Illustrated Big John Wrencher discography

Blues Unlimited 106 (Febr./March 1974)
photographer: Bill Greensmith Big John Wrencher
John Thomas Wrencher a/k/a One Arm John
b. February 12, 1923 in Sunflower, Sunflower County, Mississippi
d. July 15, 1977 in Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi
buried in a (for almost thirty years unmarked) grave in Shufordville Cemetery,
an old cemetery located in the small hamlet of Lyon
discography
source: Front cover of Big Bear 4; photographer: Alan Johnson

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1964	Modern Chicago Blues Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out In 1954 #* @ youtube Wilbert Jenkins - Married Woman Blues @ youtube Johnny Young - You Make Me Feel So Good ##* @ youtube Maxwell St. Jimmy - Crying Won't Make Me Stay \|\| @ youtube Big Walter Horton - Everybody's Fishing // @ youtube Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman ## @ youtube Robert Nighthawk - Blues Before Sunrise § @ youtube Johnny Young - Back To Chicago @ youtube John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee \\ °° @ youtube Maxwell Street Jimmy - I've Got My Eyes on You \|\| °° @ youtube Johnny Young - Bad Blood #* @ youtube John Wrencher - I'm Going To Detroit [] @ youtube Maxwell St. Jimmy - Hanging Around My Door \|\| @ youtube Johnny Young - Tired Of You Smiling ## @ youtube Wilbert Jenkins - Crawling King Snake @ youtube Johnny Young - Let Me Ride Your Mule #* @ youtube Big Walter Horton - Hard-Hearted Woman // @ youtube John Lee Granderson - I Don't Feel Good \\ @ youtube Maxwell Street Jimmy - Long Haired Doney \|\| °° @ youtube John Lee Granderson - That's All Right \\ °° @ youtube William Mack - Hideaway °° @ youtube °° CD bonus tracks rec. by Norman Dayron, Norman Goodis, or Peter J. Welding # rec. November 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, g, ## mand; Otis Spann, p; Slim Willis, hca; * Robert Whitehead, dr \|\| rec. 1963 at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; Maxwell Street Jimmy, voc, g // rec. July 1, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Walter Horton, voc, hca; Jimmy Walker, p; Johnny Young, g \\ rec. poss. September 30, 1962; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Prez Thomas, hca; Jimmy Walker, p; William Mack, g § rec. October 14, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Johnny Young, g [] rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, voc, hca; Johnny Young, mand; John Lee Granderson, g Testament LP/CD front cover drawing by George Roth; Bounty/Polydor LPs front cover photo by Ray Flerlage; back liner photos by Peter J. Welding notes by Peter J. Welding "P.O. Box 1813/Chicago, Illinois, 60690" "577 Levering Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024" "Los Angeles, Calif." Testament T-2203 (US 1964 ff.) BU 25 (September 1965), p. 23 notes by Peter J. Welding = Testament T-2203 (special re-release by OJL) notes by Peter J. Welding = Bounty BY 6025 (UK 1966) notes by Peter J. Welding = Polydor 545 031 (UK 1966) notes by Peter J. Welding (=) Testament TCD-5008 (US 1994) = P-Vine PCD-5566 (Jp 1999) Testament Records discography Johnny Young discography John Lee Granderson discography Big Walter Horton discography Maxwell Street Jimmy discography
2	1964	Blues All Around My Bed Blues Scene USA Vol. 3 Carl Hodges - Blues All Around My Bed @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Hellhound On My Trail @ youtube John Lee Granderson - Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl [Takoma TAK 7071] @ youtube Johnny Young & John Wrencher & John Lee Granderson - Green Door Blues ## @ youtube James Robinson - Standing In My Back Door Crying @ youtube W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Sometimes I Rate @ youtube Connie Williams - One Thin Dime @ youtube Leroy "Country" Dallas - Sweet Man Blues (4:22) @ youtube @ Spotify Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues @ youtube Bill Jackson - Trouble In Mind @ youtube Avery Brady - Gonna Let You Down @ youtube Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson - Roll Me Over Slow @ youtube # rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g front cover photos by Harry Oster (the photo of Leon Strickland is laterally reversed; Strickland was not left handed!) notes by Pete Welding Storyville SLP 181 (Denmark 1964) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville 670181 (Germany 196?) = Storyville SLP 842 (Denmark 1979) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville PSLP-842 (Portugal 4/1983) notes by Pete Welding = Poljazz PSJ 248 (Poland 1983) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville SLP 4036 (Switzerland 1985) "Blues Roots Vol. 2" Storyville Records discography Big Joe Williams discography Johnny Young discography John Lee Granderson discography Blind Connie Williams discography Leroy Dallas discography Doug Quattlebaum discography
