Victor V-38500 series running from April 1929 to October 1930 (V-38631)

Larry Cohn: "The unreleased material has never surfaced and it is generally accepted that the metal parts have been destroyed."

Vocalion 03711 (US 1937)

= Conqueror 9072

Library of Congress (unissued)

OKeh 05625 (US 1940)

8-pp. booklet by Samuel B. Charters

RBF RF 1 (US 1959)

= RBF RF 1 (US 1966)

Will Shade - I Can't Stand It
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby
Sleepy John Estes - Sloppy Drunk Blues [= "Milk Cow Blues"]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble °°
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic!] Blues
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway

Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51
Lightnin' Hopkins - Penitentiary Blues °°
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [on back cover: "Drive"]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go Home With Me °°
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads

Furry Lewis - Casey Jones
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
John Hurt - Frankie
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues

Bert Bilbro - Mohana Blues °°
Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind
Arthur Crudup- Mean Old Frisco
Brownie McGhee- Sportin' Life Blues
Virgil Perkins - [Washboard] Solo
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round
Ham Gravy - Mama Don't 'Low It
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway

2 LP boxed set
notes (8-pp. booklet) by Samuel B. Charters

same front cover as RF-202(X) (1964), but with more reddish lettering


notes captioned "RBF RECORDS album No. RF 202 Copyright © 1960"

RBF RF-202 (US 1960)

(=) RBF RF-202 (X) (1964)

- Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black (Dallas - 10/12/27)
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell (1934)
- Chocolate To The Bone - Barbecue Bob (Atlanta - 13/4/28)
- Court Street Blues - Stovepipe No. 1 and David Crockett (Atlanta 1927)
- When You Get To Thinking - "Texas" Alexander and Lonnie Johnson (Chicago - 1929)
- Tallahassee Blues- Tallahassee Tight (1934)
- Skin Game Blues - Peg Leg Howell (Atlanta 1927)

- Elm Street Blues - Texas Bill Day, Billiken Johnson (Dallas 1929)
- Bad Boy - Barefoot Bill (Atlanta 1930)
- When The Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie (1929)
- When You Are Gone - Blind Boy Fuller (Chicago 1940)

Lewis Black
- Gravel Camp Blues (Memphis 1927)
Bob Campbell
- Starvation Farm Blues (New York 1934)
Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett
- Court Street Blues (St. Louis 1927)
"Texas" Alexander & Lonnie Johnson
- When You Get To Thinking (San Antonio 1929)
Tallahassee Tight
- Tallahassee Women (New York 1934)
Peg Leg Howell
- Skin Game Blues (Atlanta 1927)
Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson
- Elm Street Blues (Dallas 1929)

Otis Harris
- Walking Blues (Dallas 1928)
Barefoot Bill
- Bad Boy (Atlanta 1930)
Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony
- Lonesome Blues (Atlanta 1928)
Charlie Campbell
- Goin' Away Blues (Birmingham Ala 1937)
Garfield Akers
- Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues (Memphis 1930)
Sunny Boy & His Pals
- Don't You Leave Me Here (Chicago 1927)
Bill Moore
- One Way Gal (Chicago 1928)

notes by Paul Oliver

Philips BBL 7369 (UK 1960) "Blues Fell This Morning"

(=) Flyright LP 103 (UK 1972) "Goin' Away Walking"

Willie Brown
- Future Blues
- M & O Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
- I Do Blues

Mississippi John Hurt
- Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied
- Louis Collins
William Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
- Hot Time Blues
Skip James
- If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down The Road
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
Son House
- Preachin the Blues, Part 1
- Preachin the Blues, Part 2

brochure notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow
 
Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1963)also delivered with labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions plus leaflet "The Mississippi Blues")

Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 196?)   on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions plus leaflet "The Mississippi Blues")

Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 196?)   on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions)

= Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1966)   on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

= Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (180g repro 2018)

 
Takoma B 1001 (US 1963)

notes by ED Denson & John Fahey   cover photo by ???

Takoma B 1001 (US 19??)

notes by Dr. Demento & John Fahey   cover photo by Norman Dayron

= Takoma TAK 7001 (US 1980)

notes by Mike Raven

= Sonet SNTF 609 (mono) (UK 1969) "Mississippi Blues - The Incredible Bukka White"

notes by Sam Charters

= Sonet SNTF 609 (UK 1974?) "Legacy of the Blues Vol. 1"

= Poljazz PSJ-147 (Poland 1976)

= Takoma/Allegiance CDP 72701 (1987)

= AIM CD 7 (1997)

original notes (196?) by ED Denson & John Fahey, plus new notes (1998) by John Crosby

= Ace CDTAK 1001 (UK 1998)

Sunset Boulevard CD-SBR-7948 (US 2019)

Takoma Records discography

quite a few more releases @ discogs.com

Will Shade - I Can't Stand It (1:20) [RBF 202, Wolf 120.920]   @ youtube
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues [OKeh 8740]
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late [Vocalion 03623]
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues [aka "Sloppy Drunk Blues", Victor V38614]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues [Gold Star 638]
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic] Blues [OKeh 05657]
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky [Bluebird B8858]
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway [Decca 7707]

Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues [Decca 7026]
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord [Columbia 14520-D]
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51 [Bluebird B8499]
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day [Victor 21474]
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It (0:34) [previously unissued]
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [Columbia 14305-D]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues [Columbia 14473-D]
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida [rec. January 16, 1959, Folkways FS 3822]   @ youtube (3:17)
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads [aka "Cross Road Blues", Vocalion 03519]


LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor (0:57) [rec. January 16, 1959, previously unissued]   @ youtube
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [Columbia 14303-D]
Furry Lewis - Warm Up [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]

Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues [Columbia 14194-D]
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama [Columbia 14632-D]
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues [Paramount 12219]
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues [Paramount 13085]
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues [Vocalion 1435]

Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp [OKeh 05538]
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues [Victor V38589]
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]
Arthur Crudup - Mean Old Frisco [Bluebird 34-0704]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [Alert 401]
Virgil Perkins - [washboard] Solo [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round (1:27) [previously unissued]
Ham Gravy (= Washboard Sam) - Mama Don't Love It [aka "Mama Don't Allow, No. 1", Vocalion 03275]
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway (3:11) [previously unissued]   @ youtube

2 LP boxed set
notes (8-pp. booklet) by Samuel B. Charters

originally issued with same front and back cover as RF-202 (1960) but with orange lettering
RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1964)

later issued with addition "All original recordings are included in their entirety" on back cover
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)

= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)

= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1966?)

2 LP boxed set
(abbreviated) notes by Samuel B. Charters

= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966)

DLP gatefold
notes by Samuel B. Charters

= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966?)

= Fontana 982.099

2 x CDr
notes by Samuel B. Charters

= Smithsonian CD RF 202 (US 2012)

Texas Alexander
- Levee Camp Moan
Peg Leg Howell
- Tishamingo Blues
Henry Townsend
- Mistreated Blues
Eddie Kelly's Washboard Band
- Poole County Blues
Papa Charlie Jackson
- Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues
"Georgia Bill"
- Scarey Day Blues
Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues

Bo Carter
- I'm An Old Bumble Bee
Charlie Lincoln
- Jealous Hearted Blues

RBF 9

7 inch 45 rpm

Takoma 31364

Clifton Chenier
- Why Did You Go Last Night
R.C. Smith
- Don't Drive Me Away
Mercy Dee
- Bird Brain Baby
Lightning Hopkins & Spider Kilpatrick
- Candy Wagon
James Phillips
- No Lovin'
Little Son Willis
- Bad Luck N' Trouble
K.C. Douglas
- I Know You Didn't Want Me

Fred McDowell
- Fred's Rambling Blues
Little Son Willis
- Harlem Blues
Detroit Slim
- Nelly Mae
Essie Jenkins
- Influenza Blues

Arhoolie F-1018 (US 1965)

on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins

Fontana 688 804 track sequence:
- Alabama Blues [Arhoolie F 1019]
- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World [Arhoolie F 1019]

- Georgia Skin Game [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Bald Eagle Train [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Single Man Blues [Arhoolie F 1020]

Arhoolie CD-323 track sequence:
- Bald Eagle Train [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Single Man Blues [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Georgia Skin Game [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World [Arhoolie F 1019]
- Sugar Hill [Arhoolie F 1019]
- My Baby [Arhoolie F 1019]
- Alabama Blues [Arhoolie F 1019]

notes by Chris Strachwitz
 
Arhoolie F 1019 (US 1965) 1019 & 1020 have same back cover!

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Arhoolie AR 19039 (EU) 19039 & 19040 have same back cover!

notes by Chris Strachwitz

(=) Fontana 688 804 ZL (NL 1965) (tracks from Arhoolie F 1019 & F 1020)

= Trio PA-3061 (Jp 197?)

notes by Dix Bruce

(=) Arhoolie CD-323 (US 1990) (along with F 1020)

Fontana 688 804 track sequence:
- Alabama Blues [Arhoolie F 1019]
- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World [Arhoolie F 1019]

- Georgia Skin Game [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Bald Eagle Train [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Single Man Blues [Arhoolie F 1020]

Arhoolie CD-323 track sequence:
- Bald Eagle Train [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Single Man Blues [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Georgia Skin Game [Arhoolie F 1020]
- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World [Arhoolie F 1019]
- Sugar Hill [Arhoolie F 1019]
- My Baby [Arhoolie F 1019]
- Alabama Blues [Arhoolie F 1019]

notes by Chris Strachwitz
 
Arhoolie F 1020 (US 1965) 1019 & 1020 have same back cover!

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Arhoolie AR 19040 (Fr) 19039 & 19040 have same back cover!

notes by Chris Strachwitz

(=) Fontana 688 804 ZL (NL 1965) (tracks from Arhoolie F 1019 & F 1020)

notes by Dix Bruce

(=) Arhoolie CD-323 (US 1990) (along with F 1019)

Frank Stokes
- How Long
Bobo Jenkins
- Democrat Blues
Blind Norris
- Sundown Blues

Scrapper Blackwell
- Rambling Blues
Pinetop Slim
- Applejack Boogie
Milton Sparks
- Erie Train Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- Rag Mama Rag
Dan Picket
- Baby, How Long
Frank Edwards
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together
Johnnie Shines
- Ramblin'

Blues Classics BC-6

Casey Bill
- Red Hot Blues
- Worried About That Woman
Barbecue Bob
- Yo-Yo Blues No. 2
Alec Johnson
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues
- Next Week Sometime
Mississippi Sheiks
- I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You
- The World Is Going Wrong
Barefoot Bill
- Bad Boy Blues

Skip James
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Big Boy Teddy Edwards
- Louise

Collector's Classics CC3 (Denmark 1965?)

