Black Spider Dumplin'
- Sold It To The Devil *   @ youtube
Robert Lee McCoy
- Prowling Night-Hawk (07659-1) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

* rec. May 4, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; John D. Twitty, voc; poss. Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, sb
# rec. May 5, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-6995

Robert Lee McCoy discography
Big Joe Williams discography

- Skinny Woman (07654- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone (07652-1) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. May 5, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Joe Williams, g; Robert Lee McCoy, g, # voc

Bluebird 7012 (US 1937)

Big Joe Williams discography
Robert Lee McCoy discography

- I Know You Gonna Miss Me (07661-1)   @ youtube
- Brother James (07663-1)   @ youtube

rec. May 5, 1937 in Aurora, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B-7022 (US 6/1937)

Big Joe Williams discography
Robert Lee McCoy discography

- Good Morning, School Girl (07649-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Sugar Mama Blues (07653-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. May 5, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Joe Williams, g; Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird 7059 (US July 14, 1937)

Big Joe Williams discography
Robert Lee McCoy discography

- Rootin' Ground Hog (07662-1)   @ youtube
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More (07664-1)   @ youtube

rec. May 5, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B-7065

Big Joe Williams discography
Robert Lee McCoy discography

- G-Man (07657-1)   @ youtube
- Sweet Pepper Mama (07660-1) #   @ youtube

rec. May 5, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; # Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7090

Robert Lee McCoy discography
Big Joe Williams discography

- Blue Bird Blues (07650- )   @ youtube
- Jackson Blues (07651- )   @ youtube

rec. May 5, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Joe Williams, g; Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B-7098 (US 8/1937)

= Montgomery Ward M-7503

Big Joe Williams discography
Robert Lee McCoy discography

Tampa Red
- Taking It And Make My Get Away (01881-1) *   @ youtube
Robert Lee McCoy
- Tough Luck–Fox Trot (07655-1) #   @ youtube

* rec. December 21, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, p; Willie B. James, g
# rec. May 5, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7115

Robert Lee McCoy discography
Big Joe Williams discography
Tampa Red discography

- Early In The Morning (016524-1)   @ youtube
- Project Highway (016525- )   @ youtube

rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; unknown, g; 2nd unknown, g

Bluebird B-7302 (12/1937)

Walter Davis discography

- Mean Black Cat (016528-1)   @ youtube
- I Have Spent My Bones [sic, not "Bonus", at least that's what it says on the label] (016532-1)   @ youtube

rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; unknown, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g; Joe Williams, g

Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "There is some doubt whether Sonny Boy Williamson is the harmonica player on all titles on which a harmonica is present on this session"

Bluebird B-7303

Big Joe Williams discography
Henry Townsend discography

- Suzanna Blues (016523- )   @ youtube
- Black Gal Blues (016520-1)   @ youtube

rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; unknown, g; 2nd unknown, g

Bluebird B-7352 (1/1938)

Walter Davis discography

- Take It Easy, Baby (016531-1)   @ youtube
- Mamie Lee (016530-1)   @ youtube

rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; unknown, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g; Joe Williams, g

Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "There is some doubt whether Sonny Boy Williamson is the harmonica player on all titles on which a harmonica is present on this session"

Bluebird B-7386

Big Joe Williams discography
Henry Townsend discography

- Worried Me Blues (016519- )   @ youtube
- Frigidaire Blues (016522- )   @ youtube

rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; unknown, g; 2nd unknown, g

Bluebird B-7404 (2/1938)

Walter Davis discography

- My Friend Has Forsaken Me (016527-1)   @ youtube
- Brickyard (016529-1)   @ youtube

rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; unknown, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g; Joe Williams, g

Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "There is some doubt whether Sonny Boy Williamson is the harmonica player on all titles on which a harmonica is present on this session"

Bluebird B-7416

Big Joe Williams discography
Henry Townsend discography

- Up The Contry Blues (016518- )   @ youtube
- Collector Man Blues (016521- )   @ youtube

rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; unknown, g; 2nd unknown, g

Bluebird B-7428 (2/1938)

Walter Davis discography

Washboard Sam and his Washboard Band
- Want To Woogie Some More–F.T. (016501-1) *   @ youtube
Robert Lee McCoy
- C N A (016533-1) #   @ youtube



unissued track from same session:
Robert Lee McCoy
- Danger Blues (016526-1) #

# rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; unknown, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g; Joe Williams, g
* rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Washboard Sam, voc, washb; Arnett Nelson, cl; Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, sb

Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "There is some doubt whether Sonny Boy Williamson is the harmonica player on all titles on which a harmonica is present on this session"

Bluebird B-7440

= Montgomery Ward M-7499

Big Joe Williams discography
Henry Townsend discography

- Now I Stay Away (016537-1)   @ youtube
- Lose Your Man (016534-1)   @ youtube

rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g, unknown, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B7453 (US 1937)

Henry Townsend discography

- All I've Got's Gone (016535-1)   @ youtube
- A Ramblin' Mind (016536-1)   @ youtube

rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g, unknown, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B-7474

Henry Townsend discography

- Sunny Land (020115- ) #   @ youtube
- My Little Cornelius (020110- )   @ youtube

rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Yank Rachell, mand, # poss sp; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7500 (3/1938)

= Montgomery Ward M--7504

Walter Davis discography
Yank Rachell discography
Big Joe Williams discography

- Rachel Blues (020127- )   @ youtube
- J.L. Dairy Blues (020126- ) *   @ youtube

rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, mand; * Elijah Jones, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca

Bluebird B-7525

Yank Rachell discography

- I'm Tired Truckin' My Blues Away (020116- ) #   @ youtube
- You Can Lead Me (020112- ) *   @ youtube

rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Yank Rachell, * mand, # g; * Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7536

* Montgomery Ward M-7765

Yank Rachell discography
Big Joe Williams discography

- Only Boy Child (020122-1) #   @ youtube
- Big Boat (020121-1)   @ youtube

rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Elijah Jones, voc, g; # Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Yank Rachell, mand

Bluebird B-7565

Yank Rachell discography

- Miss Louisa Blues (020114- )   @ youtube
- Until My Love Come Down (020119- ) #   @ youtube

rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Yank Rachell, mand, poss. sp; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7576

# Montgomery Ward M-7766

Big Joe Williams discography
Yank Rachell discography

- Lake Michigan Blues (020128- ) #   @ youtube
- I'm Wild And Crazy As Can Be (020129- ) *   @ youtube

rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, # mand, * g; # Elijah Jones, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; * unknown, 2nd voc

Bluebird B-7602

* Montgomery Ward M-7498

Yank Rachell discography

Yank Rachell
- I'm Wild And Crazy As I Can Be (020129- ) *
Washboard Sam
- My Woman's A Sender (020141-1) #

* rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; * unknown, 2nd voc
# rec. March 14, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Arnett Nelson, cl; Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Washboard, Sam, voc, washb

* Bluebird B-7602
# Bluebird B-7440

Montgomery Ward M-7498 (US 19??)

Yank Rachell discography

- Moonshine (020113-1) #   @ youtube
- Beauty Parlor (020118- ) *   @ youtube

rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Yank Rachell, g, mand; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7603 (US 6/1938)

# Montgomery Ward M-7765
* Montgomery Ward M-7766

Big Joe Williams discography
Yank Rachell discography

- Mean Actin' Mama (020124-1) #   @ youtube
- Katy Fly (020120-1)   @ youtube

rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Elijah Jones, voc, g; # Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Yank Rachell, mand

Bluebird B-7616

Yank Rachell discography

Washboard Sam
- The Gal I Love–Blues (020149-1) #   @ youtube
Elijah Jones
- Lonesome Man (020123-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 14, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; George Barnes, eg; unknown, imb; Washboard Sam, voc, washb
* rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Elijah Jones, voc, g; * Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Yank Rachell, mand

Bluebird B-7655

= Montgomery Ward M-7939

Yank Rachell discography

- Decoration Blues (020111- )   @ youtube
- Down South (020117-1)   @ youtube

rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Yank Rachell, mand; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7665 (US June 29, 1938)

Big Joe Williams discography
Yank Rachell discography

- It's All Over (020852-1)   @ youtube
- My Mind Got Bad (020853-1)   @ youtube

rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, mand; prob. Joe Williams, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca

Bluebird B-7694

Yank Rachell discography
Big Joe Williams discography

- Honey Bee Blues (020842-1) #   @ youtube
- Whiskey Headed Blues (020844-1) *   @ youtube

rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; # Walter Davis, p; Yank Rachell, # g, * mand, * poss sp; Joe Williams, g, * poss sp

Bluebird B-7707 (7/1938)

= Montgomery Ward M-7940

Big Joe Williams discography
Yank Rachell discography

- Get Your Head Trimmed Down (020854-1)   @ youtube
- Haven't Seen No Whiskey (020856-1) #   @ youtube

rec. June 17, 1938 in Aurora, IL; 'Jackson' Joe Williams, voc, g; Yank Rachell, mand, sp; # Sonny Boy Williamson, hca

this is not the musician known as "Big Joe Williams"!

Bluebird B-7719

Big Joe Williams discography
Yank Rachell discography

- When You Feel Down And Out (020850-1)   @ youtube
- Texas Tommy (020851-1)   @ youtube

rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, mand; prob. Joe Williams, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca

Bluebird B-7731

Big Joe Williams discography
Yank Rachell discography

- You Give An Account (020846-1)   @ youtube
- You've Been Foolin' Round Town (020848-1)   @ youtube

rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Yank Rachell, mand; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7756 (US 9/1938)

= Montgomery Ward M-7941

Big Joe Williams discography
Yank Rachell discography

- Peach Orchard Mama (020855-1) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Goin' Up The Mountain (020857-1)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. June 17, 1938 in Aurora, IL; 'Jackson' Joe Williams, voc, g; Yank Rachell, mand, sp; # Sonny Boy Williamson, hca

this is not the musician known as "Big Joe Williams"!