3	1967	Robert Nighthawk / Houston Stackhouse Masters of Modern Blues Volume 4 Robert Nighthawk - Black Angel Blues @ youtube - Maggie Campbell @ youtube - Crowing Rooster Blues @ youtube - I'm Getting Tired @ youtube - Bricks In My Pillow @ youtube - Merry Christmas Baby @ youtube Robert Nighthawk - Crying Won't Help You @ youtube - Kansas City Blues @ youtube - Kidman Blues °° @ youtube - Bricks In My Pillow (alt tk) °° @ Spotify Houston Stackhouse with Robert Nighthawk - Big Road Blues @ youtube - Cool Water Blues @ youtube - Big Fat Mama Blues @ youtube - Take A Little Walk With Me @ youtube - Bye Bye Blues °° @ youtube - Mean Old World °° @ youtube - The Wrong Man °° @ youtube - Kansas City Blues # °° @ youtube Robert Nighthawk tracks rec. October 14, 1964 in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron & Pete Welding; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Johnny Young, mand Houston Stackhouse tracks rec. August 28, 1967 in Dundee, MS by George Mitchell; Houston Stackhouse, g or hca; Robert Nighthawk, g, # voc; Peck Curtis, dr cover photo line resolution by Brad Barrett from a photo by Pete Welding °° TCD 5010 bonus tracks notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2215 (US 1967) notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2215 ("special re-release by OJL") notes by Pete Welding = Testament TCD-5010 (US 1994) (=) Retroworld 165 (along with TCD-5020) Testament Records discography
4	1969	Big John Wrencher - Tell Me Darling (A) - Memphis To Maxwell (B) rec. 1969 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, voc, hca; unknown g, b, dr 7 inch 45 rpm JA-WES JW 0118 [James Shelton Jr. label]
5	1969	Big John Wrencher and his Maxwell Street Blues Boys: Maxwell Street Alley Blues Barrelhouse LP BH-002 track sequence:@ youtube (full LP album, though differing track sequence!) - Maxwell Street Alley Blues @ youtube - Don't Want No Special Rider @ youtube - Rubbin' My Root @ youtube - No Good Weasel @ youtube - Gonna Bring Down All My Clothes @ youtube - Dust My Bed @ youtube - Mama Here Come Your Root Man @ youtube - John's Moonshine Blues @ youtube - Ha Ha Baby @ youtube - Conductor Took My Baby To Tennessee @ youtube - Rockin' Chair Blues @ youtube Blue Sting CD 028 / P-Vine PCD-1889 track sequence:@ youtube (full CD album) - Maxwell Street Alley Blues - Special Rider Blues [Don't Want No Special Rider] - Back Porch Boogie (instr) °° @ youtube - No Good Weasel - Goin' Upstairs [Gonna Bring Down All My Clothes] - Dust My Bed - Root Man Blues [Mama Here Come Your Root Man] - Moonshine Blues [John's Moonshine Blues] - Ha-Ha Baby - Conductor Blues [Conductor Took My Baby To Tennessee] - Rockin' Chair Blues - 12th Street Boogie (instr) °° @ youtube - Rough/Tough Boogie (instr) °° @ youtube °° CD bonus tracks rec. September 14, 15 & 19, 1969 in Chicago, IL by George Paulus & Dick Shurman; Big John Wrencher, voc, shouts, hca; Little Buddy Thomas, g; "Playboy" Vinson, dr; prod. by George Paulus cover drawing by George Paulus (1st ed.) / Robert Crumb (later ed.) notes by George Paulus Barrelhouse BH-002 (US 1969) [1st ed.] Barrelhouse BH-002 (US 1974) [2nd ed.] notes (1992) by George Paulus (=) Blue Sting CD 028 (Belgium 1992) notes (October 1992) by George Paulus = P-Vine PCD-1889 (Jp 1993) "Big John Wrencher and His Chicago Blues Band" Barrelhouse Records discography
6	1970	The Chicago String Band Carl Martin, Johnny Young, John Lee Granderson, John Wrencher Testament T-2220 track sequence: - The Sun Is Sinking Low # @ youtube - Trouble On Your Hands * @ youtube - Weeping And Moaning \|\| - You Know I Do [] - Hoodoo Blues * - You Got Good Business \|\| - I Got To Find That Woman # - Clean Cut Mama \|\| - Railroad Blues * @ youtube - Don't Sic Your Dog On Me [] - John Henry - Memphis, Tenn., 1939 Blues \|\| Testament TCD 5006 track sequence: - The Sun Is Sinking Low - Trouble On Your Hands - Weeping And Moaning - You Know I Do [] - Hoodoo Blues - You Got Good Business - Take It Easy Baby # °° - I Got To Find That Woman - Clean Cut Mama - Railroad Blues - Don't Sic Your Dog On Me [] - John Henry - Memphis, Tenn., 1939 Blues - Bye Bye Pete \|\| § °° °° CD bonus tracks rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, hca, [] voc; John Lee Granderson, g, # voc; Carl Martin, vl, mand, * voc; Johnny Young, mand, \|\| voc; § Bill Foster, g notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2220 (US 1970) BW 36 (November 1970), p. 14 BU 79 (January 1971), p. 27 = Testament T-2220 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 198?) = Testament TCD-5006 (US 1994) = P-Vine PCD-5580 (Jp) Testament Records discography John Lee Granderson discography Carl Martin discography Johnny Young discography
