Bluesway Records discography   label founded (in 1966) and run by Bob Thiele "BluesWay ceased operations in 1970, with Hooker, King and James Gang being transferred to the parent ABC Records label. The imprint was briefly revived in 1973-74. The BluesWay masters, along with the rest of ABC Records' assets, were sold to MCA Records in 1978."(en.wikipedia)

# year of release	title / notes
7 inch 45 rpm singles
61001 (1967)	JIMMY RUSHING - Berkeley Campus Blues - Keep The Faith Baby Bluesway 45-61001
61002 (1967)	ROY BROWN and his Mighty Mighty Men - Standing On Broadway - New Orleans Women Bluesway 45-61002
61003 (1967)	JIMMY REED - Two Heads Are Better Than One - I Wanna Know Bluesway 45-61003
61004 (1967)	B.B. KING - Think It Over - I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair Bluesway 45-61004
61005 (1967)	EDDIE 'CLEANHEAD' VINSON - Cadillac Blues - Old Maid Got Married Bluesway 45-61005
61006 (1967)	JIMMY REED - Don't Press Your Luck Woman - Feel Like I Want To Ramble Bluesway 45-61006
61007 (1967)	B.B. KING - Worried Dream - That's Wrong, Little Mama Bluesway 45-61007
61008 (1967)	T-BONE WALKER - Confusion Blues - Every Night I Have To Cry Bluesway 45-61008
61009 (1967)	JOE TURNER - Big Wheel - Bluer Than Blue Bluesway 45-61009
61010 (1967)	JOHN LEE HOOKER - The Motor City Is Burning - Want Ad Blues Bluesway 45-61010
61011 (1967)	B.B. KING - Heartbreaker - Raining In My Heart Bluesway 45-61011
61012 (1967)	B.B. KING - Sweet Sixteen Part 1 - Sweet Sixteen Part 2 Bluesway 45-61012
61013 (1968)	JIMMY REED - Buy Me A Hound Dog - Crazy About Oklahoma Bluesway 45-61013
61014 (1968)	JOHN LEE HOOKER - Mr. Lucky - Cry Before I Go Bluesway 45-61014
61015 (1968)	B.B. KING - Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - Having My Say Bluesway 45-61015
61016 (1968)	DIRTY BLUES BAND - Hound Dog - New Orleans Woman Bluesway 45-61016
61017 (1968)	JOHN LEE HOOKER - Back Biters And Syndicaters - Think Twice Before You Go Bluesway 45-61017
61018 (1968)	B.B. KING - Losing Faith In You - I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me Bluesway 45-61018
61019 (1968)	B.B. KING - You Put It On Me - The B.B. Jones Bluesway 45-61019
61020 (1968)	JIMMY REED - Peepin 'N Hidin - My Baby Told Me Bluesway 45-61020
61021 (1968)	B.B. KING - Dance With Me - Please Send Me Someone To Love Bluesway 45-61021
61022 (1969)	B.B. KING - Don't Waste My Time - Get Myself Somebody Bluesway 45-61022
61023 (1969)	JOHN LEE HOOKER - I Don't Wanna Go To Vietnam - Simply The Truth Bluesway 45-61023
61024 (1969)	B.B. KING - Why I Sing The Blues - Friends Bluesway 45-61024
61025 (1969)	JIMMY REED - Don't Light My Fire - The Judge Should Know Bluesway 45-61025
61026 (1969)	B.B. KING - Get Off My Back Woman - I Want You So Bad Bluesway 45-61026
61027 (1969)	JAMES GANG - I Don't Have The Time - Fred Bluesway 45-61027
61028 (1969)	JIMMY WITHERSPOON - Just A Dream - I Don't Know Bluesway 45-61028
61029 (1969)	B.B. KING - Just A Little Love - My Wood Bluesway 45-610
61030 (1969)	JAMES GANG - Cruisin' Down The Highway - Miami Two Step Bluesway 45-61030
61031 (1969)	CHARLES BROWN - New Merry Christmas Baby - Rainy, Rainy Day Bluesway 45-61031
61032 (1969)	B.B. KING - The Thrill Is Gone - You're Mean Bluesway 45-61032
61033 (1969)	JAMES GANG - Stop - Take A Look Around Bluesway 45-61033
61034 (1969)	COUNTRY COALITION - Time To Get It Together - How Do I Love You Bluesway 45-61034
61035 (1970)	B. B. KING - So Excited - Confessin' The Blues Bluesway 45-61035
7 inch 45 rpm EP
EP 6008 (1967)	T-Bone Walker: Stormy Monday Blues - I'm Gonna Stop This Nightlife - Cold Hearted Woman - Stormy Monday - Treat Me So Low Down - I'm Still In Love With You - Confusion Blues rec. May 24 & 25, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA; T-Bone Walker, voc, g; McKinley Johnson, Mel Moore, tp; John 'Streamline' Ewing, tb; Mel Jernigan, ts; Preston Love, as; John Williams, as, bs; Lloyd Glenn, p; Mel Brown, g; Ron Brown, b; Paul Humphrey, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele Bluesway EP-BLS-6008
LPs
6000 (1967)	The Best of ... LP 1: Dirty Blues Band - She's The One B.B. King - Buzz Me Jimmy Rushing - Bad Loser Otis Spann - I'm A Fool Jimmy Reed - Don't Press Your Luck Woman Outlaw Blues Band - Tobacco Road John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer Joe Turner - Mrs. Geraldine Jimmy Reed - Give Up And Let Me Go T-Bone Walker - Why My Baby (Keep On Bothering Me) LP 2: Dirty Blues Band - Checkin' Up On My Baby B.B. King - That's Wrong, Little Mama Otis Spann - Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do Jimmy Reed - I Wanna Know Jimmy Rushing - You Can't Run Around South Central Avenue Municipal Blues Band - Bowl Of Soul John Lee Hooker - Boum Boum Boum T-Bone Walker - I Gotta Break Baby Jimmy Reed - I Need You So Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Old Maid Got Married DLP Bluesway BL/BLS-6000 SX
6001 (1967)	B.B. King: Blues Is King Don't Answer The Door - Waitin' On You - Gamblers' Blues - Tired Of Your Jive - Night Life - Buzz Me - Don't Answer The Door - Blind Love - I Know What You're Puttin' Down - Baby Get Lost - Gonna Keep On Loving You notes by Stanley Dance Bluesway BL/BLS-6001 His Master's Voice CSD 3608 (UK 1967) = ABC ABCD 704 (1970) notes by Stanley Dance = Probe 1C062-94509 (Germany) = See For Miles SEE216
6002 (1967)	John Lee Hooker Live At Cafe Au Go-Go - I'm Bad Like Jesse James   @ youtube - She's Long, She's Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree)   @ youtube - When My First Wife Left Me   @ youtube - Heartaches And Misery   @ youtube - One Bourbon, One Scotch One Beer   @ youtube - I Don't Want No Trouble   @ youtube - I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive   @ youtube - Seven Days And Seven Nights   @ youtube CD bonus tracks (Live at Soledad Prison): - What's The Matter Baby   @ youtube - Lucille   @ youtube - Boogie Everywhere I Go   @ youtube - Serves Me Right To Suffer   @ youtube - Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang   @ youtube LP rec. August 20, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City by Rudy Van Gelder; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; though listed on sleeve, George Smith does not appear; prod. by Bob Thiele notes by Stanley Dance Bluesway BL-6002 (US 1967) (mono)   Bluesway BLS-6002 (US 1967) (stereo) = Bluesway/King SR-248 (Jp 1969) = Mediterraneo-Movieplay TK 3029 (Sp 1976) notes by Stanley Dance   = Beat Goes On BGOLP/BGOCD 39 (UK 1989) Muddy Waters discography Otis Spann discography Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson discography etc., etc., etc. @ discogs
