J.B. LenoirLenoir himself pronounced his family name "Le-nor", not "Len-wah"!b. March 5, 1929 near Monticello, Lawrence County, Mississippid. April 29, 1967 in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinoisburied at Salem Church Cemetery in Monticello, MSdiscography
J.O.B. unissued
Negro Rhythm 107 (1978)Official 6049 (1989)
Chess 1449 Some copies of Chess 1449 feature JB 31644 mis-labeled as "Carrie Lee"
Chess 1463
J.O.B. 112
Flyright 564 (1980)
J.O.B. 1008
J.O.B. 1012
J.O.B. 1016
Chance/J.O.B. unissued
* Constellation CS 6 (US 1964)# P-Vine PLP 707 (Jp 1977)Flyright 564 (UK 1980)
Constellation CS 6 (1964)
[] Constellation CS 6 (1964)# P-Vine PCD 2176# Westside WESM 635
J.O.B. 1102
Parrot 802[Al Bensons's label]
later version with shortened guitar solo on "Mamma Talk To Your Daughter" - Mamma Talk To Your Daughter (P53214-2, edited version) @ youtube - Man Watch Your Woman (P53215) rec. October 6, 1954 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Lorenzo Smith, ts; Joe Montgomery, p; Al Galvin, dr
The later version of "Mamma Talk To Your Daughter" has been re-edited because people thought the record was skipping or repeating
Parrot 809
Bootleg 503 (UK 1965)
Parrot 814
Parrot unissued
Chess 2ACMB 208 (1976)
Parrot 821
# Chess 2ACMB 208 (1976)* Relic 8017 (1989)
Checker 844
Checker unissued
# Chess 410 (1970)* Chess 2ACMB 208 (1976)
Checker 856
Checker 874
Checker 901
Shad 5012
VeeJay VJ 352
VeeJay unissued
# Python 25# Official 6049
contents of Vee Jay LP-1074: Jimmy Witherspoon - Kansas City Bridges & Pauline - Spring Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do Billy Emerson - The Pleasures Al Mine Earl Phillps - Oop De Oop Dee Clark - Blues Get Off My Mind Crume Brothers - It's You I Love Pee Wee Crayton - I Found Peace Of Mind Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy Joe Buckner - Evenin' time
notes by Alexis Korner Vee Jay LP 1020 (US mono) later issues with a 'stereo' sticker have the mono record inside
notes by Alexis Korner = EMI/Columbia Co 33SX1417 (UK 1962 mono)
= Joy 185 (UK 1973)
(=) Vee Jay VJS-2-1007 (DLP 1974) (reissue of LP-1020 and LP-1074)
unissued
§ Roots TR 1005 (1977)Fuel 2000 CD 061300 (2003)
Fuel 2000 CD 061300 (2003)
# titles appear in Wim Wenders film, 'Soul of a Man'
JSP CD 2154
USA 744 (US 1963)
= Sue WI-339 (UK 1965)
Constellation SC-6
CD track sequence:@ youtube (full album) - So Much Good Feeling - Boogie Woogie Red - A Little Different - Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead - James "Butch" Cage & Willie Thomas - The Onliest Way - Lil Son Jackson - My Father's Style / So It Rocked On / Move To Kansas City - J.B. Lenoir - When She Come Back / Poor Country Boy - Otis Spann - Ain't No Easy Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins - Evil Heart Blues - Mance Lipscomb - A Roughneck - Blind Arvella Gray # - West Helena Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Days of 1900 / Newport News Blues - Will Shade - Chock House Days / Come and Get Me - Whistling Alex Moore - Move Back! For What? - Brother John Sellers - Been Down So Long - J.B. Lenoir - A Place They Call Boots' - James "Stump" Johnson [] - Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown [] - They Called Us Gandy Dancers / Work Songs / John Henry - Blind Arvella Gray with Blind James Brewer # [] - Santa Fe Train - Edwin "Buster" Pickens - Most Reason I Sing - Robert Curtis Smith - Santa Fe Blues - Jasper Love - Somewhere Down The Line - John Lee Hooker - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change - Robert Curtis Smith - Only Places They Can Go / People Call Me Lucky - Otis Spann - What Have I Committed? - Henry Townsend - 'Tween Midnight And Day - James "Butch" Cage - Walking Basses / Dud Low Joe / The First Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - They Call Him "Pork Chops" / Forty-Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Blues In The Bottle - Mance Lipscomb - To Have The Blues Within - Edward "Buster" Pickens - Colorado Springs Blues - Edwin "Buster" Pickens [] All tracks recorded between June 26 and August 28, 1960 # rec. July 17, 1960 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g or sp
LP and CD have slightly different tracks: [] = not on LP resp. CD !!!
