![]() Charlie Spand, circa 1929 source: Alex van der Tuuk 2007, p. 10 ("courtesy John Tefteller and Blues Images") | ![]()
Charlie Spand | ![]() Jimmy Yancey & Charlie Spand source: Alex van der Tuuk 2007, p. 14 ("courtesy Duncan Schiedt") |
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![]() 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 | ||
1 | 1929 | Charlie Spand![]() - Fetch Your Water (15155-A) @ youtube @ Spotify - Soon This Morning (15154--) @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() rec. June 6, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charlie Spand, voc, p; Arthur Blake, g |
2 | 1929 | Charlie Spand![]() - Back To The Woods Blues (15456) @ youtube @ Spotify - Good Gal (15453) @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charlie Spand, voc, p; unknown (poss. Josh White), g |
3 | 1929 | Charlie Spand![]() - Ain't Gonna Stand For That (15454) @ youtube @ Spotify - Moanin' The Blues (15455) @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charlie Spand, voc, p; unknown (poss. Josh White), g = Broadway 5079 (as by Charlie Chapman) |
4 | 1929 | ![]() Blind Blake - Fightin' The Jug (15250) * Blind Blake / Charlie Spand - Hastings St. (15457) # @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() * rec. June 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, voc, g; Alex (?) Robinson, p # rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, g, sp; Charlie Spand, p # = Columbia 37336 Columbia DZ 999 (Switzerland) Signature 65101 (as by Charlie Spand) Blind Blake discography |
![]() - Pop It Stomp (15448-A) # - Fan Foot Woman (15465-) - Blue Getaway (15467-) [] ![]() rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, voc, g, # sp; # Charlie Spand, p; [] 'Aletha' (poss. Aletha Dickerson), p Paramount unissued | ||
5 | 1930? | Descriptive Novelty: Featuring Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Will Ezell, Charlie Spand, The Hokum Boys, Papa Charlie Jackson ("The Paramount All Stars")![]() - Hometown Skiffle – Part I (21453-2) @ youtube - Hometown Skiffle – Part II (21454-3) @ youtube @ 3:00 ![]() rec. c.
"Hometown Skiffle – Part I" actually consists of brief contributions:
Blind Blake discography |
![]() - Hometown Skiffle – Part I (21453-1) @ youtube - Hometown Skiffle – Part II (21454-1) @ youtube @ 3:00 - Hometown Skiffle – Part II (21454-2) ![]() rec. c. October 1929 in Chicago, IL; The Hokum Boys: prob. Alex Hill, voc; poss. Georgia Tom Dorsey, p; unidentified, voc; Charlie Spand, p, voc; Will Ezell, p, sp; Papa Charlie Jackson, bj, voc; Blind Lemon Jefferson [?], g, sp; Arthur Blake, g, sp; prob. Alex Hill, announcements unissued tests: | ||
6 | 1930? | Charlie Spand![]() - In The Barrel Blues (21455-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - Levee Camp Man (21456-2) @ Spotify ![]() rec. c. September 1929 in Chicago, IL; Charlie Spand, voc, p |
![]() - Levee Camp Man (Breakdown) (....6-) @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() rec. c. September 1929 in Chicago, Ill; Charlie Spand, voc, p Paramount unissued Document DOCD-5150 | ||
1930? | James Wiggins![]() - Corrine Corrina Blues (L-103-2) - Gotta Shave 'Em Dry (L-104-1) ![]() rec. c. October, 1929 in Grafton, WI; James Wiggins, voc; unknown, p [Charlie Spand (in Hillman et al.) and Blind Leroy Garnett (by Francis Wilford-Smith) have been suggested but no firm conclusions were drawn in Dixon, Godrich & Rye 1997] | |
7 | 1930? | Charlie Spand![]() - Mississippi Blues (L-34-2) @ Spotify - Got To Have My Sweetbread (L-36-3) @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() rec. c. September, 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charlie Spand, voc, p |
8 | 1930? | Charlie Spand![]() - Room Rent Blues (L-102-2) * @ Spotify - 45th St. Blues (L-35-3) # @ Spotify ![]() # rec. c. September, 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charlie Spand, voc, p * rec. c. October, 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charlie Spand, voc, p |
![]() - Mississippi Blues (L-34-6; V6) # @ youtube @ Spotify - Got To Have My Sweetbread (L-36-4) * @ Spotify ![]() rec. c. September, 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charlie Spand, voc, p Paramount unissued # Document DOCD-5150 | ||
9 | 1930 | Charlie Spand![]() Paramount 13005 - She's Got Good Stuff (L-506-1, -2) * @ youtube @ Spotify - Big Fat Mama Blues (L-509-1, -2) # @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() Broadway 5108 - She's Got Good Stuff (L-506-2) * - Big Fat Mama Blues (L-509-2) # ![]() Jazz Collector L 18 - She's Got Good Stuff (L-506-2) * - Big Fat Mama Blues (L-509-1) # ![]() rec. c. September, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Charlie Spand, voc, p
# (tk 2) = Document DOCD-5601 (Austria 1998) * (tk 2) = Document DOCD-5662 (UK 2000) Jazz Collector |
10 | 1930 | Charley Spand [sic]![]() - Soon This Morning No. 2 (L-505-2) @ youtube @ Spotify - Mistreatment Blues (L-504-1, -2) @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() rec. c. September, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Charlie Spand, voc, p |
11 | 1930 | Charlie Spand![]() - Thirsty Woman Blues (L-507-2) @ youtube @ Spotify - Dreamin' The Blues (L-508-2) @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() rec. c. September, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Charlie Spand, voc, p |
12 | 1931 | Charlie Spand![]() - Evil Woman Spell (L-1041-2) @ youtube @ Spotify - Georgia Mule Blues (L-1039-2) @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() rec. c. September, 1931 in Grafton, WI; Charlie Spand, voc, p |
13 | 1931 | Charlie Spand![]() - Hard Time Blues (L-1038-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - Tired Woman Blues (L-1040-1) @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() rec. c. September, 1931 in Grafton, WI; Charlie Spand, voc, p |
14 | 1940 | CHARLIE SPAND![]() - Rock And Rye (WC-3172-A) @ youtube @ Spotify - Alabama Blues (WC-3174-A) ![]() rec. June 27, 1940 in Chicago, Ill; Charlie Spand, voc, p; unknown, g |
15 | 1940 | CHARLIE SPAND![]() - Gold Tooth Mama (WC-3150-A) - Hoodoo Woman Blues (WC-3152-A) ![]() rec. June 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Charlie Spand, voc, p; prob. Little Son Joe, g |
16 | 1940 | CHARLIE SPAND![]() - Big Alley Rat Blues (WC-3151-A) # - She's A Squabblin' Woman (WC-3173-A) * ![]() # rec. June 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Charlie Spand, voc, p; prob. Little Son Joe, g * rec. June 27, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Charlie Spand, voc, p, unknown, g |
17 | 1940 | CHARLIE SPAND![]() - Soon This Morning No. 2 (WC-3153-A) # @ youtube - Gone Mother Blues (WC-3175-A) * @ youtube ![]() # rec. June 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Charlie Spand, voc, p; prob. Little Son Joe, g * rec. June 27, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Charlie Spand, voc, p; unknown, g |
