Illustrated Mississippi John Hurt discography (original) (raw)

year
of
release

title / label # / notes

Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible
even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data

1

1928

Mississippi John Hurt

- Frankie (400221-B) @ youtube
- Nobody's Dirty Business (400223-B) @ youtube

rec. February 14, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g


OKeh 8560 (1928)

[OKeh switched to black labels from about 8610 on]


OKeh 8560 (1928)


- Monday Morning Blues (400219-B)
- Shiverlie Blues (400220-B)
- Casey Jones (400222-B)
- Blessed Be The Name (400224-B)
- Meeting On The Old Camp Ground (400225-B)
- Sliding Delta (400226-B)

rec. February 14, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g

OKeh unissued

2

1928

Mississippi John Hurt

- Stack O'Lee Blues (401481-B) @ youtube
- Candy Man Blues (401483-B) @ youtube

rec. December 28, 1928 in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g


OKeh 8654

3

1928

Mississippi John Hurt

- Blessed Be The Name (401485-B) @ youtube
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground (401486-B) @ youtube

rec. December 28, 1928 in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g


OKeh 8666

4

1928

Mississippi John Hurt

- Blue Harvest Blues (401487-A) @ youtube
- Spike Driver Blues (401488-B) @ youtube

rec. December 28, 1928 in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g


OKeh 8692

5

1928

Mississippi John Hurt

- Louis Collins (401472-A) # @ youtube
- Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied (401484-B) * @ youtube

# rec. December 21, 1928 in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g
* rec. December 28, 1928 in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g


OKeh 8724

6

1928

Mississippi John Hurt

- Ain't No Tellin' (401471-A) @ youtube
- Avalon Blues (401473-B) @ youtube

rec. December 21, 1928 in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g


OKeh 8759


- Big Leg Blues (401474-B) # @ youtube
- Window Light Blues (401482-B) *

# rec. December 21, 1928 in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g
* rec. December 28, 1928 in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g

OKeh unissued

# Yazoo L 1009 (1968)


LP / CD compilations

7

1952

Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume One: Ballads

LP 1:
Dick Justice - Henry Lee (3:28)
Nelstone's Hawaiians - Fatal Flower Garden (2:58)
Clarence Ashley - The House (3:16)
Coley Jones - Drunkard's Special (3:16)
Bill And Belle Reed - Old Lady And The Devil (3:05)
Buell Kazee - The Butcher's Boy (3:05)
Buell Kazee - The Wagoner's Lad (3:05)

Chubby Parker and His Old Time Banjo - King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O (3:09)
Uncle Eck Dunford - Old Shoes And Leggings (3:01)
Richard Burnett and Leonard Rutherford - Willie Moore (3:16)
Buster Carter and Preston Young - A Lazy Farmer Boy (3:00)
The Carolina Tar Heels - Peg And Awl (2:59)
G.B. Grayson - Ommie Wise (3:12)
Kelly Harrell and The Virginia String Band - My Name Is John Johanna (3:13)


LP 2:
Edward L. Crain - Bandit Cole Younger (2:57)
Kelly Harrell and The Virginia String Band - Charles Giteau (3:05)
The Carter Family - John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man (2:57)
The Williamson Brothers and Curry - Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand (3:26)
Frank Hutchison - Stackalee (3:01)
Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers - White House Blues (3:31)
Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie (3:28) [OKeh 8560]

William and Versey Smith - When That Great Ship Went Down (2:58)
The Carter Family - Engine 143 (3:19)
Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones (6:16)
The Bently Boys - Down On Penny's Farm (2:50)
The Masked Marvel - Mississippi Boweavil Blues (3:09)
The Carolina Tar Heels - Got The Farm Land Blues (3:17)

edited by Harry Smith

2 LP set
booklet of notes by Harry Smith "Folkways Records and Service Corp., 117 W. 46 St., N.Y.C."

Folkways FP-251 (US 1952)

2 LP set
booklet of notes by Harry Smith "Folkways Records and Service Corp., 701 7th Ave., N.Y.C."

= Folkways FA 2953 (US 1960)

2 LP set
booklet of notes by Harry Smith "Folkways Records and Service Corp., 701 Seventh Ave., N.Y.C."

= Folkways FA 2953 (US 1967)

box set of 3 double CDs
notes by Amy Horowitz, Anthony Seeger, Neil V. Rosenberg, Jeff Place, Jon Pankake, Greil Marcus & Pete Reiniger

(=) Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40090 (US 1997) containing Folkways FA 2951, FA 2952 & FA 2953

2 LP set

= Doxy DOY625 (It 2009)

= Mississippi MRP-070 (US 2014)

= Death Is Not The End DEATH010 (cassette) (UK 2016)

8

1952

Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume Three: Songs

LP 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
- East Virginia - Buell Kazee
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- I Woke Up One Morning In May - Didier Hebert
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford

- Mountaineer's Courtship - Ernest and Hattie Stoneman
- The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - The Stoneman Family
- Bob Lee Junior Blues - The Memphis Jug Band
- Single Girl, Married Girl - The Carter Family
- Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Clemo Breaux and Joseph Falcon
- Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell


LP 2:
- Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- 99 Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- Prison Cell Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- C'est Si Triste Sans Lui - Cleoma and Orphy Breaux w/ Joe Falcon

- Way Down The Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon
- Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line - Uncle Dave Macon
- Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt [OKeh 8692]
- K.C. Moan - The Memphis Jug Band
- Train On The Island - J.P. Nestor
- The Lone Star Trail - Ken Manyard
- Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas

edited by Harry Smith

2 LP set

Folkways FP-253 (US 1952)

2 LP set
booklet of notes by Harry Smith


= Folkways FA 2953 (US 1967)

= Folkways FA 2953 (US 1972) "Folkways Records and Service Corp., 43 W. 61st St., N.Y.C., U.S.A. 10023"

box set of 3 double CDs
notes by Amy Horowitz, Anthony Seeger, Neil V. Rosenberg, Jeff Place, Jon Pankake, Greil Marcus & Pete Reiniger

(=) Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40090 (US 1997) containing Folkways FA 2951, FA 2952 & FA 2953

2 LP set

= Doxy DOY627 (It 2009)

= Mississippi MRP-072 (US 2014)

= Death Is Not The End DEATH012 (cassette) (UK 2016)

9

1960

The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby
Sleepy John Estes - Sloppy Drunk Blues [= "Milk Cow Blues"]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble °°
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic!] Blues
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway

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


LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor
Furry Lewis - John Henry
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Furry Lewis - Warm Up
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
Furry Lewis - Casey Jones
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
John Hurt - Frankie °°
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues

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

compiled by Samuel B. Charters
"The Material is in part from unissued material in the author's collection, in part from material on the author's Folkways releases, and in part from early blues recordings."

RF-202 features only extracts of most of the recordings!
°° tracks not on RF-202 (X) (1964)

Moochie Reeves track rec. July 1954 in Mobile, AL; previously unissued and from Samuel B. Charters' collection

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

same front cover as RF-202(X) (1964), but with more reddish lettering
notes captioned "RBF RECORDS album No. RF 202 Copyright © 1960"
RBF RF-202 (1960)

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

RBF discography

9a

1960

Low Down Blues

Leroy Carr - Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2
Bumble Bee Slim - I Done Lost My Baby
Charlie Campbell - Goin' Away Blues
Jack Kelly - Red Ripe Tomatoes
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman Blues [sic]
Big Bill Broonzy - Come Home Early
Washboard Sam - I'm A Prowlin' Groundhog

Black Boy Shine - Coal Woman Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues
Texas Alexander - Katy Crossing Blues
Roosevelt Scott - Do You Call That Right?
Yas Yas Girl - Reckless Life Blues
Brownie McGhee - Try Me One More Time
Little Bill Gaither - A Short Cut To The Grave
Champion Jack Dupree - Heavy Heart Blues

ed. by H.R. Rookmaaker

gatefold LP
notes by H.R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 682.099 TL (NL 1960)

Fontana Records discography

March 1963: Mississippi John Hurt "rediscovered" by Tom "Fang" Hoskins

9b

1963

The Mississippi Blues 1927-1940

Bukka White
- The Panama Limited
- Special Streamline
Willie Brown
- Future Blues
- M & O Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
- I Do Blues

Mississippi John Hurt
- Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied [OKeh 8724]
- Louis Collins [OKeh 8724]
William Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
- Hot Time Blues
Skip James
- If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down The Road
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
Son House
- Preachin the Blues, Part 1
- Preachin the Blues, Part 2

brochure notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow

Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1963)also delivered with labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

