- The Last Time (7445)   @ Spotify
- Out On The Road (7447)   @ Spotify

rec. August 12, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Henry Gray, p; Bob Woodfork, g; Willie Dixon, b; A.J. Gladney, dr

Muddy Waters has claimed to be the '2nd vocal' on 'The Last Time', if this is so then he may also be the second guitarist and not Bob Woodfork. Fancourt & McGrath (2006) therefore list Muddy Waters (and not Bob Woodfork) as 2nd guitarist. White, Campbell and Kelly contradict as follows: "Fancourt and McGrath claim that Muddy provided backing vocals on 'The Last Time,' but the company was merely experimenting with vocal overdubs."

Chess 1519

- Mistreated Baby (U7444)   @ Spotify
- What's The Matter (U7446)   @ Spotify

rec. August 12, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Henry Gray, p; Bob Woodfork, g; Willie Dixon, b; A.J. Gladney, dr

Muddy Waters has claimed to be the '2nd vocal' on 'The Last Time', if this is so then he may also be the second guitarist and not Bob Woodfork. Fancourt & McGrath (2006) therefore list Muddy Waters (and not Bob Woodfork) as 2nd guitarist. White, Campbell and Kelly contradict as follows: "Fancourt and McGrath claim that Muddy provided backing vocals on 'The Last Time,' but the company was merely experimenting with vocal overdubs."

Chess unissued

Chess 6641 174 (UK)
Chess 2ACMB-207 (US)

- It's You Baby (C1000)   @ youtube
- Highway 61 (C1001)   @ youtube

rec. 1956 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Big Walter Horton, hca; Jimmy Rogers, Bob Woodfork, g; Willie Dixon, b; S.P. Leary, dr

Cobra 5006

- Highway 61 (alt tk) # []   @ Spotify
- Highway 61 (alt tk) * []   @ Spotify
- Highway 61 (alt tk) []   @ Spotify

rec. 1956 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Big Walter Horton, hca; Jimmy Rogers, Bob Woodfork, g; Willie Dixon, b; S.P. Leary, dr

Cobra unissued

# Paula CD 22

* P-Vine PCD-2164

[] WESA 910

- I Won't Be Happy #     @ youtube
- The Sun Is Rising #     @ youtube
- Ain't Got A Lousy Dime [alt tk of "The Sun Is Rising"] *   @ youtube
- I Wanna School You Pretty Baby   @ youtube

rec. 1965 in Chicago, IL; Bob Woodfork, voc, g; Henry Gray, p; Buddy Guy, Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr

originally unissued

# Decca LK 4748 (1966)

* Sunnyland KS 101 (1971)

- Kansas City #
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby *
- Back Water Blues *
- You Missed A Good Man *
- Instrumental ("Nighthawk Boogie") *

rec. 1965 at Art Snider's studio in Toronto, Canada; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Bob Woodfork, g; Jimmy Collins, dr

originally unissued

# Stony Plain SPCD 1317
(Ca 2006)

* Stony Plain SPCD 1354
(Ca 2011)

Shakey Horton - Can't Help Myself
Johnny Young - One More Time
Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinking
Poor Bob - I Won't Be Happy
Eddie Boyd - Where You Belong
Robert Nighthawk - Merry Christmas
Homesick James - Crutch And Cane

Johnny Young - Little Girl
Poor Bob - The Sun Is Rising
Homesick James - Got To Move
Sunnyland Slim - I Got To Get To My Baby
Ronda Mitchell & Mrs. Lovell - J.F. Kennedy's Reservation
Robert Nighthawk - Lula Mae
Eddie Boyd - Losing Hand

rec. in Chicago, IL by Willie Dixon

Decca LK 4748 cover photo of Robert Nighthawk by Frank Scott
Flyright LP 521 cover photo: Chicago 1941 by Russell Lee (courtesy of Library of Congress)

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Decca LK 4748 (UK 1966)

original notes by Mike Leadbitter

= Flyright LP 521 (UK 1976)

notes by Mike Leadbitter

= Decca TAB 63 (UK 1983) (Rock Echoes series)

