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M O R R I S   P E J O E, June 14, 1969; source: Blues Unlimited 67 (November 1969), p. 12; photographer: Jimmy Dawkins
Morris Pejoe, June 14, 1969
source: Blues Unlimited 67 (November 1969), p. 12
photographer: Jimmy Dawkins
Morris Pejoe
b. Morris Pujoe, April 11, 1924 in Palmetto, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
d. July 27, 1982 in Westland, Wayne County, Michigan

discography
M O R R I S   P E J O E; Checker 766

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11952MORRIS PEJOE and his Band

- Gonna Buy Me A Telephone (U 7491)   @ youtube
- Tired Of Crying Over You (U 7490)   @ youtube

rec. c. November 1952 in Chicago, IL; Morris Pejoe, voc, g; Henry Gray, p; unknown, g; Frank Kirkland, dr

 
Checker 766 (US 1952)

   

- Nobody Loves Me (U 4377)
- Maybe Blues (U 4378)
- Untitled Instrumental (U 4378A) [Chess CHD 4-9340]   @ youtube
- Got A Little Girl (U 4379)
- You Look Good To Me (U 4380)

rec. May 11, 1953 in Chicago. IL; Morris Pejoe, g; Henry Strong, hca; Henry Gray, p; Earl Philips, dr

Checker unissued

   

- I Declare That Ain't Right (U 4381-2) [Chess LP 6641 174]
- I Declare That Ain't Right (U 4381-4) [Chess PLP 6022]
- Matchbox Blues (U 4382) [Chess LP 6641 174]

rec. May 11, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Henry Gray, voc, p; Morris Pejoe, voc, g; Henry Strong, hca; Earl 'Stovepipe' Philips, dr

Checker unissued

29/1953MORRIS PEJOE and his Band

- Can't Get Along (U 4392)   @ youtube
- It'll Plumb Get It (U 4396)   @ youtube



unissued tracks from same session:
- Call It Gone (U 4393)
- Go On Baby (U 4395)

rec. July 1953 in Chicago, IL; Morris Pejoe, voc, g; ts; Henry Gray, p; b; dr


Checker 781 (US 1953)

   

- Ain't It Lonesome (U 7633)

rec. April 1954 in Chicago, IL; Morris Pejoe, voc, g; ts; Henry Gray, p; b; dr

Checker unissued

38/1955MORRIS PEJOE

- You Gonna Need Me (55-256)   @ youtube
- Hurt My Feelings (55-267)   @ youtube

rec. May 5 or 9, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Morris Pejoe, voc, g; saxes; Henry Gray, p; Milton Rector, b; Earl Philips, dr

 
Vee Jay VJ 148 (US 1955)

41956MORRIS PEJOE

- Screaming And Crying (U 3195)   @ youtube
- Maybe Blues (U 3196)   @ youtube

rec. 1956 in Chicago, IL; Morris Pejoe, voc, g; saxes; p; g; b; dr

 
ABCO G106

   

- How Can You Do It?

rec. c. March 1958 in Chicago, IL; Henry Gray, voc, p; saxes; Morris Pejoe, g; b; dr


Atomic H unissued

5196?MORRIS PEJOE and His Band

- She Walked Right In (410A)   @ youtube
- You Gone Away (410B)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Let's Get High # [P-Vine PLP-9040; Delmark DE 624]   @ youtube
- Baby I'm Lonely [Delmark DE 624]
- You Made Me Love You

rec. c. 1960 in Chicago, IL; Morris Pejoe, voc, g; saxes; Henry Gray, p; Andrew McMahon, b; dr; # ens voc


Atomic H 410/11

61966?LITTLE MARY & MORRIS PEJAE'S BAND [sic]

- You Don't Want My Loving No More (A)   @ youtube
- I Always Want You Near (B)   @ youtube

rec. prob. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Mary Lane (Morris Pejoe's wife), voc; saxes; Henry Gray p; Morris Pejoe, g; unknown, b; poss. Robert "Huckleberry Hound" Wright, dr


Friendly Five 743

71969MORRIS PEJOE

- Pejoe Soul Strings (A) (instr)
- You're Going Away (B)

rec. 1969 in Chicago, IL; Morris Pejoe, voc, g; saxes; Lee Eggleston, p; b; Cassell Burrow, dr


Kaytown 746 [also known as "K-Town", Freddy Young (Youngblood)'s label]

81981FREDDIE YOUNGBLOOD

FREDDIE YOUNGBLOOD
- Last November
FREDDIE YOUNGBLOOD
[actually Morris Pejoe, g]
- Sould Strings (instr) [K-Town 746: "Pejoe Soul Strings"]

side B is miscredited to Freddie Youngblood; prod. by Friendly Five

7 inch 45 rpm

Sould Sound 752

91991 

The Chantels
- Eternally


Morris Pejoe
- Let's Get High
T.N.T. Tribble
- Half Pint Of Whiskey


7 inch 45 rpm EP

Spinning SP 2 (1991 repro)


