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T O M M Y   J O H N S O NTommy Johnson
b. January 1896 on George Miller's Plantation near Terry, Hinds County, Mississippi
d. November 1, 1956 in Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi
buried at Warm Spring Methodist Church Cemetery in Crystal Springs, MS

#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
11928Tommy Johnson

- Cool Drink Of Water Blues (41836-2)   @ youtube
- Big Road Blues (41837-2)   @ youtube

rec. February 3, 1928 at Memphis Auditorium, Memphis, TN; Tommy Johnson, voc, g; Charlie McCoy, g


Victor 21279

21928Tommy Johnson

- Bye Bye Blues (41838-1)   @ youtube
- Maggie Campbell Blues (41839-2)   @ youtube

rec. February 4, 1928 at Memphis Auditorium, Memphis, TN; Tommy Johnson, voc, g; Charlie McCoy, g


Victor 21409

31928Tommy Johnson

- Canned Heat Blues (45462-2)   @ youtube
- Big Fat Mamma Blues (45465-1)   @ youtube

rec. August 31, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Tommy Johnson, voc, g


Victor V-38535

   

- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1) # []   @ youtube
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-2) #   @ youtube
- Louisiana Blues (45464-2)

rec. August 31, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Tommy Johnson, voc, g

Victor unissued

# Historical HLP 31
Roots RL 330
Wolf WSE 104
Swingtime BT 2010
Document DOCD 5001
Wolf WSE CD 104


[] Yazoo CD 2002

41929Tommy Johnson

- Alcohol And Jake Blues (L-250-2) ["Canned Heat Blues" remake] #   @ youtube
- Ridin' Horse (L-249-1) ["Maggie Campbell Blues" remake]   @ youtube

rec. c. December 1929 in Grafton, WI; Tommy Johnson, voc, g; [# poss. Tommy Johnson, voc; Ishmon Bracey, g, sp]


Paramount 12950

   

- I Want Someone To Love Me (L-227-1, -2)   @ youtube

rec. c. December 1929 in Grafton, WI; Tommy Johnson, voc, g

two sided test pressing discovered 2001 in Wisconsin, purchased by John Tefteller for over $12,000; John Tefteller: "The takes are virtually identical. I cannot discern any difference between the two."

Paramount unissued
test pressing

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Vol. 1 (2004 Calendar)

51929Tommy Johnson

- Slidin' Delta (L-229-2)   @ youtube
- I Wonder To Myself (L-228-1) #   @ youtube

rec. c. December 1929 in Grafton, Wis.; Tommy Johnson, voc, g; # unknown, kazoo


Paramount 12975

61929Tommy Johnson / Tommy Johnson And New Orleans Nehi Boys

Tommy Johnson
- Lonesome Home Blues (L-230-2) #   @ youtube
Tommy Johnson And New Orleans Nehi Boys
- Black Mare Blues (L-245-2) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued track from same session:
- Black Mare Blues (L-245-1) [test pressing; Document DLP 532, Document DOCD 5001]   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. c. December 1929 in Grafton, WI; Tommy Johnson, voc, g

* rec. c. December 1929 in Grafton, WI; Tommy Johnson, voc, g; Kid Ernest Moliere [or Michall], cl; Charley '44' Taylor, p; unknown, perc


Paramount 13000

   

- "Morning Prayer" (Blues) (L-231-1) * ["Button Up Shoes"]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- "Bogaloosa Woman" [sic] (L-231-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. December 1929 in Grafton, WI; Tommy Johnson, voc, g

test pressing discovered November 1985 in Waukegan, IL
"The Paramount tests from which matrices L-231-1 and L-231-2 are derived, are untitled; the titles quoted were applied for issue, but L-231-1 is retitled 'Morning Prayer' on Document DOCD-5001 and 'Button Up Shoes' on Yazoo 2002."

Paramount unissued
test pressing

Document DLP 532
Document DOCD 5001

* Yazoo CD 2002


LP / CD compilations
71962Really! The Country Blues 1927-1933@ youtube (playlist)

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
   
= Origin Jazz Library OJL 2

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

8c.1965Country 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

91966Blues Roots / Mississippi

Tommy Johnson
- Canned Heat Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- Big Road Blues
Mississippi Jook Band
- Barbecue Bust
Joe Williams
- My Grey Pony
Bo Carter
- Cigarette Blues
- All Around Man

Robert Johnson
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Honeymoon Blues
Charlie McCoy
- That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away
Tommy McClennan
- Whiskey Head Man
Robert Petway
- Bertha Lee Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Miss Louisa Blues
- Until My Love Come Down


compiled and annotated
by Samuel Charters

RBF RF 14

RBF discography

101968Jackson Blues 1928-1938

Ishmon Bracey
- Trouble Hearted Blues
Charlie McCoy
- Last Time Blues
Walter Vincent
- Overtime Blues
Arthur Pettis
- Two Time Blues
Bo Carter
- Old Devil

Tommy Johnson
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Black Mare Blues

Willie Lofton
- Dark Road Blues
Mississippi Sheiks
- Stop And Listen Blues
Mississippi Mudder
- Going Back Home

Tommy Johnson
- Bye Bye Blues
Willie Harris
- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door
Ishman Bracey
- The Fore Day Blues
- Pay Me No Mind Blues


notes by Dave Evans
click to read notes !
Yazoo 1007


= Yazoo CD 1007 YAZ (US 1991)


= Yazoo HLP 1007 (180 g)

Yazoo Records discography

111969Masters Of The Blues 1928-1940

Robert Johnson (recorded Dallas, June 20, 1937)
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Love In Vain Blues
Curley Weaver accompanied by Blind Willie McTell (recorded Chicago, April 23, 1935)
- Sometime Mama
- Two Faced Woman
Little Bill Gaither (recorded Chicago, June 12, 1940)
- Georgia Barrel House
Blind Boy Fuller (recorded Chicago, June 12, 1940)
- You Got To Have Your Dollar
Robert Hill (recorded New Orleans, Oct 15, 1936)
- I Had A Gal For The Last Fifteen Years


