rec. 1975 at Edgewood Studios; Archie Edwards, voc, g; unknown, dr

# Mississippi John Hurt style !!!
* Chuck Berry style !!!

LP 1:
Guitar Frank - Lonesome Road Blues   @ youtube
Memphis Piano Red - The Train Is Coming   @ youtube
Flora Molton & The Truth Band - What's The Matter Now   @ youtube
Flora Molton & The Truth Band - The Titanic   @ youtube
Lottie Murell - Trouble Late Last Night (4:13) #   @ youtube
Sam Chatmon - Sittin' On Top Of The World   @ youtube

James "Son" Thomas - Rock Me Mama   @ youtube
Hammie Nixon - Corinna, Corinna   @ youtube
Cora Fluker & Ola Mae Bell - Talkin' 'Bout Jesus   @ youtube
Walter Brown - So Hard To See   @ youtube
Archie Edwards - Bear Cat Mama Blues   @ youtube


LP 2:
Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Reno Factory   @ youtube
Lonnie Pitchford - My Babe   @ youtube
Sam "Stretch" Fields - Bluebird Blues   @ youtube
Joe Savage - Mean Ol' Frisco   @ youtube
Arzo Youngblood - I Can't Be Successful   @ youtube

CeDell "Big G" Davis - I Don't Know Why   @ youtube
Othar Turner & the Rising Star Five & Drum Band - Tango Twist   @ youtube
Guitar Slim - Come On In My Kitchen (voc, g)   @ youtube
Guitar Slim - Lula's Back In Town (voc, p)   @ youtube
Boyd Rivers - You Got To Move   @ youtube
Boogie Bill Webb - Big Road Blues   @ youtube

rec. October/November 1980 by Siegfried Christmann
photos by Axel Küstner

"none of the takes included in this double album will re-appear in further releases"

= on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999)

DLP
notes by Axel Küstner

L+R 42.030 (Germany 1980)

3 CD set
48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonner

some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology"

2 CD set
notes by Axel Küstner

[CD notes do *not* contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!]
= Bellaphon CDLR 711921 (Germany 2008)

= Bellaphon LR 713014 (Germany 2014) (180 g DLP) (includes download code)

L+R Records discography
Guitar Frank Hovington discography
Flora Molton discography
Lattie Murrell discography
Sam Chatmon discography
Son Thomas discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Lonnie Pitchford discography
Guitar Slim Stephens discography
Boyd Rivers discography

rec. 1980 by Siegfried A. Christmann and Axel Küstner

= on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999)

L+R 42.036 (Germany 1982)

3 CD set
48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonner

some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology"

= L+R LRCD 712621 (Germany 2008)

Lottie Murrell - Spoonful #   @ youtube
Napoleon Strickland - That's The Boogie   @ youtube
Guitar Slim - Lovin' Blues   @ youtube
James "Son" Thomas - Mama Don't 'Low No Guitar Playin' Here   @ youtube
Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band - Bouncin' Ball   @ youtube
Lonnie Pitchford - One String Boogie   @ youtube

Bowling Green John & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Burn Your Bridges   @ youtube
Memphis Piano Red - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie   @ youtube

Lonnie Pitchford - Shake Your Moneymaker   @ youtube
Cora Fluker - Shotgun Boogie   @ youtube
Arzo Youngblood - Swing, Swing   @ youtube
Cedell "Big G" Davis - You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie   @ youtube

= on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999)

notes by Axel Küstner

L+R 42.040 (Germany 1982)

3 CD set
48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonner

some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology"

[CD notes do *not* contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!]
= L+R LRCD 712225 (Germany 2008)

notes by Axel Küstner

L+R 42042 (Germany 1982)

= L+R LRCD 712027 (Germany 2008)

Bowling Green & John Cephas
- Bye Bye Baby
Carey Bell & Billy Brach
- Tribute To Big Walter

Lurrie Bell & Billy Brach
- The Train I Ride
Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band
- Goin' On Main Street
Margie Evans, Cash McCall et al.
- Mistreated Woman

 
L+R 50.001 (Germany 1982)

= Bellaphon CDLR 711624 (Germany 2008)

Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Big Boss Man

Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Burn Your Bridges
- Worried Man Blues °°
Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch
- Detroit, Michigan
- Tribute To Little Walter


Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Running And Hiding
James "Son" Thomas
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Standing At The Crossroads °°
- Stormy Moonday Blues
Carey Bell
- Goin' On Main Street

Carey Bell
- Blues Harp by Three
Margie Evans
- That Dirty Black Rat
- Sometimes I'll Be Gone
- Bye Bye Baby

DLP
notes by Siegfried A. Christmann

L+R 42.052 (Germany 1983)

(=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLS 42052 (Germany 1991 / 1998)

3-CD-Box

reissued on Bellaphon CDLR 726024 (Germany 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985"

Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch
- Breaking Up Somebody's Home (6:53)
Margie Evans & Carey Bell
- Oh Lawdy Lord (5:25) [= It Hurts Me Too]
Harmonica Phil Wiggins, Carey Bell, Billy Branch
- Tribute To Little Walter (7:28)   @ youtube
James 'Son' Thomas
- Catfish Blues (3:27)

Chicago's Young Blues Generation & J. W. Williams
- Sweet Little Angel (4:55)

notes by Herbert Flügge

Amiga 8 56 016 (GDR 1982)

3 CD set

Chrisly CM 11002 (Germany 1992) "Chrisly Records Blues Box"

Disc 2:   Lonesome Road Blues (East Coast)
- Lonesome Road Blues (Guitar Frank)
- Baby Please Give Me A Break (Archie Edwards)
- Road Is Rough And Rocky (Archie Edwards)
- Come On In My Kitchen (Guitar Slim)
- Bye And Bye, I'm Going To See The King (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Chimney Hill Breakdown (Guitar Frank)
- Railroad Bill (GuitarFrank, )
- Chicken Can't Roost Too High For Me (John Cephas)
- Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad (John Cephas, / Phil Wiggins)
- Do Lord Remember Me (Archie Edwards)
- Jelly Roll Baker (Guitar Frank)
- I'm Feelin' Lonesome (Guitar Slim)
- My Old Schoolmates (Archie Edwards)
- Lonesome Home Blues (Guitar Slim)
- T For Texas (Archie Edwards)
- Diggin' My Potatoes (Guitar Frank)

Disc 3:   You Got To Move (Tennessee, Arkansas & More)

Disc 2: 1983 Festival

Disc 3: 1985 Festival