King Solomon Hillreal name: Joe Holmes [there is still scepticism about it!]b. July 18, 1897 near McComb (Pike County), Mississippid. August 13, 1940 19491) in Sibley, Louisianadiscography
label pic from 78 Quarterly # 1 (courtesy Alex van der Tuuk)
Paramount 13116
Varsity 6010 Down South Boys - Whoopie Blues [sic] (L-1252-2) - Down On My Bended Knees [sic] (L-1253-2) rec. "c. January, 1932" (BG&R 1997) / "before November 22, 1931" (v.d.Tuuk 2005) in Grafton, WI; King Solomon Hill, voc, g
Paramount 13116 (US 1932)
= Crown 3325 (US 1932)
= Varsity 6010 (US 1939)
There are only two known copies of this record, one found in Wisconsin in 2002, one junked in an antique store in Kentucky in 2015
Paramount 13125
["Solomon" version]["Soloman" version2)]Paramount 13129
= Champion 50022
ad from a 1932 F. W. Boerner Co. flyer for Paramount 13129, 2 x "Solomon" versionad from a 1932 F. W. Boerner Co. flyer for Paramount 13129, "Soloman/Solomon" version
Champion 50022
10 inch LPnotes by Orrin Keepnews Riverside RLP 1039 (US 1954)
10 inch LP = London AL 3535 (UK 1954)
London Records discographyBuddy Boy Hawkins discography
notes by Pete Whelan Origin Jazz Library OJL 10 (US 1965)
Origin Jazz Library OJL 10 (US 196?) different running order of tracks!
Origin Jazz Library OJL 10 (US 19??)
OJL Records discographySam Collins discography
notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt] 390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009 Belzona L-1004 (US 1968)
notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt] 390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009 (black and purple label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 1968)
notes by Stephen Calt 54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014 (black, purple & red label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 196? ff.)
notes by Stephen Calt 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (red label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??)
notes by Stephen Calt 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (new front cover, new title, red or peacock label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??) "Don't Leave Me Here" The Blues of Texas, Arkansas, & Louisiana 1927-1932
= Yazoo 1004 cassette (US 1989)
notes by Stephen Calt = Yazoo CD 1004 YAZ (US 1991)
Yazoo Records discographyBuddy Boy Hawkins discographyHenry Thomas discography Blind Lemon Jefferson discographyLittle Hat Jones discographyTexas Alexander discography
notes by Michael Cuscuna Milestone MLP 2016 (US 1970/71?)
Milestone Records discography
Roots RL 335 (Austria 1971)
Roots/Saydisc RL 335 (UK 1971)
Roots Records discography
Yazoo L-1026 (US 1972)
notes by Mike Stewart & Stephen CaltYazoo CD 1026 (US 1991)
Yazoo Records discography
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1032 (US 1972)
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!"
For Specialists Only FSO-001 (Austria [Paltram/Roots] 1972)
notes by Paul Oliver Wolf WSE 116 (Austria 1985)BU147,45
(=) Wolf WSE CD 107 (Austria 2002)
Wolf Records discography
3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)
3 CD setnotes by Paul Oliver 1927-1930 1927-1936 1929-1956= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)
= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)
3 CD set = 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)
notes by Paul Oliver Document DOCD 5036 (Austria 1991)
Yazoo CD 2007 (US 1994)
notes by John Tottenham Black Swan HCD-23 (US 1995)
Indigo IGOCD 2030 (UK 1995)
notes by Don KentYazoo CD 2030 (US 1997)
Catfish CATCD 157 (UK 2000)
Catfish Records (UK) discography
Wolf WSE 116 (Austria 1985)
restored by Richard Nevins
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (rel. 2003, for 2004)
Blues Images CD BIM-101 (US 2003) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (for 2004)
Blues Images calendar discography
Yazoo CD 2067 (US 2003)
Yazoo CD 2068 (US 2003)
notes by Don KentYazoo CD 3002 (US 2003)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (rel. 2004, for 2005)
Blues Images CD BIM-102 (US 2004) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (for 2005)
4 CD box JSP JSPCD 7723 (UK 2004)
Blues Images Vol. 3 (US 2006)
double CD Yazoo YAZ CD 2202 (US 2006)
4 CD boxJSP JSPCD 7781 (UK 2007)
4 CD boxnotes by Neil SlavenJSP JSPCD 77109 (UK 2008)
1) according to Alex van der Tuuk's research 2) Wardlow 1998, p. 208
thanks to Alex van der Tuuk, Edith de Ronde and Angie M Reilly for additional info / scans