- Hurry, Hurry, Baby (A) #   @ youtube
- Everything Is Wrong (B) *   @ youtube

rec. June 28, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA; Sidney Maiden, hca, # voc; Haskell 'Cool Papa' Sadler, g, * voc; g; B. Brown, dr

Flash CR-101

Sidney Maiden discography

- Mambo For Dancers (instr)   @ Spotify
- Good Woman Blues   @ Spotify

rec.

Flash CR-102

- Do Right Mind (A) *   @ youtube
- Gone For Good (B) #   @ Spotify

rec. June 28, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA; Robert Haskell 'Cool Papa' Sadler, g, # voc; * unknown voc; # Sidney Maiden, hca; saxes; p; Bee Brown, dr

Flash CR-103

- Counting Teardrops (A)   @ youtube
- The Devil's Cousin (B)   @ youtube

Flash CR-105

- Blues For Monday (A)   @ youtube
- Oh That Girl (B)   @ youtube

Flash CR-106

SHERYL CROWLEY with JAMES CURRY & His Orchestra
- Just A Night Girl (B)   @ Spotify

JAMES CURRY and His Orchestra
- Still Longing For You (A)   @ Spotify

Flash CR-107

- Walking Down Swing Street (A) (instr)   @ youtube
- Midnight Mood (B)

Flash CR-108

- My Only Darling (A)   @ youtube
- Stranded In The Jungle (B)   @ youtube

Flash FL-109

- My Promise (A)   @ youtube
- Please Baby (B)   @ Spotify

Flash FL-110

- Love Train (A)   @ youtube
- Don't Mind Dyin' (B)   @ Spotify

Flash FL-111

- My Devotion (A)   @ Spotify
- It Ain't To Play With (AA)   @ Spotify

Flash FL-112

- Flashy (A) (instr)   @ Spotify
- Blue Light (B) (instr)   @ Spotify

Flash FL-113

- Ooh-La Cha-Cha (A) (instr)   @ youtube
- I'm Not A Tree (B) #

# James Buchanan, voc

Flash FL-114

- You Told Me (A) #   @ youtube
- Tricky (B) (instr)   @ youtube

rec. 1956 in Los Angeles, CA; Gus Jenkins, p, # voc; as; bs; ts; g; b; dr

 
Flash FL-115

- Remember Last Xmas (A) #
- Spark Plug (B) (instr) *   @ youtube

rec. 1956 in Los Angeles, CA; Gus Jenkins, p, # voc; * fl; as; bs; ts; g; b; dr; * mrcs

Flash FL-116

- So What (A) #
- Spark Plug (B) (instr) *

rec. 1956 in Los Angeles, CA; Gus Jenkins, p, # voc; * fl; as; bs; ts; g; b; dr; * mrcs

Flash FL-116

- You Going To Pay For It Baby (A) #   @ youtube
- Gonna Hold On (B)   @ youtube

rec. December 1956 in Los Angeles, CA; Frank Patt, voc; # ts; # bs; Gus Jenkins, p; poss. Roy Gaines, g; b; dr

Flash FL-117

- Don't Forsake Me (A) #   @ youtube
- I'm In Love With You (B) *   @ youtube

rec. c. February 1957 in Los Angeles, CA; Buddy Cypress, voc; ts; * p; g; b; dr; # voc group

Flash FL-118

- Back To Trinidad (A)
- Kiss Me Baby (B)

Flash FL-119

- Can't Sleep At Night (A)   @ Spotify
- Sawmill Section (B) (instr)   @ Spotify

Flash FL-120

- Darling I Need You (A)   @ youtube
- With These Words (B)   @ Spotify

Flash FL-121

- Payday Shuffle - Part 1 (A) (instr)   @ youtube
- Payday Shuffle - Part 2 (B) (instr)   @ youtube

rec. 1957 in Los Angeles, CA; Gus Jenkins, p; b; dr

Flash FL-123

- Hambone(A)   @ youtube
- Jump With Me Baby (B)   @ youtube

rec. c. August 1957 in Los Angeles, CA; Mamie Jenkins, voc; ts; bs; Gus Jenkins, p; g; b; dr