18 | 1941 | ![]() Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues (20246-2) [Paramount 12896] * Charlie Spand / Blind Blake - Hastings Street (15457) [Paramount 12863] # ![]() # rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, g, sp; Charlie Spand, p * rec. c. December 1927 in Chicago, IL; Meade Lux Lewis, p Columbia 37336 |
19 | 05 or 06/1947 | Columbia presents Boogie Woogie Vol. 2 ![]() disc 1 (C 130-1/2; 37333) HENRY "RED" ALLEN and his ORCH. Featuring KENNY KERSEY - K.K. Boogie JAMES P. JOHNSON - A-Flat Dream ![]() disc 2 (C 130-3/4; 37334) MARY LOU WILLIAMS - Little Joe From Chicago PETE JOHNSON - Boogie Woogie ![]() disc 3 (C 130-5/6; 37335) CHAMPION JACK DUPREE - Dupree Shake Dance (C-3589-1) JIMMY YANCEY - Bear Trap Blues ![]() disc 4 (C 130-7/8; 37336) MEADE LUX LEWIS - Honky Tonk Train Blues (20246-2) [Paramount 12896] CHARLIE SPAND - Hastings Street (15457) [Paramount 12863] ![]() |
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20 | 1953 | Jazz Vol. 10: Boogie Woogie / Jump / Kansas City 1927 - 1941![]() Jim Jackson, Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - Jim Jackson's Jamboree Part 1 & 2 Blind Blake & Charlie Spand - Hastings Street Albert Ammons - St. Louis Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Cripple Clarence Lofton & Big Bill Broonzy - Brown Skin Girls Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Stomp Pete Johnson - Let 'em Jump ![]() Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Toby Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Froggy Bottom Jones-Smith Incorporated - Boogie Woogie Jay McShann & His Orchestra - Hootie Blues Count Basie's Kansas City Seven - Lester Leaps In - Dickie's Dream ![]() |
21 | 1953? | Pioneers of Boogie Woogie Volume 1![]() Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Wesley Wallace - Number 29 - Fanny Lee Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Slow Drag ![]() Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down - Louisiana Glide Charles Spand - Moanin' The Blues Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues ![]() London Records discography |
22 | 1955 | Pioneers of Boogie Woogie Volume 2![]() Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown Jabo Williams - Polack Blues - Fat Mama Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Chimes Blues ![]() Henry Brown - Eastern Chimes Blues - Deep Morgan Blues Charlie Spand - Mississippi Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag ![]() prod. by Bill Grauer
10 inch LP 10 inch LP London Records discography |
23 | 1969 | Chicago Sessions Vol. 1 1937-1941![]() Louisiana Johnny - Cherry Hill Blues - Razor Cuttin' Man Charlie Spand - Soon This Morning No. 2 [OKeh 05946] - Gone Mother Blues [OKeh 05946] Alfred Fields - Money Green - Mighty Blue - Spongy Baby - Step Pepper Stepper ![]() Frank Edwards - Sweet Man Blues - Three Women Blues Peter Cleighton - Roaming Gambler - Slick Man Blues - Something Going On Wrong - Confessin' The Blues Perry Weston - Border Blues - Night Time Is The Right Time ![]() Kokomo Records discography |
24 | 1969 | Favorite Country Blues Piano-Guitar Duets 1929-1937![]() Willie Harris - West Side Blues Charlie Spand - Good Gal - Back To The Woods Blues Leroy Carr - Sloppy Drunk Blues Roosevelt Sykes "& Clifford Gibson" - Tired Of Being Mistreated Springback James - Poor Coal Passer Leola Manning - The Blues Is All Wrong ![]() Joe Evans - Down In Black Bottom - Shook Woman Blues Blind Blake - Poker Woman Blues Walter Davis - Sloppy Drunk Again Cripple Clarence Lofton - Monkey Man Blues Bumble Bee Slim - New Orleans Stop Time Buddy Woods - Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away ![]()
notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo Records discography |
25 | 1969 | Boogie Woogie Rarities 1927-1932![]() Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues [original version] - Molasses Sopper Blues [accompanying George Hannah] Wesley Wallace - Number 29 Blind Leroy Garnet - Chain 'em Down Cripple Clarence Lofton - On The Wall [accompanying Louise Johnson] Will Ezell - Playing The Dozens - Just Can't Stay Here ![]() Charlie Spand - Hastings Street (with Blind Blake) - Levee Camp Man Jabo Williams - Jab Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Chimes Blues - New Cow Cow Blues (with B.T. Wingfield) Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown ![]()
notes by Mait Edey Milestone Records discography |
26 | 1974 | Uptown Blues A Decade Of Guitar-Piano Duets 1927-1937 ![]() Big Bill Broonzy - Mountain Blues Rufus & Ben Quillian - Sweet Miss Stella Blues [Paramount 12901] Bo Carter - When You Left Charlie Campbell - Goin' Away Blues Teddy Darby - My Leona Blues Down Home Blues - You Do It Leola Manning - He Pans Me ![]() Rufus & Ben Quillian - Good Feeling Blues [Paramount 12901]> Watson's Pulman Porters - Barbecue Blues Cripple Clarence Lofton - Policy Blues Willie Harris - What Makes A Tom Cat Blue? Mack Rhinehart & Brownie Stubblefield - Uptown Blues Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - Papa's On The Housetop Charley Spand - Ain't Gonna Stand For That ![]() cover art by Garry Bready
notes by Stephen Calt & John Miller Yazoo Records discography |
27 | 1975 | Blind Blake: That Lovin' I Crave 1926-1930![]() - Tottie Blues - That Loving I Crave - Chump Man Blues - Baby Lou Blues - Cold Love Blues - Diddie Wa Diddie No. 2 - Hard Pushing Papa ![]() - State Street Men Blues - Wilson Dam - Doggin' Me Mama Blues - Itching Heel - Good Gal - I Was Afraid Of That, Part 2 - Hometown Skiffle, Part 1 ![]()
notes by Joel Bernstein Biograph Records discography |
28 | 1977 | Paramount 1929-1930 'whip it to a jelly' (The Piano Blues Vol. 1) ![]() Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues - Mississippi Blues Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down - Louisiana Glide Little Brother - No Special Rider - Vicksburg Blues Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues - No. 29 ![]() Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars - All Night Long Blues Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie - Heifer Dust Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Blind Blake / Spand - Hastings St. ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith Magpie PYCD 01 (UK 1990) (four add'l tracks) Magpie Records discography |
29 | 1977 | Postscript 1927-1935 'hot box is on my mind' ( The Piano Blues Vol. 5) ![]() Little Brother Montgomery - Frisco Hi-Ball Turner Parrish - Trenches Roosevelt Sykes - 44 Blues Mozelle Alderson - Tight Whoopee Sammy Brown - Jockey Blues Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp Jame Robinson - Humming Blues Rufus & Ben Quillian - Holy Roll ![]() Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag Pinetop & Lindberg - 4-11-44 Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Charlie Spand - Soon This Morning No 2 Herve Duerson - Avenue Strut Stump Johnson - Bound To Be A Monkey Kingfish Bill Tomlin - Hot Box ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith Magpie Records discography |
30 | 1981 | Charlie Spand 1929-1931 'soon this morning' (The Piano Blues Vol. 16) ![]() - Soon This Morning - Thirsty Woman - Got To Have My Sweetbread - Evil Woman Spell - Good Gal - She's Got Good Stuff (tk 2) - Room Rent Blues - Ain't Gonna Stand For That ![]() - Back To The Woods - Dreamin' The Blues - Georgia Mule - Big Fat Mama (tk 1) - Mistreatment Blues - Levee Camp Man - Fetch Your Water - Hard Times Blues ![]()
foreword by Francis Smith Magpie Records discography |
31 | 1988 | Charlie Spand (1929-1940) The Remaining Titles ![]() - Moanin' The Blues [Paramount 12856] - Hastings Street (with Blind Blake) [Paramount 12863] - In The Barrel Blues [Paramount 12887] - Mississippi Blues [Paramount 12917] - 45th St. Blues [Paramount 12930] - Got To Have My Sweetbread (tk 4) [Paramount unissued] - Soon This Morning No. 2 [Paramount 13022] - Tired Woman Blues [Paramount 13112] ![]() - Gold Tooth Mama [OKeh 05757] - Big Alley Rat Blues [OKeh 05894] - Hoodoo Woman Blues [OKeh 05757] - Soon This Morning No. 2 [OKeh 05946] - Rock And Rye [OKeh 05699] - She's A Squabblin' Woman [OKeh 05894] - Alabama Blues [OKeh 05699] - Gone Mother Blues [OKeh 05946] ![]() compiled & produced by Johnny Parth; remastered by Hans Klement; original recordings from the collections of Werner Benecke, Johnny Parth, Nick Perls, Guido van Rijn |
32 | 1990 | The Greatest in Country Blues (1927-1956)![]() LP 1 - High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers - James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips - Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell - Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson - Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant - Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - My Black Momma Part I - Son House - Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas - Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson - Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey - Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand - Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt - Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman - How Long - Frank Stokes - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins ![]() LP 2 - Devil Got The Woman - Skip James - When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith - The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins - Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams - Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart - Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown - Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough - Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander - K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band - Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim - Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis - Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker - Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band - Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie - Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves - That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins - McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee - The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill - Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand ![]() LP 3 - Shorty George - Smith Casey - Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant - I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters - How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy - She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers - Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White - California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin - Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James - Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw - Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr - Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey - Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy - Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg - Baby How Long - Dan Pickett - Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson - River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson - Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins ![]() compiled by Johnny Parth
3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver 3 CD set = Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994) |
32a | 1990 | Paramount Vol. 1 1928-1932![]() Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down Little Brother - No Special Rider Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide Blind Blake / Spand - Hastings St. Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay 'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown Charlie Spand - Mississippi Blues Will Ezell - Heifer Dust Little Brother - Vicksburg Blues Wesley Wallace - No. 29 James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues ![]() Magpie PY 4401 + four tracks from Magpie PY 4420 notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie Records discography |
33 | 1991 | The Paramount Piano Blues 1928-32, Vol. 1![]() - Evil Woman Blues - James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues - James Wiggins - Chain 'Em Down - James Wiggins - Lousianna Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett - Mississippi Blues - Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues - Charlie Spand - Hastings Street - Charlie Spand - Pitchin' Boogie - Baby Jay - Heifer Dust - William Ezell - Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown - Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark - Dearborn St. Breakdown - Charles Avery - All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery< - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery< - Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James - Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams ![]() |
33a | 1991 | Legends Of The Blues - Volume Two![]() - Henry Ford Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Ninety-Eight Degree Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander - Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker - She Shook Her Gin - Barbecue Bob - Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red - No No Blues - Curley Weaver - Bo-Easy Blues - Bessie Jackson - School Boy Blues - Walter Roland - Cold Blooded Murder No. 2 - Bumble Bee Slim - My Baby Won't Pay Me No Mind - Buddy Moss - Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins - Take It Easy Greasy - Lil Johnson - Two Timin' Woman - Casey Bill Weldon - Down Hill Pull - Victoria Spivey - Down In The Slums - Curtis Jones - Separation Blues - Merline Johnson - Soon This Morning No. 2 - Charlie Spand - Is That A Monkey You Got? - Jazz Gillum - Hurry Down Sunshine - Champion Jack Dupree - Goodbye Now Brownie - Brownie McGhee ![]() prod. by Lawrence Cohn
