Trumpet no #
Trumpet 129
Trumpet 139
Trumpet 140
Trumpet 144
Trumpet 145
Ace 508: Elmore James - I Believe My Time Ain't Long (DRC53) (Trumpet 146) # - I Wish I Was A Catfish (DRC52) (Trumpet 146) *
Jewel 764: Elmo James - Dust My Broom (DRC53) (Trumpet 146) # - Gotta Find My Baby (DRC128) (Trumpet 186) []
Jewel 783: Elmo James - Make A Little Love (DRC 129) (Trumpet 186) [] - Catfish Blues (DRC52) (Trumpet 146) *
# rec. August 5, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Elmore James, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Leonard Ware, b; Frock O'Dell, dr * rec. July 24, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Andrew 'Bobo' Thomas, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Leonard Ware, b [credited to "Elmo James"] [] rec. August 28, 1952 in Jackson; Arthur Crudup, voc; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; dr [credited to "Elmo James"]
Trumpet 146 (first press) ("Elmo James" credit)
Trumpet 146 (later press) ("traditional" credit)
= Ace 508 (US 8/1955)
# = Jewel 764 (US 5/1965)
(=) Jewel 783 (US 1967)
Trumpet 147
Willie Love discography
Trumpet unissued
Trumpet 166
Trumpet 168
Trumpet 186[obviously never released as 45 rpm disc]
[obviously never released as 45 rpm disc]
Modern unissued
# Kent KST 9001* Modern Oldies 45XMX49* Kent KST 9010
Meteor 5000
Meteor 5000 (repro 2011)
* Kent 508
Meteor 5001 (US 1952)
= Meteor 5024 (US 1955)
Meteor 5003 (US 4/1953)
Trumpet 212
Trumpet 215
Checker 777
Johnny Jones discography
Flair 1010 (US 1953)
= Flair 45X1010 (repro US 2009)
Flair 1011 (US 6/1953)
* Modern Oldies 45XMX49
Flair 1014
States S 122 (US 8/1953)
Junior Wells discographyJohnny Jones discography
Flair 1022
Atlantic 1016
Atlantic unissued
Atlantic SD 7227
States S 134 (US 4/1954)T-Shirt with "Hoodoo Man" imprintJunior Wells discographyJohnny Jones discography
States S 134 (US 4/1954)
T-Shirt with "Hoodoo Man" imprint
Flair 1031
* Fire 1011
Flair 1039
Flair 1048
Meteor 5016
Flair 1057= Kent 433= Modern Oldies 45XMX55* Kent 465
Atlantic 1045
Little Johnny Jones discography
States S 143 (US 12/1954)
Junior Wells discographyLittle Johnny Jones discography
Atlantic 1053 (US 2/1955)
= Quality 1358 (Ca)
7 inch 45 rpm EP Atlantic EP 45-536 (US 1955)
Flair 1062
Flair 1069
* = Kent 331* = Kent 394* = Modern 15
Flair 1074
* Kent 331* Kent 394* Modern Oldies 45XMX15
Flair 1079
* Kent 465
Modern 983 (US 2/1956)
Chief 7001 (US 5/1957)
= Vee Jay 249 (US 1957)
Chief 7004 (US 10/1957)
= Vee Jay 259 (US 1957)
* = Mel 7011 (US 197?)
Chief 7006 (US 1957)
= Vee Jay 269 (US 1958)
= USA 815 (US 1965)
= S&M 101 (US 1965/6?) "Cry For Me"
= M-Pac 7231 (US 1966)
= Jewel 872 (US 19??) "Cry For My Baby" [sic]
Atlantic 8005
Atlantic 8023 (US 12/1958)
= London HA-E 2173 (UK 1959)
Fire 1011
Johnny Jones discographyHomesick James discographySam Myers discography
notes by Bob Rolontz Atlantic 8033 (US 11/1959)
= London HA-E 2231 (UK)
Riviera R0052 (mono) 1st / 2nd pressingRiviera STR052 (stereo) [budget subsidiary of Modern/Crown]
Chief 7020 (US 11/1960)
= Sue WI-392 (UK 9/1965)
Johnny Jones discographyHomesick James discographyEarl Hooker discographyJunior Wells discography
Fire 1016
= Down Home 775/6 (1962/3?)
