notes by Horst Lippmann L+R 40.011 (Germany 1980)
Philadelphia Jerry Ricks discography
DLP L+R 40.012 (Germany 1980)
notes by Horst Lippmann L+R 40.017 (Germany 1983)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 711822 (Germany 2008)
Alabama Blues (Bellaphon CDLR 42.001) - 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 °° - If I Get Lucky °° - Born Dead °° - Feeling Good °° °° 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)
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"
J.B. Lenoir discographyScout Records discography
notes by Horst Lippmann L+R 42.002
notes by Willy Leiser, inner sleeve notes by Willy Leiser ("About Willie Mabon") and Horst Lippmann ("About The Session") L+R 42.003
= Evidence CD 26063 (1995)
= Bellaphon CD (1996) "Blues Classics"
Willie Mabon discography
notes (1965) by Karlheinz Drechsel Amiga 850 043 (GDR) (1st ed. 1965) "American Folk Blues"
= Scout Sc-4 (Germany 1969) "Hubert's 'American' Blues !"
notes (1980)by Karlheinz Drechsel (=) Amiga Jazz 850 043 (2nd ed. 1980) "American Folk Blues"
(=) L+R 42.004 (Germany 1980) "Blues Anytime !"
(=) Evidence ECD 26052 (US 1994)
(=) L+R CDLR 72010 (Germany 1994)
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 82007 (Germany 1996) "Blues Classics"
Scout Records discography
notes by Neil Slaven Fontana 883 905 JC (1966)
notes based on original notes by Neil Slaven = L+R 42.005 (Germany 1980)
= L+R CDLR 72009 (Germany 1994)
(=) Evidence CD 26051 (US 1994)
Eddie Boyd discography
L+R 42.006 (Germany 1980)
= L+R 30 888 2 (Germany 1980) "Blues Meeting" (Club Edition)
notes by Oscar Klein and Jerry Ricks L+R Records 42.007 (Germany 1980)
Jerry Ricks discography
Hubert Sumlin: Blues Classics (Bellaphon CDLR 82007 1996) - Love You, Woman [] - When I Feel Better # - I Love [] - Hubert's Blues # - Blues On Blues - My Baby Is Gone - Lonesome Blues - Blues In My Hand - Blues For Chester - Jammin' The Blues - Gamblin' Woman [] # rec. Nov. 1, 1964 at the Amiga-Studios in East-Berlin, GDR; Hubert Sumlin, [] g + voc. # g solo notes by Norbert Hess L+R 42.008 (Germany 1980)(=) Bellaphon CDLR 82007 (Germany 1996) "Blues Classics"Hubert Sumlin discography
notes by Norbert Hess L+R 42.008 (Germany 1980)
Hubert Sumlin discography
CD only: - Gamblin' Woman - I Got A Little Thing They Call It Swing - One Day I Get Lucky - Dust My Broom - There'll Be A Day Eddie Taylor, g + voc; Steeve Beal, g; George Kitta, b; Odie Payne, drSpecial Guests: Carey Bell, harp; Sunnyland Slim, p
notes by Norbert Hess L+R 42.009 (Germany 1980)
= L+R CDLR 72008 (Germany 1994)
= Evidence CD 26054 (US 1994)
notes by Len Kunstadt L+R 42.010 (Germany 1980)
notes by Norbert Hess L+R 42.011 (Germany 1980)
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 L+R 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"
J.B. Lenoir discography
notes by Norbert Hess L+R 42.013 (Germany 1980)
(=) Optimism/L+R LR CD-2013 (US 1991)= Optimism LRC-2013 (cassette)
(=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLS 42013 (Germany 1998)
4 CD boxnotes by Ulfert Goemann (=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726123 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1970/1972/1980/1981"
American Folk Blues Festival discographyWillie Mabon discographyHubert Sumlin discography
* = 45 rpm CBS 1444 # previously (1969) on Scout SC-2
rec. 1963/64/69
notes by Norbert Hess L+R 42.014 (Germany 1980)
= Bellaphon CD (1996)"Blues Classics"
= Evidence CD 26070 (US 1995)
notes by Horst Lippmann L+R 42.015 (Germany 1980)
= L+R 12L0127 (Spain 1981)
= L+R CDLR 72007 (Germany 1994)
= Evidence ECD 26053 (US 1994)
L+R 42.016 (Germany 1980)
Excello LPS-8029 track sequence: Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker - The Right Time Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track] @ youtube
Polydor 825 502-2 track sequence: Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track] Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker - The Right Time Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby rec. October 18, 1962 live in Hamburg, Germany originally recorded and released by Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor
notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt Brunswick 009 012 (mono) (Germany 1962) on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"
notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt Brunswick 109 012 (stereo) (Germany 1962) on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"
notes (in English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt = Decca DL 4392 (mono) (US 1962) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"
notes (in English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt = Decca DL 74392 (stereo) (US 1962) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"
= Circulo Musical 037 (Columbia 1962?)= Circulo Musical 248 (Venezuela 1962)
= Polydor 2482 041 (NL 1963) Golden Crown series "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"
= Polydor 2482 041 (Belgium 19??) "American Folk Blues Festival"
= Polydor 46.397 (Germany 1963)
= Polydor 237 597 (Germany 196?)