Tommy Johnson (recorded Memphis, August 31, 1928)
- Lonesome Blues (45463-1) unissued
- Lonesome Blues (45463-2) unissued
- Canned Heat Blues
Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) with Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell (NY, March 16, 1932)
- I'm Waitin' On You
Frank Stokes (recorded Memphis, Feb 2, 1928)
- Downtown Blues (unissued take)
Texas Alexander (recorded San Antonio, March 10, 1928) with Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson
- Yellow Girl Blues
- I Am Calling Blues


notes by Chris Albertson

Historical HLP-31

Historical Records discography

121969The Famous 1928 Tommy Johnson - Ishman Bracey Session

Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye-Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1)
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-2)
- Big Fat Mama Blues

Ishman Bracey
- Saturday Blues
- Left Alone Blues
- Leavin' Town Blues
- My Brown Mamma Blues
- Trouble-Hearted Blues
- Trouble-Hearted Blues
- The Four Day Blues


compiled and edited by Evelyn Parth


Roots RL-330 (Austria 1969)


Saydisc Roots RL-330 (UK 1969)


= Autogram RL-330 (Germany )

= JSP 11002 (UK 2014)

Roots Records discography
Ishmon Bracey discography

131970Some Cold Rainy Day

Tommy Johnson
- Slidin' Delta
- I Wonder To Myself
Georgia Cotton Pickers (Buddy Moss, Curley Weaver, Fred McMullen)
- I'm On My Way Down Home
- Diddle-Da-Diddle
- She Looks So Good
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day (two speeds)
Curly Weaver & Ruth Willis
- Some Cold Rainy Day

Fred McMullen & Ruth Willis
- Just Can't Stand It
Joe Evans & Arthur McClain
- My Baby Got A Yo-Yo
- Mill Man Blues
Beale Street Sheiks (Frank Stokes & Dan Sane)
- Fillin' In Blues pts. 1 & 2
Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
- Cleveland Stomp
- Scoville Ave. Blues


Southern Preservation Records S.P.R. 2 compiled by Jeff Tarrer

notes by Jeff Tarrer

Southern Preservation Records S.P.R. 2 (UK 1970)

 
= Flyright LP 114 (UK 1974/5?)

Flyright Records discography

141971Blues 1920-40

LP track sequence:
LP 1
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd.

Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues

Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman



LP 2
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues
Gus Cannon - Going To Germany
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm

Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman
Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me



LP 3
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed
Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B6276]

Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway



CD track sequence:
CD 1
Early Years of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37)
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49)
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34)
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59)
Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °°
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08)
Memphis Blues
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11)
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05)

Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11)
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52)
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56)
Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °°
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09)
Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °°
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13)
Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30)
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20)
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54)
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °°

CD 2
Mississippi Blues In The 30's
Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00)
Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12)
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46)
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52)
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55)
Piano Blues
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11)
Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15)
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07)
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57)
Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °°
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35)
City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22)
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32)
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11)
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58)
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °°


compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation

°° CD has seven additional tracks!

3 LP folding box with 30-page booklet

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)

3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet

= RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)

2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui

= RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"

2 CD set

= RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"

14a1977The Blues

Volume 1: Country and City Blues
- Working Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- I'se Just A Bad Luck Man - Casey Bill Weldon
- Friendless Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Vitamin A - Big Joe Williams

- Mozelle Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Big Woman Blues - Johnny Temple
- When You Feel Down - Lonny Johnson
- If I Get Lucky - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup

- For B.B. King - T-Bone Walker
- Mercy Mama - Tampa Red
- Devil's Son-In-Law - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- What Have I Done - Lil Green
- My Black Name Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- She's Making A Fool Out Of Me - Washboard Sam
- You Got To Run Me Down - William 'Jazz' Gillum



Volume 2: Blues Pianists, Boogie Woogie and Blues Shouters
- Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo
- Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
- Just One More Time - Walter Davis
- Rocks In My Bed - Leroy Carr
- Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim
- Jivin' The Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Eddie's Blues - Eddie Boyd
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo

- Slow And Easy Blues - Jimmy Yancey
- Cuttin' The Boogie - Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons
- Bye Bye Baby - Jimmy Rushing
- How Long How Long Blues - Big Joe Turner
- Cleanhead Blues - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
- Hootie Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Thirsty Mama Blues - Hot Lips Page
- Moaning The Blues - Victoria Spivey



Volume 3: When The Jazzmen Play The Blues
- Back O'Town Blues - Louis Armstrong
- Winnin' [sic] Boy Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
- Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning - Sidney Bechet
- If You See Me Comin' - Mezzrow Ladnier Quintet
- Across The Track Blues - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
- House Rent Boogie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
- After Hours - Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
- Ride My Blues Away - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets

- That's The Blues Old Man - Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra
- Mobile Bay - Rex Stewart
- Rangoon - Cootie Williams
- A Tiny Bit Of Blues - Big Maceo
- Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues - Fats Waller
- Low Bottom no 2 - Wild Bill Davis
- Hey Ba-Ba Re-Bop / Hamp's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra


prod. by Jean-Paul Guitier

boxed set of 3 LPs
notes by Michael Walter (translated by Don Waterhouse)
   
RCA PM 42039 (Fr 1977)

14b1977Jake Walk Blues

Stash ST-110 track sequence:
- Jake Walk Blues - Allen Brothers
- Jake Leg Wobble - Ray Brothers
- Jake Legs Blues - Byrd Moore
- Jake Leg Blues - Willie Lofton
- Limber Neck Rag - Narmour & Smith
- Jake Walk Papa - Asa Martin
- Beer Drinkin Woman - Blace Ace
- Bear Cat Papa Blues - Gene Autry

