (It)
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)
Blues Classics BC-6
Blues Classics discography
45 rpm EPSwaggie JCS-118(Australia)
7 inch 45 rpm EPnotes by Charles Deal Collector JEN 7
RST BD-2074 (1989)
notes by Stephen Calt, Jerry Epstein, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart Yazoo L 1019
= Yazoo CD 1019 YAZ (1991?)
Yazoo Records discography
Mamlish S-3801
Mamlish Records discography
notes by Stephen Calt & Mike Stewart Yazoo L 1036
Yazoo L 1041
Jazz Piano JP 5006 (Dk)
MCA-3526 (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)
= re-released on Dust-to-Digital DTD-06 (2006), Dust-to-Digital DTD-12 (2009), Dixiefrog DFGCD8697 (2010)
Shirley Griffith discographyYank Rachell discography
Pete Franklin discography
notes by Art Rosenbaum Flyright LP 523 (UK 1977)
Flyright Records discography
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4407
(=) Magpie PYCD 07
Magpie Records discography
notes by Bob Halland Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4413
notes by Guido van Rijn & Hans Vergeer Agram AB 2008
notes by Guido van Rijn and Hans Vergeer Agram 2011
notes by Stephen Calt 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014 Yazoo L 1073 (US 1986)
= Yazoo CD 1073 YAZ (US 1990)
Old Tramp OT1204
notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)
Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)
Bluesville Records discography
Best of Blues BOB 13
= Best of Blues BOB10(2004)
RST BD-2074
Story of the Blues CD 3538 (1993)
Document DLP 563
Document Records discography
Best of Blues BOB18
4 disc setnotes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)
20 CD box set (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)
Brooks Berry discography
notes by Bill Weiner
Document DOCD-5275(Austria 1994)
notes by Dr. Guido van Rijn Document DOCD 5411 (Austria 1995)
Document BDCD-6022
Document BDCD-6029
Document BDCD-6030
notes by Don Kent Yazoo CD 2036 (US 1998)
Prestige PRCD-9917-2
Bluesville discography
Prestige PRCD-9918-2 (US 1998)
2 CD setnotes by Gary AtkinsonDocument CBL-200008 (UK 2002)
Yazoo CD 2070
from 1975MCA 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)
4-CD setDust-to-Digital
Dixiefrog DFGCD8697
112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)
I herewith confessthat I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilationcontaining only one (or two ;-) Scrapper Blackwell track(s) !!!
thanks to Alan Balfour, Helge Thygesen, Marc van Vuren, Russell Shor, Sonny Burnett, Marc Claes Wes Race, Scott Barretta and Mike Gann for additional info / scans, and to Morgan T. Jones for drawing my attention (once more ;-) to the birth location mystery
Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell c.1960source: eBay auction of photograph similar to the oneused on the front cover of Bluesville BV 1074photographer: Art Rosenbaum Pete Franklin, org & Scrapper Blackwell, g in Indianapolis, 1960source: http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2015/05/20/forgotten-graves-notable-indianapolis-people/26928607/photographer: Duncan Schiedt
Pete Franklin, org & Scrapper Blackwell, g in Indianapolis, 1960source: http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2015/05/20/forgotten-graves-notable-indianapolis-people/26928607/photographer: Duncan Schiedt