- Mercury Boogie (DT2004) #   @ youtube
- Eclipse Of The Sun (DT2005) *   @ youtube

rec. c.1948 in Oakland, CA; K.C. Douglas, g, # voc, with Sidney Maiden, hca, * voc; labels of Down Town list Ford Chaney, g, and Otis Cherry, dr, as present, but neither is audible

Down Town 2004 (US 1949)

 
= Gilt Edge GE 5043 (as by "Lowell Fulson")

Sidney Maiden discography

- Canned Heat   @ youtube
- Catfish   @ youtube
- Big Road Blues   @ youtube
- Kansas City   @ youtube
- I Got The Key (... To The Highway)   @ youtube
- Casey Jones   @ youtube

- Mercury Blues   @ youtube
- Blues   @ youtube
- I Met The Blues This Morning   @ youtube
- I Have My Woman   @ youtube
- Had I Money   @ youtube

"collected" 1952 (?) by Sam Eskin in Oakland, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g

notes by Sam Eskin
"COOK LABORATORIES - 114 Manhattan St. - Stamford, Conn."

Cook 5002 (US 1954/56?) (Road Recordings)

notes by Sam Eskin
"Released in Australia by ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES IMPORTS PTY. LTD.
Registered Office 139-143 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Victoria"

Cook 5002 (Australia 1956) (Road Recordings)

notes by Guido van Rijn
the first few copies of this LP erroneously had a photo on their back covers that looked an awful lot like Curtis Jones

(=) Oldie Blues OL 2812 (NL 1980) "Mercury Boogie"

= Smithsonian COOK 5002 (US 2001)

Oldie Blues discography

- Lonely Blues (H627) [Lonely Boy Blues ???]   @ youtube
- K.C. Boogie (H628)

rec. 1954 in Oakland, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; p, b. dr

Rhythm 1780

= Hollywood 1040

Oldie Blues OL 2812

Arhoolie F 1005 (1960, 1st pressing) track sequence:
Sam Chatman
A1 - I Have To Paint My Face   @ youtube   @ Spotify
A2 - You Shall Be Free (Nigger Be A Nigger) °°°°   @ youtube
A3 - I Stand And Wonder   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
A4 - Forty-Four Blues °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Jasper Love
A5 - Desert Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sam Chatmon
A6 - Lay My Burden Down (Glory Hallelujah) °°°°
Kathryn Pitman and group
A7 - Save A Seat For Me °°°°

Wade Walton & R.C. Smith
B1 - Barbershop Rhythm   @ youtube   @ Spotify
R.C. Smith
B2 - Going Back To Texas   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Jasper Love & Columbus Jones
B3 - The Slop °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
R.C. Smith
B4 - Lost Love Blues °°°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
B5 - Lonely Widow [actual title: "Lonely Widower"]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Wade Walton
B6 - Rooster Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
B7 - Butch's Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify

°°°° omitted from 1969 and 1980 re-releases, not on Arhoolie CD 432
°°° omitted from 1969 and 1980 re-releases, but re-released on Arhoolie CD 432
°°  omitted from 1969 re-release, but added to 1980 re-release and on Arhoolie CD 432

I Have To Paint My Face - A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues

Arhoolie F 1005 (1969, 2nd pressing) track sequence:
Sam Chatman
A1 - I Have To Paint My Face
K.C. Douglas
A2 - Big Road Blues # °°   @ Spotify
Sam Chatman
A3 - I Stand And Wonder
Big Joe Williams
A4 - Texas Blues °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Bukka White
A5 - Drifting Blues # °°

Wade Walton & R.C. Smith
B1 - Barbershop Rhythm
R.C. Smith
B2 - Going Back To Texas
K.C. Douglas & Sidney Maiden
B3 - Blues And Trouble # °°   @ Spotify
R.C. Smith
B4 - Lonely Widow [actual title: "Lonely Widower"]
B5 - Rooster Blues
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
B6 - Butch's Blues

°° newly added tracks on 1969 pressing

I Have To Paint My Face - A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues

Arhoolie F 1005 (1980, 3rd pressing) track sequence:
Sam Chatman [sic]
A1 - I Have To Paint My Face
K.C. Douglas
A2 - Big Road Blues #
Sam Chatman [sic]
A3 - I Stand And Wonder
Big Joe Williams
A4 - Texas Blues
Bukka White
A5 - Drifting Blues
Jasper Love & Columbus Jones
A6 - The Slop °°

Wade Walton & R.C. Smith
B1 - Barbershop Rhythm
R.C. Smith
B2 - Going Back To Texas
K.C. Douglas & Sidney Maiden
B3 - Blues And ('N') Trouble #
R.C. Smith
B4 - Lonely Widow [actual title: "Lonely Widower"]
Wade Walton
B5 - Rooster Blues
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
B6 - Butch's Blues
B7 - Forty-Four Blues °°

°° 1980 version "bonus tracks", listed on labels, but not on back cover!