- Jake Liquor Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Jake Bottle Blues - Lemuel Turner
- Got The Jake Leg Too - Ray Brothers
- Jake Leg Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
- Jake Leg Blues - Maynard Britton
- Jake Leg Rag - Narmour & Smith
- Jake Walk Blues - Maynard Britton


prod. by Bernard Brightman
cover art and layout by Barbara Gottlieb

Jass J-CD-642 track sequence:
The Allen Brothers - Jake Walk Blues (2:32)
Asa Martin - Jake Walk Papa (3:10)

Lemuel Turner - Jake Bottle Blues (3:09)
David McCarn & Howard Long - Ray Rum Blues (3:11)
Willie Lofton - Jake Leg Blues (3:04)
Gene Autry - Bear Cat Papa Blues (2:20)
Namour And Smith - Limber Neck Rag (3:16)
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jake Leg Blues (3:08)
Namour And Smith - Jake Leg Rag (3:15)
Maynard Britton - Jake Legs Blues (3:34)
Ray Brothers - Jake Leg Wobble (2:56)
Maynard Britton - Jake Walk Blues (1:28)
Black Ace - Beer Drinkin' Woman (3:26)
Byrd Moore - Jake Legs Blues (3:08)

Tommy Johnson - Alcohol And Jake Blues (3:19)
Ishman Bracey - Jake Liquor Blues (3:30)

In 1930 thousands of cases of muscle pain, weakness of upper and lower extremities, and minimal sensory impairment occured in the United States. The illness was caused by the consumption of an adulterated Jamaica ginger extract ("Jake"), an illicit beverage then popularly used in the southern and midwestern United States to circumvent prohibition statutes...victims with resultant gait impairment, sometimes permanent, were said to have "Jake Leg" or "Jake Walk".

notes by John P. Morgan

Stash ST-110


(=) Jass J-CD-642

Stash/Jass Records discography

151979?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

161983Tommy Johnson (1928-30)
Complete Recordings in Chronological order

- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye-Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1)

- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-2)
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- I Wonder To Myself
- Slidin' Delta
- Lonesome Home Blues (L-230-2)
- Black Mare Blues

notes by Paul Oliver

Wolf WSE 104

= Wolf WSE CD 104 (1998)

171988Delta Blues Vol. 1   1929-1930

Charley Patton
- Elder Greene Blues [L-38-2-unissued Pm Test]
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone [L-43-1-unissued Pm Test]
- Hammer Blues [L-47-1-unissued Pm Test]
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues [L-398-1-unissued Pm Test]
- Long Ways From Home [L-399-2-unissued Pm Test]
- On The Wall [L-419-1-unissued Pm Test]
- By The Moon And Stars [L-420-2-unissued Pm Test]

Son House
- Walkin' Blues [unissued Pm Test]
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues [L-398-2-unissued Pm Test]

Tommy Johnson
- Morning Prayer [Unissued Pm Test] [= "Button Up Shoes"]
- Boogaloosa Woman [Unissued Pm Test]
- Black Mare Blues [L-245-1-unissued Pm Test]
Ishman Bracey
- Woman Woman Blues [L-239-1-unissued Pm Test] [L-239-2]



Document DLP 532 (Austria 1988)

Document Records discography

181989Tommy Johnson / Sleepy John Estes 1928-1930

Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Big Road Blues
- Bye-bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1)
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-2)
- Big Fat Mama Blues

Sleepy John Estes
- The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
- Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too
- Divin' Duck Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Street Car Blues
- Whatcha Doin'?
- Poor John Blues
- Sweet Mama


notes by Ricardo Reccioni [= Alan Balfour]

Bluetime BT 2010 (Denmark/It)

191990The 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

Vol. 1: 1927-1930


Vol. 2: 1927-1936


Vol. 3: 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)

201990The Deep South (1927-1937)

Al Miller's String Band
- Saturday Night Hymn
Beale Street Sheiks
- You Shall
Bessie Tucker
- My Man Has Quit Me
Edward Thompson
- Up On The Hill Blues
- When You Dream Of Muddy Water

Tommy Johnson
- Ridin' Horse
- Alcohol And Jake Blues

Tommy Settlers
- Low Down Blues Moon - part 1
- Low Down Blues Moon - part 2
- Shaking Weed Blues
- Big Bed Bug (Bed Bug Blues)
- Pearlie Mae Blues
- Don't Want You No More
- You Don't Mean No Good
- Blaze Face Blues



Document DLP 600 (Austria 1990)

Document Records discography

211990Tommy Johnson 1928 - 1929

- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye-Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1)
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-2)
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- I Wonder To Myself
- Slidin' Delta
- Lonesome Home Blues (L-230-2)
- Boogaloosa Woman
- Morning Prayer [= "Button Up Shoes"]
- Black Mare Blues (take 1)
- Black Mare Blues (take 2)
- Ridin' Horse
- Alcohol And Jake Blues

notes by Paul Oliver

Document DOCD 5001 (Austria 1990)

221991Masters Of The Delta Blues: The Friends Of Charlie Patton

- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Big Fat Mama Blues - Tommy Johnson
- I Am In The Heavenly Way - Bukka White
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Brown Mama Blues - Ishman Bracey
- On The Wall - Louise Johnson
- Walking Blues (unissued Pm test) - Son House

- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Promise True And Grand - Bukka White
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey

- Maggie Campbell Blues - Tommy Johnson
- My Black Mama (Part 1) - Son House
- My Black Mama (Part 2) - Son House
- Yellow Bee - Bertha Lee
- Long Way From Home - Louise Johnson
- M And O Blues - Willie Brown

- Button Up Shoes (tk 1, unissued test) - Tommy Johnson
- Mind Reader Blues - Bertha Lee
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1) - Tommy Johnson
- Dry Spell Blues (Part 1) - Son House
- Dry Spell Blues (Part 2) - Son House
- Preachin' The Blues (Part 1) - Son House
- Preachin' The Blues (Part 2) - Son House


prod. by Richard Nevins

notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2002 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

