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J U N I O R   W E L L S at Pepper's Lounge, Chicago, IL, 1962; source: Rhythm & Blues Panorama #41 (1966), p. 24; photographer: Georges Adins
Junior Wells at Pepper's Lounge, Chicago, IL, 1962
source: Rhythm & Blues Panorama #41 (1966), p. 24;
photographer: Georges Adins
This page - until now - mostly consists of entries
taken from my other artists' discographies !!!
Will be complemented asap

Under Construction!

Junior Wells
Amos Wells Blakemore
b. December 9, 1934 West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas [1940 census] or in Memphis, Tennessee [Jr. Wells]
d. January 15, 1998 at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois

buried at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois
discography

J U N I O R   W E L L S
Junior Wells, 1974 (might have been at Montreux Jazz Festival '74)
source: Giuseppe Pino: Black & Blues.- Hamburg, Germany (earBOOKS, a division of edel CLASSICS GmbH) 2005, no pagination
photographer: Giuseppe Pino


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
111/1952MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- Standing Around Crying (U 7477)   @ youtube
- Gone To Main St. (U 7478)   @ youtube

rec. September 17, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Junior Wells, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds ("Elgin Evans"), dr



originally unissued track from same session:
- Iodine In My Coffee (U 7479) [Chess LP 6641, LP 9180]   @ youtube

   
Chess 1526 (US 11/1952)

Muddy Waters discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

211/1952FLOYD JONES

- You Can't Live Long (U7480)   @ youtube
- Early Morning (U7481)   @ youtube

rec. September 17, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Floyd Jones, voc, g; Junior Wells, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds, dr


Chess 1527 (US 11/1952)

Floyd Jones discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

35/1953MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- Turn The Lamp Down Low (= Baby Please Don't Go) (U 7501-A) *   @ youtube
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man (U 7476) #   @ youtube

# rec. September 17, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Junior Wells, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds ("Elgin Evans"), dr

* rec. May 4, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds ("Elgin Evans"), dr

   
Chess 1542

Muddy Waters discography
Jimmy Rogers discography
Little Walter discography

48/1953JUNIOR WELLS

- Cut That Out (1325-4)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Eagle Rock (1329-5) (instr)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Cut That Out (1325-3) [Delmark DD-775]   @ youtube
- Ways Like An Angel (1326-5) [P-Vine PLP-379; Delmark DD-640, DD-775; P-Vine PCD-20164]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Eagle Rock (1329-4) (instr) [Delmark DD-640; P-Vine PCD-20164]   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. June 8, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Johnny Jones, p; Elmore James or Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, b-g; Odie Payne, dr

 
States S-122 (US 8/1953) (Leonard Allen's label)

Little Johnny Jones discography

54/1954JUNIOR WELLS and his Eagle Rockers

- Hodo Man (on later pressings: Somebody Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man) (1327-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Junior's Wail (1330-3)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued track from same session:
- Junior's Wail (1330-2) [Delmark DD-640, P-Vine PCD-20164]   @ youtube

rec. June 8, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Johnny Jones, p; Elmore James or Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, b-g; Odie Payne, dr

 


States S 134 (US 4/1954)


T-Shirt with "Hoodoo Man" imprint

Little Johnny Jones discography

66/1954JUNIOR WELLS

- 'Bout The Break Of Day (1441)   @ youtube
- Lord, Lord (1442-2) (= Lawdy! Lawdy!)   @ youtube

rec. April 15, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, Louis Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- 'Bout The Break Of Day (1441-4) [Delmark DL 640]   @ youtube
- Lord, Lord (1442-1) [Delmark DD 640]   @ youtube

 
States S-139 (US 6/1954)

Muddy Waters discography
Otis Spann discography

712/1954JUNIOR WELLS

- Tomorrow Night (1328-4) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- So All Alone (1443-7) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. June 8, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Johnny Jones, p; Elmore James or Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, b-g; Odie Payne, dr

* rec. April 15, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, Louis Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

 
States S-143 (12/1954)

Muddy Waters discography
Otis Spann discography

87/1955MUDDY WATERS and his guitar

- Manish Boy (= Mannish Boy) (U 7846) *   @ youtube
- Young Fashion Ways (= Old Fashioned Ways) (U 7784) #   @ youtube

* rec. May 24, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; Junior Wells, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr; chorus

# rec. February 3, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Fred Below, dr

       
Chess 1602 (US 7/1955 ff.)


Chess 1602 (US 1977)

brown vinyl 7 inch 45 rpm

= Third Man (US 9/2017 repro)

Muddy Waters discography
Jimmy Rogers discography
Little Walter discography

99/1955T-BONE WALKER

- Why Not (A1519)   @ youtube
- Play On Little Girl (A1521) #   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- All I Want Is One More Chance (A1518)
- T-Bone Blues Special (A1522) # [Atlantic SD 7226]   @ youtube

rec. April 21, 1955 in Chicago, IL; T-Bone Walker, voc, g; Andrew 'Goon' Gardner, as; Eddie Chamblee, ts; McKinley Easton, bs; # Junior Wells, hca, replaces saxes; Johnny Young1), p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Leroy Jackson, dr

1) This is *not* the mandolinist/guitarist Johnny Young (1918-1974), but the jazz pianist John(ny) Merrit Young (1922-2008)

 
Atlantic 1074 (US 9/1955)

Jimmy Rogers discography

1011/1957JUNIOR WELLS

- Two Head Woman (25-111) [sic, not "Two-Headed Woman"!]   @ youtube
- Love Dovey Lovey One (25-112) #   @ youtube

rec. September/October 1957 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Syl Johnson, g; Dave Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Eugene Lyons, dr

 
Chief 7005 (US 11/1957)

# Chief 7034
# USA 790 (1964)

111958JUNIOR WELLS

- I Could Cry (25-113)   @ youtube
- Cha Cha Cha In Blue (2514) (instr) # (= Cut My Toe Nail)   @ youtube

rec. September/October 1957 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, # hca; Syl Johnson, g; Dave Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Eugene Lyons, dr

 
Chief 7008 (US 1958)

 
(10 inch 78 rpm pressing on the left has "45 R.P.M." printed on labels, using 45 labels most likely to save money; they probably just pressed a handful of these for the local Chicago juke-joints that still had 78 rpm juke boxes!!)
= Profile 4005 (US 4/1959)

# Chief C-7035
# Bright Star 146 (3/1966)

129/1959JUNIOR WELLS

- So Tired (K90W 2916)   @ youtube
- Can't Live Without You, Baby (K90W 2917)   @ youtube

rec. August 11, 1958 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Ernest Cotton, ts; Memphis Slim, p; J.B. Lenoir, g; Jesse Fowler, dr


Shad 5010 (US 9/1959)

J.B. Lenoir discography

1310/1959J. B. LENOIR

- Back Door (K90W 2914)   @ youtube
- Lou Ella (K90W 2915)   @ youtube

rec. August 11, 1958 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Junior Wells, hca; Ernest Cotton, ts; Joe Montgomery, p; Jesse Fowler, dr

   
Shad 5012 (US 10/1959)

J.B. Lenoir discography

142/1960JUNIOR WELLS

- Come On In This House (25-120) #   @ youtube
- Little By Little (= I'm Losing You) (25-119) *   @ youtube

rec. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, # hca; Willie Dixon, b, * voc; Lafayette Leake, p; Earl Hooker, Dave Myers, g; Eugene Lyons, dr; * Mel London, backgr voc; prod. by Mel London

 
(10 inch 78 rpm pressing on the left has "45 R.P.M." printed on labels, using 45 labels most likely to save money; they probably just pressed a handful of these for the local Chicago juke-joints that still had 78 rpm juke boxes!!)
Profile 4011 (US 2/1960)

= Passion 4011


= All Points 2000 (US 1966)

# USA 790 (1/1965)
# Mel 1005
* Bright Star 146 (3/1966)

Earl Hooker discography

158/1960JUNIOR WELLS

- You Don't Care (S 866) #   @ youtube
- Prison Bars All Around Me (S 867)   @ youtube

rec. 1960 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Willie Dixon, b, # voc; Otis Spann, p; Earl Hooker, g; Eugene Lyons, dr; # Mel London, backgr voc; prod. by Mel London


Profile 4013 (US 8/1960)

Earl Hooker discography
Otis Spann discography

169/1960 

JUNIOR WELLS & EARL HOOKER
- Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule (25-145) #   @ youtube
EARL HOOKER
- Blues In D Natural (25-146)   @ youtube


rec. August 8, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; # Junior Wells, voc; Johnny Walker, p, # org; Earnest Johnson, b; Harold Tidwell, dr


Chief C 7016 (US 9/1960)


= Chief C-7039 (US 1961)

Earl Hooker discography

1711/1960ELMORE JAMES

ELMORE JAMES
- Knocking At Your Door (C2405) *   @ youtube


ELMORE JAMES [actually Earl Hooker with Junior Wells]
- Calling All Blues (25-139)   @ youtube

* rec. April 12, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Elmore James, voc, g; J.T. Brown, ts; Johnny Jones, p; Wayne Bennett, Edie Taylor, g; Homesick James, b-g; Odie Payne, dr
# rec. May 5, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; Junior Wells, hca; A.C. Reed, ts; Johnny Walker, p; Earnest Johnson, b; Harold Tidwell, dr


Chief C-7020 (US 11/1960)


= Sue 392 (UK 9/1965)

Earl Hooker discography
Elmore James discography
Homesick James discography

181961 

HOOKER & WELLS
- Universal Rock (25-160) #   @ youtube
JUNIOR WELLS
- Messing With The Kid (25-157) *   @ youtube

# rec. October 17, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; Junior Wells, hca; Jarrett Gibson, ts; Donald Hankins, bs; Johnny Walker, org; Jack Meyers, b; Fred Below, dr
* rec. October 17, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Jarrett Gibson, ts; Donald Hankins, bs; Johnny Walker, org; Earl Hooker, Lacy Gibson, g; Jack Meyers, b; Fred Below, dr


Chief C-7021 (US 1961)


= USA 825 (US 2/1966)

* Mel 1005 (1964)

Earl Hooker discography

193/1961BUDDY GUY

- Let Me Love You Baby (10622)   @ youtube
- Ten Years Ago (10625)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I Got A Strange Feeling (10623) [Chess LP 409]   @ youtube
- Gully Hully (10624) (= Hully Gully) [Blues Ball LP 2005]   @ youtube

rec. December 16, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Buddy Guy, voc, g; Jarrett Gibson, Bobby Neely, ts; Donald Hankins, bs; Junior Wells, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jack Myers, b

 
Chess 1784 (US 3/1961)

205/1961JUNIOR WELLS

- I'm A Stranger (25-199)   @ youtube
- The Things I'd Do For You (25-200)   @ youtube

rec. c. May 1961 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Julian Beasley, as; A.C. Reed, ts; Big Moose Walker, org; Lafayette Leake, p; Earl Hooker, g; Ernest Johnson, b; Bobby Little, dr


Chief C-7030 (US 5/1961)

Earl Hooker discography

2112/1961JUNIOR WELLS

- Love Dovey Lovey One [Chief 7005]
- You Sure Look Good To Me (25-158) #   @ youtube

# rec. October 17, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Jarrett Gibson, Donald Hankins, saxes; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, org/p; Earl Hooker, Lacy Gibson, g; Jack Myers,b; Fred Below, dr; ens voc