I Have To Paint My Face - Mississippi Blues 1960

Arhoolie CD 432 (1995) track sequence:
- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas # [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd & 3rd ed.]
- I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd ed.]
- Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas # [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas/Bruce Bratton ## [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- The Slop - Jasper Love/Columbus Jones [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Rooster Blues - Wade Walton [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas/Sidney Maiden # [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd & 3rd ed.]
- Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Desert Blues - Jasper Love [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Butch's Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden/K.C. Douglas # [Arhoolie F 1006, 2nd ed.]

Arhoolie F 1005 (1st pressing) tracks rec. 1960 by Chris A. Strachwitz with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oliver
# rec. April 18, 1960 in Oakland, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Sidney Maiden, voc, hca
## rec. May 1960 in Berkeley, CA; K.C. Douglas,voc, g; Bruce Bratton,
Arhoolie F 1005 (1st pressing) front cover artwork by Wayne Pope
Arhoolie F 1005 (2nd/3rd pressing) front cover photo (Fred McDowell at an out door "house party") by Chris Strachwitz
liner photos by Chris Strachwitz

booklet notes (1960) by Mack McCormick   "Arhoolie Records, Berkeley, California"

Arhoolie F 1005 (US 1960, 1st pressing)

notice of first edition's deletion in BU 58 (December 1968), p. 7

new notes (1969) by Chris Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94709"
first few of 2nd pressing on labels titled "Delta House Party", but soon retitled "I Have To Paint My Face"

(=) Arhoolie F 1005 (US 11/1969, 2nd [remastered] pressing) subtitled "A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues"

notes (1969) by Chris Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94709"

Arhoolie F 1005 (US 1980, 3rd pressing) subtitled "A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues"
front and back covers same as 1969 pressing, i.e. track list not updated (two add'l tracks A6 and B7 missing)!

notes by Chris Strachwitz

(=) Arhoolie CD 432 (US 1995) subtitled "Mississippi Blues 1960"

Arhoolie Records discography

- Broken Heart
- Hen House Blues
- Wake Up, Workin' Woman
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Meanest Woman
- Born In The Country

- Love Me All Night Long
- Tell Me
- No More Cryin'
- K.C.'s Doctor Blues
- You Got A Good Thing Now
- Watch Dog Blues

rec. February 5, 12 & 22, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; K.C. Douglas, voc, g

notes by Larry Cohn
 
Bluesville BVLP 1023 (US 1961)

notes by Larry Cohn

= OBC OBC-533 (US 1990)

= OBC OBCCD-533-2 (US 1990)

Bluesville Records discography
OBC Records discography

- Buy Me An Airplane
- Sweet Little Woman
- My Black Name
- Sidney's Fox Chase
- San Quentin Blues
- Tell Me, Somebody

- Blues An' Trouble
- Hand-Me-Down Baby
- Sidney's Worried Life Blues
- Me And My Chauffeur
- Coal Black Mare
- I'm Goin' Back Home

rec. April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Sidney Maiden, voc, hca; K.C. Douglas, g

notes by Larry Cohn

Bluesville BVLP 1035 (US 1961)

= OBC OBCCD-574-2 (US 1990)

audiophile 180 g LP

= Analogue Productions APR 3011 Stereo (US)

Bluesville Records discography
OBC Records discography

- Big Road Blues   @ youtube
- Howling Blues   @ youtube
- Move To Kansas City   @ youtube
- Buck Dance   @ youtube
- Tore Your Playhouse Down   @ youtube
- Bottle Up And Go   @ youtube

- Whiskey Headed Woman   @ youtube
- Catfish Blues   @ youtube
- K.C.'s Blues   @ youtube
- Canned Heat   @ youtube
- Key To The Highway   @ youtube

rec. February 5, 12 & 22, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; K.C. Douglas, voc, g

notes by Larry Cohn

Bluesville BVLP 1050 (US 1961)

notes by Larry Cohn
 
= Prestige/Bluesville BVLP 1050 (US 196?)   - trident label in use 1964 -1971

notes by Larry Cohn

= Ace CH 254 (UK 1988)

notes by Larry Cohn

= OBC OBCCD-569-2 (Germany/EU 1994)

notes by Larry Cohn

= OBC OBCCD-569-2 (US 1994)

Bluesville Records discography
OBC Records discography

Arhoolie FS 101 / F 1006 (1961 + 197?) track sequence:
Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae
Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues
Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime

Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool

Arhoolie F 1006 (1980) track sequence:
Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae
Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues
Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime
Sidney Maiden - Chicago Blues °°

Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman
Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace - Ace's Guitar Blues °°
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] - Goin' Back South [aka "Down South Blues"] °°
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool

°° on 1980 remastered LP version only

on CD 432 only:
Sam Chatmon - Hollandale Blues

Black Ace rec. September 19, 1960 in Ft. Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas rec. 1960 in Zachary, LA by Chris Strachwitz
Sam Chatman rec. July 25, 1960 in Hollandale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Lowell Fulson rec. c. 1949 in Oakland, CA by Bob Geddins
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] rec. 1947 in New York, NY
Lil' Son Jackson rec. July 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Mance Lipscomb rec. August 13, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Jasper Love rec. July 23, 1960 in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Sidney Maiden rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee Walton, p; Sidney Maiden, hca, voc; K.C. Douglas, g; Otis Cherry, dr
Mercy Dee rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, California by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; Sidney Maiden, hca; K.C. Douglas, g; Otis Cherry, dr
"Whistling" Alex Moore rec. summer 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Robert Curtis Smith rec. July 24, 1960 at the "Big 6" Barbershop in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Big Joe Williams rec. October 6, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA by Chris Strachwitz

photos by Chris Strachwitz (except Black Ace, courtesy B.K. Turner)

Arhoolie FS101 (US 1961)

notes (on 4-pp. leaflet) by Chris Strachwitz

= Arhoolie F 1006 (US 196?)

notes (on back cover) by Chris Strachwitz

= Arhoolie F 1006 (US 197?)

notes (on back cover) by Chris Strachwitz

1980 release uses same front and back covers as 197? release, but actually has slightly different content - as printed on the labels!

(=) Arhoolie F 1006 (US 1980)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

partly reissued on
Arhoolie CD 432 (US 1995) "Mississippi Blues 1960"

Arhoolie Records discography

Lowell Fulson
- Three O¹Clock Blues
- I'm Wild About You
- Don't Be So Evil
- Prison Bound
- My Baby Left Me
- Double Trouble
- Storming and Raining

K. C. Douglas with Sidney Maiden
- Mercury Boogie [Down Town 2004]
Sidney Maiden with K. C. Douglas
- Eclipse Of The Sun [Down Town 2004]
Willie B. Huff
- Beggar Man Blues
Mercy Dee
- Trailing My Baby
Johnny Fuller
- Train, Train, Train
Thunder Smith
- New Worried Life Blues
Rocky ("Rocky Mountain" Stoneham)
- Water Coast Blues
Thunder Smith
- Thunder's Unfinished Boogie (piano solo)

recorded by Bob Geddins; edited & selected by Chris A. Strachwitz

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Heritage HLP 1003 (UK 196?)

Heritage Records discography

first pressing track sequence:
- Mercy's Troubles (9:30)   @ youtube
- Jack Engine (4:02) ° [never re-released on CD]   @ youtube
- Lady Luck (3:10) [Arhoolie 45-501]   @ youtube
- Red Light (2:30)   @ youtube

- Walked Down So Many Turnrows (3:05)   @ youtube
- Troublesome Mind (5:55)   @ youtube
- Betty Jean (1:30) [Arhoolie 45-501]   @ youtube
- Call The Asylum (3:05)   @ youtube
- Mercy's Party (5:08) # ° [never re-released on CD]   @ youtube

second pressing track sequence:
- Mercy's Troubles (9:30)
- Harvest Time (3:45) [Bluesville BV 1039 as "Have You Ever Been Out In The Country"]   @ youtube
- Lady Luck (3:10)
- Red Light (2:30)
- Trying To Kick This Habit (2:25) °° [1954 Rhythm unissued]   @ youtube

- Walked Down So Many Turnrows (3:05)
- After The Fight (3:15) °°   @ youtube
- Troublesome Mind (5:55)
- Betty Jean (1:30)
- Call The Asylum (3:05)
- Shady Lane (4:20) °°   @ youtube

° only on 1st pressing
°° only on 2nd pressing

rec. February 5 & 12, & March 12, 1961 in Stockton, CA & April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; K.C. Douglas, g, # voc; Sidney Maiden, hca, # voc; Otis Cherry, dr
cover photo by William Carter

notes (1961) by Chris A. Strachwitz     "Arhoolie Records, Box No. 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif."
 
Arhoolie F1007 (1st pressing 1961, blue back cover)

notes (1961, newly typeset) by Chris A. Strachwitz     "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"

Arhoolie F1007 (1st pressing 1963?, white back cover)
"ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963." (en.wikipedia)
Mercy Dee's death on December 2, 1962 is mentioned in the newly typeset notes, so publishing date must be 1963!

notes (1961) by Chris A. Strachwitz

Arhoolie F1007 (2nd pressing 1965?)   track list correction sticker on back cover!

