Charlie Sayles EP / LPs / CDs

1	1976	Goin' Up - Goin' Down - The Raw Harmonica Blues of Charlie Sayles@ youtube (full album) - New York - St. Louis * //   @ youtube - Goin' Up - Goin' Down # *   @ youtube - Baby, You Done Wrecked My Life #   @ youtube - Atlanta Boogie (instr) * || //   @ youtube - Here Comes The Train # *   @ youtube - I'm Mad With You * || //   @ youtube - Makin' Love To Music # *   @ youtube - Almost Gone # *   @ youtube - Banjo (instr) * || //   @ youtube - Vietnam #   @ youtube rec. c. April 1976 in Dave Sax' Long Island home basement; Charlie Sayles, voc, hca, # hi-hat cymbal; * prob. Dave Sax, g; || unknown, b; // unknown, dr; prod. & marketed by Dave Sax notes by Dave Sax Dusty Road LP 701
2	1976	Charlie Sayles: Harp Instruction Record Side A (1976-6) - Clear Single Note - Bending A Note - The Wa Wa - Talking Techniques - Chords: I'm Drawing In - Chords: I'm Blowing Out - Tongue In The Middle - Clear Single Note With Chord Side B (1976-7) - Drawing In Music - Random Music Just Drawing In - Blowing Out Music - Random Music Just Blowing Out - Random Music Just Blowing Out As Jamming - Scales - Musical Example no label name, no #, just "1976" download @ cdbaby.com
3	1990	Charlie Sayles: Night Ain't Right - Night Ain't Right - Eli - Small Room - Down & Out - There's A Woman - Automobile - Kick Your Shoes Off - Lamp Post - Chromatic Blues - Bill Monroe - Headin' Downtown - South Of The Border - People 2015 CD bonus tracks: - Meet Me in the Bottom - Hendrix - Girl Where You Coming From - Woodie - Drifting Blues rec. 1990 in Arlington, VA; Charlie Sayles, voc, hca; Larry Wise, hca; Robert Palinic, g; Kerry Sayles, b; Chip Oswald, dr notes by Keith Briggs JSP CD 241 (UK 1990) (=) JSP CD 8840 (UK 2015) "The Complete Session" JSP Records discography
4	1995	Charlie Sayles: I've Got Something To Say - Mississippi Saxophone (4:46) # - Mississippi Saxophone (alt tk) # - The Man (3:10) - Hip Guy (3:46) - Zydeco (4:53) - I Got Something To Say (6:32) - Little Walter's Blues (3:31) - Hey Joe (3:25) - I Love My Baby (3:03) - I Like What I Like (3:32) - Two Timin' Woman (4:29) - Funky Sound (3:21) - Screecher (3:19) - Well Now (4:02) - I Got Something To Say (6:23) * - Hip Guy (3:47) - Well Now (4:04) - Mississippi Saxophone (4:47) - I Love My Baby (3:04) - Little Walter's Bluez (3:32) rec. c. 1995 in Washington, DC; Charlie Sayles, voc, hca; Shawn Kellerman, g; # Deborah Coleman, g; Anthony Gonzalves, b, * backgr. voc; "Slam", dr; * Jordan Patterson, backgr. voc; prod. by Bobby Parker notes by John Stedman JSP CD 261 JSP Records discography
5	1995	Jazz On CD No. 18 Phillip Walker & Otis Grand - Dressin' Trashy The Butler Twins - You Don't Need Me Joe Houston & Otis Grand - Camilla's Hop Louisiana Red - Sun Goes Down Guitar Shorty - Shorty Jumps In Larry Gardner - No Free Rides U.P. Wilson - Boogie Boy Charlie Sayles - Hip Guy Phil Guy - Texas Flood Buddy Guy - Tell Me What's Inside Of You Byther Smith - Addressing The Nation With The Blues Tutu Jones - Excited Jazz On CD Issue 18 (NL 1995)
6	1996	Up Jumped The Blues an up-tempo blues collection Phillip Walker, Otis Grand - Don't Leave Me Baby Carey Bell - Leaving In The Morning (Live) Buddy Guy - Girl You're Nice And Clean U.P. Wilson - Half Step (instr) John "Big Moose" Walker - Rambling Woman Larry Garner - Shack Bully Byther Smith - Put Your Arms Around Me Tutu Jones - Excited (instr) Guitar Shorty & Otis Grand - Red Hot Mama Walter Horton - Two Old Maids (Live) U.P. Wilson - Need The Need Carey Bell & Laurie Bell - The Gladys Shuffle (instr) Little Willie Littlefield - Cry Over You (Live) Otis Grand - Shorty Jumps In (instr) Charlie Sayles - Down And Out Hubert Sumlin - Look Don't Touch Phil Guy - Professor's Boogie (instr) Johnny Mars - Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash notes by Bill Dahl Music Club MCCD 241 = Music Club 50002 (UK 1996)
7	1997	Blues Harp Greats James Cotton, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold, Elvin Bishop - Three Harp Boogie (instr) (3:28) Carey Bell - (I Shoulda Did) What My Mama Told Me (4:18) Treat Her Right - Come Back Baby (2:15) James Montgomery Band - The Oven Is On (instr) (3:02) Magic Dick, J. Geils - The Jumpin' Blues (5:16) Paul Rishell, Annie Raines - Ol' Heartbreak (3:23) The Butler Twins - Hey Baby [Don't You Know Your Daddy Loves You So] (5:29) Mark Hummel - Rockin' At The Riverside (4:10) Mojo Buford - Pickin' Rags (5:14) Charlie Sayles - Lamp Post (4:13) EasyDisc ED CD 7023 (US 1997)
8	1997	Blues Cruise Phillip Walker And Otis Grand - Bluesmobile The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band feat. Bnois King - Step On It Johnny Adams - Body And Fender Man Joe "Guitar" Hughes - U Turn Jumpin' Johnny Sansone - Destination Unknown Roomful Of Blues - Let's Ride Monster Mike Welch - Cruise Control Charlie Sayles - Automobile Kenny 'Blue' Ray - '56 Eldorado Pat Boyack & The Prowlers - Gas Station Man EasyDisc ED CD 7056 (US 1997)
9	1997	Too Hot For Me A JSP Blues Sampler U.P. Wilson - You're One Woman Lonnie Shields - A Woman Is Dangerous The Butler Twins - I'm Talking About Love Charlie Sayles - Hip Guy Ike Cosse - Doggy Style Jimmy Morello - Hey Brother Kenny Parker - Too Hot For Me Willie Edwards - Everlastin' Tears Bob Kirkpatrick - Going Back To Texas T-Bone Singleton - Light In A Dark Place Jordan Patterson - Funky Thang (Playing The Blues Like Never Before) Tré - One Eyed Man Johnny Rawls - Here We Go Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones - You're A Dog Joe Coronado - Fine As Wine The Griswalds - Aunt Nancey's Bull U.P. Wilson - Whirlwind notes by Brett J. Bonner JSP JSPCD 2H1 (UK 1997) JSP Records discography
10	1998	Chicago Blues 2 CD 1: Guitar Shorty - You Gave Me The Blues Baby Jordan Patterson, Bobby Rush - No Educated Woman Lefty Dizz - You Don't Love Poor Me No More Louisiana Red - Valerie Louisiana Red - I'm Leaving John "Big Moose" Walker - Rambling Woman Jimmy Dawkins - Highway Man Blues Hubert Sumlin - All I Can Do Hubert Sumlin - Sometimes I'm Right Jimmy Rogers - Mean Red Spider Johnny Mars - Mighty Mars Lefty Dizz - Teardrops On My Pillow Left Hand Frank - Baby Please Jimmy Rogers - Crazy Woman Blues John Lee Granderson - Rollin' & Tumblin' CD 2: Brewer Phillips - Whiskey Drinking Woman Brewer Phillips - Poison Ivy Brewer Phillips - Poor Boy Blues Jew Town Burks - Partnership Woman Jew Town Burks - Minnie Sue Jew Town Burks - Cadillac Driven Woman Jew Town Burks - Racetrack Blues Jimmy Rogers - Take A Walk With Me Charlie Sayles - Little Walter's Blues Lucky Evans - Tail Draggin' Lucky Evans - Extra Extra Johnny Mars - Rocket 88 Deitra Farr - This I Know To Be True Doc Terry - Who Do Blues Joe Carter - Talk To Your Daughter 2 CD set notes by John Stedman JSP CD 405 (UK 1998) JSP Records discography
11	1999	Charlie Sayles: Union Mission Blues - ??? rec. 1999 in Washington, DC; Charlie Sayles, voc, hca; unknown acc. ???
12	2000	Charlie Sayles: Hip Guy The Best Of The JPS Sessions - Eli (2:46) - Down And Out (4:07) - Automobile (3:50) - Bill Monroe (3:07) - Meet Me In The Bottom (4:36) # - Hendrix (4:33) # - Girl Where You Coming From (4:07) # - Woodie (2:39) # - Driftin' Blues (4:37) # - Mississippi Saxophone (4:48) - Hip Guy (3:47) - I Got Something To Say (6:23) # originally unissued tracks JSP JSPCD 2141 (UK 2000) JSP Records discography
13	2002	Harpin' On It The Butler Twins Jack Daniel's And Me - (5:38) Carey Bell - Brought Up The Hard Way (5:58) Bobby Rush - No Educated Woman (4:05) Walter Horton - Two Old Maids (4:25) Randy McAllister - Bob's Number 2 (3:54) Ike Cosse - Doggy Style (3:23) Doctor Ross - My Little Woman (3:54) Charlie Sayles - Automobile (3:49) [JSP CD 241/2141] Doc Terry Things Can't Stay The Same - (4:26) Bill Dicey - Whoopin' & Hollerin' (5:34) Darrell Nulisch - Too Hot For Me (3:47) Louisiana Red - This Little Letter (8:09) Oscar "Harpo" Davis - Reconcile (8:25) George "Mojo" Buford - Big Leg Woman (3:46) Bill Dicey - Americana (3:26) Sugar Blue - Death Of Ellesse (5:50) JSP JSPCD811 (UK 2002) JSP Records discography
14	2004	Memphis Gold: The Prodigal Son - Come Wit Me - Don't Let Her Ride - Crabcakes - Big Leg Woman - Prodigal Son - Chicken It - 3's Tonic - Preacher Blues - Test Drive That Woman - Melt Down Baby - Bedroom Mumba Chester "K.D." Chandler ("Memphis Gold"), voc, g, rhythm g, hca; Phil Wiggins, Charlie Sayles, hca; Robert Eldridge, horns; Kurt Gibbons, keyb & org; Joey (Grasshopper) Poppen, rhathm g; Willie Hicks, Ralph Oliver, Apaulo Trinidada, Larry Self, b; L. Warren Weatherspoon, Emmit Cortrell, Don & Pete Ragusa, dr; Lorenzo Johnson, congas Stackhouse SRC-1911
15	2013	Classic Harmonica Blues - Theme Song - Doctor Ross, the Harmonica Boss - Heart in Sorrow - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Take Your Fingers Off It - Will Shade, Charlie Burse, and Gus Cannon - Nine Below Zero - Eddie Burns - Bye Bye Bird - Charlie Sayles   @ youtube - Gillum Blues - Jazz Gillum - Crow Jane Blues - Sonny Terry - Dog Days of August - John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - Minglewood Blues - John Sebastian and the J Band (with Annie Raines) - Good Morning Little School Girl- Doctor Ross, the Harmonica Boss - Sweet Home Chicago - Phil Wiggins and the Robert Johnson Tribute Band - One Way Out - Eddie Burns - Boogie Baby - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Low Down Blues - Neal Pattman - Hooka Tooka - Chambers Brothers - Train Piece - Charlie Sayles   @ youtube - Chicago Breakdown - Doctor Ross, the Harmonica Boss - I Feel So Good - Warner Williams and Jay Summerour - Barbara Allen Blues - Roscoe Holcomb - Custard Pie - Sonny Terry and unknown washboard band notes by Jeff Place & Barry Lee Pearson Smithsonian Folkways SFW40204
16	2015	Charlie Sayles and the Blues Disciples featuring Tony the Legend Fazio - Those Things Of Old (4:24) - New Day Coming (3:18) - These Chains (3:11) - Vietnam (4:45) - Everybody's Got Something To Say (3:59) - Arella (3:26)   @ youtube - Laughin And Grinnin (2:41) - I Don't Want To Die (2:50) - Green Peace (2:56) - Jesus Christ (3:08) Fetal CD 00021
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 221 - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 866 - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 398 - Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 449 - Edward Komara: Charlie Sayles.- in Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues Vol. 2 (K-Z).- New York/London (Routledge) 2005, p. 862 - Frank Matheis: Charlie Sayles - The Blues Salvation of Charlie Sayles.- Living Blues #241 (Vol. 47, #1) (February 2016), pp. 26-33 - https://www.facebook.com/harmonicalegendcharliesayles/ - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Gerrit Robs for additional info / scans

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