Illustrated Otis Harris discography

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Otis Harris
appears to have been born about 1904 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana ¹⁾
d. August 17, 1941 at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana ¹⁾
discography

**Otis Harris** 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm* Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records, but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
1	1928	OTIS HARRIS - Waking Blues (147608-1) @ youtube - You'll Like My Loving (147609-1) @ youtube Columbia 14428-D
*LP / CD compilations*
2	1960	Blues Fell This Morning / Goin' Away Walking Philips BBL 7369 (1960) track list: - Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black (Dallas - 10/12/27) - Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell (1934) - Chocolate To The Bone - Barbecue Bob (Atlanta - 13/4/28) - Court Street Blues - Stovepipe No. 1 and David Crockett (Atlanta 1927) - When You Get To Thinking - "Texas" Alexander and Lonnie Johnson (Chicago - 1929) - Tallahassee Blues- Tallahassee Tight (1934) - Skin Game Blues - Peg Leg Howell (Atlanta 1927) - Elm Street Blues - Texas Bill Day, Billiken Johnson (Dallas 1929) - Bad Boy - Barefoot Bill (Atlanta 1930) - When The Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie (1929) - When You Are Gone - Blind Boy Fuller (Chicago 1940) - Strange Place Blues - Bukka White (Chicago 1940) - Lonesome Blues - Henry Williams and Eddie Anthony (Atlanta 1928) - Waking Blues - Otis Harris (Dallas 1928) Flyright LP 103 (1972) track list: Lewis Black - Gravel Camp Blues (Memphis 1927) Bob Campbell - Starvation Farm Blues (New York 1934) Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett - Court Street Blues (St. Louis 1927) "Texas" Alexander & Lonnie Johnson - When You Get To Thinking (San Antonio 1929) Tallahassee Tight - Tallahassee Women (New York 1934) Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues (Atlanta 1927) Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson - Elm Street Blues (Dallas 1929) Otis Harris - Waking Blues (Dallas 1928) Barefoot Bill - Bad Boy (Atlanta 1930) Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony - Lonesome Blues (Atlanta 1928) Charlie Campbell - Goin' Away Blues (Birmingham Ala 1937) Garfield Akers - Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues (Memphis 1930) Sunny Boy & His Pals - Don't You Leave Me Here (Chicago 1927) Bill Moore - One Way Gal (Chicago 1928) notes by Paul Oliver Philips BBL 7369 (UK 1960) "Blues Fell This Morning" (=) Flyright LP 103 (UK 1972) "Goin' Away Walking" Flyright Records discography
3	1965?	The Male Blues Singers Vol. 1 Casey Bill - Red Hot Blues - Worried About That Woman Barbecue Bob - Yo-Yo Blues No. 2 Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Next Week Sometime Mississippi Sheiks - I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You - The World Is Going Wrong Barefoot Bill - Bad Boy Blues Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues Big Boy Teddy Edwards - Louise Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Sleepy Man Blues Jim Jackson - Long Gone / Travelin' Man Otis Harris - You'll Like My Loving Charley Lincoln - Jealous Hearted Blues Collector's Classics CC 3 (Dk) Collector's Classics CC 3 (Dk, reissue1) Collector's Classics CC 3 (Dk, reissue 2)
4	1972	Blues From The Western States 1927-1949 King Solomon Hill - Down On My Bended Knee (tk 2) Will Day - Sunrise Blues Ramblin' Thomas - Lock And Key Blues Jesse Baby Face Thomas - No Good Woman Blues Willie Lane - Howling Wolf Blues Rabbit Brown - James Alley Blues Little Hat Jones - Cherry Street Blues Otis Harris - You'll Like My Loving Oscar Woods - Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away Little Hat Jones - Little Hat Blues Jesse Baby Face Thomas - Blue Goose Blues Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag Texas Alexander - Double Crossing Blues Little Hat Jones - Cross The Water Blues notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1032 Yazoo Records discography
