Illustrated Curtis Jones discography

source: Front cover of Decca LK 4587; photographer: Val Wilmer Curtis Jones
b. August 18, 1906 in Naples, Texas
d. September 11, 1971 at Schwabinger Krankenhaus in Munich, Germany
buried September 20, 1971, his grave site at the Friedhof am Perlacher Forst cemetery in Munich no longer exists, being sold in 1979 because no one had paid for its upkeep
discography
source: Front cover of Delmark DL 605; photographer: Georges Adins

#	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
1	11/1937	CURTIS JONES - Lonesome Bedroom Blues (C-2004-1 or -2) # @ youtube @ Spotify - You Got Good Business (C-2005-1) @ youtube @ Spotify originally unissued tracks from same session: - Decoration Day Blues (C-2002-1) [~~Travelin' Man TM-8812~~; Document DLP 592~~; RST BD-2078~~; Document DOCD-5461] @ youtube - Decoration Day Blues (C-2002-2) [Travelin' Man TM-8812; RST BD-2078; Document DOCD-5461] @ youtube - Blues And Trouble (C-2003-1) [Epic EG37318; Epic EPC22123; Document DLP 592;Document DOCD-5296] @ youtube @ Spotify - Blues And Trouble (C-2003-2) [Document DOCD-5296] @ youtube @ Spotify rec. September 28, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Willie Bee (James), g; Fred Williams, dr "Travelin' Man TM-8812 and RST BD-2078 claim to use take C-2002-2, but reportedly use the same take as C-2002-1 on Document issues; there may be doubt which take is which. It is not known which takes of C-2002 are used on which issues." (Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 485) Vocalion 03756 = Conqueror 9030 # Columbia 30137
2	1937	Curtis Jones (The Texas Wonder) - Good Old Easy Street (014341-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - Bad Avenue Blues (014340-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. October 11, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Willie Bee (James), g Bluebird B7387
3	1937	Curtis Jones (The Texas Wonder) - Drinking And Thinking Blues (014338-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - Schoolmate Blues( 014339-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. October 11, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Willie Bee (James), g Bluebird B7452
4	1938	CURTIS JONES - Blues And Trouble (C-2003-3) @ youtube @ Spotify - My Baby's Getting Buggish (C-2074-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. January 6, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Willie Bee (James), g; unknown, sb Vocalion 03953 = Conqueror 9031
5	1938	CURTIS JONES - Let Me Be Your Playmate (C-2080-1) @ youtube - Highway 51 Blues (C-2081-1) @ youtube rec. January 25, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Willie Bee (James), g; Washboard Sam, wb Vocalion 03990 = Conqueror 9032
6	1938	CURTIS JONES - Little Jivin' Woman (C-2072-1) # @ youtube - It's A Low Down Dirty Shame (C-2148-1) * @ youtube # rec. January 6, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Willie Bee (James), g, unknown, sb * rec. March 1, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; unknown, sb Vocalion 04027
7	1938	CURTIS JONES - Reckless Life Blues (C-2073-3) @ youtube - Down In The Slums (C-2075-2) @ youtube unissued track from same session: - Decoration Day Blues (C-2002-4) rec. January 6, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Willie Bee (James), g; unknown, sb Vocalion 04080
		- Sweetheart Land (C-2147-2) rec. March 1, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; unknown, sb Vocalion unissued
		- Yours All Alone (C-2161-1) # - Palace Blues (C-2162-2) rec. March 30, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; # prob. Punch Miller, t; poss. Big Bill Broonzy, g; Fred Williams, dr Vocalion unissued Document DLP 592
8	1938	CURTIS JONES - Bull And [!] Cow Blues (C-2167-1) @ youtube - Love Season Blues (C-2168-1) @ youtube rec. April 5, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Willie Bee (James), g; unknown, sb Vocalion 04120
9	1938	CURTIS JONES - Palace Blues (C-2162-4) * @ youtube - Lonesome Bedroom Blues No. 2 (C-2187-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify rec. May 9, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; prob. Charlie McCoy, # g, * md; poss. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion 04162 = Conqueror 9077
10	1938	CURTIS JONES - Black Gypsy Blues (C-2291-1) * @ youtube - Alley Bound Blues (C-2292-1) # rec. June 23, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; prob. Charlie McCoy, # g, * md; unknown, sb Vocalion 04249
11	1938	CURTIS JONES - Loving Blues (C-2288-1) # @ youtube - Who You're Hunchin' (C-2293-1) * @ youtube rec. June 23, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; prob. Charlie McCoy, # g, * md; unknown, sb Vocalion 04330
12	1938	CURTIS JONES - Good Whiskey (C-2289-1) - Pocket-Bbook Blues (C-2290-1) rec. June 23, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; prob. Charlie McCoy, g; unknown, sb Vocalion 04392
13	1938	CURTIS JONES - Mistakes In Life (C-2339-1) # - Hot Dog Man (C-2340-1) rec. June 23, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; prob. Charlie McCoy, # g, * md; unknown, sb Vocalion 04430
14	1938	CURTIS JONES - Reefer Hound Blues (C-2343-4) @ youtube - War Broke Out In Hell (C-2344-1) @ youtube rec. September 27, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; unknown, eg; unknown, dr Vocalion 04520 = Conqueror 9161
15	1938	CURTIS JONES - I'm With You Again (C-2341-4) - I'm Losing My Mind Over You (C-2342-4) rec. September 27, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; unknown, eg; unknown, dr Vocalion 04617
16	1938	CURTIS JONES - Little Girl, Little Girl (C-2394-1) @ youtube - Night Life Blues (C-2395-1) @ youtube rec. November 23, 1938 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; prob. Charlie McCoy or Willie Bee (James), g; prob. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion 04570 = Conqueror 9279
17	1939	CURTIS JONES - I'm Fallin' For You Baby (C-2444-) - Roll Me Mama (C-2445-) rec. February 3, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; prob. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion 04693
18	1939	CURTIS JONES - Hattie Mae Blues (C-2438-1) - Blues In The Alley (C-2439-1) rec. February 3, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; prob. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion 04761 = Conqueror 9196
19	1939	CURTIS JONES - Down In The Gutter (C-2440-1) - Love I'm Without A Shelter (C-2442-1) rec. February 3, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; prob. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion 04798 = Conqueror 9273
20	1939	CURTIS JONES - Blues In The Basement (C-2441-1) - Sad, Lonely And Crying Blues (C-2443-1) rec. February 3, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; prob. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion 04857
