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William Harris | ![]() |
# | year of release | title / label / notes |
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![]() 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 | 1927 | William Harris / Ollis Martin![]() Wiliam Harris - I'm Leavin' Town (But I Sho' Don't Wanna Go) (GEX-743-B) # @ youtube Ollis Martin - Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down (GEX-780-) * ![]() # rec. c. July 18, 1927 in Birmingham, AL; William Harris, voc, prob. g; Joe Robinson, g, sp * rec. August 1927 |
![]() - No Black Woman Can Sleep In My Cowlot (GEX-742-C) ![]() rec. c. July 18, 1927 in Birmingham, AL; William Harris, voc; Joe Robinson, g | ||
2 | 1928 | William Harris![]() - Bullfrog Blues (14318) * @ youtube - Keep Your Man Out Of Birmingham (14313-A) # @ youtube ![]() # rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g ![]() * rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g |
3 | 1928 | William Harris![]() - Kitchen Range Blues (14312) # @ youtube - Gonna Get Me A Woman That I Calls My Own (14316) * ![]() # rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g ![]() * rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g ![]() No copy surfaced yet! |
4 | 1928 | William Harris![]() - Early Mornin' Blues (14322) @ youtube - Leavin' Here Blues (14321-A) @ youtube ![]() rec. October 11, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g |
5 | 1928 | William Harris![]() - Kansas City Blues (14310-A) # @ youtube - Hot Time Blues (14323) * @ youtube ![]() # rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g ![]() * rec. October 11, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g |
6 | 1928 | William Harris![]() - I'm A Roamin' Gambler (14319-A) # @ youtube - I Was Born In The Country—Raised In Town (14320) * @ youtube ![]() # rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g ![]() * rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g ![]() "Only known copy recently found - to appear in and on the 2019 Classic Blues Artwork From The 1920's Calendar and FREE CD which will begin selling in September of 2018." (John Tefteller) |
7 | 1928 | William Harris![]() - Electric Chair Blues (14314) # @ youtube - Bad Treated Blues (14315) * @ youtube ![]() # rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g ![]() * rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g |
8 | 1928 | William Harris / Charlie Hill![]() William Harris - Nothing Right Blues (Bearing In Mind) (14311) # ![]() Charlie Hill - Papa Charlie Hill Blues (13715) * ![]() # rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g rec. c. May 3, 1928 in Richmond, IN; Charlie Hill, voc, g; prob. George W. Thomas, p ![]() No copy surfaced yet! |
William Harris![]() - T.B. Blues (14317-A) ![]() rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g | ||
Some of the Gennett recordings were later reissued on subsidiary labels like Challenge, Champion, Conqueror, Silvertone, Superior, Supertone, Bell and Buddy - often using a pseudonym for the artist or group to avoid paying the musicians royalties (source: http://www.starrgennett.org/stories/history/4.htm) | ||
9 | 1928 | Alonso Boone![]() - Electric Chair Blues [Gennett 6752] - Kansas City Blues [Gennett 6707] ![]() rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g |
10 | 1928 | Bud Johnson![]() - Bull Frog Blues * [Gennett 6661] - Kitchen Range Blues # [Gennett 6677] ![]() # rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g ![]() * rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g [2,048 pressed] |
11 | 1928 | Bud Johnson![]() - Hot Time Blues [Gennett 6707] - Early Mornin' Blues [Gennett 6693] ![]() rec. October 11, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g [1,144 pressed] |
12 | 1929 | William Harris![]() - Bull Frog Blues # [Gennett 6661] - Early Mornin' Blues * [Gennett 6693] ![]() # rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g ![]() * rec. October 11, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g |
