Blues Classics discography

# year of release	title / notes
BC 1 (1964)	Blues Classics by Memphis Minnie - In My Girlish Days - Black Rat Swing - Lonesome Shack Blues - It's Hard To Please My Man - I'm So Glad - Nothing In Rambling - Me And My Chauffeur Blues - Joe Louis Strut - It's Hard To Be Mistreated - Man, You Won't Give Me No Money - Boy Friend Blues - Moonshine - My Baby Don't Want Me No More - When The Levee Breaks - You Got To Move - pt. 1 liner photo on 1974 reissue by George Adins notes by Chris Strachwitz Blues Classics BC 1 (US 1964) notes (rewritten 1974) by Chris Strachwitz Blues Classics BC 1 (US 1974)
BC 2 (1964)	Blues Classics by The Jug, Jook and Washboard Bands Memphis Jug Band - Rukus Juice And Chittlin Dallas Jug Band - Elm Street Woman Blues Dixieland Jug Blowers - Hen Party Blues Walter Taylor - 38 Mississippi Jook Band - Hitting The Bottle Stomp Chasey Collins - Atlanta Town Washboard Sam - Buckets Got A Hole In It Washboard Rhythm Kings - Brown Skin Mama Memphis Jug Band - Cocaine Habit Birmingham Jug Band - Wild Cat Squall Ed Kelly - Shim Shamming Memphis Jug Band - Stonewall Blues Washboard Sam - Sophisticated Mama Memphis Jug Band - Jazzbo Stomp notes by Chris Strachwitz Blues Classics BC 2
BC 3 (1964)	Blues Classics by Sonny Boy Williamson - Groundhog Blues - Collector Man - Until My Love Come Down - You Give An Account - Western Union Man - Shotgun Blues - Welfare Store - She Don't Love Me That Way - Black Panter Blues - Bad Luck Blues - My Black Name - Jivin' The Blues - My Little Machine - Joe Louis And John Henry - Sloppy Drunk Blues - Check Up On My Baby Blues Classics BC 3 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
BC 4 (1964)	Blues Classics by Kokomo Arnold / Peetie Wheatstraw Kokomo Arnold - Old Original Kokomo Blues - Mean Old Twister - Front Door Blues - Milk Cow Blues - Head Cuttin Blues - Let Your Money Talk - Red Beans And Rice - Stop Look And Listen Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp - Mama's Advice - Ice And Snow Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp #2 - Road Tramp Blues - Working On The Project - Shack Bully Stomp - Working Man   Blues Classics BC 4 (US 1964) picture on front cover does not show Peetie Wheatstraw, but Herman / Harmon Ray ("Peetie Wheatstraw's Buddy") from Paul Garon: The Devil's Son-In-Law - The Story of Peetie Wheatstraw and his Songs.- Studio Vista, London 1971, p. 63: Herman / Harmon Ray Kokomo Arnold discography Peetie Wheatstraw discography
BC 5 (1965)	Country Blues Classics   Volume 1 Billy Baker - No No Blues Fred McMullen - De Kalb Chain Gang Curley Weaver - Ticket Agent Cripple Clarence Lofton - Brown Skin Girls Black Ivory King - Flying Crow John Lee - Blind's Blues Munroe Moe Jackson - Go Away From My Door Elmore James - Dust My Broom Joe McCoy - Evil Devil Woman Jim Jackson - I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop Jesse James - Southern Casey Jones Black Ivory King - Southern Casey Jones Tim Wilkins (Robert Wilkins) - Dirty Deal Blues Tommie Bradley & Cole - Window Pane Blues Frank Stokes - Downtown Blues (tk 2) - T'aint Nobody's Business (tk 1) Tony Hollins - Stamp Blues   Blues Classics BC 5
BC 6 (1965)	Country Blues Classics   Volume 2 Bayless Rose - Frisco Blues Frank Stokes - I Got Mine Joe Williams - I'm Getting Wild About Her Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Good Gin Blues Frank Stokes - How Long Bobo Jenkins - Democrat Blues Blind Norris - Sundown Blues Scrapper Blackwell - Rambling Blues Pinetop Slim - Applejack Boogie Milton Sparks - Erie Train Blues Blind Boy Fuller - Rag Mama Rag Dan Pickett - Baby, How Long Frank Edwards - Terraplane Blues - We Got To Get Together Johnny Shines - Ramblin' Blues Classics BC 6
