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L O N N I E   J O H N S O N Trio (Lonnie Johnson, left, with prob. Andrew Harris on string bass & Dan Dixon on rhythm guitar), April 1941; source: http://www.shorpy.com/node/6852; photographer: Russell Lee (tinted, source:
Lonnie Johnson Trio, April 1941
Lonnie Johnson, left, with prob. Andrew Harris, b & Dan Dixon, g
source of original photo: http://www.shorpy.com/node/6852; photographer: Russell Lee
source of tinted version: http://www.shorpy.com/node/7507, submitted by Don Wagoner
This page - until now - mostly consists of entries
taken from my other artists' discographies !!!
Will be complemented asap - some day

 

Lonnie Johnson
a/k/a Alonzo Johnson
b. possibly February 8, 1889?/1891?/1894?/1898?/1899? in New Orleans Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
d. June 16, 1970 at home in Toronto, Canada

buried at White Chapel Memorial Park in Feasterville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
discography

Under Construction!


Man at Work !!!
(Please do not comment until I'm stumped, i.e. until this piece of advice has disappeared ;-)
#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

LP / CD compilations
11955?Lonnie Johnson Blues Album

Tampa Red
- My First Love Blues
Texas Alexander
- Work Ox Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- St. Louis Cyclone Blues
- Away Down In The Alley Blues

Big Maceo with Tampa Red
- Texas Stomp
Texas Alexander
- 'Frisco Train Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Blues In G
- Sweet Woman

limited edition of 100 copies

10 inch LP



Jazz Society L-P 14 (Fr!)

Jazz Society discography

1a1958?blues 'n' folk

Lonnie Johnson
- Tomorrow Night
John Lee Hooker
- Late Last Night
Champion Jack Dupree *
- Two Below Zero (K 8525-1)
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
- Person To Person
Piney Brown #
- Whispering Blues (K 8395)
Texas Slim
- Stomp Boogie

Memphis Slim
- Letter Home
Sticks McGhee
- Little Things We Used To Do
Jimmy Rushing
- She's Mine She's Yours
Smokey Hogg
- Keep A Walking
Washboard Bill
- In The Morning
Johnny Temple
- I Believe I'll Go Down Town Again


* rec. February 15, 1955 in New York City; Jack Dupree, voc, p; Jerome Darr, g; Cedric Wallace, b; Cornelius Thomas, dr
# rec. April 7, 1953 in New York City; Piney Brown, voc; Sidney Grant, ts; Jack Dupree, p; Mickey Baker, g; Cedric Wallace, b; John Taylor, dr

Bethlehem BCP 6071 cover artwork by Pierre Wooten
Bethlehem BCP 6017 cover photo by Peter Bernath

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)

1b1960Blues by Lonnie Johnson

- Don't Ever Love
- No Love For Sale
- There's No Love
- I Don't Hurt Anymore
- She-Devil
- One-Sided Love Affair

- Big Leg Woman
- There Must Be A Way
- She's Drunk Again
- Blues 'Round My Door
- You Don't Move Me
- You Will Need Me

rec. March 8, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by Rudy Van Gelder; Lonnie Johnson, voc, g; Hal Singer, ts; Claude Hopkins, p; Wendell Marshall, b; Bobby Donaldson, dr

notes by David B. Bitten

Bluesville BV/BVLP 1007

Bluesville Records discography


= OBC OBC-502 (1984)

= OBC OBCCD-502-2

OBC Records discography

1c1960Bad Luck Blues
A Blues Anthology / une anthologie du blues

Lonnie Johnson - Blue Ghost Blues
Red Nelson - Crying Mother Blues
Kokomo Arnold - Bad Luck Blues
Cecil Gant - Playin' Myself The Blues
Sleepy John Estes - Someday Baby Blues
Lem Johnson - Candy Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Highway Blues

Sleepy John Estes - Jailhouse Blues
Pleasant Joe - Bad Luck Blues
Kokomo Arnold - Red Beans And Rice
Joe Turner - Blues On Central Avenue
Peetie Wheatstraw - Road Tramp Blues


compiled by Jacques Demêtre
cover drawing by R. Saingt

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 discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Peetie Wheatstraw discography

21960Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden: Blues & Ballads

- Haunted House
- Memories Of You
- Blues For Chris
- I Found A Dream
- St. Louis Blues #

- I'll Get Along Somehow
- Savoy Blues (instr)
- Backwater Blues
- Elmer's Blues (instr)
- Jelly Roll Baker

rec. April 5, 1960 in Anglewood Cliffs, NJ by Rudy Van Gelder; Lonnie Johnson, voc, g; Elmer Snowden, g, # voc; Wendell Marshall, b

notes by Chris Albertson

Bluesville BV/BVLP 1011

Bluesville Records discography

= OBCCD 531-2

OBC Records discography

31961Lonnie Johnson: Losing Game

- New Orleans Blues   @ youtube
- My Little Kitten Susi   @ youtube
- Evil Woman #   @ youtube
- What A Difference A Day Makes   @ youtube
- Moaning Blues   @ youtube
- Summertime   @ youtube

- Lines In My Face   @ youtube
- Losing Game   @ youtube
- New Year's Blues   @ youtube
- Slow And Easy   @ youtube
- Four Walls And Me   @ youtube
- You Won't Let Me Go   @ youtube

rec. December 28, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by Rudy Van Gelder; Lonnie Johnson, voc, g, # p
design by Don Schlitten; photo by Esmond Edwards

notes by Martin T. Williams

Bluesville BV/BVLP 1024

notes by Martin T. Williams

= Prestige PR 7724

Bluesville Records discography

notes by Martin T. Williams

= OBC OBCCD-543-2

OBC Records discography

41962Lonnie Johnson with Victoria Spivey: Idle Hours

- Darling I Miss You So
- Long Time Blues *
- You Are My Life
- Or Yes, Baby
- Please Baby
- Leave Me Or Love Me

- Idle Hours *
- You Have No Love In Your Heart
- Good Luck Darling
- No More Cryin'
- I Got The Blues So Bad *
- End It All

rec. July 13, 1961; Lonnie Johnson, voc (except on Side B #5) and guitar (except on Side A, #5 and Side B, #5); Victoria Spivey, * voc and piano (on Side B, #5); Cliff Jackson, p (except on Side B, #3 and #5)


Bluesville BV/BVLP 1044

Bluesville Records discography

= OBCCD-518-2

OBC Records discography

4a1962Bawdy Blues

Memphis Slim - Sweet Root Man
Tampa Red - Let Me Play With Your Poodle
Victoria Spivey - I'm A Red Hot Mama