Arhoolie CD 369 (US 1993)

Arhoolie Records discography
Mercy Dee Walton discography
Sidney Maiden discography

- I Know You Didn't Want Me (tk.2)
- I'm Gonna Build Me A Web

rec. August 19, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Clarence Van Hook, ts; George Hurst, p; Jimmy Rainey, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

Arhoolie 45-504 (US 1963)

Clifton Chenier
- Why Did You Go Last Night
R.C. Smith
- Don't Drive Me Away
Mercy Dee
- Bird Brain Baby
Lightning Hopkins & Spider Kilpatrick
- Candy Wagon
James Phillips
- No Lovin'
Little Son Willis
- Bad Luck N' Trouble
K.C. Douglas
- I Know You Didn't Want Me (tk 5) #

Fred McDowell
- Fred's Rambling Blues
Little Son Willis
- Harlem Blues
Detroit Slim
- Nelly Mae
Essie Jenkins
- Influenza Blues
Bukka White
- Midnight Blues
Manny Nichols
- Throw A Little Boogie

# rec. August 19, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Clarence Van Hook, voc; George Hurst, p; Jimmy Rainey, dr

Arhoolie F-1018 (US 1965)

on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands, cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins

Arhoolie Records discography

- The Things I'd Do For You (F2637) *
- The Little Green House (F2638) #

rec. 1967 in Berkeley; K.C. Douglas, voc, g with # hca; * Lonnie Hewitt, p; g; dr

7 inch 45 rpm

Galaxy 753

Manny Nichols
- Long Skinny Mama
Mance Lipscomb
- You Don't Mean Me No Good
Black Ace
- Beer Drinking Woman
Rattlesnake Cooper
- I'm Leaving Town
Mercy Dee & Otis Cherry
- Ebony Baby [never re-released on CD]
Isam Hisam & Lightnin' Hopkins
- I'm Feeling Bad
Manny Nichols
- Walking Talking Blues

Billy Bizor
- Tom Moore
Alex Moore
- Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg
- Hello Baby
Robert Shaw
- The Fives
Lightning Hopkins
- Hurricanes Carla & Esther
Mercy Dee, K.C. Douglas & Otis Cherry
- 8th Wonder Of The World [never re-released on CD]

notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie F 1017 (US 1968)

Arhoolie Records discography

K.C. Douglas - Mercury Boogie [Down Town 2004]
Sidney Maiden - Eclipse Of The Sun [Down Town 2004]
Willie B. Huff - Beggar Man Blues [Rhythm 1770]
Juke Boy Bonner - Well Baby
Mercy Dee Walton - Trailing My Baby
LC Good Rockin' Robinson - Why Don't You Write To Me
Juke Boy Bonner - Rock With Me Baby

Johnny Fuller - Train, Train Blues [Rhythm 1773]
Johnny Fuller - First Stage Of The Blues [Rhythm 1767]
Jimmy McCracklin - When I'm Gone [Trilon 245]
Jimmy Wilson - Tin Pan Alley [Big Town 101]
Jimmy Wilson - A Woman Is To Blame [Big Town 107]
Jimmy Wilson - Blues At Sundown [Big Town 107]
Jimmy Wilson - Frisco Bay [Rhythm 1766]

notes by Lee Hildebrand

Arhoolie 2008 (US 1970)

= Trio PA-3063 (Jp 1975)

Arhoolie Records discography
Trio Records discography
Sidney Maiden discography
Juke Boy Bonner discography
Mercy Dee Walton discography
LC Good Rockin' Robinson discography
Johnny Fuller discography
Jimmy McCracklin discography
Jimmy Wilson discography

- Havin' A Lotta Trouble
- Woke Up With The Blues



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Believe I'll Marry And Leave The Other Women Alone
- You Good Lookin' Women
- Divorce Blues
- Black Cat Bone

rec. January 8, 1972 by Don Lindenau; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Bob Smith, b; Jim Marshall, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

Blues Connoisseur 1001 (Don Lindenau's label) (US 2/1972)

- Mercury Boogie
- You Hear Me Howlin'

rec. in summer 1972 live at The Square Rigger, Orinda, CA by Don Lindenau; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins ('Harmonica Slim'), hca; Bob Smith, b; Jim Marshall, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

Blues Connoisseur 1003 (US 1972)

LP track sequence:
- Fanny Lou
- Hear Me Howling
- Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
- Country Girl
- Black Cat Bone
- Good Looking Women

- Woke Up This Morning
- High Water Rising
- Mercury Boogie   @ youtube
- My Mind's Going Back To 1929
- Catfish Blues

rec. on portable equipment at Arhoolie House in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz
Side A: November 17, 1973; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca
Side B: January 26, 1974; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca; Ron Thompson, lead g; Jim Marshall, dr

CD track sequence:
- Mercury Blues [sic]
- My Mind's Going Back To 1929
- Catfish Blues
- High Water Rising
- Woke Up This Morning
- Somebody Done Stole My Gal - (previously unreleased)
- Fanny Lou - (previously unreleased)
- I Don't Want No Woman To Love Me - (previously unreleased)
- Married Woman Blues - (previously unreleased)
- Black Cat Bone - (previously unreleased)
- Good Looking Woman - (previously unreleased)
- Richard's Ride - (previously unreleased)
- Hear Me Howling - (previously unreleased)
- I'm Gonna Build Me A Web - (previously unreleased)
- Make Your Coffee - (previously unreleased)
- Night Shift Blues - (previously unreleased)
- Canned Heat - (previously unreleased)
- Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
- Country Girl
- Black Cat Bone
- Good Looking Women
- Fanny Lou