7	1975	Johnny Young and His Friends LP track sequence: - Prison Bound - Sugar Farm Blues # @ youtube - All My Money Gone @ youtube - My Home Ain't Here - Did You Get That Letter? - I'm Leaving Baby - I Got It - Meet Me In The Bottom * - You Made Me Feel So Good - Blues And Trouble - Kid Man Blues # @ youtube - Humpty Dumpty - Forty-Four Blues - Whoop It Up CD track sequence: - Prison Bound - Sugar Farm Blues # - All My Money Gone - My Home Ain't Here - Blues For Big Time # °° @ youtube - Did You Get That Letter? - I'm Leaving Baby - I Got It - Bumble Bee # °° @ youtube - Meet Me In The Bottom * - You Made Me Feel So Good - Want My Lovin' °° - Blues And Trouble - Kid Man Blues # - Humpty Dumpty - Instrumental # °° @ youtube - Forty-Four Blues - Whoop It Up °° CD bonus tracks, previously unissued # rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding & Norman Dayron; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g * rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding & Norman Dayron; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Big John Wrencher, hca; Robert Nighthawk, g photos by Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding Testament T-2226 (US 1975) notes by Pete Welding = Testament T-2226 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 19??) = Testament TCD 5003 (US 1994) = P-Vine PCD-5564 (Jp) Testament Records discography Johnny Young discography John Lee Granderson discography
8	1974	The American Blues Legends '74 Big John Wrencher - Big Johns Boogie - I'm A Roots Man - How Many More Years °° Cousin Joe Pleasant - I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use - Problems Doctor Ross - It Seems Like A Dream - On My Way To School - Boogie Disease No. 2 °° Eddie "Playboy" Taylor - I Used To Have Some Friends - I Know My Baby - You Don't Love Me °° G.P. Jackson - 12th Street Boogie - Letter Dressed In Red - Leavin' Kansas City Cousin Joe Pleasant - Railroad Avenue °° - Blues Legends 1974 rec. & mixed February & March 1974 at Chalk Farm Studios, London, England; prod. by Jim Simpson °° CD bonus tracks = Big Bear BEAR 1 (UK 1974) Munich BM 150 202 (NL 1974) = Apolo J&B-6007 (Spain 1982) 2 CD set (=) Big Bear/Indigo CD 2527 (UK 2002) "American Blues Legends '73/'74" Big Bear Records discography Doctor Ross discography G.P. Jackson discography
9	1974	Big John Wrencher: Big John's Boogie@ youtube (full album) - Honeydripper - Third Degree - Now Darling @ youtube - Where Did You Stay Last Night? - Trouble Makin' Woman - Lonesome In My Cabin - How Many More Years? - Come On Over - Telephone Blues - Runnin' Wild CD bonus tracks (from Big Bear BEAR 1): - Big John's Boogie # - I'm A Root Man # rec. between February and April 1974 at Chalk Farm Studios, London, England, by Jim Simpson; Big John Wrencher, voc, hca; Eddie Taylor, g & The Blues Hounds: Bob Hall, p; Bob Brunning, b; Pete York, dr sleeve photos by Alan Johnson notes by Mike Leadbitter Big Bear BEAR 4 (UK 1974) notes by Mike Leadbitter = Intercord INT 146.402 (Germany 1975) original notes by Mike Leadbitter plus notes by Jim Simpson (=) Castle CMRCD 649 (UK 2003) "Big John's Boogie Plus" = Sanctuary CAS 36183 (US?) Big Bear Records discography
10	1976	Joe Carter and his Chicago Broomdusters: Mean & Evil Blues - Take A Little Walk With Me # [Rhino CD R2 71124] @ youtube - Honey Bee @ youtube - Rock Me @ youtube - I'm Worried (3:18) [Rhino CD R2 75348] @ youtube - It Hurts Me Too @ youtube - Shake Your Moneymaker @ youtube - Sloppy Drunk @ youtube - Treat Me The Way You Do @ youtube - Dust My Broom @ youtube - Blow Wind Blow @ youtube - Hoochie Koochie Man @ youtube rec. c. October/November 1975 in Chicago, IL by George Paulus; Joe Carter, voc, lead & slide g with The Chicago Broomdusters: # Big John Wrencher, hca; Walter "Big Red" Smith, g; Johnny Junious, dr cover photograph by Joe Frogg notes by George Paulus Barrelhouse BH-007 (US 1976) notes by George Paulus = P-Vine PCD-5202 (Jp 1997) Barrelhouse Records discography
