Paramount 13006
= Century 4011 (US 1947)
= Jazz Collector L44 (UK 1949)
Paramount 13023
Paramount 13046
Melotone M12548
= Vocalion 02706
Vocalion unissued
Document BDCD 6045
Bluebird B6072
# Bluebird 7970
Bluebird B6140
Bluebird B6658
Bluebird B6697
= Montgomery Ward M7111
Bluebird B6706
Bluebird B6707
= Bluebird B7156
Bluebird B6733
= Bluebird B10953
Bluebird B6766
= Montgomery Ward M7112
Bluebird B6788
Bluebird B6811
Bluebird B6825
Bluebird B6894
# = Bluebird 10177
Bluebird B6916
Bluebird B7178
Bluebird B7277
Bluebird B7806
# Bluebird B6894
Bluebird 10177
Leroy Carr discography
Bluebird B7970
Century 4009
Century 4010
Ebony 1000
Ebony 1002
Ebony 78-1005
Ebony MMF 1040 ("South Center Records")
# Ebony EB-1095
Brother John Sellers discography
Ebony EB-1095
10 inch LPnotes by Birch (Birchall Warren) Smith Windin' Ball WS 104 (US 1954) [Birch Smith's label]
Saydisk/Matchbox SDR-213
Redita RLP 133 track sequence: - One Room Country Shack a) - Trembling Blues b) - Prison Bound c) - My Electronical Invention Blues d) - Brownskin Woman a) - La Salle St. Boogie e) - I Keep On Drinkin' d) °° - New Vicksburg Blues f) °° - Farrish St. Jive b) °° - Chinese Man Blues f) °° - Cow Cow Blues f) °° - That's Why I Keep Drinkin' d) - I Got The Blues About My Baby a) - Bob Martin Blues b) - Devil Is A Busy Man a) - No Special Rider f) - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' c) °° Redita RLP 133 bonus tracks rec. July 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL by John Steiner (a, c, d, e) and Paul Oliver (b, f); session arranged and supervised by Paul Oliver a) Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr b) Little Brother Montgomery, p c) Sunnyland Slim, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr d) Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr e) Sunnyland Slim, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr f) Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p 77 Records LA 12/21 front cover photo by Paul Oliver Wolf CD bonus tracks: - I Keep On Drinkin' - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Cow Cow Blues - New Vicksburg Blues - Farrish St. Jive - Chinese Man Blues Southland CD bonus tracks: Sunnyland Slim - Depression Blues - Sad And Lonesome - Disc Jockey Special - Vicksburg Blues
notes by Paul Oliver 77 Records LA 12/21 (UK 1960)
notes by Paul Oliver = Int. Polydor 423212 (Germany 1966)
(=) Redita RLP 133 (NL 1989) (+ 5 bonus tracks)
= Wolf CD 120.296 (Austria 1992) "The La Salle Chicago Blues Recordings, Vol. 1"
notes by Paul Oliver= Southland SCD-010 (US 1994) (+ 4 bonus tracks)
77 Records discographySouthland Records discography
Roosevelt Sykes tracks on Fantasy 24717: Roosevelt Sykes - Drivin' Wheel - Long, Lonesome Night - Set The Meat Outdoors @ youtube - Coming Home - Stompin' The Boogie - Number Nine @ youtube - Calcutta - Selfish Woman - Hangover - Night Time Is The Right Time @ youtube - Runnin' The Boogie @ youtube - Hey Big Momma Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Clarence Perry, Jr., ts; Frank Ingalls, g; Floyd Ball, g; Armond "Jump" Jackson, dr