Chief C-7034 (US 12/1961)

Earl Hooker discography

221/1962JUNIOR WELLS

- Cha Cha Cha In Blue (instr) [Chief 7008]
- It Hurts Me Too (26-116) #   @ youtube

# rec. 1961 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Big Moose Walker, org; Earl Hooker, g; g; b; dr


Chief C-7035 (US 1/1962)

Earl Hooker discography

231962JUNIOR WELLS

- So Tired (25-159) #   @ youtube
- Love Me (26-114) *   @ youtube

# rec. October 17, 1960 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Jarrett Gibson, Donald Hankins, saxes; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, org/p; Earl Hooker, Lacy Gibson, g; Jack Myers, b; Fred Below, dr
* rec. 1961 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Big Moose Walker, org; Earl Hooker, g; g; b; dr


Chief C-7037 (US 1962)

Earl Hooker discography

241962JUNIOR WELLS

- I Could Cry (25-198) #   @ youtube
- I Need Me A Car (26-117) *   @ youtube

# rec. c. May 1961 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Julian Beasley, as; A.C. Reed, ts; Big Moose Walker, org; Lafayette Leake, p; Earl Hooker, g; Ernest Johnson, b; Bobby Little, dr
* rec. 1961 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; unknown, spoken intro; Big Moose Walker, p; Earl Hooker, g; g; b; dr


Chief 7038 (US 1962)

Earl Hooker discography

253/1963JUNIOR WELLS

- I'll Get You Too (2558) #   @ youtube
- Every Goodbye Ain't Gone (= One Day) (2559)   @ youtube

rec. February 28, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; # Jarrett Gibson, bs; Billy Emerson, org; Lafayette Leake, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Jack Myers, b; Gilbert Day, dr


USA 736 (US 3/1963)

268/1963JUNIOR WELLS

- She's A Sweet One (2560, also mastered as 787)   @ youtube
- When The Cat's Gone The Mice Play (2561, also mastered as 788)   @ youtube

rec. February 28, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Jarrett Gibson, bs; Billy Emerson, org; Lafayette Leake, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Jack Myers, b; Gilbert Day, dr


USA 742 (US 8/1963)

271963Earl Hooker

- The Leading Brand (27-340) #   @ youtube
- Blues In "D" Natural [Chief C 7016]

# rec. 1963 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; A.C. Reed, ts; Jackie Brenston, bs; Little Ray Charles?, org; Johnny Walker, p; Earnest Johnson, b; Bobby Little or Frank Swan, dr


Mel-Lon 1001

Earl Hooker discography

281964JUNIOR WELLS

- Messing With The Kid [Chief C-7021]
- Come On In This House [Profile 4011]


Mel 1005 (US 1964)

Earl Hooker discography

291/1965JUNIOR WELLS

- Lovey Dovey Lovey One [Chief 7005, 7034]
- Come On In This House [Profile 4011, Passion 4011, All Points 2000]

 
USA 790 (US 1/1965)

Earl Hooker discography

303/1966Junior Wells

- Cut My Toe Nail (instr) (= Cha Cha Cha In Blue) [Chief 7008, Profile 4005]
- I'm Loosing [sic] You or I'm Losing You (= Little By Little) [Profile 4011, Passion 4011, All Points 2000]

 
Bright Star 146 (US 3/1966)

319/1966JUNIOR WELLS

- Up In Heah (BS 10740) #   @ youtube
- Junior's Groove (BS 10741) (instr)   @ youtube

rec. August 31, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, hca, # voc; saxes; p; g; b; dr; prod. by Jack Daniels
Both titles use the same backing track

 
Bright Star 45-149 (US 9/1966)


= Atlantic 650030 (Fr 1966) (distributed by Barclay)


= Atlantic ATL 70.186 (Sweden 1966)


= Atlantic ATL. 70.186 (Germany 11/1966)

   

- Please Consider Me (BS 10756)
- I'm Confessin' (BS 10757)

rec. September 22, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; most likely with saxes, p, g, b, dr

Bright Star unissued

321/1967Junior Wells / Big Joe Turner

Junior Wells - Vietnam-Blues (A) [from Amiga 855114]
Big Joe Turner - Roll 'em Pete (B) [from Amiga 855114]

7 inch 45 rpm Single
J U N I O R   W E L L S; source: Front cover of Amiga 4 50 599 (GDR 1/1967) J U N I O R   W E L L S; source: Front cover of Amiga 4 50 599 (GDR 1/1967)
Amiga 4 50 599 (GDR 1/1967)

331/1967JUNIOR WELLS

Vanguard VRS-35049
- Shake It Baby! (TK4M 5944)   @ youtube
- (I Got A) Stomach Ache (UK4M 0615)   @ youtube

Astor A-7073
- (I Got A) Stomach Ache
- Shake It Baby!

Music Hall 31.014 single
- A Moverse Nena (Shake It Baby)
- Dolor De Estomago (Stomach Ache)

Music Hall 60.310 EP
- Dolor De Estomago (Stomach Ache)
- Todo saldrá bien (Everything's Going To Be Allright)
- Esta es mi vida nena (It's My Life, Baby)
- Controlando a mi nena (Checking On My Baby)

rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; Buddy Guy, Walter Beasley, g; Leroy Stewart, b; Little Al, dr; prod. by Samuel Charters
from Vanguard LP VRS 9231

 
Vanguard VRS-35049 (US 1/1967)


= Astor A-7073 (Australia 1967)

7 inch 45 rpm single

= Music Hall 31.014 (Argentina 1967)

7 inch 33 rpm EP

(=) Music Hall 60.310 (Argentina 196?)

344/1967JUNIOR WELLS

- I'm Gonna Cramp Your Style (BS 11882) *   @ youtube
- You Oughta Quit That (BS 11883) #   @ youtube

rec. March 16, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, # hca; saxes, p; g; b; dr; * ens voc; prod. by Jack Daniels


Bright Star 45-152 (US 4/1967)

3512/1967JUNIOR WELLS

- I Found Out (T 111467)   @ youtube
- That Will Hold Me (T 111468)   @ youtube

rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; prod. by Jack Daniels


Bright Star 504 (US 12/1967)

364/1968JUNIOR WELLS

- Stop Breaking Down (ZTS 140514)   @ youtube
- Little By Little   @ youtube

rec. 1967 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Douglas Fagan, ts; Tom McIntosh, tb; Clark Terry, Jimmy Owens, Wallace Davenport, tp; Buddy Guy, lead g; Walter Williams, rhythm g; Tom Crawford, b; Bill 'Levi' Warren, dr; prod. by Samuel Charters
front cover photo by Fred Burrell, back cover photo by Jay Verhulst
both tracks from Vanguard LP VSD-79262


Vanguard VRS-35065 (US 4/1968)

377/1968JUNIOR WELLS

- Stop Breakin Down (ZTS 140514)   @ youtube
- Mystery Train (ZTS 140515)   @ youtube

rec. 1967 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Douglas Fagan, ts; Tom McIntosh, tb; Clark Terry, Jimmy Owens, Wallace Davenport, tp; Buddy Guy, lead g; Walter Williams, rhythm g; Tom Crawford, b; Bill 'Levi' Warren, dr; prod. by Samuel Charters
front cover photo by Fred Burrell, back cover photo by Jay Verhulst
both tracks from Vanguard LP VSD-79262

 
Vanguard VRS-35069 (US 7/1968)

387/1968JUNIOR WELLS

- You're Tuff Enough (41932)   @ youtube
- The Hippies Are Trying (41942)   @ youtube

rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; saxes; tp; tb; p; g; b; dr (from Bright Star 504/152 sessions); prod. by Jack Daniels


Blue Rock B-4052 (US 7/1968)

399/1968JUNIOR WELLS

- Girl You Lit My Fire (42207) #   @ youtube
- It's A Man Down There (42208) *   @ youtube

rec. 1968 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc; # tp; # ts; # org; * p; *g; 2nd g; b; dr; prod. by Jack Daniels

 
Blue Rock B-4062 (US 9/1968)


= Mercury MF 1056 (US 10/1968)

   

- I'm Your Gravy Train (42241) [Mercury CD 558 551]   @ youtube
- The Dating Game (42242)

rec. August 5, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; g; b; dr; prod. by Jack Daniels

Blue Rock unissued

4012/1968JUNIOR WELLS

Blue Rock B-4075
- Leave My Woman Alone (43483)   @ youtube
- I Can't Stand No Signifying (43484) #   @ youtube

Blue Rock DJB5
- Leave My Woman Alone (mono)
- Leave My Woman Alone (stereo)



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I Just Wanna Groove (43485) [Mercury CD 558 551]   @ youtube
- You Better Watch Yourself (43486) [Mercury CD 558 551]   @ youtube

rec. December 5, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; # fl; # ts; tp; org; g; b; dr; prod. by Jack Daniels


Blue Rock B-4075 (US 12/1968)

promo single (mono / stereo version)

(=) Blue Rock DJB-5 (US 1968)

413/1969JUNIOR WELLS

- It's All Soul (41933) # [Blue Rock SRB 64002]   @ youtube
- Tribute To Little Walter (43439) * (= Worried Life Blues)   @ youtube



unissued tracks from 1968 session:
- I'm Shorty (43436) *
- The Rooster Crows (43437) *
- Checking On My Baby (43438) *
- I'm Losing You (43440) *

rec. # 1966 / * 1968 (mastered by Mercury November 1968) in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; ts; g; b; dr; prod. by Jack Daniels

 
Hit Sound 223 (US 3/1969)

426/1969JUNIOR WELLS

- Party Power (44788)   @ youtube
- Another Mule Is Kicking In Your Stall (44808)   @ youtube

rec. April 1969 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; p; gs; b; dr; prod. by Jack Daniels

 
Blue Rock B-4085 (US 6/1969)


LP / CD compilations

Man at Work !!!
(Please do not comment until I'm stumped, i.e. until this piece of advice has disappeared ;-)
11957the best of Muddy Waters resp. Sail On


Chess LP 1427 track sequence:
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:50) [Chess 1571]
- Long Distance Call (2:39) [Chess 1452]
- Louisiana Blues (2:52) [Chess 1441]
- Honey Bee (3:20) [Chess 1468]
- Rollin' Stone (3:05) [Chess 1426]
- I'm Ready (3:02) [Chess 1579]

- Hoochie Coochie (2:49) [Chess 1560]
- She Moves Me (2:55) [Chess 1490]
- I Want You To Love Me (3:01) [Chess 1550]

- Standing Around Crying (3:19) # [Chess 1526]
- Still A Fool (3:12) [Chess 1480]
- I Can't Be Satisfied (2:41) [Aristocrat 1305 / Chess 1514]


Chess LP 1427 front cover photo by Don Bronstein

Chess LP 1539 track sequence:
- Hoochie Coochie (2:49) [Chess 1560]
- I'm Ready (3:02) [Chess 1579]
- Rollin' Stone (3:05) [Chess 1426]
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:50) [Chess 1571]
- Honey Bee (3:20) [Chess 1468]
- She Moves Me (2:55) [Chess 1490]

- I Can't Be Satisfied (2:41) [Aristocrat 1305 / Chess 1514]
- I Want You To Love Me (3:01) [Chess 1550]
- Long Distance Call (2:39) [Chess 1452]

- Standing Around Crying (3:19) # [Chess 1526]
- Still A Fool (3:12) [Chess 1480]
- Louisiana Blues (2:52) [Chess 1441]


