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source: Front cover of Nehi CD NEH04
source: Front cover of Nehi CD NEH04
Blind Joe Taggart
a/k/a Blind Joe Amos
b. August 16, 1892 in Abbeville, South Carolina
d. January 15, 1961 at Presbyterian-St Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois

discography
source: Blues Images Vol. 9 (rel. 2011, for 2012)
source: Blues Images Vol. 9 (rel. 2011, for 2012)


Man at Work !!!
(Please do not comment until I'm stumped, i.e. until this piece of advice has disappeared ;-)
#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
111/1926Blind Joe Taggart

- Just Beyond Jordan (-54)   @ youtube
- Take Your Burden To The Lord (-51)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Take Your Burden To The Lord (-50) [Document DOCD-5153]   @ youtube

rec. November 8, 1926 in New York City; Blind Joe Taggart, voc, g


Vocalion 1061 (US 11/1926)

= Supertone S-2244

2192?Blind Joe Taggart and Emma Taggert

- Everybody's Got To Be Tried (-46)   @ youtube
- I Will Not Be Removed (-44)   @ youtube

rec. November 8, 1926 in New York City; Blind Joe Taggart & Emma Taggert, voc duet


Vocalion 1062

32/1927Blind Joe Taggart and Emma Taggert

- I'll Be Satisfied (-48)   @ youtube
or
- I'll Be Satisfied (-49)   @ youtube

- I Wish My Mother Was On That Train (-52)   @ youtube
or
- I Wish My Mother Was On That Train (-53)   @ youtube

rec. November 8, 1926 in New York City; Blind Joe Taggart, voc, g; Emma Taggert, voc


Vocalion 1063 (US 2/1927)

= Supertone S-2243

411/1927Furry Lewis / Blind Joe Amos

Furry Lewis
- Sweet Papa Moan (C-752/3) #   @ youtube

Blind Joe Amos
- C & O Blues (C-1009-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. April 20, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Furry Lewis, voc; Landers Waller, g; Charles Johnson, md
* rec. June 30, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Blind Joe Taggart, voc, g


Vocalion 1116 (US 11/1927)

11928 

Paramount 12717
Blind Joe Taggart
- I've Crossed The Separation Line (20943-5)   @ youtube
- There's A Hand Writing On The Wall (20940-4)   @ youtube

Herwin 93008
Blind Tim Russell
- There's A Hand Writing On The Wall (20940)
- I've Crossed The Separation Line (20943)

Herwin 93029
Blind Jeremiah Taylor
- I've Crossed The Separation (20943)
- There's A Handwriting On The Wall (20940)

rec. c. October 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Joe Taggart, voc, g; Joshua White, voc, g


Paramount 12717


= Broadway 5089 (as by Blind Joe Donnell)


= Herwin 93008 (as by Blind Tim Russell)


= Herwin 93029 (as by Blind Jeremiah Taylor)

1a1929Blind Joe Taggart

- Religion Is Something Within You (21040-1)   @ youtube
- Mother's Love (21041-1) #   @ youtube

rec. c. December 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Joe Taggart, voc, g; prob. Joshua White, g, # 2nd voc


Paramount 12744


= Herwin 93027 (as by Blind Jeremiah Taylor)

= Jazz Collector L129


= Tempo R55

1b7/1929 

Blind Joe Taggart and Joshua White
- Scandalous And A Shame (20942-4) #   @ youtube
Blind Joe Taggart
- Lord, Don't Drive Me Away (20944-4) *   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Joe Taggart, voc, g; Joshua White, g, * voc, # lead voc


Paramount 12780

1d1929Blind Joe Taggart

- Wonder Will My Trouble Then Be Over (L-217-2)   @ youtube
- Waded In The Water Trying To Get Home (L-220-1) #   @ youtube

rec. c. December 1929 in Grafton, WI; Blind Joe Taggart, voc, g; prob. Joshua White, g, # voc

Although L-217 is a vocal duet according to the label of Paramount 13020, there is no second voice to be heard on this title


