James Booker on the front cover of October 2013 OffBEAT

James Booker James Carroll Booker III b. December 17, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana d. November 8, 1983 in New Orleans, Louisiana buried at Providence Memorial Park in Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana discography

source: Cover of Aves 69.031; photographer: Norbert Hess

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1954	LITTLE BOOKER - Doing The Hambone (IM 729)   @ youtube - Thinkin Bout My Baby (IM 728)   @ youtube rec. 1954 in New Orleans, LA; James Booker, voc, p; Joe Harris, Clarence Hall, Herb Hardesty, saxes; Frank Fields, b; Earl Palmer, dr; unknown, perc Imperial 5293
2	9/1956	ARTHUR & BOOKER - You're Near Me (8203)   @ youtube - Heavenly Angel (8204) rec. 1956 in New Orleans, LA; Arthur Booker [no relation, actually Art Neville], voc; James Booker, voc, p; unknown saxes; g; b; dr Chess 1637
3	3/1957	Amos Milburn - Dear Angel (NO2849) (Booker - Matassa) # - Greyhound (CAP1983-4) [ex Aladdin 3150] # rec. c. February 1957 in New Orleans, LA; Amos Milburn, voc, p; Lee Allen, ts; Red Tyler, Clarence Ford, bs; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Earl Palmer, dr; poss. James Booker replacing Amos Milburn on p Aladdin 3370
4	6/1957	Amos Milburn - Thinkin' Of You Baby (RR2814) - If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (NO2921) # # rec. c. February 1957 in New Orleans, LA; Amos Milburn, voc, p; Lee Allen, ts; Red Tyler, Clarence Ford, bs; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Earl Palmer, dr; poss. James Booker replacing Amos Milburn on p Aladdin 3383 = Vogue V 9080 (UK 8/1957)
5	1958	Little Booker - Open The Door (3435) *   @ youtube - Teen Age Rock (3436) (instr) #   @ youtube rec. 1958 in New Orleans, LA; * Joe Tex, voc (overdubbed); James Booker, * p, # org; Lee Allen, Robert Parker, Red Tyler, saxes; Frank Fields, b; Charles Williams, dr Ace 547
6	6/1958	FENTION AND THE CASTLE ROCKERS - The Freeze (FR 3071-3) (instr) #   @ youtube DAVID DEAN'S COMBO - Double Freeze (FR 3072) *   @ youtube # rec. May 17 & 26, 1958 in Houston, TX; Fenton Robinson, g; David Dean, ts; James Booker, p; Larry Davis, b; Nat Kendricks, dr * rec. May 17 or 26, 1958 in Houston, TX; Peppermint Harris, voc; David Dean, ts; James Booker, p; Fenton Robinson, g; Larry Davis, b; Nat Kendricks, dr Duke 190
7	9/1958	LARRY DAVIS AND HIS BAND - Texas Flood (FR 3076-1)   @ youtube - I Tried (FR 3075-1) rec. May 16 & 26, 1958 in Houston, TX; Larry Davis, voc, b; David Dean, ts; James Booker, p; Fenton Robinson, g; Nat Kendricks, dr   Duke 192
8	1959	LARRY DAVIS - Angels In Houston (FR 7018) - (My) Little Girl (FR 7019) rec. June 19, 1959 in Houston, TX; Larry Davis, voc, b; David Dean, ts; sax; James Booker, p; Johnny Brown, Earl Grant, (Fenton Robinson?), g; Hamp Simmons, b; Jabo Starks, dr Duke 313
9	1960	LITTLE JUNIOR PARKER AND HIS BAND - You're On My Mind (UV 7026) * - The Next Time (UV 7027) # rec. January, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Junior Parker, voc, * hca; Joe Bridgewater, John Browning, tp; Richard Waters, tb; Arnett Cobb, ts; Conrad Johnson, bs; James Booker, p; Clarence Hollimon, g; Sonny Freeman, dr; # voc group Duke 317
10	1960	LARRY DAVIS - Will She Come Home (FR 7048) - Come Home (When You're Through) (FR 7049) rec. June 19, 1959 in Houston, TX; Larry Davis, voc, b; Dave Dean, ts; sax; James Booker, p; Johnny Brown, Earl Grant, (Fenton Robinson?), g; Hamp Simmons, b; Jabo Starks, dr Duke 328
11	4/1960	Smiley Lewis - Oh Red! (IM 2554) - I Want To Be With Her (IM 2556) rec. March 10, 1960 in New Orleans, LA; Smiley Lewis, voc; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Myer Kennedy, as; Warren Payne, ts; James Booker, p; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Robert French, dr Imperial 5662
12	7/1960	Smiley Lewis - Ain't Going There No More (IM 2553) - Last Night (IM 2555) rec. March 10, 1960 in New Orleans, LA; Smiley Lewis, voc; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Myer Kennedy, as; Warren Payne, ts; James Booker, p; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Robert French, dr Imperial 5676
		- Oh Red! (IM 2557) - Ain't Going There No More (IM 2558) rec. March 10, 1960 in New Orleans, LA; Smiley Lewis, voc; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Myer Kennedy, as; Warren Payne, ts; James Booker, p; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Robert French, dr Imperial unissued Bear Family BCD 15745
13	9/1960	James Booker - Cool Turkey (FR-1060) (instr)   @ youtube - Gonzo (FR-1061) (instr)   @ youtube rec. 1960-62 in Houston, TX; James Booker, org; unknown, tp, saxes, g, b, dr Peacock 1697
14	10/1960	Dave Bartholomew - I Cried (IM-2721) # - Somebody New (IM-2722) * rec. July 1960 in New Orleans, LA; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Myer Kennedy, as; Clarence Hall, Warren Payne, ts; James Booker, p; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Robert French, dr, # strings; * voc group Imperial 5702
15	1/1961	Smiley Lewis - Tell Me Who (IM 2823) - Stormy Monday Blues (IM 2824) rec. December 9, 1960 in New Orleans, LA; Smiley Lewis, voc; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Myer Kennedy, as; Clarence Hall, Warren Payne, ts; James Booker, p; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Robert French, dr; * voc group Imperial 5719
		- These Blues (IM 2825) - Goin' Down The Road (IM 2826) # rec. December 9, 1960 in New Orleans, LA; Smiley Lewis, voc; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Myer Kennedy, as; Clarence Hall, Warren Payne, ts; James Booker, p; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Robert French, dr; # voc group Imperial unissued Imperial LP 1566321
16	1/1961	Dave Bartholomew - Yeah Yeah (IM-2817)   @ youtube - People Are Talkin' (IM-2818)   @ youtube rec. November 16, 1960 in New Orleans, LA; Dave Bartholomew, tp; Myer Kennedy, as; Clarence Hall, Warren Payne, ts; James Booker, p; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Robert French, dr; # strings; * voc group Imperial 5724
17	2/1961	James Booker - Smacksie (FR-1066)   @ youtube - Kinda Happy (FR-1067)   @ youtube rec. 1960/61 in Houston, TX; James Booker, org; unknown tp, saxes, g, b, dr Peacock 1900
18	1960	Earl King - Come On - pt. 1 (IM2791)   @ youtube - Come On - pt. 2 (IM2792)   @ youtube rec. October 27, 1960 in New Orleans, LA; Earl King, voc, g; Leroy Derbigny, tp; Morris Bechamin, ts; Edward 'Kid' Jordan, bs; James Booker p; George Davis, b; Robert French, dr Imperial 5713
19	1960	Earl King - Love Me Now (IM2777)   @ youtube - The Things I Used To Do (IM2778)   @ youtube rec. October 27, 1960 in New Orleans, LA; Earl King, voc, g; Leroy Derbigny, tp; Morris Bechamin, ts; Edward 'Kid' Jordan, bs; James Booker p; George Davis, b; Robert French, dr Imperial 5730
20	1961	Earl King - You Better Know (IM3073)   @ youtube - Mama & Papa (IM3074)   @ youtube rec. July 25, 1961 in New Orleans, LA; Earl King, voc, g; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Morris Bechamin, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; George French, b; Robert French, dr Imperial 5774
		Earl King - It's Wrong (IM3075) rec. July 25, 1961 in New Orleans, LA; Earl King, voc, g; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Morris Bechamin, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; George French, b; Robert French, dr Imperial unissued
21	1961	Earl King - You're More To Me Than Gold (IM2945) # - Come Along With Me (IM2948) * rec. April 13, 1961 in New Orleans, LA; Earl King, voc, g; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Morris Bechamin, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; George French, b; Robert French, dr Imperial 5780 # = Imperial 5858 * = Imperial 5891
		Earl King - A Mother's Love (IM2946) # - Nervous Breakdown (IM2947) rec. April 13, 1961 in New Orleans, LA; Earl King, voc, g; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Morris Bechamin, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; George French, b; Robert French, dr Imperial unissued # EMI America SQ-17238
22	1961	Earl King - Trick Bag (IM3277) - Always A First Time (IM3278) rec. December 13, 1961 in New Orleans, LA; Earl King, voc, g; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Morris Bechamin, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; George French, b; Robert French, dr Imperial 5811
		- Something Funny (IM3279) rec. December 13, 1961 in New Orleans, LA; Earl King, voc, g; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Morris Bechamin, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; George French, b; Robert French, dr Imperial unissued
23	1961	Earl King - You're More To Me Than Gold (IM2945) # - We Are Just Friends (IM3280) * rec # April 13, 1961, * December 13, 1961 in New Orleans, LA; Earl King, voc, g; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Morris Bechamin, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; George French, b; Robert French, dr Imperial 5858
24	1961	Earl King - Come Along With Me (IM2948) # - Case Of Love (IM3076) * rec. # April 13 1961, * rec. July 25, 1961 in New Orleans, LA; Earl King, voc, g; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Morris Bechamin, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; George French, b; Robert French, dr Imperial 5891
25	1962	Shirley & Lee - The Joker (IM3332) - Together We Stand (IM3333) rec. February 1, 1962 in New Orleans, LA; Shirley Goodman & Leonard Lee, voc; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Warren Bell, Clarence Ford, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; Justin Adams, g; George French, b; Robert French or Joe 'Smokey' Johnson, dr Imperial 5818
26	1962	Shirley & Lee - My Last Letter (IM3334) - I'm Old Enough (IM3335) rec. February 1, 1962 in New Orleans, LA; Shirley Goodman & Leonard Lee, voc; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Warren Bell, Clarence Ford, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; Justin Adams, g; George French, b; Robert French or Joe 'Smokey' Johnson, dr Imperial 5854
		- You Wouldn't (IM4239) - The Engagement (IM4241) rec. May 25, 1962 in New Orleans, LA; Shirley Goodman & Leonard Lee, voc; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Warren Bell, Clarence Ford, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; Justin Adams, g; George French, b; Robert French or Joe 'Smokey' Johnson, dr Imperial unissued Imperial LP 1566331
27	1962	Shirley & Lee - A Little Thing (IM4240) - Don't Stop Now (Keep The Good Times Rollin') (IM4242) rec. May 25, 1962 in New Orleans, LA; Shirley Goodman & Leonard Lee, voc; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Warren Bell, Clarence Ford, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; Justin Adams, g; George French, b; Robert French or Joe 'Smokey' Johnson, dr Imperial 5868
28	1963	Shirley & Lee - Hey Little Boy (IM5448) - The Golden Rule (IM5449) rec. January 22, 1963 in New Orleans, LA; Shirley Goodman & Leonard Lee, voc; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Warren Bell, Clarence Ford, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; Justin Adams, g; George French, b; Robert French or Joe 'Smokey' Johnson, dr Imperial 5922
		- Honky Tonk Music (IM5450) rec. January 22, 1963 in New Orleans, LA; Shirley Goodman & Leonard Lee, voc; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Warren Bell, Clarence Ford, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; Justin Adams, g; George French, b; Robert French or Joe 'Smokey' Johnson, dr Imperial unissued Imperial LP 1566331
29	1963	Shirley & Lee - Dancing World (IM5451) rec. January 22, 1963 in New Orleans, LA; Shirley Goodman & Leonard Lee, voc; Dave Bartholomew; Wardell Quezergue, tps; Waldron 'Frog' Joseph, tb, Warren Bell, Clarence Ford, ts; Carl Bluin, bs; James Booker p; Justin Adams, g; George French, b; Robert French or Joe 'Smokey' Johnson, dr Imperial 5970
30	196?	James Booker - Tubby - (Part 1) (FR-1082)   @ youtube - Tubby - (Part 2) (FR-1083)   @ youtube rec. 1960-62 in Houston, James Booker, org; unknown tp, saxes, g, b, dr Peacock 1908
31	1960/62	James Booker - Cross My Heart (UV-1106)   @ youtube - Big Nick (UV-1107)   @ youtube rec. 1960-62 in Houston, James Booker, org; unknown tp, saxes, g, b, dr Peacock 1923
	196?	Earl Forest - Beale Street Popeye (UV-7092) - Memphis Twist (UV-7093) rec. 1960 in Houston, TX; Earl Forest, dr; ts; bs; James Booker 1) Joe Louis Hall, org; g; b 1) according to Earl Forest, the organ is being played by Joe Louis Hall, formerly of Bill Black's Combo Duke 349
	1961?	Earl Forest - The Duck (UV-7129) - The Crown (UV-7130) rec. 1960 in Houston, TX; Earl Forest, dr; ts; bs; James Booker 1) Joe Louis Hall, org; g; b 1) according to Earl Forest, the organ is being played by Joe Louis Hall, formerly of Bill Black's Combo Duke 363
