1) "There is some evidence (including his death certificate) that he was born in 1896, at 'New Port News, Va.,' but raised in Florida and/or Georgia." (footnote 62 in Eagle & LeBlanc 2013, p. 527)
Paramount 12387
Paramount 12392
Paramount 12413
Paramount 12419
= Broadway 5005
Paramount 12426
"In the early days as well as later on, [Storyville owner] Karl [Emil Knudsen] always did his homework probably in order to determine what was to be issued or not. Already at this time he acquired material from various sources and he often received test pressings of items to be considered for release. To the purpose of identification he used 'blank' Storyville labels and typed source, name of artist and tune title for further reference. Then he listened ..." (source: http://www.karl-emil-knudsen.dk/KEKside/Man%20of%20great%20........pdf)
Paramount 12431
= Storyville Param. 12431 test pressing (Denmark 19??)
Paramount 12442
= Broadway 5040
Paramount 12444
Paramount 12455
= Jazz Collector L 57 (UK) ("Morning Hours Blues" / "Weepin' Women Blues")
AFCDJ A11
Paramount 12464
Paramount 12479
Paramount unissued
# Wayhi M 33 (cassette)Document DOCD 5062
* (all dubbed from a test pressing of take 3)Riverside RM/RLP 8804Pierre Cardin PC 93.521Mercury 6332 984BYG 529.077Document DOCD 5024
Paramount 12497 (US 1927)
mid-1927 Paramount ad; source: Alex van der Tuuk: Paramount's Rise and Fall - The Roots and History of Paramount Records.- Denver, Colorado (Mainspring Press) 2nd ed., 2012, p. 125 ("Dennis Klopp Collection")
Paramount 12565
= Broadway 5053
# = Tempo R 40
Gus Cannon discography
Paramount 12571
Paramount 12583
Paramount 12588
= Broadway 5054
Paramount 12597
Paramount 12604
Paramount 12606
= Tempo R 23 (UK 1950?)
E-Disc R1 (Sweden 195?)
C.C. = "compound cathartic" laxative
Paramount 12634
= Broadway 5084 (as by Blind George Martin)
= XX 7 (195? Australia) (as by Gorgeous Weed)
Paramount 12635 "20529"
Paramount 12635
Paramount 12643
Paramount 12645
Paramount 12655
Paramount 12657
Paramount 12663
Paramount 12673
# = Century 3010= Jazz Collector L 97= Jazz Document 002= Ampersand R 105(Australia)
Paramount 12681
* = Century 3027Jazz Collector L97
* = XX 4 (195? Australia) (as by Gorgeous Weed And Stinking Socks)
Paramount 12695
Paramount 12697
Paramount 12710
Paramount 12723
Paramount 12737
Paramount 12754
Paramount 12767
Paramount 12790
Charlie Spand discography
Paramount 12794
= Broadway 5080 (as by Blind George Martin )
Paramount 12810
Paramount 12824
Paramount 12863
# = Columbia 37336Columbia DCH360 (NL)Columbia DZ999 (Switzerland)Signature 65101 (as by Charlie Spand)
Paramount 12867
Paramount 12882
"Hometown Skiffle Part I" actually consists of brief contributions: The Hokum Boys: Shake That Thing Will Ezell: Mixed Up Rag Blind Blake: A Blues "Hometown Skiffle Part II" actually consists of brief contributions: Blind Lemon Jefferson [or rather: Blind Blake impersonating Blind Lemon Jefferson]: Introduction The Hokum Boys: Sellin' That Stuff Charlie Spand: Soon This Morning Papa Charlie Jackson: Shake That Thing
Paramount 12886 (US 2/1930)
= Steiner-Davis SD 107 (US 1948) (as by Charlie Spand, Will Ezell, Alex Hill, Papa Charlie and others)
= Tempo R 20 (UK 1950)
Blind Blake discographyBlind Lemon Jefferson discographyCharlie Spand discographyTempo Records discography
1) according to Guido van Rijn's and Alex van der Tuuk's research into the chronology of Paramount recordings, published in "New York Recording Laboratories Matrix Series", Volume 2 (2012)
unissued tests:21453-1-2 (unissued take 1)21454-1-2 (unissued both takes)