OJL Records discography

10

1963

Mississippi John Hurt: Folk Songs And Blues

- Avalon Blues @ youtube
- Richland Women Blues @ youtube
- Spike Driver Blues @ youtube
- Salty Dog @ youtube
- Cow Hooking Blues @ youtube
- Spanish Fangdang @ youtube

- Casey Jones $ @ youtube
- Louis Collins @ youtube
- Candy Man Blues @ youtube
- My Creole Bell @ youtube
- Liza Jane (God's Unchanging Hands) # @ youtube
- Joe Turner Blues @ youtube

"Recorded by P.V. Kuykendall, Peter Silitch and Sandy Fisher on March 24, 26, 29 and April 2, 1963 [at Sandy Fisher's house] in [Annapolis, near] Washington, D.C."; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g, $ 12 string g; # hca; produced by Dick Spottswood
Piedmont PLP 13157 photos [of John Hurt playing Tom Hoskins' Gibson J-45] by Pete Grant; cover design by Tom Hoskins ("Fang")
Piedmont/OJL PLP 13157 cover photos by Raeburn Flerlage; cover design by Pete Welding
OJL 8053 front cover photo by Dick Waterman

the record number (13157) was meant to take up where Paramount records left off when they went out of business in 1931!

notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood

Piedmont PLP 13157 (1st press 1963, blue labels) "presenting, Mississippi John Hurt - Folk Songs and Blues"
on back cover: "Produced by Music Research, Incorporated, 2023 N Woodstock Street, Arlington 7, Virginia, U.S.A."
(Arlington is where Dick and Louisa Spottswood lived at that time!)

notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood

Piedmont PLP 13157 (2nd press 1963?, blue labels) without "presenting,"
on back cover: "Produced by Music Research, Incorporated, 2023 N Woodstock Street, Arlington 7, Virginia, U.S.A."

notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood

= Gryphon GLP 13157 (1963?)
on back cover: "Produced by Gryphon, Spottswood Music Co, Inc., Box 7102, Arlington, Virginia, 22207, U.S.A."
Gryphon Records, one of Dick Spottswood's labels founded soon after he "left" Music Research, Inc.**/**Piedmont Records

notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood

= Piedmont PLP 13157 (3rd press 1965?, black labels)
on back cover: "Produced by Music Research, Inc., producers of Piedmont and Bullfrog records"
"Music Research, Inc., P.O.Box 288, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A." (Gene Rosenthal [then working for Takoma Records] had built a recording studio
in the basement of his parents' house in Silver Spring, Maryland)

original notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood; additional notes by Lawrence Cohn (1964 Sing Out! article)

= Piedmont PLP 13157 (reissued and distributed 19?? by OJL) "Mississippi John Hurt, 1963 (Volume I of the Original Piedmont Recordings - 'Folksongs and Blues')"

original notes by T.G. Rockwell & Dick Spottswood; additional notes by Lawrence Cohn (1964 Sing Out! article)

= Piedmont PLP 13157 (reissued and distributed 19?? by OJL) "Mississippi John Hurt, 1963 (Volume I of the Original Piedmont Recordings - 'Folksongs and Blues')"

notes by Bill Givens

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 8053 (US c.1984) special reissue, produced by Bill Givens
On back sleeve: "This material reissued by special arrangement with Music Research, Inc., Tom Hoskins, Pres."
On labels: "(C)℗ Music Research, Piedmont Records - Bullfrog Music"

notes by David Brown & Thomas Hoskins

= Rounder CD 1081 (US 1991) "Avalon Blues 1963"


= Rounder C-1081 (cassette) (US 1991) "Avalon Blues 1963"

mini LP replica CD with OBI

= Vivid Sound VSCD-130 (Jp 2001)


= Old Days ODR-6226 (Jp 4/2016)


= Doxy (download only?) (It 8/2017)

180 g LP

= Hi Horse HHO 13001 (US/Ca 2018)

Piedmont Records discography
Origin Jazz Library (OJL) discography

11

9/1963

The Newport Folk Festival 1963
The Evening Concerts Volume 1

Sam Hinton
- The Barnyard Song (1:20) @ youtube
- Must I Go Bound (1:30) @ youtube
- The Arkansas Traveller (2:45) @ youtube
Mississippi John Hurt
- See, See Rider ("9:11" actually 3:11) @ youtube
- Stagolee (3:10) @ youtube
- Spike Driver Blues (2:40) @ youtube
- Coffee Blues (2:37) @ youtube
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Diamond Joe (3:07) @ youtube
The Rooftop Singers
- Walk Right In (2:30) @ youtube

Ian & Sylvia
- Un Canadien Errant (3:00) @ youtube
SNCC Freedom Singers
- Woke Up This Morning (3:50) @ youtube
Joan Baez
- Oh Freedom (2:43) @ youtube
- Te Ador Até Amanha (3:00) @ youtube
- Wagoner's Lad (2:18) @ youtube
Bob Dylan
- Blowin' In The Wind (3:00) @ youtube
SNCC Freedom Singers (Bob Dylan with the Freedom Singers, Peter Paul & Mary, Pete Seeger & Joan Baez)
- We Shall Overcome (3:35) @ youtube

rec. July 26-28, 1963 live at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island
design by Jules Halfant; photo by Norman Vershay

notes by Stacey Williams

= Vanguard VTC 1688 (AMPEX reel to reel tape stereo) (US 1963)

notes by Stacey Williams

Vanguard VRS-9148 (mono) (US 9/1963)

notes by Stacey Williams

= Vanguard VSD-79148 (stereo)

notes by Stacey Williams

= Fontana TFL.6041 (mono) (UK 1964)

notes by Stacey Williams

= Vanguard/Orizzonte ORL 8197 (stereo) (It 1978)

original 1963 notes by Stacey Williams

= Vanguard VCD 770002-2 (Germany/EU 1997)

original 1963 notes by Stacey Williams

= Vanguard VCD 77002 (US 1997)

= Vanguard CV 77002 (cassette) (US 1997)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Fontana Records discography

12

5/1964

Blues At Newport
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Days
- Frankie
John Hammond
- No Money Down
- Me & The Devil
- Tallahassee Woman

Rev. Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- You Got To Move
John Lee Hooker
- Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad
- Bus Station Blues
Dave Van Ronk
- That Will Never Happen No More
- Gambler's Blues
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Walk On

rec. July 26-28, 1963 live at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island
Gary Davis tracks rec. July 11/12, 1959 live at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island (tracks "included here because of their special significance")

notes by Stacey Williams

Vanguard VRS-9145 (mono) (US 5/1964)

notes by Stacey Williams
click to read notes !
= Vanguard VSD-79145 (stereo) (US 5/1964)

notes by Stacey Williams

= Fontana TFL 6037 (stereo) (UK 1964)

4-pp. insert

= Vanguard/King SR-660 (Jp 1971)

= Vanguard VSD 79145 (stereo) (US 4/2013) (Record Store Day)

Newport Folk Festival discography

13

1964

Mississippi John Hurt: Worried Blues

- Lazy Blues
- Farther Along
- Sliding Delta
- Nobody Cares For Me
- Cow Hooking Blues No. 2

- Talking Casey
- Weeping And Wailing
- Worried Blues
- Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
- I Been Cryin' Since You Been Gone

"Recorded by Peter V. Kuykendall, Wynwood Recording Studio, on March 14, 15 and 21, 1964"; produced by Dick Spottswood

notes by Robert Shelton
and Dick Spottswood

Piedmont PLP 13161

notes by Robert Shelton
and Dick Spottswood

= Chesapeake CLP 13161
[Dick Spottswood label founded
soon after he "left" Music Research,
Inc.**/**Piedmont Records]

original notes by Robert
Shelton and Dick Spottswood

reissued and distributed
19?? by OJL
"Mississippi John Hurt, 1964 (Volume II of the
Original Recordings
'Worried Blues')"

notes by Eric Park

= OJL 8054

notes by David Brown

= Rounder CD 1082 (1991)
"Worried Blues 1963"
["1963" ?]

www.rounder.com


= Vivid Sound VSCD-131 (Jp 2001)

Piedmont Records discography

14

1964

Friends of Old Time Music

- Double File - Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton
- Hicks' Farewell - Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton
- Soldier's Joy - Hobart Smith
- Claude Allen - Hobart Smith
- Monday Morning Blues - Mississippi John Hurt #
- Pallet On The Floor - Mississippi John Hurt #
- Chick-A-La-Lee-O - Almeda Riddle