notes by Frank Driggs Bluesville BVLP 1012 (mono) (US 1960)
notes by Frank Driggs = Status ST 1012 (US mid-1960s)
notes by Frank Driggs = Prestige PRT/PRST 7807 (US 1972)
notes by Paul Oliver (=) Fantasy 24717 (US 1973) "Urban Blues" (along with BVLP 1006)
notes by Frank Driggs = OBCCD-554-2 (US 1992)
notes by Frank Driggs = OBCCD-554-2 (EU 1992)
Bluesville Records discographyOBC Records discographyLafayette Thomas discographyRoosevelt Sykes discography
notes by Alexis Korner Columbia 33SX 1289 (UK 1961) (Lansdowne Jazz Series)
notes by Alexis Korner = Metronome MLP 15065 (Denmark 19??) (Lansdowne Jazz Series)
Aves 0059.012Aves INT 146.502
Columbia 45-DB 4595 (UK 1961)
notes by Rudi Blesh Folkways FG 3527 (US 1961)
DLP Riverside RLP 389/390 (mono)
DLP = Riverside RLP 9389/9390 (stereo)
DLP= Riverside/Victor SR-7038/9 (Jp)
notes by Chris Albertson Riverside RLP 403 (mono)= RS-9403 (stereo)
notes by Chris Albertson = OBC 508
notes by Chris Albertson = OBC OBCCD-508-2
OBC Records discography
notes by Chris Albertson Riverside RLP 410 (mono)
= Riverside RS-9410 (stereo)
= OBC OBC 525 (US 1987)
= Ace CH 263
= OBC OBCCD-525-2
7 inch EP 45 rpmRCA 86.395 (Fr 1964)
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1006 (US 1965)
Spivey Records discography
CD tracks: - So Much Good Feeling - Boogie Woogie Red - A Little Different - Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead - James "Butch" Cage & Willie Thomas - The Onliest Way - Lil Son Jackson - My Father's Style / So It Rocked On / Move To Kansas City - J.B. Lenoir - When She Come Back / Poor Country Boy - Otis Spann - Ain't No Easy Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins - Evil Heart Blues - Mance Lipscomb - A Roughneck - Blind Arvella Gray - West Helena Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Days of 1900 / Newport News Blues - Will Shade - Chock House Days / Come and Get Me - Whistling Alex Moore - Move Back! For What? - Brother John Sellers - Been Down So Long - J.B. Lenoir - A Place They Call Boots' - James "Stump" Johnson [] - Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown [] - They Called Us Gandy Dancers / Work Songs / John Henry - Blind Arvella Gray with Blind James Brewer [] - Santa Fe Train - Edwin "Buster" Pickens - Most Reason I Sing - Robert Curtis Smith - Santa Fe Blues - Jasper Love - Somewhere Down The Line - John Lee Hooker - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change - Robert Curtis Smith - Only Places They Can Go / People Call Me Lucky - Otis Spann - What Have I Committed? - Henry Townsend - 'Tween Midnight And Day - James "Butch" Cage - Walking Basses / Dud Low Joe / The First Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery # - They Call Him "Pork Chops" / Forty-Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Blues In The Bottle - Mance Lipscomb - To Have The Blues Within - Edward "Buster" Pickens - Colorado Springs Blues - Edwin "Buster" Pickens [] All tracks recorded between June 26 and August 28, 1960 # rec. July 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL
LP and CD have slightly different tracks: [] = not on LP resp. CD !!!