While Studs Terkel's back cover notes claim that all harmonica heard on this LP is played by Little Walter ("Little Walter's exciting harmonica is ubiquitiously present."), "Standing Around Crying" (#) actually has Junior Wells' harp playing
Chess LP 1539 front cover photo (with Gibson Les Paul guitar) by ???

notes by Studs Terkel

Chess LP 1427

notes by Pete Welding

= Chess LP 1539 (10/1969) "Sail On"

quite a few add'l LP/CD releases @ discogs.com

Muddy Waters discography

21965We Sing The Blues

Lightnin' Hopkins
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me

Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me
Otis Rush
- Cant Quit You Baby
Buster Brown
- Sugar Babe
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Mean Ole Frisco
Magic Sam
- Every Night About This Time [Chief C-7026]
Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground [Ace 536]
Tarheel Slim
- Number Nine Train

Lightnin Slim
- Lightnin Slim Boogie
T.V. Slim
- Hold Me Close To Your Heart
Lightnin Hopkins
- Mojo Hand
B.B. King
- The Letter
Elmore James & Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Believe My Time Aint Long

Junior Wells
- Come On In This House
Frankie Lee Sims
- Misery Blues [Ace 524]
Earl Hooker
- Swear To Tell The Truth


compiled by Guy Stevens

notes by Guy Stevens

Sue ILP 921 (UK 1965)

31965Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band: Hoodoo Man Blues

- Snatch It Back And Hold It (2:53)   @ youtube
- Ships On The Ocean (4:07)   @ youtube
- Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:50)   @ youtube
- Hound Dog (2:12)   @ youtube
- In The Wee Hours (3:42)   @ youtube
- Hey Lawdy Mama (3:10)   @ youtube

- Hoodoo Man Blues (2:49)   @ youtube
- Early In The Morning (4:44)   @ youtube
- We're Ready (3:33)   @ youtube
- You Don't Love Me, Baby (2:58)   @ youtube
- Chitlin Con Carne (2:12)   @ youtube
- Yonder Wall (4:10)   @ youtube

Delmark CD DD-612 bonus tracks:
- Hoodoo Man Blues (alt tk) (2:53)   @ Spotify
- Chitlin Con Carne (alt tk) (3:10)   @ Spotify

Analogue Productions APB 034-45 track sequence:
- Snatch It Back And Hold It
- Ships On The Ocean
- Good Morning Schoolgirl

- Hound Dog
- In The Wee Wee Hours
- Hey Lawdy Mama


- Hoodoo Man Blues
- Early In The Morning
- We're Ready

- You Don't Love Me, Baby
- Chitlin Con Carne
- Yonder Wall

Delmark CD DE-612 track sequence:
- Snatch It Back And Hold It (2:50)
- Ships On The Ocean (4:05)
- Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:52)
- Hound Dog (2:06)
- In The Wee Wee Hours (3:43)
- Hey Lawdy Mama (3:11)
- Hoodoo Man Blues (2:04)
- Early In The Morning (4:45)
- We're Ready (3:37)
- You Don't Love Me, Baby (2:21)
- Chitlin Con Carne (2:10)
- Yonder Wall (4:07)
- studio chatter 1 (0:11)
- I Ain't Stranded (3:06)
- studio chatter 2 (0:05)
- In The Wee Wee Hours (alt tk) (4:30)
- studio chatter 3 (0:09)
- Hoodoo Man Blues (alt tk) (2:49)
- studio chatter 4 (0:06)
- Chitlins Con Carne (alt tk) (3:11)
- studio chatter 5 (0:35)
- Yonder Wall (tk 7) (2:07)
- studio chatter 6 (1:00)
- Yonder Wall (tk 11) (2:33)
- studio chatter 7 (0:32)
- Yonder Wall (tk 13) (2:11)



originally unissued track from same session:
- This Is The Blues (4:29) [Delmark CD DE-746]   @ youtube



rec. September 22/23, 1965 in Chicago, IL by Stu Black; Junior Wells, voc, hca; "Friendly Chap" [Buddy Guy], g; Jack Meyers, b; Billy Warren, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester
Delmark 612 cover photo by RGK [Robert G. Koester]
Goody GY 10 001 cover photo by Christian Rose

notes by Bob Koester     "Seven West Grand, Chicago, Illinois (60610)"

Delmark DL-612 (mono) (US 1965)

notes by Bob Koester     "Seven West Grand, Chicago, Illinois (60610)"

Delmark DS-9612 (stereo) (US 1965)

notes by Bob Koester     "Seven West Grand, Chicago, Illinois (60610)"

= Delmark DS-612 (US 1965)

notes by Bob Koester

= Goody GY 10.001 (Fr 1966) "Electric Blues Chicago Style"


= Trio PA-3014 (Jp 1974)

notes by Bob Koester     "4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, IL. (60618)"     on label: "4121 North Rockwell, Chicago, IL (60618)"

= Delmark DS-612 (US 1974)
= Delmark DL-612 (US 1974)
= Delmark DS-612 (US 1983)

= Delmark DS-612 (US 1992)

2 LPs 45 rpm

= Analogue Productions APB 034-45 (US 2009)


(=) Delmark CD DE-612 (US 2011)

Delmark Records discography

41965Junior Wells: Blues With A Beat

- Hoo - Doo Man Blues
- Early In The Morning

- Snatch It Back And Hold It
- Ships On The Ocean

tracks from Delmark DL-/DS-612
cover design by Hugh Ledigo; cover photo by Mike Rowe

notes by Anonymous (most likely Bob Koester)

Delmark DJB 1 (UK 1965)

Delmark Records discography

4a1965Chicago
the post-war blues volume 1

Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Evening Sun
Willie Nix & His Combo
- Just Can't Stay
- All By Yourself
"Little" Willie Foster
- Falling Rain Blues
- Four Day Jump
J B. Hutto & His Hawks
- Pet Cream Man
- Lovin' You

Othum Brown
- Ora-Nelle Blues
Little Walter
- I Just Keep Loving Her
Johnny William(s)
- Worried Man Blues
Johnny Young
- Money Taking Woman
John Lee
- Knocking On Lula Mae's Door
- Rythm Rockin' Boogie [sic]

Junior Wells & His Eagle Rockers
- Hodo Man [sic]
- Junior's Wail

notes by Charles Radcliffe

post-war blues pwb 1 (UK 1965)

post-war blues discography

51965Chicago Blues - The Early 1950s

Homesick James
- Homesick
Baby Face Leroy
- Boll Weevil
- Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 1
Little Walter
- Muskadine
J.B. Hutto
- Dim Lights
- Things Are So Slow
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
Baby Face Leroy
- Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 2


Junior Wells
- Hoodoo Man
Little Willie Foster
- Falling Rain Blues
Snooky & Moody
- Stockyard Blues [Marvel 702]
Johnny Young
- Money Taking Woman
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road [J.O.B. 1001]
Big Walter
- Hard Hearted Woman
Robert Nighthawk
- Kansas City Blues
John Brim
- Tough Times


notes by Chris A. Strachwitz

Blues Classics BC 8 (US 1965)

Blues Classics discography

64/1966Chicago / The Blues / Today!   Vol. 1

Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band
- Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson (= Help Me) #   @ youtube
- It Hurts Me Too (= When Things Go Wrong) #   @ youtube
- Messin' With The Kid #   @ youtube
- Vietcong Blues #   @ youtube
- All Night Long (= Rock Me Baby) #   @ youtube
J.B. Hutto And His Hawks
- Going Ahead
- Please Help

J.B. Hutto And His Hawks
- Too Much Alcohol
- Married Woman Blues
- That's The Truth
Otis Spann's South Side Piano
- Marie (instr) *   @ youtube
- Burning Fire *   @ youtube
- S.P. Blues (instr) *   @ youtube
- Sometime I Wonder *   @ youtube
- Spann's Stomp (instr) *   @ youtube


# rec. December 1965 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; "Friendly Chap" (Buddy Guy), g; Jack Myers, b; Bill Warren, dr; prod. by Samuel Charters
* rec. December 1965 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, voc, p; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Samuel Charters

notes by Samuel Charters

Vanguard VRS 9216 (mono) (US 4/1966)

notes by Samuel Charters

= Vanguard VSD 79216 (stereo) (US 4/1966)

3 CD set
notes by Ed Ward

(=) Vanguard 3VCD 172/74-2 (US 1999)

Otis Spann discography

6a1966Junior Wells: It's My Life, Baby!

- It's My Life Baby #
- It's So Sad To Be Lonely #
- Country Girl *
- You Lied To Me *
- Stormy Monday **
- Shake It Baby ** [Vanguard VRS-35049]

- Checking On My Baby *
- Early In The Morning #
- (I've Got A) Stomach Ache ** [Vanguard VRS-35049]
- Look How Baby ##
- Slow, Slow (instr) *
- Everything's Going To Be Alright *

# rec. 1966 at Pepper's Lounge in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca (except ##); Buddy Guy, Walter Beasley, g; Leroy Stewart, b; Little Al, dr; prod. by Samuel Charters
* rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca (except **); Buddy Guy, Walter Beasley, g; Leroy Stewart, b; Little Al, dr; prod. by Samuel Charters from Vanguard LP VRS 9231


Vanguard VRS 9231 (mono) (US 1966)


= Vanguard VSD-79231 (stereo) (US 1966)

6b1966American Folk Blues Festival '66

Roosevelt Sykes
- Running The Boogie   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Otis Rush
- All Your Love ||   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- I Keep On Drinking   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes
- You Shouldn't Do It   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Otis Rush
- My Own Fault || [actually "Sweet Little Angel"]   @ youtube   @ Spotify


Junior Wells
- Checkin' On My Baby \\   @ youtube @ Spotify
- A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson \\ @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sippie Wallace
- Suitcase Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Robert Pete Williams
- Louise   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Big Joe Turner
- Flip, Flop And Fly // *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Roll 'Em Pete // ^   @ youtube   @ Spotify


rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
|| Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr
Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand

\\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Robert Pete Williams, voc, g
// Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

Fontana 885 431 TY (Germany 1966)


= Fontana 885 431 BY/MY (Fr 1966)


= Fontana TL 5389 (mono) / STL 5389 (stereo) (UK 1966)


= Fontana 681.533 TL/IL (Fr 1966?)


= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42069 (Germany 1990)


= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2069 (US 1990)

4-CD-Box
original 1966 notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos
 
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726322 (Germany 1998) (45 tracks, 165:59)

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Fontana Records discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Otis Rush discography
Little Brother Montgomery discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Robert Pete Williams discography

6c1968American Folk Blues Festival '66   Vol. 1

Roosevelt Sykes
- Running The Boogie   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Otis Rush
- All Your Love ||   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- I Keep On Drinking   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes
- You Shouldn't Do It   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Big Joe Turner
- Roll 'Em Pete // ^   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Junior Wells
- Sheckin' [sic] On My Baby \\   @ youtube @ Spotify
- Vietnam Blues \\ °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sippie Wallace
- Suitcase Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Robert Pete Williams
- Midnight Boogie °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Big Joe Turner
- Flip, Flop And Fly // *   @ youtube   @ Spotify


°° not on Fontana 885 431 BY

rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
|| Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr
Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand

\\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Robert Pete Williams, voc, g
// Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel
Amiga 855114, 1968 release, flip-back cover; click to read notes (in German)! Amiga 855114, 1971 repress, no flip-back cover; click to read notes (in German)!
Amiga 855114 (GDR 1968)     first press with flipbackcover / later press without flipbackcover

notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel
click to read notes (in German)!
= Amiga 855114 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series)

notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel
click to read notes (in German)!
= Amiga 855114 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release


= Amiga CD 82876-63060-2 (Germany 2004)

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Fontana Records discography
L+R Records discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Otis Rush discography
Little Brother Montgomery discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Robert Pete Williams discography

6d1968Junior Wells: You're Tuff Enough

- You're Tuff Enough (41932) (2:27) [Blue Rock 4052]
- It's All Soul (41933) (2:05) [Hit Sound 223]
- Gonna Cramp Your Style (2:06) [Bright Star 152]
- Where Did I Go Wrong? (41935) (3:05) [previously unissued]
- That'll Hold Me (41936) (2:15) [previously unissued]
- Sweet Darling Think It Over (41937) (2:22) [previously unissued]

- Up In Heah (2:02) [Bright Star 149]
- You're The One (41939) (3:20) [previously unissued]
- You Ought To Quit That (2:07) [Bright Star 152]
- Messing With The Kid (41941) (2:10) [previously unissued]
- The Hippies Are Trying (41942) (4:09) [Blue Rock 4052]
- Junior's Groove (2:15) [Bright Star 149]

rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; prod. by Jack Daniels

notes by David Llorens

Blue Rock SRB 64002 (US 1968)

= Mercury 20130 SMCL (UK 1968)

= Mercury 134 081 MCY (NL 19??)

notes (March 1998) by Mary Katherine Aldin
(=) Mercury/Blue Rock CD 314 558 551-2 (US 7/1998)

6e11/1968Junior Wells Sings Live at The Golden Bear

- So Tired (I Could Cry) (43195) (4:40)   @ youtube
- Fever (43196) (4:08)   @ youtube
- The Goat (43197) (3:30)   @ youtube
- My Babe (43198) (3:33)   @ youtube
- Driving Wheel (43199) (3:10)   @ youtube

- Don't Start Me Talking (43200) (3:33)   @ youtube
- How Many More Years (43201) (4:10)   @ youtube
- I'm Ready (43202) (3:50)   @ youtube
- Please, Please, Please (43203) (3:05)   @ youtube
- Elevate Me Mama (43204) (3:25)   @ youtube

Mercury/Blue Rock CD 314 558 552-2 bonus tracks:
- Girl You Lit My Fire (1:59) [Blue Rock B-4062]
- It's A Man Down There (2:08) [Blue Rock B-4062]
- I'm Your Gravy Train (42241) (2:22) [previously unissued]
- Leave My Woman Alone (2:53) [Blue Rock B-4075]
- I Can't Stand No Signifying( 2:48) [Blue Rock B-4075]
- I Just Wanna Groove (43485) (2:43) [previously unissued]
- You Better Watch Yourself (43486) (2:09) [previously unissued]
- What Is That You Got (44787) (2:07) [previously unissued]
- Another Mule Kicking In Your Stall (3:28) [Blue Rock B-4085]
- Party Power (2:14) [Blue Rock B-4085]

rec. September 18, 1968 at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Douglas Fagan, ts; Kenneth Britt, g; Willie Nonroe, b; Bill Warren, dr; prod. by Jack Daniels

notes by Anonymous

Blue Rock SRB 64003 (US 11/1968)

= Mercury SM-7291 (Jp 19??)

notes (March 1998) by Mary Katherine Aldin
(=) Mercury/Blue Rock CD 314 558 552-2 (US 1998)

71968Junior Wells: Coming At You

- Stop Breakin' Down (2:32) [Vanguard VRS-35065, VRS-35069]
- Somebody's Tippin' In (3:08)
- Five Long Years (3:19)
- Mystery Train (3:34) [Vanguard VRS-35069]
- So Sad This Morning (3:15)
- When My Baby Left Me (2:31)

- Little By Little (3:31) [Vanguard VRS-35065, VRS-35069]
- Tobacco Road (5:29)
- Worried Life Blues (2:35)
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (2:38)
- You Don't Love Me (4:51)

rec. 1967 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Douglas Fagan, ts; Tom McIntosh, tb (tracks: A1, B1, B5); Clark Terry, Jimmy Owens, Wallace Davenport, tp; Buddy Guy, lead g; Walter Williams, rhythm g; Tom Crawford, b; Bill 'Levi' Warren, dr; prod. by Samuel Charters


Vanguard VSD-79262 (stereo) (US 1968)

7b1969American Folk Blues Festival '66   Vol. 2

Otis Rush
- It Takes Time || °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Roosevelt Sykes
- Night Time Is The Right Time °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Otis Rush
- My Own Fault || [actually "Sweet Little Angel"]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes, g (Yank Rachell, voc, mand!)
- Yellow Jam Blues °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify


Junior Wells
- Over Yonders Walls \\ °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Sippie Wallace
- Women Keep Your Mouth Shut °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Junior Wells
- A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson \\ @ youtube   @ Spotify
Robert Pete Williams
- Louise   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Big Joe Turner
- Feeling Happy // * °°


°° not on Fontana 885 431 BY

rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
|| Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr
Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand

\\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Robert Pete Williams, voc, g
// Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel

Amiga 850126 (GDR 1969)     first press with flipbackcover / later press without flipbackcover

notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel
click to read notes (in German)!
= Amiga 855126 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series)

notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel
click to read notes (in German)!
= Amiga 855126 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release

click to read track list!
= Amiga CD 82876-63061-2 (Germany 2004)

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Fontana Records discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Otis Rush discography
Little Brother Montgomery discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Robert Pete Williams discography

81969This Is Blues

Homesick James
- Crossroads
J.B. Lenoir
- I Sing Um The Way I Feel
Elmore James
- It Hurts Me Too
Buster Brown
- Doctor Brown
Sonny Boy Williamson
- No Nights By Myself
Willie Mae Thornton
- Tom Cat
Freddy King
- Driving Sideways

Lowell Fulsom
- Talking Woman Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
Frankie Lee Sims
- What Will Lucy Do
Otis Rush
- I Can't Quit You Baby

Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me
Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground
Tarheel Slim
- Numer 9 Train


compiled by Guy Stevens


Island IWP 5 (UK 1969)

91969Look out, Sam !
Group Blues

Otis Rush Blues Band
- It Takes Time # (2:36) [Amiga 855 126]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Magic Sam's Blues Band
- All Your Love ||| (2:40) [CBS 1444; L+R 42.014]   @ youtube
J.B. Lenoir's Afro-American Blues Band
- Down in Mississippi (3:10) [] [previously unissued; Crusade 24-4011]   @ youtube

The Junior Wells Blues Band
- Vietnam Blues § (4:38) [Amiga 855114]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Magic Sam's Blues Band
- Look Out, Sam! ||| (1:55) [previously unissued; L+R 42.014]   @ youtube
Joe Turner with the Otis Rush Blues Band
- Come On, Baby * (4:15) [previously unissued, actually "Hide & Seek"]   @ youtube

Magic Sam's Blues Band
- Sometimes || (3:30) [previously unissued; L+R 42.014]   @ youtube

The Junior Wells Blues Band
- Over Yonder Walls § (2:57) [Amiga 855 126]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Magic Sam's Blues Band
- Call Me If You Need Me ||| (2:08) [previously unissued; L+R 42.014]   @ youtube

The Junior Wells Blues Band
- Shake My Hand § (4:45) [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Magic Sam's Blues Band
- Torchering [sic, actually "Torturing"] My Soul || (3:50) [previously unissued; L+R 42.014]   @ youtube
J.B. Lenoir and Company
- I Feel So Good (1:50) [] [CBS 62593]   @ youtube


# * § rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966)
# Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
* Big Joe Turner, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

§ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

|| rec. October 30, 1963 resp. ||| rec. February 11, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Magic Sam, voc, g; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org; Mac Thompson, b; Bob Richey, dr
[] rec. October 7 (or 8?), 1965 in a studio in Hamburg, Germany (American Folk Blues Festival 1965) May 5, 1965 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Freddie Below, dr; Willie Dixon, additional voc

notes by Horst Lippmann

Scout Sc-2 (Germany 1969)

Scout Records discography
American Folk Blues Festival discography
Otis Rush discography
Magic Sam discography
Little Brother Montgomery discography

9a1970Buddy Guy: I Was Walking Through The Woods

- Watch Yourself (4:02)
- Stone Crazy (7:30)
- I Found A True Love (6:10)

- First Time I Met The Blues (2:20)

- Let Me Love You Baby # (2:52) [Chess 1784]   @ youtube
- No Lie (2:25)
- I Got A Strange Feeling # (3:04) [previously unissued]   @ youtube
- My Time After A While (2:57)
- Ten Years Ago # (2:36) [Chess 1784]   @ youtube
- Broken-Hearted Blues (3:15)

# with Junior Wells, hca

notes by Anonymous

Chess LP 409 (US 1970)

101970Junior Wells with Buddy Guy & Otis Spann: Southside Blues Jam

- Stop Breaking Down
- I Could Have Had Religion #
- Just Make Love To Me #
- Lend Me Your Love

- Long Distance Call
- Blues For Mayor Daley
- In My Younger Days #
- Trouble Don't Last Alaways

Delmark DE-628 (2012) bonus tracks:
- It's Too Late Brother
- Warmin' Up
- Love Me Baby
- I Could Have Had Religion (alt tk)
- Rock Me
- Lexington Movies
- Got To Play The Blues

rec. December 30, 1969 and January 8, 1970 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Buddy Guy, g (except #); # Louis Myers, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Fred Below, dr
front cover photo by Greg Roberts [aka Bob Koester], back cover photos by Ray Flerlage (top left), Zbigniew Jastrzebski (top right) & Greg Roberts (bottom)

notes by The Delmark Staff     "7 West Grand - Chicago 60610"     "4243 N. Lincoln - Chicago, Ill." (on labels)     "4121 N. Rockwell - Chicago, IL 60618" (on labels)
   
Delmark DS-628 (US 1970)   //   (US 197? ff.)

notes by Jacques Jerome

= Delmark 900 204 (Fr 1970)

notes by The Delmark Staff     "distributed by Talent Record Co Ltd."

