There is no photo of this artist known to exist James Reed b. June 25, 1923 in Little Rock, Arkansas "may have died around 1975" (Bob Eagle); location of death unknown discography |
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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 | ||
1 | 1954 | JAMES REED AND HIS BLUES BAND - This Is The End (FL 176) @ youtube @ Spotify - My Mama Told Me (FL 177) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. March 1954 in San Francisco, CA; James Reed, voc, p; Que Martyn, ts; g; b; dr |
2 | 1954 | JAMES REED and His Orchestra - Dr. Brown (FL 187) @ youtube @ Spotify - You Better Hold Me (FL 188) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. March 1954 in San Francisco, CA; James Reed, voc, p; Que Martyn, ts; g; b; dr |
- The End (alt tk) # - Dr. Brown (alt tk) * - You Better Hold Me (alt tk) # rec. March 1954 in San Francisco, CA; James Reed, voc, p; Que Martyn, ts; g; b; dr # Ace CHD 224 | ||
3 | 1954 | JAMES REED WITH ORCHESTRA - Oh People (A) @ Spotify - My Love Is Real (AA) @ Spotify rec. 1954 in San Francisco, CA; James Reed, voc, p; ts; Lafayette Thomas, g; b, dr Lafayette Thomas discography |
4 | 8/1954 | JAMES REED and his Band - Things Ain't What They Used To Be (6409) @ Spotify - You Better Hold Me (6639) @ Spotify rec. 1954 in San Francisco, CA; James Reed, voc, p; ts; Lafayette Thomas, g; b, dr Lafayette Thomas discography |
4a | 1954? | JIMMY WILSON - Teardrops On My Pillow [Big Town 113] THE 4 ACES - I Can See An Angel [Big Town 1001] JAMES REED - Things Ain't What They Used To Be [Big Town 117] QUE MARTIN - My Pretty Sally (instr) JIMMY WILSON - Mountain Climber [Big Town 113] JAMES REED - You Better Hold Me [Big Town 117] THE 4 ACES - Release Me [Big Town 1002] QUE MARTIN - Love That Died issued by Bill McCall of 4 Star Records
10 inch 33 1/3 rpm used for radio promotion ("This is not an L.P. Record" "use 78 rpm needle") Jimmy Wilson discography |
5 | 1972 | JAMES REED - I Wanna Know (A) @ Spotify - Tin Pan Alley (B) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. 1954 in San Francisco, CA; James Reed, voc, p; ts; Lafayette Thomas, g; b, dr from an ad in BU 91 (May 1972), p. 24: "The label is identical to the one it would have carried if it would have been released when it was pressed in 1954." (Rhythm Records, P.O. Box 1228, Phoenix, Arizona) Lafayette Thomas discography |
LP / CD compilations | ||
6 | 1970 | California Blues Anthology of the Blues - Archive series Volume Three Kent/United/Musidisc LPs track sequence: Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Three Hours Past Midnight @ youtube George Smith - I Found My Baby @ youtube - Hey Mr. Porter @ youtube James Reed - The End [Flair 1034] @ youtube - My Mama Told Me [Flair 1034] @ youtube Walter Robinson - I've Done Everthing I Can @ youtube Johnny Fuller - Prowling Blues @ youtube - Hard Times @ youtube - It's Your Life @ Spotify - Buddy @ youtube - Back Home @ Spotify - Johnny's Low Down Blues @ Spotify
P-Vine PCD-3037 track sequence:
gatefold LP 8 track stereo cartridge notes by Bruce Bromberg notes by Bruce Bromberg 12-pp. booklet Kent Anthology discography |
7 | 1970 | West Coast Blues Anthology of the Blues - Archive series Volume Twelve Kent/United/Musidisc LPs track sequence: Mercy Dee - Stubborn Woman [Flair 1078] - Have You Ever [Flair alt tk] Jimmy Nelson - T-99 Blues Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours - Texas Hop Saunders King - S.K. Blues (part 1) J.W. Walker - Sitting Here Wondering - J.W.'s Blues James Reed - Dr. Brown [Flair 1042] @ youtube - You Better Hold Me [Flair 1042] @ youtube Roy Hawkins - Strange Land @ youtube Saunders King - S.K. Blues (part 2)
P-Vine PCD-3042 track sequence:
notes by Michael Bromberg notes by Michael Bromberg 12-pp. booklet Kent Anthology discography |