- Come All Ye Tender Hearted - Stanley Brothers
- Little Birdie - Stanley Brothers
- Rabbit In The Log - Stanley Brothers
- Dark Holler Blues - Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley
- What Did I Do To Be So Black And Blue? - Jesse Fuller
- Mistreated Mama Blues - Dock Boggs
- Hook And Line - Roscoe Holcomb
- Pretty Fair Miss All In A Garden - Roscoe Holcomb
- He's Coming In Glory Some Day - Doc Watson, Clint Howard, Fred Price

# rec. March 14, 15 & 21, 1964 at Wynwood Recording Studio by Peter V. Kuykendall; produced by Dick Spottswood


Folkways FA 2390


= Disc D-113 (1965)

www.folkways.si.edu

15

1965

Blues at Newport 1964 - Part 2

Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Bye And Bye I Will See Jesus
- Talking Casey
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Sick Bed Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son
Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train
- Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie
Willie Doss
- Coal Black Mare
- I Had A Woman
- Hobo Blues

rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival, Ri. July 23-26, 1964

click to read track list !
Vanguard VRS 9181 (mono)
= VSD 79181 (stereo)

2 CD set

King/Vanguard KICP 2118/9 (Jp 1991)
The Blues at Newport 1964 part 1 and 2

16

1965

Traditional Music at Newport 1964 - Part 2

Clayton McMichen with Frank Wakefield
- Old Joe Clark
- Bile Them Cabbage Down
Phipps Family
- Anchored His Love
- God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign
Robert Pete Williams
- Bull Dog Blues
Seamus Ennis
- Did The Rum-Do-Daddy
- Piper On The Hearth
- What'll Ye Do
- Father's Maid
Prank Proffitt
- My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
- Poor Man
Georgia Sea Island Singers
- Down In The Mire

Mississippi John Hurt
- Coffee Blues
Glenn Ohrlin
- Montana Is My Home
- The Chickens They Grow Tall
Jean Ritchie
- 'Tis The Gift To Be Simple
- Goin' To Boston
Almeda Riddle
- The Hangman
Phoeba and Roscoe Parsons
- Sourwood Mountain
- Shortening Bread
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
- Thank You Jesus (with the Georgia Sea Island Singers)

rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival July 23-26, 1964


Vanguard VRS 9183 (mono)
= VSD 79183 (stereo)

????

Mississippi John Hurt 1970-08-29 [sic]

- C.C. Rider
- Avalon Blues
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor #
- Stack-O'Lee Blues

rec. August 29, 1964 [not 1970 as CDr claims - MJH died November 2, 1966!] at the Philadelphia Folk Festival on Old Poole Farm, Schwenksville, PA; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g; # Jerry Ricks, g; # John Sebastian, hca

# reissued on Sliced Bread SB 74440 (2001)


CDr no label (Yugoslavia)

17

1966

Blues Rediscoveries

Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin' [OKeh 8759]
- Avalon Blues [OKeh 8759]
Bukka White
- Sleepy Man Blues
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues
Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues
John Estes
- Poor Man's Friend
- Liquor Store Blues

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

edited by Samuel Charters
front cover photo by Ann Charters

notes by Samuel Charters

RBF 11 (US 1966)

RBF discography

17a

1966

The Party Blues

Dennis McMillon
- Paper Wooden Daddy @ youtube
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Bed Springs Blues @ youtube
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band
- It's Tight Like That @ youtube
- How Long How Long Blues @ youtube
- She Loves So Good @ youtube
Red Nelson ["Dirty Red"]
- Mother Fuyer
Soldier Boy Houston
- Western Rider Blues [Atlantic 971] @ youtube

Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band
- Don't Drink It In Here @ Spotify
Memphis Jug Band
- Oh Ambulance Man @ youtube
- Cave Man Blues @ youtube
Jim Hill & Eddie Anthony
- Wringing That Thing @ youtube
Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man Blues @ youtube
Bo Carter
- All Around Man @ youtube
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie @ youtube

prod. by Richard Spottswood


Melodeon MLP 7324 (US 1966)


Melodeon MLP 7324 ("Biograph" reissue 197?)
"Party Blues"

Melodeon Records discography

18

1966

notes by Nat Hentoff


Vanguard VRS-9220 (mono)

Mississippi John Hurt Today!

- Pay Day (4:23) # @ youtube @ Spotify
- I'm Satisfied (2:56) @ Spotify
- Candy Man (2:58) @ Spotify
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (4:35) @ Spotify
- Talking Casey (5:09) @ Spotify
- Corrinna, Corrinna (1:52) @ Spotify

- Coffee Blues (3:47) @ Spotify
- Louis Collins (4:09) @ Spotify
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight (3:33) @ Spotify
- If You Don't Want Me Baby (3:21) # @ youtube @ Spotify
- Spike Driver's Blues (3:28) @ Spotify
- Beulah Land (3:45) @ Spotify

"plus" tracks on KICP-2034 (from Vanguard VSD 79248):
- Since I've Laid My Burden Down
- Moaning The Blues
- Richland Woman Blues
- Hop Joint
- Monday Morning Blues
- Keep On Knocking
- Stagolee
- Nearer My God To Thee

rec. July 1964 at the Manhattan Towers Hotel & at Vanguard's 23rd Street Recording Studio in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g [Stefan Grossman's Martin OM-45]; # Jerry Ricks, 2nd g [not credited on LP cover]; production supervised by Patrick Sky
photo by Ed Freeman

notes by Nat Hentoff

Vanguard VSD-79220 (stereo)

notes by Nat Hentoff

= Vanguard SVRL19032 (UK) "Mississippi John Hurt"

notes by Nat Hentoff

= Fontana TFL 6079 "Mississippi John Hurt"


= Vanguard VMD/VSD-79220 (US 1987)


= KICP-2034 (Jp) "Today (plus)"

= Pure Pleasure 9220 (UK) (180 g vinyl) mastered by Kevin Gray & Steve Hoffman

14 versions at discogs.com

Fontana Records discography
Jerry Ricks discography

19

1967

Mississippi Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1942)

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

Isaiah Nettles (The Mississippi Moaner) - Mississippi Moan
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Son House - The Jinx Blues - No. 2
Bukka White - Black Train Blues
Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Barefoot Blues
Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Robert Johnson - Kind-Hearted Woman No. 2


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


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


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


= autogram/Roots RL-302 (Germany 2013)

Roots Records discography

19a

1967

They Sang The Blues (1927-1929)

Mississippi John Hurt
- Nobody's Dirty Business [OKeh 8560]
"Mr. Freddie" Spruell
- Tom Cat Blues
Ki Ki Johnson
- Wrong Woman Blues
- Lady, Your Clock Ain't Right
Willie Reed
- Leavin' Home
Sluefoot Joe
- Shouting Baby Blues
- Tooten' Out Blues

Blind Bobby Baker (= Bobby Leecan)
- Macon Georgia Cut Out
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Frenchy's String Band
- Texas And Pacific Blues
- Sunshine Special
Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
- I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face

prod. by Arnold S. Caplin; cover by Paul Burgess

notes by Arnold S. Caplin

Historical ASC-17

= Historical ASC-5829-17

notes by Paul Burgess

= Historical HLP-17

Historical Records discography

20

1967

The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt

- Since I've Laid My Burden Down
- Moaning The Blues #
- Buck Dance
- Lazy Blues
- Richland Women Blues
- Tender Virgins
- Hop Joint

- Monday Morning Blues #
- I've Got The Blues
- I Can't Get Satisfied
- Keep On Knocking
- Chicken
- Stagolee
- Nearer My God To Thee

rec. July 1964 at the Manhattan Towers Hotel & at Vanguard's 23rd Street Recording Studio in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g (Stefan Grossman's Martin OM-45); # Patrick Sky, 2nd g; production supervised by Patrick Sky

notes by Dick Waterman

Vanguard VSD 79248 (US)


= SVRL 19005 (UK)


= Vanguard CD 79248-2

20a

1968

Nearer My God To Thee
Sanctified Singers, Preachers & Congregations (1926-1942)

Richard Rabbit Brown
- Sinking Of The Titanic
Sister Mary Nelson
- The Royal Telephone
Joe & Emma Taggart
- Mother's Love
Rev. F.W. McGee
- Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale
Washington Phillips
- Lift Him Up That's All
Mississippi John Hurt
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
Arizona Dranes
- Sweet Heaven Is My Home
Blind Willie Johnson
- You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond

Bozie Sturdivant
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down
Mississippi John Hurt
- Blessed Be The Mama
Rev. F.W. McGee
- With His Stripes We Are Healed
Arizona Dranes
- It's All Right Now
Blind Joe Taggart
- Religion Is Something Within You
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- He Arose From The Dead
Skip James
- Be Ready When He Comes
Barbecue Bob
- When The Saints Go Marching In

compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth (resp. Evelyn Sperker)


Roots RL-304 (Austria 1968)


autogram/Roots RL-304 (Germany ????)