Delmark DS-628 (UK 1971)

 
= BYG 529 510 (Fr 1971)   //   (Fr 19??) "Pop Blues Vol. 10"

notes (English & German) by Wolfgang Behr
 
= Fontana 6434 905 (Germany 1971) (The Blues Collection #3)

notes by Toyo Nakamura

Trio PA-3020 (Jp 1974)


= P-Vine PLP-366 (Jp 1988)


= Delmark DD-628 (US 1992)
= Delmark DC-628 (cassette) (US 1992)


= P-Vine PCD-5278 (Jp 1997)

= Delmark LP DS-628 (US 2010)


= Delmark CD DE-628 (US 2012)

notes by Michael Cuscuna
= Delmark CD DE-628 (US 2014)

Delmark Records discography
Otis Spann discography

111970The Best Of The Chicago Blues

LP 1:
Jimmy Cotton - Love Me Or Leave Me
Jimmy Cotton - Next Time You See Me

Junior Wells - Vietcong Blues
Otis Spann - Spann's Stomp
Buddy Guy - One Room Country Shack
J.B. Hutto - That's The Truth

Homesick James - Somebody Been Talkin' [Vanguard VRS 9217]
Buddy Guy - I Had A Dream Last Night

Junior Wells - When My Baby Left Me
Otis Spann - Twisted Snake
Buddy Guy - Sweet Little Angel
Jimmy Cotton - Rocket 88



LP 2:
Otis Spann - Mule Kicking In My Stall
Jimmy Cotton - The Blues Keep Falling
Big Walter Horton - Rockin' My Boogie
Otis Spann - Blues Is A Botheration
Otis Spann - S.P. Blues

Junior Wells - Five Long Years

Junior Wells - Checking On My Baby
Otis Spann - Some Day
Buddy Guy - Money (That's What I Want)
Johnny Young - Stealin' Back

Junior Wells - Tobacco Road

DLP

Vanguard VSD-1/2 (US 1970)


(=) Vanguard VMS-73125 (US 1986) "The Best Of The Chicago Blues Vol. 1"

121970Electric Blues Chicago Style

Snooky Pryor
- Judgement Day
Billy Boy Arnold
- You Got Me Wrong
Eddie Taylor
- Looking For Trouble
Billy Boy Arnold
- My Heart Is Crying
Floyd Jones
- Any Old Lonesome Day
Billy Boy Arnold
- Prisoner's Plea


Junior Wells / Earl Hooker
- Calling All Blues
Floyd Jones
- Ain't Times Hard
Billy Boy Arnold
- I Wish You Would
Eddie Taylor
- I'm Gonna Love You
Floyd Jones
- School Days On My Mind
Snooky Pryor
- Someone To Love Me
Billy Boy Arnold
- I Was Fooled


Buddah BDS 7511

131971When Girls Do It

LP 1:
Bobby 'Guitar' Bennett - When Girls Do It
Junior Wells - I'm A Stranger
Little Oscar Stricklin - Suicide Blues
Harmonica Fats - How Low Is Low
Magic Slim - Love Me Baby
Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm - Down And Out
Sam Baker - Sweet Little Angel

Drifting Charles - Evil Hearted Woman
Drifting Charles - Drifting Cloud
Memphis Slim And His House Rockers - Blue And Lonesome
Donnie Jacobs - Street Walkin' Woman
T.V. Slim - Don't Knock The Blues [Pzazz 005]
T.V. Slim - My Heart's Full Of Pain [Pzazz 005]
Buddy Guy - Hard But It's Fair



LP 2:
Magic Sam - My Love Is Your Love
Danny Boy - Wild Woman
Danny Boy - Kokomo Me Baby
Jimmy McCracklin - Fare Well
Jimmy McCracklin - Take A Chance
Mr. Bo - I Ain't Gonna Suffer
Mr. Bo - If Trouble Was Money


Junior Wells - I'm A Stranger
Clear Waters - Hilly Billy Blues
Clear Waters - Boogie Woogie Baby
Tender Slim - Don't Cut Out On Me
Tender Slim - I'm Checkin' Up
Sugar Boy Williams - Little Girl
Sugar Boy Williams - Five Long Years


compiled, arranged & prod. by Ian Sippen & Peter Shertser

DLP
notes by Peter Shertser

Red Lightnin' RL 006 (UK 1971)


= Broadside CD STERN1 (UK 2008)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

141972Jr. Wells

- Eagle Rock
- 'Bout The Break Of Day
- Lawdy Lawdy

- Cut That Out
- So All Alone
- Tomorrow Night


XX MIN 715

XX Records discography

151972Junior Wells: In My Younger Days

- Cut That Out
- So All Alone
- Eagle Rock
- 'Bout The Break Of Day
- Lawdy! Lawdy!
- Junior's Wail
- Tomorrow Night
- I Could Cry

- Cha Cha Cha In Blues
- Lovey Dovey Lovely One
- Little By Little
- Universal Rock
- Messin' With The Kid
- You Sure Look Good To Me
- It Hurts Me Too
- I Need Me A Car


Red Lightnin' RL 007 (UK 1972)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

161972The Great Blues Men

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 1:
Homesick James - Set A Date
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road
Sleepy John Estes - Corinna °°
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G
Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way °°

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway
Otis Spann - Burning Fire
Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 2:
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues

Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues °°
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues
Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues °°
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby

Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
J.B. Hutto - Please Help
Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues
Ida Cox - Four Day Creep °°
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography, Vanguard 3VCD 193/95-2]   @ youtube
Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World


°° not on CD

design by Jules Halfant; front cover collage by Eric Von Schmidt

Vanguard VCD 25/26:
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:44)
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road (3:05)
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old (4:55)
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:40)
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G (3:33)
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues (3:15)
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues (2:35)
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:04)
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby (2:30)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:38)
Otis Spann - Burning Fire (3:15)
Lightning Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues (5:36)
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues (2:55)
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It (3:06)
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business (3:23)
Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues (4:45)
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (4:10)
J.B. Hutto - Please Help (2:52)
Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues (2:05)
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas (3:43)
Otis Rush - It's A Mean Old World (2:22)

gatefold DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1972)

gatefold DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

= Vanguard VSD 25/26 (Fr 1972)

DLP, no gatefold, but 2-page leaflet
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1986)

notes by Leroy J. Pierson

(=) Vanguard VCD 25/26 (US 1988)

lots of further editions at www.discogs.com

171972Take A Little Walk With Me
The Blues in Chicago 1948-1957

J.B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie
Willie Nix
- All By Yourself
Floyd Jones
- Any Old Lonesome Day
Eddie Taylor
- Big Town Playboy
Little Willie Foster
- Little Girl
John Lee Henley
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
Robert Nighthawk
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman
John Brim
- Gary Stomp [Parrot 799]

Lazy Bill Lucas
- She Got Me Walkin'
Willie Nix
- Nervous Wreck
Floyd Jones
- Skinny Woman
Grace Brim
- Going Down The Line [Random 202]
Johnny Young
- My Baby Walked Out
Little Walter
- Blue Baby
Jimmy Rogers
- Ludella No. 2
Baby Face Leroy
- Take A Little Walk With Me


Grace Brim
- Mean Man Blues [Fortune 801]
Robert Nighthawk
- Feel So Bad
Homesick James
- The Woman I Love
Lazy Bill Lucas
- I Had A Dream
Willie Nix
- No More Love
Floyd Jones
- Floyd's Blues
John Lee Henley
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Memphis Minnie
- World Of Trouble

Johnny Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
Floyd Jones
- Big World
John Brim
- Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011]
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
Willie Nix
- Just Can't Stay

Junior Wells
- Tomorrow Night
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
Johnny Shines
- Living In The White House


compiled, annotated and produced by Leroy Pierson

DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Boogie Disease BD 101/2 [Leroy Pierson's first (one record) label, 500 copies only]

181972Texas Guitar: From Dallas To L.A.
Blues Originals Vol. 3

Al King - Reconsider Baby [Shirley 117]
Lawyer Houston - Dallas Bebop Blues [Atlantic 916]
Lawyer Houston - Western Rider Blues [Atlantic 971]
Ray Agee - Tin Pan Alley [Shirley 111]
Lawyer Houston - Hug Me Baby [Atlantic 971]
Lawyer Houston - Out In California [previously unissued]

T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues Special [previously unissued]

R.S. Rankin - You Don't Know What You're Doing [previously unissued]
Lawyer Houston - In The Army Since 1941 [previously unissued]
Lawyer Houston - Lawyer Houston Blues [Atlantic 916]
Guitar Slim - Along About Midnight [previously unissued]
Lawyer Houston - Going To The West Coast [previously unissued]
Lawyer Houston - Lawton, Oklahoma Blues [previously unissued]
T-Bone Walker - How Long Blues [previously unissued]


compiled by Ilhan Mimaroglu & Pete Lowry

notes by Pete Lowry

Atlantic SD 7226 (US 1972)


= Friday FRM 211121 (UK 2009) (remastered)

191974Delmark Blues Masterpiece

- All Of Your Love - Magic Sam
- Indiana Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams
- If You Change Your Mind - J.B. Hutto
- Little Angel Child - Jimmy Dawkins
- All Days Are Good Days - Roosevelt Sykes
- Sad Dreams - Carey Bell

- Steady Rollin' Man - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Diving Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- All Pretty Wimmins - Jo Jo Williams
- Coal Black Mare - Arthur Crudup
- You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - Luther Allison
- Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red

- Early In The Morning - Junior Wells

"Special Album" (promotion LP)


Delmark/Trio TD6 (Jp 1974)

Delmark Records discography

201976Junior Wells: On Tap

- Watch Me Move
- Someday Baby
- Key To The Highway
- What My Mama Told Me

- You Gotta Love Her With A Feeling
- The Train I Ride
- So Long
- Junior's Thing

CD bonus track:
- Goin' Down Slow


Delmark DS-635 (US 1974)


Trio PA-3047 (Jp 1974)


= Delmark DS-635 (US 1991)


= Delmark CD DD-635 (US 1991)

Delmark Records discography

211977Junior Wells: Blues Hit Big Town
with muddy waters, elmore james, & the aces

- Hoodoo Man (1327-2)   @ youtube
- Cut That Out (1325-4)   @ youtube
- Junior's Wail (1330-2)   @ youtube
- Tomorrow Night (1328-4)   @ youtube
- Ways Like An Angel (1326-5) [adaptation of Bobby Bland's "Love My Baby"]   @ youtube
- Eagle Rock (1329-4)   @ youtube

- Blues Hit Big Town (slow)   @ youtube
- Lord, Lord (Lawdy! Lawdy!)   @ youtube
- 'Bout The Break Of Day   @ youtube
- Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone   @ youtube
- So All Alone   @ youtube
- Blues Hit Big Town (fast)   @ youtube

CD bonus tracks:
- Can't Find My Baby   @ youtube
- Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone (alt tk)   @ youtube
- Junior's Wail (alt tk)   @ youtube
- Eagle Rock (alt tk)   @ youtube
- Lord Lord (alt tk)   @ youtube

notes by Bob Koester

Delmark DL 640 (US 1977)


= P-Vine PLP-379 (Jp 1988)


= Delmark CD DD-640 (US 1998)

= Delmark DL-640 (US 2016)

Delmark Records discography

21a1978Buddy Guy & Junior Wells live in montreux

- One Room Country Shack (4:10) #
- The Things That I Used To Do (3:20) #
- Everyday I Have The Blues (3:10) #

- Driving Wheel (4:03) */**
- Help Me (4:22) *

- Come In This House (3:31) *
- Messin' With The Kid (3:55) *
- Somebody's Got To Me (3:48) *
- Everything Gonna Be Allright (2:45) *
- Got My Mojo Working (1:50) */**
- Hide Away (3:12) (instr) *

Black And Blue BB 59.530 2, BB 530.2; Evidence ECD 26002-2 bonus tracks (previously unreleased):
- When I Feel Better (3:30) (with Hubert Sumlin, g solo)
- I Don't Know (6:38)
- So Many Roads (6:10) (Jimmy Johnson, voc)
- Blue Shadows Falling (5:45) (Dave Myers, voc)
- Hoochie Coochie Man (4:55) (with Eddie Clearwater, voc)

rec. July 9, 1978 live at at Mountain Recording Studio in Montreux, Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival) by David Richards
# Buddy Guy, voc, g; Jimmy Johnson, g; Dave Myers, b; Odie Payne, dr
* Junior Wells, voc, hca; Buddy Guy, g, ** voc; Jimmy Johnson, g; Dave Myers, b; Odie Payne, dr
photography by Alain Schuster

notes by Didier Tricard (English translation by Tina Biderman)

