Illustrated Papa George Lightfoot discography

P A P A G E O R G E L I G H T F O O T; from front cover of Liberty LBS 83353
source: Front cover of Liberty LBS 83353; photographer: Jerry Walker 'Papa George' Lightfoot
Alexander Donaldson Lightfoot
b. March 2, 1924 in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
d. November 28, 1971 at Natchez Charity Hospital in Natchez, Mississippi
buried at Natchez Colored Cemetery (i.e. Natchez National Cemetery)
discography
Papa George Lightfoot obituary by Steve LaVere

#	year of release	title / label # / notes
1	1949	"SILVER COOKS" Music by THE GONDOLIERS - Mr. Ticket Agent (ACA 1314) @ youtube @ Spotify - Coming Back Home (ACA 1315) @ youtube @ Spotify unissued tracks from same session: - Sail Boat On The Ocean (ACA 1316) - Even Though (ACA 1317) rec. 1949 in Houston, TX; John 'Silver' Cooks, voc, dr; Papa Lightfoot, hca; Tommy Ridgley, p; Edgar Blanchard, g; b Peacock 1510
		- Papa George Blues (ACA 1318) - Lightfoot Boogie (ACA 1319) rec. 1949 in Houston, TX; Papa Lightfoot, voc, hca; Tommy Ridgley, p; Edgar Blanchard, g; John 'Silver' Cooks, dr Peacock 1511 (withdrawn)
2	1949	EDGAR BLANCHARD Music by THE GONDOLIERS - She'll Be Mine After Awhile (ACA 1313) @ youtube @ Spotify - Creole Gal Blues (ACA 1312) # @ youtube @ Spotify rec. 1949 in Houston, TX; Edgar Blanchard, voc, g; # Papa Lightfoot, hca; Tommy Ridgley, p; b; John 'Silver' Cooks, dr Peacock 1514
3	1950	PAPA GEORGE - Winding Ball Mama (A) - Snake Hipping Daddy (B) rec. 1950 in Natchez, MS; Papa Lightfoot, voc, hca; J. Brown, voc, g Natchez, MS record label owned by Jack Davis [later to become "Wolfman Jack"], Scott Berner, Edvent Grinnell & Rudy Goldberg Sultan 1425 (only one specimen known to exist - now in the possession of John Tefteller) Blues Images Vol. 16 (rel. 2018 for 2019)
4	3/1953	PAPA LIGHTFOOT, His Harmonica, and His Orchestra - After-While (NO2056-9) (instr) # @ youtube - P. L. Blues (NO2059-1) (instr) @ youtube rec. November, 19, 1952 in New Orleans, LA; Papa Lightfoot, hca; # Tommy Ridgley, p; Edgar Blanchard, g; John 'Silver' Cooks, dr Aladdin 3171 (US 3/1953)
5	10/1955	PAPA LIGHTFOOT, His Harmonica, and His Orchestra - Blue Lights [= After Awhile] (NO2056-9) (instr) @ youtube - Jumpin' With Jarvis (NO2057-1) (instr) @ youtube unissued track from same session: - Fast Jump (NO2058-1) (instr) rec. November, 19, 1952 in New Orleans, LA; Papa Lightfoot, hca; Tommy Ridgley, p; Edgar Blanchard, g; John 'Silver' Cooks, dr Aladdin 3304 (US 10/1955)
6	1953	JACK DUPREE - Walkin' Upside Your Head (K-9344-1) @ youtube - Hard Feeling (K-9346-1) * @ youtube rec. November 30, 1953 in New York City; Champion Jack Dupree, voc, p; * Papa Lightfoot, hca; Milton Batiste, tp; Nat Perilliat, ts; Edwin Maire, g; Charles Connor, dr King 4695 Champion Jack Dupree discography
7	1953	JACK DUPREE - Rub A Little Boogie (K-9345-1) @ youtube - Camille (K-9347-1) @ youtube rec. November 30, 1953 in New York City; Champion Jack Dupree, voc, p; Papa Lightfoot, hca; Milton Batiste, tp; Nat Perilliat, ts; Edwin Maire, g; Charles Connor, dr King 4706 (US 1953) Champion Jack Dupree discography
8	1954	PAPA LIGHTFOOT - Wine, Women, Whiskey (IM714) @ youtube - Mean Ol' Train (IM716) (2:30) @ youtube originally unissued tracks from same session: - When The Saints Go Marching In (IM715) [Imperial LM 94001] @ youtube - Jump The Boogie (IM717) [Imperial LM 94006] @ youtube rec. April 17, 1954 in New Orleans, LA; Papa Lightfoot, voc, hca; g; dr Imperial 5289 = repro (UK 2010)
		six titles rec. c.December 1954 in Monroe, La; George Lightfoot ("Little Papa Walter"), voc, hca; ts; Fred Dunn, p; g; b; dr Jiffy unissued
9	5/1955	PAPA LIGHTFOOT WITH GUITAR RED'S ORCH. - Wild Fire (SPL7202) (2:21) @ youtube - Mean Old Train (SPL7101) rec. February 22, 1955 in Atlanta, GA; George Lightfoot, voc, hca; Edwin 'Guitar Red' Maire, g; b; dr Savoy 1161 (US 5/1955)
		- My Woman Is Tired Of Me Lyin' (SPL7200) - slow blues (SPL7103) - slow blues (SPL710) - Goin' To California (SPL7105) rec. February 22, 1955 in Atlanta, GA; George Lightfoot, voc, hca; Edwin 'Guitar Red' Maire, g; b; dr Savoy unissued
	1956	Ole Sonny Boy - You Better Change (10274) - Blues And Misery (10276) rec. c.July 1956 in Nashville, TN; J.D. Horton, voc, hca; prob. Skippy Brooks, p; Edwin 'Guitar Red' Maire, g; Milton J. Batiste, b; Joe Butler, dr "Ole Sonny Boy" is definitely not Papa Lightfoot Excello 2086
Around this time (1956?) Lightfoot appeared in a Jack Davis film called "Spooky Loot" the whereabouts of which today are unknown
9a	1966	More Down Home Blues Juke Boy Bonner - Life Is A Dirty Deal [Goldband unissued] # Good Jelly Bess - Come And Get It [Hermitage 775] Papa Lightfoot - Wine, Women, Whiskey [Imperial 5289] * Snooky Pryor - Cryin' Shame [J.O.B. 1014] # rec. January 6, 1960 in Lake Charles, La. by Eddie Shuler; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; Guitar Joe, g; Little Brother Griffin, dr * rec. April 17, 1954 in New Orleans, LA; Papa Lightfoot, voc, hca; g; dr 7 inch 45 rpm EP notes by John J. Broven Jan & Dil JR 451 (UK 1966) Jan & Dil discography Juke Boy Bonner discography Snooky Pryor discography
