Illustrated Skip James discography

Skip James at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival
source: "The Swamper"'s (Wayne T 'Tom' Helfrich) flickr photostream
at http://www.flickr.com/... ("courtesy of John Blackie"
photographer: Lawrence Shustack Skip James
Nehemiah Curtis James
b. June 9, 1902 on Woodbine Plantation near Bentonia, Mississippi
d. October 3, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
buried at Merion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, PA
discography
Skip James at Washington Square Park
(half covert on the left: Mississippi John Hurt)
source: https://media.gettyimages.com/...
photographer: Bernard Gotfryd

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

1931

Skip James

- Cherry Ball Blues (L-748-2) @ youtube
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues (L-752-2) @ youtube

rec. c. February 1931 in Grafton, WI; Skip James, voc, g

78 Quarterly # 6: 2 known copies

Paramount 13065

1931

Skip James

- 22-20 Blues (L-765-1) @ youtube
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road (L-766-1) @ youtube

rec. c. February 1931 in Grafton, WI; Skip James, voc, p

78 Quarterly # 6: between 5 and 10 known copies

Paramount 13066 (US 1931)

later (1934?) repressed by the Scranton Button Company ("ARC pressing"), they have the master number with a take listed with a dash

= Champion 50031 (US 193?)

1931

Skip James

- Illinois Blues (L-749-1) @ youtube
- Yola My Blues Away (L-753-1) @ youtube

rec. c. February 1931 in Grafton, WI; Skip James, voc, g

78 Quarterly # 6: 2 known copies

Paramount 13072

1931

Skip James

- How Long "Buck" (L-761-1) @ youtube
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues (L-763-1) @ youtube

rec. c. February 1931 in Grafton, WI; Skip James, voc, p

78 Quarterly # 6: 2, maybe 3 known copies

Paramount 13085

1931

Skip James

- Devil Got My Woman (L-746-1) @ youtube
- Cypress Grove Blues (L-747-2) @ youtube

rec. c. February 1931 in Grafton, WI; Skip James, voc, g

78 Quarterly # 6: 8 known copies

Paramount 13088

1931

Skip James

- I'm So Glad (L-759-1) @ youtube
- Special Rider Blues (L-760-2) @ youtube

rec. c. February 1931 in Grafton, WI; Skip James, voc, g

78 Quarterly # 6: 2 known copies

Paramount 13098

1931

Skip James

- Hard Luck Child (L-751-2) @ youtube
- 4 O'clock Blues (L-750-1) @ youtube

rec. c. February 1931 in Grafton, WI; Skip James, voc, g

78 Quarterly # 6: 4 known copies

Paramount 13106

1931

Skip James

- Be Ready When He Comes (L-755-1, -2) @ youtube
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader (L-754-1) @ youtube

rec. c. February 1931 in Grafton, WI; Skip James, voc, g

78 Quarterly # 6: 3 known copies

Paramount 13108

1931

Skip James

- Drunken Spree (L-758-2) @ youtube
- What Am I To Do (L-764-1) # @ youtube

rec. c. February 1931 in Grafton, WI; Skip James, voc, g, # p

78 Quarterly # 6: 1 known copy

Paramount 13111

1944?
1948?

Skip James (p, voc)
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues [Paramount 13085]
Jabo Williams (p, voc)
- Fat Mamma Blues * [Paramount 13130]

* rec. c. March 1932 in Grafton, WI

from Paramount test-pressings
"The first country blues to be reissued for the white collector's market"

10 inch 78rpm

Steiner-Davis SD 110

LP / CD compilations

1962

Really! The Country Blues 1927-1933

@ youtube (full album)

Tommy Johnson - Maggie Campbell Blues
William Moore - Old Country Rock
Son House - My Black Mama, Parts 1 and 2
Sunny Boy and His Pals - France Blues
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman
Ishman Bracey - Woman Woman Blues

Sam Collins - The Jail House Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams - Touch Me Light Mama
Henry Sims - Tell Me Man Blues
Buster Johnson - Undertaker Blues
Henry Thomas - Don't Ease Me In
Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues - part 1
Garfield Akers - Cottonfield Blues - part 2

compiled by Bill Givens; edited by Pete Whelan; lyrics transcribed by Bill Givens and David Evans

Rory Block: "Stefan [Grossman] gave me a record called 'Really The Country Blues' and that was the beginning of my love affair with the music".

insert brochure notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow

Origin Jazz Library OJL 2 (US 1962, 1st ed.)

notes by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 2

notes by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan on three stapled A4 copy sheets

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 2

= Soundmark 48172 (2011, download only)

OJL Records discography

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

Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1963)also delivered with labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions plus leaflet "The Mississippi Blues")

Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 196?) on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions)

= Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1966) on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

= Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (180g repro 2018)

OJL Records discography

1960

The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby
Sleepy John Estes - Sloppy Drunk Blues [= "Milk Cow Blues"]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble °°
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic!] Blues
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway

Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51
Lightnin' Hopkins - Penitentiary Blues °°
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [on back cover: "Drive"]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go Home With Me °°
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads

LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor
Furry Lewis - John Henry
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Furry Lewis - Warm Up
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
Furry Lewis - Casey Jones
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
John Hurt - Frankie
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues

Bert Bilbro - Mohana Blues °°
Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind
Arthur Crudup- Mean Old Frisco
Brownie McGhee- Sportin' Life Blues
Virgil Perkins - [Washboard] Solo
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round
Ham Gravy - Mama Don't 'Low It
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway

compiled by Samuel B. Charters
"The Material is in part from unissued material in the author's collection, in part from material on the author's Folkways releases, and in part from early blues recordings."

RF-202 features only extracts of most of the recordings!
°° tracks not on RF-202 (X) (1964)

Moochie Reeves track rec. July 1954 in Mobile, AL; previously unissued and from Samuel B. Charters' collection

2 LP boxed set
notes (8-page booklet) by Samuel B. Charters

same front cover as RF-202(X) (1964), but with more reddish lettering

notes captioned "RBF RECORDS album No. RF 202 Copyright © 1960"

RBF RF-202 (US 1960)

(=) RBF RF-202 (X) (1964)

RBF discography

13a

1964

The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It (1:20) [RBF 202, Wolf 120.920] @ youtube
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues [OKeh 8740]
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late [Vocalion 03623]
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues [aka "Sloppy Drunk Blues", Victor V38614]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues [Gold Star 638]
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic] Blues [OKeh 05657]
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky [Bluebird B8858]
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway [Decca 7707]

Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues [Decca 7026]
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord [Columbia 14520-D]
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51 [Bluebird B8499]
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day [Victor 21474]
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It (0:34) [previously unissued]
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [Columbia 14305-D]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues [Columbia 14473-D]
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida [rec. January 16, 1959, Folkways FS 3822] @ youtube (3:17)
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads [aka "Cross Road Blues", Vocalion 03519]

LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor (0:57) [rec. January 16, 1959, previously unissued] @ youtube
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [Columbia 14303-D]
Furry Lewis - Warm Up [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing [OKeh 05625]
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues [Columbia 14194-D]
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama [Columbia 14632-D]
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues [Paramount 12219]
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues [Paramount 13085]
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues [Vocalion 1435]

Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp [OKeh 05538]
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues [Victor V38589]
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]
Arthur Crudup - Mean Old Frisco [Bluebird 34-0704]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [Alert 401]
Virgil Perkins - [washboard] Solo [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round (1:27) [previously unissued]
Ham Gravy (= Washboard Sam) - Mama Don't Love It [aka "Mama Don't Allow, No. 1", Vocalion 03275]
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway (3:11) [previously unissued] @ youtube

"All original recordings are included in their entirety" (RBF notes), while the previously unissued tracks (Charters' "field recordings") all seem to be cut short, "some without the courtesy of a proper fadeout, some of the cuts occur mid-stanza" (Charles Radcliffe review in Blues Unlimited 30, pp. 20-21)

2 LP boxed set
notes (8-page booklet) by Samuel B. Charters

originally issued with same front and back cover as RF-202 (1960) but with orange lettering
RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1964)

later issued with addition "All original recordings are included in their entirety" on back cover
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)

= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)

= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1966?)

2 LP boxed set
(abbreviated) notes by Samuel B. Charters

= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966)

DLP gatefold
notes by Samuel B. Charters

= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966?)

= Fontana 982.099

2 x CDr
notes by Samuel B. Charters

= Smithsonian CD RF 202 (US 2012)

RBF discography
XTRA Records discography

- Devil Got My Woman (4:52) [Vanguard VCD2-77005] @ youtube

rec. July 25, 1964 (afternoon "Blues Workshop") live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI; Skip James, voc, g

originally unissued

- All Night Long
- Broke & Hungry
- I'm So Glad
- Bad Whiskey
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Catfish
- Goin' Away To Stay
- Crow Jane
- Devil Got My Woman
- She Lyin' [Sea Lion]
- Drunken Spree
- Black Gal
- Illinois Blues
- Worried Blues
- Look Down The Road

rec. August 13 & 20, 1964 at Adelphi Studios in Silver Springs, Md. by John Fahey, Bill Barth & ED Denson; engineer: Gene Rosenthal; Skip James, voc, g
rec. 1964 live at the Ontario Place Coffee House in Washington, D.C. by Gene Rosenthal; Skip James, voc, g

unissued

Genes GCD 9901 (1993)

- All Night Long
- Rock Island Blues
- Little Boy, How Old Are You
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Black Gal
- Little Cow And Calf
- How Long Blues
- Vicksburg Blues
- Lazy Bones
- Walking The Sea
- 22-20 Blues
- Special Rider Blues #

rec. October 29/30, 1964 in Cambridge, Ma.; Skip James, voc, p; # unknown g

unissued

Genes GCD 9910 (1996)

1964

Skip James

- Four O'Clock Blues (L-756A)
- How Long Blues (L-764A)

rec. November 1964 in Boston by Bernard Klatzko; Skip James, voc, p

Herwin 92402

Document DOCD 5149

Herwin Records discography

1964

Skip James

- Drunken Spree (L-758A)
- Illinois Blues (L-757A)

rec. November 1964 in Boston by Bernard Klatzko; Skip James, voc, g

Herwin 92403

Document DOCD 5149

Herwin Records discography

1965

Blues at Newport 1964 - Part 2

Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Bye And Bye I Will See Jesus
- Talking Casey
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (3:23) #
- Cherry Ball Blues #
- Sick Bed Blues #
- Cypress Grove Blues #

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son
Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train
- Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie
Willie Doss
- Coal Black Mare
- I Had A Woman
- Hobo Blues

# rec. July 23-26, 1964 live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI; Skip James, voc, g

Vanguard VRS 9181 (mono)
= VSD 79181 (stereo)

2 CD set

King/Vanguard KICP 2118/9 (Jp 1991) "The Blues at Newport 1964 part 1 and 2"

Newport Folk Festival discography

11/1965

Skip James: Greatest Of The Delta Blues Singers

- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Sick Bed Blues
- Washington D. C. Hospital Center Blues
- Devil Got My Woman

- Illinois Blues
- I Don't Want A Woman To Stay Out All Night Long
- Cherry Ball Blues
- All Night Long

rec. "16. Dec. 1964" ("first session since 1931") in Falls Church, VA [Calt (1994): "The sessions (held at Spottwood's home) were formally completed on July 28, 1965."]; prod. by Dick Spottswood and Louisa Spottswood
cover drawing by Bob O'Connell from a photo by Pete Grant

notes by Ed Morris

Melodeon MLP 7321 (US 11/1965)

= Storyville SLP 185
= Storyville 670.185 (Denmark 1967)

notes by Ed Morris

Melodeon MLP 7321 ("Biograph" reissue 197?)