21	1939	CURTIS JONES - Who You Lovin' (WC-2615-A) @ youtube - I Like The Way You Do (WC-2616-A) @ youtube rec. June 15, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; prob. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion 04950
22	1939	CURTIS JONES - I'm In The Mood For You (WC-2614-A) @ youtube - My Baby's Blues (WC-2617-A) @ youtube rec. June 15, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; prob. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion 05003
23	1939	CURTIS JONES - Private Talk Blues (WC-2620-1) - Heavy Hip Mama (WC-2623-1) rec. June 15, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; prob. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion 05071 = Conqueror 9358
24	1939	CURTIS JONES - Blue And Lonesome (WC-2621-1) - Bosom Friend Blues (WC-2622-1) rec. June 15, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; prob. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion 05744
		- My Blues Is Rising (WC-2618-A) # - I Feel So Good In My Bedroom (WC-2619) rec. June 15, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; George Gant, as; Hobson 'Hot Box' Johnson, eg; prob. Fred Williams, dr Vocalion unissued # Hi Horse CD 19001
25	1940	Curtis Jones - Gold-Digger Blues (044708-1) @ youtube - Love In A Loving Way (044707-1) @ youtube rec. February 9, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Fred Williams, dr Bluebird B8412 = Montgomery Ward 8784
26	1940	Curtis Jones - Sugar Bowl Blues (044709-1) @ youtube - Solid Jive (044706-1) @ youtube rec. February 9, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Fred Williams, dr Bluebird B8455 = Montgomery Ward 8785
27	1940	CURTIS JONES - Heart Breaking Blues (WC-3298-A) @ youtube - Blue Memories (WC-3304-A) @ youtube rec. September 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Jazz Gillum, hca; poss. Judge Riley, dr OKeh 05834 Jazz Gillum discography
28	1940	CURTIS JONES - Moonlight Lover Blues (WC-3299-A) @ youtube - Day And Night Blues (WC-3301-A) @ youtube rec. September 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Jazz Gillum, hca; poss. Judge Riley, dr OKeh 05907 = Conqueror 9768 Jazz Gillum discography
29	1940	CURTIS JONES - Treat Me Like I Treat You (WC-3297-A) @ youtube - Love Land Blues (WC-3302-A) @ youtube rec. September 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Jazz Gillum, hca; poss. Judge Riley, dr OKeh 05947 Jazz Gillum discography
30	1940	CURTIS JONES - Cradle Rockin' Blues (WC-3300-A) @ youtube - Down Town Blues (WC-3303-A) @ youtube rec. September 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Jazz Gillum, hca; poss. Judge Riley, dr OKeh 05996 Jazz Gillum discography
31	1941	CURTIS JONES - Love Valley Blues (C-3595-1) - Dream Land Blues (C-3596-1) # rec. January 29, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Ransom Knowling, sb OKeh 06069 # = Conqueror 9944
32	1941	CURTIS JONES - Worryin' Away My Heart For You (C-3598-1) - Itty Bitty Jitter Bug (C-3600-1) rec. January 29, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Ransom Knowling, sb OKeh 06105
33	1941	CURTIS JONES - Low Down Worried Blues (C-3593-1) @ youtube - Mean Old Blues (C-3594-1) @ youtube rec. January 29, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Ransom Knowling, sb OKeh 06140
34	1941	CURTIS JONES - Too Many Blues (C-3597-1) - It's A Solid Sender (C-3599-1) # rec. January 29, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Ransom Knowling, sb OKeh 06186
35	1941	CURTIS JONES - Don't Leave Me Baby (C-3961-1) - Her Love Will Get It (C-3962-1) # rec. August 18, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Ransom Knowling, sb OKeh 06428 = Columbia 30039 = Columbia 37472 # = Conqueror 9946
36	1941	CURTIS JONES - Tin Pan Alley (C-3956-1) @ youtube - My Baby Says She Loves Me (C-3959-1) rec. August 18, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Ransom Knowling, sb OKeh 06494 = Conqueror 9945 = Columbia 37467
37	1941	CURTIS JONES - Glamour And Glory Blues (C-3957-1) - Bed Side Blues (C-3960-1) rec. August 18, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Ransom Knowling, sb OKeh 06615
		- Take It Easy Baby (C-3958-1) - Levee Side Blues (C-3963-1) # rec. August 18, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Ransom Knowling, sb OKeh unissued # Hi Horse CD 19001
37a	194?	CURTIS JONES - Glamour And Glory Blues [OKeh 06615] - Her Love Will Get It [OKeh 06428] rec. August 18, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Ransom Knowling, sb Conqueror 9946
37b	9/1948	CURTIS JONES - Lonesome Bedroom Blues [Vocalion 03756] @ youtube - Lonesome Bedroom Blues #2 [Vocalion 04162] @ youtube Columbia 30137 (US 9/1948)
38	8/1953	CURTIS JONES - Wrong Blues (U 2570) @ youtube @ Spotify - Cool Playing Blues (U 2571) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. May 19, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Lorenzo Tucker, ts; L.C. McKinley, g; Alfred Elkins, b; Judge Riley, dr Parrot 782
		- Pains In My Heart # @ youtube - Rosalie # * @ youtube @ Spotify - All Alone Blues * @ Spotify rec. May 19 or June 10, 1953 in Chicago, IL; L.C. McKinley, voc, g; Lorenzo Tucker, ts; Curtis Jones, p; Alfred Elkins, b; Judge Riley, dr Parrot unissued # Delta Swing LP 379 * Relic LP 8025
		- Louise (52-100-2) - Boogie Blues (53-101-4) - Upside Down Blues (53-102-4) @ youtube # @ Spotify - Flamin' Blues (53-103-6) # @ youtube @ Spotify rec. August 10, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Lorenzo Tucker, ts; L.C. McKinley, g; Alfred Elkins, b; Judge Riley, dr Parrot unissued # Delta Swing LP 379
*LP / CD compilations*
39	1961	Curtis Jones: Trouble Blues@ youtube (full album) - Lonesome Bedroom Blues @ Spotify - Whole Lot Of Talk For You @ Spotify - Suicide Blues @ Spotify - Please Say Yes @ Spotify - Weekend Blues @ Spotify - Good Woman Blues @ Spotify - Trouble Blues @ Spotify - Love Season @ Spotify - Low Down Worried Blues @ Spotify - Good Time Special @ Spotify - Fool Blues @ Spotify CD bonus track: - Pinetop Boogie Woogie @ Spotify rec. November 9, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by Rudy van Gelder; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Robert Banks, org; Johnny "Moose John" Walker, g; Leonard Gaskin, b; Belton Evans, dr Bluesville/OBC photo by Esmond Edwards Vogue LDM. 30202 photo by Christian Rose notes by Joe Goldberg Bluesville BVLP 1022 (US 1961) notes d'après Curtis Jones = Vogue LDM. 30202 (Fr 1973) notes by Joe Goldberg = OBC 515 (US 1987) notes by Joe Goldberg (=) OBCCD-515-2 (US 1992) notes by Joe Goldberg (=) OBC OBCCD-515-2 (Germany/EU 1992) = OBCCD 515-2 (Spain 2004) (Jazz Voice series JV.234) Bluesville Records discography OBC Records discography
40	1962	Curtis Jones: Lonesome Bedroom Blues@ youtube (full album) - Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Evil Curse Blues * - Highway 51 - Stackolee - Curtis Jones' Boogie Woogie - Tin Pan Alley - Gut Bucket Blues * - Rolling The Blues - Black Magic Blues * - Love Fake Blues * - Tour Blues CD bonus tracks: - Tour Blues (alt tk) - Lonesome Bedroom Blues (alt tk) rec. January 12, 1962 at Hall Recording Studios in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p * rec. January 27, 1962 at Hall Recording Studios in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p tape-to-disc mastering: E.D. Nunn, Audiophile Records front cover artwork of Delmark DL 605 (1st ed.) by Robert J. Billings front cover photo of Delmark DL 605 (2nd ed.) by Georges Adins front cover photo of Goody GY 10 007 by Christian Rose notes by Robert G. Koester "Seven West Grand - Chicago 10, Ill." Delmark DL 605 (US 1962) notes by Robert G. Koester "4243 North Lincoln Ave. - Chicago, Illinois 60618" Delmark DL 605 (US 196?) notes by Bob Koester = Goody GY 10 007 (Fr 1969/70?) notes by Bob Koester (=) Delmark CD DD-605 (US 1999) Delmark Records discography
41	1963	Americans In Europe Vol. 2 The Traditional Americans - My Buddy Run Rabbits - Why Daughter, How Are You The Albert Nicholas Quartet - Rose Room Champion Jack Dupree - Wine, Whiskey and Gin Head Woman (6:20) @ youtube Curtis Jones - Lots Of Talk For You (2:50) # @ youtube The Don Byas Quintet - All the Things You Are - I Remember Clifford rec. January 3, 1963 [not 1964!] in Koblenz, Germany supervised by Joachim Ernst Behrendt # Curtis Jones, voc, p; Bob Carter, b, Joe Harris, dr Impulse A/AS 37 = Jasmine JAS 65 both "Americans in Europe" LPs in 1994 reissued on a single CD, omitting - among others - the Jones track
42	1964	Curtis Jones in London - Shake It Baby * - Syl-Vous Play Blues - Young Generation Boogie - Skid Row # - The Honeydripper * - Lonesome Bedroom Blues * - You Got Good Business °° - Alley Bound Blues - Curtis Jones Boogie * - Dust My Broom * - Red River Blues # - Good Woman Blues * - Please Send Me Someone To Love * - Roll Me Over °° °° See-For-Miles SEE 53 / Deram 820 624-2 / BGOCD912 bonus tracks rec. November 27 & 28, 1963 at Decca's West Hampstead Studios in London, UK; Curtis Jones, voc, p, # g; * Alexis Korner, g; Jack Fallon, b (except A3); Eddie Taylor, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon cover photo by Val Wilmer notes by Paul Oliver Decca LK 4587 (UK 1964) notes by Alan Balfour = See-For-Miles SEE 53 (UK 1985) (=) Deram 820 624-2 (Germany 1991) = Beat Goes On BGOCD912 (UK 2010)
43	1965	Blues Now Otis Spann - Stirs Me Up (DR 33244) * @ youtube The Art Woods - Sweet Mary Champion Jack Dupree - I'm A Prisoner (DR 33475) # [previously unissued] John Mayall & The Blues Breakers - I Need Your Love Davy Graham - Goin' Down Slow Otis Spann - Mojo Rock 'N' Roll (DR 33240) Curtis Jones - Shake It Baby [] [Decca LK 4587] Them - Baby Please Don't Go Mae Mercer - Sweet Little Angel Otis Spann - Pretty Girls Everywhere (DR 33241) * @ youtube Graham Bond Organization - Wade In The Water Rod Stewart - Good Morning Little School Girl Champion Jack Dupree - All Right [Decca DFE 8586] # Ronnie Jones & The Night-Timers - I Need Your Loving # rec. June 26, 1964 in London, UK; Jack Dupree, voc, p; Keith Smith's Climax Jazz Band: Keith Smith, tp; Mike Sherborne, tb; John Deferary, cl, ts; Paul Sealy, bj, g; Ray Holland, b; Dave Evans, dr; ** Jimmy Page, hca/g/b (overdubbed) * rec. May 4, 1964 in London, UK; Otis Spann, voc, jangle p; Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Willie Smith, dr; Jimmy Page, hca/g/b (overdubbed) rec. May 4, 1964 in London, UK; Otis Spann, voc, p; Memphis Slim, p; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Willie Smith, dr * rec. May 4, 1964 in London, UK; Otis Spann, voc, p; Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Willie Smith, dr [] rec. November 27/28, 1963 at West Hapstead in London, UK; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Alexis Korner, g; Jack Fallon, b; Eddie Taylor (British jazz drummer), dr notes by M.V. (Mike Vernon) Decca LK 4681 (UK 1965)
43a	1965?	Curtis Jones: Legend of the Blues Vol. 5 - Trouble Blues (instr) - Good Time Special - Low Down Worried Blues Prestige recordings 7 inch 45 rpm EP La Voix De Son Maître 7 EGF 15008 (Fr 1965?)
44	1966	Curtis Jones Victor Race Series Vol. 9 - Gold Digger Blues [Bluebird B8412] - Sugar Bowl Blues [Bluebird B8455] - Solid Jive [Bluebird B8455] - Love In A Loving Way [Bluebird B8412] notes by Michael Vernon RCA RCX 7184 RCA RCX discography
44a	1966	Bluebird Blues 1933-46 RCA Victor LPV-518 / RCA RD-7786 track sequence: Blind Willie McTell - Lonesome Day Blues - Searching The Desert For The Blues Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues - Mean Mistreater Blues Big Joe Williams - Wild Cow Blues - Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Down South - Moonshine Tommy McClennan - Bluebird Blues °° - Brown Skin Girl Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues °° - Little Laura Blues °° Arthur Crudup - Black Pony Blues - Death Valley Blues Lonnie Johnson - Jersey Belle Blues - Crowing Rooster Blues reissue prod. by Brad McCuen; °° = tracks not on RCA 430.701 RCA 430.701 track sequence: Frank Stokes - It Won't Be Long Now °° Blind Willie McTell - Lonesome Day Blues - Searching The Desert For The Blues Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues - Mean Mistreater Blues Leroy Carr - Ain't It A Shame °° Big Joe Williams - Wild Cow Blues Curtis Jones - Drinking And Thinking Blues °° Curtis Jones - School Mate Blues °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Down South - Moonshine Tommy McClennan - Brown Skin Girl Arthur Crudup and Joe McCoy - Black Pony Blues - Death Valley Blues Lonnie Johnson - Jersey Belle Blues - Crowing Rooster Blues compiled by Bert Bradfield; °° = tracks not on RCA Victor LPV-518 / RCA RD-7786 notes by Lawrence Cohn RCA Victor LPV-518 (1965) notes by Lawrence Cohn = RCA RD-7786 (UK 1965) (not =) RCA 430.701 (Fr 1966) "Blue Bird Blues (1928-1942)" (Treasury Of Jazz #61)
45	1967	Raw Blues Otis Spann - Pretty Girls Everywhere (DR 33241) @ youtube John Mayall - Burn Out Your Blind Eyes Champion Jack Dupree - Calcutta Blues # John Mayall & Steve Anglo - Long Night Otis Spann** - Country Boy (DR 33242) * Curtis Jones - You Got Good Business § John Mayall & Eric Clapton - Lonely Years John Mayall & Peter Green - Evil Woman Blues Otis Spann - My Home In The Desert (DR 33239) * @ youtube John Mayall - Milkman Strut Champion Jack Dupree - 24 Hours # Curtis Jones - Roll Me Over § John Mayall & Eric Clapton - Bernard Jenkins Otis Spann - You Gonna Need My Help (DR 39340) *** @ youtube # rec. February 1966 in London, UK; Champion Jack Dupree, voc, p; John Mayall, hca; Eric Clapton, g; Tony McPhee, g; Malcolm Pool, b; Keef Hartley, dr * rec. May 4, 1964 at Decca No. 2 studio, West Hampstead, London, UK; Otis Spann, voc, * jangle p; Muddy Waters, g, * voc; ** Eric Clapton, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Willie Smith, dr; Jimmy Page, hca/g/b (overdubbed) § rec. November 27 & 28, 1963 in West Hampstead, UK; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Alexis Korner, g; Jack Fallon, b; Eddie Taylor, dr notes by Mike Vernon London PS-543 (US 1967) notes by Mike Vernon = Ace Of Clubs ACL/SCL 1220 (UK 1967) notes by Mike Vernon = Decca ND 457 (Germany 1967) quite a few more re-releases at discogs.com
