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| 8000 (1960) | Lightnin' Slim: Rooster Blues Excello / Rumble LP track sequence (12 tracks): - Rooster Blues [Excello 2169] - Long Leanie Mama [Excello 2142] - My Starter Won't Work [Excello 2142] - "GI" Slim [Excello 2169] - Beg Bug Blues 1) [Excello 2173] - Lightnin's Troubles 1) [Excello 2160] - Hoo-Doo Blues [Excello 2131] - It's Mighty Crazy [Excello 2131] - Sweet Little Woman [Excello 2160] - Tom Cat Blues [Excello 2173] - Feelin' Awful Blues [Excello 2150] - I'm Leaving You Baby [Excello 2150] cover photograph of Blue Horizon 7-63863: "Blues Unlimited" 1) "Bed Bug Blues" and "Lightnin's Troubles" on some re-releases (starting with the 1970s Excello LP-8000) are interchanged on *print* (back cover and label track lists), not on vinyl!
P-Vine PCD-2326 track sequence (18 tracks):
Hip-O CD HIPD-40134 track sequence (15 tracks):
notes by Anonymous notes (July 1970) by Mike Leadbitter
12 inch LP Lightnin' Slim discography | |
| 8001 (1960) | Tunes To Be Remembered - Oh Julie - Crescendos - Sweetheart Please Don't Go - Gladiolas - Baby Let's Play House - Arthur Gunter - Pipe Dreams - Jimmy Beck - Rollin' Stone - Marigolds - Doin' The Horse - Skippy Brooks Combo - Little Darlin' - Gladiolas - Mama Mama Mama - Warren Storm - Banana Split - Kid King's Combo - I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo - Mystery of a Kiss - Ray Norman - Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable
Slim Harpo discography | |
| 8002 (1961) | Roscoe Shelton Sings - Are You Sure - Think It Over - Pleadin' For Love - I Was Wrong! Played With Love - I've Been Faithful - Say You Really Care - It's All My Fault - Something Wrong - Baby Look What You're Doin' To Me - Miss You So - Is It Too Late - Let Me Believe in You
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| 8003 (1961) | Slim Harpo sings Raining in my heart - Rainin' In My Heart [Excello 2194] - Blues Hangover [Excello 2184] - Bobby-Sox Baby [previously unissued] - I Got Love If You Want It [Excello 2113] - Snoopin' Around [previously unissued] - Buzz Me Baby [Excello 2171] - I'm A King Bee [Excello 2113] - What A Dream [Excello 2184] - Don't Start Cryin' Now [Excello 2194] - Moody Blues [previously unissued] - My Home Is A Prison [previously unissued] - Dream Girl [previously unissued]
Slim Harpo discography | |
| 8004 (1965) | Lightnin' Slim's Bell Ringer
12 inch LP Lightnin' Slim discography | |
| 8005 (1966) | Slim Harpo: Baby Scratch My Back - Shake Your Hips [Excello 2278] - Midnight Blues [Excello 2278] - Harpo's Blues [Excello 2265] - Buzzin' [Excello 2239] - My Little Queen Bee [Excello 2246] - I Love The Life (I'm Livin') [Excello 2239] - Baby, Scratch My Back [Excello 2273] - I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) [Excello 2273] - Rainin' In My Heart [Excello 2194] - Wonderin' Blues [Excello 2261] - We're Two Of A Kind [Excello 2253] - I Need Money [Excello 2246]
P-Vine PCD-2423 bonus tracks:
notes by Guy Stevens
notes (February 1983) by Bruce Bastin notes by Guy Stevens (=) P-Vine PCD-2423 (Jp 1993) = Universal UICY-77500 (Jp 2015)
Flyright Records discography | |
| 8006 (1967) | Lazy Lester: True Blues - I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter [Excello 2143] - I Hear You Knockin' [Excello 2155] - Sugar Coated Love [Excello 2143] - I'm So Glad [Excello 2206] - If You Think I've Lost You [Excello 2219] - Bye, Bye Baby [Excello 2182] - Lonesome Highway Blues [Excello 2230] - I Made Up My Mind [Excello 2230] - Because She's Gone [Excello 2277] - Pondarosa Stomp [Excello 2277] - The Same Thing Could Happen To You [Excello 2243] - Lester's Stomp [Excello 2095] prod. by Jay Miller The man depicted on the front cover of Excello LPS-8006 is not Lazy Lester! (Dan Quest Studio photo) notes by Jay Miller
Lazy Lester discography | |
| 8007 (1968) | The Kelly Brothers: Sweet Soul - That's What You Meant To Me - You Put Your Touch On Me - Hanging In There - Comin On In - If That Will Hold You - Got The Feeling - Can't Stand It No Longer - Cryin Days Are Over - Make Me Glad - How Can True Love Be This Way - Falling In Love Again - I'd Rather Have You
