Red Lightnin' RL 001 track list: - Sit And Cry # - Try To Quit You Baby # - You Sure Can't Do # - This Is The End # - Broken Hearted Blues * - Slop Around * - First Time * - I Got my Eyes On You * - Stone Crazy [] - Skippin' [] - When My Left Eye Jumps [] - The Treasure Untold [] - My Time After While § - I Dig Your Wig §
# Buddy Guy with Bob Neeley, Mack Easter, Otis Rush, Willie Dixon and Odie Payne (1958) * Buddy Guy with Gerry Gibson, Donald Hickens, Otis Spann, Jack Meyers and Freddy Below (1960) [] Buddy Guy with Sonny Turner, Murray Watson, Gerry Gibson, Abe Locke, Lafayette Leake, Lefty Bates, Jack Meyers and Phil Thomas (1961) § Buddy Guy with Sonny Boy Williamson, Hank ?, Lafayette Leake, Jack Meyers and Clifton James (1964)
Python PLP-KM 2 (UK 1969) "First Time I Met The Blues"
(=) Red Lightnin' RL 001
Red Lightnin' RL 002 (UK 1969)
= Drive CD 3220 (1995)
Little Walter discography
Advent 2804 album cover never materialized!Some LPs with Advent labels obviously were sold with Red Lightnin' RL 003 album coversAdvent 2804 [200 copies pressed]
notes by Dave Sax = Red Lightnin' RL 003 (UK 1969)with Advent 2804 label, no RL logo on front cover
notes by Dave Sax = Red Lightnin' RL 003RL logo on front cover, black album cover, orange label
notes by Dave Sax = Red Lightnin' RL 003red album cover and label
= BYG BGT 529 511 (Fr) "No Friend Around" (Pop Blues Vol. 11)
notes by Martin Hawkins= Charly CR 30170 (UK 1979) "No Friend Around"
notes by Dave Sax = Happy Bird B 90165 (Germany 1984) "Do The Boogie"
Red Lightnin' RLCD0093 (UK 1993) "No Friend Around"
Red Lightnin' RLCD0093 (UK 1995) "No Friend Around"
Advent Records discography
Red Lightnin' RL 004
Red Lightnin' RL 005
DLPnotes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 006 (UK 1971)
= Broadside CD STERN1 (UK 2008)
Red Lightnin' RL 007
notes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 008 (UK 1972)
(=) Jefferson Records SBACD 12653/4 (Sweden 1999) (Horton tracks)(=) Jefferson Records SBACD 12655/6 (Sweden 2000) (Butterfield tracks)(=) Jefferson Records SBACD 12658/9 (Sweden 2004) (Horton / Butterfield tracks)
Walter Horton discography
# not on Bluesway BLS-6072
rec. 1966 in Sauk City, Wisconsin; Earl Hooker, g; Freddie Roulette, st-g; org; g; b; dr [] rec. April 1967 in Sauk City, Wisconsin; Earl Hooker, g; ts; org; b; dr // rec. 1967 in Sauk City, Wisconsin; Earl Hooker, g; Bobby Fields, ts; org; b; dr
Cuca KS-3400 ("The Genius of Earl Hooker")
notes by Peter Shertser = Red Lightnin' 009
notes by Al Smith = Bluesway BLS-6072 (US 1973) "Do You Remember The Great Earl Hooker"
notes by Peter Shertser= Red Lightnin' CD 6118 (UK 1999) "There's A Fungus Amung Us" (digitally remastered)
= Catfish 134 (US 1999)= Multimedia 6118 (US 1999)
= Sundazed SUNLP 5206 (US 2006) "The Genius of Earl Hooker"www.sundazed.com
= P-Vine PVCP8159 (Jp 1998)
Earl Hooker discography
Red Lightnin' RL 0010
= Charly CR 30169
Red Lightnin' RL 0011
notes (June 1975) by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 0012
Billy Boy Arnold discography
Red Lightnin' RL 0013
°° on Northern Light LP 87007 (as by "Chicago All Star Black Blues Band")
notes by Willy Leiser Vogue LDM 30285 (Fr 1975) "Billy Boy Arnold Session"
notes by Anonymous (Peter Shertser?) (=) Red Lightnin' RL 0014 (UK 1975) "Sinner's Prayer"
cover art by George Snow
Red Lightnin' RL 0015
Red Lightnin' RL 0016
notes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 0017 (UK 1977)
notes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 0018
notes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 0019 (UK 1978) also on blue vinyl
Homesick James discographyAndrew McMahon discography
notes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 0020 (UK 1978) also on red vinyl
Andrew McMahon discographyHomesick James discographyEddie Boyd discography
notes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 0021 (UK 5/1978) also on clear vinyl
Earl Hooker discographyEddie Boyd discographyL.C. McKinley discography
Red Lightnin' RL 0022
notes by Mick AthertonRed Lightnin' RL 0023
notes by Mick AthertonRed Lightnin' RL 0024 (UK 1979)
= Rockhouse LP-8008 (NL 1980)
= Rockhouse 67462 (Fr 1981)
notes by Mike Atherton= Smokestack Lightning SLS 0174 (UK 1982)
notes by Neil Slaven(=) Sequel NEBCD 850 (UK 1996)
notes (February 2007) by Alfie Falckenbach= Music Avenue CD 250167 (Belgium 2007) "Dirty Mother..."
notes by Alfie Falckenbach= Blues Boulevard / Music Avenue 250288 (Be 2011) "Blue And Lonesome"
notes by Nick Dalton = Angel Air SJPCD415 (UK 2013) "Chicago Blues from Islington Mews 1977"
notes by Cliff White Red Lightnin' RL 0025
Red Lightnin' RL 0026
7 inch EP Red Lightnin' RLEP 0027 (UK 1979)
Billy Boy Arnold discographyLittle Walter discography
Red Lightnin' RL 0028
notes by Sid Wallace Flash Back MK 57-411 "Clayton Love sings Mississippi Music, Mud & Misery"
10 inch LPnotes by Sid Wallace = Red Lightnin' RL 0029
Red Lightnin' RL 0030
7 inch 45 rpmRed Lightnin' RL 450031
7 inch 45 rpmRed Lightnin' RL 450032
Split Rivitt - The Archives
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
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"
The Devil's Music discography
notes by Peter ShertserRed Lightnin' RL 0034 (UK 1981)
= Blind Pig BP 71182 (US 1988)
= Sequel NEMCD687 (UK 1994)
= Blind Pig - LP 481182 (US 2008)
Red Lightnin' RL 0035
Red Lightnin' RL 0036
= Rumble 1001 (US)
= P-Vine Records - 8160 (Jp 1998)
= Catfish CD 133 (UK 2000)
Red Lightnin' RL 0037
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
notes by Giles Oakley Red Lightnin' RL 0038 (UK 1983)
Red Lightnin' RL 0039
Red Lightnin' RL 0040
= Flying Fish FF 268(Ca 1982)
# rec. December 8, 1961 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; King Curtis, Oliver Nelson, ts; Eddie "Blues Man" Kirkland, voc, hca, g; Herman Foster, p; Billy Butler, g; Jimmy Lewis, b; Frank Shea, dr * rec. March 9, 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; King Curtis, Oliver Nelson, ts; Eddie "Blues Man" Kirkland, voc, hca, g; George Stubbs, p; Billy Butler, g; Jimmy Lewis, b; Ray Lucas, dr
Tru-Sound TR-15010 (US 1962) [Prestige subsidiary] "It's The Blues Man!"
= Vogue SLVLXP513 (Fr) "Anthologie du Blues Vol. 10"
= Red Lightnin' RL0041 "The Way It Was"
= OBC LP 513 (US 1987)
= OBCCD-513-2 (US 1993)
= P-Vine PCD-5244 (Jp 199?)
Red Lightnin' RL 0042
Red Lightnin' RL 0043
= Broadside CD STERN 3 (2009)
War Bride WB-9008 (US 1982)
= Red Lightnin' RL 0044
12 inch LP Red Lightnin' RLEP 0045 (UK 1983)
Billy Boy Arnold discographyGood Rockin' Charles discographyOtis "Big Smokey" Smothers discography
Music Is Medicine MIM 9054 (US 1982)
= Red Lightnin' RL 0046
DLPRed Lightnin' RL 0047
Red Lightnin' RLP 0048
Red Lightnin' RL 0049
notes by Mick "Frenchie" Atherton & Rien Wisse Red Lightnin' RL 0050
(=) P-Vine PCD5381
notes by Rien Wisse & Mick "Frenchie" Atherton Red Lightnin' RL 0051
notes by Rien Wisse & Mick "Frenchie" Atherton Red Lightnin' RL 0052 (UK 1984)
Magic Slim discography
rec. 1969 during a British tour at the Mayfair Hotel, London featuring Jo Ann Kelly
notes by Jo Ann Kelly Red Lightnin' RL 0053
= Red Lightnin' RLCD0053
re-released 1995 (along with McDowell tracks from RL 0063) as "Mississippi Fred McDowell live at the Mayfair" on Warner CD 43025
= Sequel NEB CD 851 (UK 1996)
Mississippi Fred McDowell discography
Red Lightnin' RL 0054
notes by Mike Rowe Red Lightnin' RL 0055 (UK 1985)= P-Vine PCD-5332 (Jp 1998) "Muddy Waters, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy ..."Red Lightnin' Records discography
= P-Vine PCD-5332 (Jp 1998) "Muddy Waters, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy ..."
Red Lightnin' Records discography
Red Lightnin' RL 0056
Red Lightnin' RL 0057
Red Lightnin' RL 0058
Red Lightnin' RL 0059
notes (Oct. 1985) by Mick "Frenchie" AthertonRed Lightnin' RL 0060 (UK 1986)
= M.I.L. Multimedia MIL 6105 (US 1999)
HD Remastered Edition= Doxy Collection (It? 2006)
American Folk Blues Festival discography
notes by Anonymous (Kehn A. Bacon)Grits GR 100 (US 1983) (label run by Kehn A. Bacon)
original Grits notesRed Lightnin' RL 0061 (UK 9/1985)
notes by Mark Lipscomb (=) Delmark DE 774 (US 2004) "Hold That Train"
= P-Vine PCD-20296 (Jp 2004) "Hold That Train"
Red Lightnin' RL 0062
Red Lightnin' RL 0063
McDowell tracks (along with RL 0053) re-released 1995 as "Mississippi Fred McDowell live at the Mayfair" on Warner CD 43025
= Onyx Classix CD 261112
Red Lightnin' RL 0064
Red Lightnin' RL 0065
Red Lightnin' RL 0066
= Pausa 7201
Red Lightnin' RL 0067
Red Lightnin' RLCD 0068
= Stony Plain SPL 1038
Red Lightnin' RL 0070
Red Lightnin' RL 0071
= RLCD 0071 (2005)
Red Lightnin' RL 0072
Red Lightnin' RL 0073
= Drive CD (1995)
Red Lightnin' RL 0074
Red Lightnin' RL 0025
Red Lightnin' RLCD 0075
Red Lightnin' RL 0034
Red Lightnin' RLCD 0076
Red Lightnin' RLCD 0077
Red Lightnin' RL 0078
7 inch single# PeeWee PW10014 (US 1988)
(=) Fedora FCD 5014(1999)
Red Lightnin' RLCD 0082
Red Lightnin' RL 0084
Taboo TR333LP-ST (US 1985)
= Red Lightnin' RL 0085 (UK 1990)
thanks to Alan Balfour, 'Volvo Slim', Paul Vernon, Ray Templeton, Lex Jansen, Stephen J. Ferguson, Tom Morris, Hideki Soeda, Marc Claes, Zenaida Odom, Mike Atherton, Dayvk Martins and Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans