Illustrated 'Hi' Henry Brown discography

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'Hi' Henry Brown
b. about 1884, reportedly in Pace, Bolivar County, Mississippi
d. after 1932, presumably in St. Louis, Missouri
discography

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm* Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records, but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
1	1932	"Hi" Henry Brown - Nut Factory Blues (11506-A) @ youtube - Skin Man Blues (11509-A) @ youtube rec. March 17, 1932 in New York City; "Hi" Henry Brown, voc, prob. own g; Charley Jordan, g Vocalion 1692
2	1932	"Hi" Henry Brown - Hospital Blues (11507-A) @ youtube - Brown Skin Angel (11508-A) @ youtube rec. March 17, 1932 in New York City; "Hi" Henry Brown, voc, prob. own g; Charley Jordan, g Vocalion 1715
3	1932	"Hi" Henry Brown - Titanic Blues (11476-A) @ youtube - Preacher Blues (11477-A) @ youtube rec. March 14, 1932 in New York City; "Hi" Henry Brown, voc, prob. own g; Charley Jordan, g Vocalion 1728
*LP / CD compilations*
4	1965	The Mississippi Blues Number 2 16 Previously Unreissued Sides In The Mississippi Delta Style By A Cadre Of Prophetic Bluesmen Who Voiced The Full, Raw Language Of This Area's Rich Musical Argot! Son House - Dry Spell Blues - part 1 - Dry Spell Blues - part 2 Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues - Long Ways From Home Charlie Patton - Rattlesnake Blues - Screamin And Hollerin The Blues Jaydee Short - Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - Telephone Arguin' Blues Blind Willie Reynolds - 3rd Street Woman Blues - Nehi Blues Robert Wilkins - I'll Go With Her Blues - Get Away Blues Hi Henry Brown - Titanic Blues - Preacher Blues Joe Calicott - Fare Thee Well Blues Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues notes by David Evans and Bill Givens Origin Jazz Library OJL-11 (US 1965) Origin Jazz Library OJL-11 (US 19??) OJL Records discography
5	1968	St. Louis Town 1927-1932 resp. 1929-1933 Henry Spaulding - Cairo Blues Henry Townsend - Long Ago Hi Henry Brown - Skin Man Charley Jordan - Hunkie Tunkie - Spoonful Blues Teddy Darby - Built Right On The Ground - Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues Jim Jackson - St. Louis Blues Hi Henry Brown - Nut Factory Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean - No. 2 - You Run And Tell Your Daddy Joe Stone - It's Hard Time Jelly Jaw Short - Barefoot Blues - Snake Doctor Blues notes by Don Kent Belzona L 1003 (US 1968) notes by Don Kent = Yazoo L 1003 (US 196?) notes by Stephen Calt = Yazoo CD 1003 YAZ (US 1991) Yazoo Records discography
6	1972	St. Louis Blues 1929-1935 The Depression Henry Townsend - Sick With The Blues Charley Jordan - Gasoline Blues Hi Henry Brown - Preachers Blues Henry Townsend - Mistreated Blues Charley Jordan - Raidin' Squad Blues Henry Townsend - She's Got A Mean Disposition Georgia Boyd - Never Mind Blues Hi Henry Brown - Titanic Blues @ youtube Henry Townsend - Henry's Worried Blues Charley Jordan - Big Four Blues Joe Stone - Back Door Blues Henry Townsend - Poor Man Blues Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean Peetie Wheatstraw - Sleepless Nights Blues notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Mike Stewart Yazoo L-1030 (US 1972) notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Mike Stewart = Yazoo CD 1030 (US 1991) Yazoo Records discography
7	197?	Good Time Blues - St. Louis 1926-1932 Charley Jordan - Two Street Blues JD Short - She Got Jordan River In Her Hips Sylvester Palmer - Lonesome Man Bues Papa Eggshell - Far From Home Edith North Johnson - Honeydripper Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Don't Hang My Clothes On No Barbed Wire Line Jelly Roll Anderon - Good Time Blues Lee Green - Train Number 44 "Hi" Henry Brown - Hospital Blues Walter Davis - Sunnyland Blues - Robert Peoples - Fat Greasy Baby Lonnie Johnson - Love Story Bues - Pretty Boy Walker - The Breaks I'm Gettin' Cora Perkins - Today Blues notes by Don Kent Mamlish S-3805 (US 197?) Mamlish Records discography
8	1979	La Ballata Afro-Americana Afro-American Ballads La Ballade Afro-Américaine - Dying Crapshoot Blues - Blind Willie McTell - Casey Jones (Kassie Jones, part 1) - Furry Lewis - Casey Jones (Kassie Jones, part 2) - Furry Lewis - Casey Jones (Southern Casey Jones) - Jesse James - Boll Weevil - Leadbelly - Bettie And Dupree (Dupree Blues) - Willie Walker - Brady And Duncan (Bill Brady) - Leadbelly - Ella Speed - Leadbelly - John Henry - Willie Turner - John Henry - Furry Lewis - Titanic (Titanic Blues) - Hi Henry Brown - Delia (Little Delia) - Blind Willie McTell - Frankie And Albert (Frankie) - Mississippi John Hurt - Stackolee (Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee) - Furry Lewis notes (Italian & English) by Alessandro Roffeni Albatros VPA 8437 (It 1979) = VC 4934 (cassette) Albatros Records discography
9	1987	Charley Jordan 1932-37 with "Hi" Henry Brown, Verdi Lee, Peetie Wheatstraw, a.o. Charley Jordan - Doin' Wrong Blues "Hi" Henry Brown - Titanic Blues Charley Jordan - Cherry Wine Woman Mary Harris - No Christmas Blues @ youtube Charley Jordan - Lost Airship Blues "Hi" Henry Brown - Preacher Blues Verdi Lee & Charley Jordan - Get It If You Can Charley Jordan - Tight Time Blues Uncle Skipper - Twee Twee Two Uncle Skipper - Cutting My ABC's "Hi" Henry Brown - Nut Factory Blues Mary Harris - Happy New Year Blues Uncle Skipper - Chifferobe "Hi" Henry Brown - Hospital Blues Verdi Lee - Signifying At You Uncle Skipper - Look What A Shape I'm In "Hi" Henry Brown - Skin Man Blues Charley Jordan - Hell Bound Boy Blues Document DLP 518 (Austria 1987) Document Records discography
