Illustrated Blues Obscurities Records discography

Blues Obscurities Volume 4

Blues Obscurities
issued by Chris Trimming
discography

# year of release	title / notes
BOV1 (1971)	Dark Muddy Bottom Blues Obscurities Volume 1 Joe Richards - Lonesome Lover Blues @ youtube Roscoe Chenier - Born For Bad Luck Danny Boy - Kokomo Me Baby @ youtube T.V. Slim - My Baby Is Gone @ youtube Leo Morris - Wanta Know How You Feel @ youtube Drifting Charles - Drifting Cloud @ youtube Little Milton # - Little Milton's Boogie @ youtube Danny Boy - Wild Women Leo Morris - I Don't Need You @ youtube T.V. Slim - Every Man Needs A Woman @ Spotify Lightnin' Leon [Billy Lee Riley] - Dark Muddy Bottom @ youtube T.V. Slim - I'm A Real Man @ youtube T.V. Joe [Joe Richards] - Dreaming Little Milton # - Boogie Woogie Woogie Baby @ youtube # London bonus tracks Blues Obscurities BOV1 = Blues Obscurities BOE 1 notes by Neil Slaven (=) London HAU 8454 (UK 1974) (=) London ARL 12.388 (Fr 1974) "Blue Obscurities" [sic] = London/King GXF 2001 (Jp 1975)
BOV2 (1971)	Lonesome Harmonica Blues Obscurities Volume 2 Eddie Burns - The Thing To Do Mojo Bufford [sic] - Whole Lotta Woman Ace Holder - Lonesome Harmonica @ youtube Harmonica Fats - I'm Tore Up Ace Holder - Encourage Me Baby Harmonica Joe - That's No Big Deal Buster Brown # - My Baby Left Me Ace Holder - Homeless Boy Blues Kid Thomas - Willow Brook Blues Ace Holder - I'M In Love With You Sammy Blann - Crying Won't Make Me Stay Ace Holder - Leave My Woman Alone Mojo Bufford [sic] - Messin' With The Kid Buster Brown # - Hard Working Man # London bonus tracks Blues Obscurities BOV2 = Blues Obscurities BOE 2 notes by Neil Slaven (=) London HAU 8455 (UK 1974) = London/King GXF 2002 (Jp 1975)
BOV3 (1971)	The Hurt Is On Blues Obscurities Volume 3 Gus Jenkins - Gonna Take Time Don & Dewey - Stretchin' Out Kid Thomas (Tommy Louis) - The Hurt Is On - Let's Talk It Over Sonny Harper - Going Back Home C.C. Griffin - Storm Clouds Blues Slim (Neal Johnson) - Let's Talk It Over K.C. Watson - I Keep On Trying Gus Jenkins - You Told Me Don & Dewey - Soul Motion Guitar Shorty (David William Kearney) - Hard Life C.C. Griffin - I Do Believe Sonny Harper - Lonely Stranger Blues Obscurities BOV3 = Blues Obscurities BOE 3 notes by Neil Slaven (=) London HAU 8456 (1974) "Stretchin' Out" = London/King GXF 2003 (Jp 1975)
BOV4 (1971)	One Rainy Day Blues Obscurities Volume 4 James Tisdom - Last Affair Blues - Model T. Boogie Lowell Fulson - The Blues Is Killing Me - Did You Ever Feel Lucky West Texas Slim - Little Mae Belle - Lou Della Luther Huff - Rosalie Monister Parker - Black Snake Blues - You Gonna Need Me Lil' Son Jackson - Gone With The Wind - No Money - No Love Clarence London - One Rainy Morning - Goin' Back To Mama Luther Huff - Bull Dog Blues Blues Obscurities BOV4 notes by Neil Slaven = London/King GXF 2004 (Jp 1975) "River Town Blues"
BOV5 (1971)	Something's Gone Wrong Blues Obscurities Volume 5 Baby Boy Warren - My Special Friend Blues [Gotham 507] - Nervy Woman Blues [Gotham 507] Leroy 'Country' Johnson - Log House On The Hill [Freedom 1509] - No One To Love Me [Freedom 1509] Ernest McClay - Big Timin' Woman [Murray 506] - Night Working Woman [Murray 506] Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her [Ora Nelle 711] Othum Brown (+ Little Walter) - Ora Nelle Blues [Ora Nelle 711] Little Sam Davis - 1958 Blues [Rockin' 512] - Goin' Home To Mother [Rockin' 512] Little Milton Anderson - Little Milton's Boogie [Delta 403] - Boogie Woogie Woogie Baby [Delta 403] Dan Pickett - Something's Gone Wrong [Gotham 512] - Chicago Blues [Gotham 512] Blues Obscurities BOV5