Flash FL-124

- Tango Moon (A)   @ youtube
- Crying Over You (B)   @ youtube

Flash FL-125

- Stand By Me (A) #
- Copper Tan (B) (instr) *   @ youtube

rec. 1957 in Los Angeles, CA; Gus Jenkins, p, # voc; b; dr; * bgs

Flash FL-126

- Are You Alright? (A)   @ Spotify
- Ain't I Cried Enough (B)   @ Spotify

Flash FL-127

- Hit The Road (E 2024) (instr)   @ youtube
- Roadrunner (E 2025) (instr)   @ youtube

rec. 1957 in Los Angeles, CA; Gus Jenkins, p; saxes; b; dr

 
Flash FL-128

- Dead (E 2026)   @ youtube
- Vowels Of Love (E 2027)   @ youtube

Flash FL-129

- I'm Hurted (E 2257)   @ youtube
- My Baby Waited Too Long (E 2256)   @ youtube

rec. c. August 1958 in Los Angeles, CA; Mamie Jenkins, voc; tp; as; ts; bs; Gus Jenkins, p; g; b; dr

Flash FL-130

- Slow Down (E 2558)   @ youtube
- Drift On (E 2559)   @ youtube

rec. 1958 in Los Angeles, CA; Gus Jenkins, voc, p; saxes; g; b; dr

Flash FL-131

- Indian Bop Hop (E 3169)   @ youtube
- Annie Mae (E 3168)   @ youtube

Flash FL-132

- Tell Me (Will You Ever Be Mine) (E 4062)   @ youtube
- You've Been Gone So Long (E 4063)   @ youtube

 
Flash FL-133

- There Goes My Heart (Davis-Silve)
- Poor Butterfly (Harms)
- Rootin' & Tootin' (Holden-Shag)
- Sweet Suzan (Woods-Curry)

- Kicking (Curry-Shag)
- Tenderly (Lawrence-Gross)
- Liebestraum (List)
- Up In Charlie's Room (Grant-Reynolds-Shag)

Lorenzo Holden, ts; Teddy Woods, org; Harold Grant, g; Raymond Martinez, dr; prod. by C. Reynolds; director: Al Curry
Flash Records, 623 E. Vernon Ave., Los Angeles 11, California

notes by C. Reynolds and Al Curry

Flash FL-20-LP (US 1950s)

P-Vine PLP 9052 / Diving Duck DD 4312
B. Brown & McVouts
- Good Woman Blues
Haskell Sadler
- Do Right Mind [Flash 103]
- Gone For Good [Flash 103]
Sidney Maiden
- Hurry Hurry Baby [Flash 101]
- Everything I Do Is Wrong [Flash 101]
Slim Green
- Shake 'Em Up
- Jericho Alley

Paul Clifton
- Are You Alright
Sheryl Crowley
- It Ain't To Play With
- Just A Night Girl
Sweet Pea Walker
- Sweet Pea
Frank Patt
- Gonna Hold On
- You're Going To Pay For It Baby
- I'm Your Slave


P-Vine PLP 9053 / Diving Duck DD 4313
Gus Jenkins & Orchestra
- Drift On
- Stand By Me
- Tricky
- Slow Down
- Remember Last Xmas
- Copper Tan
- Done Changed
- You Told Me

Guitar Shorty
- Hard Life
- Ways Of A Man
- I Never Thought
- Pumpkin Pie
- How Long Can It Last?
- Love Love
Frank Patt
- Just A Minute Baby

DLP

P-Vine PLP 9052/53 (Jp 1983)

notes by Les Cook

(=) Diving Duck DD 4312 (NL 1988)

(=) Diving Duck DD 4313 (NL 1988)

- Vowels Of Love - The Poets
- Counting My Teardrops - The Jayhawks
- You've Been Gone So Long - The Cubans
- Don't Mind Dyin' - The Jayhawks
- Annie Mae - The Arrows
- Dead - The Poets
- My Only Darling - The Jayhawks
- Oh That Girl - The Emanon 4
- Crying Over You - The Hornets
- Love Train - The Jayhawks
- Tell Me - The Cubans
- Tango Moon - The Hornets
- Counting My Teardrops (tk 1) - The Jayhawks
- Indian Bop Hop - The Arrows
- Can't You See - The Cubans
- The Devil's Cousin - The Jayhawks
- Vowels Of Love (tk 2) - The Poets
- Don't Go Baby - The Cubans
- Blues For Monday - The Emanon 4
- Indian Bop Hop (tk 1 )-The Arrows
- Oh Miss Dolly - The Cubans
- The Devil's Cousin (tk 2) - The Jayhawks
- Crying Over You - The Hornets
- Dead - The Poets
- Stranded In The Jungle - The Jayhawks