notes (plus 6-pp. insert) by Paul Oliver  Decca LK 4664 insert (1 sheet folded to 6 pp.) Decca LK 4664 (UK 1965)
notes by Paul Oliver = Decca LK 4664 (Germany 1965)
LP resp. CD accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title:London (Cassell) (1st UK ed. 1965) xv, 217 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm
New York (Horizon Press) (1st US ed. 1965) xix, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
London ("Jazz Book Club") JBC 64 (2nd UK ed. 1967)
Cambridge (University Press) 0 521 59181 3 (revised edition of the original 1965 book with enclosed CD) (2nd US ed. 1997)
Doyosha LLC (1st Jp ed. 2016) ISBN 978-4-907511-25-8 (190 × 129 × 21,8 mm | 336 pages (incl. 48 photos) | weight: 9,5 pound; price: 1.850 JPY equals 14,84 EUR) translated by Yasufumi Higurashi
notes by Paul Oliver Riverside RM/RLP 8809 (US 1965)
= Pierre Cardin presente 93518 (Fr 1975)
= BASF 10 29525 7 (Fr) (Jazz Ancestors series)
= Music Parade Cetra LEL 206 (It)
Jabo Williams discographyTurner Parrish discography
review at record-fiend.blogspot.de
DLPnotes by Charles Edward Smith Folkways FA 2691 (US 1965)
custom CD from www.folkways.si.edu
Folkways FTS 31042 track sequence:@ youtube (full album playlist) - Rock Of Ages - Zion Of God - Wilderness - He'll Understand # °° - I Got A Father - This Train - Now When The Saints Go Marching In - God Be With You - Veil Of Beulah [on back cover: Benlah] (p solo) °° - Down By The Riverside - Over On The Evergreen Shore - In The Blood - Just Got Over At Last [track not mentioned on front & back cover] - It Pays To Serve Jesus - She Has Gone To Heaven # - I'll Be There °° tracks not included on XTRA 1018 rec. 1961 in Chicago, IL by Moses Asch; Little Brother Montgomery. voc, p; # Booker T. Washington, voc; # Gladys Hawthorne, voc; Mike McKendrick, voc, g; Bill Martin, tp Folkways FTS 31042: tape mastered by Nick Perls; compiled by David A. Jasen
notes by John Lockwood XTRA 1018 (UK 1965) "Spirituals"
notes by Stephen Calt = Folkways FTS 31042 (US 1975) "Church Songs played on the piano and sung by ..."
XTRA Records discography
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, drnotes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel Amiga 855114 (GDR 1968, flipback cover)(GDR 1971 repress, no flipback cover) 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, flipback cover)(GDR 1971 repress, no flipback cover)
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, drnotes (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)
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 '65-'66 Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386 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 1965) 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 1966) 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) (=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 65-66" American Folk Blues Festival discography Fontana Records discography L+R Records discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Otis Rush discography Sleepy John Estes discography Yank Rachell discography Robert Pete Williams discography
(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 65-66"
American Folk Blues Festival discography Fontana Records discography L+R Records discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Otis Rush discography Sleepy John Estes discography Yank Rachell discography Robert Pete Williams discography
originally unissued
Hip-O DVD 0008353-09
American Folk Blues Festival discographyOtis Rush discography
Hip-O CD 1003 (2003)Hip-O DVD 602498604120
compiled and edited by Samuel ChartersRBF 12
read notes
RBF discography
7 inch 45 rpmFM 1000
Blackbird 705
Lakco unissued
# Earwig LP 4918
7 inch 45 rpm FM 1001
7 inch 45 rpm FM 1002
Folkways FT 1014 (acetate)
notes by Raeburn Flerlage Folkways FT 1014 (mono)= FTS 31014 (electronically reprocessed "stereo"!)
notes by Raeburn Flerlage = XTRA 1115 (UK 1971)
CD-RFolkways FTS 31014 (US 2009)
notes by Horst Lippmann Scout Sc-1 (Germany 1968)
Scout Records discography
notes by Horst Lippmann Scout Sc-2 (Germany 1969)
Scout Records discographyAmerican Folk Blues Festival discographyOtis Rush discographyMagic Sam discographyJ.B. Lenoir discography
notes by Mike Stewart Adelphi AD 1003S (US 1969)
(=) Adelphi GCD 9913 (US 1999)
Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1604 (US 2017) "Worried Blues"
Adelphi Records discography
notes by Chris Albertson Biograph BLP 12010 (US 1969)
= Blue Moon BMLP 1.067 (UK 1989)
Biograph Records discographySt. Louis Jimmy discography
Saydisc Matchbox SDR 146 (UK 1969)
Kay 014 KJ (1979)(30 minutes)
= Rhapsody 8022 (1986)
(=) Vestapol DVD 13003 (2003 "bonus track") "Legends of Country Blues Guitar Vol. 1"
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1012
DLPBlue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970)