LP / CD compilations
101972chicago ain't nothin' but a blues band

Delmark DL 624 (LP) track sequence:
- Recession Blues - Sunnyland Slim
- Everything's Gonna Be All Right - Sunnyland Slim
- WOPA Jingle - J.T. Brown [Delmark CD DE 174]
- I Want To Go Home To My Baby - J.T. Brown [Delmark CD DE 174]
- Give Her Plenty Of Money To Spend - J.T. Brown [Delmark CD DE 174]
- I Don't Know Why - Eddy Clearwater
- A Minor Cha-Cha - Eddy Clearwater

- All Pretty Women - Jo Jo Williams
- Rock 'N' Roll Boogie - Jo Jo Williams

- You Gone Away - Morris Pejoe [Atomic H 410/11]
- She Walked Right In - Morris Pejoe [Atomic H 410/11]
- Hillbilly Blues - Eddy Clearwater
- Sad and Blue - Harmonica George

Delmark DL 624 (CD) track sequence:
- Recession Blues - Sunnyland Slim
- Everything's Gonna Be All Right - Sunnyland Slim
- I Don't Know Why - Eddy Clearwater
- A Minor Cha-Cha - Eddy Clearwater
- Boogie Woogie Baby - Eddy Clearwater °°

- Let's Get High - Morris Pejoe [Atomic H unissued; P-Vine PLP-9040] °°
- Baby I'm Lonely - Morris Pejoe [Atomic H unissued] °°

- How Can You Do It? - Henry Gray (with Morris Pejoe, g) °°
- All Pretty Women - Jo Jo Williams
- Rock 'N' Roll Boogie - Jo Jo Williams
- Why Did We Have to Part? - Unknown °°
- I Am a Lucky Lucky Man - Johnny Rogers °°
- Blues For Atomic-H - Little Mack Simmons °°
- You Know You Don't Want Me - George & His House Rockers °°
- Morning Love Blues - George & His House Rockers °°
- Hillbilly Blues - Eddy Clearwater [Atomic-H 203]
- Jumpin' at Charley's - Eddy Clearwater "Baby" Joe Little °°
- Neckbones Everyday - Eddy Clearwater "Baby" Joe Little °°
- Sad and Blue - Harmonica George
- Sputnik Music - Harmonica George   @ youtube
- Women's World - Jo Jo Williams °°
- Davy Crockett's Jingle Bells - Jo Jo Williams °°
- You Can't Live in This Big World by Yourself - Jo Jo Williams °°


°° CD bonus tracks

rec. 1958-1960 for Rev. Houston H. Harrington's Atomic-H label

notes by Jimmy Dawkins and Bob Koester

Delmark DL 624 (US 1972)

notes by Jimmy Dawkins and Bob Koester

= Delmark DL 624 (UK 1972)

new notes

= Delmark DE 624 (US 1999)

= P-Vine PCD-5560 (Jp 1999)

Delmark Records discography
Mojo Buford discography
Harmonica George discography
Jo Jo Williams discography

116/1975Genesis Vol. 3 - Sweet Home Chicago

Album 1
Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- Big World
- Overseas
- Playhouse
Otis Spann
- It Must Have Been The Devil
- Five Spot

Gus Jenkins
- Eight Ball
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires
- One Of These Days [Checker 752]
- Murmur Low [Checker 752]

Little Henry
- I Declare That Ain't Right [Checker unissued]
- Matchbox Blues [Checker unissued]
Blue Smitty
- Sad Story [Chess 1522]
- Elgin Movements [Chess unissued]
- Date Bait [Chess unissued]


Album 2
Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider
- Hard Days
- Burying Ground
- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Screaming And Crying
- Where's My Woman Been
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2

- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Lonesome Day
- Iodine In My Coffee
- Flood
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Oh! Yeh
- Smokestack Lightning


Album 3
Little Walter
- Juke
- Boogie
- Mean Old World
- Sad Hours
- Don't Have To Hunt No More
- Tonight With A Fool
- Quarter To Twelve
- Blues With A Feeling

- Last Boogie
- Fast Boogie
- Light's Out
- You're So Fine
- Blues Light
- Last Night
- Thunderbird
- I Got To Go


Album 4
Jimmy Rogers
- Today, Today Blues
- The World Is In A Tangle
- She Loves Another Man
- Hard Working Man
- Chance To Love
- My Little Machine
- Mistreated Baby
- What's The Matter

