Illustrated Southland Records discography

Southland Records
discography
(emphasis on blues)

Label founded and run by Joe Mares, now owned by George Buck

# year of release	title	notes
SLP-1 (1972)	Drink Small: I Know My Blues Are Different, Cause I'm The One Who Has Them American Blues Heritage Series Volume 1 - Ugly Woman - Worth A Million Dollars - I My Luck Don't Change - Liquor And Women - A Sad Time - You Make Me Feel So Good - One Woman Is Enough For Me - Bow Legged Woman - You Can Call Me Country - Can't Kill Nothing - My Baby Loves Me Right - My Rod - Hangover Blues - Corn Whiskey notes by George H. Buck, Jr. Southland SLP-1 = Southland SCD-1 (US 2002)
SLP-2 (197?)	Roosevelt Sykes Is Blue & Ribald ... A "Dirty Mother" For You American Blues Heritage Series Volume 2 - Ice Cream Freezer - Too Many Fingers - It Hurts So Good - Get Back, Baby * - Buggy Ride - E.Z. Cherry - Dirty Mother For You - Put Up Or Shut Up - Peach In Egypt - The Woman Is In Demand * - Thanks, But No Thanks - Ace Boogie Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p * Roosevelt Sykes voc, g CD track listing: - Ice Cream Freezer - It Hurts So Good - Buggy Ride - E.Z. Cherry - Dirty Mother For You - Put Up Or Shut Up - Peach In Egypt - Thanks, But No Thanks - Cootchy, Cootchy, Yes Ma'am - Dresser Drawers - She's Got It - You Deceived Me - Poodle Dog - Sugar Mill - Music Is My Business - Sunny Side Of The Street - Everlastin' Love - Ace Boogie rec. 1971 in New Orleans, LA Southland SLP-2 (=) Southland SCD-002 (US 1998) "Dirty Mother For You" Roosevelt Sykes discography
SLP-3 (1973)	The Fabulous Furry Lewis American Blues Heritage Series ... Volume 3 - Good Mornin' Blues - Take Your Time, Baby - Judge Boushe - Take Me Back, Baby - B-L-A-C-K - Every Day In The Week - Sara Lee - Kansas City - My Baby Don't Want Me - Glory Glory Hallelujah notes by Harry E. Godwin Southland SLP-3 (US 1973) Furry Lewis discography
SLP-4 (197?)	Robert Pete Williams: When I Lay My Burden Down - Straighten Up - Your Troubles Gonna Be Like Mine - Ramblin' Man - No One To Care For Me - Frisky Woman - Promise Me That - When I Lay My Burden Down - Sick And Lonesome - May Rise Out Of My Tomb (instr) # - Tippin' In On Me rec. December 1971 in New Orleans, LA; Robert Pete Williams, voc, g, # kazoo photography by Fay Rogers notes by John Bentley Southland SLP-4 (US 197?) Southland SCD-4 "Broken-Hearted Man" Robert Pete Williams discography
SLP-5 (197?)	'William Robertson': South Georgia Blues - Frolicking Blues - Lucy Mae Blues - Hooks In The Water - Baby, Please Don't Go # - Five Long Years - Big Legged Woman - William Robertson Blues - Lucky Mama Blues - Talk To Your Daughter - The Root Blues - True Love # rec. Summer 1976 in Albany, GA by George Mitchell; 'William Robertson' (Cecil Barfield), voc, g; # Clifford Scott, g notes by George Mitchell Southland SLP-5 (US 197?) notes by George Mitchell = Mississippi 040 Cecil Barfield discography