= Polydor Privilège 2310296 (Fr 196?)
= Polydor Privilège 658 017 (Fr 196?)
= Polydor 917 003 (cassette) (France 19??)
= Polydor SLPM-1172 (Jp 1964) "Blues Hootenanny"
notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt Polydor 109 012 (stereo) (Germany 1966) on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"
= Polydor Special 236 216 (UK 10/1967)issued in the Netherlands as Polydor Special 236 716 (with a sticker on the back, covering the original catalog number)
notes (in English) by Werner Burkhardt (=) Excello LPS-8029 (US 1974) / 8029 SO-1 (US late 1980s) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"
notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = L+R 42.017 (Germany 1981)
= L+R/Edigsa 12L0271 (Spain 1981)
= Optimism/L+R CD-2017 (US 198?)
(=) Polydor 825 502-2 (Germany 1991)
5 CD box set24-pp. booklet by Bill Dahl (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65" CD 1 "'sixty-two"
notes by Jerry Gordon (=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened!
notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42017 (Germany 1998)
3 CD set (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964" CD 1 "American Folk Blues Festival '62"
(=) Oldays ODR 6287-88 (Jp 2016) "1962-63"
American Folk Blues Festival discographyExcello Records discographyShakey Jake discography
gatefold DLPnotes (German & English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos Atlantic 60036 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland 1973) "The 10th American Folk Blues Festival - 'Blues Giants - Rock Creators'"
gatefold DLPnotes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = L+R 42.018 (Germany 1980) "American Folk Blues Festival '72"= L+R LRC-2018 (cassette) (Germany 1980)
= Edigsa/L+R 12A0272 (Sp 1981)
notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (=) Optimism/L+R LR CD-2018 (US 1991?)
notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLS 42018 (Germany 1998?)
American Folk Blues Festival discographyBukka White discographyBig Joe Williams discographyRobert Pete Williams discographyRoosevelt Sykes discographyJohnny Young discographyJimmy Rogers discographyWhispering Smith discographyLightnin' Slim discographyJimmy Dawkins discography
notes by Norbert Hess L+R 42.019 (Germany 1980)
CD only: - I'm Trying To Make London My Home - I Don't Know - Sonny Boy's Harmonica Blues - Had My Fun - Dissatisfied - Do The Weston @ youtube - Take It Easy Baby ["Version Two"] °° = not on CD rec. December 8, 1963 at Craw-Daddy Club, Richmond (London), UK; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca, * solo (# without Sonny Boy Williamson); Keith Relf, voc, hca; Eric Clapton, lead g; Chris Dreja, g; Paul Samwell-Smith, b; Jim McCarthy, dr photography (cover & liner) by Stephanie Wiesand
Fontana TL 5277 (UK 1965) = Fontana International SFJL.960, 858 025 FPY (UK 1967) = Fontana FPY 858025 (New Zealand 196?) = Mercury SR 61071 (US 1969) = Fontana 6434 181 (Germany 1975)
notes (1964 & 1980) by Horst Lippmann L+R LR 42.020 (Germany 1980)
= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2020 (US 198?)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42.020 (Germany 199?)
= Evidence CD 26071 (US 1995)
quite a few more re-releases at discogs.com
DLPnotes by Horst Lippmann Scout Sc-7 (Germany 1970)
DLPnotes by Horst Lippmann = L+R 42.021 (Germany 1980)
= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2021 (US 1989)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLS 42021 (Germany 1991)
4-CD-Box (67 tracks, 292:31) (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726323 (Germany 2002) CD 1: American Folk Blues Festival 1970
American Folk Blues Festival discographyScout Records discography
DLPnotes by Claus Groh L+R 42.022 (Germany 1981)
= L+R 42.022 "Blaupunkt presents ..."