Lonnie Johnson - Jelly Roll Baker
Memphis Slim - Churning Man Blues
Pink Anderson - Try Some Of That #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Memphis Slim - Steady Rollin' Blues
Tampa Red - Jelly Whipping Blues
Victoria Spivey - That Man
Memphis Willie B. - Car Machine Blues
Memphis Slim - If You See Kay
Blind Willie McTell - Beedle Um Bum [Bluesville 1040]


rec. between 1956 and 1961
# rec. April 12, 1961 in Spartanburg, SC by Samuel Charters; Pink Anderson, voc, g; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein
design and collage: Christos Gianakos

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 discography
Pink Anderson discography
Memphis Willie B. discography
Blind Willie McTell discography
Bluesville Records discography
OBC Records discography

4aa1963Lonnie Johnson: Another Night To Cry

- Another Night To Cry
- I Got News For You, Baby
- Blues After Hours
- You Didn't Mean What You Said
- Fine Booze And Heavy Dues

- I've Got To Get Rid Of You
- Bow Legged Baby
- Make Love To Me, Baby
- Lots Of Loving
- A Story About Barbara
- Goodbye Kitten


Bluesville BV/BVLP 1062

Bluesville Records discography

= OBCCD 550-2

OBC Records discography

4aaa1963The Best of This Is The Blues

Lightning Hopkins
- I'm Wild About You Baby
Roosevelt Sykes
- Ups And Downs Blues

Lonnie Johnson
- Laplegged Drunk Again
Rosetta Howard
- Rosetta Blues
Ollie Shepard
- She Walks Like A Kangaroo
Cow Cow Davenport
- Railroad Blues

Jimmie Gordon
- Me And My Gin
Peetie Wheatstraw
- All Night Long Blues
- Love Bug Blues
Johnnie Temple
- Bow Leg Woman [Decca 7817]
Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]
Cousin Joe
- Beggin' Women


compiled by Horst Hohenböken


Brunswick 87 521 inner gatefold

notes by Hans Herder

Brunswick 88-001 (Germany 1963)

notes by Hans Herder

= Brunswick 87 521

4aa1963American Folkblues [sic] Festival 1963 resp. American Folk Blues Festival 1963
"A documentation of the authentic blues featuring the best blues artists of America"

Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - I Have No Friends   @ youtube
Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues   @ youtube
Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby   @ youtube
Victoria Spivey - Grant Spivey   @ youtube
Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie   @ youtube

Sonnyboy Williamson - I Don't Know   @ youtube
Sonnyboy Williamson - Sonny's Harmonica Boogie   @ youtube

Lonnie Johnson - It's Too Late To Cry   @ youtube
Otis Spann - Had My Fun (3:53)   @ youtube
Muddy Waters - Five Long Years   @ youtube

Memphis Slim et al. - Bye, Bye, Blues   @ youtube

rec. October 13, 1963 live at the (2nd) American Folk Blues Festival in Bremen, Germany; accompanists: Matt "Guitar" Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr; prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

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 set
notes 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 discography
Fontana Records discography
L+R Records discography

4a1965Jim McHarg's Metro Stompers: New Orleans Jazz /

Jim McHarg's Metro Stompers
featuring Lonnie Johnson
Stompin' At The Penny with Jim McHarg's Metro Stompers   @ youtube (full album)

- Dippermouth Blues (2:17)
- Trouble In Mind (3:03)
- The Marines Hymn (2:45)

- My Mother's Eyes # * (3:45)
- Go Go Swing (instr) * (2:38)
- The Old Rugged Cross (3:35)
- China Boy (instr) * (2:57)

- Stompin' At The Penny (2:34)
- West End Blues (instr) * (3:31)
- Bring It On Home To Mama # * (3:55)
- The Fourteenth Of July (2:56)
- Mr. Blues Walks # * (4:08)
- Canal Street Blues (2:41)

rec. November 25, 1965 at the Penny Farthing coffeehouse in Toronto, Canada; E. Nelson, cl; Charles Gall, tp; Ron Simpson, bj; Jim McHarg, b; Bernie Nathan, dr; Lonnie Johnson, # voc, * g

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)

4aa196?Lonnie Johnson: Portraits In Blues Vol. 6

- Tomorrow Night
- Clementine Blues
- See See Rider
- Raining On The Cold Ground
- Jelly Jelly

- Too Late To Cry
- Call Me Darling
- Why Did You Go
- Swingin' With Lonnie
- Please Help Me

rec. Copenhagen, Danmark, Oct. 16, 1963; Lonnie Johnson, voc, g; Otis Spann, p

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

17aaa1964


Guitar Blues

Big Joe Williams
- Wild Ox Moan   @ youtube
- Juanita Blues   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Walkin' The Streets [Chart 636, Guest Star GS 1902]   @ youtube
- Mussy Haired Woman [Chart 636, Guest Star GS 1902]   @ youtube
John Henry Barbee
- Your Friend #   @ youtube
- Backwater Blues #   @ youtube


Lonnie Johnson
- My Baby Is Gone   @ youtube
- You Don't Know What Love Is   @ youtube
Math. Murphy
- Gravel Road   @ youtube
John Lee Hooker
- Stand By Me Baby [Guest Star GS 1902]   @ youtube
- Baby Please Don't Go [Guest Star GS 1902]   @ youtube


# rec. October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark; John Henry Barbee, voc, g

notes by Paul Oliver

Storyville SLP 166
(Denmark 1964)



Storyville SLP 166
(Denmark 1966?)


= Discophon (S) 4311
(Sp 1973)

# Storyville STCD 8003

Storyville Records discography
John Henry Barbee discography
Big Joe Williams discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography

4aaaa1964Three Kings And The Queen

Roosevelt Sykes
- This Is A New World

Lonnie Johnson
- Mr. Johnson's Guitar Talks
Big Joe Williams & Bob Dylan
- Sitting On Top Of The World
Victoria Spivey
- All You Men
Roosevelt Sykes
- Lake Charles Stomp
Big Joe Williams
- Strange Girl Blues

Lonnie Johnson
- Stick By Me Baby
Victoria Spivey
- Turpentine

Roosevelt Sykes
- Let's Play Mommy And Daddy
Big Joe Williams & Bob Dylan
- Wichita
Victoria Spivey
- Brown Skin

Lonnie Johnson
- Stop Talking
Big Joe Williams
- No Partnership Woman
Victoria Spivey
- Blues For Robert Calvin No. 2

Lonnie Johnson
- Four Shots Of Gin
Sykes & Spivey
- Thirteen Hours


notes by Len Kunstadt
 
Spivey 1004 (US 1964)

180g LP

= Doxy DOY679 LP (EU 2013)

Spivey Records discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Big Joe Williams discography

51966Lonnie Johnson

- Johnson Swings
- Some Day Baby
- Lonesome Road
- When You're Feeling Low Down
- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Fool
- Get Yourself Together

- Roamin' Gambler
- The Last Call
- My Love Is Down
- Nuts About That Girl
- Fly Right Baby
- Swingin' The Blues (instr)   @ youtube

rec. 1966 in New York; Lonnie Johnson, voc, g; Folkways recordings


XTRA 1037 (UK 1966)

