Paramount 12685 (US 10/1928)
Blind Lemon Jefferson discography
Vocalion unissued
Paramount 12703 (US 1928)
Paramount 12709 (US 1928)
Paramount 12714 (US 2/1929)
# = Broadway 5035 as by The Harlem Dudes
advertised in the Pittsburgh Courier on February 2, 1929 and the Chicago Defender on March 2, 1929source: Alex van der Tuuk; Paramount's Rise and Fall.- Denver (Mainstring Press) 2nd ed. 2012, p. 133 ("Courtesy of A. Paul Pedersen")
Paramount 12755 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1216 (US 12/1928)
Advertisement from The Houston Chronicle, 1929
Vocalion 1224 (US 12/1928)
Vocalion 1264 (US 1928)
Vocalion 1228 (US 1/1929)
# Supertone S2230 (as by "Honey Boy" Smith)* Banner 32560* Oriole 3169* Perfect 0218* Romeo 5169
Advertisements (on front cover of Collector's Items LP 013)
Vocalion 1237 (US 2/1929)
Victor unissued
Vocalion 1244 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1246 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1251 (US 1929)
# Supertone S2213
Supertone S2213 (US 19??)
Vocalion 1254 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1258 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1268 (US 1929)
= Supertone S2224 (may be as Honey Boy Smith And Southern Jack)
Vocalion 1274 (US 1929)
British Rhythm Society BRS 994 (US 1952) [Dante S. Bolletino's label, New York City] as by "Tampa Red's Hokum Jazz Band"
10 inch 78rpm Square M2 (UK late 1950s) (99-copy limited edition)
Square Records discography
Brunswick 7073 (US 1929)
Brunswick 7075 (US 1929)
Brunswick 7083
Brunswick 7090 (US 1929)
Brunswick 7094 (US 7/1929)
Vocalion 1277
Vocalion 1281
Vocalion 1283 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1286
= Supertone S2216some copies of Supertone S2216 as by "'Honey Boy' Smith And Southern Jack"
Vocalion 1294 (US 9/1929)
Vocalion 1404 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1408 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1409
Vocalion 1410
Vocalion 1420 (US 10/1929)
Vocalion 1426 (US 1929)
= Supertone S2225 as by "Honey Boy Smith and Southern Jack"
Brunswick 7106 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1428 (US 1929)
Speckled Red discography
Vocalion 1429 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1430 (US 1929) 1st ed.2nd ed. (song titles in capital letters)
= Supertone S2231 as by "Honey Boy Smith's Bingham Band"
# = Banner 32560 = Oriole 8169 = Perfect 0218 = Romeo 5169
Vocalion 1438 (US 1929)
Vocalion 1450 (US 1930)
Vocalion 1456 (US 1/1930)
Vocalion 1469 2nd ed. Tampa Red, "The Guitar Wizard" - Worried Man Blues (C-4721½-A, "4741" printed on label) # Tampa Red and Georgia Tom - Mrs. Baker's Blues (C-5033-A) * unissued tracks from same sessions: - Mrs. Baker's Blues (C-4722-C) ## - Mrs. Baker's Blues (C-5032) * # rec. November 19, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, g; Georgia Tom, p, ## voc * rec. December 17, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, g; Georgia Tom, p
Vocalion 1469 (US 1930) 1st ed.2nd ed. (song titles in capital letters)