10a	1978	The Blues Vol. 4 1975-77 LP 1: Johnny Mars - I've Been Down So Long [Big Bear BEAR 12] Eddie Guitar Burns - Every Jug Stands On It's Own Bottom [Big Bear BEAR 7] Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would [Big Bear BEAR 8] Little Joe Blue - A Fool Is What You Want [Big Bear BEAR 8] Lonesome Jimmy Lee Robinson - Chicken Head [Big Bear BEAR 8] Eddie Playboy Taylor - Seems Like A Million Years [Big Bear BEAR 6] Eddie Playboy Taylor - Gamblin' Man [Big Bear BEAR 6] Mickey Baker - Make Your Bed Up Mama [Big Bear BEAR 5] Big John Wrencher - I'm A Root Man [Big Bear BEAR 4] Cousin Joe from New Orleans - I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use [Big Bear BEAR 1] George G.P. Jackson - A Letter Dressed In Red - Leavin' Kansas City [Big Bear BEAR 1] LP 2: Mickey Baker - New York New York [Big Bear BEAR 5] Doctor Ross - Hazel [Big Bear previously unissued] @ youtube Snooky Pryor - Dangerous Woman [Polydor 2460 186] Washboard Willie - I Feel So Fine [Polydor 2460 186] Johnny Mars - Blue Midnight [Big Bear BEAR 8] Snooky Pryor - Sloppy Drunk [Polydor 2460 186] Cousin Joe from New Orleans - You're Never Too Old To Boogie [Big Bear BB 14] Homesick James - Crossroads [Caroline C 1502] Tommy Tucker - Hard Luck Blues [Big Bear BEAR 8] Eddie Guitar Burns - Bury Me Back In The USA [Big Bear BEAR 8] Boogie Woogie Red - After Hours [Polydor 2460 186] Red & Mose (Boogie Woogie Red & Whispering Smith) - Sassy [Polydor 2460 186] Big Bear BDUB 2 DLP Big Bear / Intercord INT 156.401 (UK 1978) Big Bear Records discography
11	1979	Big John Wrencher - Runnin' Wild @ youtube - Trouble Makin' Woman @ youtube rec. between February and April 1974 at Chalk Farm Studios, London, England, by Jim Simpson; Big John Wrencher, voc, hca; Eddie Taylor, g & The Blues Hounds: Bob Hall, p; Bob Brunning, b; Pete York, dr taken from Big Bear BEAR 4 (UK 1974) "Big John Wrencher: Big John's Boogie" 7 inch 45 rpm "Coca Cola" COC6 (Fr 1979) [Pathé Marconi / EMI])
12	1982	Joe Carter & Kansas City Red: Original Chicago Blues featuring Eddie Taylor & John Wrencher Joe Carter - Mama Talk To Your Daughter # @ youtube - You're The One # - Rock Me # @ youtube Kansas City Red - Open Your Heart * - Crawling Kingsnake * @ youtube Kansas City Red - Sweet Black Angel * - Rollin' & Tumblin' * - Standing Around Crying @ youtube - The Moon Is Rising * # Joe Carter tracks rec. July 24, 1976 in Chicago, IL by George Paulus for Barrelhouse Records; Joe Carter, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Walter "Big Guitar Red" Smith, g; Johnny Junious, dr * Kansas City Red tracks rec. March 14, 1977 in Chicago, IL by Steve Wisner; Kansas City Red, voc, dr; Nate Armstrong, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Hayes Ware, b front cover photo of Kansas City Red by Jim O'Neal notes by (most likely) John Stedman JSP 1038 = P-Vine PCD 23889 (Jp 2007) Joe Carter discography JSP Records discography
13	1983	Harpin' On It An Anthology of Harmonica Blues Mojo Buford - Deep Sea Diver - In My Younger Days - Crawdad Hole Jew Town Burks - Minnie Sue - Partnership Woman Easy Baby - Good Morning Mr. Blues Big John Wrencher - Now Darlin' [] @ youtube Hot Shot Love - Harmonica Boogie - Go Back Home Little Mac - Home Work Billy Branch - Hoochie Coochie Johnny Mars - Johnny's Groove [] rec. September 14, 15 & 19, 1969 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, voc, shouts, hca; Little Buddy Thomas, g; Coot "Playboy" Vinson, dr; prod. by George Paulus; rec. by George Paulus & Dick Shurman notes by John Stedman JSP 1063 (UK 1983) JSP Records discography
14	198?	A Taste Of Harp The Right Kind - You Oughta Slow Dance Baby [Galaxy 761] Big John Wrencher - Tell Me Darling [JA-WES 0118] - Maxwell To Maxwell [JA-WES 0118] Tommy Lewis - The Hurt Is On [Muriel 1001] - I Love You So [Muriel 1001] Big Jay McNeely + George 'Harmonica' Smith - You Don't Have To Go [WB 8143] - Further Up The Road [WB 8143] Ace Holder - Sorry I Had To Leave [Moving 142] Thomas 'Shy Guy' Douglas - Howlin' [Surspeed 221] - Evening Soul [Surspeed 221] Harmonica Slim - Do What You Want To Do [Vita 146] - Drop Anchor [Vita 146] Good Time Charlie - Cleaned Out [Goldsmith TCB 1004] - I've Been Cleaned Out [Goldsmith TCB 1003] Moonshine BLP 102 (NL 198?) Moonshine Records discography