Bluebird B-7770 (US August 24, 1938)

Yank Rachell discography

- My Baby I've Been Your Slave (020843- ) #   @ youtube
- Deep Down In The Ground (020849-1) *   @ youtube

rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; # Walter Davis, p; Yank Rachell, * g, # mand; # Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7805 (September 14, 1938)

= Montgomery Ward M-7592

Walter Davis discography
Yank Rachell discography
Big Joe Williams discography

- Lord, Oh Lord Blues (020845-1)   @ youtube
- Shannon Street Blues (020847-1)   @ youtube

rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Yank Rachell, mand; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7847

Montgomery Ward M-7589

Big Joe Williams discography
Yank Rachell discography

- Low Down Ways (030853-1)   @ youtube
- Bluebird Blues Part 2 (030851-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Speckled Red, p; prob. Willie Hatcher, mand; prob. Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B-7979

Speckled Red discography

Speckled Red
- Do The Georgia (030840-1)   @ youtube
Speckled Red Trio
- St. Louis Stomp (instr) (030846-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Willie Hatcher, mand

Bluebird B-7985

Speckled Red discography

- Big Apple Blues (030863-1) #   @ youtube
- She's Got What It Takes (030861-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 18, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; # Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; prob. Speckled Red, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-7987

= Montgomery Ward M-7910

Speckled Red discography
Henry Townsend discography
Big Joe Williams discography

- Susie-Q (030850-1) #   @ youtube
- Goodbye Red (030854-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Speckled Red, p; # prob. Willie Hatcher, mand; prob. Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B-7995

Speckled Red discography

- So Unkind (030867-1)   @ youtube
- They're Mean To Me (030866-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Willie Hatcher, voc, mand; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Speckled Red, p; Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B-8003

Speckled Red discography

- Little Girl Blues (030852-1)   @ youtube
- Number Five Blues (030848-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Speckled Red, p; prob. Willie Hatcher, mand; prob. Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B-8010

Speckled Red discography

- The Right Kind Of Life (030855-1)   @ youtube
- Insurance Man Blues (030856-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Speckled Red, p; prob. Willie Hatcher, mand; prob. Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B-8034

Speckled Red discography

- Take It Easy (030842-1)   @ youtube
- You Got To Fix It (030847-1) #   @ youtube

rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Speckled Red, voc, p; # Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Willie Hatcher, mand

Bluebird B-8036

Speckled Red discography

- Next Door Neighbor (030862-1) #   @ youtube
- Good Gamblin' (030865-1) *   @ youtube

rec. December 18, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, * hca, # sp; prob. Speckled Red, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-8059

= Montgomery Ward M-7908

Speckled Red discography
Henry Townsend discography
Big Joe Williams discography

- You're All I've Got To Live For (030860-1)   @ youtube
- Freight Train Blues (030864-1) #   @ youtube

rec. December 18, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Robert Lee McCoy, voc, g; # Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; prob. Speckled Red, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g; Joe Williams, g

Bluebird B-8067

= Montgomery Ward M-7907

Speckled Red discography
Henry Townsend discography
Big Joe Williams discography

- Christmas Morning Blues (030849-1)   @ youtube
- Rainy Day Blues (030857-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 17, 1938 in the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Speckled Red, p; prob. Willie Hatcher, mand; prob. Robert Lee McCoy, g

Bluebird B-8094

- Sugar Mama Blues No. 2 (040530- )   @ youtube
- Good For Nothing Blues (040529- )   @ youtube

rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g

Bluebird B-8237 (9/1939)

= Montgomery Ward M-8574

Walter Davis discography

- Bad Luck Blues (040525- )   @ youtube
- My Little Baby (040526- )   @ youtube

rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g

Bluebird B-8265 (10/1939)

= Montgomery Ward M-8575

Walter Davis discography

- Doggin' My Love Around (040527- )   @ youtube
- Little Low Woman Blues (040528- )   @ youtube

rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g

Bluebird B-8307 (12/1939)

= Montgomery Ward M-8576

Walter Davis discography

- Good Gravy (040531- )   @ youtube
- T.B. Blues (040532- )   @ youtube

rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g

Bluebird B-8333 (1/1940)

= Montgomery Ward M-8577

Walter Davis discography

- Something Going On Wrong (040533- )   @ youtube
- Good Gal Blues (040534- )   @ youtube

rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g

Bluebird B-8357 (2/1940)

= Montgomery Ward M-8578

Walter Davis discography

- I'm Not Pleasing You (040537- )   @ youtube
- New "Jailhouse Blues" (040538- )   @ youtube

rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g

Bluebird B-8383 (3/1940)

= Montgomery Ward M-8580

Walter Davis discography

- Joe Louis And John Henry Blues (040535- )   @ youtube
- Thinking My Blues Away (040536- )   @ youtube

rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g

Bluebird B-8403 (4/1940)

= Montgomery Ward M-8579

Walter Davis discography

- Life Time Blues (040539- )   @ youtube
- Miss Ida Lee (040540- )   @ youtube

rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g

Bluebird B-8439 (5/1940)

= Montgomery Ward M-8581

Walter Davis discography

- Tell Me, Baby (040541- )   @ youtube
- Honey Bee Blues (040542- )   @ youtube

rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g

Bluebird B-8474 (US July 12, 1940)

= Montgomery Ward M-8582

Walter Davis discography

- I Been Dealing With The Devil (049196- )   @ youtube
- War Time Blues (049197- )   @ youtube

rec. May 17, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Joshua Altheimer, p; Fred Williams, dr

Bluebird B-8580 (US December 6, 1940)

= Montgomery Ward M-8934

- Train Fare Blues (049198- )   @ youtube
- Welfare Store Blues (053001- )   @ youtube

rec. May 17, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Joshua Altheimer, p; Fred Williams, dr

Bluebird B-8610

= Montgomery Ward M-8935

- My Little Machine (053002- )   @ youtube
- Jivin' The Blues (053003- )   @ youtube

rec. May 17, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Joshua Altheimer, p; Fred Williams, dr

Bluebird B-8674

= Montgomery Ward M-8936

- Decoration Day Blues No. 2 (049199- ) #   @ youtube
- New Early In The Morning (053000- )   @ youtube

rec. May 17, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Joshua Altheimer, p; Fred Williams, dr

Montgomery Ward M-8937

# Bluebird 34-0713

- Western Union Man (064019- )   @ youtube
- Shotgun Blues (064023- )   @ youtube

rec. April 4, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; prob. William Mitchell, imb

Bluebird B-8731 (US 1941)

- It Seem [sic] Like A Dream (064105-1) #   @ youtube
- 38 Pistol Blues (064107-1) *   @ youtube

rec. April 3, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca. # voc, * sp; William Mitchell, b cano; Washboard Sam, washb; * unknown, sp

Bluebird B-8732

* RCA Victor 20-2955

Yank Rachell discography

- Big Apple Blues (064020- )   @ youtube
- My Baby Made A Change (064022- )   @ youtube

rec. April 4, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; prob. William Mitchell, imb

Bluebird B-8766

- Biscuit Baking Woman (064109-1)   @ youtube
- Hobo Blues (064104-1) *   @ youtube

rec. April 3, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, * sp; William Mitchell, b cano; Washboard Sam, washb

Bluebird B-8768

Yank Rachell discography

- Insurance Man Blues (064110-1)   @ youtube
- Up North Blues (There's A Reason) (064111-1) *   @ youtube

rec. April 3, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, * sp; William Mitchell, b cano; Washboard Sam, washb; unknown, sp

Bluebird B-8796

Yank Rachell discography

- Coal And Iceman Blues (064024- )   @ youtube
- Mattie Mae Blues (064026- )   @ youtube

rec. April 4, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; prob. William Mitchell, imb

Bluebird B-8797

- Sloppy Drunk Blues (064493- )   @ youtube
- You Got To Step Back (064495- )   @ youtube

rec. July 2, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Ransom Knowling, sb

Bluebird B-8822

Ransom Knowling discography

- Army Man Blues (064106-1)   @ youtube
- Worried Blues (064108-1)   @ youtube

rec. April 3, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; William Mitchell, b cano; Washboard Sam, washb; unknown, sp

Bluebird B-8840

Yank Rachell discography

- I'm Gonna Catch You Soon (064490- )   @ youtube
- Million Years Blues (064491- )   @ youtube

rec. July 2, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Ransom Knowling, sb

Bluebird B-8866

Ransom Knowling discography

- Shady Grove Blues (064492- )   @ youtube
- She Was A Dreamer (064494- )   @ youtube

rec. July 2, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Ransom Knowling, sb

Bluebird B-8914

Ransom Knowling discography

- Tappin' That Thing (070471-1)   @ youtube
- Yellow Yam Blues (070470-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 11, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, b cano; Washboard Sam, washb

Bluebird B-8951

Yank Rachell discography

- Springtime Blues (064021- )   @ youtube
- Drink On, Little Girl (064025- )   @ youtube

rec. April 4, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; prob. William Mitchell, imb

Bluebird B-8955

- Break 'Em On Down (070487-1)   @ youtube
- Please Don't Go (070484-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 12, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, bass cano

Bluebird B-8969

Big Joe Williams discography

- My Black Name Blues (070147- )   @ youtube
- I Have Got To Go (070148- )   @ youtube

rec. December 11, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Charlie McCoy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb; Washboard Sam, washb

Bluebird B-8992

= Victor 20-2796

- Loudella Blues (070476-1) *   @ youtube
- Rainy Day Blues (070472-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 11, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, * sp; Alfred Elkins, b cano; Washboard Sam, washb

Bluebird B-8993

Yank Rachell discography

- Someday Baby (070486-1)   @ youtube
- Highway 49 (070485-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 12, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, bass cano

Bluebird B-9025

Big Joe Williams discography

- Ground Hog Blues (070143- )   @ youtube
- Broken Heart Blues (070145- )   @ youtube

rec. December 11, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Charlie McCoy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb; Washboard Sam, washb

Bluebird B-9031

- Peach Tree Blues (070473-1)   @ youtube
- She Loves Who She Please (070474-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 11, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, b cano; Washboard Sam, washb

Bluebird B-9033

Yank Rachell discography

- She Don't Love Me That Way (070146-1)   @ youtube
- Black Panter [sic] Blues (070144-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 11, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Charlie McCoy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb; Washboard Sam, washb

Bluebird 34-0701 (US October 23, 1942)

- Throw A Boogie Woogie (070482-1)   @ youtube
- North Wind Blues (070483-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 12, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, bass cano

Bluebird unissued

BMG/Bluebird NL 90320 (1989)

Big Joe Williams discography

- Love Me, Baby (074656- ) #   @ youtube
- Decoration Day Blues No. 2 [Montgomery Ward M-8937] *   @ youtube

# rec. July 30, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb

* rec. May 17, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Joshua Altheimer, p; Fred Williams, dr

Bluebird 34-0713 (US May 5, 1944)

- What's Gettin' Wrong With You (074657- ) #   @ youtube
- Blues That Made Me Drunk (074658- ) *   @ youtube
- Come On Baby And Take A Walk (074659- ) #   @ youtube

rec. July 30, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb

Bluebird unissued

# Bluebird PM42049 (Fr)
* RCA RA5707 (Jp)

- Bye Bye Blues (070475-1)   @ youtube
- Katy Lee Blues (070477-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 11, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, b cano; Washboard Sam, washb

Bluebird B-34-0715 (US June 16, 1944)

Yank Rachell discography

- Drop Down Blues (D5-AB-354)   @ youtube
- Wanita (D5-AB-356)   @ youtube

rec. July 12, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Jump Jackson, dr

Bluebird unissued

RCA FXM1 7323 (Fr)

Big Joe Williams discography

- Win The War Blues (D4AB 326)   @ youtube
- Check Up On My Baby Blues (D4AB 327)   @ youtube

rec. December 14, 1944 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Ted Summitt, g; Jump Jackson, dr

Bluebird 34-0722

- Miss Stella Brown–Blues (D4AB 324)   @ youtube
- Desperado Woman–Blues (D4AB 325)   @ youtube

rec. December 14, 1944 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Ted Summitt, g; Jump Jackson, dr