BC 7 (196?)	Country Blues Classics   Volume 3 Lonnie Coleman - Old Rock Island Blues Robert Lockwood - Little Boy Blue Wright Holmes - Alley Blues The Delta Boys - You Shouldn't Say That - Black Gal Swing Barbecue Bob - Ease It To Me Blues Walter Roland - 45 Pistol Blues - Every Morning Blues Willie McTell - Kill It Kid Kid Stormy Weather - Short Haired Blues Casey Bill -WPA Blues Harmonika Frank - Tom Cat Blues Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee Blues Black Boy Shine - Sugarland Blues Son Bond - 80 Highway Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine Blues Classics BC 7
BC 8 (1965)	Chicago Blues - The Early 1950s Homesick James - Homesick Baby Face Leroy - Boll Weevil - Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 1 Little Walter - Muskadine J. B. Hutto - Dim Lights - Things Are So Slow Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years Baby Face Leroy - Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 2 Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Little Willie Foster - Falling Rain Blues Snooky & Moody - Stockyard Blues Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman Floyd Jones - Dark Road Big Walter - Hard Hearted Woman Robert Nighthawk - Kansas City Blues John Brim - Tough Times notes by Chris A. Strachwitz Blues Classics BC 8
BC 9 (1967)	"The Original" Sonny Boy Williamson - Do It If You Wanna - Cool, Cool Blues - Come On Back Home - Stop Crying - Eyesight To The Blind - West Memphis Blues - I Cross My Heart - Crazy About You Baby - Nine Below Zero - Mighty Long Time - She Brought Life Back To The Dead - Stop Now Baby - Mr. Downchild - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues - Pontiac Blues - Too Close Together notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 9 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
BC 10 (1967)	Blues Classics by Washboard Sam - Mama Don't Allow - Jesse James Blues - Mama Don't Allow No. 2 - Big Woman - We Gonna Move - Back Door - Lowland Blues - Out With The Wrong Woman - Save It For Me - I'm On My Way - Levee Camp Blues - Low Down Woman - I'm Going To St. Louis - Lovers Lane Blues - Flying Crow Blues - Digging My Potatoes notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 10 (US 1967)
BC 11 (196?)	Blind Boy Fuller with Sonny Terry and Bully City Red - Shake It Baby - Bye Bye Baby Blues - You've Got Something There - Pistol Slapper Blues - Step It Up And Go - Good Feeling Blues - Jitterbug Rag - Careless Love - Bus Rider Blues - I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy - Big House Bound - Piccolo Rag - Three Ball Blues - Stealin' Bo-Hog note by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 11 Blind Boy Fuller discography
BC 12 (1966)	Detroit Blues - The Early 1950s - Sanafee [J-V-B 26] - Baby Boy Blues [J-V-B 59] - Mattie Mae [Hallo Stranger] [J-V-B 26] - Chicken [J-V-B 59] Dr. Ross - Thirty Two Twenty [DIR A101 / B102] Bobo Jenkins - 10 Below Zero [Fortune 838, 78 rpm!] - Baby Don't You Want To Go [Fortune 838, 78 rpm!] Eddie Kirkland - No Shoes Detroit Count - Hastings Street Opera L.C. Green - Remember Way Back Big Maceo - Big City Blues [Specialty 320] John Lee Hooker - House Rent Boogie One String Sam - I Need $100 Brother Will Hairston - Alabama Bus (Parts 1 & 2) cover photo by Jacques Demêtre notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 12
