Illustrated Sparks Brothers / "Pinetop & Lindberg" discography

Bluebird B-10177-B Milton & Aaron Sparks

Milton 'Lindberg' Sparks
b. (Marion Gant) May 22, 1910 in Corona, Lee County, Mississippi ¹⁾
d. May 25, 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri ²⁾

Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks
b. (Aaron Gant) May 22, 1910 in Corona, Lee County, Mississippi ¹⁾
d. November 5, 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri ²⁾
discography Bluebird B-5247-B

#	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
1	1932	Pinetop and Lindberg - "4-11-44" (71622-1) @ youtube - East Chicago Blues (71623-1) # @ youtube rec. February 25, 1932 in Atlanta, GA; Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks, p; Milton 'Lindberg' Sparks, voc, sp Victor 23330 # Bluebird B-10177
2	1932	Pinetop and Lindberg - I Believe I'll Make A Change (71621-1) @ youtube - Louisiana Bound (71620-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. February 25, 1932 in Atlanta, GA; Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks, p; Milton 'Lindberg' Sparks, voc, sp Victor 23359 ³⁾
3	1933	Stump Johnson - Steady Grindin' (76839-1) # @ youtube - Don't Give My Lard Away (76841-1) * @ youtube # rec. August 2, 1933 Chicago, IL; James 'Stump' Johnson, voc; Aaron Sparks, p; Dorathea [sic] Trowbridge, voc * rec. August 2, 1933 Chicago, IL; 'Stump' Johnson, voc, p; Joe C. Stone (poss. J.D. Short), g Bluebird B5159 = Sunrise S3240 J.D. Short discography
4	1933	Sparks Brothers - 61 Highway (76828-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - Down On The Levee (76829-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. August 2, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Milton 'Lindberg' Sparks, voc; Aaron Sparks, p Bluebird B5193
5	1933	Charlie McFadden - Friendless Man (76833-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - Times Are So Tight (76834-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. August 2, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Charlie McFadden, voc; Aaron Sparks, p Bluebird B5203 = Sunrise 3284
6	1933	Elizabeth Washington - Riot Call Blues (76817-1) # @ youtube - You Put That Thing On Me (76818-1) * @ youtube rec. August 2, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Elizabeth Washington, voc; # Aaron Sparks, p; * Jesse Bell, p Bluebird B5229 = Sunrise S3312
7	1933	Elizabeth Washington - Whiskey Blues (76819-1) @ youtube - Mistreated Blues (76820-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. August 2, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Elizabeth Washington, voc; Aaron Sparks, p John Tefteller @ facebook (07/03/2019): "Only existing copy probably in EMI archives in London." David J Costa @ facebook (07/04/2019): "Considering that Elizabeth Washington's 'Mistreated Blues' was first reissued by [Johnny] Parth in 1989, it is extremely likely there's a copy or two of Victor 23425 outside the EMI archive." Victor 23425
8	1933	James 'Stump' Johnson / Sparks Brothers James 'Stump' Johnson - Money Johnson (76840-1) * @ youtube Sparks Brothers - Chicago's Too Much For Me (76830-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify # rec. August 2, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Milton 'Lindberg' Sparks, voc; Aaron Sparks, p * rec. August 2, 1933 in Chicago, IL; 'Stump' Johnson, voc, p Bluebird B5247 = Sunrise S3330
9	1933	Tecumseh McDowell - My Man Blues (76821-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - So Called Friend Blues (76822-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. August 2, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Tecumseh McDowell, voc; Aaron Sparks, p Bluebird B5286 = Sunrise 3367
10	1933	Doretha Trowbridge - Bad Luck Blues (76823-1) @ youtube - Slavin' Mama Blues (76824-1) @ youtube rec. August 2, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Doretha Trowbridge, voc; Aaron Sparks, p Bluebird B5431
