Columbia unissued
Testament LP 2207 (1973)Epic EG 37318/19 (1982)Document DOCD 5270 (1994)
Chess 1443 [was cancelled]
Chess LP 411 (1970)Document DOCD 5270 (1994)
JOB 116 (without hand written "116")
JOB 116 (with hand written "116")
(=) JOB 116 (45 rpm repro!)
* Blues Classics BC-6 (1965)Westside CD WESM635 (2001)
JOB unissued
Flyright FLY 563(1980)
JOB 1010
Muskadine 1 / M 100Westside CD WESM635
= JOB 1010 (45 rpm repro)
Walter Horton discography
Westside CD WESM635# P-Vine PLP 705* Flyright 563// P-Vine PCD-2176
Constellation CS-6 (US 1964) [Ewart Abner's label]
Classics CD 5171
notes by Charles Radcliffe post-war blues pwb 1
post-war blues discography
Blues Classics BC 6 (US 1965)
Blues Classics discography
notes by Sam Charters Vanguard VRS 9218
notes by Sam Charters = Fontana TFL 6070 (UK 12/1966)
= Vanguard VMD 79218 (US 1989)
add'l releases @ discogs
3 CD setnotes by Ed Ward (=) Vanguard 3VCD 172/74-2 (1999)
3xLP box set Vanguard VSD-79216/7/8 (180 g; remastered) (UK 2009)
Fontana Records discographyJohnny Young discography
notes by Pete Welding"P.O. Box 1813 / Chicago, Illinois 60690" Testament T-2211 (US 1966) "Otis Spann's Chicago Blues"notes by Pete Welding"577 Levering Avenue / Los Angeles, California 90024" Testament T-2211 (US 19??) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"notes by Pete Welding = Bounty BY-6037 (UK 1967) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"notes by Pete Welding = Polydor 545 030 (UK 1969) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2211 (Special re-release by OJL) (US 198?) "Otis Spann's Chicago Blues"
notes by Pete Welding"577 Levering Avenue / Los Angeles, California 90024" Testament T-2211 (US 19??) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"
notes by Pete Welding = Bounty BY-6037 (UK 1967) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"
notes by Pete Welding = Polydor 545 030 (UK 1969) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"
notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2211 (Special re-release by OJL) (US 198?) "Otis Spann's Chicago Blues"
notes by Pete Welding (=) Testament TCD 5005 (US 1994) "Otis Spann's Chicago Blues"
Testament Records discographyOtis Spann discographyWalter Horton discographyLee Jackson discographyJohnny Young discography
notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2212 (US 1966)
notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2212 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 198?)
notes by Pete Welding = Testament TCD-5002 (US 1994)
= P-Vine PCD-5565 (Jp 1999)
Testament Records discographyWalter Horton discographyOtis Spann discographyLee Jackson discography
notes (January 1969) by Mike Rowe Blue Horizon 7-63212 (UK 1969)
= Blue Horizon BM 4607 "Blues Masters Vol. 7"
Sire/Warner Bros. CD 45285-2 (US 1993)
= Pure Pleasure Records APPR 63212 (180 gram vinyl)
EPIC 88697192172 (US 2008)
DLPnotes by G.L. Moore Adelphi AD 1005 (US 1969)
= Echo ECB 803 (US 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 3" "Real Chicago Blues"
= Echo ECB 804 (US 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 4" "More From Chicago"
# Genes GCD 9914
Adelphi Records discographyBig Walter Horton discographyDavid 'Honeyboy' Edwards discographyJohn Lee Granderson discographyBackwards Sam Firk discographyBig Joe Williams discography
notes by Joachim E. Berendt MPS 15 244 ST (Germany 1969)
= MPS 15 003 (Fr)
notes by Joachim E. Berendt MPS BASF G-20707 (Germany 1972)
notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2217 (US 1969)BU 66 (October 1969), p. 29BW 26 (January 1970), p. 15/16
= Testament T-2217 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 19??)