DLP = Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970)
Blue Horizon Records discography
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter Saydisk/Matchbox SDR-213 (UK 1971)
= Autogram (Monogram) RSE-03 (Germany 1987)
°° 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 Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls Yazoo 1028
= Yazoo CD 1028 (1992)
Yazoo Records discography
notes by Pete Lowry Atlantic SD-7227 (US 1972)
= Atlantic P-6187 A (Jp)
Delmark CD DE-626 bonus tracks: Roosevelt Sykes - (New Year's) Resolution Blues (2:28) ### [Delmark DD 773] @ youtube Sunnyland Slim - Poor Boy (4:04) ** - Depression Blues (3:03) ## Memphis Slim - Five O'Clock Blues (2:51) - Nat Dee Special (2:47) Curtis Jones - Lonesome Bedroom Blues § (5:10) [Delmark DL 605] @ youtube - Takin' Off (2:55) §§ @ youtube // rec. 1956/57 in St. Louis, MO; Speckled Red, voc, p # rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p resp. Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; ## Homesick James, g/b ### rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p || all 4 of Little Brother Montgomery's 1947 sides originally meant to be issued on Disc Records § rec. January 12, 1962 / §§ January 27, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p [] rec. December 30, 1969 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, p; Fred Below, dr front cover photo by Ray Flerlage
notes by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, 4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618" Delmark 626 (US 1972)
= Trio PA-3046 (Jp 1974)
= Trio PA-6211 (Jp 1978)
notes by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, 4121 North Rockwell, Chicago, Illinois 60618" (=) Delmark CD DE-626 (US 1996)
Delmark Records discographyTrio Records discographySpeckled Red discographyRoosevelt Sykes discographyCurtis Jones discographyOtis Spann discographyHomesick James discography
Blues Beacon 1932 115 (Germany 1972)
text transcription by Teddy Doering Blues Beacon 631002 (Germany 1982)
= Blues Beacon CD BLU-1002 (Germany 1993)
Blues Bacon discography
Matchbox SDM-223 (UK 1972)
= Autogram ALL-223 (Germany)
Matchbox Records discography
notes by Mike Leadbitter Transatlatic TRA SAM 25 (UK 1972)
= Guimbarda 30.111057 (Sp 1979) "Bluesmen 3"
Delmark DE-663 (US 1976)
Delmark Records discography
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter Storyville SLP 228 (Denmark 1973)= Storyville ST 21204 (Fr)
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter = Storyville CD 8007 (Sweden 1991) "Blues Masters Vol. 7"
Storyville Records discography
Trio PA-3087 (Jp 1975)
= Vivid Sound VSCD-011 (Jp 1999)
Trio Records discography
notes by Paige Van Vorst Delmark DS 637 (US 1976)
= Delmark DD 637 (1993)
Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence: CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1 Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues Laura Dukes - Crawdad The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin' Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2 Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me The Aces - Blue Shadows Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues # Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues ## Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now # James De Shay - Crossroads °° James De Shay - Pony Blues °° James De Shay - Mistake In Life °° James De Shay - Evil Is Going On °° James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor °° James De Shay - Forty Four °° Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People °° Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down °° Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk °° Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye °° Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom °° Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues °° CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °° Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °° Memphis Slim - All By Myself °° Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °° Memphis Slim - In The Evening °° Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °° Matt Murphy - Taking Off °° Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °° °° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks # rec. January 29, 1976 in Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; ## Edith Wilson, voc
DLPnotes by Giles Oakley Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976)
3 CD box setnotes by Neil Slaven = Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series"
Red Lightnin' Records discography
RCA RA 5709 (Jp 1976)
= MCA/Victor MCA-3537 (Jp)
notes by Max Jones EMI (One-Up) OU 2164 (UK 1977)
notes by Max Jones EMI (One-Up) OU 2192 (UK 1977)
DLPnotes by Jim O'Neal RCA / Bluebird AXM2-5522 (Fr 1977)
