Victor 21124
Victor unissued
RCA International INT 1175 (US 1970)Wolf WSE-102 (Austria 1982)
Victor 21474
Victor V38001
Victor V38032
Columbia 14484-D
Columbia unissued
Victor V38580
Victor V38594
Columbia 14551-D
Columbia 14632-D
Columbia 14642-D
OKeh 8921
OKeh 8924
OKeh 8932
OKeh 8936
Columbia 14657-D (US 5/1932)
Columbia 14657-D (US 193?) (blue shellac, blue label!)
Victor 23328
= Bluebird B5362
= Bluebird B6007 (as by Ruby Glaze-Blind Willie)
= Sunrise S3443
Victor 23353
= Bluebird B5391
Vocalion unissued
# JEMF JEMF-106 (1979)
Vocalion 02568
Vocalion 02577
Vocalion 02595
Vocalion 02622
Vocalion 02623
Vocalion 02668
# Document DOCD-5411* JEMF JEMF-106 (1979)
# Document DOCD-5411* JEMF JEMF-106 (1979)[] Columbia C2K 53234// Document DOCD-5321
JEMF JEMF-106 (1979)
Decca 7077
Curley Weaver discography
Champion 50065
= Decca 7906
Champion 50077
= Decca 7664
Decca 7078
Decca unissued
MCA 1368 (US 1983)# MCA 3523 (Jp 1976)* MCA 3530 (Jp 1976)
Decca 7093
Decca 7130
Decca 7117
Decca 7810
# MCA 3523 (Jp 1976)# MCA 1368 (US 1983)
Library of Congress
# Archive of Folk Song AAFS L51 (1958) [excerpt]
Melodeon 7323 (1966)Storyville 186 (1967)RST BDCD 6001 (1990)
Sittin' In With 547
Document 6014 (1990)
Sittin' In With 646
Atlantic 891 (US 1/1950)
Atlantic unissued
Atlantic SD-7224
Regal 3260[no copy ever been found]
Delmark DE-755 (2002)Document 6014 (2008)
Regal 3272
Delmark DE-755 (US 2002)Document 6014 (UK 2008)
Regal 3277
Document 6014 (UK 2008)
Regal unissued
[] Savoy 1600 (c.1960)# Biograph 12008 (1969){} Biograph 12009 (1969)* Biograph 12035 (1971)// Delmark DE-755 (2002)Document 6014 (2008)
# Bluesville 1040 (1962)
Folkways FG 3585
custom CD from www.folkways.si.edu
Library of Congress Recording Laboratory AAFS L51 (Archive of Folk Culture)
8-pp. booklet by Samuel B. Charters RBF RF 1 (US 1959)
= RBF RF 1 (US 1966)
RBF discography
2 LP boxed setnotes (8-pp. booklet) by Samuel B. Charterssame front cover as RF-202(X)(1964), but with more reddish lettering notes captioned "RBF RECORDSalbum No. RF 202 Copyright © 1960" RBF RF-202 (1960)
(=) RBF RF-202 (X) (1964)
originally unissued tracks from same session: - My Blue Heaven - Basin Street Blues - St. James Infirmary - If I Had Wings - instrumental blues additional tracks remaining unreleased (acc to GRAY 2007, p. 368): - Warm Up - More About Life - Request for My Blue Heaven - Some Talk About Drinking - Talk About Salty Dog - Talk About New Orleans - Talk rec. September 1956 in Atlanta's Peachtree Street by record store owner Ed Rhodes
notes by Samuel B. Charters Bluesville BV/BVLP 1040 (US 1961) - trident label in use 1964 -1971
notes by Samuel B. Charters = Prestige PR-7809 (US 1966)
= Transatlantic PR 1040 (UK 1966)
notes by Samuel B. Charters = Prestige/Fantasy PR/PRT-7809 (US 1972)
notes by Samuel B. Charters = Prestige HBS 8008 (It 1982)
notes by Samuel B. Charters = OBC OBC-517 (US 1987)
notes by Samuel B. Charters (=) OBC OBCCD-517-2 (EU 1992)
notes by Peter Eden = Blue Planet BPLP 1003
= Pepper Cake CD PEC 2096-2 (Germany 2017)
= Pepper Cake CD PEC 4025-2 (EU December 14, 2018)
Bluesville Records discographyOBC Records discography
notes by John Greenway Bluesville BV/BVLP 1055 (US 1962)
notes by John Greenway Prestige BVLP 1055 (US 196?) - trident label in use 1964 -1971
notes by John Greenway = OBCCD-544 (US 1991)
Bluesville Records discographyOBC Records discographyTampa Red discographyLonnie Johnson discographyPink Anderson discographyMemphis Willie B. discography
12-pp. booklet Piedmont PLP 13159 (US 1963)
12-pp. booklet = Gryphon GLP 13159 (on cover), Chesapeake CLP 13159 (on label), Richland (on notes) (US 1964)[Dick Spottswood labels founded soon after he "left" Piedmont Records]
= Flyright LP 101 (UK 1973)
= Flyright LP 101 (UK 1978)
Piedmont Records discographyFlyright Records discography
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"
notes by Ed Salamon = Muse MR 5212 (Australia 1981) "Cryin' In The Morning"
= Musidisc 30CV955 (Fr) "Living With The Blues"
= Musidisc 30CO955 (Fr "collection or")
RBF 9 (US 196?)