BC 13 (1967)	Memphis Minnie   Vol. 2 Early Recordings with "Kansas Joe" McCoy - Frankie Jean - New Bumble Bee - Picking The Blues - Plymouth Rock - I Called You This Morning - Preacher's Blues - New Dirty Dozen - After While Blues - Let's Go To Town - Crazy Crying Blues - What's The Matter With The Mill - Memphis Minnie Itis Blues - North Memphis Blues - She Put Me Outdoors front cover photo (1967 release) "furnished" by Pete Welding front cover photo (1973 or later release) flipped - for whatever reason notes by Chris Strachwitz Blues Classics BC 13 (US 1967) = Blues Classics BC 13 (US 1973 or later)
BC 14 (1967)	Country Blues Classics   Volume 4 Leroy Dallas - I'm Going Away - Good Morning Blues - I'm Down Now - Jump Little Children Joe Williams - His Spirit Lives On Peter Warfield - Morning Train Blues Dennis McMillon - Going Back Home John Henry Barbee - Six Week Old Blue Carl Martin - Lets Have A New Deal Sonny Boy Johnson - Swimming Pool Blues Gabriel Brown - Black Jack Blues Lost John Hunter - YM & V Blues James Cain - Good Mr. Roosevelt Peter McKinley - Mean Black Snake Blues Classics BC 14
BC 15 (196?)	Memphis And The Delta - 1950s Houston Boines - Relation Blues Luther Huff - Bull Dog Blues Junior Brooks - She's A Little Girl Harmonica Frank - Goin' Away Walking Forest City Joe - Memory Of Sonny Boy Roosevelt Sykes - West Helena Blues Joe Hill Louis - I Feel Like A Million Sunnyland Slim - Going Back To Memphis Boyd Gilmore - Rambling On My Mind Drifting Slim - Good Morning Blues Willie Love - Seventy Four Blues James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues Baby Face Turner - Gonna Let You Go Elmore James - Please Find My Baby cover photo by Danny Lyon notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 15 (1968) notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 15
BC 16 (1968)	Texas Blues - The Early '50s Smokey Hogg - Penitentiary Blues - Penitentiary Blues, part 2 Mercy Dee - Lonesome Cabin Blues Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues John Hogg - West Texas Blues - Black Snake Blues Frankie Lee Sims - I'm Long, Long Gone Buddy Chiles - Mistreated Blues Anonymous [Mance Lipscomb] - Tom Moore's Farm L.C. Williams - Trying, Trying Texas Alexander - Crossroads L.C. Williams - Hole In The Wall Lightning Hopkins - Late In The Evening cover photo (Richmond, Texas) by Chris Strachwitz note [sic] by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 16
BC 17 (1968)	Negro Religious Music   Vol. 1 The Sanctified Singers Part 1 Joe & Emma Taggert - I Wish My Mama Was On That Train - God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves On The Water Rev. Clayborn -Then We'll Need That True Religion Two Gospel Keys - I Don't Feel At Home In This World Any More Elder Wilson - Stand By Me Lil McClintock - Mother Called Her Child To Her Dying Bed Roosevelt Graves - Take Your Burden To The Lord - I'll Be Rested Luther Magby - Blessed Are The Poor Gussie Nesbit - Pure Religion Lil McClintock - Sow Good Seeds Arizona Dranes - I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go Gussie Nesbit - Canaan Land cover photo by Ted Williams notes (march 1968) by Pete Welding Blues Classics BC 17