Flyright Records discography

Homesick James
- Little And Low ## [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
- Look On Yonder's Wall# [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
- My Home Ain't Here ## [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
Walter Horton
- I Need My Baby Blues * [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
- Have A Good Time * [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
Prez Kenneth
- I Am The Man Downstairs § [Biscayne 005]   @ youtube
- Messin' With Mabel § [Biscayne 015]   @ youtube

Smokey Smothers
- I'm Lookin' For You + [Gamma GA-104]   @ youtube
"Poor" Bob Woodfork
- I Wanna School You Pretty Baby || [originally unissued]   @ youtube
- Ain't Got A Lousy Dime || [originally unissued; alt tk of "The Sun Is Rising"]   @ youtube
L.C. McKinley
- So Strange // [originally unissued]   @ youtube
- Mind Your Business // [originally unissued]   @ youtube
Snooky Pryor
- I'm Going Away \\ [Atomic-H unissued]   @ youtube
- Rest A Little While \\ [Atomic-H unissued]   @ youtube

compiled by Mike Leadbitter
Walter Horton photo (inner gatefold) by Marcel Imsand

# rec. August 1964 in Chicago, IL by Willie Dixon; Homesick James, voc, g; ## Walter Horton, hca; Henry Gray or Willie Mabon, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr

* rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; Walter Horton, voc, hca; Henry Gray, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr

§ rec. 1964/65 in Chicago, IL; Prez Kenneth (Kenneth Kidd), voc, b; Willie Welchess, ts; Birmingham Jones, hca; Kermit Chandler, g; Leroy Spottsville, dr

+ rec. 1968 in Chicago, IL; Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers, voc, hca, g; b; dr

|| rec. 1965 in Chicago, IL; "Poor" Bob Woodfork, voc, g; Henry Gray, p; Buddy Guy, Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James

// rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; L.C. McKinley, voc, g; p; g; b; dr

\\ rec. 1954 in Chicago, IL by the Rev. Houston H. Harrington for his Atomic-H label; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Homesick James, g

notes on four leaflets (December 1970) by Mike A. Leadbitter
 

inner gatefold with Walter Horton photo by Marcel Imsand



Sunnyland KS 101 (UK 1970)

Sunnyland Records discography

Album 1
Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- Big World
- Overseas
- Playhouse
Otis Spann
- It Must Have Been The Devil
- Five Spot

Gus Jenkins
- Eight Ball
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires
- One Of These Days [Checker 752]
- Murmur Low [Checker 752]
Little Henry
- I Declare That Ain't Right
- Matchbox Blues
Blue Smitty
- Sad Story [Chess 1522]
- Elgin Movements [Chess unissued]
- Date Bait [Chess unissued]

Album 2
Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider
- Hard Days
- Burying Ground
- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Screaming And Crying
- Where's My Woman Been
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2

- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Lonesome Day
- Iodine In My Coffee
- Flood
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Oh! Yeh
- Smokestack Lightning

Album 3
Little Walter
- Juke
- Boogie
- Mean Old World
- Sad Hours
- Don't Have To Hunt No More
- Tonight With A Fool
- Quarter To Twelve
- Blues With A Feeling

- Last Boogie
- Fast Boogie
- Light's Out
- You're So Fine
- Blues Light
- Last Night
- Thunderbird
- I Got To Go

Album 4
Jimmy Rogers
- Today, Today Blues
- The World Is In A Tangle
- She Loves Another Man
- Hard Working Man
- Chance To Love
- My Little Machine
- Mistreated Baby [previously unissued]
- What's The Matter [previously unissued]

Jimmy Rogers
- You're The One
John Brim
- Rattlesnake
- It Was A Dream
- Ice Cream Man
- Lifetime Baby
- Tough Times
- Go Away
- That Ain't Right

compiled by Mike Rowe

4 LP box set

Chess 6641 174 (UK Phonogram)