= Edigsa 12A9419 (Spain 1982)
= Optimism/L+R CD-2022 (US 198?)Optimism/L+R LRC-2022 (cassette)
Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 track sequence: Muddy Waters - Five Long Years Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby Matthew Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't It A Pity Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby, Please Don't Go Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get The Drinking Hubert Sumlin - No Title Boogie Howlin Wolf - Dust My Broom
originally unissued tracks from same event on Evidence ECD 26200, all previously (1992) released on ACT CD 9205: Big Joe Williams - Big Roll Blues (3:00) Big Joe Williams - Back In The Bottom Blues (3:16) Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (2:03) Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow (alt tk) (= "In The City") (3:57) Muddy Waters - My Home Is In The Delta (= "I Feel Like Cryin'") (4:42) Sonny Boy Williamson - That's All I Want Baby (= "Your Love For Me Is True") (4:51) @ youtube Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Misuse Me (4:47) @ youtube Otis Spann - Goin' Down Slow (alt tk, sans Sonny Boy Williamson) (= "Had My Fun") (3:36) Lonnie Johnson - Careless Love (3:13) @ youtube Lonnie Johnson - C.C. Rider (2:37) @ youtube
notes (8-pp. German/English) by Horst Lippmann and Siegfried Schmidt-Joos Fontana 681510 ZL (mono) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival" incl. photos by Rolf Ambor
or = Fontana 885403 ZL (mono)= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival"
notes by Anonymous = Fontana TL 5204 (mono) (UK 1964) "American Folk Blues Festival"
notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 885403 MY (mono)= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Fr 196?)
notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 681510 TL/ZL (Fr 19??)
= Fontana 858 100 FPY (NL 1968)
= Polydor 2310 296 (Fr)
= Exodus EX/EXS 302 (US 1966) [Ewart Abner's label]
(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64"
notes by Willy Leiser = L+R 42.023 (Germany 1981)
= Optimism/L+R CD-2023 (US 198?)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42023 (Germany 199?)
5 CD box setnotes by Bill Dahl (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65" CDs 2 & 3: "1963, parts 1 & 2"
3 CD set (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964" CD 2: "1963"
a few more re-releases @ discogs. com
American Folk Blues Festival discographyL+R Records discography
Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 track sequence: American Folk Blues Festival 63-64 - Five Long Years - Muddy Waters (AFBF 1963) - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - Willie Dixon (AFBF 1963) - Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon (AFBF 1963) - Matt's Guitar Boogie - Matthew Murphy (AFBF 1963) - I Don't Know - Sonny Boy Williamson (AFBF 1963) - I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Sonny Boy Williamson (AFBF 1964) - Ain't It A Pity - Lightnin' Hopkins (AFBF 1964) - Baby, Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins (AFBF 1964) - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' - Sunnyland Slim (AFBF 1964) - No Title Boogie - Hubert Sumlin (AFBF 1964) - Dust My Broom - Howlin Wolf (AFBF 1964) produced by Siegfried E. Loch
notes by Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau (introduction), Georges Adins, Joachim E. Berendt, Jacques Demêtre, Bob Koester, Horst Lippmann, Paul Oliver (artists' portraits) Fontana 681 522 TL (mono) (Germany 1964)= Fontana 885 411 TY (stereo) (Germany 1964)
notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 681 522 TL (mono) (Fr 1964)
notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 885 411 MY (stereo) (Fr 1964)
= Fontana TL 5225 (UK 1964)
[not = Amiga 850043 !!!]
notes by Willy Leiser = L+R 42.024 (Germany 1981)
= L+R 42.024 (Germany 1982)
= Edigsa/L+R 12L0293 (Sp 1982)
= Optimism/L+R CD LR-2024 (US 198?)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42024 (Germany 199?)
5 CD box setnotes by Bill Dahl (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65" CD 4: "'sixty four"
3 CD set (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 2002) "1962, 1963, 1964" CD 3: 1964
180 g LP= Pure Pleasure/L+R PPAN LR42024 (UK 2014)
American Folk Blues Festival discographyFontana Records discographySleepy John Estes 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)
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/L+R LR CD-2025 (US 198?)
= Optimism LRC-2025 (US 198?) (cassette)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42025 (Germany 199?)