10	1962	Living With The Blues Savoy MG-16000 / Realm/Oriole RM 209 / CBS 52209 tracks (source: http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy/14000-cat/a/#mg-16000): Brownie McGhee (g, voc), Ernie Hayes ℗, Roy Gaines, Carl Lynch, Al Lucas (b), Bobby Donaldson (d) NYC, December 22, 1958 - Living With The Blues (SBM70332) Memphis Minnie (g, voc), Sunnyland Slim ℗, unknown (b), unknown (d) Chicago, IL, 1950 - Kidman Blues (1217) John Lee Hooker (g, voc), Eddie Kirkland (Germany), unknown (b) unknown (d) New Jersey, 1954 - When My Wife Quit Me Sunnyland Slim ℗, unknown (b), unknown (d), St. Louis Jimmy (voc) Chicago, IL, 1950 - Tryin' To Change My Ways Pee Wee Hughes (hca, voc), unknown (Germany), unknown (d) New Orleans, LA, 1949 - I'm A Country Boy (1012) Curley Weaver (g, voc) a.o. same location, date - She Don't Treat Me Good No More Sunnyland Slim (p, voc), unknown (Germany), unknown (b), unknown (d), unknown (ts) Chicago, IL, April 19, 1949? or 1951 - Orphan Boy Blues (R1513) Dennis McMillon (g, voc) Linden, NJ, 1950 - Poor Little Angel (AM1056) Frank Edwards (voc, g, hca), Curley Weaver, g ("Atlanta, GA, 1950") - Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued] Peg [sic] N' Whistle Red (g, voc) (Willie McTell) Atlanta, GA, 1949 - A To Z Blues (1267) David Wylie (g, voc) circa 1950??? - You're Gonna Weep And Moan (1263) Papa Lightfoot - That Mean Old Train Savoy MG-16000 album cover by "Harvey"; prod. by Fred Mendelsohn Muse MR 5212 / Tobacco Road B2537 tracks: Frank Edwards - Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued] Pig N' Whistle Red (Willie McTell) - A To Z Blues Curley Weaver - She Don't Treat Me Good No More Dennis McMillan - Poor Little Angel Girl David Wylie - You're Gonna Weep And Moan John Lee Hooker - When My Wife Quit Me Memphis Minnie - Kid Man Blues Pee Wee Hughes - I'm A Country Boy Blind Billy Tate - Cryin' In The Morning St Louis Jimmy - Trying To Change My Ways Sunnyland Slim - Orphan Boy Blues Blind Billy Tate - Ooh Wee Baby Muse MR 5212 / Tobacco Road B/2537 / Happy Bird B 90084 reissues "prepared and edited by Fred Seibert" Muse MR 5212 cover photo and design by Ron Warwell Tobacco Road B/2537 cover photo by Jan Saudek "Some compositions previously released on Savoy MG-16000" Musidisc 30CV955 tracks: Brownie McGhee - Livin' With The Blues Memphis Minnie - Kid Man Blues John Lee Hooker - When My Wife Quit Me St Louis Jimmy - Trying To Change My Ways Pee Wee Hughes - I'm A Country Boy Curley Weaver - She Don't Treat Me Good No More Sunnyland Slim - Orphan Boy Blues Dennis McMillan - Poor Little Angel Girl Frank Edwards - Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued] Peg [sic] n' Whistle Red (Willie McTell) - A To Z Blues David Wylie - You're Gonna Weep And Moan Papa Lightfoot - That Mean Old Train Musidisc 30CV955 cover photo (John Lee Hooker) by Jean-Pierre Leloir notes by Fred Mendelsohn Savoy MG 16000 (US 1962) "Living With The Blues" notes by Chris Whent = Realm/Oriole RM 209 (UK 1964) "Livin' With The Blues" notes by Chris Whent = CBS 52209 (US 1964) (CBS Realm Jazz series) "Livin' With The Blues" notes by Ed Salamon = Muse MR 5212 (US 1979) "Cryin' In The Morning" = Tobacco Road B/2537 (Germany 1976?) "What Is The Thing Called Blues?" (American Jazz & Blues History Vol. 37) = Happy Bird B 90084 (Germany 1979 "Jazz 2000") "Cryin' In The Morning" = Muse MR 5212 (Australia 1981) "Cryin' In The Morning" = Musidisc 30CV955 (Fr) "Living With The Blues" = Musidisc 30CO955 (Fr "collection or")
11	10/1968	Saturday Night Function Rural Blues Vol.2 Papa Lightfoot - When The Saints Go Marchin' In [Imperial unissued] Snooks Eaglin - Travelin' Mood Boogie Bill Webb - I Ain't For It Clifton Chenier - Country Bred Slim Harpo - A Man Is Crying J.D. Edwards - Cold In The Evening Boozoo Chavis - Paper In My Shoe Papa Lightfoot - Wine Women Whiskey [Imperial 5289] Snooks Eaglin - See See Rider Boogie Bill Webb - Love Me Mama Clifton Chenier - Just A Lonely Boy Slim Harpo - Something Inside Me J.D. Edwards - Crying Boozoo Chavis - Boozoo Stomp prod. & coordinated by Steve La Vere gatefold LP notes (September 1968) by Pete Welding Imperial LM-94001 (US 10/1968) notes (September 1968) by Pete Welding = Liberty LBL 83214E (UK 1969) = Liberty C 062-90186 (Fr 1969) notes by Pete Welding (=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 384 (UK 1998; along with Imperial LM-94000) "Rural Blues, Volumes 1&2" (remastered) Imperial/Liberty discography