Black And Blue 33.530 (Fr 1978)

= Black And Blue CD BB 59.530 2 (Fr 1988)

= Black And Blue CD BB 530.2 (Fr 1988)

notes by Jonny Meister
= Evidence ECD 26002-2 (US 1992 / US 1997)

= Black And Blue CD BB 422.2 (Fr 1999) "Everything Gonna Be Alright"

221979Junior Wells: Pleading The Blues@ youtube (full album)

- Pleading The Blues
- It Hurts Me Too
- Cut Out The Lights

- Just For My Baby
- Quit Teasing My Baby
- I'll Take Care Of You
- Take Your Time Baby

CD bonus track:
- I Smell Something (8:56)   @ youtube

rec. October 31, 1979 at Condorcet Studio, Toulouse, France; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Buddy Guy, Phil Guy, g; J.W. Williams, b; Ray Allison, dr; prod. by Didier Tricard
Isabel 900.501 photo by Brigitte Charvolin
Isabel 59.901 photo by Jean-Pierre Arniac

notes by Perrine Tricard (English translation by Tina Biderman)

Isabel 900.501 (Fr 1979)


= Isabel 59.901 (Fr 1990)
= Isabel CD MU 760

notes by John Anthony Brisbin

= Evidence ECD 26035-2 (US 1993) "... featuring Buddy Guy"

Isabel Records discography

231979Buddy Guy: Got To Use Your Head
Unreleased and Rare Recordings 1960 to 1966

- Got My Eyes On You [Chess 1753]
- Gully Hully (10624) [previously unissued]
- Hard But Fair [Chess 1878]
- American Bandstand (12184) [previously unissued]
- $100 Bill (12186) [previously unissued]
- My Mother °° [Chess 1974]
- Night Flight (instr) (13359) °° [previously unissued]

- Stick Around °° [Worried Blues, Argo LP 4031]
- Moanin' (instr) (12627) °° [previously unissued]
- I Dig Your Wig [Chess 1899]
- Got To Use Your Head (13956) [previously unissued]
- Slop Around [Chess 1759]
- Buddy's Boogie (12624) °° [previously unissued]


°° stereo!

The Complete Chess Studio Recordings
disc 1:
- First Time I Met the Blues [1960 Single version]
- Slop Around
- I Got My Eyes On You
- Broken Hearted Blues

- Let Me Love You Baby [Single version]
- I Got A Strange Feeling
- Gully Hully
- Ten Years Ago
- Watch Yourself
- Stone Crazy
- Skippin'
- I Found A True Love
- Hard But It's Fair
- Baby (Baby, Baby, Baby)
- When My Left Eye Jumps
- That's It
- The The Treasure Untold
- American Bandstand
- No Lie
- $100 Bill
- My Love Is Real (Lacy Gibson, voc)
- Buddy's Boogie


disc 2:
- Worried Mind (= Stick Around)
- Moanin'
- I Dig Your Wig [unedited]
- My Time After Awhile [Single version]
- Night Flight
- Crazy Love (Crazy Music) [Single version]
- Every Girl I See
- Too Many Ways
- Leave My Girl Alone
- Got To Use Your Head
- Keep It To Myself (= Keep It to Yourself)
- My Mother
- She Suits Me To A Tee
- Mother-In-Law Blues
- Buddy's Groove (Single version)
- Going To School
- I Cry And Sing The Blues (Single version)
- Goin' Home
- I Suffer With The Blues
- Lip Lap Louie
- My Time After Awhile (alternate voc & mix)
- Too Many Ways (alternate with background voc)
- Keep It To Myself (alternate with organ overdub)
- I Didn't Know My Mother Had A Son Like Me (= She Suits Me To A Tee)


notes by Anonymous

Blues Ball 2005 (US 1979)

BU 137/138,37

2 CD set
notes by Don Snowden

(=) MCA/Chess MCD 09337 (US 1992) "The Complete Chess Studio Recordings"



= CD (Jp 2008)

Blues Ball Records discography

241981Buddy Guy & Junior Wells: Drinkin' TNT 'N' Smokin' Dynamite

- Introduction
- Ah'w Baby / Everything Gonna Be Alright
- How Can One Woman Treat A Man So Mean?
- Checking On My Baby
- When You See The Tears From My Eyes

- Introduction
- Ten Years Ago
- Messin' With The Kid
- Hoodoo Man Blues
- My Younger Days

rec. at the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival with Bill Wyman

notes by Peter Shertser

Red Lightnin' RL 0034 (UK 1981)

= Blind Pig BP 71182 (US 1988)

= Sequel NEMCD687 (UK 1994)

= Blind Pig LP 481182 (US 2008)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

251981Chicago Blues - A Quarter Century

LP 1
Big Road To Chicago
Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Fish Tail
- Cool Driver
- Ain't Doin' No Good
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
Moody Jones
- Rough Treatment
- Why Should I Worry
- Please Somebody


5 Long Years At Steel Mill
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
- Hard Head Woman
J.T. Brown
- My Gal Went Away
- Soup Line
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
Son Joe
- I'd Write A Letter
Little Brother Montgomery
- Keep On Drinkin'
Memphis Slim
- Black Cat Crossed My Trail



LP 2
Chicago Blues Is Killing Me
Baby Face Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Pet Rabbit
John Lee Henley
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
J.B. Lenoir
- Let It Roll
John Brim
- Hard Pill To Swallow


Just Blowing
Louis Meyers
- Just Wailing
- Bluesy
Big Walter Horton
- Have A Good Time
- Need My Baby
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
- Little Girl

Junior Wells with Earl Hooker
- Calling All Blues


LP 3
Down Home Child Grown Up
Sunnyland Slim
- Down Home Child
- Over Night
- Highway 61
Lee Jackson
- Fishin' In My Pond
- I'll Just Keep Walking
Arbee Stidham
- When I Find My Baby
Homesick James
- Crossroads


Rather Fight Than Switch
Buddy Guy
- Sit And Cry
- Try To Quit You Baby
Shakey Jake with Magic Sam
- Call Me If You Need Me
Jesse Fortune
- Too Many Cooks
- Heavy Heart Beat
A.C. Reed
- I'd Rather Fight Than Switch
Ricky Allen
- Ouch!



LP 4
Hard Times Follow Me
Fenton Robinson
- From My Heart
- Say You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young
- Hard Times
Earl Hooker
- Blues In D Natural
Lonnie Brooks
- Figure Head
Reggie Boyd
- Nothing But Poison
Andrew Brown
- You Better Stop


Sing The Way I Feel
Koko Taylor
- Honky Tonky
Big Moose
- Rambling Woman
- Foot Race
Big Mac
- Rough Dried Woman
Detroit Jr.
- The Way I Feel
- Call My Job
Bobby Rush
- I Don't Know
Buster Benton
- Money Is The Name Of The Game

4 LP set

P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)

261981Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones: Sweet Home Chicago

Swinging Pig TSP-009 track sequence:
- Sweet Little Angel #
- Flip Flop And Fly #
- Introdution (Muddy speech)
- Down The Road I Go #
- Country Boy #

- I'm A King Be #
- Someday Baby #
- County Jail #
- Baby Please Don't Go #


- Hoochie Coochie Man #
- Long Distance Call #
- Manish Boy #

- Champagne And Reefer #
- Next Time You See Me #
- Talking About My Woman #
- I Want To Be Loved #
- I Can't Be Satified #
- I Just Want To Make Love To You #

Swinging Pig TSP-CD-115-2 bonus tracks:
- Lonely At The Top
- Just Another Night
- Miss You
- State Of Shock
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
- It's Only Love
- Tonight
- Let's Dance
- Let's Dance 2
- Slave
- Tie You Up
- She Was Hot

# rec. November 22, 1981 live at the Checkerbord Lounge in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George 'Mojo' Buford, hca; Lovie Lee, p, voc; John Primer, g, voc; Rick Kreher, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Ray Allison, dr; + The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger, voc; Keith Richards, g; Ron Wood, g; Ian Stewart, p; + guests: Junior Wells, hca, voc; Lefty Dizz, g; Buddy Guy, g, voc; Mick Jones, b

2 LP set

Swinging Pig TSP-009

2 CD set

(=) Swinging Pig TSP-CD-115-2

271981Buddy Guy & Junior Wells: Going Back

- Boogie Chillen
- I'm In The Mood
- Don't Leave Me
- Give Me My Coat And Shoes
- Medley: Baby What You Want Me To Do - That's Allright

- Junior And Buddy's Thing
- Hold It Right There
- My Home Is In The Delta
- Wrong Doing Woman
- Diggin My Potatoes

rec. May 15, 1981 in Paris, France; Buddy Guy, voc, ac g; Junior Wells, voc, hca; prod. by Didier Tricard

notes by Christian Clinet

Isabel 900.510 (Fr 1981)

= Isabel 59.910

(=) Alligator ALCD 4802 "Alone & Acoustic"

= Jazz Heritage 514124

Isabel Records discography

281981Junior Wells: Universal Rock

- Come On In This House #   @ youtube
- Little By Little #   @ youtube
- So Tired #   @ youtube
- She's A Sweet One *   @ youtube
- It Hurts Me Too #   @ youtube
- Universal Rock #   @ youtube

- Messin' With The Kid #   @ youtube
- Prison Bars All Around Me #   @ youtube
- You Don't Care #   @ youtube
- I Could Cry []   @ youtube
- You Sure Look Good To Me #   @ youtube
- When The Cat's Gone The Mice Play *   @ youtube

rec. 1957-1963 in Chicago, IL; issued by special arrangement with Stan Lewis, Jewel Records, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
# Earl Hooker, g; * Lacy Gibson, g; [] Syl Johnson, g

notes (October 1981) by Bruce Bastin

Flyright FLY 588 (UK 1981)

Flyright Records discography
Earl Hooker discography

29198519 Tracks From The Film Chicago Blues

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
- We're Ready
- First Time I Met The Blues
- Country Girl
- Hoodoo Man

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
- We're Ready
- In My Younger Days
Johnny Young
- Driving Wheel
- Walking Groundhog



Muddy Waters
- She's 19 Years Old
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- I Got My Mojo Working
Mighty Joe Young
- Why You Want To Hurt Me
Koko Taylor
- Wang Dang Doodle

J.B. Hutto
- Speak My Mind
- Come On Back Home
Johnny Lewis
- Your Gonna Miss Me
- Uncle Sam
- Hobo Blues
- I Hear You Knocking


rec. December 1969 live in Chicago, IL; first broadcast in the UK in late 1970

notes by Mike Rowe

Red Lightnin' RL 0055 (UK 1985)


= P-Vine PCD-5332 (Jp 1998) "Muddy Waters, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy ..."