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13 | 1963 | The Mississippi Blues 1927-1940![]() Bukka White - The Panama Limited - Special Streamline Willie Brown - Future Blues - M & O Blues Kid Bailey - Mississippi Bottom Blues Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along - I Do Blues ![]() Mississippi John Hurt - Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied - Louis Collins William Harris - Bullfrog Blues - Hot Time Blues Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down The Road - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues Son House - Preachin the Blues, Part 1 - Preachin the Blues, Part 2 ![]()
brochure notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions plus leaflet "The Mississippi Blues") notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions plus leaflet "The Mississippi Blues") notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions) = Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (180g repro 2018) OJL Records discography |
![]() Canned Heat.'s debut album (Liberty LST-7526, rel. 1967) contained William Harris' "Bullfrog Blues" (credited "Hite Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook") also 45 rpm Liberty 55979 ("Rollin' and Tumblin' / Bullfrog Blues") | ||
14 | 1967 | Mississippi Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1942)![]() Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Snake Doctor Blues Blind Joe Amos - C & O Blues William Harris - Early Mornin' Blues Sam Collins - Signifyin' Blues Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Mean Black Moan Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker Robert Wilkins - Rolling Stone, part 1 & 2 ![]() Isaiah Nettles (The Mississippi Moaner) - Mississippi Moan Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues Son House - The Jinx Blues - No. 2 Bukka White - Black Train Blues Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Barefoot Blues Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues Robert Johnson - Kind-Hearted Woman No. 2 ![]()
Roots Records discography |
15 | 1967 | Mississippi Blues 1927 - 1941![]() Harvey Hull - Gang Of Brownskin Women Henry Sims - Be True, Be True Blues William Harris - I'm Leavin' Town Skip James - Special Rider Blues Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues Charley Patton - Hang It On The Wall Geechie Wiley - Eagles On A Half ![]() Mattie Delaney - Tallahatchie River Blues John Byrd - Billy Goat Blues Charley Patton - Mean Black Moan Charley Patton - Pea Vine Blues Bobby Grant - Nappy Head Blues Son House - Delta Blues Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues ![]() cover art: Michael Gruener, Nick Perls
notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt] 390 East 8th St there were specimen with "Belzona" covers and "Yazoo" labels sold! notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt] 390 East 8th St notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt] 54 King St notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt] 245 Waverly Place notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt] 37 E. Clinton St, Newton, NJ Yazoo Records discography |
16 | 1970 | Cream Of The Crop![]() Son House - Shetland Pony Blues Willie Brown - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Bukka White - Sic 'Em Dogs On - Po' Boy William Harris - Kitchen Range Blues Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers - Go I'll Send Thee - Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler) - Why Do You Moan? ![]() Son House - The Pony Blues - The Jinx Blues - part 1 Alfred Lewis - Mississippi Swamp Moan Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins - Workin' On The Railroad - Yellow Woman Blues Richard (Rabbit) Brown - James Alley Blues The Beale Street Sheiks - Rockin' On The Hill Blues Roots Records discography |