Jimmy Rogers
- You're The One
John Brim
- Rattlesnake
- It Was A Dream
- Ice Cream Man
- Lifetime Baby
- Tough Times
- Go Away
- That Ain't Right

compiled by Mike Rowe

4 LP box set

Chess 6641 174 (UK Phonogram)

Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113, p. 24-25; click to download pdf-file
Neil Slaven review in Blues
Unlimited 113, p. 24-25

Genesis series discography

121981Fishin' In My Pond
Chicago Blues Bands

Buddy Guy And His Band
- Sit And Cry
- Try To Quit You Baby
Arbee Stidham
- Meet Me Half Way
Lee Jackson
- Fishin' In My Pond
Guitar Shorty [David Kearney]
- You Don't Treat Me Right
Clarence Jolly
- Don't Leave Me

Morris Pejoe
- Maybe Blues

Buddy Guy And His Band
- You Sure Can't Do
- This Is The End

Morris Pejoe
- Screaming And Crying
Lee Jackson
- I'll Just Keep Walking
Arbee Stidham
- Please Let It Be Me
Clarence Jolly
- Changing Love
Guitar Shorty [David Kearney]
- Irma Lee


notes by Alan Balfour

Flyright FLY 582

Flyright Records discography

131982Chicago Blues In The Groove
Black Music in the 50's   Vol. 8

Eddie Boyd
- Blue Coat Man
L.C. McKinley
- Tortured Blues
- Be My Companion (Companion Blues)
- Weeping Willow Blues
Ernest Cotton
- Empty Bed
Eddie Ware
- That's The Stuff I Love
- Lonely Broken Heart

Jo Jo Williams
- All Pretty Wimmins

Morris Pejoe
- Let's Get Hight [sic] [Atomic H unissued]
- It Hurts My Feeling [Vee Jay VJ 148]
Big Boy Spires & Willie Smith
- Dark And Stormy Night [United unissued] *
- Grooving This Morning [United unissued] *
- You Can't Tell [United unissued] []
- Rock With My Baby [United unissued] []


Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires rec. 1954/55 in Chicago, IL; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, g, * voc; Willie 'Long Time' Smith, p, [] voc; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, hca; Eddie El, g; b; dr, [] Ted Porter, dr


P-Vine PLP-9040 (Jp 1982)

141983Chess Masters - Chicago Blues

LP 1:
Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
Johnny Jones - Shelby County
Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522]
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movements [Chess 6641 174]
Blue Smitty - Date Bait [Chess 6641 174]
Eddie Boyd - Twenty Four Hours

J B Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
J B Lenoir - Sitting Down Thinking
John Brim - It Was A Dream

Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues
John Brim - Lifetime Baby


LP 2:
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil
Otis Spann - Five Spot
John Brim - Go Away
John Brim - That Ain't Right
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One
Jimmy Rogers - If It Ain't Me

Muddy Waters - Rock Me
Jimmy Rogers - One Kiss
Howlin' Wolf - I'm Leavin' You
Buddy Guy - Let Me Love You Baby
Buddy Guy - My Time After Awhile
Robert Nighthawk - Someday [Checker unissued, Blues Ball 2003]


concept by Matt Haywood; compiled by Leslie Fancourt & Matt Haywood

DLP

Chess CXMD 4013 (UK 1983)

151984Chicago Down Home Blues: Jimmy Reed, Morris Pejoe, Big Joe Williams

Jimmy Reed
- I Ain't Got You
- She Don't Want Me No More
- Come On Baby
- I Don't Go For That
- I Wanna Be Loved
- I'm Goin Upside Your Head
- When You're Doin' Alright


Morris Pejoe
- You're Gonna Need Me
- Hurt My Feelings
Big Joe Williams
- Goin Back Home
- My Baby Left Town
- Kings Highway
- Eula Mae


VeeJay recordings


Teichiku UPS 2270 (Jp 1984)

161984Chicago Piano-ology

Otis Spann
- I'm Leaving You
- I'm In Love With You Baby
- It Must Have Been The Devil
- Five Spot

Little Henry (Gray)
- I Declare That Ain't Right [tk 2]
- I Declare That Ain't Right [tk 4]
- Matchbox Blues

Little Johnny Jones
- Big Town Playboy
- Shelby County Blues
Eddie Ware
- Wandering Lover
- Rumba Dust
- I Found Out
- Lima Beans
Sunnyland Slim
- Johnson Machine Gun
- Fly Right Little Girl



P-Vine/Chess PLP 6022 (Jp 1984)

171989Morris Pejoe, Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith:
Wrapped In My Baby - Chicago Blues
@ youtube (full album)