12	1968	Down Home Stomp - Rural Blues, Vol. 3 Papa Lightfoot - Jump The Boogie [Imperial unissued] - Mean Ol Train [Imperial 5289] Boogie Bill Webb - Boogie - Bad Dog J.D. Edwards - Playboy Blues - Hobo Lowell Fulsom - Stormin' And Rainin' Roosevelt Sykes - Hush Oh Hush - I'm Tired Manny Nichols - No One To Love Me Country Jim - Sad And Lonely Lil' Son Jackson - Rock And Rollin' # 2 - Sad Letter Blues gatefold LP notes by Pete Welding Imperial LM-94006 (US 1968) notes by Pete Welding = Liberty LBL 83329 (UK 1969) = Matchbox MB 904 (UK 1989) "Rural Blues" notes by Pete Welding = Beat Goes On BGOCD 464 (UK 1999, remastered) Imperial/Liberty "Legendary Masters" series discography Lightnin' Hopkins / J.D. Edwards discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Manny Nichols discography Country Jim (Bledsoe) discography Lil' Son Jackson discography
13	1968?	Story Of The Blues - Harmonica Blues -1 Walter Westbrook & His Phantom Five - Midnight Jump [Bobbin 106, 1959] - Bring Your Clothes Back [Bobbin 106, 1959] Harmonica Slim - Mary Helen [Aladdin 3317] - Lonely Hours [Aladdin 3317] Papa Lightfoot - Blues Lights [sic] [Aladdin 3304, 1952] - Jumpin' With Jarvis [Aladdin 3304, 1952] Sammy Myers - My Love [Is] Here To Stay [Ace 536, 1957] - Sleeping In The Ground [Ace 536, 1957] Sonny Boy Williamson - Cat Hop [Trumpet 212] - Going In Your Direction [Trumpet 216] - Red Hot Kisses [Trumpet 216] Little George Smith - Telephone Blues [RPM 434] - Blues In The Dark [RPM 434] Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin' [Parret 791] - West Coast Blues [Parret 791] Negro Art M-12-SB-362 (Fr 1968?) Negro Art Records discography
14	1969	Gutbucket@ youtube (full album playlist) An Underworld Eruption Liberty LBX 3 track sequence (14 tracks): Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Gimme Dat Harp Boy Hapshash and the Coloured Coat - The Wall Lightnin' Hopkins - You're Gonna Miss Me [Liberty MLL/S 40006] Alexis Korner - I'm Tore Down The Groundhogs - Still A Fool Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dismal Swamp Papa Lightfoot - Wine, Women & Whisky [Liberty LBL 83214] Canned Heat - Pony Blues The Hour Glass - Down in Texas Tony McPhee - No More Doggin' The Bonzo Dog Band - Can Blue Men Sing The Whites Big Joe Williams - Mamma Don't Like Me Runnin Around [Liberty LBL/S 83207] Jo-Anne [sic] Kelly - Rollin' And Tumblin' [Liberty LBL/S 83190] Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Call Me Woman Liberty LBS 83258 X track sequence (10 tracks): The Bonzo Dog Band - Can Blue Men Sing The Whites (2:40) Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Call Me Woman (3:02) Hapshash And The Coloured Coat - The Wall (4:50) Groundhogs - Still A Fool (4:12) The Motherhood - Back In The Grass (2:32) The Petards - Tartarex (2:57) Alexis Korner - I'm Tore Down (2:05) Captain Beefheart And & His Magic Band - Gimme' Dat Harp Boy (2:55) Canned Heat - Catfish Blues (6:42) Papa Lightfoot - Wine, Women & Whiskey (2:10) EMI 7243 8 30712 2 7 track sequence (14 + 11 tracks): Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Gimme Dat Harp Boy Hapshash And The Coloured Coat - The Wall Lightnin' Hopkins - You're Gonna Miss Me Alexis Korner - I'm Tore Down Groundhogs - Still A Fool Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dismal Swamp Papa Lightfoot - Wine, Women & Whisky Canned Heat - Pony Blues The Hour Glass - Down In Texas Tony McPhee - No More Doggin' The Bonzo Dog Band - Can Blue Men Sing The Whites Big Joe Williams - Mama Don't Like Me Runnin' Around Jo-Ann Kelly - Rollin' And Tumblin' Johnny Winter - I Got Love If You Want It T.I.M.E. - Preparation G High Tide - Walking Down Their Outlook Jo-Ann Kelly & Tony McPhee - Oh Death Floating Bridge - Don't Mean A Thing Groundhogs - Mistreated Canned Heat - Sic 'Em Pigs Andy Fernbach - Hard Headed Woman McKenna Mendelson Mainline - T.B. Blues The Idle Race - Hurry Up John Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts - I'm So Tired T.I.M.E. - Leavin' My Home Liberty LBX 3 (UK 1969) = Liberty LBX 3 (NL 1969) (=) Liberty LBS 83258 X (Germany 1969) (=) EMI 7243 8 30712 2 7 (UK 1994) "Gutbucket" This CD combines tracks from the original "Gutbucket" album (Liberty LBX 3) and the follow-up "Son Of Gutbucket" (Liberty LBX 4) Lightnin' Hopkins discography Big Joe Williams discography Andy Fernbach discography Jo Ann Kelly discography
15	1969	Papa George Lightfoot: Natchez Trace A set of informal blues recordings by the legendary harmonica player LP track sequence: - My Woman Is Tired Of Me Lyin' @ youtube @ Spotify - New Mean Old Train @ Spotify - Love My Baby @ Spotify - Goin' Down That Muddy Road @ Spotify - Ah, Come On Honey @ Spotify - Heard Somebody Crying @ Spotify - Take It Witcha @ Spotify - Nighttime [sic] @ youtube @ Spotify Ace CDCHD 548 track sequence: - My Woman Is Tired Of Me Lyin' - New Mean Old Train - Love My Baby - Goin' Down That Muddy Road - Ah, Come On Honey [] - I Heard Somebody Crying - Take It Witcha - Nightime - Early In The Morning [previously unissued] - Walkin' [previously unissued] - Goin' Back To Natchez [previously unissued] - Baby Please Don't Go [previously unissued] - Train Tune [previously unissued] - Papa George Talkin' 'Bout It rec. July 21, 1969 at Malaco Sound Recording Studio in Jackson, MS; [] Papa Lightfoot, voc, hca; all others: Papa Lightfoot, voc, hca; Carson Whitsett, p (except "I heard Somebody ..."); Jerry Puckett, g; Don Barret (/Ron Johnson), b; Tommy Tate, dr; prod. by Steve LaVere photography: Jerry Walker notes by Steve LaVere Vault LP 130 (US 1969) notes by Steve LaVere Vault LP 130 (promo) notes by Steve LaVere = Liberty LBS 83353 (UK 1969) notes by Steve LaVere = Crosscut CCR 1001 (Germany 1982) notes by Steve LaVere and John Broven (=) Ace CDCHD 548 (UK 1994) "Goin' Back To The Natchez Trace"