6003 (3/1967)	Otis Spann: The Blues Is Where It's At - Popcorn Man #   @ youtube - Brand New House #   @ youtube - Chicago Blues # *   @ youtube - Steel Mill Blues (= Five Long Years)   @ youtube - Down On Sarah Street #   @ youtube - T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do #   @ youtube - Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Stanley Dance's subtitle: "Party Blues") #   @ youtube - My Home Is On The Delta [sic] *   @ youtube - Spann Blues #   @ youtube rec. August 30, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City, N.Y.; Otis Spann, voc, p; # George Smith, hca [without amplification]; Sammy Lawhorn, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson [except "My Home Is On The Delta"], * Muddy Waters, g; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele photography by Charles Shabacon notes by Stanley Dance Bluesway BL-6003 (mono) (US 3/1967) notes by Stanley Dance   = Bluesway BLS-6003 (stereo) (US 3/1967) notes by Stanley Dance Sparton/ABC BL 6003 (mono) (Ca 1967) notes by Stanley Dance = Sparton/ABC BLS 6003 (stereo) (Ca 1967) notes by Stanley Dance = His Master's Voice CLP 3609 (mono) (UK 1967) notes by Stanley Dance = His Master's Voice CSD 3609 (stereo) (UK 1967) = Stateside SSLM 6042 (New Zealand 1967) notes by Patrice Blanc-Francard = Stateside CSSX 240.759 (stereo) (Fr 1968) notes by Stanley Dance   = Probe IPR-8191 (Jp 1973) notes by Stanley Dance = MCA 204 927 (Fr 1982) notes by Bez Turner = Charly CRB-1062 (UK 1983) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" notes by Stanley Dance = Crosscut CCR 1016 (Germany 1987) notes by Wolfgang Quander = (AMIGA 8 56 566) Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin 0760 063 (LP) (GDR 1990) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" (Blues Collection Nr. 17) = Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin/(Amiga) DSB 0460 063 (cassette) (GDR 1990) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" (Blues Collection Nr. 17) notes by Stanley Dance = Beat Goes On BGOCD 221 (UK 1994) notes by Bill Dahl (=) MCA MCAD-11202 (US 1995) "Down To Earth - The Bluesway Recordings" (Bluesway 6003 + 6013) Otis Spann discography Muddy Waters discography George 'Harmonica' Smith discography Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson discography
6004 (1967)	The New Jimmy Reed Album - Big Boss Man - I Wanna Know - Got Nowhere To Go - Two Ways To Skin A Cat - Heartaches And Trouble - Tell Me What You Want Me To Do - Honey I'll Make Two - You Don't Have To Go - Don't Play Me Cheap - Two Sides To Every Story - I'm Just Trying To Cop A Plea - Two Heads Better Than One rec. November 4 & 8, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, g, hca; William 'Lefty' Bates, g; Jimmy Reed Jr., g; Jimmy Gresham, b; Al Duncan, dr; prod. by Al Smith cover photo by Don Bronstein notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS-6004 notes by Sheldon Harris = His Master's Voice CLP 3611 (UK 1967) (=) See For Miles SEECD 468 (UK 1997) (along with "Soulin'") Jimmy Reed discography
6005 (1967)	Jimmy Rushing: Every Day I Have The Blues with Oliver Nelson and his orchestra featuring Dickie Wells Bluesway BLS-6005 track sequence: - Berkeley Campus Blues - Keep The Faith, Baby - You Can't Run Around (Blues) - Blues In The Dark - Baby Don't Tell - Every Day I Have The Blues - I Left My Baby - Undecided Blues - Evil Blues Impulse! 547 967-2 track sequence: - Berkeley Campus Blues - Keep The Faith, Baby - You Can't Run Around - Blues In The Dark - Baby, Don't Tell On Me - Every Day I Have The Blues - I Left My Baby - Undecided Blues - Evil Blues - Sent To You Yesterday (Here You Come Today) - Bad Loser - Sonny Boy Blues - We Remember Prez - Cryin' Blues - Take Me Back, Baby - Tell Me I'm Not Too Late Jimmy Rushing, voc; Bob Ashton, ts; Dickie Wells, tr; Clark Terry, tp; Hank Jones, p, org; Shirley Scott, org; Kenny Burrell, g; George Duvivier, b; Grady Tate, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele Bluesway BLS-6005 = His Master's Voice CLP 3632 (UK 1967) (=) Impulse! 547 967-2 (EUR 1999)
6006 (1967)	Joe Turner: Singing The Blues - Well Oh Well - Joe's Blues - Bluer Than Blue - Big Wheel - Poor House - Piney Brown Blues - Mrs. Geraldine - Since I Was Your Man - Roll 'Em Pete - Cherry Red Bluesway BL/BLS-6006 = Stateside SL 10226 (UK) = MFSL MFCD 780 (US)
6007 (1967)	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson: Cherry Red - Cherry Red - Cadillac Blues - Juice Head Baby - Alimony Blues - Somebody's Got To Go - Flat Broke Blues - Old Maid Got Married - Workin' Blues - Wee Baby Blues - Goodnight Baby Blues rec. March 22 & 23, 1967 in New York; Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, voc, as; Buddy Lucas, ts, hca; Patti Bown, org, p; Mike Bloomfield, g; g; b; dr; prod. by Bob Thiele notes by Stanley Dance Bluesway BLS-6007 notes by Stanley Dance = MCA/One Way MCAD-22169 (1995)
6008 (1967)	T-Bone Walker: Stormy Monday Blues - I'm Gonna Stop This Nightlife - Little Girl, Don't You Know - Every Night I Have To Cry - I'm Still In Love With You - Cold Hearted Woman - Treat Me So Low Down - Stormy Monday - Confusion Blues - I Gotta Break Baby - Flower Blues rec. May 24 & 25, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA; T-Bone Walker, voc, g; McKinley Johnson, Mel Moore, tp; John 'Streamline' Ewing, tb; Mel Jernigan, ts; Preston Love, as; John Williams, as, bs; Lloyd Glenn, p; Mel Brown, g; Ron Brown, b; Paul Humphrey, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele notes by George Hoefer Bluesway BL/BLS-6008 = Stateside SSL 10223 (UK 1967) = Sparton BLS 6008 (Ca) notes by Werner Burkhardt = Philips 843 527 BY (Germany) = BGO (1998)