(=) Biograph CD 30169 (US 1992)

(=) Biograph CD 30169 (US 2003)

= Sutro Park SP-1019 (US 2012)

= Sutro Park SP-1019 (US 2016)

Melodeon Records discography
Storyville Records discography
Biograph Records discography

1965

A Tribute to Skip James - Volume One

- I Don't Want A Woman To Stay Out All Night Long
- All Night Long
- Worried Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues

- Catfish
- Motherless And Fatherless
- Drunken Spree
- Illinois Blues

rec. Falls Church, Va., "16. Dec. 1964" [Calt (1994): "The sessions (held at Spottwood's home) were formally completed on July 28, 1965."]

Biograph BLP-12016

Biograph CD 122 (1992)

Biograph CD 30169
(2003)

Biograph Records discography

1965

Country Blues Encores 1927-1935

Ishman Bracey
- Saturday Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
Henry Sims
- Farrell Blues
Rube Lacey
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan
Jaybird Coleman
- Man Trouble Blues
John Byrd
- Old Timbrook Blues
Skip James
- I'm So Glad

Red Hot Old Man Mose
- Molly Man
Garfield Akers
- Jumpin And Shoutin Blues
Charlie Jordan
- Keep It Clean
Bill Wilber
- My Babe, My Babe
The Mississippi Moaner
- It's Cold In China Blues
Big Bill and Thomps
- House Rent Stomp
Sunny Boy and His Pals
- Don't You Leave Me Here
Bill Moore
- One Way Gal

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow

Origin Jazz Library OJL 8

OJL Records discography

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)

1966

Skip James: Today!

- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
- Crow Jane
- Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Drunken Spree
- Cherryball

- How Long #
- All Night Long
- Cypress Grove
- Look Down the Road
- My Gal
- I'm So Glad

rec. January 9/10, 1966 in New York City; Skip James, voc, g; # Russ Savakus, b

Vanguard VSD 79219 (US)
= Vanguard SVRL 19001 (UK 1967)

Vanguard VMLP 5310 (1988)

= Vanguard CD 79219-2 (1991)

Cream: Fresh Cream.- Mercury / Polydor
(rec. July, Aug., Sept. 1966, rel. UK Dec. 1966, US Jan. 1967)
more info

1966

In The Spirit No. 1!

Bukka White - I Am In The Heavenly Way
Skip James - Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
Charlie Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
Blind Joe Taggart - The Storm Is Passing Over
Patton and Lee - Oh Death
Rev. D.C. Rice - No Night There
McIntorsh and Edwards - Take A Stand
Elder Richard Bryant - Watch Ye, Therefore, You Know Not The Day

Rev. F.W. McGee - He Is The Saviour For Me
Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers - Sinner, I'd Make A Change
Rev. D.C. Rice - Sure Foundation
Blind Mamie Forehand - Honey In The Rock
Duckett and Norwood - I Want To Go Where Jesus Is
Mother McCollum - When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
Alfred G. Karnes - I Am Bound For The Promised Land
Washington Phillips - I Had A Good Father And Mother

front cover photo by Ann Charters

broschure notes (for Nos. 1 & 2) by Bernard Klatzko & Gayle Dean Wardlowlater: new notes (leaflet) by Pete Welding
later
Origin Jazz Library OJL 12 (US 1966 ff.)

notes by Pete Welding

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 12 (US 19??)

OJL Records discography

1966
~~1967~~

Living Legends
Son House, Skip James, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams

- Levee Camp Moan (100800) (7:28) - Son House @ youtube
- Black Bottom (100801) (3:56) - Bukka White
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues (100802) (3:34) - Bukka White
- Whiskey-Headed Woman (100803) (1:40) - Big Joe Williams

- Devil Got My Woman (100804) (6:08) - Skip James
- I'm So Glad (100805) (2:18) - Skip James
- So Soon (100806) (2:26) - Big Joe Williams
- Somebody Evil (100807) (2:56) - Big Joe Williams
- Thunderbird Blues (100808) (4:28) - Bukka White
- Poor Boy (100809) (2:56) - Bukka White

rec. November 24-27, 1965 (!) live at Howard Solomon's Cafe Au Go Go in New York City ("The Blues Bag" event over Thanksgiving week); prod. by Jerry Schoenbaum
rec. neither November 24-27, 1966 (as the liner notes do claim) nor August 9, 1966 (as Fancourt & McGrath 2012 - for whatever reason - tell us)!

front cover photographs by David Gahr

notes by Brian Van der Horst

Verve Folkways FT-3010 (mono) identical back cover for FT-3010 (mono) and FTS-3010 (stereo)

Verve Folkways FTS-3010 (stereo) identical back cover for FT-3010 (mono) and FTS-3010 (stereo)

= Verve Folkways FVS 9504 (Germany 1966) (stereo)

LP must have been released in 1966 (not 1967, as some sources claim!), because it has been mentioned in Billboard as follows:

Billboard November 5, 1966, p. 62

Billboard December 24, 1966, p. 36

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 RL-302 (Austria 1967, 1st pressing) [line of front cover text in black]

Roots RL-302 (Austria 1968, 2nd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]

Roots RL-302 (Austria 19??, 3rd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]

= autogram/Roots RL-302 (Germany 2013)

Roots Records discography

1967

Mississippi Blues Vol. 2

Charley Patton
- Prayer Of Death, pts. 1 & 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Lord, I'm Discouraged
- Love My Stuff
- Hank It On The Wall
- 34 Blues

Sam Collins
- Dark Cloudy Blues
- Pork Chop Blues
Skip James
- How Long "Buck"
- 22-20 Blues
Bukka White
- Pinebluff Arkansas
- Shake 'Em On Down
- District Attorney Blues
- Parchman Farm Blues

Roots RL-303 (1st pressing 1967) [line of cover text in black]

Roots RL-303 (2nd pressing 1968) [line of cover text in blue]

= autogram/Roots RL-303 (Germany)

Roots Records discography

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

Belzona L-1001 (US 1967)

there were specimen with "Belzona" covers and "Yazoo" labels sold!

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt] 390 East 8th St

= Yazoo L-1001 (US 1968)

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt] 54 King St

= Yazoo L-1001 (US 196?)

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt] 245 Waverly Place

= Yazoo L-1001 (US 196?)

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt] 37 E. Clinton St, Newton, NJ

= Yazoo 1001HLP (US 2011) [180g reissue LP]

Yazoo Records discography

1968

Nearer My God To Thee (1926-1942)
Sanctified Singers, Preachers & Congregations

Richard Rabbit Brown
- Sinking Of The Titanic
Sister Mary Nelson
- The Royal Telephone
Joe & Emma Taggart
- Mother's Love
Rev. F.W. McGee
- Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale
Washington Phillips
- Lift Him Up That's All
Mississippi John Hurt
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
Arizona Dranes
- Sweet Heaven Is My Home
Blind Willie Johnson
- You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond

Bozie Sturdivant
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down
Mississippi John Hurt
- Blessed Be The Mama
Rev. F.W. McGee
- With His Stripes We Are Healed
Arizona Dranes
- It's All Right Now
Blind Joe Taggart
- Religion Is Something Within You
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- He Arose From The Dead
Skip James
- Be Ready When He Comes
Barbecue Bob
- When The Saints Go Marching In

compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth (resp. Evelyn Sperker)

Roots RL-304 (Austria 1968)

autogram/Roots RL-304 (Germany ????)

Roots Records discography

1968

Skip James: Devil Got My Woman

- Good Road Camp Blues (3:47)
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blue (3:20) #
- Devil Got My Woman (5:10) @ youtube
- Look At The People Standing At The Judgement (2:58)
- Worried Blues (5:55)
- 22-20 Blues (3:50)

- Mistreating Child Blues (3:54) #
- Sickbed Blues (4:05)
- Catfish Blues (4:35)
- Lorenzo Blues (4:17)
- Careless Love (3:59) #
- Illinois Blues (3:15)

rec. March 22-24, 1967 in New York City; Skip James, voc, g, # p
photos by David Gahr

notes by Anonymous

Vanguard VSD 79273 (stereo) (US 1968)VSD 79273 reissue

original 1968 notes

= Vanguard CD VMD-79273-2 (US 1991)

The Video 1: American Folk Blues Festival 1967
Little Walter
- My Babe @ youtube
Koko Taylor
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight
- Wang Dang Doodle
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues @ youtube
Little Walter
- Untitled (actually "Little Walter's Jump") @ youtube
Skip James
- Hard Times Killing Floor
Interview with Bruce Jackson
Son House
- Death Letter Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Born With The Blues
Interview with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Rock Island Line
Interview with Horst Lippmann
Little Walter
- Mean Old World @ youtube
Hound Dog Taylor
- Shake Your Money Maker
Koko Taylor
- What Kind Of Man Is This
- Ad libitum Blues

rec. October 9, 1967 at WDR TV in Cologne, Germany
Little Walter, voc, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Bukka White, voc, g
Skip James, voc, g
Son House, voc, g
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
presentation: Siegfried Schmidt-Joos; director: Hanno Brühl

originally issued on TV only

Tropical DVD 68.364 (Germany 2008) "Legends of the American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968 &
1969"

American Folk Blues Festival discography

Hip-O DVD JHAM0263 track sequence:
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)
Roosevelt Sykes - Gulfport Boogie (1965)
Buddy Guy - Out Of Sight (1965)
Dr. Isaiah Ross - Feel So Good (1965)
Joe Turner - Flip, Flop & Fly (1966)
Skip James
- All Night Long # @ youtube
- Crow Jane # @ youtube
Bukka White
- Got Sick And Tired # @ youtube
Son House
- Death Letter Blues # @ youtube
Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter
- Wild About You Baby # @ youtube
Koko Taylor & Little Walter
- Wang Dang Doodle # @ youtube
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Stranger Blues # @ youtube
- Burnt Child (Afraid Of Fire) # @ youtube
- Gonna Move Across The River # @ youtube
Helen Humes - The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman (1962)
Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie (1969)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968)
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1968)

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 track sequence:
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) #
Skip James - All Night Long (1967) #
Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial (1963)
Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly (1966)
Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964)
Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962)
Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) #
Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) #
Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You (1967) #
Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) #
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968)
Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969)
Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969)
entire ensemble - Bye Bye Blues (1963)

# rec. October 11, 1967 at DRTV studio in Copenhagen, Denmark
Bukka White, voc, g
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Son House, voc, g
Skip James, voc, g
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
MC: Dillard Crume
photographer: Jan Persson

originally issued on TV only

Hip-O DVD JHAM0263 (US 2004) "The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Three"

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 (US 2004) "The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Two"