Vocalion 1484 (US 1930)1st ed.2nd ed. (song titles in capital letters)
# Supertone S2230 (as by "Honey Boy" Smith)
Vocalion 1491 (US 1930) 1st ed.2nd ed. (song titles in capital letters)
Romeo Nelson discography
Brunswick 7153 (US 1930)
Mary Johnson discography
Brunswick 7160 (US 1930)
Brunswick 7175 (US 1930)
Vocalion 1496 (US 5/1930)
Vocalion 1508 (US 8/1930)
Vocalion 1521 (US 8/1930)
= Banner 32526 (US 1932)
= Oriole 8158 (US 1932)
= Perfect 0212 (US 1932)
= Romeo 5158 (US 1932)
Vocalion 1538 (US 10/1930)
= ARC/Melotone 7-03-73 (US 3/1937)
= Conqueror 8060 (US 1937)
Vocalion 1540 (US 10/1930)
Vocalion 1571 (US 1931)
Document BDCD-6045
Vocalion 1572 (US 2/1931)
Vocalion 1577 (US 1931)
Vocalion 1592 (US 1931)
"... we can say with some authority that [Sweet Papa] Tadpole very likely is Kid Cole/Bob Coleman" (Steven C. Tracy: Going to Cincinnati: A History of the Blues in the Queen City.- Urbana (University of Illinois Press) 1998, p. 50)
Bob ('Kid Cole') Coleman a/k/a Sweet Papa "Tadpole" discography
Vocalion 1596 (US 1931)
Vocalion 1606 (US 1931)
Vocalion 1608 (US 4/1931)
Vocalion 1619 (US 1931) 1st ed.2nd ed. (song titles in capital letters)
Vocalion 1623 (US 6/1931)
Vocalion 1628 (US 1931)
Vocalion 1637 (US 8/1931)
Vocalion 1640 (US 1931)
Vocalion 1654 (US 11/1931) 1st ed.2nd ed. (song titles in capital letters)3rd. ed. (scroll label)
= Banner 32558 (US 1932)
= Oriole 8167 (US 1932)
= Perfect 0216 (US 1932)
= Romeo 5167 (US 1932)
= ARC/Perfect 7-01-67 (US 1/1937)
= ARC/Melotone 7-01-67 (US 1/1937)
= Conqueror 8861 (US 1937?)
Vocalion 1656
Vocalion 1661 (US 12/1931)
Vocalion 1671 (US 1931)
Vocalion 1680 (US 1932)
Vocalion 1682 (US 1932)
Vocalion 1683 (US 1932)
Vocalion 1687 (US 1932)
Vocalion 1712 (US 1932)
Vocalion 1726 (US 1932)
Vocalion 1685 (US 2/1932)
* = Banner 32798 (US 1932)* = Melotone M12731 (US 1932)* = Oriole 8244 (US 1932)* = Perfect 0247 (US 1932)* = Romeo 5244 (US 1932)
Vocalion 1699 (US 5/1932)
Vocalion 1700 (US 1932)
Vocalion 1706 (US 7/1932)
# = Banner 32799 (US 1932)# = Melotone M12732 (US 1932)# = Oriole 8245 (US 1932)# = Perfect 0248 (US 1932)# = Romeo 5245 (US 1932)
Banner 32560 (US 1932)
= Oriole 8169 (US 1932)
= Perfect 0218 (US 1932)
= Romeo 5169 (US 1932)
Banner 32798 (US 1932)
= Melotone M12731 (US 1932)
= Oriole 8244 (US 1932)
= Perfect 0247 (US 1932)
= Romeo 5244 (US 1932)
Bluebird B-5450 (US May 2, 1934)
= Montgomery Ward M-4830 (US 1936)
Bluebird B-5515 (US June 20, 1934)
Bluebird B-5617
Vocalion 02720
= Conqueror 8862
Vocalion 02753
Vocalion 02774
Bluebird B5546
Bluebird unissued
Bluebird B5673
Bluebird B5723
Bluebird B5744
Bluebird B57
Bluebird B5812
Bluebird B5878 (March 27, 1935)
Bluebird B5929
Bluebird B5981
Bluebird B6037
# = Bluebird B7961# = Montgomery Ward M-7923
Bluebird B-6059 (8/1935)
Walter Davis discographyHenry Townsend discography
Bluebird B6126
Sparks Brothers discographyHenry Townsend discography
Bluebird B-6157
Casey Bill Weldon discography
Bluebird B6166
Bluebird B-6186
Bluebird B6211
Bluebird B6241
Bluebird B6353
Montgomery Ward M4832
Bluebird B6388