6009 (1967)	Jimmy Reed: Soulin' - Buy Me A Hound Dog - Feel Like I Want To Ramble - I Wake Up At Daybreak - Peepin' And Hidin' - Don't Press Your Luck Woman - I'm Not Going To Let You Down - I'm Knockin' On Your Door - Crazy About Oklahoma - Cousin Peaches - Ain't No Time For Fussin' - Dedication To Sonny rec. April 18 & May 26, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, hca, lead g; Lefty Bates, rhythm g; Jimmy Reed Jr, b g; Eddie Taylor, background g; Phil Upchurch, el b; Jimmy Gresham, b; Al Donkin Duncan, dr; photographer: Don Bronstein notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS-6009 notes by Sheldon Harris = Stateside SL/SSL 10221 (UK 1967) (=) See For Miles SEECD 468 (UK 1997) (along with "The New Jimmy Reed Album") Jimmy Reed discography
6010 (1968)	Dirty Blues Band - Don't Start Me Talkin' - What Is Soul Babe - Hound Dog - New Orleans Woman - I'll Do Anything Babe - Checkin' Up On My Baby - Shake It Baby - Worry Worry Blues - Born Under A Bad Sign - Spoonful - Chicken Shack notes by Frank Kofsky Bluesway BL/BLS-6010 notes by David Wells (=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 784 (UK 2008)
6011 (1968)	B.B. King: Blues On Top Of Blues - Heartbreaker - Losing Faith In You - Dance With Me - That's Wrong Little Mama - Having My Say - I'm Not Wanted Anymore - Worried Dream - Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - Until I Found You - I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me - Raining In My Heart - Now That You've Lost Me Bluesway BLS-6011 = Stateside SL 10238 (UK 1968) = ABC ABCD 709 (1970)
6012 (1968)	John Lee Hooker: Urban Blues Bluesway BLS-6012 track sequence: - Cry Before I Go [] - Boom Boom [] - Backbiters And Syndicaters - Mr. Lucky - My Own Blues - I Can't Stand To Leave You - Think Twice Before You Go - I'm Standing In Line - Hot Water Springs (Pt. 1) - Hot Water Springs (Pt. 2) - The Motor City Is Burning [] Beat Goes On BGOLP/CD122 track sequence: - Cry Before I Go [] - Boom Boom Boom [] - Backbiters & Syndicaters - Mr. Lucky - My Own Blues - I Can't Stand To Leave You - Think Twice Before You Go - I'm Standing In Line - Hot Spring Water Pt. 1 - Hot Spring Water Pt. 2 - The Motor City Is Burning [] - Want Ad Blues [Bluesway 45-61010] [] # MCA CD 10760 track sequence: - Cry Before I Go [] - Boom Boom Boom [] - Backbiters & Syndicaters - Mr. Lucky - My Own Blues - I Can't Stand To Leave You - Think Twice Before You Go - I'm Standing In Line - Hot Spring Water Pt. 1 - Hot Spring Water Pt. 2 - The Motor City Is Burning [] - I Gotta Go To Vietnam [previously unissued] * # - Messin' 'round With The Blues [previously unissued] * # - Hold On Baby [previously unissued] * # although listed in FANCOURT & MCGRATH as content of MCA CD 10760 "Walking The Floor Over You" from the same 1969 session actually remains unissued * # CD bonus tracks [] rec. September 26, 1967 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Buddy Guy, g; Eddie Taylor, Phillip Upchurch, b; Al Duncan, dr; prod. by Al Smith (+ Ed Michel) rec. November 27, 1967 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Louis Myers, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Phillip Upchurch, b; Al Duncan, dr; prod. by Al Smith (+ Ed Michel) * rec. May 29, 1969 at Vault Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Jeffrey Carp, hca; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org; Earl Hooker, g; Chester 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Roosevelt Shaw, dr; prod. by Ed Michel notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS-6012 = Bluesway/King SR-230 (Jp 1968) = Stateside CSSX 240.795 (Fr 1974) notes by Sheldon Harris (=) Beat Goes On BGOLP122 / BGOCD122 (UK 1991) notes by Sheldon Harris (=) MCA CD 10760 (US 1993)
6013 (1968)	Otis Spann: The Bottom Of The Blues@ youtube (full album playlist) - Heart Loaded With Trouble - Diving Duck - Shimmy Baby # - Look Like Twins * - I'm A Fool # - My Man # - Down To Earth # - Nobody Knows - Doctor Blues rec. November 20, 1967 in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; # Lucille Spann, voc; * Muddy Waters, Luther Johnson, Sam Lawhorn, g; George Buford, hca; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele photographer: Dennis Chalkin notes by Sheldon Harris   Bluesway BLS 6013 stereo (US 1968) / (US 1970s repress) notes by Sheldon Harris   = EMI Stateside SL 10255 mono / SSL 10255 stereo (UK 1968) notes by Sheldon Harris = Philips 843533 BY stereo (Germany 1968) notes by Sheldon Harris = Beat Goes On BGOLP 92 stereo (UK 1990) = Beat Goes On BGOCD 92 (UK 1990) (=) MCA 11202 (US 1995) Otis Spann discography Lucille Spann discography Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson discography Mojo Buford discography Muddy Waters discography etc., etc., etc. @ discogs.com
6014 (1968)	T-Bone Walker: Funky Town - Goin' To Funky Town - Party Girl - Why My Baby (Keep On Bothering Me) - Jealous Woman - Going To Build Me a Playhouse - Long Skirt Baby Blues - Struggling Blues - I'm In An Awful Mood - I Wish My Baby (Would Come Home At Night) notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS-6014 = Stateside SL 10223 (UK 1968)
6015 (1968)	Jimmy Reed: Big Boss Man - Give Up And Let Me Go - I'm Leavin' - Shame, Shame, Shame - Run Here To My Baby - Life Is Funny - Two In One Blue - My Baby Told Me - Five Years Of Good Lovin' - When Two People In Love - I've Got To Keep On Rollin' - When I Woke Up This Mornin' notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS-6015 Jimmy Reed discography
6016 (1968)	B.B. King: Lucille - Lucille - You Move Me So - Country Girl - No Money No Luck - I Need Your Love - Rainin' All The Time - I'm With You - Stop Putting The Hurt On Me - Watch Yourself prod. by Bob Thiele notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS-6016 = Stateside SL 10272 (UK 1968) = ABC ABCD 712 (1970) = MFSL CD 24 (1996) original notes by Sheldon Harris plus new notes by Alan Balfour = Beat Goes On BGOCD36 (UK 1997) = MCA MCAD 10518
6017 (1968)	Jimmy Rushing: Livin' The Blues Bluesway BLS-6017 track sequence: - Sent For You - Bad Loser - Sonny Boy Blues - We Remember Pres - Cryin' Blues - Take Me Back, Baby - Tell Me I'm Not Too Late Impulse! 547 967-2 track sequence: - Berkeley Campus Blues - Keep The Faith, Baby - You Can't Run Around - Blues In The Dark - Baby, Don't Tell On Me - Every Day I Have The Blues - I Left My Baby - Undecided Blues - Evil Blues - Sent To You Yesterday (Here You Come Today) - Bad Loser - Sonny Boy Blues - We Remember Prez - Cryin' Blues - Take Me Back, Baby - Tell Me I'm Not Too Late Jimmy Rushing, voc; Buddy Tate, sax; Dickie Wells, tr; Dave Frishberg, p; Hugh Mc Cracken, Wally Richardson, g; Bob Bushnell, b; Joe Marshall, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS-6017 (=) Impulse! 547 967-2 (EUR 1999)