5	1987	Texas Blues (1928-1929) Johnny Head - Fare Thee Blues - part 1 - Fare Thee Blues - part 2 Will Day - Central Avenue Blues - Sunrise Blues Otis Harris - Waking Blues - You'll Like My Lovin' Willie Reed - Dreaming Blues - Texas Blues - Leavin' Home Sammy Hill - Cryin' For You Blues - Needin' My Woman Blues Jesse "Babyface" Thomas - Down In Texas Blues - My Heart's A Rolling Stone - Blue Goose Blues - No Good Woman Blues "Bo" Jones - Back Door Blues - Leavenworth Prison Blues Jake Jones - Monkeyin' Around - Southern Sea Blues HK Records HK 4003 HK Records discography
6	1992	Ramblin' Thomas & The Dallas Blues Singers 1928 - 1932 Willard Ramblin' Thomas - So Lonesome - Hard To Rule Woman Blues - Lock And Key Blues - Sawmill Moan - No Baby Blues - Ramblin' Mind Blues - No Job Blues - Back Gnawing Blues - Jig Head Blues - Hard Dallas Blues - Ramblin' Man - Poor Boy Blues - Good Time Blues - New Way Of Living Blues - Ground Hog Blues - Shake It Gal Jesse "Babyface" Thomas - Down In Texas Blues - My Heart Is A Rolling Stone - Blue Goose Blues - No Good Woman Blues Troy Ferguson with Jesse Thomas - Good Night Sammy Hill - Cryin' For You Blues - Needin' My Woman Blues Otis Harris - Waking Blues - You'll Like My Loving notes by Bob Groom Document DOCD 5107
7	2010	Let Me Tell You About The Blues The Evolution of Texas Blues CD 1: Blind Lemon Jefferson - Jack O' Diamonds Blues Henry 'Ragtime' Thomas - John Henry Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine Coley Jones - Traveling Man Washington Phillips - Denomination Blues Pt 1 Bessie Tucker - Penitentiary Frenchy's String Band - Texas And Pacific Blues Texas Tommy - Trinity River Bottom Blues Hattie Burleson - Jim Nappy Ramblin' Thomas - Hard Dallas Blues Willie Reed - Texas Blues Bobbie Cadillac - Carbolic Acid Blues Otis Harris - You'll Like My Loving Sammy Hill - Cryin' For You Blues William McCoy - Central Tracks Blues Texas Alexander - No More Women Blues Lonnie Johnson - Broken Levee Blues Jesse 'Baby Face' Thomas - Blue Goose Blues Texas Bill Day - Burn The Trestle Down Whistlin' Alex Moore - Blue Bloomer Blues Oak Cliff T-Bone - Wichita Falls Blues Little Hat Jones - Kentucky Blues Gene Campbell - Doggone Mean Blues Eddie & Oscar - Nok-Em-All Walter Davis - Blue Ghost Blues CD 2: Mississippi Sheiks - Sales Tax Bo Carter - Backache Blues Joe Pullum - Cwa Blues Bernice Edwards - Butcher Shop Blues Dallas Jamboree Jug Band - Elm Street Woman Blues Black Boy Shine - Ice Pick And Pistol Woman Blues The Black Ace - Black Ace Black Ivory King - The Flying Crow Andrew Hogg - Kind-Hearted Blues Andy Boy - Evil Blues Robert Johnson - Traveling Riverside Blues Buddy Woods - Don't Sell Its (Don't Give It Away) Smith Casey - East Texas Rag Lightnin' Hopkins - Short Haired Woman Roy Brown - Deep Sea Diver Charlie Bradix - Wee Wee Hours Little Willie Littlefield - Little Willie's Boogie Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - My Time Is Expensive Lester Williams - Winter Time Blues Manny Nichols - Throw A Little Boogie Bea Johnson - No Letter Blues Johnny Beck - You Gotta Lay Down Mama Little T-Bone - Love's A Gamble Lonnie Lyons - Down In The Groovy Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula CD 3: Joe Turner - Adam Bit The Apple Ernest Lewis - Rosa Lee Smokey Hogg - You Gotta Go Mr. Honey - Who May Your Regular Be Texas Alexander - Crossroads Rocky Thompson - Bull Corn Blues Soldier Boy Houston - Dallas Be Bop Blues Peppermint Harris - Raining In My Heart Bettye Jean Washington - Why Oh Why (Did You Let Me Go) Willie Holiday - I've Played This Town Hubert Robinson with Willie Johnson, His Piano & Orchestra - Got The Boogie Woogie Blues Joe Houston - Your Little Girl Is Gone Lil' Son Jackson - Rockin' And Rollin' L.C. Williams - I Don't Want No Woman Alexander Moore - If I Lose You Woman The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind Zuzu Bollin - Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night Memphis Slim - Sittin' And Thinkin' Jimmy McCracklin - She's Gone Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby Earl Gilliam - Wrong Doing Woman Clarence Samuels - Chicken Hearted Woman Lightnin' Hopkins - Walkin' The Streets Frankie Lee Sims - What Will Lucy Do Mercy Baby - Mercy's Blues Big Mama Thornton - Just Like A Dog (Barking Up The Wrong Tree) 3 CD set Fantastic Voyage FVTD047
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 358
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 417
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Eric Simkin, "Marc Blues", Frits Segers, Max Hoeffner and ¹⁾ Bob Eagle for additional info / scan

10/05/2015)