SLP-7 (1978)	Willie Guy Rainey - So Sweet * @ youtube - Keep On Trucking # @ youtube - Sitting On Top Of The World @ youtube - Old-Time Religion $ @ youtube - Step It Up And Go @ youtube - Don't You Lie To Me @ youtube - Kansas City Blues @ youtube - Somebody's Calling My Name - Bottle It Up And Go # - New York Waltz $ @ youtube - John Henry rec. 1978 at the studio in George Buck's house in Decatur, Georgia by Bruce Baxter (Stone Mountain Music, Inc.); produced & edited by George Mitchell; front cover photograph by Margo Rosenbaum; photographer's name of back cover photo not given Willie Guy Rainey, voc, ac g * Willie Guy Rainey, voc, el g $ Willie Guy Rainey, voc, p # Willie Guy Rainey, voc, el g; Albie Scholl, hca; Tommy Dean, b; Don Shackleford, dr notes by George Mitchell Southland SLP-7 (US 1978) Willie Guy Rainey discography
SLP-8 (1980)	Piano 'Dr. Feelgood' Red - Blues Why Don't You Leave Me Alone - Got You On My Mind - Trouble In Mind - Keeps You On My Mind - She's All Right - Baby Please Don't Go - Bad Bad Whiskey - Worried All The Time - Everyday I Have The Blues - You Put The Thing On Me notes by John Bentley Southland SLP-8 (US 1980)
SLP-9 (198?)	Dan Burley & The Skiffle Boys: Big Cat, Little Cat / Circle Blues Session Dan Burley and His Skiffle Band (Dan Burley voc, p; Brownie & Sticks McGhee, g; Pops Foster b) - Big Cat, Little Cat (two takes) - Shotgun House Rag - Lakefront Blues - Fishtail Blues - Three Flights Up - Hersal's Sock - Dusty Bottom Burley - 31st Street Blues - Landlady's Night - Southside Shake. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Movin To Kansas City - Railroad Bill - Rocks In My Bed - Tennessee Shuffle - Precious Lord - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again rec. June 11, 1946 in New York City by Rudi Blesh Riverside Circle 03 Circle C-0103 (Australia) Gazell 1022 Southland SLP-9 [?] = Southland SCD-009 (US 1995)
SLP-10 (198?)	Sunnyland Slim and Little Brother Montgomery: Chicago Blues Session - One Room Country Shack a) - Trembling Blues b) - Prison Bound c) - My Electronical Invention Blues d) - Brownskin Woman a) - La Salle St. Boogie e) - That's Why I Keep Drinkin' d) - I Got The Blues About My Baby a) - Bob Martin Blues b) - Devil Is A Busy Man a) - No Special Rider f) - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' c) a) Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr b) Little Brother Montgomery, p c) Sunnyland Slim, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr d) Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr e) Sunnyland Slim, p; Corky Robertson, b; Armund 'Jump' Jackson, dr f) Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p Wolf CD bonus tracks: - I Keep On Drinkin' - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Cow Cow Blues - New Vicksburg Blues - Farrish St. Jive - Chinese Man Blues 77 LA12/21 (UK) = Int. Polydor 423212 (19??) = Redita RLP 133 (NL 1989) = Southland SLP-10 [?] = Southland SCD-010 (US 1994) (+ 4 bonus tracks) Wolf CD 120296 (Austria 1992) "La Salle Chicago Blues Recordings, Vol. 1" Little Brother Montgomery discography 77 Records discography
SLP-11 (1982)	Jimmie Lee Harris: I Wanna Ramble - All Night Long - 16-20 - Rock Me - Dark Cloud Rising - Rocking Brother Blues # * - I Wanna Ramble # * - Don't The Moon Look Lonesome # * - Bad Whiskey And Bad Women - Rabbit On A Log # * - Sitting Here Looking A 1000 Miles Away - Ain't Nobody To Hold My Aching Head rec. early 1980s in Phenix City, AL by George Mitchell; Jimmy Lee Harris, voc, g; Eddie Harris, # voc; * g cover photograph by George Mitchell notes by George Mitchell Southland SLP-11 (US 1982) notes by George Mitchell = Fat Possum 1071 (US 2007)