231992Canned Heat Blues
Masters of the Delta Blues

Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
- I Will Turn Your Momney Green
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Dry Land Blues
- Cannon Ball Blues
- Kassie Jones Part 1
- Kassie Jones Part 2
- Judge Harsh Blues

Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
Ishman Bracey
- Saturday Blues
- Left Alone Blues
- Leavin' Town Blues
- Brown Mama Blues
- Trouble Hearted Blues
- The Four Day Blues



RCA/BMG CD 61047-2 (Bluebird Heritage series)

241995Suitcase 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 Fom 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 Te 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) (US 1995)

251998Memphis Blues Singers, Vol. 1

Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues
- Bedtime Blues
- What's The Matter Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
- Staggering Blues
- Ha-Ha Blues
- School Girl Blues
- Stranger Blues

Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
Ishman Bracey
- Saturday Blues
- Left Alone Blues
Frank Stokes
- Mistreatin' Blues
- It Won't Be Long Now
- Nehi Mamma Blues
- I Got Mine
- Stomp That Thing
- 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do, Pt. 1
- 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do, Pt. 2
- Take Me Back
- How Long


remastered by John R.T. Davies


Frog CD 21 (UK 1998)

261998Memphis Blues Singers, Vol. 2

Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Dry Land Blues
- Cannon Ball Blues
- Kassie Jones - Part 1
- Kassie Jones - Part 2
- Judge Harsh Blues
Ishman Bracy
- Leavin' Town Blues (Pt. 1)
- Brown Mama Blues (Pt. 1)
- Trouble Hearted Blues
- The Four Day Blues

Tommy Johnson
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone - Part 1
- Rolling Stone - Part 2
- Jail House Blues
- I Do Blues


remastered by John R.T. Davies


Frog CD 22 (UK 1998)

271998My Rough And Rowdy Ways
Early American Rural Music, Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs
Classic Recordings of the 1920 and 30s - Vol. I

- Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers
- Little Sadie - Clarence Ashley
- Bad Luck Dice - Clifford Gibson
- Way Up On Clinch Mountain - Jilson Setters
- Frankie - Dykes Magic City Trio

- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Got The Jake Leg Too - Ray Brothers
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Kentucky Blues - 'Little Hat' Jones
- Prisoner's Dream - Allen Brothers
- John Hardy - Sweet Brothers/Ernest Stoneman
- Better Leave That Stuff Alone - Will Shade
- Way Down The Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon/Sam McGee
- The Fate Of Talmedge Osborn - Ernest Stoneman/Kahle Brewer
- Viola Lee Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Rock House Gamblers - Cleve Chaffin/The McClung Brothers
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- All Bound Down - Haywood County Ramblers
- Low Down Rounder Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Stack-O-Lee - Fruit Jar Guzzlers
- My Crime Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Jesse James - Ken Maynard
- Chain Gang Special - Watts & Wilson



Yazoo CD 2039 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

281999Tommy Johnson & Associates

- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Bye-Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell Blues - Tommy Johnson
- I Wonder To Myself - Tommy Johnson
- Slidin' Delta - Tommy Johnson
- Lonesome Home Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Stop and Listen Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
- Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Jake Leg Blues - Willie Lofton
- Dirty Mistreater - Willie Lofton
- Stop Look And Listen - Kokomo Arnold
- Sad And Lonesome - Bumble Bee Slim
- Rough Road Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
- Going Back Home Blues - Missisipi Mudder
- Bo Carter's Advice - Bo Carter
- Ten Pound Hammer - Mose Andrews
- Joliet Bound - Kansas Joe
- Wait And Listen - Fred Mc Mullen
- Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey



Catfish CD 118 (UK 1999)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

291999Broke, 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)

29a1999Times 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

302000The 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

312001Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton

disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs
- Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey
- The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy

- Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell - Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Kansas City Blues - William Harris
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan
- Banty Rooster - Blind Pete And George Ryan
- My Grey Pony - Big Joe Williams
- Dark Road Blues - Willie Lofton Trio
- Blues - Unknown Convict
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- Po' Boy - Bukka White
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Willie Brown
- County Farm Blues - Son House
- Saddle My Pony - The Howlin' Wolf
- Forty Four - The Howlin' Wolf
- Too Close - Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers


7-CD album

Revenant RVN-CD-212

322002Walk Right In
When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 1
'The Secret History of Rock & Roll' series

Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Big (Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Leadbelly - Ham An' Eggs
Big Bill Broonzy - Mississippi River Blues
Trixie Butler - Just A Good Woman Through With The Blues
Milton Brown And His Brownies - Garbage Man Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Limited

Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink Of Water Blues
Leadbelly - The Midnight Special
The Carter Family - Worried Man Blues
Amédé Ardoin & Denus McGee - Les Blues De Voyage
Andrew and Jim Baxter - K.C. Railroad Blues
Rev. J.M. Gates & Congregation "Three Ladies And Two Men In Outfit" - Somebody's Been Stealin'
Alberta Hunter - Beele Street Blues
Noah Lewis - Devil In The Wood Pile
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In
Julius Daniels - Ninety-Nine Year Blues
Bessie Tucker - Got Cut All To Pieces
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Feather Bed
Julius Daniels - Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning
De Ford Bailey - Davidson County Blues
Frank Crumit - Frankie And Johnny
Taskiana Four - Dixie Bo-Bo
Paul Robeson - Sometime I Feel LIke A Motherless Child
Hall Johnson Choir - St.Louis Blues



RCA Victor 63986

332002That's All Right
When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 4
'The Secret History of Rock & Roll' series