32	1961	The Greatest 15 Hits On Ace - Just A Dream - Jimmy Clanton - Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford - Let The Good Times Roll - Scotty McKay - Gee Baby - Jo & Ann - Don't You Just Know it - Huey 'Piano' Smith - High Blood Pressure - The Clowns - New Orleans - Big Boy Myles - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights - Earl King - We Like Birdland - Bobby Marchan - Happy Sax - Red Tyler - Teen Age Rock - Little Booker - I'll Keep On Trying - Eddie Bo - I Wanna Go Home - Charles Brown & Amos Milburn - Such A Mess - Lloyd Price - Little Chick Wah Wah - Huey & Jerry Ace LP-1012 (US 1961) = Edsel EDSL 926 (UK 1999)
33	1962	For Twisters Only - Everybody's Twistin' - Huey Smith - Little Liza Jane Twist - Scotty McKay - Something Special Twist - Roland Stone - Boll Weevil Twist - Bill Robbin And His Combo - Near You Twist - Bill Robbin And His Combo - Because I Do Twist - Roland Stone - Scald Dog Twist - The Clowns - Roberta Twist - Frankie Ford - Teenage Twist - James Booker - Who Do You Love Twist - Larry Birdsong - Big Bad Jon The Twister - Jon Kennedy - Happy Time Twist - Jimmy Clanton Ace LP-1020 (US 1962)
34	1962	Dave Bartholomew - Honky Tonk Trumpet (IM-3393) - A Sunday Kind Of Love (IM-3396) rec. March 23, 1962 in New Orleans, LA; Dave Bartholomew, tp; unknown saxes; James Booker, org; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Smokey Johnson, dr Imperial 5835
		- A Smoke Filled Room (IM-3394) - Short Subjects (IM-3395) rec. March 23, 1962 in New Orleans, LA; Dave Bartholomew, tp; unknown, saxes; James Booker, org; Justin Adams, g; Frank Fields, b; Smokey Johnson, dr Imperial unissued
35	1962	James Booker and his Organ: Madison - Gonzo [Peacock 1697] - Cool Turkey [Peacock 1697] - Tubby - Part 1 [Peacock 1908] - Tubby - Part 2 [Peacock 1908] EP POP MPO. 3.089 (Fr 1962) EP = Vocalion VE-P 170154 (UK 9/1964) "James Booker"
35a	1963	Lloyd Price: This Is My Band - Trouble - Part One (with Norman Thrasher, voc) - Trouble - Part Two (instr) - Number Four (instr) #   @ youtube - Tommy Dorsey's Boogie Woogie (instr) - Ooh-Pee-Day (instr) #   @ youtube - Soulful Waltz (instr) #   @ youtube - Pan Setta (instr) #   @ youtube - Cool Blue (instr) - Go Straight Ahead (instr) - No Limit (instr) - Brother Elijah (instr) - Sweetie (instr) # with James Booker, org notes by Tommy Roy Double-L SDL-8301 (US 1963)
36	1964	Original Golden Hits Of The Great Blues Singers - Volume III Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley John Lee Hooker - Tupelo, Mississippi Chuck Jackson - I Don't Want To Cry Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin's Boogie Raymond Lewis - I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt On You Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That (Part 1) Bobby Bland - Yield Not To Temptation Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Workin' Bunker Hill - Hide And Go Seek Bobby Charles - See You Later Alligator Ted Taylor - Be Ever Wonderful James Booker - Gonzo Mercury MGH-25003
37	1968	Fats Domino: Fats Is Back - My Old Friends - I'm Ready - So Swell When You're Well (James Booker) - Wait Till It Happens To You - I Know - Lady Madonna - Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better - Make Me Belong To You - One For The Highway - Lovely Rita - One More Song For You Reprise RS 6304 (US) = Valiant 107 (UK) Bullseye CD 9616 (2001)
38	1968	Fats Domino - One For The Highway (L-5367) - Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better (L-5368) Reprise 0696
39	1968	Fats Domino - Lady Madonna (L-5374) - One For The Highway (L-5367) Reprise 0763
40	1968	Fats Domino - Wait Till It Happens To You (L-5373) - Lovely Rita (L-6573) Reprise 0775
41	1968	Fats Domino - So Swell When You're Well (L-5372) - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (L-6944) Reprise 0810
42	1969	Fats Domino - Make Me Belong To You (L-6576) - Have You Seen My Baby (M-177765) Reprise 0891
43	1969	Freddie King Is A Blues Master - Play It Cool - That Will Never Do - It's Too Late, She's Gone - Blue Shadows - Today I Sing The Blues - Get Out Of My Life, Woman - Hideaway - Funky - Hot Tomato - Wide Open - Sweet Thing - Let Me Down Easy rec. July 16-18, 1968 in New York City; Freddie King, voc, g; Joe Newman, Melvin Lastie, Martin Banks, tps; King Curtis, David Newman, Willie Bridges, saxes; James Booker, org; Gary Illingworth, p; Billy Butler, g; Gerry Jarmott, b; Norman Pride, dr; prod. by King Curtis Cotillion LP 9004 = Cotillion LP 40496 (Fr) Atlantic CD 90345 (1992)
44	1970	Freddy King - Funky - Play It Cool rec. July 16-18, 1968 in New York City; Freddie King, voc, g; Joe Newman, Melvin Lastie, Martin Banks, tps; King Curtis, David Newman, Willie Bridges, saxes; James Booker, org; Gary Illingworth, p; Billy Butler, g; Gerry Jarmott, b; Norman Pride, dr; prod. by King Curtis Cotillion 45-44015
45	1971	Huey Piano Smith: Rock & Roll Revival - Don't You Just Know It - Bobby Marchan & Clowns - Having A Good Time - Bobby Marchan & Clowns - High Blood Pressure - Bobby Marchan & Clowns - I'll Be John Brown - The Clowns - Little Liza Jane - The Clowns - Hush Your Mouth - Bobby Marchan & Clowns - Little Chickee Wah Wah - Huey Smith & Geri Hall - Don't You Know Yockomo - Huey Smith & Chants - Rockin' Pneumonia (Parts 1 & 2) - The Clowns - Honey Honey - The Supremes - She Got Low Down -The Clowns - Tiddley Wink - Bobby Marchan & Bobbetts - Alimony - Frankie Ford & Sisters - Sea Cruise - Huey "Piano" Smith & Geri Hall - Loberta - Bobby Marchan & Clowns Ace LP 2021
46	1972	King Curtis: Everybody's Talkin' - Groove Me - You're The One - Honky Tonk - Love The One You're With - If I Were A Carpenter #   @ youtube - Everybody's Talkin' - Ridin' Thumb - Alexander's Ragtime Band - Central Park - Wet Funk (Low Down and Dirty) - Ridin' Thumb Jam # James Booker, keyboards [?] Atco SD 33-385 (US) = Atlantic 40360 (UK)
47	1973	Aretha Franklin: Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) - Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky) - Somewhere - So Swell When You're Well ("Aretha Franklin") [actually (James Booker)] - Angel - Sister From Texas - Mister Spain - That's The Way I Feel About Cha - Moody's Mood For Love (Moody's Love) - Just Right Tonight - Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) # prod. by Aretha Franklin and Quincy Jones # CD bonus track Atlantic SD 19244 Atlantic SD 7265 Rhino CD 71853 (1994) WEA CD 271853 (2005)