SLP-12 (1982)	The Heartfixers featuring Chicago Bob Nelson - Please Come Back Home - What's The Matter With The Mill - You Upset Me, Baby - The Wiggle - Christmas Letter - I'm Leavin' - Barefootin' - I Love A Woman - Gate's Mouth - Don't Start Me Talking - Rocking Jones - The Things I Used To Do - Red Dress notes by Russell Shaw Southland SLP-12 (US 1982)
SLP-13 (1983)	Big Joe Turner with Knocky Parker and his Houserockers - You Mighty Beautiful - Be With The One You Love - Doggin' The Dog - Seventy-Two - Careless Love - Corinne Corinna - One Hour In Your Garden - Woke Up This Morning - Everyday - St. Louis Blues notes by David Ostwald and John Davis Southland SLP-13 (US 1983)
SLP-14 (1985)	Tennessee Legends Sleepy John Estes - Floating Bridge - Special Agent - Mr. Pat - Rats In My Kitchen Furry Lewis - Brownsville Blues - Mistreatin' Woman - Fare-Thee-Well Blues Will Shade - Kansas City Blues Will Shade & Furry Lewis - The Train Gus Cannon - Boll Weevil Blues Will Shade - Wine-Headed Man Furry Lewis & Will Shade - Furry Lewis Rag Charlie Burse & Will Shade - Beale Street Shuffle Jennie Mae Clayton & Will Shade - What Must I Do? Will Shade - Jump And Jive rec. 1962-63 in Memphis, TN by George Mitchell & Roger Brown notes by Roger S. Brown Southland SLP-14 (US 1985) = Fat Possum FP 1092-2 "Tennessee Recordings: The George Mitchell Collection" BR 220,36
SCD-15 (1999)	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Nothin' But The Blues - Introduction - Mean Old Southern - Easy Rider - Jump Down, Turn Around - Greyhound Bus - Fox Chase - Twelve Gates To The City - Poor Man, But A Good Man - Midnight Special - Hootin' Blues - How Long Blues - If You Lose Your Money - Talking Mama Blues - Hoo Ray, Hoo Ray - I Got Fooled - Gone, But Not Forgotten - John Henry - Saints rec. 1959 = Southland SCD-015 (US 1999)
SCD-16 (2000)	Joe Houston: Rockin' 'N' Boppin' - Rockin' N Boppin' - Flying Home - Walking Home - Earthquake - Waycross Mama Blues - Moody - Hurricane - Go Joe Go - Cornbread & Cabbage - Jay's Boogie - Doin' the Lindy Hop - Boogie Woogie Woman - Hog Maws - Pt. 2 - Dig It - Rock That Boogie - Joe's Gone - The Hully - All Night Long - Off Beat - Goofin' - Joe's Rock - Tall Gal Blues = Southland SCD-016 (US 2000)
SCD-17 (2000)	Mathilda Jones: Dues Paid In Full - Match Box Blues - Honest I Do - Baby Workout - Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out - I Want To Know - Ace of Spades - CC Rider - Ain't Nothing You Can Do - Lonely Teardrops - Need Your Love So Bad - Let The Good Times Roll - Little Red Rooster - Sittin' & Drinkin' Mathilda Jones voc, Manuel Smith b, Joe Caruso g, Jack Armstrong p, George Foshe tenor sax, Vernon Saferain dr = Southland SCD-017 (US 2000)
SCD-18 (2000)	Billy Tircuit: Bad Billy Tircuit - New Orleans Shuffle - Cherry Red - Everyday I Have The Blues - Juicy Head Baby - Strollin' With Mr. C - Rock-N-Roll Fever - Shake, Rattle-N-Roll - Jelly, Jelly - Good Rockin' Tonite - Flip, Flop-N-Fly - Billy's Shuffle - Here Comes The Blues = Southland SCD-018 (US 2000)