Victoria Spivey - Telephoning The Blues
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues
Genevieve Davis - Haven't Got A Dollar To Pay Your House Rent Man
Ishman Bracey - Saturday Blues
Jim Jackson - When I Woke Up This Morning She Was Gone

Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Stealin', Stealin'
Furry Lewis - Judge Harsh Blues
Edna Winston - Rent Man Blues
Harris And Harris - I Don't Care What You Say
Lizzie Miles With Jelly Roll Morton - I Hate A Man Like You
Frank Stokes - "Taint Nobody's Business If I Do-Part I
Sippie Wallace - I'm A Mighty Tight Woman
Jimmy Rogers - Blue Yodel #9
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long, Curly Hair
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe - Don't Want No Woman (Have T' Give My Money To)
Memphis Jug Band - Cocaine Habit Blues
Blind Willie Reynolds - Married Woman Blues
Jimmie Davis - Red Nightgown Blues
Mississippi Matilda - Hardworking Woman
Bo Carter - Doubled In A Knot
Daddy Stovepipe And Mississippi Sarah - If You Want Me Baby
Little Brother Montgomery - The First Time I Met The Blues
Mississippi Sheiks with Bo Carter - Sales Tax



RCA Victor 63987

342003Tommy Johnson: King Of The Blues Vol. 5

- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye-Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1)
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-2)
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- I Wonder To Myself
- Slidin' Delta
- Lonesome Home Blues (L-230-2)
- Black Mare Blues
- Black Mare Blues
- Ridin' Horse
- Alcohol And Jake Blues


P-Vine PCD 2260 (Jp 2003)

352003Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 8
Early American Rural Music - Classis Recordings of the 1920s and 30s

Vaughan Quartet
- It's Just Like Heaven
Red Headed Fiddler
- The Steeley Rag
"Gitfiddle Jim"
- Paddlin' Blues
Dilly & His Dill Pickles
- Sand Mountain Drag
Dock Boggs
- Sugar Baby
King Solomon Hill
- My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon
Stripling Brothers
- The Lost Child
Frank Hutchison
The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
Bo Weaviil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Wright Brothers Quartet
- Mother Is With The Angels
Dick Reinhart
- Rambling Lover
Skip James
- 4 O'clock Blues
Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
- Yellow Rose Of Texas
Johnny Barfield
- Gonna Ride Till The Sun Goes Down
Ed Bell
- Mamlish Blues
"Ted" Sharp, Hinman, & Sharp
- Robinson County
Dennis McGee
- Valse Des Vachers
David Miller
- Jailhouse Rag

Tommy Johnson
- I Want Someone To Love Me (L-227-1, -2)
Uncle Dave Macon & McGee Bros.
- Tennessee Tornado
Frank Jenkins
- Roving Cowboy
Shelor Family
- Big Bend Gal
Rev. W.M. Mosley
- Yes! Tis Me



Yazoo CD 2068 (US 2003)

Yazoo Records discography

362003Classic 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 (L-227-1, -2)
- 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

372003The Best There Ever Was
The Legendary Early Blues Performers Classic Recordings From the 1920s & 30s

Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues

Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Son House
- My Black Mamma - part 1
Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin
Skip James
- Cypress Grove
Blind Willie Johnson
- I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
Blind Willie McTell
- Mama Tain't Long Fo' Day
Jaydee Short
- Barefoot Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
Ed Bell
- Squabblin Blues
Charlie Patton
- It Won't Be Long
Frank Stokes
- What's The Matter Blues
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Word Blues
William Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
Blind Blake
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
Memphis Minnie
- Outdoor Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Prison Cell Blues
Sam Collins
- Graveyard Digger's Blues
Furry Lewis
- Big Chief Blues



Yazoo CD 3002 (US 2003)

Yazoo Records discography

382006The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

disc 1
Freeny's Barn Dance Band: Croquet Habits
Son House: Mississippi County Farm Blues
Georgia Pot Lickers: Up Jumped The Rabbit
Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy: I'm Going Back Home
Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles: Fightin' In The War With Spain
John Byrd: Old Timbrook Blues
Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Singers: A Little Talk With Jesus

Tommy Johnson: Slidin' Delta
The Three Striped Gears: Alabama Blues
Jack Gowdlock: Rollin Dough Blues
Kentucky Ramblers: Ginseng Blues
Ollis Martin: Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down
Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston And The West Virginia Ramblers: John Hardy Blues
Long "Cleeve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull - The Down Home Boys: Original Stack O' Lee Blues
Amedie Ardoin & Dennis McGee: Two Step De La Prairie Soileau
Andrew & Jim Baxter: Operator Blues
J.D. Harris: The Grey Eagle
Memphis Jug Band: Jim Strainer Blues
Grayson County Railsplitters: Ain't That Trouble In Mind (unissued)
Dock Boggs: Old Rub Alcohol Blues
Jaybird Coleman: Mistreatin' Mama
Henry Whitter: It's A Rough Road To Georgia (unissued)
Rev. B.L. Wightman with Lottie Kimbrough & Congregation: Live The Life


disc 2
Yank Rachel with Sleepy John Estes & Jab Jones: Sweet Mama
Crowder Brothers: We All Love Mother (unissued)
Son House: Clarksdale Moan
Ashley & Foster: Bull Dog Sal (unissued)
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas: Down In Texas Blues
Georgia Pot Lickers: Chicken Don't Roost Too High
William Harris: I'm Leavin' Town (But I Sho' Don't Wanna Go)
Asa Martin & Roy Hobbs: Wild Cat Rag
King Solomon Hill: Whoopee Blues (Alternate Take)
Chubby Parker: Davey Crockett
Geeshie Wiley: Skinny Leg Blues
Sweet Brothers: I'm Gonna Marry That Pretty Little Girl
Blind Roosevelt Graves & Varoy Graves: I Shall Not Be Moved
Smith & Irvine: Lonesome Road Blues
Luke Jordon: If I Call You Mama
Grayson & Whitter: My Mind Is To Marry (unissued)
Osey Helton: Green River
Lottie Kimbrough: Don't Speak To Me
Wade Ward: Married Man's Blues (unissued)
Ken Maynard: Sweet Betsey From Pike (unissued)
Jaybird Coleman: Boll Weevil
Bill Shepherd with Hayes Shepherd & Ed Webb: Bound Steel Blues
Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1: Bells Of Love

double CD

Yazoo YAZ CD 2202 (US 2006)

http://www.venerablemusic.com/myspacejpg/rcrub.pdf

Yazoo Records discography

392006Legends 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
- 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 (45463-1)
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-2)
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- I Wonder To Myself
- Slidin' Delta Buy
- Lonesome Home Blues (L-230-2)
- Morning Prayer Blues [= "Button Up Shoes"]
- 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)