17 | 1972 | The World's Rarest Country Blues Records![]() Blind Willie McTell - B And O Blues No 2 (New York Sep. 21 1933) King Solomon Hill - Down On My Bended Knee (Grafton, Wis. c. Jan 1932) Blind Lemon Jefferson - Disgusted Blues (Chicago, Ill. c. Jan 1929) - The Cheaters Spell (Richmond Ind. Sep 24 1929) Sluefoot Joe - She's A Fool (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929) - House Top Blues (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929) Jaybird Coleman - Trunk Busted Suitcase Full Of Holes (Birmingham Alabama c. Aug. 1927) Ruby Paul - Last Farewell Blues (Chicago, Ill. Dec. 1927) Blind Willie Davis - Trust In God And Do Right. Grafton Wis. c. Jan 1930) ![]() William Harris - Electric Chair Blues - Kansas City Blues (Richmond Ind. Oct. 9th 1928) Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues - Skinny Leg Blues (Grafton, Wis. c. April 1930) Skip James - Hard-Luck Child - 4 O'Clock Blues (Grafton Wis. c. Feb. 1931) Charley Patton - Circle Round The Moon - Magnolia Blues - Mean Black Cat Blues (Grafton Wis. Nov. 1929) ![]() Strictly limited edition (150 copies). Plain white cover white separate typed listing sheet. Note: "Every title presented on this lp has been dubbed from the only copy known to exist in the world. The makers have done their best to make these extremely rare and worn out 78's audible!" |
18 | 1972 | Deep South Country Blues![]() William Harris - Bull Frog Blues William Moore - Old Country Rock Son House - My Black Mama part I - My Black Mama part II Sunny Boy & His Pals (Papa Harvey Hull & Long Cleve Reed) - The France Blues Kid Bailey - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Rowdy Blues ![]() Willie Brown - Future Blues - M & O Blues George "Bullet" Williams - Touch Me Light Mama Henry Sims - Tell Me Man Blues Buster Johnson - Undertaker Blues Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues part 1 - Cottonfield Blues part 2 ![]() Flyright Records discography |
19 | c.1977 | Delta Blues Heavy Hitters 1927 - 1931![]() William Harris - I'm Leavin' Town - Early Mornin' Blues - Hot Time Blues - Kitchen Range Blues - Bull Frog blues - Keep Your Man Out Of Birmingham - Electric Chair Blues - Kansas City Blues ![]() Blind Joe/Willie Reynolds - Married Man Blues - Third Street Woman Blues - Outside Woman Blues - Nehi Blues Skip James - Illinois Blues [Paramount 13072] - Yola My Blues Away [Paramount 13072] - Devil Got My Woman
notes by Stephen Calt Herwin Records discography |
20 | 1979 | Bullfrog Blues "Can't be satismamlishfied" ![]() Sam Butler - Devil And My Brown Blues - Heaven Is My View - You Can't Keep No Brown Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins - Working On The Railroad - Shaggy Dog Blues William Harris - Hot Time Blues - Early Morning Blues ![]() William Harris - Bullfrog Blues - Range In My Kitchen Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins - Yellow Woman Blues - Jailhouse Fire Blues Bo Weavil Jackson - When The Saints Go Marching In - Why Do You Moan ? Sam Butler - Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long ![]() cover painting by Richard Wakefield
notes by Stephen Calt & Gayle Dean Wardlow Mamlish Records discography |
21 | 1991 | William Harris & Buddy Boy Hawkins Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (1927-1929) ![]() William Harris - I'm Leavin' Town - Kansas City Blues - Kitchen Range Blues - Keep Your Man Out Of Birmingham - Electric Chair Blues - Bullfrog Blues - Leavin' Here Blues - Early Mornin' Blues - Hot Time Blues Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins - Shaggy Dog Blues - Number Three Blues (tk 2) - Jailhouse Fire Blues - Snatch It Back Blues - Workin' On The Railroad - Yellow Woman Blues - Raggin' The Blues - Awful Fix Blues - A Rag Blues - How Come Mama Blues - Snatch It And Grab It - Voice Throwin' Blues ![]()
notes by Paul Oliver Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins discography |
22 | 1994 | Mississippi Masters Early American Blues Classics 1927 - 35 ![]() Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues (1930) William Harris - Kansas City Blues (1928) Otto Virgial - Little Girl In Rome (1935) Mattie Delaney - Tallahatchie River Blues (1930) Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words (1930) Joe Calicott - Fare Thee Well Blues (1930) Williams Harris - Bullfrog Blues (1928) John D. Fox - The Moaning Blues (1927) Geeshie Wiley & Elvie Thomas - Pick Poor Robin Clean (1931) Blind Joe Reynolds - Outside Woman Blues (1930) King Solomon Hill - Gone Dead Train (1932) Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues Part 1 (1929) - Cottonfield Blues Part 2 (1929) Williams Harris - Hot Time Blues (1928) Geeshie Wiley - Skinny Leg Blues (1930) Blind Joe Reynolds - Third Street Woman Blues (1930) John D. Fox - Worried Man Blues (1927) Mattie Delaney - Down The Big Road Blues (1930) King Solomon Hill - Whoopee Blues (1932) Elvie Thomas - Motherless Child Blues (1930) Yazoo Records discography |