		- How High The Moon (instr) - Don't Want To Go To Viet Nam - Hey Mrs. Jones (instr) - harp and drum medley - Tenderly rec. July 21, 1969 in Jackson, Ms.; Papa Lightfoot, voc, hca; Carson Whitsett, p; Jerry Puckett, g; Don Barret (/Ron Johnson), b; Tommy Tate, dr; prod. by Steve LaVere Vault unissued
16	1/1969	Papa George Lightfoot / Slim Harpo Papa George Lightfoot - Wine, Women, Whiskey [Imperial 5289] Slim Harpo - Something Inside Me [Imperial originally unissued, Imperial LM-94001] "From forthcoming Liberty Album series: Legendary Masters Rural Blues Vol. 2 "Saturday Night Function" LBL 83214 Liberty LBF 15176 (UK 1/1969) Slim Harpo discography
17	1968/70	Dirt Blues (Minit MLL/MLS 40005) Lightnin' Hopkins - Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204] - Shotgun [Aladdin 3063] - My California [Aladdin 3262] T-Bone Walker - Glamour Girl - Love Is Just A Gamble - I'm About To Lose My Mind Lil' Son Jackson - Rockin' & Rollin' Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway - Lose Your Money - Louise - Sportin' Life Luke 'Long Gone' Miles - Miss Hazel Mae - Bad Luck - Long Distance Call Dirt Blues (Liberty LBS 83404/05 X) LP 1: Papa George Lightfoot - Wine, Woman, Whisky Lightnin' Hopkins - Antoinette's Blues [Vault SLP 129] The Chambers Brothers - Blues Get Off My Shoulder Lil' Son Jackson - Disgusted Slim Harpo - A Man Is Crying The Robins - Around About Midnight Fats Domino - Stay Away Sunnyland Slim - Dust My Broom George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band - My Babe T-Bone Walker - I Get So Weary Big Joe Williams - Oh Baby George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band - Can't Hold Out Much Longer [World Pacific 21887] LP 2: Slim Harpo - Something Inside Me Papa George Lightfoot - Take It Witcha [Vault LP 130] The Chambers Brothers - It's All Over Now Smiley Lewis - Shame, Shame, Shame Country Jim - Phillipine Blues Snooks Eaglin - Travellin' Mood Lightnin' Hopkins - California Mudslide [Vault SLP 129] Boogie Bill Webb - Boogie The Jewels - No Shoulder To Cry Wilson Pickett - If You Need Me Lightnin' Hopkins - Howling Wolf Blues Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That Minit MLL 40005 front cover photography and design by Michael Hasted; Liberty LBS 83404/05 X design by Ulrich Eichberger same front cover for mono & stereo! Minit MLL 40005 (mono) (UK 1968) [Liberty subsidiary] = Minit MLS 40005 (stereo) (UK 1968) gatefold DLP Liberty LBS 83404/05 X (stereo) (Germany 1970)
18	1970	Papa George Lightfoot - Jump The Boogie [Imperial LM 94006] - Mean Ol Train [Imperial 5289] production coordinator: Bob Hite Liberty LBF 15342 (UK 1970) = Liberty 2C 006-91.347 (Fr 1970)
19	19??	Papa George Lightfoot / Jay Swan Papa George Lightfoot - Mean Ol' Train [Imperial 5289] Jay Swan - You Don't Love Me Rock 'n' Rhythm RR 45-103
20	1979/80?	Jump 2 - Mean Ol' Train - Papa Lightfoot [Imperial 5289] - Honey Babe - Arthur Gunter - Don't Start Crying Now - Slim Harpo - Feeling Good' - Junior Parker 45 rpm EP Jumpin' JEP 002
21	1975	Blues Anthology Vol. 3 - New Orleans Blues Papa Lightfoot - Jump The Boogie [Imperial LM-94006] - Mean Old Train [Imperial 5289] Little Sonny - Goin' Back To The Coutry Roosevelt Sykes - Sweet Old Chicago - I'm Tired Wee Willie Wayne - Sweet Little Woman Smilin' Joe - ABC's Part 1 & 2 Archibald - Shake, Shake Baby Smiley Lewis - Too Many Drivers - Slide Me Down - It's So Peaceful Fats Domino - Don't Lie To Me - I've Got Eyes For You - Stay Away Toshiba/Liberty LLS-8195 (Jp 1975) Imperial/Liberty discography
22	1982	Suckin' And Blowin' George Smith - Telephone Blues Sonny [Terry] & Jaycee [Burris] - Keep On Doggin' Me Jerry McCain - East Of The Sun Long Gone Miles & George Smith - Little Sweet Thing Papa Lightfoot - P.L. Blues [Aladdin 3171] George Smith - Love Life Cousin Leroy - I'm Lonesome Ole Sonny Boy - Blues & Misery Long Gone Miles & George Smith - Hello Josephine Morris Bailey - Tell Me Why Sonny Boy Williamson - Polly Put Your Kettle On Jerry McCain - Wine-O-Wine Ole Sonny Boy - You Better Change George Smith - Blues In The Dark Sonny Terry - Dangerous Woman Sonny Boy Williamson - Mailman, Mailman Sundown CG 709-03 (NL 1982) Sundown Records discography
