Illustrated Sam Collins discography

C R Y I N G S A M C O L L I N S; source: Front cover of OJL 10
source: Front cover of OJL 10
(modelled after a Black Patti advertisement) Sam Collins
a/k/a Jim Foster, Jelly Roll Hunter, Big Boy
Woods, Bunny Carter, Salty Dog Sam
b. ~~August 11, 1887 in Louisiana~~ in Kentucky (?) ^{1) 2)}
d. ~~October 20, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois~~ (?) ²⁾
discography

¹⁾ Bob Eagle @ facebook, 2016: "Gayle Dean Wardlow found people who seemed to recall Sam Collins in south MS, and having died in Chicago. Based on that, Sheldon Harris checked out some Chicago death certificates and found one that is the basis of the received info. However the cause of death is inconsistent with the reports Gayle heard. I'm told that Harrison Smith told Pete Whelan he had found Sam in Kentucky."
²⁾ Gayle Dean Wardlow @ facebook, 2/2019: "... I have doubts that the Collins that was listed as dying in Chicago in the late 40s is the correct Collins."
Bob Eagle @ facebook, 2/2019: "... I agree that the guy mentioned in Sheldon Harris' book is not the recording artist."

source: Front cover of Milestone MLP 2016

*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
#	year of release	title / label / notes
*Gennett*
1	1927	Sam Collins - Yellow Dog Blues (12738) @ youtube - Loving Lady Blues (12739) @ youtube rec. c. April 23, 1927 in Richmond, IN or Chicago, IL; Sam Collins, voc, g Gennett 6146 = Black Patti 8026
2	1927	Sam Collins - The Jail House Blues (12736--, -A) @ youtube - Riverside Blues (12740--, -A) @ youtube rec. c. April 23, 1927 in Richmond, IN or Chicago, IL; Sam Collins, voc, g Gennett 6167 (US 7/1927) = Herwin 92043 (as by Jim Foster) = Black Patti 8025 (US 8/1927)
3	1927	Sam Collins / Jelly Roll Anderson Sam Collins - Devil In The Lions Den (12737-A) # @ youtube Jelly Roll Anderson - Good Time Blues (12719) * @ youtube # rec. c. April 23, 1927 in Richmond, IN or Chicago, IL; Sam Collins, voc, g * rec. April 19, 1927 in Chicago, IL or Richmond, IN; Jelly Roll Anderson, voc; Henry Moon, George Thomas, g Gennett 6181 Jelly Roll Anderson discography
4	1927	Sam Collins - Pork Chop Blues (13034-A) @ youtube - Dark Cloudy Blues (13032) @ youtube rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Gennett 6260
5	1927	Sam Collins - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart (13036) @ youtube - Lead Me All The Way (13037) @ youtube rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Gennett 6291
6	1927	Sam Collins - Midnight Special Blues (13035) @ youtube - Do That Thing (13050-A) @ youtube rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Gennett 6307
7	1927	John D. Fox - The Worried Man Blues (GEX-1011-A) @ youtube - The Moanin' Blues (GEX-1019-A) @ youtube # rec. c. December 14, 1927 in Richmond, IN; John D. Fox, voc; Sam Collins, g * rec. c. December 15, 1927 in Richmond, IN; John D. Fox, voc; Sam Collins, g Gennett 6352
8	1927	Sam Collins - It Won't Be Long (13049-A) @ youtube - Hesitation Blues (13033) @ youtube rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Gennett 6379
		- Railroad Blues (GEX-1010-A) - Your Time Is Winding Up (GEX-1012-A) # - I've Got No Lovin' Baby Now (GEX-1013-B) - Lonesome Lane Blues (GEX-1014-A) rec. December 14, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g; # duet with John D. Fox Gennett unissued
		- Rattlesnake Blues (GEX-1015-A) - Black Cat's Bone (GEX-1016-A) - Midnight Dream (GEX-1017-A) - Long Time Rubin (GEX-1018-A) - My Mother Took A Train One Mornin' (GEX-1020-A) # - Hallelujah (GEX-1021-A) - All Mourners (GEX-1022-A) - I'm Goin' Back To Jesus (GEX-1023-B) rec. December 15, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g; # duet with John D. Fox Gennett unissued
Some of the Gennett recordings were later reissued on subsidiary labels like Challenge, Champion, Conqueror, Silvertone, Superior, Supertone, Bell and Buddy - often using a pseudonym for the artist or group to avoid paying the musicians royalties (source: http://www.starrgennett.org/stories/history/4.htm)
*Champion*
9	19??	Jim Foster - Yellow Dog Blues (12738) - Riverside Blues (12740--) rec. c. April 23, 1927 in Richmond, IN or Chicago, IL; Sam Collins, voc, g Champion 15301
10	19??	Jim Foster - The Jail House Blues (12736--) - Loving Lady Blues (12739) rec. c. April 23, 1927 in Richmond, IN or Chicago, IL; Sam Collins, voc, g Champion 15320
11	19??	Jim Foster - Devil In The Lions Den (12737-A) # - Pork Chop Blues 13034-A) * # rec. c. April 23, 1927 in Richmond, IN or Chicago, IL; Sam Collins, voc, g * rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Champion 15359
12	19??	Jim Foster - Midnight Special Blues (13035) - Dark Cloudy Blues (13032) rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Champion 15397
13	19??	Emory Brooks / Preston Lillard Emory Brooks - The Worried Man Blues (GEX-1011-A) # Preston Lillard [Sammy Brown] - Barrel House Blues (GEX-969-A) # rec. c. December 14, 1927 in Richmond, IN; John D. Fox, voc; Sam Collins, g Champion 15416
14	19??	Jim Foster - It Won't Be Long (13049-A) - Do That Thing (13050-A) rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Champion 15453
15	19??	Jim Foster / George Jefferson Jim Foster - Hesitation Blues (13033) # George Jefferson [Lonnie Johnson] - When A Man Is Treated Like A Dog # rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Champion 15472