23 | 1994 | Too Late Too Late Vol. 3 1926 - 1960's![]() Buddy Boy Hawkins (1927) - Number Three Blues (tk 1) Side Wheel Sally Duffie (1927) - Bunker Hill Blues - Plantation Blues Memphis Jug Band (1928) - She Stays Out All Night Long (tk 1) Lottie Kimbrough & Winston Holmes (1928) - Don't Speak To Me Jim Jackson (1928) - I'm Wild About My Lovin' (take 1) William Harris (1928) - Electric Chair Blues (Jefferson County Blues) - Bad Treated Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson (1929) - Big Night Blues (21402) Charley Patton (1929) - I Shall Not Be Moved (alt tk) Mississippi Sheiks (1930) - The Jazz Fiddler (take A) Memphis Minnie (1930) - Dirt Dauber Blues - You Dirty Mistreater Curley Weaver (1933) - No No Blues (12909-1) - Early Morning Blues (12910) Tampa Red (1934) - I'll Get A Break Some Day Joshua White (1935) - Cherry Picker - Tweet Tweet Mama Blues Leadbelly (1935) - My Baby Quit Me (17183-1) Casey Bill Weldon (1936) - We Gonna Move (To The Outskirts...) (tk 2) Tampa Red (1940) - This Ain't No Place For Me Ida Parham (1940's 1950's) - Untitled Blues Two Gospel Keys (1948) - If I Never See You Anymore - Stranger, Don't Drive Me Away Jesse Thomas (c.1960's) - Your Love Is Automatic - Rain Sleet Or Snow
notes by Guido van Rijn |
24 | 1999 | Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 4 Early American Rural Music Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s ![]() - Lowe Bonnie - Jimmie Tarlton - Early Morning Blues - William Harris - Billy In The Lowground - Burnett & Rutherford - Rambling Gambler - Dixon Brothers - Every Day In The Week Blues - Pink Anderson/Simmie Dooley - I Got A Bulldog - Sweet Brothers - Tom Cat Blues - Cliff Carlisle - Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown - Salt River - Kessinger Brothers - Blushing Bride - Golden Melody Boys - Kiss Me Quick - Georgia Yellow Hammers - Magnolia Blues - Charlie Patton - Perrodin Two Step - Angelas Le Jeunne - Bachelor's Hall - Fiddling John Carson - Walking Shoes (Button Up Shoes) - Tommy Johnson - Wolves Howling - Stripling Brothers - Mistreated The Only Friend You Had - James Cole & His Washboard Band - Havana River Glide - Martin & Hobbs - I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face - Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - Make Down The Bed And We'll All Sleep Together - Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies - Special Rider Blues - Skip James - Walk Right In Belmont - Watts & Wilson - Leaving All To Follow Jesus - Rev. Rice & Congregation ![]() Yazoo Records discography |
25 | 2001 | Roots of Canned Heat![]() - Roll And Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern - Bullfrog Blues - William Harris - Goin' Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden - Catfish Blues - Robert Petway - Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson - Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson - Statesboro' Blues - Blind Willie McTell - Turpentine Blues - Casey Bill Weldon - Whiskey Head Man - Tommy McClennan - Pony Blues - Charley Patton - Squablin' Blues - Barefoot Bill - Devil Got My Woman - Skip James - It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red - Tell Me Man - Henry Sims - Bulldoze Blues - Henry Thomas - Two White Horses - Two Poor Boys - Streamline Train - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson - Shake It, Break It - Charley Patton - That's All Right Mama - Arthur Crudup - 34 Blues - Charley Patton - Future Blues - Willie Brown Catfish Records (UK) discography |
