Illustrated Boogie Disease / Nighthawk Records discography

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# year of release	title / notes
Boogie Disease Records Leroy Pierson's first (one record) label, 500 copies only
BD 101/2 (1972)	Take A Little Walk With Me The Blues in Chicago 1948-1957 LP 1: J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie Willie Nix - All By Yourself Floyd Jones - Any Old Lonesome Day Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy Little Willie Foster - Little Girl John Lee Henley - Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door Robert Nighthawk - My Sweet Lovin' Woman John Brim - Gary Stomp Lazy Bill Lucas - She Got Me Walkin' Willie Nix - Nervous Wreck Floyd Jones - Skinny Woman Grace Brim - Going Down The Line Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out Little Walter - Blue Baby Jimmy Rogers - Ludella No. 2 Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me LP 2: Grace Brim - Mean Man Blues Robert Nighthawk - Feel So Bad Homesick James - The Woman I Love Lazy Bill Lucas - I Had A Dream Willie Nix - No More Love Floyd Jones - Floyd's Blues John Lee Henley - Rhythm Rockin' Boogie Memphis Minnie - World Of Trouble Johnny Young - Let Me Ride Your Mule Floyd Jones - Big World John Brim - Drinking Woman Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay Junior Wells - Tomorrow Night Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues Johnny Shines - Living In The White House compiled, annotated and produced by Leroy Pierson Front cover depicts Lazy Bill Lucas DLP notes by Leroy J. Pierson Boogie Disease BD 101/2
Nighthawk Records
101 (1976)	Windy City Blues The Transition: 1935 to 1953 Pinetop [Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks] - Every Day I Have The Blues State Street Boys - Sweet To Mama Washboard Sam - Easy Ridin' Mama Robert Lee McCoy - Prowlin' Nighthawk Sonny Boy Williamson - Sunnyland - My Little Cornelius Robert Lockwood - Black Spider Blues - I'm Gonna Train My Baby Guitar Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise - Casey Brown Blues Tampa Red - Green And Lucky Blues Robert Lockwood - Gonna Dig Myself A Hole - Dust My Broom Tony Hollins - Fishin' Blues - Wino Woman Johnny Shines - Please Don't notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 101
102 (1976)	Chicago Slickers 1948-1953 Little Walter - I Want My Baby Floyd Jones - School Days - Hard Time Forest City Joe - A Woman On Every Street Little Walter - Just Keep Lovin' Her John Brim - Dark Clouds - Lonesome Man Blues Earl Hooker - Sweet Angel Johnny Shines - Ramblin' - Cool Driver Homesick James - Lonesome Ole Train - Farmer's Blues Delta Joe - Train Time Big Boy Spires - About To Lose My Mind Floyd Jones - Early Morning notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 102
103 (1976)	Lowdown Memphis Harmonica Jam 1950-1955 Hot Shot Love - Harmonica Jam - Wolf Call Boogie Joe Hill Louis - Street Walkin' Woman - Walkin' Talkin' Blues J. D. Horton - Cadillac Blues - Why Don't You Let Me Be Mumbles - Now Tell Me Baby - Jumpin' Blues Joe Hill Louis - Gotta Let You Got - Boogie In The Park Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years - Bakershop Boogie Woodrow Adams - Wine Head Woman - Baby, You Just Don't Know Chicago Sunny Boy - Love My Baby - On The Floor notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 103
104 (1976)	Detroit Ghetto Blues 1948-1954 Slim Pickens - Papa's Boogie @ Spotify Walter Mitchell - Pet Milk Blues @ youtube - Stop Messin' Around @ Spotify L. C. Green - Little School Girl @ Spotify - Going Down To The River @ Spotify Sam Kelly - Ramblin' Around Blues @ Spotify Playboy Fuller - Gonna Play My Guitar @ youtube - Sugar Cane Highway @ youtube Rocky Fuller - Soon One Morning @ Spotify - Come On Baby Now @ Spotify Robert Henry - Something's Wrong @ youtube Baby Boy Warren - Hello Stranger @ Spotify Henry Smith - Lonesome Blues @ Spotify - Good Rockin' Mama @ youtube Baby Boy Warren - Taxi Driver @ youtube - Bad Lover Blues @ Spotify notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 104
105 (1976)	Lake Michigan Blues 1934-1941 Robert Nighthawk - Don't Mistreat Your Woman Yank Rachell - Lake Michigan Blues Tampa Red - Worried Devil Blues Elijah Jones - Stuff Stomp Robert Nighthawk - Lonesome World Sonny Boy Williamson - Bluebird Blues Tampa Kid - Baby Please Don't Go Robert Nighthawk - Take It Easy Baby Robert Nighthawk - G Man Milton Sparks - I Wake Up In The Morning Tampa Red - She Don't Know My Mind, Pt.2 Yank Rachell - I'm Wild And Crazy As I Can Be Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Pepper Mama Sonny Boy Williamson - Jackson Blues Robert Lockwood - Little Boy Blue Robert Nighthawk - Friar's Point Blues notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 105
106 (1976)	Down Behind The Rise 1947-1953 Jesse Thomas - Double Due Love You - Same Old Stuff Frankie Lee Sims - Single Man Blues - Don't Forget Me Baby Jesse Thomas - Gonna Write You A Letter Lightnin' Hopkins - Jazz Blues - Henny Penny Blues Beverly Scott - Brownskin Woman Jesse Thomas - Another Friend Like Me - I Wonder Why Willie Lane - Too Many Women Blues Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues - Drove From Home Blues Johnny Beck (aka The Blind Boy) - Locked In Jail - Lay Down Mama Jesse Thomas - Gonna Move To California notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 106
107 (1980)	Chicago Slickers Vol. 2 1948-55 Little Walter - Blue Baby Man Young - Let Me Ride Your Mule - My Baby Walked Out Robert Nighthawk - My Sweet Lovin' Woman Grace Brim - Goin Down The Line Johnny Shines - Living In The White House Willie Nix - No More Love - Nervous Wreck Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay - All By Yourself Floyd Jones - Skinny Woman John Brim - Drinking Woman Lazy Bill - I Had A Dream J. B. Hutto - Combination Boogie Floyd Jones - Any Old Lonesome Day - Floyd's Blue notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 107
108 (1980)	Professor Longhair Mardi Gras In New Orleans 1949-1957 - Bye Bye Baby - She Ain't Got No Hair - Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair's Boogie - Her Mind Is Gone - Hadacol Bounce - Oh Well - Rockin' With Fes - Curly Haired Baby - Gone So Long - East St. Louis Baby - Boyd's Bounce - Tipitina - No Buts No Maybes - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - Misery tracks on CD: - She Ain't Got No Hair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Professor Longhair's Boogie - Bye Bye Baby - Big Chief - Tipitina - Doin' It - Her Mind Is Gone - How Long Has That Train Been Gone - Doin' the Mess Around - Bald Head - Big Chief (version 2) notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 108 = Nighthawk NHCD-108 (US 1988)
109 (1980)	Downhome Delta Blues 1949-1952 Pee Wee Hughes - Country Boy Blues Little Sam Davis - Goin Home Blues - 1958 Blues Earl Hooker - On the Hook Little Sam Davis - Goin' To New Orleans - She's So Good To Me Joe Hill Louis - Jealous Blues - Joe's Jump Sunny Blair - Please Send My Baby Home Baby Face Turner - Blue Serenade Junior Brooks - Lone Town Blues Luther Huff - Dirty Disposition - 1951 Blues Bobo Thomas - Catfish Blues Big Joe Williams - Jivin Woman - She's A Married Woman notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 109
201 (1980)	Henry Townsend: "Mule" - Bad Luck Dice - Nothing But Trouble - Things Have Changed // - The Old Man's Soul - Tears Come Rollin' Down # [] § - It's A Hard Toad To Travel - Talkin' Guitar Blues # \\ - I'm Just An Ordinary Man - Alley Strut - Can't You See # [] - Dark Clouds Rising // - The Train Is At The Station - Overstayed My Time rec. 1979 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Townsend, voc, p, # g; [] Vernell Townsend, voc; Yank Rachell, // mand, \\ g; § Norman Merritt, g notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 201 = Nighthawk NHCD-201 (US 1993) Henry Townsend discography
202 (1988)	Leroy Jodie Pierson: Rusty Nail - Roll And Tumble - Little Boy Blue - Rusty Nail - Long Lonesome Road - Mole's Moan (Geoff Muldaur) - Highway 61 - Write Me A Few Lines - Easy Rider - Steel Guitar Rag - Catfish notes by Barry Bergey Nighthawk 202 = Nighthawk NHCD-202 (US 1997)
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Since 1980 Nighthawk Records specialise in Jamaican Music ! "Although Nighthawk is now synonymous with reggae, the label actually started as a blues-reissue label and was named after the legendary bluesman Robert Nighthawk, who lived in St. Louis for a time. In the beginning, Nighthawk was co-owned by St. Louis reggae/blues stalwart Leroy Pierson, who sold his share in 1979 to pursue a performing career... The jump from blues to reggae may seem incongruous to some, but for Robert Schoenfeld, the jack-of-all-trades owner of Nighthawk and a self-proclaimed reggae fanatic, the connection between reggae and blues is tight, and draws a line directly from St. Louis, a blues city, to Jamaica." from "Rasta Philosophy" by Matthew Hilburn