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| 8008 (1968) | Slim Harpo: Tip On In - Tip On In [Excello 2285] - Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu [Excello 2294 - Mailbox Blues [Excello 2294 - I've Been A Good Thing For You [previously unissued] - Hey Little Lee [previously unissued] - I'm Gonna Keep What I Got [Excello 2289] - I've Got To Be With You Tonight [Excello 2289] - I'm So Sorry [previously unissued] - My Baby She's Got It [previously unissued] - I Just Can't Leave You [Excello 2301; LP version is one verse longer] prod. by Bob Holmes
notes by Robert Holmes Slim Harpo discography | |
| 8009 (1968) | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution The Keynote Address delivered to the A.M.E. Church Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 8. 1964
= Crescent/Creed 3024 | |
| 8010 (1969) | The Best Of Slim Harpo - Mohair Sam [Excello 2301] - I'm Gonna Keep What I Got [Excello 2289] - Baby Scratch My Back [Excello 2273] - Buzz Me Baby [Excello 2171] - I'm A King Bee [Excello 2113] - Rainin' In My Heart [Excello 2194] - Shake Your Hips [Excello 2278] - Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu [Excello 2294] - I'm Your Bread Maker [ - Tip On In [Excello 2285]
notes by Jack Walker Slim Harpo discography | |
| 8011 (1969) | The Real Blues - Think It Over - Roscoe Shelton [Excello 2167] - Miss You So - Roscoe Shelton [Excello 2181] - I'm Gonna Kill That Hen - Blue Charlie [Nasco 6002] - Not Welcome Anymore - Baby Boy Warren [Excello 2211] - It's Love Baby - Earl Gaines [Excello 2217] - I Tried So Hard - Whispering Smith [Excello 2250] - Trouble At Home Blues - Silas Hogan [Excello 2221] - Frankie And Johnny - Jimmy Anderson [previously unissued] - Workin' For My Baby - Arthur Gunter [Excello 2204] - Death Valley Blues - Lightnin' Slim [previously unissued] - Courtroom Blues - Lazy Lester [previously unissued] - Loving You The Way I Do - Slim Harpo [Excello 2282]
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| 8012 (1970) | Lonesome Sundown - Love Me Now [Excello 2175] - Learn To Treat Me Better [Excello 2174] - Lonesome, Lonely Blues [Excello 2202] - Do What You Did [previously unissued] - I'm Glad She's Mine [Excello 2202] - I Woke Up Cryin' [Excello 2213] - Please Be On That 5.19 [Excello 2254] - I Had A Dream Last Night [Excello 2249] - If You See My Baby [Excello 2163] - Hoo Doo Woman Blues [Excello 2259] - When I Had I Didn't Need< [Excello 2236] - I'm A Mojo Man [Excello 2132]
notes by Bruce Bromberg notes by Mike Leadbitter Lonesome Sundown discography | |
| 8013 (1970) | Slim Harpo Knew The Blues - The Music's Hot - You Can't Make It - Boogie Chillun - Rock Me Baby # - Baby Please Come Home # - The Hippy Song - Jody Man (8783) [Excello 2316] - Dynamite - Baby Scratch My Back - I'm A King Bee rec. December 6, 1968 in Baton Rouge, LA; Slim Harpo, voc, hca; # p; Lynn Ourso, g; g; b; dr
notes by Al Jefferson notes by Mike Vernon
Slim Harpo discography | |
| 8014 (1970) | Delta Merchant: Switched On Blues - Slip Away - Funky Broadway - Soul Man - Midnight Hour - Chain Of Fools - Rainin' In My Heart - Hold On, I'm Coming - See Saw - Drown In My Own Tears - After Hours - What'd I Say - Son Of A Preacher Man
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| 8015/16 (1970) | Swamp Blues record 1: - Looking The World Over - Whispering Smith - Somebody Stole My Baby And Gone - Arthur "Guitar" Kelley - Just Give Me A Chance - Silas Hogan - Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Clarence Edwards - Can't Las Too Long - Henry Gray - A Thousand Miles From Nowhere - Whispering Smith - Deep South Mose - Whispering Smith - Dry Chemical Blues - Silas Hogan - How Can I Stay When All I Have Is Gone - Arthur "Guitar" Kelley - Let Me Love You - Clarence Edwards - Cold Black Mare - Whispering Smith - I Didn't Tell Her To Leave - Silas Hogan record 2: - Cooling Board - Clarence Edwards - Storm In Texas - Whispering Smith @ youtube - Gray's Bounce - Henry Gray - Hoo-doo Blues - Silas Hogan - Worried Life Blues - Henry Gray - I Want Somebody - Clarence Edwards - I Don't Know Why - Arthur "Guitar" Kelley - Honey Bee Blues - Silas Hogan - Baton Rouge Breakdown - Whispering Smith - Shower Of Rain - Henry Gray - Number Ten At The Station & Number Twelve Is On The Road - Arthur "Guitar" Kelley - Baby, Please Don't Go - Whispering Smith rec. August 12, 13, 14 & 15, 1970 at the Deep South Studios in Baton Rouge, LA Moses "Whispering" Smith, voc, hca; Silas Hogan, voc, g; Henry Gray, voc, p; Clarence Edwards, voc, g; Arthur "Guitar" Kelley, voc, g; Gregg "Little Guitar" Schaefer, solo g (overdubbed); Roy Lee Sheppard, rhythm g; Gregg Schaefer (overdubbed), Leon Medica, Clarence Prophet, b; Samuel Hogan, dr; anonymous, perc (overdubbed)
DLP DLP DLP
2 LP set notes (1997) by Mike Vernon Blue Horizon Records discography | |
| 8017 (1971) | Arthur Gunter: Black and Blues - Baby Let's Play House [Excello 2047] - Blues After Hours [Excello 2047] - Ludella [Excello 2137] - No Naggin', No Draggin' [Excello 2164] - Mind Your Own Business Babe [Excello 2191] - Honey Babe [Excello 2058] - No Happy Home [Excello 2058] - Workin' For My Baby [Excello 2204] - Baby Can't You See [Excello 2125] - Little Blue Jeans Woman [Excello 2191] - You're Always On My Mind [Excello 2125] - Baby You Better Listen [Excello 2037] - I Want Her Back [Excello 2164] - Crazy Me [Excello 2147]
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| 8018 (1971) | Lightnin' Slim: High & Low Down - Rooster Blues - Things I Used To Do - Bad Luck Blues - My Babe [Excello 2320] - G.I. Blues - Oh Baby - That's All Right - Crazy 'Bout You Baby - Good Morning Heartaches [Excello 2320] - Voodoo Blues rec. c. 1971 in Sheffield, AL; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Stacy Goss, Mike Stough, tps, Charles Rose, tb; Sonny Royal, sax; Tippy Armstrong, hca; Clayton Ivy, p, org; Jesse Carr, g; Bob Wary, b; Fred Proudly, dr; prod. by Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams
notes by B.B. King = Sonet SNTF 770 (UK) = Contempo CRM 118 (=) Intermedia 5062 (=) Aim 2008 (Australia) (=) Ace CDCHD 578 (UK) Lightnin' Slim discography | |
| 8019 (1971) | Silas Hogan: Trouble / Trouble At Home @ youtube (full album playlist)- Out And Down Blues [Excello 2266] - You're Too Late Baby [Excello 2221] - I'm Goin' In The Valley [Excello 2241] - So Long Blues [Excello 2270] - I'm Gonna Quit You Pretty Baby [Excello 2231] - If I Ever Needed You Baby [Excello 2271] - Trouble At Home Blues [Excello 2221] - Lonesome La La [Excello 2241] - Baby Please Come Back To Me [Excello 2266] - Airport Blues [Excello 2231] - Just Give Me A Chance [Excello 2255] - Dark Clouds Rollin' [Excello 2251] - Early One Morning [Excello 2271] - I'm In Love With You Baby [Excello 2251] compiled by Mike Vernon
notes by Mike Leadbitter notes by Mike Leadbitter Blue Horizon Records discography = Excello 8019 SO-1 (US late 1980s) Silas Hogan discography | |
| 8020 (1971) | Whispering Smith: Over Easy - What In The World's Come Over You # // $ - Mojo Hand * - The Way You Treat Me # - I Don't Want No Woman # $ - Everybody Needs Love * § - I Know I've Got A Sure Thing * § - Why Am I Treated So Bad [Excello 2338] # [] // $ - Rock Me Baby * - Married Man # // $ - I Know You Don't Love Me # - It's All Over [Excello 2338] # $ - You Want To Do It Again # // $ # rec. c. 1971 in Baton Rouge, LA; Whispering Smith, voc; // Leroy Pero, Willie Singleton, Johnnie Cage, Napoleon Martin, Reggie Morrison, Trombone Obry, horns; Bobby Powell, $ keyb, [] voc; Melvin Hill, Harvey Lexing, gs; Alfred Lucas, b; Greg 'Dog' Johnson, Nolan Smith, dr, perc; prod. by Lionel T. Whitfield * rec. c. 1971 in Baton Rouge, LA; Whispering Smith, voc, § hca; unknown g
notes by Pierre Gonneau
= Contempo CRM116 (UK) (=) Ace CDCHD 578 (UK) Whispering Smith discography | |
| 8021 (1972) | Blues Live In Baton Rouge at the Speak Easy@ youtube (full album) - Hoo Doo Blues - Silas Hogan # [] - Lonesome La La - Silas Hogan # [] - Rock Me Baby - "Guitar" Kelly * [] @ youtube - Count The Days I'm Gone - "Guitar" Kelly * [] - It's My Own Fault - Whispering Smith § - Hurry Down Sunshine - "Guitar" Kelly * - Greyhound Bus Station - Silas Hogan # - Kelley's Killer (instr) - "Guitar" Kelly * - Do You Wanna Jump Children - Clarence Edwards // - Coolin' Board - Clarence Edwards // rec. c. 1972 live at The Speak-Easy in Baton Rounge, LA; prod. by Lynn Ourso Jr. # Silas Hogan, voc, g; [] prob. Moses 'Whispering' Smith, hca; g; b; dr * Arthur 'Guitar' Kelly voc, g; [] prob. Moses 'Whispering' Smith, hca; [] g; [] b; [] dr § Moses 'Whispering' Smith, voc; Roy Lee Sheppard, g; b; dr // Clarence Edwards, voc, g; g; b; dr