45a	1968	Story Of The Blues - Blues Pianorama -4 Walter Davis - Move Back To The Woods [Bullet 305] - I Would Hate To Hate You [Bullet 311] - You've Got To Reap What You Saw [Bullet 305] - Wonder What I'm Doing Wrong [Bullet 311] Curtis Jones - Cool Playing Blues [Parrot 782] - Wrong Blues [Parrot 782] Little Joe Arwood - Tiger Town Blues Elmore Nixon - I Went To See A Gypsy [Sittin' in with 601] - Shout And Rock >[Sittin' in with 601] Memphis Slim - Country Girl [Master 1010] - Believe I'll Settle Down [Master 1010] - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone [Miracle 153] Cecil Gant - Anna Mae [Bullet 257] - Goodbye Baby [Dot 1069] Negro Art M-12-SB-366 (Fr 1968) Negro Art Records discography
45b	11/1968	Curtis Jones: Now Resident In Europe Blue Horizon 7-63207 / BH 7703 track sequence: - You Don't Have To Go @ Spotify - I Want To Be Your Slave @ Spotify - Morocco Blues # @ Spotify - Cherie @ Spotify - Please Believe Me @ Spotify - Gee, Pretty Baby @ Spotify - Let Your Hair Down @ Spotify - Jane # @ Spotify - Born In Naples, Texas (interview) @ Spotify - Soul Brother Blues # @ Spotify - Dryburgh Drive @ Spotify Blue Horizon CD 7224742 track sequence: - You Don't Have To Go [tk 2, master version] - I Want To Be Your Slave [tk 4, master version] - Marocco Blues [tk 2, master version] # - Cherie - Please Believe Me - Gee, Pretty Baby - Let Your Hair Down [tk 3, master version] - Jane [tk 2, master version] # - Born In Naples, Texas [interview] - Soul Brother Blues # - Dryburgh Drive [tk 5, master version] - You Don't Have To Go [tk 1, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - I Want To Be Your Slave [tk 2, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - I Want To Be Your Slave [tk 3, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - Marocco Blues [tk 1, previously unreleased] # @ Spotify - Let Your Hair Down [tk 2, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - Jane [tk 1, previously unreleased] # @ Spotify - The White Man's Plantation [interview, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - Blues On The Scene [previously unreleased] # @ Spotify - Dryburgh Drive [tk 2, previously unreleased] @ Spotify - Dryburgh Drive [tk 3 & 4, edited, previously unreleased] @ Spotify rec. July 2, 1968 in London, UK; Curtis Jones, voc, p, # g; Brian Brocklehurst, b; Dougie Wright, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon cover photography & design by Terence Ibbott; back cover photo by Paul Oliver notes by Mike Vernon Blue Horizon 7-63207 (UK 11/1968) mono / stereo notes by Mike Vernon = Blue Horizon 7-63207 (Germany 1968) notes by Mike Vernon = Blue Horizon BH 7703 (US 1968) (=) Blue Horizon CD 7224742 (US 2008) "Complete Session" Blue Horizon Records discography
46	1969	Super Duper Blues Fleetwood Mac - Rollin' Man Duster Bennett - Jumping At Shadows Chicken Shack - What You Did Last Night Eddie Boyd - The Blues Is Here To Stay Gordon Smith - Diving Duck Blues Champion Jack Dupree - A Racehorse Called Mae Johnny Shines - Pipeline Blues Fleetwood Mac - Long Grey Mare Sunnyland Slim - Stella Mae Chicken Shack - I Wanna See My Baby Curtis Jones - Gee Pretty Baby Fleetwood Mac - Shake Your Money Maker Blue Horizon PR-31 = Blue Horizon PR-31 (Fr) Blue Horizon Records discography
47	1969	The Blues Fleetwood Mac - Rollin' Man Duster Bennett - Jumping At Shadows Chicken Shack - What Did You Do Last Night Eddie Boyd - The Blues Is Here To Stay Gordon Smith - Driving Duck Blues [sic] Champion Jack Dupree - A Racehorse Called Mae Johnny Shines - Pipeline Blues Fleetwood Mac - Long Grey Mare Sunnyland Slim - Stella Mae Chicken Shack - I Wanna See My Baby Curtis Jones - Gee, Pretty Baby Fleetwood Mac - Shake Your Money Maker Johnny Winter - Be Careful With A Fool Blind Lemon Jefferson - Prison Cell Blues John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues Taj Mahal - The Cuckoo Ma Rainey - Deep Moanin' Blues Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper - That's All Right Janis Joplin - Ball And Chain Lightnin' Hopkins - War Is Starting Again Steamhammer - Junior's Wailing Son House - Pearline Big Maybelle - No More Trouble Out Of Me Driftin Slim & His Blues Band - Jackson Blues Blood, Sweat And Tears - Blues Part II DLP Blue Horizon SPR 31 / CBS SPR 34 Blue Horizon Records discography
49	1970	Blues Special The Graham Bond Organisation - Hoochie Cooche Man - Strut Around - Hi Heel Sneakers - Wade in the Water - Little Girl - Long Legged Baby Otis Spann with Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters - Stirs Me Up Ronnie Jones and The Nighttimers - I Need Your Loving Curtis Jones with Alexis Korner [Decca LK 4587] - Shake It Baby Mae Mercer - Sweet Little Angel Champion Jack Dupree with Keith Smith - All Right - I'm A Prisoner [Decca LK 4681] King/London SLC-295 (Jp 1970)
50	1971	Pre War Texas Blues William McCoy - Mama Blues - Train Imitations and The Fox Chase William McCoy with poss. Sam Harris - Just It - How Long Baby Texas Bill Day with Alex Moore & Coley Jones - Good Mornin' Blues - Burn The Trestle Down Bobbie Cadillac with Coley Jones and poss. Alex Moore - Listen Everybody - Easin' In Andy Boy - Out O' Line Blues - Yellow Gal Blues Walter Washington with Andy Boy & unknown - Bad Managing Blues - I Need You Blues - Ice Pick Mama - West Dallas Woman Curtis Jones with Willie Bee James - Bad Avenue Blues - Good Old Easy Street Kokomo K-1006 (UK 1971) Kokomo Records discography