"previously unreleased" = CD bonus tracks

notes by Tom Mazzolini

Arhoolie 1073

notes by Tom Mazzolini and Chris Strachwitz

(=) Arhoolie CD 475 (US 1998) "Mercury Blues"

Arhoolie Records discography

- Part Time Love - Little Johnny Taylor
- Country Boy - Sonny Rhodes
- I Know You Hear Me Calling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Little Green House - K.C. Douglas
- Hey, Hey Baby's Gone - Phillip Walker
- I'm Serving Time - Rodger Collins
- Life Goes On - Big Mama Thornton
- Mama Rufus - Merced Blue Notes

- All Night Long They Play The Blues - Clarence Smith
- Somewhere Down The Line - Little Johnny Taylor
- Things I'd Do For You - K.C. Douglas
- Laughin' And Clownin' - Phillip Walker
- There's Gonna Be Some Changes - Clay Hammond
- One Of These Days - Sonny Rhodes
- Because It's Love - Big Mama Thornton
- I'm Gonna Push On - Charles Brown

from 45s on the Galaxy and Fantasy labels from 1963 to 1972; compilation: Alan Balfour, Bob Fisher

notes by Clive Richardson

Fantasy FT 563 (US 1979)

= Fantasy F-1977 (Greece 1979)

(=) Specialty SPCD-7029-2
= Ace CDCHD 440 (UK 1992)

Phillip Walker discography

- K.C. Boogie [Rhythm 1780]
- Lonely Blues [Rhythm 1780]
- Canned Heat
- Catfish
- Big Road Blues
- Kansas City

- I Got The Key
- Casey Jones
- Mercury Blues
- Blues
- I Met The Blues This Morning
- I Have My Women
- Had I Money

previously on Rhythm 1780 & Cook LP 5002

notes by Guido van Rijn

Oldie Blues OL 2812 (NL 1980)

Oldie Blues discography

Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues   @ youtube
Memphis Willie B. - Country Girl Blues   @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Levee Camp Blues   @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Catfish Blues   @ youtube
Sidney Maiden - San Quentin Blues   @ youtube
Wade Walton - Big Fat Mama   @ youtube
Pete Franklin - Grievin' Me   @ youtube

Blind Willie McTell - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues   @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson - Fine Booze and Heavy Dues   @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise   @ youtube
Reverend Gary Davis - You Got To Move   @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Brown Skinned Woman   @ youtube
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Pawn Shop   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - T-Model Blues   @ youtube
Doug Quattlebaum - You Is One Black Rat   @ youtube

Ace CDCH 247 bonus tracks:
Memphis Willie B - Highway 61   @ youtube
Furry Lewis - Shake 'em On Down   @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Alberta   @ youtube
Baby Tate - See What You Done Done   @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog   @ youtube

compiled by Ray Topping

notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley

Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)

Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)

Bluesville Records discography

K.C. Douglas
- Wake Up
- Working Woman
- Broken Heart
Alec Seward
- Evil Woman Blues
- Creepin' Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
- Sweet Little Woman
Scrapper Blackwell And Brooks Berry
- 'Bama Bound
- Blues And Trouble
Jesse Fuller
- Key To The Highway
- Stranger Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- That's All Right
- Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow)
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Is My Baby's Home
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
Shakey Jake
- Gimme A Smile
- Jake's Cha Cha
Arbee Stidham
- I'm Tired Of Wandering
- You Can't Live In This World By Yourself
St. Louis Jimmy
- Goin' Down Slow

Prestige PRCD-9918-2 (US 1998)

Bluesville Records discography

- Part Time Love [extended version] - Little Johnny Taylor
- S.K. Blues - Saunders King
- Life Goes On - Big Mama Thornton
- One Of These Days - Sonny Rhodes
- There's Gonna Be Some Changes - Clay Hammond
- The Things I'd Do For You - K.C. Douglas
- What's Your Story, Morning Glory? - Saunders King
- I'm Gonna Push On - Charles Brown
- Hey, Hey Baby's Gone - Phillip Walker
- All Night Long They Play The Blues - Clarence Smith
- Little Green House - K.C. Douglas
- The Things That I Used To Do - Little Johnny Taylor
- Because It's Love - Big Mama Thornton
- Danger Zone - Percy Mayfield J.J. Malone
- Country Boy - Sonny Rhodes
- Laughin' And Clownin' - Phillip Walker
- You're Gonna Want Me - Bill Coday
- Driving Wheel - Little Johnny Taylor
- Cry No More - Charles Brown
- I'm Serving Time - Rodger Collins
- You Oughta Slow Dance, Baby - The Right Kind
- Please Come Home For Christmas - Little Johnny Taylor
- Tighten Up - Merl Saunders

Fantasy FT 563 (1979)

notes by Lee Hildebrand

Specialty SPCD-7029-2
= Ace CDCHD 440 (UK)

- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
- Five Card Hand
- After The Fight - (previously unreleased - previously on LP 1007 2nd pressing)
- Lady Luck - (previously unreleased)
- Betty Jean - (previously unreleased)
- One Room Country Shack
- Mercy's Troubles
- Sugar Daddy
- Red Light
- Walked Down So Many Turnrows
- Call The Asylum - (previously unreleased)
- Mercy's Shuffle - (previously unreleased)
- Troublesome Mind
- Shady Lane - (previously unreleased - previously on LP 1007 2nd pressing)
- Eight Wonder Of The World
- I Been A Fool

rec. February 5, 12 & 16, 1961 in Stockton, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; K. C. Douglas, g, # voc; Sidney Maiden, hca; Otis Cherry, dr

Arhoolie 1007 (196?)

Arhoolie CD 369

- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon [lyrics]
- Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas
- I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon
- Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams
- Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas (previously unreleased)
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas / Bruce Bratton (previously unreleased)
- Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon (previously unreleased)
- The Slop - Jasper Love / Columbus Jones
- Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith
- God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon
- Rooster Blues - Wade Walton
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / R.C. Smith
- Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith
- Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas / Sidney Maiden
- Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith
- Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith
- Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams
- Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love
- Desert Blues - Jasper Love
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Butch's Blues - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden / K.C. Douglas

Arhoolie 1005 (US 1960)
Arhoolie 1006 (US 1961)

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 432 (US 1995)

Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Line [Arhoolie 1027, CD 304]   @ youtube
Lightning Hopkins - Have You Ever Loved A Woman [Arhoolie 1063]   @ youtube
John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn [Arhoolie 1025, CD 378]   @ youtube
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Cairo Blues [Arhoolie 1004, CD 352]   @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb - 'Bout A Spoonful [Arhoolie 1001, CD 306]   @ youtube
Black Ace - Drink On Little Girl [Arhoolie 1003]   @ youtube
Snooks Eaglin - Country Boy Down In New Orleans [Arhoolie CD 348]   @ youtube
Bukka White - Columbus, Mississippi Blues [Arhoolie 1005]   @ youtube
Dr. Ross - Shake 'em On Down [Arhoolie 1065, CD 371]   @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams - Just Tippin' In (4:10) [Arhoolie CD 394]   @ youtube [not "Just Trippin' In", as youtube video suggests]
Jesse Fuller - Hump In My Back [Arhoolie CD 360]   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Brother James [Arhoolie 1002, CD 315]   @ youtube
Smoky Babe - I'm Broke And I'm Hungry [Arhoolie 2019, CD 440]   @ youtube
R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie [Arhoolie 1042, CD 402]   @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Mercury Blues [Arhoolie CD 432]   @ youtube

prod. and edited by Chris Strachwitz
cover photo (Big Joe Williams) by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 101 (US 1996)

Arhoolie Records discography

- Mercury Blues
- My Mind's Going Back To 1929
- Catfish Blues
- High Water Rising
- Woke Up This Morning
- Somebody Done Stole My Gal - (previously unreleased)
- Fanny Lou - (previously unreleased)
- I Don't Want No Woman To Love Me - (previously unreleased)
- Married Woman Blues - (previously unreleased)
- Black Cat Bone - (previously unreleased)
- Good Looking Woman - (previously unreleased)
- Richard's Ride - (previously unreleased)
- Hear Me Howling - (previously unreleased)
- I'm Gonna Build Me A Web - (previously unreleased)
- Make Your Coffee - (previously unreleased)
- Night Shift Blues - (previously unreleased)
- Canned Heat - (previously unreleased)
- Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
- Country Girl
- Black Cat Bone
- Good Looking Women
- Fanny Lou

rec. on portable equipment at Arhoolie House by Chris Strachwitz
November 16, 1973; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca
January 26, 1974; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca; Ron Thompson, lead g; Jim Marshall, dr

"previously unreleased" = CD bonus tracks

Arhoolie 1073 (1974)

notes by Tom Mazzolini and Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 475 (US 1998)

K.C. Douglas
- You Got A Good Thing Now
Sonny Terry
- My Baby Done Gone
- High Powered Woman
Memphis Willie B
- Good Potatoes
Lightnin Hopkins
- Wine Spodee-o-Dee
Memphis Slim
- Frankie And Johnny Boogie
Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim
- Don't You Tell Nobody
Little Brother Montgomery
- Santa Fe
Billy Boy Arnold
- Get Out of Here
- You Better Cut That Out
Homesick James
- Working with Homesick
Otis Spann and James Cotton
- Lightnin
Shakey Jake
- It Won't Happen Again
Roosevelt Sykes
- Runnin The Boogie
- Hey Big Momma
Curtis Jones
- Good Time Special
Jimmy Witherspoon
- One Scotch One Bourbon One Beer
- Kansas City
- Drinking Beer
Mildred Anderson
- I'm Free
- Cool Kind Of Poppa
Sunnyland Slim
- Slim's Shout