Relic CD 7062 (US 1995)

CD 1:
B. Brown And His Rockin' McVouts - Good Woman Blues (2:36)
Haskell Sadler - Gone For Good (2:10)
Sidney Maiden - Hurry, Hurry, Baby (2:36)
B. Brown And His Rockin' McVouts - Mambo For Dancers (2:28)
Sidney Maiden - Everything Is Wrong (3:04)
Haskell Sadler - Do Right Mind (2:51)
The Jayhawks - Counting My Teardrops (2:51)
The Emanon "4" - Blues For Monday (2:28)
The Emanon "4" - Oh! That Girl (2:31)
The Jayhawks - The Devil's Cousin (2:24)
Sheryl Crowley - Just A Night Girl (2:43)
James Curry - Still Longing For You (2:27)
Sheryl Crowley, James Curry - I'll Be Seeing You (2:13)
Lorenzo Holden - Walking Down Swing Street (2:48)
James Curry - Please Baby (2:22)
The Jayhawks - Don't Mind Dyin' (1:58)
The Jayhawks - Stranded In The Jungle (2:48)
James Curry - My Promise (2:18)
Sheryl Crowley - My Devotion (2:43)
The Jayhawks - My Only Darling (2:30)
The Jayhawks - Love Train (2:24)
Sheryl Crowley - It Ain't To Play With! (2:09)
Maurice Simons - Flashy (2:42)
Maurice Simons - Blue Light (3:05)
Gus Jenkins - You Told Me (2:55)
Frank Patt - Gonna Hold On (2:15)
Buddy Cypress - Don't Forsake Me (Bop To De Lao) (2:12)
Buddy Cypress - I'm In Love With You (2:18)
Frank Patt - You Going To Pay For It Baby (2:21)
The Fabulous Preston Combo - Ohh-La-Cha-Cha (2:15)

CD 2:
Judge Davis - Mr Boogie (2:04)
Judge Davis - Can't Sleep At Night (2:59)
Judge Davis - Sawmill Section (2:47)
Mamie Jenkins - Hambone (2:35)
Mamie Jenkins - Jump With Me Baby (2:29)
Nip Roman - Darling I Need You (2:50)
Nip Roman - With These Words (2:39)
The Hornets - Crying Over You (2:33)
The Hornets - Tango Moon (2:30)
The Poets - Dead (2:06)
The Poets - Vowels Of Love (1:56)
Judge Davis - Explain Yourself (2:42)
Paul Clifton - Ain't I Cried Enough (2:50)
Mamie Perry - I'm Hurted (2:33)
Mamie Perry - My Baby Waited Too Long (2:43)
Frank Patt - I'm Your Slave tk 2 (3:14)
The Cubans - You've Been Gone So Long (2:31)
The Arrows - Indian Bop Hop (2:43)
The Arrows - Annie Mae (2:00)
The Cubans - Don't Go Baby (3:12)
Frank Patt - Just A Minute Baby (3:00)
Gus Jenkins - Drift On (2:53)
Frank Patt - Don't Have To Cry No More (2:47)
The Cubans - You've Been Gone So Long (2:18)
The Cubans - Oh Miss Dolly (2:05)
The Cubans - Can't You See (2:12)
The Cubans - Tell Me (Will You Ever Be Mine) (3:19)
Paul Clifton - Are You Alright? (2:52)
Frank Patt - I'm Your Slave tk 1 (2:19)
Gus Jenkins - Slow Down (1:58)

compilation and archive research by Roger Armstrong

2 CD set
40-pp. booklet with notes by Jim Dawson

Ace CDTOP2 1309 (UK 2011)

