#	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
	1927	WALTER RHODES WITH "PET" AND "CAN" - The Crowing Rooster (145358-2) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Leaving Home Blues (145359-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify rec. December 10, 1927 in Memphis, TN; Walter Rhodes, voc, # voc effects, accordion; 'Pet' & 'Can' (Maylon & Richard Harney), g, sp This "Walter Rhodes", having been recorded in 1927, is - of course - not the same musician as Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes, who was born not earlier than 1939! Columbia 14289-D
		- She's A Girl Of Mine (145357-2) - Left My Baby Blues (145360-2) rec. December 10, 1927 in Memphis, TN; Walter Rhodes, voc, accordion; 'Pet' & 'Can' (Maylon & Richard Harney), g, sp Columbia unissued
1	1954	JIMMIE NEWSOME - Long Gone Lonesome Blues (54-S-516-2/3)   @ youtube - I'm Afraid To Love You (54-S-519)   @ youtube unissued tracks from same session: - Everything Happens Here (54-S-517-3) - Down By The Trestle (54-S-518) rec. October 6, 1954 in New York, NY; Jimmy Newsome, voc, p; Walter Rhodes, g; Johnny Williams, b; unknown, dr   M-G-M 55005 (US 1954)
2	1955	THE GOLDEN ARROWS - Lord Stand By Me - Before I Get To Heaven rec. 1955 in New York, NY; Mashy ?, lead voc; 'Fat' Don, 2nd lead voc; Lefty ?, tenor voc; Sam ?, baritone voc; Joe ?, bass voc; Walter Rhodes, g Keyno ???
3	1957/58	WALTER AND ARTHUR or WALT AND ART - I Got You Now - You Were Made For Me rec. 1957/58 in New York, NY; Walter Rhodes, voc, g; Arthur Little, g; Larry Lucie, g; Lucille Lucie, b; unknown, dr Dessa or Desha ???
4	10/1959	THE MEMOS - The Biddy Leg (X 1713)   @ youtube - My Type Of Girl (X 1704)   @ youtube rec. 1958 in New York, NY; Henry Austin, lead voc; James Brown, tenor voc; Eugene Williams, baritone voc; Vernon Britton, bass voc; Walter Rhodes, voc, g; sax; b; dr Memo M-34891 (US 10/1959) [Bill Lasley's label]
5	1960	THE BLONDE BOMBER - Strollie Bun (2068)   @ youtube - I Am To Blame (2069)   @ youtube rec. 1960 in New York, NY; Walter Rhodes, voc, g; saxes; Walking Willie, p; Leonard Edwards, g; b; Leo Price, dr Hull 737 (US 1960) = Hull 763 (US 1963)
6	1960	LITTLE RED WALTER - Aw Shucks Baby (AB 711A) #   @ youtube - I'm Mad (AB 711B)   @ youtube rec. 1960 in New York, NY; Walter Rhodes, voc, g, # hca; ts; p; Leonard Edwards, b; Freddy Showkes, dr Le Sage AB 711 (US 1960) Le Sage AB 711 (repro)
		- You Can Run But You Can't Hide - Part 1 [Westside CD WESD 222] rec. 1962 in New York, NY; Walter Rhodes, voc; saxes; g; b; Leo Price, dr Hull unissued
7	1962	WALTER RHODES - Uncle Sam (ZTSP 86847)   @ youtube - I Worship The Ground You Walk On (ZTSP 86846) #   @ youtube rec. 1962 in New York, NY; Walter Rhodes, voc; tp; ts; # as; p; g; b; dr Mascot 45-M-129 (US 1962)
7	1965	LITTLE RED WALTERS - Pickin' Cotton (TC 731A) #   @ youtube - Ain't Nothing But Gossip (TC 731B)   @ youtube rec. 1960 in New York, NY; Walter Rhodes, voc, g, # hca; # ts; Leonard Edwards, g; Freddy Showkes, dr Le Sage TC 731 (US 1965)
8	1966	Downhome Blues - Sixties Style Lightnin' Leon - Dark Muddy Bottom   @ youtube - Repossession Blues   @ youtube Little Red Walters [sic] - Picking Cotton Jerry McCain - Steady   @ youtube issued in a plain white card sleeve "Lightnin' Leon" was subsequently discovered to be a pseudonym for Sun rockabilly artist Billy Lee Riley 7 inch 45 rpm EP Jan & Dil JR 450 (UK 1966) Jan & Dil Records discography Jerry McCain discography
10	1971	Violet V-102 Walter Rhodes - It's Not What You Do (4012A) - Message To My Woman (4012B) #   @ youtube Cotillon 44148 / Atlantic K 10208 WALTER RHODES - Message To My Woman (32742) #   @ youtube - It's Not What You Do (32743)   @ youtube rec. 1971 in New York, NY; Walter Rhodes, voc, g, # hca; Al ?, org; dr (g, org & dr overdubbed) Violet V-102 (US 1971) = Cotillon 44148 (US 1972) = Atlantic K 10208 (UK 1972)
		- Brown Thing - various (unknown titles) rec. 1971/72 in New York, NY; Walter Rhodes, voc, g; Mike ?, b; Ann ?, dr; Roy ?, congas unissued
11	1976	Big Al Downing - I'll Be Your Fool Once More Walter Rhodes - Message To My Woman [Violet V-102] Double Shot 007 (NL 1976)
LP / CD compilations
12	1983	Walter Rhodes: the blues goes on. ... - Lightnin' Bug - Mind Your Own Biz'ness - Bull In A Pasture - Where Is My Friend - Help The Blind - When You Love Someone - You Don't Have To Go - My Baby Packed Her Suitcase - Kansas City - Stormy Monday Blues - The Things I Used To Do - Rainy Night In Georgia rec. 1982 in New York, NY by Herb Abramson; Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes, voc, g plain white sleeve with artwork taped to front Festival 8301 (US 1983)
13	1989	Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes: Giving You The Blues@ youtube (full album) - Sex (2:10) - Dance Hobo Dance (3:02) # - Bull In A Pasture (4:22) # - Swamp Dog (4:30) - Picking Cotton (4:48) - Your Whole Life Through (2:32) - Your Sugar Honey And Ice Tea (5:30) - You Giving Me The Blues (2:25) # - Mean Little Woman (3:22) - Shot At Dobbin Height (5:35) [] rec. October 1988 in Groningen, The Netherlands by Leo Bruin; [] rec. 1986 in Hamlett, North Carolina by Walter Rhodes; Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes, voc, g; # Fred Reining, g photos by Richard van Gelder notes by Leo Bruin Swingmaster 2116 (NL 1989)
14	1989	Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes: Where Is My Friend? - You Don't Have to Go (2:33) - Rainy Night in Georgia (3:34) - Good Ol' Love (Talkin' 'Bout Sex) (3:26) - The Wiggle (6:06) # - Where Is My Friend? (4:42) - When You Love Someone (3:54) - Mind Your Own Business (3:14) - Bright Lights, Big City (5:42) # - Bull In Your Pasture (4:28) - Lightnin' Bug (5:03) rec. February 21, 1988 live at Myskins Tavern in Charleston, NC; Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes, voc, g # rec. August 27, 1988 live at Bert's Bar on Sullivan's Island, SC; Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes, voc, g; David Fuller, b; Jack Lieberman, dr Erwin EM-8903 (cassette) (US 1989)
15	2001	Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes: Now Hear This@ youtube (full album playlist) - The Life Of Lightnin' Bug Rhodes (4:31) # - Auto Mechanic Blues (3:25) # - North Carolina Woman (4:26) - Wiggle, Wiggle, Baby (4:17) # - Neighbor, Neighbor (3:34) # - Blues Star Blues (3:31) - Step It Up And Go (3:23) # - It's Not What You Do (2:57) # - Peepin' Through The Grapevine (2:54) - Now Hear This (3:08) - You Got To Do Better (3:11) # - Give Me Back My Wig (3:57) # rec. October 8, 1988 & March 15-18, 1989 in Groningen, The Netherlands by Leo Bruin; Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes, voc, g; # Fred Reining, ac g notes by Leo Bruin Swingmaster 2207 (NL 2001)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 213 - Leo Bruin: Down in the Bottom Picking Cotton - The Story of Walter Rhodes.- Juke Blues # 18 (Winter 1989/90), pp. 6-11 (including discography by Ray Topping) - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 332 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, p. 548 - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 833-834 - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2011, p. 375 - http://doo-wop.blogg.org/memos-c26505216 - www.sirshambling.com/artists_2012/R/walter_rhodes/index.php - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Gilbert Guyonnet and Tony Russell for additional info / scans