Neil Slaven review in Blues
Unlimited 113, p. 24-25

- Left Me With A Broken Heart
- Blues All Day Long
- Today Today Blues
- The World's In A Tangle
- She Loves Another Man
- Hard Working Man

- Chance To Love
- My Little Machine
- Mistreated Baby
- What's The Matter
- You're The One
- If It Ain't Me


- One Kiss
- I Can't Believe
- What Have I Done
- My Baby Don't Love Me No More
- Trace of You
- Don't You Know My Baby

- Crying Shame
- Give Love Another Chance
- This Has Never Been
- Rock This House
- My Last Meal
- You Don't Know
- Can't Keep From Worrying

Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Muddy Waters, g; Little Walter, hca; Big Crawford, b; Ernest Cotton, ts; Eddie Ware, p; "Elga Edmonds" [Elga Edmonds] [real name: Elga Edmonds], dr; Bob Woodfork, g; Johnny Jones, p; Wille Dixon, b; AJ Gladney, dr; JT Brown, ts; Henry Gray, p; Fred Below, dr; Otis Spann, p; Walter Horton, hca; Joe Young, g; Odie Payne, dr; Wayne Bennett, g; Francis Clay, dr; SP Leary, dr; Luther Tucker, g; Fred Robinson, g; George Hunter, dr

DLP
notes by Pete Welding

Chess 2ACMB-207

DLP

= Chess Vogue 427012 (Fr 1976)

DLP

= Chess C2-9211 (US 1984) "Chess Masters"

= MCA CH2-92505

Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues [Cobra 5011]
Louis Myers
- Bluesy
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Steady Rollin' Man
Charles Clark
- Row Your Boat tk 1
- Row Your Boat tk 2
Little Willie Foster
- Little Girl [Cobra 5011]
Sunnyland Slim
- It's You Baby

Arbee Stidham
- When I Find My Baby
Louis Myers
- Just Whaling
Shakey Horton
- Need My Baby tk 1
- Need My Baby tk 2
- Have A Good Time
Sunnyland Slim
- Highway 61
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket

notes by Bruce Bastin

Flyright FLY 567 (UK 1980)

Flyright Records discography

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

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


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

Just Blowing
Louis Meyers
- Just Wailing
- Bluesy
Big Walter Horton
- Have A Good Time
- Need My Baby
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
- Little Girl
Junior Wells with Earl Hooker
- Calling All Blues


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

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


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

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

4 LP set

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

LP 1:
- You're The One (early version)
- Today, Today Blues
- The World Is In A Tangle
- She Loves Another Man
- Hard Working Man
- Ludella (early version)

- Left Me With A Broken Heart
- If It Ain't Me
- Chance To Love
- My Little Machine
- You Don't Know
- Can't Keep From Worrying

LP 2:
- One Kiss
- I Can't Believe
- Mistreated Baby #
- What Have I Done
- My Baby Don't Love Me No More
- My Last Meal
- What's The Matter #

- Rock This House
- This Has Never Been
- Trace Of You
- Don't Turn Me Down
- Crying Shame
- Give Love Another Chance
- Don't You Know Me Baby

DLP

P-Vine PLP 6038/39 (Jp 1985)

Flyright Records discography

Flyright Records discography

notes by Mark Humphrey

= KC CD 03 (Cz 1992) "Chicago Blues Of The Fifties"

disc 1:
- That's All Right
- Luedella (Chess 1435, A&B sides)
- Goin' Away Baby
- Today, Today Blues (Chess 1442, A&B sides)
- I Used To Have A Woman (Chess 1506, A-side)
- The World's In A Tangle
- She Loves Another Man (Chess 1453, A&B sides)
- Money, Marbles And Chalk (Chess 1476, A-side)
- Hard Working Man (Chess 2CHMD-207)
- Chance To Love (Chess 1476, B-side)
- My Little Machine (Chess 2CHMD-207)
- Back Door Friend (Chess 1506, B-side)
- Crying Shame (Chess 2CHMD-207)
- Mistreated Baby (Chess 2CHMD-207) #
- The Last Time (Chess 1519, A-side) #
- What's The Matter (Chess 2CHMD-207) #
- Out On The Road (Chess 1519, B-side) #
- Left Me With A Broken Heart (# or Muddy Waters ?)
- Act Like You Love Me (Chess 1543, A&B sides) (# or Muddy Waters ?)
- Blues All Day Long (Blues Leave Me Alone) (Chess 1616, B-side)
- Chicago Bound
- Sloppy Drunk (Chess 1574, A&B sides)
- You're The One (first version) [previously unreleased in the USA]
- You're The One (Chess 1616, A-side)
- If It Ain't Me (Who Are You Thinking Of) (Chess 1643, A-side)