Collector's Classics CC3 (reissue 1)

Collector's Classics CC3 (reissue 2)

Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues
John Estes
- Poor Man's Friend
- Liquor Store Blues

Blind Gary Davis
- Oh Lord Search My Heart
- You Got to Go Down
Peg Leg Howell
- Doin' Wrong
Furry Lewis
- Jelly Roll
- Sweet Papa Moan
Big Joe Williams
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby

notes by Samuel Charters

RBF 11 (US 1966) (US 1966)

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

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

Blind Willie Davis
- Rock Of Ages
Charlie Patton
- Some Happy Day
Sister Cally Fancy
- Hold To God's Unchanging Hand
Patton and Lee
- Troubled Bout My Mother
Elder Curry
- Memphis Flu
Elder Richard Bryant
- How Much I Owe For Love Devine
McIntorsh and Edwards
- The Latter Rain Is Fall

McIntorsh and Edwards
- The 1927 Flood
Rev. D.C. Rice
- I'm Pressing On
Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers
- Thou Carest Lord For Me
Blind Roosevelt Graves
- When I Lay My Burden Down
Mother McCallum
- Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane
William and Versey Smith
- Sinners You'll Need King Jesus
Blind Willie Johnson
- Sweeter As The Years Roll By
Washington Phillips
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There

notes by Bernard Klatzko & Gayle Dean Wardlow

Origin Jazz Library OJL 13

notes by Pete Welding

Origin Jazz Library OJL 13

- Whiskey-Headed Woman (100803) (1:40) - Big Joe Williams

- Devil Got My Woman (100804) (6:08) - Skip James
- I'm So Glad (100805) (2:18) - Skip James
- So Soon (100806) (2:26) - Big Joe Williams
- Somebody Evil (100807) (2:56) - Big Joe Williams

notes by Brian Van der Horst

Verve Folkways FT-3010 (mono) identical back cover for FT-3010 (mono) and FTS-3010 (stereo)

Verve Folkways FTS-3010 (stereo) identical back cover for FT-3010 (mono) and FTS-3010 (stereo)

= Verve Folkways FVS 9504 (Germany 1966) (stereo)

LP must have been released in 1966 (not 1967, as some sources claim!), because it has been mentioned in Billboard as follows:

Billboard November 5, 1966, p. 62


Billboard December 24, 1966, p. 36

= Takoma C 1006 (US 1967)

 
= Takoma C 1006 (US 196?) "Contemporary Guitar"

180 g vinyl

= 4 Men with Beards 4M 226LP (2012)

Charley Jordan
- Cutting My A B C's
- Chifferobe
Little Buddy Doyle
- Three Sixty-Nine Blues
- Sweet Man Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues

Memphis Minnie
- Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)
Little David Alexander
- Original Sweet Patunia (Patootie Blues)
- Standing By A Lampost [sic]
Robert Petway
- Boogie Woogie Woman
Joe Williams
- Please Don't Go
- Break 'Em On Down
Tommy Griffin
- Miserable Life Blues

Down With The Game D 200 (UK 1967)

original Library of Congress recording fault (wrong speed) not corrected !

Herwin 92400

Roots RL 332
Roots RSE 2
Herwin H 201

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

Isaiah Nettles (The Mississippi Moaner) - Mississippi Moan
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Son House - The Jinx Blues - No. 2

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

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

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

= autogram/Roots RL-302 (Germany 2013)

Charley Patton
- Prayer Of Death, pts. 1 & 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Lord, I'm Discouraged
- Love My Stuff
- Hank It On The Wall
- 34 Blues

Sam Collins
- Dark Cloudy Blues
- Pork Chop Blues
Skip James
- How Long "Buck"
- 22-20 Blues

Roots RL-303 (1st pressing 1967) [line of cover text in black]

Roots RL-303 (2nd pressing 1968) [line of cover text in blue]

= autogram/Roots RL-303 (Germany)

originally issued on TV only

Tropical DVD 68.364 (Germany 2008) "Legends of the American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968 & 1969"

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 track sequence:
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) #
Skip James - All Night Long (1967) #
Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial (1963)
Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly (1966)
Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964)
Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962)
Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) #
Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) #
Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You (1967) #
Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) #
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968)
Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969)
Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969)
entire ensemble - Bye Bye Blues (1963)

# rec. October 11, 1967 at DRTV studio in Copenhagen, Denmark
Bukka White, voc, g
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Son House, voc, g
Skip James, voc, g
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
MC: Dillard Crume
photographer: Jan Persson

originally issued on TV only

Hip-O DVD JHAM0263 (US 2004) "The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969   Volume Three"

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 (US 2004) "The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969   Volume Two"

Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Dillard Crume, Odie Payne
- The Sky Is Crying   @ youtube
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Rock Island Line
Son House
- Got A Letter This Morning
Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Dillard Crume, Odie Payne
- You Be So Fine

Koko Taylor
- Wang Dang Doodle
Skip James
- Hard Luck Child
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- I'm Gonna Move Across The River
Koko Taylor
- What Kind Of Man Is This
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Walk On

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (translated by Nigel Whittaker)

Fontana 885 433 TY (Germany 1968)

notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2070 (US 1990)

notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42070 (Germany 1998)

notes by Paul Oliver

Blue Horizon 7-63227 (UK)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Blue Horizon BM 4606 "Blues Masters, Vol. 6" (US 1972)

Sony / Blue Horizon CD 88697041792 (2007)