Fire 1024
Jimmy Spruill discographyHomesick James discographySam Myers discography
Fire 1031 (US 1960)
Chess 1756
Chess unissued
* Blue Horizon 7-63204* Chess LP 1537# Argo LP 4034
Kent 331
notes by Alexis Korner Vee Jay LP 1020 (mono) (US 1960) later issues with a 'stereo' sticker, but have the mono record inside
notes by Alexis Korner = EMI/Columbia Co 33SX 1417 (mono) (UK 1961)
= Joy 185 (UK 1973)
(=) Vee Jay VJS-2-1007 (DLP, US 1974) (reissue of LP-1020 and LP-1074)
Crown CLP 5168 (mono)
notes by Dave Sax(=) Ace CDCHM 1043 (2005)www.acerecords.co.uk
(=) P-Vine PCD-23763 (Jp 2007)
Fire, mostly originally unissued
10 inch LP Private pressing (10 copies) by Rainer E. Lotz from an SWF ("Südwestfunk") air-check of material recorded by Joachim E. Berendt in preparation of the Bill Claxton Jazz Life book.The lacquers were cut by Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, GermanyLotz A115 (Germany 1960/61?)
more info
Fire 1503 (US 9/1962)
Fire 504
= Burn 504
= Enjoy 2022 (1965)
Sam Myers discography
originally unissued
# Blue Horizon 7-66230* Enjoy 2020§ CBS 66218// Collectables 3CD 8829\\ Relic CD 7026|| Collectables LP 5187
unissued
P-Vine PLP 6101/02Charly CRB 1208
unissued Bobby Robinson recordings
Blue Horizon 7-66230
Down Home 800
Teem LP-5005 [Ace budget subsidiary]
(=) Vivid Sound/Ace VS-1008 (Jp 1979)
unissued Bobby Robinson (Enjoy Records) recordings
Custom CM-2054
= United 7716 (19??)
Mercury MG 20826 (mono)
= Mercury SR 60826 (rechanneled to simulate stereo)
= Mercury SMCL.20182
Atlantic 8081
United 718 (US 196?)= United Superior US 7718
Argo LP-4034
(=) Cadet LP-4034
notes by John Burton = PYE NPL 28045 (UK)
notes by John Burton and Cary Baker = Chess CH-9276 (US 1988)
Argo/Cadet/Chess 'The Blues' series discography
Kent 394 (US 1964)
Kent 433 (US 1964)
= Modern Oldies 45XMX55
Sue WI-335 (UK 10/1964)
notes by Guy Stevens Sue ILP-918 (UK 1964)
Sphere Sound SSR-7002
= Sphere Sound SSR-7002 (replica reissue late 1990s/early 2000s)
Enjoy 2015 (1st pressing)1st pressing distinguishing characteristic:Bob-Dan MusicBMI
color variations might be "real" or stem from scanning processEnjoy 2015 (2nd pressing)2nd pressing distinguishing characteristic:Bob-Dan Music -BMI
= Fire 2020
= Fire 5000
= Trip TR-24
Enjoy 2020
Enjoy 2027
# = Fury 2000
Fury 2000
Sphere Sound SSR 702
Flashback 15
notes by Guy Stevens Sue ILP 919 (UK 1965)
notes by Guy Stevens Sue ILP 921 (UK 1965)
notes by Simon A. Napier Sue ILP-927 (UK 1965)
notes (May 1965) by Charles Radcliffe the post-war blues pwb 1 (UK 1965)
Post War Blues discography
Sue WI-383 (UK 7/1965)
notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 176 (Denmark 1965)
notes by Paul Oliver = Teichiku ULS-1817-R (Jp)
notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville SLP 840 (1982?)
Storyville Records discography
Blues Classics BC 5
Blues Classics discography
Sphere Sound SSR 708
Sphere Sound 712
Sphere Sound 713
Sphere Sound 708 / Enjoy 2020
Sue WI-4007 (UK 4/1966)
notes by Enoch Gregory Sphere Sound SSR-7008 (US 1966)
notes by Enoch Gregory= Sphere Sound SSR-7008 (replica reissue late 1990s/early 2000s)
notes (November 1, 1966) by Mike Raven XTRA 1047 (UK 1966)
XTRA Records discography
Kent 465 (US 1967)
Kent KLP-5022 (mono)Kent KST-522 (stereo) (US 1967)
= United Superior US-7743 (197?)