Paramount 13020

1e1929Blind Joe Taggart

- Strange Things Happen In The Land (L-218-1) #   @ youtube
- I Ain't No Sinner Now (L-701-1)   @ youtube

rec. c. December 1929 in Grafton, WI; Blind Joe Taggart, voc, g; # prob. Joshua White, g, voc


Paramount 13094

1xy1926-34Blind Joe Taggart

December 6, 1926
- Keep On The Firing Line (E-4170/71)Vocalion 1070
- The Half Ain't Never Been Told (E-4172/73)Vocalion 1070

June 30, 1927
- The Storm Is Passing Over (C-1011)Vocalion 1123, Melodeon M12544
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares (C-1013)Vocalion 1123, Melodeon M12544

c. January 1928
- Been Listening All The Day (20296-2)Paramount 12611
- Goin' To Rest Where Jesus Is (20297-2)Paramount 12611

c. January 1931
- He Done What The World Couldn't Do (L-699-2)Paramount 13081
- Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down (L-700-2)Paramount 13081
- Pressin' Up That Shiny Way (L-702-2)Paramount 13059
- In That Pearly White City Above (L-703-2)Paramount 13059

September 20, 1934
- I Wonder Will My Mother Be On That Train? (C-9498-A)Decca 7033
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares (C-9499-B)Decca 7033
- When I Stand Before The King (C-9500-A)Decca 7034
- I Ain't No Sinner Now (C-9501- )Decca 7034


LP / CD compilations
61966In The Spirit  No. 1!

Bukka White - I Am In The Heavenly Way
Skip James - Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
Charlie Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die

Blind Joe Taggart - The Storm Is Passing Over
Patton and Lee - Oh Death
Rev. D.C. Rice - No Night There
McIntorsh and Edwards - Take A Stand
Elder Richard Bryant - Watch Ye, Therefore, You Know Not The Day

Rev. F.W. McGee - He Is The Saviour For Me
Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers - Sinner, I'd Make A Change
Rev. D.C. Rice - Sure Foundation
Blind Mamie Forehand - Honey In The Rock
Duckett and Norwood - I Want To Go Where Jesus Is
Mother McCollum - When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
Alfred G. Karnes - I Am Bound For The Promised Land
Washington Phillips - I Had A Good Father And Mother


front cover photo by Ann Charters

broschure notes (for Nos. 1 & 2) by Bernard Klatzko & Gayle Dean Wardlowlater: new notes (leaflet) by Pete Welding
later    
Origin Jazz Library OJL 12 (US 1966 ff.)

notes by Pete Welding
 
= Origin Jazz Library OJL 12 (US 19??)

OJL Records discography

71967Mississippi Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1942)

Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Snake Doctor Blues
Blind Joe Amos (Blind Joe Taggart) - C & O Blues
William Harris - Early Mornin' Blues
Sam Collins - Signifyin' Blues
Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Mean Black Moan
Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
Robert Wilkins - Rolling Stone, part 1 & 2

Isaiah Nettles (The Mississippi Moaner) - Mississippi Moan
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Son House - The Jinx Blues - No. 2
Bukka White - Black Train Blues
Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Barefoot Blues
Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Robert Johnson - Kind-Hearted Woman No. 2


 
Roots RL-302 (Austria 1967, 1st pressing) [line of front cover text in black]


Roots RL-302 (Austria 1968, 2nd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]


Roots RL-302 (Austria 19??, 3rd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]


= autogram/Roots RL-302 (Germany 2013)

Roots Records discography

81968Nearer My God To Thee
Sanctified Singers, Preachers & Congregations (1926-1942)

Richard Rabbit Brown
- Sinking Of The Titanic
Sister Mary Nelson
- The Royal Telephone

Joe & Emma Taggart
- Mother's Love
Rev. F.W. McGee
- Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale
Washington Phillips
- Lift Him Up That's All
Mississippi John Hurt
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
Arizona Dranes
- Sweet Heaven Is My Home
Blind Willie Johnson
- You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond

Bozie Sturdivant
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down
Mississippi John Hurt
- Blessed Be The Mama
Rev. F.W. McGee
- With His Stripes We Are Healed
Arizona Dranes
- It's All Right Now

Blind Joe Taggart
- Religion Is Something Within You
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- He Arose From The Dead
Skip James
- Be Ready When He Comes
Barbecue Bob
- When The Saints Go Marching In


compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth (resp. Evelyn Sperker)

   
Roots RL-304 (Austria 1968)


autogram/Roots RL-304 (Germany ????)

