Illustrated Arthur Weston discography

Front cover of Testament TCD-6005 Arthur Weston
b. poss. January 12, 1912 in Missouri
d. poss. February 2, 1996 in Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois
discography A R T H U R W E S T O N & George Rober(t)son; source: Back cover of Adelphi AD 1012; drawing by Dick Bangham
George Rober(t)son & Arthur Weston
source: Back cover of Adelphi AD 1012; drawing by Dick Bangham

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	196?	Mississippi Blues Blues Scene USA Vol. 4 Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning Roosevelt Charles - Bye Bye Baby Blues Big Joe Williams, Coot Venson - Sugar Mama Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More Big Joe Williams, Willie Lee Harris - I Can Seen My Baby In My Dreams Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues Arthur Weston, George Robertson, Big Joe Williams - Someday Baby # @ youtube Big Joe Williams, Coot Venson - Long Road Blues Johnny Young - Pony Blues Big Joe Williams, Ruby McCoy - Rising Sun Blues Johnny Young, Big Boy Spires - 21 Below Zero Jimmy Brown, Big Joe Williams, Willie Lee Harris - Goin' Back Home Big John Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller - Down Here By Myself # rec. September 1964 in East St. Louis, IL by Big Joe Williams; Arthur Weston, voc, g; George Robertson, hca, Big Joe Williams, g; prod. by Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding Storyville SLP 180 (Denmark 196?) = Storyville 670180 (Germany 196?) = Teichiku ULS-1815-R (Jp 19??) = Poljazz PSJ 246 (Poland 1981) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville SLP 4035 "Blues Roots Vol. 1" Storyville Records discography
2	1963	Blues All Around My Bed Blues Scene USA Vol. 3 Carl Hodges - Blues All Around My Bed Big Joe Williams - Hellhound On My Trail John Lee Granderson - Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl [Takoma TAK 7071] @ youtube Johnny Young & John Wrencher & John Lee Granderson - Green Door Blues James Robinson - Standing In My Backk Door Crying W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Sometimes I Rate Connie Williams - One Thin Dime Leroy "Country" Dallas - Sweet Man Blues (4:22) @ youtube @ Spotify Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues Bill Jackson - Trouble In Mind Avery Brady - Gonna Let You Down Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson - Roll Me Over Slow # @ youtube # rec. September 1964 in East St. Louis, IL by Big Joe Williams; Arthur Weston, voc, g; George Robertson, hca, Big Joe Williams, g; prod. by Pete Welding front cover photos by Harry Oster (the photo of Leon Strickland is laterally reversed; Strickland was not left handed!) notes by Pete Welding Storyville SLP 181 (Denmark 1964) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville 670181 (Germany 196?) = Storyville SLP 842 (Denmark 1979) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville PSLP-842 (Portugal 4/1983) notes by Pete Welding = Poljazz PSJ 248 (Poland 1983) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville SLP 4036 (Switzerland 1985) "Blues Roots Vol. 2" Storyville Records discography
3	1966	The Sound Of The Delta A Mississippi Blues Anthology Ruby McCoy - Black Mary Elijah Brown - Won't Be Troubled Long Big Joe Williams - Your Close Friend # Avery Brady - Goin' Home With My Baby °° Mississippi Fred McDowell - Kokomo Bert Logan - Don't You Want To Be A Member? Elijah Brown - Pearline @ youtube Arthur Weston - Uncle Sam Called Me (I Got To Go) Avery Brady - Bad Weather Big Joe Williams - Walkin' Blues °° Ruby McCoy - Rising Sun, Shine On @ youtube Arthur Weston - Early In The Morning Big Joe Williams - Walkin' Ground Hog * Elijah Brown - Winding Ball @ youtube Avery Brady - Uncle Sam's Own Ship °° Russ Logan - Annie Mae Mississippi Fred McDowell - Louise Avery Brady - Let Me Drive Your Ford @ youtube Andrew Cauthen - Canary Bird °° CD bonus tracks prod. by Sammy and Pete Welding; engineered by Norman Dayron or Big Joe Williams Big Joe Williams tracks rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; # Bill Foster, g; * Jimmy Brown, violin back liner photograph [of Elijah Brown] by Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2209 (US 1966) notes by Pete Welding = Bounty BY 6033 (UK 1967) notes by Pete Welding (=) Testament TCD-5012 (US 1994) Testament Records discography
4	197?	Things Have Changed an anthology of today's blues from St. Louis Henry Townsend - Cairo Blues Arthur Weston - Uncle Sam Called Me (3:49) # @ youtube George McCoy - Things Have Changed Jimmy Brown - Two Trains Ethel McCoy - Bumble Bee Henry Brown - Webster's Blues George McCoy - Train Arthur Weston - Highway 49 # @ youtube Henry Townsend - Christmas Blues Clarence Johnson - Baby Let Me Come Back Home Henry Townsend - Tired Of Being Mistreated Henry Brown - Henry's Jive # rec. September 9, 1969 in St. Louis, MO by Gene Rosenthal; Arthur Weston, voc, g; "George Roberson" (Robertson), hca notes by Dick Spottswood, Don Kent & Stephen Calt Adelphi AD 1012 = Echo Music 805 (1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 5" "Blues From St. Louis" Adelphi Records discography
5	1979	Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues The Living Tradition LP 1: Smoky Babe - Boogy Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2 [Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes, this Jim Brewer track is actually / erroneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!!] Arthur Weston - Someday Baby Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning Big ~~Joe~~ John Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller - Down Here By Myself Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero Johnny Young - Green Door Blues Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow LP 2: Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano Henry Brown - Low Down Drag Memphis Slim - Funky Blues Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue Memphis Slim - A Letter Home Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free compiled by Manfred Miller front cover lino-cut by Hartmut Heumann accompanying flyer DLP notes by Manfred Miller (English translation by Christa M. Gowing) Storyville 6.28470 (Germany 1979) to read liner notes click on pictures of covers: G = German / E = English text has been black/white reversed to improve readability = PGP RTB 2LP 3220044 (Yugoslavia 1981) Storyville Records discography
6	1997	Arthur Weston: Pea Vine Whistle - Pea Vine Whistle * - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay * - Stack O'Dollars * - Roll Me Over Slow * - Poor Boy Long Way From Home * - Pure Religion * - Uncle Sam Called Me * - Throw Your Arms Around Me * - Indeed I Do * - Long Tall Woman * @ youtube - Gonna Tell You * - I Love You, Baby # - Honey Blues ## - Meet Me On The Bottom ## - Tom Wilson's Place # - Decoration Day # - Dolly Mae ## [] - Corinna * - Early In The Morning # [Testament T-2209] - Uncle Sam Called Me (I Got To Go) # [Testament T-2209] @ youtube # rec. mid 1960s in East St. Louis, IL by Pete Welding; Arthur Weston, voc, g; George Robertson, hca, ## voc; [] Big Joe Williams, voc, g * rec. July 27, 1967 in East St. Louis, IL by Pete Welding; Arthur Weston, voc, g notes by Joel Slotnikoff Testament TCD-6005 (US 1997) Testament Records discography
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 398
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 656
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 1032
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Bob Eagle for additional info