Ace CH31
notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 9
notes by Paul Oliver = Arhoolie 2020 (US 1970) "King Biscuit Time"
notes by Paul Oliver(=) Arhoolie CD 310 (US 1989) "King Biscuit Time"
= Arhoolie CD 310 (Jp 1993) [Houston Stackhouse omitted from front cover]
Blues Classics discographyArhoolie Records discography
Python PLP-KM 9 (UK 196?)
Python Records discography
notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 15 (US 1968)
notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 15
notes by Neil Slaven Blue Horizon S 7-63204 (UK 1968)
notes by Neil Slaven = Blue Horizon S 7-63204 (Germany 1968)
Blue Horizon Records discographyJohn Brim discography
Bell 719 (UK 1968)
notes by Mike Leadbitter Bell MBLL-104 (mono) (UK 1968)Bell SBLL-104 (stereo)
Ember EMB 3397 (UK 1968)
notes by Esmond Edwards Marble Arch MALS-804 (UK 1968)
Negro Art M-12-SB-360 (Fr 1968)
Negro Art Records discography
Modern Oldies 45XMX15
DLPnotes by Mike Leadbitter Blue Horizon S 7-66230 (UK 1969)= Blue Horizon 7-63224 / 7-63225
notes by Mike Leadbitter (=) Blue Horizon 4601 (US 1972) [1st LP only] "Blues Masters Vol. 1"
= Line OLLP 8018 (Germany 1984)
notes by Jacques Barsamian BYG 529 004 (Fr 1969)
= BYG 529 503 (Fr 197?) (Pop Blues Vol. 3)
DLP CBS 22135
= CBS 66218
notes by Frank Scott and Bruce Bromberg Kent KST-9001
= United Artists UAS 29109 (UK 1970)
United Superior US-7778 (1976)
notes by Bruce Bromberg = Musidisc 30 AB 5601 (Fr 1976)
'Anthology of the Blues' discography
Kent 508
Island IWP 5 (UK 1969)
Modern Oldies 45XMX49
notes by Pete Welding Chess 1537 (UK 10/1969)
= Chess AWX-6133 (Jp 1974)
notes by Pete Welding (transl. by Ivano Amati) = Blues Rock BRP 2016 (It 1981)
= Chess CXMP2007 (UK 1982)= Chess GCH 8097 (UK 1982)
= P-Vine PLP-823 (Jp 1983)
= Chess CHD-9114 (US 1984)
= Chess CHD-9114 (US 1991)
= Universal UICY-3443 (Jp 2004)
quite a few more LP/CD releases @ discogs.com
John Brim discography
Modern Oldies 45XMX55
notes by Michael Bromberg = Kent KST-9010 (US c.1970)
= United Superior US-7787
notes by Michael Bromberg = Musidisc 30 AB 5610 (Fr 1976)
Bell 6037 (UK 1970)
Red Lightnin' RL 005 (UK 1970)
Red Lightnin' Records discography
notes by Lenny Goldberg UpFront 122 (US 1970)
Kent / Victor Globe SJET-8243 (Jp 1970)
notes by Pete WeldingBuddah / Cobblestone CST 9001
notes by Pete Welding= Muse MR 5087 (1975) "Street Talkin'"
= Veejay ULS-1881-JY (Jp) "South Side Blues"
= Muse MCD 5087 (1988) "Street Talkin'"
Blue Horizon PR/SPR 45/46 inner gatefold DLPBlue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970)DLP = Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970)Blue Horizon Records discography
DLPBlue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970)
DLP = Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970)
Blue Horizon Records discography
notes by Barry Hansen (Dr. Demento) Atco SD 33-376 (US 1971)
= Atlantic 40525 (Fr 1973) (Blues Power No 7)
DLP Trip TLP-8007
= Black Label 2001 (198?)
2 LP setnotes by Mike Leadbitter CBS 66278 (UK 1971)
DLP accompanying the book by the same title: Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London / New York (Hanover Books / Oak Publications) 1971
gatefold DLP BYG 20 A (Fr 1972)
Fire 5001
2 LP setnotes by Pete Welding Chess 2CH 60012
= Chess CH 50 011 (Fr)
= Chess CXMD4053 (UK Chess Masters)
= Chess/MCA 2CH 92520 (US 1984)
notes by Pete LowryAtlantic SD-7227 (US 1972)
= Atlantic P-6187 A (Jp)
Red Lightnin' RL 007 (UK 1972)
compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven
4 LP box set
Chess 6641 125 (UK Phonogram)
XX MIN 715 (UK)
XX discography
notes by Mike Leadbitter Polydor 2383 200
Bluesland HB 2
DLPnotes by Bez TurnerDJM DJLMD 8005
DLPnotes by Sally-Ann WorsfoldDJM DJLMD 8008= DJD 28008
DLPTrip TLP-9511
= Black Label 2002 (19??)