XTRA Records discography

5a1967Out Came The Blues   Vol. 2

- Let Your Linen Hang Low - Rosetta Howard
- Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James [Decca 7213]
- Pigmeat Blues - Georgia White
- Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey
- All Night Long Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw

- Got The Blues For The West End - Lonnie Johnson
- Callin' Corrine - Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon

- I Ain't No Ice Man - Cow Cow Davenport
- Double Dozens (You Dirty No Gooder) - Sweet Pease Spivey
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James [Decca 7213]

- Blue Ghost Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Walking The Street - Georgia White
- Green Country Gal - Bumble Bee Slim
- No Good Man - Trixie Smith



Ace of Hearts AH 158

5aa1970Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson: Blue Guitars Vol. 2

- I'll Never Be The Same
- April Kisses
- Prelude (In C Sharp Minor)
- The Melody Man's Dream
- Perfect
- Church Street Sobbin' Blues
- There'll Be Some Changes Made
- Jeannine (I Dream Of Lilac Time)

- Two Tone Stomp
- Guitar Blues
- Bull Frog Woman
- A Handful Of Riffs
- Work Ox Blues #
- The Risin' Sun #
- Jet Back Blues #
- Blue Blood Blues #

compiled from the EMI Archives by Chris Ellis
# accompanying Texas Alexander

notes by Brian Rust

Parlophone PMC 7106 (UK 1970)


= Swaggie S1276
(Australia 1970)


(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 327 (UK 1998) "Vol. I & II"

5aaa1970Spivey's Blues Parade

Spivey's Blues Paraders
- Overture Rouser #
Benny Jefferson
- Life Is A Feeling
Pat Blackman
- Get Yourself Another Monkey
Sugar Blue & His Harmonica
- Sugar Really Has The Blues
Sippie Wallace
- I'm A Mighty Tight Woman
Billie Mitchell
- My Mama And My Papa
Walter "Shakey" Horton (+ Sunnyland Slim & Johnny Shines)
- Inter-Mission Taste

Victoria Spivey (+ Lonnie Johnson, Little Brother Montgomery & Sonny Greer)
- Jet

Carolina Rose
- Wine Drinkin' Man
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Black Snake Swinger
Nita Washington
- Rich Man Blues
Washboard Bill
- You Are My Sunshine
Littly Sonny Parker
- Love Is Got Me Down
Delsey MacCay (+ Horton & Sunnyland Slim)
- Just Deserts
Papa Comb & His Ukelele Mama
- Struggle Buggy Blues

Lonnie Johnson
- Lonnie's Traveling Light

# rec. May 1969 in Willie Dixon's basement in Chicago, IL; Bill Dicey, hca; Roosevelt Sykes, p; John Hammond, g; Bob Malenky, flute; Washboard Doc, washb

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1012

Spivey Records discography

5aaaa1970Kings and the Queen   Volume Two

Memphis Slim
- Everything I Do Is Wrong

Lonnie Johnson
- Feelings From The Fingers
Roosevelt Sykes
- Sleeping All Day Blues
Victoria Spivey, Big Joe Williams, Bob Dylan
- Big Joe, Dylan and Victoria
Victoria Spivey
- A Bum Can't Do You No Good
Memphis Slim
- European Blues

Victoria Spivey
- Go Tell My Other Man
Big Joe Williams
- Drifting Blues
Roosevelt Sykes, John Hammond
- Bicycle Riding Mama #

Lonnie Johnson
- Be Careful
Victoria Spivey, Bob Dylan
- It's Dangerous
Memphis Slim
- Slim's Organ Boogie For Victoria


# rec. May 1969 in Willie Dixon's basement in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes & His Koochie Koochie Men: Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; John Hammond, g; Bill Dicey, hca; Bob Malenky, flute; Washboard Doc, washb

John Hammond discography

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1014

Spivey Records discography

5a1972Barrelhouse Blues 1927-1936

Bob Call
- Thirty-One Blues
Barelhouse Welsh
- Dying Pickpocket Blues
Joe Dean
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today
George Noble
- Seminole Blues

Lonnie Johnson
- Sam, You're Just A Rat
Louise Johnson
- On The Wall
Montana Taylor
- Indiana Avenue Stomp

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues No. 2
Charley Taylor
- Heavy Suitcase Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- State Street Jive
Jabo Williams
- Polack Blues
Jesse James
- Ramrod [aka Sweet Patuni; Decca unissued, Post 439]
Raymond Barrow
- Walking Blues
Will Ezell
- Barrelhouse Woman (tk 2)


notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls

Yazoo 1028


= Yazoo CD 1028 (1992)

Yazoo Records discography

5b1974Blue Guitar Album

LP 1:
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar Shuffle
Lightnin' Hopkins - Drinkin' The Blues
Brownie McGhee - That's How I Feel
Jimmy Reed - Instrumental

Jimmy Dawkins - Blues In The Ghetto
Hubert Sumlin - Straight Talk
Big Joe Williams - Skinny Mama
John Lee Hooker - Wednesday Evening Blues
Jimmy Dawkins - Lick For Licks



LP 2:
Louis Myers - The Ace's Shuffle
Lonnie Johnson - You Will Need Me
Doug Quattlebaum - Sweet Little Woman
Louisiana Red - I'm Louisiana Red
Hubert Sumlin - Blues For Elmore James

Big Bill Broonzy - House Rent Stomp
John Lee Hooker - Blues Before Sunrise
Eddie Kirkland - Saturday Night Stomp
Jimi Hendrix - C Blues


gatefold DLP
notes by Jacques-Emile Deschamps

Vogue DP 27 (Fr 1974) (Plaisir Double series)

gatefold DLP
notes by Jacques-Emile Deschamps

= Vogue 400027 (Fr 19??) (Plaisir Double series)

5bb1974Il Blues Urbano - Urban Blues

Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues
Blind Blake
- Doing A Stretch
Speckled Red
- The Dirty Dozens
Kokomo Arnold
- Bad Luck Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
- No Special Rider Blues
Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy
- She Put Me Outdoors
Red Nelson
- Crying Mother Blues

Lonnie Johnson
- New Falling Rain Blues

Georgia Tom
- Don't Leave Me Here
Jimmy Yancey
- Yancey Stomp
Big Bill Broonzy
- Night Time Is The Right Time
Lucille Bogan
- Pot Hound Blues
Leroy Carr
- Blues Before Sunrise
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Road Tramp Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Bluebird Blues n. 2
Roosevelt Sykes
- You Can't Fix It Back



Albatros VPA 8189
Albatros VC 0777 (cassette)