Prestige PRCD-9922-2 (US 1999)

Bluesville Records discography

disc 1:
- San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller (previously unreleased)
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
- Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / Robert Curtis Smith [Arhoolie F 1005]
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers
- Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore
- I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
- Brother James - Big Joe Williams
- Lady Luck - Mercy Dee
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith
- Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer
- Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier
- Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell
- Believe On Me - Rev. Louis Overstreet
- Low Down Blues - George Lewis
- The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer
- Crowley Waltz - The Hackberry Ramblers
- She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - Booker White (previously unreleased)
- Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier
- Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell
- Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb
- Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier

disc 2:
- Cindy - John Jackson
- Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton
- La Betaille - Isom Fontenot
- Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire
- Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo
- I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Del McCoury
- In The Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet
- Goin' Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Two Bugs And A Roach - Earl Hooker
- Dream - John Littlejohn
- Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
- Visions - Sonny Simmons
- I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe
- Boogieing In Strasbourg - Alex Moore
- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King - Big Joe Williams
- Please Settle In Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell / Johnny Woods
- El Desesperado - Los Pinguinos Del Norte
- Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
- Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite

disc 3:
- Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre
- Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio
- Gibson Creek Shuffle - Charles Ford Band
- Ups And Downs - L.C. Robinson
- You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red
- Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin / Canray Fontenot
- Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely
- Luzita - Narciso Martinez
- Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio
- Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio
- One Of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris
- Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier
- En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa / Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard
- Besos Y Copas - Chavela Ortiz Y Brown Express
- Fast Santa Fe - Robert Shaw
- I'll See You In C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band
- El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha
- La Gata - Los Caporales De Panuco
- Beym Rebas Sude - The Klezmorim
- J'ai Laisse De La Maison - Cheese Read
- Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.
- Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza

disc 4:
- Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez
- Co-Fe - John Delafose
- Single Girl - Rose Maddox
- Bec De La Manche - Canray Fontenot
- Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark / Hector Duhon
- Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez Jr.
- La Chanson De Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit BeauSoleil (previously unreleased)
- Shake What You Got - Preston Frank
- Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- The Chill Of A Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge
- Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory
- Here To Stay - Rebirth Brass Band
- I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
- I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin
- Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez
- Aguililla - Los Campesinos De Michoacan
- La Reine De La Salle - Odile Falcon
- Chanson De La Sagesse - Michael Doucet
- Hot Chili Mama - BeauSoleil
- Check Out The Zydeco - C.J. Chenier
- El Canoero - Valerio Longoria
- Corrido Del Mono - Los Gavilanes De Oakland
- San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff

disc 5:
- Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers
- Gumagarugu - Chatuye
- Khandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi
- A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta
- Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band
- Ain't It A Shame - Elder Roma Wilson
- J'ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- La Mal Sentada - Los Cenzontles
- Falling For You - Rose Maddox
- Los Traficantes Del Bravo - Los Palomares Del Bravo (previously unreleased)
- Jesus Will Fix It For You - Sonny Treadway
- Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom
- Jale Griego - Jose Moreno
- El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
- What's His Name - Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent

Compilation producers: Chris Strachwitz & Elijah Wald; digitally remastered by Mike Cogan

5 CD box
66-pp. booklet by Chris Strachwitz, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt & Elijah Wald

Arhoolie CD 491 (US 2000)

Arhoolie Records discography

K.C. Douglas - Mercury Blues [Down Town 2004]
Sidney Maiden - Eclipse Of The Sun [Down Town 2004]
Little Son Willis - Bad Luck And Trouble
- Operator Blues
Black Diamond - T.P. Railer
- Lonesome Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson - Desert Blues
- Come And Go With Me
Willie B Huff - Beggar Man Blues
- I''ve Been Thinkin'' And Thinkin'
Brother Jackson - L.C. Boogie
Junior Hampton - J.H. Stomp
Little Son Willis - Harlem Blues
- I Love You Just The Way You Are
Sonny Boy Johnson - Walkin'' And Cryin'' Blues
- I''ve Got The $64,000 Question
Jerry Perkins - P38 Stomp
- My Baby''s Last Goodbye
Slim Green - Alla Blues
- Central Avenue Blues
Ernest McClay - Big Timing Woman
- Night Working Woman
Buddy Lewis - You''ve Got Good Business
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Jerry Perkins - Katherine Blues
- Knockin'' The Boogie
Al Prince - Don''t Love A Married Woman
- Wine Talk
King Davis - Someday You''ll Understand
- Waggin'' Your Tail
Beverly Scott - Southern California Blues
- Shakin'' The Boogie
Little Son Willis - Skin And Bone
- Nothing But The Blues
Slim Green - Baby I Love You
- Tricky Woman Blues
Little Willie Cotton - Gonna Shook It Up And Go
- A Dream
Sonny Boy Holmes - I Got Them Blues
- T-N-T Woman
Goldrush - All My Money Is Gone
K.C. Douglas
- Lonely Blues
- K.C. Boogie
Little Son Willis - Roll Me Over Slow
- Baby Come Back Home
Sonny Boy Johnson - Swimming Pool Blues
- I''ve Been Drinkin'' My Last Drink
Beverly Scott - Brownskin Woman
- Little Girl Blues
Willie B Huff - I Love You Baby
- Operator 209
Sidney Maiden - Hurry Hurry Baby
- Everything Is Wrong
Haskell Sadler - Do Right Mind
- Gone For Good
Alvin Smith - On My Way