Morris Pejoe
- (Rock The Joint) Let's Get High (1506-1)
- You Messed Up (1507-2)
- I Wish My Baby (1508-2)
- Move It On Out And Go (1509-3) #
- May Bea (1510-2)
- Treat Me The Same (1511-6)

- Baby, You Know That's Wrong (1512-1) (= It Hurts My Feelings)
- (Rock The Joint) Let's Get High (alt tk) (1506-4)
- You Gone Away [Atomic H 410/11] °°
- She Walked Right In [Atomic H 410/11] °°
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith [sic]
- Dark And Stormy Night [United unissued] *
- Moody This Morning [United unissued] *
- You Can't Tell [United unissued] []
- Wrapped In My Baby [United unissued] []


Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires tracks rec. 1954/55 in Chicago, IL; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, g, * voc; Willie 'Long Time' Smith, p, [] voc; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, hca; Eddie El, g; b; dr, [] Ted Porter, dr
Morris Pejoe tracks rec. December 1954 in Chicago, IL; Morris Pejoe, voc (except #), g; Stanley Grim, as; ts; Henry Gray, p, # voc; Milton Rector, b; Earl Philips, dr
cover art of Pearl PL 16 by George Hansen

°° on Delmark CD only

notes by Bill Dahl

Pearl PL 16 (US 1989)

notes by Bill Dahl

= Delmark DD 716 (US 1998)

Delmark Records discography
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires discography

181992Chess Blues

disc 1:
- Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy
- Big Town Playboy - Johnny Jones
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- Luedella - Jimmy Rogers
- Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
- Dr. Ross' Boogie - Doctor Ross
- Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines
- Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- All Night Long - Muddy Waters (alt tk)
- Mr. Commissioner - Arbee Stidham (alt tk)
- Getting Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf


disc 2:
- Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker (alt tk)
- Juke - Little Walter
- Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
- Broken Heart - Memphis Minnie (alt tk)
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
- Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller
- Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd
- Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter
- Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins
- Fast Boogie - Little Walter
- I'm Mad - Willie Mabon
- Ice Cream Man - John Brim
- Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James
- Got To Have It - Willie Mabon
- I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
- Remember - Alberta Adams

- Untitled Instrumental - Henry Gray with Morris Pejoe [Checker unissued]
- Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- Forty-Four - Howlin' Wolf
- Got To Find My Baby - Little Walter (alt tk)
- Evil - Howlin' Wolf
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir


disc 3:
- Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
- My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby - Little Walter
- You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold
- Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Twenty-Nine Ways To My Baby's Door - Willie Dixon
- Right To Love You - Paul Gayton
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann
- Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf
- Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon
- Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers
- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
- She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir
- Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Key To The Highway - Little Walter
- Double Trouble - Muddy Waters (alt tk)
- Come On Home - Eddie Boyd
- Goat - Sonny Boy Williamson II (band track)
- So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush


disc 4:
- First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy
- Too Poor - Detroit Junior
- Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
- The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn
- Sun Is Shining - Elmore James (alt tk)
- Calling On My Darling - Albert King
- The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
- Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
- Satisfied - Little Milton
- Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
- Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio
- Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Good Moanin' Blues - Big Walter Horton
- Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
- What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor
- We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
- Jinglin' Baby - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters
- Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy
- Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor
- I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James


compiled by Mary Katherine Aldin & Andy McKaie; prod. by Andy McKaie

4 CD box set
64-page booklet notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

= MCA/Chess CHD4-9340 (US 1992)

191994Chicago Blues

disc 1: Sweet Black Angel
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her
Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman
Johnny Williams - Worried Man Blues
Little Walter - Blue Baby
Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home
Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues
Snooky & Moody - Boogie
Leroy Foster - My Head Can't Rest Anymore
Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel
Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
Floyd Jones - Dark Road
Muddy Waters - Still A Fool
Jimmy Rogers - Chance To Love
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch
Little Walter - Juke
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur
Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522]
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours


disc 2: Mojo Boogie
Little Walter - Sad Hours
J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie
Tampa Red - Please Mr. Doctor
Johnny Shines - Evening Sun
Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman
Eddie Boyd - Third Degree
John Brim - Life Time

Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right
Big Bill Broonzy - Lonesome
Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow
John Brim - Tough Times
Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Howlin' Wolf - No Place To Go
J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie
J.B. Hutto - Things Are So Slow
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
J.B. Lenoir - Mama Talk To Your Daughter
Otis Spann / B.B. King - Five Spot
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go
Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Willie Dixon - Walkin' The Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy


disc 3: Smokestack Lightnin'
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
John Brim - Be Careful (I Would Hate To See You Go)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby
Walter Horton - Have A Good Time
Jimmy Rogers - Walkin' By Myself
Muddy Waters - I Live The Life I Love
Sunnyland Slim - It's You Babe
Lee Jackson - Fishin' In My Pond
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
Magic Sam - All Your Love
Charles Clark - Row Your Boat
Magic Sam - All My Whole Life
Otis Rush - Checkin' On My Baby
Shakey Jake - Call Me (If You Need Me)
Otis Rush - Double Trouble
Little Walter - Key To The Highway
Buddy Guy - This Is The End
Little Walter - Everything Gonna Be Alright
Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Junior Wells - Little By Little
Junior Wells - Prison Bars All Around Me


disc 4: So Many Roads, So Many Traiins
Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains
Lillian Offitt - Will My Man Be Home Tonight?
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
Earl Hooker - Blues In D Natural
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid
Albert King - Searching For A Woman
Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy
Howlin' Wolf - Goin' Down Slow
Homesick James - Crossroads
Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me
Ricky Allen - Cut You A-Loose
Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
Big Mack - Rough Dried Woman
Robert Nighthawk - Someday
Andrew Brown - You Better Stop
Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
Lonnie Brooks - Figure Head
Detroit Junior - Call My Job
Muddy Waters - That's Why I Don't Mind
Little Milton - Feel So Bad
Magic Sam - Out Of Bad Luck
Fenton Robinson - Sad You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young - Hard Times
Hound Dog Taylor - Watch Out


compiled by Les Fancourt
produced by Les Fancourt & Joop Visser

4 CD set

Charly CD DIG 4 (UK 1994)

20199?ABCO Records Chicago

Morris Pejoe
- Screaming And Crying
- May-Be Blues
Herby Joe
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- Dreamed
Louis Myers And The Aces
- Whaling
- Bluesy Louis
Arbee Stidham
- Meet Me The Half Way
- I'll Always Remember You
- When I Find My Baby
- Please Let It Be Me
Freddie Hall And The Aces
- Can't This Be Mine
- Playin' Hard To Get
Zona Sago's
- Jivin' At Random
- Short Order
The Ripchords
- I Love You The Most
- Let's Do The Razzle Dazzle


prod by Ron Bartolucci

notes by Ron Bartolucci

Wolf CD 120.298 (Austria 199?)

21199?Stompin'   Volume Five

Gabriel & His Band Of Angels - I'm Gabriel
Morris Pejoe - She Walked Right In
Rayvon Darnell - Don't Want You Maybellene
Gene & Billy - It's Hot
Larry Birdsong - Fannies Place
H-Bomb Ferguson & His Mad Lads - No Sackie Sack
Rudy Green - Meet Me Baby
Paul Perryman - Satellite Fever - Asiatic Flu

Little Willie Littlefield - Baby Shame
Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It
Lonnie Brooks - Mr. Hot Shot
Larry Davis - I Tried
Rollee McGill - Rhythm Rockin' Blues
Lloyd George - Sing Real Loud
Earl Gilliam - Wrong Doin' Woman
Jimmy Nolen - I Can't Stand You No More



Stompin' STOMP 105

Stompin Records discography

22199?Stompin'   Volume 22
The Country Blues

Freddy King - That's What You Think
Dennis McMillon - Going Back Home
Harmonica Frank - Rock A Little Baby
Jesse Belvin - Goin' Away Baby
Tommy McClennan - I Love My Baby
Albert & Charles - Weird
Clifford King - Chicken Shack Boogie
J&J Deuce - Sweet Woman Blues

Clifford King - Want To Jump With You Baby
Jesse Pipkin - Work With It
Clear Waters - Hillbilly Blues
Emright - One Of These Days

Morris Pejoe - Tired Of Crying Over You
Country Paul - Sidewalk Boogie
Richard Bros. - Drunk Drivers Coming
Elmon Mickle - Jackson Blues



Stompin' STOMP 122

Stompin Records discography

23199?Stompin' 26
22 Rockin' Blues Classics!

Big Walter Price - Six Weeks Of Misery
Clear Waters (Eddy Harrington) - Hillbilly Blues
Allen Bunn - Too Much Competition
Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys - A Fool No More
Po' Joe Williams - Goin' Back
Junior Wells - Lawdy Lawdy
Elmon Mickle - Short And Fat
Elmon Mickle - Independent Walk
Mojo Watson - I'm The Only One
Square Walton - Bad Hangover
John KaSandrea & The Midnight Riders - My Conscience Is Bothering Me
James Williamson - The Woman I Love
Alexander 'Papa' Lightfoot - P.L. Blues
Blue Charlie (Morris) - I'm Gonna Kill That Hen

Morris Pejoe - Tired Of Cryin' Over You
Little Milton (Campbell) - Boogie Woogie Woogie Baby
Little Sonny (Aaron Willis) - Love Shock
Robert Gill - I Only Had A Little
Binghampton Blues Boys - Cross Cut Saw
Binghampton Blues Boys - Slim's Twist
Bobo Jenkins (John Pickens Jenkins) - You Will Never Understand
Bobo Jenkins (John Pickens Jenkins) - Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night



Stompin' CD 326

Stompin Records discography

24200?Stompin' 31
23 More R'n'B Blasters!