notes (plus 6-pp. insert) by Paul Oliver  Decca LK 4664 insert (1 sheet folded to 6 pp.) Decca LK 4664 (UK 1965)
notes by Paul Oliver = Decca LK 4664 (Germany 1965)
LP resp. CD accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title:London (Cassell) (1st UK ed. 1965) xv, 217 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm
New York (Horizon Press) (1st US ed. 1965) xix, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
London ("Jazz Book Club") JBC 64 (2nd UK ed. 1967)
Cambridge (University Press) 0 521 59181 3 (revised edition of the original 1965 book with enclosed CD) (2nd US ed. 1997)
Doyosha LLC (1st Jp ed. 2016) ISBN 978-4-907511-25-8 (190 × 129 × 21,8 mm | 336 pages (incl. 48 photos) | weight: 9,5 pound; price: 1.850 JPY equals 14,84 EUR) translated by Yasufumi Higurashi
notes by Guy Stevens Sue ILP 919 (UK 1965)
Bootleg 503 (Mike Rowe's label)
Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42.001 track sequence - Alabama Blues - The Mojo Boogie - God's Word - The Whale Has Swallowed Me - Remove This Rope - I Feel So Good - Alabama March - Talk To Your Daughter - Mississippi Road - Good Advice - Vietnam - I Want To Go - Down In Mississippi # [] °° @ youtube - If I Get Lucky °° @ youtube - Born Dead °° @ youtube - Feeling Good # [] °° @ youtube °° additional tracks from L+R 42.012 front cover photograph of Amiga 8 50 176 by Raeburn Flerlage [not Horst Lippmann as claimed on the back cover] front cover photograph of L+R 42.001 by Horst Lippmann
notes by Horst Lippmann CBS 62593 (Germany 1966)
notes by Horst Lippmann = CBS 62593 (Fr 1966)
= CBS SBP-2 (Australia)
notes by Horst Lippmann = Scout ScS-5 (Germany 1969)
notes by Jens Gerlach = Amiga 8 50 176 (GDR 1969)
notes by Horst Lippmann = L+R 42.001 (Germany 1979)
notes (1980) by Walter Sellhorn = Amiga Jazz 850176 (GDR 1980)
= L+R/EDIGSA 12L0075 (Sp 1980)
notes by Jonny Meister (=) Evidence CD 26068 (US 1995) "Vietnam Blues: The Complete L+R Recordings" (along with L+R 42.012)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42001 (Germany 1998)
180 g LP = Pure Pleasure PPAN LR 42.001 (UK 2009)
180 g LP & CDnotes (1979) by Horst Lippmann (=) Zweitausendeins / Blue Angel 580000 (Germany 2014) "Alabama Blues"
Scout Records discographyL+R Records discography
Blue Horizon 45-1004
Highway 51 H-100 (UK 1966)BU34
Highway 51 Records discography
Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386 track sequence: John Lee Hooker - King Of The World (AFBF 1965) John Lee Hooker - Della May [sic] (AFBF 1965) J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down (AFBF 1965) Fred McDowell - Highway 61 (AFBF 1965) Doctor Ross - My Black Name Is Ringing (AFBF 1965) Jimmy Lee Robinson - Rosalie (AFBF 1965) Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues (AFBF 1966) Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (AFBF 1965) [track sequence of side B?] Eddie Boyd - The Big Question (AFBF 1965) Junior Wells - Checkin' On My Baby (AFBF 1965) Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie (AFBF 1966) Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking (AFBF 1966) Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues (AFBF 1966) Otis Rush - All Your Love or My Own Fault (actually "Sweet Little Angel") (AFBF 1966)