6018 (1968)	South Central Avenue Municipal Blues Band: The Soul Of Bonnie And Clyde - The Soul Of Bonnie And Clyde   @ youtube - The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Bonnie And Clyde - Bowl Of Soul   @ youtube - Blues For A Rainy Everyday   @ youtube - Blues For Bonnie And Clyde - South Central Avenue Municipal Blues Band - Ode To Bonnie And Clyde - How's Your Clyde? - There's Not Much Time To Love - Little Bit A' Bonnie And Whole Lotta Clyde Joe Sample, p, org; Wayne Henderson, tb; Clifford Solomon, ts; Bill Green, bs; Bobby Bryant, Freddie Hill, tp; Artie Butler, org; Arthur Adams, Ron Brown, g; Bob West, b; Paul Humphrey, perc; Abe Mills, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele photography by Fred Seligo notes by Frank Kotsky Bluesway BLS-6018
6019 (1968)	Roy Brown: The Blues Are All Brown - Hard Times - Higher And Higher - New Orleans Woman - Driving Me Mad - Till The End Of Never - Soul Lover - Man In Trouble - Standing On Broadway (Watching The Girls) - Woman Trouble Blues - Cryin' With The Blues - Deep Down In My Soul Bluesway BLS-6019 Bluesway BLS-6056 (=) Charly CRB 1199 (UK) "The Bluesway Sessions"
6020 (1968)	The Dirty Blues Band: Stone Dirt featuring Rod "Gingerman" Piazza - Bring It On Home - It's My Own Fault Baby - I Can't Quit You Baby - Tell Me - She's The One - My Baby - Sittin' Down Wonderin' - Six Sides - You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling - Gone Too Long notes by Leonard J. Feather Bluesway BLS-6020 notes by David Wells (=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 784 (UK 2008)
6021 (1968)	The Outlaw Blues Band .... and ... the People Hey Mom! It's High, But ... You Will Dig It. - Tobacco Road - Tried To Be A Good Boy (But I'm Worse Than A Nazi) - How Bad Love Can Be - I've Got To Have Peace On My Mind - Lost In The Blues - Death Dog Of Doom - Sweet Sixteen - Two 'Tranes Running rec 1968 at United and Western Studios in Hollywood, CA; Larry Gentile, org; Joe Whiteman, saxes, fl, vibraharp, perc; Leon Rubenhold, lead voc, hca, perc; Phillip John Diaz, lead voc, lead & rhythm g, perc; Joe Francis Gonzalez, lead voc, b, perc; Victor Aleman, dr, perc; Pan de Shito, congas; prod. by Bob Thiele; engineered by Rudy Van Gelder; artwork by Felipe Leon   Bluesway BLS-6021 www.outlawbluesband.com
6022 (1969)	The Electric B.B. King: His Best - Tired Of Your Jive - Don't Answer The Door - The B.b. Jones - All Over Again - Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - Think It Over - I Done Got Wise - Meet My Happiness - Sweet Sixteen - You Put It On Me - I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair prod. by Johnny Pate & Quincy Jones Bluesway BLS-6022 = ABC ABCD 813 (4/1974) = MCA ABCD 813 (US 1980) = BGO LP/CD 37 (UK 1990)
6023 (1969)	John Lee Hooker: Simply the truth - I Don't Wanna Go To Vietnam - Mini Skirts - Mean Mean Woman - I Wanna Bugaloo - Tantalizing With The Blues - (Twist Ain't Nothin') But The Old Time Shimmy - One Room Country Shack - I'm Just A Drifter Bluesway BLS-6023
6024 (1969)	Jimmy Reed: Down In Virginia - Sugar Sugar Woman - Don't Light My Fire - Slow Wa King Mama - Jump And Shout - Down In Virginia - Check Yourself - I Shot An Arrow To The Sky - Ghetto Woman Blues - Big Boss Lady - I Need You So - The Judge Should Know rec. 1967-1969 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, g, hca; Wayne Bennett,g; Eddie Taylor, g, b; Philip Upcurch, b; Al Duncan, dr; prod. by Al Smith notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS-6024 = Action ACLS 6011 (UK 1969) Jimmy Reed discography
6025	Bluesway BLS-6025 [unissued]
6026 (1969)	Jimmy Witherspoon: Blues Singer - Evening - I Don't Know - No Rolling Blues - Going Down Slow - Pay The Consequence - Just A Dream - Blow Wind Blow - Look At Granny Run Run - Nobody Wants To Hear Nobody's Troubles Jimmy Witherspoon, voc; Charlie Musselwhite, hca; Barry Goldberg, keyb; Jack McDuff, org; Danny Kalb, Harvey Mandel, g; prod. by Lewis Futterman and Johnny Pate notes by Annie Fisher Bluesway BLS-6026 = Stateside SSL 10289 (UK 1970)
6027 (1970?)	Rocky & Val: I Stopped and Looked At the World Marzano-Calvert Productions [announced in Billboard May 17, 1969] Bluesway BLS-6027 [may be unissued]
6028 (1969)	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Long Way From Home - Long Way From Home - Big Question - Rock Island Line - Night And Day - You Just Usin' Me For A Convenience - Hole In The Wall - Life Is A Gamble - Don't Mistreat Me - Packin' Up, Gettin' Ready - Wailin' And Whoopin' - B.M. Special rec. March 1, 1969 in Los Angeles, CA; Brownie McGhee, voc, g; Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Ray Johnson, p; Jimmy Bond, b; Panama Francis, dr; prod. by Ed Michel; photos & design by Phil Melnick Bluesway BLS-6028 = Stateside SL 10291 (UK 1969)
6029 (1969)	George 'Harmonica' Smith and his Blues Band ...Of The Blues - A Letter To The President [] - Got My Mojo Working - Milk That Cow - Blues For Reverend King - Ode To Blillie Joe - Juicy Harmonica - Help Me - Hawaiian Eye - If You Were A Rabbit # prod. by Bob Thiele rec. February 27 & 28, 1969 in Hollywood; George Smith, voc, hca; Big Jim Wynn, bar; Richard Davis, tpt; Ed Davis, sax; Robert Schedel, p; Marshall Hooks, g; Curtis Tillman, b; unknown dr # George Smith, voc, hca; Lightnin' Rod (Piazza), hca; Arthur Wright, g; unknown org. ten, b, dr [] George Smith, talking with Lightnin' Rod (Piazza), hca; Art Adams, g notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS-6029 (US 1969) notes by Klaus 'Mojo' Kilian = Crosscut CCR 1015 (Germany 1987) George 'Harmonica' Smith discography
6030 (1969)	The Outlaw Blues Band: Breaking In - Plastic Man - Stormy Monday Blues - My Baby's Left And Gone - Day Said - Mamo Pano Shhhh - You're The Only One - Deep Gully Bluesway BLS-6030
6031 (1969)	B.B. King: Live And Well - Don't Answer The Door - Just A Little Love - My Mood - Sweet Little Angel - Please Accept My Love - I Want You So Bad - Friends - Get Off My Back Woman - Let's Get Down To Business - That's Why I Sing The Blues Bluesway BLS-6031 = ABC ABCD 819 (1974)