*Silvertone*
16	19??	Jim Foster - The Jail House Blues (12736-A) - Yellow Dog Blues (12738) # rec. c. April 23, 1927 in Richmond, IN or Chicago, IL; Sam Collins, voc, g * rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Silvertone 5127
17	19??	Jim Foster - Do That Thing (13050-A) - Hesitation Blues (13033) rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Silvertone 5131
18	192?	Rabbits Foot Williams / Jim Foster Rabbits Foot Williams - I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan - Some 'O These Days (GEX-775-A) # Jim Foster - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart (13036) * # rec. August 5, 1927 in Birmingham, Al.; Jaybird Coleman, voc, hca; Ollis Martin, 2nd hca * rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Silvertone 5172 Jaybird Coleman discography
*Supertone*
19	19??	Jelly Roll Hunter - The Jailhouse Blues (12736-A) # - Pork Chop Blues (13034-A) * # rec. c. April 23, 1927 in Richmond, IN or Chicago, IL; Sam Collins, voc, g * rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Supertone 9291
*Bell*
20	19??	BIG BOY WOODS - Hesitation Blues (13033--) # - ~~The Jail House Blues (12736-A)~~ Devil In The Lion's Den (12737-A) * * rec. April 25, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g # rec. August 26, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Bell 1173
		~~BIG BOY WOODS /~~ EVA QUARTETTE Big Boy Woods - Do That Thing (13050-A) # Eva Quartette - Bringing In The Sheaves (GEX-713) * [Gennett 6235] - How Wonderful Heaven Must Be (GEX-798) ** [Gennett 6239] ~~# rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN (rather: masters received at the Gennett facility in Richmond, IN); Sam Collins, voc, g~~ * rec. c. July 13, 1927 in Birmingham, AL (rather: masters received at the Gennett facility in Richmond, IN); Eva Quartette, voc quartet; unknown acc. rec. c. August 11, 1927 in Birmingham, AL (rather: masters received at the Gennett facility in Richmond, IN); Eva Quartette, voc quartet; unknown acc. Bell 1180 The Country Music discography (Russel 2004) and a Bell records catalog have both** sides of Bell 1180 as by the Eva Quartette, so I guess the "Big Boy Woods" entry is just an error on the part of Dixon, Godrich & Rye, 1997 and its predecessors
21	19??	BIG BOY WOODS - Dark Cloudy Blues (13032) - Midnight Special Blues (13035) rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Bell 1181
22	19??	ALEX MONROE - The Worried Man Blues (GEX-1011-A) # - The Moanin' Blues (GEX-1019-A) * # rec. c. December 14, 1927 in Richmond, IN; John D. Fox, voc; Sam Collins, g * rec. c. December 15, 1927 in Richmond, IN; John D. Fox, voc; Sam Collins, g Bell 1190
*Superior*
23	1928?	Jim Foster - Pork Chop Blues (13034-A) - Midnight Special Blues (13036--) rec. August 26, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g no known copies Superior 330
24	3/1928	Jim Foster - Hesitation Blues (13033--) # - Devil In The Lions Den (12737-A) * * rec. April 25, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g # rec. August 26, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g The Gennett files show Superior 350* as coupling 12736 [The Jail House Blues] / 13033 [Hesitation Blues], but the only traced copy is as shown."* (Dixon, Godrich & Rye 1997) Superior 350
25	1928?	Jim Foster - Dark Cloudy Blues (13032) - Do That Thing (13050-A) rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g no known copies Superior 369
26	1928?	[pseudonyms unknown] ??? [pseudonym unknown] - The Worried Man Blues (GEX-1011-A) # ??? [pseudonym unknown] - Barrel House Blues (GEX-969-A) * # rec. December 14, 1927 in Richmond, IN; John D. Fox, voc; Sam Collins, g * rec. November 22, 1927 in New Orleans, LA; Sammy Brown, voc; unknown, g no known copies Superior 389 [no known copies]
*Conqueror*
27	19??	BUNNY CARTER - It Won't Be Long (13049-A) - Midnight Special Blues (13035) rec. c. September 17, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sam Collins, voc, g Conqueror 7266 Conqueror Records discography
1931
28	1931	SALTY DOG SAM - Slow Mama Slow (10839-2) - New Salty Dog (10837-1) rec. October 8, 1931 in New York City; Sam Collins, voc, g Banner 32311 = Oriole 8106 = Perfect 193 (black label, black shellac) / (red label, burnt orange shellac) = Romeo 5106
29	1931	SALTY DOG SAM - Signifying Blues (10841-2) @ youtube - I'm Still Sitting On Top Of The World (10842-2) @ youtube rec. October 8, 1931 in New York City; Sam Collins, voc, g Banner 32395 = Oriole 8127 = Perfect 0203 = Romeo 5127
30	1931	SALTY DOG SAM - Graveyard Diggers Blues (10844-) @ youtube - Lonesome Road Blues (10836-) @ youtube rec. October 8, 1931 in New York City; Sam Collins, voc, g Banner 32669 = Melotone M12598 = Oriole 8196 = Perfect 0222 = Romeo 5196
		- Broken House Blues (10835-3) - Atlanta Fire (10838-2) - Troubled In Mind (10840-2) - Toenail Flang Dang (10843-2) # (a/k/a "My Road Is Rough And Rocky") [] @ youtube - Flat Top Blues (10845-2) - Careless Love (10846-3) - Do That Thing (10847-2) - How Long, How Long (10848-2) (~~a/k/a "My Road Is Rough And Rocky"?~~) - I Believe I'll Get Dirty (10849-2) rec. October 8, 1931 in New York City; Sam Collins, voc, g; # ~~guitar solo~~ ARC unissued [] Yazoo 1038