48	1973	T-Bone Walker: Very Rare - Striking On You, Baby # - Please Send Me Someone To Love # - The Last Clean Shirt # - Evening # - The Come Back - Your Picture Done Faded # - Don't Give Me The Runaround - Hard Times - Every Day I Have The Blues # - Person To Person # - Fever # - Three Corn Patches # - I'm Still In Love With You # - Just A Little Bit # - James Junior # - Been Down So Long # - If You Don't Come Back - Kansas City # - Well, I Done Got Over It - Dialogue °° - Stormy Monday # prod. by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller; # James Booker, p; °° on CD only DLP Reprise REP 94001 (US 1973) = Wounded Bird CD 6483 (US 2000)
49	11/02/ 1973	Ringo Starr: Ringo - I'm The Greatest - Have You Seen My Baby (Randy Newman) #   @ youtube - Photograph - Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond) - You're Sixteen - Oh My My - Step Lightly - Six O'Clock - Devil Woman - You And Me (Babe) # James Booker, p Apple 3413 (US 1973) = Apple PCTC252 (UK) = Apple 062-05492 (Germany)
50	1974	Doobie Brothers: What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits - Song To See You Through - Spirit - Pursuit On 53rd St. - Black Water - Eyes Of Silver - Road Angel - You Just Can't Stop It - Tell Me What You Want (And I'll Give You What You Need) - Down In The Track #   @ youtube - Another Park, Another Sunday - Daughters Of The Sea - Flying Cloud # James Booker, p Warner Brothers W-2750 (US 1974) = Warner Bros. CD (US 1990)
51	1974	Maria Muldaur: Waitress In A Donut Shop - Squeeze Me - Gringo En Mexico - Cool River - I'm A Woman - Sweetheart - Honey Babe Blues - If You Haven't Any Hay - Oh Papa - It Ain't The Meat It's The Motion - Brickyard Blues #   @ youtube - Travelin' Shoes # James Booker, tack piano Reprise MS 2194 (US 1974) = Reprise 54025 (UK 1974) = Reprise WPCP-36267 (Jp 1993)
52	1975	The Del-Tones featuring James 'Mr. Piano' Booker - You Can Be My Rockin' Chair   @ youtube - Everybody's Doin' Sumthin Ace 3009
53	1975	Labelle: Phoenix - Phoenix (The Amazing Flight Of A Lone Star) - Slow Burn - Black Holes In The Sky - Good Intentions - Far As We Felt Like Goin' - Messin' With My Mind - Chances Go Round - Cosmic Dancer - Take The Night Off - Action Time prod by Allen Toussaint; Patti Labelle, Sarah Dash, Nona Hendrix, voc; James Booker, org Epic 33579 (US 1975) = Epic 80915 (UK 1975)
54	1975	Geoff Muldaur Is Having A Good Time - Livin' In The Sunlight - Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 99 1/2 #   @ youtube - I Want To Be A Sailor - Why Should I Love You? - Higher And Higher - Wondering Why - Jailbird Love Song - High Blood Pressure *   @ youtube - Tennessee Blues James Booker, # org, * p Reprise 54046 (UK 1975) = Reprise MS 2220 (US 1975)
55	1976	Maria Muldaur: Sweet Harmony - Sweet Harmony - Sad Eyes - Lying Song #   @ youtube - Rockin' Chair - I Can't Stand It - We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye - Back By Fall - Jon The Generator - Wild Bird - As An Eagle Stirreth In Her Nest # James Booker, piano Reprise MS 2235 (US 1976) = Reprise WB 54059 (UK 1976) Warner Pioneer WPCP-3628 (Jp 1990) = Wounded Bird (US 2003) 2 CD set (along with 1979 "Open Your Eyes" LP)
56	1976	John Mayall: Notice To Appear - Lil' Boogie In The Afternoon - Mess Of Love #   @ youtube - That Love - Boy Most Likely To Succeed - Who's Next, Who's Now - Hail To The Man Who Lives Alone #   @ youtube - There Will Be A Way - Just Knowing You Is A Pleasure - Hard Day's Night - Old Time Blues rec. 1975 at Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana; prod. by Allen Toussaint; # James Booker, keyboards ABC ABCD 926 (US) = ABC ABCL 5142 (UK 1976) = ABC 89676 (Germany) = One Way CD (1993) = BGO BGO4952 (180g)
57	1976	James Booker: Junco Partner - Black Minute Waltz   @ youtube - Good Night Irene   @ youtube - Pixie   @ youtube - On The Sunny Side Of The Street   @ youtube - Make A Better World   @ youtube - Junco Partner   @ youtube - Put Out The Light   @ youtube - Medley: Blues Minuet / Until The Real Thing Comes Along / ["Bill Bailey"] Baby Won't You Please Come Home   @ youtube - Pop's Dilemma   @ youtube - I'll Be Seeing You   @ youtube rec. February 1976 at Sea-Saint Studio, New Orleans; prod. by Joe Boyd & John Wood Island HELP 26 / Rykodisc VACK-1316 front cover photo by Abby Turkurle Hannibal HNCD 1359 cover photos by Michael P. Smith notes by Joe Boyd Island HELP 26 (UK 1976) = Rykodisk/Hannibal HNCD 1359 (US 1993) notes (Japanese) by Peter Barakan = Rykodisc VACK-1316 (Jp 2007)
58	1977	James Booker: The Piano Prince Of New Orleans - Life - One Helluva Nerve - United Our Thing Will Stand - Slowly But Surely - Too Much Blues - Junko Partner - Classified - Stormy Monday - Sixty Minute Man/You Talk Too Much - Please Send Me Someone To Love rec. October 29/30, 1976 live at Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg notes by Norbert Hess Aves 69.031 (Germany 1977) = Aves INT 146.509 (Germany 1977) (=) RockBeat ROC-CD-3277 (US 12/2014) (along with Aves INT 146.530)
59	1977	Linda Lewis: Woman Overboard - You Came - Shining - Bonfire - Come Back And Finish What You Started - No. 1 Heartbreaker - Dreamer Of Dreams - Moon And I - Light Years Away - My Love Is Here To Stay - My Friend The Sun - Many Mysteries To Find Linda Lewis, voc; Jim Cregan, Tim Renwick, Alun Davies, Snowy White, Jeff Mironov, Ray Parker, Lance Quinn, g; Derek Austin, keyboards; Bob Babitt, Phil Chen, Willie Weeks, b; Max Middleton, Jean Roussel, James Booker, Allen Toussaint, keyboards; Steve Gregory, sax, keyboards; Ollie Brown, Richard Bailey, dr; Bobbye Hall, perc; Peter Hope Evans, hca; Annette Peacock, John G. Perry, Tony Rivers, Barry St. John, Liza Strike, voc; prod. by Jim Cregan and Cat Stevens, Allen Toussaint Arista SPARTY 1003 (UK 1977)
60	1978	Shirley & Lee: The Imperial Sides 1962/1963 Imperial 1566331 (Fr 1978)
61	1978	James Booker Live! Boogie Woogie and Ragtime Piano Contest - On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Black Night - Keep On Gwine - Come Rain Or Come Shine - Something Stupid - Please Send Me Someone To Love - Tell Me How Do You Feel - Let Them Talk - Come In My House rec. November 27, 1977 at the Boogie Woogie and Ragtime Piano Contest at Schützenhaus Albisgüetli in Zürich, Switzerland Gold LP 11035 cover photos by Roland Stucky Rounder CD / LP 2027 cover photos by Sydney Byrd Gold LP 11035 (Switzerland 1978) notes by Almost Slim [Jeff Hannusch] = Rounder 2027 (US 1983) "New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live!" = Rounder CD 2027 (US 1993) "New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live!"