5 CD setnotes by Bill Dahl (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995)
American Folk Blues Festival discography
"none of the takes included in this double album will re-appear in further releases"
= on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999)
DLPnotes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.030 (Germany 1980)
3 CD set48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonner some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology"
2 CD setnotes by Axel Küstner [CD notes do *not* contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!]= Bellaphon CDLR 711921 (Germany 2008)
= Bellaphon LR 713014 (Germany 2014) (180 g DLP) (includes download code)
Guitar Frank Hovington discographyFlora Molton discographyLattie Murrell discographySam Chatmon discographySon Thomas discographyHammie Nixon discographyArchie Edwards discographyLonnie Pitchford discographyGuitar Slim discographyBoyd Rivers discography
recorded 1980 by Axel Küstner and Siegfried Christmann
L+R 42.031 (Germany 1981)
= L+R LRCD 713123 (Germany 2008)
= Bellaphon LR 713016 (Germany 2014) (180 g LP) (includes download code)
www.cephasandwiggins.com
L+R 42.032 (Germany 1981)
= L+R LRCD 713024 (Germany 2008)
= Bellaphon LR 713017 (Germany 2014) (180 g LP) (includes download code)
Sam Chatmon discography
Ed Morrisphotographer: Axel KüstnerVgo (Phillip McTerry)photographer: Axel Küstner
notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.033 (Germany 1981)
notes by Axel Küstner [CD notes do *not* contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!]= Bellaphon CDLR 712928 (Germany 2008)
L+R 42.034 (Germany 1981)
= L+R LRCD 712829 (Germany 2008)
L+R 42.035 (Germany 1982)
= L+R LRCD 712720 (Germany 2008)
rec. 1980 by Siegfried A. Christmann and Axel Küstner
L+R 42.036 (Germany 1982)
= L+R LRCD 712621 (Germany 2008)
Archie Edwards discography
L+R 42.037
= L+R LRCD 712522 (Germany 2008)
Lonnie Pitchford discography
notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.038 (Germany 1982)
= L+R LRCD 712423 (Germany 2008)
Frank Hovington discography
L+R 42.039 (Germany 1982)
= L+R LRCD 712324 (Germany 2008)
notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.040 (Germany 1982)
[CD notes do *not* contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!]= L+R LRCD 712225 (Germany 2008)
Lattie Murrell discographyMemphis Piano Red discographyGuitar Slim discographySon Thomas discographyLonnie Pitchford discographyArchie Edwards discography
rec. October/November 1980 by Siegfried A. Christmann photos by Axel Küstner
notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.041 (Germany 1982)
= L+R LRCD 712126 (Germany 2008)
Boyd Rivers discographyGuitar Frank Hovington discographyGuitar Slim Stephens discographyFlora Molton discography
notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42042 (Germany 1982)
= L+R LRCD 712027 (Germany 2008)
Guitar Frank Hovington discographyGuitar Slim Stephens discographyArchie Edwards discography
notes by Gerhard Engbarth L+R 42.045
notes by Len Kunstadt L+R LR 42.046 (Germany 1983)
Larry Johnson discographyNat Riddles discography
notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.047 (Germany 1983)
= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2047 (US 198?)