15	1988	Low Blows An Anthology of Chicago Harmonica Blues Good Rockin' Charles with Big Guitar Red - Found My Baby (Gone) Big Leon Brooks - Kicking Up Dust George "Mojo" Buford - Don't Go No Further Easy Baby - Good Morning Mr. Blues Good Rockin' Charles - She Loves Another Man Big Leon Brooks - Pink Champagne Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher - Take A Little Walk With Me Golden Wheeler - Good Lover Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell - Avenue Stomp Good Rockin' Charles - Ground Hog Blues Golden Wheeler - Evil Woman Big Leon Brooks You Know CD bonus tracks: Good Rockin' Charles - I Got To Go - Good Rockin' Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher - Honey Bee previously unissued tracks rec. 1975 - 1980; album produced and compiled by Bob Corritore & Jim O'Neal; sessions produced by Steve Wisner, Bruce Iglauer, George Paulus & Bob Corritone Mr. Blues MB 7610 (US 1988) [ever issued ???] notes (insert) by Jim O'Neal = Rooster Blues R7610 (US) notes (insert) by Jim O'Neal = Bedrock BEDLP 15 (UK) notes by Dick Shurman, Steve Wisner, Jim O'Neal (=) Rooster CD 2610 (US 1994) = Bedrock BED CD 15 (UK) Mr. Blues Records discography
16	1995	Bottleneck Blues Napoleon Strickland - Key To The Bushes Big Joe Williams - Talking About Bottleneck - Traveling Blues Robert Night Hawk - Crying Won't Help You (alt tk) § Mississippi Fred McDowell - Six White Horses Mott Willis - Knife Instrumental Robert Lee Granderson - Flora Blues J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Wild Wild Woman Blind Connie Williams - St. Louis Blues David Honeyboy Edwards - Worryin' Woman Blues Robert Johnson - I'm Coming, Lord, Please Don't Drive Me Away Chicago Blues Band - Verna Lee Blues [] Mississippi Fred McDowell - Wouldn't Mind Dying John Littlejohn - Dust My Broom Blind Connie Williams - Trouble In Mind Big Joe Williams - How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done Mott Willis - M & O Blues Johnny Shines - Crucial Moment Jack Owens - Train Time Robert Johnson - I Don't Know When Death Is Gonna Call Me Herb Quinn - Casey, You Can't Ride This Train Napoleon Strickland - Skake 'Em Down § rec. October 14, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Robert Nighthawk, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Johnny Young, mand [] rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Big John Wrencher, hca; Carl Martin, voc, vl, mand; Johnny Young, voc, mand (Testament 2216 announced, but not issued) Testament TCD 5021 = P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp) Testament Records discography
17	1995	Testament Records Sampler - Pet Cream Man - J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - A Man For The Nation - John Lee Granderson - Railroad Blues - The Chicago String Band - Nobody Knows My Troubles - Otis Spann - Jesus Is On The Mainline - Fred McDowell & The Hunter's Chapel Singers - Peach Tree Blues - Eddie Taylor - I'm Talking 'Bout You - Eddie Lee "Mustright" Jones - Cat Squirrel - Dr. Isaiah Ross - I'm Gettin' Tired - Robert Nighthawk - Going Back To Texas - Jimmy Walker & His Western Stars/Erwin Helfer - Black Mary - Ruby McCoy - So Cold In Vietnam - Johnny Shines - Titanic Blues - Bill Jackson - Don't Start Me To Talkin' - A Feeling / Johnny Turner & Blues With A Feeling - All My Money Gone - Johnny Young - One Thin Dime - Blind Connie Williams - Goin' Down South - Fred McDowell - I'm Going To Detroit - John Wrencher - Annie Mae - Big Joe Williams - My Babe - Napoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band - Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues - Johnny Shines - Dust My Broom - Johnny Littlejohn - Pleading And Crying - Billy Boy Arnold notes by Pete Welding Testament TCD-4001 (US 1995) Testament Records discography
17a	1997	Mandolin Blues Yank Rachell - Dig My Buddy, Joe @ youtube - Smokey Joe @ youtube - Rainy Day Blues # @ youtube - My Baby's Gonna Jump And Shout # @ youtube Carl Martin - Every Day I Have The Blues @ youtube - Grave Digger Blues @ youtube Willie Hatcher (with John Lee Granderson, g) - Garbage Man Blues @ youtube - Crawdad @ youtube - Waiting Just For You @ youtube Ted Bogan - Mary, Run To The Window § @ youtube Johnny Young - Highway 61 @ youtube - Jumpin' On Eight (instr) @ youtube - Stealin' @ youtube - Mandolin Rock (instr) @ youtube - I Tried To Get You Off My Mind @ youtube - Bumble Bee [] @ youtube - Crawling King Snake \|\| @ youtube Yank Rachell tracks rec. February 12, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, mand, g; Taj Mahal, g, # hca; Sleepy John Estes, g Carl Martin tracks rec. ~~June 6, 1966~~ [actually May 31, 1966] in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, fiddle, g, mand; Johnny Young, g Willie Hatcher tracks rec. prob. mid-1960s in Chicago, IL; Will(ie) Hatcher, voc, mand; John Lee Granderson, g Ted Bogan track rec. prob. December 20, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Ted Bogan, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; Johnny Young, mand Johnny Young tracks rec. 1963-1964 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, mand; John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g [] rec. May 9, 1964 live at the University of Chicago; Johnny Young, voc, mand, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Walker, p \|\| rec. 1963-1964 in Chicago, IL ; Johnny Young, voc, mand, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Walker, p notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6004 (US 1997) Testament Records discography