Bluebird 34-0736 (US October 16, 1945)

- Somebody's Been Worrying (D5-AB-355)   @ youtube
- Vitamin A (D5-AB-357)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Drop Down Blues (D5-AB-354) [RCA FXM1 7323]   @ youtube
- Wanita (D5-AB-356) [RCA FXM1 7323]   @ youtube

rec. July 12, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Jump Jackson, dr

Bluebird 34-0739 (US 1945)

Big Joe Williams discography

- Baby Please Don't Go (CCO 4833)   @ youtube
- Wild Cow Moan (CCO 4836)   @ youtube

rec. July 22, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, Ransom Knowling, b, Judge Riley, dr

Columbia 30099

= Columbia 37945

Big Joe Williams discography
Ransom Knowling discography

- Stack Of Dollars (CCO 4834)   @ youtube
- Mellow Apples (CCO 4835)   @ youtube

rec. July 22, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, Ransom Knowling, b, Judge Riley, dr

Columbia 30107

= Columbia 38055

Big Joe Williams discography
Ransom Knowling discography

- Elevator Woman (D5AB 338)   @ youtube
- Sonny Boy's Jump (D5AB 341)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- We Got To Win (D5AB 340) [RCA INT 5099]   @ youtube

rec. July 2, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Eddie Boyd, p; Bill Sid Cox, mand; Ransom Knowling, b

Bluebird 34-0744 (US January 21, 1946)

Eddie Boyd discography

Ransom Knowling discography

- Early In The Morning (D5AB 396)   @ youtube
- You're An Old Lady (D5AB 399)   @ youtube

rec. October 19, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Big Maceo, p; Tampa Red, g; Charles Sanders, dr

RCA Victor 20-1875

Big Maceo discography
Tampa Red discography

- Mean Old Highway (D6VB 1918)   @ youtube
- Shake The Boogie (D6VB 1920)   @ youtube

rec. August 6, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b

RCA Victor 20-2056

Ransom Knowling discography

- 38 Pistol Blues (064107-1) #   @ youtube
- Tappin' That Thing (070471-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. April 3, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, # sp; William Mitchell, b cano; Washboard Sam, washb; # unknown, sp
* rec. December 11, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, b cano; Washboard Sam, washb

# Bluebird B-8732
* Bluebird B-8951

RCA Victor 20-2955

Yank Rachell discography

- Sonny Boy's Cold Chills (D6VB 1917)   @ youtube
- Hoodoo Hoodoo (D6VB 1919)   @ youtube

rec. August 6, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b

RCA Victor 20-2184 (US March 1947)

Ransom Knowling discography

- G.M. & O. Blues (D5AB 339) #   @ youtube
- Mellow Chick Swing (D7VB 374) *   @ youtube

# rec. July 2, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Eddie Boyd, p; Bill Sid Cox, mand; Ransom Knowling, b

* rec. March 28, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Charles Sanders, dr

RCA Victor 20-2369

* Jukebox Jam JBJ-1036 (UK 2012)

Eddie Boyd discography
Ransom Knowling discography

- Polly Put Your Kettle On (D7VB 375) #   @ youtube
- Lacey Belle (D7VB 376)   @ youtube

rec. March 28, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Charles Sanders, dr

RCA Victor 20-2521

# Jukebox Jam JBJ-1036 (UK 2012)

- Sugar Gal (D7VB 1037)   @ youtube
- Willow Tree Blues (D7VB 1038)   @ youtube

rec. September 19, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Ted Summitt, g; Jump Jackson, dr

RCA Victor 20-2623 (US January 1948)

- Alcohol Blues (D7VB 1039) *   @ youtube
- Apple Tree Swing (D7VB 377) #   @ youtube

# rec. March 28, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Charles Sanders, dr

* rec. September 19, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Ted Summitt, g; Jump Jackson, dr

RCA Victor 20-2893

- Rub A Dub (D7VB 1155) *   @ youtube
- Stop Breaking Down (D5AB 398) #   @ youtube

* rec. November 12, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

# rec. October 19, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Big Maceo, p; Tampa Red, g; Charles Sanders, dr

RCA Victor 20-3047

Big Maceo discography
Tampa Red discography
Ransom Knowling discography

- Better Cut That Out (D7VB 1156) *   @ youtube
- The Big Boat (D5AB 397) #   @ youtube

* rec. November 12, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

# rec. October 19, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Big Maceo, p; Tampa Red, g; Charles Sanders, dr

RCA Victor 20-3218

Big Maceo discography
Tampa Red discography
Ransom Knowling discography

- Wonderful Time (D6VB 1036) #   @ youtube
- Blues About My Baby (D7VB 1150) *   @ youtube

# rec. September 19, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Ted Summitt, g; Jump Jackson, dr

* rec. November 12, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

RCA Victor 22-0001

Ransom Knowling discography

- Little Girl (D7VB 1149) #   @ youtube
- Bring Another Half A Pint (D7VB 1153)   @ youtube

rec. November 12, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

RCA Victor 22-0021

= RCA Victor 50-0005

Ransom Knowling discography

- I Love You For Myself (D7VB 1152)   @ youtube
- Southern Dream (D7VB 1154)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- No Friend Blues (D7VB 1151) [RCA NL 90027]   @ youtube

rec. November 12, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

RCA Victor 22-0046

= RCA Victor 50-0030

Ransom Knowling discography

- Banta Rooster Blues (CCO 4946)   @ youtube
- House Lady Blues (CCO 4948)   @ youtube

rec. December 18, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, Ransom Knowling, b, Judge Riley, dr

Columbia 30119

= Columbia 38190

Big Joe Williams discography
Ransom Knowling discography

- King Biscuit Stomp (CCO 4944)   @ youtube
- Don't You Leave Me Here (CCO 4949)   @ youtube

rec. December 18, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, Ransom Knowling, b, Judge Riley, dr

Columbia 30129

Big Joe Williams discography
Ransom Knowling discography

- P Vine Blues (CCO 4942)   @ youtube
- I'm A Highway Man (CCO 4945)   @ youtube

rec. December 18, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, Ransom Knowling, b, Judge Riley, dr

Columbia 30191

Big Joe Williams discography
Ransom Knowling discography

- Polly Put Your Kettle On [RCA Victor 20-2521]
- Mellow Chick Swing [RCA Victor 20-2369]

Jukebox Jam JBJ-1036 (UK 10/2012)

- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- War Time Blues
- Mellow Chick Swing
- Polly Put Your Kettle On

- Million Years Blues
- Rub A Dub
- Sonny Boy's Cold Chills
- Early In The Morning

10 inch LP
notes (in French) by Hugues Panassié

RCA 130.238 (Fr 1956) (Jazz Classics No. 17)

NIXA NJL 8 track sequence:
- Blues In The Mississippi Night   Side 1

- Blues In The Mississippi Night   Side 2

United Artists UAL 4027 track sequence:
- Life Is Like That   @ youtube
- I Could Hear My Name Ring In [sic]   @ youtube
- Ratty Section
- I'm Going To Memphis
- Have You Ever Been To Nashville
- Stagolee

- Oh 'Berta
- Murderer's Home
- Don't You Hear Your Mother Calling
- Slow Lonesome Blues
- Another Man Done Gone
- Fast Boogie

Rounder CD 82161-1860-2 track sequence:
Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy & Sonny Boy Williamson - Life Is Like That (2:56)
Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson - conversation begins (3:38)
Unidentified Leader & Congregation - Lining Hymn (1:20)
Sonny Boy Williamson & Big Bill Broonzy - conversation continues (3:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson & Memphis Slim - I Could Hear My Name Ringin' (3:32)
Big Bill Broonzy & Memphis Slim - conversation continues (3:56)
Big Bill Broonzy & Memphis Slim - Levee Camp And Prison Songs / conversation continues (6:36)
Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson - Stackalee (2:17)
Bull & Group - Oh 'Berta (1:29)
Big Bill Broonzy & Memphis Slim - conversation continues (1:36)
Jimpson & Group - Murderer's Home (0:47)
Big Bill Broonzy & Memphis Slim - conversation continues (0:21)
Hollie Dew, Bull & Group - Don't You Hear Po' Mother Callin'? (1:23)
Memphis Slim & Big Bill Broonzy - conversation continues (0:37)
Memphis Slim - Slow Blues (1:10)
Memphis Slim & Big Bill Broonzy - conversation continues (9:34)
Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson - conversation continues (7:48)
Memphis Slim - Fast Boogie (2:48)
Big Bill Broonzy - Black, Brown, And White Blues (2:19)

rec. March 2, 1947 in New York by Alan Lomax; "Natchez" (Big Bill Broonzy), "Leroy" (Memphis Slim) & "Sib" (Sonny Boy Williamson I)

Nixa NJL 8 (UK 1957)

United Artists UAL 4027 (US 1959)

= Rykodisc RCD 90155 (US 1990)

(=) Rounder CD 82161-1860-2 (US 2003)

Nixa discography

Big Maceo
- Chicago Breakdown
Jazz Gillum
- Gonna Take My Rap

Sonny Boy Williamson
- Elevator Woman
Washboard Sam
- Dissatisfied Blues

notes by Alexis Korner
 
RCA RCX-203 (UK 11/1961)

Big Maceo discography
Jazz Gillum discography

- Good Morning School Girl
- Bluebird Blues

- Jackson Blues
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone

RCA 75.722 S (Fr 1962)

- Groundhog Blues
- Collector Man
- Until My Love Come Down
- You Give An Account
- Western Union Man
- Shotgun Blues
- Welfare Store
- She Don't Love Me That Way

- Black Panter Blues
- Bad Luck Blues
- My Black Name
- Jivin' The Blues
- My Little Machine
- Joe Louis And John Henry
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Check Up On My Baby

Blues Classics BC 3 (US 1964)

Blues Classics discography

Big Bill Broonzy
- Friendless Blues
- The Sun Gonna Shine In My Door Someday
- Keep Your Hands Off Her
- Southern Blues
- I'm Just A Bum
- Good Jelly
- Mississippi River Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson
- Better Cut That Out
- The Big Boat
- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- Win The War Blues
- Sonny Boy's Jump
- Million Years Blues
- Check Up On My Baby

RCA RD-7685 (US 1964)

RCA Victor LPV-518 / RCA RD-7786 track sequence:
Blind Willie McTell
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
Tampa Red
- Kingfish Blues
- Mean Mistreater Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff °°
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine

Tommy McClennan
- Bluebird Blues °°
- Brown Skin Girl
Sleepy John Estes
- Lawyer Clark Blues °°
- Little Laura Blues °°
Arthur Crudup
- Black Pony Blues
- Death Valley Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jersey Belle Blues
- Crowing Rooster Blues

reissue prod. by Brad McCuen; °° = tracks not on RCA 430.701

RCA 430.701 track sequence:
Frank Stokes
- It Won't Be Long Now °°
Blind Willie McTell
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
Tampa Red
- Kingfish Blues
- Mean Mistreater Blues
Leroy Carr
- Ain't It A Shame °°
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Blues
Curtis Jones
- Drinking And Thinking Blues °°

Curtis Jones
- School Mate Blues °°
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine
Tommy McClennan
- Brown Skin Girl
Arthur Crudup and Joe McCoy
- Black Pony Blues
- Death Valley Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jersey Belle Blues
- Crowing Rooster Blues

compiled by Bert Bradfield; °° = tracks not on RCA Victor LPV-518 / RCA RD-7786

notes by Lawrence Cohn

RCA Victor LPV-518 (US 1965)

notes by Lawrence Cohn

= RCA RD-7786 (UK 1965)

(not =) RCA 430.701 (Fr 1966) "Blue Bird Blues (1928-1942)" (Treasury Of Jazz #61)

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 Ain't 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)

Tommy Johnson
- Canned Heat Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- Big Road Blues
Mississippi Jook Band
- Barbecue Bust
Joe Williams
- My Grey Pony
Bo Carter
- Cigarette Blues
- All Around Man

Robert Johnson
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Honeymoon Blues
Charlie McCoy
- That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away
Tommy McClennan
- Whiskey Head Man
Robert Petway
- Bertha Lee Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Miss Louisa Blues #
- Until My Love Come Down #

# with Yank Rachell
compiled by Samuel Charters

notes by Samuel Charters

RBF RF 14 (US 1966)

RBF discography

- Skinny Woman
- T.B. Blues
- Train Fare Blues
- She Was A Dreamer
- Big Apple Blues
- You Got to Step Back
- Springtime Blues [on 1st ed. only]
- Shady Grove Blues [on 2nd ed. only]

- My Baby's Made A Change
- Broken Heart Blues
- Stop Breaking Down
- G M & O Bluesl
- Shake The Boogie
- Hoodoo Hoodoo
- Mean Old Highway

rec. 1937 - 1946

Blues Classics BC 20 (US 1969)

Blues Classics discography

- King Buiscet Stomp
- I'm A Highway Man
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Banta Rooster Blues
- P Vine Blues
- Mellow Apples
- House Lady Blues

- Baby Please Don't Go
- Stack Of Dollars
- Wild Cow Moan
- Bad And Weakhearted Blues
- Mean Stepfather Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing
- Break 'Em On Down

all the Columbia recordings with some Bluebird recordings

??? were the covers depicted above indeed a Blues Classics sleeve ???

notes by Pete Welding
 
Blues Classics BC-21 (US 1969)

Blues Classics discography

- Tell Me Baby (with Walter Davis & Big Bill Broonzy)
- Honey Bee Blues (with Walter Davis & Big Bill Broonzy)
- Decoration Day Blues No. 2 (with Joshua Altheimer & Fred Williams)
- Love Me Baby (with Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis & Alfred Elkins)
- I'm Gonna Catch You Soon (with Ransom Knowling & Blind John Davis)
- Miss Stella Brown Blues (with Blind John Davis, Ted Summitt & Armand Jump Jackson)
- Desperado Woman Blues (with Blind John Davis, Ted Summitt & Armand Jump Jackson)

- Lonesome Man Blues (with Elijah Jones, Yank Rachell & unknown accompanist)
- I'm Wild and Crazy As I Can Be (with Elijah Jones & Yank Rachell)
- Army Man Blues (with Yank Rachell, William Mitchell & Washboard Sam)
- Tappin' That Thing (with Yank Rachell, Alfred Elkins & Washboard Sam)
- Worried Blues (with Yank Rachell, William Mitchell & Washboard Sam)
- 38 Pistol (with Yank Rachell, William Mitchell & Washboard Sam)
- Vitamin A Blues (with Joe Williams & Jump Jackson)

notes by David Harrison

Saydisk Matchbox SDR 169 (UK 7/1969)

- Stepfather Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Wild Cow Blues
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me #
- Rootin' Ground Hog #
- Brother James #
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More #
- Crawlin' King Snake

- I'm Getting Wild About Her
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Meet Me Around The Corner
- Please Don't Go #
- Highway 49 #
- Someday Baby #
- Break 'Em On Down #

First five Bluebird sessions from 1935 to 1941
# with Sonny Boy Williamson, hca

Big Joe Williams voc, g, rec. 2/25/35 Chicago
with Chasey Collins, Henry Townsend and "Kokomo", rec. 10/31/35 in Chicago, IL
with Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Lee McCoy, rec. 5/5/37 in Aurora, IL
with Williams Mitchell, rec. 3/27/41 in Chicago, IL
with Sonny Boy Williamson and Alfred Elkins, rec. 12/12/41 Chicago, IL

notes by Neil Slaven

RCA International INT 1087 (UK 8/1970) (on labels: "Crawlin' king blues")

notes by Neil Slaven

= RCA Victor 731.016 (Fr 1970) (on labels: "Crawlin' king blues")

notes by Toyo Nakamura

= RCA RA-5701 (Jp 1975) (on labels: "Crawlin' King Snake")

Big Joe Williams discography

- Honey Bee Blues
- Whiskey Headed Blues
- Lord, Oh Lord Blues
- Shannon Street Blues
- You've Been Foolin' Round Downtown
- Deep Down In The Ground
- Number Five Blues
- Christmas Morning Blues

- Susie Q
- Bluebird Blues Part 2
- Little Girl Blues
- Low Down Ways
- Goodbye Red
- The Right Kind Of Life
- Insurance Man Blues
- Rainy Day Blues

notes by Neil Slaven

RCA INT 1088 (UK 1970)

notes by Neil Slaven

= RCA 731.014 (Fr 1970)

Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues °°
- Pick Poor Robin Clean °°
Blind Willie McTell
- Mr. McTell's Got The Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- She Stays Out All Night Long
James Rachel
- Sweet Mama
Clifford Gibson
- Jive Me Blues
- She Rolls It Slow
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Pretty Mama Blues

Walter Davis
- Travellin' This Lonesome Road
- Sad And Lonesome Blues
Elijah Jones
- Katy Fly
- Mean Actin' Mama
Joe Williams
- Get Your Head Trimmed Down
- Peach Orchard Mama
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Early In The Morning
- Project Highway

°° previously unissued first takes

notes by Neil Slaven

RCA International (Camden) INT 1175 (UK 1970)
= RCA 731.046 (Fr)

LP track sequence:
LP 1
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
Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman


LP 2
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


LP 3
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 B-6276]

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


CD track sequence:
CD 1
Early Years of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37)
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49)
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34)
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59)
Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °°
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08)
Memphis Blues
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11)
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05)
Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11)
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52)
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) °°

compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation

°° CD has seven additional tracks!

3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)

3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet

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

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

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

2 CD set

= RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"

- My Little Baby
- Up The Country Blues
- Something Going On Wrong
- Mattie Mae Blues
- I Have Got To Go
- Springtime Blues
- Love My Baby
- Win The War Blues

- Miss Stella Brown
- Desperado Woman
- Sonny Boy's Jump
- Sonny Boy's Cold Chills
- Alcohol Blues
- The Big Boat
- Wonderful Times
- Little Girl

Blues Classics BC 24 (US 197?)

Blues Classics discography

Pinetop [Aaron 'Pinetop' Sparks]
- Every Day I Have The Blues
State Street Boys
- Sweet To Mama
Washboard Sam
- Easy Ridin' Mama
Robert Lee McCoy
- Prowlin' Nighthawk
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Sunnyland #
- My Little Cornelius #
Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby

Guitar Pete Franklin
- Down Behind The Rise
- Casey Brown Blues
Tampa Red
- Green And Lucky Blues
Robert Lockwood
- Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
- Dust My Broom
Tony Hollins
- Fishin' Blues
- Wino Woman
Johnny Shines
- Please Don't

# with Yank Rachell

notes by Leroy Pierson

Nighthawk 101 (US 1975)

Nighthawk Records discography

Robert Nighthawk
- Don't Mistreat Your Woman
Yank Rachell
- Lake Michigan Blues
Tampa Red
- Worried Devil Blues
Elijah Jones
- Stuff Stomp
Robert Nighthawk
- Lonesome World
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Bluebird Blues
Tampa Kid
- Baby Please Don't Go
Robert Nighthawk
- Take It Easy Baby

Robert Nighthawk
- G Man
Milton Sparks
- I Wake Up In The Morning
Tampa Red
- She Don't Know My Mind, Pt. 2
Yank Rachell
- I'm Wild And Crazy As I Can Be
Robert Nighthawk
- Sweet Pepper Mama
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Jackson Blues
Robert Lockwood
- Little Boy Blue
Robert Nighthawk
- Friar's Point Blues

Nighthawk 105 (US 197?)

Nighthawk Records discography

Big Bill Broonzy
- Friendless Blues
- Mississippi River Blues
- The Southern Blues
- Good Jelly
- I'm Just A Bum
- Keep Your Hands Off Her
- The Sun Gonna Shine In My Door Someday

Sonny Boy Williamson
- I've Been Dealin' With The Devil
- Million Years Blues
- Win The War Blues
- Check Upon My Baby
- Sonny Boy's Jump
- The Big Boat
- Better Cut That Out

RCA RA-5705 (Jp 1975)

- War Time Blues
- Train Fare Blues
- Jivin' The Blues
- Western Union Man
- Big Apple Blues
- Shotgun Blues
- You Got To Step Back
- Black Panter Blues

- Love Me Baby
- Blues That Made Me Drunk [previously unissued]
- Come On Baby And Take A Walk
- Miss Stella Brown Blues
- Stop Breaking Down
- Hoodoo Hoodoo
- Shake The Boogie
- Mellow Chick Swing

RCA RA-5707 (Jp 1976)

- Good For Nothing Blues (3:00)
- Thinking My Blues Away (2:53)
- Life Time Blues (2:42)
- Miss Ida Lee (2:55)
- Springtime Blues (3:00)
- Coal And Iceman Blues (3:01)
- Drink On Little (3:04)
- Mattie Mae Blues (3:04)

- Jivin' The Blues (2:56)
- I Been Dealing With The Devil (2:47)
- War Time Blues (2:54)
- Train Fare Blues (2:47)
- Decoration Day Blues N°2 (2:49)
- Early In The Morning N°2 (2:39)
- Welfare Store Blues (2:48)
- My Little Machine (2:58)

notes by Jacques Morgantini (translated into English by Don Waterhouse)

RCA/Bluebird FXM1-7203 (Fr 1976)

Sleepy John Estes
- Poor John Blues
- Little Laura Blues
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Son Bonds
- A Hard Pill To Swallow
Blind Willie McTell
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues

Big Joe Williams
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- Wild Cow Blues
Tommy McClennan
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Brown Skin Girl
- Bluebird Blues
Clifford Gibson
- She Rolls It Slow


Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine
- Elevator Woman
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band
- Gonna Hit The Highway
Big Maceo
- Texas Blues
- Detroit Jump

