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C H A R L I E   S P A N D; source: Alex van der Tuuk 2007, p. 10 ('courtesy John Tefteller and Blues Images')
Charlie Spand, circa 1929
source: Alex van der Tuuk 2007, p. 10
("courtesy John Tefteller and Blues Images")

 

Charlie Spand
b. May 8, 1893 in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi [acc. to 1940 draft card]
date and location of death unknown

discography

Jimmy Yancey & C H A R L I E   S P A N D
Jimmy Yancey & Charlie Spand
source: Alex van der Tuuk 2007, p. 14 ("courtesy Duncan Schiedt")

#year
of release
title / label / notes

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
11929Charlie 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


Paramount 12790

21929Charlie 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


Paramount 12817


= Broadway 5091 (as by Charlie Chapman)

31929Charlie 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


Paramount 12856

= Broadway 5079 (as by Charlie Chapman)

41929 

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


Paramount 12863

# = Columbia 37336


Columbia DCH 360 (NL)

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

51930?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. October August 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

"Hometown Skiffle – Part I" actually consists of brief contributions:
The Hokum Boys: Shake That Thing
Will Ezell: Mixed Up Rag
Blind Blake: A Blues

"Hometown Skiffle – Part II" actually consists of brief contributions:
Blind Lemon Jefferson [or rather: Blind Blake impersonating Blind Lemon Jefferson]: Introduction
The Hokum Boys: Sellin' That Stuff
Charlie Spand: Soon This Morning
Papa Charlie Jackson: Shake That Thing


Paramount 12886


= Steiner-Davis SD 107 (US 1948) (as by Charlie Spand, Will Ezell, Alex Hill, Papa Charlie and others)


= Tempo R 20 (UK 1950)

Blind Blake discography
Papa Charlie Jackson discography
Blind Lemon Jefferson discography
Tempo 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:
21453-1-2 (unissued take 1)
51454-1-2 (unissued both takes)

61930?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


Paramount 12887

   

- 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]


Paramount 12916

71930?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


Paramount 12917

81930?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


Paramount 12930

   

- 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

* RST BD-2035
Document DOCD-5150

91930Charlie 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


Paramount 13005


= Broadway 5108 (as by Jazzlips Williams)


= Jazz Collector L 18 (US 1949, tks ?)

# (tk 2) = Document DOCD-5601 (Austria 1998)

* (tk 2) = Document DOCD-5662 (UK 2000)

Jazz Collector
discography

101930Charley 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


Paramount 13022

111930Charlie 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


Paramount 13047

121931Charlie 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


Paramount 13101

131931Charlie 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


Paramount 13112

141940CHARLIE 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


OKeh 05699

151940CHARLIE 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


OKeh 05757

161940CHARLIE 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


OKeh 05894

171940CHARLIE 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


OKeh 05946

181941 

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
Columbia DCH 360
Columbia DZ 999


Signature 65101

1905 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]

set of four 78 rpm records

Columbia C-130

 
Columbia 37333

 
Columbia 37334

 
Columbia 37335

 
Columbia 37336


LP / CD compilations
201953Jazz 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



Folkways FP 73


= Folkways FJ 2810

211953?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

10 inch LP

Riverside RLP 1009


= London AL 3506 (UK 1953)

London Records discography

221955Pioneers 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
notes by Orrin Keepnews

Riverside RLP 1034 (US 1954)

10 inch LP
notes by Orrin Keepnews

= London AL 3537 (UK 11/1954)

London Records discography
Charles Avery discography
Jabo Williams discography
Henry Brown discography

231969Chicago 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 K-1005 (UK 1969)

Kokomo Records discography

241969Favorite 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
drawing by Rory Block

Yazoo L-1015 (US 1969)

Yazoo Records discography

251969Boogie 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 MLP 2009 (US 1969)

Milestone Records discography

261974Uptown 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 L 1042 (US 1974)


= Yazoo CD 1042 YAZ (US 1993)

Yazoo Records discography

271975Blind 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
click to read notes !
Biograph BLP-12050 (US 1975)

Biograph Records discography
Blind Blake discography

281977Paramount 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
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4401 (UK 1977)

Magpie PYCD 01 (UK 1990) (four add'l tracks)

Magpie Records discography

291977Postscript 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
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4405 (UK 1977)

Magpie Records discography

301981Charlie 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
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4416 (UK 1981)

Magpie Records discography

311988Charlie 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


RST Blues Documents BD-2035 (Austria 1988)

321990The 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

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

Vol. 1: 1927-1930


Vol. 2: 1927-1936


Vol. 3: 1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

32a1990Paramount 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 PYCD 01 (UK 1990)

Magpie Records discography

331991The 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



Black Swan HCD-11 (US 1991)

33a1991Legends 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

Columbia CD CK-/CT-47467 (US 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)

 
= Columbia/Legacy COL 468770 2 (US / Australia 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)


= SPV GmbH SPV 42722 CD (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)

20 CD box set, CD 6
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)

341994Charlie 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]



Old Tramp OTCD-04 (NL 1994)

35199?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 (Levee Camp Man, -6 Test) [abbreviated version of V6]
- 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

notes by Howard Rye

Document DOCD-5108 (Austria 199?)

36199?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

Document DOCD-5150 (Austria 199?)

36a1996Booze & 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

Columbia/Legacy CK 67002 (US 1996) (Roots n' Blues series)

notes by Mark A. Humphrey

Columbia/Legacy COL 483586 2 (EU 1996) (Roots n' Blues series)

notes by Neil Slaven

= SPV GmbH SPV 91 732 CD (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)

20 CD box set, CD 14
notes by Dean Rudland
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)

371997Paramount 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

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow

Black Swan BSCD-30 (US 1997)

381998Too 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

Document DOCD-5601 (Austria 1998)

392000Jazz & 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)


notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD-5662 (UK 2000)

402001Piano 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
notes by Gary Atkinson

Document CBL-200004 (US 2001)

412003Dreaming 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

notes by Bob Hall

Yazoo CD 2062 (US 2003)

422003Down 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


Old Hat RCD-1004 (US 2003)

432004The 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


4 CD box
       
JSP JSPCD 7723 (UK 2004)

442006Classic 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 Vol. 4 (rel. 2006, for 2007)


Blues Images CD BIM-104 (US 2006) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 4 (for 2007)

Blues Images calendar discography

452008Ain'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

4 CD box
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 77109 (UK 2008)

462009Let 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


3 CD set

Fantastic Voyage FVTD012 (UK 2009)

472011Classic 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 Images Calendar Vol. 9 (rel. 2011, for 2012)


Blues Images CD BIM-109 (US 2011) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (for 2012)

Blues Calendar discography

482017American 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."

5 CD set
 
American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)

4910/201923 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


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 17 (rel. 2019, for 2020)


Blues Images CD BIM-117 (US 2019) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 17 (for 2020)

Blues Calendar discography



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

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

 

source: front cover of Document DOCD-5103
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!

 

 

 

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