ACT CD 9204 track sequence: Lost Blues Tapes Vol. 1 - American Folk Blues Festival [1963, 1964, 1965] John Lee Hooker - Della Mae (alt tk) (3:16) (AFBF 1965) Big Mama Thornton -Hound Dog (outtake & at tk) (3:32) (AFBF 1965) Muddy Waters - Captain, Captain (3:32) (AFBF 1963) (AFBF 1965) Sonny Boy Williamson II - I Got To Cut Out (3:06) (AFBF 1964) Big Walter Horton - Blues Harp Shuffle (3:26) (AFBF 1964) Willie Dixon - Strong Brain - Broad Mind (2:48) (AFBF 1964) Willie Dixon - Big Leg Women (2:44) (AFBF 1964) Sugar Pie deSanto - You Keep Me Running (3:04) (AFBF 1964) Buddy Guy - South Side Jump (2:55) (AFBF 1965) J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (3:05) (AFBF 1965) # @ youtube Fred McDowell - Got A Letter This Morning (3:10) (AFBF 1965) Roosevelt Sykes -Sail On (3:00) (AFBF 1965) Memphis Slim -Memphis Boogie (3:16) (AFBF 1963) Hammie Nixon with Sleepy John Estes - Your Best Friend's Gone (3:20) (AFBF 1964) Doctor Ross - Farewell Baby (5:11) (AFBF 1965) John Lee Hooker - Della Mae (outtake) (1:09) (AFBF 1965)
Evidence ECD 26100 track sequence: disc 5: American Folk Blues Festival 'sixty five Mississippi Fred McDowell - Highway 61 J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down, Woman Big Walter "Shakey" Horton - Blues Harp Shuffle °° Big Walter "Shakey" Horton - Christine Roosevelt Sykes - Come On Back Home Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years Eddie Boyd - The Big Question Jimmie Lee Robinson - Rosa Lee John Lee Hooker - King Of The World John Lee Hooker - Della Mae Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog Doctor Ross - My Black Name Is Ringing John Lee Hooker - Della Mae (alt tk) °° Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (alt tk) °° Buddy Guy - South Side Jump °° J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky °° Mississippi Fred McDowell - Got A Letter This Morning °° Roosevelt Sykes - Sail On °° Doctor Ross - Farewell, Baby °° °° bonus tracks (from ACT CD 9204)
notes by Horst Lippmann Fontana 885 422 TY (Germany 1965)
notes by Horst Lippmann = Fontana 885 422 TY ("Special Edition")
notes by Horst Lippmann Fontana TL 5286 (UK 1965)
(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 65-66"
notes by Willy Leiser = L+R 42.025 (Germany 1980)
= Optimism LR CD-2025 (US 1983)
= Optimism LRC-2025 (US 1983) (cassette)
= Bellaphon CDLR 42025 (Germany 1990)
ACT CD 9204-2 (UK 1992)
5 CD setnotes by Bill Dahl (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995)
notes by Jerry Gordon (=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"
American Folk Blues Festival discography
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1009 (US 196?)
Spivey Records discography
notes by Chris Roby Highway 51 H-101 (UK 1967)BU43
Scout Sc-1 (Germany 1968)
Scout Records discography
plain white jacket Python PLP-25 (UK 1968)
Python PLP-25 (UK 196?)