= Contempo CRM 115 (UK) | |
| 8022 (1972) | maceo & all the kings men: Funky Music Machine - Funky Music Machine - I Want To Sing - Dreams - Feeling Alright - Something - Born To Wander - TSU - For No One - Make It With You - A Funky Tale To Tell
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| 8023 (1972) | Lightnin' Slim: London Gumbo - Just A Little Bit - Miss Sarah' A Good Girl - Too Much Monkey Business - Ain't Nothin' But Trouble - I Won't Give Up - Mama Talk To Your Daughter - Mean Ole Frisco - Hey Little Girl - The Sky Is Crying - Help Me Spend My Gold - I Got A Little Woman - Take It Real Easy rec. March 5 & 6, 1972 at Marquee Studios in London, UK
Lightnin' Slim discography | |
| 8024 (1972) | Jimmy Dawkins: Transatlantic 770 - Things I Used To Do - Make My Way In This World - Think Twice Before You Speak - 1011 Woodland (instr.) - The Mighty Hawk - All For Business - High Cost Of Living - Stoned Dead - Love And Understanding - No More Trouble
= Contempo CLP 513 (It 1976) | |
| 8025 (1972) | The Excello Story record 1: - Goin' Home - Lightnin' Slim - Just Made Twenty One - Lightnin' Slim - My Home Is A Prison - Lonesome Sundown - No Jive - Little Al - Little Lean Woman - Little Al - Don't Bring Me No Friend - Blue Charlie - Tell Me Pretty Baby - Lazy Lester - Gonna Stick To You Baby - Lonesome Sundown - Nothin' But The Devil - Lightnin Slim - Bobby Sox Baby - Slim Harpo - Snoopin' Around - Slim Harpo - Frankie & Johnny - Jimmy Anderson - Everybody Needs Somebody - Silas Hogan - Hoodoo Party - Tabby Thomas - Live Jive - Whispering Smith - Don't Let Nobody Know - Willie Baker record 2: - Little Darlin' - The Gladiolas - Sweetheart Please Don't Go - The Gladiolas - Oh Julie - Crescendos - Miss You So - Lillian Offitt - This Should Go On Forever - Guitar Gable - Prisoner's Song - Warren Storm - Mama Mama Mama Look What Your Little Boy's Done - Warren Storm - Rainin' In My Heart - Slim Harpo - She's My Kinda' Girl - Shy Guy Douglas - Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers - Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain & His Upstarts - She's Mine, All Mine - Arthur Gunter - Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels - Love Shock - Little Sonny - Chuc-A-Luck - Baby Boy Warren - Quit My Drinkin' - Robert Garrett
DLP DLP Blue Horizon Records discography | |
| 8026 (9/1972) | Montreux Blues Festival Excello EX 28026 track sequence: LP 1: Doctor Ross - Freight Train @ youtube - Chicago Breakdown @ youtube Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith - Lonesome Cabin Blues @ youtube - Just Imagination @ youtube - Caress Me Baby @ youtube - Baby, What You Want Me To Do @ youtube Bessie Griffin with The Johnny Thompson Singers - Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross @ youtube Jimmy Dawkins - Casino Trick Stick @ youtube - Five Long Years @ youtube - Dust My Broom / Sweet Home Chicago @ youtube LP 2: Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith - I Want You To Love Me @ youtube - You Got Me Dizzy @ youtube - Nobody Loves Me But My Mother @ youtube - My Starter Won't Work @ youtube - Storm In Texas @ youtube Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith - Got My Mojo Working @ youtube Jimmy Dawkins - Whole Lotta Lovin' @ youtube - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town @ youtube - You Don't Love Me @ youtube - Close Down Boogie Verve 2610 006 track sequence: LP 1: Bessie Griffin with The Johnny Thompson Singers - Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith - Lonesome Cabin Blues - Just Imagination - Caress Me Baby - Baby, What You Want Me To Do Doctor Ross - Freight Train - Chicago Breakdown Jimmy Dawkins - Casino Trick Stick - Five Long Years - Dust My Broom / Sweet Home Chicago LP 2: Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith - I Want You To Love Me - You Got Me Dizzy - Nobody Loves Me But My Mother - My Starter Won't Work - Storm In Texas Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith - Got My Mojo Working Jimmy Dawkins - Whole Lotta Lovin' - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town - You Don't Love Me - Close Down Boogie rec. June 18, 1972 at the Pavillon, Montreux, Switzerland Verve 2610 006 has some tracks on sides A and B of LP 1 interchanged! Verve 2610 006 front photos by Jean-Pierre Leloir