Roots Records discography

20b

1968

Mississippi Blues Vol. 3 1928-1942

Arthur Petties
- Out On The Santa Fe Blues
Bo Carter
- I Want You To Know
Poor Boy Lofton
- Jake Leg Blues
- My Mean Baby Blues
Mississippi Sheiks
- Jail Bird Love Song
- Yodeling Fiddling Blues
Big Joe McCoy
- I'm Through With You
- When You Said Goodbye

Robert Johnson
- Drunken Hearted Man
Mr. Freddie Spruell
- Let's Go Riding
Robert Petway
- My Baby Left Me
- Cotton Pickin' Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O'Lee Blues
Mississippi Jook Band
- Dangerous Woman
Tommy McClennan
- Mozelle Blues
- Mr. So And So Blues

compiled and produced by Evelyn Sperker


Roots RL-314 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

21

1968

Mississippi Moaners 1927-1942

Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues [OKeh unissued]
Washington White - The New 'Frisco Train
Mattie Delaney - Down The Big Road Blues
Rube Lacey - Ham Hound Crave
Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues
Uncle Bud Walker - Stand Up Suitcase Blues
Charley Patton - Devil Sent The Rain Blues

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

notes by Steve Calt

= Yazoo L 1009 (US 1991)

notes by Stephen Calt

= Yazoo CD 1009 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Bukka White discography
Mattie Delaney discography
Rube Lacey discography
Skip James discography
Charley Patton discography
Son House discography
Papa Harvey Hull discography
Mississippi Joe Callicott discography
Blind Willie Reynolds discography

21a

1968?

Classic Guitar Blues

Peg Leg Howell
- Rock And Gravel Blues
- Low Down Rounder Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- True Love Blues
- Poor Boy Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Frankie [OKeh 8560]
- Spike Driver Blues [OKeh 8692]
Bo Carter
- Pencil Blues
- Backache Blues

Bo Carter
- Boot It
- I've Got A Case Of Mashin' It
Carl Martin
- Farewell To You Baby
- You Can't Play My Cheap
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Good Morning, Judge
Curley Weaver
- Sometime Mama
- Two Faced Woman


Confidential CLP 002 (Fr)

22

1969?

The Mississippi Blues No. 3: Transition, 1926-1937

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll and Tumble Blues
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm A Steady Rollin Man
- Sweet Home Chicago
Johnnie Temple
- Big Boat Whistle
Blind Joe Amos
- C & O Blues
Skip James
- Cherry Ball Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown

Big Joe Williams
- Stepfather Blues
- 49 Highway Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O Lee Blues [OKeh 8654]
Mississippi Bracey
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door
- I'll Overcome Someday
Mary Butler
- Mad Dog Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
- School Girl Blues
Bertha Lee
- Mind Reader Blues


Origin Jazz Library OJL-17

OJL Records discography

23

1969

Mississippi John Hurt (1963-1964)

Newport, R.I., 1963
- Candy Man
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Day
- Frankie
"FOTM" Festival, New York, 1964
- Monday Morning Blues
- Pallet On The Floor
- Newport, R.I., 1964
- Coffee Blues

- Newport, R.I., 1964
- See See Rider
- Stagolee
- Spike Driver Blues
- Sliding Delta
- Bye And Bye I Will See Jesus
- Talking Casey


Private PR 5 (Austria)

24

1969

The Story Of The Blues

Fra-Fra Tribesmen
- Yarum Praise Songs
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O' Lee Blues [OKeh 8654]
Blind Willie McTell
- Travelin' Blues
Charley Patton
- Stone Pony Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Black Snake Moan
Leadbelly
- Pig Meat Papa
Texas Alexander
- Broken Yo-yo
Peg Leg Howell
- Broke And Hungry Blues
Barbecue Bob
- It Won't Be Long Now
Henry Williams
- Georgia Crawl
Mississippi Jook Band
- Dangerous Woman
Memphis Jug Band
- Gator Wobble
Bessie Smith
- In The House Blues
Lillian Glinn
- Shake It Down
Bertha 'Chippie' Hill
- Pratt City Blues
Butterbeans And Susie
- What It Takes To Bring You Back (Mama Keeps It All The Time)


Leroy Carr
- Midnight Hour Blues
Faber Smith
- East St Louis Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Good Whiskey Blues
Casey Bill
- W.P.A. Blues
Bo Carter
- Sorry Feeling Blues
Robert Johnson
- Little Queen Of Spades
Bukka White
- Parchman Farm Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Me And My Chauffeur Blues

Blind Boy Fuller
- I Want Some Of Your Pie
Brownie McGhee
- Million Lonesome Woman
Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Moan
Big Bill Broonzy
- All By Myself
Joe Turner
- Roll 'Em Pete
Otis Spann
- Bloody Murder
Elmore James
- Sunnyland
Johnny Shines
- I Don't Knowcompiled by Paul Oliver

DLP

CBS 22135

25

1970

The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt

- Here I Am, Oh Lord, Send Me
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Nearer My Good To Thee
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Ain't Nobody's Business

- Salty Dog Blues
- Coffee Blues
- Avalon, My Home Town
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Since I've Laid This Burden Down


- Sliding Delta
- Monday Morning Blues
- Richland Women Blues
- Candy Man
- Stagolee

- My Creole Belle
- C.C. Rider
- Spanish Fandango
- Talking Casey
- Chicken
- You Are My Sunshine

rec. in concert April 15, 1966 [not 1965 *****] at Oberlin College; prod. by Bob Scherl

* "The Oberlin Review" in march 1966 has a schedule for MJH performing shows at the Wilder Main Building on April 15, 1966; so Vanguard's liner notes / archive ("April 15, 1965") do not show the actual recording date !!! (more info at www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com)


Vanguard VSD 19/20

notes by Nancy Toff
click to read notes ! (=) Vanguard VMS 73103 (sides A and B only
mid-line series)


= Vanguard CD 19/20-2 (1987 twofer)

www.vanguardrecords.com

26

1971?


color variant

Mississippi John Hurt: The Original 1928 Recordings

- Frankie [OKeh 8560]
- Nobodys Dirty Business [OKeh 8560]
- Ain't No Tellin [OKeh 8759]
- Louis Collins [OKeh 8724]
- Avalon Blues [OKeh 8759]
- Big Leg Blues [OKeh unissued]
- Stack O Lee Blues [OKeh 8654]

- Candy Man Blues [OKeh 8654]
- Got The Blues Cant Be Satisfied [OKeh 8724]
- Blessed Be The Name [OKeh 8666]
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground [OKeh 8666]
- Blue Harvest Blues [OKeh 8692]
- Spike Driver Blues [OKeh 8692]

notes by Les Astrella

Spokane SPL 1001

= Biograph BLP C4 (1972)
= Yazoo L 1065 (1979)

Spokane Records discography

27

1972

Mississippi John Hurt: Last Sessions

- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
- Boys You're Welcome
- Joe Turner Blues
- First Shot Missed Him
- Farther Along
- Funky Butt
- Spider, Spider
- Waiting For You #
- Shortin' Bread

- Trouble, I've Had It All My Days
- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me
- Good Morning, Carrie #
- Nobody Cares For Me
- All Night Long
- Hey, Honey, Right Away
- You've Got To Die
- Goodnight Irene

rec. February 1966 at Manhattan Towers, New York, and July 1966 at Vanguard's 23rd Street Recording Studio, New York; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g (Stefan Grossman's Martin OM-45); # Patrick Sky, 2nd g; prod. by Patrick Sky
front cover photo by David Gahr; back cover photo by Dick Waterman


Vanguard VSD 79327


= Vanguard CD VMD
79327-2 (1991)

28

1972

The Great Blues Men

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 1:
Homesick James - Set A Date
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road
Sleepy John Estes - Corinna °°
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G
Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way °°

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway
Otis Spann - Burning Fire
Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 2:
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues
Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues °°
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues
Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues °°
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby

Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
J. B. Hutto - Please Help
Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues
Ida Cox - Four Day Creep °°
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography, Vanguard 3VCD 193/95-2] @ youtube
Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World