Mel 7011 (US 197?)
Mamlish S-3800 (US 197?)
Mamlish Records discography
notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 176 (Denmark 1975)
notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville SLP 840
Trio PA-3120M (Jp 1976)
Columbia 13211
Harlem Hitparade HHP 5014 (US 1977)= Softparade Records HHP 5014
= Soul Parade HHP 5014
= Pickwick
notes by Bob KoesterDelmark DL 640 (US 1977)
= Delmark CD DD-640
Trip LP 1650
Trip Oldies TR-102
Vivid Sound / Globe VIP 5004M (Jp 1980)
7 inch 45 rpm EP Charly CTD 126 (UK 1980)
United US-7743
notes by Ray ToppingAce CH 31 (UK 1981)
notes by Dave Kelly Charly CRB 1008 (UK 1981)
notes by Alan Balfour Charly CRB 1017 (UK 3/1981)
7 inch 45 rpm EPSpinning Top STOP 5 ("Sweden" UK 1994)
* Little Johnny Jones, voc
notes by Ray Topping Ace CH 68 (UK 1983)
notes by Adrian OwlettBlue Moon BMLP 1008 (UK 1983)
notes by Robert Scherl= Intermedia Quicksilver QS 5034 (US 1984)
= SRI Jazz CD (1999)
notes by Martin van Olderen Oldie Blues OL 2825 (NL 1983)
(=) P-Vine PCD 2184 (Jp 1990) "Nelson Street Blues"
notes by Ted Carroll Ace CH 112 (UK 1984)
Topline TOP120
notes by Cliff White Charly CRB 1070 (UK 4/1984)
notes by Dick ShurmanRelic 1021 (US 1984)
(=) Relic CD 7097 (US 1990) "The Last Sessions" (February 13 & 21, 1963)
Deja Vu DVLP2035 (It 1985)
3 LP set P-Vine PLP-6005/6006/6007 (Jp 1985)
Mid-South NR-15901 (US 1985)
[be warned - it ain't ;-]
Castle Showcase SHLP 140 (UK)
notes by Alan BalfourCharly CD 34 (UK 1986)
DLP = Ariro ??? (Spain 1991)
Chess/Vogue CD 600119 (Fr 1986)
DLPP-Vine PLP 6101/02 (Jp 1986)
= P-Vine PCD-5461 (Jp) "New York On Fire"
2 LP setAtlantic 7-81695-1part of "Atlantic Blues: Guitar, Piano, Vocalists, Chicago" (8 LP box)Atlantic 7-81713-1
4 CD set(=) Atlantic CD 82309 (US 1990) "Atlantic Blues: Guitar, Piano, Vocalists, Chicago"
Crown GEM 003 (UK 1986)
notes by Malcolm Jones Ace CH 192 (UK 1987)
notes by Malcolm Jones (=) Flair / Virgin 0777 786257-2 (US 1991)
Chess CHD-31316
Ace CHA 232 (UK/Germany 1988)
Blue City 2662711 (Germany 1988)
= Route 16 CD9005 (1988)
Collectables COL-5112 (US 198?)
notes by George A. Moonoogian= Collectables CD (US 2006)
Charly CD 180 tracks - Stranger Blues (FB 301) - Anna Lee (FB 302) - So Unkind - Bobby's Rock - Sunnyland Train - Find My Kinda Woman - Twelve Year Old Boy - Stranger Blues (alt tk) # - My Kind Of Woman - Mean Mistreatin' Mama - Hand In Hand [take 3] - I Can't Stop Lovin' You - My Baby's Gone - She Done Moved - Make My Dreams Come True - I'm Worried - My Bleeding Heart # - Look On Yonder Wall # - Early One Morning # - Strange Angels # - It Hurts Me Too # - Everyday I Have The Blues # - I Have A Right To Love My Baby # - Standing At The Crossroads #
# on LP resp. CD only
notes by Norman DarwenCharly CRB 1212 (UK 1989)
= Peerless PEE-20072-8 (Mexico)
(=) Charly CD 180
Collectables COL-5184 (US 1989)
Collectables COL-5185 (US 1989)
Collectables COL-5186 (US 1989)
notes by George A. Moonoogian Collectables COL-5187 (US 1989)
= Collectables COL-CD-5187 (US 1990)
Collectables 3351 (US 198?)