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 82004 (Germany 1996) "Blues Classics"
notes by Peter R. Aschoff = Evidence CD 26096 (US 1998) "No More Whiskey"
Big Joe Williams discography
Evidence CD track sequence: - Mama Don't 'Low No Guitar Playin' Round Here - Big Fat Mama - Beefsteak Blues - Rock Me Mama - Catfish Blues (unexpurgated version) - Standing At The Crossroads - Highway 61 - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Stormy Monday Blues - Catfish Blues ['clean' version] - Smokey Mountain # - Hoochie Coochie Man/Tune In Next Time # from L+R 42.065
P-Vine CD track sequence: - Big Fat Mama - The Real Catfish Blues - Standing At The Crossroads - 61 Highway - Beefsteak Blues - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Stormy Monday Blues - Rock Me Mama - Mama Don't 'low No Guitar Playin' Round Here - Medley: Hoochie Coochie Man/Tune In Next Time
L+R 42.048 (Germany 1982)
= LR CD = Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 82006 (Germany 1996) "Blues Classics"
= Evidence CD 26095 (US 1998) "Beefsteak Blues"
= P-Vine PCD 2178 (Jp) "Living Country Blues"
Son Thomas discography
L+R 42.049 (Germany 1982)
(=) Evidence CD 26114 (US 2001) "Billy Branch: Chicago's Young Blues Generation"
notes by Horst Lippmann L+R 42.050 (Germany 1982)
Bellaphon CD (Germany 1996) "Blues Classics""
CD bonus tracks: - I Need You So Bad - Man And The Blues
L+R 42.051 (Germany 1982)
= Bellaphon CD (Germany 1996)"Blues Classics"
= Evidence CD 26055 (1994)
gatefold DLPnotes by Siegfried A. Christmann L+R 42.052 (Germany 1983)
notes by Siegfried A. Christmann & Horst Lippmann (=) L+R/Bellaphon CDLS 42052 (Germany 1991)
3-CD-Box(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726024 (Germany 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985"
notes by Horst Lippmann L+R 42.053 (Germany 1982)
L+R CD 42.053
(=) Evidence CD 26049 (1994)Billy Branch & The S.O.B.sOf Blues: Live '82
notes by Joe Wilson L+R 42.054 (Germany 1983)
= Evidence CD 26050 (1994)
L+R 42.055 (Germany 1983)
notes by Rolf Schubert L+R 42.056 (Germany 1983)
= Evidence CD 26056 (US 1994)
notes by Jean-Claude Arnaudon L+R 42.057 (Germany 1983)
= Bellaphon CDLR 72003 (Germany 1994)
= Evidence CD 26057 (US 1994) "Blues Queen Sylvia with Jimmy Dawkins"
Sylvia (and Johnny) Embry discography
notes by Willy Leiser L+R 42.058 (Germany 1983)
= Bellaphon CD (Germany 1996) "Blues Classics"
= Evidence CD 26065 (US 1995)
notes by Inge Gawlitta L+R 42.059 (Germany 1983)
Blind Joe Hill discography
recorded March 1983 at In House Recordings, N. Hollywood, CA; Margie Evans, voc; André Avila, ts/as/fl; Arthur L. Woods, p; Cash McCall, lead g; Zackerey Prather, g; Welton Gite, b; Charles Avery, dr; prod. by Horst Lippmann
notes by Greg Drust L+R 42.060 (Germany 1983)
notes by Peter Goldsmith L+R 42.061 (Germany 1984)
Bellaphon CD track sequence: - Babylon Blues *° - Lay My Burden Down *° - M & O Blues - Blues In A Bordertown Jail * - Drive Back The Night *° - A Song For Babe - Satisfied And Tickled Too ° - Kind-Hearted Woman - Break Of Day Blues * - A Beautiful Life *° - Rock Me Baby # @ Spotify - Crossroads # @ Spotify # additional tracks from L+R 42.063 (AFBF '83) rec. November 7, 1983 at Sinus Music, Ulli Weigel's Tonstudio, West-Berlin; James "Sparky" Rucker voc, ac g; * Louisiana Red, el g; ° Carey Bell, hca
notes by Inge Gawlitta (March 1984) and Sparky Rucker (December 1983) L+R 42.062 (Germany 1984)
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 82005 (Germany 1996) "James 'Sparky' Rucker" "Blues Classics"
gatefold DLPnotes by Peter C. Goldsmith L+R 42.063 (Germany 1984)
notes by Peter C. Goldsmith (=) L+R CDLS 42063 (Germany 1992)
notes by Horst Lippmann L+R 42.064 (Germany 1985) "Blues & Love Songs"
= CD "Unplugged Visions"
notes by Horst Lippmann L+R LR 42.065 (Germany 1985)
notes by Horst Lippmann = Optimism/L+R LR CD-2065 (US 1990?)
notes by Horst Lippmann = L+R CDLR 42065 (Germany 1992)
4 CD setnotes by Siegfried A. Christmann (=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 726024 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985"
American Folk Blues Festival discographyBlind Joe Hill discographyJames "Son" Thomas discography
notes by Peter C. Goldsmith L+R 42.066 (Germany 1987)
= Philips 9279 451 (NL 19??)
= Bellaphon CDLR 42066 (Germany 1998)
L+R 42.067 (Germany 198?)