°° not on CD

design by Jules Halfant; front cover collage by Eric Von Schmidt

Vanguard VCD 25/26:
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:44)
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road (3:05)
Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old (4:55)
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:40)
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G (3:33)
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues (3:15)
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues (2:35)
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:04)
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby (2:30)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:38)
Otis Spann - Burning Fire (3:15)
Lightning Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues (5:36)
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues (2:55)
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It (3:06)
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business (3:23)
Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues (4:45)
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (4:10)
J.B. Hutto - Please Help (2:52)
Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues (2:05)
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas (3:43)
Otis Rush - It's A Mean Old World (2:22)

gatefold DLP
notes Leroy J. Pierson

Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1972)

gatefold DLP
notes Leroy J. Pierson

= Vanguard VSD 25/26 (Fr 1972)

DLP, no gatefold, but 2-page leaflet
notes Leroy J. Pierson

Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1986)

notes Leroy J. Pierson

(=) Vanguard VCD 25/26 (US 1988)

lots of further editions at www.discogs.com

29

1972

Bukka White sings Sic 'em Dogs on Me 1927 to 1939

Elizabeth Johnson
- Be My Kid Blues (1928)
- Sobbin' Woman Blues (1928)
Mae Glover
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None (1929)
Washington (Barrelhouse) White
- Po' Boy (1939)
- Sic 'Em Dogs On Me (1939)
Ishman Bracey
- Suitcase Full Of Blues (1930)
Rosie Mae Moore
- Ha Ha Blues (1928)
De Ford Bailey
- John Henry Blues (1928)
D.H. Bilbro
- Chester Blues (1931)

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

notes by Bernard Klatzko

Herwin H 201

Herwin Records discography

30

1972

Mississippi John Hurt 1928: Stack O' Lee Blues
His First Recordings

- Frankie [OKeh 8560]
- Nobodys Dirty Business [OKeh 8560]
- Ain't No Tellin [OKeh 8759]
- Louis Collins [OKeh 8724]
- Avalon Blues [OKeh 8759]
- Big Leg Blues [OKeh unissued]
- Stack O Lee Blues [OKeh 8654]

- Candy Man Blues [OKeh 8654]
- Got The Blues Cant Be Satisfied [OKeh 8724]
- Blessed Be The Name [OKeh 8666]
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground [OKeh 8666]
- Blue Harvest Blues [OKeh 8692]
- Spike Driver Blues [OKeh 8692]

Spokane SPL 1001 (1971?)

notes by Richard Spottswood

Biograph BLP C4

Yazoo LP 1065 (1979)

Biograph Records discography

31

1975

Mississippi John Hurt Volume One Of A Legacy

- Trouble I've Had It All My Days
- Pera Lee [slide g]
- See See Rider
- Louis Collins
- Coffee Blues
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Do Lord Remember Me
- Monday Morning Blues (05:17) #

- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me
- Pay Day
- Stack-O-Lee (07:21) #
- Casey Jones
- Frankie And Albert (05:01) #

# these are extended versions (compared to other recordings)

rec. 1963-1964 in Washington, D.C. by John Irvine (Ca)

notes by John Irvine

Rebel CLPS 1068 (Ca)

notes by John Irvine

= Piedmont CLPS 1068 (US 1975)

(=) Rounder CD 1100 (1997)

32

1976

Great Bluesmen Newport

Robert Pete Williams
- Midnight Boogie (3:13) [Vanguard VRS 9180] @ youtube
- Levee Camp Blues (5:16) [Vanguard VRS 9180]
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
John Lee Hooker with Bill Lee on bass
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues

Son House
- Son's Blues (6:18) [aka "Preaching Blues"] [Vanguard VSD 79225]
- Death Letter Blues (2:50) °° [Vanguard VSD 79225]
- Pony Blues (2:30) [previously unissued] (with Mance Lipscomb, 2nd g)
Sleepy John Estes
- Mailman Blues [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180]
- Clean Up At Home [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180] @ youtube
Doc Reese
- Hey Rattler / Oh My Lord [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180]


Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta [Vanguard VRS-9145 / VSD-79145]
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Day [Vanguard VRS-9145 / VSD-79145]
Skip James
- Hard Times Killing Floor Blues [previously unissued]
- Cherry Ball Blues °° [Vanguard VRS-9181 / VSD-79181]
- Illinois Blues [previously unissued]
The Reverend Gary Davis
- Death Don't Have No Mercy [Vanguard SRV-73008]

Willie Doss
- Catfish Blues [Vanguard VRS-9182 / VSD-79182] @ youtube
- I Had A Woman [Vanguard VRS-9181 / VSD-79181]
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Lord, I'm Going Down South
- If The River Was Whiskey
Lightnin' Hopkins with Samuel Lay
- Cotten Fields Blues
- Shake That Thing

front cover drawing by Eric Von Schmidt

°° note on CD 77/78: "due to compact disc time restrictions some songs on the original album are not included in this package"

DLP
notes by Maynard Solomon
click to read track list ! gatefold inner sleeve, left side; click to enlarge!gatefold inner sleeve, right side; click to read Maynard Solomon notes!
Vanguard VSD-77/78 (US 1976)

DLP
notes by Maynard Solomon
click to read track list! gatefold inner sleeve, left side; click to enlarge!gatefold inner sleeve, right side; click to read Maynard Solomon notes !
= Vanguard VSD-77/78 (Fr 1976)


= King/Vanguard LAX-155 (Jp 1976)

notes (December 1988) by Samuel Charters
(=) Vanguard CD 77/78 (US 1989) (2 LPs on 1 CD) °° "Great Bluesmen At Newport 1959-1965"

32a

1976

The Blues Are Back

- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Pig Meat Papa - Leadbelly
- In The House Blues - Bessie Smith
- Little Queen Of Spades - Robert Johnson

- Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday
- Sunnyland - Elmore James
- V-8 Ford Blues - Mose Allison
- Dust My Broom - Taj Mahal
- I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know - Blood, Sweat & Tears

released as a promotion for the Sedgefield Jeans Company


Columbia 13211

32b

1979

La Ballata Afro-Americana Afro-American Ballads La Ballade Afro-Américaine

- Dying Crapshoot Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Casey Jones (Kassie Jones, part 1) - Furry Lewis
- Casey Jones (Kassie Jones, part 2) - Furry Lewis
- Casey Jones (Southern Casey Jones) - Jesse James
- Boll Weevil - Leadbelly
- Bettie And Dupree (Dupree Blues) - Willie Walker
- Brady And Duncan (Bill Brady) - Leadbelly

- Ella Speed - Leadbelly
- John Henry - Willie Turner
- John Henry - Furry Lewis
- Titanic (Titanic Blues) - Hi Henry Brown
- Delia (Little Delia) - Blind Willie McTell
- Frankie And Albert (Frankie) - Mississippi John Hurt
- Stackolee (Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee) - Furry Lewis

notes (Italian & English) by Alessandro Roffeni

Albatros VPA 8437 (It 1979)
= VC 4934 (cassette)

Albatros Records discography

32c

1978

Golden Hour presents
The Great Bluesmen Vol. II

Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Highway 61
Son House
- Death Letter Blues
Robert Pete Williams
- Midnight Boogie
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
Willie Doss
- I Had A Woman
Skip James
- Sporting Life Blues
John Lee Hooker
- Bus Station Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Clean Up At Home
Lightning Hopkins
- Shake That Thing
Reverend Gary Davis
- Death Don't Have No Mercy

The James Cotton Blues Quartet
- Cotton Crop
Otis Spann's Southside Piano
- Burning Fire
Buddy Guy
- Poison Ivy
The Otis Rush Blues Band
- I Can't Quit You Baby
The Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band
- Messing With The Kid
Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band
- I Got Mine In Time
J.B. Hutto and his Hawks
- Please Help
Homesick James and his Dusters
- Set A Date
The Johnny Shines Blues Band
- Dynaflow Blues
Jimmy Rushing
- Everyday

compiled by Alan Balfour & Jed Kearse


PYE Golden Hour GH 879

33

1979

Mississippi John Hurt 1928 Sessions

- Got The Blues Cant Be Satisfied [OKeh 8724]
- Louis Collins [OKeh 8724]
- Blue Harvest Blues [OKeh 8692]
- Avalon Blues [OKeh 8759]
- Blessed Be The Name [OKeh 8666]
- Nobodys Dirty Business [OKeh 8560]
- Frankie [OKeh 8560]

- Ain't No Tellin [OKeh 8759]
- Big Leg Blues [OKeh unissued]
- Stack O Lee Blues [OKeh 8654]
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground [OKeh 8666]
- Spike Driver Blues [OKeh 8692]
- Candy Man Blues [OKeh 8654]

mastering and production: Nick Perls

Spokane SPL 1001 (1971?)