American Folk Blues Festival discography

1968

American Folk Blues Festival '67

Bukka White
- Aberdeen Blues
Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Dillard Crume, Odie Payne
- The Sky Is Crying @ youtube
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Rock Island Line
Son House
- Got A Letter This Morning
Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Dillard Crume, Odie Payne
- You Be So Fine

Koko Taylor
- Wang Dang Doodle
Skip James
- Hard Luck Child
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- I'm Gonna Move Across The River
Koko Taylor
- What Kind Of Man Is This
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Walk On

rec. October 15, 1967 at Kongress-Halle, Berlin, Germany
Bukka White, voc, g
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
Son House, voc, g
Little Walter, voc, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Skip James, voc, g

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (translated by Nigel Whittaker)

Fontana 885 433 TY (Germany 1968)

notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2070 (US 1990)

notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42070 (Germany 1998)

4 CD set
notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

(=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726222 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1965/1966/1967/1969"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Fontana Records discography
L+R Records discography
Bukka White discography
Hound Dog Taylor discography
Son House discography
Little Walter discography

c.1967

Rugged Piano Classics 1927-1939

Skip James
- 22-20 Blues @ youtube
Jim Clark [sic]
- Fat Fanny Stomp @ youtube
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie @ youtube
Henry Brown
- Stomp Em Down To The Bricks @ youtube
Black Diamond Twins
- Block & Tackle @ youtube
Blythe and Burton
- Block & Tackle Blues @ youtube
Blythe and Clark
- Don't Break Down @ youtube

Cow Cow Davenport
- Alabama Strut @ youtube
Sammy Brown
- The Jockey Blues @ youtube
Romeo Nelson
- Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing @ youtube
James Wiggins
- Frisco Bound @ youtube
- 44 Blues @ youtube
Jessie James
- Lonesome Day Blues @ youtube
Frank Melrose
- Pass The Jug @ youtube

notes by Tracy Nelson

Origin Jazz Library OJL 15 (US c.1967)

OJL Records discography

1968

This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix
the gospel according to ...

Rev. Dr. J. Gordon McPherson
- This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix (excerpts from sermon)
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- Old Time Religion
- I Wish I Was In Heaven
- Holy Ghost Train
- The Gamblin' Man
Fred McDowell
- Jesus Is On The Main Line
- See What My Lord Has Done
Skip James
- Let Jesus Lead You (3:10)

Jaybird Coleman
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Jordan
Sam Collins
- Devil In The Lion's Den
Rev. Moses Mason
- Go Wash In The Beautiful Stream
Washington Phillips
- You Can't Stop A Tattler
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- I Want to Be Like Jesus in My Heart
- All I Want Is That Pure Religion
- He Arose From The Dead

notes by Richard K. Spottswood

Biograph BLP 12027 (US 1971)

Biograph Records discography

1968

They Sang The Blues 1927 - 1934

Jelly Roll Anderson
- Free Women Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Alabama Blues
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues

Big Boy Cleveland
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
- Quill Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia
Furry Lewis
- Why Don't You Come Home
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Pinewood Tom (Joshua White)
- Welfare Blues
- Stormy Weather Blues

Historical ASC-22
= ASC-5829-22 (US 1968)

Historical Records discography

1968

Skip James: King Of The Delta Blues Singers
Early Blues Recordings 1931

- Throw Me Down
- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader

- Be Ready When He Comes
- Little Cow & Calf
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay
- Special Rider Blues *
- I'm So Glad *

"Recordings Dates:
All in Grafton, Wisconsin, Feb., 1931, except 'Throw Me Down' which is from a test pressing, previously unissued, bearing Skip James' name. According to the master number, the recording date is approximately Oct., 1928.
* 'Special Rider Blues' and 'I'm So Glad' were recorded December 16, 1964"

[The attribution of "Throw Me Down" to Skip James is a mistake!]

Biograph BLP-12029 (US 1968)

Biograph Records discography

1968

Mississippi Moaners 1927-1942

Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Washington White - The New 'Frisco Train
Mattie Delaney - Down The Big Road Blues
Rube Lacey - Ham Hound Crave
Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues
Uncle Bud Walker - Stand Up Suitcase Blues
Charley Patton - Devil Sent The Rain Blues

Son House - Special Rider Blues
Bobby Grant - Lonesome Atlanta Blues
Mae Glover - Gas Man Blues
Papa Harvey Hull - Two Little Tommies Blues
Joe Calicot [sic] - Traveling Mama Blues [Brunswick 7166]
The Mississippi Moaner - Mississippi Moan
Blind Willie Reynolds - Married Man Blues

notes by Brad Sweet (= Stephen Calt) "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009"

Yazoo L 1009 (US 1968) original press, cover font and small / large Yazoo logo in red; black labels

notes by Steve Calt "Yazoo Records, 54 King Street – New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L 1009 (US 1971 ff.) cover font and large Yazoo logo in orange; black and red labels

notes by Steve Calt "Yazoo Records, 54 King Street – New York, N.Y. 10014"

= Yazoo L 1009 (US 19??) cover font and small Yazoo logo in blue; black labels

notes by Steve Calt "Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014"

= Yazoo L 1009 (US 19??) cover font and small Yazoo logo in orange; peacock labels, catalog # on labels printed to the left

notes by Steve Calt "Yazoo Records, P.O Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860"

= Yazoo/Shanachie L 1009 (US early 1990s) cover font and small Yazoo logo in blue; peacock labels, catalog # on labels printed to the right

notes by Steve Calt

= Yazoo L 1009 (US 1991)

notes by Stephen Calt

= Yazoo CD 1009 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Bukka White discography
Mattie Delaney discography
Rube Lacey discography
Charley Patton discography
Son House discography
Papa Harvey Hull discography
Mississippi Joe Callicott discography
Blind Willie Reynolds discography

1969?

The Mississippi Blues No. 3: Transition, 1926-1937

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll and Tumble Blues
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm A Steady Rollin Man
- Sweet Home Chicago
Johnnie Temple
- Big Boat Whistle
Blind Joe Amos
- C & O Blues
Skip James
- Cherry Ball Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown

Big Joe Williams
- Stepfather Blues
- 49 Highway Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O Lee Blues
Mississippi Bracey
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door
- I'll Overcome Someday
Mary Butler
- Mad Dog Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
- School Girl Blues
Bertha Lee
- Mind Reader Blues

notes by David Evans

Origin Jazz Library OJL 17 (US 1969?)

OJL Records discography

1971

Skip James: In The Beginning
The Original 1930-31 Recordings

- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- Be Ready When He Comes

- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long "Buck"
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road

Spokane 901 (US 1971)

(=?) Spokane SPL 1003

Spokane Records discography

Biograph BLP 12029

1972

The Great Blues Men

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 1:
Homesick James - Set A Date
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road
Sleepy John Estes - Corinna °°
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G
Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way °°

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway
Otis Spann - Burning Fire
Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 2:
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues
Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues °°
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues
Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues °°
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby

Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
J.B. Hutto - Please Help
Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues
Ida Cox - Four Day Creep °°
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography, Vanguard 3VCD 193/95-2] @ youtube
Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World

°° not on CD

design by Jules Halfant; front cover collage by Eric Von Schmidt

Vanguard VCD 25/26:
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:44)
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road (3:05)
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old (4:55)
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:40)
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G (3:33)
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues (3:15)
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues (2:35)
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:04)
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby (2:30)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:38)
Otis Spann - Burning Fire (3:15)
Lightning Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues (5:36)
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues (2:55)
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It (3:06)
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business (3:23)
Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues (4:45)
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (4:10)
J.B. Hutto - Please Help (2:52)
Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues (2:05)
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas (3:43)
Otis Rush - It's A Mean Old World (2:22)

gatefold DLP
notes Leroy J. Pierson

Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1972)

gatefold DLP
notes Leroy J. Pierson

= Vanguard VSD 25/26 (Fr 1972)

DLP, no gatefold, but 2-pp. leaflet
notes Leroy J. Pierson

Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1986)

notes Leroy J. Pierson

(=) Vanguard VCD 25/26 (US 1988)

lots of further editions at www.discogs.com

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!"

For Specialists Only FSO-001 (Austria [Paltram/Roots] 1972)

1973?

Early Male Blues Singers - Volume 26

Blind Blake, Alex Robinson
- Doin' A Stretch
- Poker Woman Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Got The Blues
- Long Lonesome Blues
Georgia Tom Dorsey, Bob Robinson, Tampa Red
- Selling That Stuff
- Beedle Um Bum

Charlie McFadden, Dobby Bragg
- People People Blues
- Groceries On The Shelf
Dobby Bragg
- Fire Detective Blues
- Single Tree Blues
Skip James
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
- No Special Rider Blues

Blind Blake
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Tampa Bound
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Chinch Bug Blues
- Deceitful Brownskin Women
Georgia Tom Dorsey
- Second-Hand Woman Blues
- Maybe It's The Blues

St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Roosevelt Sykes, Curtis Mosby
- I Have Made Up My Mind
- Sitting Down Thinking Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
- Mr. Sykes Blues
- Highway 61 Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Big Bill Blues

DLP

Monkey MY 40.026 (Fr 1973?)

1974

Lonesome Road Blues
15 Years in the Mississippi Delta 1926 - 1941

Big Joe Williams
- Little Leg Woman
Arthur Pettis
- Good Boy Blues
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Street Walkin'
Mississippi Bracey [Bracy]
- Stered Gal [Stir It, Gal]
- Cherry Ball
Sam Collins
- My Road Is Rough And Rocky
- Lobesome Road Blues

Robert Petway
- Catfish Blues
Freddie Spruell
- Milk Cow Blues
- Tom Cat Blues
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Robert Lockwood
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Johnny Temple
- The Evil Devil Blues
The Mississippi Moaner
- It's Cold In China Blues

notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller

Yazoo L-1038

= Yazoo L-1038 (US 1974)

= Yazoo CD 1038 (1992?)

Yazoo Records discography

1974

Il Blues Rurale - Country Blues

Richard Rabbit Brown
- James Alley Blues
Blind Boy Fuller,
- Three Ball Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia
Willie Reed
- Leaving Home
Leadbelly
- See See Rider
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Pneumonia Blues
Texas Alexander
- Water Bound Blues
Black Ace
- Christmas Time Blues

Furry Lewis
- Pearlee Blues
Bessie Tucker
- Penitentiary
Sleepy John Estes
- Diving Duck Blues
Charley Patton
- High Water Everywhere
Robert Wilkins
- National Stonewall Blues
Skip James
- Cypress Grove Blues
Robert Johnson
- Hellhound On My Trail
Big Joe Williams
- Rooting Ground Hog

Albatros VPA 8187
= Albatros VC 0775 (cassette)

(=) Albatros ALB 8
3LP = VPA 8187/88/89 "Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/Urbano"

Albatros Records discography

41a

19??