Red Lightnin' Records discography

301985Junior Wells: Chiefly Wells

Junior Wells
- Two-Headed Woman
- Cha Cha Cha In Blues
- Lovey Dovey Lovey One
- I'm A Stranger
- The Things I'd Do For You
- I Need Me A Car
- I'll Get You Too
- One Day (Every Goodbye Ain't Gone)

Junior Wells
- Calling All Blues
- Love Me
- Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule
Magic Sam
- You Don't Have To Work
- Mr. Charlie
- My Love Is Your Love
- She Belongs To Me
Shakey Jake
- Respect Me Baby [The Blues 303]
- A Hard Road [The Blues 303]


rec. 1957 - 1966


Flyright FLY 605 (UK 1985)

Magic Sam discography
Shakey Jake discography

311986Junior Wells: Messing With The Kid

LP track sequence:
- Messin' With The Kid #
- I'm A Stranger #
- Little By Little #
- Come On In This House #
- Cha Cha Cha In Blue
- Prison Bars All Around Me #
- Love Me #
- It Hurts Me Too #

- The Things I'd Do For You #
- I Could Cry # [???]
- Lovey Dovey Lovey One
- So Tired #
- I Need Me A Car #
- You Sure Look Good To Me #
- You Don't Care #
- Two Headed Woman

CD track sequence:
- Messin' With The Kid #
- I'm A Stranger #
- Little By Little #
- Blue Guitar [Age 29106] []
- Come On In This House #
- Cha Cha Cha In Blue
- Prison Bars All Around Me #
- Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule [Chief 7016] #
- Love Me #
- Blues In D Natural [Chief 7016] []
- It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong) #
- Rockin' With The Kid [Chief 7031] []
- The Things I Do For You #
- I Could Cry # [???]
- Universal Rock [Chief 7021] #
- Lovey Dovey Lovey One
- So Tired #
- Rockin' Wild [Chief 7031] []
- I Need Me A Car #
- You Sure Look Good To Me #
- Calling All Blues [Chief 7020] #
- You Don't Care #
- These Cotton-Pickin' Blues [Age 29111] []
- Two Headed Woman

# Earl Hooker / Junior Wells
[] Earl Hooker

notes by Neil Slaven

Charly CRB 1133 (UK 1986)


(=) Charly CD 219 (UK 1990) Junior Wells / Earl Hooker: Messin' With The Kid

321986Earl Hooker / Magic Sam: Calling All Blues

Earl Hooker
- Rockin' Wild
Magic Sam with Ammons Sisters
- My Love Is Your Love
Earl Hooker
- Blue Guitar

Earl Hooker & Junior Wells
- Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule
Earl Hooker
- Blues In D Natural
Magic Sam with Ammons Sisters
- Mr Charlie
Earl Hooker
- Calling All Blues

Magic Sam
- Square Dance Rock Pt 1; Every Night About This Time

Earl Hooker & Junior Wells
- Universal Rock
Earl Hooker with Mr. Tidwell
- Swear To Tell The Truth
Earl Hooker
- These Cotton-Pickin' Blues
Magic Sam
- Blue Light Boogie
Earl Hooker
- Rockin' With The Kid
Magic Sam
- You Don't Have To Work; Square Dance Rock Pt 2


notes by Neil Slaven

Charly CRB 1134 (UK 1986)

331988Buddy Guy & Junior Wells: Drinkin' TNT 'n' Smokin' Dynamite

- Ah'w Baby / Everything Gonna Be Alright
- How Can One Woman Treat A Man So Mean?
- Checking On My Baby
- When You See The Tears From My Eyes
- Ten Years Ago
- Messin' With The Kid
- Hoodoo Man Blues
- My Younger Days

rec. at the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival

Red Lightnin' RL 0034


Red Lightnin' RLCD 0076 (UK 1988)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

341989Brian Kramer And The Blues Masters: Win Or Lose@ soundcloud.com (full album)
featuring Junior Wells

- I Want My Money Back
- 32-20
- Little By Little #*
- Got Me On Down §
- Child Come To Me

- What Mama Told Me #
- Don't Take It Out On Me
- Win Or Lose
- Pleading The Blues # §
- Lover And Friend

rec. 1988 in New York, NY; Brian Kramer And The Blues Masters: Brian Kramer, main voc, g; David Cohen, p; Diane Garisto, Nicky Gregoroff, Keif Brewer, or Dave Santos, b; Steve Jordan or Dan Kickes, dr; The Uptown Horns; § Mick Taylor; Junior Wells, hca, # voc


Monsoon FVCC-4862 (US 1989)

351989Junior Wells: Messin' With The Kid

- Come On In This House
- Little By Little
- So Tired
- She's A Sweet One
- It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong)
- Universal Rock
- Messin' With The Kid
- Prison Bars All Around Me
- You Couldn't Care
- I Could Cry
- You Sure Look Good To Me
- When The Cat's Gone The Mice Play
- Two Headed Woman
- Cha Cha Cha In Blues
- Lovey Dovey Lovey One
- I'm A Stranger
- Things I Do For You
- I Need Me A Car
- I'll Get You Too
- One Day (Every Goodbye Ain't Gone)
- Calling All Blues
- Love Me
- Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule


Flyright FLYCD 03 (UK 1989)

Flyright Records discography

361992Earl Hooker & Junior Wells: Blues In D Natural
The Blues Collection Nr. 33

- Love Me #
- Come On In This House #*
- Two Headed Woman #*
- Lovey Dovey Lovey One #*
- I Could Cry #
- Cha Cha Cha In Blue *
- You Don't Care #
- Prison Bars All Around Me #
- Calling All Blues *
- Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule #
- Blues In D Natural
- Messin' With The Kid #*
- You Sure Look Good To Me #*
- Universal Rock
- Rockin' With The Kid

- Little By Little #*
- These Cotton Pickin' Blues
- Blue Guitar

- I'm A Stranger #
- I Need Me A Car #

Junior Wells, # voc, * hca

 
Editions Atlas BLU-CD 3036 (Fr 1992) (Les Génies Du Blues #36)


= Orbis BLU NC 033 (UK 1994)

 
= Orbis BLU NM 033 (cassette) (UK 1995)

 
= Orbis BLU GNC 033 (Germany/EU 1995)

Earl Hooker discography

36a1993Delmark 40th Anniversary Blues

Junior Wells - Snatch It Back And Hold It
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Jimmie Lee Robinson - Lonely Traveller
Big Time Sarah - I Make Love
Dave Specter, Barkin' Bill Smith - Things I'd Do For You
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Rambling On My Mind
Sleepy John Estes - I'd Been Well Warned
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right
Otis Rush - You're Breakin' My Heart (alt tk) (6:12)
J.B. Hutto - Slidewinder
Roosevelt Sykes - Eagle Rock Me Baby
Jimmy Johnson - Easy Money
Curtis Jones - Highway 51 Blues
Edith Wilson - Mistreatin' Blues
Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen
Yank Rachell - Let Me Tangle In Your Vines
Jesse Fortune - Fortune Tellin' Man
Willie Kent - Memory Of You
Magic Sam - I Need You So Bad



Delmark DX-2 (US 1993)

Delmark Records discography

371993Blues Harp Boogie
25 Years of Blues Harmonica

Paul Orta and The Kingpins - Wailing At Weavers
King Biscuit Boy - Get It Right
Billy Boy & Tony McPhee - Catfish
Louisiana Red with Bill Dicey - Alabama Train

Junior Wells with Buddy Guy - Country Girl
Greg "Fingers" Taylor With Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets - Soul Survivor
Walter Horton - Jukin' With Walter
Charlie Musselwhite - I'm Goin' Home
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial
Troyce Key & J.J. Malone feat. Paul Green - Annie Maybe
Sonny Blake & Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
The Paul deLay Band - Harpoon Man
Carey Bell & Muddy Waters - Trouble No More
King Biscuit Boy - I've Done Everything I Can
Little Walter - Walter's Jump (instr) #
Paul Lamb and The Blues Burglars - You Sure Make Loving Hard
Jimmy Reed - Cry Before I Go
Walter Horton - Rockin' My Boogie
The Paul deLay Band - Mine All Mine

Junior Wells & Buddy Guy - Hoodoo Man Blues
Harmonica Red & Clarence Edwards - I'm Your Slave
Greg "Fingers" Taylor with Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets - Dixie Diner


# from a c. October 1967 German TV recording (American Folk Blues Festival '67)


Music Club MCCD 124 (UK 1993)

37a1993Bendik Hofseth: Amuse Yourself

- Perish (4:54)
- Equal (5:00)

- Kiss Of Life (5:32) #   @ youtube
- Minibar (5:09) #   @ youtube
- Lake Of Memory (3:21)
- Amuse Yourself (5:56)

- A Game Of Tennis (5:21) *   @ youtube
- The Mirror (5:04)
- That's What I Like About You (2:41)
- House Of Joy (3:50)

- Swing City (5:03) #   @ youtube

rec. August 1993 in Oslo, Norway; Junior Wells, # voc, * hca


Columbia COL 472 988 2 (Norway 1993)

381995Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1:
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson


CD 2:
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll You Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker


CD 3:
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard

- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers

- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown


CD 4:
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Mighty Joe Young
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang


compiled by Les Fancourt

4 CD set with 44 pp. booklet

Charly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)

39199?Savage Kick Vol. 7

Billy Garner - Little School Girl
J.D.Edwards - Hobo
The Barons - Who's In The Shack
Arthur Gunter - We're Gonna Shake
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil
Little Johnny Jones - Hoy Hoy
Jessie Hill - Oogsey Moo
Bobby Long - Jersey City

Louisiana Red - Ride On Red, Ride On

Junior Wells - Little By Little
Harold Burrage - She Knocks Me Out
Champion Jack Dupree - Nasty Boogie
Vincent Francks - Vincent's Blues
Little Sonny (Sonny Warner with Big Jay Mcneely) - ...Back...Shack...Trac
Little Sonny - Ride With Me
The Idols - The Prowler



Savage Kick SK-507 (UK 199?)

401996Uncle Sam Blues

- Army Blues - Bukka White
- G.I. Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- Red's Dream - Louisiana Red
- Vietnam Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- Stormy Desert - Cooper Terry
- Overseas Blues - Memphis Willie Borum
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man - Snooky Pryor
- Back To Korea Blues - Sunnyland Slim

- Vietcong Blues - Junior Wells
- Million Lonesome Women - Brownie McGhee
- '41 Blues - Dr. Clayton
- Pearl Harbour Blues - Dr. Clayton
- Give Me A 32-30 - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
- Win The War Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- The Army Blues - David Edwards
- Atomic Bomb Blues - Homer Harris
- So Cold In Vietnam - Johnny Shines
- Sad News From Korea - Lightnin' Hopkins


Blues Encore CD 52043

411997Blues Guitar Greats

- Down In The Bottoms - Big Joe Williams
- Government Money - Sleepy John Estes
- I Don't Want No Woman - Magic Sam # [Delmark originally unissued]
- Five Long Years - Luther Allison
- If You Change Your Mind - J.B. Hutto
- Chitlins Con Carne - Jimmy Dawkins
- I Walked All Night - Mighty Joe Young
- Lockwood's Boogie - Robert Lockwood, Jr.