11	1934	FLYIN' LINDBURG - I.C. Train Blues (C-9336-A) @ youtube @ Spotify - No Good Woman Blues (C-9337-A) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. August 24, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Milton Sparks, voc; unknown, cl; unknown, vn; unknown, p; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, g Decca 7066 Peetie Wheatstraw discography
12	1935	Pine Top - Tell Her About Me (91439-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - Workhouse Blues (91442-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Aaron Sparks, voc, p; Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B6041 Henry Townsend discography
13	1935	Peter J. Clayton / Milton Sparks Peter J. Clayton - Yo Yo Jive [No. 2] (91416-1) * @ youtube Milton Sparks - Grinder Blues (91447-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify * rec. July 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Peter J. Clayton, voc; Beatrice 'Toots' Willis, p # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Milton Sparks, voc; Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks, p; Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B6096 Doctor Clayton discography Henry Townsend discography
14	1935	Walter Davis / Pine Top Walter Davis - Santa Claus (91434-1) * @ youtube Pine Top - Every Day I Have The Blues (91440-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks, voc, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B6125 Henry Townsend discography Walter Davis discography
15	1935	Tampa Red / Milton Sparks Tampa Red - Rowdy Woman Blues (91404-1) * @ youtube Milton Sparks - I Wake Up In The Morning (91448-1) @ youtube @ Spotify * rec. July 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, g, k; Myrtle Jenkins, p; unknown, sb # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Milton Sparks, voc; Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks, p; Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B6126 Tampa Red discography Henry Townsend discography
16	1935	Pine Top / Memphis Minnie Pine Top - Got The Blues About My Baby (91441-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify Memphis Minnie - Hustlin' Woman Blues (96227-1) * @ youtube # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks, voc, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Memphis Minnie, voc, g; prob. Black Bob, p; Casey Bill Weldon, stg; Bill Settles, sb Bluebird B6202 Henry Townsend discography Casey Bill Weldon discography
17	1935	Bumble Bee Slim / Milton Sparks Bumble Bee Slim - Everybody's Fishin' (85533-1) * @ youtube Milton Sparks - Ina Blues (91446-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify * rec. February 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; poss. Horace Malcolm, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Milton Sparks, voc; Walter Davis, p; Henry Townsend, g * Bluebird B5964 (as by "Amos") Bluebird B6521 Bumble Bee Slim discography Walter Davis discography Henry Townsend discography
18	1936	Bo Carter / Milton Sparks Bo Carter - T Baby Blues (99234-1) * @ youtube Milton Sparks - Erie Train Blues (91445-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Milton Sparks, voc; Walter Davis, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. February 20, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Bo Carter, voc, g Bluebird B6529 Bo Carter discography Walter Davis discography Henry Townsend discography
19	1936	Pinetop and Lindberg / Little Brother Pinetop and Lindberg - East Chicago Blues (71623-1) # [Victor 23330] Little Brother - Farish Street Jive (02656-1) * [Bluebird B6894] # rec. February 25, 1932 in Atlanta, GA; Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks, p; Milton 'Lindberg' Sparks, voc, sp * rec. October 16, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, La.; Little Brother Montgomery, p Bluebird B-10177 Little Brother Montgomery discography
*LP / CD compilations*