Festival of American Folklife Vol. 1

Riendeau Family
- The Old Man And The Old Woman
Grandpa Jones
- Old Rattler
Chet Parker
- medley: Fisher's Hornpipe; Chicken Reel
Rodriguez Brothers
- Tambor De Yuca
Muddy Waters Blues Band
- Long Distance Call
Aliquippa Tamburitzan
- Sjaj Mjesece
Jimmy Driftwood
- What Is The Color Of The Soul Of Man

Antonio Mosquera
- Carmela Reno Con Chinto
Cajun Bands, Elton Basile
- Bosco Stomp
Bernice Reagon
- 't Ain't But Me One
Ed, G.D. And Lonnie Young
- Jim And John
The Monroe Brothers
- I Know My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out
Bill Monroe And The Blue Grass Boys
- Uncle Pen
Skip James
- Cherry Ball Blues
Turkish Cabaret Ensemble
- Cadirimin Ustune (The Top Of My Tent)
Billie And Dede Pierce And The Preservation Hall Band
- Hindustan

The Smithsonian Institution SI 100

1976

Great Bluesmen Newport

Robert Pete Williams
- Midnight Boogie (3:13) [Vanguard VRS 9180] @ youtube
- Levee Camp Blues (5:16) [Vanguard VRS 9180]
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
John Lee Hooker with Bill Lee on bass
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues

Son House
- Son's Blues (6:18) [aka "Preaching Blues"] [Vanguard VSD 79225]
- Death Letter Blues (2:50) °° [Vanguard VSD 79225]
- Pony Blues (2:30) [previously unissued] (with Mance Lipscomb, 2nd g)
Sleepy John Estes
- Mailman Blues [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180]
- Clean Up At Home [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180] @ youtube
Doc Reese
- Hey Rattler / Oh My Lord [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180]

Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta [Vanguard VRS-9145 / VSD-79145]
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Day [Vanguard VRS-9145 / VSD-79145]
Skip James
- Hard Times Killing Floor Blues [previously unissued]
- Cherry Ball Blues °° [Vanguard VRS-9181 / VSD-79181]
- Illinois Blues [previously unissued]
The Reverend Gary Davis
- Death Don't Have No Mercy [Vanguard SRV-73008]

Willie Doss
- Catfish Blues [Vanguard VRS-9182 / VSD-79182] @ youtube
- I Had A Woman [Vanguard VRS-9181 / VSD-79181]
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Lord, I'm Going Down South
- If The River Was Whiskey
Lightnin' Hopkins with Samuel Lay
- Cotten Fields Blues
- Shake That Thing

front cover drawing by Eric Von Schmidt

°° note on CD 77/78: "due to compact disc time restrictions some songs on the original album are not included in this package"

DLP
notes by Maynard Solomon

Vanguard VSD-77/78 (US 1976)

DLP
notes by Maynard Solomon

= Vanguard VSD-77/78 (Fr 1976)

= King/Vanguard LAX-155 (Jp 1976)

notes (December 1988) by Samuel Charters

(=) Vanguard CD 77/78 (US 1989) (2 LPs on 1 CD) °° "Great Bluesmen At Newport 1959-1965"

1977

Postscript 1927-1935
'hot box is on my mind' ( The Piano Blues Vol. 5)

Little Brother Montgomery
- Frisco Hi-Ball
Turner Parrish
- Trenches
Roosevelt Sykes
- 44 Blues
Mozelle Alderson
- Tight Whoopee
Sammy Brown
- Jockey Blues
Speckled Red
- Wilkins Street Stomp
Jame Robinson
- Humming Blues
Rufus & Ben Quillian
- Holy Roll

Cow Cow Davenport
- Atlanta Rag
Pinetop & Lindberg
- 4-11-44
Lonnie Clark
- Down In Tennessee
Skip James
- If You Haven't Any Hay
Charlie Spand
- Soon This Morning No 2
Herve Duerson
- Avenue Strut
Stump Johnson
- Bound To Be A Monkey
Kingfish Bill Tomlin
- Hot Box

foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4405 (UK 1977)

Magpie Records discography

1978

Skip James: I'm So Glad

- Cypress Grove
- Drunken Spree
- Down The Road
- My Gal
- All Night Long
- Hard Times Killing Floor Blues

- Crow Jane
- I'm So Glad
- Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long, How Long (+ Russ Savakus, b)
- Cherryball

- Good Road Camp Blues
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blue
- Devil Got My Woman
- Look At The People Standing ...
- Worried Blues
- 22-20 Blues

- Mistreating Child Blues
- Sickbed Blues
- Catfish Blues
- Lorenzo Blues
- Careless Love
- Illinois Blues

compilation of LPs "Today!" (Vanguard VSD 79219) and "Devil Got My Woman" (Vanguard VSD 79273)

photos: front, Dick Waterman, inside, David Gahr

inner gatefold of Vanguard VPD 20001

Dec. 1978 Melody Maker review by Max Jones

DLP
notes by Chris Smith

Vanguard VPD 20001 (UK)

1979

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
- Thiord 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 Steve Calt

Herwin H 214 (US 1979)

Herwin Records discography

1979?

The Roots Of Rock

Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- When The Levee Breaks
Charley Patton
- A Spoonful Blues
Bukka White
- Shake 'em On Down
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Bo Carter
- Corrine Corrine.
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues

Henry Thomas
- Bull Doze Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Blind Blake
- That Will Never Happen No More
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In

notes by Steve Calt

Yazoo 1063 (US 1979?)

Yazoo CD 1063 (US 1991?)

Yazoo Records discography

1982

Skip James

- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Four O'Clock
- Hard Luck Child
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader

- Be Ready When He Comes
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long "Buck"
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I To Do Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road

Matchbox Bluesmaster MSE 207 (UK 1982)

Matchbox Records discography

1982

Paramount Vol. 2 : 1927-1932
'raised in the alley' (The Piano Blues Vol. 17)

Jabo Williams
- Pratt City Blues
Henry Brown
- Eastern Chimes Blues
Freddie Brown
- Raised In The Alley Blues
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues
Raymond Barrow
- Walking Blues
Charley Taylor
- Heavy Suitcase Blues
Barrel House Welch
- Dying Pickpocket Blues
Louise Johnson
- Long Way From Home

Louise Johnson
- On The Wall
Charley Taylor
- Louisiana Bound
Barrel House Welch
- Larceny Woman Blues
Meade Lux Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues
Will Ezell
- Playing The Dozen
Freddie Brown
- Whip It To A Jelly
Henry Brown
- Deep Morgan Blues
Jabo Williams
- Jab Blues

notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4417 (UK 1982)
= Magpie PYCD 05

Magpie Records discography

1986

Skip James
The Complete 1931 Session

- Devil Got My Woman
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road
- Hard Luck Child
- Drunken Spree
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- Be Ready When He Comes
- How Long "Buck"
- I'm So Glad
- Cherry Ball Blues

- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- 4 O'Clock Blues
- Jesus Is A MIghty Good Leader
- Yola My Blues Away
- What Am I To Do Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues

Yazoo L 1072 (US 1986)

= Yazoo CD 2009 (US 1994) "The Complete Early Recordings - 1930"

Yazoo Records discography

1986

The Roots Of Robert Johnson

Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Kokomo Arnold
- Milk Cow Blues
Leroy Carr
- When The Sun Goes Down
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues - part 1
Lonnie Johnson
- Life Saver Blues
Henry Thomas
- Red River Blues
Charley Patton
- Revenue Man Blues

Son House
- My Black Mama - part 1
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
The Mississippi Sheiks
- Sitting On Top Of The World
Scrapper Blackwell
- Kokomo Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
- Go Ahead, Buddy
Johnnie Temple
- Lead Pencil Blues

cover artwork by Malcolm Kirton

notes by Stephen Calt 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014

Yazoo L 1073 (US 1986)

= Yazoo CD 1073 YAZ (US 1990)

Yazoo Records discography

1987

Piano Blues - Vol. 1 : The Twenties (1923-1930)

Unknown (~~Skip James~~)
- Throw Me Down

Document DLP 513

notes by Howard Rye

(=) Document DOCD 5220
(1994)

1987

Skip James Live! (1964 - 1967)

Boston, 1964
- Illinois Blues [Herwin 92403]
- How Long Blues [Herwin 92402]
- Drunken Spree [Herwin 92403]
- Four O'Clock Blues [Herwin 92402]
Falls Church, Va. 1964
- Special Rider Blues [Biograph BLP 12016 or 12029]
- Let Jesus Lead You [Biograph BLP 12027]
- I'm So Glad [Biograph BLP 12029]
AFBF, Berlin, 1967
- Hard Luck Child [Fontana 885.433 TY]

Newport, R.I., 1964
- Devil Got My Woman (3:23) [Vanguard VRS 9181 / VSD 79181]
- Cherry Ball Blues [Vanguard VRS 9181 / VSD 79181]
- Sickbed Blues [Vanguard VRS 9181 / VSD 79181]
- Cypress Grove Blues [Vanguard VRS 9181 / VSD 79181]
- Illinois Blues [Vanguard VSD 77/78]
- Hard Times Killing Floor Blues [Vanguard VSD 77/78]
Café Au Go Go, N.Y.C., 1966
- I'm So Glad [Verve Folkways FT/FTS-3010]
- Devil Got My Woman [Verve Folkways FT/FTS-3010]

Private Records PR 3 (Austria 1987)

1988

Skip James: Live at "The 2nd Fret", Philadelphia 1966

- Hard Luck Child
- I Don't Want A Woman To Stay Out All Night Long
- Loretta Blues
- Special Lover Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues

- Washington D. C. Hospital Center Blues
- Hard Luck Child (No. 2)
- Look At The People
- Mary Don't You Weep
- Someday You Gotta Die [= Crow Jane]
- I'm So Glad

Document DLP 523 (Austria 1988)

1989

Skip James / Blind Willie McTell / Bukka White: Three Shades Of Blues

Bukka White (rec. 1974, from Biograph 12049)
- Mama Don't Low
- Jelly Roll Workin' Blues
- Black Crepe Blues
- Glory Bound Train
Skip James (rec. 1964, from Biograph 12016)
- Drunken Spree
- Special Rider Blues
- I Don't Want A Woman To Stay Out All Night Long
Blind Willie McTell (rec. 1949 for Regal label)
- Love Changin' Blues
- Savannah Mama
- Talkin' To You, Mama
- East St.Louis
- Wee MIdnight Hours (Curley Weaver, voc)
- Pal Of Mine

Biograph BCD 107 (US 1989)

Biograph Records discography

1990

Skip James: I'm So Glad
The Complete 1931 Paramount Recordings

- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Hard-Luck Child
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long 'Buck'
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I To Do Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road

Document DOCD 5005 (Austria 1990)

Document DOCD 5005 (remastered 2002)

1990

The Greatest in Country Blues (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins

LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand

LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins

compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes 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)

1991

50 Years: Mississippi Blues In Bentonia 1931 - 1981: Skip James and Jack Owens

Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Illinois Blues
- 4 O'Clock Blues
- Hard-Luck Child
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long Buck
- Little Cow And Little Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I To Do Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay, Don't Get On The Road
Jack Owens
- Hard Times
- Cherry Ball
- Give Me Your Money
- Devil Blues
- Leavin' Blues

Wolf WBJ-CD-009 (Austria 1991)

57a

1990

Paramount Vol. 1 1928-1932

Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues
Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down
Little Brother - No Special Rider
Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues
Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars
Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie
Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide
Blind Blake / Spand - Hastings St.
Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay
'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues
'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues
Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee
Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown
Charlie Spand - Mississippi Blues
Will Ezell - Heifer Dust
Little Brother - Vicksburg Blues
Wesley Wallace - No. 29
James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues
Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues
Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues

Magpie PY 4401 + four tracks from Magpie PY 4420

notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PYCD 01 (UK 1990)

Magpie Records discography

1991

The Paramount Piano Blues 1928-32, Vol. 1

- Evil Woman Blues - James Wiggins
- Forty-Four Blues - James Wiggins
- Chain 'Em Down - James Wiggins
- Lousianna Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett
- Mississippi Blues - Charlie Spand
- Moanin' The Blues - Charlie Spand
- Hastings Street - Charlie Spand
- Pitchin' Boogie - Baby Jay
- Heifer Dust - William Ezell
- Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown
- Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
- Dearborn St. Breakdown - Charles Avery
- All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson
- By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams

Black Swan HCD-11

1991

Blues At Newport
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-64

Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagolee
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
Reverend Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More
Reverend Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son
- (I Wish I Was In) Heaven Sitting Down
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (3:23) [Vanguard VRS 9181 / VSD 79181]
Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachel [sic] & Hammy [sic] Nixon
- Clean Up At Home
Robert Pete Williams
- On My Way From Texas
- Bulldog Blues
Jesse Fuller
- I Double Double Do Love You
- San Francisco Bay Blues
John Hammond
- Me And The Devil
John Lee Hooker
- Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad
- Hobo Blues
Dave Van Ronk
- That Will Never Happen No More

compilation prod. by Sam Charters

notes by Sam Charters

Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography

1992

Skip James: Hardtime Killing Floor Blues

- Catfish Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Devil Got My Woman
- All Night Long
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Sickbed Blues
- Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
- Don't Want a Woman to Stay up All Night Long
- Skip's Worried Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Motherless & Fatherless

Biograph CD 122

Biograph CD 30169 (US 2003)

Biograph Records discography

1993

Blues With A Feeling
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival

disc 1:
- Introduction
Son House
- Preachin' Blues
- Death Letter
- Empire State Express
Mance Lipscomb
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic)
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (4:52) # @ youtube
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues °°
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Louise Louise
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- Don't Let Nobody Turn You 'round
Rev. Pearly Brown & Mrs. Christine Brown
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
Mississippi Fred McDowell & Rev. Robert Wilkins
- What Do You Think About Jesus
Lightnin' Hopkins
- The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite (Monkey Faced Woman)
- Come On Baby
- Baby Please Don't Go
Mance Lipscomb
- Freddie
- So Different Blues

disc 2:
Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train
Mississippi John Hurt
- Here I Am Lord, Send Me
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
Jesse Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues °°
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Born In Chicago
John Lee Hooker
- I Can't Quit You Now Blues
Muddy Waters
- Walkin' Blues
- I Can't Be Satisfied
Willie Dixon & Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
Willie Dixon & Lafayette Leake
- Wrinkles
Dave Van Ronk
- Cocaine
John Hammond
- Drop Down Mama
Eric Von Schmidt
- Grizzly Bear
John Koerner
- Traveling Blues
The Chambers Brothers
- See See Rider
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Blues With A Feeling
- Look Over Yonders Wall

"all tracks previously unreleased except" °°

# rec. July 25, 1964 live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI; Skip James, voc, g [longer (4:52) version from afternoon "Blues Workshop"; not the shorter, several times previously released "Evening Concert" version!]

2 CD set
notes (May 1993) by Mary Katherine Aldin

Vanguard VCD2-77005 (US/Germany 1993)

(=) Vanguard VCD 73133-2 (US 1997) "part one"

(=) Vanguard VCD 73134-2 (US 1997) "part two"

1993

Skip James: She Lyin'

- All Night Long (1:20) @ Spotify
- Broke & Hungry (1:46) @ youtube
- I'm So Glad (2:54)
- Bad Whiskey (1:32) @ Spotify
- Cypress Grove Blues (4:02)
- Catfish (5:02)
- Goin' Away To Stay (2:26) @ Spotify
- Crow Jane (2:05)
- Devil Got My Woman (3:09)
- She Lyin' (1:12) [Sea Lion] @ Spotify
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues (2:16)
- Drunken Spree (3:32)
- Black Gal (3:15)
- Illinois Blues (3:00)
- Worried Blues (3:27)
- Look Down The Road (2:57)

rec. August 13 & 20, 1964 at Adelphi Studios in Silver Springs, MD by John Fahey, Bill Barth & ED Denson; Skip James, voc, g; engineer: Gene Rosenthal
rec. 1964 "live" at the Ontario Place Coffee House in Washington, D.C. by Gene Rosenthal; Skip James, voc, g

notes by Dick Spottswood and Larry Hoffman

Genes GCD 9901 "Blues Vault series"

= Edsel EDCD 379 (UK 1993)

Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1595 (US 2017) "Worried Blues"

Adelphi Records discography

1994

The Paramount Piano Blues 1927 - 1932, Vol. 2

Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- Old Mill Blues - Will Ezell
- Larceny Woman Blues - Barrel House Welch
- Dying Pickpocket Blues - Will Ezell
- Playing The Dozen - Will Ezell
- Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins & Blind Leroy Garnett
- Raised In The Alley Blues - Freddie Brown
- Whip It To A Jelly - Freddie Brown
- Blind Boy Blues - Henry Brown & Ike Rodgers
- Louisiana Bound - Charley Taylor
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown
- Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown
- Long Ways From Home - Louise Johnson
- On The Wall - Louise Johnson
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Pratt City Blues - "Jabo" Williams
- Jab Blues - "Jabo" Williams
- Polock Blues - "Jabo" Williams

Black Swan HCD-12

1994

The Paramount Piano Blues Vol. 3

- Frog-I-More Rag - Jelly Roll Morton
- Selling That Stuff - Take One - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues - Skip James
- 35th Street Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
- Too Black Bad - Madlyn Davis & Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- Muddy Water Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
- Beedle Um Bum - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- Barrel House Woman - Will Ezell
- Death Bell Blues - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom & Madlyn Davis
- Mamanita - Jelly Roll Morton
- How Long Buck - Skip James
- Big Fat Ham - Jelly Roll Morton
- West Coast Rag - Will Ezell
- Gold Tooth Papa Blues - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom & Madlyn Davis
- London Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
- It's Red Hot - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom & Madlyn Davis
- Barrel House Man - Will Ezell
- Mr. Jelly Lord - Jelly Roll Morton
- Selling That Stuff - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- Steady Roll - Jelly Roll Morton's Stomps Kings

Black Swan HCD-13

1994

Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 2

Memphis Piano Red
- Blues Like Showers Of Rain
Skip James
- Crow Jane
Little Red Holmes
- Peach Tree Blues
Joe Dobbins
- Satchel Blues
Bukka White
- Uncle Sam Blues
Furry Lewis
- Furry Lewis' Blues
Johnny Shines
- Mr. Tom Green's Farm
Joe Willie Wilkins
- Hard Headed Woman
Roland Boy Blue Hayes
- Cold Chills
Charlie Booker with Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Buiscuit Boys
- New Moonrise Blues
Big Daddy Rucker with T-Bone Terrell & His Band
- Sweet Little Angel

prod. by Steve LaVere

notes by Steve LaVere

Memphis Archives CD 7009

1995

Suitcase Full of Blues

- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Ramblin' Man - Ramblin' Thomas
- Going Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home - Gus Cannon
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
- Rambler Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Up the Way Bound - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams
- Slidin' Delta - Tommy Johnson
- Down the Country - Leola B. Wilson
- M and O Blues - Willie Brown
- Georgia Bound - Blind Blake
- Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Sunshine Special - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Illinois Blues - Skip James
- I Wonder to Myself - Tommy Johnson
- Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Suitcase Full of Blues - Ishman Bracey

compiled by John Tottenham, prod. for the GHB Jazz Foundation by Jon P. Pult
cover art by Tony Mostrom

notes by John Tottenham

Black Swan HCD-23 (US 1995)

1996

Skip James: Skip's Piano Blues

rec. October 29/30, 1964 in Cambridge, Ma.; Skip James, voc, p; unknown g

Genes GCD 9910 "Blues Vault"

67a

1996

Devil Got My Woman
Blues at Newport 1966

@ ok.ru (full dvd)

Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman @ youtube
- I'm So Glad @ youtube
- Worried Blues @ youtube
Bukka White
- Baby You're Killing Me @ youtube [Son House dancing!]
- Old Lady Blues @ youtube
Son House
- Forever On My Mind @ youtube
Howlin' Wolf
- Meet Me In The Bottom @ youtube [Howlin' Wolf / Son House "discussion"!]
- How Many More Years @ youtube
- Dust My Broom @ youtube
Rev. Pearly Brown with Mrs. Christine Brown
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning @ youtube
- Pure Religion
- It's A Mean Old World
Bukka White
- Please Don't Put Your Daddy Outdoors
- 100th Man @ youtube

filmed by Alan Lomax at the Newport Folk Festival 1966; photos by David Gahr
"'Devil Got My Woman' is not, however, concert footage from Newport. Alan Lomax recreated a juke joint at Newport, stocked the bar, and let nature take its course."

VHS video, 61 min

Vestapol 13049 (EU 1996)

DVD, 30-page booklet by Mark Humphrey

Vestapol OV13049 (EU 2001)

P-Vine PHV-35

67b

1997

Blues With A Feeling - part one

Dick Waterman
- Introduction
Son House
- Preaching Blues
- Death Letter Blues
- Empire State Express
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (4:52) [Vanguard VCD2-77005]
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Louise
Reverend Robert Wilkins
- Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Round
Reverend Pearly Brown and Mrs. Christine Brown
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
Mississippi Fred McDowell, Annie Mae McDowell and Reverend Robert Wilkins
- What Do You Think About Jesus
Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
- The Woman I'm Loving She's Taken My Appetite
- Come On Baby
- Baby Please Don't Go
Mance Lipscomb
- Freddie
- So Different Blues
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic)

prod. by Mary Katherine Aldin

Vanguard VCD 73133-2 (US 1997)

1998

Skip James: Rare And Unreleased

- Backwater Blues
- Everybody Ought To Live Right
- Want To Be More Like Jesus
- Jack Of Diamonds
- My Last Boogie
- Lazy Bones
- Let My Jesus Lead You
- My Own Blues
- Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
- Omaha Blues
- Bumble Bee
- One Dime Was All I Had
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- Somebody Gonna Wish They Had Religion
- Somebody Loves You
- Sorry For To Leave You
- Sporting Life Blues
- They Are Waiting For Me
- Walking The Sea

rec. 1967

Vanguard CD 79715-2 (US 1998)

1998

Skip James: Blues From The Delta

- I'm So Glad * (1:55)
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues # (3:23)
- Devil Got My Woman # (5:14)
- 22-20 Blues # (3:52)
- Special Rider Blues * (5:09)
- Mistreating Child Abuse # (3:56)
- Sickbed Blues # (4:08)
- Catfish Blues # (4:38)
- Lorenzo Blues # (4:19)
- Careless Love # (4:00)
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues * (3:23)
- Crow Jane * (2:59)
- Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues * (4:11)
- How Long Blues * (2:56)
- Cherry Ball Blues * (4:27)
- Cypress Grove Blues * (4:20)
- Look Down The Road * (3:16)
- She's All The World To Me °° (3:01)
- Everybody Leaving Here °° (2:40)
- Good Road Camp Blues * (3:49)

compiled by Tom Vickers
photography by David Gahr

* from the album Today! (VSD 79219)
# from the album Devil Got My Woman (VSD 79273)
°° previously unreleased

notes by Ed Ward

Vanguard CD 79517-2 (US 1998)

