Illustrated Marshall Owens discography

F.W. Boerner ad; source: 78 Quarterly #12 (2005), p. 49 ("courtesy Port Washington Research Center and Alex van der Tuuk") There is no photo of this artist known to exist

Marshall Owens
b. December 2, 1890 in Talbotton, Georgia
during World War I moved to the Birmingham, Alabama, area
d. May 1, 1974 in Bessemer, Georgia
discography

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm*
1	1932	Marshall Owens - Texas Blues (L-1238-2) @ youtube @ Spotify - Try Me One More Time (L-1240-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. "c. January, 1932" (BG&R 4th ed., 1997) / "before November 22, 1931" (v.d.Tuuk 2005) in Grafton, WI; Marshall Owens, voc, g Paramount 13117
2	1932	Marshall Owens - Texas Blues - Part II # - Seventh St. Alley Strut (instr) * rec. "c. January, 1932" (BG&R 4th ed., 1997) / "before November 22, 1931" (v.d.Tuuk 2005) in Grafton, WI; Marshall Owens, # voc, g, * md/bj; * Ben Curry, g A copy of Paramount 13131 hasn't been found yet !!! Paramount 13131
*LP / CD compilations*
3	1968	The Blues Of Alabama 1927-1931 resp. Alabama Blues 1927-1931 Belzona/Yazoo LP 1006 track sequence: Clifford Gibson - Keep Your Windows Pinned Clifford Gibson - Don't Put That Thing On Me Edward Thompson - Showers Of Rain Blues Edward Thompson - West Virginia Blues Jay Bird Coleman - Coffee Grinder Blues Marshall Owens - Try Me One More Time Marshall Owens - Texas Blues Edward Thompson - Seven Sister Blues Edward Thompson - Florida Bound George 'Bullet' Williams - The Escaped Convict Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] - Snigglin' Blues Clifford Gibson - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Part 2 Clifford Gibson - Whiskey Moan Blues Yazoo CD 1006 track sequence:@ youtube Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] - Snigglin' Blues Clifford Gibson - Don't Put That Thing On Me Jay Bird Coleman - Coffee Grinder Blues Edward Thompson - Seven Sister Blues Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues Clifford Gibson - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Part 2 Edward Thompson - Florida Bound Clifford Gibson - Keep Your Windows Pinned Edward Thompson - West Virginia Blues Clifford Gibson - Whiskey Moan Blues Edward Thompson - Showers Of Rain Blues Marshall Owens - Try Me One More Time Marshall Owens - Texas Blues George "Bullet" Williams - The Escaped Convict notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt] on back cover: "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, NY 10009" front cover says Belzona but the record has a Yazoo back cover and a (black) "Yazoo" label - this LP was never released with Belzona labels Belzona L-1006 (US 1968) "The Blues of Alabama" notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt] "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, NY 10009" = Yazoo L-1006 (196?) "Alabama Blues" notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt] "Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, NY 10014" "Yazoo Records, P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860" = Yazoo L-1006 (197?) "Alabama Blues" notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt] "Yazoo Records, P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860" = Yazoo CD 1006 (US 1991) "Alabama Blues" Yazoo Records discography Clifford Gibson discography Jay Bird Coleman discography George "Bullet" Williams discography
4	1987	Alabama Blues (1927-1951) Edward Thompson - Showers Of Rain Blues - Florida Bound - Seven Sister Blues - West Virginia Blues Reverend I.B. Ware - I Wouldn't Mind Dying - You Better Quit Drinking Shine Wiley Barner - My Gal Treat Me Mean (but I Can't Leave Her Alone) - If You Want A Good Woman, Get One Long And Tall Marshall Owens - Texas Blues - Try Me One More Time Tom Bradford - Going North - I Can't Get No Hearin' From My Babe The Two Poor Boys - Oh You Son Of A Gun - So Sorry Dear May Armstrong - Joe Boy Blues Slim Duckett & Pig Norwood - When The Saints Go Marching In - I Want To Go Where Jesus Is Mobile Strugglers - Memphis Blues - Fattenin' Frogs John Lee - Blind's Blues HK Records HK 4004 HK Records discography
5	1993	Alabama Black Secular & Religious Music 1927 - 1934 Wiley Barner - My Gal Treats Me Mean (But I Can't Leave Her Alone) - If You Want A Good Woman - Get One Long And Tall Moses Mason - Molly Man - John The Baptist (Tk 2) - Go Wash In The Beautiful Stream (tk 1) - Christ Is Coming Again - The Horse Paweth In The Valley - Judgment Day In The Morning - Red Cross The Disciple Of Christ Today - Shrimp Man Edward Thompson - Showers Of Rain Blues - Florida Bound - Seven Sister Blues - Up On The Hill Blues - When You Dream Of Muddy Water - West Virginia Blues Slim Duckett and Pig Norwood - When The Saints Go Marching In - Sister Mary Wore Three Lengths Of Chain - I Want To Go Where Jesus Is - You Gotta Stand Judgement For Yourself Marshall Owens - Texas Blues - Try Me One More Time Tom Bradford - Going North - I Can't Get No Hearin' From My Babe notes by Ken Romanowski Document DOCD-5165 (Austria 1993) = Document DOCD-5165 (UK 20??)