20	1965	Blues Classics Volume 2 Bayless Rose - Frisco Blues Frank Stokes - I Got Mine Joe Williams - I'm Getting Wild About Her Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Good Gin Blues Frank Stokes - How Long Bobo Jenkins - Democrat Blues Blind Norris - Sundown Blues Scrapper Blackwell - Rambling Blues Pinetop Slim - Applejack Boogie Milton Sparks - Erie Train Blues Blind Boy Fuller - Rag Mama Rag Dan Pickett - Baby, How Long Frank Edwards - Terraplane Blues - We Got To Get Together Johnny Shines - Ramblin' Blues Classics BC 6 (US 1965) Blues Classics discography
21	1969	Blues Piano The various roles of the Piano in Early Blues Cripple Clarence Lofton - I Don't Know - Policy Blues Blind Roosevelt Graves - Crazy Bout My Baby - Bustin' The Jug Shorty Bob Parker - So Cold In China - Rain And Snow Little Brother Montgomery - Farish Street Jive Springback James - Texas Heifer Blues - Stingaree Mama Blues Mississippi Jook Band - Skippy Whippy - Dangerous Woman Lee Brown - Down By the M and O - Jeff Davis Highway Pinetop & Lindberg - East Chicago Blues compiled by Ian Anderson and Gef Lucena catalogue number was both SDM 146 & SDR 146 according to label & sleeve respectively Saydisc Matchbox SDM 146 (UK 1969) Saydisc Matchbox SDM/SDR 146 (UK 1969) Saydisc Matchbox SDM/SDR 146 (UK 1969) Matchbox Records discography
22	1971	New Deal Blues Joe McCoy - Meat Cutter Blues One Arm Slim - Howling Man Blues Black Ace - Whiskey And Woman Lee Green - Memphis Fives Bo Carter - Don't Do It No More Peanut the Kidnapper - Suicide Blues Chatman Brothers - If You Don't Want Me Walter Davis - Sweet Sixteen Memphis Minnie - Keep It To Yourself Big Bill - Dreamy Eyed Baby Bumble Bee Slim - You Can't Take It Baby Pinetop - Tell Her About Me [Bluebird B6041] Sonny Scott - Firewood Man Scrapper Blackwell - Alley Sally Blues notes by Don Kent and Michael Stewart Mamlish S-3801 (US 1971) Mamlish Records discography
23	197?	Hard Time Blues - St. Louis 1933-1945 Lane Hardin - Hard Times Blues (1935) Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks - Workhouse Blues (1935) Mary Harris - Happy New Year Blues (1935) Roosevelt Sykes - Drunken Gambler (1937) Henry Townsend - Don't Love That Woman (1934) Charly Jordan - Tight Time Blues (1934) Walter Davis - Just Thinking (1940) Blind Teddy Darby - Pitty Pat Blues (1933) Peetie Wheatstraw - Third Streets Going Down (1937) Alice Moore - Blue Black and Evil Blues (1935) Charlie McFadden - Times Are So Tight (1933) Leroy Henderson - Good Scuffler Blues (1935) Milton Sparks - Grinder Blues (1935) Lane Hardin - California Desert Blues (1935) notes by Michael Stewart and Don Kent Mamlish S-3806 (US 197?) Mamlish Records discography
24	1976	Windy City Blues The Transition: 1935 to 1953 Pinetop - Every Day I Have The Blues State Street Boys - Sweet To Mama Washboard Sam - Easy Ridin' Mama Robert Lee McCoy - Prowlin' Nighthawk Sonny Boy Williamson - Sunnyland - My Little Cornelius Robert Lockwood - Black Spider Blues - I'm Gonna Train My Baby Guitar Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise - Casey Brown Blues Tampa Red - Green And Lucky Blues Robert Lockwood - Gonna Dig Myself A Hole - Dust My Broom Tony Hollins - Fishin' Blues - Wino Woman Johnny Shines - Please Don't notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 101 (US 1976) Nighthawk Records discography
25	1976	Lake Michigan Blues 1934-1941 Robert Nighthawk - Don't Mistreat Your Woman Yank Rachell - Lake Michigan Blues Tampa Red - Worried Devil Blues Elijah Jones - Stuff Stomp Robert Nighthawk - Lonesome World Sonny Boy Williamson - Bluebird Blues Tampa Kid - Baby Please Don't Go Robert Nighthawk - Take It Easy Baby Robert Nighthawk - G Man Milton Sparks - I Wake Up In The Morning Tampa Red - She Don't Know My Mind, Pt.2 Yank Rachell - I'm Wild And Crazy As I Can Be Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Pepper Mama Sonny Boy Williamson - Jackson Blues Robert Lockwood - Little Boy Blue Robert Nighthawk - Friar's Point Blues notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 105 (US 1976) Nighthawk Records discography