Roots Records discography

8a1970Southern Sanctified Singers

Blind Willie Johnson
- Go With Me To That Land
Washington Phillips
- A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter
Bessie Johnson
- The Great Reaping Day
Bozie Sturdivant (Silent Grove Baptist Church)
- When I've Done The Best I Can, I Want My Crown
Sam Butler
- Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn
- Your Enimy Cannot Harm You (But Watch Your Best Friend)
Arizona Dranes
- In That Day
Blind Willie Davis
- When The Saints Go Marching In

Henry Thomas
- Jonah In The Wilderness
Washington Phillips
- I've Got The Key To The Kingdom
Rev. J.C. Burnett
- Put Your Trust In Jesus
Sam Butler
- Heaven Is My View

Blind Joe Taggart
- I'll Be Satisfied
Nugrape Twins
- There's A City Built On Mansions
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn
- The Gospel Train Is Coming
Elder Otis Jones
- Holy Mountain



Roots RL 328 (Austria)


= Saydisc/Roots RL 328
(UK)

Roots Records discography

8b1972Blind Joe Taggart 1926 to 1931

- Keep On The Firing Line
- There's A Handwriting On The Wall
- Scandalous And A Shame
- Been Listening All Day Long
- Religion Is Something Within You
- Wonder Will My Trouble Then Be Over
- Pressin' Up The Shiny Way
- Strange Things Happening In This Land
- He Done What The World Couldn't Do

- Half Ain't Never Been Told
- I've Crossed The Separation Line
- Lord Don't Drive Me Away
- Goin' To Rest Where Jesus Is
- Mother's Love
- Waded In The Water Trying To Get Home
- In That Pearly White City Above
- I Ain't No Sinner Now
- Satan Your Kingdowm Must Come Down

notes by Bernard Klatzko

Herwin H 204 (US 1972)

Herwin Records discography

91975Blues, Boogie And Beat

LP 1: Country Blues
- Don't Ease Me In - Henry Thomas
- Need More Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Prison Bound Blues - Leroy Carr
- Cold Winter Day - Blind Willie McTell
- Chickasaw Train Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Shack Bully Stomp - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Bad Things On My Mind - Lightnin' Hopkins


Gospel
- The Storm Is Passing Over - Blind Joe Taggart
- Chariot's Coming Down - Rev. J.C.Burnett
- Didn't It Rain - Norfork Jubilee Singers
- Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Selah Jubilee Singers
- God's Gonna Separate - Mahalia Jackson
- I Feel My Time Ain't Long - Blue Jay Singers
- Motherless Children Had Hard Times - Dixie Hummingbirds


LP 2: Boogie Woogie
- Pinetop's Boogie - Pinetop Smith
- Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons
- Death Ray Boogie - Pete Johnson
- Boogie Woogie Cocktail - Andy Kirk
- Hamp's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton
- Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan
- I'm Wild About You, Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins

R & B to Rock
- Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton
- Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan
- Treat Your Daddy Well - T-Bone Walker
- Talkin' All Out My Head - Little Esther
- The Ladder Of Love - The Flamingos
- Shake, Rattle And Roll - Joe Turner
- Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley


compiled by Toyo Nakamura

gatefold DLP
notes by Toyo Nakamura

 
MCA-3521/22 (Jp 1975)

gatefold DLP
notes by Toyo Nakamura

= MCA VIM-4636/37 (Jp 1981)