L+R 42.068 (Germany 1989)
notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos Fontana 885 431 TY (Germany 1966)
= Fontana 885 431 BY/MY (Fr 1966)
= Fontana TL 5389 (mono) / STL 5389 (stereo) (UK 1966)
= Fontana 681.533 TL/IL (Fr 1966?)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42069 (Germany 1990)
= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2069 (US 1990)
4-CD-Boxoriginal 1966 notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726322 (Germany 1998) (45 Tracks, 165:59)
American Folk Blues Festival '66 Vol. 1 Vol. 1: Amiga 855114 Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie @ youtube @ Spotify Otis Rush - All Your Love || @ youtube @ Spotify Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking @ youtube @ Spotify Sleepy John Estes - You Shouldn't Do It @ youtube @ Spotify Big Joe Turner - Roll 'Em Pete // ^ @ youtube @ Spotify Junior Wells - Sheckin' [sic] On My Baby \\ @ youtube @ Spotify - Vietnam Blues \\ °° @ youtube @ Spotify Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues @ youtube @ Spotify Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie °° @ youtube @ Spotify Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly // * @ youtube @ Spotify °° not on Fontana 885 431 BY rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr || Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand \\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Robert Pete Williams, voc, g // Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel Amiga 855114 (GDR 1968)notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel = Amiga 855114 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series) = Amiga 855114 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release = Amiga CD 82876-63060-2 (Germany 2004)
notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel Amiga 855114 (GDR 1968)
notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel = Amiga 855114 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series)
= Amiga 855114 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release
= Amiga CD 82876-63060-2 (Germany 2004)
American Folk Blues Festival '66 Vol. 2 Vol. 2: Amiga 850126/855126 Otis Rush - It Takes Time || °° @ youtube @ Spotify Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time °° @ youtube @ Spotify Otis Rush - My Own Fault || [actually "Sweet Little Angel"] @ youtube @ Spotify Little Brother Montgomery - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie °° @ youtube @ Spotify Sleepy John Estes, g (Yank Rachell, voc, mand!) - Yellow Jam Blues °° @ youtube @ Spotify Junior Wells - Over Yonders Walls \\ °° @ youtube @ Spotify Sippie Wallace - Women Keep Your Mouth Shut °° @ youtube @ Spotify Junior Wells - A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson \\ @ youtube (2:40) @ Spotify Robert Pete Williams - Louise @ youtube @ Spotify Big Joe Turner - Feeling Happy // * °° °° not on Fontana 885 431 BY rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr || Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand \\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Robert Pete Williams, voc, g // Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel Amiga 850126 (GDR 1969)notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel = Amiga 855126 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series) = Amiga 855126 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release = Amiga CD 82876-63061-2 (Germany 2004) American Folk Blues Festival discography Fontana Records discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Otis Rush discography Little Brother Montgomery discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Sleepy John Estes discography Yank Rachell discography Robert Pete Williams discography
notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel Amiga 850126 (GDR 1969)
notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel = Amiga 855126 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series)
= Amiga 855126 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release
= Amiga CD 82876-63061-2 (Germany 2004)
American Folk Blues Festival discography Fontana Records discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Otis Rush discography Little Brother Montgomery discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Sleepy John Estes discography Yank Rachell discography Robert Pete Williams discography
notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (translated by Nigel Whittaker) Fontana 885 433 TY (Germany 1968)
notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2070 (US 1990)
notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42070 (Germany 1998)
4 CD setnotes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726222 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1965/1966/1967/1969"
notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver Scout Sc-6 (Germany 1969)
notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver = CBS S 63912 (UK 1969)
notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver = Optimism/L+R LR CD-2071 (US 198?)