		- Sad And Lonesome (10850-3) - Maybe Next Week Sometime (10851- ) - Mojo Blues (10852-3) - Lonesome Night Blues (10853-2) - Blue Heaven Blues (10854-2) rec. October 9, 1931 in New York City; Sam Collins, voc, g ARC unissued
*LP / CD compilations*
31	1962	Really! The Country Blues 1927-1933@ youtube (full album playlist) Tommy Johnson - Maggie Campbell Blues William Moore - Old Country Rock Son House - My Black Mama, Parts 1 and 2 Sunny Boy and His Pals - France Blues Skip James - Devil Got My Woman Ishman Bracey - Woman Woman Blues Sam Collins - The Jail House Blues George 'Bullet' Williams - Touch Me Light Mama Henry Sims - Tell Me Man Blues Buster Johnson - Undertaker Blues Henry Thomas - Don't Ease Me In Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues - part 1 Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues - part 2 compiled by Bill Givens; edited by Pete Whelan; lyrics transcribed by Bill Givens and David Evans Rory Block: "Stefan [Grossman] gave me a record called 'Really The Country Blues' and that was the beginning of my love affair with the music". insert brochure notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow Origin Jazz Library OJL 2 (US 1962, 1st ed.) notes by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan = Origin Jazz Library OJL 2 notes by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan = Origin Jazz Library OJL 2 notes by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan = Origin Jazz Library OJL 2 notes by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan on three stapled A4 copy sheets = Origin Jazz Library OJL 2 = Soundmark 48172 (2011, download only) OJL Records discography
32	1965	Crying Sam Collins And His Git-Fiddle 14 Rare Country Blues by Sam Collins & 2 Surprises by King Solomon Hill - vintage 1927-31 Sam Collins - Riverside Blues - Loving Lady BluesThe actual running order of the tracks on side one is A2 to A8, A1. - Yellow Dog Blues - Devil In The Lions Den - Lead Me All The Way - It Won't Be Long - Do That Thing - Hesitation Blues - Midnight Special Blues - I want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart - Slow Mama Slow - I'm Still Sitting On Top Of The World - New Salty Dog King Solomon Hill - Whoopee Blues - Down On My Bended Knees Later 1960s issues with corrected (side A) and a different (side B) track sequence: - Loving Lady Blues - Yellow Dog Blues - Devil In The Lions Den - Lead Me All The Way - It Won't Be Long - Do That Thing - Hesitation Blues - Riverside Blues - Midnight Special Blues - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart - Slow Mama Slow - New Salty Dog - I'm Still Sitting On Top Of The World - The Worried Man Blues King Solomon Hill - Whoopee Blues - Down On My Bended Knees notes by Pete Whelan Origin Jazz Library OJL 10 (US 1965) Origin Jazz Library OJL 10 (US 196?) different running order of tracks! Origin Jazz Library OJL 10 (US 19??) OJL Records discography King Solomon Hill discography
33	1967	Mississippi Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1942) Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Snake Doctor Blues Blind Joe Amos - C & O Blues William Harris - Early Mornin' Blues Sam Collins - Signifyin' Blues Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Mean Black Moan Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker Robert Wilkins - Rolling Stone, part 1 & 2 Isaiah Nettles (The Mississippi Moaner) - Mississippi Moan Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues Son House - The Jinx Blues - No. 2 Bukka White - Black Train Blues Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Barefoot Blues Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues Robert Johnson - Kind-Hearted Woman No. 2 Roots RL-302 (Austria 1967, 1st pressing) [line of front cover text in black] Roots RL-302 (Austria 1968, 2nd pressing) [line of front cover text in red] Roots RL-302 (Austria 19??, 3rd pressing) [line of front cover text in red] = autogram/Roots RL-302 (Germany 2013) Roots Records discography
34	1967	Mississippi Blues Vol. 2 Charley Patton - Prayer Of Death, pts. 1 & 2 - Heart Like Railroad Steel - Jersey Bull Blues - Lord, I'm Discouraged - Love My Stuff - Hank It On The Wall - 34 Blues Sam Collins - Dark Cloudy Blues - Pork Chop Blues Skip James - How Long "Buck" - 22-20 Blues Bukka White - Pinebluff Arkansas - Shake 'Em On Down - District Attorney Blues - Parchman Farm Blues Roots RL-303 (1st pressing 1967) [line of cover text in black] Roots RL-303 (2nd pressing 1968) [line of cover text in blue] = autogram/Roots RL-303 (Germany) Roots Records discography
35	1968	This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix the gospel according to ... Rev. Dr. J. Gordon McPherson - This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix (excerpts from sermon) Rev. Robert Wilkins - Old Time Religion - I Wish I Was In Heaven - Holy Ghost Train - The Gamblin' Man Fred McDowell - Jesus Is On The Main Line - See What My Lord Has Done Skip James - Let Jesus Lead You Jaybird Coleman - I'm Gonna Cross The River Jordan Sam Collins - Devil In The Lions Den Rev. Moses Mason - Go Wash In The Beautiful Stream Washington Phillips - You Can't Stop A Tattler Blind Lemon Jefferson - I Want to Be Like Jesus in My Heart - All I Want Is That Pure Religion - He Arose From The Dead notes by Richard K. Spottswood Biograph BLP 12027 (US 1971) Biograph Records discography