23	1983	Juicy Harmonica Eddie Burns - Biscuit Baking Mama Sir Arthur - Stop Cheating On Me Jerry McCain - That's What I Want Papa Lightfoot - Wildfire [Savoy 1161] Chicago Sunny Boy (=Joe Hill Louis) - Western Union Man (Jesse) Mule Thomas - Take Some And Leave Some Sonny Boy Williamson - Cut That Out Rhythm Willie - Wailin' Willie Jerry McCain - Courtin' In A Cadillac Eddie Burns - Superstition Chicago Sunny Boy (=Joe Hill Louis) - Jackpot Sonny Terry - I Love You Baby Bobo Jenkins - Bad Luck And Trouble Model T Slim - Shake Your Boogie Papa Lightfoot - After-While (Blue Lights) [Aladdin 3171] (Jesse) Mule Thomas - Blow My Baby Back To Me Sundown CG 709-06 (NL 1983) Sundown Records discography
24	199?	Papa Lightfoot & Sammy Myers: Blues Harmonica Wizards Papa Lightfoot - Wine, Women & Whiskey [Imperial 5289] - Jump The Boogie [Imperial LM 94006] - Mean Ole Train [Imperial 5289] - PL Blues [Aladdin 3171] - When The Saints Go Marching In [Imperial LM 94001] - Blue Lights [Aladdin 3171] - Mean Ole Train Version 2 [Savoy 1161] - Wild Fire [Savoy 1161] - Jumpin' With Jarvis [Aladdin 3304] - Rub A Little Boogie (Champion Jack Dupree, voc) [King 4706] - Mr. Ticket Agent (Donald "Silver" Cooks, voc) [Peacock 1510] - Coming Back Home(Donald "Silver" Cooks, voc) [Peacock 1510] - Creole Gal Blues (Edgar Blanchard, voc) [Peacock 1514] - She'll Be Mine After Awhile (Edgar Blanchard, voc) [Peacock 1514] - Mean Ole Train - version 3 [actually "version 2"; Savoy 1161] Sammy Myers - Sleeping In The Ground - My Love Is Here To Stay - You Don't Have To Go - Sad, Sad Lonesome Day - Look On Yonder Wall (with Elmore James) - Poor Little Angel Child (with Elmore James) - Rhythm With Me # # this is actually an alternative take of "Steady" by Jerry McCain ! Official CD 5254 ("Denmark" 199?) Sammy Myers discography Jerry McCain discography
25	2004	Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953) disc 1 - Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith - Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims - Hobo - J.D. Edwards - Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams - Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin - Alley Special - Wright Holmes - Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson - Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat - Angel Chile - Andy Thomas - Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter - Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper - Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles - No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson - Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane - Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck - Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix - Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James - Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker - Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore - Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson - Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols - Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins - Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston - Take It Easy - Nat Terry - Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham disc 2 - Boogie - Snooky & Moody - Hard Times - Floyd Jones - Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell - Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard - Big City Blues - Big Maceo - Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren - Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns - Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters - Cut That Out - Junior Wells - Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins - Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk - Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller - Mean Old World - Little Walter - Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe - It Was A Dream - John Brim - The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers - Sad Story - Blue Smitty - Little School Girl - L.C. Greene - Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry - Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines - I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir - Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson - I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker - She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr. - High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed disc 3 - She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams - How Many Years - Howlin Wolf - Build Myself A Cave - Mr Honey - Mr. Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks [Peacock 1510] - Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard - Too Late Baby Stick - Horse Hammond - Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes - Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley - Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton - Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter - Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson - 1951 Blues - Luther Huff - New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas - Going Home To Mama - Clarence London - Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee - Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy - After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot [Aladdin 3171] - Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker - Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love - Easy - Jimmy & Walter - Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry - Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup - Goin' To New Orleans - Goin' To New Orleans disc 4 - Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield - Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown - Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys - Income Tax Blues - Ralph Wills - Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan - Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell - Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim - Number Writer - Dan Pickett - She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis - Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas - Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee - Shackles Round My Body - Little David - Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver - I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott - Blind's Blues - John Lee - Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland - Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy - Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum - Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou - So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee - Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim - Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry - Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker - Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton - Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree compiled by Neil Slaven 4 CD box notes by Neil Slaven Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1003 (UK 2004)
25a	2005	Stompin' Vol. 26 Walter Price - Six Weeks Of Misery Allen Bunn - Too Much Competition Po' Joe Williams - Goin' Back Elmon Mickle - Independent Walk - Short And Fat Mojo Watson - I'm The Only One Kasandrea - My Conscience Is Bothering Me Papa Lightfoot - P.L. Blues [Aladdin 3171] Morris Pejoe - Tired Of Cryin' Over You Little Sonny - Love Shock The Bighampton Blues Boys - Cross Cut Saw - Slim's Twist Stompin' 326 (UK 2005) Stompin' Records discography
26	2006	Texas Blues, Vol. 1 - Houston Hotshots - Didn't Reach My Goal - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - My Time Is Expensive - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Hattie Green - Lavarda Durst - I Cried - Lavarda Durst - Mr. Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks And The Gondoliers [Peacock 1510] - Coming Back Home - Silver Cooks And The Gondoliers [Peacock 1510] - R.B. Boogie - R.B. Thibadeaux - New Kind Of Loving - R.B. Thibadeaux - Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard And The Gondoliers [Peacock 1514] - She'll Be Mine After A While - Edgar Blanchard And The Gondoliers [Peacock 1514] - The Girl I Love - Memphis Slim And His Orchestra - Mean Little Woman - Memphis Slim And His Orchestra - Alabama Blues - Elmore Nixon - A Hepcats Advice - Elmore Nixon And His Orchestra - Irene's Boogie - Paul Monday - Tired Of This Life I'm Living - Paul Monday - Summer's Coming On - Joe 'Papoose' Fritz And His Orchestra - I'm Not Suspicious, But - Joe 'Papoose' Fritz And His Orchestra - Bettye Jean Blues - Bettye Jean Washington - Why Oh Why Did You Let Me Go - Bettye Jean Washington Acrobat ACMCD 4003 (2006)
27	2007	'That's What They Want' Jook Joint Blues Good Time Rhythm & Blues 1943-1956 disc 1: - Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot [Imperial 5289] - Rock Me Mama - Lightnin' Slim - Little Lean Woman - Little Al - Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis - Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Sims - Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis - Another Fool Like Me - Jesse Thomas - Little Milton's Boogie - Little Milton Anderson - Scott's Boogie - L.B. Lawson - She's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve - Down At the Depot - John Lee - Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers - Courtin' In a Cadillac - Jerry McCain - Walkin' And Cryin' Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes - Ride Hooker Ride - Earl Hooker - Don't Let Your Daddy Slow Walk You Down - Good Rockin' Sam - Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter - Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes - Lillie Mae Boogie - Alex Moore - Gotta Get Together - Frank Edwards - When I Come In This House Woman - Big Son Tillis - I'm Gonna Leave You Baby - Lazy Lester - Evil And Hanky - Mercy Dee - Bad Luck - Lightnin' Slim - Central Avenue Blues - R. Green & Turner - On My Way - Alvin Smith - Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson - Mama Does the Boogie - Red Johnson disc 2: - She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr. - Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels - That's What They Want - Jerry McCain - Sneaky Groundhog - Clifford Gibson - Blinds Blues - John Lee - Sugar Mama - Pee Wee Hughes - One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee - You Are Doing Me Wrong - Arthur Gunter - I Can't Live Happy - Lightnin' Slim - Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot [Imperial 5289] - Jackson Juke - Little Milton Anderson - Jealous Man - Johnny Lewis - Winehead Swing - James Tisdom - Weekend Blues - Lafayette Thomas - Leave My Money Alone - Lonesome Sundown - Pebble In My Shoe - Wild Bill Phillips - Lonely Blues - K.C. Douglas - No-4 Boogie - Pinebluff Pete - Someday You'll Understand - King Davis - Alley Corn - Earl Hooker - I Got Them Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes - L.J. Boogie - Louis Jackson - She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis - New Orleans Bound - Lightnin' Slim - West Kinney Street Blues - Skoodle-Dum-Doo & Sheffield - I'm Him - Schoolboy Cleve - Neglected Woman - Alex Moore - Too Much Competition - Tarheel Slim disc 3: - A Fool No More - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys - Johnny Mae - Blues Rockers - Got My Call Card - L.B. Lawson - Love My Baby - Frank Edwards - Jump The Boogie - Papa Lightfoot [Imperial LM 94006] - One Thing My Baby Likes - Country Jim - A Dream - Little Willie Cotton - Happy Go Lucky - Good Rockin' Beasley - Bugger Bugger Boy - Lightnin' Slim - Sweet Angel - Earl Hooker - You Don't Love Me No More - Jerry McCain - My Woman Knows the Score - Mercy Dee - Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis - Santa Fe Blues - Pee Wee Hughes - Tiger Man - Little Al - Alabama Boogie - John Lee - Wolf Call Boogie - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love - Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable - Big Time Woman - Ernest McClay - Paper Wooden Daddy - Dennis McMillon - Bloodstains On the Wall - Honeyboy - Rub a Little Boogie - Alec Seward - Schoolboy - Lost John Hunter - Ethel May - Lightnin' Slim - Knocking the Boogie - Jerry Perkins - Mistreated Baby Blues - Little Milton Anderson - The $64 Question - Sonny Boy Holmes - If I Lose You Woman - Alex Moore disc 4: - Lester's Stomp - Lazy Lester - Dark Muddy Bottom - Mercy Dee - Lost Child - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys - 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis - Now Listen Baby - Good Rockin' Sam - Lost Without Love - Lonesome Sundown - Alla Blues - R. Green & Turner - She's Mine All Mine - Arthur Gunter - T.N.T. Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes - Lightnin' Blues - Lightnin' Slim - K.C. Boogie - K.C. Douglas - Baby Blues - John Lee - She's Taking All My Money - Johnny Lewis - Let Me Be Your Handy Man - Clifford Gibson - You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy - Strange Letter Blues - Schoolboy Cleve - Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain - Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim - Don't Take It Out On Me - Frankie Lee Sims - Deep South Guitar Blues - Lafayette Thomas - Packin' Up My Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson - Blow It Down - Little Milton Anderson - Good Road Blues - Wright Holmes - Katherine Blues - Jerry Perkins - On the Hook - Earl Hooker - I Can't Be Successful - Lightnin' Slim - Philippine Blues - Country Jim - Harpin' On It - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love 4 CD set notes by Neil Slaven JSP JSPCD 7796 (UK 2007)
28	2011	Juicy Harmonica Vol. 2 - You're Too Bad - Birmingham Junior & His Lover Boys [Ebony 1007] - 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis - Rockin' 512] - Falling Rain Blues - Little Willy Foster [Blue Lake 113] - Alley Corn - Earl Hooker (Little Sam Davis, hca) [Rockin' unissued] - She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 519] - Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 519] - Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix (Walter Horton, hca) [Checker 756] - Old Battle Ax - Robert Henry [King 4646] - Opossum Rock - Sonny Boy Williams [Duplex 9005] - Just One Mistake - Willie Nix (Walter Horton, hca) [Checker 756] - Early In The Morning - Robert Henry [King 4646] - Red Headed Woman - Baby Face (Little Walter, hca) [Savoy 1122] - After-While - Papa Lightfoot [Aladdin 3171] - Don't You Know I Love You - Woodrow Adams [Home Of The Blues unissued] - Du Dee Squat - Little Luther [Criss Cross 110] - Aw Shucks Baby - Little Red Walter [Le Sage 711] - Complete This Order - James Cotton [Loma 2042] - Laying In The Weeds - James Cotton [Loma 2042] - Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot [Imperial 5289] - Open Your Book (Daddy Wants To Read With You) - Percy Lee Crudup [Checker 754] - Midnight Jump - Walter J. Westbrook & His Phantom Five [Bobbin 106] - I Love You O Yes I Do - Woodrow Adams [Home Of The Blues unissued] - Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 512] - Birmingham Late Hours - Birmingham Junior & His Lover Boys [Ebony 1007] Sundown CD 4002 (NL 2011) Sundown Records discography