18	1998	Down Home Harp - Blue Mood - Big Walter Horton - We All Got To Go - Billy Boy Arnold - Billy Boy's Jump - Billy Boy Arnold - Borrow Love And Go - James 'Bat' Robinson - You Know I Love You - Big John Wrencher [] - Thinkin' About Your Apples - Coot Venson - Sweet Woman Blues - George Robertson - Canadian Sunset - Harmonica Slim Willis Quartet - Last Night Blues - Andrew Cauthen - Blue As I Can Be - Willie Lee Harris - Fox Chase - Snake Hippin' - Careless Love - John Lee Henley - Sweet Little Woman - Robert Nighthawk With Little Walter - Slow Train Through Arkansas - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle - T-Model And The Train - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle - Morning Rock - Coot Venson - Blues For Illinois - Dr. Ross - Mattie Mae - Billy Boy Arnold - Where The Southern Crosses The Dog - Coot Venson - Goin' Down To The Station - Andrew Cauthen - Walter's Boogie - Big Walter Horton - John Henry - James 'Bat' Robinson - Baby, You Don't Have To Go - Johnny Young with Little Walter [] rec. June 18, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Big John Wrencher, hca, voc; John Lee Granderson, g; Carl Martin, vl, mand; Johnny Young, mand notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6011 (US 1998) Testament Records discography = P-Vine PCD-5575 (Jp)
19	1999	And This Is Maxwell Street CD One - The Sun Is Shining- Johnny Young - Can't Hold Out Much Longer - Big John Wrencher - Juke Medley - Carey Bell - That's All Right - Robert Night Hawk - Red Top/Ornithology - Little Arthur King - Maxwell Street Jam - Carey Bell - Lucille - Big John Wrencher @ youtube - Corinna, Corinna - Arvella Gray - Power To Live Right - Carrie Robinson - Cheating And Lying Blues - Robert Night Hawk - Honky Tonk - Robert Night Hawk - Dust My Broom - Robert Night Hawk - Peter Gunn Jam - Robert Night Hawk - I Need Love So Bad - Robert Night Hawk - All I Want For My Breakfast - Johnny Young - Take It Easy, Baby - Robert Night Hawk - Long Gone John - Unknown Harpist CD Two - Mama, Talk To Your Daughter - Big Mojo Elem - I'm Ready - Carey Bell - Carey'n On - Carey Bell - When The Saints Go Marching In - James Brewer Group - Back Off Jam - Robert Night Hawk - John Henry - Arvella Gray - Anna Lee/Sweet Black Angel - Robert Night Hawk - Love You Tonight - Big John Wrencher - The Time Have Come - Robert Night Hawk - Cruisin' In A Cadillac - Carey Bell - Honey Hush - Robert Night Hawk - I'll Fly Away - James Brewer Gospel Group - I Shall Overcome - Fannie Brewer Street recordings made for 1964 documentary film 'And This Is Free' 2 CD set with 62 pp. booklet P-Vine PCD-5527/28 (Jp 1999) 3 CD set notes by Colin Talcroft with Allan Murphy (=) Rooster CD ROO2641 (US 2000) 3 CD set (=) Catfish KAT3D1 (UK 2000) Catfish Records (UK) discography
20	2002	Don't Worry 'bout The Bear disc 1: - Shake Your Boogie - Snooky Pryor - After You There Won't Be Nobody Else - Snooky Pryor - Crossroads - Homesick James - Highway 51 - Homesick James - Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher - Seems Like A Million Years - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor - Ready For Eddie - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor - Don't Worry 'Bout the Bear - Doctor Ross - I'm A Mannish Boy - Doctor Ross - Got Something To Tell You [live] - Doctor Ross, Chicago Aces - Sneaky Pete - Erwin Helfer - Homage To AA And PJ - Erwin Helfer, Bob Hall - Texas Flood - Whispering Smith - Walkin' In The Park - Lightnin' Slim - 12th Street Boogie - G.P. Jackson - Meet Me In The Alley - Johnny Mars, Boogie Woogie Red & Baby Boy Warren disc 2: - She's in L.A. - Eddie "Guitar" Burns - Do It If You Wanna - Eddie "Guitar" Burns - Viper Song - Boogie Woogie Red - I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold - It's My Own Fault - Johnny Mars - I've Been Down So Long - Johnny Mars - Klickety Klock - Willie Mabon - Blues Fell This Morning - Mickey Baker - I'll Always Be In Love With You - Mickey Baker - Alimony - Tommy Tucker - Buzzard Luck - Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Blues For My Baby - Charles Brown - So Tired - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors - Let The Good Times Roll - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors - Honky Tonk - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors - When A Woman Loves A Man - Cousin Joe 2 CD set notes by Jim Simpson Indigo IGOXDCD 2503 (UK 2002) = Sanctuary CD 81268 (2003) = Castle CD 36170 (US 2005)