51	1972	Blues Piano Orgy Speckled Red - Blues Hurt My Tongue To Talk (4:12) // @ youtube Curtis Jones - Tin Pan Alley Blues (3:06) § @ youtube Sunnyland Slim - My Baby's Coming With A Marriage License (3:13) ## @ youtube - Every Time I Get To Drinkin' (3:09) ## Little Brother Montgomery - Stendahl Stomp (2:49) \|\| @ youtube - Tremblin' Blues (3:05) \|\| Little Brother Montgomery - No Special Rider (2:38) \|\| - Bass Key Boogie (2:57) \|\| @ youtube Roosevelt Sykes - Dresser Drawers (2:43) ## - Concentration Blues (2:56) ## @ youtube - Kickin' Motor Scooter (2:51) # @ youtube Otis Spann - Three-In-One Blues (2:25) [] @ youtube Delmark CD DE-626 bonus tracks: Roosevelt Sykes - (New Year's) Resolution Blues (2:28) ### [Delmark DD 773] @ youtube Sunnyland Slim - Poor Boy (4:04) - Depression Blues (3:03) ## Memphis Slim - Five O'Clock Blues (2:51) - Nat Dee Special (2:47) Curtis Jones** - Lonesome Bedroom Blues § (5:10) [Delmark DL 605] @ youtube - Takin' Off (2:55) §§ @ youtube // rec. 1956/57 in St. Louis, MO; Speckled Red, voc, p # rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p resp. Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; ## Homesick James, g/b ### rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p \|\| all 4 of Little Brother Montgomery's 1947 sides originally meant to be issued on Disc Records § rec. January 12, 1962 / §§ January 27, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p [] rec. December 30, 1969 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, p; Fred Below, dr front cover photo by Ray Flerlage notes by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, 4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618" Delmark 626 (US 1972) = Trio PA-3046 (Jp 1974) = Trio PA-6211 (Jp 1978) notes by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, 4121 North Rockwell, Chicago, Illinois 60618" (=) Delmark CD DE-626 (US 1996) Delmark Records discography Trio Records discography Speckled Red discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Little Brother Montgomery discography Otis Spann discography Homesick James discography
52	1975	25 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)
53	1977	After Midnight - Chicago Blues 1952-1957 J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love Jimmy Reed - State Street Boogie Grace Brim - Hospitality Blues [J.O.B. 117] - Man Around My Door [J.O.B. 117] Howlin' Wolf - Sweet Woman - Dorothy Mae Tampa Red - Please Mr. Doctor - I Should Have Loved Her More Eddie Taylor - Stroll Out West - Find My Baby Baby Face Leroy - Pet Rabbit - Louella Curtis Jones - Flamin' Blues - Upside Down Blues L.C. McKinley - Rosalie Blues - Pains In My Heart Delta Swing 379 (US 1977)
53a	197?	Real Bluesmen & Folksingers LP 1: - Dog Me Around - Howlin' Wolf - Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Curtis Jones - Red River - Sonny Terry - See See Rider - Lightnin' Hopkins - Texas Tony - Yank Rachell - Bad Boy - John Lee Hooker - In The Wee Wee Hours - Junior Wells - Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do - Big Joe Williams - The Gallis Pole - Leadbelly - Pretty Boy Floyd - Woody Guthrie - Dust My Blues - Elmore James LP 2: - Prison Blues Come Down On Me - Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby, Please Lend Me Your Love - Otis Spann, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Crying At Daybreak - Howlin' Wolf - The House Carpenter - Pete Seeger - Buffalo Skinners - Woody Guthrie - Rambling On My Mind - 'Big Boy' Crudup - Gonna Boogie - John Lee Hooker - So Glad I'm Livin' - Sleepy John Estes - Looky, Looky Younder - Leadbelly - Johnny Hard - Cisco Houston gatefold DLP BYG 20 A (Fr)
54	1980	Curtis Jones: Blues and Trouble - Lonesome Bedroom Blues - You Got Good Business - Blues And Trouble - Little Jivin' Woman - My Baby's Getting Buggish - It's A Low Down Dirty Shame - Private Talk Blues - Heavy Hip Mama - Solid Jive - Love In A Loving Way - Gold Digger Blues - Sugar Bowl Blues - Wrong Blues - Cool Playing Blues - Flaming Blues - Upside Down Blues cover art by Geert van Hall notes by Martin van Olderen Oldie Blues OL 2824 (NL 1980) Oldie Blues discography
55	1982	Okeh Chicago Blues - Good Doing Daddy - Big Boy Edwards (unissued master) - Hollywood Stomp - Victoria Spivey & Her Chicago Four - Blues And Trouble - Curtis Jones (unissued performance) - Brownskin Woman Swing - Roosevelt Scott - Miss Ora Lee Blues - Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band - Born For Bad Luck - Brownie McGhee - Weed Head Woman - Champion Jack Dupree - 15 Cents A Day - Roosevelt Sykes (The Honey Dripper) - Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins - Confessin' The Blues - Peter Cleighton - I Am Sailin' - Memphis Minnie - Just Had To Holler - Little Son Joe - I Can't Write - Big Bill & His Rhythm Band - Bad Whiskey Blues - The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson) - Tennessee Woman Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued) - Delta Pine Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued) - Ride, Ride Mama - Johnny Shines (unissued) - Evil-Hearted Woman Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued) rec. Chicago, Feb 24, 1946; Johnny Shines, voc, g; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, g; - Jitterbug Blues - Muddy Waters (Unissued) - Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters (Unissued) - Burying Ground Blues - Muddy Waters (unissued) Muddy Waters (Vocal, Guitar), James Clarke (Piano), Probably Baby-Face Leroy Foster (Guitar), Chicago, September 27, 1946) Big Joe Williams - P Vine Blues - Bad And Weak Hearted Blues - King Biscuit Stomp - I'm A Highway Man - Banta Rooster Blues (unissued) - Mean Step Father Blues (unissued) - House Lady Blues - Don't You Leave Me Here (Big Joe Williams (Vcl, Guitar), Sonny Boy Williamson (Harmonica), Ransom Knowling (Bass), Judge Lawrence Riley (Drums), Chicago, December 18, 1947) DLP Epic EG 37318/37319 (1982) = Epic EPC 22123 (UK)
56	1982	Big 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 notes (8-pp. booklet) by Alessandro Roffeni Albatros VPA 8473 (It 1982) = Albatros VC 5021 (cassette)
57	1986	Viper Mad Blues 16 Songs of Dope and Depravity - Kickin' The Gong Around - Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra - Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey - Cocaine Habit Blues - The Memphis Jug Band - Pipe Dream Blues - Hazel Meyers - Smoking Reefers - Larry Adler - Take A Whiff On Me - Leadbelly - Killin' Jive - The Cats & The Fiddle - You'se A Viper - Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys - The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow - Cleo Brown - Reefer Man - Baron Lee & The Blue Rhythm Band - The Onyx Hop - Frankie Newton & His Uptown Serenaders - Knockin' Myself Out - Lil Green - Junker's Blues - Champion Jack Dupree - Reefer Hound Blues - Curtis Jones - The Reefer Song - Fats Waller - I'm Feeling High And Happy - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra CD bonus tracks: - When I Get Low, I Get High - Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Ol' Man River (Smoke A Little Tea) - Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutter - Blue Reefer Blues - Richard M. Jones & His Jazz Wizards - Cocaine - Dick Justice - Reefer Head Woman - Jazz Gillum & His Jazz Boys - Willie The Weeper - Frankie 'Halfpint' Jaxon - Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan - Blue Drag - Freddy Taylor & His Swing Men From Harlem - A Viper's Moan - Willie Bryant & His Orchestra Jass 4 (US 1986) = Jass CD 4 "25 songs ..." = Mojo MOJ 306 (1996) Stash/Jass Records discography
