Magic SamSamuel Gene Maghettb. February 14, 1937 in Grenada Redgrass-Hendersonville [communities in 1954 flooded by Grenada Lake], Grenada County, Mississippid. December 1, 1969 at home following a heart attack in the late morning, dead on arrival at St. Anthony Hospital in Chicago, Illinoisburied at Restvale Cemetery in Worth, Illinoisdiscography
ABCO G 105
ABCO G 106
Cobra unissued
Flyright FLY 579
Cobra 5013 (78 rpm)
= Fox F-5013 (US 1961) [Richard Stamz label; not "5103" as listed in Fancourt & McGrath)
Cobra 5013 (45 rpm, 196?)
Cobra 5021
# Blue Horizon 7-63223= Flyright FLY 561* Flyright FLY 562
Ping unissued
MBS Recordings acetate as by "Shaky Jake" [sic]
more info
Cobra 5025
Cobra 5029
= Python PKM-03 (UK 1969)
= Cobra 5029 repro (2011)
Python Records discography
# Blue Horizon 7-63223* Flyright FLY 562
Artistic 1502 (1958)
= Vivid 100 (1964)
Chief C-7013
Chief C-7017
Chief C-7026
= Jewel 871 (1981)
Chief C-7033
7 inch 45 rpm CBS 1444 (Germany 4/1964)
Crash 425[Al Benson label)
= The Blues 302
The Blues 303
Flyright FLY 605
Colt 647
Colt unissued
# Rooster R 7608* Delmark DS 618|| Delmark DS 651
originally unissued
# Delmark DS 618* Delmark DE 780
Special Agent 202
Bright Star 11-1037
= Minit 32070
7 inch 45 rpm EP P-Vine PEP-9033 (Jp 1982)
notes by Guy Stevens Sue ILP 921 (UK 1965)
Delmark CD DD-615 (2011): "The source material for the CD is now the original 1967 analog stereo mix by Stu Black." The Delmark DS-615 (1967) mix of "Every Night and Every Day" (2:19) omits the first verse entirely, because there was a bum note that prevented its use (Bob Koester); this apparently has been resolved for the 2011 CD remastered reissue
notes by Bill Lindemann "Delmark Records, 7 West Grand - Chicago, Ill. (60610)" Delmark DS-615 (US 1967)
= Delmark DS-615 (UK 1967)
notes by Bill Lindemann "Delmark Records, 4243 N. Lincoln - Chicago 60618" Delmark DS-615 (US 197?)
notes by Bill Lindemann = Goody GY 10.005 (Fr 19??) "Electric Blues Chicago Style - Vol. 5"
= Trio PA-3013 (Jp 1974)
= P-Vine PCD-1801 (Jp 1990)
= Charly BM 29 (UK 1992)
= Charly / Altaya BP 035 (Sp 1992)
= Delmark CD DD-615 (US 1993) (remastered by Roger Seibel)
= P-Vine PCD-23639 (Jp 2005)
= Delmark LP DS-615 (US 2009) [4121 N. Rockwell]
180 g LP= 6 Spices/Blue Kapibara 6S 229001 (NL 2009)
= P-Vine PCD-18577 (Jp 2009)
= P-Vine PCD-15043 (Jp 2010)
digipak(=) Delmark DD-615 (US 2011) (remastered original 1967 analog stereo mix)
= P-Vine PCD-93388 (Jp 2011)
Delmark Records discographyMighty Joe Young discographyMac Thompson discography
notes by Horst Lippmann Scout Sc-2 (Germany 1969)
Scout Records discographyAmerican Folk Blues Festival discographyOtis Rush discographyJ.B. Lenoir discographyLittle Brother Montgomery discography
Negro Art M-12-SB-358 (Fr)
Negro Art Records discography
notes by Bill Lindemann Delmark DL/DS 618 (US 1969)
= Delmark/Trio PA-3012 (Jp 1974)
= P-Vine PLP 365 (Jp 1988)
= Delmark DD-618 (1994)
Delmark Records discography
notes by Jim O'Neal Delmark DS-620
= Trio PA-3017 (Jp 197?)