Bluebird B6425
Montgomery Ward M4831
Bluebird B6443 (US July 31, 1936)
= Montgomery Ward M-7046
Bluebird B-6498 (8/1936)
= Montgomery Ward M-7045
* = Post 439 (as by Hooker Joe and titled "The Needle")
Walter Davis discography
Bluebird B6532
= Montgomery Ward M-7044
Bluebird B-6543 (US 9/1936)
Bluebird B6578 (US September 30, 1936)
Bluebird B6620
Bluebird B6681
Bluebird B6755
Bluebird B6787
Montgomery Ward M7094
Bluebird B6825
# Montgomery Ward M-7098
Little Brother Montgomery discography
Bluebird B6832
Montgomery Ward M-7096
Bluebird B6968
Bluebird B6990
Bluebird B7010
Bluebird B7058
Bluebird B-7091
Sonny Boy Nelson/Eugene Powell discography
Bluebird B-7115
Bluebird B-7225
Bluebird B-7269
Bluebird B-7276
Bluebird B-7315
Bluebird B-7364
Bluebird B-7499
Bluebird B-7538
Bluebird B-7591
Bluebird B-7642
Bluebird B-7675
Bluebird B-7743
Bluebird B-7793
Bluebird B-7822
Bluebird B-7879
= Montgomery Ward M7587
Bluebird B-7976
Bluebird B-8011
= Montgomery Ward M7924
Bluebird B-8046
= Montgomery Ward M-7925
Bluebird B-8086
= Montgomery Ward M-7926
Bluebird B-8155 (US 1936)
Bluebird B-8179
= Montgomery Ward M-8565
Bluebird B-8205
= Montgomery Ward M-8566
Bluebird B-8238
= Montgomery Ward M-8567
Bluebird B-8266
= Montgomery Ward M-8568
Bluebird B-8291
= Montgomery Ward M-8569
Bluebird B-8327
= Montgomery Ward M-8794
Bluebird B-8353
= Montgomery Ward M-8795
Bluebird B-8407
* = Montgomery Ward M-8797
Bluebird B-8454
Bluebird B-8475
= Montgomery Ward M-8924
Bluebird B-8575
= Montgomery Ward M-8925
Bluebird B-8635
= Montgomery Ward M-8926
Bluebird B-8654
= Montgomery Ward M-8927
# = Victor 20-2791
Bluebird B-8715
Bluebird B-8744
Bluebird B-8780
Bluebird B-8821
Bluebird B-8772
Big Maceo discography
Bluebird B-8798
Bluebird B-8827
Bluebird B-8890
Bluebird B-8919
Bluebird B-8939
Bluebird B-8962
Bluebird B-8973
Bluebird B-8991
# RCA Victor 20-2791
Victor 20-2791
Bluebird B-9009
Bluebird B-9012
Bluebird B-9024
Bluebird 34-0700
# Jazz Society AA556 (Fr)
# RCA 89588Document DOCD-5212
Bluebird 34-0703
Bluebird B34-0711
Bluebird AXM2-5506-1
Bluebird 34-0724
Bluebird 34-0731
Bluebird 34-0735
# = RCA Victor 20-2687
Bluebird 34-0740
* = RCA Victor 20-1887
= RCA Victor AXM2-5501
Bluebird 34-0743
RCA Victor 20-1870
Sonny Boy Williamson I discography
RCA Victor 20-1875
RCA Victor 34-0748(Bluebird series)
RCA Victor 20-1887
RCA Victor 20-1988
RCA Victor 20-2028
RCA Victor 20-2147
RCA Victor 20-2173
RCA Victor 20-2249
RCA Victor 20-2353
RCA Victor 20-2432
RCA Victor 20-2505
RCA Victor 20-2597
RCA Victor 20-2687
RCA Victor 20-2910
= RCA Victor 50-0002 (1949)
RCA Victor 20-3047
RCA Victor 20-3218
RCA Victor 22-0009
RCA Victor 20-3309
RCA Victor 20-2849
RCA Victor 20-3008
RCA Victor 20-3160
RCA Victor 22-0012
Nighthawk LP 101
Pete Franklin discography
RCA Victor unissued
# Document CD 5214
RCA Victor 22-0015
source: Billboard - 30. Apr. 1949 - p. 131
Specialty 320
Specialty 346
from Billboard - 30. Apr. 1949 - p. 131
RCA Victor 22-0035
= RCA Victor 50-0019
Little Johnny Jones discography
RCA Victor 22-0043
= RCA Victor 50-0027