6032 (1969)	Earl Hooker: Don't Have To Worry featuring Johnny "Big Moose" Walker and Little Andrew "Blues Boy" Odom - The Sky Is Crying (70046)* - Hookin' (70040) - Is You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry? (70044) [] - You Got To Lose (70048) # - Blue Guitar (70049) - Moanin' And Groanin' (70045) * - Universal Rock (70042) - Look Over Yonder's Wall (70043) [] - Don't Have To Worry (70041) # - Come To Me Right Away, Baby (70047) * rec. May 29, 1969 at Vault Recording Studio in Los Angeles, CA; Earl Hooker, g, # voc; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org, [] voc; * Little Andrew 'Blues Boy' Odom, voc; Chester E. 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Jeffrey M. Carp, hca, Paul Asbell, g; Roosevelt Shaw, dr; prod. by Ed Michel Bluesway BLS-6032 = Stateside SSL 10298 (UK 1970) = Movieplay TK 3007 (Brazil) (El camino del blues 8) = Probe IPR-8193 Earl Hooker discography
6033 (1969)	John Lee Hooker Untitled Album Bluesway BLS-6033 [Unissued]
6034 (1969)	The James Gang: Yer' Album - Introduction (Tuning Part One) - Take A Look Around - Funk #48 - Bluebird - Lost Woman - Stone Rap - Collage - I Don't Have The Time - Wrapcity In English (Joe Walsh & The Seymour Barab Strings) - Fred (Featuring The Dunn Chorus) - Stop (Featuring The Dunn Chorus) Bluesway BLS-6034
6036 (1969)	Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker: Ramblin' Woman featuring Earl Hooker And Otis Hale - Footrace (70064) - The Sky Is Crying (70068) - Ramblin' Woman (70062) - Moose Huntin' (70067) - Chicken Shack (70069) - Leave Me Alone (70065) - Baby Talk (70063) - Would You Baby (70073) - Rock Me Momma (70070) - Moose Is On The Loose (70072) rec. June 9, 1969 at Vault Recording Studio, Los Angeles; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org, voc; Otis Hale, electric ts; Earl Hooker, g; Chester E. 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Paul Humphrey, dr Bluesway BLS-6036 Earl Hooker discography
6037 (1969)	B.B. King: Completely Well - So Excited - No Good - You're Losin' Me # - What Happened? # - Confessin' The Blues - Key To My Kingdom # - Cryin' Won't Help You Now - You're Mean - The Thrill Is Gone * rec. October 8, 1969 at the Hit Factories (East and West) in New York; B.B. King, voc, g; # tp; # saxes; Paul Harris, org, p; Hugh McCracken, g; Gerald 'Fingers' Jemmott, b; Herbie Lovelle, dr; * strings; "production and sound" by Bill Szymczyk Bluesway BLS-6037 notes by Ralph Gleason = Stateside SSL 10299 (UK) = ABC ABCD 868 (1974)
6038 (1969)	John Lee Hooker: If You Miss 'Im ... I Got 'Im featuring Earl Hooker - The Hookers (If You Miss 'Im... I Got 'Im) (70033) - Baby, I Love You (70036B) - Lonesome Mood (70031) - Bang Bang Bang Bang (70035) # - If You Take Care Of Me, I'll Take Care Of You (70028) - Baby, Be Strong (70032B) - I Wanna Be Your Puppy, Baby (70034) - I Don't Care When You Go (70030) - Have Mercy On My Soul (70038) # rec. May 29, 1969 at Vault Recording Studios, Los Angeles; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Earl Hooker, g or # Paul Asbell, g; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org; Jeffrey Carp, hca; Chester 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Roosevelt Shaw, dr; prod. by Ed Michel Bluesway BLS-6038 (US 1969) = Probe SPB 1016 (UK 1969) = EMI Stateside 2C 062-91.429 (Fr 1970) = Bluesway/King SR-412 (Jp) notes by Tony Russell = BGO BGOCD392 Earl Hooker discography etc., etc., etc. @ discogs
6039 (1970)	Charles Brown: Legend! - Drifting Blues # - All Is Forgiven [] - I Want To Go Home # [] - Black Night # - The Combination - Rainy, Rainy Day - New Merry Christmas Baby # rec. September 16, 1969 at Vault Recordings, Los Angeles, CA; Charles Brown, voc, p; Red Holloway, ts; Mel Brown [left channel], Earl Hooker [right channel], g; # Jimmy Bond or Arthur Booth, b; Ed Thigpen, dr; [] Dottie Ivory, voc; prod. by Ed Michel Bluesway BLS-6039
6040 (1970)	Jimmy Witherspoon: HUNH! - Parcel Post Blues (70080) - I Made A Lot Of Mistakes (70079) - Bug To Put 'n Yo' Year (70081) # - Bags Under My Eyes (Sad Life) (70085) - Thoughts Of Home (70093) [] - You Can't Do A Thing When You're Drunk (70084) - Never Knew This Kind Of Hurt Before (70082) - Pillar To Post (70083) rec. September 15, 1969 at Vault Studios in Los Angeles; Jimmy Witherspoon, voc; James 'Red' Holloway, ts; Charles Brown, p; # Art Hillery, org; Mel Brown, g [left channell]; Earl Hooker, g [right channel]; Jimmy Bond, b; Lavell Austin, dr; prod. by Ed Michel [] Jimmy Witherspoon, voc [added]; tb; ts; p; Mel Brown, g [added]; g; b; dr Bluesway BLS 6040
6041	Jimmy Reed Untitled Album Bluesway BLS-6041 [Unissued] Jimmy Reed discography
6042	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Brownie's Blues - Jump, Little Children - Lonesome Day - One Thing For Sure - The Killin' Floor - Little Black Engine - I Don't Know The Reason - Trouble In Mind - Every Day I Have The Blues - Door To Success rec. October 6, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ; Brownie McGhee, voc, g; Sonny Terry, hca; Bennie Foster, g http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/bluesway.html: "BLS 6042 - Brownie's Blues - Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry [Unissued] Later released as Bluesville OBC-505." [to me more likely a muddling of "BV 1042" and "BLS-6042"] Bluesville BV 1042 Bluesway BLS-6042 [Unissued] Bluesville OBC-505
6043 (1970)	Country Coalition - Your One Man Band - Second-Hand Sundown Queen - Sweet Sweetheart - Poverty - Life's Little Up's And Down's - Time To Get It Together - How Do I Love You - November Monday - Think About Now - Giving Up Trying To Please You - Age Of Angels - Longing To Be Free Peggie Moje [later P. Bradley], fiddle; Dick Bradley, g; Tom Riney, b; John Kurtz, dr; prod. by Bob Todd and arranged by Don McGinnis Bluesway BLS-6043 = Bluesway BLS-6043 "Time To Get It Together"
6044	Bluesway BLS-6044 [Unissued]
6045	Bluesway BLS-6045 [Unissued]
6046 (1970)	Jimmy Witherspoon Bluesway BLS-6046 [Unissued?]
6047 (1970)	Earl Hooker Memorial Album [obviously released as Blues On Blues 10002] Blues on Blues discography Earl Hooker discography Bluesway BLS-6047 [Unissued?]
