Lonnie Johnsona/k/a Alonzo Johnsonb. possibly February 8, 1889?/1891?/1894?/1898?/1899? in New Orleans Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisianad. June 16, 1970 at home in Toronto, Canadaburied at White Chapel Memorial Park in Feasterville, Bucks County, Pennsylvaniadiscography
10 inch LPJazz Society L-P 14 (Fr!)
Jazz Society discography
notes by Seymour Stein Bethlehem BCP 6071 (US 1958?)
notes by Robert Palmer = Bethlehem BCP 6017 (US 1976) distributed by RCA Victor "The Finest of Folk Bluesmen"
Bethlehem CD 20-3500-2 (US 1996)
notes by David B. Bitten Bluesville BV/BVLP 1007
Bluesville Records discography
= OBC OBC-502 (1984)
= OBC OBCCD-502-2
OBC Records discography
notes (French) by Jacques Demêtre Brunswick 87 504 selection (Fr 1960)
notes (English) by Nat Henthoff, notes (German) by Dr. Dietrich Schulz-Köhn = Brunswick LPBM 87 504 (Germany)
notes (English) by Nat Henthoff, notes (German) by Dr. Dietrich Schulz-Köhn = Fonit LPB. 87504 (It)
Kokomo Arnold discographySleepy John Estes discographyLightnin' Hopkins discographyPeetie Wheatstraw discography
notes by Chris Albertson Bluesville BV/BVLP 1011
= OBCCD 531-2
notes by Martin T. Williams Bluesville BV/BVLP 1024
notes by Martin T. Williams = Prestige PR 7724
notes by Martin T. Williams= OBC OBCCD-543-2
Bluesville BV/BVLP 1044
= OBCCD-518-2
notes by John Greenway Bluesville BV/BVLP 1055 (US 1962)
notes by John Greenway Prestige BVLP 1055 (US 196?) - trident label in use 1964 -1971
notes by John Greenway = OBCCD-544 (US 1991)
Tampa Red discographyPink Anderson discographyMemphis Willie B. discographyBlind Willie McTell discographyBluesville Records discographyOBC Records discography
Bluesville BV/BVLP 1062
= OBCCD 550-2
Brunswick 87 521 inner gatefold
notes by Hans HerderBrunswick 88-001 (Germany 1963)
notes by Hans Herder = Brunswick 87 521
Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 track sequence: Muddy Waters - Five Long Years Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby Matthew Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't It A Pity Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby, Please Don't Go Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get The Drinking Hubert Sumlin - No Title Boogie Howlin Wolf - Dust My Broom
originally unissued Lonnie Johnson tracks from same event on Evidence ECD 26200, all previously (1992) released on ACT CD 9205: Lonnie Johnson - Careless Love (3:13) @ youtube Lonnie Johnson - C.C. Rider (2:37) @ youtube
notes (8-pp. German/English) by Horst Lippmann and Siegfried Schmidt-Joos Fontana 681510 ZL (mono) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival" incl. photos by Rolf Ambor
or = Fontana 885403 ZL (mono)= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival"
notes by Anonymous = Fontana TL 5204 (mono) (UK 1964) "American Folk Blues Festival"
notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 885403 MY (mono)= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Fr 196?)
notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 681510 TL/ZL (Fr 19??)
= Fontana 858 100 FPY (NL 1968)
= Polydor 2310 296 (Fr)
= Exodus EX/EXS 302 (US 1966) [Ewart Abner's label]
(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64"
notes by Willy Leiser = L+R 42.023 (Germany 1981)
= Optimism/L+R CD-2023 (US 1983?)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42023 (Germany 1998)
5 CD box setnotes by Bill Dahl (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65" CDs 2 & 3: "1963, parts 1 & 2"
notes by Jerry Gordon (=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened!
3 CD set (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964" CD 2: "1963"
(=) Oldays ODR 6287-88 (Jp 2016) "1962-63"
a few more re-releases @ discogs. com
American Folk Blues Festival discographyFontana Records discographyL+R Records discography
notes by Patrick Scott Harmony HES-6022 (Ca 1965) "Jim McHarg's Metro Stompers: New Orleans Jazz"
= Columbia EL 110 (mono)= Columbia ELS 310 (stereo) (Ca 1966) "Jim McHarg's Metro Stompers featuring Lonnie Johnson - Stompin' at The Penny with Jim McHarg's Metro Stompers"
= Columbia CK 57829 (US 1994)
notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 162
notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville 671162
= Storyville SLP 4042"Blues Roots Vol. 5""Swinging With Lonnie"
Storyville Records discography
notes by Paul OliverStoryville SLP 166(Denmark 1964)
Storyville SLP 166(Denmark 1966?)
= Discophon (S) 4311(Sp 1973)
# Storyville STCD 8003
Storyville Records discographyJohn Henry Barbee discographyBig Joe Williams discographyLightnin' Hopkins discography
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1004 (US 1964)
180g LP = Doxy DOY679 LP (EU 2013)
Spivey Records discographyRoosevelt Sykes discographyBig Joe Williams discography
XTRA 1037 (UK 1966)
XTRA Records discography
Ace of Hearts AH 158
notes by Brian Rust Parlophone PMC 7106 (UK 1970)
= Swaggie S1276(Australia 1970)
(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 327 (UK 1998) "Vol. I & II"
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1012
Spivey Records discography
John Hammond discography
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1014
notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls Yazoo 1028
= Yazoo CD 1028 (1992)
Yazoo Records discography
gatefold DLPnotes by Jacques-Emile Deschamps Vogue DP 27 (Fr 1974) (Plaisir Double series)
gatefold DLPnotes by Jacques-Emile Deschamps = Vogue 400027 (Fr 19??) (Plaisir Double series)
Albatros VPA 8189Albatros VC 0777 (cassette)
(=) Albatros ALB 83LP = VPA 8187/88/89"Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/Urbano"
Albatros Records discography
MCA-3526 (Jp 1975)
4 LP setnotes (in German and English) by Robert Hertwig MCA Coral 6.30106 (Germany 1975)
= MCA Coral 82.024 / RCOX 7526/1-4 (Germany 1975)
(=) Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006)
gatefold DLP Vogue DP 37 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)
gatefold DLP = Vogue 400037 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)
Whoopee 105 (Switzerland 1976)
Whoopee Records discography
notes by Stephen Calt Mamlish S-3807
Mamlish Records discography
notes by Archie Green Rounder 4007 (US 197?)
Rounder Records discography
Albatros VPA 8473
= Albatros: VC 5021 (cassette)
notes by Stephen Calt Yazoo L 1073
= Yazoo CD 1073 YA 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)
5 LP box set (80 tracks) Jass Box One (US 1987)
5 cassette set (80 tracks) (=) Jass JCB1-1 - JCB1-5 (US 1988)
2 CD set (50 tracks) (=) Jass JASS CD-11/12 (US 1989)
Stash/Jass Records discography
notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)
Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)
notes (8-pp. booklet) by Tony Collins Ace CH 250 (UK 1988)
= Ace CDCH 250 (UK 1988)
Bluesville Records discographyHomesick James discographyLightning Hopkins discographyBilly Boy Arnold discographyRoosevelt Sykes discography
notes by Paul Oliver Columbia LP C/AL 46215 (US 1990)
notes by Paul Oliver = Columbia/Legacy CD CK 46215 (US 1990)
notes by Paul Oliver = CBS/Legacy CD 467245 (EU 1990)
= CBS/Sony CSCS 5323 (Jp 1990)
notes by Neil Slaven (=) SPV Blue SPV 91722 (Germany/Poland 2008)
20 CD box set, CD 5 (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)
ACT 9205-2 (Germany 1992)
4 disc setnotes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)
20 CD box set from 1975MCA Coral 6.30106 (Blues Box Vol. 1)and 1976 MCA Coral 30109= MCA Coral 82.040 (Blues Box Vol. 2) (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)
from 1975MCA Coral 6.30106 (Blues Box Vol. 1)
and 1976 MCA Coral 30109= MCA Coral 82.040 (Blues Box Vol. 2) (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)
notes by Dr. Guido van Rijn Document DOCD 5411 (Austria 1995)
3 CD set20-page bookletby Steven C. TracyStarsounds 3712-2
= 1201 Music (2001)"Southern Country BluesVol. 2: Down In BoogieAlley" [sic]
4 CD set40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
Catfish KATCD 167
Catfish (UK) discography
4 CD boxCatfish KATX1
Memoir CDMOIR 503
2 CD setColumbia RiverCD 120113
2 CD setAvid Jazz CD
Ozit/Cargo CD
112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)
Blues Images Vol. 17 (rel. 10/2019, for 2020)
Blues Images