RCA Victor 22-0071
= RCA Victor 50-0056
# = RCA Victor 50-0071
RCA Victor 22-0057
= RCA Victor 50-0041
RCA Victor 22-0084
= RCA Victor 50-0084
RCA Victor 22-0094
= RCA Victor 50-0094
RCA Victor 22-0107
= RCA Victor 50-0107
RCA Victor 22-0112
= RCA Victor 50-0112
RCA Victor 22-0123
= RCA Victor 50-0123
"DTP" on HMV J.O. 301, label side A, is a tax code
RCA Victor 22-0136 (US 7/1951)
= RCA Victor 50-0136
= HMV J.O. 301 (UK 1952)
RCA Victor 20-4275
= RCA Victor 47-4275
RCA Victor 20-4399
= RCA Victor 47-4399
RCA Victor 20-4722
= RCA Victor 47-4722
RCA Victor 20-4898
= RCA Victor 47-4898
RCA Victor 20-5134
= RCA Victor 47-5134
RCA Victor 20-5273
= RCA Victor 47-5273
RCA Victor 447-0003 (US 1952)
= Groove G-5001 (UK 1954)
= Groove 4G-5001 (UK 1956)
Sabre 100 (US 7/1953) (Art Sheridan's label, subsidiary of Chance Records)
RCA Victor 20-5523
Tampa Red's wife Frances died on November 21, 1953Frances Coles and Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red) were married in 1934
RCA Victor 20-5594
Walter Horton discographyLittle Johnny Jones discography
# RCA RCX 7160 (UK)
* Ace CDTOP2 1440 (UK)
Chance 1158
Chance unissued
P-Vine PLP 708
10 inch 78 rpm Jazz Society AA556 (Fr)
Jazz Society discography
10 inch LP Jazz Society L-P 14 (Fr!)
Club des Amateurs de Disques 2053 (Fr)
notes by Frank Owen Jazz Collector JEL 3 (UK 1959)
Jazz Collector discography
notes by Alexis Korner Jazz Collector JEL 10
10 inch LPnotes by Hugues Panassié RCA 130.246 (Fr)
notes by Martin Williams Bluesville BV/BVLP 1030 (US 1961 or 1962)
notes by Martin Williams = OBC OBC-516 (US 1987)
= OBC OBCCD-516-2 (US 1992)
= OBC OBC 5516 cassette (US 1992)
= OBC OBCCD-516-2 (Germany 1992)
Bluesville Records discographyOBC Records discography
notes by Samuel B. Charters Bluesville BV/BVLP 1043 (US 1962)
= Prestige BV/BVLP 1043 (US 19??) (trident label was in use 1964-1971)
= OBC OBCCD-549-2 (Germany 1992)
= OBC OBCCD-549-2 (US 1992)
notes by John Greenway Bluesville BV/BVLP 1055 (US 1962)
notes by John Greenway Prestige BVLP 1055 (US 196?) - trident label in use 1964 -1971
notes by John Greenway = OBCCD-544 (US 1991)
Bluesville Records discographyOBC Records discographyLonnie Johnson discographyPink Anderson discographyMemphis Willie B. discographyBlind Willie McTell discography
notes by Alexis Korner RCA RCX-203 (UK 1962)
notes by Lacy Edwards Camden CAL 740
RCA Victor 86.397M (Fr 1964)
RBF 9 (US 1964)
RBF discography
notes by Michael Vernon RCA RCX-7160 (UK 4/1965)
RCA RCX discography
notes by Lawrence Cohn RCA Victor LPV-518 (US 8/1965)
notes by Lawrence Cohn = RCA RD-7786 (UK 1965)
(not =) RCA 430.701 (Fr 1966) "Blue Bird Blues (1928-1942)" (Treasury Of Jazz #61)
7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EPnotes by Bill Haesler Swaggie JCS-33760 (Australia 196?)
notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 12 (US 1966)
Blues Classics discography
Melodeon MLP 7324 (US 1966)
Melodeon MLP 7324 ("Biograph" reissue 197?) "Party Blues"
Melodeon Records discography
Negro Art M-12-SB-357 (Fr 1968?)