6048	Bluesway BLS-6048 [Unissued]
6049	Bluesway BLS-6049 [Unissued]
6050 (1970)	B.B. King: Back In The Alley The Classic Blues of B.B. King - Sweet Little Angel - Watch Yourself - Don't Answer The Door - Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - Sweet Sixteen - Gambler's Blues - I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me - Lucille - Please Love Me prod. by Ed Michel & Larry Ray notes by Jack Tracy Bluesway BLS-6050 Polydor/ABC ABCS-725 (Ca 1971) [signed] = MCA 68022 (Fr 1973) = ABC ABCD 878 (1974) notes by Jack Tracy = MCA AB/ABCD 878 (1977) = MCA 27010 (1980)
6051 (1970)	the best of Jimmy Witherspoon - Handbags And Gladrags - I Don't Know - I Made A Lot Of Mistakes - Blow Wind Blow - Bags Under My Eyes (Edited Version) - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - You Can't Do A Thing When You're Drunk (Edited Version) - Just A Dream - Testifying Bluesway BLS-6051
6052 (1973)	John Lee Hooker: kabuki wuki live at Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco - You Love (Just A Little Bit) # - Hold It - Look At The Rain - My Best Friend - Hit The Floor - A Little Bit Higher - I Wonder Why - If You Got A Dollar rec. August 14/15, 1971 in San Francisco, CA; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Robert Hooker, org; Cliff Coulter, keyb; Mel Brown, Luther Tucker, Benny Rowe, Paul Wood, g; # L.C. Robinson, st g; Luther Tucker, g; Geno Skaggs, b; Kenneth Swank, dr; prod. by Ed Michel; mixed December 1972 at the Village Recorder, Los Angeles notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS-6052 (US 1973) L.C. Robinson discography
6053 (1973)	Ray Charles: genius live in concert - Opening - Swing A Little Taste - I Gotta Woman - Margie - You Don't Know Me - Hide Nor Hair - Baby Don't You Cry - Makin' Whoopee - Hallelujah I Love Her So - Don't Set Me Free - What'd I Say - Finale ABC/ABCS 500 Bluesway BLS-6053
6054 (1973)	Jimmy Reed: i ain't from chicago - World's Got A Problem   @ Spotify - I Don't Know (Part 1)   @ Spotify - I Don't Know (Part 2)   @ Spotify - Got To Be A Reason   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Take Out Some Insurance   @ Spotify - I Don't Believe In Nothing   @ Spotify - If You Want It Done Right   @ Spotify - Life Won't Last Me Long   @ Spotify - Turn Me On   @ Spotify - Got Me Worried   @ Spotify - I Ain't From Chicago   @ Spotify rec. June 17, 20 & 24, 1969 at RCA Studios in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, hca, g; gs; b; dr; prod. by Al Smith front cover photo by Phil Melnick; liner photo by Rick Fitts Jimmy Reed discography notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS-6054 Jimmy Reed discography
6055 (1973)	Andrew 'Voice' Odom: farther on down the road - Don't Ever Leave Me All Alone (70057) - Stormy Monday (70053) # - Farther Up The Road (70061) - Feel So Good (70054) - Long About Sunrise (70060) - Take Me Back To East St. Louis (70052) - I Got The Feelin' (70051) - It's My Own Fault (70056) # - Please Love Me (70059) rec. June 4, 1969 at Vault Recording Studio, Los Angeles; Andrew 'Voice' Odom, voc; Earl Hooker, g; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, # org; Jimmy Bond, b; David 'Panama' Francis, dr notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS/BLQ-6055 Earl Hooker discography
6056 (1973)	Hard Times: The Classic Blues Of Roy Brown - Hard Times - Higher And Higher - New Orleans Woman - Driving Me Mad - Till The End Of Never - Soul Lover - Man In Trouble Blues - Standing On Broadway (Watching The Girls) - Woman Trouble Blues - Cryin' With The Blues - Deep Down In My Soul Bluesway BLS-6019 notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS-6056 (=) Charly CRB 1199 (UK) "The Bluesway Sessions"
6057 (1973)	Jimmy Rushing: Sent For You Yesterday - You Can't Run Around (Blues) - Sonny Boy Blues - Sent For You Yesterday (Here You Come Today) - Blues In The Dark - Every Day I Have the Blues - Undecided Blues - I Left My Baby - Berkeley Campus Blues - Tell Me I'm Not Too Late Bluesway BLS-6057
6058 (1973)	T-Bone Walker: dirty mistreater - Why My Baby (Keeps On Bothering Me) - Stormy Monday - Jealous Woman - Flower Blues - Long Skirt Baby Blues - Little Girl, Don't You Know - Treat Me So Low Down - I'm In an Awful Mood - Going To Build Me A Playhouse - Cold Hearted Woman - Goin' To Funky Town Bluesway BLS-6058
6059 (1973)	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry with Earl Hooker: i couldn't believe my eyes - Black Cat Bone (70103) # [] - Brownie's New Blues (70096) # - Poor Man Blues (70101) * [] - Tell Me Why (70094) # - My Baby's So Fine (70100) * - Don't Wait For Me (70095) # [] - I'm In Love With You Baby (70102) * - Parcel Post Blues (70097) # - When I Was Drinkin' (70099) * - I Couldn't Believe My Eyes (70098) # rec. September 24, 1969 in Los Angeles; Brownie McGhee, g, # voc; Sonny Terry, hca, * voc; Ray Johnson, el p, p; Earl Hooker, g; Jimmy Bond, b; Panama Francis, dr; Clark Kidder, George McGhee, Marsha Smith, [] voc Bluesway BLS/BLQ 6059 MCA CD 11756 (1998) Earl Hooker discography
6060 (1973)	Joe Turner: Roll 'Em - Well Oh Well - Joe's Blues - Bluer Than Blue - Big Wheel - Poor House - Piney Brown Blues - Mrs. Geraldine - Since I Was Your Man - Roll 'Em Pete - Cherry Red Bluesway BLS-6006 Bluesway BLS-6060
6061 (1973)	Blues Classics Vol. 1 Collector's Bluesway Gold Edition Ray Charles - Let's Go Get Stoned John Lee Hooker - I'm Bad Like Jesse James Johnny "Big Moose" Walker - Baby Talk T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday Mel Brown - Scorpio George 'Hamonica' Smith - Got My Mojo Working Jimmy Witherspoon - No Rollin' Blues Andrew 'Voice' Odom - Take Me Back To East St. Louis Roy Brown - Hard Times Archie Shepp - Attica Blues Bluesway BLS-6061
6062 (1973)	Blues Classics Vol. 2 Collector's Bluesway Gold Edition Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man Charles Brown - Drifting Blues Joe Turner - Piney Brown Blues B.B. King - Midnight Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Cherry Red Earl Hooker - Blue Guitar Clifford Coulter - Ridin' on Empty Otis Spann - T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Long Way From Home Jimmy Rushing - Bad Loser Bluesway BLS-6062
6063 (1973)	Otis Spann: Heart Loaded With Trouble The Classic Blues of Otis Spann - Heart Loaded With Trouble *   @ youtube - I'm A Fool *   @ youtube - Doctor Blues *   @ youtube - Looks Like Twins *   @ youtube - Down To Earth [] *   @ youtube - My Home Is On The Delta - Down On Sarah Street # - Spann Blues # - Chicago Blues - Brand New House # # rec. August 30, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; George Smith, hca [without amplification]; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele * rec. November 20, 1967 in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; [] Lucille Spann, voc; Muddy Waters, Luther Johnson, Sam Lawhorn, g; George Buford, hca; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele "Previously issued in other albums" (part of BLS 6003 and BLS 6013) notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS 6063 (US 1973, promo)   has dissimilar (most likely false) track sequence written on back cover notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS 6063 (US 1973)   track sequence corrected by use of a sticker Otis Spann discography Mojo Buford discography George "Harmonica" Smith discography Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson discography Muddy Waters discography Lucille Spann discography
6064 (1973)	Mel Brown: Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlins And Other Greasy Blues Specialties - Chunk A Funk - Seven Forty-Seven - Eighteen Pounds Of Unclean Chitlins - Time For A Change - Good Stuff - I'd Rather Suck My Thumb - W-2 Witholding - Home James Bluesway BLS-6064
6065 (1973)	bobby bland: call on me - Call On Me - The Feeling Is Gone - Honky Tonk - Cry Lover Cry - Wishing Well - Share You Love With Me - That's The Way Love Is - Care For Me - No Sweeter Girl - Bobby's Blues - Ain't It A Good Thing - Queen For A Day Bluesway BLS-6065
6066 (1973)	junior parker: Sometimes Tomorrow My Broken Heart Will Die - My Love Is Real - I'm Gonna Take A Chance - If You Can't Take It (You Sure Can't Make It) - What Kind Of Love - It Ain't Like That No More - Goodbye Little Girl - Today I Sing The Blues - I'm Gonna Stop - What People Say About Love - Little Old Lover-M Bluesway BLS-6066
6067 (1970)	The Ultimate Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do - Big Boss Man - Shame, Shame, Shame - Aw, Shucks, Hush Your Mouth - Bright Lights, Big City - The Sun Is Shining - Good Lover - Down In Virginia - Hush, Hush - Close Together - Baby, What You Want Me To Do Bluesway BLS-6067 Jimmy Reed discography
6068 (1973)	Sunny Land Slim Plays The Rag Time Blues - Get Hip To Yourself - Mr. Cool - Bassology - Ain't Gonna Drink No More - It's You Baby - Everytime I Gets To Drinkin' - Lonesome Ride - Canadian Walk - Rice, Salmon And Black-Eyed Peas [not listed on back cover] - Got To Get To My Baby [listed as "Goin' to My Baby" on the back cover] - When Your Mama Quit Your Papa [not listed on back cover] rec. March 1973 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; unknown Marcus Johnson, ts; Walter Horton, hca; Louis Myers. g; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Al Smith notes by Frank Walker and Sunny Land Slim [sic] Bluesway BLS-6068 = Probe/Toshiba IPP-80892 (Jp) = Mediterraneo-Movieplay TK 3004 (Sp 197?)