Arthur "Big Boy"Crudup
- That's All Right
- Mean Old Frisco
- Rock Me Mama
Doctor Clayton
- Copper Colored Mama
Doctor Clayton's Buddy
- Nappy Head Woman
- Walking With The Blues

2 LP set

RCA RVC RA-9054/55 (Jp 1975)

- T.B. Blues
- New Jailhouse Blues
- Million Years Blues
- Shady Grove Blues
- My Black Name Blues
- Love Me Baby
- What's Gettin' Wrong With You [previously unissued]
- Come On Baby And Take A Walk [previously unissued]

- Early In The Morning
- The Big Boat
- Stop Breaking Down
- You're An Old Lady
- Sonny Boy's Cold Chills
- Wonderful Time
- Willow Tree Blues
- Blues About My Baby

notes by Jacques Morgantini

RCA/Bluebird PM-42049 (Fr 1978)

Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Country Woman Blues
John Sellers
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Bring Another Half Pint
Willie 'Long Time' Smith
- Due Respects To You
Eddie Boyd
- I Had To Let Her Go
Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Take One More Chance With Me
Tampa Red
- Maybe Some Day
Guitar Pete Franklin
- Casey Brown Blues

Tampa Red
- It's Good Like That
Memphis Minnie
- Tears On My Pillow
Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Look What You Are Today
Walter Davis
- What May Your Troubles Be
Guitar Pete Franklin
- Down Behind The Rise
Willie 'Long Time ' Smith
- Flying Cloud Boogie
James 'Beal St.' Clark
- You Can't Make The Grade
Walter Davis
- Tears Came Rollin' Down

notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley
 
Flyright LP 4713 (UK 1976)

Flyright Records discography

Volume 1: Country and City Blues
- Working Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- I'se Just A Bad Luck Man - Casey Bill Weldon
- Friendless Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Vitamin A - Big Joe Williams
- Mozelle Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Big Woman Blues - Johnny Temple
- When You Feel Down - Lonny Johnson
- If I Get Lucky - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup

- For B.B. King - T-Bone Walker
- Mercy Mama - Tampa Red
- Devil's Son-In-Law - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- What Have I Done - Lil Green
- My Black Name Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- She's Making A Fool Out Of Me - Washboard Sam
- You Got To Run Me Down - William 'Jazz' Gillum


Volume 2: Blues Pianists, Boogie Woogie and Blues Shouters
- Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo
- Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
- Just One More Time - Walter Davis
- Rocks In My Bed - Leroy Carr
- Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim
- Jivin' The Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Eddie's Blues - Eddie Boyd
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo

- Slow And Easy Blues - Jimmy Yancey
- Cuttin' The Boogie - Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons
- Bye Bye Baby - Jimmy Rushing
- How Long How Long Blues - Big Joe Turner
- Cleanhead Blues - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
- Hootie Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Thirsty Mama Blues - Hot Lips Page
- Moaning The Blues - Victoria Spivey


Volume 3: When The Jazzmen Play The Blues
- Back O'Town Blues - Louis Armstrong
- Winnin' [sic] Boy Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
- Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning - Sidney Bechet
- If You See Me Comin' - Mezzrow Ladnier Quintet
- Across The Track Blues - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
- House Rent Boogie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
- After Hours - Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
- Ride My Blues Away - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets

- That's The Blues Old Man - Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra
- Mobile Bay - Rex Stewart
- Rangoon - Cootie Williams
- A Tiny Bit Of Blues - Big Maceo
- Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues - Fats Waller
- Low Bottom n^o 2 - Wild Bill Davis
- Hey Ba-Ba Re-Bop / Hamp's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra

prod. by Jean-Paul Guitier
photography by Jean-Pierre Leloir

boxed set of 3 LPs
notes by Michael Walter (translated by Don Waterhouse)

RCA PM 42039 (Fr 1977)

Yank Rachell & Sonny Boy Williamson
- Peach Tree Blues
Pillie Browning
- Brownskin Woman
Johnson Boys
- Violin Blues
Modern Jazz Quartet of Norfolk
- What's The Matter Now
Buck Mountain Band
- Yodeling Blues
Hattie Hudson & Willie Tyson
- Doggone My Good Luck Soul
Clara Smith
- Let's Get Loose
George O'Connor
- Nigger Blues

Tyus & Tyus
- Dad's Old Mule
Rufus & Ben Quillan
- Keep It Clean
Leroy Carr
- Blue Night Blues
Walter Roland
- House Lady Blues
Wilbur "Joe" McCoy & Herb Morand
- I'm Cuttin' Out
Tommy McClennan
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson & Big Bill Broonzy
- Love Me Baby
The Five Breezes
- My Buddy Blues

compiled by David Evans

gatefold LP
notes by David Evans

New World NW 290 (US 1978)

LP 1:
- Southern Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jasper's Gal - Memphis Slim
- Anytime Is The Right Time - Roosevelt Sykes
- New Shake 'Em On Down - Tommy McClennan
- Willow Tree Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Anna Lou Blues - Tampa Red
- Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo

- Early In The Morning - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Milk Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Pleading Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Get Yourself Together - Lonnie Johnson
- Walkin' And Drinkin' - Roosevelt Sykes
- Evil Blues - Washboard Sam
- Let Me In Your Saddle - Walter Davis
- Key To The Highway - William 'Jazz' Gillum


LP 2:
- Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
- Crawlin' Kingsnake - Big Joe Williams
- Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Louisiana Blues part 2 - Little Brother Montgomery
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Look On Yonder Blues - William 'Jazz' Gillum
- Coal And Iceman Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- My Stove Don't Work - Casey Bill Weldon

- Big Time Woman - Roosevelt Sykes
- Katy Mae Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Good Jelly - Big Bill Broonzy
- When Things Go Wrong With You - Tampa Red
- 'Way Down In Louisiana - Casey Bill Weldon
- Teasin' Brown Skin - Walter Davis
- Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim
- Lazy Woman Blues - Lonnie Johnson

gatefold DLP

RCA CL 42858 (UK 1979)

Big Maceo
- Kid Man Blues
Dr. Clayton
- Cheating And Lying Blues
Arthur Crudup
- Who's Been Fooling You
- The War Is Over
Jazz Gillum
- Whiskey Headed Buddies
Lonnie Johnson
- Some Day Baby
- My Love Is Down
Piano Red
- Sober
St. Louis Jimmy
- My Story Blues
Arbee Stidham
- My Heart Belongs To You

Sunnyland Slim
- Farewell Little Girl
- Broke & Hungry
Roosevelt Sykes
- Bobby Sox Blues
- Her Little Machine
Tampa Red
- Give Me Mine Now
- Better Leave My Gal Alone
Big Joe Williams
- Drop Down Blues
- Wanita [actually plays "Somebody's Been Borrowing"]
Sonny Boy Williamson
- We Got To Win [previously unissued]
- Sonny Boy's Jump

RCA INTS 5099 (1981)
= RCA NL 43607

Bumble Bee Slim
- Burned Down Mill
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning, School Girl
Rosetta Howard
- Let Your Linen Hang Low
Curtis Jones
- Gold Digger Blues
Doctor Clayton
- On The Killin' Floor
Jazz Gillum
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Peg Leg Howell
- Sadie Lee Blues
Texas Alexander
- Sabine River Blues

Martha Copeland
- Stole My Man Blues
Cousin Joe
- Bad Luck Blues
Walter Davis
- I Did Everything I Could
Lonnie Johnson
- Mr. Johnson Swing
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Chicago Mill Blues
St. Louis Jimmy
- Going Down Slow
Jim Jackson
- My Monday Woman Blues
Leroy Carr
- Six Cold Feet In The Ground

Albatros VPA 8473 (It 1982)

= Albatros: VC 5021 (cassette)

Albatros Records discography

- Good Doing Daddy - Big Boy Edwards (Unissued Master)
- Hollywood Stomp - Victoria Spivey & Her Chicago Four
- Blues And Trouble - Curtis Jones (unissued performance)
- Brownskin Woman Swing - Roosevelt Scott
- Miss Ora Lee Blues - Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band
- Born For Bad Luck - Brownie McGhee
- Weed Head Woman - Champion Jack Dupree

- 15 Cents A Day - Roosevelt Sykes (The Honey Dripper)
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Confessin' The Blues - Peter Cleighton
- I Am Sailin' - Memphis Minnie
- Just Had To Holler - Little Son Joe
- I Can't Write - Big Bill & His Rhythm Band
- Bad Whiskey Blues - The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson)


- Tennessee Woman Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Delta Pine Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Ride, Ride Mama - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Evil-Hearted Woman Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Johnny Shines (voc, g), prob. Big Bill Broonzy (g), Chicago, Feb 24, 1946
- Jitterbug Blues - Muddy Waters (unissued)
- Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters (unissued)
- Burying Ground Blues - Muddy Waters (unissued)
Muddy Waters (voc, g), James Clarke (p), prob. 'Baby Face' Leroy Foster (g), Chicago, September 27, 1946

Big Joe Williams
- P-Vine Blues
- Bad And Weak Hearted Blues
- King Biscuit Stomp
- I'm A Highway Man
- Banta Rooster Blues (unissued)
- Mean Step Father Blues (unissued)
- House Lady Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here (Big Joe Williams (voc, g), Sonny Boy Williamson (hca), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Lawrence Riley (dr), Chicago, December 18, 1947)

gatefold DLP

Epic EG 37318/37319

Jazz Gillum
- Don't You Scandalize My Name
- Sarah Jane
- Gillum's Windy Blues
- Mule Blues
- Against My Will
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning, School Girl
- Blue Bird Blues
- Jackson Blues
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone

Big Bill Broonzy
- I Can't Make You Satisfied
- Bad Luck Blues
- Keep Your Hands Off Her
- Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down
Tampa Red
- That's The Way I Do
- Your One And Only
- She Said It
- Just You And I Alone


Tampa Red
- Georgia, Georgia Blues
- No Baby No
- You'd Better Be Ready To Go
- Gypsy Lady Blues
- Gin Head Woman
Robert Brown
- When My Love Change
- River Hip Mama
Jack Dupree & Big Bill Broonzy
- Good Old Cabbage Greens
Charles Segar & Robert Brown
- Stop And Fix It

Joe McCoy
- Let's Try It Again
Harmon Ray
- Come Over And See Me
- Sleeping By Myself
Joe McCoy
- It Ain't No Lie
Johnny Temple
- Big Woman Blues
- Jinks Lee Blues
- Sundown Blues
- What Is That She Got?

gatefold DLP
notes by Jean Buzelin

RCA NL 89588 (US 1985)

- Sugar Mama Blues
- Worried Me Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- Frigidaire Blues
- Suzanna Blues
- My Little Cornelius #
- Decoration Blues' #
- Miss Louisa Blues #
- Sunny Land #

- My Baby I've Been Your Slave #
- Doggin' My Love Around
- Little Low Woman Blues
- Sugar Mama Blues No. 2
- Good Gravy
- Tell Me, Baby
- Honey Bee Blues
- I'm Gonna Catch You Soon
- Elevator Woman

# with Yank Rachell

Old Tramp 1205 (NL 1987)