26	1977	Postscript 1927-33 The Piano Blues Volume 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" [Victor 23330] 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
27	1980	Central Highway 1933-1941 'pull up your dress, babe' (The Piano Blues Vol. 13) Georgia White - The Blues Ain't Nothin' Lee Green - The Way I Feel Monkey Joe - New York Central Peetie Wheatstraw - Shack Bully Stomp Stump Johnson - Don't Give My Lard Away Eddie Morgan - Rock House Blues Pine Top - Every Day I Have The Blues Dot Rice & Frankie Black - Texas Stomp Honey Hill - Boogie Woogie Tampa Red - Stormy Sea Eddie Miller - Whoopie Memphis Minnie - Joe Louis Strut Pine Top - Tell Her About Me "Freddie" Shayne - Lonesome Man Pigmeat Terry - Black Sheep Georgia White - Territory Blues foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4413 (UK 1980) Magpie Records discography
28	1980	The Accompanist 1933-1941 'play it for me' (The Piano Blues Vol. 14) Bumblebee Slim - New Bricks In My Pillow - New Orleans Stop Time - Any Time A Night - Rough Treatment - When Somebody Loses Johnson & Trowbridge - Steady Grindin' Lil Johnson - I Lost My Baby - Keep On Knocking Carl Rafferty - Dresser With The Drawers Bill Gaither - Georgia Woman Stomp Charlie McFadden - Times Are So Tight Johnny Temple - What Is That She Got Mary Johnson - Deceitful Woman Blind Squire Turner - Pitty Pat Doretha Trowbridge - Bad Luck Blues Kansas City Kitty - Christmas Mornin' foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4414 (UK 1980) Magpie Records discography
29	1984	Barrelhouse Women 1925-1933 'play it for your mama' (The Piano Blues Vol. 19) Davenport & Smith - State Street Jive Doretha Trowbridge - Slavin' Mama Blues Margaret Thornton - Texas Bound Blues Elzadie Robinson - St. Louis Cyclone - The Santa Claus Crave Mary Johnson - Mean Black Man Blues - Black Men Blues - Morning Sun Blues Lucille Bogan - Coffee Grindin' Blues Margaret Whitmire - That Thing Ida May Mack - Good-bye Rider Lillian Miller - Kitchen Blues Alderson & Beck - State Street Special Evelyn Brickey - Down In The Valley Blues Elizabeth Washington - Riot Call Blues Lil Johnson - Never Miss Your Jelly foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4419 (UK 1984) Magpie Records discography
30	1984	Barrelhouse Years 1928-1933 'some piano player, I'll tell you that' (The Piano Blues Vol. 20) Pine Top Smith - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (-B) - Pine Top Blues (-B) Pinetop & Lindberg - Down On The Levee - Louisiana Bound - East Chicago Blues Speckled Red - The Right String - The Dirty Dozen - no. 2 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues Turner Parrish - Fives Lonnie Clark - Broke Down Engine Davenport - Slum Gullion Stomp 'Montana' Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp 'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues Henry Brown - Blind Boy Blues Bert M. Mays - You Can't Come In Davenport & Smith - Alabama Stut mastered by John R.T. Davies foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall Magpie PY 4420 (UK 1984) Magpie Records discography
31	1988	The Blues From St. Louis (1929-1935) Blind Teddy Darby - Lose Your Mind - What Am I To Do? - I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight - Part 2 James 'Stump' Johnson - Bound To Be A Monkey - Jones Law Blues - Low Moanin' Blues - Baby B. Blues - Steady Grindin' Leroy Henderson - Good Grinder Blues Clifford Gibson - Whiskey Moan Blues - Tired Of Being Mistreated Part 2 - Don't Put That Thing On Me - Keep Your Windows Pinned - She Rolls It Slow - Railroad Man Blues Dorothy Baker - Steady Grinding Blues Pretty Boy Walker - The Break I'm Gettin' - Hog-Love Blues RST Blues Documents BD-2017 (Austria 1988) RST Blues Documents discography