10	1990	The Greatest in Country Blues (1927-1956) LP 1 - High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers - James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips - Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell - Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson - Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant - Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - My Black Momma Part I - Son House - Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas - Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson - Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey - Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand - Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt - Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman - How Long - Frank Stokes - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins LP 2 - Devil Got The Woman - Skip James - When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith - The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins - Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams - Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart - Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown - Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough - Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander - K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band - Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim - Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis - Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker - Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band - Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie - Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves - That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins - McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee - The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill - Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand LP 3 - Shorty George - Smith Casey - Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant - I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters - How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy - She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers - Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White - California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin - Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James - Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw - Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr - Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey - Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy - Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg - Baby How Long - Dan Pickett - Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson - River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson - Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins compiled by Johnny Parth 3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990) 3 CD set notes by Paul Oliver Vol. 1: 1927-1930 Vol. 2: 1927-1936 Vol. 3: 1929-1956 = Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992) = Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994) 3 CD set = 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)
11	1992	Charley Jordan Vol. 2 Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (28 September 1931 to August 1934) - Greyhound Blues - Workingman's Blues - Santa Claus Blues - Bad Breaks Blues - Doin' Wrong Blues - Honey Sucker Blues - Sugar Farm Blues - Titanic Blues ("Hi" Henry Brown) - Preacher Blues ("Hi" Henry Brown) - Cherry Wine Woman - Hell Hound Boy Blues - Nut Factory Blues ("Hi" Henry Brown) - Hospital Blues ("Hi" Henry Brown) - Brown Skin Angel ("Hi" Henry Brown) - Skin Man Blues ("Hi" Henry Brown) - Don't Pat It So Long - Bottle Passing Blues - Lost Airship Blues - Rolling Moon Blues - It Ain't Clean (That Thing Ain't Clean) - Tight Time Blues notes by Chris Smith Document DOCD-5098 (Austria 1992) notes by Chris Smith = Document DOCD-5098 (UK CDr on demand)
11a	1998	Titanic Songs Original Phonograph Recordings Honoring The Disaster - Recorded 1912 to 1948 Vernon Dalhart Sinking Of The Great Titanic (2:52) Vernon Dalhart - The Ship That Never Returned (3:00) Dixon Brothers - Down With The Old Canoe (2:48) Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic (3:26) George Reneau - The Sinking Of The Titanic (2:59) Virginia Liston - Titanic Blues (3:05) Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves On The Water (2:57) Vernon Dalhart - The Sinking Of The Titanic (3:09) Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Sinking Of The Titanic (3:42) Jeff Calhoun - The Wreck Of The Titanic (2:59) Hi Henry Brown - Titanic Blues (3:07) Leadbelly - The Titanic (3:40) The Blue Ridge Mountaineer - Sinking Of The Titanic (4:41) William and Versey Smith - When That Great Ship Went Down (2:51) Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers - The Titanic (2:35) Ernest Gray - Stand To Your Post (2:50) Ernest Gray - Be British (3:09) Frank Oldfield - Be British (3:33) Unsinkable Music TSCD 22798 (Ca 1998)