402009Tommy Johnson: Big Road Blues

- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye-Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1)
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1)
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- I Want Someone To Love Me (L-227-1, -2)
- I Wonder To Myself
- Slidin' Delta
- Lonesome Home Blues (L-230-2)
- Untitled Song - tk 1 (Morning Prayer Blues) [= "Button Up Shoes"]
- Untitled Song - tk 2 (Boogaloosa Woman)
- Black Mare Blues (take 1)
- Black Mare Blues (take 2)
- Ridin' Horse
- Alcohol And Jake Blues


P-Vine PCD-15032 (Jp 2009)

412010Classic 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

422010Tommy Johnson: Cool Drink Of Water Blues

- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
- Big Road Blues
- Bye Bye Blues
- Maggie Campbell Blues
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1)

- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1)
- Big Fat Mamma Blues
- I Wonder To Myself
- Slidin Delta


- Lonesome Home Blues (L-230-2)
- Untitled Song (test tk 1 (Morning Prayer Blues)) [= "Button Up Shoes"]
- Untitled Song (test tk 2 (Boogaloosa Woman))
- Black Mare Blues (tk 1)

- Black Mare Blues (tk 2)
- Ridin' Horse
- Alcohol & Jake Blues

DLP

Monk 3201

432012The Return of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

disc 1:
Alex Hood & His Railroad Boys - L And N Rag
Hambone Willie Newburn - Roll And Tumble Blues
Appalachia Vagabond (Hayes Shepherd) - Hard For To Love
Washington (Bukka) White - The Panama Limited
Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - John Henry Blues
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues
Carter Brothers & Son - Old Jaw Bone
B.F. Shelton - Oh Molly Dear
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere - Part 1
Ernest Stoneman & Kahle Brewer - Lonesome Road Blues
Ishman Bracey - Woman Woman Blues
Fiddling Powers & Family - Old Molly Hair
Ashley's Melody Men - Bath House Blues
Dennis McGee & Sady Courville - Mon Chere Bebe Creole
Willie Walker - Dupree Blues
Packie Dolan & His Boys - Irish Girl/Blue Breeches
Cartwright Brothers - Texas Ranger
L.O. Birkhead & A.E. Ward - Robinson County
Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
Lewis Brothers - Bull At The Wagon
Karola Stocha & S. Bachleda - Koscieliska
Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Stack-O-Lee
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies


disc 2:
Mississippi Possum Hunters - The Last Shot Got Him
George Edgin's Corn Dodgers - My Ozark Mountain Home
Henry Thomas - Charmin Betsey
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Milwaukee Blues
Eck Robertson & Family - Texas Wagoner
Joe Evans & Arthur McClain - Two White Horses
Leo Soileau & Mayuse Lafleur - Basile Waltz
Lottie Kimbrough - Rolling Log Blues
Luke Hignight & His Ozark Strutters - Fort Smith Breakdown
Carver Boys - Tim Brook
Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
J.P. Nester & Norman Edmonds - Train On The Island

Tommy Johnson - Lonesome Home Blues
Orkiestra Majkuta - Wsciekla Polka
Lulu Jackson - Little Rosewood Casket
E. Mullaney & P. Stack - Maid In A Cherry Tree
Elder Golden P. Harris - I'll Lead A Christian Life
Fiddling Sam Long - Seneca Square Dance
Blind Blake - Sun To Sun Blues
Blue Ridge Mountain Singers - The Letter That Never Came
Charley Patton - Some These Days I'll Be Gone
Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - I'm A Long Time Traveling Away From Home


prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins
artwork by Drew Friedman

54-pp. booklet with stories and anecdotes of shellac collectors

Yazoo CD 2203 (US 9/2012)

Yazoo Records discography

441/2014Jackson Stomp
The Charlie McCoy Story

Charlie McCoy - Last Time Blues
Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink Of Water Blues
Johnnie Temple - Lead Pencil Blues (It Just Won't Write)
Charlie McCoy - That Lonesome Train That Took My Baby Away
Mississippi Mud Steppers - Jackson Stomp
Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp
Curtis Jones - Palace Blues
Jackson Blue Boys - Hidin' On Me
Jackson Blue Boys - Sweet Alberta
Will Weldon - Gonna Take My Time
Charlie McCoy (Papa Charlie's Boys) - Gypsy Woman Blues
Harlem Hamfats - Oh! Red
Sonny Boy Williamson - Black Panther Blues
Charlie McCoy (Papa Charlie's Boys) - Too Long
Bo Carter - East Jackson Blues
Ishmon Bracey - Leavin' Town Blues
Mississippi Black Snakes - Blue Sky Blues
Charlie McCoy (The Mississippi Mudder) - Candy Man Blues
Memphis Minnie - Long As I Can See You Smile
Charlie McCoy And Bo Carter - Corrine Corrina
Charlie McCoy (The Mississippi Mudder) - Charity Blues
Walter Vinson - It's Gonna Stare You In The Face
Monkey Joe - Preach, Pray And Moan
Kansas Joe McCoy - Dresser Drawer Blues
Charlie McCoy (The Mississippi Mudder) - Motherless & Fatherless
Mississippi Mud Steppers - Sunset Waltz