32	1989	Times Are So Tight Uncle Skipper (Charley Jordan) - Cutting My A B C's Walter Davis - I Love You More And More Mary Johnson - Western Union Blues Clifford Gibson - Sneaky Groundhog Mary Harris - No Christmas Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Third Street's Going Down Booker T. Washington - If I Get Lucky Verdi Lee & Charley Jordan - Get It If You Can Clifford Gibson - Let Me Be Your Handy Man Booker T. Washington - Wrapped Up In Bad Luck Dolly Martin - All Men Blues Silvester Palmer - Mean Blues Charlie McFadden - Times Are So Tight Verdi Lee & Charley Jordan - Signifying At You Frank Pluitt - Found A Note On My Door Pinetop (Sparks) - Got The Blues About My Baby notes by M. Cunningham Swingtime/Bluetime BT 2017 ("Denmark" 1989)
33	1989	Sparks Brothers (1932-1935) Complete Recordings in Chronological Order ... - Louisiana Bound - "4-11-44" - East Chicago Blues - My Man Blues (Tecumseh McDowell, voc) - So Called Friend Blues (Tecumseh McDowell, voc) - 61 Highway - Down On The Levee - Chicago's Too Much For Me - Friendless Man (Charlie McFadden, voc) - Times Are So Tight (Charlie McFadden, voc) - I.C. Train Blues (Flyin' Lindburg) - No Good Woman Blues (Flyin' Lindburg) - Tell Her About Me - Every Day I Have The Blues - Got The Blues About My Baby - Workhouse Blues - Erie Train Blue - Ina Blues - Grinder Blues - I Wake Up In The Morning RST Blues Documents BD-2054 (Austria 1989) RST Blues Documents discography
34	1989	St. Louis Girls (1929-1937) Mae Belle Miller [track sequence ?] - Trouble Everywhere Blues - Working Man On The Seas - Beale And Main Blues - Long Tall Man Blues Elizabeth Washington - Whiskey Blues - Mistreated Blues Doretha Trowbridge - Bad Luck Blues - Slavin' Mama Blues Mary Johnson - Black Men Blues - Mean Black Man Blues - Morning Sun Blues Alice Moore - Black Evil Blues - Daddy Calling Mama - Blue Black And Evil Blues - Hand In Hand Woman - Doggin' Man Blues - Tired Of Me Blues - Too Many Men - Don't Deny Me Baby RST Blues Documents BD-2055 (Austria 1989) = Story of Blues CD 3536-2 RST Blues Documents discography
35	1993	St. Louis Girls 1927-1934 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Katherine Baker - Chicago Fire Blues - Don't Think That You Got Your Man All by Yourself - My Man Left Me Blues - Katherine Baker - I Helped You, Sick Man, When You Were Sick And Down - Wild Women Blues - Daddy Sunshine Blues - Mistreated Blues - Money Women Blues Lizzie Washington - Ease Away Blues - Skeleton Key Blues - East Coast Blues - My Low Down Brown - Working Man Blues - Fall or Summer Blues - Lord Have Mercy Blues - Mexico Blues - Sport Model Mamma Blues - Brick Flat Blues - Daddy Threw Me Down Blues - Whiskey Head Blues - Everyday Blues (Yo Yo Blues) Elizabeth Washington - Riot Call Blues - You Put That Thing on Me Johnnie Strauss - Hard Workin Woman - St. Louis Blues notes by Paul Garon Document DOCD-5182 (Austria 1993)
36	1993	Charlie 'Specks' McFadden 1929-1937 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order - Misunderstood Blues - Don't Bite That Thing - Broken Down Blues - Weak-Eyed Blues - Gambler's Blues - Harvest Moon Blues - People People Blues - Groceries On The Shelf - Groceries On The Shelf No. 2 - Yellow Woman Blues - Piggly Wiggly Blues - People People - Friendless Man # - Times Are So Tight # - Low Down Rounders Blues - Last Journey Blues - Hold It Where You Got It - Lonesome Ghost Blues - Groceries On The Shelf (Piggly Wiggly) - People People # Charlie McFadden, voc; Aaron Sparks, p notes by Mike Rowe Document BDCD-6041 (Austria 1993)
37	1994	The Sparks Brothers 1932-1935 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order - Louisiana Bound - I Believe I'll Make A Change - "4-11-44" - East Chicago Blues - Riot Call Blues (Elizabeth Washington, voc) - Whiskey Blues (Elizabeth Washington, voc) - Mistreated Blues (Elizabeth Washington, voc) - My Man Blues (Tecumseh Mcdowell, voc) - So Called Friend Blues (Tecumseh Mcdowell, voc) - Bad Luck Blues (Doretha Trowbridge, voc) - Slavin' Mama Blues (Doretha Trowbridge, voc) - 61 Highway - Down On The Levee - Chicago's Too Much For Me - I. C. Train Blues (Flyin' Lindburg, voc) - No Good Woman Blues (Flyin' Lindburg, voc) - Tell Her About Me - Every Day I Have The Blues - Got The Blues About My Baby - Workhouse Blues - Erie Train Blues - Ina Blues - Grinder Blues - I Wake Up In The Morning notes by Mike Rowe Document DOCD-5315 (Austria 1994)