58	1989	Down The Alley Previously Unissued 1934-1942 Midnight Ramblers - Down In The Alley Curtis Jones - Decoration Day Blues [C-2002-2] Kid Beecher - Hard Working Man Red Nelson - Chills And Fever Monkey Joe - Three O'Clock Blues One Arm Slim - Crap Shootin' Blues - Where Did You Stay Last Night Big Bill Broonzy - Whiskey And Good Time - My Big Money Washboard Sam - Don't Have To Sing The Blues Louisiana Johnny - Charity Blues Memphis Minnie - He's In The Ring - Hot Stuff James Hall - 15th Street Woman notes by Chris Smith Travelin' Man TM-8812 (UK 1989) BR50/41 Travelin' Man Records discography
59	1997	The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970 Vol. 1 disc 1 - The Pre-CBS Years: - Across The Board - Hubert Sumlin - Sumlin Boogie - Hubert Sumlin - Baby You Just Don't Know - Woodrow Adams with Boogie Blues Blasters - Winehead Woman - Woodrow Adams with Boogie Blues Blasters - Christmas Time (Part 1) - Jimmy McCracklin - Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenore - I Don't Care What Nobody Say - J.B. Lenore - Mean Old World - Doctor Isaiah Ross - Someone To Love Me - T.S. McPhee - I Feel So Good - Jo Ann Kelly - Good Morning Baby - Drifting Slim - My Sweet Woman - Drifting Slim - Lonely Years - John Mayall & Eric Clapton - Bernard Jenkins - John Mayall & Eric Clapton - Superintendent Blues - Houston Boines - Monkey Motion - Houston Boines - Can't Quit You Baby - Savoy Brown's Blues Band - Get Your Head Happy - Champion Jack Dupree with T.S. McPhee - Talk All In My Sleep - Champion Jack Dupree with T.S. McPhee - Hot Rock - Stone's Masonry - Christine - Hound Dog Taylor - Come Back - 'Little' Mack Simmons & His Boys - My Walking Blues - 'Little' Mack Simmon And His Boys - It's So Miserable To Be Alone - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie) - Empty Arms - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie) disc 2 - The CBS Years - part One: - I Believe My Time Ain't Long - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - Warning - Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - When My Left Eye Jumps - The Chicken Shack Featuring Stan Webb (with Christine Perfect) - She Drives Me Out Of My Mind - Arthur K. Adams - The Big Boat - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie) - Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac - Prison Bound Blues - Roosevelt Holts - Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac - How Am I Doing - Champion Jack Dupree with Stan Webb - Can't Do Me No Good - Otis Spann - The Woman I Love - B.B. King - You Don't Have To Go - Curtis Jones - Albatross [instrumental] - Fleetwood Mac - Since My Baby Hit The Numbers - Guitar Crusher Jimmy Spruill O - Next Time You See Me - Garfield Love Jimmy Spruill Orchestra - Solid Gold - Johnny Shines - Layin' In My Cell, Sleepin' - Sunnyland Slim - It's Hard But It's Fair - Bobby Parker - I Couldn't Quit My Baby - Bobby Parker - Stumbling Block - Champion Jack Dupree - I'd Rather Go Blind - Chicken Shack (with Christine Perfect) - Temperature Is Rising (98.8) - Otis Spann With Fleetwood Mac - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush And His Band disc 3 - The CBS Years - part Two: - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam - Hideaway - Chicken Shack - My Baby's Gone - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards (with Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood) - Mandy Lee - Coyne Clague - Too Long - Gordon Smith - You Don't Know My Mind - Mississippi Joe Callicott - Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis - Drifting Blues - Bukka White - Southern Train - Larry Johnson - Tears In The Wind - Chicken Shack - I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up Or I'm Gonna End Up Winding Up With You - Duster Bennett - She Wants To Rock 'N' Roll - Harmonica Slim - Moaning And Groaning - Johnny Young - Someday Your Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right) - George Smith - Ridin' The Blinds - Top Topham - Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights) - Bacon Fat - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu - Jellybread - Crazy 'Bout You Baby - Christine Perfect - Voodoo Rhythym - Key Largo - I Want You To Love Me - Duster Bennett - I'm Gonna Leave You - Martha Velez - Blues Feeling - Bacon Fat 3 CD set Columbia 488992-2 (US 1997) Blue Horizon Records discography
60	1990	Curtis Jones 1937-1940 - Decoration Day Blues (C-2002-1-test) - Blues And Trouble (C-2003-2-test) - Drinking And Thinking Blues (014338-1) - Schoolmate Blues (014339-1) - Bad Avenue Blues (014340-1) - Good Old Easy Street (014341-1) - Let Me Be Your Playmate (C-2080-1) - Highway 51 Blues (C-2081-1) - Yours All Alone (C-2161-1-test) - Palace Blues (C-2162-2-test) - Down In The Slums (C-2075-3) - Loving Blues (C-2288-1) - Black Gypsy Blues (C-2291-1) - Alley Bound Blues (C-2292-1) - Who You're Hunchin' (C-2293-1) - Little Girl, Little Girl (C-2394-1) - Night Life Blues (C-2395-1) - Treat Me Like I Treat You (WC-3297-A) front cover photo by Paul Oliver Document DLP 592 (Austria 1990) Document Records discography
61	1990	Curtis Jones 1937-1941 - Decoration Day Blues (C-2202-2-test) - War Broke Out In Hell - Blues In The Alley - I'm In The Mood For You - My Baby's Blues - Blues And Lonesome - Moonlight Lover Blues - Day And Night Blues - Love Land Blues - Mean Old Blues - Too Many Blues - Worryin' Your Heart Away For You - It's A Solid Sender - Itty Bitty Jitter Bug - Tin Pan Alley - Glamour And Glory Blues - My Baby Says She Loves Me - Her Love Will Get It front cover photo by Paul Oliver RST Blues Documents BD-2078 (Austria 1990) RST discography
61a	1991	Legends Of The Blues - Volume Two - Henry Ford Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Ninety-Eight Degree Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander - Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker - She Shook Her Gin - Barbecue Bob - Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red - No No Blues - Curley Weaver - Bo-Easy Blues - Bessie Jackson - School Boy Blues - Walter Roland - Cold Blooded Murder No. 2 - Bumble Bee Slim - My Baby Won't Pay Me No Mind - Buddy Moss - Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins - Take It Easy Greasy - Lil Johnson - Two Timin' Woman - Casey Bill Weldon - Down Hill Pull - Victoria Spivey - Down In The Slums - Curtis Jones - Separation Blues - Merline Johnson - Soon This Morning No. 2 - Charlie Spand - Is That A Monkey You Got? - Jazz Gillum - Hurry Down Sunshine - Champion Jack Dupree - Goodbye Now Brownie - Brownie McGhee prod. by Lawrence Cohn booklet notes by Pete Welding Columbia CD CK-/CT-47467 (US 1991) (Roots n' Blues series) = Columbia/Legacy COL 468770 2 (US / Australia 1991) (Roots n' Blues series) = SPV GmbH SPV 42722 CD (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series) 20 CD box set, CD 6 (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)