Style LP STYRL007
= Style CD STYRD007
# rec. 1961 in New Orlans; Sam Myers, voc. hca; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p; Elmore James, g; Sammy Lee Bully, b; King Mose, dr; previously unissued
Charly CRB 1208 (UK 1989)
CD tracks: - Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King - She Moves Me - Johnny Guitar Watson - Sufferin' Mind - Guitar Slim - I'll Get Along Somehow - Frankie Lee Sims - Blues Serenade - Babyface Turner - On My Way Back Home - Flash Terry - Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker - Sitting Here Thinking - T-Bone Walker - Problem Child - Mercy Dee Walton - Lonesome Old Feeling - Bumble Bee Slim # - I Tried - Young Wolf # - Cotton Picker - Chuck Higgins & The Mellotones # - Wild Hop - Pee Wee Crayton # - Worried About My Baby - Howling Wolf - Tavern Lounge Boogie - Eddie Guitar Burns - Believe I'll Change Towns - Smokey Hogg - Too Many Drivers - Lowell Fulson - Yesterday - Clifton Chenier - Lonesome Dog Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins - Hard Times - Johnny Fuller - Riding Mighty High - Floyd Dixon - Please Find My Baby (alt tk aka Lost Woman Blues) - Elmore James # CD bonus tracks
notes by Ted Carroll Ace CH 276 (UK 1989)
Ace CD 276
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)
3 CD set P-Vine PCD-2180/2181/2182 (Jp 1990)
= P-Vine PCD-2889/2890/2891 (Jp 2003) "The Sky Is Crying" The Legendary Fire / Enjoy Sessions
notes by Marc Ryan Acoustic Archives AA-702, North San Juan, CA ("Trumpet Records")
= Alligator ALCD 2702 (US 1993)
notes by Norman Darwen Charly CD RED 36 (UK 1991)
notes by Pete WeldingTomato R2-70389 (US 1991)= Tomato 700722 (UK)
= Rhino RHCD 70389 (US)
4 CD box setnotes by Les Fancourt Charly CD RED Box4 (UK 1992)
2 CD box setnotes by Diana Haig, Bobby Robison, Sam Myers, Chris Morris & Phil WaldenCapricorn 9 42006-2 (US 1992)
notes by Dick Shurman Relic CD 7026 (US 1992)
Relic CD 7040 (US 1992)
Rhino R2 71190 (US 1993)
P-Vine PCD-1883 (Jp 1993)
3 CD setnotes (40-pp. booklet) by Ray Topping Flair / Ace ABOXCD 4 (UK 1993)
= Ace ABOXCD 4 (UK 2007)
2 CD set Capricorn 9 42009-2 (US 1993)
notes (December 1969) by Frank Scott Kent KST-9004 (1st release, gatefold cover) (US 1969)"The names on the album were invented [by Frank Scott and Bruce Bromberg] because Joe Bihari would not issue an album with "unknown artist" listed on it." "Joe Bihari was so certain that [Leroy] Simpson were John Lee Hooker, that Hooker's name appears on the front cover [...]. The reissue team prevailed in at least giving a fictional name to the artist in the track listing on the back cover." (from Jim O'Neal's notes to Ace CD 2310) Kent KST-9004 (2nd release, no gatefold) (US 1969/70?) = United Superior US-7781 (US 197?)notes by Frank Scott = Musidisc 30 AB 5604 (Fr 1976)
Kent KST-9004 (2nd release, no gatefold) (US 1969/70?)