Python Records discography
Island IWP 5 (UK 1969)
notes by Horst Lippmann Scout Sc-2 (Germany 1969)
Scout Records discographyAmerican Folk Blues Festival discographyOtis Rush discographyMagic Sam discographyLittle Brother Montgomery discography
Down In Mississippi (L+R 42.012)@ youtube - Down In Mississippi # - Slow Down - If I Get Lucky - Shot On Meredith - Round And Round - Voodoo Music - Born Dead - Leavin' Here - Vietnam Blues - How Much More - Tax Payin' Blues - Feelin' Good # Ella Louise Lenoir interviews omitted ! rec. September 2, 1966 at Sound Studio under the supervision of Willie Dixon, Chicago: J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Freddie Below, dr, # Willie Dixon, voc
J.B. Lenoir (Bellaphon CDLR 82001) - Down In Mississippi - Alabama Blues °° - Feelin' Good - If I Get Lucky - Mississippi Road °° - The Mojo Boogie °° - Born Dead - Talk To Your Daughter °° - Move This Rope °° - Slow Down - Shot On Meredith - Round And Round - Voodoo Music - Leavin' Here - Vietnam Blues - Tax Payin' Blues - How Much More °° additional tracks from L+R 42.001
Crusade 24-4011 (US) [John Mayall's label, Polydor subsidiary]= Polydor 2425009 (UK)= Polydor 2482014 (UK)
notes by Jonny Meister Lippmann + Rau 42.012 (Germany 1980) "Down In Mississippi"
= L+R Records 12L0273 5 (Sp 1981)
notes by Jonny Meister (=) Evidence CD 26068 (US 1995) "Vietnam Blues: The Complete L+R Recordings" (along with L+R 42.001)
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 82001 (Germany 1996) "J.B. Lenoir" (Blues Classics series)
180 g LP & CD(=) Zweitausendeins / Blue Angel 580004 (Germany 2014) "Down In Mississippi"
L+R Records discography
DLPnotes by Paul Oliver CBS 66232 (UK 1970)
= CBS 88630 (NL 1970)
notes by Paul Oliver= CBS 66232 (It 1970) "La Storia del Blues Vol. Due"
4 LP set(=) CBS 66426 (Fr 1972) "Vol. 1 & 2"
= CBS LSP 14410 (Germany 1981)
other releases at discogs.com
Chess LP 410 (US 1970)
= Chess/Victor SWX-6138M (Jp 1975)
= Bellaphon BJS 4003 (Germany)
= Chess BRP 2014 (It 1981)
DLP(=) P-Vine PLP-824-5 (Jp 1983) "A Memoir forLenoir"
notes by Christopher Morris = Chess/MCA CH 9323= Chess/MCA CHD 9323 (US 1990)
= Vogue 670 114 (Fr 1990)
(=) Dol DOL1504 (2014)
Kay 014 KJ (1979)(30 minutes)
= Rhapsody 8022 (1986)
(=) Vestapol DVD 13003(2003 "bonus track")"Legends of CountryBlues Guitar Vol. 1"
2 LP setnotes by Mike Leadbitter CBS 66278 (UK 1971)
DLP accompanying the book by the same title: Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London / New York (Hanover Books / Oak Publications) 1971
CBS 66232
Epic Sony ECPI-9/10 (Jp 1975)
2 LP setnotes by Pete Welding Chess 2CH 60012
= Chess CH 50 011 (Fr)
= Chess CXMD4053 (UK Chess Masters)
= Chess/MCA 2CH 92520(1984)
Vogue 427003 gatefold inner sleeve
DLPnotes by Cub Koda Chess 2ACMB-208
= Vogue 427003 (Fr) Chicago Golden Years 'Double Album' 3
Chess CH-2-9212 (1984)= Chess CH 92506Chess CXMD 4054 (UK)
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"
P-Vine PLP-707 (Jp 1977)
Lazy Bill Lucas discography
Library of Congress LBC7
notes by Pete Welding Juke Joint 1501
Negro Rhythm 107[George Paulus label]
BU 130/26
Teichiku ULS-1913-JY (Jp 1979)
Snooky Pryor discographyJohnny Young discographyFloyd Jones discography
notes by Mike Rowe Flyright 564
Flyright Records discography
notes by Mike Rowe Flyright FLY 566
L+R 42.006 (Germany 1980)
= L+R 30 888 2 (Germany 1980) "Blues Meeting" (Club Edition)
4 LP set P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)
P-Vine PLP-9026
notes by Manfred Miller Teldec/Chess 6.24808 AG (Germany 1981)
Blues Roots discography