- Bed Spring Blues
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues
- Drifting Blues
- (Brand New) Decoration Day
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Give Me An Old, Old Lady

- Got Sick And Tired
- World Boogie
- School Learning
- Old Man Tom
- Gibson Town

rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN; Bukka White, voc & g; "Harmonica Boy", hca; Bill Barth, second g; Trevor Koehler, p; "Anchor", string-b; Jim Chrosthwait, washboard; Joe Gray, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon
Blue Horizon 7-63229 front cover design & photography by Terence Ibbott; back cover photo by Paul Oliver

notes by Mike Vernon
 
Blue Horizon 7-63229 (UK 1969) / (NL 1969)

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon BM 4604 (US 1972) "Blues Masters, Vol. 4"

notes (January 1994) by Mike Vernon

= Columbia/Blue Horizon CD 475970-2 (EU 1994)

Blue Horizon Records discography

Nathan Beauregard
- Highway 61
- Kid Gal Blues
Bukka White
- Hello Central, Give Me 49
- Baby, Please Don't Go
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- In Heaven, Sitting Down
- What Do You Think About Jesus?
Joe Callicott
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Great Long Ways From Home
Bukka White
- My Mother Died

rec. July 20, 1968 at the Municipal Shell, Overton Park in Memphis, TN [third annual festival]; Bukka White, voc, g with Jim Crosthwaite, washboard; M.C.: Jim Crosthwait; prod. by Mike Vernon, exec. producer: Seymour Stein (Sire Records)
front cover photography by Margaret Tucker, back cover photos supplied by Randall Lyon, Lydia Saltzman and Blues Unlimited

notes by Mike Vernon

Blue Horizon 7-63210 (mono) (UK 1968)

notes by Mike Vernon
 
Sire SES 97003 (stereo) (US 1968) (two slightly different labels)

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (UK 1969) (logo on front cover yellow)

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (Germany 1969) (logo on front cover black)

= CBS SBP 473668 (stereo) (Australia 1969)

(=) Blue Horizon CD 82876851232 (2006)

Blue Horizon Records discography
Nathan Beauregard discography
Furry Lewis discography
Robert Wilkins discography
Joe Callicott discography

Mattie Delaney - Down The Big Road Blues
Rube Lacey - Ham Hound Crave
Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues
Uncle Bud Walker - Stand Up Suitcase Blues
Charley Patton - Devil Sent The Rain Blues

Son House - Special Rider Blues
Bobby Grant - Lonesome Atlanta Blues
Mae Glover - Gas Man Blues
Papa Harvey Hull - Two Little Tommies Blues
Joe Calicot [sic] - Traveling Mama Blues [Brunswick 7166]
The Mississippi Moaner - Mississippi Moan
Blind Willie Reynolds - Married Man Blues

notes by Brad Sweet (= Stephen Calt)   "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009"

Yazoo L 1009 (US 1968)     original press, cover font and small / large Yazoo logo in red; black labels

notes by Steve Calt   "Yazoo Records, 54 King Street – New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L 1009 (US 1971 ff.)     cover font and large Yazoo logo in orange; black and red labels

notes by Steve Calt   "Yazoo Records, 54 King Street – New York, N.Y. 10014"

= Yazoo L 1009 (US 19??)     cover font and small Yazoo logo in blue; black labels

notes by Steve Calt     "Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014"

= Yazoo L 1009 (US 19??)     cover font and small Yazoo logo in orange; peacock labels, catalog # on labels printed to the left

notes by Steve Calt   "Yazoo Records, P.O Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860"

= Yazoo/Shanachie L 1009 (US early 1990s)     cover font and small Yazoo logo in blue; peacock labels, catalog # on labels printed to the right

notes by Steve Calt

= Yazoo L 1009 (US 1991)

notes by Stephen Calt

= Yazoo CD 1009 (US 1991)

Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down
Mance Lipscomb - Sugar Babe
Black Ace - New Triflin' Woman
Alex Moore - July Boogie
Big Joe Williams - Greystone Blues
Lil Son Jackson - Roberta
John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - No More Hard Times
Lowell Fulson - River Blues

City Blues
Mercy Dee - Walked Down So Many Turnrows
Juke Boy Bonner - Going Back To The Country
Lightning Hopkins - Tom Moore Blues
Big Mama Thornton - Unlucky Girl
Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Blues
Larry Williams - I Know You Hear Me Calling
Johnny Young - Wild Wild Woman

Jesse Fuller - Amazing Grace
Rev. Overstreet - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Robert Shaw - The Ma Grinder
Kid Thomas - Eh La Bas
Joe Turner - Old Piney Brown's Gone
Luna - Nisaba In The Grass

Country, Cajun & Folk
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers - Run Mountain
Del McCoury - Dreams
The Hodges Brothers - Carroll County Blues
Luderin Darbone - Crowley Waltz
Nathan Abshire - Cajun Two Step
Alice Stuart - Once I Had A Sweetheart
Crabgrass - Charles Giteau
James Campbell - Baby Please Don't Go

2-disc package
notes by Pete Welding

Arhoolie R2001/2002

= Stateside SR-9323B (Jp 1972)

Piano Red
- Mobile Blues
- Abel Street Stomp

Nathan Beauregard
- Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues
- 'Bout A Spoonful
Sleepy John Estes
- Need More Blues
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long


Furry Lewis
- Judge Boushay Blues
- Walking Blues
Fred McDowell
- Shake Em On Down
- Fred's Blues
Napoleon Strickland
- Back Water Rising