= United Superior US-7781 (US 197?)
notes by Frank Scott = Musidisc 30 AB 5604 (Fr 1976)
(=) P-Vine PCD-3038 (Jp 1994) "Anthology of the Blues Vol. 3"
Anthology ... discographyLane Hardin discographyWoodrow Adams discography
booklet by Tony Russell Orbis BLU NC 017 (1994)
4 CD set with 44-pp. bookletCharly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
Intercontinental CD 1046
3 CD box setnotes by Les Fancourt Charly CPBox 301 (UK 1997)
= Charly SNAJ 722
BMG International
P-Vine PVCP-8210 (Jp 2001)
P-Vine PCD-23548 (Jp 2004)
2 CD boxsetnotes by Michael HeatlyNot Now Music NOT2CD310 (UK 2009)
Collectables COL 1407 (US 2009)
Arthur Crudup discography
2 CD setnotes by Tony RounceAce CD TOP2 1382 (UK 11/2011)
Tony Rounce @acerecords.co.uk
2 CD set Great Voices Of The Century GVC 2039 (2014)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)
I herewith confessthat I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilationcontaining only one (or two ;-) Elmore James track(s) !!!
thanks to Alan Balfour, Alex van der Tuuk, Phil Wight, Falcon Jennings, William E Donoghue, Jean-Marie Juif, Paul Garon, Scott Dirks, John Burton, Steve Franz, Gerrit Robs, Benoît Brière, Patrick Banino, Jim Clay, Michael Frank, Dave Penny and Jesse Birdsall for additional info / scans
Elmore James late 1930ssource: Blues & Rhythm 120 (June 1997), p. 4 ("Photo courtesy Patrick Le Blanc and the Estate of Elmore James")a bit photoshop amended by Stefan Wirz Elmore James (left) & Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller), Chicago, c. 1953source: www.jeffersonbluesmag.com/artiklar/853-james-elmore-74 ("Courtesy Living Blues/Yannick Bruynoghe collection") Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Earl Phillips [not Tommy McClennan]***, Little Walter; Chicago prob. 1953photo Big Bill Broonzy, courtesy Yannick Bruynoghe; source: Soul Bag 94 (May-June 1983), p. 28*** as was found out by Scott Dirks asking Jody Williams (who was there when it happened ;-) Elmore James & Band; Chicago, 1956source: Elmore James at Silvio's, Chicago, December 1957 / January 1958 photographer: Yannick Bruynoghe Elmore James at Silvio's, Chicago, December 1957 / January 1958source: Internet (Ole Miss University, photo on the right published in Living Blues #55 (Winter 1982-83), p. 12); photographer: Yannick Bruynoghe Unknown [not J.T. Brown, as claimed by some!] & Elmore Jamessource: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/blues/; photographer's name not given[this photo has been in the possession of Oliver Davis who owned the Delta Fish Marketin Chicago, given to him by the "Unknown" on the left]has been photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz Elmore James with unknown admirersource: David Harrison: Die Legenden des Blues - Eine Hommage in Bildern.- Königswinter, Germany (HEEL-Verlag) 1995, p. 69date & photographer's name unknown (courtesy of Bill Greensmith)another source: Steve Franz: The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James.- Tucson, AZ (Bluesource Publications) 2003photo pp. between pp. 133 and 134 ("courtesy Blues Unlimited") Elmore James, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Front cover of Soul Bag #94 (May 1983); photographer: Jacques Demêtre... holding French magazine JAZZ HOT n° 132 (May 1958) Elmore James on front and back cover of Soul Bag #94 (May 1983)photographer: Jacques Demêtre Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959 photographer: Jacques Demêtre Sunnyland Slim, Homesick James (Williamson) & Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 43; photographer: Jacques Demêtre Homesick James (Williamson) & Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 164; photographer: Jacques Demêtre Homesick James (Williamson) & Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 37; photographer: Jacques Demêtre Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 38; photographer: Jacques Demêtre Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, 1959source: Back cover of Soul Bag #94 (May 1983); photographer: Jacques Demêtre "Elmore James with manager Casey Walker and two lady friends" [caption in "Voyage au Pays du Blues"!]at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Ace 3 CD set ABOXCD 4 (1993) booklet, p. 23; photographer: Jacques DemêtreA cropped colored version of this photo has been published on the back cover of Soul Bag #94 (May 1983)A slightly cropped b/w rendition of this photo has been published in Jacques Demêtre's & Marcel Chauvard's book "Voyage au Pays du Blues" (1994), p. 143The initials "J.H." on the front head of the bass drum in the background most likely belong to the drummer playing with Elmore Jameson the night that photo has been taken: Henry "Sneaky Joe" Harris J.T. Brown, Boyd Atkins & Elmore James, November 1959source: Blues Unlimited #116 (November/December 1975), p. 26photographer: Georges Adins Elmore James at Thelma's Lounge, Chicago, November 