26 | 2001 | Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton![]() disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs - Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey - The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes - I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy - Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson - Maggie Campbell - Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson - Kansas City Blues - William Harris - Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks - Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan - Banty Rooster - Blind Pete And George Ryan - My Grey Pony - Big Joe Williams - Dark Road Blues - Willie Lofton Trio - Blues - Unknown Convict - Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White - Po' Boy - Bukka White - Make Me A Pallet on the Floor - Willie Brown - County Farm Blues - Son House - Saddle My Pony - The Howlin' Wolf - Forty Four - The Howlin' Wolf - Too Close - Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers |
27 | 2003 | The Best There Ever Was The Legendary Early Blues Performers Classic Recordings From the 1920s & 30s ![]() Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues Son House - My Black Mamma - part 1 Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Tellin Skip James - Cypress Grove Blind Willie Johnson - I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole Blind Willie McTell - Mama Tain't Long Fo' Day Jaydee Short - Barefoot Blues Robert Wilkins - I'll Go With Her Blues Ed Bell - Squabblin Blues Charlie Patton - It Won't Be Long Frank Stokes - What's The Matter Blues Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Word Blues William Harris - Bullfrog Blues Blind Blake - You Gonna Quit Me Blues King Solomon Hill - The Gone Dead Train Memphis Minnie - Outdoor Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Prison Cell Blues Sam Collins - Graveyard Digger's Blues Furry Lewis - Big Chief Blues Yazoo Records discography |
28 | 2005 | American Primitive Vol. II Pre-War Revenants (1897-1939) ![]() disc 1: - I Want Jesus To Talk With Me, Go Down Moses (1926) - Homer Quincy Smith - Deal Rag (1930) - Walter Taylor - Motherless Child Blues (1930) - Elvie Thomas - Big Bed Bug (Bed Bug Blues) (1930) - Tommy Settlers and his Blues Moaner - I Got Your Ice Cold NuGrape (1926) - NuGrape Twins - Molly Man (1928) - (Red Hot) Old Mose / Moses Mason - Black Dog Blues (1930) - Bayless Rose - Workhouse Blues (1939) - Mattie May Thomas - Bo-Lita (1927) - Kid Brown and his Blue Band - My Mama Always Talked To Me (1927) - John Hammond - Ballin' The Jack (1930) - The Salty Dog Four - Friday Moan Blues (1930) - Alfred Lewis - Pick Poor Robin Clean (1931) - Geeshie Wliey - It's Cold In China Blues (1935) - The Mississippi Moaner - Black Sheep Blues (1935) - Pigmeat Terry - Old Hen Cackle (1931) - Two Poor Boys - Frisco Blues (1930) - Bayless Rose) - Hot Time Blues (1928) - William Harris - Take A Look At That Baby (1931) - Two Poor Boys - Mean Low Blues (1929) - Blues Birdhead - Be My Kid Blues (1928) - Elizabeth Johnson - Little Girl In Rome (1935) - Otto Virgial - Dangerous Blues (1939) - Mattie May Thomas - Mean Low Blues (1929) - Blues Birdhead - Be My Kid Blues (1928) - Elizabeth Johnson) ![]() disc 2: - Last Kind Words Blues (1930) - Geeshie Wliey - Poor Mourner (1897) - Cousins & Demoss - Jamestown Exhibition (1930) - Bayless Rose - There's A City Built Of Mansions (1926) - NuGrape Twins - Cairo Blues (1929) - Henry Spaulding - Two White Horses In A Line (1931) - Two Poor Boys - Shrimp Man (1928) - (Red Hot) Old Mose / Moses Mason - Don't Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend (1929) - The Bubbling Over Five) - Bull Frog Blues (1928) - William Harris - Purty Polly (1927) - John Hammond - Go Down Moses (1926) - Homer Quincy Smith - Over To My House (1930) - Wiley and Thomas - Shaking Weed Blues (1930) - Tommy Settlers and his Blues Moaner - Big Mac From Macamere (1939) - Mattie May Thomas - Moaning The Blues (1935) - Pigmeat Terry - Original Blues (1930) - Bayless Rose - John Henry Blues (take 3) (1931) - Two Poor Boys - Sobbin' Woman Blues (1928) - Elizabeth Johnson - Bad Notion Blues (1935) - Otto Virgial - Eagles On A Half (1931) - Geeshie Wliey - Mississippi Swamp Moan (1930) - Alfred Lewis - Red Cross The Disciple Of Christ Today (1928) - (Red Hot) Old Mose / Moses Mason - Kansas City Blues (1928) - William Harris - As Free As A Little Bird Can Be (1927) - John Hammond - No Mo' Freedom (1939) - Mattie May Thomas |