DLP DLP Excello Records discography | |
| 8027 (1972) | Jerry Washington: Right Here Is Where You Belong - Right Here Is Where You Belong - Our Love's Gonna Last - In My Life I've Loved - Baby Don't Do It To Me - Let Me Love You Right Or Wrong - I Won't Leave You Hanging - I Come A Long Ways - Common Law Woman - Baby Don't Leave Me
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| 8028 (1972) | Bobby Powell: Thank You - Thank You @ youtube - Try Me - I'm Going to Try You One More Time - Her Love Is All I Need - I'm Going To Win Her Love - All These Things @ youtube - C.C. Rider - Your Good, Good Loving - Crazy Love - Childhood Days @ youtube
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| 8029 (1972) | American Folk Blues Festival '62 Brunswick/Decca/Polydor/L+R/Evidence/Bellaphon/Oldays track sequence: Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock @ youtube T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby @ youtube T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love @ youtube Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby @ youtube Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball @ youtube John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby @ youtube John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby @ youtube John Lee Hooker - The Right Time @ youtube Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) @ youtube Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) [= Call Me If You Need Me] @ youtube Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station @ youtube Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby @ youtube
Excello LPS-8029 track sequence:
Polydor 825 502-2 track sequence:
notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt notes (in English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt notes (in English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt
= Polydor 917 003 (cassette) (France 19??)
notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt
notes (in English) by Werner Burkhardt notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = L+R/Edigsa 12L0271 (Spain 1981)
5 CD box set notes by Jerry Gordon notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos 3 CD set
American Folk Blues Festival discography | |
| 8030 (197?) | Slim Harpo Knew the Blues record 1: - Tip On In - Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu - Mailbox Blues - I've Been A Good Thing For You - Hey Little Lee - I'm Gonna Keep What I Got - I've Got To Be With You Tonight - I'm So Sorry - My Baby She's Got It - I Just Can't Leave You record 2: - The Music's Hot - You Can't Make It - Boogie Chillun - Rock Me Baby - Baby Please Come Home - The Hippy Song - Jody Man - Dynamite - Baby Scratch My Back - I'm A King Bee reissue of Excello 8008 & 8013
DLP Slim Harpo discography | |
| 8031 (1976) | The Ingram Kingdom: The Funk Is In Our Music - Ingram Kingdom - Tried It And Liked It - What Else Can I Say - He's Mine - Music Is Our Message - The Funk Lies In Our Music - Someone's On My Side - She's All Alone (iI Need A Man) - Put Your Troubles Behind
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 144; 197, 243, 420 - http://www.bsnpubs.com/tennessee/excello/excello.html - http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/excello.htm - http://mikiwiki.org/wiki/Slim_Harpo/Diskografie - http://www.collectable-records.ru/groups/samplers/swamp.htm - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Alan Balfour for additional info
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