62	1978	Boogie Woogie Fever James Booker # - Tell Me How Do You Feel [Gold LP 11035] - On The Sunny Side Of The Street [Gold LP 11035] - Keep On Gwine [Gold LP 11035] - Come In My House [Gold LP 11035] - Something Stupid [Gold LP 11035] Joachim Palden - Vienna Stomp Markus Ammann - Crazy Cat Boogie Dani Gugolz - 63 Boogie Markus Ammann - Honky Tonk Train Blues Dani Gugolz - MLL Chaser Joachim Palden - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie # rec. November 27, 1977 at the Boogie Woogie and Ragtime Piano Contest at Schützenhaus Albisgüetli in Zürich, Switzerland cover photos by Roland Stucky & George Tanner notes by George Tanner Gold LP 11046 (Switzerland 1978)
63	1978	Pretty Baby Motion Picture Soundtrack - The Honey Swat Blues - Elite Syncopations - Heliotrope Bouquet - Pretty Baby - King Porter Stomp - Tiger Rag - Swipesy - Moonlight Bay - Heliotrope Bouquet - Creole Belles - Shreveport Stomp - Winin' Boy Blues (Vocal by James Booker) - After the Ball - Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight? - Big Lip Blues - The Ragtime Dance - At A Georgia Camp Meeting - Buddy Bolden's Blues - Mamie's Blues musical adaptation and supervision by Jerry Wexler ABC AA 1076 (US 1978)
64	1978	Joe Tex: Rub Down - Rubdown - You Can Be My Star - Get It - Get Back, Leroy - Be Kind To Old People - You Might Be Diggin' The Garden (But Somebody's Picking Your Plums) - Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk - I Gotcha - I Know How You Like Your Lovin - Congratulations James Booker, p Epic AL 35079 (US 1978)
65	1978	Lee Dorsey: Night People - Say It Again - God Must Have Blessed America - Soul Mine - Keep On Doing It To Me - Thank You - Night People - Can I Be The One - Babe - Draining prod. by Allen Toussaint; James Booker, org ABC AA 1048 (US 1978) (=) Raven CD 213 (2005) (along with "Yes We Can")
66	1980	James Booker: Blues and Ragtime From New Orleans - Desitively Bonnaroo/Right Place Wrong Time - Tico Tico - Wake Up Mr. Moon Man - Save Your Love/Lonely Avenue - All By Myself/I'm In Love Again/Four Winds - Such A Wonderful Feeling - People Get Ready - Besame Mucho/Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Love Monkey/Feel So Bad - Ora - Baby Won't You Please Come Home rec. October 29/30, 1976 live at Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg, Germany Aves INT 146.530 (Germany 1980) (=) RockBeat ROC-CD-3277 (US 12/2014) (along with Aves INT 146.509)
67	1982	The Coasters: Young Blood - Run Red Run - Along Came Jones - Young Blood - Poison Ivy - Searchin' - Little Egypt - Love Potion No. 9 - As Quite as It's Kept - It Don't Take Much - Down in Mexico - It Ain't Sanitary - Whip It on Me Baby - One Foot Draggin' DLP Atlantic 2-4003 (US) = Atlantic 60163 (UK)
68	1982	Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers: Rock, Rock, Rock - Drifting Blues - Bow-Wow! - I Still Love You - Hard Luck Blues - Square Dance Boogie - Remember - Two Years Of Torture - Flying Home - Rock, Rock, Rock - Glory Of Love - I Done, Done It - That Was Your Last Mistake - Goodbye - I Guess I'll Go - Girl Of My Dreams - French Fried Potatoes And Ketchup - Dear Angel (Booker - Matassa) # - If I Could Be With You (One Hour Night) # # poss James Booker replaces Amos Milburn on piano notes by George A. Moonoogian Route 66 KIX 21 (Sweden)
69	1983	James Booker: Classified - All Around The World - One For The Highway - King Of The Road - Professor Longhair Medley: Bald Head/Tipitina - Baby Face - Swedish Rhapsody - Classified - Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Angel Eyes - Hound Dog - If You're Lonely - Three Keys Rounder 11661-9175-1 "remixed and expanded" CD / DLP: - Classified   @ youtube - If You're Lonely - Warsaw Concerto °° - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (solo piano alt tk) °° - Medley: Tico Tico / Papa Was a Rascal / So Swell When You're Well °° - All Around the World - Angel Eyes - Lonely Avenue °° - Professor Longhair Medley: Tipitina / Bald Head - King of the Road - Theme from The Godfather °° - Lawdy Miss Clawdy - I'm Not Sayin' °° - Hound Dog - All These Things °° - Yes Sir, That's My Baby °° - Baby Face - If You're Lonely (solo piano alt tk) °° - Madame X - One For the Highway - Three Keys - Amen °° previously unreleased rec. October 18-20, 1982 at Ultrasonic Studios in New Orleans, LA; James Booker, voc, p; Alvin "Red" Tyler, ts (except for "Angel Eyes"); James Singleton, b; John Vidacovich, dr; prod. by Scott Billington & John Parsons notes (January 1983) by Bunny Matthews Rounder 2036 (US 1983) notes (January 1983) by Bunny Matthews = Demon FIEND 7 (UK 1983) = Rounder CD 2036 (US 1993) CD / DLP vinyl original notes (January 1983) by Bunny Matthews plus add'l 2013 notes by Scott Billington Rounder 11661-9175-1 (US 2013)
70	1983	Dave Bartholomew: Jump Children - Country Gal - Carnival Day - Ain't Gonna Do It - Country Boy Goes Home - Oh Cubanas - Who Drank My Bear While I Was In The Rear - Little Girl Sing Ding A Ling - Jump Children - The Shufflin' Fox - How Could You - Can't Take It No More - Good News - Yeah Yeah #   @ youtube - People Are Talkin' #   @ youtube # James Booker, p Imperial 1546601 (Fr 1983)
71	1983	Trick Bag - The Best Of Earl King - Trick Bag # - You Better Know # - The Things That I Used to Do # - Always A First Time # - Mama And Papa # - Love Me Now # - A Mother's Love # - Come On - pt. 1 # - Come On - pt. 2 # - Don't Cry My Friend - Don't You Lose It - We Are Just Friends # - You're More to Me Than Gold # - A Case Of Love # # James Booker, p EMI America SQ-17238 (Fr 1983)
72	1984	James Booker: King of New Orleans Keyboard   Volume One - How Do You Feel - Classified - One Hell Of A Nerve - Blues Rhapsody - Rockin' Pneumonia - Please Send Me Someone To Love - All By Myself - Ain't Nobody's Business - Something You Got - Harlem In Hamburg rec. 1977 in Hamburg, Germany JSP 1083 (UK 1984) notes by Anonymous [John Stedman] (=) Junco Partner CD JP 1 (along with JSP 1086) (UK/Switzerland 199?) notes by John Stedman = JSP CD 815 (along with JSP 1083) (UK 2005) notes by John Stedman = JSP CD 8836 (along with JSP 1086) (UK 2011)
73	1985	James Booker: King of New Orleans Keyboard   Volume Two - Put Out The Light   @ youtube - Ray Charles Medley   @ youtube - Tipitina - Loberta   @ youtube - Blueberry Hill °°   @ youtube - Junco Partner   @ youtube - Down By The River   @ youtube - Black Night   @ youtube - Goodnight Sweetheart   @ youtube - Lonely Avenue   @ youtube - Stormy Monday   @ youtube rec. 1977 in Hamburg, Germany °° not listed on the covers & labels of Junco Partner CD JP 1, JSP CD 815 & JSP CD 8836! JSP 1086 (UK 1985) notes by Anonymous [John Stedman] (=) Junco Partner CD JP 1 (along with JSP 1083) (UK/Switzerland 199?) notes by John Stedman = JSP CD 815 (along with JSP 1083) (UK 2005) notes by John Stedman = JSP CD 8836 (along with JSP 1083) (UK 2011)