Biograph BLP C4 (1972)

notes by Steve Calt

Yazoo L 1065


= Yazoo CD 1065

Yazoo Records discography

34

1980

Mississippi John Hurt Monday Morning Blues
The Library Of Congress Recordings Volume One

- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Monday Morning Blues tk. 2
- Hey Baby Right Away
- Spanish Fangdang
- Pay Day
- Keep On Knocking
- Talking Casey Jones

- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me
- Got The Blues That Can't Be Satisfied
- Stocktime
- Candy Man
- Pera-Lee
- Trouble I've Had All My Days
- Waiting For You

notes by Bruce Bastin

Flyright FLYLP 553

Flyright Records discography

35

1982

Mississippi John Hurt: Avalon Blues
The Library Of Congress Recordings Volume Two

- Avalon Blues
- Joe Turner
- Good Morning Miss Carrie
- Richlands Women Blues
- Frankie (and Albert)
- If You Don't Want Me (two versions)
- Louis Collins

- Stackolee
- Rubber Dolly
- Coffee Blues
- Slidin' Delta
- Keep On Knockin'
- Corrina, Corrina
- Funky Butt

rec. July 15 & 23, 1963 on stage at Coolidge Auditorium at Library of Congress

notes by Bruce Bastin

Heritage HT-301

36

1982

Mississippi John Hurt Satisfied

- Candy Man
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Shake That Thing
- I'm Satisfied
- Salty Dog

- Nobody's Business But Mine
- The Angels Laid Him Away
- Casey Jones
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Lonesome Blues

rec. in concert April 15, 1966 [not 1965 *****] at Oberlin College; prod. by Bob Scherl

* "The Oberlin Review" in march 1966 has a schedule for MJH performing shows at the Wilder Main Building on April 15, 1966; so Vanguard's liner notes / archive ("April 15, 1965") do not show the actual recording date !!! (more info at www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com)

notes by Bob Scherl

Quicksilver Intermedia QS 5007

(=) Prestige Elite CD 37 (2002) (Prestige Raw Blues series)

37

1982

Mississippi John Hurt The Candy Man

- Richland Women Blues
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Days
- C-h-i-c-k-e-n
- Coffee Blues
- Monday Morning Blues

- Frankie And Albert
- Talking Casey
- Here I Am, Oh Lord, Send Me
- Hard Time In The Old Town Tonight
- Spike Driver's Blues

rec. in concert April 15, 1966 [not 1965 *****] at Oberlin College; prod. by Bob Scherl

* "The Oberlin Review" in march 1966 has a schedule for MJH performing shows at the Wilder Main Building on April 15, 1966; so Vanguard's liner notes / archive ("April 15, 1965") do not show the actual recording date !!! (more info at www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com)

notes by Bob Scherl

Quicksilver Intermedia QS 5042

= Blue Moon BMLP 1.030 (1986)

(=) Prestige Elite CD 37 (2002) (Prestige Raw Blues series)

38

1986

Mississippi John Hurt Shake That Thing

- Candy Man
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Shake That Thing
- I'm Satisfied
- Salty Dog

- Nobody's Business But Mine
- The Angels Laid Him Away
- Casey Jones (Ramblin' Mind)
- Baby, What's Wrong With You?
- Lonesome Blues

rec. in concert April 15, 1966 [not 1965 *****] at Oberlin College; prod. by Bob Scherl

* "The Oberlin Review" in march 1966 has a schedule for MJH performing shows at the Wilder Main Building on April 15, 1966; so Vanguard's liner notes / archive ("April 15, 1965") do not show the actual recording date !!! (more info at www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com)

notes (reprinted from Quicksilver Intermedia QS 5042) by Bob Scherl

Blue Moon BMLP 1.030

(=) Prestige Elite CD 37 (Prestige Raw Blues series) (2002)

39

1988

Mississippi John Hurt Sacred And Secular
The Library Of Congress Recordings Volume Three

Secular
- Pallet On The Floor
- Staggolee
- I'm Satisfied
- Ain't Nobody But You Babe [I Don't Love Nobody]
- C. C. Rider
- Waiting For A Train
- Funky Butt
- Shortenin' Bread

Sacred
- Mary Don't You Weep
- Farther Along
- Do Lord Remember Me
- Over In The Glory Land
- Glory Glory Hallelujah [Since I've Laid My Burden Down]
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Weeping And Wailing
- Where Shall I Be


Heritage HT-320

40

1988

Country Blues Live!

Mississippi John Hurt
- I Shall Not Be Moved # [never re-released] @ youtube
- Avalon Blues # [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube
- I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down # [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube
- Payday # [never re-released] @ youtube
- Casey Jones # [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube
- Spanish Flang Dang # [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube
- Welcome (Address) # [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube

Robert Pete Williams
- I'm So Worried || [never re-released] @ youtube
John Jackson
- John Henry * [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube
- Poor Boy * [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube
- Buck Dancer's Choice * [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube
- Tell Me Pretty Mama * [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube
Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
- I'm A Tearing Little Daddy § [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube
- 80 Highway § [never re-released] @ youtube
- Mailman Blues § [Document DOCD-5697] @ youtube

# rec. 1960s at Joel Jacobson's in Washington, D.C.
|| rec. October 1966 at Johnny [Parth]'s in Hinterbrühl, Austria
* rec. prob. 1966 at the Washington Folk Festival in Washington, DC; John Jackson, voc, g
§ rec. October 1966 at a TV show in Vienna, Austria


Document DLP 525
Limited Edition

Document DOCD-5697 (UK 2013)

Document Records discography

41

1989

Checkin' Out The Blues

Muddy Waters
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Rollin And Rumblin
John Lee Hooker
- Dimples
- Boom Boom
Lightning Slim
- My Babe
- Good Morning Heartache
Etta James
- I'd Rather Go Blind
- Respect Yourself
Otis Rush & Little Water
- Blue Mood
- I Feel Good

Mississippi John Hurt
- I'm Satisfied
- Monday Morning Blues
Howlin Wolf
- Killing Floor
- Goin Down Slow
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- Out Of Sight
Elmore James
- Dust My Broom
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
B.B. King
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- The Letter


Style LP STYRL007


= Style CD STYRD007

42

1989

Mississippi John Hurt Avalon Blues

- Avalon Bues
- Richlands Women Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Louis Collins
- Stackolee
- Coffee Blues
- Slidin' Delta
- Corrine Corrina
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Monday Morning Blues
- Hey Baby Right Away
- Spanish Flangdang
- Pay Day
- Talking Casey Blues
- Let The Mermaid Flirt With Me
- Got The Blues That Can't Be Satisfied
- Stocktime
- Candy Man
- Pera-Lee
- Trouble I've Had All My Days

July 1963 Library of Congress recordings (some were previously issued on Flyright and Heritage LPs)


Flyright FLYCD 06


Flyright FLYCD 06 (2000)

www.interstate-music.co.uk

42a

1990

The Greatest in Country Blues (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins

LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand

LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins

compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set with 24 pp. booklet notes by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

1927-1930


1927-1936


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

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

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

42b

1990

The Greatest Songsters (1927-1929)

Richard (Rabbit) Brown (1927)
- James Alley Blues
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
- I'm Not Jealous
- Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
- Sinking Of The Titanic
Mississippi John Hurt (1928)
- Frankie
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Louis Collins
- Avalon Blues
- Big Leg Blues
- Stack O'Lee Blues
- Candy Man Blues
- Got The Blues Can't Be Satified
- Blessed Be The Name
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
- Blue Harvest Blues
- Spike Driver Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern (1929)
- She Could Toodle-Oo
- Nobody Knows
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues
- Way Down In Arkansas
- Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
- Roll and Tumble Blues

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD 5003

www.document-records.com

= P-Vine PCD 2259 (2003)

42c

1990

Legends Of The Blues Volume One

Columbia LP C/AL 46215 track sequence:
- St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt
- Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying - Blind Willie Johnson
- Pigmeat Is What I Crave - Bo Carter
- Southern Can Is Mine - Blind Willie McTell
- Low Down St. Louis Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Revenue Man Blues Patton - Charley Patton
- Stormy Night Blues - Leroy Carr
- I Believe I'll Make A Change - Josh White

- Forth Worth And Dallas Blues - Leadbelly
- Sweet Home Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Truckin' My Blues Away, #2 - Blind Boy Fuller
- Spreadin' Snakes Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Nothing In Ramblin' - Memphis Minnie
- Fixin' To Die Blues - Bukka White
- Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters
- Don't You Leave Me Here (tk 1) - Big Joe Williams
- Death Letter - Son House