Negro Art Records discography
notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1016 (US 1969)
= Yazoo CD 1016 (US 1991)
Yazoo Records discography
Sunflower without # (UK 1970)
Sunflower Records discography
notes by Michel Audibert RCA 730.577 (Fr 1971)
notes by Jacques Morgantini RCA FXM1 7218 (Fr 1976) "Big Maceo Vol. 2" (Bluebird No 4)
"Eloise..." listed by Fancourt & McGrath as released on FTS 3002, but actuallly included on Fortune LP FTS 3012
Fortune FTS 3002 (US 1971)
notes by Richard Pohrt Fortune FTS 3012 (US 197?)
°° CD has seven additional tracks!
3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)
3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet = RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)
2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui = RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"
2 CD set = RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"
Specialty SNTF 5015 (UK 1972)
notes by John Miller Yazoo L-1039 (US 1973)
notes by Stephen Calt Yazoo L-1041 (US 1974)
Yazoo L-1043 (US 1974)
= Air Mail Recordings AIRAC-1321 (Jp 2007)
= Yazoo 1043HLP [180g reissue LP]
notes by Bez TurnerSpecialty SNTF 5024 (UK 1974)
= Specialty SPY 28092 (Fr 1977)
Columbia/Specialty SL-5089-SP (Jp 1974)
7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP Black Diamond 4501
Black Diamond discography
Tampa Red's companion Effie Tolbert died on December 10, 1974
notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 101 (US 1975)
Nighthawk Records discography
gatefold 2 LP setnotes by Jim O'Neal Jim O'Neal's liner notes (scanned and OCRed by Alan Balfour) at Jim O'Neal's "Tampa Red page" RCA Bluebird AXM2-5501 (Fr 1975)
gatefold 2 LP setnotes by Mike Rowe RCA Bluebird AXM2-5506 (US 1975)
notes by Mike Rowe & Yasufumi Higurashi = RCA RA-5702-3 (Jp 1975)
(=) Blues Classics BC 28 / Blues Classics BC 29
2 LP set RCA RVC RA-9054/55 (Jp 1975)
notes (December 1973) by Jim O'Neal Blues Classics BC 25 (US 1975)
Blues Classics discographyBig Maceo discography
RCA RA-5706 (Jp 1975)
notes by Toyo Nakamura MCA MCA-3525 (Jp 1976)
notes by Jacques Morgantini = RCA FXM1 7204 (Fr 1976) "Big Maceo Vol. 1" (Bluebird No 2)
notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley Flyright LP 4713 (UK 1976)
Flyright Records discography
Library of Congress 5 (US 1976)
French notes by Jacques Morgantini (translated into English by Don Waterhouse) RCA PM 42029 (Fr 1976?) (Bluebird no 11)
notes by Leo W. Bruin Oldie Blues OL 2816 (NL 1977)
Oldie Blues discographyBig Maceo discography
P-Vine PLP-708 (Jp 1977)
boxed set of 3 LPsnotes by Michael Walter (translated by Don Waterhouse) RCA PM 42039 (Fr 1977)
Nugrape CBR-001 (Australia 1977)
Nugrape Records discography
RCA Victor 447-0914
Lil Green discography
Meritt LP 1 (US 1979)
gatefold DLP RCA CL 42858 (Germany 1979)
Albatros VPA 8456 (It 1979)Albatros VC 4961 (cassette)
notes by Alessandro Roffeni = DOM/Albatros CD DAF 120
Albatros Records discography
foreword by Francis Smithnotes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4413 (UK 1980)
Magpie Records discography
notes by John Stretton RCA INTS 5099= RCA NL 43607
notes by Guido van Rijn Oldie Blues OL 8001 (NL 1982)
Oldie Blues discography
notes by Chris Bentley Krazy Kat KK 7411 (UK 1982)
Krazy Kat Records discographyLittle Johnny Jones discographyBig Maceo discography
Blues Documents BD-2001 (Austria 1983)
= RST Blues Documents BD-2001 (Austria 1987)
= Story of the Blues CD 3505-2 (US)
RST Blues Documents discographyBig Maceo discography