29 | 2006 | The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of![]() disc 1 Freeny's Barn Dance Band: Croquet Habits Son House: Mississippi County Farm Blues Georgia Pot Lickers: Up Jumped The Rabbit Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy: I'm Going Back Home Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles: Fightin' In The War With Spain John Byrd: Old Timbrook Blues Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Singers: A Little Talk With Jesus Tommy Johnson: Slidin' Delta The Three Striped Gears: Alabama Blues Jack Gowdlock: Rollin Dough Blues Kentucky Ramblers: Ginseng Blues Ollis Martin: Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston And The West Virginia Ramblers: John Hardy Blues Long "Cleeve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull - The Down Home Boys: Original Stack O' Lee Blues Amedie Ardoin & Dennis McGee: Two Step De La Prairie Soileau Andrew & Jim Baxter: Operator Blues J.D. Harris: The Grey Eagle Memphis Jug Band: Jim Strainer Blues Grayson County Railsplitters: Ain't That Trouble In Mind (unissued) Dock Boggs: Old Rub Alcohol Blues Jaybird Coleman: Mistreatin' Mama Henry Whitter: It's A Rough Road To Georgia (unissued) Rev. B.L. Wightman with Lottie Kimbrough & Congregation: Live The Life ![]() disc 2 Yank Rachel with Sleepy John Estes & Jab Jones: Sweet Mama Crowder Brothers: We All Love Mother (unissued Son House: Clarksdale Moan Ashley & Foster: Bull Dog Sal (unissued) Jesse "Babyface" Thomas: Down In Texas Blues Georgia Pot Lickers: Chicken Don't Roost Too High William Harris: I'm Leavin' Town (But I Sho' Don't Wanna Go) Asa Martin & Roy Hobbs: Wild Cat Rag King Solomon Hill: Whoopee Blues (Alternate Take) Chubby Parker: Davey Crockett Geeshie Wiley: Skinny Leg Blues Sweet Brothers: I'm Gonna Marry That Pretty Little Girl Blind Roosevelt Graves & Varoy Graves: I Shall Not Be Moved Smith & Irvine: Lonesome Road Blues Luke Jordon: If I Call You Mama Grayson & Whitter: My Mind Is To Marry (unissued) Osey Helton: Green River Lottie Kimbrough: Don't Speak To Me Wade Ward: Married Man's Blues (unissued) Ken Maynard: Sweet Betsey From Pike (unissued) Jaybird Coleman: Boll Weevil Bill Shepherd with Hayes Shepherd & Ed Webb: Bound Steel Blues Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1: Bells Of Love
double CD Yazoo Records discography |
30 | 11/2018 | 23 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 16 2019 Calendar with free CD ![]() CD and Calendar contents: - Winding Ball Mama - Papa George Lightfoot - Piney Woods Money Mama - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Love Sick Blues - Jim Jackson - Ma Rainey - Memphis Minnie - Too Tight Blues No. 2 - Blind Blake - Jumping On The Hill - Test [unreleased] - The Beale Street Sheiks - Black Biting Bee Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake - Coon Can Blues - Dad Nelson - Ash Tray Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson - Oh Death - Charley Patton - My Grey Pony - Joe Williams - Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long - Sam Butler ![]() Supplementary CD tracks: - Heaven Is My View - Sam Butler - Snake Hipping Daddy - Papa George Lightfoot - Low Down Mojo Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow - Troubled 'Bout My Mother - Charley Patton - Don't Speak To Me - Lottie Kimbrough - Got The Blues About Rome - Otto Virgial - Seven Year Itch - Otto Virgial - Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone - I'm A Roamin' Gambler - William Harris - I Was Born In The Country, Raised In Town - William Harris ![]() remastered by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team |
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1 | 1964 | John Hammond: Country Blues![]() - Traveling Riverside Blues - Hitchhiking Woman - Statesborough Blues - Milk Cow's Calf Blues - Crawling Kingsnake - Bull Frog Blues @ youtube ![]() - Drop Down Mama - Little Rain Falling - Seventh Son - Who Do You Love - 32-20 Blues - Goin' Down Slow John Hammond, voc, g, hca
John Hammond discography |