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

Albatros Records discography

5c1975Blues In The Thirties

The Mississippi Mudder (Joe & Charlie McCoy)
- Going Back Home Blues [Decca 7087]
Memphis Minnie
- Dirty Mother For You [Decca 7048]
Kokomo Arnold
- Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues) [Decca 7050]
Blind Willie McTell
- Hillbilly Willie's Blues [Decca 7117]
Frankie Black (Scrapper Blackwell) & Dot Rice
- No Good Woman Blues [Champion 50049]
Sleepy John Estes
- Someday Baby Blues [Champion 50068]
The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes) & Kokomo Arnold
- The Honey Dripper [Decca 7050]

Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]
Bumble Bee Slim
- Green Country Gal (No More To Say) [Decca 7440]
Johnny Temple
- Louise Louise Blues [Decca 7254]
Alex Moore
- Bull Cow Blues [Decca 7552]
Andrew Hogg
- Family Trouble Blues [Decca 7303]
Blind Boy Fuller
- Some Day You're Gonna Be Sorry [Decca 7892]

Peetie Wheatstraw & Lonnie Johnson
- What More Can A Man Do? [Decca 7429]


MCA-3526 (Jp 1975)

5d1975The Blues Box - Country Blues

record 1:
Kokomo Arnold
- Shake That Thing
Baby Doo
- The Death Of Walter Barnes
Scrapper Blackwell
- Motherless Boy Blues
Dot Rice & Frankie Black
- Texas Stomp
Son Bonds
- Trouble Trouble Blues
Walter Coleman
- I'm Going To Cincinnati
- Smack That Thing
Blind Teddy Darby
- The Girl I Left Behind

Bumble Bee Slim
- Bleeding Heart Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- I Ain't No Iceman
- Railroad Blues
Big Boy Teddy Edwards
- W-P-A Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- Louisiana
Blind Boy Fuller
- Stingy Mama
- Working Man Blues
Gene Gilmore
- Natchez Fire



record 2:
Bill Gaither
- Pains In My Heart
- In The Wee Wee Hours
Jimmie Gordon
- Graveyard Blues
- Sweet Jelly Rollin'
The Harlem Hamfats
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Let Me Feel It
Honey Hill
- Boogie Woogie
- Set 'Em

Springback James
- Stingaree Mama Blues
- Rusty Can Blues

Lonnie Johnson
- Flood Water Blues
- Blue Ghost Blues
Signifying Mary Johnson
- Peepin' At The Risin' Sun
- Black Gal Blues
Charlie McCoy
- Candy Man Blues
- Baltimore Blues



record 3:
Joe McCoy
- I Got To Have A Little More
- Please Baby
Robert Lee McCoy
- Gonna Keep It For Me Daddy
- Mama Don't Allow Me To Stay Out All Night Long
Charlie McFadden
- People People
Leothus "Lee" Green
- 44 Blues
Barrel House Buck McFarland
- Mercy Mercy Blues
- Weeping Willow Blues

Arthur McKay
- Central Limited Blues
- She Squeezed My Lemon
Blind Willie McTell
- Let Me Play With Your Yo-Yo
- Ticket Agent Blues
Alice Moore
- Telephone Blues
- Don't Deny Me Baby
Shorty Bob Parker
- The Death Of Slim Green
- So Cold In China



record 4:
Johnny Temple
- Louise Louise Blues
Black Ace
- Whiskey And Woman
Curley Weaver
- Oh Lawdy Mama
Peetie Wheatstraw
- These Times
Georgia White
- Daddy Let Me Lay It On You
- Dead Man's Blues
Oscar Woods
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
- Don't Sell It-Don't Give It Away

Charlie Pickett
- Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal
- Trembling Blues
Red Nelson
- Detroit Special
- Streamline Train
Sloke And Ike
- Slocum Blues
- Chocolate Candy Blues
Johnnie Strauss
- Hard Working Woman
Roosevelt Sykes
- Soft And Mellow


compiled by Robert "Bob" Hertwig (TELDEC product manager)

4 LP set
notes (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)

52197525 Géants du Blues
A World of Jazz

LP 1:
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise Louise Blues
Curtis Jones - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I Love You Baby
Blind John Davis - How Long Blues

Lonnie Johnson - Big Leg Woman
Louisiana Red - Keep Your Hands Off My Woman

Lightnin' Hopkins - Catfish Blues
Champion Jack Dupree - The Death Of Louis (Armstrong)
Jimmy Dawkins - The Way She Walks
Hubert Sumlin - Funky Roots
Eddie Kirkland - Have Mercy On Me
The Aces - Dust My Broom



LP 2:
Memphis Slim - Sassy Mae
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Skies Are Crying
St. Louis Jimmy - Some Sweet Day
Eddie Boyd - I Cried
Roosevelt Sykes - Jail Bait
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Deceitful Brownskin Blues

John Lee Hooker - Wednesday Evening Blues
Jimmy Reed - Hard Walking Hanna
Doug Quattlebaum - Trouble In Mind
Big Joe Williams - Pallet On The Floor
Billy Boy Arnold - I'm Gonna Move
Sunnyland Slim - Brownskin Woman


gatefold DLP

Vogue DP 37 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)

gatefold DLP

= Vogue 400037 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)

5f1976Moods Of Jimmy Blythe

Sodarissa Miller
- Hot Springs Water Blues (9026-2)
- Who'll Drive My Blues Away (9027-1)
Lottie Beaman
- Mama Can't Lose (1904-1)
Sodarissa Miller
- Broadway Daddy Blues (9074-4)
Jimmy Blythe
- Fat Meat And Greens
Sodarissa Miller
- Midnight Special (2225-1)
Viola Bartlette
- Shake That Thing (2467-1)
Priscilla Stewart
- It Must Be Hard (2354-1)

Priscilla Stewart
- Jefferson County (2659-2)
- Lonesome Hour Blues (4251-1)
- New Mr. Freddie Blues (4252-1)

Lonnie Johnson
- When A Man Is Treated Like A Dog (13290)
- Bear Cat Blues (13300)
Alexander Robinson
- My Baby (20377-2)
Hokum Boys
- The Folks Down Stairs (403340-B)
Teddy Moss
- Rocky Luck Blues (16210-A)


Whoopee 105 (Switzerland 1976)

Whoopee Records discography

6197?Lonnie Johnson: Mr. Johnson's Blues 1926-1932

Lonnie Johnson
- Uncle Ned Don't Use Your Head
- Winnie The Wailer
Mooch Richardson
- Helena Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Mr. Johnson's Blues No. 2
Katherine Baker
- Chicago Fire Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- No More Trouble Now (Take A)
Violet Green
- You Had Too Much

Lonnie Johnson
- Racketeer's Blues
- There Is No Justice
- New Fallin' Rain Blues
Texas Alexander
- Cornbread Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- There's No Use Lovin'
- Bull Frog Moan
Victoria Spivey
- Dope Head Blues

original (cropped) photo showing Lonnie Johnson Trio (Lonnie Johnson with prob. Andrew Harris on string bass & Dan Dixon on rhythm guitar), April 1941; photographer: Russell Lee

notes by Stephen Calt

Mamlish S-3807

Mamlish Records discography

7197?Hard Times

- We Sure Got Hard Times - Barbecue Bob
- Warehouse Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree

- Racketter's Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- When The Soldiers Get Their Bonus - Red Nelson
- Silicosis Is Killin' Me - Pinewood Tom
- Samuel - Bert Williams
- Sadie's Servant Room Blues - Hattie Burleson
- Starvation Blues - Charlie Jordan

- Section Gang Blues - "Texas" Alexander
- Broadway St. Woman Blues - Alice Moore
- Big Boy, They Can't Do That - "Pine Top" Smith
- Give Me A 32-20 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Unemployment Blues (alt tk) - Smokey Hogg
- Sales Tax Boogie - Piano Red
- Black Evil Blues - Alice Moore


selections by Dick Spottswood

notes by Archie Green
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Rounder 4007 (US 197?)