6069 (1973)	Johnny Little John: Funky From Chicago - Lost In The Jungle # [] - I Met A Stranger # [] - Chips Flying Everywhere # - Guitar King # - Keep On Runnin' # - Need More Baby * // - 29 Ways * § - Came Home This Mornin' * § - 19 Years Old [mentioned on back cover, but not included on the album] - How Long Blues * - Worried Head * rec. 1973 in Chicago, Ill.; prod. by Al Smith # John Littlejohn, voc, g; [] Walter Horton, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon, b; Willie Smith, dr * John Littlejohn, voc, g; // Marcus Johnson, ts; § Joe Willie Pinetop Perkins, p; Eddie Taylor, g; Dave Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr photos by Jerry Griffith notes by John Little John and Marcus Johnson Bluesway BLS-6069 Johnny Littlejohn discography
6070 (1974)	Lucille Spann: Cry Before I Go - Cry Before I Go   @ youtube - Meat Ration Blues   @ youtube - Country Girl   @ youtube - Make You Feel Like A Bigger Man   @ youtube - Sky Is Crying - Everybody's Fishing - Got My Mojo Workin' - Can't Stand To Leave You - Queen Bee - Daddy Let Me Love You - Wine Head Woman   @ youtube rec. 1973 in Chicago, IL; Lucille Spann, voc; Carey Bell, hca; Detroit Junior, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Eddie Taylor, g; James Green, b; Willie Smith, dr; prod. by Al Smith cover photo by Don Peterson notes by Mahilia [sic] "Lucille" Spann Bluesway BLS 6070 Lucille Spann discography
6071 (1973)	Homesick James: Ain't Sick No More - 13 Highway - 12 Year Old Boy - Buddy Brown - Fayette County Blues - Little Girl - In Love - My Baby's Gone - Little And Low - Money Getter - I Ain't Doin' No Good - Sugar Mama - Woman I Love rec. 1973; Homesick James Williamson, voc, g; Snooky Pryor, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Dave Myers, b; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, dr notes by Homesick James Bluesway BLS-6071 Homesick James discography
6072 (1974)	Do You Remember The Great Earl Hooker - Two Bugs In A Rug - Hold On ... I'm Comin' - Off The Hook - Dust My Broom - Hot And Heavy // - The Screwdriver # // - Bertha - The Foxtrot - End Of The Blues - Walkin' The Floor - Hooker Special [] - Something You Ate [] CD bonus tracks: - Off The Hook - untitled track # not on Bluesway BLS-6072 rec. 1966 in Sauk City, Wisconsin; Earl Hooker, g; Freddie Roulette, st-g; org; g; b; dr [] rec. April 1967 in Sauk City, Wisconsin; Earl Hooker, g; ts; org; b; dr // rec. 1967 in Sauk City, Wisconsin; Earl Hooker, g; Bobby Fields, ts; org; b; dr Cuca KS-3400 (1967)   "The Genius of Earl Hooker" notes by Peter Shertser = Red Lightnin' 009 (UK 1972) "There's A Fungus Amung Us" notes by Al Smith = Bluesway BLS-6072 (US 1974) "Do You Remember The Great Earl Hooker" notes by Peter Shertser = Red Lightnin' CD 6118 (UK 1999) "There's A Fungus Amung Us" (digitally remastered) = Catfish 134 (US 1999) = Multimedia 6118 (US 1999) = Sundazed SUNLP 5206 (US 2006) "The Genius of Earl Hooker" www.sundazed.com = P-Vine PVCP8159 (Jp 1998) Earl Hooker discography
6073 (1973)	Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall disc 1: - Bright Lights Big City - I'm Mr. Luck - What's Wrong Baby - Found Joy - Kind Of Lonesome - Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth - Tell Me You Love Me - Blue Carnegie - I'm A Love You - Hold Me Close - Blue Blue Water disc 2: - Baby What You Want Me To Do - You Don't Have To Go - Hush-Hush - Found Love - Honest I Do - You Got Me Dizzy - Big Boss Man - Take Out Some Insurance - Boogie In The Dark - Going To New York - Ain't That Lovin' Baby - The Sun Is Shining DLP Vee-Jay VJLP/2SR-1035 (US 1961) DLP = Stateside SL 10012 (UK 1962) DLP = Bluesway BLS-6073 = Joy JOYS 120 = Exodus EX/EXS 307 (US 1966) = MFSL UDCD 566 (US) Jimmy Reed discography
6074 (1973)	reverend gatemouth moore: after twenty-one years - The Conversion Of Gatemouth Moore And Shine On Me - Prayer Song And Meditation Medley: Oh How I Love Jesus, Yes Jesus Loves Me, A Prayer by Rev. Crenshaw - Glory To His Name - He Walks With Me - Heard The Voice - There Is Room At The Cross - Just As I Am - I Come To The Garden And I'm Going Through notes by Bishop Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore Bluesway BLS-6074
6075 (1974)	Johnny Young: I Can't Keep My Foot From Jumping - Stop Breaking Down - I Gotta Find My Baby - Deal The Cards - My Trainfare Out Of Town - I Know She's Kinda Slick - Tried Not To Cry - Keep On Drinking - Kid Mama Blues - Lend Me Your Love - Sweet Mama - No. 12 Is At The Station - I Can't Keep My Foot From Jumping rec. 1973 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, g; p; Louis Myers, g; Richard Evans, b; Bill Warren, dr; prod. by Al Smith notes by Al Smith Bluesway BLS-6075 Johnny Young discography
6076 (1973)	Snooky Pryor: Do It If You Want To - Trying To Sell My Monkey - You Wait Too Long - Somebody Been Rambling In My Drawers - Sweet As An Apple In A Tree - The One I Crave To See - Snooky And Andy At The Mardi Gras - Do It If You Want To - I Want To Go Fishin' - Take It Kind Of Easy - Can I Be Your Man - A Little While - Keep Your Fat Mouth Out Of My Business rec. May 1973; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Justin Adams, rhythm g; John E. Moore, lead g; George French, b, Alonzo Stewart, dr notes by Al Smith Bluesway BLS/BLQ 6076 Snooky Pryor discography
6077 (1973)	Roosevelt Sykes: Dirty Double Mother - Double Dirty Mother - Persimmon Pie - I Wanna Love - Look A Here - Jookin' In New Orleans - May Be A Scandal - Double Breasted Woman - Dooky Chase Boogie - Life Is A Puzzle - .44 Riffle Blues - Watch'l Go Better Bluesway BLS/BLQ-6077 = Probe Roosevelt Sykes discography