- Trouble Don't Last Always - Junior Wells
- So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush
- Crash Head On Into Love - Lonnie Brooks
- Strange How I Miss You - Jimmy Johnson
- Why's Life Got To Be This Way - Floyd McDaniel & the Blues Swingers
- Someday After Awhile (You'll Be Sorry) - Barkin' Bill
- West Side Stroll - Dave Specter & The Bluebirds
- West Side Woman - Lurrie Bell
- Mean Mistreater - Johnny B. Moore


compiled by Robert G. Koester & Scott Dirks

# rec. 1968 at Mother Blues, Chicago, IL, Magic Sam, voc, g; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr

notes by Justin O'Brien

Delmark DE-697 (US 1997)

# Delmark DG-765

Delmark Records discography

421999Harp Blues

- Wine Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
- Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers with Big Walter
- Chicago Breakdown - Doctor Ross
- Ninety Nine - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Steady - Jerry McCain
- Up The River - Cousin Leroy
- Sweet Home Chicago - Little Junior Parker
- Sleeping In The Ground - Sammy Myers
- Monkey Doin' Woman - Shy Guy Douglas
- Found Love - Jimmy Reed
- Roller Coaster - Little Walter & His Jukes
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost

- All Night Long aka Rockin' And Rollin' - The Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band
- A Fool No More - Eddie Hope & Manish Boys
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie - Howlin' Wolf
- Need My Baby - Shakey Horton
- Little Girl - Little Willie Foster [Cobra 5011]
- Bring Another Half Pint - Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy
- Easy (I Almost Lost My Mind) - Jimmy & Walter
- Western Union Man - Chicago Sunny Boy (Joe Hill Louis)
- What's This I Hear? - Shy Guy Douglas
- Rocket 88 - The Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet
- West Helena Blues - George Smith
- Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor



Ace CDCHD 710

42a2000This Is The Blues Harmonica

Little Walter with Baby Face Leroy - Read Headed Woman (2:43)
Carey Bell - Deep Down South (2:27)
Mad Dog Lester Davenport with Willie Kent - Ain't It Nice (5:11)
Louis Myers - Top Of The Harp (3:31)
Hammie Nixon - New York City Blues (4:26)
Bonnie Lee - I Got The Blues About My Baby (6:34)
Harmonica George - Sputnik Music (2:13)
Little Sammy Davis - Hey Little Girl (4:45)
Big Walter Horton - Hard-Hearted Woman (alt tk) (3:05)
Lynwood Slim with Dave Specter - Hopeless (4:59)
Jimmy Burns - Shake Your Boogie (3:47)

Junior Wells - This Is The Blues (4:29) [previously unissued] #   @ youtube
Golden "Big" Wheeler - Guilty (4:04)
Billy Boy Arnold - Streetwise Advisor (3:55)
Kim Wilson with Steve Freund - "C" For Chicago (4:09)


compiled by Scott Dirks
# September 23, 1965 in Chicago, IL by Stu Black; Junior Wells, voc, hca; "Friendly Chap" [Buddy Guy], g; Jack Meyers, b; Billy Warren, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester


Delmark DE-746 (US 2000)

432002The USA Records Blues Story

- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Duck Walk - Eddy Clearwater
- Some Time I Wonder - Willie Mabon
- From My Heart - Fenton Robinson
- Going Or Coming - Ricky Allen
- Forget It - Jimmy Burns
- It's Bad To Make A Woman Mad - Detroit Junior
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown
- Hard Times (Follow Me) - Mighty Joe Young
- Like Heaven To Me - Koko Taylor
- I Feel So Good - J.B. Lenoir
- I'd Rather Fight Than Switch - A.C. Reed
- Just Got Some - Willie Mabon
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Crossroads - Homesick James
- I Have Made A Change - Ricky Allen

- She's A Sweet One - Junior Wells
- Through All Your Faults - Jimmy Burns
- Call My Job - Detroit Junior
- Momee, Momee - Eddy Clearwater
- Something Can Go Wrong - Andrew Brown
- I'm Not Going Home - Lonnie Brooks
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- Honky Tonky - Koko Taylor
- Good Things - Jesse Fortune


compiled by Bill Dahl

notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 061209 (US 2002)
= Varese Sarabande (US 2002)

442003Roots Of The Blues

disc 1 "Folk Blues":
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:47)
The Chambers Brothers - See See Rider (3:08)
John Hammond - Statesboro Blues (3:39)
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (3:53)
Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine (3:46)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (2:51) °°
Spider John Koerner - Traveling Blues (4:44)
Bill Monroe - Blue Yodel # 4 (2:43)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Maria Muldaur - Richland Woman (4:19)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff & Maria Muldaur - Chevrolet (3:51)
Sam & Kirk McGee - Milk Cow Blues (2:31) °°
Tony Glover - I Dont Need No Whiskey (4:30) °°
Josh White - What You Gonna Do When Your Meat Gives Out (1:49) °°
Eric Von Schmidt - Grizzly Bear (4:34)
Mance Lipscomb - Keep On Truckin' Mama (1:35) °°


disc 2 "Delta & Country Blues":
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Rev. Gary Davis - You Got To Move (5:50)
Skip James - I'm So Glad (1:53)
Son House - Empire State Express (3:50)
Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (4:45)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - If The River Was Whiskey (2:34)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:53)
Odetta - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (2:13)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:37)
Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home (2:59)
Mance Lipscomb - Freddie (1:50)
Memphis Slim - How Long (2:59)
Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie (3:25) [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VSD 77/78, Vanguard CD 70193-2, Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon - Five Long Years (2:22)
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (5:12)


disc 3 "Urban Blues":
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid (2:21)
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:14)
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Going Ahead (2:03)
Otis Spann - Marie (2:28)
James Cotton - Rocket 88 (2:03)
Homesick James And His Dusters - Dust My Broom (3:17)
Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band - One More Time (2:26)
The Johnny Shines Blues Band - If I Get Lucky (3:23)
Buddy Guy - One Room Country Shack (5:30)
Muddy Waters with Otis Spann - Blow Wind Blow (3:09)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (2:37)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (3:55)
Charlie Musselwhite - Juke (4:18)
Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain (6:48)
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (3:01)


compilation prod. by Tom Vickers; cover design by Ann Smalley; photography by David Gahr

°° previously unreleased tracks

3-CD set
notes by Ed Ward

Vanguard 3VCD 208-10 (Germany 2002)
= Vanguard CD 79715 (US 2003)

452003The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966

Howlin' Wolf - Shake For Me (1964)
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (1966)
Lonnie Johnson - Another Night To Cry (1963)
Sippie Wallace - Women Be Wise (1966)
Memphis Slim - The Blues Is Everywhere (1962)
T-Bone Walker - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong (1962)

Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1966)
Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (1963)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (1964)
Sonny Boy Williamson - My Younger Days (1963)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1965)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Going Down To The River (1965)
Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (1964)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine Below Zero (1963)
Howlin' Wolf - Love Me Darlin' (1964)
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963)


foreword by Bill Wyman, notes by Ray Manzarek, Richard Havers & Rob Bowman

Hip-O CD 0001030-02 (US 2003)

462003The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966

T-Bone Walker - Call Me When You Need Me (1962)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin' Blues (1962)
Memphis Slim - The Blues is Everywhere (1962)
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (1966)
Lonnie Johnson - Another Night to Cry (1963)
Sippie Wallace - Women Be Wise (1966)
John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues (1965)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1965)
Walter "Shakey" Horton (1965)

Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1966) #   @ youtube (live footage)
Big Joe Williams - Mean Stepfather (1963)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Going Down to the River (1965)
Willie Dixon - Weak Brain and Narrow Mind (1964)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine Below Zero (1963)
Otis Spann - Spann's Blues (1963)
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963)
Finale: Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Blues (1963)

bonus track:
Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969)

"All material originally produced and broadcast as part of the series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk."
prod. by David Peck & Jon Kanis, Janie Hendrix & John McDermott
# rec. October 5, 1966 at the Liedertafel in Mainz, Germany by Horst Lippmann (American Folk Blues Festival '66); Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush, voc, g; Jack Myers, b; Fred Below, dr; originally unissued

20-pp. booklet with historical notes by Rob Bowman

Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD B0000750-09

472006An Introduction To Earl Hooker

- Blues Guitar
- Swear To Tell The Truth
- Blues In D Natural
- Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule

- Universal Rock - (with Junior Wells)
- Rockin' With The Kid
- Rockin' Wild
- How Long Can This Go On
- These Cotton Pickin' Blues
- Leading Brand, The
- Nothing But Good (with Reggie "Guitar" Boyd)
- The Bright Sounds (with Big Moose & The Jams)
- Off The Hook (with Big Moose & The Jams)
- Square Dance Rock Parts 1 & 2 (with Magic Sam)


Fuel CD 061554 (2006)

482007The American Folk-Blues Festival - The British Tours 1963-1966   (Volume Four)

Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963)   @ youtube@ dailymotion (full DVD)
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963)
Lonnie Johnson - Too Late To Cry (1963)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (1963)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird (1964)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Getting Out Of Town (1964)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go With Me (1964)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Blues (1964)
Sugar Pie DeSanto - Baby What You Want Me To Do (1964)
Sugar Pie DeSanto - Rock Me Baby (1964)
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning (1964)
Howlin' Wolf - Don't Laugh At Me (1964)
Big Joe Turner - Oh Well, Oh Well (1966)

Junior Wells - What'd Say (1966) #   @ youtube (live footage)
bonus tracks:
Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (1964) °°
Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow (1964) °°
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain (1964) °°
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Trouble In Mind (1964) °°


rec. October 22, 1963 at Studio Six, Granada Studios, Manchester, UK
rec. October 22, 1964 at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, UK
# rec. September 30, 1966 at Granada TV Centre in Manchester, UK

°° rec. May 7, 1964 at the disused Wilbraham Road railway station in Manchester, UK (calling it "Chorltonville"), Blues & Gospel Train tv special (Granada TV)

essay by Mike Rowe

Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD 0008353-09 (US 2007)

= Mercury / Universal 1732540 (EU 2007)



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 265-266
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 397-398
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 163
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, pp. 567-568
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 653-655
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 233-234, 673-675
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition.- New York & London (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 1027-1031
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2011, pp. 176-178, 488-490
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 547-549
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Scott Dirks, Iain Patience, Lex Jansen, Johnny Alexander, Brian Kramer, Knut Reiersrud, Edith de Ronde and Hank Moore for additional info / scans

 

J.B. Lenoir & Junior Wells during the 'Alabama Blues' tour (subsequent to the American Folk Blues Festival '66, featuring Lenoir, Wells, Little Brother Montgomery, Jack Myers & Fred Below), late October or November 1966 with a Gagliano Model K-150 archtop guitar (made by Höfner/Germany); source: Giuseppe Pino: Black & Blues.- Hamburg, Germany (earBOOKS, a division of edel CLASSICS GmbH) 2005, no pagination; photographer: Giuseppe Pinoclick to enlarge!   J.B. Lenoir during the 'Alabama Blues' tour (subsequent to the American Folk Blues Festival '66, featuring Lenoir, Wells, Little Brother Montgomery, Jack Myers & Fred Below), late October or November 1966, Lenoir with a Gagliano Model K-150 archtop guitar (made by Höfner/Germany); source: Giuseppe Pino: Black & Blues.- Hamburg, Germany (earBOOKS, a division of edel CLASSICS GmbH) 2005, no pagination; photographer: Giuseppe Pinoclick to enlarge!
J.B. Lenoir & Junior Wells during the "Alabama Blues" tour (subsequent to the American Folk Blues Festival '66,
featuring Lenoir, Wells, Little Brother Montgomery, Jack Myers & Fred Below),
late October or November 1966, Lenoir with a Gagliano Model K-150 archtop guitar (made by Höfner/Germany)

source: Giuseppe Pino: Black & Blues.- Hamburg, Germany (earBOOKS, a division of edel CLASSICS GmbH) 2005, no pagination; photographer: Giuseppe Pino
BTW: The date given in Pino's book ("1968") cannot be correct, because Lenoir died April 29, 1967!

 

 

 

 

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