Rounder Records discography

81982Big City Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- Burned Down Mill
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning, School Girl
Rosetta Howard
- Let Your Linen Hang Low
Curtis Jones
- Gold Digger Blues
Doctor Clayton
- On The Killin' Floor
Jazz Gillum
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Peg Leg Howell
- Sadie Lee Blues
Texas Alexander
- Sabine River Blues

Martha Copeland
- Stole My Man Blues
Cousin Joe
- Bad Luck Blues
Walter Davis
- I Did Everything I Could

Lonnie Johnson
- Mr. Johnson Swing
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Chicago Mill Blues
St. Louis Jimmy
- Going Down Slow
Jim Jackson
- My Monday Woman Blues
Leroy Carr
- Six Cold Feet In The Ground



Albatros VPA 8473

= Albatros: VC 5021 (cassette)

Albatros Records discography

8a1986The 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

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)

Yazoo Records discography

8aa1987Them Dirty Blues
A Five Record Copulation Compilation

LP 1:
- Bring On Home To Grandma - Mississippi Mud Mashers °°
- (Good Mornin' Susie) I'm Gonna Heat Your Bread - Lee Green °°
- Keep It To Yourself - Lonnie Johnson And Spencer Williams
- Worn Out Engine Blues - Blind Boy Fuller °°
- She Done Sold It Out - Memphis Jug Band °°
- Big Leg Mama - Kokomo Arnold °°
- Daddy, You've Got Everything - Mary Dixon °°
- Take A Pro - Unidentified Armed Forces Radio Orchestra °°

- Yas Yas Yas No.1 - Jimmy Strange, The Yas Yas Man
- The Hottest Stuff In Town - Bob Howe and Frankie Griggs °°
- Every Morning Blues - Walter Roland
- Ram Rod Blues - Mississippi Sheiks °°
- Ash Can Blues - Bob Clifford °°
- Caught Us Doing It - Hokum Boys °°
- Blue Bloomer Blues - Whistlin' Alex Moore °°
- Mister Mary Blues - Speedy Holmes °°

LP 2:
- Wet It - Frankie Half Pint Jaxon
- I Want Some Of Your Pie - Blind Boy Fuller °°
- You Can't Sleep In My Bed - Mary Dixon
- Messin' Around - Bud Jackson's Swannee Serenaders °°
- The Coldest Stuff In Town - Whistling Bob Howe and Frankie Griggs
- Somebody's Been Using That Thing - Holmes And Howard °°
- She Really Meant To Keep It - Johnny Messner and His Orchestra
- Empty Bed Blues, Part One - Bessie Smith

- Empty Bed Blues, Part Two - Bessie Smith
- Big Mama - Walter Roland °°
- Loose Like That - The Mississippi Sheiks °°
- Once Or Twice - Lonnie Johnson and Spencer Williams °°
- Shake It, Baby - Blind Boy Fuller °°
- I Can't Use That Thing - Connie McClean's Rhythm Boys °°
- If You Can't Get Five, Take Two - Georgia White 1) °°
- Tricks Ain't Walkin' - Jimmy Rushing °°
1) back cover erroneously lists "She Really Meant To Keep It - Johnny Messner and His Orchestra" as track #7 on both sides of LP 2! (evidence: http://www.horntip.com/mp3/1930s/1930s--1978ca_them_dirty_blues_(boxed_LPs)/?fref=gc)

LP 3:
- Somebody's Been Using That Thing, No.2 - The Hokum Boys
- Shave 'em Dry - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Sissy Man - Pinewood Tom
- Sissy Blues - Ma Rainey with Her Georgia Band
- Two Old Maids In A Folding Bed - Monette Moore with Her Swing Shop Boys
- Rollin Mama Blues - Ruby Glaze and Hot Shot Willie
- Windy City Blues - Ruth Ladson with The Three Shadows
- Stew Meat Blues - Lucille Bogan

- Toothache Blues - Victoria Spivey and Lonnie Johnson
- Anybody Here Want To Try My Cabbage? - Maggie Jones with Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson
- Take Your Hand Off It - Lil Johnson
- I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted - Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band
- I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
- Gas Man Blues - Mae Glover
- Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey
- I Got What It Takes - Blanch Galloway with Her Joy Boys

LP 4:
- The Candy Man - Rosetta Howard
- Tired As I Can Be - Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan) °°
- You've Got To Save That Thing - Ora Alexander °°
- Ants In My Pants - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman) °°
- Don't Tear My Clothes - The Chicago Black Swans °°
- My Baby (Squeeze Me Again) - Lil Johnson °°
- She Showed It All - Napoleon Fletcher °°
- Honey, You're So Good To Me - Lil Johnson °°

- You've Gotta Have That Thing - The Dallas Jug Band °°
- If You Don't Give Me What I Want - Lil Johnson °°
- Please Warm My Weiner - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman) °°
- Try And Get It - Bea Foote °°
- Grinding Mill - Johnny Temple °°
- If You See My Rooster - Memphis Minnie °°
- I Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Blind Boy Fuller
- Take It Easy, Greasy - Lil Johnson °°

LP 5:
- Get 'em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Georgia White °°
- Southern Can Mama - Blind Willie and Partner °°
- Let Me Pat That Thing - The Hokum Boys
- My Handy Man - Ethel Waters °°
- Six Or Seven Times - The Chocolate Dandies °°
- The Duck's Yas-yas-yas - James "Stump" Johnson °°
- My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More - Miss Edith Wilson °°
- I Wonder Who's Boogiein' My Woggie Now - Oscar's Chicago Swingers °°

- What's That Smells Like Fish? - Blind Boy Fuller °°
- How Do They Do It That Way? - Victoria Spivey
- Papa's Got Your Water On - The Memphis Jug Band °°
- Honey Dripper Blues - Hattie North (Edith North Johnson) °°
- All Around Man - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman) °°
- (Easy Rider) I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone - Tampa Red and his Hokum Jug Band °°
- Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head - Lonnie Johnson °°
- I'm Wild About That Thing - Bessie Smith

