Illustrated Piedmont Records discography

Piedmont
discography

founded and run by Richard K. Spottswood

# year of release	title / notes
13157 (1963)	Mississippi John Hurt: Folk Songs And Blues - Avalon Blues @ youtube - Richland Women Blues @ youtube - Spike Driver Blues @ youtube - Salty Dog @ youtube - Cow Hooking Blues @ youtube - Spanish Fangdang @ youtube - Casey Jones $ @ youtube - Louis Collins @ youtube - Candy Man Blues @ youtube - My Creole Bell @ youtube - Liza Jane (God's Unchanging Hands) # @ youtube - Joe Turner Blues @ youtube "Recorded by P.V. Kuykendall, Peter Silitch and Sandy Fisher on March 24, 26, 29 and April 2, 1963 [at Sandy Fisher's house] in [Annapolis, near] Washington, D.C."; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g, $ 12 string g; # hca; produced by Dick Spottswood Piedmont PLP 13157 photos [of John Hurt playing Tom Hoskins' Gibson J-45] by Pete Grant; cover design by Tom Hoskins ("Fang") Piedmont/OJL PLP 13157 cover photos by Raeburn Flerlage; cover design by Pete Welding OJL 8053 front cover photo by Dick Waterman the record number (13157) was meant to take up where Paramount records left off when they went out of business in 1931! notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood Piedmont PLP 13157 (1st press 1963, blue labels) "presenting, Mississippi John Hurt - Folk Songs and Blues" on back cover: "Produced by Music Research, Incorporated, 2023 N Woodstock Street, Arlington 7, Virginia, U.S.A." (Arlington is where Dick and Louisa Spottswood lived at that time!) notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood Piedmont PLP 13157 (2nd press 1963?, blue labels) without "presenting," on back cover: "Produced by Music Research, Incorporated, 2023 N Woodstock Street, Arlington 7, Virginia, U.S.A." notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood = Gryphon GLP 13157 (1963?) on back cover: "Produced by Gryphon, Spottswood Music Co, Inc., Box 7102, Arlington, Virginia, 22207, U.S.A." Gryphon Records, one of Dick Spottswood's labels founded soon after he "left" Music Research, Inc./Piedmont Records notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood = Piedmont PLP 13157 (3rd press 1965?, black labels) on back cover: "Produced by Music Research, Inc., producers of Piedmont and Bullfrog records" "Music Research, Inc., P.O.Box 288, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A." (Gene Rosenthal [then working for Takoma Records] had built a recording studio in the basement of his parents' house in Silver Spring, Maryland) original notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood; additional notes by Lawrence Cohn (1964 Sing Out! article) = Piedmont PLP 13157 (reissued and distributed 19?? by OJL) "Mississippi John Hurt, 1963 (Volume I of the Original Piedmont Recordings - 'Folksongs and Blues')" original notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood; additional notes by Lawrence Cohn (1964 Sing Out! article) = Piedmont PLP 13157 (reissued and distributed 19?? by OJL) "Mississippi John Hurt, 1963 (Volume I of the Original Piedmont Recordings - 'Folksongs and Blues')" notes by Bill Givens = Origin Jazz Library OJL 8053 (US c.1984) special reissue, produced by Bill Givens On back sleeve: "This material reissued by special arrangement with Music Research, Inc., Tom Hoskins, Pres." On labels: "(C)℗ Music Research, Piedmont Records - Bullfrog Music" notes by David Brown & Thomas Hoskins = Rounder CD 1081 (US 1991) "Avalon Blues 1963" = Rounder C-1081 (cassette) (US 1991) "Avalon Blues 1963" mini LP replica CD with OBI = Vivid Sound VSCD-130 (Jp 2001) = Old Days ODR-6226 (Jp 4/2016) = Doxy (download only?) (It 8/2017) 180 g LP = Hi Horse HHO 13001 (US/Ca 2018) Mississippi John Hurt discography Origin Jazz Library (OJL) discography
13158 (196?)	Ragtime A Recorded Documentary 1899-1929 - Vega March - Messrs. Cullen and Collins - Whistling Rufus - Members of Sousa's Band - Cupid's Arrow - Stuber and Weaver - Sounds From Africa - Vess L. Osman - Happy Go Lucky - Vess L. Osman - Ethiopian Mardi Gras - Vess L. Osman - Elper's Whiskers - Columbia Orchestra - Every Darky Had A Raglan On - Arthur Collins - Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home - Dan W. Quinn - Creole Belles - Vess L. Osman - Cakewalk In The Sky - Victor Dance Orchestra - Dixie Girl - Osman-Dudley Trio - St. Louis Tickle - Osman-Dudley Trio - Maple Leaf Rag - Vess L. Osman - Blaze Away - Mike Bernard - Whippin' The Keys - Sam Goold - Nightingale Rag Blues - Hitch's Happy Harmonists - Easy Winner - Nap Hayes and Matthew Prater - Georgia Camp Meeting - Leake County Revelers 4-page insert Piedmont PLP 13158
13159 (1963)	Kings Of The Twelve String Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues - Mama, Let Me Scoop For You - Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian - Loving Talking Blues Seth Richard - Skoodeldum Doo - Lonely Seth Blues Willie Baker - No No Blues Barbecue Bob - How Long Pretty Mama - Barbecue Blues George Carter - Ghost Woman Blues - Weeping Willow Woman [real title: Weeping Willow Blues] Charlie Turner ["Winston Holmes & Charlie Turner"] - Kansas City Dog Walk Charlie Lincoln [real name: Charlie Hicks] - Depot Blues - Mama Don't Rush Me cover illustration of Piedmont PLP 13159 by Anne H. Spottswood Flyright 101 "presented by Robin L. Gosden, Simon A. Napier and Bruce Bastin" In case anybody wonders why the 1978 edition of the Flyright LP has "℗ 1973" on its labels: The "need for putting '℗ 1973' on the label comes about because of the passage of the amending 1978 US copyright act" (Bob Eagle): § 303. Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978 (a) Copyright in a work created before January 1, 1978, but not theretofore in the public domain or copyrighted, subsists from January 1, 1978, and endures for the term provided by section 302. In no case, however, shall the term of copyright in such a work expire before December 31, 2002; and, if the work is published on or before December 31, 2002, the term of copyright shall not expire before December 31, 2047. 12 page booklet Piedmont PLP 13159 (1963) 12 page booklet = Gryphon GLP 13159 (on cover), Chesapeake CLP 13159 (on label), Richland (on notes) (1964) [Dick Spottswood label founded soon after he "left" Music Research, Inc./Piedmont Records] Piedmont Records discography = Flyright LP 101 (UK 1973) = Flyright LP 101 (1978) Flyright Records discography
13160 (196?)	Jolly Joe And His Jug Band First new jug band in the traditional style ..... - Borrow Love And Go (Trad.) # - Jug In The Shade (Coltman-Bussard) # - Cider Time Rag (Coltman-Bussard) # - Black Cat Moan (Coltman) # - Coal Tipple Blues (Coltman-Bussard) # - Scattin' Rag (Coltman-Bussard) # - High Sheriff Blues (Bussard) - Goofus Rag (Coltman-Bussard) - Jolly Jug Blues (Bussard) - Careless Love Blues (Trad.) - What She's Got (Bussard) # - Basement Blues (Coltman-Bussard) # Joe Bussard (Jolly Joe), Bob Coltman, Oscar Myers, Jerry Marcum # on Fonotone CDs Fonotone 78 rpm Piedmont PLP 13160 5 CD set Dust To Digital CD www.fonotone.com
13161 (1964)	Mississippi John Hurt Worried Blues - Lazy Blues - Farther Along - Sliding Delta - Nobody Cares For Me - Cow Hooking Blues No. 2 - Talking Casey - Weeping And Wailing - Worried Blues - Oh Mary, Don't You Weep - I Been Cryin' Since You Been Gone rec. by P.V. Kuykendall, Wynwood Recording Studio, on March 14, 15 and 21, 1964; produced by Dick Spottswood Mississippi John Hurt discography notes by Robert Shelton and Dick Spottswood Piedmont PLP 13161 notes by Robert Shelton and Dick Spottswood = Chesapeake CLP 13161 [Dick Spottswood label founded soon after he "left" Music Research, Inc./Piedmont Records] original notes by Robert Shelton and Dick Spottswood reissued and distributed 19?? by OJL "Mississippi John Hurt, 1964 (Volume II of the Original Recordings 'Worried Blues')" notes by Eric Park = OJL 8054 notes by David Brown = Rounder CD 1082 (1991) "Worried Blues 1963" ["1963" ?] www.rounder.com = Vivid Sound VSCD-131 (Jp 2001)
13162 (1964)	Rev. Robert Wilkins: Memphis Gospel Singer resp. The Prodigal Son The Original 1964 Recordings - Jesus Will Fix It Allright @ youtube - Thank You, Jesus @ youtube - Just A Closer Walk With Thee @ youtube - Do Lord Remember Me @ youtube - Here Am I, Send Me @ youtube - The Prodigal Son @ youtube - Jesus Said If You Go @ youtube - I'm Going Home To My Heavenly King @ youtube rec. February 13 & 16, 1964 at Wynwood Recording Studio in Washington, D.C. by Peter V. Kuykendall; prod. by Music Research, Inc. Piedmont PLP 13162 cover photo of Robert Wilkins by Seth Beckerman (1st issue) resp. G.L. Moore (2nd issue), liner photo by Pete Grant OJL 8052 cover photos of Robert Wilkins by Ray Flerlage notes by Dick Spottswood Piedmont PLP 13162 (US 1964) notes by Dick Spottswood = Piedmont PLP 13162 (US 196?) the cover image is on a separate 8"x12" paper glued onto a generic white jacket 6-pp. booklet "Father To 'The Prodigal Son'" by Mark Humphrey = Origin Jazz Library OJL 8052 (US 1984) "The Prodigal Son" notes by Dick Spottswood and 6-pp. booklet "Father To 'The Prodigal Son'" by Mark Humphrey = Origin Jazz Library OJL 8052 (US 19??) "The Legendary Piedmont Recordings" Robert Wilkins discography OJL Records discography Bear Family BCD16629
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour and Max Hoeffner for additional info /scans

Dick Spottswood with Mississippi John Hurt
Front cover of Steve Cushing's forthcoming [July 2014] book "Pioneers of the Blues Revival"