- Other's Piece
- Shimmy She Wobble
Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth]
- Memphis Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Praying On The Old Campground

DLP
notes (1969) by Pete Welding
 
Blue Thumb BTS 6000 (US 1969)

= King SR-481 (Jp 1971)

notes (1969) by Pete Welding

(=) Arhoolie 1084 (US 1981) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1" and Arhoolie 1085 (US 1981) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 2"

(=) Arhoolie CD 385 (US 1993) "Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Vol. 1"

- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith

- Long Tall Girl - Mance Lipscomb
- Red River Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
- Whistling Alex Moore Blues - Alex Moore
- Texas Blues - Lowell Fulson and Martin Fulson, rhythm g
- The Ma Grinder - Robert Shaw
- Take A Walk - Lightnin' Hopkins


LP 2:
- Bear Cat Blues - John Jackson
- Snowing And Raining - Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly
- Got A Date I Can't Be Late - Jesse Fuller
- You Got Another - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane
- Struggle Here - Juke Boy Bonner and Alvin J. Simon, dr
- Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman
- Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner

- Dream - Little Willie Littlejohn
- Sugar Daddy - Mercy Dee Walton
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thornton
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Two Bugs - Earl Hooker

gatefold DLP

Poppy PYS-60.003 (US 1969)
= RCA Victor 740 069 (France 1969)

= RCA Victor SHP-6124/25 (Jp)

= Tomato TOM-2-7006 (US 1978)

gatefold DLP

= Tomato DLP 2696181 (Germany 1989)

- Why Don't You Come Home Blues - Furry Lewis
- Lela - Gus Cannon
- Oh Babe - Furry Lewis

- I've Got A Bird To Whistle - Furry Lewis

Adelphi AD 1007

= Adelphi GCD 9918 (1999)

Columbia C30036

= CBS 52629

= CBS/Sony SOPJ-96 (Jp)

Fleetwood Mac - Watch Out
Jellybread - Don't Pay Them No Mind
Top Topham - Mini-Minor-Mo
Duster Bennett - What A Dream
Bacon Fat - Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Lights)
Chicken Shack - Evelyn

Christine Perfect - And That's Saying A Lot
Bacon Fat - Small's On 53rd
Fleetwood Mac - I'm Worried
Chicken Shack - The Way It Is
Jellybread - No Brag, Just Facts (parts 1 and 2)
Fleetwood Mac - Rambling Pony


Volume II: Black
Elmore James - Hand In Hand
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's Alright
Magic Sam - All Your Love
Larry Johnson - Catfish Blues
Otis Spann - My Love Depends On You
Furry Lewis - Casey Jones
Champion Jack Dupree - Grandma (You're A Bit Too Slow)

George Smith - No Time For Jive
Johnny Young - Deal The Cards
Roosevelt Holts - Little Bitty Woman

Blue Horizon PR/SPR 45/46 inner gatefold

DLP

Blue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970)

DLP

= Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970)

Blue Horizon Records discography

Furry Lewis
- Judge Boyshoy [sic] Blues * [actually "Judge Harsh Blues" aka "Grand Central Station"] * [Blue Horizon 7-63228]
- John Henry * [Blue Horizon 7-63228]
Joe Callicott
- Hoist Your Window \\ [Blue Horizon 7-63227]
- On My Last Go Round \\ [Blue Horizon 7-63227]
Champion Jack Dupree
- Right Now § [Decca SKL 4871]

Champion Jack Dupree
- Troubles § ° [Decca SKL 4871]

Sire SES 97015 (US 1970)

William Harris
- Kitchen Range Blues
Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers
- Go I'll Send Thee
- Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)
- Why Do You Moan?

Son House
- The Pony Blues
- The Jinx Blues - part 1
Alfred Lewis
- Mississippi Swamp Moan
Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
- Workin' On The Railroad
- Yellow Woman Blues
Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- James Alley Blues
The Beale Street Sheiks
- Rockin' On The Hill Blues

Roots RL 332

Champion Jack Dupree
- School Day °°
- Going To Louisiana
- Blues Before Sunrise


Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Hootin' The Blues
- Back Water Blues
- Walk On
- When I Was Drinking

Lee Jackson
- Juanita (4:30)   @ youtube
- Came Home This Morning (2:21) °°
Lafayette Leak [sic]
- After Hours
Willie Dixon
- Crazy For My Baby   @ youtube
- Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues   @ youtube

American Folk Blues Festival discography

CD 1: American Folk Blues Festival 1970

DLP
notes by Horst Lippmann

Scout Sc-7 (Germany 1970)

Scout Records discography

DLP
notes by Horst Lippmann

= L+R 42.021 (Germany 1980)

= L+R/Optimism LR
CD-2021 (US 1989)

= L+R/Bellaphon CDLS
42021 (Germany 1991)

4-CD-Box (67 tracks, 292:31)

(=) Bellaphon CDLR
726323 (Germany 2002)

Willie Morris, g, voc & Dewey Corley, b
- New Stop And Listen Blues
Willie Morris
- My Good Woman Has Quit Me
- Tell Me Mama, Babe, On You
Hacksaw Harney & Dewey Corley, b
- Hacksaw's Down South Blues
- Can Can

Walter Miller, voc & Willie Morris, g and Mose Vinson, p
- I Don't Care What You Do
Memphis Piano Red John Williams
- Me And My Pal
Sleepy John Estes & Tom Gary, harm
- Drop Down Mama
Van Hunt & Mose Vinson, p
- Jelly Selling Woman
Van Hunt & Mose Vinson, p and Dewey Corley, b
- Lonesome Road Blues

notes by Steve LaVere with assistance by Nick Perls & Michael Stewart

Adelphi AD 1010 (US 1971)

= Echo Music 802 (UK 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 2" "More Memphis Blues"

Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd.

Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues

Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues
Gus Cannon - Going To Germany
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm

Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman
Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me

Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed
Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B6276]

Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway

Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56)
Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °°
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09)
Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °°
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13)
Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30)
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20)
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54)
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °°

CD 2
Mississippi Blues In The 30's
Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00)
Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12)
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46)
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52)
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55)
Piano Blues
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11)
Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15)
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07)
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57)
Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °°
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35)
City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22)
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32)
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11)
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58)
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °°

°° CD has seven additional tracks!

3 LP folding box with 30-page booklet

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)

3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet

= RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)

2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui

= RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"

Yazoo L-1026 (US 1971?)

= Yazoo CD 1026 (US 1991?)

notes by Mike Duffy

ASP 1 (US 1972)

= Collector's Issue C-5524 (Austria 198?)

Ishman Bracey
- Suitcase Full Of Blues (1930)
Rosie Mae Moore
- Ha Ha Blues (1928)
De Ford Bailey
- John Henry Blues (1928)
D.H. Bilbro
- Chester Blues (1931)

Louie Lasky
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done (1935)
- Teasin' Brown Blues (1935)
Willie Baker
- Weak Minded Blues (1929)
- Rag Baby (1929)
Long "Cleve" Reed & The Downhome Boys
- Mama You Don't Know How (1927)
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues (1927)
Mississipi John Hurt
- Stack O'Lee Blues (1928)
Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues - part 1 (1929)
Charley Patton
- Heart Like Railroad Steel (1929)

notes by Bernard Klatzko

Herwin H 201

Roots RSE 2 (Austria 1972)

= Monogram (Autogram) Roots special edition Collector's Series RSE-2 (Germany 198?)

Blues Beacon / CAR 1932-119 (Germany 1972) "stero" [sic]

text transcription ("Poor Boy" and "Miss Mary") by Teddy Doering

Blues Beacon 631003 (Germany 1982)

= Blues Beacon (Enja) CD BLU-1003 2 (Germany 1992)

Big Joe Williams
- My Baby Is Gone #   @ youtube
- My Boots & Shoes #   @ youtube
- Louise (1:28) # °°   @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams
- Look Here Woman #   @ youtube

Roosevelt Sykes
- Drivin' Wheel (2:40) *   @ youtube
- Sweet Home Chicago (2:10) *   @ youtube
- Boot That Thing (2:10) * °°   @ youtube
Memphis Slim
- Baby Please Come Home # °°   @ youtube
- Lonesome Traveller #   @ youtube
- Boogin' And Bluesin' #   @ youtube
Johnny Young, W.D. Kent, Billy Davenport
- Instrumental Boogie *   @ youtube


LP 2:
Big Mama Thornton
- Tell Me Baby #   @ youtube
- Ball In [sic] Chain #   @ youtube
T-Bone Walker
- Shake It Baby #   @ youtube
- Goin' Back To Church #   @ youtube

Jimmy Rogers & Whispering Smith
- Chicago Bound (3:10) * °°   @ youtube
- Tricky Woman *   @ youtube
Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Winter Time Blues *   @ youtube
Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band
- Don't Ever Leave Me *   @ youtube
- Got My Mojo Workin' *   @ youtube

gatefold DLP
notes (German & English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos
 
Atlantic 60036 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland 1973) "The 10th American Folk Blues Festival - 'Blues Giants - Rock Creators'"

gatefold DLP
notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= L+R 42.018 (Germany 1980) "American Folk Blues Festival '72"
= L+R LRC-2018 (cassette) (Germany 1980)

= Edigsa/L+R 12A0272 (Sp 1981)

notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

(=) Optimism/L+R LR CD-2018 (US 1991?)

notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

(=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLS 42018 (Germany 1998?)

Bill Dicey's High Street Blues Band
- Evil Spirit
Larry Johnson
- Worried Life Blues #   @ youtube
Brooklyn Blues Busters
- Talk To Me Baby
Danny Russo
- Cross My Heart
Washboard Bill
- All Ask For Me
Homesick James
- I Got To Move §   @ youtube
Mark Ross & John Brenner
- Black Snake Moan
John Hammond
- I'm Tore Down //   @ youtube

Johnny Shines, Big Walter Horton & Sunnyland Slim
- Midnight Darling / Hotel Alvin Blues Jam (instr) $ ("Hotel Alvin Blues Party")   @ youtube

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1015 (US 1974)     (The release date "1970" given elsewhere is highly unlikely: 1. Watch the recording dates of the tracks included! 2. The LP has been reviewed in "Blues Unlimited" and "Living Blues" in 1975!)