SPV Blue CD SPV 91722 bonus tracks:
- Hell Hound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
- Rock Island Line - Leadbelly and The Golden Gate Quartet

original series compiled & prod. by Lawrence Cohn

notes by Paul Oliver

Columbia LP C/AL 46215 (US 1990)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Columbia/Legacy CD CK 46215 (US 1990)

notes by Paul Oliver

= CBS/Legacy CD 467245 (EU 1990)


= CBS/Sony CSCS 5323 (Jp 1990)

notes by Neil Slaven

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

20 CD box set, CD 5


(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)

43

1991

Mississippi John Hurt: The Songster





rec. in concert April 15, 1966 [not 1965 *****] at Oberlin College; prod. by Bob Scherl
* "The Oberlin Review" in march 1966 has a schedule for MJH performing shows at the Wilder Main Building on April 15, 1966; so Vanguard's liner notes / archive ("April 15, 1965") do not show the actual recording date !!! (more info at www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com)

DLP

King Bee KNB 1002 (US)

44

1991

Blues At Newport
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-64

Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagolee
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
Reverend Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More
Reverend Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son
- (I Wish I Was In) Heaven Sitting Down
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachel [sic] & Hammy [sic] Nixon
- Clean Up At Home
Robert Pete Williams
- On My Way From Texas
- Bulldog Blues
Jesse Fuller
- I Double Double Do Love You
- San Francisco Bay Blues
John Hammond
- Me And The Devil
John Lee Hooker
- Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad
- Hobo Blues
Dave Van Ronk
- That Will Never Happen No More

compilation prod. by Sam Charters

notes by Sam Charters

Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography

45

1991

Mississippi John Hurt In Concert

- Nobody's Business But Mine
- Angels Laid Him Away
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Casey Jones
- Candy Man
- Lonesome Blues
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Trouble I Had All My Days
- Chicken
- Coffee Blues
- Shake That Thing
- Monday Morning Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Salty Dog
- Spike Driver Blues
- Here Am I, Oh Lord, Send Me
- Talking Casey
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- I'm Satisfied
- Richland Women Blues

rec. in concert April 15, 1966 [not 1965 *****] at Oberlin College; prod. by Bob Scherl

* "The Oberlin Review" in march 1966 has a schedule for MJH performing shows at the Wilder Main Building on April 15, 1966; so Vanguard's liner notes / archive ("April 15, 1965") do not show the actual recording date !!! (more info at www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com)


Blue Moon CD 083

= Magnum CD 21 (1995)

45a

1992

Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950)

disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah

disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues

disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie - Bell Street Lightnin'
Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues
Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues
Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues

disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
(Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me

compiled by Lawrence Cohn

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)

20 CD box set


(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)

46

1993

Mississippi John Hurt: Memorial Anthology

Genes GCD 9906 (disc 1) / Edsel EDCD 381:
- Slidin' Delta
- Salty Dog °°
- Louis Collins
- Staggerlee
- Monday Mornin' Blues
- Comin' Home
- Candyman Blues °°
- A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- K.C. Jones Blues °°
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
- You Can't Come In
- Joe Turner
- Spanish Flangdang °°
- Lonesome Am I
- I Shall Not Be Moved °°
- C.C. Rider °°
- Trouble Blues

Genes GCD 9907 (disc 2) / Edsel EDCD 446:
- Lovin' Spoonful
- Richland Woman Blues
- Frankie & Albert °°
- Creole Belle °°
- Chicken °°
- Pete Seeger / John Hurt interview # °°
- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me # °°
- Nobody's Dirty Business #
- Stop Time (Buck Dance) # °°
- Worried Blues #
- Avalon Blues #

°° not on Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1598

Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1598 track sequence:
- Slidin' Delta
- Louis Collins
- Staggerlee
- Monday Mornin' Blues
- Comin' Home
- A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
- You Can't Come In
- Joe Turner
- Lonesome Am I
- Trouble Blues
- Lovin' Spoonful
- Richland Woman Blues
- Nobody's Dirty Business #
- Worried Blues #
- Avalon Blues #

rec. November 27/28, 1964 at Ontario Place Coffee House, Washington. D.C. by Gene Rosenthal
# rec. December 12, 1964 at Ontario Place Coffee House, Washington D.C. by Gene Rosenthal

2 CD set
notes by Larry Hoffman, Richard Spottswood & Gene Rosenthal

Genes GCD 9906/7 (US 1993)

notes by Larry Hoffman, Richard Spottswood & Gene Rosenthal

(=) Edsel EDCD 381 (UK 1994)

notes by Larry Hoffman, Richard Spottswood & Gene Rosenthal

(=) Edsel EDCD 446 (UK 1997)


= Fat Possum/Amazon Music CD/LP FP1598 (US 2017) "Worried Blues"

Adelphi/Genes discography

47

1993

Blues With A Feeling
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival

disc 1 / Vanguard VCD 73133-2:
- Introduction by Dick Waterman (2:05) #
Son House (1965) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Preachin' Blues (3:54) [Vanguard VSD 79225] #
- Death Letter (4:01) [Vanguard VSD 79225] #
- Empire State Express (3:50) # [Vanguard VSD 25/6; 3VCD 208-10]
Skip James (1964 blues workshop, introduction most likely by Bill Barth) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Devil Got My Woman (4:52) @ youtube
Bukka White [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (5:00)
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues (5:26) °° [Vanguard VRS 9180; 3VCD193/95-2]
Mississippi Fred McDowell [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Louise Louise (3:05)
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- Don't Let Nobody Turn You 'round (3:48) @ youtube
Rev. Pearly Brown & Mrs. Christine Brown
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (3:06) @ youtube
Fred and Annie Mae McDowell with Rev. Robert Wilkins
- What Do You Think About Jesus (5:43) @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins (July 23, 1965 morning "Blue Guitar" workshop) [ Vanguard VCD 79715-2]
- The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite (Monkey Faced Woman) (3:22) @ youtube
- Come On Baby (2:13) @ youtube
- Baby Please Don't Go (2:46) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Freddie (2:01) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube
- So Different Blues (2:33) @ youtube
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic) (2:36) @ youtube

disc 2 / Vanguard VCD 73134-2:
Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train (4:02) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
Mississippi John Hurt [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Here I Am Lord, Send Me (3:54)
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (3:20)
Jesse Fuller [Vanguard VRS-9185; 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]
- San Francisco Bay Blues (2:51) °°
John Lee Hooker (1964 blues workshop) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Blues (2:48) @ youtube
Muddy Waters (1968 blues workshop) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Walkin' Blues (4:31) @ youtube
- I Can't Be Satisfied (3:16) @ youtube
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon
- Five Long Years (2:26) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
Willie Dixon & Lafayette Leake with Pete Seeger, bj
- Wrinkles (instr) (3:28)
Dave Van Ronk
- Cocaine (3:44) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
John Hammond
- Drop Down Mama (2:50)
Eric Von Schmidt
- Grizzly Bear (4:55) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
John Koerner
- Traveling Blues (4:49) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube
The Chambers Brothers [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- See See Rider (3:21) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube
Paul Butterfield Blues Band (July 23, 1965)
- Blues With A Feeling (4:12) * [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube
- Look Over Yonders Wall (2:10) * @ youtube
- Born In Chicago (4:08) ** [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2] @ youtube

compilation prod. by Mary Katherine Aldin
# rec. 1965 live at Newport Folk Festival ("Blues Workshop") in Newport, RI; Son House, voc, g
* rec. July 23, 1965 at an afternoon workshop called "Blues: Origins and Offshoots" (late addition to the roster - advertisements for the concert series make no mention of the group); Paul Butterfield, voc, hca; Michael Bloomfield, g; Elvin Bishop, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr; Nick Gravenites, voc; ** Bruce Langhorne, tamb

"all tracks previously unreleased except" °°

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

Vanguard VCD2-77005 (US/Germany 1993)


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


(=) Vanguard VCD 73134-2 (US 1997) "part two"

48

1995

Mississippi John Hurt: Satisfying Blues

- C-H-I-C-K-E-N Blues
- Monday Morning Blues
- Candy Man
- Lonesome Blues
- Nobody's Business But Mine
- Angels Laid Him Away
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Richland Women Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Salty Dog
- Spike Driver's Blues
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
- Coffee Blues


Collectables VCL 5529 (Home Cooking)