(=) Testament TCD-5015 (USA 1994)= P-Vine PCD-5586 (Jp)
two CD set= Floating World 2816717 (UK 2013) along with "Standing At The Crossroads"
DLP CBS 22135
Chess LPS 1532 (US 1969)
notes by Don Kamerer = Chess CH 9263 (1987)
= Chess GCH 8039 (It 1987)
= Chess/MCA CHD-31271(1987)
(=) MCA CD 088 112519-2 (2001)
Chess 411 (US 1970)
= P-Vine PLP 807 (Jp)
= MCA Chess CHD-93002 (US 1990)
the "Smokey Hogg" on this LP is not Andrew 'Smokey' Hogg, but Willie Anderson 'Smokey' Hogg, who - nine years after Andrew Hogg's death - claimed to be the 'authentic' and 'original' Smokey Hogg
Smokey (Willie Anderson) Hoggsource: Front cover of Spivey 1011; photographer most likely Len Kunstadt
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1011 (US 1970)
Spivey Records discography
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1012 (US 1970)
rec. 1969/1970 in Chicago, IL; Willie Dixon, voc, b; Johnny Shines, g; Mighty Joe Young, g; Walter "Shakey" Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, Lafayette Leake, p; Clifton James, dr
Columbia CS 9987
notes by Pete Welding= (1993)Roots N' Blues series
= Sony CD 53627 (1993)
Black & Blue 33.582
notes by Peter Guralnick= Rounder 2020 (US 1992)
(=) Bullseye Blues CD 9623
Rounder Records discography
notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2221 (1st ed.)
= Testament T-2221(2nd ed.)
= Testament T-2221("Special Re-Release by OJL")
= Testament TCD-5022(1995)
Testament Records discography
= Pure Pleasure PPANT-2221 (UK 2013, 180 g)
two CD set= Floating World 2816717(2013) "With Big WalterHorton & Standing At TheCrossroads"
Rick Griffin cover art4 pages insert Muskadine 1
= Muskadine M 100
Muskadine Records discography
= XTRA 1133 (1973)
XTRA Records discography
2 LP setnotes by Mike Leadbitter CBS 66278 (UK 1971)
DLP accompanying the book by the same title: Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London / New York (Hanover Books / Oak Publications) 1971
rec. prob. February 9, 1972 in New York, NY; Johnny Shines, voc, ac & National steel g °° CD bonus tracks rec. 1974 in New York, NY; Johnny Shines, voc, g; * Richard Tiven, vn
notes by Chris Lornell (aka Kip Lornell) Biograph BLP 12044 (US 1972) "Sitting On Top Of The World"
notes by Chris Lornell (=) Biograph CD 121 (US 1991) "Traditional Delta Blues"
notes by Chris Lornell (=) Collectables COL-CD-6936 (US 2007)
Biograph Records discography
Newport Folk Festival discographyMississippi John Hurt discographyReverend Gary Davis discographyReverend Robert Wilkins discographySkip James discographySleepy John Estes discographyYank Rachell discographyHammie Nixon discographyRobert Pete Williams discographyJesse Fuller discographyJohn P. Hammond discographyDave Van Ronk discography, Vanguard 3VCD 193/95-2] @ youtube Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World
Vanguard VCD 25/26: Homesick James - Set A Date (2:44) John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road (3:05) Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old (4:55) Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:40) Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G (3:33) Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues (3:15) Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues (2:35) Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:04) Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby (2:30) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:38) Otis Spann - Burning Fire (3:15) Lightning Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues (5:36) Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues (2:55) Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It (3:06) James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business (3:23) Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues (4:45) Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (4:10) J.B. Hutto - Please Help (2:52) Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues (2:05) Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas (3:43) Otis Rush - It's A Mean Old World (2:22)
