Junior WellsAmos Wells Blakemoreb. 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, Illinoisburied at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinoisdiscography
Chess 1526 (US 11/1952)
Muddy Waters discographyJimmy Rogers discography
Chess 1527 (US 11/1952)
Floyd Jones discographyJimmy Rogers discography
Chess 1542
Muddy Waters discographyJimmy Rogers discographyLittle Walter discography
States S-122 (US 8/1953) (Leonard Allen's label)
Little Johnny Jones discography
States S 134 (US 4/1954)
T-Shirt with "Hoodoo Man" imprint
States S-139 (US 6/1954)
Muddy Waters discographyOtis Spann discography
States S-143 (12/1954)
Chess 1602 (US 7/1955 ff.)
Chess 1602 (US 1977)
brown vinyl 7 inch 45 rpm= Third Man (US 9/2017 repro)
Atlantic 1074 (US 9/1955)
Jimmy Rogers discography
Chief 7005 (US 11/1957)
# Chief 7034# USA 790 (1964)
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)
Shad 5010 (US 9/1959)
J.B. Lenoir discography
Shad 5012 (US 10/1959)
(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
Profile 4013 (US 8/1960)
Earl Hooker discographyOtis Spann discography
Chief C 7016 (US 9/1960)
= Chief C-7039 (US 1961)
Chief C-7020 (US 11/1960)
= Sue 392 (UK 9/1965)
Earl Hooker discographyElmore James discographyHomesick James discography
Chief C-7021 (US 1961)
= USA 825 (US 2/1966)
* Mel 1005 (1964)
Chess 1784 (US 3/1961)
Chief C-7030 (US 5/1961)
Chief C-7034 (US 12/1961)
Chief C-7035 (US 1/1962)
Chief C-7037 (US 1962)
Chief 7038 (US 1962)
USA 736 (US 3/1963)
USA 742 (US 8/1963)
Mel-Lon 1001
Mel 1005 (US 1964)
USA 790 (US 1/1965)
Bright Star 146 (US 3/1966)
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)
Bright Star unissued
7 inch 45 rpm Single Amiga 4 50 599 (GDR 1/1967)
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?)
Bright Star 45-152 (US 4/1967)
Bright Star 504 (US 12/1967)
Vanguard VRS-35065 (US 4/1968)
Vanguard VRS-35069 (US 7/1968)
Blue Rock B-4052 (US 7/1968)
Blue Rock B-4062 (US 9/1968)
= Mercury MF 1056 (US 10/1968)
Blue Rock unissued
Blue Rock B-4075 (US 12/1968)
promo single (mono / stereo version) (=) Blue Rock DJB-5 (US 1968)
Hit Sound 223 (US 3/1969)
Blue Rock B-4085 (US 6/1969)
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
notes by Guy Stevens Sue ILP 921 (UK 1965)
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
notes by Anonymous (most likely Bob Koester) Delmark DJB 1 (UK 1965)
notes by Charles Radcliffe post-war blues pwb 1 (UK 1965)
post-war blues discography
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz Blues Classics BC 8 (US 1965)
Blues Classics discography
notes by Samuel Charters Vanguard VRS 9216 (mono) (US 4/1966)
notes by Samuel Charters = Vanguard VSD 79216 (stereo) (US 4/1966)
3 CD setnotes by Ed Ward (=) Vanguard 3VCD 172/74-2 (US 1999)
Otis Spann discography
Vanguard VRS 9231 (mono) (US 1966)
= Vanguard VSD-79231 (stereo) (US 1966)
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-Boxoriginal 1966 notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726322 (Germany 1998) (45 tracks, 165:59)
American Folk Blues Festival discographyFontana Records discographyRoosevelt Sykes discographyOtis Rush discographyLittle Brother Montgomery discographyRoosevelt Sykes discographySleepy John Estes discographyYank Rachell discographyRobert Pete Williams discography
notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel Amiga 855114 (GDR 1968) first press with flipbackcover / later press without flipbackcover
notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel = Amiga 855114 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series)
notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel = Amiga 855114 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release
= Amiga CD 82876-63060-2 (Germany 2004)
American Folk Blues Festival discographyFontana Records discographyL+R Records discographyRoosevelt Sykes discographyOtis Rush discographyLittle Brother Montgomery discographyRoosevelt Sykes discographySleepy John Estes discographyYank Rachell discographyRobert Pete Williams discography
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)
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)
Vanguard VSD-79262 (stereo) (US 1968)
notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel Amiga 850126 (GDR 1969) first press with flipbackcover / later press without flipbackcover
notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel = Amiga 855126 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series)
notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel = Amiga 855126 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release
= Amiga CD 82876-63061-2 (Germany 2004)
Island IWP 5 (UK 1969)
notes by Horst Lippmann Scout Sc-2 (Germany 1969)
Scout Records discographyAmerican Folk Blues Festival discographyOtis Rush discographyMagic Sam discographyLittle Brother Montgomery discography
notes by Anonymous Chess LP 409 (US 1970)
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 discographyOtis Spann discography
DLP Vanguard VSD-1/2 (US 1970)
(=) Vanguard VMS-73125 (US 1986) "The Best Of The Chicago Blues Vol. 1"
Buddah BDS 7511
DLPnotes by Peter Shertser Red Lightnin' RL 006 (UK 1971)
= Broadside CD STERN1 (UK 2008)
Red Lightnin' Records discography
XX MIN 715
XX Records discography
Red Lightnin' RL 007 (UK 1972)
Newport Folk Festival discographyMississippi John Hurt discographyReverend Gary Davis discographyReverend Robert Wilkins discographySkip James discographySleepy John Estes discographyYank Rachell discographyHammie Nixon discographyRobert Pete Williams discographyJesse Fuller discographyJohn P. Hammond discographyDave Van Ronk discography, Vanguard 3VCD 193/95-2] @ youtube Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World
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 DLPnotes by Leroy J. Pierson Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1972)
gatefold DLPnotes by Leroy J. Pierson = Vanguard VSD 25/26 (Fr 1972)
DLP, no gatefold, but 2-page leafletnotes 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
DLPnotes by Leroy J. Pierson Boogie Disease BD 101/2 [Leroy Pierson's first (one record) label, 500 copies only]
notes by Pete Lowry Atlantic SD 7226 (US 1972)
= Friday FRM 211121 (UK 2009) (remastered)
Delmark/Trio TD6 (Jp 1974)
Delmark DS-635 (US 1974)
Trio PA-3047 (Jp 1974)
= Delmark DS-635 (US 1991)
= Delmark CD DD-635 (US 1991)
notes by Bob KoesterDelmark DL 640 (US 1977)
= P-Vine PLP-379 (Jp 1988)
= Delmark CD DD-640 (US 1998)
= Delmark DL-640 (US 2016)
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"
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
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 setnotes by Don Snowden (=) MCA/Chess MCD 09337 (US 1992) "The Complete Chess Studio Recordings"
= CD (Jp 2008)
Blues Ball Records discography
notes by Peter ShertserRed Lightnin' RL 0034 (UK 1981)
= Blind Pig BP 71182 (US 1988)
= Sequel NEMCD687 (UK 1994)
= Blind Pig LP 481182 (US 2008)
4 LP set P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)
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 setSwinging Pig TSP-009
2 CD set(=) Swinging Pig TSP-CD-115-2
notes by Christian Clinet Isabel 900.510 (Fr 1981)
= Isabel 59.910
(=) Alligator ALCD 4802 "Alone & Acoustic"
= Jazz Heritage 514124
notes (October 1981) by Bruce Bastin Flyright FLY 588 (UK 1981)
Flyright Records discographyEarl Hooker discography
notes by Mike Rowe Red Lightnin' RL 0055 (UK 1985)
= P-Vine PCD-5332 (Jp 1998) "Muddy Waters, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy ..."
Flyright FLY 605 (UK 1985)
Magic Sam discographyShakey Jake discography
notes by Neil SlavenCharly CRB 1133 (UK 1986)
(=) Charly CD 219 (UK 1990) Junior Wells / Earl Hooker: Messin' With The Kid
notes by Neil SlavenCharly CRB 1134 (UK 1986)
Red Lightnin' RL 0034
Red Lightnin' RLCD 0076 (UK 1988)
Monsoon FVCC-4862 (US 1989)
Flyright FLYCD 03 (UK 1989)
Flyright Records discography
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)
Delmark DX-2 (US 1993)
Music Club MCCD 124 (UK 1993)
Columbia COL 472 988 2 (Norway 1993)
4 CD set with 44 pp. bookletCharly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
Savage Kick SK-507 (UK 199?)
Blues Encore CD 52043
notes by Justin O'BrienDelmark DE-697 (US 1997)
# Delmark DG-765
Ace CDCHD 710
Delmark DE-746 (US 2000)
notes by Bill Dahl Fuel 2000 061209 (US 2002)= Varese Sarabande (US 2002)
3-CD setnotes by Ed Ward Vanguard 3VCD 208-10 (Germany 2002)= Vanguard CD 79715 (US 2003)
foreword by Bill Wyman, notes by Ray Manzarek, Richard Havers & Rob Bowman Hip-O CD 0001030-02 (US 2003)
20-pp. booklet with historical notes by Rob Bowman Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD B0000750-09
Fuel CD 061554 (2006)
essay by Mike Rowe Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD 0008353-09 (US 2007)
= Mercury / Universal 1732540 (EU 2007)
thanks to Scott Dirks, Iain Patience, Lex Jansen, Johnny Alexander, Brian Kramer, Knut Reiersrud, Edith de Ronde and Hank Moore for additional info / scans