notes by Howard Rye Collector's Items 013 (UK 1984)
RCA Bluebird AXM2-5506
notes by Mike Rowe Blues Classics BC 28 (US 1984)
= Arhoolie C-210 (cassette only; along with Blues Classics BC 29)
notes by Mike Rowe Blues Classics BC 29 (US 1984)
= Arhoolie C-210 (cassette only; along with Blues Classics BC 28)
gatefold DLPnotes by Jean Buzelin RCA NL 89588 (US 1985)
Old Tramp 1201 (NL 1986)
5 LP box set (80 tracks) Jass Box One (US 1987)
5 cassette set (80 tracks) (=) Jass JCB1-1 - JCB1-5 (US 1988)
2 CD set (50 tracks) (=) Jass JASS CD-11/12 (US 1989)
Stash/Jass Records discography
notes by Christopher Hillman Collector's Items 019 (UK 1987)
Swaggie 852 (Australia 1987)
notes by Roy Neary Swingtime/Bluetime BT 2014 (Denmark 1989)
Document DLP 563 (Austria 1989)
Document Records discography
Old Tramp 1217 (NL 1990)
Document DLP 585 (Austria 1990)
notes by Teddy Doering Document DOCD-5073 (Austria 1991)
notes by Teddy Doering Document DOCD-5074 (Austria 1991)
notes by Teddy Doering Document DOCD-5075 (Austria 1991)
notes by Teddy DoeringDocument DOCD-5076 (Austria 1991)
notes by Teddy DoeringDocument DOCD-5077 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD-5206 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD-5207 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD-5208 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD-5209 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD-5210 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD-5211 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan Balfour Document DOCD-5212 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD-5213 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument DOCD-5214 (Austria 1991)
notes by Alan Balfour Document DOCD-5215 (Austria 1991)
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)
notes by Richard Spottswood CBS LP C 46218 (US 1990)= CBS LP 268.064 (UK 1990) (Roots n' Blues series)
notes by Richard Spottswood = CBS CD CK46218 (US 1990)= CBS CD 467251 (EU 1990) (Roots n' Blues series)
= CBS/Sony CSCS 5327 (Jp 1990)
= Columbia WCK 46218 (Ca 1990)
= Columbia 493345 2 (UK 1998)
notes by Neil Slaven = SPV GmbH/Blue Label CD SPV 42492 (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)
20 CD box set, CD 8notes by Dean Rudland (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)
4 disc setnotes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)
20 CD box set (=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)
Collector's Classics COCD-14 (Denmark 1993)
Arhoolie CD 7009 (US 1993)
Editions Atlas BLU-CD 3055 (Fr 1993) (Les Génies du Blues)
= Orbis BLU GNC 049 (Germany/EU 1996) (The Blues Collection No. 49)
= Orbis BLU NC 051 (UK 1996) (The Blues Collection No. 51)
= DeAgostini BLUES N 039 (NL 1996) (The Blues Collection No. 39)
Old Tramp OTCD-04
notes by Guido van RijnDocument DOCD 5276 (Austria 1994)
2 CD setnotes by Mark Humphrey RCA 07863 66721 2 (EU 1995) (Bluebird series)
Orbis BLU NC 038
notes by Guido van RijnDocument DOCD 5411 (Austria 1996)
Regency CD RR 119 (Ca 1997)
Regency CD RR 120 (Ca 1997)
2 CD set32-pp. booklet by Gérard HerzhaftFrémeaux & Associés FA257 (Fr 1997)
RCA CD 66715
RCA CD 66716
Prestige PRCD-9917-2 (US 1999)
Bluesville discography
Yazoo CD 2043 (US 1999)
notes by Keith Briggs Catfish CD 116 (UK 1999)
Catfish Records (UK) discographyBig Maceo discography
Indigo IGCD 2114 (UK 1999)
Indigo IGCD 2115 (UK 1999)
Culture Press CP 018 / Blue Boar CDBB1026 (Fr 2000)
2 CD set Camden Deluxe/BMG 74321 727092 (UK 2000)