1959 photographer: Georges Adins Big Bill Hill (disc jockey), Homesick James, J.T. Brown, Elmore James, Cassell Burrowat Thelma's Lounge, Chicago, November 1959diverse internet sources; photographer: Georges Adinsphotoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz Elmore James post mortem photosource: 2008 eBay auction of that photo offered (along with other E.J. memorabilia) by a nephew of Elmore James' wife Mattie From the auction description: "In May of 2005 my aunt Mattie James Grandberry died as the victim of a horrific crime. She was brutally murdered by a woman (Barbara Cummings) who she allowed to live with while she got back on her feet. After her death I had the responsibility of cleaning the house while the family decided what to do it. At that time family members told me that prior to her last Marriage to a Minister and Pastor W.A. Grandberry my aunt in her youth had been married a famous blues singer named Elmore James. At the time I had no knowledge of Elmore James so I decided just to find and gather what I could and would do some research later. Months after the funeral I began to do some internet research and discovered the extent of Elmore James music career and his influence on the blues and rock n roll era. After researching and reading Steve Franz's book 'The Amazing secret life of Elmore James' I found not only was my aunt the widow of a pioneering blues legend my family knew all about it but the rest of the world knew nothing. When I asked my family why, the answer was simple. Aunt Matt wanted to be known as the wife and widow of a preacher not a blues singer. The items for auction are as follows: - Elmore James 'Genuine, Original' Naval Discharge! - Elmore and Mattie James Marriage Certificate! - The last picture taken of Elmore James in His casket at the gravesite immediately before he was buried! - Veterans Administration correspondence between Mattie and the VA while she described her relationship with her husband while applying for benefits. (She received benefits from being his widow until 1977 when she remarried.) These forms mention Elmore's first wife Minnie Mae Carter and his parents Joe Willie James and Leora Brooks Randoll. - A certified copy of Elmore James' death certificate dated 1973." Elmore James' Death Certificatesource: http://thehoundblog.blogspot.de/2010/10/elmore-james.htmlthe death certificate states - erroneously - that Elmore James is buried in a local cemetery in Durant, Holmes County, MS Elmore James' Grave at the Newport Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery near Ebenezer, Holmes County, Mississippisource: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5766photographer: Jeff Buchwald Elmore James Bobblehead (made in the 1990s)
Elmore James (left) & Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller), Chicago, c. 1953source: www.jeffersonbluesmag.com/artiklar/853-james-elmore-74 ("Courtesy Living Blues/Yannick Bruynoghe collection")
Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Earl Phillips [not Tommy McClennan]***, Little Walter; Chicago prob. 1953photo Big Bill Broonzy, courtesy Yannick Bruynoghe; source: Soul Bag 94 (May-June 1983), p. 28*** as was found out by Scott Dirks asking Jody Williams (who was there when it happened ;-)
Elmore James & Band; Chicago, 1956source:
Elmore James at Silvio's, Chicago, December 1957 / January 1958source: Internet (Ole Miss University, photo on the right published in Living Blues #55 (Winter 1982-83), p. 12); photographer: Yannick Bruynoghe
Unknown [not J.T. Brown, as claimed by some!] & Elmore Jamessource: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/blues/; photographer's name not given[this photo has been in the possession of Oliver Davis who owned the Delta Fish Marketin Chicago, given to him by the "Unknown" on the left]has been photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz
Elmore James with unknown admirersource: David Harrison: Die Legenden des Blues - Eine Hommage in Bildern.- Königswinter, Germany (HEEL-Verlag) 1995, p. 69date & photographer's name unknown (courtesy of Bill Greensmith)another source: Steve Franz: The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James.- Tucson, AZ (Bluesource Publications) 2003photo pp. between pp. 133 and 134 ("courtesy Blues Unlimited")
Elmore James, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Front cover of Soul Bag #94 (May 1983); photographer: Jacques Demêtre... holding French magazine JAZZ HOT n° 132 (May 1958)
Sunnyland Slim, Homesick James (Williamson) & Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 43; photographer: Jacques Demêtre
Homesick James (Williamson) & Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 164; photographer: Jacques Demêtre
Homesick James (Williamson) & Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 37; photographer: Jacques Demêtre
Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 38; photographer: Jacques Demêtre