SCD-19 (2001)	Big Joe Williams: Highway Man - Highway 99 - Baby, Please Don't Go, No. 2 - '72 Cadillac Blues - Franklin Avenue Blues - Backroad Blues - Church Bells Ringin' - Mean Southern Blues - Big Joe's Hometown Blues - Cherry Tree - Queen Of Spades - Down Behind The Sun - Pea Vine Whistle - Highway 61 - I'm Gonna Overhaul Your Machine never before released session from 1972; Big Joe Williams, voc + 9-str g; prod. John Bentley = Southland SCD-19 (US 2001) Big Joe Williams discography
SCD-20 (2001)	Big Bill Broonzy: The Historic Concert Recordings - This Train - Trouble In Mind - Willie Mae - In The Evening - Glory Of Love - The Midnight Special - What Kind Of Man Jesus Is - Keep Yours Hands Off It - Nobody's Business If I Do - A Hey! Bub - The Feasting Table - C.C. Rider - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - When Did You Leave Heaven? - Pallet On The Floor - Fast Blues - Bill Bailey - Goodnight Irene = Southland SCD-020 (US 2001)
SLP-21 (1986)	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume One@ youtube (full album playlist) Lonnie Pitchford - That Train Coming Around The Bend @ youtube @ dailymotion.com - My Babe - Mary Had A Little Lamb - One-String Boogie - Walking Blues - Last Fair Deal Going Down Precious Bryant - Baby, Please Come Home To Me - Ain't That Loving You, Baby? - Black Rat Swing @ youtube - You Don't Have To Go - Long Distance Call - Precious Bryant Staggering Blues rec. October 19-24, 1984 live at the Moonshadow, Atlanta, GA; festival coordinator: George Mitchell; associate coordinator: David Evans; edited by George Mitchell notes by David Evans Southland SLP-21 (US 1986) notes by David Evans (=) Southland SCD-21 (US 1996) (along with Southland SLP-22) Lonnie Pitchford discography
SLP-22 (1986)	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Two Thomas Burt - Hooks In The Water - Hate To See The Evening Sun Go Down - Ain't Got No Loving Baby Now Jessie Mae Hemphill - Train, Train @ youtube Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys - All Night Long Sunnyland Slim - You Put That Thing On Me - She's Got Things Going On Frank Edwards - Chicken Raid John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - Burning Bridges - Stagolee rec. October 19-24, 1984 live at the Moonshadow, Atlanta, GA; festival coordinator: George Mitchell; associate coordinator: David Evans; edited by George Mitchell Southland SLP-22 (US 1986) notes by David Evans (=) Southland SCD-21 (US 1996) (along with Southland SLP-21)
SLP-23 (1986)	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Three John Jackson - Bad Water Blues - Rocks & Gravel - I'm A Bad Man Albert Macon & Robert Thomas - She Wanna Do The Boogie Woogie - My Baby Don't Wear No Drawers Robert Lockwood - Big Legged Woman Snooky Pryor & Homesick James - Why You Want To Treat Me Like That - Boogie Twist Piano Red - Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo - Lowdown Dog Eddie Kirkland - I Got My Eyes On You rec. October 19-24, 1984 live at the Moonshadow, Atlanta, GA; festival coordinator: George Mitchell; associate coordinator: David Evans; edited by George Mitchell notes by Anonymous Southland SLP-23 (US 1986) (=) Southland SCD-22 (US 2001) (along with Southland SLP-24)