36	1974	Lonesome Road Blues 15 Years in the Mississippi Delta 1926 - 1941 Big Joe Williams - Little Leg Woman Arthur Pettis - Good Boy Blues Sonny Boy Nelson - Street Walkin' Mississippi Bracey [Bracy] - Stered Gal [Stir It, Gal] - Cherry Ball Sam Collins - My Road Is Rough And Rocky [ARC 10843-2, originally unissued] - Lonesome Road Blues [ARC 10836- , Banner 32669 et al.] Robert Petway - Catfish Blues Freddie Spruell - Milk Cow Blues - Tom Cat Blues Skip James - I'm So Glad Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me Johnny Temple - The Evil Devil Blues The Mississippi Moaner - It's Cold In China Blues notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller Yazoo L-1038 = Yazoo L-1038 = Yazoo CD 1038 (1992?) Yazoo Records discography
37	1987	Mississippi Blues 1927-1937 Mose Andrews - Ten Pound Hammer - Young Heifer Blues Lane Hardin - Hard Time Blues - California Desert Blues Robert Johnson - Me And The Devil Blues (DAL-398-1) - Milkcow's Calf Blues (DAL-403-2) Louie Lasky - How You Want Your Rollin' Done - Teasin' Brown Blues - Caroline Uncle Bud Walker - Look Here Mama Blues - Stand Up Suitcase Blues Big Joe Williams - Little Leg Woman - My Grey Pony Sam Collins - The Jail House Blues - Dark Cloudy Blues - Pork Chop Blues - Lonesome Road Blues (I'm Going Down That Lonesome Road) - Signifying Blues - My Road Is Rough And Rocky (Toenail Flang Dang) HK 4001 (Austria 1987) HK Records discography
38	1988	Delta Blues Vol. 2 (1929-1939) Kid Bailey - MIssissippi Bottom Blues - Rowdy Blues Garfield Akers with Joe Callicott - Cottonfield Blues part 1 - Cottonfield Blues part 2 Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues - Jumpin And Shoutin' Blues Joe Callicott - Fare Thee Well Blues - Traveling Mama Blues Jim Thompkins - Bedside Blues Bukka White - The New Frisco Train - The Panama Limited - I Am in the Heavenly Way - Promise True and Grand - Sic Em Dogs On - Po Boy Sam Collins - Graveyard Digger's Blues Document DLP 533 (Austia 1988) Document Records discography
39	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)
40	1990	Crying Sam Collins and his Git-Fiddle: Jailhouse Blues - Devil In The Lions Den - Slow Mama Slow - The Jailhouse Blues - Riverside Blues - New Salty Dog - Yellow Dog Blues - Pork Chop Blues - Dark Cloudy Blues - Hesitation Blues - It Won't Be Long - Do That Thing - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart - Loving Lady Blues - Midnight Special Blues - Lead Me All The Way - Graveyard Digger's Blues cover drawing by Frederick Carlson notes by Chris Smith Yazoo CD 1079 (US 1990) notes by Chris Smith = Yazoo cassette 1079 (US 1990) Yazoo Records discography
41	1991	The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel Vol. 2 - Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw - Slow Mama Slow - Sam Collins - Decatur Street 81 - The Georgia Browns - Where The Sweet Old Oranges Grow - Sam Montgomery - Low In Mind Blues - Sam Montgomery - Midnight Weeping Blues - Nellie Florence - Dead Cats On The Line - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - Things 'Bout Coming My Way - Tampa Red - Caught Us Doing It - The Hokum Boys - Cross-Eyed Blues - Helen Humes - Alligator Blues - Helen Humes - Jealous Hearted Man - Buddy Moss - Hard Times Blues - Buddy Moss - Things 'Bout Coming My Way No. 2 - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - No Matter How She Done It - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - Toad Frog Blues - Walter Beasley - Hard Road Blues - Buddy Moss - Big Fat Mama - Papa Too Sweet - Western Bound Blues - Tampa Red - Sugar Mama Blues No. 1 - Tampa Red CBS CD CK52725
42	1992	Sam Collins: King of the Blues Vol. 11 - The Jail House Blues - Devil In The Lions Den - Yellow Dog Blues - Loving Lady Blues - Riverside Blues - Dark Cloudy Blues - Hesitation Blues - Pork Chop Blues - Midnight Special Blues - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart - Lead Me All The Way - It Won't Be Long - Do That Thing - The Worried Man Blues - The Moanin' Blues - Lonesome Road Blues - New Salty Dog - Slow Mama Slow - Signifying Blues - I'm Still Sitting On Top Of The World - Graveyard Digger's Blue - My Road Is Rough And Rocky (How Long, How Long?) notes by Hitoshi Koide P-Vine PCD-2431 (Jp 1992)
43	c. 1992	Sam Collins: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order 1927-1931 - The Jail House Blues - Devil In The Lions Den - Yellow Dog Blues - Loving Lady Blues - Riverside Blues - Dark Cloudy Blues - Hesitation Blues - Pork Chop Blues - Midnight Special Blues - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart - Lead Me All The Way - It Won't Be Long - Do That Thing - The Worried Man Blues (John D. Fox, voc) - The Moanin' Blues (John D. Fox, voc) - Lonesome Road Blues - New Salty Dog - Slow Mama Slow - Signifying Blues - I'm Still Sittin' On Top Of The World - Graveyard Digger's Blues - My Road Is Rough And Rocky (How Long, How Long?) notes by Keith Briggs Document DOCD 5034 (Austria c. 1992)