12	1999	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 4 Early American Rural Music Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s - Lowe Bonnie - Jimmie Tarlton - Early Morning Blues - William Harris - Billy In The Lowground - Burnett & Rutherford - Rambling Gambler - Dixon Brothers - Every Day In The Week Blues - Pink Anderson/Simmie Dooley - I Got A Bulldog - Sweet Brothers - Tom Cat Blues - Cliff Carlisle - Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown - Salt River - Kessinger Brothers - Blushing Bride - Golden Melody Boys - Kiss Me Quick - Georgia Yellow Hammers - Magnolia Blues - Charlie Patton - Perrodin Two Step - Angelas Le Jeunne - Bachelor's Hall - Fiddling John Carson - Walking Shoes (Button Up Shoes) - Tommy Johnson - Wolves Howling - Stripling Brothers - Mistreated The Only Friend You Had - James Cole & His Washboard Band - Havana River Glide - Martin & Hobbs - I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face - Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - Make Down The Bed And We'll All Sleep Together - Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies - Special Rider Blues - Skip James - Walk Right In Belmont - Watts & Wilson - Leaving All To Follow Jesus - Rev. Rice & Congregation Yazoo CD 2048 (US 1999) Yazoo Records discography
13	2003	The Essential Charley Jordan - Hunkie Tunkie Blues - Stack O' Dollars Blues - Just A Spoonful - Pork Chop Blues (The Two Charlies) - Long Lonesome Drive (with Peetie Wheatstraw) - Two Street Blues - My 'Loving Good' Blues - Titanic Blues (with "Hi" Henry Brown) - Bad Breaks Blues - Bad Feeling Blues (tk 1) (The Two Charlies) - Honey Sucker Blues - The Last Dime (with Peetie Wheatstraw) - Nut Factory Blues (with "Hi" Henry Brown) - Raiding Squad Blues - Christmas Christmas Blues - Dollar Bill Blues - Got Your Water On (The Two Charlies) - Tight Time Blues - Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me (The Two Charlies) - Keep It Clean - Sugar Man Blues - Part 1 (with St. Louis Bessie) - Sugar Man Blues - Part 2 (with St. Louis Bessie) - Cheating Blues - Cutting My A B C's - Mama's Advice (with Peetie Wheatstraw) - So Soon (with Peetie Wheatstraw) - Preacher Blues (with "Hi" Henry Brown) - Cheery Wine Woman - Hard Time Papa (The Two Charlies) - Chifforobe - Memphis Fives (with Lee Green) - Skin Man Blues (with "Hi" Henry Brown) - Tired Feeling Blues (The Two Charlies) - Greyhound Blues - You Run And Tell Your Daddy - Keep It Clean No. 2 "Charlie Jordan" of "The Two Charlies" isn't the same artist as "our" Charley Jordan ! 2 CD set Document CBL-200040
14	2012	Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 10 2013 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson - Diddy Wah Diddy - Blind Blake - What's The Matter With The Mill - Memphis Minnie - Sow Good Seeds - Lil' McClintock - Peach Orchard Mama - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Police Dog Blues - Blind Blake - Snatch It Back Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins - Pig Meat Blues - Ardell Bragg - Alabama Scratch - Parts 1 & 2 - Harum Scarum - Frankie And Albert - Charley Patton - Ice And Snow Blues - Clifford Gibson - The Devil And God Meet At Church - Rev. Emmet Dickenson Supplementary CD tracks: - I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Blind Willie Davis - Trust In God And Do The Right - Blind Willie Davis - Titanic Blues - Hi Henry Brown - Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown - Fancy Tricks - Laura Rucker with Blind Blake - Ocean Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam - Y.M.V. Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam - Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone - tk 1 [unreleased] - Charley Patton - Some Of These Days I'll be Gone - tk 2 [released] - Charley Patton remastered by Richard Nevins Blues Images Vol. 10 (rel. 2012, for 2013) Blues Calendar discography
15	2017	20 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 15 2018 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - Frisco Town - Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie - Strewin' Your Mess - Tampa Red and Georgia Tom - Hot Dogs - Blind Lemon Jefferson and His Feet - God Moves On The Water - Blind Willie Johnson - Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues - Charley Patton - Hard Road Blues - Blind Blake - Lead Hearted Blues - Bertha Henderson with Blind Blake - Slidin' Delta - Tommy Johnson - Wasn't That Doggin' Me - Beale Street Sheiks - The Evil Devil Blues - Johnnie (Geechie) Temple @ youtube - It's Cold In China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner - Happy As The Day Is Long - Rev. Steamboat Bill's Revival Singers Supplementary CD tracks: - I Wonder To Myself - Tommy Johnson - Brown Skin Angel - "Hi" Henry Brown - Hospital Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown - The Devil And My Brown - Sam Butler aka Bo Weavil Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown - Sam Butler aka Bo Weavil Jackson - Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Charley Patton - My Love Is Cold - Jab Jones and The Memphis Jug Band - Poor Jab Blues Jab - Jones and The Memphis Jug Band - Weary Dogs Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson @ youtube - Jacksonville Blues - Johnnie (Geechie) Temple - Goin' Back To Texas - Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie - Going Back To Memphis - Charley Nickerson and The Memphis Jug Band @ youtube remastered by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team Blues Images Vol. 15 (rel. 2017, for 2018) Blues Calendar discography
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 58
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 111
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 186
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 196
- http://devilattheconfluence.blogspot.com/2013/05/st-louis-bluesman-hi-henry-brown-and.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Buddy O. Wardlow, Russell Shor and Daniel Gjini for additional info / scans