7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP Heritage H-302 (UK 1964)
Heritage Records discography
2 LP boxed setnotes (8-pp. booklet) by Samuel B. Charters originally issued with same front and back cover as RF-202 (1960) but with orange letteringRBF RF-202 (X) (US 1964)
later issued with addition "All original recordings are included in their entirety" on back cover= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1966?)
2 LP boxed set(abbreviated) notes by Samuel B. Charters = XTRA 1035 (UK 1966)
DLP gatefoldnotes by Samuel B. Charters = XTRA 1035 (UK 1966?)
= Fontana 982.099
2 x CDrnotes by Samuel B. Charters = Smithsonian CD RF 202 (US 2012)
RBF discographyXTRA Records discography
notes by Lawrence Cohn RCA Victor LPV-518 (1965)
notes by Lawrence Cohn = RCA RD-7786 (UK 1965)
(not =) RCA 430.701 (Fr 1966) "Blue Bird Blues (1928-1942)" (Treasury Of Jazz #61)
notes by Samuel Charters RBF RF15 (US 1966)
notes by Richard Spottswood and John A. Lomax Melodeon MLP 7323 (US 1966)
= Storyville SLP 186 (Denmark 1967)
= Storyville 670.186
= Blue Moon BMLP 1.049 (198?)
RST BDCD 6001 (Austria 1990)
Melodeon Records discographyStoryville Records discography
Blues Classics BC 7 (US 1966)
Blues Classics discography
Belzona L 1005 (US 1968)
notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller = Yazoo L 1005 (US 1968)
Yazoo Records discography
Roots RL-309 (Austria 1968)
Roots Records discography
Kokomo K-1004 (UK 1969)
Kokomo Records discography
notes by Chris Albertson Biograph BLP-12008 (US 1969)
Biograph Records discography
Biograph BLP 12009 (US 1969)
Roots RL-324 (Austria 1969)
notes by Chris Albertson Historical HLP-31 (US 1969)
Historical Records discography
DLP CBS 22135
Roots RL 326 (Austria 1969?)
notes by Neil Slaven RCA International (Camden) INT 1175 (US 1970)= RCA 731.046
notes by Don Kent Biograph BLP-12035 (US 1971)
= Blue Moon 1.073 (UK 1989)
(=) Biograph BCD 124
notes by Richard K. Spottswood Historical HLP-34 (US 1971)
°° CD has seven additional tracks!