Peppermint Harris - Angel Child
Larry Davis - I Tried
Otis Rush - Keep ON Loving Me Baby
Albert Collins - Collins Shuffle
Lloyd & Willie - Don't Know Where She Went
Gus Jenkins - Jealous Of You Baby
Fenton Robinson - Crazy Crazy Loving
Magic Sam - Love Me With A Feeling
James Reed - You Better Hold Me

Morris Pejoe - She Walked Right In
David Deans Combo - Double Freeze
Morris Pejoe - You Gone Away
Fenton Robinson - Mississippi Steamboat
Johnny Fuller - Weeping & Mourning
Little Johnny Cook - Try Your Love
Charlie & Jives - Come On
Johnny "Rockhouse" Green - I've Got A Big Cadillac
Dossie Terry - You Will Be Mine
Fento & Castle Rockers - The Freeze
Little Marie Allen - Humdinger
Don & Dewey - Miss Sue
Pee Wee Kingsly - Flippin' & Floppin'
Pee Wee Kingsly - Nickle & Dime



Stompin' CD 331

Stompin Records discography

252004Down Home Blues Classics 1943-1953

disc 1
- Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith
- Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Hobo - J.D. Edwards
- Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat
- Angel Chile - Andy Thomas
- Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter
- Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix
- Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James
- Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker
- Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore
- Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson
- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols
- Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham

disc 2
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Hard Times - Floyd Jones
- Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell
- Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard
- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren
- Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns
- Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters
- Cut That Out - Junior Wells
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk
- Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller
- Mean Old World - Little Walter

- Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe
- It Was A Dream - John Brim
- The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers
- Sad Story - Blue Smitty
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene
- Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir
- Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed

disc 3
- She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams
- How Many Years - Howlin Wolf
- Build Myself A Cave - Mr Honey
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard
- Too Late Baby Stick - Horse Hammond
- Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter
- Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson
- 1951 Blues - Luther Huff
- New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas
- Going Home To Mama - Clarence London
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee
- Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy
- After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot
- Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker
- Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry
- Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
- Goin' To New Orleans - Goin' To New Orleans

disc 4
- Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield
- Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown
- Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys
- Income Tax Blues - Ralph Wills
- Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan
- Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim
- Number Writer - Dan Pickett
- She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis
- Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas
- Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee
- Shackles Round My Body - Little David
- Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver
- I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott
- Blind's Blues - John Lee
- Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum
- Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou
- So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry
- Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker
- Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton
- Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD-1003 (UK 2004)

Boulevard Vintage Records discography

262007Down Home Blues Classics - Chicago   1946-1954

disc 1:
- Money Taking Woman - Johnny Young
- Falling Rain Blues - Little Willie Foster
- Dim Lights - J.B. & His Hawks
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Blow Wind Blow - Muddy Waters
- Bobby Town Boogie - Lee Brown
- Wine O Woman - Tony Hollins
- Floyd's Blue - Floyd Jones
- I Had A Dream - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix
- Round About Boogie - Jimmy Rogers
- Homesick - Homesick James
- Carrie Lee - J.B. Lenoir
- Pet Rabbit - Leroy Foster
- Now She's Gone - J.B. & His Hawks
- Schooldays On My Mind - Floyd Jones

- It'll Plumb Get It - Morris Pejoe
- Nervous Wreck - Willie Nix
- You Can't Live Long - Floyd Jones
- I Won't Let Her Do It - Tampa Red
- Going Back To Memphis - Sunnyland Slim
- I'll Get a Break - Tony Hollins
- Loving You - J.B. & His Hawks
- On The Road Again - Floyd Jones
- Please Mr Doctor - Jimmy Eager

disc 2:
- Combination Boogie - J.B. & His Hawks
- So Crazy About You Baby - Tampa Red
- All By Myself - Willie Nix
- Fishing Blues - Tony Hollins
- Worried Man Blues - Johnny Williams
- Four Day Jump - Little Willie Foster
- Things Are So Slow - J.B. & His Hawks
- She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Big World - Floyd Jones
- My Little Girl Blues - Lee Brown
- No More Love - Willie Nix
- Devil Is A Busy Man - Sunnyland Slim
- The Woman I Love - Homesick James
- Any Old Lonesome Day - Floyd Jones