SLP-24 (1986)	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Four Dr. Ross - Chicago Breakdown - That's All Right, Mama - Biscuit Baking Woman Booker T. Laury - Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee - Disco Strut Son Thomas - Roll And Tumble Henry & Vernell Townsend - The Tears Come Rolling Down Henry Townsend - Standing Looking Out The Window Larry Johnson - The Wrong Woman - Can't You Hear The Angels Singing? Hezekiah & The Houserockers - Downhome Blues rec. October 19-24, 1984 live at the Moonshadow, Atlanta, GA; festival coordinator: George Mitchell; associate coordinator: David Evans; edited by George Mitchell Southland SLP-24 (US 1986) (=) Southland SCD-22 (US 2001) (along with Southland SLP-23)
SLP-25 (1987)	CP Love And His Bluesmates An Album of Rhythm & Blues - Midnight Hour - Further On Up The Road - Stormy Monday - Knock On Wood - Dock Of The Bay - Steal Away - Stand By Me - Sweet Sixteen - Love Light - Ooh Pooh Pa Doo Southland SLP-25 (US 1987)
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SCD-21 (1996)	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume One Lonnie Pitchford - That Train Coming Around The Bend - My Babe - Mary Had A Little Lamb - One-String Boogie - Walking Blues - Last Fair Deal Precious Bryant - Baby, Please Come Home To Me - Ain't That Loving You Baby - Black Rat Swing - You Don't Have To Go - Long Distance Call - Precious Bryant Staggering Blues Thomas Burt - Hooks In The Water - Hate To See The Evening Sun Go Down - Ain't Got No Loving Baby Now Jessie Mae Hemphill - Train, Train Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys - All Night Long Sunnyland Slim - You Put That Thing On Me - She's Got Things Going On Frank Edwards - Chicken Raid John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - Burning Bridges - Stagolee Southland SLP-21 + 22 notes by David Evans Southland SCD-21 (US 2001)
SCD-22 (2001)	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Two John Jackson - Bad Water Blues - Rocks & Gravel - I'm A Bad Man Albert Macon & Robert Thomas - She Wanna Do The Boogie Woogie - My Baby Don't Wear No Drawers Robert Lockwood - Big Legged Woman Snooky Pryor & Homesick James - Why You Want To Treat Me Like That - Boogie Twist Piano Red - Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo - Lowdown Dog Eddie Kirkland - I Got My Eyes On You Dr. Ross - Chicago Breakdown - That's All Right, Mama - Biscuit Baking Woman Booker T. Laury - Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee - Disco Strut Son Thomas - Roll And Tumble Henry & Vernell Townsend - The Tears Come Rolling Down Henry Townsend - Standing Looking Out The Window Larry Johnson - The Wrong Woman - Can't You Hear The Angels Singing? Hezekiah & The Houserockers - Downhome Blues Southland SLP-23 + 24 Southland SCD-22 (US 2001)
SCD-26 (198?)	Lorenzo Holden: Cry Of The Wounded Jukebox - Whipped Cream - Walking Down Swing Street - Hunting With Hunter - Our Love Is Here To Stay - Top Hat - East Chestnut - Flat; Just Blues - Kickin' - Sweet Ethel - Liebestraum - Days Of Wine And Roses - Groovy Boogie - Stella By Starlight - Back Stage - Pie A La Mode - Up In Charles' Flat - Rootin' & Tootin' - Spats - Cry Of The Wounded Jukebox Lorenzo Holden, tenor sax (all selections), George Washington, John Pettigrew, trombone, Floyd Turnham, alto and baritone sax, Chuck Norris, Harold Grant, George C. Collier, g, Ernie Freeman, p & organ, Teddy Woods, Alice Young, org, Red Callender, Joe Comfort, Vernon Glower, b, Ray Martinez, dr (all selections) Southland SCD-26 (US 198?)