gatefold DLPnotes Leroy J. Pierson Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1972)
gatefold DLPnotes Leroy J. Pierson = Vanguard VSD 25/26 (Fr 1972)
DLP, no gatefold, but 2-page leaflet notes Leroy J. Pierson Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1986)
notes Leroy J. Pierson (=) Vanguard VCD 25/26 (US 1988)
lots of further editions at www.discogs.com
2 LP setnotes by Pete Welding Chess 2CH 60012
= Chess CH 50 011 (Fr)
= Chess CXMD4053 (UK Chess Masters)
= Chess/MCA 2CH 92520(1984)
DLPnotes by Leroy J. Pierson Boogie Disease BD 101/2[Leroy Pierson's first (onerecord) label, 500 copies only]
Southern Folk CulturalRevival Project Recordsno #
DLP Atlantic SD2-502 (US 1973)
= Atlantic P-5090 (Jp)
8 LP box set, 45 rpm 180 gramClassic SD 2 502 (US 2000)
= Atlantic 2CD AMCY-6134-5 (Jp 2001)
Wounded Bird WOU 2502 (US 2014)
notes by Jacques Morgantini Black & Blue 33.502("Blues Greatest Names")
= Movieplay 21693 (1973)("House of the Blues Vol.12")
= Black & Blue 33.541 (197?)"Nobody's Fault But Mine"
= Black & Blue CD 437-2(2002) "Taking TheBlues Back South"
notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2207 (US 1973)
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1015 (US 1974) (The release date "1970" given elsewhere is highly unlikely: 1. Watch the recording dates of the tracks included! 2. The LP has been reviewed in "Blues Unlimited" and "Living Blues" in 1975!)
Spivey Records discographyLarry Johnson discographyHomesick James discographyJohn Hammond discographyJohnny Shines discographyWalter Horton discographyBukka White discographyHarvey Hill discography
notes (January 1974)by Frank Scott Advent 2803 (US 1974)
Advent Records discography
= Trio PA-3040 (Jp 1975)
= P-Vine PCD 2103 (Jp 1989)
notes by Peter Guralnick(=) Hightone HCD 8028 (US 1991)
7 inch 45 rpmJoliet 206
Stony Plain 1005 (US)
= XTRA 1142 (UK 1974)
= Labor CD 7011 (1995)
= Blues Alliance CD (1996)"Worried Blues Ain't Bad"
CD track sequence: - Devil's Daughter # - Look Behind The Door # - Two Steps To Hell # - Face In The Courthouse # - Blood Ran Like Wine # - May I Apologize # - Blood Ran Like Wine - I'm Getting Old - Mother's Place - Mr. Cover Shaker - Shotgun Whupin' - Stand By Me # on CD only (from Biograph BLP 12044) rec. at the Shaggy Dog Studio; Johnny Shines, voc, g; David Bromberg acoustic, electric guitar, mandolin; prod by David Bromberg
notes by Barbara Caplin Biograph BLP-12048
Blue Moon BMLP 1.065(1988?)
notes by Brett J. Bonner(=) Biograph CD 125 (1992)"Mr. Cover Shaker"
Wolf 120.914
Wolf CD 120.914 (1994)
Blue Labor BL 110
Tomato LP 2696361 (Germany 1989)
notes by Robert Palmer= Tomato/Rhino CD 2696362(1989)
Blue Labor LAB 7003 (1994)
= Blues Alliance BZH 13001(1996)
= Tomato CD 2065 (2005)
Tokuma / Bourbon BMC-2003 (Jp 1975) (Blues Festival Live # 2)
Biograph BLP-12052 (revised edition)
notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 101
Nighthawk Records discography
notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 102
Adamo ADS 9507