- Can't Get Along - Morris Pejoe
- Deep In Debt - J.B. Lenoir
- Early Morning - Floyd Jones
- Louella - Leroy Foster
- Pet Cream Man - J.B.& His Hawks
- Farmer's Blues - Homesick James
- Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones
- Should Have Loved Her More - Jimmy Eager
- Mad Love - Muddy Waters
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Lonesome Ole Train - Homesick James

disc 3
- Tough Times - John Brim
- Let Me Ride Your Mule - Johnny Young
- New Little Girl, Litlte Girl - Lee Brown
- Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones
- Leaving Daddy Blues - Grace Brim
- I Found My Baby - Jimmy Reed
- Act Like You Love Me - Jimmy Rogers
- Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines
- Dust My Broom - Robert Lockwood
- Bad Luck Blues - Albert King
- Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters
- My Baby Told Me - J.B. Lenoir
- Lawdy Lawdy - Junior Wells
- My Baby Walked Out On Me - Johnny Young
- So Much Trouble - Tampa Red
- Hoodoo Man - Junior Wells
- Dark Clouds - John Brim
- Don't Have To Hunt No More - Little Walter
- I Want You For Myself - Snooky Pryor
- Going Down The Line - Grace Brim
- It's All Over Now - Sunnyland Slim
- Easy Walkin' Papa - Essie Sykes
- Lonesome Man Blues - John Brim>
- Which One Do I Love - Big Boy Spires [Chance 1137]
- Back To Korea - Sunnyland Slim

disc 4
- Jimmy's Boogie - Jimmy Reed
- Rattlesnake - John Brim
- Tonight With A Fool - Little Walter
- Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones
- Be On Your Merry Way - Albert King
- Korea Blues - J.B. Lenior
- (I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole - Robert Lockwood
- Big Stars Falling - Tampa Red
- Juniors Wail - Junior Wells
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man - Muddy Waters
- Gary Stomp - John Brim

- Gonna Buy Me A Telephone - Morris Pejoe
- Crosstown Blues - Snooky Pryor
- Murmur Low - Big Boy Spires [Checker 752]
- Roll And Rhumba - Jimmy Reed
- Out On The Road - Jimmy Rogers
- So Glad I Found You - Johnny Shines
- Left Me With A Broken Heart - Jimmy Rogers
- One Of These Days - Big Boy Spires [Checker 752]
- Green And Lucky Blues - Tampa Red
- Please Don't Say Goodbye - Essie Sykes
- Come On Baby Now - Rocky Fuller
- Bout The Break Of Day - Junior Wells>
- About To Lose My Mind - Big Boy Spires [Chance 1137]
- Eagle Rock - Junior Wells


compiled by Paul Vernon

4 CD set
notes by Paul Vernon

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD-1014

Boulevard Vintage Records discography

277/2019Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 2 - Sweet Home Chicago
CD 1:
James Clark - Who But You (2:41)
Memphis Jimmy - Drifting (3:20)
Johnny Shines - Delta Pine Blues (3:03)
Johnny Shines - Ride, Ride Mama (2:55)
Johnny Shines - Evil-Hearted Woman Blues (2:50)
Homer Harris - I'm Gonna Cut Your Head (2:56)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:06)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Due Respects To You (3:27)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - No Special Rider Here (3:03)
'Blues Boy' Bill - "Little Boy" Blue (3:14)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (alt tk) (2:33)
James (Beal Street) Clark - Come To Me Baby (2:51)
James (Beal Street) Clark - You Can't Make The Grade (2:55)
Herman Ray - Xmas Blues (2:44)
Forest City Joe - Special Delivery Man (2:52)
Forest City Joe -. Shady Lane Woman (3:02)
Homer Harris - Atomic Bomb Blues (2:34)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:08)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Devilment On My Mind (2:57)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Homeless Blues (3:12)
Forest City Joe - Mean Mistreatin' Woman (2:52)
Forest City Joe - Lonesome Day Blues (2:51)
Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer (2:28)
Dirty Red - You Done Me Wrong (3:14)
Pete Franklin - Mr. Charley (3:10)
Big Bill Broonzy - Water Coast Blues (2:46)


CD 2:
Muddy Waters - Hard Days (2:41)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground (2:38
Floyd Jones - School Days (2:51
Tampa Red - Come On, If You're Coming (2:53)
Tampa Red - I'll Find My Way (2:39)
Johnny Temple - Between Midnight And Day (2:36)
Johnny Temple - Sit Right On It (2:22)
Jimmy Rogers - Hard Working Man (3:22)
Jimmy Rogers - My Little Machine (3:12)
Jimmy Rogers - Crying Shame (2:50)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Glory For Man (2:30)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - My Daily Wish (2:43)
Howling Wolf - How Many More Years (alt tk) (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Just My Kind (2:53)
Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart (2:37)
Memphis Minnie - Lake Michigan (3:00)
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur (alt tk) (2:54)
Muddy Waters - Lonesome Day (3:32)
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:52)
Blue Smitty - Crying (2:45)
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movement (3:27)
Memphis Minnie - In Love Again (2:32)
Memphis Minnie - What A Night (3:00)
Rocky Fuller - Funeral Hearse At My Door (3:17)
Little Walter - Driftin' (alt tk) (3:09)
Little Walter - Off The Wall (alt tk) (2:59)