Delmark / P-Vine PLP-9038 (Jp 1982)
notes by Jim O'Neal = Delmark DL 648 (US 1984) "The Blues World of Little Walter"
= Delmark / P-Vine PLP-364 (Jp 1988) "The Blues World of Little Walter"
notes by Jim O'Neal = Delmark DD 648 (US 1993) "The Blues World of Little Walter" ("from original masters, digitally restored")
Delmark Records discographyBaby Face Leroy Foster discographyMuddy Waters discography
DLP P-Vine PLP-824 / 825 (Jp 1983)
notes by Alan Balfour Flyright FLY 590 (UK 1983)
DLP Chess CXMD 4013 (UK 1983)
notes by John Stedman JSP 1105
Chess CHD-31315
notes (September 1988) by Dick Shurman Relic LP 8017 (US 1988)
notes by Dick Shurman = Relic CD 7020 (US 1994)
Vogue CD 670406 (Fr)
Flyright FLYCD 4 (UK)
= Paula CD 4 (US 1990)
The JOB label
notes by Terry Ohmer >Official 6049 (Dk)
Flyright FLYCD 43
= Paula PCD-23 (US)
New Rose CD 5117
Blues Encore CD 52017 (It)
Charly CDBM 47
notes by Neil SlavenOrbis BLU NC 034
notes by Siegfried Loch ACT CD 9204-2 (UK 1992)
ACT CD 9204 (UK 1994)
notes by Jonny Meister Evidence CD 26068 (US 1995) re-release of "Alabama Blues" and "Down In Mississippi"
4 CD set with 44 pp. bookletCharly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
Bellaphon CDLR 82001
Blues Encore CD 52043
3 CD box setColumbia 488992-2 (UK/EU 10/1998)
3 CD set = Columbia 828768620823 (EU 2006)
3 CD set = Sony MHCP-1204/6 (Jp 11/2006)
notes by Victor Pearlin Preserved CD 8575 (US 2001)
Fuel 2000 CD 61182
2 CD setWestside CD WESD 233
notes by Bill Dahl Fuel 2000 061209 (US 2002)= Varese Sarabande (US 2002)
Fuel 2000 CD 061300
Bellaphon CDLR 720527
Chess CHEB61702.2
Hip-O Records www.hip-o.com
P-Vine PCD 24113
notes by Guido van Rijn Agram ABCD 2018
Classics CD 5128 (Fr)
Classics CD 5184 (Fr)
112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)
2 CD set Jasmine JASCD 809 (UK 2015)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)
Low Society 001 (UK 19??)
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J.B. Lenoir, Chicago, Illinois, 1959source: Back cover of Official LP 6049 (Dk 1989) "J.B. Lenoir: Fine Blues"photographer: Jacques Demêtre; photoshop cleaned up by Stefan Wirz
J.B. Lenoir, Doctor Ross & "Jimmy Lee" (Jimmie Lee Robinson)in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, October 30, 1965source: Rhythm & Blues Panorama 38/39 (1965), p. 26; photographer: Jacques Demêtre
1965 AFBF ensemble: Big Mama Thornton, Big Walter Horton, J.B. Lenoir, Doctor Ross,Fred Below (on drums in background), John Lee Hooker & Mississippi Fred McDowell, October 1965source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 12; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
J.B. Lenoir (& Junior Wells) during the "Alabama Blues" tour (subsequent to the American Folk Blues Festival '66,featuring Lenoir, Wells, Little Brother Montgomery, Jack Myers & Fred Below),late October or November 1966 with a Gagliano Model K-150 archtop guitar (made by Höfner/Germany)source: Giuseppe Pino: Black & Blues.- Hamburg, Germany (earBOOKS, a division of edel CLASSICS GmbH) 2005, no pagination; photographer: Giuseppe PinoBTW: The date given in Pino's book ("1968") cannot be correct, because Lenoir died April 29, 1967!
J.B. Lenoir's burial service source: Back cover of Crusade LP 24-4011 J.B. Lenoir's grave at Salem Church Cemetery, Monticello, MSsource: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/dbgtour/lenoir_j_b.htm more info & how to get there
J.B. Lenoir's grave at Salem Church Cemetery, Monticello, MSsource: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/dbgtour/lenoir_j_b.htm more info & how to get there