38	2000	Chicago In Mind - Chicago Bound Blues - Ida Cox - Mecca Flats Blues - Priscilla Stewart - Chicago Stomp - Jimmy Blythe - Maxwell Street Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson - State Street Jive - Cow Cow Davenport - Chicago Moan - Tampa Red - New Shake 'Em on Down - Big Bill Broonzy - Chicago's Too Much for Me - The Sparks Borthers - Down at the Badman's Hall - Washboard Sam - Rub A Dub - Sonny Boy Williamson - Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Sam - Windy City - Arnold "Doc" Wiley - Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo Merriweather - Dozing Blues - George Nobel - Chicago in Mind - Albert Ammons - Take a Little Walk with Me - Baby Face Leroy - Little Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy - Boogy Fool - Snooky Pryor - I'm Gonna Train My Baby - Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk - Bluebird Blues - Tommy McClennan - Oranelle Blues - Little Walter - I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters Catfish KATCD 169 (UK 2000) Catfish Records (UK) discography
39	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 notes by Gary Atkinson Document CBL-200004 (UK 2001)
40	2002	Twenty First St. Stomp - The Piano Blues of St. Louis Classic Piano from the 1920s and 30s Stump Johnson - Kind Babe Blues Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Mary Johnson - Black Men Blues Sparks Brothers - "4-11-44" Eddie Miller - Good Jelly Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Ice And Snow Blues Charles 'Speck' Pertum - Harvest Moon Blues Charlie McFadden - Low Down Rounders Blues Roosevelt Sykes - Drinkin' Woman Blues Walter Davis - West Coast Blues Stump Johnson - Don't Give My Lard Away Stump Johnson - Bound To Be A Monkey Henry Brown - Twenty First St. Stomp Eddie Miller - Whoopee Sparks Brothers - East Chicago Blues James Gordon - Neck Bone Blues Dorothy Baker - Steady Grinding Blues Robert Peeples - Fat Greasy Baby Mary Johnson - No Good Town Blues Mary Johnson - Death Cell Blues Tecumseh McDowell - So Called Friend Blues Milton Sparks - Grinder Man Blues Sparks Brothers - 61 Highway Yazoo CD 2061 (US 2002) Yazoo Records discography
41	2002	That's Chicago's South When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 3 'The Secret History of Rock & Roll' series - That's Chicago's South Side - Cambell, Burns Orchestra - Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw - Devil's Island Gin Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On - Amos "Bumblebee Slim" Easton - Black Gal, What Makes Your Head So Hard? - Joe Pullum [Bluebird B5459] - I Lost My Baby - Lil Johnson - Keep Your Hands Off Her - Big Bill Broonzy - When The Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr - Selling My Pork Chops - Minnie "Memphis Minnie" McCoy - Every Day I Have The Blues - Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks - Sweet Sixteen - Walter Davis - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis - Trouble In Mind - Richard M. Jones - He Roars Like A Lion - Merline Johnson - Prowling Night Hawk - Robert Lee McCoy - Good Morning School Girl - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - You Got To Fix It - Rufus "Speckled Red" Perryman - Bucket's Got A Hole In It - Robert "Washboard Sam" Brown - Bottle It Up And Go - Tommy McClennan - Key To The Highway - Bill "Jazz" Gillum - Don't You Lie To Me - Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker - What Is That She Got - Johnny Temple - Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden - Hobo Blues - James "Yank" Rachel - He's A Jelly Roll Baker - Lonnie Johnson Bluebird/RCA Victor/BMG 09026-63988 (US/EU 2002) 4 CD set (=) Bluebird/RCA Victor/BMG 09026-64006-2 (US 2002)