Paramount 12888
= Broadway 5105
Paramount 12892
Paramount 12904
Paramount 12911
Papa Charlie Jackson discography
Paramount 12918
Paramount 12944
Paramount, prob. unissued
Paramount 12964
Paramount 12978
# prob. Paramount 13121
Paramount 12994
Paramount 13016
Paramount 13035
Paramount 13103
Paramount 13115 not yet surfacedParamount 13115 came to light 2012 and is now in the possession of Marshall Wyatt of Old Hat Records
Paramount 13115
Blues Images Vol. 11 (US 2014)
Paramount 13123 came to light 2007 and is now in the possession of Marshall Wyatt of Old Hat Records
Paramount 13123
Blues Images Vol. 6 (US 2009)
Paramount 13138
Paramount 13137
= Crown 3357
= Varsity 6002
Signature 65101
set of four 78 rpm recordsColumbia C-130
Columbia 37335
Columbia 37336
Tempo R 23 (UK)
Paramount 12565 /Paramount 12634
Tempo R 40 (UK)
XX 4 (Australia) [William Henry 'Bill' Miller's label]
XX 7 (Australia)
Jazz Collector L 97
Folkways FP 73
= Folkways FJ 2810
10 inch LPRiverside RLP 1002
= London AL 3505 (UK)
10 inch LPRiverside RLP 1034 (US 1955)
= London AL 3537 (UK 1955)
London Records discography
10 inch LPRiverside RLP 1015
= London AL 3513 (UK)
notes by Orrin Keepnews Riverside RLP 12-104
notes by Orrin Keepnews Riverside RLP 12-108
10 inch LP= London AL 3560 (UK 1957)
notes by Paul Oliver Ristic LP-18 (UK 1958) (John R.T. Davis' label)
10 inch LPnotes by Paul Oliver = Jazz Collector JFL 2001 (UK 1959)
7 inch EPnotes by Frank Owen Jazz Collector JEL 4 (UK 1959)
7 inch EPnotes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter Jazz Collector JEL 12 (UK 1960)
notes by Orrin KeepnewsRiverside RLP 12-135 (US 1960?)
7 inch EP Jazz Collector JEL 14 (UK 1963?)
notes by Tony Standish Heritage HLP 1011 (UK 1963/64?)
= Collectors Classics CC 6 (Denmark)
Heritage Records discographyCollector's Classics discographyPapa Charlie Jackson discography
notes by "H.R.R." [Dr. Hans R. Rookmaaker] Riverside RM 8004 (NL)Riverside RLP 8004 (UK) (Classic Jazz Masters)
= BYG 529.077 (Fr 1970) (Archive of Jazz Vol. 27)
notes by Arnold S. Caplin= Biograph BLP-12037 (US 1972 "Volume Four") "Rope Stretchin' Blues"
= Pierre Cardin PC 93.521 (Fr 197?) (Golden Jazz)
= Mercury 6332 984 (Fr 197?) (Classic Jazz Masters)
Biograph Records discography
7 inch EPPirate MPC 506 (Sweden 1965)
Milestone MLP 2002
Milestone Records discography
Melodeon MLP 7324 (US 1966)
Melodeon MLP 7324 ("Biograph" reissue 197?) "Party Blues"
Melodeon Records discography
Jazz Collector JGL 9002 (UK 1968)
notes by Arnold S. Caplin Biograph BLP-12003 (US 1968)
= Blue Moon BMLP 1.044 (1987)
Roots RL 310 (Austria 1968)
Roots Records discography
Roots RL-311 (Austria 1968)
Roots RL 313 (Austria 1968)
notes by Don KentBelzona L 1002 (US 1968)
notes by Don Kent = Yazoo L 1002
Yazoo Records discography
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1012 (US 1968) "STEREO" on back cover black label: "390 East 8th Street, NY 10009" red/orange label: "54 King Street, NY 10014"
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart = Yazoo L-1012 (US 197?) "STEREO" on back cover "Waverly Place, NY 10014"
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart = Yazoo L-1012 (US 198?) "STEREO" on back cover "P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860"
= Yazoo 1012 cassette (US 1989)
= Yazoo CD 1012 YAZ (US 1991)
= Vivid VSCD-1156 (Jp)
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart 390 East 8th Street, N.Y. 10009 = Yazoo L-1013 (US 1968)
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart 54 King Street, N.Y. 10014 = Yazoo L-1013 (US 196?)
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014 = Yazoo L-1013 (US 196?) catalog # on peacock labels to the left
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart P.O. Box 810, Newton, NJ 07860 = Yazoo L-1013 (US 1988) catalog # on labels to the right
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart= Yazoo 1013 cassette (US 1989)
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart Yazoo CD 1013 (US 1991)
notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart;drawing by Rory Block Yazoo L-1015 (US 1969)
notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1016 (US 1969)
= Yazoo CD 1016 (US 1991)
notes by Bill Givens and David Evans Origin Jazz Library OJL 18 (US 1969)
OJL Records discography
Audubon ABB (UK 1970) (99 albums only)[Storyville magazine # 30 August 1970]
10 inch LP= Ristic LP-43 (UK) (John R.T. Davis' label)
notes by Tony Russell Saydisc Matchbox SDR 199 (UK 1970)
Matchbox Records discography
notes by Ernest F. DysonBiograph BLP-12023 (US 1970)
notes by Chris AlbertsonBiograph BLP-12024 (US 1970)
= BYG 529.074 (Fr 1970)
Milestone MLP 2017 (US 1970/71?)
set of eight 10 inch LPs (99 copies only)Rarities RAL 2-9 (NL 1970/71?)
notes by Stephen Calt Biograph BLP-12031 (US 1971)
2 LP setnotes by Rev. Doug ConstableSaydisk Matchbox SDX 207/8 (UK 1971)
DLP BYG 24 (It 1971?)
BYG 29 (It 1971?)
[cover shown is MRR 4010]Ma Rainey Rarities MRR 4020 (NL 1973)
notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller Yazoo 1040 (US 1974)
= Yazoo CD 1040 (US 1991)
notes [?] by Stephen Calt Yazoo L-1043 (US 1974)
= Yazoo CD 1043 YAZ (US 1992]
Albatros VPA 8189 (It 1974)= Albatros VC 0777 (cassette)
(=) Albatros ALB 83LP = VPA 8187/88/89 "Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/Urbano"
notes by Bengt Olsson Magnolia MLP 502 (Sweden 1974)
Magnolia Records discography
DLPnotes by Dan MorgensternMilestone M-47021 (US 1974)
= Milestone MCD-47021 (US 1992) 24 tracks
Document DLP 589 track sequence: - Steel Mill Blues - Tootie Blues - That Lovin' I Crave - Chump Man Blues - Ice-Man Blues - I Was Afraid Of That - part 2 - Keep It Home - Sweet Jivin' Mama - Lonesome Christmas Blues - Third Degree Blues - Baby Lou Blues - Cold Love Blues - Diddie Wa Diddie no. 2 - Hard Pushing Papa - What A Low Down Place The Jailhouse Is - Ain't Gonna Do That No More
Whoopee 101 (Switzerland 1974?)