(=) P-Vine PLP-356 (Jp 1987)
= Delmark DD-620 (US 1993)
= P-Vine PCD-1956
Pony Canyon/P-VinePCD-23661 (Jp 2005)
notes by Horst Lippmann Scout Sc-3 (Germany 1969)
Scout Records discographyAmerican Folk Blues Festival discography
notes by Mike Leadbitter Blue Horizon 7-63223 (UK 10/1969)
notes by Mike Leadbitter = Blue Horizon BM 4603 (US 1972)
= Epic ECPJ-21 (Jp 1975?)
notes by Bruce Bastin, Mike Leadbitter, Simon A. Napier = Flyright FLY 561 (UK 1980) "Magic Sam & Shakey Jake: Magic Rocker"
Blue Horizon Records discographyFlyright Records discography
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 discographyL+R Records discographyJuke Boy Bonner discographyEarl Hooker discographyJohn Jackson discographyWhistling Alex Moore discographyMac Thompson discography
DLP Blue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970)
DLP = Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970)
Blue Horizon 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
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
Blues Obscurities BOV7
Blues Oscurities discography
DLPnotes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 006 (UK 1971)
= Broadside CD STERN1 (UK 2008)
Red Lightnin' Records discography
2 LP set Rarities no #, no print on labels (NL 1972)
Delmark/Trio TD6 (Jp 1974)
notes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 0017 (UK 1977)
P-Vine PLP 9011 (Jp 1980)
Flyright FLY 562 (UK 1980)
Flyright Records discographyOtis Rush discography
notes by Norbert Hess L+R 42.014 (Germany 1980)
= L+R 12L0077 5 (Sp 1980)
= P-Vine PCD 2194 (Jp 1990)
notes by Bill Dahl = Evidence CD 26070 (US 1995)
= Bellaphon CDLR 82008 (Germany 1996) "Blues Classics"
= Doxy (It 2017)
L+R Records discography
notes by Geoff Hatherick Flyright FLY 579 (UK 1981)
Flyright Records discography
4 LP set P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)
3 CD set= P-Vine PCD-2130/32 (Jp 1989)
Delmark DL 645/46 gatefold P-Vine PLP 9031/32 gatefold
P-Vine PLP 9031/32 gatefold
P-Vine PCD-26040/1 track sequence: CD 1: - Every Night About This Time - I Don't Believe You'd Let Me Down - Mole's Blues - I Just Got To Know - Tore Down - You Were Wrong - Backstroke - Come On In This House - Looking Good - Riding High CD 2: - San-Ho-Zay - I Need You So Bad - You Don't Love Me - Strange Things Happening - I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) - All Your Love - Sweet Home Chicago - I Got Papers On You, Baby - Looking Good - Looking Good (encore)
2 record set Delmark DL 645/46
= P-Vine PLP 9031/32 (Jp 1981)
= P-Vine PCD-1810/11 (Jp 1990)
notes by Peter K. Kroehler, John R. Fishel & Dick ShurmanDelmark CD DE 645 (US 1993)
2 CD set(=) P-Vine PCD-26040/1 (Jp 2011)
Intermedia QS-5025= Javelin CWN CD 2016 (Israel 1996)
= Javelin CWN CD 2016 (Israel 1996)
notes by Robert Scherl Intermedia QS-5041
notes by Robert Scherl Aura A-1005
notes by Alan Balfour Flyright FLY 590 (UK 1983)
notes by Robert Sacre &Anonymous [actually MarcelVos]Black Magic BM 9003 (NL 1983)
notes by Robert Sacre &Anonymous [actually MarcelVos]= Black Top CD BT-1085 (US 1993) "Magic Touch"
= RockBeat ROC-CD-3161 (US 2013)= Floating World FLOATM 6196 (UK 2013) "Live At Sylvio's 1968"
= P-Vine PCD-20279 (Jp 2013) "Live At Sylvio's"
Shakey Jake discography
Flyright FLY 605 (UK 1985)
Flyright Records discographyShakey Jake discography
notes by Rich Mangelsdorff Rooster R 7608
notes by Neil Slaven Charly CRB 1134 (UK 1986)
Vivid VS-6002 (Jp 1986)
Delmark DS-651
= P-Vine PLP-516 (Jp)
= Delmark CD DD-651 (1997)(remix!)