BC 18 (1968)	Negro Religious Music   Vol. 2 The Sanctified Singers Part 2 Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord Blind Mamie Forehand - Wouldn't Mind Dying Washington Phillips - Denomination Blues - pt. 1 & 2 Arizona Dranes - Just Look Brother George - I See The Sign Of The Judgement Willie Mae Williams - Where The Sun Never Goes Down Willie Mae Williams - Don't Want To Go There Smokey Hogg - He Knows How Much We Can Bear Lightning Hopkins - Needed Time Two Gospel Keys - You've Got To Move Sister Terrell - The Gambling Man Rev' Utah Smith - Take A Trip - Two Wings cover photo by Jim Marshall notes (march 1968) by Pete Welding Blues Classics BC 18
BC 19 (1968)	Negro Religious Music   Vol. 3 Singing Preachers & Their Congregations Rev. D. C. Rice - Testify Rev. McGhee - Nothing To Do In Hell Elder Otis Jones - Oh, Lord I'm Your Child Rev. Kelsey - Where Is The Lion In The Tribe Of Judah - Heaven Is Mine - Little Boy - Tell Me How Long Elder Lightfoot Michaux - I'm So Happy Rev. Rimson - Living Water - Believe On Me Deacon Shinault - Lord, I Come To Thee - I Can Not Live In Sin Rev. C. C. Chapman - One My Way - pts. 1 & 2 cover photo by Ted Williams notes (march 1968) by Pete Welding and Chris Strachwitz Blues Classics BC 19
BC 20 (1969)	Blues Classics by Sonny Boy Williamson   Volume 2 - Skinny Woman - T.B. Blues - Train Fare Blues - She Was A Dreamer - Big Apple Blues - You Got to Step Back - Shady Grove Blues - My Baby's Made A Change - Broken Heart Blues - Stop Breaking Down - G M & O Bluesl - Shake The Boogie - Hoodoo Hoodoo - Mean Old Highway rec. 1937 - 1946 Blues Classics BC 20 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
BC 21 (1969)	Big Joe Williams and Sonny Boy Williamson - King Buiscet Stomp - I'm A Highway Man - Don't You Leave Me Here - Banta Rooster Blues - P Vine Blues - Mellow Apples - House Lady Blues - Baby Please Don't Go - Stack Of Dollars - Wild Cow Moan - Bad And Weakhearted Blues - Mean Stepfather Blues - Somebody's Been Borrowing - Break 'Em On Down All the Columbia recordings with some Bluebird recordings ??? were the covers depicted above indeed a Blues Classics sleeve ??? notes by Pete Welding   Blues Classics BC 21 Big Joe Williams discography Sonny Boy Williamson discography
BC 22 (197?)	Ralph Willis: Carolina Blues with Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry - So Many Days - That Gal's No Good - I Will Never Love Again - Goin' To Chatanooga - Church Bells - Cold Chills - Mama Mama Blues - Amen Blues - Good Bye Blues - Salty Dog - Blues Blues Blues - Cool That Thing - Every Day I Weep And Moan - Income Tax Blues rec. 1946 - 1952 Blues Classics BC 22 Ralph Willis discography
BC 23 (1970)	Juke Joint Blues Eddie Burns - Bad Woman Blues Ernest "Buddy" Lewis - Lonesome Bedroom Harvey Hill Jr. - She Fooled Me Mr. Honey (David Edwards) - Build A Cave L. C. Williams - The Lazy J Lightning Leon [Billy Lee Riley] - Reposession Blues Alvin Smith - On My Way Dr. Hepcat - Hattie Green Sonny Boy Holmes - The $64 Question Arthur "Big Boy" Spires - Which One Do I Love Sonny Terry - Harmonica Train Sonny Boy Holmes - T N T Woman Jimmy Wilson - Trouble, Trouble Square Walton - Bad Hangover cover photo by Chris Strachwitz notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 23
BC 24 (197?)	Blues Classics by Sonny Boy Williamson   Volume 3 - My Little Baby - Up The Country Blues - Something Going On Wrong - Mattie Mae Blues - I Have Got To Go - Springtime Blues - Love My Baby - Win The War Blues - Miss Stella Brown - Desperado Woman - Sonny Boy's Jump - Sonny Boy's Cold Chills - Alcohol Blues - The Big Boat - Wonderful Times - Little Girl Blues Classics BC 24 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