- Funky Malaguena - Snooks Eaglin
- Found My Baby Gone - Champion Jack Dupree
- Wishy Washy Woman - Mighty Joe Young
- I'm A Bluesman - Juke Boy Bonner
- Black Gal You're Sure Looking Warm - Big Joe Williams

- Long Time Gone, A - Memphis Slim
- Starry Crown Blues - J.D. Short<
- I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball - Robert Pete Williams
- The Cannonball - Eddie Boyd
- She's So Mellow - Sunnyland Slim
- Please Help Poor Me - Lightnin' Hopkins

notes by Anonymous (most likely Sam Charters)

Sonet SNTX 1 / Sonet 201.038 (UK 1974)

notes by Anonymous (most likely Sam Charters)

= Crescendo GNPS 10010 (US 1976)

= Poljazz PSJ-146 (Poland 1976)

gatefold DLP

(=) Sonet INT 157.103 (UK 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"
(=) Sonet DLP SNTD 202 (Germany 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"

(=) Sonet SNTDCD 202 (UK 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"

notes (1988) by Samuel Charters

= Sonet SNTXCD1 (UK 1988) "The Legacy Of The Blues Sampler"

= GNP Crescendo GNP5-0010X (cassette) (US 1990)

on CD only:
- Hobo Blues

notes by Stephen C. LaVere

Biograph BLP-12049

= Blue Moon BMLP 1039

= Biograph CD 34010 (2004)

Dewey Corley - I Feel So Bad   @ youtube
Laura Dukes - Laura's Blues   @ youtube
Mose Vinson - Vicksburg Blues #   @ youtube
Hammie Nixon - I Told You Baby Long Time Ago   @ youtube
Dewey Corley - Yes, My Baby's Just Like A Dresser   @youtube
Sleepy John Estes - Corrina, Corrina   @ youtube

Laura Dukes - Got To Get Myself Somebody To Love   @ youtube
Sleepy John Estes - I Got A Pretty Little Flower   @ youtube
John "Piano Red" Williams - Baby I Need Your Love So Bad   @ youtube
Sleepy John Estes - I'll Be Glad When You Dead (You Rascal You)   @ youtube
John "Piano Red" Williams - Red Boogie   @ youtube

notes (24 pages booklet) by Gianni Marcucci and Lucio Maniscalchi

I Dischi Del Sole DS 526/28 (Italy 1974)

68 page booklet

Sparkasse in Concert 1/75

16-pp. booklet notes by Diego Carpitella

Albatros VPA 8240 (It 1975)
= Albatros VC 0715 (cassette)

30-pp. booklet notes (French, English & Italian) by Anonymous (most likely Gianni Marcucci)

(=) Dom disques Albatros CD DAF 101 (Fr 1997) "Tennessee Blues Vol. 1" (along with VPA 8261 "Tennessee Blues Vol. 2")

The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is
Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too

Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me
The Aces - Blue Shadows
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now   @ Spotify

Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence:
CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water
Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues
Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight
Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi
Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule
Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack
Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home
Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes - Crawdad
The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is
Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too

CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2
Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me
The Aces - Blue Shadows
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now
James De Shay - Crossroads °°
James De Shay - Pony Blues °°
James De Shay - Mistake In Life °°
James De Shay - Evil Is Going On °°
James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor °°
James De Shay - Forty Four °°
Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People °°
Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down °°
Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk °°
Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye °°
Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom °°
Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues °°

CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °°
Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °°
Memphis Slim - All By Myself °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °°
Memphis Slim - In The Evening °°
Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °°
Matt Murphy - Taking Off °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °°

°° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks

gatefold DLP
notes by Giles Oakley

Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976)

3 CD box set
notes by Neil Slaven

= Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series"

Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Bo Carter
- Corrine Corrine.
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues

Henry Thomas
- Bull Doze Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Blind Blake
- That Will Never Happen No More
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In

notes by Steve Calt

Yazoo 1063 (US 1979?)

Yazoo CD 1063 (US 1991?)

CD bonus tracks:
- The New Frisco Train
- The Panama Limited
- I Am In The Heavenly Way
- Promise True And Grand
- Sic 'Em Dogs On Me
- Po' Boy

rec. 1937 & 1940 in Chicago, IL for Vocalion; Bukka White, voc, g; Robert Brown (Washboard Sam), washboard
photo by Sylvia Pitcher

Columbia C30036 (1969)
= CBS 52629

notes by Simon A. Napier

Travelin' Man TM-806 (UK 1985)

notes by Ray Templeton

(=) Travelin' Man TMCD 03 (UK 1990) "The Complete Sessions 1937-1940"

Kid Bailey
- MIssissippi Bottom Blues
- Rowdy Blues
Garfield Akers with Joe Callicott
- Cottonfield Blues part 1
- Cottonfield Blues part 2
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues
- Jumpin And Shoutin' Blues
Joe Callicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues
- Traveling Mama Blues

Jim Thompkins
- Bedside Blues

Document DLP 533 (Austria 1988)

- St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt
- Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying - Blind Willie Johnson
- Pigmeat Is What I Crave - Bo Carter
- Southern Can Is Mine - Blind Willie McTell
- Low Down St. Louis Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Revenue Man Blues Patton - Charley Patton
- Stormy Night Blues - Leroy Carr
- I Believe I'll Make A Change - Josh White

- Forth Worth And Dallas Blues - Leadbelly
- Sweet Home Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Truckin' My Blues Away, #2 - Blind Boy Fuller
- Spreadin' Snakes Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Nothing In Ramblin' - Memphis Minnie

notes by Paul Oliver

Columbia LP C/AL 46215 (US 1990)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Columbia/Legacy CD CK 46215 (US 1990)

notes by Paul Oliver

= CBS/Legacy CD 467245 (EU 1990)

= CBS/Sony CSCS 5323 (Jp 1990)

notes by Neil Slaven

(=) SPV Blue SPV 91722 (Germany/Poland 2008)