(=) Document DLP 589 (Austria 1990) (remastered version)
Whoopee Records discographyDocument Records discography
DLP Herwin H 208 (US 1975)
Herwin Records discography
Yazoo L 1051 (US 1975)
notes by Joel Bernstein Biograph BLP-12050 (US 1975)
notes by Larry Cohn New World 235
foreword by Francis Smithnotes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4401 (UK 1977)
Magpie PYCD 01 (UK 1990) (four add'l tracks)
Magpie Records discography
7 inch flexible EPEva-Tone MAL 771
flexible 33 1/3 rpm disc that came with the 1977 1st (hardback) edition of Jeff Todd Titon's book "Early Downhome Blues" (Urbana University of Illinois Press)
Albatros VPA 8456 (It 1979)Albatros VC 4961 (cassette)
notes by Alessandro Roffeni = DOM/Albatros CD DAF 120
Albatros Records discography
notes by Steve Calt Yazoo 1063 (US 1979?)
Yazoo CD 1063 (US 1991?)
DLPKings of Jazz NLJ-18023/24 (It 197?)
CD track sequence: - Diddie Wa Diddie - Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around - Southern Rag - Police Dog Blues - C. C. Pill Blues - Hard Pushing Papa - Rope Stretching Blues - Skeedle Loo Doo Blues - Chump Man Blues - Hastings Street - Georgia Bound - Rightous Blues - Too Tight Blues No. 2 - Blind Arthur's Breakdown - One Time Blues - Playing Policy Blues - You Gonna Quit Me Blues - Bad Feeling Blues - Hey Hey Daddy Blues - Black Dog Blues - Seaboard Stomp - Sweet Papa Low Down - Sweet Jivin' Mama
DLPnotes by Steve Calt and Woody Mann Yazoo L 1068
= CD 1068 YAZ (1990)
gatefold DLPnotes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSEX 2003/2004 (UK 1984)
This DLP set was issued to complement Paul Oliver's book "Songsters & Saints: Vocal Traditions On Race Records".- Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 1984:
notes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSE 1003 (UK 1984)
RST BD-2035 (Austria 1988)
RST Blues Documents Records discography
Wolf WSE 133 (Austria 1989)
Wolf Records (WSE) discography
WAYHi M33 (cassette) (US 19??) (Mike Stewart's label)
3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)
3 CD setnotes by Paul Oliver Vol. 1: 1927-1930 Vol. 2: 1927-1936 Vol. 3: 1929-1956= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)
= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)
3 CD set = 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)
Wayhi M 33 (cassette)[Mike Stewart]
Magpie PY 4401 + four tracks from Magpie PY 4420
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PYCD 01
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD 5024 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD 5025 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD 5026 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD 5027 (Austria 1991)
notes by Chris Smith Document DOCD 5062 (Austria 1991)
notes by Chris SmithDocument DOCD 5089 (Austria 1991)
Black Swan HCD-11 (US 1991)
notes by Roger MisiewiczDocument DOCD 5150 (Austria 1994)
notes by Guido van Rijn Document DOCD 5216 (Austria 1994)
Document DOCD 5248 (Austria 199?)
notes by John Tottenham Black Swan HCD-23 (US 1995) (US 1995)
booklet notes by Tony Russell Orbis BLU NC084
Indigo IGOCD 2044 (UK 1996)
notes by Les FancourtIndigo IGOCD 2046 (UK 1996)
notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow Black Swan BSCD-30 (US 1997)
notes by Guido van RijnDocument DOCD 5601 (Austria 1998)
Wolf WSE-111 (Austria 1983)
(=) Wolf CD WSE 108 "Memphis Blues"
notes by Dave MooreCatfish KATCD 129 (UK 1999)
Catfish Records (UK) discography
4 CD set40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
Yazoo CD 2058 (US 2000)
notes (June 2000) by Dave Moore Catfish KATCD 160 (UK 2000)
2 CD setnotes by Keith Briggs Catfish KATCD 178 (UK 2001)
Catfish KATCD 179 (UK 2001)
2 CD setnotes by Pat Harrison Classic Blues/Document CBL 200035 (US 9/2002) (The Essential 8)
5 CD setnotes by Drew KentJSP JSPCD 7714 (UK 2003)
Old Hat RCD-1004 (US 2003)
www.oldhatrecords.com
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (rel. 2003, for 2004)
Blues Images CD BIM-101 (US 2003) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (for 2004)
Blues Images calendar discography
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (rel. 2004, for 2005)
Blues Images CD BIM-102 (US 2004) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (for 2005)
Black Swan BSCD-42 (US 2004)
Yazoo CD 2070 (US 2004)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 3 (rel. 2005, for 2006)
Blues Images CD BIM-103 (US 2005) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 3 (for 2006)
180 g LP (=) Hi Horse Records HHO #3 (US 2015) (no calendar!)