foreword by Francis Smithnotes by Bob Halland Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4401
Magpie PYCD 01 (1990)(four add'l tracks)
Magpie Records discography
foreword by Francis Smithnotes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4405
Columbia 33SX 1289
Aves 0059.012 (Germany 1978)
= Aves INT 146.502 (Germany 1978)
Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530 track sequence Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me # @ youtube John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues # Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues # James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °° Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin' Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog # Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee °° rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; compiled and edited by Norman Dayron & Mark Naftalin # rec. c. 1963 at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL; Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p
notes by Pete Welding Roots TR 1005 (US 1977)
= CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977)
notes by Pete Welding (=) TK Records TKR 82539 (UK 1978) "Rare Gems Vol. 1" (LP 1 only)
notes by Pete Welding (=) Bullseye Blues CD BB 9530 (US 1993) "Rare Chicago Blues 1962-1968"
notes by Bob Halland Richard NoblettMagpie PY 4412
DLP RCA CL 42858 (UK)
notes by Norman DayronTakoma TAK 7071
= Sonet SNTF 863
Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2"Takoma Blues"
Takoma Records discography
notes by Norman Dayron Takoma TAK 7081
notes by Norman Dayron = Sonet SNTF 853= Sonet RISLP-14115
notes by Tony Russell JSP 1015
JSP Records discography
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1027
notes by Alan Balfour Flyright 577
(=) Flyright CD 31 (1990)Chicago piano 1951-58from JOB & Cobra
Flyright Records discography
4 LP set P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)
JSP 1056
FM 2001
2 LP setnotes by Jim O'NealAtlantic 7-81694-1part of "Atlantic Blues:Guitar, Piano, Vocalists,Chicago" (8 LP box)Atlantic 7-81713-1
4 CD set(=) Atlantic CD 82309 (1990)"Atlantic Blues: Guitar, Piano, Vocalists, Chicago"
foreword byFrancis Wilford Smithnotes by Bob Hall Magpie PY 4451
= Magpie PYCD 04
foreword byFrancis Wilford Smithnotes by Paul Oliver Magpie PY 4452
= Magpie PYCD 05
Collector's Classics CC 35
notes by Tom Carter[= Mike Rowe]Swingtime/Bluetime BT 2015(Dk)
RCA CD 2098-2-R
Earwig LP/CD 4918
= Blue Sting
notes by Chris SmithFlyright FLYCD 31
= Paula PCD-15 (1991 US)
Magpie PY 4401+ four tracks fromMagpie PY 4420
notes by Bob Halland Richard Noblett Magpie PYCD 01
Black Swan HCD-11
Document DOCD 5109
= P-Vine 5758 (Jp 2002)
Document DOCD 6034
4 CD set40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
Yazoo CD 2043
booklet by Bob HallYazoo CD 2053
2 CD setnotes by Scott Barretta, Hans Westman, Rolf Wikström & Per "Slim" Notini Jefferson Records SBACD 12655/6 (Sweden 2000)
RST Blues Documents BDCD-6045
2 CD setWestside CD WESD 233
2 CD setnotes writer's name not given, most likely Leif Gäverth Jefferson Records SBACD 12658/9 (Sweden 2004)
3 CD set20 page booklet notesby Karl Gert zur HeideAgram Blues AB3CD 2026
notes by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff PlaceSmithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40211 (US 2014)[read notes]
thanks to David J Costa, Russell Shor, Peter Brown, Rob van den Handel, Pauli Koivula, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Scott Barretta, Don Deering, Manfred Helfert and Axel Küstner for additional info / scans / MP3
Lee Jackson, 'Clear Waters' (Eddie Clearwater), Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy (Oden),Sunnyland Slim, Tom Archia, Corky Roberts(on), Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Shakey Jake (Harris) - all guests at the "Blues Party",a special event organized in Jump Jackson's garage "studio", 5727 South La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, summer 1960source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg, Germany (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137photographer: William Claxton
Little Brother Montgomery, Victoria Spivey, Lonnie Johnson & Sonny Greer, June 21, 1965 in New Yorkafter finishing recordings for Spivey LP 1006 "The Queen and her Knights"source: Blues Forum Nr. 13 (1. Quartal 1984), p. 9; photographer: Len Kunstadt
Performers of the 'Blues is a Woman' Concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, Avery Fisher Hall, 1980(standing, l to r): Koko Taylor, Linda Hopkins, George Wein, Rosetta Reitz, Adelaide Hall, Little Brother Montgomery,Big Mama Thornton, Beulah Bryant; (seated, l to r): Sharon Freeman, Sippie Wallace, Nell Cartersource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Reitz; photographer: Barbara Weinberg Barefield