61b	1993	Delmark 40th Anniversary Blues Junior Wells - Snatch It Back And Hold It Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go Jimmie Lee Robinson - Lonely Traveller Big Time Sarah - I Make Love Dave Specter, Barkin' Bill Smith - Things I'd Do For You Robert Lockwood Jr. - Rambling On My Mind Sleepy John Estes - I'd Been Well Warned Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right Otis Rush - You're Breakin' My Heart (alt tk) J.B. Hutto - Slidewinder Roosevelt Sykes - Eagle Rock Me Baby Jimmy Johnson - Easy Money Curtis Jones - Highway 51 Blues Edith Wilson - Mistreatin' Blues Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen Yank Rachell - Let Me Tangle In Your Vines Jesse Fortune - Fortune Tellin' Man Willie Kent - Memory Of You Magic Sam - I Need You So Bad Delmark DX-2 (US 1993) Delmark Records discography
62	1994	Curtis Jones Volume 1 September 28, 1937 - May 31, 1938 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order - Decoration Day Blues (tk 1) - Blues And Trouble (tk 1) - Blues And Trouble (tk 2) - Lonesome bedroom blues - You got good business - Drinking And Thinking Blues - Schoolmate Blues - Bad Avenue Blues - Good Old Easy Street - Blues And Trouble (tk 3) - Little Jivin' Woman - My Baby's Getting Buggish - Down In The Slums - Let Me Be Your Playmate - Highway 51 Blues - It's A Low Down Dirty Shame - Yours All Alone - Palace Blues (tk 2) - Reckless Life Blues (tk 3) - Bull And Cow Blues - Love Season Blues - Palace Blues (tk 4) - Lonesome Bedroom Blues No. 2 front cover photo by Paul Oliver notes by Victor Pearlin Document DOCD 5296 (Austria 1994)
63	1994	Curtis Jones Volume 2 June 23, 1938 - June 15, 1939 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order - Loving Blues - Good Whiskey - Pocket Book Blues - Black Gypsy Blues - Alley Bound Blues - Who You're Hunchin' - Mistakes In Life - Hot Dog Man - I'm With You Again - I'm Losing My Mind Over You - Reefer Hound Blues - War Broke Out In Hell - Little Girl, Little Girl - Night Life Blues - Hattie Mae Blues - Blues In The Alley - Down In The Gutter - Blues In The Basement - Love I'm Without A Shelter - Sad, Lonely And Crying Blues - I'm Fallin' For You Baby - Roll Me Mama - When You Leave Me Honey - He's Just My Size - Hop Head Blues front cover photo by Paul Oliver notes by Victor Pearlin Document DOCD 5297 (Austria 1994)
64	1994	Curtis Jones Volume 3 June 15, 1939 - September 20, 1940 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order - What Evil Have I Done? - It's A Hard Way To Travel - I'm In The Mood For You - Who You Lovin' - I Like The Way You Do - My Baby's Blues - Private Talk Blues - Blue And Lonesome - Bosom Friend Blues - Heavy Hip Mama - Solid Jive - Love In A Loving Way - Gold Digger Blues - Sugar Bowl Blues - Treat Me Like I Treat You - Heart Breaking Blues - Moonlight Lover Blues - Cradle Rockin Blues - Day And Night Blues - Love Land Blues - Down Town Blues - Blue Memories notes by Victor Pearlin Document DOCD 5298 (Austria 1994)
65	1994	Curtis Jones Volume 4 January 29, 1941 - May 19, 1953 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order - Low Down Worried Blues - Mean Old Blues - Love Valley Blues - Dream Land Blues - Too Many Blues - Worryin' Away My Heart For You - It's A Solid Sender - Itty Bitty Jitterbug - Tin Pan Alley - Glamour And Glory Blues - My Baby Says She Loves Me - Bed Side Blues - Don't Leave Me Baby - Her Love Will Get It - Wrong Blues - Cool Playing Blues - Flamin' Blues - Upside Down Blues Alfoncy Harris (1934) (bonus tracks) - No Good Guy - Part II - Absent Freigt Train Blues - South Land Blues notes by Victor Pearlin Document DOCD 5299 (Austria 1994)
66	1995	The Bluesville Years, Vol. 4 "In the Key of Blues" Mercy Dee Walton - One Room Country Shack - My Little Angel - After The Fight - Five Card Hand Memphis Slim - Mother Earth Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - Pleading Blues - No Special Rider - Something Keeps Worrying Me Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues Roosevelt Sykes - Number Nine - Set The Meat Outdoors - Miss Ida B. - She Ain't For Nobody Curtis Jones - Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Weekend Blues - Please Say Yes - Low Down Worried Blues Sunnyland Slim - Tired Of You Clowning - Harlem Can't Be Heaven rec. 1959-1961 Prestige PRCD-9908-2 (US 1995)
67	1995	The Bluesville Years, Vol. 11 "Blues is A Heart's Sorrow" Roosevelt Sykes - I Hate To Be Alone - Selfish Woman Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinking Mercy Dee Walton - Pity And A Shame Jimmy Witherspoon - I'll Go On Living - Sail On - Little Girl - How Long Blues Lightnin Hopkins with Sonny Terry - Last Night Blues Henry Townsend - The Train Is Coming Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim - Nervous Lonnie Johnson - You Have No Love In Your Heart - Evil Woman - Four Walls and Me Mildred Anderson - I'm Getting Long Alright Little Brother Montgomery - Cry Cry Baby Curtis Jones - Fool Blues - Good Woman Blues Pete Franklin - My Old Lonesome Blues St Louis Jimmy - Dog House Blues - Some Sweet Day Prestige PRCD-9921-2 (US 1995)
68	1995	Curtis Jones: Lonesome Bedroom Blues 1937-1941 - Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Blues And Trouble - Drinking And Thinking Blues - Schoolmate Blues - My Baby's Getting Bugghish - Highway 51 Blues - It's Low Down Dirty Shame - Who You're Hunchin' - Black Gipsy Blues - Night Life Blues - Down In The Gutter - Heavy Hip Mama - Solid Jive - Sugar Bowl Blues - Down Town Blues - Blues Memories - I's A Solid Sender - Low Down Worried Blues - Worryin' My Heart For You - Too Many Blues - Itty Bitty Jitter Bug - Don't Leave My Baby - Glamour And Glory Blues - Her Love Will Get It - Tin Pan Alley front cover photo by Jacques Demêtre (Chicago 1959) EPM Musique 158312 (Fr 1995)
69	1996	Too Late Too Late Vol. 6 (1924 - 1946) - I Know A Great Saviour, I Do - Emma E. Beacham - I'm Going Through With Jesus - Emma E. Beacham - You've Got To Quit Your Low Down Ways - Billy Mack - Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J.M. Gates - Amazing Grace - Rev. J.M. Gates - Don't You Leave Me Here - Laura Smith - If You Don't Like My Potatoes - Laura Smith - Tell It To The Judge No. 2 (tk A) - Dessa Foster and Howling Smith - Blackberry Rag - Three Stripped Gears - Alabama Blues - Three Stripped Gears - Beedle Um Bum - Memphis Nighthawks - Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (tk 2) - Jack Kelly - Happy Am I (TO-1373) - Elder Lightfoot - Black Man - Josh White - Poor Millionaire Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Decoration Day Blues (tk 2) - Curtis Jones @ youtube - Crap Shootin' Blues (tk 1) - One Arm Slim - I'm In Buddy's Wagon - Charlie Burse - Radio Blues - Charlie Burse - Hell's Highway - Charlie Burse - Grey Goose (tk 2) - Leadbelly - Soldiers Joy Nashville - Washboard Band - Old Joe Nashville - Washboard Band - We Shall Be Free (alternate version) - Leadbelly - 4, 5 and 9 - Leadbelly notes by Dr. Guido Van Rijn Document DOCD-5461 (Austria 1996)
70	2001	The Parrot Records Blues Story - Bad Luck Blues - Albert King - Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir - West Coast Blues - Ernest Lewis - Tough Times - John Brim - That Ain't Right - Henry Gray - Cool Playing Blues - Curtis Jones - Easy Lovin' - Little Papa Joe - Fine Girls - J.B. Lenoir - Looking For My Baby - Little Papa Joe - Murder In The First Degree - St. Louis Jimmy Oden - Blue Blues Boogie - Nature Boy Brown - Yes, She's Gone - Dusty Brown - Santa Fe - Baby Boy Warren - Devil Is A Busy Man - Sunnyland Slim - Crosstown Blues - Snooky Pryor - No More Lovin' - Ernest Lewis - Falling Rain Blues - Little Willie Foster - Gary Stomp - John Brim - Wrong Blues - Curtis Jones - Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir - Mattie Mae - Baby Boy Warren - Four Day Jump - Little Willie Foster - Going Back To Memphis - Sunnyland Slim - Watch Yourself - Henry Gray - Be On Your Merry Way - Albert King notes by Victor Pearlin Preserved CD 8575 (US 2001)
71	2008	Legends of the American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968 & 1969 The Video 1: American Folk Blues Festival 1967 The Video 2: American Folk Blues Festival 1968 John Lee Hooker - Serves Me Right To Suffer Eddie Taylor Band feat. T-Bone Walker, p feat. J.L. Hooker - Maudy Eddie Taylor Band feat. T-Bone Walker, p feat. J.L. Hooker - Boom Boom Big Joe Williams - Cryin' Shame Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go Interview with auditorium, Karl Gert zur Heide & Al Smith Big Walter Horton - Juke Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man @ youtube Curtis Jones - Cherie # @ youtube Interview with Werner Burkhardt & Fritz Rau Eddie Taylor Band feat. T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday Blues Eddie Taylor Band feat. T-Bone Walker - I Wonder Why Eddie Taylor Band feat. T-Bone Walker, p feat. J.L. Hooker - Shake It Baby The Video 3: American Folk Blues Festival 1969 # rec. October 14, 1968 in Cologne, Germany (WDR Studio L, German TV); Curtis Jones, voc, p; Siegfried Schmidt-Joos, MC; originally published on German TV (WDR) only Tropical DVD 68.364 (Germany 2008)
71	1/2014	Jackson 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 (1/2014)
72	2017	Blue 88s: Unreleased Piano Blues Gems 1938-1942 Curtis Jones - My Blues Is Risin' (WC-2618-A) [Columbia unissued] Willie 'Boodle It' Right - Xmas Blues (C-3381-1) [OKeh unissued] Curtis Jones - Levee Side Blues (C-3963-1) [unissued] Poor Boy Burke - Your Loving Ways (C-4062-1) [OKeh unissued] - Bad Condition Blues (C-4065-1) [OKeh unissued] Roosevelt Sykes - Mellow Queen Swing (C-4054-1) [Columbia unissued] - Floating Power Blues (C-4055-1) [Columbia unissued] - Make Up Your Mind (C-4056-1) [Columbia unissued] - Training Camp Blues (C-4057-1) [OKeh 6709, Columbia 30024, 37457] - Back Biting Snitchers (C-4058-19) [Columbia unissued] - You Got To Run Me Down (C-4059-1) [Columbia unissued] - From The Cradle To The Grave (C-4060-1) [Columbia unissued] - Motherless Child (C-4061-1) [Columbia unissued] - Sugar Babe Blues (C-4228-1) [OKeh 6709, Columbia 30024, 37457] - The World Is Upside Down (C-4229-1) [Columbia unissued] - I Got You Figured Out (C-4230-1) [Columbia unissued] - You Done Got Hip (C-4233-1) [Columbia unissued] 20-pp. booklet with a detailed essay by Mark Humphrey Hi Horse CD 19001 (US 4/2017) = Hi Horse LP 19001 (US 11/2017)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 142-143
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 199-200
- Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: "Land Of The Blues: Chicago".- Jazz Journal, August 1960
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 485-488
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, pp. 278-279
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- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 334-335
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- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alan Balfour, Marc Claes, Mary Katherine Aldin and Pierre Monnery for additional info / scans

Curtis Jones, late 1930s

Curtis Jones
on the cover of Rhythm & Blues Panorama 19/20 (automne 1962)
photographer's name not given, most likely Val Wilmer

Curtis Jones with three unknowns in front of the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
monument located near Palais Université de Strasbourg, France, 1962
Courtesy of Pierre Monnery, who found a Curtis Jones LP with - amongst others - this photo inside
photographer's name not known

Curtis Jones in front of a radio/TV shop in Strasbourg, France, 1962
The poster in the window announces a Curtis Jones performance "Recital de Blues Authentique"
on June 28, 1962, organized by "Le Club des Amis du Jazz" at "Salle de l'Aubette" in Strasbourg, France
Courtesy of Pierre Monnery, who found a Curtis Jones LP with - amongst others - this photo inside
photographer's name not known

Curtis Jones at his "Recital de Blues Authentique" in Strasbourg, France,
organized by "Le Club des Amis du Jazz" at "Salle de l'Aubette" on June 28, 1962
Courtesy of Pierre Monnery, who found a Curtis Jones LP with - amongst others - this photo inside
photographer's name not known

unknown female, Champion Jack Dupree & Curtis Jones
There has been a concert "Blues at Midnight" (Crazy Jazz) 9. Febr. 1968 with Curtis Jones
& Jack Dupree at the "Theater am Hechtplatz" in Zurich, Switzerland
Courtesy of Pierre Monnery; photographer's name not known

1968 American Folk Blues Festival ensemble: Big Joe Williams, Walter Horton, Jimmy Reed, J.C. Lewis
(aka Jesse Green), Jerome Arnold, Curtis Jones, Al Smith, John Lee Hooker, Eddie Taylor
source: Blues Unlimited 140 (Spring 1981), p. 46; photographer: Willy Leiser

rec. October 14, 1968 in Cologne, Germany (WDR Studio L, German TV); Curtis Jones, voc, p; Siegfried Schmidt-Joos, MC
... originally published on German TV (WDR) only, this recording taken from Tropical DVD 68.364 (Germany 2008)
"Legends of the American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968 & 1969"

Curtis Jones
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 1.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 154
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

Curtis Jones
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 18
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

Curtis Jones with Muddy Waters and Otis Spann
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 1.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 148
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

Curtis Jones' (erstwhile) grave (social grave no. 97/3/184)
at the Perlacher Forst cemetery in Munich, Germany, October 1976
source of photo: Living Blues #44 (Autumn 1977), p. 38;
photographer: Karl Schneider
The grave has been sold (and cleaned up by new owner) in 1979 because no one had paid for its upkeep!