Doctor RossCharles Isaiah Rossb. October 21, 1925 in Tunica, Tunica County, Mississippid. May 28, 1993 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigandiscography
Chess 1504
Sun unissued
# Sun CD 27* Arhoolie 1065§ Sun CD box 7[] Krazy Kat KK 7427
Sun inissued
# Sun Box 105* Sun CD Box 7§ Arhoolie 1065[] Sun CD 37$ Sun CD 27
Sun 193
some of the label pictures above might stem from repro pressings!
= Sun 193 repro (2013)
London HAS 8265Charly CR 30125# Sun Box 105P-Vine PLP-352
# Sun CD Box 7* Charly CR 30127§ Arhoolie 1065[] Sun Box 105{} Sun CD 37
Sun 212
= Sun 212 repro
Charly CR 30114Charly CR 30125§ Sun Box 105P-Vine PLP-352
# Arhoolie CD 371§ Sun CD 27[] Arhoolie 1012 (repress){} Rounder SS 29// Arhoolie 1965
# Sun CD 37* Arhoolie 1065§ Arhoolie CD 371
DIR A101 / B102[Doctor Isaiah Ross]
# Blues Classics 12
Fortune 538 [Devora & Jack Brown's label]
Fortune unissued
Fortune F-3011 (1971)
Fortune 857
Hi-Q 5027[subsidiary of Fortune label]
Hi-Q 5033
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box No. 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif." Arhoolie F 1012 (US 1962) (11 tracks!)notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709" Arhoolie F 1012 (US 196?) (11 tracks!)
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709" Arhoolie F 1012 (US 196?) (11 tracks!)
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709" Arhoolie F 1012 (US 1964?) (13 tracks!)
Arhoolie Records discography
notes by Peter J. Welding Testament T-2206BU 24 (July-August 1965), p. 23
notes by Pete Welding = Bounty BY 6020 (UK 1966)
(=) Testament TCD 5009 (US 1994)
Testament Records discography
notes by Pete Welding Milestone MLP-3002 (mono) (US 1966)
Milestone MSP-93002 (stereo) most likely never happened, 'cause all musical content only existed in mono!
notes by Pete Welding "Made in France by Pathé Marconi" = Milestone 2C 062-94300 M (Fr 1973)
Milestone Records discography
XTRA 1038 track sequence: - Bad Whiskey, Bad Women * - Decoration Day * - Rollin' And Tumblin' * - Something To Tell You, Want All My Friends To Know* - Flying Eagle Boogie * - Miss Elvira # - After Hours Blues # - Sugar Gal # - Sweet Black Angel # - Stop Cryin' # - Train Fare Home # * rec. October 20, 1965 in London, UK # rec. January 1966 in Flint, Michigan
notes by Bob Yates Blue Horizon LP 1 (UK 1965)
notes by Neil Slaven (=) XTRA 1038 (UK 1966) "Doctor Ross"
= Orbis CD 089 (UK/EU 1997)
= Blue Horizon CD 1 (UK 2000)
Blue Horizon Records discographyXTRA Records discography
CD track sequence: - We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis - She May Be Yours - Joe Hill Louis - Keep Your Arms Around Me - Joe Hill Louis - Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) - Rufus Thomas - Come Back Baby - Doctor Ross - That Ain't Right - Doctor Ross - Take a Little Chance - Jimmy DeBerry - Wolf Call Boogie - DeBerry/Horton - Easy - Jimmy DeBerry & Walter Horton - West Winds Are Blowing - Big Walter Horton - Walter's Instrumental - Big Walter Horton - Seems Like a Million Years - Willie Nix - Baker Shop Boogie - Willie Nix - Take a Little Walk With Me - Willie Nix - Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas - Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton - Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train - Little Junior's Blue Flames - Love My Baby - Little Junior's Blue Flames - Carry My Business On - Houston Boines - I Feel So Worried - Sammy Lewis - So Long Baby Goodbye - Willie Johnson compiled by Bez Turner
notes by Neil SlavenLondon HAS 8265 (UK 3/1965)
notes by Neil Slaven= Charly CR 30125 (UK 9/1977)
= Charly 33/3E-CHART-7021 (Greece 1977)
= Charly CR 30125 (UK 19??)