disc 2:
-. Walking By Myself (Chess 1643, B-side)
- I Can't Believe
- One Kiss (Chess 1659, A&B sides)
- What Have I Done (Chess 1687, A-side)
- My Baby Don't Love Me No More (Chess 2CHMD-207)
- Trace Of You (Chess 1687, B-side)
- Don't You Know My Baby (Chess 2CHMD-207)
- Don't Turn Me Down [previously unreleased in the USA]
- Looka Here [previously unreleased]
- This Has Never Been (Chess 2CHMD-207)
- Rock This House
- My Last Meal (Chess 1721, A&B sides)
- You Don't Know (Chess 2CHMD-207)
- Can't Keep From Worrying (Chess 2CHMD-207)
- Luedella (Alternate) [previously unreleased]
- Act Like You Love Me (alt tk) [previously unreleased] (# or Muddy Waters ?)
- What Have I Done (alt tke) [previously unreleased in the USA]
- My Baby Don't Love Me Anymore (alt tk) [previously unreleased in the USA]
- Trace Of You (alt tk) (Chess 2CHMD-207)
- Don't You Know My Baby (alt tk) [previously unreleased]
- Don't Turn Me Down (alt tk) [previously unreleased]
- This Has Never Been (alt tk) [previously unreleased]
- Rock This House (alt tk) [previously unreleased]
- My Last Meal (alt tk) [previously unreleased]
- You Don't Know (alt tk) [previously unreleased]
- Can't Keep From Worrying (alt tk) [previously unreleased]

# according to notes with Bob Woodfork as accompanist

2CD set;  
notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

= MCA/Chess CHD2-9372 (US 4/1997)

Westside CD WESA 910 (UK 2001)

disc 1:
Asleep At The Wheel - Switchin' In The Kitchen
Ray Bonneville - Tomorrow's Yesterday
Corb Lund - The Truth Comes Out
Ian Tyson - This Is My Sky
New Guitar Summit - Benny's Bugle
Amos Garrett - Sam's Song (The Happy Tune
David Wilcox - Play That Guitar Rag
Marcia Ball, Maria Muldaur, Tracy Nelson, Angela Strehli - I Want A Tall Skinny Papa
Jay Geils - I Hear You Talkin' To Me
Valdy & Gary Fjellgaard - The Boys Of Rhythm
Spirit Of The West - The Crawl
Jr. Gone Wild - Just The Other Day
Doug Sahm - Louis Riel
Emmylou Harris - Born To Run
Charlie Major - The Face Of Love
Steve Earle - Goodbye
Gillian Welch - Look At Miss Ohio
The Holmes Brothers - Man Of Peace
Eric & Leon Bibb - Put On Your Robes, Son

disc 2:
Duke Robillard - Alimony Blues
Rosco Gordon - Memphis Tennessee
Maria Muldaur & Taj Mahal - Ain't What You Used To Have
Long John Baldry - Good Morning Blues
Ronnie Earl & Kim Wilson - My Buddy Buddy Friends
Robert Nighthawk - Kansas City Blues
Jay McShann - Kansas City
Jimmy Witherspoon - Low Down Dirty Shame
Downchild Blues Bland - When I Say Jump
Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard with Jimmy McGriff - Don't Take Everybody For Your Friend
Big Dave McLean - She's Got The Stuff
King Biscuit Boy - Ain't Gonna Do It
Billy Boy Arnold - Woman Stealer
Sonny Rhodes - Big Bag O' Blues
Ellen McIlwaine - Down So Low
Doug James - Extra Axle
Jeff Healey & The Jazz Wizards - Sweet Georgia Brown