°° CD bonus tracks, previously unissued
notes by Frank Scott Advent 2806 (US 1977)
notes by Frank Scott (=) Testament TCD-5028 (US 1995)
Advent Records discographyTestament Records discographyJohn Littlejohn discographyJimmy Rogers discographyHomesick James discography
P-Vine PLP 705
rec. 1974; 'friends' are Big Walter Horton; Johnny Shines, # g, ## voc; members of Asleep At The Wheel
Blind Pig BP 004
notes (in German)by Norbert Hess Zytglogge ZYT 220(Switzerland)
BU 139/50
notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 107
Nighthawk 107
notes by Mike Rowe Flyright FLY 563
(=) Flyright FLYCD 10 (UK 1989)
Flyright Records discography
notes by Peter Guralnick Rounder 2023 (US 1980)
= Paris Album PLB 2-28516 (Fr)
= Bluesmen BS-32221
notes by Frank-John Hadley(=) Bullseye Blues CD 9623 "Robert Jr. Lockwood: Just The Blues" (only tracks featuring Lockwood on lead voc)
7 inch 45 rpm Rounder 4533 (US 1980)
Delta Blues DBF 79
VHS video, 60 min, colour, monoKay Jazz KJ 081 (UK 1980)
Rounder 2026
= Atlas LA25-5002 (Jp 1983)
4 LP set P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)
DLP Epic EG 37318/37319
= Epic EPC 22123 (UK)
notes by John Stedman JSP 1079 (UK 1984)
(=) JSP JSPCD 7795 (UK 2007)
JSP Records discography
Flyright FLY 563 plus five (Robert Lockwood) bonus tracks
notes by Mike RoweFlyright FLYCD 10 (UK 1989)
= Paula PCD-14 (US 1990)
P-Vine PCD 24051 (Jp 2003)
P-Vine PCD-2176 (Jp 1990)
Alley-Way 001 (cassette only)
2008 LP track sequence: - Trouble In Mind (Jones) - Corrine Corrina (Chatman/Parish/Williams) - Cool Driver (Shines) - They're Red Hot (Johnson) - Crossroads (Johnson) - Evening Sun (Shines) - I Make You Happy (Pryor) - Come On In My Kitchen (Johnson) - Hey Bobba Re Bop (Hamner) - Blues Come To Texas (Shines) - Moon Is Rising (Shines) - Send Your Man To War (Pryor) - Terraplane (Johnson) - Peace In Hell (Nicholas) Johnny Nicholas acoustic g, p, steel g, prod
Blind Pig BP-4391
= Blind Pig BPLP 4391 (2008)remastered, limited edition,HQ-180 gram LP
notes by Brett J. BonnerBiograph CD 125
notes by Barry Lee Pearsonwith introduction byBernice Johnson Reagon CBS 48584
notes by Tony Russell
Wolf 120.914 (1974)
Wolf CD 120.914
BR40
notes by Chris SmithDocument DOCD 5270
notes by Steve LaVereMemphis Archives CD 7009
Stony Plain 1005 (US 1974))= XTRA 1142 (UK 1974)
Labor CD 7011
= Blues Alliance CD (1996)
4 CD set with 44 pp. bookletCharly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
notes by Pete Welding Testament TCD-4001
[Testament T-2216announced, but not issued]
notes by David Evans Testament TCD-5021 (US 1995)
= P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp)
Blues Encore CD 52043
Wolf CD 120.291
Rounder 2023 /Rounder 2026
notes by Frank-John HadleyBullseye Blues CD 9623
Westside CD WESM635
2 CD setWestside CD WESD 233
Hightone HCD8153
P-Vine PCD 24051
3-CD Setnotes by Ed Ward Vanguard 3VCD 208-10 (Germany 2002) = Vanguard CD 79715 (US 2003)
notes by Bob GroomDocument DOCD-32-20-07
Constellation SC-6
4 CD setnotes by Neil SlavenJSP JSPCD 7795 (UK 2007)
EPIC 88697192172
State Archives of Florida
112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)
edition of 250 hand- numbered LPs Americana Music Productions 001
Mable Hillery discography
notes by Leroy Jodie PiersonOmnivore OV-328 (US 5/2019)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)
thanks to Alan Balfour, Clas Ahlstrand, Barry Neavill, Flemming Nielsen, Paul Vernon, Joe Louis, Klaus Kilian, Patrick Banino, Jim Clay, Hank Moore, Ben Walker and Dave McMillan for additional info / scans