BC 25 (1975)	Tampa Red - The Guitar Wizard 1935-1953 - You Missed A Good Man - Love With A Feeling - Bessemer Blues - It Hurts Me Too - She's Love Crazy - Hard Road Blues - She Want To Sell My Monkey - Detroit Blues - Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Crying Won't Help You # - Sweet Little Angel - But I Forgive You - So Much Trouble - Big Stars Falling Blues # with Big Maceo, p cover photo by "Dimitri" (Jacques Demêtre) notes (December 1973) by Jim O'Neal   Blues Classics BC 25 Tampa Red discography
BC 26 (1976)	When Women Sang The Blues Lillian Glinn - Shreveport Blues - Cravin' A Man Blues - Shake It Down Bobby Cadillac - Carbolic Acid Blues Emma Wright - Lonesome Trail Blues Chippie Hill - Christmas Man Blues - Weary Money Blues Bessie Tucker - Bogey Man Blues - Key To The Bushes - Mean Old Stropper Blues [Mean Ol Jack Stropper Blues] Bessie Jackson - B.D. Woman's Blues Georgia White - Your Worries Aren't Like Mine Memphis Minnie - I've Been Treated Wrong Willie B. Huff - I've Been Thinkin' And Thinkin' cover photo The Library of Congress notes by Chris Strachwitz Blues Classics BC 26
BC 27 (1981)	Albert Ammons: The King Of Boogie Woogie - Monday Struggle - Boogie Woogie - Boogie Woogie Blues - Boogie Woogie Stomp - Chicago In Mind - Bass Goin' Crazy - Boogie Woogie At The Civic Opera - I Don't Want To See You - Swanee River Boogie - The Clipper - Ammon's Stomp - Why I'm Leaving You - Tuxedo Boogie - Baltimore Breakdown notes by Chris Strachwitz Blues Classics BC 27
BC 28 (1984)	The Best Of Big Maceo Merriweather   Vol. 1 - Worried Life Blues - Ramblin' Mind Blues - County Jail Blues - Can't You Read - So Long Baby - Texas Blues - Tuff Luck Blues - I Got The Blues - It's All U To You - Bye Bye Baby - Why Should I Hang Around? - Poor Kelly Blues - Some Sweet Day - Anytime For You - My Last Go Round - Since You Been Gone RCA Bluebird AXM2-5506 notes by Mike Rowe Blues Classics BC 28 (US 1984) = Arhoolie C-210   (cassette only; along with Blues Classics BC 29) Big Maceo discography
BC 29 (1984)	The Best Of Big Maceo Merriweather   Vol. 2 - Kid Man Blues - I'm So Worried - Things Have Changed - My Own Troubles - Maceo's 32-20 - Come On Home - Texas Stomp - Detroit Jump - Flyin' Boogie - Winter Time Blues - Won't Be A Fool No More - Big Road Blues - Chicago Breakdown - Broke And Hungry Blues - If You Ever Change Your Ways - It's All Over Now - I Lost My Little Woman RCA Bluebird AXM2-5506 notes by Mike Rowe Blues Classics BC 29 (US 1984) = Arhoolie C-210   (cassette only; along with Blues Classics BC 28) Big Maceo discography
BC 30 (1985)	Lightning Hopkins: Houston's King Of The Blues Historic Recordings 1952-1953 - Sad News From Korea - Let Me Fly Your Kite - She's Almost Dead - Gone With The Wind - Ain't It A Shame - My Mama Told Me - Moanin' Blues - The War Is Over - Highway Blues - Bad Things On My Mind - I'm Wild About You Baby - Merry Christmas - Policy Game - Happy New Year - Leavin' Blues with Donald Cooks, b; Connie Kroll, dr Blues Classics BC 30 (US 1985) Lightning Hopkins discography
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Sources: - Arhoolie catalogues 1976 and 1988 - own record collection - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Flemming Nielsen, Alan Balfour, Marc Claes, Paul Vernon, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans