Illustrated Thomas / Tom Shaw discography

source: Front cover of Testament TCD 5027
photographer: Frank Scott Thomas
'Tom' Shaw
Thomas Edgar Shaw
b. March 4, 1908 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas
d. February 24, 1977 at Donald Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, San Diego County, California
buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California
discography
Thomas Shaw at De Bajes, Amstelveen, December 16, 1972
photographer: Bart van Lienden

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1972	Thomas Shaw: Born In Texas LP track sequence: - Born In Texas // @ youtube - Stop And Listen // @ youtube - Worried Blues \|\|\| - Hungry Wolf \|\| @ youtube - Motherless Children \|\| @ youtube - Richard Nixon's Welfare Blues [] @ youtube - Tom Shaw's Penitentiary Blues [] - Let's Rock \\ - Old Original Penitentiary Blues \|\| - Worried Life \|\| - Dirty Mistreater \|\| CD track sequence: - Born In Texas // - Stop And Listen // - Worried Blues \|\|\| - Hungry Wolf \|\| - Last Year Was A Mighty Fine Year # @ youtube - Working Man Blues # - Motherless Children \|\| - Richard Nixon's Welfare Blues [] - Tom Shaw's Penitentiary Blues [] - Let's Rock \\ - Sinners Prayers # - All Out And Down # @ youtube - Old Original Penitentiary Blues \|\| - Worried Life \|\| - Dirty Mistreater \|\| - Milky Highway # - If Jesus Had To Pray # - Stocking Feet Blues # - Mocking The Trains # # CD bonus tracks prod. by Frank Scott // rec. May 29, 1971 in San Diego, CA; Thomas Shaw, voc, g \|\| rec. May 30, 1971 in San Diego, CA; Thomas Shaw, voc, g, \|\|\| Bob Jefferey, p \\ rec. May 31, 1971 in San Diego, CA; Thomas Shaw, voc, g [] rec. June 5, 1971 in San Diego, CA; Thomas Shaw, voc, g # rec. 1972 in Los Angeles, CA; Thomas Shaw, voc, g photos by Frank Scott notes by Frank Scott Advent 2801 (US 1972) notes by Frank Scott = XTRA 1132 (UK 1972) original notes by Frank Scott (=) Testament TCD-5027 (US 1995) Adelphi Records discography XTRA Records discography Testament Records discography
2	1972	Tom Shaw ... Blind Lemon's Buddy - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (Tom Shaw) @ youtube - Stop In The Valley (Tom Shaw) - Some Men Like Doggin' (Alexander-arr. Tom Shaw) - Just Can't Keep From Crying (Blind Willie Johnson, arr. Tom Shaw) @ youtube - Match Box Blues (Lemon Jefferson) @ youtube - Rock (Tom Shaw) - Samson And Delilah (trad. arr. Tom Shaw) @ youtube - Howling Wolf Blues (J.T. Smith, arr. Tom Shaw) - Martin Luther King (Tom Shaw) - Ella Speed (trad. arr. Tom Shaw) - Broke And Ain't Got A Dime (Lemon Jefferson, arr. Tom Shaw) - Prowling Ground Hog (Tom Shaw) @ youtube rec. poss. April 1, 1972 in New York by Nick Perls; Thomas Shaw, voc, g; engineering & production by Nick Perls; cover photo by Nick Perls notes by Stephen Calt Blue Goose 2008 (US 1972) Blue Goose Records discography
3	1973	Thomas Shaw: Do Lord Remember Me Blues Beacon 1932 123 tracks: - Let's Rock - Folks You Don't Know What The Lord Has Done For Me - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Dedicated To My Friends (Blind Lemon and Funny Paper Smith) - Roll Me Baby - Do Lord, Do Remember Me - I'm A Lonely Woman * - She's My Gal - I Believe My Time Ain't Long - Tom's Special Blues - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Two White Horses In A Line) - Texas Blues - E.J. Blues * * tracks not on Blues Beacon 63 1001 (1981) Blues Beacon 631001 tracks: - Let's Rock - Folks You Don't Know What The Lord Has Done For Me - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Dedicated To My Friends - Roll Me Baby - Do Lord, Do Remember Me - She's My Gal - I Believe My Time Ain't Long - Tom's Special Blues - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Texas Blues rec. December 17, 1972 at B.B.C. Studios, Baambrugge, The Netherlands; Thomas Shaw, voc, ac g Side Two track 1 ("I'm A Lonely Woman", on Blues Beacon 1932 123 only) rec. c. December 17, 1972 live at Bajes Blues Club, Amsterdam-Amstelveen, The Netherlands; Thomas Shaw, voc, el g prod. by Peter Gleissner Blues Beacon 1932 123 (Germany 1973) [subsidiary of Enja Records] Blues Beacon 631001 (Germany 1981) (=?) CD BLU-1001 (Germany 19??) Blues Beacon Records discography
4	1974	San Diego Blues Jam Tom Courtney & Henry Ford Thompson - Somebody's Been Knockin' Bob Jefferey & Sam Chatmon - Watergate Blues Thomas Shaw - Jack of Diamonds Sam Chatmon - She's My Baby Bob Jefferey - Toe Shakin' °° - Handsome Stranger °° Tom Courtney & Louis Major - Early One Morning Bonnie Jefferson - Take Me Back Louis Major - Handy Brandy Thomas Shaw - Hey Mr. Nixon Tom Courtney and Henry Ford Thompson - Dust My Blues °° Sam Chatmon - Sweet Old San Diego °° Bonnie Jefferson - Got The Blues So Bad Bob Jefferey - 73 Hop Louis Major - Shotgun Blues Bob Jefferey & Sam Chatmon - Ashtray Taxi Bonnie Jefferson - Crow Rooster Crow °° Tom Courtney & Henry Ford Thompson - Just Goes To Show You (The World Is Mad) Sam Chatmon & Bob Jefferey - Shake 'Em All Down °° °° CD bonus tracks notes (January 1974) by Lou Curtiss Advent 2804 (US 1974) original notes by Lou Curtiss (=) Testament TCD-5029 (US 1995) Advent Records discography Testament Records discography
5	1981	Just Something My Uncle Told Me Blaggardy Folk Songs From The Southern United States Glenn Ohrlin - The Ring Dang Do Julius Sorel [Van Holy Oak] - I Fucked An Old Girl In The Graveyard / Here's To Old Meg Jim Garland - One-Eyed Riley George Bernard [Thomas Shaw] - The Eagle Glenn Ohrlin - The Wild Buckaroo Buford Pippin [Nimrod Workman] - The Piece Of Wang Smokey Rogers [Spade Cooley's vocalist] - The Tattooed Lady Glenn Ohrlin - Barnacle Bill The Sailor Wash Nelson [?] - Last May Morn Glenn Ohrlin - The Little Ball Of Yarn Jim Garland - Crawling And Creeping Glenn Ohrlin - The Open Book Julius Sorel [Van Holy Oak] - The Winnipeg Whore Jim Garland - Granny Hare / Little Girl From Arkansas / Ryestraw / She Went Around The Huckleberry Bush / Blackeyed Susie Glenn Ohrlin - The Castration Of The Strawberry Roan Julius Sorel [Van Holy Oak] - The Hermit Of Shark Tooth Shoal Buford Pippin [Nimrod Workman] - Blue Balls From Bellman / Fucking Does The Women Good George Bernard [Thomas Shaw] - Uncle Bud Jim Garland - Old Granny Cripplecunt / God Damn Her Old Soul / I Sent A Rabbit For A Bucket Of Beer / A Conversation Between President Buchanan And Queen Victoria Glenn Ohrlin - The Great Wheel prod. by Mark Wilson & Lou Curtiss cover design by Gene Waldman notes by Mark Wilson Rounder 0141 (US 1981) Rounder Records discography
6	1992	Ultimate Blues Collection Volume 3 CD 1: Karen Carroll - Little Red Rooster - Woke Up This Morning - Big Boss Man - Sweet Home Chicago Maisha Grant - Help Me Through The Day - Mellow Down Easy - Mama Talk To Your Daughter - Please Love Me The Cat - Tin Roof Rules Katie Webster - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby - Misty Blue CD 2: Thomas Shaw - I'm Broke And I Haven't Got A Dime # - Sail Along Little Girl # Joanna Connor - Guitar Woman # - The Sky Is Crying # VGO / Ed Morris - Talking Hard Luck Blues # James 'Son' Thomas - Bull Cow Blues # Luther Allison - Fight - Freedom Thomas Shaw - Smokey Mountain # - Mini Blues # Sam Chatmon - Sittin' On Top Of The World # CD 3: Willie Mabon - Klickety Klock - Lover Girl - Dorsey's Boogie - The Seventh Son The Cat - I Love My Baby - Came Home This Morning - Rockin' The Subway 'Big Moose' Walker - Don't Cry Baby Little Willie Littlefield - Adam Come And Get Your Bone - Prisoner For Tonight Tommy Tucker - Trouble In Mind # # previously unreleased 3 CD set Chrisly CM 11003 ("Chrisly Records Blues Box") (Germany 1992) Ornament Records discography
7	2014	The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3 disc 1: The 1960s Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50) John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19) Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05) Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03) Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01) Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06) Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45) Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27) Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07) Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21) Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11) R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25) Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36) Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42) Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43) Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19) J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25) Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52) Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42) Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30) Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13) Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53) Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56) disc 2: The 1970s Son House - Empire State Express (3:41) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59) J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59) Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06) R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45) Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46) Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04) John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15) Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33) Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20) Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33) Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50) Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18) Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53) Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26) Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19) Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44) Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10) Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37) Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58) Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24) Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56) David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56) Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18) front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner 112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Simon A. Napier, Steve LaVere, Lou Curtiss: Thomas Shaw.- Blues Unlimited 75 (1970), p. 14
- Lou Curtiss: Tom Shaw Talks.- Living Blues 9 (1972), pp. 24-27
- Lou Curtiss: Tom Shaw.- Living Blues 33 (1977), p. 5
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 365
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 877
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 406/407
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who.- New York 1979, p. 456
- Frank Scott: Thomas Shaw's Born In Texas.- Boogie Woogie & Blues Collector 30 (1973), p. 12
- Guido van Rijn: From The Vaults ... Thomas Shaw Interview.- Blues & Rhythm 193 (2004), pp. 4-8
- www.horntip.com/mp3/1980s/1981_just_something_my_uncle_told_me_(LP)/
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

Lou Curtiss (†) was the owner of San Diego's Folk Arts Rare Records store

thanks to 'blues4sale' and Max Hoeffner for additional info / scan

Thomas Shaw at De Bajes, Amstelveen, The Netherlands, December 16, 1972
source: Block 97 (1996), p. 35; photographer: Bart van Lienden

http://www.jazzland.at/archiv/stor0102.htm

Thomas Shaw at the Jazzland, Vienna, Austria, 1972

front cover of Blues Link # 1 (1973); photo by Gerben Kroese; click to enlarge!

Front cover of Blues Link # 1 (1973)
photographer: Gerben Kroese

front cover of Blues & Rhythm # 193 (2004); click to enlarge!

Front cover of Blues & Rhythm # 193 (2004)
photographer: Frank Scott