CD 3:
Honey Boy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (tk 2) (3:03)
Honey Boy Edwards - Drop Down Mama (2:39)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (tk 4) (2:34)
Big Boy Spires - My Baby Left Me (2:36)
Little Walter - That's It (3:14)
Little Walter - That's It (edited) (2:47)
Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling (alt tk) (2:57)
Elmore James - I See My Baby (3:07)
Elmore James - Country Boogie (2:43)
Lazy Bill - I Had A Dream (alt tk) (2:57)
Lazy Bill - She Got Me Walkin' (alt tk) (3:08)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (alt tk) (2:41)
Albert King - Hand Me Down (Sweet Woman) (2:58)
Albert King - Murder (2:59)

Morris Pejoe - Untitled Instrumental (2:23)
Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings (2:55)
Homesick James - Lonesome Blues (2:23)
Homesick James - 12th St Station (2:44)
Homesick James - Long Lonesome Days (2:26)
Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball (3:12)
Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk) (2:48)
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
Otis Spann - Five Spot (2:45)
Little Walter - I Love You So (Oh Baby) (2:35)
Little Walter - Last Night (first tk) (2:56)
Henry Gray - Goodbye Baby (3:19)
Henry Gray - You Messed Up (2:53)


CD 4:
Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours (3:06)
Chuck Berry - No Money Down (3:00)
Chuck Berry - I've Changed (3:07)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Was Fooled (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night (2:54)
Bo Diddley - Little Girl (alt tk) (2:38)
Bo Diddley - I'm A Man (alt tk) (3:08)
Bo Diddley - You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (2:50)
Henry Gray - Watch Yourself (2:45)
Henry Gray - That Ain't Right (2:29)
Muddy Waters - This Pain (3:10)
Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (alt tk) (2:46)
Little Walter - Little Girl (3:07)
Little Walter - Temperature (first tk) (2:02)
Dusty Brown - Hurry Home (2:45)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Evening Everybody (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Have You Ever Been In Love (2:55)
Herby Joe - Smokestack Lightning (2:53)
Herby Joe - Dreamed (Last Night) (2:28)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - I Need You Pretty Baby For My Own (2:47)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - Blues King Mango (2:26)
Po Joe Williams - Goin' Back (2:53)
Po Joe Williams - My Baby Left (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got Me Wrong (2:41)
Billy Boy Arnold - My Heart Is Crying (2:12)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Like Wolf (2:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - This Is My Apartment (2:41)


CD 5:
Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Ruin You (first tk) (2:49)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (2:41)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (2:59)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Hurts Me So Much (tk 2) (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alt tk) (3:01)
Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door (2:39)
G. "Davy" Crockett - Look Out Mable (2:25)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (alt tk) (3:14)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (alt tk) (3:12)
Jimmy Reed - Signals Of Love (alt tk) (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Well You Know (I Love You) (2:48)
Freddie Hall - I Love This Carrying On (2:43)
Freddie Hall - She's A Upsetter (2:35)
Little Mack Simmons - My Walking Blues (3:12)
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back (2:35)
Eddie Boyd - Nothing But Trouble (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Her Picture In The Frame (3:28)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (3:05)
Elmore James - I Can't Hold Out (2:18)
Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Mr Airplane Man (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Little Baby (2:45)
Hound Dog Taylor - Baby's Coming Home (2:38)
Hound Dog Taylor - Five, Take Five (2:05)
Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It (2:31)
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:40)
Slim Willis - Running Around (2:55)
Slim Willis - No Feeling For You (3:02)


essay by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)



At
discogs.com
you'll find more compilation albums featuring Morris Pejoe tracks
which I'm at the moment too lazy to "illustrate" here,
because they don't contain any previously unissued material - afaik

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 204
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp. 214, 388, 506
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 793
- Robert Pruter: Morris Pejoe.- in Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues Vol. 2 (K-Z).- New York/London (Routledge) 2005, p. 752
- Robert Santelli: The Big Book of Blues - A Biographical Encyclopedia.- London (Pavilion), 1994, p. 326
- http://www.45cat.com/artist/morris-pejoe
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/822893-Morris-Pejoe
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Benoît Brière for additional info

 

 

 

 

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