6	2004	The Paramount Masters disc 1: - Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant - Red River Blues - Lottie Beaman - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weevil Jackson - Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Old Country Rock - William Moore - Keep A-Knockin' - James "Boodle It" Wiggins - Touch Me Light Mama - George "Bullet" Williams - Jack Of All Trades - Moanin' Bernice Edwards - Come on in (Ain't Nobody Here But Me) - Harum Scarums - All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me - Sweet Papa Stovepipe - Cotton Field Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson - Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey - Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand - Gay Cattin' - Papa Charlie Jackson - Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill - Eagles on a Half - Geechie Wiley - Wasn't It Sad About Lemon - Washboard Walter - Freakish Man Blues - George Hannah - Rough Rugged Road Blues - Bumble Bee Slim - Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy - Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens - Barrel House Flat Blues - Mary Johnson disc 2: - I Shall Not Be Moved - Charley Patton - Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow - Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves - Black and Evil Blues - Alice Moore - The New Dirty Dozen - Ben Curry - Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man - Freddie Spruell - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Jack of Diamonds Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend - Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd - Bunker Hill Blues - Side Wheel Sally Duffie - Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins - Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell - Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown - Fetch Your Water - Charlie Spand - Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - J.D. Short - Water Bound Blues - Alice Pearson - Broke Down Engine - Lonnie Clark - Dying Pickpocket Blues - Barrel House Welch - Seven Sister Blues - Edward Thompson - Old Timbrook Blues - John Byrd - The Preacher Must Get Some Sometime - Bob Robinson - Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas - The Ducks Yas Yas - Jack O' Diamonds - Boodle De Bum Bum - Ben Curry . Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James Wiggins disc 3: - Some Scream High Yellow - Bo Weevil Jackson - Jab Blues - "Jabo" Williams - Raised In The Alley Blues - Freddie Brown - Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams - Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Conjur Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Mama's Angel Child - Sweet Papa Stovepipe - Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman - Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant - Fat Greasy Baby - Robert Peeples - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - New York Blues - Blind Roosevelt Graves - Doctor, Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend - I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington - Red Letter Blues - Ruby Paul - Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards - Where Did You Stay Last Night - Famous Hokum Boys - The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill - Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace - Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geechie Wiley - The Boy In The Boat - George Hannah - Texas Blues - Marshall Owens - Evil Woman Blues - James "Boodle It" Wiggins - Three, Six and Nine - Roosevelt Sykes disc 4: - Tom Cat Blues - Freddie Spruell - Smiling Blues - Jack O' Diamonds - Mama, Don't You Think I Know - Papa Charlie Jackson - Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand - Prison Blues - Alice Moore - Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown - My Laona Blues - Teddy Darby - Pistol Blues - Bo Weevil Jackson - Pratt City Blues - "Jabo" Williams - Telephone Arguin' Blues - J.D. Short - Over To My House - Elvie Thomas - Hambone Blues - Ed Bell - Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy - Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Up On The Hill Blues - Edward Thompson - Key To The Mountain Blues - Mary Johnson - Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill - Red River Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson - Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards - Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Last Farewell Blues - Ruby Paul - Larceny Woman Blues - Barrel House Welch - Wicked Devil's Blues - Robert Peeples - Raggin' The Blues - William Moore 4 CD box JSP JSPCD 7723 (UK 2004)
7	2006	Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 4 2007 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey - Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band - Gonna Move To Alabama - Charley Patton - Texas Blues - Marshall Owens - 'fore Day Creep - Ida Cox - Black Snake Moan No. 2 - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Jazzin' The Blues - Beale Street Sheiks - Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand - Chain Gang Bound - Bumble Bee Slim - Don't Wake It Up - Mississippi Sheiks - Blues The World Forgot - parts I & II - Ma Rainey - Lonesome Christmas Blues - Blind Blake Supplementary CD tracks: - Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens - Stingaree Man Blues - Chocolate Brown - Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House - Clarksdale Moan - Son House remastered by Richard Nevins Blues Images Vol. 4 (2007) Blues Images
8	2009	The Definitive Charley Patton CD 1: A Spoonful Blues Charley Patton - Mississippi Boweavil Blues Bessie Smith - Bo Weevil Blues Charley Patton - Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues Alberta Hunter - Down South Blues Charley Patton - Down The Dirt Road Blues Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues Charley Patton - Pony Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Horse Blues Charley Patton - Banty Rooster Blues Walter Rhodes - The Crowing Rooster Charley Patton - Pea Vine Blues Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen Charley Patton - Tom Rushen Blues Ma Rainey - Booze And Blues Charley Patton - A Spoonful Blues Charley Jordan - Just A Spoonful Charley Patton - Shake It And Break It Cripple Clarence Lofton - I Don't Know Charley Patton - Going To Move To Alabama Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues Charley Patton - Elder Greene Blues Papa Charlie Jackson - I'm Alabama Bound Charley Patton - Frankie & Albert Charlie Poole - Leaving Home Charley Patton - Some These Days I'll Be Gone Ethel Waters - Some Of These Days CD 2: Moon Goin' Down Charley Patton - Hammer Blues Bessie Smith - Mountain Top Blues Charley Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die Blind Willie Johnson - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere Pt. 1 Mattie Delaney - Tallahatchie River Blues Charley Patton - Jesue Is A Dying-Bed Maker Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed Charley Patton - Running Wild Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Running Wild Charley Patton - Some Summer Day Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World Charley Patton - Moon Going Down Howlin' Wolf - Crying At Daybreak Charley Patton - Bird Nest Bound Ardell Bragg - Bird Nest Blues Charley Patton - Jersey Bull Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Bull Cow Blues Charley Patton - 34 Blues Howlin' Wolf - Forty Four Charley Patton - Oh Death Pace Jubilee Singers - Oh Death Charley Patton - Poor Me Hound Head Henry - Cryin' Blues Charley Patton & Bertha Lee - Yellow Bee Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee CD 3: Mississippi Bottom Blues Bessie Smith - Mama's Got The Blues Tommy Johnson - Bye Bye Blues Son House - Clarksdale Moan Kid Bailey - Mississippi Bottom Blues Blind Pete & Partner - Banty Rooster Louise Johnson - On The Wall Will Weldon - Hitch Me To Your Buggy David Edwards - Water Coast Blues Son House - The Pony Blues Johnny Temple - Louise, Louise Blues Kid Bailey - Rowdy Blues Mattie Delaney - Down The Big Road Blues Willie Brown - Future Blues Tommy Johnson - Maggie Campbell Blues Son House - The Jinx Blues Poor Boy Lofton - Dark Road Blues Sonny Boy Nelson - Pony Blues Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Howlin' Wolf - Saddle My Pony Marshall Owens - Texas Blues Will Weldon - Turpentine Blues Papa Charlie Jackson - Spoonful Son House - My Black Mama Pt. 1 Willie Brown - M & O Blues DVD: Talkin' Charley Patton Various - Talkin' Charley Patton 3 CD / DVD set Proper PROPERBOX 151 (UK/EU 2009)
9	2014	Paramount No. 2 The Rise and Fall of Paramount 1928 - 1932 Marshall Owens - Try Me One More Time - Texas Blues 800 newly-remastered digital tracks, representing 175 artists 6 LPs, USB-stick Third Man / Revenant TMR204 (US 2014)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 296
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 695
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 780
- Edward Komara: Marshall Owens.- in Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues Vol. 2 (K-Z).- New York/London (Routledge) 2005, p. 742
- Alex van der Tuuk: Try Me One More Time (Marshall Owens spiced with a little Curry).- 78 Quarterly 12 (2005), pp. 47-58
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Paul Vernon for additional info