21	2003	Blowing The Blues A History Of Blues Harmonica 1926-2002 three discs: 'Pre-War Acoustic Harmonica', '1946-52 The Harp Goes Electric', & 'Into The Rock Era & Beyond' - Sun Brimmers Blues - The Memphis Jug Band - Need More Blues - Robert Cooksey - Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman - Greenville Strut - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe - Chickasaw Special - Noah Lewis - The Old Folks Started It - Minni Wallace - Touch Me Light Mama - George 'Bullet' Williams - Fourth Avenue Blues - Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp - El Watsons Fox Chase - Wl Watson - Medley Of Blues - Freeman Stowers - Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport & His Beale St Jug Band - Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin Down - Ollis Martin - Bumble Bee Blues - Memphis Minnie - Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead - Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis - Tampa Strut - The Georgia Browns - Harmonica Stomp - Jazz Gillum - Im A Stranger Here - Blind Boy Fuller - Blues In The Rain - Eddie Kellys Washboard Band - You Can Lead Me - Sonny Boy Williamson - Slick Capers Blues - Little Buddy Doyle - Blowing The Blues - Sonny Terry - Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together - Tampa Blues - Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield - King Biscuit Stom - Big Joe Williams - Pet Milk Blues - Walter Mitchell - Better Get Reaky - Elder Roma Wilson - Bring Another Half A Pint - Sonny Boy Williamson - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe - Im A Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes & His Delta Duo - Wig Wearing Woman - Robert Richard - Boogy Fool - Snooky Pryour - Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard & The Gondoliers - Wailin Willie - Rhythm Willie - Winehead Swing - James Tisdom - Evans Shuffle - Muddy Waters - Gotta Go Baby - Joe Hill Louis - Moanin At Midnight - Howling Wolf - Jumpin Blues - Walter Horton - Me & My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie - Down South Blues - Driftin Slim - Juke - Little Walter - Glad To Be Back Home - Sunny Blair - After While (Blue Lights) - Papa Lightfoot - Man Around My Door - Grace Brim - Doctor Ross Boogie - Doctor Ross And His Jump & Jive Boys - The Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry - Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson - Dont Come Back - Little Mac - Gonna Have A Good Time - Snooky Pryor - Juke - Little Walter - Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells - Dont Start Me Talking - Good Rockin Charles - Sonny Boy Williamson - Paul Jones & Jack Bruce - Got Something To Tell You - Doctor Ross - 99 - Sonny Boy Williamson - Last Night - Paul Butterfield - Down At The Grocery Store - Jimmy Reed - Fresh Country Jam - Duster Bennett - Key To The Highway - Charlie Musselwhite - Easy - Walter Horton - Hoodoo Party - King Biscuit Boy - You Went Away Baby - Carey Bell - Why Worry - John Mayall - Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher - Back Door Friend - Billy Boy Arnold - Rode Myself Crazy - Paul Delay - Bring It On Home - Sonny Blake - Texas Flood - Whispering Smith - Hootin And Screamin - Paul Lamb 3 CD box Indigo/Sanctuary IGOTD 2536 (UK 2003)
22	2011	Chicago Downhome Harmonica Vol. 1 - Go Away - John Brim & His Gary Kings - That Ain't Right - John Brim & His Gary Kings - The Morning Before Day - Mojo & His Rhythm Quartett - Memphis To Maxwell - Big John Wrencher [JA-WES JW 0118] - Tell Me Darling - Big John Wrencher [JA-WES JW 0118] - Never Leave My Homework Undone - Little Mack Simmon - Teddy Bear Blues - Little Eddie - Do You Want Me To Cry - Eddie Taylor - I Need My Baby Blues - Walter Horton - Can't Help Myself - Walter Horton - La Cucuracha - Walter Horton - You're The Sweetest Girl I Ever Knew - Slim Willis - Next Time You See Me - Mack Simmons - My Walking Blues - Little Mack - You Lied To Me Baby - Sammy Lewis - The Skrooch - Little Eddie - I Got My Eyes On You - Smokey Smothers - Bleeding Heart - J.L. Smith - Messing With The Kid - Mojo & His Rhythm Quartette - Blue Light - Mac Simmons - Drinking Again - Birmingham Jones - I'm Sittin Here - Eddie Taylor - The Mix Up - Little Sonny & His Band Olchicago 11001 (US 2011)