69a

1999

Broke, Black And Blue
An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities

disc 1:
Up Country Blues
- Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews
- Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney
- Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake
- Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed
- Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob
- Bo Lita - Kid Brown
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith
- Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley
- Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black
- Midnight Blues - Bill Moore
- Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head
- My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson
- What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
- School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson

disc 2:
Broke & Hungry Blues
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
- No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
- Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell
- Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins
- Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery

disc 3:
Good Whiskey Blues
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams
- Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd
- Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold
- Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams
- That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis
- It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
- Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum
- Prisoner Blues - George Clarke
- Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan

disc 4:
Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
- East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe
- Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown
- Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown
- Low Land Blues - Lee Brown
- Round The World Blues - Lee Brown
- Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon
- Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon
- Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon
- I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon
- Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple
- Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple
- My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon
- It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon
- That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon
- Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon
- I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple
- Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple
- Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple
- Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple
- Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple
- New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown

4 CD set
40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser

Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)

1999

Skip James "Live"
Boston 1964 & Philadelphia 1966

Boston 1964
- Illinois Blues
- How Long Blues
- Drunken Spree
- Four 'O Clock Blues

Philadelphia 1966
- Hard Luck Child
- I Don't Want A Woman To Stay Out All Night Long
- Loretta Blues
- Special Lover Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Washington D. C. Hospital Center Blues
- Hard Luck Child (No. 2)
- Look At The People
- Mary Don't You Weep
- Someday You Gotta Die [= Crow Jane]
- I'm So Glad

Document DOCD 5149 (Austria 1999)

Document DOCD 5149 "'Live' Volume 1"

70a

1999

Skip James: Bloomington 1968 - Part I

- Introduction by Peter Narváez
- Skip James Talking
- God Is Real
- Skip Talking
- Crow Jane
- Skip Talking
- Look Down The Road
- Skip Talking
- Lorenzo Blues
- Skip Talking
- Devil Got My Woman (6:15) @ youtube
- Skip Talking
- I'm So Glad
- Skip Talking
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Skip Talking
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Skip Talking
- Sickbed Blues

notes by Peter Narváez

Document DOCD 5633 (Austria 1999)

notes by Peter Narváez

Document DOCD 5633 "'Live' Volume 2"

70b

1999

Skip James: Bloomington 1968 - Part II

- Skip James Talking
- Illinois Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Washington D. C. Hospital Center Blues
- Skip Talking
- Hard Headed Woman Blues
- Catfish Blues
- Hard-Luck Child
- Skip Talking
- Drunken Spree
- Back-Water Blues
- Look At The People
- Sorry For To Leave You
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning

notes by Peter Narváez

Document DOCD 5634 (Austria 1999)

notes by Peter Narváez

Document DOCD 5634 "'Live' Volume 3"

70c

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 CD 2048 (US 1999)

Yazoo Records discography

2000

The Great Race Record Labels, Vol. 1: Paramount Records

- Blind Arthur's Breakdown - Blind Blake
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1 - Son House
- Salty Dog Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Drunken Spree - Skip James
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Little Low Mama Blues - Ma Rainey
- High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton
- Pratt City - Jabo Williams
- St. Louis Cyclone Blues - Elzadie Robinson
- Mecca Flat Blues - Priscilla Stewart
- Farrell Blues - Henry "Son" Sims
- Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand
- Ramblin' Mind Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Down In The Basement Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jake Liquor Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Gus Cannon
- Mr. Man, Pt. 1 - Ida Cox
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Blind Teddy Darby
- Off The Wall - Louise Johnson
- Honey Bee Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
- West Coast Rag - William Ezell
- Ridin' Horse - Tommy Johnson
- Midnight Blues - Gary Moore

artwork by "Slim" Hugh Harwood

notes (June 2000) by Dave Moore

Catfish KATCD 160 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

2000

Juke Joint Saturday Night - Piano Blues, Rags & Stomps
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

'Jabo' Williams - Pratt City Blues
'Jabo' Williams - Jab's Blues
Louise Johnson - On The Wall
Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road
Charley Taylor - Heavy Suitcase Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - No Special Rider Blues
'Jabo' Williams - Polock Blues
Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars
Charley Taylor - Louisiana Bound
James Wiggins - Gotta Shave 'Em Dry
Skip James - 22-20 Blues
James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues
'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues
'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues
Louise Johnson - Long Ways From Home
Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues
Rudy Foster - Black Gal Makes Thunder
Rudy Foster - Corn Trimmer Blues
Kingfish Bill Tomlin - Army Blues
Kingfish Bill Tomlin - Hot Box
Roosevelt Sykes - 3-6 & 9
Piano Kid Edwards - Gamblin' Man's Prayer

prod. by Francis Wilford-Smith

booklet by Bob Hall

Yazoo CD 2053 (US 2000)

Yazoo Records discography

2001

Piano Blues - The Essential

disc 1:
- Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson
- Trenches - Turner Parrish
- Ain't It A Shame - Leroy Carr
- Big Mama - Walter Roland
- 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Flying Crow Blues - Black Ivory King
- I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Rocks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton)
- Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown
- Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke
- Playing The Dozen - Will Ezell
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Black Gal Makes Thunder - Rudy Foster
- All Night Long - Louise Johnson
- Whoopie - Eddie Miller
- Pine Tops Boogie - Pine Top Smith
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James
- The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red

disc 2:
- I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade 'Lux' Lewis
- Think You Need A Shot - Walter Davis
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow (Charles) Davenport
- Keep A-knocking An You Can't Get In - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- 31 Blues - Bob Call
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard - Joe Pullum
- Joe Louis Strut - Memphis Minnie
- Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery
- Lonesome Man Blues - Sylvester Palmer
- East Chicago Blues - Sparks Brothers
- Pratt City Blues - 'Jabo' Williams
- Shack Bully Stomp - 'Jabo' Williams
- Soon This Morning - Charlie Spand
- 5 O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey
- Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor

compiled by Paul Swinton

double CD
notes by Gary Atkinson

Document CBL-200004 (UK 2001)

200?

Skip James: Greatest Of The Delta Blues Singers

- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Sick Bed Blues
- Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
- Devil Got My Woman
- Illinios Blues
- I Don't Want A Woman To Stay Up All Night Long
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Skip's Worried Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Catfish Blues
- Motherless & Fatherless
- All Night Long

rec. 1964

Biograph BCD 122 (US 200?)

Biograph Records discography

2001

Newport Folk Festival
Best of the Blues 1959-68

disc 1:
Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagger Lee
- Here I Am Lord Send Me
- Pallet On Your Floor
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (3:23) [Vanguard VRS 9181 / VSD 79181]
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues [Vanguard VSD 79219]
Son House
- Preaching Blues
- Death Letter Blues
- Empire State Express
- Son Blues
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Louise
- If The River Was Whiskey
Muddy Waters (solo)
- Walkin' Blues [Vanguard VCD2-77005]
- I Can't Be Satisfied [Vanguard VCD2-77005]

disc 2:
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
- Midnight Boogie
- On My Way From Texas
Mance Lipscomb
- Freddie
- So Different Blues
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic)
Jesse Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Double Double Do Love You
Rev. Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Intro/The Train Is Leaving °°
- Drink Muddy Water °°
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
Sleepy John Estes
- Clean Up At Home

disc 3:
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Woman I'm Lovin' She's Taken My Appetite
- Baby Please Don't Go
Lightnin' Hopkins & Samuel Lay
- Shake That Thing
John Lee Hooker & Bill Lee
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues
- Let's Make It °°
- Great Fire Of Natchez °°
- Boom Boom °°
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby
Memphis Slim
- How Long °°
- Black Cat Crossed My Path °°
- Harlem Bound °°
- Piano Instrumental °°
Muddy Waters & Otis Spann
- Blow Wind Blow °° @ youtube
- Flood (= "Clouds In My Heart") °° @ youtube
Chambers Brothers
- CC Rider
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Blues With A Feeling
- Born In Chicago °°

compilation prod. by Tom Vickers
front cover painting by Meredith Steele
°° 12 previously unreleased tracks

3 CD set
notes by John Milward

Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2 (US 2001)

2001

"Ghost World"
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff (of 'Crumb' fame))

- Jaan Pehechaan Ho - Mohammed Rafi
- Graduation Rap - Vanilla, Jade and Ebony
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- I Must Have It - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
- Miranda - Lionel Belasco
- Pickin' Cotton Blues - Blueshammer
- Let's Go Riding - Mr. Freddie
- Georgia On My Mind - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
- Las Palmas De Maracaibo - Lionel Belasco
- Clarice - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
- Scalding Hot Coffee Rag -Craig Ventresco
- You're Just My Type - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
- Venezuela - Lionel Belasco
- Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott
- C.C. & O Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- C-h-i-c-k-e-n Spells Chicken - McGee Bros.
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- So Tired - Dallas String Band

2002

Skip James: Hard Time

- She's All The World To Me
- Everybody Leaving Here
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Drunken Spree
- All Night Long
- My Gal
- Look At The People Standing At The Judgement
- Worried Blues
- Devil Got My Woman
- My Last Boogie
- Lazy Bones
- My Own Blues
- Omaha Blues
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- Somebody Loves You
- Sporting Life Blues
- They Are Waiting For Me
- Walking The Sea
- Jack Of Diamonds
- untitled track

compiled by Giorgio Mangora

Universe UV 094 (It 2002)

2002

Roots of Folk

disc 1: Roots of Folk
Paul Robeson - Joe Hill (2:56)
Leon Bibb - Irene (3:21)
The Weavers - Kumbaya (2:52)
Cisco Houston - This Land Is Your Land (2:42)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Roll On Buddy (2:02)
Odetta - Another Man Done Gone (2:33)
Judy Collins - Turn, Turn, Turn (4:10)
The Weavers - If I Had A Hammer (2:18)
Joan Baez - Donna Donna (3:15)
Jimmie Driftwood - Battle Of New Orleans (2:59)
Clarence Ashley & Doc Watson - Amazing Grace (3:52) [previously unissued]
Mother Maybelle Carter - It Takes A Worried Man (3:10)
Sandy Bull - Little Maggie (4:10)
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (4:02)
Doc Watson - Tom Dooley (3:14)

disc 2: Singers & Songwriters
Saint-Marie, Buffy - Universal Soldier (2:20)
Eric Anderson - Violets Of Dawn (3:49)
The Kingston Trio - M.T.A. (3:37)
Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In (2:36)
Donovan with Joan Baez - Catch The Wind (2:16) [previously unissued]
Richard Fariña / Richard & Mimi Fariña - Pack Up Your Sorrows (3:00)
Joan Baez / Bob Dylan - It Ain't Me Babe (3:35)
The Chambers Brothers - People Get Ready (3:29)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marchin' Anymore (2:38)
Tom Paxton - Ramblin' Boy (3:29)
Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles (3:53)
Patrick Sky - Many A Mile (3:18)
Ian & Sylvia - Early Morning Rain (3:58)
Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band / Geoff Muldaur - Jug Band Music (3:00)
Country Joe & the Fish - Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (3:44)

disc 3: Folk Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:56)
Skip James - I'm So Glad (1:56)
John Hammond, Jr. - Seventh Son (2:31)
Odetta - Rambling Round Your City (4:05)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (3:40)
Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine (3:50)
Son House - Empire State Express (4:07)
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:53)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (2:45)
The Chambers Brothers - See See Rider (3:11)
Muddy Waters - Walkin' Blues (4:06)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Drink Muddy Water (2:57)
John Lee Hooker - Great Fire Of Natchez (4:33)
Willie Dixon / Lafayette Leake / Pete Seeger - Midnight Special (2:56)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (3:56)

compiled by Tom Vickers
cover design by Gina R. Binkley

3-CD Set
Vanguard 3VCD203/05 (US)

notes by Tom Vickers

= Ace 3VCD203/05 (UK 2002)
= ZYX 3VCD203/05 (Germany 2002)