BOV6 (1971)	Coming Back Home Blues Obscurities Volume 6 Clarence Posey with Henry Smith - Rocking Chair Boogie Henry Smith - Dog Me Blues Sonny Boy Holmes - Walking And Crying Blues - I've Got The 64 Dollar Question Baby Face Leroy Foster - Bo Weevil - Rolling Blues Donald Cooks - Mr. Ticket Agent Little Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey, Bad Women - Ground Hog Blues Allen Bunn - I Got You Covered - Discouraged Binghampton Blues Boys - Cross Cut Saw - Slim's Twist Donald Cooks - Coming Back Home Blues Obscurities BOV6
BOV7 (1971)	Do The Chicken Blues Obscurities Volume 7 Earl Hooker - Do The Chicken - Yeah Yeah - Rocking Wild - Rocking With The Kid - Universal Rock Bobo Jenkins - Tell Me Who [Boxer 202] Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love [Boxer 202] Big Daddy Simpson - Let Your Hair Down Baby - Give Me Back My Ring Magic Slim - She Is Mine [Ja-Wes JW-0116] @ youtube Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It - Set A Date notes by Jim Frith Blues Obscurities BOV7
BOV8 (1971)	Shotgun Rider Blues Obscurities Volume 8 Eddie Taylor - I'm Sitting Here - Do You Want Me To Cry JoJo Williams - All Pretty Women - Rock 'n Roll Boogie Bo Dudley - Shotgun Rider - Coast To Coast J.L. Smith - Got My Top Let Down - If It's Too Late Smokey Smothers - I Got My Eyes On You - I'm Looking For You Hound Dog Taylor - Alley Music - Christine Blues Obscurities BOV8
BOV9 (1971)	Natural Born Man Blues Obscurities Volume 9 Joe Mayfield - I'm A Natural Born Man - You're The One I Love Good Jelly Bess - Bad Mouthin' - This I Gotta See Ashton Savoy - I Want You To Love Me - Baby, Baby Polka Dot Slim - On The Sunny Side - Hello Friends, Hello Pals Henry Gray - You're My Midnight Dream - Lucky Man Blues Joe Johnson - Got My Oil Well Pumping - Otis Is Gone Blues Obscurities BOV9
BOV10 (1971)	Shake Your Boogie Blues Obscurities Volume 10 Model T Slim - Shake Your Boogie - Jackson Tennessee - Take My Hand - Somebody Voodooed The Hoodoo Man - You're Growing Old Baby Sweets Reed - Bad Shape Blues - I'm Wise B. Brown - My Baby Left Me - Hard Working Man Calvin Leavy - Blues For Cummins Prison Junior Kimbell - I'm A Lover - You Can't Leave Me Louisiana Red - Tell Me Mama - Take Your Time Blues Obscurities BOV10
ROC 1 (197?)	Danny James - Boogie In The Mud @ youtube Danny James - Paper In My Shoe @ youtube Gene Terry - Cindy Lou @ youtube Cookie & The Cupcakes - Got You On My Mind @ youtube Johnny Duhon - So What @ youtube Henry Clement - I'm So In Love With You Burnell Martin - Burnell's Boogie @ youtube Big Boy Myles - Who's Been Fooling You @ youtube Katie Webster - The Katie Lee @ youtube Ray Gerdsen - Fattie Hattie @ youtube Robert Bertrand - Memphis Guitar Junior - The Crawl @ youtube Rocket Morgan - You're Humbuggin' Me @ youtube Albert Scott - Can't Let You Go @ youtube Rock Obscurities ROC 1
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alan Balfour, Flemming Nielsen, Paul Pelletier, Nick Trill, Paul Vernon and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans

Keith Briggs: Bootin' 'em About
Blues & Rhythm - The Gospel Truth # 23 (1986), p. 15-16