°° on JASS CD-11/12 (50 tracks!)

comp. by Joe Lauro
cover illustration by Collin Kellogg

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

8b1988Bluesville Vol. 1   "Folk Blues"

Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues   @ youtube
Memphis Willie B. - Country Girl Blues   @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Levee Camp Blues   @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Catfish Blues   @ youtube
Sidney Maiden - San Quentin Blues   @ youtube
Wade Walton - Big Fat Mama   @ youtube
Pete Franklin - Grievin' Me   @ youtube

Blind Willie McTell - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues   @ youtube

Lonnie Johnson - Fine Booze and Heavy Dues   @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise   @ youtube
Reverend Gary Davis - You Got To Move   @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Brown Skinned Woman   @ youtube
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Pawn Shop   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - T-Model Blues   @ youtube
Doug Quattlebaum - You Is One Black Rat   @ youtube


Ace CDCH 247 bonus tracks:
Memphis Willie B - Highway 61   @ youtube
Furry Lewis - Shake 'em On Down   @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Alberta   @ youtube
Baby Tate - See What You Done Done   @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog   @ youtube


compiled by Ray Topping

notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley
read liner notes, part 1read liner notes, part 2
Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)


Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)

Bluesville Records discography

8c1988Bluesville Volume 2   Electric Blues

Eddie Kirkland - Train Done Gone
Homesick James - Homesick Blues
Memphis Slim - Rack 'em Back James
Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy Blues For John Glenn
Sonny Terry - My Baby Done Gone
Billy Boy Arnold - School Time

Lonnie Johnson - Big Leg Woman

King Curtis - I Have To Worry
Roosevelt Sykes - Calcutta
Eddie Kirkland - Down On My Knees
Buddy Lucas - Showdown
Lightnin' Hopkins - Devil Jumped The Black Man
Homesick James - Stones In My Passway
Jimmy Witherspoon - How Long, How Long Blues


Ace CDCH 250 bonus tracks:
Billy Boy Arnold - You Better Cut That Out
Roosevelt Sykes - Driving Wheel
Jimmy Witherspoon - It's A Lonesome Old World

Lonnie Johnson - Jelly Roll Baker

compiled by Ray Topping

notes (8-pp. booklet) by Tony Collins

Ace CH 250 (UK 1988)


= Ace CDCH 250 (UK 1988)

Bluesville Records discography
Homesick James discography
Lightning Hopkins discography
Billy Boy Arnold discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography

88cc1990Legends Of The Blues Volume One

Columbia LP C/AL 46215 track sequence:
- St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt
- Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying - Blind Willie Johnson
- Pigmeat Is What I Crave - Bo Carter
- Southern Can Is Mine - Blind Willie McTell

- Low Down St. Louis Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Revenue Man Blues Patton - Charley Patton
- Stormy Night Blues - Leroy Carr
- I Believe I'll Make A Change - Josh White

- Forth Worth And Dallas Blues - Leadbelly
- Sweet Home Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Truckin' My Blues Away, #2 - Blind Boy Fuller
- Spreadin' Snakes Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Nothing In Ramblin' - Memphis Minnie
- Fixin' To Die Blues - Bukka White
- Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters
- Don't You Leave Me Here (tk 1) - Big Joe Williams
- Death Letter - Son House


SPV Blue CD SPV 91722 bonus tracks:
- Hell Hound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
- Rock Island Line - Leadbelly and The Golden Gate Quartet


original series compiled & prod. by Lawrence Cohn

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)

8d1992Blues Giants In Concert
More American Folk Blues Festival 1963 a/k/a "The Lost Blues Tapes, Vol. 2"

Memphis Slim - Blues Everywhere (2:29)
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - John Henry (2:50)
Muddy Waters - Captain Captain (3:47)
Muddy Waters - Catfish Blues (2:59)
Muddy Waters - In The City (= "Blow Wind Blow") (3:56)
Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Cryin' (= "My Home Is In The Delta") (5:07)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Love For Me Is True (= "That's All I Want Baby") (4:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Misuse Me # (4:57)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Gettin' Tired (3:04)
Otis Spann - Going Down Slow (alt version) (= "Had My Fun") (3:32)

Lonnie Johnson - Careless Love (3:13)   @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson - C.C. Rider (2:36)   @ youtube
Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues (4:33)
Big Joe Williams - Big Roll Blues (2:55)
Big Joe Williams - Back In The Bottom (3:16)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (2:21)


rec. October 13, 1963 "live" in Bremen, Germany; prod. by Siegfried Loch, co-producer: Horst Lippmann


ACT 9205-2 (Germany 1992)

8e1992Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective   (1925-1950)

disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler

Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues

Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie - Bell Street Lightnin'
Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues
Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues
Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues


disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
(Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me


compiled by Lawrence Cohn

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)

20 CD box set
     

from 1975
MCA 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)

8f1995Too Late, Too Late Vol. 5 (1927-64)

Sister Morgan (1927)
- Hurry Down, Sunshine, And See What Tomorrow Brings

Lonnie Johnson (1927)
- Handfull O' Keys
- Searchin' For Flats
Cow Cow Davenport (1928)
- Cow Cow Blues (tk B)
Elizabeth Johnson (1928)
- Be My Kid Blues
- Sobbin' Woman Blues
Leroy Carr (1928)
- Box Car Blues
Frank Stokes (1929)
- I'm Going Away Blues
- Old Sometime Blues
Henry Townsend (1931)
- Doctor, Oh Doctor
- Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub
Blind Wille McTell (1933)
- Broke Down Engine No. 2 (tk 1)
- Love Makin' Mama (tk 2)
John (Big Nig) Bray (1934)
- Trench Blues. Leadbelly (1940)
- Didn't Ol' John Cross The Water?
Sonny Terry (1944/45)
- I Have Had My Fun
- Keys To The Highway
Leadbelly (1945)
- Eagle Rock Rag (alt tk)
James 'Jack Of All Trades' McCain (1945)
- Good Mr. Roosevelt
Montana Taylor (1946)
- Lowdown Bugle (tk B)
- Detroit Rocks
Big Maceo (c. 1950)
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool
Scrapper Blackwell (1959)
- How Long No. 2
Rev. Lonnie Farris (1964)
- Peace In The Valley (Proverb 1001)


notes by Dr. Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD 5411 (Austria 1995)