8 | 1977 | Roots - Soul Sounds Of A Proud People - Black Cat - Lightnin' Hopkins - Mean And Evil - Elmore James - Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker - Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Willie Nix - You Gotta Jump Back Baby - Sunny Blair - Gone With The Wind - Roosevelt Sykes - Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed - Black Nights - Lowell Fulsom - The Jungle - B.B. King - Needed Time - Lightnin' Hopkins - Queen Bee - John Lee Hooker - Riding In The Moonlight - Howling Wolf - Dust My Blues - Elmore James - Chains Of Love - Joe Turner - When The Sun Goes Down - Smokey Hogg [Kent KST 524] - Dr. Brown - James Reed - Highway 99 - Joe Hill Louis - I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker - Strange Land - Roy Hawkins - Three O'clock Blues - B.B. King - Brow Skin Woman - Howling Wolf - Night Time Is The Right Time - Joe Turner - You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed - All In My Dreams - Boyd Gilmore [Modern 872] |
9 | 1987 | Bay Area Blues Blasters featuring Lafayette "Thing" Thomas Lafayette Thomas - Jumpin' In The Heart Of Town - Standing In The Back Door Cryin' Johnny Parker - What You Did To Me - Tired Of Everybody James Reed - Dr. Brown (alt tk) [Flair unissued] - You Better Hold Me (alt tk) [Flair unissued] - The End (alt tk) [Flair unissued] Jimmy McCracklin's Blues Blasters - Blues Blasters Boogie Roy Hawkins - It's Hard - Is It Too Late - The Thrill Is Gone - If I Had Listened Baby "Pee Wee" Parham - People Are Wonderin' - I've Got A Feeling James Reed - My Mama Told Me [Flair 1034] - The End [Flair 1034] Original sessions prod. by Joe Bihari and Bob Geddins |
10 | 1987 | Juke Joint Blues - The Fifties B.B. King - Three O'Clock Blues Elmore James - Long Tall Woman Boyd Gilmore - Ramblin' On My Mind (tk 2) [Modern unissued] Baby Face Turner - Gonna Let You Go Junior Parker - Love My Baby Howlin' Wolf - Riding in the Moonlight Dudlow & Peck Curtis - 44 Blues Sunny Blair - Step Back Baby James Reed - This Is The End Lightnin' Hopkins Jake Head Boogie Little George Smith - Down in New Orleans (aka Hey Mr. Porter) Dixie Blues Boys - Monte Carlo Floyd Dixon - Doin' The Town Rosco Gordon - Just In From Texas Jimmy Nelson - Big Mouth Mercy Dee - Have You Ever Walter Robertson - Sputterin' Blues Kid Tanner - Going To New Orleans Joe Hill Louis - Good Morning Little Angel Johnny Fuller - Prowling Blues CD bonus tracks: Jimmy McCracklin - The Panic's On Walter Horton - What's The Matter With You (=) Capitol CD 86304 (1993) |
11 | 19?? | Stompin' Volume Seven Albert Washington - Ramble Roy Perkins - Bye Bye Baby H-Bomb Ferguson - She Don't Want Me Lord Tennyson - The Dance Earl Gaines - Now Do You Hear Howlin' Wolf - Down In The Bottom Sammy Jr. - Slowly Losing My Mind Freddie Hall & His Aces - Can't This Be Mine Laurie Tate - Rock Me Daddy Lonesome Sundown - I'm A Mojo Man Smokey Joe - Start All Over Again Brooks & Brown - Sleeping In An Ocean Of Tears Prince Charles - Come On Home James Reed - You Better Hold Me Little Walter - Roller Coaster Willie King - Peg Leg Woman Stompin' Records discography |
12 | 200? | 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' Records discography |
13 | 2004? | The Best Of Big Town - Mattie, Leave Me Alone - Thrillers - Memories Of You - Ontarios - Tin Pin Alley - Jimmy Wilson - Big Eyes - Little Caesar - Who's Arms Are You Missing - Original Four Aces - He's A Real Fine Man - Fats Gaines - Wonder Why I'm Leaving - Little Caesar - I'm Gonna Move - Ontarios - Honkin' At Midnight - Frank Motley - Work With It - Que Martin - Bad Women Blues - Joe Hill Louis - You Better Hold Me - James Reed - Can't Stand It All Alone - Little Caesar - Don't Ever Leave Me Again - Angel Face - You Were My First Love Affair - Original Four Aces - Mean Train - King Solomon's Trio - Lover's Mambo - Ontarios - Things Ain't What They Used To Be - James Reed - What Kind Of Fool Is He - Little Ceasar - The Drunkard - Thrillers - Don't Know Where I'm At - Al Harrison - Call Me A Hound Dog - Jimmy Wilson - Homework Blues - Fats Gaines - Hydromatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis - I Can See An Angel - Original Four Aces - I Love You Baby - Willie B. Huff - Baby I'm Cutting Out - King Solomon's Trio - New Hound Dog - Frank Motley - I'll Drink A Toast - Ontarios - Operator 209 - Willie B. Huff - Release Me - Original Four Aces |
14 | 200? | The Downhome Blues Sessions Volume 5 Back In The Alley 1949-1954 Johnny Fuller - Hard Times - It's Your Life Walter Robertson - I've Done Everything I Can Johnny Fuller - Johnny's Low Down Blues James Reed - This Is The End aka The End - My Mama Told Me - Dr. Brown Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - I Think My Time Is Here - Josephine - Beer Drinkin' Woman Lowell Fulson - I'm Prison Bound Aka Doin' Time Blues - My Baby Left Me Aka Some Old Lonesome Day Roy Hawkins - You Had A Good Man - Just A Poor Boy James Reed - You Better Hold Me - Oh People - My Love Is Real Johnny Fuller - I Walk All Night - Back Home Walter Robertson - Sputterin' Blues - Buddy - Prowling Blues James Reed - The End Aka This Is The End - Dr Brown Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Couldn't Be A Dream - I'll Get A Break Someday |
15 | 2004 | R&B Guitars 1950-54 Nelson Carlson - My Baby Left Me - Lost - Crazy About My Baby - Waiting For Love James "Wide Mouth" Brown - A Weary Silent Night - Boogie Woogie Nighthawk Zulu Bollin - Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night - Headlight Blues - Cry Cry Cry - Stavin Chain Charles Maxfield - The World Is Turning Over - Somebody´s Got To Go - Don't Do Me Wrong - The Two Timer James Reed - (This Is) The End - The End (alt tk) - My Mama Told Me - Dr Brown - You Better Hold Me - I Wanna Know - Roughest Place In Town - Oh People - My Love Is Real - Things Ain't What They Used To Be - You Better Hold Me |
16 | 2008 | San Francisco Post-War California Down Home Blues part 1: Downtown Down Home Blues - San Francisco Blues - Lowell Fulson - Lonesome Blues - Black Diamond - Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas - Leaving Memphis Frisco Bound - Jesse Fuller - Lonesome Cabin Blues - Mercy Dee Walton - Double Trouble Blues - Lowell Fulson - Can't Stand It All Alone - Little Caesar - Buddy - Johnny Fuller - Train Train Blues - Johnny Fuller - Beggar Man Blues - Willie B. Huff - I've Done Everything I Can - Walter Robinson part 2: The Influence of Lafayette Thomas' Guitar - Sam's Drag - Lafayette Thomas - Tin Pan Alley - Jimmy Wilson - A Woman Is To Blame - Jimmy Wilson - Doctor Brown - James Reed - My Mama Told Me - James Reed - Don't Have To Worry - Lafayette Thomas - Lost Mind - Lafayette Thomas - The Panic's On - Jimmy McCracklin - The End - Jimmy McCracklin - What You Did To Me? - Johnny Parker - Cockroach Run - Lafayette Thomas |
17 | 2008 | Bob Geddins' Rhythm Records Story Jimmy Wilson - Strangest Blues Jimmy Wilson - I Used To Love A Woman Jimmy Wilson - Trouble, Trouble Jimmy Wilson - Frisco Bay Johnny Fuller - Fool's Paradise Johnny Fuller - First Stage Of The Blues Johnny Fuller & His Band - I'm Bad Johnny Fuller & His Band - Find My Baby Willie B Huff - I've Been Thinkin' & Thinkin' Willie B Huff - Beggar Man Blues L.C. Robinson - If I Lose You Baby L.C. Robinson - Why Don't You Write To Me Johnny Fuller - Train Train Blues Johnny Fuller - Bad Luck Overtook Me Mercy Dee - Trailing My Baby Mercy Dee - Main Event James Reed - Roughest Place In Town (Tin Pan Alley) James Reed - I Wanna Know Johnny Fuller - Mean Old World Johnny Fuller - How Long K.C. Douglas - K.C. Boogie K.C. Douglas - Lonely Blues Johnny Fuller - Johnny Ace's Last Letter Mercy Dee - Trying To Kick This Habit Bob Geddins - Mar-Rier (Maria's Blues) Bob Geddins - Loueggie Blues (Blues In Italy) |
18 | 2009 | The Bob Geddins Blues Legacy disc 1: - Jelly, Jelly - Lowell Fulson & The Ful-Tones - Mean Woman Blues - Lowell Fulson & The Ful-Tones - 9:30 Shuffle - Lowell Fulson & The Ful-Tones - Thinking Blues - Lowell Fulson & The Ful-Tones - Re-Enlisted Blues - Turner Willis - Rock and Rye - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Miss Minnie Lee Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Playin' on Me - Jimmy McCracklin - Big Foot Mama - Jimmy McCracklin - Streamlined Baby - Johnny Ingram & His Rhythm Czars / Jimmy Nelson - The Red Light Gotta Go - Johnny Ingram & His Rhythm Czars / Jimmy Nelson - Trying to Find My Baby - Lowell Fulson - Let's Throw a Boogie Woogie - Lowell Fulson - Highway '99' - Lowell Fulson - Whiskey Blues - Lowell Fulson - Irma Jean Blues - Bob Geddins' Cavaliers - Tell Me Baby - Lowell Fulson - Fulson Boogie - Lowell Fulson - My Baby Left Me - Lowell Fulson - Stormin' and Rainin' - Lowell Fulson - Ridin' Hi - Johnny Ingram & His Rhythm Czars - Jubudy - Johnny Ingram & His Rhythm Czars - When I'm Gone - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - South Side Mood - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Listen Woman - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - I Can't Understand Love - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters disc 2 - Nobody's Business - Bob Geddins' Cavaliers / Jimmy Wilson - Mistake In Life - Bob Geddins' Cavaliers / Jimmy Wilson - Prison Bound - Lowell Fulson - Bad Luck And Trouble - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Railroad Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Ain't No Fault Of Mine - Roy Hawkins - They Raided the Joint - Roy Hawkins - Mercury Boogie - K.C. Douglas - Eclipse Of The Sun - Sidney Maiden - Strangest Blues - Jimmy Wilson - I Used To Love A Woman - Jimmy Wilson - So Tired I Could Cry - The West Side Trio - West Side Jump - The West Side Trio - Beggar Man Blues - Willie B. Huff - I've Been Thinkin' and Thinkin' - Willie B. Huff - Jimmy's Blues - Jimmy McCracklin - Low Down Mood - Jimmy McCracklin - Poor Boy - Ulysses James - Lonesome Blues - Emery Franklin - Lonely Boy Blues - K.C. Douglas & His Lumberjacks - K.C. Boogie - K.C. Douglas & His Lumberjacks - She's My Baby - Jimmy McCracklin - Trailing My Baby - Mercy Dee Walton [Rhythm 1774] - The Main Event - Mercy Dee Walton - Blues In The Alley - Jimmy Wilson - Oh Red - Jimmy Wilson disc 3: - Tin Pan Alley - Jimmy Wilson - Big Town Jump - Jimmy Wilson - Mountain Climber - Jimmy Wilson / Que Martyn - Teardrops On My Pillow - Jimmy Wilson / Que Martyn - Bad Woman Blues - Joe Hill Louis - Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis - Call Me A Hound Dog - Jimmy Wilson - Instrumental Jump - Jimmy Wilson - Jumpin' From Six To Six - Jimmy Wilson - Trouble in My Home - Jimmy Wilson - I Love You Baby - Willie B. Huff - Operator 209 - Willie B. Huff - You Better Hold Me - James Reed - Things Ain't What They Used To Be - James Reed - Big Eyes - Little Caesar - Can't Stand It All Alone - Little Caesar - I Found Out - Jimmy Wilson - Oh Red - Jimmy Wilson - A Woman Is A Woman - Jimmy Wilson - Blues At Sundown - Jimmy Wilson - Mean Train - King Soloman Trio - Baby, I'm Cutting Out - King Soloman Trio - Wonder Why I'm Leaving - Little Caesar - What Kind of Fool - Little Caesar - He's A Real Fine Man - Fats Gaines - Home Work Blues - Fats Gaines - Don't Ever Leave Me Again - Angel Face / Frank Motley disc 4: - Train Train Blues - Johnny Fuller - Bad Luck Overtook Me - Johnny Fuller - Mean Old World - Johnny Fuller - How Long - Johnny Fuller - I Wanna Make Love To You - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - You're The One - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Fare-Well - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Take A Chance - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Sunny Road - Johnny Fuller - I Can't Succeed - Johnny Fuller - Too Late To Change - Johnny Fuller - Roughest Place In Town - Johnny Fuller - Well Baby - Juke Boy Bonner - Rock With Me Baby - Juke Boy Bonner - Mama Told Me - Johnny Fuller - Comin' Round The Corner - Johnny Fuller - Fool's Paradise - Johnny Fuller - First Stage Of The Blues - Johnny Fuller - Don't Talk Back - Hi-Tones / Big Mama Thornton - Big Mama's Coming Home - Hi-Tones / Big Mama Thornton - Savoy's Jump - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - I'm the One - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Beer Tavern Girl - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - My Love For You - Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Lovin' Lovin' Man - Johnny Fuller - Remember - Johnny Fuller - Strange Land - Johnny Fuller - Weeping And Mourning - Johnny Fuller compiled by Neil Slaven |
19 | 11/2011 | Dust My Rhythm & Blues The Flair Records R&B Story 1953-55 CD 1: - Dirty By The Dozen (Sweet Little Woman) - Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - Early In The Morning - Elmore James & His Broomdusters - She Wants To Rock (tk 2) - The Flairs - I Wonder Why (tk 1) - The Royal Hawk & His Orchestra - Can't Stop Lovin' - Elmore James & His Broomdusters - Midnight Hours Journey - Johnny Ace - Down At Hayden's - The Hunters feat. Young Jessie - Hello Baby - Big Duke & His Orchestra - Send Him Back (tk 6) - Shirley Gunter with Monroe Tucker & His Orchestra - Route "90" - Clarence "Bonton" Garlow & His Orchestra - Strange Kinda Feeling - Elmore James & His Broomdusters - Pleadin' Heart - The Whips - Found Some Good Lovin' (tk 1, breakdown & tk 2, master) - Shirley Gunter with Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra - Gettin' High (tk 1) - The Flairs - Baby Beat It (tk 4) - Big Duke & His Orchestra - This Time It's Real - Ricky & Jennell - My Mama Told Me - James Reed - Beggin' & Pleadin' (tk 1) - Big Duke & His Orchestra - My Close Friend (tk 1) - Saunders King & His Orchestra - I've Got The Feeling - Baby "Pee Wee" Parham - Baby Please (tk 4) - Mat Cockrell - Night Howler - Billy Gale & His Orchestra - Sho' Nuff I Do - Elmore James & His Broomdusters - You Better Hold Me (tk 1) - James Reed & His Orchestra - Loosely - Ike Turner & His Orchestra CD 2: - Chop House (tk 1) - Blinky Allen & His Orchestra - Let's Make With Some Love (tk 2) - The Flairs - Quit Hangin' Around Me (tk 1) - Saunders King & His Orchestra - An Angel Cried - Anna Marie & The Stardusters with Blinky Allen & The Stardusters - Blue Mambo - Bobby Rey & His Orchestra - Oop Shoop (tk 2) - Shirley Gunter & The Queens - Love Me, Love Me, Love Me (tk 2) - The Chimes - Sputterin' Blues - Walter Robertson - Hard Times - Johnny Fuller - The Big Break - Richard Berry - Standing At The Crossroads - Elmore James & His Broomdusters - Daddy Daddy (tk 1) - Richard Berry & The Dreamers - Cuban Get Away - Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Dizzy (tk 1) - The Carroll County Boys featuring Pee Wee Crayton - Farewell - Bobby Relf & The Laurels - Oh! Oh! Get Out Of The Car - Richard Berry - She Loves To Dance - The Flairs - Stubborn Woman - Mercy Dee - Next Time (tk 4) - Richard Berry - Oh, Oh, Please - Mercy Dee - Ipsy Opsie Ooh (tk 1) - Shirley Gunter & The Flairs - Dust My Blues - Elmore James & His Broomdusters - Together (tk 2) - Richard Berry & The Dreamers - Have You Ever? - Mercy Dee - Goodbye - Elmore James & His Broomdusters compiled by Tony Rounce 2 CD set Tony Rounce @ |
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 527 - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 828 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Bob Eagle, Max Hoeffner, Gerrit Robs, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Patrick Banino, Raymond Astbury and Dave Penny for additional info / scans
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