= Charly LP 10033 (Portugal 1985)
= Brasidisc 5040 (Brazil 1988)(Serie Rarity)
notes by Bez Turner(=) Charly CD 67 (UK 1987)
(=) Charly CDGR 243 (UK 1998)
from liner notes: "The sad factor is that for most of the artistes here, the few sides on this LP represent their total recorded output. A short session in a makeshift studio, ending in 3 or 4 sides, a few dollars paid, this was the beginning and end of their recording careers. Like their old 78's details and information about these artistes is extremely hard to come by: no one wants to remember the singer who 'never made it'. What information there is available has been acquired by an extremely small number of blues researchers, one of whom writes the following notes. John G. Allinson "This collection was arranged to provide you the listener with as varied as possible southern blues session by artists you would not usually be able to hear, also as a supplement to Mike Rowe's "Memphis On Down" LP on P.W.B. I trust you will enjoy it enough to ask for more and also want to know more about one of the most fascinating phases of post-war blues".
notes by Mike Leadbitter Neshoba N-11 (UK 1966) [limited edition of 99 copies]
Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386 track sequence: John Lee Hooker - King Of The World (AFBF 1965) John Lee Hooker - Della May [sic] (AFBF 1965) J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down (AFBF 1965) Fred McDowell - Highway 61 (AFBF 1965) Doctor Ross - My Black Name Is Ringing (AFBF 1965) Jimmy Lee Robinson - Rosalie (AFBF 1965) Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues (AFBF 1966) Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (AFBF 1965) [track sequence of side B?] Eddie Boyd - The Big Question (AFBF 1965) Junior Wells - Checkin' On My Baby (AFBF 1965) Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie (AFBF 1966) Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking (AFBF 1966) Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues (AFBF 1966) Otis Rush - All Your Love or My Own Fault (actually "Sweet Little Angel") (AFBF 1966)
ACT CD 9204 track sequence: Lost Blues Tapes Vol. 1 - American Folk Blues Festival [1963, 1964, 1965] John Lee Hooker - Della Mae (alt tk) (3:16) (AFBF 1965) Big Mama Thornton -Hound Dog (outtake & at tk) (3:32) (AFBF 1965) Muddy Waters - Captain, Captain (3:32) (AFBF 1963) (AFBF 1965) Sonny Boy Williamson II - I Got To Cut Out (3:06) (AFBF 1964) Big Walter Horton - Blues Harp Shuffle (3:26) (AFBF 1964) Willie Dixon - Strong Brain - Broad Mind (2:48) (AFBF 1964) Willie Dixon - Big Leg Women (2:44) (AFBF 1964) Sugar Pie deSanto - You Keep Me Running (3:04) (AFBF 1964) Buddy Guy - South Side Jump (2:55) (AFBF 1965) J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (3:05) (AFBF 1965) Fred McDowell - Got A Letter This Morning (3:10) (AFBF 1965) Roosevelt Sykes -Sail On (3:00) (AFBF 1965) Memphis Slim -Memphis Boogie (3:16) (AFBF 1963) Hammie Nixon with Sleepy John Estes - Your Best Friend's Gone (3:20) (AFBF 1964) Doctor Ross - Farewell Baby (5:11) (AFBF 1965) # @ youtube John Lee Hooker - Della Mae (outtake) (1:09) (AFBF 1965)
Evidence ECD 26100 track sequence: disc 5: American Folk Blues Festival 'sixty five Mississippi Fred McDowell - Highway 61 J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down, Woman Big Walter "Shakey" Horton - Blues Harp Shuffle °° Big Walter "Shakey" Horton - Christine Roosevelt Sykes - Come On Back Home Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years Eddie Boyd - The Big Question Jimmie Lee Robinson - Rosa Lee John Lee Hooker - King Of The World John Lee Hooker - Della Mae Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog Doctor Ross - My Black Name Is Ringing John Lee Hooker - Della Mae (alt tk) °° Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (alt tk) °° Buddy Guy - South Side Jump °° J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky °° Mississippi Fred McDowell - Got A Letter This Morning °° Roosevelt Sykes - Sail On °° Doctor Ross - Farewell, Baby °° °° bonus tracks (from ACT CD 9204)
American Folk Blues Festival discography
notes by Horst Lippmann Fontana 885 422 TY (Germany 1965)
notes by Horst Lippmann = Fontana 885 422 TY("Special Edition")
notes by Horst Lippmann Fontana TL 5286 (UK 1965)
(=) Philips/PhonogramSFL-7386 (Jp 1969)American Folk Blues Festival 65-66
notes by Willy Leiser = L+R 42.025 (Germany 1980)
= Optimism LR CD-2025 (US 1983)
= Optimism LRC-2025 (US 1983) (cassette)
= Bellaphon CDLR 42025 (Germany 1990)
ACT CD 9204-2 (UK 1992)
5 CD setnotes by Bill Dahl (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995)
notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 12
Blues Classics discography
Transatlantic TRA SAM 5
7 inch 45 rpm EP Masked Clam MCR-32-20
2 LP setnotes by Mike Leadbitter CBS 66278 (UK 1971)
DLP accompanying the book by the same title: Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London / New York (Hanover Books / Oak Publications) 1971
notes by Devora Brown Fortune F-3011 (mono)= FS-3011 (stereo)
Fortune CD 3011-FS
notes by Richard Pohrt Fortune FTS 3012
notes by S.A. ChristmannOrnament CH-7.101 (Germany 1972)
notes by S.A. Christmann= ESCEHA CH-7.101 (Germany 11/1977)
notes by S.A. Christmann= CMA/Ornament CDCM 8006 (Germany 1991)"Blues And Boogie FromDetroit"
notes by S.A. Christmann= CMA/Ornament CDCM 8006 (Germany 1992)"Blues And Boogie FromDetroit"
notes by S.A. Christmann= Chrisly CD CM-30006 (Germany 2000)"Blues And Boogie FromDetroit"
Ornament Records discography
notes by Steve LaVereand Bob Eagle Arhoolie F 1065
Atlantic / Polydor 2460 169
= Big Bear 18 (1973)
Big Bear Records discography
gatefold DLPnotes by Mike Vernon and Chris Turner Excello EX 28026 (US 1972)
gatefold DLPnotes by Mike Vernon and Chris Turner (=) Verve 2610 006 (Germany 1972) "Blues Night - Live from Montreux"
Excello Records discography
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter Storyville SLP 222 (Denmark 1972)
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter= Storyville ST 21021 (Fr)
= PGP RTB 2221497 (Yugoslavia 1983)
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter Storyville SLP 4008 (US 1975)
Storyville Records discography
4 LP box set
Chess 6641 125 (UK Phonogram)
Big John Wrencher discographyG.P. Jackson discography
= Big Bear BEAR 1 (UK 1974)
Munich BM 150 202 (NL 1974)
= Apolo J&B-6007(Spain 1982)
2 CD set (=) Big Bear/IndigoCD 2527 (UK 2002) "American BluesLegends '73/'74"
Big Bear BEAR 2
notes by Anonymous (most likely Jim Simpson) = Munich BM 150201
= Big Bear / Intercord INT 146.403 (Germany)
notes in Italian = Blues Project BRP 2013 (It 1981)
Big Bear BEAR 15
= Big Bear / Intercord INT 146.409 (1979)
Victor LWG-1089 (Jp promo)
Charly CR 30114
originally unissued
Chrisly CM 11001("Chrisly Records Blues Box")
notes by Martin Hawkins Charly CR 30127 (UK 8/1977)
Big Bear BDUB 2
gatefold DLP Big Bear / Intercord INT 156.401 (UK 1978)
45 rpm EPJumpin JEP 001
3 LP setCharly SUNBOX 100
notes by Norman DayronTakoma TAK 7071 (US 1980)
= Sonet SNTF 863
= Takoma TAK 502 (Greece 1980)
= Sonet/Edison 608 109 (Portugal 1982)
all LP releases have same front cover!
Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2 "Takoma Blues" (1998) (along with Takoma 7081)
Takoma Records discography
notes by Norman Dayron Takoma TAK 7081 (US 1980)
notes by Norman Dayron = Sonet SNTF 853 (UK 1980)
= CFE 532222/23 (Sp 1980)
= Sonet RISLP-14115 (Portugal 1980)
Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2 "Takoma Blues" (US 1998) (along with Takoma TAK 7071)
notes by Pete Welding Takoma TAK 7087
= Sonet SNTF 862 (1981)
= Takoma TAKCD 7087
Charly CRB 1061
Northwood NW45 004 (UK 1984)
9 LP box set Charly Sun Box 105 (UK 1985)
Sun boxes discography
Krazy Kat KK 7427
Southland SLP-24 (US 1986)
(=) Southland SCD-22 (US 2001) (along with Southland SLP-23)
Southland Records discography
P-Vine PLP-6073 (Jp 1986)
P-Vine PLP 350 (Jp 1987)
P-Vine PLP-352 (Jp)
Charly/Sun CRM 2033
notes by Colin Escott Rounder SS 29
= Rounder CD SS-29
Rounder Records discography
notes by John Stedman JSP CD 243 (UK 1991)
notes by John Stedman= JSP CD 810 (UK 1999)
notes by Steve LaVere and Bob EagleArhoolie CD 371 (US 1992)
Arhoolie C-371 (US 1992) (cassette)
3 CD set CD 1: CM 11001 CD 2: CM 11004 CD 3: CM 11007Chrisly CM 11001 ("Chrisly Records Blues Box")
Official / Fortune 3011-FS
notes by Pete Welding Testament TCD-4001
4 CD set with 44 pp. bookletCharly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
Sequel NEXCD 274
= P-Vine PCD-1978 (Jp)
Arhoolie CD 101 (US 1996)
Blue Horizon LP 1 (1965)
(=) XTRA 1038 (1966)
Orbis CD 089
Regency CD RR 119 (Ca)
Regency CD RR 120 (Ca)
Takoma TAKCD 8904
Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
Total Energy NER-3019
notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6011
= P-Vine PCD-5575 (Jp)
Blue Horizon LP 1 /XTRA 1038
Blue Horizon CD-1
Southland SCD-22 (US 2001)
St. Clair
2 CD setnotes by Jim SimpsonIndigo IGOXDCD 2503 (UK)
= Sanctuary CD 81268 (2003)
= Castle CD 36170 (US 2005)
3 CD boxIndigo/SanctuaryIGOTD 2536
Fremeaux CD FA 5059
notes by Paul Oliver Arhoolie CD 510 (US 2005)
on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins
4 CD set JSP JSPCD 7777 (UK)
10 CD box184 page booklet Bear Family BCD 17310 (Germany)
special triple packof 7 inch 45 rpmnotes by Liam LargeJukebox Jam JBJ 1044 (UK)
44-page bookletby Martin Hawkins Bear Family BCD16939
3 CD set; 48 pagebook by Mike Rowe Wienerworld WNRCD5095
notes by Barry Lee PearsonSmithsonian Folkways SFW40222 (US 2018)
autogram ALCD 5811
in planning stages
8-pp. booklet Charly CD SUN 37 (The Sun Blues Archives Vol. 5)
thanks to Alan Balfour, Flemming Nielsen, Paul Vernon, Hank Moore and Jim Simpson for additional info / scans
Isaiah Ross & family in Flint, MI, 1955sitting on a moon-shaped prop in a Flint photographer's shopsource: http://www.706unionavenue.nl/64258508
Isaiah Ross, painted by Shmuela Padnos, watercolor Fred McDowell & Doctor Ross at the Hotel du Mont Blanc in Paris, France, October 30, 1965source: Blues & Rhythm Panorama 38/39 (1965), p. 27; photographer: Jacques Demêtre American Folk Blues Festival 1965 ensemble: Big Mama Thornton, Big Walter Horton, J.B. Lenoir,Doctor Ross, John Lee Hooker & Mississippi Fred McDowellsource: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 12; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Fred McDowell & Doctor Ross at the Hotel du Mont Blanc in Paris, France, October 30, 1965source: Blues & Rhythm Panorama 38/39 (1965), p. 27; photographer: Jacques Demêtre
American Folk Blues Festival 1965 ensemble: Big Mama Thornton, Big Walter Horton, J.B. Lenoir,Doctor Ross, John Lee Hooker & Mississippi Fred McDowell