booklet notes by Pete Welding
20 CD box set, CD 6 |
34 | 1994 | Charlie Spand - Big Maceo![]() Charlie Spand - The Complete 1940 Recordings - Gold Tooth Mama [OKeh 05757] - Big Alley Rat Blues [OKeh 05894] - Hoodoo Woman Blues [OKeh 05757] - Soon This Morning No. 2 [OKeh 05946] - Rock And Rye [OKeh 05699] - She's A Squabblin' Woman [OKeh 05894] - Alabama Blues [OKeh 05699] - Gone Mother Blues [OKeh 05946] Big Maceo - The Remaining Titles 1941-1952 - It's All Up To You - Why Should I Hang Around - Macy Special - Come On Home - Winter Time Blues - Broke And Hungry Blues - If You Ever Change Your Ways - It's All Over Now - I Lost My Little Woman - Big City Blues - Do You Remember? - Just Tell Me Baby - One Sunday Morning - Leavin' Blues [Fortune 137] - Have You Heard About It [Fortune 137] - Worried Life Blues No. 2 [Fortune 805] - Strange To Me Blues [Fortune 805] - Without You My Life Don't Mean A Thing [Fortune LP3002] ![]() |
35 | 199? | Charlie Spand 1929-1931 The Complete Paramounts in Chronological Order ![]() - Soon This Morning Blues - Fetch Your Water - Good Gal - Ain't Gonna Stand For That - Moanin' The Blues - Back To The Woods Blues - Hastings St. (with Blind Blake) - In The Barrel Blues - Levee Camp Man (take 2) - Breakdown ( - Mississippi Blues (take 2) - 45th St. Blues - Got To Have My Sweetbread (take 3) - Got To Have My Sweetbread (take 4) - Room Rent Blues - Mistreatment Blues - Soon This Morning - No. 2 - She's Got Good Stuff - Thirsty Woman Blues - Dreamin' The Blues - Big Fat Mama Blues (take 1) - Hard Time Blues - Georgia Mule Blues - Tired Woman Blues - Evil Woman Spell ![]() |
36 | 199? | Too Late, Too Late Blues Vol. 1 Newly Discovered Titles & Alternative Takes ![]() Blind Blake - Early Morning Blues (3057-2) Blind Lemon Jefferson - Lock Step Blues (20750) - Hangman's Blues (20751-2) George 'Bullet' Williams - Frisco Leaving Birmingham (tk 3) Bessie Tucker - My Man Has Quit Me (tk 2) Memphis Jug Band - Stealin', Stealin' (tk 3) Willie Baker - Weak-Minded Woman (14782 - Test) Rev. D C Rice - Will They Welcome Me There? Charlie Spand - Levee Camp Man (-6) (Breakdown) - Mississippi Blues (-V6) Robert Peeples - Worry Blues Charley Patton - I Shall Not Be Moved (tk 2) Big Bill Broonzy - Bow Leg Baby Frank Brasswell - Mountain Girl Blues (16575) Memphis Minnie - Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues (tk. B) Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom - Do It Some More Kansas City Kitty - Knife Man Blues Bo Carter (Bo Chatman) - New Auto Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Worried In Mind Blues 'Kansas Joe' Mccoy - Meat Cutter Blues (alt tk) - What's The Matter With You? Memphis Minnie - Reachin' Pete (tk. B) Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues No. 5 Memphis Minnie - Running And Dodging Blues (tk. 2 - Test) Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues Lonnie Johnson - The Victim Of Love
notes by Guido van Rijn and Roger Misiewicz |
36a | 1996 | Booze & The Blues![]() State Street Swingers - You Drink Too Much (3:13) Charley Jordan - Cherry Wine Woman (2:50) Memphis Minnie - Drunken Barrel House Blues (2:49) Mississippi Sheiks - Bootlegger's Blues (3:31) Barbecue Bob as Robert Hicks - Me And My Whiskey (3:06) Kid Prince Moore - Bug Juice Blues (2:38) Charlie Spand - Rock And Rye (2:36) Charlie Burse & Memphis Jug Band - Rukus Juice And Chittlin' (2:51) Merline Johnson as The Yas Yas Girl - Bad Whiskey Blues (2:35) Amos Easton as Bumble Bee Slim - I Keep On Drinking (To Drive My Blues Away) - Part 1 (3:04) Amos Easton as Bumble Bee Slim - I Keep On Drinking (To Drive My Blues Away) - Part 2 (3:09) Little Big Gaither - Moonshine By The Keg (2:44) Lucille Bogan as Bessie Jackson - Drinking Blues (2:54) Peetie Wheatstraw - More Good Whiskey Blues (2:59) Joshua White as Pinewood Tom - Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues (3:01) Casey Bill Weldon - Give Me Another Shot (2:42) Lewis Black - Corn Liquor Blues (2:55) Sloppy Henry - Canned Heat Blues (2:53) The Big Three Trio & Rosetta Howard - When I Been Drinking (3:15) Big Bill Broonzy - When I Been Drinking (2:50) Jack Newman - Blackberry Wine (2:46) Rev. W.M. Mosley - Drinking Shine (3:04) ![]() SPV GmbH SPV 91 732 CD bonus tracks: Leadbelly - Honey, I'm All Out And Down (3:13) Robert Johnson - Drunken Hearted Man (2:24) ![]() Roots n' Blues series prod. by Lawrence Cohn
notes by Mark A. Humphrey notes by Mark A. Humphrey notes by Neil Slaven 20 CD box set, CD 14 |
37 | 1997 | Paramount Blues Hometown Skiffle From the Paramount collection of Gayle Dean Wardlow ![]() Blind Roosevelt Graves - Bustin' The Jug - Crazy About My Baby Buddy Boy Hawkins - A Rag Blues - Snatch It And Grab It "The Paramount All Stars" featuring Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Will Ezell, Charlie Spand, The Hokum Boys, Papa Charlie Jackson - Hometown Skiffle - Part 1 - Hometown Skiffle - Part 2 Beale Street Sheiks - Mr. Crump Don't Like It - Jazzin The Blues Tampa Red - Through Train Blues Charlie Spand - Fetch Your Water - Soon This Morning Dad Nelson - Cleveland Stomp Blind Blake - He's In The Jailhouse Now - Blind Arthur's Breakdown Johnnie Head - Fare Thee Blues Part 1 Papa Charlie Jackson - Forgotten Blues Blind Blake - Southern Rag Blind Roosevelt Graves - Guitar Boogie - New York Blues Will Ezell - Just Can't Stay Here ![]() prod. by George H. Buck Jr., production coordinator: Lars Edegran |
38 | 1998 | Too Late Too Late Vol. 10 (1926-1951)![]() Three Bad Habits (1920's) - Three Bad Habit Blues Blind Blake (1926) - West Coast Blues (3056-2) Jacksonville Harmony Trio (1927) Why Did You Leave Me Alone? - I Wonder Hattie Burleson (1928) Jim Nappy (take b) Ramblin' Thomas (1928) - Hard Dallas Blues (take 4) (21018-4) Blind Blake (1929) - Diddie Wa Diddie (15459- -) Charlie Spand (1930) - Big Fat Mama Blues (take 2) Bill Williams (1930) - No Good Buddy (take 1) Ivory Joe Hunter (1933) - Stackolee Camp Actonjive Cats (c. 1938) - If You're A Viper Stanford Mosby (c.1938) - Hicky Ricky Sonny Terry (1938) - Lost John (2494-a) Big Boy (1941) - John Henry Nashville Washboard Band (1942) - Deary, Don't Be Angry - Kohoma Blues - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You - Going Away To Make It Lonesome Here - Arkansas Traveler Theopolis Stokes (1942) Washboard Solos: - Breakdown Tempo - Blues Tempo - Swing Tempo Thomas James Carroll (1942) - Bullfiddle, Cord-Can-One-String Tuning And Interview James Kelly - Tom Carroll (1942) - Solo (Bye Bye Blues) Big Joe Williams (1947) - Baby, Please Don't Go (take -ng) Ralph Willis (1951) - Too Late To Scream And Shout - Hoodoo Man ![]()