23	9/2020	Barrelhousin' Around Chicago The Legendary George Paulus 1970s Blues Recordings CD 1: Joe Carter - Mama Talk To Your Daughter [JSP 1038, P-Vine PCD 23889, Pulse PBX CD 403/4] - You're The One [JSP 1038, P-Vine PCD 23889, Pulse PBX CD 403/4] - Rock Me [JSP 1038, P-Vine PCD 23889, Pulse PBX CD 403/4] Big John Wrencher - Now Darlin' [JSP 1063] Billy Branch - Hoochie Coochie [Barrelhouse BH-009] Sam Johnson - Country Girl [previously unissued ?] Mac Thompson - Somethin' Wrong [Rooster Blues R 45, Wax Museum CD-9302 ?] Earl Payton - Parkway Boogie [previously unissued ?] James Henderson - Hey Baby [previously unissued ?] Jimmy Miller - Somebody Have Mercy [previously unissued ?] Easy Baby - Good Morning Mr. Blues [Barrelhouse BH-009] Frank Jr. - Wee Little Room [Pulse PBX CD 403/4] Walter Smith - Bottleneck Blues [Pulse PBX CD 403/4] Blind Joe Hill - Boogie In The Dark [Barrelhouse BH-008, St. Clair 7213] - She Fool Me [Barrelhouse BH-008, St. Clair 7213] Kansas City Red / Eddie Taylor Jr. - Standing Around Cryin' [JSP 1038, P-Vine PCD 23889] - Crawling King Snake [JSP 1038, P-Vine PCD 23889] CD 2: Lyin' Joe Holley - Big Machine Blues [JSP 1040] - So Cold In The U.S.A. [JSP 1040] - Five More Numbers [JSP 1040] - Drinking Budweiser [JSP 1040] - Moon Is Rising [JSP 1040] - Dope Around Town [JSP 1040] - Old Twister [JSP 1040] - Big Leg Woman [JSP 1040] - Early One Morning [JSP 1040] - How Long [JSP 1040] - Swanee River Boogie [JSP 1040] - Monkey Faced Woman [JSP 1040] - Drunken Woman [JSP 1040] - Three Kinds Of Fool [JSP 1040] - Rebate Blues [JSP 1040] John Lee Granderson - Lonesome Blues [JSP 1055] - Rollin' & Tumblin' [JSP 1068] Blind Will Dukes - Terraplane Blues [JSP 1079] - Mean Hearted Woman [JSP 1079] - Hobo Blues [JSP 1079] 1970s George Paulus recordings 2 CD set JSP 2501 (UK 9/2020) JSP Records discography
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London / New York (Hanover Books / Oak Publications) 1971
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 94, 421, 603-604, 608
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp.695-696
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 1081-1082
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 85, 510
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 589-591
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alan Balfour, Big Joe Louis, Rob Ford, Charlie Musselwhite, Paul Vernon, Jimmy Becker, Steve Cushing, Drew Hines and Don Deering for additional info / scans

The Chicago String Band: Carl Martin, John Wrencher, Johnny Young, John Lee Granderson
source: Front cover of Testament T-2220; photographer: Pete Welding

Collecting tips for Big John Wrencher at the corner of 14th and Newberry St. (Maxwell St. Market), Chicago, IL, 1965
The el. guitarist most likely is John Lee Granderson, but who might be the drummer (covert) and the acoustic guitarist (averted)?
source: Booklet accompanying Shanachie DVD/CD 6801 (US 2008) "And This Is Free - The Life and Times of Chicago's Legendary Maxwell Street", p. 21
photographer: Jack Davis

Johnny Young & Big John Wrencher, Chicago, IL, 1966
source: Booklet accompanying Jefferson Records SABCD 12653/4 (Sweden 1999)
"I Blueskvarter, Chicago, 1964, Volume One", no pagination; photographer: Clas Ahlstrand

John Wrencher, Carey Bell & John Lee Granderson
at the corner of 14th and Newberry St., Chicago, IL
source: Nothing But The Blues, p. between 122 + 123; photographer: Clas Ahlstrand

"Huston Phillip"'s drum, Johnny Young, Big John Wrencher & Carey Bell
at the corner of 14th and Newberry St., Chicago, IL
source: Back cover of Testament T-2203 (re-release by OJL 19??) "Modern Chicago Blues"
photographer: Peter J. Welding

source: Blues Unlimited 106 (Febr./March 1974), p. 11
photographer: G J Kroese

source: Blues Unlimited 107 (April/May 1974), p. 16
photographer: Bill Greensmith

source: Blues Link 3 (Jan./Febr. 1974), p. 7
photographer: Alan Johnson

source: Blues Link 3 (Jan./Febr. 1974), p. 8
photographer: Alan Johnson

Big John Wrencher & band (Buddy Thomas, g; Coot "Playboy" Vinson, dr;
John Henry Davis [sitting down], b), Chicago, Maxwell St., 1974
source: Blues Unlimited 114 (July/August 1975), p. 27
photographer: Bill Greensmith

source: Harris 1987, p. 590
photographer: Frank Nazareth