29	2011	Juicy Harmonica Vol. 3 - Waggin' Your Tail - King Davis - Play Boy - Big Boy Williams - Drinking Blues (voc) - Little L. Boyd - Retreat Brother - Willie Railback - Remember Way Back - L.C. Green - Wild Women - Danny Boy & His Blues Guitar - Steppin' High - Little Luther - Tree Top Blues - Willie Railback - The Mix Up - Little Sonny & His Band - Calendar Hanging On The Wall - Morris Bailey & The Thomas Boys - On The Sunny Side Of Love - Mr. Calhoun - P.L. Blues - Papa Lightfoot - I Love You Baby - Big Boy Williams - Alice Mae Blues - Sonny Boy Williams - Hello Friends, Hello Pal - Mr. Calhoun - Little School Girl - L.C. Green - Hello Miss Simms - Garland The Great - Inside My Heart - Little Sonny & His Band - Drinking Blues (instr) - Little L. Boyd - Someday You'll Understand - King Davis - Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot - Tell Me Why - Morris Bailey & The Thomas Boys - Dealing With The Devil - James Cotton - Polly Put The Kettle On - James Cotton - Goin' Down Slow - James Cotton Sundown CD 4003 (NL 2011) Sundown Records discography
30	2012	Natchez Harmonica Naturals Blues Consolidated Volume 1 Papa Lightfoot - Mean Old Train - Wine Whiskey & Women - Jump The Boogie - After A While (Blue Lights) - Jumpin With Jarvis - P.L. Blues - Wildfire - Mean Old Train #2 - When The Saint's Go Marching In Jimmy Anderson - I Wanna Boogie - Angel Please - Naggin - Nothing In This World - I'm A King Bee - Going Through The Park - Frankie & Johnny - Goin Crazy Over TV - Love Me Babe - Ain't Gonna Let Her Go - Rats & Roaches On Your Mind - Half Past Midnight - In The Dark In The Park - Baby Let's Burn - When I Play My Harp - Draft Board Blues DeltaCat 1004
31	11/2018	23 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 16 2019 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - Winding Ball Mama - Papa George Lightfoot - Piney Woods Money Mama - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Love Sick Blues - Jim Jackson - Ma Rainey - Memphis Minnie - Too Tight Blues No. 2 - Blind Blake - Jumping On The Hill - Test [unreleased] - The Beale Street Sheiks - Black Biting Bee Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake - Coon Can Blues - Dad Nelson - Ash Tray Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson - Oh Death - Charley Patton - My Grey Pony - Joe Williams - Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long - Sam Butler Supplementary CD tracks: - Heaven Is My View - Sam Butler - Snake Hipping Daddy - Papa George Lightfoot - Low Down Mojo Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow - Troubled 'Bout My Mother - Charley Patton - Don't Speak To Me - Lottie Kimbrough - Got The Blues About Rome - Otto Virgial - Seven Year Itch - Otto Virgial - Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone - I'm A Roamin' Gambler - William Harris - I Was Born In The Country - Raised In Town remastered by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team Blues Images Vol. 16 (rel. 11/2018, for 2019) Blues Images
At Pete Hoppula's Papa Lightfoot discography you'll find more compilation albums featuring Papa Lightfoot tracks which I'm at the moment too lazy to "illustrate" here, because they don't contain any previously unissued material

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 226
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 34, 101, 234, 325-326
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 328-329
- Mississippi Blues Trail marker "Papa Lightfoot & The Natchez Blues"
- http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/lightfoot.htm
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/la/vault/vault.html
- http://thehoundblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/in-fact-most-blues-wailingobscure.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alan Balfour, Joe Louis, Jim O'Neal, Marc Borms, Sonny Burnett, John Tefteller, Gilbert Guyonnet and Pierre Monnery for additional info / scans

Poster "Smiley Lewis / Little "Papa" Walter"

Poster "Thomas Ridgley / Poppa Walter"

Papa Lightfoot
source: Back cover of Vault LP 130
photographer: Jerry Walker

source: Harris 1987, p. 328; photographer: Steve LaVere

Howling Wolf & Papa Lightfoot with two young ladies
(the one on Wolf's lap is -as it turned out- one "Monica McCabe")
at Ann Arbor Blues Festival, 1970
source: ebay auction; photographer: Stephen C. LaVere