91997Southern Country Blues Vol. 1: Down In Boogie Alley

disc 1: Memphis & The Mississippi Delta
Frank Stokes - 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Part II
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In
Jim Jackson - Old Dog Blue
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe - Pickin' The Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Stealin' Stealin'
Furry Lewis - Big Chief Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Charley Patton - High Sheriff Blues
Son House - My Black Mama - Part II
Robert Johnson - Crossroads Blues
Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson - Break 'Em On Down
Bo Carter - Banana In Your Fruit Basket
The Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Muddy Waters - Country Blues (No. 1)

disc 2: Alabama & The Eastern States
Ed Bell - Bad Boy
Jaybird Coleman - Man Trouble Blues
Lucille Bogan & Walter Roland - Down In Boogie Alley
Papa Charlie Jackson - Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues
Blind Blake - Hey Hey Daddy Blues
Ma Rainey & Tampa Red & Georgia Tom Dorsey - Black Eye Peas
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
Georgia Cotton Pickers - Diddle-Da-Diddle
Andrew Baxter & Jim Baxter - Georgia Stomp
Blind Willie McTell - Love Changing Blues
Josh White - Silicosis Is Killin' Me
Rev. Gary Davis - Cross And Evil Woman Blues
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry - You Got To Have Your Dollar
Luke Jordan - Cocaine Blues

disc 3: South & The Mid-Western States
Texas
Henry Thomas - Old Country Stomp
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves On The Water
Hattie Hudson - Doggone My Good Luck Soul
Texas Alexander & Willie Reed - Easy Rider Blues
J.T. "Funny Paper" Smith - Howling Wolf Blues - No. 1
Leadbelly - Four Day Worry Blues
Arkansas
Buddy Boy Hawkins - A Rag
Louisiana
King Solomon Hill - Down On My Bended Knee (tk 2)
Amédé Ardoin - Blues De Basile
Oscar Woods - Don't Sell It - Don't Give It Away
Kansas
Lottie Kimbrough - Going Away Blues
Missouri
Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues

Lonnie Johnson - Woke Up With The Blues In My Fingers
Mary Johnson & Henry Brown & Ike Rodgers - Room Rent Blues
Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean
Roosevelt Sykes - Poor Boy Blues
Sparks Brothers - "4-11-44"


compiled by Johnny Parth; licensed from Document Records; remastered

3 CD set
20-page booklet
by Steven C. Tracy

Starsounds 3712-2

= 1201 Music (2001)
"Southern Country Blues
Vol. 2: Down In Boogie
Alley"
[sic]

101999Broke, 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 24:
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)

112000The Great Race Record Labels   Vol. 3 (OKeh Records)

- I Am Calling Blues - Texas Alexander
- Sorry Feeling Blues - Bo Carter
- Gamblin' Man Blues - Jack Dupree

- Life Saver Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones
- You Gonna Need Me - Charlie McCoy
- Born For Bad Luck - Brownie McGhee
- She's A Bad Girl - Mississippi Sheiks
- Struggle Buggie - Buddy Moss
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith
- Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell
- Caldonia Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Chitlin' Rag Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Roaming Gambler - Doc Clayton
- The Jive Blues - Memphis Slim
- Sweet Man Blues - Frank Edwards
- Money Green - Alfried Fields
- Lost Lover Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Married Woman Blues - Tony Hollins
- Worry Blues - Tom Dickson
- Insane Crazy Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Me & My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie



Catfish KATCD 167

Catfish (UK) discography

12200020th Century Blues

disc 1:
- Down Hearted Blues - Alberta Hunter
- Worried Mam Blues - Ida Cox
- Weeping Willow Blues - Bessie Smith
- See See Rider Blues - Ma Rainey
- Maxwell Street Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson

- Mr. Johnson's Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Dirty Woman Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Milk Cow Blues - Freddie Spruell
- West Cost Blues #2 - Blind Blake
- I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
- Today Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Barbecue Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Rook Island Blues - Furry Lewis
- Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues - Jim Jackson
- One Dime Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- No More Women Blues - Texas Alexander
- C C And O Blues - Pink Anderson
- Bulldoze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Kokomo Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- Feather Bed - Gus Cannon
- Hard Dallas Blues #4 - Ramblin' Thomas
- Prison Bound Blues - Leroy Carr
- Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt

disc 2:
- Train Time Blues - Tampa Red
- Nobody Knows - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Number Forty Four Blues - Lee Green
- The Dirty Dozens - Speckled Red
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- Divin' Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis
- Come Around To My House Mama - Blind Willie McTell
- Six Shooter Blues - Georgia Tom Dorsey
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Preachin' The Blues - Son House
- Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Bothering That Thing - Kansas Joe McCoy
- You May Leave - The Memphis Jug Band
- Black Angel Blues - Lucille Bogan
- Things About Coming My Way - Walter Vinson
- Cypres Grove Blues - Skip James
- How Do You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- Baby Boogie Woogie - Curley Weaver
- Hard Time Blues - Buddy Moss
- My Butcher Man - Memphis Minnie
- Hang It On The Wall - Charlie Patton
- Night Latch Blues - Yank Rachell
- Midnight Special - Lead Belly
- Numbers Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw

disc 3:
- Bricks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (aka Amos Easton)
- Lead Pencil Blues - Johnnie Temple
- Mama Don't Allow #2 - Washboard Sam
- Vicksburg Blues #2 - Little Brother Montgomery
- Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons
- Cigarette Blues - Bo Carter
- The Honeydripper - Roosevelt Sykes
- Lone Wolf Blues - Oscar Woods
- Sarah Jane - Jazz Gillum
- Untrue Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Runaway Man Blues - Floyd Council
- Black Ace - Black Ace
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson (aka John Lee Williamson)
- Prowling Nighthawk - Robert Lee McCoy
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Red Hot Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Old Bachelor Blues - Son Bonds
- Don't Know - 'Cripple' Clarence Lofton
- Cotton Farm Blues - Walter Davis
- Bottle It Up And Go - Tommy McClennan
- Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Turner
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Alabama Blues - Charles Spand

disc 4:
- Blues At Midnight - Memphis Slim
- Junkers Blues - Jack Dupree
- Catfish - Robert Petway
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- My Mama Don't Allow Me - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Wind Howlin' Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker
- Cherry Red - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
- Caldonia Boogie - Louis Jordan
- I'm Gonna Take It Easy - Gabriel Brown
- Driftin' Blues - Charles Brown
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo
- Feel So Bad - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Big Legged Woman - Brownie McGhee
- Guitar In My Hand - Clarence Brown
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- After Hours Boogie - Pee Wee Crayton
- Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker
- Everyday I Have The Blues - Lowell Fulson
- Get The Blues - B.B. King
- Rocking With Red - Piano Red
- Ludella - Jimmy Rogers
- Evans Shuffle - Little Walter (aka Marion Walter Jacobs) with Muddy Waters


4 CD box

Catfish KATX1

Catfish (UK) discography

132000Good Blues Tonight
25 Epic Tracks

- Church Bell Blues - Luke Jordan
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- She Stays Out All Night Long - Memphis Jug Band
- Susie Q. - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning Blues - Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly)
- Roberta - Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly)
- Blues - Robert Johnson
- Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson

- Stompin' Em Along Slow - Lonnie Johnson
- Southern Casey Jones Blues - Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- State Street Blues - Sam Theard
- Macon Blues - Dorothy Everetts
- Fat Mouth Blues - Dorothy Everetts
- Tight In Chicago - Mozelle Anderson
- Sadie's Servant Room Blues - Hattie Burleson
- Superstitious Blues - Hattie Burleson
- Heavenly Sunshine - Laura Henton
- Dirty T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Chicago Stomp - Jimmy Blythe
- Armour Avenue Struggle - Jimmy Blythe
- Big Bill Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Truckin' Little Woman - Big Bill Broonzy
- Southern Flood Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Good Old Cabbage Greens - Washboard Sam



Memoir CDMOIR 503

142000Dirty Blues

disc 1:
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Lightnin' Hopkins
- If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home) - Memphis Minnie
- I Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Blind Boy Fuller
- Caught Us Doing It - The Hokum Boys
- I'll Keep Sittin' on It (If I Can't Sell It) - Georgia White
- Phonograph Blues - Robert Johnson
- Press My Button, Ring My Bell - Lil Johnson
- Garbage Man, The - Harlem Hamfats
- Ants in My Pants - Bo Carter
- Empty Bed Blues - Bessie Smith
- Dirty Mother For You - Roosevelt Sykes
- Toothache Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Gas Man Blues - Mae Glover
- I Wonder Who's Boogien' My Woogie Now - Oscar's Chicago Swingers
- Shake That Thing - Ethel Waters
- It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band


disc 2:
- What's the Matter With the Mill? - Kansas Joe/Memphis Minnie
- What's That Smells Like Fish - Blind Boy Fuller
- You Stole My Cherry - Lil Johnson
- No More Biscuits Rolling Here - Bumble Bee Slim
- Coal and Iceman Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Get 'Em From the Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Georgia White

- I Got the Best Jelly Roll in Town - Lonnie Johnson
- Two Old Maids in a Folding Bed - Monette Moore
- My Handy Man - Ethel Waters
- Sweet Patootie - Jesse James
- Stavin' Chain - Bill "Jazz" Gillum
- Take Your Hands Off My Mojo - Coot Grant
- Big Mama - Walter Roland
- Candy Man, The - Rosetta Howard
- All Around Man - Bo Carter
- Kitchen Man - Bessie Smith


2 CD set

Columbia River
CD 120113

152008Rural Blues
The Essential Collection

disc 1:
- Crossroads Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Charley Patton
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly
- Statesboro' Blues - Blind Willie McTell

- Careless Love Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Homesick & Lonesome Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Sportin' Life - Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- So Long - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Diddie Wa Diddie - Blind Blake
- Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis
- I Belong To The Band - Rev. Gary Davis
- Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Motherless Child Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Lazy Black Snake Blues - Josh White
- Going To Germany - Gus Cannon
- I'm A Prowling Groundhog - Washboard Sam
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Big Bill Broonzy
- Candy Man Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Can't Make You Satisfied - Sonny Boy Williamson
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- I'll Be Rested - Roosevelt Graves


disc 2:
- Walking Blues - Son House
- I'm So Glad - Skip James
- Kingfish Blues - Tampa Red
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Divin' Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
- Special Delivery Man - Forrest City Joe
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Sorry Feeling Blues - Bo Carter
- Dead & Gone Mother - Bumble Bee Slim
- The Twelves - Kokomo Arnold
- Down South Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Taint Nobody's Business If I Do Part 2 - Frank Stokes
- Country Blues - Muddy Waters
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Lock And Key Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Travellin Mama Blues - Joe Callicott
- No More Women Blues - Texas Alexander
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Broke & Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Ramrod - Jesse James
- Kansas City Blues - Memphis Jug Band


2 CD set

Avid Jazz CD

162010Country Blues Hard Hitters
23 Essential Recordings from the Twenties to the Fifties

- Careless Love Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Highway Number 61 Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Every Day In the Week Blues - Pink Anderson, Simmie Dooley
- Go Away from My Door - Monroe Moe Jackson
- Cocaine Habit - Memphis Jug Band
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Low Moaning Blues - Snitcher Roberts
- How You Want Your Rollin Done - Louie Lasky
- Pumped the Wind in My Doughnut - Washboard Sam
- Who Pumped the Wind in My Doughnut - Blind Willie McTell
- Searching the Dessert for the Blues - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Going to Germany - Big Bill Broonzy
- Mountain Blues - Lottie Kimborough, Winston Holmes
- Lost Lover Blues - Robert Wilkins
- Ramrod - Jesse James
- Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cross Cut Saw Blues - Tommy McLennan
- Evil Heated Woman Blues - Oscar Woods
- A Spoonful Blues - Charlie Patton
- Alabama Woman Blues - Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell
- Taint Nobodys Business If I Do Part Two - Frank Strokes
- Motherless Child Blues - Barbecue Bob



Ozit/Cargo CD

172014The 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)

1810/201923 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 17
2020 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Got The Blues - B.B. King
- Blood Thirsty Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Baby Keeps Stealing Lovin' On Me - Mississippi Sheiks
- Howling Tom Cat Blues - Bo Carter
- Days Is Lonesome - Texas Alexander with the Mississippi Sheiks
- Ain't Gonna Stand For That - Charlie Spand
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Part 1 and Part 2 - Jim Jackson
- Ashley St. Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake
- Bad Luck Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson

- She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight - Lonnie Johnson
- Shave 'Em Dry - Bessie Jackson
- Read Your A B C's - Mississippi Sarah and Daddy Stovepipe


Supplementary CD tracks:
- Life Is A Cheater - Irma Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- Life Is A Cheater - Music City Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- I Got Hip To It - Irma Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- Tillie Lee - William Moore
- Dying Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake
- Come On Babe - "Blues Boy Bill" (= Louis Meyers)
- Little Boy Blue - "Blues Boy Bill" (= Louis Meyers)
- It's Hard Time - Joe Stone
- Back Door Blues - Joe Stone
- Back To Mississippi - Mississippi Sheiks


remastered by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team


Blues Images Vol. 17 (rel. 10/2019, for 2020)

Blues Images



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 512
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

 

Little Brother Montgomery, Victoria Spivey, Lonnie Johnson & Sonny Greer, June 21, 1965 in New York, after finishing recordings for Spivey LP 1006 'The Queen and her Knights'; source: Blues Forum Nr. 13 (1. Quartal 1984), p. 9; photographer: Len Kunstadt
Little Brother Montgomery, Victoria Spivey, Lonnie Johnson & Sonny Greer, June 21, 1965 in New York
after finishing recordings for Spivey LP 1006 "The Queen and her Knights"

source: Blues Forum Nr. 13 (1. Quartal 1984), p. 9; photographer: Len Kunstadt

 

 

 

 

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