Elmore James at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, 1959source: Back cover of Soul Bag #94 (May 1983); photographer: Jacques Demêtre "Elmore James with manager Casey Walker and two lady friends" [caption in "Voyage au Pays du Blues"!]at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Ace 3 CD set ABOXCD 4 (1993) booklet, p. 23; photographer: Jacques DemêtreA cropped colored version of this photo has been published on the back cover of Soul Bag #94 (May 1983)A slightly cropped b/w rendition of this photo has been published in Jacques Demêtre's & Marcel Chauvard's book "Voyage au Pays du Blues" (1994), p. 143The initials "J.H." on the front head of the bass drum in the background most likely belong to the drummer playing with Elmore Jameson the night that photo has been taken: Henry "Sneaky Joe" Harris
"Elmore James with manager Casey Walker and two lady friends" [caption in "Voyage au Pays du Blues"!]at Charlie's Lounge, 1811 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, September(/October?) 1959source: Ace 3 CD set ABOXCD 4 (1993) booklet, p. 23; photographer: Jacques DemêtreA cropped colored version of this photo has been published on the back cover of Soul Bag #94 (May 1983)A slightly cropped b/w rendition of this photo has been published in Jacques Demêtre's & Marcel Chauvard's book "Voyage au Pays du Blues" (1994), p. 143The initials "J.H." on the front head of the bass drum in the background most likely belong to the drummer playing with Elmore Jameson the night that photo has been taken: Henry "Sneaky Joe" Harris
J.T. Brown, Boyd Atkins & Elmore James, November 1959source: Blues Unlimited #116 (November/December 1975), p. 26photographer: Georges Adins
Big Bill Hill (disc jockey), Homesick James, J.T. Brown, Elmore James, Cassell Burrowat Thelma's Lounge, Chicago, November 1959diverse internet sources; photographer: Georges Adinsphotoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz
Elmore James post mortem photosource: 2008 eBay auction of that photo offered (along with other E.J. memorabilia) by a nephew of Elmore James' wife Mattie From the auction description: "In May of 2005 my aunt Mattie James Grandberry died as the victim of a horrific crime. She was brutally murdered by a woman (Barbara Cummings) who she allowed to live with while she got back on her feet. After her death I had the responsibility of cleaning the house while the family decided what to do it. At that time family members told me that prior to her last Marriage to a Minister and Pastor W.A. Grandberry my aunt in her youth had been married a famous blues singer named Elmore James. At the time I had no knowledge of Elmore James so I decided just to find and gather what I could and would do some research later. Months after the funeral I began to do some internet research and discovered the extent of Elmore James music career and his influence on the blues and rock n roll era. After researching and reading Steve Franz's book 'The Amazing secret life of Elmore James' I found not only was my aunt the widow of a pioneering blues legend my family knew all about it but the rest of the world knew nothing. When I asked my family why, the answer was simple. Aunt Matt wanted to be known as the wife and widow of a preacher not a blues singer. The items for auction are as follows: - Elmore James 'Genuine, Original' Naval Discharge! - Elmore and Mattie James Marriage Certificate! - The last picture taken of Elmore James in His casket at the gravesite immediately before he was buried! - Veterans Administration correspondence between Mattie and the VA while she described her relationship with her husband while applying for benefits. (She received benefits from being his widow until 1977 when she remarried.) These forms mention Elmore's first wife Minnie Mae Carter and his parents Joe Willie James and Leora Brooks Randoll. - A certified copy of Elmore James' death certificate dated 1973." Elmore James' Death Certificatesource: http://thehoundblog.blogspot.de/2010/10/elmore-james.htmlthe death certificate states - erroneously - that Elmore James is buried in a local cemetery in Durant, Holmes County, MS Elmore James' Grave at the Newport Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery near Ebenezer, Holmes County, Mississippisource: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5766photographer: Jeff Buchwald Elmore James Bobblehead (made in the 1990s)
Elmore James' Death Certificatesource: http://thehoundblog.blogspot.de/2010/10/elmore-james.htmlthe death certificate states - erroneously - that Elmore James is buried in a local cemetery in Durant, Holmes County, MS Elmore James' Grave at the Newport Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery near Ebenezer, Holmes County, Mississippisource: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5766photographer: Jeff Buchwald Elmore James Bobblehead (made in the 1990s)