78a

2002

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 5

- Railroad Blues - Sam McGee
- Step Stone - Floyd County Ramblers
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - Skip James
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Doggone That Train - Jimmie Davis
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- No Room For a Tramp - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston
- Just Over The River - Garland Brothers & Grinstead
- Mule Skinner Moan - Ben Covington
- Shortening Bread - Reaves White County Ramblers
- Black-Eyed Susie - J.P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds
- A Rag Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Railroad Blues - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston
- Way Down In North Carolina - Grayson County Railsplitters
- Citaco - The Swamp Rooters (A.A. Gray & Lowe Stokes)
- Pistol Blues - Unknown Artist
- Boat Song March - Murphy Brothers Band
- I've Got No Honey Babe Now - Frank Blevins and his Tar Heels Rattlers
- Bonnie Bess - Wilmer Watts and the Lonely Eagles
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Hamilton's Special Breakdown - Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy
- Johnny Goodwin - Bull Mountain Moonshiners
- Some Happy Day - Charley Patton

prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins

Yazoo CD 2063 (US 2002)

Yazoo Records discography

78b

2002

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 6

- Robinson County - Birkhead & Lane
- Aunt Dina's Quilting Party - The Floyd County Ramblers
- It's Cold In China - The Mississippi Moaner
- Sail Away Lady - Parker/Dodd
- I'm Goin' Away In The Morn - Uncle Dave Macon
- Seven Sister Blues - Tenderfoot Edwards
- Cousin Sally Brown - Virginia Mountain Boomers
- Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo Git Along Little Doggies - Girls Of The Golden West
- Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
- Milwaukee Blues - Roy Harvey/Jess Johnston
- Davy - Weems String Band
- God Didn't Make Me No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- My Trouble Blues - Jess Johnston/Byrd Moore
- Prayer Of Death - part 2 - Charley Patton
- Cheat 'Em - Red Headed Fiddlers
- Jesus Paved The Way - Dewey
- Caroline - Louie Lasky
- Swamp Cat Rag - The Swamp Rooters
- Ten Cent Piece - Reaves White County Ramblers
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Rolling River - Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hill Billies
- At The Cross - Turney Brothers

prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins

Yazoo CD 2064 (US 2002)

Yazoo Records discography

2003

Roots Of The Blues

disc 1 "Folk Blues":
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:47)
The Chambers Brothers - See See Rider (3:08)
John Hammond - Statesboro Blues (3:39)
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (3:53)
Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine (3:46)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (2:51) °°
Spider John Koerner - Traveling Blues (4:44)
Bill Monroe - Blue Yodel # 4 (2:43)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Maria Muldaur - Richland Woman (4:19)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff & Maria Muldaur - Chevrolet (3:51)
Sam & Kirk McGee - Milk Cow Blues (2:31) °°
Tony Glover - I Dont Need No Whiskey (4:30) °°
Josh White - What You Gonna Do When Your Meat Gives Out (1:49) °°
Eric Von Schmidt - Grizzly Bear (4:34)
Mance Lipscomb - Keep On Truckin' Mama (1:35) °°

disc 2 "Delta & Country Blues":
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Rev. Gary Davis - You Got To Move (5:50)
Skip James - I'm So Glad (1:53)
Son House - Empire State Express (3:50)
Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (4:45)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - If The River Was Whiskey (2:34)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:53)
Odetta - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (2:13)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:37)
Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home (2:59)
Mance Lipscomb - Freddie (1:50)
Memphis Slim - How Long (2:59)
Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie (3:25) [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VSD 77/78, Vanguard CD 70193-2, Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon - Five Long Years (2:22)
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (5:12)

disc 3 "Urban Blues":
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid (2:21)
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:14)
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Going Ahead (2:03)
Otis Spann - Marie (2:28)
James Cotton - Rocket 88 (2:03)
Homesick James And His Dusters - Dust My Broom (3:17)
Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band - One More Time (2:26)
The Johnny Shines Blues Band - If I Get Lucky (3:23)
Buddy Guy - One Room Country Shack (5:30)
Muddy Waters with Otis Spann - Blow Wind Blow (3:09)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (2:37)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (3:55)
Charlie Musselwhite - Juke (4:18)
Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain (6:48)
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (3:01)

compilation prod. by Tom Vickers; cover design by Ann Smalley; photography by David Gahr

°° previously unreleased tracks

3-CD Set
notes by Ed Ward

Vanguard 3VCD 208-10 (Germany 2002)
= Vanguard CD 79715 (US 2003)

2003

Skip James: King Of The Blues - Vol. 8

- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Hard-Luck Child
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long "Back"
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I To Do Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road

P-Vine PCD 2263 (Jp 2003)

80a

2003

The Soul Of A Man
(soundtrack to Wim Wenders film)

- Vietnam Blues (Cassandra Wilson)
- Down In Mississippi (Eagle-Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid And James 'Blood' Ulmer)
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (Lucinda Williams)
- Look Down The Road (Lou Reed)
- I Feel So Good (Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds)
- Slow Down (Cassandra Wilson)
- Don't Dog Your Woman (T-Bone Burnett)
- Voodoo Music (Los Lobos)
- The Death Of J.B. Lenoir (John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers)
- Alabama Blues (J.B. Lenoir)
- God's Word (Shemekia Copeland)
- Illinois Blues (Alvin Youngblood Hart)
- I'm So Glad (Beck)
- Special Rider Blues (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)
- Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground (Marc Ribot)
- Devil Got My Woman (Bonnie Raitt)
- Crow Jane (Skip James)
- Washington, D.C. Hospital Blues (Garland Jeffreys)
- Soul Of A Man (Blind Willie Johnson)
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Lou Reed)

Columbia/Legacy 512570 (US 2003)

80b

2003

Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Skip James

- 22-20 Blues
- Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Vicksburg Blues
- 61 Highway
- How Long Blues
- Sickbed Blues
- I Don't Want a Woman to Stay Up All Night Long
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Skip's Worried Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Crow Jane
- Everybody's Leaving Here
- I'm So Glad

Shout Factory DK 30245

80c

2003

Skip James: Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues

- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues #
- Sick Bed Blues #
- Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues #
- Devil Got My Woman #
- Illinois Blues #
- I Don't Want A Woman To Stay Up All Night Long #
- Cherry Ball Blues #
- Skip's Worried Blues
- Cypress Groove Blues
- Catfish Blues
- Motherless & Fatherless
- All Night Long #

# from Melodeon MLP 7321 (1964)

Biograph CD 30169 (US 2003)

Biograph Records discography

80d

2003

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 1
2004 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Blind Blake
- No Job Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Rising High Water Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Down The Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Death Cell Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Rough Rugged Road - Bumble Bee Slim
- Dry Spell Blues - Son House
- Bad Feeling Blues - Blind Blake
- Beale Town Bound - The Beale Street Sheiks
- Black Snake Dream - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Dead Drunk Blues - Ma Rainey

Supplementary CD tracks:
- I Want Someone To Love Me - Tommy Johnson
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill

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

2004

Skip James: The Complete 1931 Recordings

- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Hard-Luck Child
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long "Buck"
- Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I To Do Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road

notes by Neil Slaven

Body & Soul 2544

2004

Skip James: Illinois Blues

- Devil Got My Woman
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Hard Luck Child

- O'Clock Blues
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader
- Drunken Spree
- Yola My Blues Away
- Be Ready When He Comes
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long "Buck"
- Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I to Do Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get Down the Road
- 22-20 Blues

Universe UV 134 (It 2004)

82a

2004

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 2
2005 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Drunken Spree - Skip James
- My Black Mama Parts 1 & 2 - Son House
- Blues, Oh Blues - Ma Rainey
- Jungle Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - Jaydee Short
- Depressions Gone From Me Blues - Blind Blake
- Midnight Hour Blues - Ida Cox
- Half Cup Of Tea - Beale Street Sheiks
- Christmas Eve Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- My Buddy, Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon Hill
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- You Gotta Have That Thing - Memphis Jug Band
- Bottle It Up And Go - Memphis Jug Band

restored by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (rel. 2004, for 2005)

Blues Images CD BIM-102 (US 2004) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (for 2005)

Blues Images calendar discography

82b

2004

Back To The Crossroads - The Roots of Robert Johnson

Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues (3:06)
Kokomo Arnold - Old Original Kokomo Blues (2:55)
Bumble Bee Slim - Cruel Hearted Woman (2:49)
Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues (3:04)
Lonnie Johnson - Life Saver Blues (3:09)
Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World (3:16)
Mississippi Jook Band - Hittin' The Bottle Stomp (2:38)
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (3:00)
Son House - My Black Mama, Pt. 1 (3:09)
Blind Blake - Georgia Bound (3:23)
Leroy Carr - When The Sun Goes Down (2:58)
Kokomo Arnold - Sissy Man Blues (3:09)
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You [as Rev. E.W. Clayborn] (3:02)
Johnnie Temple - Lead Pencil Blues (3:06)
Skip James - 22-20 Blues (2:52)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Dry Southern Blues (2:5()
Scrapper Blackwell - Kokomo Blues (3:04)
Tampa Red - Things 'bout Coming My Way (3:28)
Peetie Wheatstraw - King Of Spades (3:08)
Harlem Hamfats - Oh Red (2:38)
Charley Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (2:58)
Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues (3:10)
Son House - Preachin' The Blues (3:03)

prod. by Elijah Wald; remastered from original 78 recordings by Richard Nevins
cover illustration by Robert Van Nutt

Yazoo CD 2070 (US 2004)

Yazoo Records discography
Robert Johnson discography

2004

Skip James: Cypress Grove Blues

- Devil Got My Woman
- Four O'clock Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Hard Luck Child
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- How Long 'buck'
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I To Do Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road

Snapper SBLUECD007 (UK 2004)

83a

2004

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Three

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)
Roosevelt Sykes - Gulfport Boogie (1965)
Buddy Guy - Out Of Sight (1965)
Dr. Isaiah Ross - Feel So Good (1965)
Joe Turner - Flip, Flop & Fly (1966)
Skip James
- All Night Long # @ youtube
- Crow Jane # @ youtube
Bukka White
- Got Sick And Tired # @ youtube
Son House
- Death Letter Blues # @ youtube
Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter
- Wild About You Baby # @ youtube
Koko Taylor & Little Walter
- Wang Dang Doodle # @ youtube
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Stranger Blues # @ youtube
- Burnt Child (Afraid Of Fire) # @ youtube
- Gonna Move Across The River # @ youtube
Helen Humes - The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman (1962)
Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie (1969)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968)
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1968)

