accompaniments ofHarold Burrage, Willie Dixon,J.B. Hutto, Lee Jackson, AlbertKing, Muddy Waters, EddieTaylor and Junior Wellswill be added here gradually
the green Aristocrat labels tend to fade with time. The faded portions of the label look yellow, and those that have faded all over look brownish yellow: Aristocrat 405
Muddy Waters discographyLeroy Foster discography
Aristocrat 406
Muddy Waters discographyLeroy Foster discographyJimmy Rogers discography
Aristocrat unissued
Chess LP 6641 174Chess LP 9180
States S 122
States unissued
[] P-Vine PLP-379# Delmark DD-775* Delmark DD-640* P-Vine PCD-20164
Flair 1010 (US 1953)
= Flair 45X1010 (repro US 2009)
Elmore James discography
States S 134
Atlantic 1045
Atlantic unissued
Atlantic SD 7227 (1972)
Parrot 798
Parrot unissued
# Relic LP 8024* Blue Night BN0731669§ Relic CD 7015[] Chess LP 1538
Chess 1616 (US 1/1956)
Jimmy Rogers discographyLittle Walter discographyMuddy Waters discographyRobert Lockwood Jr. discography
Python PLP-KM 9
Python Records discography
DLPnotes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 006 (UK 1971)
= Broadside CD STERN1 (UK 2008)
Red Lightnin' Records discography
notes by Pete Lowry Atlantic SD-7227 (US 1972)
= Atlantic ATL 40 404 (Germany 1972)
notes by Yasufumi Higurashi = Atlantic P-6187 A (Jp 1980)
4 LP box setnotes by Mike LeadbitterChess 6641 047 (UK Phonogram)
'Genesis' discography
7 inch 45 rpmChess 6145 011 (UK Phonogram)
Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530 track sequence Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °° Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin' Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee °° rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; compiled and edited by Norman Dayron & Mark Naftalin
notes by Pete Welding Roots TR 1005 (US 1977)
= CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977)
notes by Pete Welding (=) TK Records TKR 82539 (UK 1978) "Rare Gems Vol. 1" (LP 1 only)
notes by Pete Welding (=) Bullseye Blues CD BB 9530 (US 1993) "Rare Chicago Blues 1962-1968"
notes (8-pp.) by Jim O'Neal & Bob PruterDelmark DD-640 (US 1977)
notes by Bruce Iglauer Alligator AL 4717 (US 1979)
notes by Bruce Iglauer = Sonet SNTF 821 (UK 1979)
notes by Bruce Iglauer = Alligator ALCD 4717 (US 1992)
Billy Boy Arnold discography
notes by George Mitchell (May 1979) & Bruce Bastin Flyright LP 549 (UK 1979)
Flyright Records discography
7 inch 45 rpm Rooster R-23
notes by Chris Bentley Krazy Kat KK 7411 (UK 1982)
Krazy Kat Records discographyTampa Red discography
* Little Johnny Jones, voc
notes by Ray Topping Ace CH 68
DLP Chess CXMD 4013 (UK 1983)
Chess CH 9180
notes (July 1988) by Chris Bentley Chess GCH 8105 (It 1988)
4 CD box set64-page booklet notes by Mary Katherine Aldin MCA CHD4-9340 (US 1992)
3 CD setFlair / Ace ABOXCD 4
= Ace ABOXCD 4 (2007)
2 CD setChess/MCA 9387
= Chess MVCE-30017 (Jp)
Ace CDCHD 773
notes (8 pages) byJim O'Neal & Bob PruterDelmark DD-775
2 CD setnotes by Tony RounceAce CD TOP2 1382 (UK)
Tony Rounce @acerecords.co.uk
2 CD setOne Day Music5060255182666
2 CD setnotes by Neil Slaven JSP JSPCD 4245
thanks to Alan Balfour, David Cox, Bob Eagle, Steve Franz, Lex Jansen, Robert L. Campbell and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans
Eddie Taylor, "T.J.", Little Johnny Jones, Boyd Atkins, prob. mid-1950ssource: Back cover of Alligator AL 4717 ("Photos courtesy Letha Jones"); a bit photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz
Little Walter and his Jukes at the Zanzibar Club in Chicago, IL, c. 1955/56l to r: Fred Below, Luther Tucker, Little Johnny Jones, unknown female (Bill Hill's wife Mary ?), LittleWalter, unknown male (DJ Big Bill Hill ?), unknown female (Johnny Jones' wife Letha ?), Robert Jr Lockwoodsource: ebay auction; photographer unknown; photoshop processed by Stefan WirzBTW: PA system top left is a Bell Sound 3725 (amplifier) and (half of) a Danelectro Commando (speaker)
Little Johnny Jones and Otis Spann with George 'Mojo' Buford, Chicago, late 1950ssource: Living Blues 42 (1979), p. 24 ("Courtesy Letha Jones")
Boyd Atkins, S.P. Leary, Magic Sam, Letha and Johnny Jones, Georgia Maghett (Sam's wife), Odell Campbell,at the Joneses' house at 18th and Michigan in Chicago, IL, 1959source: Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues - The City and the Music.- New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1975(first published in 1973 as "Chicago Breakdown"), p. 202 ("Courtesy Letha Jones")
Johnny Jones & Junior Wellssource: Blues Unlimited 127 (November/December 1977), p. 11 ("courtesy Letha Jones")
Magic Sam & Johnny Jones in Chicago, IL, c. early 1960ssource: Blues Unlimited 139 (Autumn 1980), p. 41 ("Courtesy Letha Jones")