= P-Vine PCD-5218 (Jp 1997)
= P-Vine PCD-23699 (Jp 2006)
notes by Akira KouchiP-Vine PCD-2123 (Jp)
Flyright FLYCD 02
= Paula CD 02 (1991)
Charly CD 218 (UK 1990)
= Zafiro DLP 30512731(Sp 1991)
Flyright FLYCD 18 (UK 1991)
notes by Jim O'Neal Delmark DD 654 (US 1991)
= P-Vine PCD-1836 (Jp)
P-Vine PCD 2350 (Jp 1992)
Delmark DX-2 (US 1993)
notes by John Collis Charly CD BM 29 (UK 1993)
2 CD setCapricorn 42012-2 (US 1993)
= Zomba 7893942012 2 (US 2001)
4 CD set Charly CD DIG 4 (UK 1994)
4 CD set with 44 pp. bookletCharly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
notes by Neil Slaven Orbis BLU NC 021
P-Vine PCD-3745 (Jp 1995)
notes by Justin O'BrienDelmark DE-697 (US 1997)
# Delmark DG-765
Charly CDGR 143-2 (UK 1997)
3 CD setColumbia 488992-2 (US 1997)
P-Vine PVCP-8143 (Jp 1997)
notes by Ron Bartolucci Wolf 120.298 CD(Austria 199?)
notes by Bill Dahl Fuel CD 302 061 104 2 (US 2001)
Westside WESA 890 (UK 2001)
notes by Dick ShurmanDelmark DG-765 (US 2002)
= P-Vine PCD-24126 (Jp 200?)
= P-Vine PCD-20224 (Jp 200?)
2 CD setDelmark DD-905 (US 2003)
P-Vine PCD 24062 (Jp 2003)
American Folk Blues Festival discography
notes by Rob Bowman Hip-O CD B0003224-02
24-page booklet with anessay by Rob Bowman Reelin' in the Years /Hip-O DVD B0000751-09
Delmark 780 (US 2005)
Fuel CD 061554 (US 2006)
notes by Bill DahlFuel CD 061692 (US 2007)
4 CD setnotes by Hitoshi KoideP-Vine PCD 18528/31 (Jp 2008)
digipack + 56-page booklet Tropical Music DVD68.364 (Germany 2009)
RockBeat ROC-CD-3110(2012)
= P-Vine PCD-20223 (Jp 201?)