74	1985	James Booker: Mr. Mystery - That's What The People Say - Junko Partner - On The Other Side Of The Track - Sweet Woman In Savannah GA. - Make A Better World - One Helluva Nerve - Rockin' Pneumonia - Basilla Me Wahira - Ain't That Love - So Swell When You're Well - Booker Special tracks 1-5 rec. July 9, 1978 in Switzerland; James Booker, voc, p; Cash McCall, g, Fred Beckmeier, b; Tony Cook, dr tracks 6-11 rec. November 9, 1976 in Liege, Belgium, by Robert Sacré; James Booker, voc, p front cover photo by Gerard Robs, back cover photo by Robert Sacré notes (November 1984) by Robert Sacré Sundown CG 709-09 (NL 1985)
75	1985	Smiley Lewis: Ooh La La - How Long - Ooh La La - Goin' To Jump And Shout - Schooldays Are Back Again - Ain't Goin' There No More # - Last Night # - I Want To Be With Her # - Tee-Nah-Nah - You're Gonna Miss Me - Lonesome Highway - I Love You For Sentimental Reasons - Lying Woman - No Letter Today - Mama Don't Like # James Booker, p Imperial 1561391 (F)
67	1986	Smiley Lewis: No No - Tell Me Who # - Stormy Monday Blues # - These Blues # - Goin' Down The Road # # James Booker, p Imperial 1566321 (F)
77	1986	Dave Bartholomew: Shrimp And Gumbo - Snatchin' Back - No More Black Nights - Stardust - You Got A Time - That' ll Get It - Love Is So Low Down - Texas Hop - The Ice Man - Cat Music - Every Night, Every Day - An Old Cow Hand From A Blues Band - Shrimp and Gumbo - Ivy League - Love No More - Somebody New - Honky Tonk Trumpet Imperial 1566311 (F)
78	1991	James Booker: Let's Make A Better World - Life - On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Junco Partner - Tico Tico - On Helluva Nerve [sic, actually "one"] - Booker's Original - Baby Face - So Swell When You've Well [sic, actually "you're"] - Since I Fell For You - Black Night Is Falling - Come On In This House - Let's Make A Better World - People Get Ready - Chopin's One Minute Waltz - Little Tune For Lefty - Malaguena A La Louisiana rec. October 29, 1977 at Karl Marx University, Leipzig, GDR Amiga 001-91 (GDR 1991) [the final LP ever pressed in German Democratic Republic!]
79	1993	James Booker: Resurrection Of The Bayou Maharajah Live at the Maple Leaf Bar - Medley:    Slow Down/Bony Maronie/    Knock On Wood/    I Heard It Through The Grapevine/    Classified - Medley:    Tico Tico/    Papa Was A Rascal - Medley:    Lawdy Miss Clawdy/    Ballad At The Maple Leaf - Minute Waltz - All By Myself - Save Your Love For Me - Junco Partner - St. James Infirmary - Gitanarias - Medley:    Life/    Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee/    It Should Have Been Me - Pop's Dilemma / Irene Goodnight rec. 1977-1983 live at the Maple Leaf Bar, New Orleans by John Parsons; prod. by Scott Billington & John Parsons photography by Michael P. Smith; Tipitina's photographs courtesy John Parsons notes by Scott Billington, Earl King & John Parsons Rounder CD 2118 (US 1993)
80	1993	James Booker: Spiders On The Keys Live At The Maple Leaf Bar - Papa Was A Rascal - Sunny Side Of The Street - So Swell When You're Well - A Taste Of Honey - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Gonzo's Blue Dream - Eleanor Rigby - Malaguena - Piano Salad - Little Coquette - Besame Mucho - Tico Tico - Over The Rainbow rec. 1977-1983 live at the Maple Leaf Bar, New Orleans, LA Rounder CD 2119 (US 1993)
81	1995	James Booker: The Lost Paramount Tapes - Goodnight Irene - Feel So Bad - Junco Partner - African Gumbo - Lah Tee Tah - So Swell When You're Well - Stormy Monday-Hound Dog Medley - Hole In The Wall - Tico Tico - Junco Partner #2 rec. 1973 in Hollywood, CA DJM CD 10010 (US 1995) = General GENGEN001 (US 8/2018)
82	1996	James 'Gonzo' Booker: More Than All The Funky 45s Rare And Unreleased Organ Jams from the Vaults of Duke / Peacock Records 1960 - 1963 - Doing The Hambone - Thinking About My Baby - Your're Near Me - Heavenly Angel - Teenage Rock - Gonzo - Cool Turkey - Smacksie - Kinda Happy - Tubby Part 1 - Tubby Part 2 - Cross My Heart - Big Nick - Beale Street Popeye - Memphis Twist - The Duck - The Crown reissue prod. by Aaron Fuchs notes by Ira Keogh with Aaron Fuchs Night Train International NTI CD 7084 (US 1996) "James Booker: More Than All The 45s - Rare And Previously Unissued Recordings 1954 - 1962" Night Train International NTI LP 7084 (US 2000)
83	1996	James Booker: New Orleans Keyboard King The Blues Collection 79 [UK] resp. 58 [Germany] - How Do You Feel [JSP 1083] - Classified [JSP 1083] - Blues Rhapsody [JSP 1083] - Rockin' Pneumonia [JSP 1083] - Please Send Me Someone To Love [JSP 1083] - All By Myself [JSP 1083] - Ain't Nobody's Business [JSP 1083] - Something You Got [JSP 1083] - Holland And Hamburg [JSP 1083] - Ray Charles Medley [JSP 1086] - Tipitina - Loberta [JSP 1086] - Junco Partner [JSP 1086] - Drown In The River (sic, actually "Down By The River") [JSP 1086] - Goodnight Sweetheart [JSP 1086] licensed from JSP Records; series advice: Tony Russell photo by Michael P. Smith booklet (in English) by Neil Slaven & Tony Russell Orbis BLUNC079 (UK 1996) booklet (translated into German) by Neil Slaven & Tony Russell = Orbis BLUNC058 (Germany 1996)
84	1997	The James Booker Session - Live at Montreux - Pretty Baby / Winin' Boy Blues - Pixie - Penny Lane / I Saw Her Standing There / One Helluva Nerve - True - The Long Last Laugh # - Look What I've Got # - Junco Partner # - Look What I've Got # - Tipitina / The Grass Looks Greener # - Papa Was a Rascal # - Let's Make A Better World # rec. July 9, 1978 in Switzerland; James Booker, voc, p; # Cash McCall, g, Fred Beckmeier, b; Tony Cook, dr; prod. by Phillipe Rault; engineered by David Richards; ed. by Warren Dewey; mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles Montreux Sounds SA 1967-30001 (Germany 1997) (The Blues series)
85	1997	Shirley & Lee: Sweethearts Of The Blues disc 4: - The Joker - Together We Stand - My Last Letter - I'm Old Enough - You Wouldn't - A Little Thing - The Engagement - Don't Stop Now - Hey Little Boy - The Golden Rule - Honky Tonk Music - Dancing World - Thank You - Wouldn't Be Here - The Brink Of Disaster - Paper Doll - When I Fall In Love - Don't Marry Too Soon - Honey Bee - When A Girl Meets A Boy - Never Let Me Go - Surf Heaven - Surfer's Hangout - Somebody Put A Juke Box In The Study Hall 4 CD box Bear Family BCD15960 (Germany 1997)