9a2003/
2004
(1984)
Songsters & Saints
Vocal Traditions on Race Records Vol. 2

LP 1:
Medicine Show Songsters
Papa Charlie Jackson
- I'm Alabama Bound
- Long Gone Lost John
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- My Money Never Runs Out
Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon)
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
Jim Jackson
- Bye, Bye, Policeman
- My Monday Woman Blues
- Old Dog Blue
Beale Street Sheiks (Stokes and Sane)
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It
- Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon


Songsters East and West
Stovepipe No. 1 and David Crockett
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around
- A Woman Get's Tired Of The Same Man All The Time
Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Old Country Stomp
- Bob McKinney
- Arkansas
Luke Jordan
- Traveling Coon
- Cocaine Blues
Blind Blake
- He's In The Jail House Now
- West Coast Blues / Dry Bone Shuffle [?]



LP 2:
The Straining Preachers
Rev. J.C. Burnett
- The Donfall Of Nebuchadnezzar
- The Gambler's Doom
Rev. J.M. Gates
- Yonder Comes My Lord With A Bible In His Hand
- God's Wrath In The St. Louis Cyclone
- The Eagle Stirs Her Nest
Rev. F.W. McGee
- The Half Ain't Never Been Told
- Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale
Rev. D.C. Rice
- Come And See
- We Got The Same Kind Of Power Over Here


Saints of Church and Street
Arizona Dranes
- It's All Right Now
- Just Look

Blind Joe Taggart
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From Tares
- There's A Hand Writing On The Wall
Blind Willie Johnson
- If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
- God Moves On The Water
- The Rain Don't Fall On Me
Elders McIntosh and Edwards
- The Latter Rain Is Fall
Memphis Sanctified Singers
- He Got Better Things For You


gatefold DLP
notes by Paul Oliver
click to read track listing !
Matchbox MSEX 2003/2004 (UK 1984)

This DLP set was issued to complement Paul Oliver's book "Songsters & Saints: Vocal Traditions On Race Records".- Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 1984:

Matchbox Records discography

101987Blind Joe Taggart   (1926-34)
The remaining titles (including Blind Percy, Six Cylinder Smith, Blind Joe Amos)

Blind Joe Taggart
- I'll Be Satisfied
- I Will Not Be Removed
- Take Your Burden To The Lord
- I Wish My Mother Was On That Train
- I Wish My Mother Was On That Train
- Just Beyond Jordan
- Everybody's Got To Be Tried
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares
Blind Percy
- Coal River Blues
- Fourteenth Street Blues


Blind Joe Taggart
- The Storm Is Passing Over
Blind Joe Amos
- C&O Blues
Blind Joe Taggart
- I'll Be Satisfied
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares
- When I Stand Before The King
- I Wonder Will My Mother Be On That Train?
- I Ain't No Sinner Now
Six Cylinder Smith
- Oh Oh Lonesome Blues
- Pennsylvania Women Blues


 
Wolf WSE 122 (Austria 1987)

Wolf Records discography

10a1990The 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

1927-1930


1927-1936


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)

111993Blind Joe Taggart
Complete Recorded Works 1926-1928 in Chronological Order, Vol. 1

Blind Joe Taggart and Emma Taggart
- I Will Not Be Removed
- Everybody's Got To Be Tried
- I'll Be Satisfied
- I'll Be Satisfied
Blind Joe Taggart
- Take Your Burden To The Lord
- Take Your Burden To The Lord
Blind Joe Taggart and Emma Taggart
- I Wish My Mother Was On That Train
- I Wish My Mother Was On That Train
Blind Joe Taggart
- Just Beyond Jordan
Blind Joe Taggart and James Taggart
- Keep On The Firing Line
- The Half Ain't Never Been Told
Blind Joe Amos
- C & O Blues
Blind Joe Taggart
- The Storm Is Passing Over
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares
Blind Percy & His Blind Band
- Coal River Blues
- Fourteenth Street Blues
Blind Joe Taggart
- Been Listening All The Day
- Goin' To Rest Where Jesus Is
- There's A Hand Writing On The Wall
Blind Joe Taggart and Joshua White
- Scandalous And A Shame
- I've Crossed The Separation Line
- Lord, Don't Drive Me Away
- Religion Is Something Within You
- Mother's Love

notes by Ken Romanowski

Document DOCD-5153 (Austria 1993)

121993Blind Joe Taggart Plus Blind Gussie Nesbit & Rev. Edward W. Clayborn
Complete Recorded Works 1926-1928 in Chronological Order, Vol. 2

Six Cylinder Smith
- Oh, Oh, Lonesome Blues
- Pennsylvania Woman Blues
- Pennsylvania Woman Blues
Blind Joe Taggart
- Wonder Will My Trouble Then Be Over
- Strange Things Happening In The Land
- Waded In The Water Trying To Get Home
- He Done What The World Couldn't Do
- He Done What The World Couldn't Do
- Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
- I Ain't No Sinner Now
- Pressin' Up That Shiny Way
- In That Pearly White City Above
- I Wonder, Will My Mother Be On That Train?
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares
Blind Joe Taggart And Bertha Taggart
- When I Stand Before The King
- I Ain't No Sinner Now
Blind Nesbit
- Pure Religion
- Canaan Land
Blind Gussie Nesbit
- Motherless Children
- I'll Just Stand And Wring My Hands And Cry
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn (The Guitar Evangelist)
- Your True Friends
- Come And Go With Me To My Father's House
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Where Shall I Be When The First Trumpet Sounds?
- There'll Be Glory (When We Reach That Other Shore)


notes by Ken Romanowski

Document DOCD-5154 (Austria 1993)

12a1996How Can I Keep From Singing, Vol. 2
Early American Religious Music & Song
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

George Long & His Singers - What Shall Our Answer Be
Brothers Wright & Williams - I've Got A Home In Beulah Land
Blind Willie Davis - Rock Of Ages
Roswell Sacred Harp Quartet - Weeping Mary
Sam Collins - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
Morris Family - He Rose Unknown
L.V. Jones & His Virginia Singing Class - Will My Mother Know Me There
Elder Curry & Congregation - Memphis Flu
Washington Phillips - Jesus Is My Friend
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Job
Ridgel's Fountain Citians - Hallelujah To The Lamb
Copperhill Male Quartet - There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood
Shands Superior Jubilee Singers - Silver Slippers
Mrs. L. Reed & Mrs. T.A. Duncans - Light In The Valley
Cliff Carlisle Quartet - Shine On Me
Pace Jubilee Singers - Oh Death
Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers - Thou Carest Lord
Ed Mcconnell & Family - My Loving Brother
Seventh Day Adventist Choir - Take Thy Burden To The Lord
Wade Mainer & Sons Of The Mountaineers - Lonely Tomb

Blind Joe Taggart - Goin' To Rest Where Jesus Is
David Miller - Lonesome Valley
Rev. J.F. Forest & Congregation - Prayer Meeting


notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2021 (US 1996)

Yazoo Records discography

132011Classic 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


remastered 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

Blues Calendar discography

145/2012Lonesome Whistle - An Anthology Of American Railroad Song

disc 1: Big Railroad Blues
Kelly Harrell - The Wreck On The Southern Old 97
Roy Harvey - The Brave Engineer

Blind Joe Taggart - I Wish My Mother Was On That Train
Ollie Rupert - I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun
Sam Collins - Yellow Dog Blues
Willamson Bros & Curry - Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand
Blind Joe Amos (Blind Joe Taggart) - C & O Blues
Roy Harvey - The Wreck Of The Virginian No. 3
Tenneva Ramblers - The Longest Train I Ever Saw
Andrew & Jim Baxter - K. C. Railroad Blues
Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues
Ed Bell - Frisco Whistle Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rambler Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Sunshine Special
Henry Whitter & G.B. Grayson - Train 45
Burnett & Rutherford - Ramblin' Reckless Hobo
Allen Brothers - Chattanooga Blues
"Billiken" Johnson, Fred Adams - Sun Beam Blues
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Big Railroad Blues
Tenneva Ramblers - If I Die A Railroad Man
Pink Anderson, Simmie Dooley - C. C. & O. Blues
G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter - The Red And Green Signal Lights
Sloppy Henry - Royal Palm Special Blues
Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones - Part 1
Frank Hutchison - Hell Bound Train