SCD-27 (1992)	Jimmy Ballero & The Renegade Band - I'm Gone - Summertime - House Of The Rising Sun - Got Me Runnin' - I Got A Woman - Stagger Lee - Let The Good Times Roll - Jambalaya - Stormy Monday - Let The Good Times Roll - Fever - Fever - Honest I Do Jimmy Ballero g, voc & musical arranger; Leo Nocentelli g, Eric Traub sax, Amadee Castanell sax, Wendell Brunious tr, Erving Charles b, Joe Lastie dr Southland SCD-27 (US 1992)
SCD-28 (1992)	Big Miller: The Last Of The Blues Shouters - Hello Little Girl - Frustration Blues - Georgia - All My Love - In The Evening - After My Laughter Came Tears - Turn Me Round - Never Let You Go - What I Wanna Do - Ain't It A Shame Big Miller voc, Colin Smith trumpet, Pete Strange trombone, Bruce Turner clarinet, alto sax, Dick Heckstall-Smith tenor sax, Stan Grieg, p, Diz Disley g, Drew Martin dr Southland SCD-28 (US 1992)
SCD-29 (1993)	Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson: Kidney Stew - Cleanhead Blues - Kidney Stew Blues - Just A Dream (On My Mind) - Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Tenderly - Juice Head Baby - Alimony Blues - Somebody's Gotta Go - Things Ain't What They Used To Be (take 2) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson voc & alto sax, Bob Wulffers tr, Sidney Pfeffer tenor sax, Chris Smildiger p, Koos Van Der Sluis b, Ted Easton dr Southland SCD-29 (US 1993)
SCD-30 (1994)	Montana Taylor with Chippie Hill & Almond Leonard - Worried Jailhouse Blues - Black Market Blues - Lowdown Bugle - Lowdown Bugle #2 - Mistreatin' Mr. Dupree - Sweet Sue - In The Bottom - Rotten Break - I Can't Sleep - Fo' Day Blues - Detroit Rocks - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana's Blues - Five - O'clocks - I Can't Sleep Montana Taylor solo p with Bertha "Chippic" Hill voc, Almond Leonard washboard & kazoo Southland SCD-30 (US 1994) Montana Taylor discography
SCD-31 (1997)	Neville Dickie And His Rhythm Kings featuring Al Casey: Shout For Joy - Shout For Joy - Tennessee Waltz - How Long Blues - The Sheik Of Araby - Boogie Woogie Blues - Sewanne River - Chicago On My Mind - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter - Buck Jumpin' - Margie - Mr. Freddie Blues - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - You Are My Sunshine - St.Louis Blues Neville Dickie p, Al Casey g, Dick Morrisey tenor sax, Mickey Ashman b, Terry Jenkins dr Southland SCD-31 (US 1997)
SCD-32 (2000)	Joe 'Survival' Caruso: I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive - Same Old Blues - I Can't Quit You Baby - Help Me - Blue Shadows Falling - The Hucklebuck - I Hear You Knocking - Crying Won't Help You - I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive - Honky Tonk - Good Lover - Worried Life Blues - Times Getting Tuffer - Joe's Jump Southland SCD-32 (US 2000)
SCD-33 (2002)	Janet Lynn: Tainted Rose - Crazy About You - It Hurts Me Too - Tainted Rose - Wet Match - Misty Blue - Get Your Own Coffee - Sugar Coated Love - Sweet Daddy - I Never Had It So Good - Three Strikes - Masquerade Southland SCD-33 (US 2002)
SCD-34 (2003)	Mathilda Jones: There's Something Inside Me And It's Called The Blues - There's Something Inside Me And It's Called The Blues - Everybody Needs Some Lovin' - Going Home Tomorrow - Bright Lights, Big City - I'm Tired Of The Way You Treat Me - I'm A Fool For You - Rain Keeps Falling - Let It Roll - Night Is The Right Time - Nobody Can Love You The Way I Can - You Better Stop Doggin' Me Around - Save A Seat For Me rec. 2003 Southland SCD-34 (US 2003)
SCD-35 (200?)	Joe Callicott: North Mississippi Blues - River Blues - Uptown Blues - Let The Deal Go Down - Good Times Blues - Down To The River Jordan - Something Just Keep A-Worryin' My Mind - The Saints - Goodbye Baby Blues - Frankie & Albert - Rolling And Tumbling - Traveling Mama Blues - Fare Thee Well Blues Southland SCD-35 (US 200?) Joe Callicott discography
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