2 | 01/65 | Dave Ray: Snaker's Here![]() - Julie Ann Johnson (Trad.) - Go My Bail (Ray) - Rock Me (Waters) * - Bull Frog Blues (Harris) - Old Country Rock (Moore) - Ramblin' On My Mind (Johnson) * - Broke Down Engine (McTell) - Blind Lemon (Leadbelly) - Last Fair Deal Gone Down (Johnson) * ![]() - Saddle Up My Pony (Williams) - Brownsville Blues (Memphis Willie B.) * - Becky Dean (Leadbelly) - Yellow Woman's Door Blues (Trad.) - Killing Me By Degrees (Ray) - 'Fore Day Worry Blues (Leadbelly) - Rising Sun Blues - Need My Help Someday (Ray) # # Tony Glover on mouth harp
Koerner, Ray & Glover discography |
3 | 1967 | Canned Heat![]() - Rollin' and Tumblin' (M. Morganfield) - Bullfrog Blues (Hite, Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook) @ youtube - Evil Is Going On (W. Dixson) - Goin' Down Slow (J. Oden) - Catfish Blues (Adpt. - Hite, Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook) ![]() - Dust My Broom (E. James) - Help Me (S. Williamson- R. Bass) - Big Road Blues (Hite, Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook) - The Story of My Life (E. Jones) - The Road Song (Hite, Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook) - Rich Woman (Hite, Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook) |
4 | 1969 | John Dummer Blues Band![]() - Few Short Lines - Bullfrog Blues @ youtube - Try Me One More Time - Money & Fame - Reconsider Baby ![]() - Riding At Midnight - Ain´t Gonna Work No More - Big Feeling - Memphis Minnie - Birds & Booze Blues - Skin Game |
5 | 1972 | Rory Gallagher live!![]() - Messin' With The Kid - Laundromat - I Could've Had Religion ![]() - Pistol Slapper Blues - Going To My Home Town - Bullfrog Blues |
6 | 1976 | David Bromberg: How Late'll Ya Play 'til?![]() ![]() - Danger Man II - Get up and Go/Fiddle Tunes - Summer Wages - Dallas Rag / Maple Leaf Rag - Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo - Young Westley ![]() - Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues - Bluebird - Idol With The Golden Head - Chubby Things - Kaatskill Serenade ![]() ![]() - Sloppy Drunk - Bullfrog Blues @ youtube ![]() - Sweet Home Chicago - Come On In My Kitchen - Will Not Be Your Fool - Such A Night ![]() David Bromberg discography |
7 | 1995 | Lightnin' Wells: Bull Frog Blues![]() - Jump Little Children - Bullfrog Blues (William Harris) - Keep Your Hands Off Her - Gospel Train - Airplane Blues - One Way Gal (William Moore) - Spank The Baby 2 - Walkin' My Troubles Away - Jack And Jill Blues - Bull City Rag - Keep It Clean - Graveyard Digger's Blues - Step It Up And Go - Wabash Blues - Billy The Weaver - How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done - Your Red Wagon - Sitting On Top Of The World |
8 | 2000 | David 'Honeyboy' Edwards: Shake 'Em On Down![]() - High Water Everywhere - Drop Down Mama * - Monkey Face Woman - Shake 'Em On Down * - Louise Louise Blues - Pony Blues - Anna Lee * - Standing On The Corner - West Memphis Blues # - Bald Headed Woman - Bullfrog Blues # - Gambling Man - Take Me In Your Arms - Interview - Lord I Got To Go ![]() rec. 1999; David Edwards, voc, g; * Madison Slim, hca; # Jimmy D. Lane, g Honeyboy Edwards discography |
9 | 2006 | Sunshine On Your Back Porch A Celebration of Gennett Records ![]() Randy Brecker - Canal Street Blues Rhonda Vincent - Rowan County Fued Cindy Cashdollar - Rye Straw Stacey Earle - Lost Lover Blues The Hellhounds - Bullfrog Blues Duke Robillard - Someday Baby Blues Jenny O - Stardust Cindy Cashdollar - Old Flannigan Archer Street Rams - Working Man Blues The Hellhounds - Backdoor Blues Osei Essed - Yoyo Blues Deanna Bogart - Maybe It's The Blues Langhorne Slim - Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues Melissa Ferrick - Amazing Grace |
Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Görgen Antonsson discographies - Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 305 - Gayle Dean Wardlow: 'Big Foot' William Harris.- 78 Quarterly 3 (1988), p. 45-48 - John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission - Roger Misiewicz, T. Malcolm Rockwell & Helge Thygesen: Champion Sales Figures - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to David J. Costa, Buddy O. Wardlow, Eric Simkin, Helge Thygesen and Gayle Dean Wardlow for additional info / scans
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