3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)
3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet = RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)
2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui = RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"
2 CD set = RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"
notes by Simon A. Napier Atlantic SD 7224 (US)
= Atlantic K40400 (UK)
= Atlantic CD 82366 (US 1992)
= WEA Atlantic WPCR-27595 (Jp 2012)
For Specialists Only FSO-001 (Austria [Paltram/Roots] 1972)
notes by Anonymous (transmitted from Melodeon 7323) Biograph BLP-C14 (US 1973)
notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller = Yazoo L 1037 (US 1974)
notes by Bengt Olsson Magnolia MLP 502 (Sweden 1974)
Magnolia Records discography
2 LP set RCA RVC RA-9054/55 (Jp 1975)
MCA-3526 (Jp 1975)
4 LP setnotes (in German and English) by Robert Hertwig MCA Coral 6.30106 (Germany 1975)
= MCA Coral 82.024 / RCOX 7526/1-4 (Germany 1975)
(=) Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006)
notes by Larry Cohn New World 235 (US 1976)
gatefold DLPnotes by Toyo Nakamura MCA-3521/22 (Jp 1975)
gatefold DLPnotes by Toyo Nakamura = MCA VIM-4636/37 (Jp 1981)
MCA 3523 (Jp 1976)
MCA 3530 (Jp 1976)
notes (Italian & English) by Alessandro Roffeni Albatros VPA 8437 (It 1979)= VC 4934 (cassette)
Albatros Records discography
32-pp. booklet by David Evans & Bruce Bastin John Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF 106
notes by David Evans & Bruce Bastin ("Edited by Chris Strachwitz from the original 31-pp. booklet to fit this space") John Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF 106(Arhoolie re-release sans booklet!)
JEMF discographyFred McMullen discographyBuddy Moss discographyCurley Weaver discography
Stash St-118 (US 1979)
Stash discography
notes by Steve Calt Yazoo 1063 (US 1979?)
Yazoo CD 1063 (US 1991?)
Wolf WSE 102 (Austria 1982)
notes by Richard James HiteMCA MCA-1368 (US 1983) (Jazz Heritage Series)
HK 4005 (Austria 1985)
HK Records discography
2 LP setAtlantic 7-81695-1part of "Atlantic Blues: Guitar, Piano, Vocalists, Chicago" (8 LP box)Atlantic 7-81713-1
4 CD set(=) Atlantic CD 82309 (US 1990) "Atlantic Blues: Guitar, Piano, Vocalists, Chicago"
Jass Five (US 1986?)
Stash/Jass Records discography
5 LP box set (80 tracks) Jass Box One (US 1987)
5 cassette set (80 tracks) (=) Jass JCB1-1 - JCB1-5 (US 1988)
2 CD set (50 tracks) (=) Jass JASS CD-11/12 (US 1989)
notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)
Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)
Bluesville Records discography
Document DLP 531 (Austria 1988)
notes by Pete LowryBiograph BCD 107
= Collectables 6925 (US 2007) (from the Archives of Biograph Records)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD 5006 (Austria 1990)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD 5007 (Austria 1990)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD 5008 (Austria 1990)
notes by Alan BalfourRST Blues Documents BDCD 6001 (Austria 1990)
updated notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD 6001 (UK 2000, remastered) "Tryin' To Get Home"
3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)
3 CD setnotes by Paul Oliver Vol. 1: 1927-1930 Vol. 2: 1927-1936 Vol. 3: 1929-1956= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)
= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)
3 CD set = 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)
notes by Paul Oliver Columbia LP C/AL 46215 (US 1990)
notes by Paul Oliver = Columbia/Legacy CD CK 46215 (US 1990)
notes by Paul Oliver = CBS/Legacy CD 467245 (EU 1990)
= CBS/Sony CSCS 5323 (Jp 1990)
notes by Neil Slaven (=) SPV Blue SPV 91722 (Germany/Poland 2008)
20 CD box set, CD 5 (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)
notes by Richard Spottswood CBS LP C 46218 (US 1990)= CBS LP 268.064 (UK 1990) (Roots n' Blues series)
notes by Richard Spottswood = CBS CD CK46218 (US 1990)= CBS CD 467251 (EU 1990) (Roots n' Blues series)
= CBS/Sony CSCS 5327 (Jp 1990)
= Columbia WCK 46218 (Ca 1990)