notes by Guido van Rijn and Roger Misiewicz |
39 | 2000 | Jazz & Blues Piano Vol. 2 1924 - 1947![]() Everett Robbins - Triflin' Daddy's Blues Jimmy Blythe - Chicago Stomp (tk 2) Fred Longshaw - Chili Pepper - Tomato Sauce Maude Mills with Fats Waller & Mike Jackson - I've Got The Joogie Blues (tk 2) - Black Snake Blues Andy Pendleton - Sweet Emmaline - Dreaming The Hours Away Bert M. Mays - You Can't Come In (alt tk) Glory Bernard - South Bound Blues (tk A) (acc. Porter Grainger) Georgia Tom (Thomas A. Dorsey) - Then My Gal's In Town (tk 2) Charlie Spand - She's Got Good Stuff (tk 2) Walter Davis - Railroad Man Blues (acc. Roosevelt Sykes) Clarence Williams Trio - Hop On Me Blues Roosevelt Sykes - New Mistake In Life (tk B) - Ups And Downs Blues (tk B) Tut Soper (acc. Baby Dodds) - That's A Plenty - It's A Ramble - Thou Swell - Stardust Stomp - Oronics No 3 Ida Cox (acc. Jessie Crump) - Kentucky Man Blues (film soundtrack) - 'Fore Day Blues (film soundtrack) Knocky Parker - The Grace And Beauty (broadcast) ![]() |
40 | 2001 | Piano Blues - The Essential![]() disc 1: - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Trenches - Turner Parrish - Ain't It A Shame - Leroy Carr - Big Mama - Walter Roland - 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Flying Crow Blues - Black Ivory King - I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Rocks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) - Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown - Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke - Playing The Dozen - Will Ezell - Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James - Black Gal Makes Thunder - Rudy Foster - All Night Long - Louise Johnson - Whoopie - Eddie Miller - Pine Tops Boogie - Pine Top Smith - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red ![]() disc 2: - I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Think You Need A Shot - Walter Davis - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow (Charles) Davenport - Keep A-knocking An You Can't Get In - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - 31 Blues - Bob Call - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard - Joe Pullum - Joe Louis Strut - Memphis Minnie - Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery - Lonesome Man Blues - Sylvester Palmer - East Chicago Blues - Sparks Brothers - Pratt City Blues - 'Jabo' Williams - Shack Bully Stomp - 'Jabo' Williams - Soon This Morning - Charlie Spand - 5 O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor ![]() compiled by Paul Swinton
double CD |
41 | 2003 | Dreaming The Blues - The Best of Charlie Spand Classic Piano from the 1920s and 30s ![]() - Introduction from Hometown Skiffle - Good Gal - Got To Have My Sweetbread - Back To The Woods Blues - Soon This Morning Blues - Moanin' The Blues - Mistreatment Blues - Ain't Gonna Stand For That - Dreamin' The Blues - Levee Camp Man - Fetch Your Water - In The Barrel Blues - Hastings St. - Thirsty Woman Blues - Big Fat Mama Blues - Mississippi Blues - She's Got Good Stuff - Evil Woman Spell - Soon This Morning # 2 - Room Rent Blues - 45th St. Blues - Georgia Mule Blues - Hard Time Blues ![]() prod. by Francis Wilford-Smith |
42 | 2003 | Down In The Basement Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937 ![]() - The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers - How You Want It Done? - Big Bill - The (New) Call Of The Freaks - Luis Russell & His Orchestra - The School House Fire - Dixon Brothers - Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band - You Got To Go Down - Blind Gary - The Old Ark's A'Moving - A.A. Gray And Seven-Foot Dilly - Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four - Keep It Clean - Charley Jordan - Get The "L" On Down The Road - Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band - I Got A Bulldog - Sweet Brothers & Ernest Stoneman - Old Hen Cackle - Colman & Harper - Song From A Cotton Field - Bessie Brown - Atlanta Bound - Gene Autry - Easy Rider Blues - Soileau And Robin - Hot Lips - Bill Brown And His Brownies - Uncle Dave's Beloved Solo - Uncle Dave Macon - Hastings Street - Blind Blake and Charlie Spand - Ain't That Trouble In Mind - Fields Ward & The Grayson County Railsplitters - Give The World A Smile - The Corley Family - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long Cleve Reed And Little Harvey Hull (Down Home Boys) - Hot Town - Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra - Paddlin' Blues - Gitfiddle Jim - Plow Boy Hop - Grinnell Giggers ![]() compiled by Marshall Wyatt |
43 | 2004 | The Paramount Masters![]() disc 1: - Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant - Red River Blues - Lottie Beaman - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weevil Jackson - Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Old Country Rock - William Moore - Keep A-Knockin' - James "Boodle It" Wiggins - Touch Me Light Mama - George "Bullet" Williams - Jack Of All Trades - Moanin' Bernice Edwards - Come on in (Ain't Nobody Here But Me) - Harum Scarums - All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me - Sweet Papa Stovepipe - Cotton Field Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson - Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey - Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand - Gay Cattin' - Papa Charlie Jackson - Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill - Eagles on a Half - Geechie Wiley - Wasn't It Sad About Lemon - Washboard Walter - Freakish Man Blues - George Hannah - Rough Rugged Road Blues - Bumble Bee Slim - Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy - Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens - Barrel House Flat Blues - Mary Johnson ![]() disc 2: - I Shall Not Be Moved - Charley Patton - Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow - Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves - Black and Evil Blues - Alice Moore - The New Dirty Dozen - Ben Curry - Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man - Freddie Spruell - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Jack of Diamonds Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend - Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd - Bunker Hill Blues - Side Wheel Sally Duffie - Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins - Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell - Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown - Fetch Your Water - Charlie Spand - Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - J.D. Short - Water Bound Blues - Alice Pearson - Broke Down Engine - Lonnie Clark - Dying Pickpocket Blues - Barrel House Welch - Seven Sister Blues - Edward Thompson - Old Timbrook Blues - John Byrd - The Preacher Must Get Some Sometime - Bob Robinson - Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas - The Ducks Yas Yas - Jack O' Diamonds - Boodle De Bum Bum - Ben Curry . Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James Wiggins ![]() disc 3: - Some Scream High Yellow - Bo Weevil Jackson - Jab Blues - "Jabo" Williams - Raised In The Alley Blues - Freddie Brown - Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams - Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Conjur Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Mama's Angel Child - Sweet Papa Stovepipe - Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman - Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant - Fat Greasy Baby - Robert Peeples - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - New York Blues - Blind Roosevelt Graves - Doctor, Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend - I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington - Red Letter Blues - Ruby Paul - Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards - Where Did You Stay Last Night - Famous Hokum Boys - The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill - Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace - Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geechie Wiley - The Boy In The Boat - George Hannah - Texas Blues - Marshall Owens - Evil Woman Blues - James "Boodle It" Wiggins - Three, Six and Nine - Roosevelt Sykes ![]() disc 4: - Tom Cat Blues - Freddie Spruell - Smiling Blues - Jack O' Diamonds - Mama, Don't You Think I Know - Papa Charlie Jackson - Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand - Prison Blues - Alice Moore - Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown - My Laona Blues - Teddy Darby - Pistol Blues - Bo Weevil Jackson - Pratt City Blues - "Jabo" Williams - Telephone Arguin' Blues - J.D. Short - Over To My House - Elvie Thomas - Hambone Blues - Ed Bell - Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy - Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Up On The Hill Blues - Edward Thompson - Key To The Mountain Blues - Mary Johnson - Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill - Red River Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson - Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards - Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Last Farewell Blues - Ruby Paul - Larceny Woman Blues - Barrel House Welch - Wicked Devil's Blues - Robert Peeples - Raggin' The Blues - William Moore ![]() |
44 | 2006 | Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 4 2007 Calendar with free CD ![]() CD and Calendar contents: - Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey - Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band - Gonna Move To Alabama - Charley Patton - Texas Blues - Marshall Owens - 'fore Day Creep - Ida Cox - Black Snake Moan No. 2 - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Jazzin' The Blues - Beale Street Sheiks - Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand - Chain Gang Bound - Bumble Bee Slim - Don't Wake It Up - Mississippi Sheiks - Blues The World Forgot - parts I & II - Ma Rainey - Lonesome Christmas Blues - Blind Blake ![]() Supplementary CD tracks: - Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens - Stingaree Man Blues - Chocolate Brown - Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House - Clarksdale Moan - Son House ![]() restored by Richard Nevins
Blues Images calendar discography |
45 | 2008 | Ain't Times Hard Political and Social Comment In The Blues ![]() disc 1: - Labor Blues - Tom Dickson - No Dough Blues - Blind Blake - Down and Out Blues - Scrapper Blackwell - Starvation Blues - Big Bill Broonzy - Bad Time Blues - Barbecue Bob - Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson - Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern - We Sure Got Hard Times - Barbecue Bob - Levee Camp Man Blues - Gene Campbell - Hard Times on Me Blues - Andy Chatman - Tough Times Blues - Charley Jordan - Northern Starvers are Returning Home - Bo Carter / Charlie McCoy - Hard Times Done Drove Me to Drink - Leroy Carr - Starvation Blues - Charley Jordan - Hard Time Blues - Charles Spand - Chain Gang Bound - Bumble Bee Slim - Days of the Weeks Blues - Charley Jordan - Times Has Done Got So Hard - King Solomon Hill - Hard Time Blues - Carrie Edwards - The Depression Blues - Leroy Carr - Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red - Hard Time Blues - Scrapper Blackwell - DeKalb Chain Gang - Fred McMullen - Hard Time Blues - Buddy Moss - Red Cross Blues - Walter Roland ![]() disc 2: - Red Cross Man - Lucille Bogan - Coal Mountain Blues - Sonny Scott - Red Cross Blues No.2 - Walter Roland - It's Hard Time - Joe Stone - R.F.C. Blues - Jack Kelly - Red Cross Blues - Walter Davis - Sales Tax - Mississippi Sheiks - Welfare Blues - Joshua White - C.W.A. Blues - Walter Roland - Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell - Charity Blues - Charlie McCoy - Sylvester and His Mule Blues - Memphis Minnie - Providence Help the Poor People - Big Joe Williams - Meat and Bread Blues - Blind Teddy Darby - Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin - Let's Have a Good Deal - Joe Pullum - Bonus Blues - Joe Pullum - W.P.A. Blues - Casey Bill Weldon - When I Get My Bonus - Peetie Wheatstraw - When I Get My Money - Bumble Bee Slim - I'm Gonna Have My Fun - Bumble Bee Slim - Jungle Man Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - When the Soldiers Get Their Bonus - Bumble Bee Slim - W.P.A. Blues - Big Bill Broonzy - Don't Take Away My P.W.A. - Jimmie Gordon ![]() disc 3: - Hobo Jungle Blues - Bumble Bee Slim - New Red Cross Blues - Frank Springback - Working for the P.W.A. - Black Ivory King - Government Money - Sleepy John Estes - Working on the Project - Peetie Wheatstraw - Hobo Jungle Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Hard Times Ain't Gone No Where - Lonnie Johnson - I Have Spent My Bonus - Robert Lee McCoy - Relief Blues - Red Nelson - Unemployment Stomp - Big Bill Broonzy - 304 Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Old Bachelor Blues - Son Bonds - Welfare Blues - Calvin Frazier - Back in My Cell Again - George Curry - Welfare Blues - Speckled Red - C.C.C. Blues - Washboard Sam - Welfare Blues - Sampson Pittman - '29 Blues - Alfred Fields - Charity Blues - Gene Gilmore - Four-O-Three Blues - Lonnie Johnson - Warehouse Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree - Nothing in Rambling - Memphis Minnie - Hobo Blues - Yank Rachell - Stamp Blues - Tony Hollins - Hard Times is on Me - Ollie Shepard ![]() disc 4: - Keep Straight Blues - Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - Red