Nehi NEH 02 (UK 1/2014)

452014The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No. 3
The Musicians, the Records and the Music of the 78 rpm era

Jasper Taylor & his State Street Boys - Stomp Time Blues
Roberta Dudley - Krooked Blues
Moanin' Bernice Edwards - Low Down Dirty Shame Blues
The Washingtonians - Choo Choo
Julia Lee - Won't You Come Over To My House?
Fate Marable's Society Syncopaters - Pianoflage
Lottie Kimborough & Winston Holmes - Lost Lover Blues
Lottie Kimborough & Winston Holmes - Wayward Girl Blues

Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - San Antonio Blues
South Memphis Jug Band - Doctor Medicine
Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - Beale Street Blues
Jelly Roll Morton & his Red Hot Peppers - Sidewalk Blues #2
Freddy Keppard's Jazz Cardinals -Salty Dog #2
Louis Armstrong & his Hot Seven - Potato Head Blues
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra - Knockin' A Jug
The Hokum Trio - You Do It
Ruth Willis - Experience Blues
Poor Boy Lofton - Dark Road Blues
Cow Cow Davenport - Alabama Strut
Doc Cook & his Orchestra - Hot Tamale Man
Lee Collins & the Hangover All Stars - I Found A New Baby
Leadbelly - Mississippi River
Wilson 'Thunder' Smith - Mr. Freddie's Blues
Cow Cow & Congregation - Do You Call That Religion?


CD accompanying The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No. 3


Frog FB&JA3 (UK 2014)

462015Memphis Rounders Blues
Blues Singers Recorded in Memphis 1928 & 1929

Jim Jackson, voc, g
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- This Morning She Was Gone [previously unissued]
- This Ain't No Place For Me [previously unissued]
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Pt. 1 [previously unissued]
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Pt. 2 [previously unissued]
Frank Stokes, voc, g; Dan Sane, g
- 'tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Part 1 [previously unissued]
- 'tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Part 2 [previously unissued]

Tommy Johnson, voc, g
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues [previously unissued]
Charlie Kyle, voc, g
- Kyle's Worried Blues
- Monkey-Man Blues
Will Shade, voc, g; Jab Jones, p
- Better Leave That Stuff Alone
- Better Leave That Stuff Alone [previously unissued]
- She Stabbed Me With An Ice-Pick [previously unissued]
Minnie Wallace, voc; acc. prob.: Will Shade, g -1 / hca -2; Milton Roby, vn; Jab Jones, p -1 / jug -2; Charlie Burse, g -2
- Dirty Butter -1
- The Old Folks Started It -2 [previously unissued]
Frank Stokes, voc, g; Will Batts, vn
- South Memphis Blues
- Bunker Hill Blues
Hattie Hart, voc; prob.: Will Shade, g; Milton Roby, vn; Johnny Hardge, p
- Won't You Be Kind To Me?
Frank Stokes, voc, g; Will Batts, vn -1
- Right Now Blues -1
- Shiney Town Blues -1
- I'm Going Away Blues -1
- Old Sometime Blues -1
- Frank Stokes' Dream
- Memphis Rounders Blues


including Alternate Takes, Rare tests, & Previously Unissued Tracks
all transfers by Nick Dellow, from rare originals


Frog CD DGF 80 (UK 2015)

www.frog-records.co.uk/

472017American 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 !!!

 

 

Tommy Johnson 'tribute' albums
#year
of
release
Artist:
Record Title

- featured song / label # / notes
13/1968Roosevelt Holts: Presenting The Country Blues@ youtube (full album)

- Prison Bound Blues (MBHL 10139)
- Maggie Campbell Blues (MBHL 10140)
- Feelin' Sad And Blue (MBHL 10141) *
- I'm Going To Build Right On That Shore (MBHL 10142)
- Lead Pencil Blues (MBHL 10143)
- Another Mule Kickin' In My Stall (MBHL 10144)

- Little Bitty Woman (MBHL 10145) #
- The Good Book Teach You (MBHL 10146) [] #
- Big Road Blues (MBHL 10147)
- Let's Talk It All Over Again (MBHL 10148)
- Red River Blues (MBHL 10149)
- She Put Me Outdoors (MBHL 10150) #

* rec. January 27, 1966 in Franklinton, LA; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; Babe Stovall, g

rec. February 3, 1966 in New Orleans, LA; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g

# rec. August 28, 1966 in Bogalusa, LA by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; [] L.H. Lane, hca

notes by David Evans
 
Blue Horizon 7-63201 (UK / Germany 3/1968)

notes by David Evans

= Blue Horizon BH 7704 (US / Ca 1968) "Electronically rechannelled for stereo"

notes by David Evans

= CBS SBP 473591 (New Zealand 1968) "Stereo"

= Music Box International 40478 (Greece 1991)

Blue Horizon Records discography
Roosevelt Holts discography
Babe Stovall discography

21968Goin' Up The Country

Roosevelt Holts - My Phone Keeps Ringing #
Isaiah Chattman - Found My Baby Gone   @ youtube
Arzo Youngblood - Bye And Bye Blues   @ youtube
Cornelius Bright - My Baby's Gone   @ youtube
Herb Quinn - Casey, You Can't Ride This Train   @ youtube
Arzo Youngblood - Four Women Blues
L.V. Conerly - Bad Luck And Trouble
Mager Johnson - Travelling Blues   @ youtube

O.D. Jones & Babe Stovall - Got The Blues This Morning
Jack Owens - B & O Blues
Bill "Boogie Bill" Webb - Dooleyville Blues
Roosevelt Holts - Nowhere To Go #
Mager Johnson - Big Road Blues
Cornelius Bright - Devil Got My Woman   @ youtube
Jack Owens - Devil Got My Woman   @ youtube