= Columbia 493345 2 (UK 1998)
notes by Neil Slaven = SPV GmbH/Blue Label CD SPV 42492 (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)
20 CD box set, CD 8notes by Dean Rudland (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)
2008 track sequence - My Baby`s Gone - Ticket Agent - Some Rainy Day - Trixie - Don't Forget It - A To Z Blues - Good Little Thing - You Can't Get Stuff No More - Love Changin' Blues - Savannah Mama - Talkin' To You Mama - East St. Louis - Wee Midnight Hours - Brownskin Woman Blues - She Don't Treat Me Good No More - I Keep On Drinking - Pal Of Mine (tk 1) - Pal Of Mine (tk 2) - Honey It Must Be Love - Sending Up My Timber (tk 1) - Sending Up My Timber (tk 2) - Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Trying To Get Home (Climbing High Mountains) - River Jordan (2:28) # - How About You (2:37) # - It's My Desire (tk 1) (3:35) - It's My Desire (tk 2) (2:37) - Hide Me In Thy Bosom (2:38) # 1950 Regal / Sittin' In With recordings; # 2008 additional tracks
notes by Alan BalfourRST Blues Documents BDCD 6014 (Austria 1990)
notes by David Evans (extended to 6 pages)Document BDCD 6014 (remastered 2008, 3 additional tracks) "Don't Forget It" The Post-War Years 1949
4 disc setnotes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)
20 CD box set (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)
Blue Planet BPLP
notes by Don KentBiograph BCD 126 (US 1993)
= Shout Factory CD 30171 (US 2003)
2 CD setnotes by David EvansSony Legacy C2K-53234
magazine written by Michael Gray Orbis BLU NC 043
notes by Guido van RijnDocument DOCD 5321 (Austria 1955)
notes by Dr. Guido van Rijn Document DOCD 5411 (Austria 1996)
notes by Don Kent Yazoo CD 2018 (US 1996)
Prestige PRCD-9917-2 (US 1999)
Bluesville discography
Universe/Comet UVLP 112 (It 1999)
Catfish CD 168 (UK 2000)
Catfish Records (UK) discography
2 CD setHistory CD 20.1942-HI (Germany 2000) (Nothing But The Blues series)
2 CD setnotes by Keith Briggs Catfish KATCD 178 (UK 2001)
Wolf 900004 (Austria 2001)
2 CD setnotes by Gary AtkinsonDocument CBL-200007 (UK 2001)= Allegro CBL 200007 (US)
notes by Niall DunbarTKO Magnum CBCD 022
3 CD box setnotes by Keith BriggsCatfish KATCD229 (UK 2002)
= Recall RCLR 23 (Fr 2005)
Our World OURW 308
notes by Kip LornellDelmark CD DE-755 (Apollo series)
4 CD box setJSP JSPCD 7711 (UK 2003)
P-Vine PVIN 2262 (Jp 2003)
notes by David EvansRCA Bluebird 82876-55157 BMG Heritage (US 2003)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (rel. 2003, for 2004)
Blues Images CD BIM-101 (US 2003) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (for 2004)
Blues Images calendar discography
notes by Don KentYazoo CD 2071 (US 2004)
notes by Bill DahlFuel 2000 VSD 3020614412 (US 2004)
2 CD setRecall SMD CD 522 (UK 2004)
Snapper SNAP 11 (UK 2004)
2 CD setAcrobat ACBT 5015 (US 2005)
2 CD setUniverse UV1422CD (It 2005)
Document DOCD-5677 (UK 2005)
6 CD box set36-pp. booklet by Paul Swinton and Russell BeecherSnapper SBLUECD504X (UK 2007)
Blues Images Vol. 5 (US 2007)
Blues Images
notes by David Evans,Larry Cohn, David Fulmer,Neil Harpe, Bruce Bastin,Luigi Mongewww.cohndesilva.com(active 04/2003-08/2007)
www.cohndesilva.com(active 04/2003-08/2007)
12 inch LPnotes by Richard Wellard Rockwell RWLP 004 (UK 2/2008)
12 inch LPMississippi MR-025 (US 2008)
12 inch DLPMonk MK309DLP (It 2009)
180-gram LPnotes by Mick Middles Third Man TMR 155 (US 2013)
5 CD set American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)
2 CDs and DVD size 32-pp. colour booklet in a DVD size case Frog Records DGF88 (UK 2019)
I herewith confessthat I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilationcontaining only one (or two ;-) Blind Willie McTell track(s) !!!
1) GRAY 2007, p. 292; FANCOURT & McGRATH 2006: rec. "c.August 1949" "(Matrices applied May 1950)"
thanks to Alan Balfour, Mark Claes, Nico Fournier, Alex van der Tuuk, Tom Ball and Mario Longoria for additional info / scans
Robert Crumb's 'Heroes Of The Blues' card # 30: Blind Willie McTell © 1980 by Yazoo Records, Inc., 245 Waverly Place. New York, NY 10014