# rec. October 11, 1967 at DRTV studio in Copenhagen, Denmark
Bukka White, voc, g
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Son House, voc, g
Skip James, voc, g
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
MC: Dillard Crume
photographer: Jan Persson

originally issued on TV only

Hip-O DVD JHAM0263 (US 2004)

American Folk Blues Festival discography

83b

2004

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Two

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) #
Skip James - All Night Long (1967) #
Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial (1963)
Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly (1966)
Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964)
Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962)
Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) #
Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) #
Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You (1967) #
Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) #
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968)
Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969)
Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969)
entire ensemble - Bye Bye Blues (1963)

originally issued on TV only

notes by Rob Bowman

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 (US 2004)

American Folk Blues Festival discography

2005

Skip James: Hard Time Killin' Floor

- Cypress Grove Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Devil Got My Woman
- I'm So Glad
- Cherrry Ball Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- Hard Luck Child
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Drunken Spree
- Four O'clock Blues
- How Long Buck
- Yola My Blues Away
- Be Ready When He Comes
- What Am I To Do Blues
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 #
- My Black Mama, Pt. 2 #
- Walkin' Blues #
- Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1 #

# bonus tracks by Son House

notes by Brett J. Bonner

Yazoo CD 2075 (US 2005)

Yazoo Records discography

84a

2005

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 3
2006 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- Love My Stuff - Charley Patton
- M&O Blues - Willie Brown
- He Calls That Religion - Mississippi Sheiks
- Champagne Charlie's My Name - Blind Blake
- Lost Man Blues - Ida Cox
- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- War Time Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ma Rainey
- Skoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Christmas In Jail - Leroy Carr

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James

remastered by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Vol. 3 (US 2006)

Blues Images

2006

Legends Of Country Blues

disc 1:
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
- Cypress Grove Blues
- Cherry Hall Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Hard Luck Child
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Yola My Blues Away
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- Be Ready When He Comes
- Drunken Spree
- I'm So Glad
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long Buck
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- What Am I To Do Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- If You Haven't Any Hay, Get Down The Road
Son House
- Walkin' Blues
- My Black Mama Part 1
- My Black Mama Part 2
2- Preachin' The Blues Part 1
- Preachin' The Blues Part 2
- Dry Spell Part 1
- Dry Spell Part 2

disc 2:
- Levee Camp Blues
- Government Fleet Blues
- Walking Blues
- Shetland Pony Blues
- Fo' Clock Blues
- Camp Hollers
- Delta Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
- Depot Blues
- The Key Of Minor
- American Defense
- Am I Right Or Wrong
- Walking Blues
- County Farm Blues
- The Pony Blues
- The Jinx Blues Part 1
- The Jinx Blues Part 2

disc 3:
Bukka White
- The New Frisco Train
- The Panama Limited
- I Am In The Heavenly Way
- Promised True And Grand
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Sic 'Em Dogs On
- Po' Boy
- Black Train
- Strange Place Blues
- When Can I Change My Clothes
- Sleepy Man Blues
- Parchman Farm Blues
- Good Gin Blues
- High Fever Blues
- District Attorney Blues
- Fixin' To Die Blues
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
- Bukka's Jitterbug Blues
- Special Stream Line

disc 4:
Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- I Wonder To Myself
- Slidin' Delta Buy
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Morning Prayer Blues
- Boogaloosa Woman
- Black Mare Blues (take 1)
- Black Mare Blues (take 2)
- Ridin' Horse
- Alcohol And Jake Blues

disc 5:
Ishman Bracey
- Stranger Blues
- Saturday Blues
- Left Alone Blues
- Leavin' Town Blues
- Leavin' Town Blues
- Brown Mama Blues
- Brown Mama Blues
- Trouble Hearted Blues
- Trouble Hearted Blues
- The Four Day Blues
- The Four Day Blues
- Jake Liquor Blues
- Family Stirving
- Mobile Stomp
- Farish Street Rag
- Woman, Woman Blues
- Suitcase Full Of Blues
- Bust Up Blues
- Pay Me No Mind
- Heavy Suitcase Blues
- Louisiana Bound
- Too Damp To Be Wet
- Where My Shoes At?

5 CD box

JSP JSPCD 7715 (UK 2006)

2008

Skip James 1931 Sessions

- I'm So Glad
- Cypress Grove
- If You Haven't Any Hay (Get On Down The Road)
- Drunken Spree
- Yola My Blues Away
- Devil Got My Woman

- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
- Special Rider Blues
- How Long?
- Jesus Is Gonna Come
- Illinois Blues

12 inch LP

Mississippi MR-020 (US 2008)

86a

2008

Legends of the American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968 & 1969

The Video 2: American Folk Blues Festival 1968

The Video 3: American Folk Blues Festival 1969

originally issued on TV only

Tropical DVD 68.364 (Germany 2008)

American Folk Blues Festival discography

2010

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 8
2011 Calendar with free CD

January to December artwork:
- Sissy Man Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Dentist Chair Blues - Parts 1 & 2 - Hattie McDaniel and Charlie Jackson
- Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
- Hey! Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull and Long Cleve Reed (The Down Home Boys)
- I'll Be Gone, Long Gone - Mississippi Sheiks
- Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues - Ma Rainey
- Ko Ko Mo Blues - Parts 1 & 2 - Jabo Williams
- Will The Coffin Be Your Santa Claus? - Reverend J. M. Gates

bonus tracks (artwork doesn't exist for these songs):
- Tom Rushen Blues - Charley Patton
- Cannon Ball Blues (alt tk, previously unissued) - Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues - Furry Lewis
- Lonesome Home Blues (test, previously unissued) - Tommy Johnson
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go - Rabbits Foot Williams
- Mistreatin' Mama - Rabbits Foot Williams

Blues Images no 8

Blues Images

2013

Legendary Country Blues Guitarists

Charlie Burse & Will Shade
- Kansas City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Trouble In Mind
- Backwater Blues
Son House
- Talk About The Blues
- So Hard To Love Someone
Skip James
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Son House
- Sick And Bad Blues
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Blues
- Tombstone Blues
- Brownsville Blues,
Rev. Gary Davis Blind Gary Davis
- A Documentary by Harold Becker
Blind Connie Williams
- Take My Hand, Precious Lord
- I'm Going Too
Ralph Willis & Washboard Pete Sanders
- Dream I Had On My Mind
- I've Been Living With The Blues
- Midnight Special
Sam Chatmon
- Sales Tax Blues
- Outside Friend
- Fishing Blues (Evil Jackson)
- Glad When You're Dead
Mance Lipscomb
- I Want To Do Something For You
- Alabama Jubilee
Henry Johnson
- Blood Red River
Willie Trice
- Be Your Dog
- Run Here Gal
- Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
- Good Time Boogie, Sweet Sugar Mama
- Stand And Welcome Jesus
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Son House & Buddy Guy
- I Wish I Had My Whole Heart In My Hand

Vestapol DVD 13129 (US 2013)

2014

Bukka White & Skip James: Cafe Au Go Go 1965

Bukka White
- I'm Going Home
- Aberdeen
- Old Folks Twist
- Please Write My Mother
- Going To New Orleans
- Jitterbug Swing
- Saturday Night Blues
- Old Man John
- Aberdeen
- Going To New Orleans
- Midnight Blues
Skip James
- Roadhouse Blues [actually Bukka White]
- I'm Worried
- Hard Head
- Cruel Jane
- Cherry Bough
- No Special Rider
- Would You Like To Be My Baby

rec. November 1965

notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

= Rockbeat ROBE 3251 (US 2014)

89a

2014

The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3

disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)
Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)
Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)
Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)

disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)
Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)
Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)

front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner

112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)

2016

20 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 14
2017 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Cottonfield Blues - Part I and Part II - Garfield Akers
- How Long How Long Blues - Jed Davenport
- I'm Talking About You - Memphis Minnie
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down (tk 2) - Frank Palmes
- Lord I'm Discouraged - Charley Patton
- Louisiana Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett
- Illinois Blues - Skip James
- Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Big Bill Johnson (Broonzy)
- Mr. Devil Blues - Joe Williams
- Fattenin' Frogs - Mobile Strugglers
- Let Your Light Shine On Me - Blind Willie Johnson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- I'll Just Wring My Hands And Cry - Blind Gussie Nesbitt
- Motherless Children - Blind Gussie Nesbitt
- Bumble Bee - Memphis Minnie
- Chain 'Em Down - Blind Leroy Garnett
- Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Yola My Blues Away - Skip James
- I'm Goin' Home - Charley Patton
- The Western Blues - Big Bill Johnson (Broonzy) & The Western Kid (Frank Braswell)
- Memphis Blues - Mobile Strugglers
- Woman Woman Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Suit Case Full Of Blues - Ishman Bracey

remastered by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team

Blues Images Vol. 14 (rel. 2016, for 2017)

Blues Images

2017

American Epic: The Collection

disc 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley
- On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
- The Panama Limited - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys
- Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor
disc 2:
- My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates
- Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell
disc 3:
- Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores
- La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos
- Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters
- Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders
- If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman
- Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson
disc 4:
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys
- New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim
- Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey
- Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
- Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family
- Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James
disc 5:
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
- Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders
- Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
- Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
- Ghost Dance - Truett & George
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores
- Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips

"American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed."

5 CD set

American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)

Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Stephen Calt: I'd Rather be the Devil - Skip James + the Blues.- New York (Da Capo) 1994
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 437-438
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- Ebay auctions
- diverse other internet resources

Thanks to Alan Balfour, Robert Bernstein, Gene Rosenthal, Steve Franz, David J Costa, Kevin Barker, Buddy O. Wardlow, Hank Moore, Max Hoeffner, Ben Walker, Russell Shor, Gayle Dean Wardlow and Helge Thygesen for additional info / scans

Larry Johnson, Hank Adkins, Son House, Skip James & Victoria Spivey at the Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, November 1965
source: Back cover of 1984 Spivey LP 1034 "Larry Johnson & Nat Riddles featuring The Doctor's Basin Free"; photographer: Len Kunstadt

N E H E M I A H 'S K I P' J A M E S; source: front cover of Vanguard VPD 20001; photographer: Dick Waterman
source: Front cover of Vanguard VPD 20001
photographer: Dick Waterman

Poster for two Skip James concerts 3/18-19/66
at the Jabberwock in Berkeley, CA

Stephen Calt: I'd Rather Be The Devil - Skip James + The Blues
Capo Press, New York 1994

Wim Wenders' "The Soul Of A Man"
(Tribute to Willie Johnson, Skip James and J.B. Lenoir)

Recommended Skip James Guitar Books, Records, Videos etc

Skip James headstone
Skip James' headstone at Merion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, PA
source: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/image_pages/james_nehemiah_im/james_nehemiah_001.htm

Wim Wenders' "The Soul Of A Man"(Tribute to Willie Johnson, Skip James and J.B. Lenoir)

Recommended Skip James Guitar Books, Records, Videos etc

Wim Wenders' "The Soul Of A Man"
(Tribute to Willie Johnson, Skip James and J.B. Lenoir)