HHO #3 @ Blues Images
2 CD setnotes by Marshall Wyatt & Bengt OlssonOld Hat CD 1005 (US 2005)
notes by Roy C. AmesCollectables CD COL-5576
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 4 (rel. 2006, for 2007)
Blues Images CD BIM-104 (US 2006) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 4 (for 2007)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 5 (rel. 2007, for 2008)
Blues Images CD BIM-105 (US 2007) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 5 (for 2008)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 6 (rel. 2008, for 2009)
Blues Images CD BIM-106 (US 2008) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 6 (for 2009)
Snapper SNAP 552 (UK 2008)
5 CD setP-Vine PCD-18539/43 (Jp 2008)
P-Vine PCD-15026 (Jp 2008)
= P-Vine PCD-20108 (Jp 2011)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 7 (rel. 2009, for 2010)
Blues Images CD BIM-107 (US 2009) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 7 (for 2010)
Pristine Classical PABL 007
www.pristineclassical.com
Monk MK 313 LP (It 2009)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (rel. 2011, for 2012)
Blues Images CD BIM-109 (US 2011) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (for 2012)
Blues Calendar discography
KRG 1026 (Jp 2011)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 10 (rel. 2012, for 2013)
Blues Images CD BIM-110 (US 2012) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 10 (for 2013)
54-pp. booklet with stories and anecdotes of shellac collectors Yazoo CD 2203 (US 9/2012)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 11 (rel. 2013, for 2014)
Blues Images CD BIM-111 (US 2013) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 11 (for 2014)
180 g LP + free MP3 download card - Blind Arthur's Breakdown (3:00) - He's In The Jailhouse Now (2:46) - Police Dog Blues (2:53) - Diddie Wah Diddie (2:58) - You Gonna Quit Me Blues (2:45) - West Coast Blues (3:14) - Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (2:45) - I Was Afraid Of That: Part 2 (3:16) - Southern Rag (2:53) - Hey Hey Daddy Blues (3:11) - That Will Never Happen No More (3:03) - Too Tight Blues No. 2 (2:56) compiled by Neil Record
2 CD set World Music Network RGNET1303CD
180 g LP + MP3notes by Rachel Jackson (=) World Music Network RGNET1303LP
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 13 (rel. 2015, for 2016)
Blues Images CD BIM-113 (US 2015) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 13
Blues Images calendars discography
5 CD set American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 17 (rel. 2019, for 2020)
Blues Images CD BIM-117 (US 2019) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 17 (for 2020)
2 CDs and DVD size 32-pp. colour booklet in a DVD size case Frog Records DGF88 (UK 2019)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 18 (rel. 2020, for 2021)
Blues Images CD BIM-118 (US 2020) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 18 (for 2021)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 19 (rel. 10/2021, for 2022)
Blues Images CD BIM-119 (US 2021) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 19 (for 2022)
thanks to Alan Balfour, Bert Karlheden, Akira Kikuchi, John Tefteller, Alex van der Tuuk, Max Hoeffner, Howard Rye, Z. Edward Sigall, Eric Simkin and Ben Walker for additional info / scans
From The Paramount Book of Blues (1927), p. 15source: Titon 1979, p. 80