Delmark DE-833
= Delmark/P-Vine PCD-24307 (Jp 2013)
2xLP(=) Delmark DF2-833 (US 2014)
2 CD setFuel 2000 3025474 (US 2013)
King (Jp 1994)
notes by Bill DahlEvidence CD 26086 (US 1997)
thanks to Phil Wight, Gerrit Robs, Benoît Brière, Yoshimi Hirata, Keith Randall, Scott Dirks, Rusty Zinn, Clifford Ocheltree, Jurgen Baldhead and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans
Magic Sam & Johnny Jones in Chicago, IL, c. early 1960ssource: Blues Unlimited 139 (Autumn 1980), p. 41 ("Courtesy Letha Jones")
Magic Sam & Shakey Jake at Silvio's, Chicago, IL, 1966source: Block 72 (oct/nov/dec '89), p. 30; photographer: Georges Adins Magic Sam 1968source: Front cover of Flyright FLY 590photographer: John Harmer 1969 AFBF ensemble (l to r): Mac Thompson, Earl Hooker, Clifton Chenier,Juke Boy Bonner, Cleveland Chenier, Magic Sam, Carey Bell,'Whistling' Alex Moore, John Jackson, Robert St. Judy Julien source: Blues Unlimited 130 (1978), p. 24; photographer: Chris Strachwitz 1969 AFBF ensemble (l to r) (standing): Earl Hooker, Cleveland Chenier, Magic Sam, Carey Bell,John Jackson, Robert St. Judy Julien, Willy Leiser (headlocked, almost invisible);(kneeling): Juke Boy Bonner, Clifton Chenier, Mac Thompson, 'Whistling' Alex Moore source: Back cover of Arhoolie 1048 "Alex Moore in Europe"; photographer: Chris Strachwitz 1981 Delmark Records press sheet for Delmark DL 645/646 Magic Sam's headstone at Restvale Cemetery in Worth, Illinoissource: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/dbgtour/maghett_samuel.htm
Magic Sam 1968source: Front cover of Flyright FLY 590photographer: John Harmer 1969 AFBF ensemble (l to r): Mac Thompson, Earl Hooker, Clifton Chenier,Juke Boy Bonner, Cleveland Chenier, Magic Sam, Carey Bell,'Whistling' Alex Moore, John Jackson, Robert St. Judy Julien source: Blues Unlimited 130 (1978), p. 24; photographer: Chris Strachwitz 1969 AFBF ensemble (l to r) (standing): Earl Hooker, Cleveland Chenier, Magic Sam, Carey Bell,John Jackson, Robert St. Judy Julien, Willy Leiser (headlocked, almost invisible);(kneeling): Juke Boy Bonner, Clifton Chenier, Mac Thompson, 'Whistling' Alex Moore source: Back cover of Arhoolie 1048 "Alex Moore in Europe"; photographer: Chris Strachwitz 1981 Delmark Records press sheet for Delmark DL 645/646 Magic Sam's headstone at Restvale Cemetery in Worth, Illinoissource: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/dbgtour/maghett_samuel.htm
1969 AFBF ensemble (l to r): Mac Thompson, Earl Hooker, Clifton Chenier,Juke Boy Bonner, Cleveland Chenier, Magic Sam, Carey Bell,'Whistling' Alex Moore, John Jackson, Robert St. Judy Julien source: Blues Unlimited 130 (1978), p. 24; photographer: Chris Strachwitz 1969 AFBF ensemble (l to r) (standing): Earl Hooker, Cleveland Chenier, Magic Sam, Carey Bell,John Jackson, Robert St. Judy Julien, Willy Leiser (headlocked, almost invisible);(kneeling): Juke Boy Bonner, Clifton Chenier, Mac Thompson, 'Whistling' Alex Moore source: Back cover of Arhoolie 1048 "Alex Moore in Europe"; photographer: Chris Strachwitz 1981 Delmark Records press sheet for Delmark DL 645/646 Magic Sam's headstone at Restvale Cemetery in Worth, Illinoissource: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/dbgtour/maghett_samuel.htm
1969 AFBF ensemble (l to r) (standing): Earl Hooker, Cleveland Chenier, Magic Sam, Carey Bell,John Jackson, Robert St. Judy Julien, Willy Leiser (headlocked, almost invisible);(kneeling): Juke Boy Bonner, Clifton Chenier, Mac Thompson, 'Whistling' Alex Moore source: Back cover of Arhoolie 1048 "Alex Moore in Europe"; photographer: Chris Strachwitz 1981 Delmark Records press sheet for Delmark DL 645/646 Magic Sam's headstone at Restvale Cemetery in Worth, Illinoissource: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/dbgtour/maghett_samuel.htm
1981 Delmark Records press sheet for Delmark DL 645/646
Magic Sam's headstone at Restvale Cemetery in Worth, Illinoissource: http://www.deadbluesguys.com/dbgtour/maghett_samuel.htm