notes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver= Bellaphon/L+R CD 42.071 (Germany 1991)
4 CD setnotes by Horst Lippmann & Paul Oliver (=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 726222 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1965/1966/1967/1969"
concert review by Paul Oliver (Jazz Monthly December 1969, pp. 24-25) at WeenieCampbell.com, scanned & OCRed by Alan Balfour
American Folk Blues Festival discographyScout Records discographyJuke Boy Bonner discographyEarl Hooker discographyJohn Jackson discographyMagic Sam discographyWhistling Alex Moore discographyMac Thompson discography
L+R 42.072
arnykayband.de
L+R 42.073
Pete Haycock discography
L+R 42.077
obviously never published (?)Tivolis Koncerthal, København, 68.10.10more infomore info
L+R 44.001
L+R 44003
= CD 480225
Fontana 885 415 TY (1965)
= Fontana TL 5243
notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = L+R 44.005
L+R 44.007
= CD 480226
notes by John Hartley Fox L+R 44.008
L+R 44.011
L+R 44.012
notes by Rolf Schubert L+R 44.013
L+R 44.015
L+R 44.016
L+R 44.017
L+R 44.018
L+R 50.001
notes by Horst Lippmann L+R 50.002
= Bellaphon CDLR 711525 (Germany 2008)
rel. in gatefold-cover with a 4-page booklet by Horst Lippmann L+R 50.003 (Germany 1985)
notes (1985) by Horst Lippmann = Bellaphon CDLR 711426 (Germany 2008)
°° bonus tracks
Evidence 5 CD set 26200
more info
Evidence CD 26087
disc 2: Lonesome Road Blues (East Coast) - Lonesome Road Blues - Guitar Frank - Baby Please Give Me A Break - Archie Edwards - Road Is Rough And Rocky - Archie Edwards - Come On In My Kitchen - Guitar Slim - Bye And Bye, I'm Going To See The King - Flora Molton & The Truth Band - Chimney Hill Breakdown - Guitar Frank - Railroad Bill - Guitar Frank - Chicken Can't Roost Too High For Me - John Cephas - Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad - John Cephas, / Phil Wiggins - Do Lord Remember Me - Archie Edwards - Jelly Roll Baker - Guitar Frank - I'm Feelin' Lonesome - Guitar Slim - My Old Schoolmates - Archie Edwards - Lonesome Home Blues - Guitar Slim - T For Texas - Archie Edwards - Diggin' My Potatoes - Guitar Frank
disc 3: You Got To Move (Tennessee, Arkansas & More) - Vacation In Heaven - Flora Molton & The Truth Band - Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? - Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - I Laid And I Wondered - James Thomas / Cleveland Jones - I Can't Stand It - Flora Molton & The Truth Band - Mr. Freddie Blues - Memphis Piano Red - Corine, Corrina - Hammie Nixon - Rollin' And Tumblin' - Lottie Murrell - She's Tailor Made - Charlie Sangster - Hounds - Sam Shields - You Got To Move - Boyd Rivers - Let Me Play With Your Poodle - CeDell Davis - Viola Lee Blues - Hammie NIxon - Joe's Prison Camp Holler - Joe Savage - When The Saints Go Marchin' In - Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - Spoonful - Lottie Murrell, - You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie - CeDell Davis - Trouble Late Last Night - Lottie Murrell - Dry Bones In The Valley - Cora Fluker - I Got a Gal 'Cross The Bottom - Lottie Murrell - Soon One Mornin' - Hammie Nixon - Levee Camp Holler - Walter Brown - Precious Lord - Boyd Rivers
Evidence ECD 26105-2
with 48-pp. booklet
photos by Axel Küstner
Disc 2: American Folk Blues Festival '63 Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well Big Joe Williams - I Have No Friends Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - Crazy For My Baby Victoria Spivey - Grant Spivey Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie Sonnyboy Williamson - I Don't Know - Sonny's Harmonica Boogie Lonnie Johnson - It's Too Late To Cry Otis Spann - Had My Fun Muddy Waters - Five Long Years Memphis Slim et al. - Bye, Bye, Blues rec. October 13th, 1963 in Bremen
Disc 3: American Folk Blues Festival '64 Sonnyboy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Dissatisfied Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins - Ain't It A Pity - Baby Please Don't Go Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - I'm A Tearing Little Daddy John Henry Barbee - Cotton Pickin' Blues Hubert Sumlin / Sunnyland Slim - No Title Boogie Sugar Pie Desanto - Slip In Mules Howlin' Wolf - Dust My Broom rec. October 9th, 1964 at the Musikhalle, Hamburg
3-CD-Box Bellaphon CDLR 726321(34 Tracks, 133:54)
Disc 2: American Folk Blues Festival '66 Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie Otis Rush - All Your Love Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking Sleepy John Estes - You Shouldn't Do It Otis Rush - My Own Fault (actually "Sweet Little Angel") Junior Wells - Checkin' On My Baby - A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues Robert Pete Williams - Louise Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly - Roll 'Em Pete rec. October 16th, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, Berlin