44	1996	Before The Blues The Early American Black Music Scene - Bamalong Blues - Andrew And Jim Baxter - Run Mollie Run - Henry Thomas - Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins - Jackson Stomp - Missippi Mud Steppers - On Jordan's Stormy Banks We Stand - Seventh Day Adventist Choir - Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy - Forked Deer - Taylor's Kentucky Boys - Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hat Jones - Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton - Soft Steel Piston - Weaver & Beasley - Two White Horses In A Line - Evans & McClain - Jamestown Exhibition - Bayless Rose - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull - Dying Mother And Her Child - Rev. Gates & Congregation - John Hardy - Buell Kazee - Wayward Girl Blues - Lottie Kimbrough - Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band - Tom Sherman's Barroom - Dick Devall - Stack O'Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt - Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby - I'll Go With Her Blues - Robert Wilkins - Christian Soldier - Denson Quartet Yazoo CD 2015 (US 1996) Yazoo Records discography
44a	1996	How Can I Keep From Singing, Vol. 2 Early American Religious Music & Song Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s George Long & His Singers - What Shall Our Answer Be Brothers Wright & Williams - I've Got A Home In Beulah Land Blind Willie Davis - Rock Of Ages Roswell Sacred Harp Quartet - Weeping Mary Sam Collins - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart Morris Family - He Rose Unknown L.V. Jones & His Virginia Singing Class - Will My Mother Know Me There Elder Curry & Congregation - Memphis Flu Washington Phillips - Jesus Is My Friend Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Job Ridgel's Fountain Citians - Hallelujah To The Lamb Copperhill Male Quartet - There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood Shands Superior Jubilee Singers - Silver Slippers Mrs. L. Reed & Mrs. T.A. Duncans - Light In The Valley Cliff Carlisle Quartet - Shine On Me Pace Jubilee Singers - Oh Death Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers - Thou Carest Lord Ed Mcconnell & Family - My Loving Brother Seventh Day Adventist Choir - Take Thy Burden To The Lord Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Lonely Tomb Blind Joe Taggart - Goin' To Rest Where Jesus Is David Miller - Lonesome Valley Rev. J.F. Forest & Congregation - Prayer Meeting notes by Don Kent Yazoo CD 2021 (US 1996) Yazoo Records discography
45	1999	Broke, Black And Blue An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities disc 1 Up Country Blues - Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews - Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney - Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band - Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland - Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake - Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey - Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed - Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob - Bo Lita - Kid Brown - Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith - Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan - Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen - It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley - Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley - Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black - Midnight Blues - Bill Moore - Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head - My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson - What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes - School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore - Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson - Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey - T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson - TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson disc 2 Broke & Hungry Blues - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey - No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander - How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson - Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay - Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson - Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt - Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell - Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey - Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell - Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins - Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend - Framer's Blues - Eli Framer - Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker - Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor - Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott - Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers - Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins - Walking Blues - Son House - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson - Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose - Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery disc 3 Good Whiskey Blues - Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - 22-20 Blues - Skip James - Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins - Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr - Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams - Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd - Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold - Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams - That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson - Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky - Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim - Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller - Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis - It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner - Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum - Prisoner Blues - George Clarke - Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon - Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods - Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam - Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle - Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson - Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan disc 4 Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White - Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather - Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe - Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown - Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown - Low Land Blues - Lee Brown - Round The World Blues - Lee Brown - Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon - Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon - Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon - I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon - Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple - Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple - My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon - It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon - That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon - Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon - I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple - Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple - Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple - Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple - Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple - New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown 4 CD set 40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
46	2007	Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 5 2008 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - Range In My Kitchen Blues - Texas Alexander - One Dime Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacey - Nehi Mama Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Deep Moaning Blues - Ma Rainey - Jail House Blues - Crying Sam Collins - Madison Street Rag - Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon) - Seaboard Stomp - Blind Blake - The New Shake That Thing - Mississippi Sheiks - Low Down Jail House - Blind Blake - Cold And Blue - Ida Cox - The Santa Claus Crave - Elzadie Robinson Supplementary CD tracks: - Ain't Gonna Do That No More - Blind Blake - Talkin' To You Wimmin' About The Blues - Blind Willie McTell & Mary Willis - Merciful Blues - Blind Willie McTell & Mary Willis - Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds remastered by Richard Nevins Blues Images Vol. 5 (2008) Blues Images
47	2009	I Woke Up One Morning In May Cryin' Sam Collins - Lonesome Road Lottie Kimbrough (The Kansas City Butterball) - Lost Lover Blues Henry Spaulding - Cairo Blues Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy - Can't I Do It For You? Buster Johnson - Undertaker Blues Elvie Thomas - Motherless Child Blues Little Hat Jones - Bye Bye Baby Blues Robert Wilkins - I'll Go With Her Willie Baker - Rag Baby Blind Blake - Rope Stretchin' Blues Louie Lasky - How You Want Your Rolling Done? Charlie McCoy - Keep It Clean Lottie Kimbrough - Wayward Girl Blues Joe Callicott - Fare Thee Well Blues Mississippi MR 033
48	2017	American Epic: The Collection disc 1: - The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley - On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band - The Panama Limited - Bukka White - Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers - 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes - K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter - I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes - Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers - I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys - Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band - Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band - Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney - Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family - Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson - Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge - Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson - Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor disc 2: - My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch - Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels - I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers - Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates - Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers - Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers - Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux - Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels - Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob - Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family - Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux - Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles - Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford - Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell disc 3: - Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores - La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos - Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho - Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller - Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy - John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys - Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly - Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt - I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis - Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee - Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters - Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders - If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole - Stackalee - Frank Hutchison - The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman - Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee - Country Blues - Dock Boggs - Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens - Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson - Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson disc 4: - Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin - Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton - Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe - Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand - See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys - New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim - Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey - Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry - Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley - Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers - It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks - Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis - Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas - Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family - Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice - Old Country Rock - William Moore - La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard - My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House - Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James disc 5: - Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson - Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza - Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band - Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins - Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee - The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers - I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman - Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders - Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks - James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown - The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band - Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers - Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson - E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette - Ghost Dance - Truett & George - Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother - Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon - Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores - Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips "American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed." 5 CD set American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Samuel B. Charters: The Blues Makers (incorporates The Bluesmen [1967] and Sweet As the Showers of Rain [1977]).- New York (Da Capo) 1991, p. 138
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, pp. 166-168, 272
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 116, 172-173; 272
~~- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013~~ [no data]
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 127-128
- Paul Oliver: Songsters and Saints - Vocal Traditions on Race Records.- Cambridge (Cambridge Univ. Press) 1984, p 152
- Tony Russell: Country Music Records - A Discography, 1921-1942.- Oxford (Oxford University Press), 2004, p. 333 (Eva Quartette)
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- http://bluesimages.com/museum-78s/HTML-Individual-78s/Gennett-6146-a-Sam-Collins-Yellow-Dog-Blues.html
- http://www.nugrape.net/collins.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Phil Hawkins, Russell Shor, Jonny Meister, Max Hoeffner, Joel Slotnikoff, Peter Brown, Helge Thygesen, Eric Simkin, Alex van der Tuuk, Fernando Goin, Hank Moore, Eric Simkin and Paul Swinton for additional info / scans

source: Robert Crumb's 'Heroes Of The Blues' - A set of 36 cards # 17 (Yazoo Records. Inc.)

Black Patti advertisement in the Chicago Defender July 2, 1927
source: Paul Oliver: Songsters & Saints, p. 152 ("Paul Oliver collection")

Black Patti advertisement
source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmakers, p. 138