86	1999	James Booker: United Our Thing Will Stand CD 1: - Let's Make A Better World - So Swell When You're Well - That's Life / Ain't Nobody's Business / Precious Lord - Old Time Religion / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / Just A Closer Walk With Thee / When The Saints - Blues Minuet - Don't Try To Be Your Brother's Killer - Put Out The Light - One Hell Of A Nerve - Black Night CD 2: - Suspicious Blues / Let's Get Right / On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Wandering - Godfather Theme - Come On To My House - Goin Down Slow - Jam For Poops - Every Day I Have The Blues - Sing A Happy Song - Booker's Blues / La Cucaracha / Iko Iko - St. James Infirmary Blues - Booker's Original Vamp - Baby Face - Since I Fell For You - People Get Ready - It Depends - Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Ten Commandments For The Street Academy - United, Our Thing Will Stand rec. 1976 live at Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA; previously unreleased ! photo courtesy of Michael P. Smith 2 CD set Night Train 2005 (US 1999)
87	2000	James Booker: A Taste Of Honey CD 1: - Let Them Talk (Carlson/Douglas/King) - A Taste of Honey [Version 1] (Marlow/Scott) - Sunny Side of the Street (Fields/McHugh) - Please Send Me Someone to Love [Version 1] (Mayfield) - Classified [Version 1] (Booker) - Life [Version 1] (Toussaint) - Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen/Mercer) - Junko Partner [Version 1] (Shad) - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Warfield/Williams) - Papa Was a Rascal [Version 1] (Booker) - Tico Tico [Version 1] (Abreu/Drake/Oliviera) - A Taste of Honey [Version 2] (Marlow/Scott) - St. James Infirmary (Booker) - Please Send Me Someone to Love [Version 2] (Mayfield) - Something (Harrison) CD 2: - Classified [Version 2] (Booker) - Junko Partner [Version 2] (Shad) - Classified [Version 3] (Booker) - Sunny Side of the Street (Fields/McHugh) - Come in My House/One Hell of a Nerve (Booker/Owens) - (Untitled Instrumental) [instrumental] (Booker) - Besame Mucho (Velazquez) - True (Albert/Cotrell/Glenn) - Let Them Talk (Carlson/Douglas/King) - Tico Tico/Papa Was A Rascal [Version 2] (Abreu/Drake/Oliviera) - Please Send Me Someone to Love [Version 3] (Mayfield) - Life [Version 2] (Toussaint) - Make A Better World (King) - Junko Partner [Version 3] (Shad) - Goodnight Irene/All by Myself/Sunny Side... (Bartholomes/Domino/Fields/Ledbetter/McHugh) rec. 1977 in New Orleans, LA; previously unreleased ! 2 CD set notes by Steve Saperstein Night Train 2006 (US 2000)
88	2000 4 CD set	30 Years Of Montreux Jazz Festival - Medley: Penny Lane/I Saw Her Standing There   (1978) Warner Music Switzerland 685738971329
89	2003	Earl King: The Complete Imperial Recordings - Love Me Now - The Things I Used To Do - Come On (Part I & II) - You're More To Me Than Gold - My Mother's Love - Nervous Breakdown - (previously unreleased) - Come Along With Me - You Better Know - Mama & Papa - It's Wrong - (previously unreleased) - Case Of Love - Trick Bag - Always A First Time - Something Funny - (previously unreleased) - We Are Just Friends - Don't You Lose It - Don't Cry My Friend Okra-Tone OKRA 4970 (2003)
90	2008	James Booker: Manchester '77 - Let The Good Times Roll - Blues Minuet - Junko Partner - Black Night - Tipitina - Come Rain Or Shine - Pixie - We've Only Just Begun - Send Me Some Loving - Rip It Up / Long Tall Sally - Let Them Talk - Hound Dog / Hambone # - Every Day I Have The Blues # rec. October 19, 1977 at the Lake Hotel, Belle Vue, Manchester, UK; James Booker, voc, p; # Victor Brox. el p; # Norman Beaker, g; # Dave Lunt, b; # Mike Smith, dr; prod. by Gary Atkinson photo by Paul Harris notes by Gary Atkinson Document DOCD-32-20-13 (UK 2008)
91	2013	James Booker: Classified - All Around The World - One For The Highway - King Of The Road - Professor Longhair Medley: Bald Head/Tipitina - Baby Face - Swedish Rhapsody - Classified - Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Angel Eyes - Hound Dog - If You're Lonely - Three Keys - Yes Sir, That's My Baby - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (alt version) - If You're Lonely (alt version) - I'm Not Sayin - Warsaw Concerto - Theme from The Godfather - 4 add'l tracks rec. 1982 in New Orleans, LA Demon FIEND 7 (UK 1983) = Rounder 2036 (US 1982) = Rounder CD ???? (US 2013) expanded version: single CD or double vinyl with 22 tracks
92	12/2014	James Booker: Gonzo - Live 1976 CD 1: - Life # - One Helluva Nerve # - United Our Thing Will Stand # - Slowly But Surely # - Too Much Blues # - Junco Partner # - Classified # - Stormy Monday # - Sixty Minute Man # - Please Send Me Someone To Love # - Desitively Bonnaro/Right Place, Wrong Time ## - Tico Tico ## - Save Your Love For Me/Lonely Avenue ## - Love Monkey/Feel So Bad ## - Besame Mucho ## - All By Myself/Let The Four Winds Blow ## CD 2: - Ora ## - Baby Won't You Please Come Home ## - Sixty Minute Man * - Please Send Me Someone To Love * - Am I Getting Through To You? * - Slowly But Surely * - Junco Partner - People Get Ready * - Classified * - I'll Be Seeing You * - Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu § - Let's Make A Better World § - Tipitina § - Let Them Talk § - Baby Face § - Hound Dog § - Baby Won't You Please Come Home § - Gonzo § bonus track EP: - Gonzo [] - Cool Turkey [] - Tubby Part 1 [] compilation prod. by James Austin # Live in Hamburg, October 29, 1976 (Aves INT 146.509) ## Live in Hamburg, October 29, 1976 (Aves INT 146.530) * Live in Bremen, November 1, 1976 § BBC Studios 1978 [] rec. 1960-62 in Houston, TX; James Booker, org; unknown tp, saxes, g, b, dr (Peacock 1697 / Peacock 1908 // POP MPO. 3.089) 2 CD set RockBeat ROC-CD-3277 (US 12/2014)