- Up The Contry Blues
- Worried Me Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- Collector Man Blues
- Frigidaire Blues
- Suzanna Blues
- Early In The Morning
- Project Highway

- Honey Bee Blues #
- My Baby I've Been Your Slave #
- Whiskey Headed Blues #
- Lord, Oh Lord Blues #
- You Give An Account #
- Shannon Street Blues #
- You've Been Foolin' Round Town #
- Deep Down In The Ground #

# with Yank Rachell

notes by Terry Ohmer [Neil Slaven]

Bluetime BT 2006 ("Denmark" 1987)

- Sugar Mama Blues
- Skinny Woman
- Worried Me Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- Frigidaire Blues
- Suzanna Blues
- Early In The Morning
- My Little Cornelius #
- Decoration Blues #

- You Can Lead Me #
- Miss Louisa Blues #
- Sunnyland #
- I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away #
- Beauty Parlor #
- My Baby I've Been Your Slave #
- Doggin' My Love Around
- Little Low Woman Blues
- Sugar Mama Blues No.2


- Good Gravy
- Good Gal Blues
- I'm Not Pleasing You
- Tell Me, Baby
- Honey Bee Blues
- I'm Gonna Catch You Soon
- Blues That Made Me Drunk
- Elevator Woman
- Mellow Chick Swing

- Lacey Belle
- Apple Tree Swing
- Sugar Gal
- No Friend Blues [previously unissued]
- I Love You For Myself
- Bring Another Half A Pint
- Southern Dream
- Better Cut That Out

# with Yank Rachell

gatefold DLP
notes (in French & English) by Jean Buzelin (translated by Don Waterhouse)
 
RCA NL 90027 (Fr 1988)

= RCA CD NL 90027 (Fr 1995)

- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone
- Early In The Morning
- Black Gal Blues
- Moonshine
- Whiskey Headed Blues
- You Give An Account

- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Brother James
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Crawling King Snake
- Highway 49
- Please Don't Go
- North Wind Blues [previously unissued]
- Throw A Boogie Woogie [previously unissued]

notes by Bill Altman

RCA NL 90320 (Germany 1989)
= RCA CD ND 90320
= RCA cassette NK 90320

= RCA CD 9599

= Roslin CD (2010)

Louisiana Johnny
- Charity Blues
- Show Me What You Got For Sale
- True Man Blues
- Hard Working Man Blues
- When My Baby Leaves Home
- Cherry Hill Blues
- Razor Cuttin' Man
- Whiskey Head Woman
- Three-six-nine Blues

Louisiana Johnny
- Policy Blues
Arkansas Shorty
- Mr. So And So Blues
- Blue As A Fool Can Be
- Whippin' That Jelly
- Double Crossing Buddy
- From One To Twelve
- Greyhound Bus
Willie Hatcher
- They're Mean To Me
- So Unkind

Document DLP 578 (Austria 1989)

Document Records discography

- My Baby I've Been Your Slave
- Christmas Morning Blues
- Bluebird Blues - part 2
- Doggin' My Love Around
- Good For Nothin' Blues
- Sugar Mama Blues (No. 2)
- T.B. Blues
- Good Gal Blues
- Thinking My Blues Away
- I'm Not Pleasing You
- New Jailhouse Blues
- Life Time Blues
- Miss Ida Lee
- Tell Me Baby
- Honey Bee Blues
- Good Gravy
- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- War Time Blues
- Train Fare Blues
- Decoration Day Blues (No. 2)
- Welfare Store
- My Little Machine

compiled by Jacques Morgantini

notes by Jacques Morgantini

Black & Blue CD 59.251-2 (Fr 7/1991) (Blues for Ever series)

- Honey Bee Blues
- Whiskey Headed Blues
- Lord, Oh Lord Blues
- Shannon Street Blues
- You've Been Foolin' Round Downtown
- Deep Down In The Ground
- Number Five Blues
- Christmas Morning Blues
- Susie Q
- Bluebird Blues Part 2
- Little Girl Blues
- Low Down Ways
- Goodbye Red
- The Right Kind Of Life
- Insurance Man Blues
- Rainy Day Blues
- Jackson Blues
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone

wrong photo (of Aleck "Rice" Miller) on front cover!

Object Enterprises ORO125 (Fr 1991)

- Good Morning, School Girl
- Blue Bird Blues
- Jackson Blues
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Skinny Woman
- Up The Country Blues
- Worried Me Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- Collector Man Blues
- Frigidaire Blues
- Suzanna Blues
- Early In The Morning
- Project Highway
- My Little Cornelius
- Decoration Blues
- You Can Lead Me
- Moonshine
- Miss Louisa Blues
- Sunny Land
- I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away
- Down South
- Beauty Parlor
- Until My Love Come Down
- Honey Bee Blues

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5055 (Austria 1991)

- My Baby I've Been Your Slave
- Whiskey Headed Blues
- Lord, Oh Lord Blues
- You Give An Account
- Shannon Street Blues
- You've Been Foolin' Round Town
- Deep Down In The Ground
- Number Five Blues
- Christmas Morning Blues
- Susie-q
- Blue Bird Blues - Part 2
- Little Girl Blues
- Low Down Ways
- Goodbye Red
- The Right Kind Of Life
- Insurance Man Blues
- Rainy Day Blues
- Bad Luck Blues
- My Little Baby
- Doggin' My Love Around
- Little Low Woman Blues
- Good For Nothing Blues
- Sugar Mama Blues No. 2
- Good Gravy

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5056 (Austria 1991)

- T. B. Blues
- Something Going On Wrong
- Good Gal Blues
- Joe Louis And John Henry Blues
- Thinking My Blues Away
- I'm Not Pleasing You
- New Jail House Blues
- Life Time Blues
- Miss Ida Lee
- Tell Me, Baby
- Honey Bee Blues
- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- War Time Blues
- Train Fare Blues
- Decoration Day Blues No. 2
- New Early In The Morning
- Welfare Store Blues
- My Little Machine
- Jivin' The Blues
- Western Union Man
- Big Apple Blues
- Springtime Blues
- My Baby Made A Change
- Shotgun Blues
- Coal And Iceman Blues

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5057 (Austria 1991)

- Drink On Little Girl
- Mattie Mae Blues
- I'm Gonna Catch You Soon
- Million Year Blues
- Shady Grove Blues
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- She Was A Dreamer
- You Got To Step Back
- Ground Hog Blues
- Black Pant(h)er Blues
- Broken Heart Blue
- She Don't Love Me That Way
- My Black Name Blues
- I Have Got To Go
- Love Me Baby
- What's Gettin' Wrong With You
- Blues That Made Me Drunk
- Come On Baby And Take A Walk
- Miss Stella Brown Blue
- Desperado Woman Blues
- Win The War Blues
- Check Up On My Baby Blues
- G.M. & O. Blues
- We Got To Win
- Sonny Boy's Jump
- Elevator Woman

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5058 (Austria 1991)

- Early In The Morning
- The Big Boat
- Stop Breaking Down
- You're An Old Lady
- Sonny Boy's Cold Chills
- Mean Old Highway
- Hoodoo Hoodoo
- Shake The Boogie
- Mellow Chick Swing
- Polly Put Your Kettle On
- Lacey Belle
- Apple Tree Swing
- Wonderful Time
- Sugar Gal
- Willow Tree Gal
- Alcohol Blues
- Little Girl
- Blues About My Baby
- No Friend Blues
- I Love You For Myself
- Bring Another Half A Pint
- Southern Dream
- Rub A Dub
- Better Cut That Out

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5059 (Austria 1993)

- Good Morning, School Girl (2:58)
- Blue Bird Blues (3:04)
- Got The Bottle Up And Go (2:30)
- Sugar Mama Blues (2:55)
- Early In The Morning (2:45)
- Black Gal Blues (2:45)
- Decoration Blues (3:27)
- Whiskey Headed Woman Blues (2:54)
- Lord, Oh Lord (2:59)
- Good Gravy (2:45)
- T. B. Blues (2:57)
- Tell Me Baby (2:49)
- I Have Been Dealing With The Devil (2:47)
- Welfare Store Blues (2:48)
- My Little Machine (2:58)
- Jivin` The Blues (2:51)
- Shotgun Blues (3:20)
- Million Years Blues (3:02)
- Sloppy Drunk Blues (3:13)
- You Got To Step Back (2:55)
- Ground Hog Blues (2:41)
- My Black Name (2:42)
- She Don`t Love Me That Way (2:39)
- What`s Gettin` Wrong With You (2:47)

compiled by Les Fancourt

notes by Les Fancourt

Indigo CD 2014 (UK 1995)

- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
- Got The Bottle And Gone
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- Moonshine
- My Baby, I've Been Your Slave
- Lord Oh Lord Blues
- Deep Down In The Ground
- Goodbye Red
- My Little Baby
- Good Gravy
- Joe Louis And John Henry Blues
- Life Time Blues
- Honey Bee Blues
- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- Decoration Day Blues N° 2
- My Little Machine
- Western Union Man

- Springtime Blues
- Coal And Iceman Blues
- Million Years Blues
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Groundhog Blues
- Black Panther Blues
- My Black Name Blues
- I Have Got To Go
- Blues That Made Me Drunk
- Miss Stella Brown Blues
- Check Upon My Baby Blues
- G.M. & O. Blues
- Sonny Boy's Jump
- Elevator Woman
- Early In The Morning
- The Big Boat
- Stop Breaking Down
- You're An Old Lady

2 CD set

Frémeaux & Associés FA 253 (Fr 1996)

- Black Gal Blues (2:47)
- Bad Luck Blues (2:39)
- My Black Name Blues (2:43)
- Stop Breaking Down (2:56)
- Train Fare Blues (2:47)
- Check Up On My Baby Blues (2:43)
- Hoodoo Hoodoo (2:53)
- Shake The Boogie (2:45)
- Welfare Store Blues (2:49)
- Better Cut That Out (2:58)
- My Black Name Blues (2:43)
- Good Gravy (2:45)
- Good Gal Blues (2:44)
- Love Me Baby (3:18)
- Black Panter Blues (2:29)
- I Have Got To Go (2:43)

- Early In The Morning (2:46)
- Decoration Blues (3:29)
- Sugar Mama (2:57)
- Susie-Q (3:09)
- The Right Kind Of Life (3:20)
- Collector Man Blues (2:16)
- Skinny Woman (2:58)
- Down South (3:03)
- Low Down Ways (3:11)
- I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away (2:54)
- Blue Bird Blues (3:02)
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone (2:34)
- Lord, Oh Lord Blues (2:59)
- Goodbye Red (3:09)
- Honey Bee Blues (3:00)
- Thinking My Blues Away (2:53)
- Tell Me Baby (2:49)
- Good Gravy (2:45)

wrong photo (of Aleck "Rice" Miller) on front cover!

2 CD set

History 20.1933-HI (Germany 1996)   ("Nothing But The Blues" series)

- She Was A Dreamer (2:35)
- Decoration Day Blues No. 2 (2:48)
- Western Union Man (2:58)
- Springtime Blues (2:58)
- War Time Blues (2:54)
- Sloppy Drunk Blues (3:11)
- Shotgun Blues (2:54)
- New Early In The Morning (2:37)
- You Got To Step Back (2:53)
- Drink On Little Girl (3:02)
- My Baby Made A Change (3:07)
- Million Years Blues (3:00)
- I Been Dealing With The Devil (2:46)
- Broken Heart Blues (2:47)
- She Don't Love Me That Way (2:37)
- Blues That Made Me Drunk (2:56)
- Come On Baby And Take A Walk (2:45)
- I'm Gonna Catch You Soon (2:43)

- Good Morning School Girl (2:58)
- Jackson Blues (2:55)
- I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away (2:55)
- Moonshine (2:58)
- Whiskey Headed Blues (2:45)
- Little Low Woman Blues (2:45)
- Good Gravy (2:46)
- Thinking My Blues Away (2:53)
- Tell Me, Baby (2:49)
- She Don't Love Me That Way (2:37 - Life Time Blues (2:42)
- I'Been Dealing With The Devil (2:47)
- Western Union Man (3:00)
- New Early In The Morning (2:39)
- Cool And Iceman Blues (3:02)
- Sonny Boy's Jump (2:47)
- Springtime Blues (3:00)
- I Have Got To Go (2:45)

wrong photo (of Aleck "Rice" Miller) on front cover!

2 CD set

History 20.1953-HI (Germany 1996)   ("Nothing But The Blues" series)

- Bad Luck Blues
- My Baby I've Been Your Slave
- Whiskey Headed Blues
- Susie-Q
- Low Down Ways
- Insurance Man Blues
- Good Gravy
- Collector Man
- Joe Louis And John Henry Blues
- Doggin' My Love Around
- Until My Love Come Down
- Bad Luck Blues
- Goodbye Red
- The Right Kind Of Life
- Little Low Woman Blues
- Bluebird Blues
- Number Five Blues
- You Give An Account

notes by Bo Svensson

Blue Moon/Magnum CDBM 113

- Good Morning School Girl (3:01)
- Blue Bird Blues (3:03)
- Jackson Blues (2:56)
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone (2:33)
- Sugar Mama Blues (2:57)
- Skinny Woman (2:58)
- Up The Country Blues (3:15)
- Worried Me Blues (2:30)
- Black Gal Blues (2:48)
- Collector Man Blues (3:16)
- Frigidaire Blues (3:00)
- Suzanna Blues (2:56)
- Early In The Morning (2:47)
- Project Highway (2:52)
- My Little Cornelius (3:09)
- Decoration Blues (3:30)
- You Can Lead Me (3:08)
- Moonshine (2:58)
- Miss Louisa Blues (3:01)
- Sunny Land (3:17)
- I'm Tired Of Truckin' My Blues Away (2:56)
- Down South (3:03)
- Beauty Parlor (3:27)
- Until My Love Come Down (3:09)

RCA 07863 66723-2 (US 1997)

- Honey Bee Blues (3:02)
- My Baby I've Been Your Slave (3:04)
- Whiskey Headed Blues (2:55)
- Lord, Oh Lord Blues (2:58)
- You Give an Account (3:11)
- Shannon Street Blues (3:18)
- You've Been Foolin' Round Town (2:44)
- Deep Down in the Ground (3:12)
- Number Five Blues (3:25)
- Christmas Morning Blues (3:21)
- Susie-Q (3:09)
- Blue Bird Blues, Pt. 2 (3:20)
- Little Girl Blues (3:16)
- Low Down Ways (3:10)
- Goodbye Red (3:06)
- The Right Kind of Life (3:18)
- Insurance Man Blues (3:15)
- Rainy Day Blues (3:16)

notes by Jim O'Neal

RCA 07863 66796-2 (US 1997)

- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (3:02)
- Bluebird Blues (3:07)
- Sugar Mama Blues (2:59)
- Black Gal Blues (2:49)
- Million Years Blues (3:05)
- Sonny Boy's Jump (2:51)
- Elevator Woman (2:42)
- Early In The Morning (3:03)
- Big Boat (3:04)
- Stop Breaking Down (2:58)
- You're An Old Lady (3:13)
- Sonny Boy's Cold Chills (3:07)
- Hoodoo Hoodoo (2:56)
- Shake The Boogie (2:47)
- Polly Put The Kettle On (2:30)
- Sugar Gal 3:02 - Alcohol Blues (2:50)
- Blues About My Baby (2:59)
- Bring Another Half Pint (3:05)
- Better Cut That Out (2:59)

notes by Les Fancourt

Charly CPCD 8332 (UK 1999)

- Bring Another Half Pint
- You Give An Account
- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- Bluebird Blues
- New Early In The Morning
- Mellow Chick Swing
- I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away
- Little Low Woman
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Shotgun Blues
- You've Been Foolin' Around Town
- Sugar Gal
- Decoration Day
- Stop Breaking Down
- My Little Machine
- Apple Tree Swing
- You're An Old Lady
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Whiskey Head Blues
- Good Gravy
- Suzanna Blues
- Goodbye Red
- Got The Bottle Up And Go
- Tell Me, Baby

notes by Mike Rowe

Catfish KATCD 125 (UK 1999)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

disc 1:
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone
- Black Gal
- I'm Tired Tracking My Blues Away
- Beauty Parlor
- Lord Oh Lord Blues
- You Give An Account
- Deep Down In The Ground
- The Right Kind Of Life
- Good Gravy
- Tell Me, Baby
- Honey Bee Blues
- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- Train Fare Home
- Jivin' The Blues
- Shotgun Blues
- Coal And Iceman Blues
- Mattie Mae Blues
- I'm Gonna Catch You Soon
- You Got To Step Back

disc 2:
- She Don't Love Me That Way
- My Black Name Blues
- I Have Got To Go
- Blues That Made Me Drunk
- Check Up On My Baby Blues
- Sonny Boy's Jump
- Elevator Woman
- Early In The Morning
- Stop Breaking Down
- You're An Old Lady
- Sonny Boy's Cold Chills
- Hoodoo Hoodoo
- Mellow Chick Swing
- Polly Put The Kettle On
- Wonderful Time
- Willow Tree Girl
- No Friend Blues
- Bring Another Half Pint
- Rub A Dub
- Better Cut That Out

2 CD set

Snapper SMDCD 241 (UK 2000)

- Good Gravy (2:47)
- Good Gal Blues (2:45)
- Suzy Q (3:12)
- She Was A Dreamer (2:38)
- Springtime Blues (3:01)
- New Early In The Morning (2:40)
- My Black Name Blues (2:44)
- Tell Me Baby (2:50)
- Good Morning Little School Girl (2:59)
- The Right Kind Of Life (3:23)
- I'm Gonna Catch You Soon (2:46)
- New Early In The Morning (2:41)
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone (2:35)
- War Time Blues (2:56)
- Little Low Woman Blues (2:47)
- Better Cut That Out (2:57)

notes by Dominic Egizzi

Our World Entertainment 804558330127 (EUR 2002)

- Sonny Boy's Jump - Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Born Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- I Have Got To Go - Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Early In The Morning - Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Open Road - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Decoration Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Decoration Day - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Better Cut That Out - Sonny Boy Williamson I
- All My Love's In Vain - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- King Biscuit Stomp - Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Bus Fare - James "Peck" Curtis
- I Been Dealing With The Devil - Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Steady Rollin' Man - Sonny Boy Williamson II

P-Vine PCD-9915 (Jp 2002)

- Good Morning, School Girl
- Blue Bird Blues
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone
- Early In The Morning
- Whiskey Headed Blues
- Decoration Blues
- Deep Down In The Ground
- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- My Little Machine
- Jivin' The Blues
- Western Union Man
- My Baby Made A Change
- Mattie Mae Blues
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Million Years Blues
- She Was A Dreamer
- My Black Name Blues
- Sonny Boy's Jump
- Elevator Woman
- Hoodoo Hoodoo
- Mellow Chick Swing
- Polly Put Your Kettle On
- Alcohol Blues
- Better Cut That Out

notes by Colin Escott and David Evans

RCA Victor/Bluebird 82876-55156-2

Part I - From The Country To The Big City
- Good Morning, School Girl (3:04)
- Decoration Blues (3:35)
- Low Down Ways (3:15)
- Early In The Morning (2:49)
- She Don't Love Me That Way (2:42)
- Black Panther Blues (2:33)
- Check Up On My Baby (2:46)
- Sloopy Drunk Blues (3:17)
- Western Union Man (3:02)
- Win The War Blues (2:46)
Part II - From Blues To Rhythm & Blues
- Stop Breaking Down (2:57)
- Polly Put Your Kettle On (2:30)
- Apple Tree Swing (2:29)
- The Big Boat (3:01)
- You're An Old Lady (3:14)
- Hoodoo Hoodoo (2:58)
- Shake The Boogie (2:49)
- Rub A Dub (2:41)
- Wonderful Time (3:06)
- Sonny Boy's Jump (2:49)

booklet in French and English

Saga 982 077-4 (EUR 2004)

disc 1: Early In The Morning
- Worried Me Blues (2:31)
- Black Gal Blues (2:47)
- Frigidaire Blues (3:01)
- Suzanna Blues (2:58)
- Early In The Morning Blues (2:48)
- Sugar Mama Blues (2:56)
- Skinny Woman (3:00)
- My Little Cornelius (3:10)
- Decoration Blues (3:30)
- You Can Lead Me (3:08)
- Miss Louisa Blues (2:55)
- Sunnyland (3:17)
- I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away (2:56)
- Beauty Parlor (3:27)
- My Baby I've Been Your Slave (3:04)
- Doggin' My Love Around (3:15)
- Little Low Woman Blues (2:47)
- Sugar Mama Blues No. 2 (3:09)
- Good Gal Blues (2:46)
- I'm Not Pleasing You (2:46)
- Honey Bee Blues (3:06)

disc 2: Broken Heart Blues
- She Was A Dreamer (2:38)
- Decoration Day Blues No. 2 (2:51)
- Western Union Man (3:01)
- Springtime Blues (3:01)
- War Time Blues (2:56)
- Sloppy Drunk Blues (3:14)
- Shotgun Blues (2:57)
- New Early In The Morning (2:40)
- You Got To Step Back (2:56)
- Drink On Little Girl (3:04)
- My Baby Made A Change (3:10)
- Million Years Blues (3:03)
- I Been Dealing With The Devil (2:48)
- Broken Heart Blues (2:49)
- She Don't Leave Me That Way (3:40)
- Cool And Iceman Blues (3:03)
- Springtime Blues (3:02)
- I'm Gonna Catch Your Soon (2:46)
- Blues That Made Me Drunk (2:59)
- Come On Baby And Take A Walk (2:47)
- Mellow Chick Swing (2:33)

2 CD set
20-pp. booklet

Membran 222068-306 (Germany 2004)

- Bring Another Half Pint
- You Give An Account
- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- Blue Bird Blues
- New Early In The Morning
- Mellow Chick Swing
- I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away
- Little Low Woman
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Shotgun Blues
- You Been Foolin' Around Town
- Sugar Gal
- Decoration Blues
- Stop Breakin' Down
- My Little Machine
- Apple Tree Swing
- You're An Old Lady
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Whiskey Read Blues
- Good Gravy
- Suzanna Blues
- Goodbye Red
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone
- Tell Me Baby

wrong photo (of Aleck "Rice" Miller) on front cover!