Disc 3: American Folk Blues Festival '67 Bukka White - Aberdeen Blues Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Dillard Crume, Odie Payne - The Sky Is Crying Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Rock Island Line Son House - Got A Letter This Morning Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Dillard Crume, Odie Payne - You Be So Fine Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle Skip James - Hard Luck Child Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I'm Gonna Move Across The River Koko Taylor - What Kind Of Man Is This Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Walk On rec. October 15th, 1967 at Kongress-Halle, Berlin
Disc 4: American Folk Blues Festival '69 Juke Boy Bonner - Jumpin' With Juke Boy Earl Hooker - Going Up And Down Carey Bell - Rocking With Chromanica / I Feel Bad, Bad, Bad Juke Boy Bonner - Running Shoes John Jackson - Poor Boy Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Et Pas Sale Earl Hooker - Blue Shadows Fall Clifton Chenier - Wrap It Up Magic Sam - Easy Baby - Looking Good Whistling Alex Moore - Across The Atlantic Ocean John Jackson - John Jackson Breakdown rec. October 3rd, 1969 at Royal Albert Hall, London
4-CD-Box Bellaphon CDLR 726322(45 Tracks, 165:59)
Disc 2: American Folk Blues Festival '72 Bukka White - I'm Gettin' Ready - Aberdeen Blues Big Joe Williams - My Baby Is Gone - My Boots & Shoes Robert Pete Williams - Look Here Woman Roosevelt Sykes - Driving Wheel - Sweet Home Chicago Memphis Slim - Lonesome Traveller - Boogin' And Bluesin' Johnny Young, W.D.Kent, Billy Davenport - Instrumental Boogie Big Mama Thornton - Tell Me Baby - Ball In (!) Chain T-Bone Walker - Shake It Baby - Goin' Back To Church Jimmy Rogers & Whispering Smith - Tricky Woman Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith - Winter Time Blues Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band - Don't Ever Leave Me - Got My Mojo Workin' rec. March 16th at Lünen and October 26th, 1972 at München
Disc 3: American Folk Blues Festival '80 Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman - I Wonder Who - Lonesome Train Willie Mabon - Mabon's Boogie - I Don't Know Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Shake, Rattle And Roll Eunice Davis - Rock Little Daddy Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Flip, Flop And Fly Hubert Sumlin & Carey Bell - Gamblin' Woman - I Got A Little Thing They Call The Swing Carey Bell - One Day I Get Lucky - Nineteen Years Old - What My Mama Told Me Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinking - Sunnyland's New Orleans Boogie Eddie Taylor - Dust My Broom - There'll Be A Day Louisiana Red - Labour Blues rec. April 20/22th, and May 5/7th, 1980
Disc 4: American Folk Blues Festival '81 Bowling Green John & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Bowlin' Green Rag - Bye Bye Baby - Last Fair Deal Sunnyland Slim - One Room Country Shack - Tin Pan Alley - Dust My Broom Louisiana Red - Woodchopping Blues Hubert Sumlin - I Love Louisiana Red - Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky Lurrie Bell - I Need You So Bad - Man And The Blues Margie Evans - 29 Ways - Trouble Trouble - Hound Dog - Next Time I See You rec. March 10th, 1981 at the Konzertaula, Kamen, and March 17th, 1981 at the Siegerlandhalle, Siegen
4-CD-Box Bellaphon CDLR 726323(67 Tracks, 292:31)
Disc 2: American Folk Blues Festival '83 James "Sparky" Rucker - Rock Me Baby - Crossroads Larry Johnson - Midnight Hour - That's The Wrong Woman Louisiana Red - Red's Tribute To Muddy Waters - Boy From Black Bayou - She Is Worse Lonnie Pitchford - One-String Boogie - My Baby Walked Away - C.C. Rider Louisiana Red & Carey Bell - When I Lay Down To Rest - Who's Louisiana Red - Reagan Is For The Rich Man Lovie Lee & Band - Flip, Flop, And Fly - Mind To Ramble - Iko-Iko Queen Sylvia Embry & Friends - I Love You - Baby, What Do I Do rec. October 30th, 1983, at the Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt a. M., and November 11th, 1983 at the Music Hall, Würzburg
Disc 3: American Folk Blues Festival '85 James "Sparky" Rucker - Walkin' Blues Blind Joe Hill - Fanny Mae Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers - I Can't Quit You Baby James "Son" Thomas - Smokey Mountain Blues Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson &Young Blues Thrillers - Hold It Right There Young Blues Thrillers - From Boogie To Funk - Gettin' Closer - Young Blues Thrillers' Theme Margie Evans, Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers - Two Lovers In One rec. October 22, 1985, Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt a. M., and October. 23, 1985, Capitol, Mannheim
3-CD-Box Bellaphon CDLR 726324(45 Tracks, 195:12)