# rec. August 28, 1966 in Bogalusa, LA by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g

notes (January 1968) by David Evans

Decca LK 4931 (UK 1968)

notes (January 1968) by David Evans

= Decca BLK-16563-P (Germany)

new notes (June 1975) by David Evans
click to read booklet (pdf)!
= Rounder 2012 (US 1975)

shortened version of original 1968 notes by David Evans (english & italian)

Albatros VPA 8451 (It 1979) "Bad Luck And Trouble"

Rounder Records discography
Albatros Records discography
Jack Owens discography
Herb Quinn discography
Babe Stovall discography

31970South Mississippi Blues

Babe Stovall & Herb Quinn
- See See Rider
Eli Owens
- Rabbit On A Log
Roosevelt Holts
- Big Fat Mama Blues
Herb Quinn
- Casey
Babe Stovall
- Candy Man
O. D. Jones & Babe Stovall, Dink Brister
- Bye Bye Baby
Eli Owens
- Old Hen Cackle
Esau Weary
- You Don't Have To Go
Babe Stovall
- Do Lord, Remember Me
Roosevelt Holts
- Matchbox Blues

Roosevelt Holts
- Mean Conductor Blues
Eli Owens
- Muleskinner Blues
Babe Stovall
- Maypole March
Myrt Holmes
- Run Here, Fairo
Isaac Youngblood
- Hesitating Blues
Esau Weary
- Forty-Four Blues
Babe Stovall
- Boll Weevil
Eli Owens
- Ida Red - Sally Goodin'
Babe Stovall
- Sweet Bunch Of Daisies
Eli Owens
- Ways Like The Devil
Roosevelt Holts
- Home Town Skiffle

rec. by David Evans between 1965 and 1971

notes by David Evans
click to read booklet (pdf)!
Rounder 2009 (US 1971)

notes by D.V.

= Albatros VPA 8392 (It 1979) "See See Rider"

= Rounder C-2009 (cassette) (US 1989)

= Music Box International 40478 (Greece 1991)

Rounder Records discography
Albatros Records discography
Babe Stovall discography
Roosevelt Holts discography

41972The Legacy Of Tommy Johnson

Isaac Youngblood & Herb Quinn
- Big Road Blues
Mager Johnson
- Bye And Bye Blues
Isaac Youngblood
- Maggie Campbell Blues
John Henry 'Bubba' Brown
- Canned Heat Blues
Boogie Bill Webb
- Cool Water Blues
Isaac Youngblood
- Big Fat Mama Blues
Houston Stackhouse & Carey 'Ditty' Mason
- Pony Blues

Arzo Youngblood
- I Believe I'll Make Everything Alright
Boogie Bill Webb
- Show Me What You Got For Sale
Arzo Youngblood
- Prison Bound Blues
Boogie Bill Webb
- Maggie Campbell Blues
Arzo Youngblood
- The Old Folks Doing It And The Little Ones Trying
Babe Stovall & O.D. Jones, g, Dink Brister, mand
- Big Road Blues
Boogie Bill Webb
- Take Your Time
Roosevelt Holts
- Pine Top Boogie
Boogie Bill Webb
- Don't You Lie To Me

notes by David Evans

saydisc Matchbox SDM 224 (UK 1972)

Matchbox Records discography
Babe Stovall discography
Roosevelt Holts discography

5197?Roosevelt Holts and his friends

Roosevelt Holts
- Barrelhouse Blues * #
- Packing Up Her Trunk To Leave #
Esau Weary
- Bogalousa Boogie
Roosevelt Holts
- I'll Catch The Train And Ride #
Esau Weary
- Big Leg Woman

Roosevelt Holts
- Leaving This Town, Won't Be Back Til Fall []
Boogie Bill Webb
- Maggie Campbell Blues §
- Drinking And Stinking // §
Eli Owens
- Railroad Blues
- Memphis Mail
Blind Pete Burrell
- I'll Fly Away

# rec. August 24/25, 1970 in Bogalusa, LA by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; * Calvin Davis, g

§ rec. August 27, 1970 in New Orleans, LA by David Evans; Boogie Bill Webb, voc, g; Roosevelt Holts, g; // Robert Rucker, dr;

[] rec. August 26, 1970 in Clifton, LA; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; Herb Quinn, mandolin

prod. by Chris Strachwitz & David Evans

notes by David Evans

Arhoolie 1057 (US 197?)

Arhoolie Records discography
Roosevelt Holts discography

62001Chris Thomas King: The Legend Of Tommy Johnson
Act I: Genesis 1900's-1990's

- O Brother, Where Art Thou
- Trouble Will Soon Be Over

- Canned Heat Blues
- Flooded In The Delta
- Watermelon Man
- John Law Burned Down The Liquor Store
- Red Shoes
- Bonnie & Clyde In D Minor
- Do Fries Go With That Shake
- O Brother, Where Art Thou (Reprise) - (with The Voodoo Dolls)
- Spread The Glory (Requiem) - (with The Voodoo Dolls)



Valley Entertainment 15156

 

see also James Brewer, K.C. Douglas, Shirley Griffith, Babe Stovall discographies

 



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 141
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 197
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 480-481
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 215
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition.- New York & London (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 548-549
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 290
- http://www.tefteller.com/html/78_tommy_johnson.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, 'andrew', John Tefteller, Joel Slotnikoff, Izumi Kinoshita and Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans

 

Robert Crumb's Heroes of the Blues card series # 34: T O M M Y   J O H N S O N

www.tommyjohnsonblues.com

 

Delta Blues further reading

Evans, David: Tommy Johnson.- London (Studio Vista) 1971


Evans, David: Big Road Blues - Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues.- left: Berkeley (University of California Press Hardback) 1982 / right: New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1987

 

 

 

 

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