42	2003	Down On The Levee - The Piano Blues of St. Louis, Vol. 2 Classic Recordings of the 1920s and 30s Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks - Deep Morgan Blues Pinetop & Lindberg - Louisiana Bound Henry Brown - Eastern Chimes Blues Mary Johnson - Those Blackman Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Don't Feel Welcome Blind Squire Turner - Pitty Pat Roosevelt Sykes - Cotton Seed Blues Eddie Miller - Freight Train Blues Doretha Trowbridge - Slavin' Mama Blues Lonnie Johnson - She Don't Know Who She Wants Specks Pertum - Weak Eyed Blues Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues Wesley Wallace - No. 29 El-Zee Floyd - Snowbound And Blue Pinetop & Lindberg - Believe I'll Make A Change Stump Johnson - Steady Grindin' Sparks Brothers - Down On The Levee St. Louis Jimmy - That's All I Think Alice Moore - Tomorrow Blues Stump Johnson - Money Johnson Sparks Brothers - Chicago's Too Much For Me Pinetop - Tell Her About Me Yazoo CD 2065 (US 2003) Yazoo Records discography
43	2007	Saint Louis - The First Urban Blues Part 1 - Saint Louis Barrelhouse piano blues Wesley Wallace & Sylvester Palmer - Do It Sloppy Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues The Sparks Brothers - I Believe I'll Make A Change Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp No. 2 Roosevelt Sykes - 32/20 Blues Walter Davis - The Only Woman Barrelhouse Buck McFarland - Lamp Post Blues Jesse James - Highway 61 Joe Dean - I'm So Glad (I'm 21 Years Old Today) Alice Moore - New Blue Black And Evil Blues St. Louis Jimmy - St. Louis Woman Blues Part 2 - Saint Louis guitar blues Henry Spaulding - Cairo Blues Henry Townsend - Don't Love That Woman J.D. Short - Snake Doctor Blues Georgia Boyd - Never Mind Blues Clifford Gibson - Sneaky Ground Hog Lonnie Johnson - Wipe It Off Lonnie Johnson - Blue Ghost Blues Blind Teddy Darby - Bought A Bottle Of Gin The Two Charlies - Hard Time Papa J.M. Walker - Sitting Here Wondering Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours Sagajazz 530 193-1 (EU 2007)
44	2012	Every Day In The Week Harum Scarums - Come On In (Ain't Nobody Here But Me) Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - You Rascal You Bobby Leecan's Need-More Band - Wash-Board Cut Out Bumble Bee Slim - Greasy Greens Memphis Night Hawks - Come On In, Baby Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom - You Got That Stuff Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band - Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2 Boodle-It Wiggins - Keep A-Knockin' And You Can't Get In Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em 'Down To The Bricks Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Every Day In The Week Blues Lucille Bogan - Pot Hound Blues Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues Nelson's Paramount Serenaders - Nelson Blues Pinetop & Lindberg - 4-11-44 12-pp. booklet Hidden Charms LP-001 (NL 2012) (500 copies made)
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Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 235, 454, 573, 574, 849, 929, 989-990
- Mike Rowe & Charlie O'Brian: 'Well them two Sparks Brothers they been here and gone'.- Blues Unlimited 144 (Spring 1983), pp. 9-14
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
¹⁾ date and location of birth of Aaron & Milton Sparks from Eric LeBlanc's 'Blues Dates' (other sources claim "May 22, 1908"; Aaron Sparks' death certificate in Michael 'Mike' Hortig's possession reads "May 22, 1906")
²⁾ date and location of death of Aaron & Milton Sparks from Eric LeBlanc's 'Blues Dates' (Aaron Sparks' death certificate in Michael 'Mike' Hortig's possession)

thanks to 'LD50', Michael Hortig, Helge Thygesen, Peter Brown, William Desjardins, David J Costa and Bob Eagle for additional info / scans

Marion/Milton Sparks, St. Louis, July 1934
source: Blues Unlimited 144 (Spring 1983), p. 11