Leroy Carr discographySonny Boy Williamson discographyTampa Red discographyJazz Gillum discographyYank Rachell discographyBig Joe Williams discographyLil Green discographyBig Maceo discographyRobert Lockwood discographyDr. Clayton discographySt. Louis Jimmy discographyLonnie Johnson discographyArthur 'Big Boy' Crudup discographyRoosevelt Sykes discographyEddie Boyd discographyPete Franklin discographyWalter Davis discography
2 CD set Classic Blues CLB-200006 (US 2001)
Blues Forever CD 68013
Catfish KATCD 179
Catfish Records (UK) discography
2 CD set Trikont 0295-2 (Germany 2002)
Fabulous FABCD171 (UK 2003)
Fabulous FABCD172 (UK 2003)
10-pp. booklet by Gillian GeorgeDocument DOCD-5673 (UK 2004)
Yazoo CD 2070 (US 2004)
Yazoo Records discographyRobert Johnson discography
6-pp. booklet by Gillian GeorgeDocument DOCD-5674 (UK 2004)
4 CD setnotes by Neil SlavenJSP JSPCD 7736 (UK 2005)
Document BDCD-6045 (Austria 20??)
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
2 CD setessay by Jim O'Neal Ace CDTOP2 1440 (UK 2015)
Blues Images Calendar Vol. 12 (rel. 2014, for 2015)
Blues Images CD BIM-112 (US 2014) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 12 (for 2015)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)
thanks to Alan Balfour, David Lund, John Clarke, Bob Eagle, Jim O'Neal, Scott Dirks, Tano Ro, Larry Cohn, Michael Duer, Joe Formanek, Fernando Goin, Max Hoeffner, Jeff Harris, Howard Rye, Helge Thygesen and Gilbert Guyonnet for additional info / scans / MP3
Tampa Red, 1930ssource: 1938 Bluebird Records catalog
Tampa Red's business card (both sides), most likely fall of 1937source: Blues Unlimited 131/132 (September/December 1978), p. 44 ("Courtesy Mrs. Rossel Marshall")
Tampa Red RCA Victor promo photo, 1940ssource: http://digital.livingblues.com/publication/?m=21747&i=273987&p=67&pp=1
Johnny Jones, Ransom Knowling, Tampa Red, Odie Payne; RCA-Studio, Chicago, 1950source: Blues Forum 2 (1981), p. 4
Tampa Red at his home, 1963"Tampa Red no longer played in 1963, but he still loved his guitar. Kept it set up right across the room from where he sat so he could always easily see it.He held it for this photograph I took of him when Big Joe Williams, Michael Bloomfield, and I visited him."source: 09/28/2020 facebook post by George Mitchell; photographer: George Mitchell
Tampa Red, 1974"Tampa with the last guitar he had, in 1974. It looks like he's playing it but he was just holding it, wishing he could."source: ; photographer: Jim O'Neal
Tampa Red with Blind John Davis at the piano, late 1970ssource: Internet; photographer's name not given
Tampa Red, 1978source: Front cover of Oldie Blues OL 8001photographer: Hans J.W. Kramer
Tampa Red's headstoneat Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens West Cemetery in Willow Springs, Illinoissource: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/45302214/tampa-red;photographer: Arlo Leach"His grave in Willow Springs IL unmarked until '95, when a headstone was purchased by fans including LIVING BLUES founder Jim O'Neal and RCA-BMG reissue producer Vince Caro." (Andy Schwartz at facebook)
"His grave in Willow Springs IL unmarked until '95, when a headstone was purchased by fans including LIVING BLUES founder Jim O'Neal and RCA-BMG reissue producer Vince Caro." (Andy Schwartz at facebook)
Tampa Red obituary by Jim O'Nealsource: Living Blues 50 (Spring 1981), p. 42photographer: Jim O'Neal, 1974
Tampa Red obituary by Anonymoussource: The Peninsula Times Tribune, Thursday, April 23, 1981, p. ?photo "Associated Press" (originally Jim O'Neal)