93	2016	Bayou Maharajah - The Life And Music Of New Orleans Piano Legend James Booker A Film by Lily Keber Bayou Maharajah explores the life, times and music of piano legend James Booker, who Dr. John described as 'the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced.' Lily Keber's roller coaster portrait traces Booker's life from his early years as a chart-topping child prodigy, to his star-studded years touring and playing as a sideman, through his outrageous solo career in America and Europe. First-person narrators lead the viewer through Booker's unbelievable onstage performances, occasionally in his underwear, dishing out drug-fueled conspiracy theories. Featuring interviews with the likes of Harry Connick Jr., Dr. John, Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint, together with a generous helping of archival footage, the film brings to life the unforgettable story of this amazing musician. Bayou Maharajah has already won a series of awards, including Best Southern Film (Oxford American), Best Louisiana Feature (New Orleans Film Festival), Jury Mention (New Orleans Film Festival) and Grand Jury Prize (Fairhope Film Festival). The dvd is packaged as a case bound book and includes a 24-page booklet featuring rare photographs, memorabilia and an essay by Stephen F. Rose. Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian 'The life and times of the New Orleans jazz/blues pianist and singer James Booker are conjured up in this richly enjoyable documentary tribute. It takes account of his troubled psyche and covers plenty of the wild-man anecdotes, but pays close attention to the musicianship. Booker was a self-taught virtuoso who studied Grieg, Chopin and Rachmaninov as well as Liberace, but had a natural understanding of the piano that went beyond formal study. Playing came as easily as talking which itself came very easily: Booker's onstage loquacity was part of his appeal. His early single Gonzo was said to have inspired Hunter S Thompson to invent gonzo journalism, and Booker was a massive drinker, drug-abuser and hell-raiser a way of life that brought grimly predictable results. Some of the film s most touching contributions are from Harry Connick Jr, who very ably analyses Booker's musical style and reveals that Booker was his mentor, favourite honorary uncle and friend. It was a sadness in Booker's life that, in finding the European acclaim that was the destiny of so many American jazz greats, he was exiled from his native land, unable to make a living in the US, to which he felt compelled to return. It was a melancholy end to a heroic career.' .... The Guardian 'A fascinating documentary on New Orleans piano legend James Booker - It's like the setup to a surreal joke: a gay one-eyed schizophrenic ex-con junkie piano player walks into a bar... But despite a tendency to refer to himself as the Black Liberace, blues musician James Carroll Booker was no novelty act. As this insightful documentary proves, Booker was a true one-off. A poor New Orleans boy, he went on to back Aretha Franklin, Fats Domino and Little Richard before wowing the European musical aristocracy with rambling live shows incorporating everything from Chopin to Ray Charles. 'It takes a fairly skeletal approach to the nuts and bolts of Booker's life story friends and fellow musicians fill in all we need to know, and not much more. That leaves Bayou Maharajah free to focus on mood and music, balancing wild reminiscences with cherry-picked selections from Booker s slim studio output and prodigious live recordings, often laid over entrancing old footage of New Orleans in the 1960s and 70s. What emerges is a sympathetic portrait of a genuinely idiosyncratic, outrageous individual whose towering musical talent never stood a chance against his rampaging personal demons.' .... Time Out Magazine UK. '...Keber's film is one of most culturally important documentaries made in recent years' - Caitlin Love, Oxford American '...the film is almost an act of necromancy, calling forth the spirit of its subject not just in words and images, but in its very structure' --Alex Jennings, Offbeat 'Highly fascinating on a universal scale, whether you're a musician or not... incredibly well-researched, cheeky and completely addictive viewing' --Kai Hoffman, LondonJazz 'The result is not only a uniquely creative music documentary, but also the best film about New Orleans in years' --Ken Korman, Gambit DVD (color, NTSC) packaged as a case bound book and includes a 24-pp. booklet featuring rare photographs, memorabilia and an essay by Stephen F. Rose. Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian; 98 min. Front cover photo by Anton Corbijn, back cover photo by Michael P. Smith Cadiz Recording Co. DVD 146 (UK 2016)
94	3/2019	James Booker at Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg 1976   Vol. 1 - Roberta / Tell Me How You Feel (4:14)   @ youtube - Everyday I Have The Blues (7:13)   @ youtube - Classified (3:22)   @ youtube - One Hell Of A Nerve (5:09)   @ youtube - Keep On Gwine (3:21)   @ youtube - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (2:54)   @ youtube - Please Send Me Someone To Love (5:09)   @ youtube - All By Myself [/ I'm In Love Again] (4:23)   @ youtube - Ain't Nobody's Business (4:55)   @ youtube - Something You've Got (2:53)   @ youtube - My Bonnie (4:57)   @ youtube - Live [sic, actually "Life"] (8:03)   @ youtube - Junco Partner (4:34)   @ youtube - Let's Make A Better Work [sic, actually "World"] (3:29)   @ youtube - Lonely Avenue & Stormy Monday (6:58)   @ youtube rec. October 27, 1976 live at Onkel Pös Carnegie Hall, Hamburg, Germany by NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) Hamburg 2 LPs, gatefold sleeve, 180 g notes by Michael Laages Jazzline N 78061 (Germany 3/2019) (NDR Info series)
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James Booker Tribute

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	2003	Patchwork - A Tribute To James Booker Leigh Harris & Larry Sieberth - All Around The World Henry Butler - Dr. James Josh Paxton - Papa Was A Rascal Marcia Ball - If You're Lonely Tom McDermott - Keep On Gwine Leigh Harris & Larry Sieberth - Please Send Me Someone To Love Sandford Hinderlie - Angel Eyes Josh Paxton - On The Sunny Side Of The Street Marcia Ball - Classified Tom McDermott - Pops Dilemma Josh Paxton - Minuet In Funk Marcia Ball - All By Myself Henry Butler - Booker Time Tom McDermott - One For Booker Joe Krown - Miss Celie's Mood Leigh Harris & Larry Sieberth - Providence Provides STR Digital 1014 www.louisianamusicfactory.com

Sources: - own record collection - liner notes - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 183 - Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, p. 45 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, p. 60 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, p. 60 (only one recording listed, "later recordings omitted") - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2011, pp. 49-51 - Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K, pp. 130-131 - http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=36757 thanks to Bob Eagle, Gerard Herzhaft, Charlie Lange and Mida Bennadji for additional info