Cross Store Blues - Terry & McGhee - Working Man Blues - Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - Post-War Future Blues - Cousin Joe - Shipyard Woman - Jim Wynn - Living in a Different World - Roosevelt Sykes - Reconversion Blues - Ivory Joe Hunter - Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes - Bonus Pay - Eddie Vinson - Luxury Tax Blues - Eddie Vinson - Unemployment Blues - Smokey Hogg - Hard Times - Smokey Hogg - Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones - High Cost Low Pay Blues - Ivory Joe Hunter - Homeless Blues - Willie "Long Time" Smith - Inflation Blues - Jack McVea - Strike Blues - L.C. Williams - Strike Blues - John Lee Hooker - Cotton Picking Blues - Big Mama Thornton - Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones - Tough Times - John Brim - Depression Blues - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - The Panic's On - Jimmy McCracklin - Things Are So Slow - J.B. Hutto - Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir ![]() compiled by Neil Slaven |
46 | 2009 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues The Evolution of Chicago Blues 1925-58 ![]() - Maxwell Street Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weavil Jackson - Prison Bound Blues - Leroy Carr - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - Blame It On The Blues - Ma Rainey - Diddie Wa Diddie - Blind Blake - "44" Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - I Can't Be Satisfied - Big Bill Broonzy - Devil's Son In Law - Peetie Wheatstraw - Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red - East Chicago Blues - Pinetop & Lindberg - Milk Cow Blues - Kokomo Arnold - Chickasaw Train Blues - Memphis Minnie - Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) - Bed Springs Blues - Jimmie Gordon - Evil Devil Woman Blues - Joe McCoy - Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams - Drop Down Mama - Sleepy John Estes - Sweet Sixteen - Walter Davis - Who Pumped The Wind In My Doughnut - Washboard Sam - Sam The Hot Dog Man - Lil Johnson - Sarah Jane - Jazz Gillum - I'll Keep Sittin' On It - Georgia White - Wpa Blues - Casey Bill Weldon - Louise Louise Blues - Johnny Temple ![]() CD 2: - Good Morning, School Girl - Sonny Boy Williamson - Lake Michigan Blues - Yank Rachell - Bottle It Up And Go - Tommy McClennan - Good Gin Blues - Bukka White - Friar's Point Blues - Robert Lee McCoy - Rock And Rye - Charlie Spand - If You Take Me Back - Big Joe & His Washboard Band - Junker Blues - Champion Jack Dupree - Love Is Gone - Doctor Clayton - Take A Little Walk With Me - Robert Jr. Lockwood, - Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy - Macy Special - Big Maceo - Chicago Blues - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Jumping At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon - Round The World Boogie - Lee Brown - Round About Boogie - Jimmy Rogers - Better Cut That Out - Sonny Boy Williamson - Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim - Brown Skin Woman - Sunnyland Slim - Boogie - Moody & Snooky - Keep What You Got - Snooky & Moody - Chicago Is Just That Way - Eddie Boyd - I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters - Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones - Kidman Blues - Memphis Minnie ![]() CD 3: - Goin' Away Baby - Jimmy Rogers - I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter - Love Her With A Feeling - Tampa Red - Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins - South Bound Train - Big Bill Broonzy - Dust My Broom - Robert Jr. Lockwood - Juke - Little Walter - Seventy Four - Robert Nighthawk - Worried About My Baby - Sunnyland Slim - The Mojo - J.B. Lenoir - Tough Times - John Brim - High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed - Hoodoo Man - Junior Wells - Been Through The Mill - Roosevelt Sykes - Hard Hearted Woman - Walter Horton - Ride 'em On Down - Eddie Taylor - I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold - That Ain't Right - Henry Gray - Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters - Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf - I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush - All Your Love - Magic Sam - Coming Home - Elmore James - Sit And Cry (The Blues) - Buddy Guy - Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson ![]() |
47 | 2011 | Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 9 2012 Calendar with free CD ![]() CD and Calendar contents: - Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 1 - Tampa Red and Georgia Tom - Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 2 - Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band with Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxson (voc) - Big Chief Blues - Furry Lewis - Jinx Blues - Ora Brown - Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker - Charley Patton - Rope Stretchin' Blues - Parts I & II - Blind Blake - Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Fogyism - Ida Cox - Come On In (Ain't Nobody Here) - The Harum Scarums - Evil Woman Spell - Charley Spand - Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby - Papa Don't Tear Your Pants - Papa Charlie Jackson - In That Pearly White City Above - Blind Joel Taggart ![]() Supplementary CD tracks: - Precious Lord - Blind Joel Taggart - Little Black Train - Blind Joel Taggart - Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242] - California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242] - Cartey Blues - Lane Hardin [Pacific P-100] - Mr. Postman Blues - Jenny Pope - Rent Man Blues - Jenny Pope ![]() restored by Richard Nevins
Blues Calendar discography |
48 | 2017 | American Epic: The Collection![]() disc 1: - The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley - On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band - The Panama Limited - Bukka White - Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers - 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes - K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter - I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes - Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers - I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys - Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band - Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band - Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney - Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family - Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson - Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge - Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson - Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor disc 2: - My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch - Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels - I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers - Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates - Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers - Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers - Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux - Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels - Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob - Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family - Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux - Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles - Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford - Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell disc 3: - Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores - La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos - Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho - Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller - Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy - John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys - Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly - Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt - I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis - Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee - Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters - Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders - If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole - Stackalee - Frank Hutchison - The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman - Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee - Country Blues - Dock Boggs - Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens - Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson - Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson disc 4: - Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin - Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton - Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe - Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand - See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys - New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim - Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey - Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry - Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley - Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers - It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks - Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis - Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas - Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family - Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice - Old Country Rock - William Moore - La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard - My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House - Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James disc 5: - Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson - Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza - Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band - Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins - Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee - The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers - I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman - Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders - Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks - James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown - The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band - Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers - Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson - E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette - Ghost Dance - Truett & George - Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother - Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon - Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores - Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips ![]() "American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed." |
49 | 10/2019 | 23 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 17 2020 Calendar with free CD ![]() CD and Calendar contents: - Got The Blues - B.B. King - Blood Thirsty Blues - Victoria Spivey - Baby Keeps Stealing Lovin' On Me - Mississippi Sheiks - Howling Tom Cat Blues - Bo Carter - Days Is Lonesome - Texas Alexander with the Mississippi Sheiks - Ain't Gonna Stand For That - Charlie Spand - I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Part 1 and Part 2 - Jim Jackson - Ashley St. Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake - Bad Luck Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight - Lonnie Johnson - Shave 'Em Dry - Bessie Jackson - Read Your A B C's - Mississippi Sarah and Daddy Stovepipe ![]() Supplementary CD tracks: - Life Is A Cheater - Irma Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner - Life Is A Cheater - Music City Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner - I Got Hip To It - Irma Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner - Tillie Lee - William Moore - Dying Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake - Come On Babe - "Blues Boy Bill" (= Louis Meyers) - Little Boy Blue - "Blues Boy Bill" (= Louis Meyers) - It's Hard Time - Joe Stone - Back Door Blues - Joe Stone - Back To Mississippi - Mississippi Sheiks ![]() restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 347 - Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Hatch End, Middlesex (Brian A.L. Rust), 1963/64, p. - Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- London (Storyville Publications), revised 2nd ed. 1969, p. - Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Chigwell (Storyville Publications), fully revised 3rd ed. 1982, pp. 91-93, 693-694 - Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 78-81, 848 - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 912-913 - Chris Hillman & Roy Middleton with Richard Rains: Paramount Piano (Chicago, Richmond, Grafton 1923-1932) - A Discography.- Tavistock (Cygnet Productions) 2013 - Alex van der Tuuk: Charlie Spand - Back to the Woods.- Blues & Rhythm 217 (2007), pp. 10-15 - http://paramountshome.org/articles/BR217%20Spand.pdf - http://sundayblues.org/archives/tag/charlie-spand - John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Alan Balfour, Peter Brown, Max Hoeffner, Michael Hortig, Tom Ball, Helge Thygesen and Alex van der Tuuk for additional info / scans
![]() ![]() Alex van der Tuuk: Charlie Spand - Back to the Woods. Blues & Rhythm 217 (2007), pp. 10-15
![]() photo above of a barrelhouse piano player taken in Minglewood, TN in 1920 (Special Collections Photograph Archives of the University of Louisville) source: front cover of Document DOCD-5103 click to enlarge! |