disc 3 (DVD):
Jay McShann In The Studio
Holger Petersen On Stony Plain
Corb Lund - Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer
Ian Tyson - The Wonder Of It All
Gillian Welch - Elvis Presley Blues
Cindy Church - This October Day
Spirit Of The West - Political
Jr. Gone Wild - Where The Hell Are You?
Amos Garrett - Poor Fool Like Me
Jim Byrnes - That River
Rita Chiarelli - This Is My Life
Long John Baldry - Midnight In New Orleans
New Guitar Summit Live - Swing With Dr. Jake
Duke Robillard & Friends Live - Jivin' In Rhythm
Duke Robillard - Cookin' With The Blues

2CDs + DVD

Stony Plain SPCD 1317 (Ca 2006)

Sunnyland Slim
- It's You Baby
- Highway 61 (alt tk)
- When I Was Young
- Bassology
- Worried About My Baby
- Four Day Bounce
- Highway 61 (alt tk)
- The Mojo
- Slow Down Woman
- I Want My Baby
- How Can I Leave
- Let's Roll
- People Are Medding (In Our Affairs)
- I Have Married
- The Mountain
- I'll Die Tryin'
- How Much More
- Play a Little While
- Louise
- The Mojo (alt tk)
- Slow Down Woman (alt tk)
- I Want My Baby (alt tak)

P-Vine PCD-2164 (Jp 2010?)

disc 1:
Maria Muldaur - The Diplomat
Jeff Healey - The Wildcat
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - Looking For A Brand New World
Corb Lund - Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier
Steve Earle - Ben McCulloch
Ian Tyson - Blaino's Song
Tim Hus - Country Music Lament
Valdy & Gary Fjellgaard - Still In The Running
Ray Bonneville - Canary Yellow Car
Asleep At The Wheel - That's Your Red Wagon
Sunny And Her Joy Boys - Strictly From Dixie
Amos Garrett - Get Way Back
David Wilcox - Bend A Little
New Guitar Summit - Shivers
Spirit Of The West - Our Station
Emmylou Harris - Wheels
Blue Rodeo - Four Strong Winds
Rodney Crowell - Closer To Heaven
Bob Carpenter - Dreaming
Bob Carpenter - Magdelana
Bob Carpenter - Chameleon Man

disc 2:
Duke Robillard - Stomp The Blues Tonight
Joe Louis Walker - Black Widow Spider
Jay McShann & Duke Robillard - Moten Swing
Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne - Heaven Send Me An Angel
Doug James & Sugar Ray Norcia - Dirty, Dirty People
Jeff Healey - I'm Torn Down
Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin'
Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor Band - Teardrops On Your Letter
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Miracle
Rory Block - Mississippi Man
Big Dave McLean - Police And High Sheriff
Long John Baldry - Gallows Poll
Sonny Rhodes - Honey Do Woman
Ellen McIlwaine - Crawling King Snake
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger
King Biscuit Boy - Ain't Broke And Ain't Hungry
Robert Nighthawk - Nighthawk Boogie
Robert Nighthawk - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
Robert Nighthawk - You Missed A Good Man
Robert Nighthawk - Back Water Blues

disc 3 (DVD):
A Tour Of The Stony Plain Offices
Jeff Healey - Like A Hurricane
Jay McShann & Johnnie Johnson - Going To Kansas City
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Bobby's Bop
Duke Robillard - Workin' Hard For My Uncle
Corb Lund - The Truth Comes Out
Ian Tyson - Springtime In Alberta
Downchild - Bop 'Til I Drop
Long John Baldry - Shake That Thing
Jr. Gone Wild - I'm So Glad
The Paperboys - After The First Time

2CDs + DVD

Stony Plain SPCD 1354 (Ca 2011)