6078 (1973)	Cousin Joe Of New Orleans - Juice On The Loose - Beggin' Woman (tk 2)   @ youtube - Chicken a-la-Blues (tk 2) - Messin' Around - Barefoot Boy (tk 2) - Country Boy - Love Sick Soul # - Evolution Blues (tk 2) - Joe's Blues - Life's A One Way Ticket - Down It And Get From Around It   @ youtube rec. 1973 in New Orleans, LA; "Plesant" [sic; on back cover] Joseph, voc, p; # Jimmy Reed (?), hca; Justin Adams, g; George French, b; Alonzo Stewart, dr; prod. by Al Smith cover photo by Don Peterson; liner photo by Valerie Wilmer notes by Al Smith Bluesway BLS/BLQ-6078
6079 (1973)	Carey Bell: Last Night - Last Night - Taking You Downtown - Rosa, I Love Your Soul - I'm Worried - Cho' Cho' Blues - Tomorrow Night - 19 Years Old - Leaving In The Morning - Love Pretty Women - Mean Mistreater - Freda/I Want To See You Tomorrow rec. 1972 in Chicago, IL; Carey Bell Harrington, voc, hca; Joe 'Pinetop' Perkins, keyb; Eddie Taylor, g; Dave Myers, b; Willie Smith, dr; prod. by Al Smith notes by Carey Bell Bluesway BLS-6079 = MCA/One Way MCAD-22170 (1995)
6080 (1974)	Big Joe Williams: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree - Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree - Working On The Levy (Night & Day) - Things Gonna Come My Way - Mad Mad Blues - Southern Whistle Blow - This Old London Town - Baby Please Don't Go - Franklin Street Blues - She Won't Do Right - Going Down Home - Sugar Hill rec. 1974 in Muscle Shoals, AL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Jerry Bridges, b; Roger Allen Clark, dr; prod. Al Smith; engineered by Larry Hamby notes by Al Smith Bluesway BLS-6080 Big Joe Williams discography
6081 (2/1974)	The Spencer Jackson Family: The Hand of God - The Hand Of God - Top Of The Mountain - Walk Up Moses - We Have Decided - My God - This Little Light Of Mine - O Happy Day - God's All Right - He's Coming Back Again - March Around Selma Spencer Jackson Family (Rev. Spencer Jackson Sr., Mrs. Ella Pearl Jackson, Spencer Jackson Jr., Cary Jackson, Elaine Jackson), voc; Floyd Morris, p, arr.; Arvel Bradfield, org; Gerald Sims, g; Phil Upchurch, b; Brian Grice, dr; prod. by Al Smith [back cover has false personel list - from Bluesway BLS-6083] notes by Al Smith Bluesway BLS-6081
6082 (2/1974)	L.C. Robinson: House Cleanin' Blues - House Cleanin' Blues - Summerville Blues # - Separation Blues - Texas Blues - My Baby Crossed The Bay - Stop Now - Cross The Bay Shuffle (instr) # - Train Time - Southern Bound - Standin' In Line # - Trailin' My Baby - Rockin' With Peggy (instr) # rec. June 1974 in San Francisco, CA; L.C. Robinson, voc, g, # vn; Robert Hooker, p; Luther Tucker, g; Lex Boyd Silva, b; Kenneth Edward Swank, dr; prod. by Al Smith notes by Al Smith Bluesway BLS-6082 (US 1974) L.C. Robinson discography
6083 (2/1974)	Lee Jackson: Lonely Girl@ youtube (full album) - Lonely Girl - Juanita - Lee Jackson's Boogy (instr) - I Had A Dream Last Night - Neck Bones - Lonely Without Love - Country Girl - Old Aunt Jane - When I First Came To Chicago - All Around Man - The Sky Above rec. 1973 in Chicago, IL; Lee Jackson, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; [Arvel] Bradfield, org; Sunnyland Slim, p; William "Bom-Bay" Carter, b; Willie Williams, dr [back cover has false personel list - Al Smith's notes give away correct personel!] front cover photo by Don Peterson notes by Al Smith Bluesway BLS-6083 Lee Jackson discography
Bluesway compilations
SHZEL 7 (c.1969)	Just Blues B. B. King - Blind Love John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon One Scotch Otis Spann - Chicago Blues Dirty Blues Band - Don't Start Me Talkin' Jimmy Reed - Give Up And Let Me Go B. B. King - Paying The Cost To Be The Boss John Lee Hooker - Heartaches And Misery Dirty Blues Band - Hound Dog B. B. King - Don´t Answer The Door Otis Spann - Heart Loaded With Trouble Jimmy Reed - When I Woke Up This Morning John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom Boom Bluesway / ABC Records / Hör Zu SHZEL 73 (Germany)
1973 (1973)	A Taste Of Bluesway Ray Charles - I Gotta Woman Jimmy Witherspoon - I Don't Know Charles Brown - Drifitng Blues Jimmy Reed - Got To Be A Reason Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Traditional B. B. King - Blue Shadows John Lee Hooker - Doin' The Shout T-Bone Walker - I'm In An Awful Mood Earl Hooker - Is You Ever Seen A One Eyed Woman Cry? Jimmy Rushing - Sent For You Yesterday notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS-1973
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp.299,  ... - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 28, ... - http://45-sleeves.com/USA/bluesway/blue-us.htm - http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/abc700.html - http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/abc800.html - http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/bluesway.html - http://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/exodus.html - http://www.angelfire.com/mn/coasters/hook/urban.htm - http://lascintasrecuperadas.blogspot.com/2011/07/bob-thiele-emergency-head-start-1969.html - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Alan Balfour, Mark Sinclair Harris, "Blue Escorpio", Tom Wendt, Hank Moore, James Porter and Tom Morris for additional info / scans   Producer Bob Thiele (1922 - 1996) source: Bob Thiele Emergency: Head Start.- Flying Dutchman 10104 (1969)   Producer Al Smith (1923 - 1974) source: Blues Unlimited 118 (1976), p. 13; photographer: Norbert Hess