- Shake 'Em Up - Slim Green
- Jericho Alley - Slim Green
- Good Woman Blues - B. Brown & His McVouts
- Hurry Hurry Baby - Sidney Maiden & his Ramblers
- Everything is Wrong - Sidney Maiden & his Ramblers
- Mambo For Dancers - B. Brown & His McVouts
- Do Right Mind - Haskell Sadler & His Orchestra
- Gone For Good - Haskell Sadler & His Orchestra
- Sweet Pea (tk 1) - Sweet Pea Walker [Flash unissued]
- Sweet Pea (tk 2) - Sweet Pea Walker [Flash unissued]
- Just a Night Girl - Sheryl Crowley with James Curry & His Orchestra
- I'll Be Seeing You - Sheryl Crowley with James Curry & His Orchestra [Flash unissued]
- It Ain't to Play With! - Sheryl Crowley with Lorenzo Holden's Orchestra
- Flashy - Maurice Simons & His Orchestra
- You Going to Pay For it Baby - Frank Patt & Orchestra
- Gonna Hold On - Frank Patt & Orchestra
- Tricky - Gus Jenkins & Orchestra
- Remember Last Xmas - Gus Jenkins & Orchestra
- Hambone - Mamie Jenkins with Gus Jenkins Orchestra
- Jump With Me Baby - Mamie Jenkins with Gus Jenkins Orchestra
- Can't Sleep at Night - Judge Davis
- Sawmill Section - Judge Davis
- Are You Alright? - Paul Clifton
- Shake 'Em Up (alt tk) - Slim Green [Flash unissued]

24 various artist tracks 1955-1959 on the Flash label including 4 previously unreleased

Flash CD-101

- Slipping In - Lee Walker
- Leave My Woman Alone - Ace Holder
- Sitting Here Waiting - C. C. Griffin
- I Wanna - Cry Baby Curtis
- Miss O'Mally's Rally - Little Walter Jr. & Band
- Drive Me, Baby - Blues Slim
- Just a Minute Baby - Frank Patt
- Lonesome and Confused - Louis & Frosty
- Train Time - Louis & Frosty
- Wabba Suzy-Q - Ace Holder
- Vine St. Shuffle - Gus Jenkins
- Did You Think I Care - Cry Baby Curtis
- Cold Sand - Lee Walker
- I'm Hurted - Mamie Perry with Gus Jenkins
- I'm Your Slave - Frank Patt
- Bald-Headed Woman - Haskall Saddler with the Mellowtones Orchestra
- Lonesome Harmonica - Ace Holder & His Blues Rockers
- Tweedle Woofin' Boogie - Louis Jackson
- I Do Believe - C. C. Griffin
- Spanky - Gus Jenkins
- You Made Me - Gus Jenkins
- My Baby Waited Too Long - Mamie Perry with Gus Jenkins Orchestra
- Fran's Mood - Louis Jackson
- Homeless Boy - Ace Holder & His Blues Rockers

Los Angeles blues from 1956 - 1965 - 24 various artist tracks in all

Flash CD-102

- Blowing the Blues - George Smith
- Scratch My Back - King Solomon
- Encourage Me Baby - Ace Holder
- Thought I Didn't Love You - Harmonica Slim
- Gonna Take Time - Gus Jenkins
- Sorry I Had to Leave - Ace Holder with Curtis Tillman Band
- Don't Get Sassy - Gus Jenkins
- I Got to Move - King Solomon
- Hot Rolls - Harmonica King & Band
- You'll Be The One - Gus Jenkins
- D.J.'s Corner - A.B. Moore
- Going Back Home - Harmonica Slim
- I'm in Love With You - Ace Holder
- Separation - King Solomon
- Dirty Work Going On - Little Joe Blue
- When You Are Around - Ace Holder
- Little Dab Will Do It - King Solomon
- The Eatingest Woman - Ace Holder with Curtis Tillman Band
- I Don't Have to Cry - A.B. Moore
- I Want to Be With You - C. C. Griffin
- You Used Me - Gus Jenkins
- Happy Anniversary - Ace Holder
- Move On - Curtis Griffin & His Band
- Chittlins - Gus Jenkins

24 various artist tracks in the blues and rock'n'roll fields

Flash CD-103