2 CD set

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD1012

disc 1:
- Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
- Rock Me Mama - Lightnin' Slim
- Little Lean Woman - Little Al
- Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis
- Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Another Fool Like Me - Jesse Thomas
- Little Milton's Boogie - Little Milton Anderson
- Scott's Boogie - L.B. Lawson
- She's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
- Down At the Depot - John Lee
- Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
- Courtin' In a Cadillac - Jerry McCain
- Walkin' And Cryin' Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Ride Hooker Ride - Earl Hooker
- Don't Let Your Daddy Slow Walk You Down - Good Rockin' Sam
- Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter
- Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes
- Lillie Mae Boogie - Alex Moore
- Gotta Get Together - Frank Edwards
- When I Come In This House Woman - Big Son Tillis
- I'm Gonna Leave You Baby - Lazy Lester
- Evil And Hanky - Mercy Dee
- Bad Luck - Lightnin' Slim
- Central Avenue Blues - R. Green & Turner
- On My Way - Alvin Smith
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Mama Does the Boogie - Red Johnson

disc 2:
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels
- That's What They Want - Jerry McCain
- Sneaky Groundhog - Clifford Gibson
- Blinds Blues - John Lee
- Sugar Mama - Pee Wee Hughes
- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee
- You Are Doing Me Wrong - Arthur Gunter
- I Can't Live Happy - Lightnin' Slim
- Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot
- Jackson Juke - Little Milton Anderson
- Jealous Man - Johnny Lewis
- Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
- Weekend Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Leave My Money Alone - Lonesome Sundown
- Pebble In My Shoe - Wild Bill Phillips
- Lonely Blues - K.C. Douglas
- No. 4 Boogie - Pinebluff Pete
- Someday You'll Understand - King Davis
- Alley Corn - Earl Hooker
- I Got Them Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- L.J. Boogie - Louis Jackson
- She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis
- New Orleans Bound - Lightnin' Slim
- West Kinney Street Blues - Skoole-Dum-Doo & Sheffield
- I'm Him - Schoolboy Cleve
- Neglected Woman - Alex Moore
- Too Much Competition - Tarheel Slim

disc 3:
- A Fool No More - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- Johnny Mae - Blues Rockers
- Got My Call Card - L.B. Lawson
- Love My Baby - Frank Edwards
- Jump the Boogie - Papa Lightfoot
- One Thing My Baby Likes - Country Jim
- A Dream - Little Willie Cotton
- Happy Go Lucky - Good Rockin' Beasley
- Bugger Bugger Boy - Lightnin' Slim
- Sweet Angel - Earl Hooker
- You Don't Love Me No More - Jerry McCain
- My Woman Knows the Score - Mercy Dee
- Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis
- Santa Fe Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Tiger Man - Little Al
- Alabama Boogie - John Lee
- Wolf Call Boogie - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love
- Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable
- Big Time Woman - Ernest McClay
- Paper Wooden Daddy - Dennis McMillon
- Bloodstains On the Wall - Honeyboy
- Rub a Little Boogie - Alec Seward
- Schoolboy - Lost John Hunter
- Ethel May - Lightnin' Slim
- Knocking the Boogie - Jerry Perkins
- Mistreated Baby Blues - Little Milton Anderson
- The $64 Question - Sonny Boy Holmes
- If I Lose You Woman - Alex Moore

disc 4:
- Lester's Stomp - Lazy Lester
- Dark Muddy Bottom - Mercy Dee
- Lost Child - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis
- Now Listen Baby - Good Rockin' Sam
- Lost Without Love - Lonesome Sundown
- Alla Blues - R. Green & Turner
- She's Mine All Mine - Arthur Gunter
- T.N.T. Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Lightnin' Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- K.C. Boogie - K.C. Douglas
- Baby Blues - John Lee
- She's Taking All My Money - Johnny Lewis
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man - Clifford Gibson
- You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy
- Strange Letter Blues - Schoolboy Cleve
- Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Don't Take It Out On Me - Frankie Lee Sims
- Deep South Guitar Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Packin' Up My Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Blow It Down - Little Milton Anderson
- Good Road Blues - Wright Holmes
- Katherine Blues - Jerry Perkins
- On the Hook - Earl Hooker
- I Can't Be Successful - Lightnin' Slim
- Philippine Blues - Country Jim
- Harpin' On It - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7796 (UK 2007)