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

Vol. 1: 1927-1930


Vol. 2: 1927-1936


Vol. 3: 1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

- Back Water Blues - Bessie Smith
- Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey
- If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down - Blind Willie Johnson
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- God Moves On The Water - Blind Willie Johnson
- Groceries On The Shelf - Lucille Bogan
- '34 Blues - Charley Patton
- WPA Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Unemployment Stomp - Big Bill Broonzy
- '29 Blues - Alfred Fields

- Joe Louis Special - Jack Kelly
- Three Ball Blues - Blind Boy Fuller

- Life Of Leroy Carr - Bill Gaither
- Ma Rainey - Memphis Minnie
- Moonshine Man Blues - Peter Cleighton
- In The Army Now - Big Bill Broonzy
- The Gambling Man - Sister OM Terrell
- Atomic Bomb Blues - Homer Harris
- Homeless Blues - Willie 'Long Time' Smith

SPV Blue CD bonus tracks:
- High Sheriff Blues - Charley Patton
- Candy Man Blues - Mississippi John Hurt

notes by Pete Welding

Columbia CK 46217
= CBS/Sony CSCS 5328

notes by Pete Welding

= Columbia/Legacy CD
= CK 46217

- Black Snake Moan - Leadbelly
- Death Letter Blues - Son House

series prod. by Lawrence Cohn
cover photo by Steve Prezant

notes by Richard Spottswood
 
CBS LP C 46218 (US 1990)
= CBS LP 268.064 (UK 1990) (Roots n' Blues series)

notes by Richard Spottswood

= CBS CD CK46218 (US 1990)
= CBS CD 467251 (EU 1990) (Roots n' Blues series)

= CBS/Sony CSCS 5327 (Jp 1990)

= Columbia WCK 46218 (Ca 1990)

= Columbia 493345 2 (UK 1998)

notes by Neil Slaven

= SPV GmbH/Blue Label CD SPV 42492 (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)

Arhoolie F 1019 + F 1020

Son House
introduction by Taj Mahal
- Death Letter ##
- John The Revelator #
- Preachin' Blues ##
- I Want To Live So God Can Use Me #
Bukka White
introduction by Taj Mahal
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
- Mama Don't Allow
- My Baby **
- Broken Down Blues
- Poor Boy ***
- Old Time Boogie

rec. 1967/69 in the studio of Seattle's public TV station, KCTS by John Ullman (Seattle Folklore Society)
# rec. November 15, 1969; Son House, voc, ## g
* rec. December 1967; Bukka White, voc, slide g, ** p, *** lap/knife slide g

VHS video

Yazoo 500 (US 1991)

DVD video

Yazoo 500 (US 2000)

notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2002 (US 1991)

New Rose 422435

Arhoolie CD-386 (US 1993)

2 CD set
notes (May 1993) by Mary Katherine Aldin

Vanguard VCD2-77005 (US/Germany 1993)

(=) Vanguard VCD 73133-2 (US 1997) "part one"

notes by David Evans

Adelphi/GCD 9903 (US 1994)

= Edsel EDCD 382 (UK 1994)

Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1596 (US 2017) "Worried Blues"

Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman   @ youtube
- I'm So Glad   @ youtube
- Worried Blues   @ youtube
Bukka White
- Baby You're Killing Me   @ youtube [Son House dancing!]
- Old Lady Blues   @ youtube
Son House
- Forever On My Mind   @ youtube
Howlin' Wolf
- Meet Me In The Bottom   @ youtube [Howlin' Wolf / Son House "discussion"!]
- How Many More Years   @ youtube
- Dust My Broom   @ youtube
Rev. Pearly Brown with Mrs. Christine Brown
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning   @ youtube
- Pure Religion
- It's A Mean Old World
Bukka White
- Please Don't Put Your Daddy Outdoors
- 100th Man   @ youtube

filmed by Alan Lomax at the Newport Folk Festival 1966; photos by David Gahr
"'Devil Got My Woman' is not, however, concert footage from Newport. Alan Lomax recreated a juke joint at Newport, stocked the bar, and let nature take its course."

VHS video, 61 min

Vestapol 13049 (EU 1996)

DVD, 30-page booklet
by Mark Humphrey

Vestapol OV13049 (EU 2001)

P-Vine PHV-35

Arhoolie CD 101 (US 1996)

Takoma TAKCD-8904-2

- I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Blind Willie Davis
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and His Family
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some O'These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Oh Death - Bertha Lee/Charley Patton/Bertha Lee
- You Better Quit Drinking Shine - Rev. I.B. Ware
- Been Listening All the Day - Blind Joe Taggart

- Sinner You'll Need King Jesus - William Smith/Versey Smith/William & Versey Smith
- This Time Another Year You May Be Gone - Rev. Edward Clayborn
- Lord I'm The True Vine - Eddie Head and His Family
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus) - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Holy Mountain - Elder Otis Jones
- I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go by Myself) - Rev. I.B. Ware


- Everybody Help The Boy Come Home - William Smith/Versey Smith/William & Versey Smith
- Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime - Rob Summers/Dennis Crumpton/Robert Summers
- Tryin' To Get Home - Eddie Head and His Family
- I'll Be Rested (When the Roll Is Called) - Blind Roosevelt Graves
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land - Bo Weavil Jackson
- Troubled 'Bout My Soul - Frank Palmes
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William Smith/Versey Smith/William & Versey Smith

DLP / CD
notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow and John Fahey

Revenant Rev 206 (US)

notes by Paul Swinton

Catfish CD 106 (UK 1998)

Takoma TAKCD-8906-2