Complete Blues SBLUECD027 (UK 2004)

disc 1:
- Better Cut That Out
- Good Morning, Little School Girl
- Blue Bird Blues
- Jackson Blues
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Skinny Woman
- Up The Country Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- Collector Man Blues
- Frigidaire Blues
- Decoration Blues
- Sunny Land
- I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away
- Until My Love Come Down

disc 2:
- Honey Bee Blues
- Whiskey Headed Blues
- Lord, Oh Lord Blues
- Good Gravy
- T.B. Blues
- Good Gal Blues
- Thinking My Blues Away
- Miss Ida Lee
- Tell Me, Baby
- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- Welfare Store Blues
- My Little Machine
- Jivin' The Blues
- Shotgun Blues

disc 3:
- Million Years Blues
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- She Don't Love Me That Way
- My Black Name Blues
- G.M. & O. Blues
- Sonny Boy's Jump
- Elevator Woman
- Early In The Morning
- Stop Breaking Down
- Sonny Boy's Cold Chills
- Mean Old Highway
- Shake The Boogie
- Sugar Gal
- Wonderful Time

3 CD set

Golden Stars GSS 5431 (Portugal 2006)

disc 1:
- Good Morning, Little School Girl
- Blue Bird Blues
- Jackson Blues
- Got the Bottle Up And Gone
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Skinny Woman
- Tough Luck - (with Robert Lee McCoy)
- Prowling Night-Hawk - (with Robert Lee McCoy)
- Sweet Pepper Mama - (with Robert Lee McCoy)
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me - (with Big Joe Williams)
- Rootin' Ground Hog - (with Big Joe Williams)
- Brother James - (with Big Joe Williams)
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More - (with Big Joe Williams)
- Up the Country Blues
- Worried Me Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- Collector Man Blues
- Frigidaire Blues
- Suzanna Blues
- Early In the Morning
- Project Highway
- My Friend Has Forsaken Me - (with Robert Lee McCoy)
- Mean Black Cat - (with Robert Lee McCoy)
- Brickyard - (with Robert Lee McCoy)
- Mamie Lee - (with Robert Lee McCoy)
- Take It Easy Baby - (with Robert Lee McCoy)

disc 2:
- I Have Spent My Bonus - Robert Lee McCoy
- CNA - Robert Lee McCoy
- Lose Your Man - Henry Townsend
- All I've Got's Gone - Henry Townsend
- A Ramblin' Mind - Henry Townsend
- Now I Stay Away - Henry Townsend
- My Little Cornelius
- Decoration Blues
- You Can Lead Me
- Moonshine
- Miss Louisa Blues
- Sunny Land
- I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away
- Down South
- Beauty Parlor
- Until My Love Come Down
- Katy Fly - Elijah Jones
- Big Boat - Elijah Jones
- Only Boy Child - Elijah Jones
- Lonesome Man - Elijah Jones
- Mean Actin' Mama - Elijah Jones
- Stuff Stomp - Elijah Jones
- J.L. Dairy Blues - Yank Rachell
- Rachel Blues - Yank Rachell
- Lake Michigan Blues - Yank Rachell

disc 3:
- I'm Wild And Crazy As Can Be - Yank Rachell
- Honey Bee Blues
- My Baby I've Been Your Slave
- Whiskey Headed Blues
- Lord, Oh Lord Blues
- You Give An Account
- Shannon Street Blues
- You've Been Foolin' Round Town
- Deep Down In The Ground
- When You Feel Down And Out - Yank Rachell
- Texas Tommy - Yank Rachell
- It's All Over - Yank Rachell
- My Mind Got Bad - Yank Rachell
- Get Your Head Trimmed Down - 'Jackson' Joe Williams
- Peach Orchard Mama - 'Jackson' Joe Williams
- Haven't Seen No Whiskey - 'Jackson' Joe Williams
- Goin' Up The Mountain - 'Jackson' Joe Williams
- You Got To Fix It - Speckled Red
- Number Five Blues
- Christmas Morning Blues
- Susie-Q
- Blue Bird Blues - Part 2
- Little Girl Blues
- Low Down Ways

disc 4:
- Goodbye Red
- Right Kind Of Life, The
- Insurance Man Blues
- Rainy Day Blues
- Next Door Neighbor - (with Rambling Bob (McCoy))
- Big Apple Blues - (with Rambling Bob (McCoy))
- Freight Train Blues - (with Rambling Bob (McCoy))
- Good Gamblin' - (with Rambling Bob (McCoy))
- Bad Luck Blues
- My Little Baby
- Doggin' My Love Around
- Little Low Woman Blues
- Good For Nothing Blues
- Sugar Mama Blues No. 2
- Good Gravy
- T.B. Blues
- Something Goin' On Wrong
- Good Gal Blues
- Joe Louis And John Henry Blues
- Thinking My Blues Away
- I'm Not Pleasing You
- New Jail House Blues
- Life Time Blues
- Miss Ida Lee
- Tell Me, Baby

4 CD set

JSP JSPCD 7797 (UK 2007)

disc 1:
- Honey Bee Blues
- I Been Dealing With The Devil
- War Time Blues
- Train Fare Blues
- Decoration Day Blues No. 2
- New Early In The Morning
- Welfare Store Blues
- My Little Machine
- Jivin' The Blues
- Hobo Blues
- It Seem Like A Dream
- Army Man Blues
- 38 Pistol Blues
- Worried Blues
- Biscuit Baking Woman
- Insurance Man Blues
- Up North Blues (There's A Reason)
- Western Union Man
- Big Apple Blues
- Springtime Blues
- My Baby Made A Change
- Shotgun Blues
- Coal And Iceman Blues
- Drink On, Little Girl
- Mattie Mae Blues
- I'm Gonna Catch You Soon
disc 2:
- Million Years Blues
- Shady Grove Blues
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- She Was A Dreamer
- You Got To Step Back
- Ground Hog Blues
- Black Panther Blues
- Broken Heart Blues
- She Don't Love Me That Way
- My Black Name Blues
- I Have Got To Go
- Yellow Yam Blues
- Tappin' That Thing
- Rainy Day Blues
- Peach Tree Blues
- She Loves Who She Please
- Bye Bye Blues
- Loudella Blues
- Katy Lee Blues
- Throw A Boogie Woogie
- North Wind Blues
- Please Don't Go
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby
- Break 'Em On Down
- Love Me, Baby
disc 3:
- What's Gettin' Wrong with You
- Blues That Made Me Drunk
- Come On Baby And Take A Walk
- Miss Stella Brown Blues
- Desperado Woman Blues
- Win Tthe War Blues
- Check Up on My Baby Blues
- G.M. & O. Blues
- We Got To Win
- Sonny Boy's Jump
- Elevator Woman
- Drop Down Blues
- Somebody's Been Worryin'
- Wanita
- Vitamin A
- Early In The Morning
- The Big Boat
- Stop Breaking Down
- You're An Old Lady
- Sonny Boy's Cold Chills
- Mean Old Highway
- Hoodoo Hoodoo
- Shake The Boogie
- Mellow Chick Swing
- Polly Put Your Kettle On
- Lacey Belle
disc 4:
- Apple Tree Swing
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Stack Of Dollars
- Mellow Apples
- Wild Cow Moan
- Baby Please Don't Go [alt tk]
- Wonderful Time
- Sugar Gal
- Willow Tree Gal
- Alcohol Blues
- Little Girl
- Blues About My Baby
- No Friend Blues
- I Love You For Myself
- Bring Another Half A Pint
- Southern Dream
- Rub A Dub
- Better Cut That Out
- P Vine Blues
- Bad And Weak Hearted Blues
- King Biscuit Stomp
- I'm A Highway Man
- Banta Rooster Blues
- Mean Step Father Blues
- House Lady Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here

4 CD set

JSP JSPCD 77101 (UK 2009)

Charlie McCoy - Last Time Blues
Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink Of Water Blues
Johnnie Temple - Lead Pencil Blues (It Just Won't Write)
Charlie McCoy - That Lonesome Train That Took My Baby Away
Mississippi Mud Steppers - Jackson Stomp
Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp
Curtis Jones - Palace Blues
Jackson Blue Boys - Hidin' On Me
Jackson Blue Boys - Sweet Alberta
Will Weldon - Gonna Take My Time
Charlie McCoy (Papa Charlie's Boys) - Gypsy Woman Blues
Harlem Hamfats - Oh! Red
Sonny Boy Williamson - Black Panther Blues
Charlie McCoy (Papa Charlie's Boys) - Too Long
Bo Carter - East Jackson Blues
Ishmon Bracey - Leavin' Town Blues
Mississippi Black Snakes - Blue Sky Blues
Charlie McCoy (The Mississippi Mudder) - Candy Man Blues
Memphis Minnie - Long As I Can See You Smile
Charlie McCoy And Bo Carter - Corrine Corrina
Charlie McCoy (The Mississippi Mudder) - Charity Blues
Walter Vinson - It's Gonna Stare You In The Face
Monkey Joe - Preach, Pray And Moan
Kansas Joe McCoy - Dresser Drawer Blues
Charlie McCoy (The Mississippi Mudder) - Motherless & Fatherless
Mississippi Mud Steppers - Sunset Waltz

Nehi NEH 02 (UK 1/2014)

CD and Calendar contents:
Peg Leg Howell - Too Tight Blues
Bertha Henderson with Blind Blake - Terrible Murder Blues
Walter Roland - Cold Blooded Murder
Buddy Moss - Undertaker Blues
Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning, School Girl
Lead Belly - New Black Snake Moan
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Pneumonia Blues
Ramblin' Thomas - Hard To Rule Woman Blues
Victoria Spivey - Witchcraft Blues
Blind Boy Fuller - Rag, Mama, Rag
Rev. D.C. Rice - The Angels Rolled The Stone Away

Supplementary CD tracks:
LOST JOHN HUNTER
- Miss Thelma Mae (tk 1)
- Miss Thelma Mae (tk 2)
- Lost John's Pinetop's Boogie
- You Gotta Heart Of Stone (tk 1)
- You Gotta Heart Of Stone (tk 2)
- Boogie For Me Baby"
- Trouble Everywhere (tk 1)
- Trouble Everywhere (tk 2)
- Mind Your Own Business (tk 1)
- Mind Your Own Business (tk 2)
- Back To Louisiana (tk 1)

restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 18 (rel. 2020, for 2021)

Blues Images CD BIM-118 (US 2020) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 18 (for 2021)

Blues Images calendars discography