disc 2: Travellin' Blues
Nelstone's Hawaiians - North-Bound Train
Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting For A Train
Frenchy's String Band - Texas And Pacific Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues
The Carter Family - Engine One-Forty-Three
Carolina Tar Heels - The Train's Done Left Me
Lonnie Coleman - Old Rock Island Blues
Darby & Tarlton - The New York Hobo
E.E. Hack String Band - Western Kentucky Limited
Eddie Mapp And His Harmonica - Riding The Blinds
Buell Kazee - The Hobo's Last Ride
Charley Patton - Pea Vine Blues
Frank Hutchison - Cannonball Blues
Jimmie Rodgers - Train Whistle Blues
Will Bennett - Railroad Bill
Furry Lewis - John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 1
Robert Wilkins - Long Train Blues
Memphis Jug Band - K. C. Moan
Darby & Tarlton - Freight Train Ramble
Darby & Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Blind Sammie (Blind Willie McTell) - Travelin' Blues
Carter Family - Wabash Cannonball
Washington White (Bukka White) - The New 'Frisco Train
Willie Brown - M & O Blues
Walter Davis - M & O Blues

disc 3: Blow Yo' Whistle Freight Train
Alabama Sheiks - Travelin' Railroad Man Blues
Lullaby Larkers (Cliff Carlisle) - True And Trembling Brakeman
Walter Davis - Railroad Man Blues
King Solomon Hill - The Gone Dead Train
Big Bill (Big Bill Broonzy) - Too-Too Train Blues
Blind Willie (Blind Willie McTell) - B And O Blues No. 2
Sam McGee - Railroad Blues
Memphis Minnie - Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing)
Delmore Brothers, The - Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train
Bumble Bee Slim - B And O Line Blues
Dallas Jamboree Jug Band - Flying Crow Blues
Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
Monroe Brothers - New River Train
Bill Carlisle - The Heavenly Train
Crowder Brothers - Depot Blues
Monroe Brothers - My Saviour's Train
Little Brother Montgomery - A. & V. Railroad Blues
Black Ivory King - The Flying Crow
Blind Norris - The Katy Blues
Wade Mainer - Train Carry My Girl Back Home
Robert Johnson - Love In Vain
Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris, Steve Ledford - Riding On That Train Forty-Five
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Golden Gate Gospel Train
Roosevelt Antrim - Station Boy Blues
Shelly Lee Alley - Train Whistle Blues

disc 4: The Train Kept A' Rollin'
Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)
Cripple Clarence Lofton - Streamline Train
Smith Casey - Santa Fe Blues
Rouse Brothers - Orange Blossom Special
Bukka White - Special Stream Line
Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) - The Midnight Special
Leadbelly, Golden Gate Quartet, The - Rock Island Line
Byron Parker & His Mountaineers - C. & N. W. Railroad
Karl & Harty - Gospel Cannon Ball
Yank Rachell - Hobo Blues
Arthur Crudup - Mean Old Frisco Blues
Leadbelly - Lining Track (Line 'Em)
Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee - Lonesome Train
Sonny Boy Williamson - G. M. & O. Blues
Hank Williams - Pan American
Woody Guthrie - Hard Travelin'
Muddy Waters - Train Fare Home
T-Bone Walker - Railroad Station Blues
Reverend Robert Ballinger - This Train
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
Chuck Berry - Down Bound Train
Johnny Burnette & The Rock'N'Roll Trio - Train Kept A Rollin'
Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow


compiled by Russel Beecher

4 CD set

Proper PROPERBOX 168 (UK 5/2012)



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 364
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 285
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 939
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

 

 

 

 

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