48a

1995

Folk Music at Newport, Part 1

Patrick Sky - Separation Blues
Ian & Sylvia - Someday Soon
Ian & Sylvia - Play One More
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Bill Monroe, Peter Rowan, Tex Logan - Shady Grove
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Woman I Am Loving, She's Taken My Appetite
Cyprien Landreneau - Danse De Blackberry Briar
Rev. Gary Davis - I Will Do My Last Singing In This Land Somewhere
The New Lost City Ramblers - Gold Watch And Chain
Maybelle Carter - Wildwood Flower
Eck Robertson, The New Lost City Ramblers - Forked Deer / Eighth Of January
Kathy & Carol - A Swallow Song
Sam & Kirk McGee - Milk 'Em In The Evening Blues
Pete Seeger - Oh Mary Don't You Weep
Joan Baez, Donovan - Colours
Cousin Emmy, The New Lost City Ramblers - Free Little Bird
Mance Lipscomb - The Sinking Of The Titanic
Charles River Valley Boys - I'll Meet You In The Morning
Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band - Sadie Green (The Vamp Of New Orleans)
Bill Keith, Jim Rooney - Little Sadie
Richard & Mimi Farina - Celebration For A Grey Day
Kingston Trio - M.T.A.
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man
The Chambers Brothers - I Got It

rec. at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival


Vanguard CD 77007-2 (US 1995)

49

1996

Mississippi John Hurt: Avalon Blues
The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings

- Frankie [OKeh 8560]
- Nobodys Dirty Business [OKeh 8560]
- Ain't No Tellin [OKeh 8759]
- Louis Collins [OKeh 8724]
- Avalon Blues [OKeh 8759]
- Big Leg Blues [OKeh unissued]
- Stack O Lee Blues [OKeh 8654]
- Candy Man Blues [OKeh 8654]
- Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied [OKeh 8724]
- Blessed Be The Name [OKeh 8666]
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground [OKeh 8666]
- Blue Harvest Blues [OKeh 8692]
- Spike Driver Blues [OKeh 8692]

Sonic Solutions "NoNoise" processed!

notes by Larry Cohn

Columbia/Sony CK64986

50

1996

Vanguard Blues Sampler

Mississippi John Hurt
- Corrina, Corrina


Vanguard CD 74002-2

51

1996

Mississippi John Hurt: Coffee Blues

- Frankie & Albert
- Talkin' Casey
- Trouble I Had All My Day
- Coffee Blues
- Hard Time In Old Town Tonight
- Chicken Blues
- Here I Am, Oh Lord Send Me
- Spike Driver Blues
- Richland Woman Blues
- Monday Morning Blues


IMP/Blues Collector 309

51a

1996

Before The Blues
The Early American Black Music Scene

- Bamalong Blues - Andrew And Jim Baxter
- Run Mollie Run - Henry Thomas
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Jackson Stomp - Missippi Mud Steppers
- On Jordan's Stormy Banks We Stand - Seventh Day Adventist Choir
- Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy
- Forked Deer - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
- Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton
- Soft Steel Piston - Weaver & Beasley
- Two White Horses In A Line - Evans & McClain
- Jamestown Exhibition - Bayless Rose
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull
- Dying Mother And Her Child - Rev. Gates & Congregation
- John Hardy - Buell Kazee
- Wayward Girl Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Tom Sherman's Barroom - Dick Devall
- Stack O'Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- I'll Go With Her Blues - Robert Wilkins
- Christian Soldier - Denson Quartet


Yazoo CD 2015 (US 1996)

52

1997

Mississippi John Hurt: Legend

- Trouble, I've Had It All My Days
- Pera Lee [slide g]
- See See Rider
- Louis Collins
- Coffee Blues
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Do Lord Remember Me
- Monday Morning Blues (05:17)
- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me
- Pay Day
- Stack-O-Lee (07:21)
- Casey Jones
- Frankie And Albert (05:01)
- Stockwell (previously unissued)

rec. 1963-1964 in Washington, D.C. by John Irvine (Ca)

Rebel CLPS 1068 (Ca 1975) Piedmont CLPS 1068 (US 1975)

notes by John Hartley Fox

Rounder CD 1100

www.rounder.com

53

1997

Mississippi John Hurt Satisfied... Live

- Candy Man
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Shake That Thing
- I'm Satisfied
- Salty Dog
- Nobody's Business But Mine
- Angels Laid Him Away
- Casey Jones (Talkin' Casey)
- Baby, What's Wrong With You?
- Lonesome Blues


Beacon 51577

= Boomerang BEA-51577

54

1997

Blues With A Feeling Vol. 2
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival

Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train
Mississippi John Hurt
- Here I Am Lord Send Me
- Pallet On Your Floor
Jesse 'Lone Cat' Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues
John Lee Hooker
- I Can't Quit You Baby/Stop Now Baby
Muddy Waters
- Walkin Blues
- I Can't Be Satisfied
Eddie Boyd/Willie Dixon
- Five Long Years
Lafayette Leake/Willie Dixon
- Wrinkles
Dave Van Ronk
- Cocaine
John Hammond
- Drop Down Mama
Eric Von Schmidt
- Grizzly Bear
'Spider' John Koerner
- Traveling Blues
The Chambers Brothers
- See See Rider
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Blues With A Feeling
- Look Over Yonders Wall
- Born In Chicago

Vanguard VCD 73134

55

1998

Mississippi John Hurt Rediscovered

- Coffee Blues
- I'm Satisfield
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
- Monday Morning Blues
- Since I've Laid My Burden Down
- Stocktime (Buck Dance)
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- Richland Women Blues
- Keep On Knocking
- Stagolee
- Hop Joint
- Funky Butt
- It Ain't Nobody's Business
- Salty Dog Blues
- Candy Man
- You Are My Sunshine
- I've Got The Blues And I Can't Be Satisfield
- Nearer My God To Thee
- Shortnin' Bread
- Avalon, My Home Town
- First Shot Missed Home
- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me
- Talking Casey
- Goodnight Irene

compilation produced by Tom Vickers

Selected from previous Vanguard albums. "Engineered for release by Jeff Zaraya from the original analog tapes, converted to 20 bit digital audio using the DCS 900. Sonic Solutions software was used to process the digital audio. The bass that was rolled off the original vinyl release has been restored. The final CD was turbo bit mapped."

notes by Ed Ward

Vanguard CD 79519

www.vanguardrecords.com

56

1998

Mississippi John Hurt: The Complete Studio Recordings

disc 1
- Pay Day
- I'm Satisfied
- Candy Man
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Talking Casey
- Corrinna, Corrinna
- Coffee Blues
- Louis Collins
- Hot Time In The Old Town
- If You Don't Want Me Baby
- Spike Driver Blues
- Beulah Land
disc 2
- Since I've Laid My Burden Down
- Moanin' The Blues
- Stocktime (Buck Dance)
- Lazy Blues
- Richland Woman Blues
- Wise And Foolish Virgins (Tender Virgins)
- Hop Joint
- Monday Morning Blues
- I've Got The Blues And I Can't Be Satified
- Keep On Knocking
- The Chicken
- Stagolee
- Nearer My God To Thee
disc 3
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
- Boys You're Welcome
- Joe Turner Blues
- First Shot Missed Him
- Farther Along
- Funky Butt
- Spider, Spider
- Waiting For You
- Shortnin' Bread
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Days
- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me
- Good Morning, Carrie
- Nobody Cares For Me
- All Night Long
- Hey, Honey, Right Away
- You've Got To Die
- Goodnight Irene

3 CD set

Vanguard CD 70181-2

57

1998

The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt Ain't No Tellin'

- Richland Woman Blues
- Trouble I Had All My Days
- Chicken
- Coffee Blues
- Monday Morning Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Talking Casey
- Here Am I, Oh Lord, Send
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- Spike Driver Blues
- Candy Man
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Shake That Thing
- I'm Satisfied
- Salty Dog
- Nobody's Business But Mine
- The Angels Laid Him Away
- Casey Jones
- Baby, What's Wrong With You?
- Lonesome Blues


Aim CD 10

57a

1998

Hard Times Come Again No More Vol. 1
Rural Songs of Hard Times and Hardships
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

The Bentley Boys - Down On Penny's Farm
Blind Alfred Reed - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
Lane Hardin - Hard Time Blues
Ernest Stoneman - All I Got's Gone
Slim Smith - Bread Line Blues
Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp Blues
Kelly Harrell - My Name Is John Johanna
Dave McCarn - Serves 'em Fine
J.D. Short - It's Hard Time
Uncle Dave Macon - All In Down And Out
Rutherford & Foster - Richmond Blues
Elder Curry & His Congregation - Hard Times
Cofer Brothers - Georgia Hobo
Blind Lemon Jefferson - One Dime Blues
Fiddlin' John Carson - Dixie Boll Weevil
Chubby Parker - See The Black Clouds A'Breakin' Over Yonder
Scrapper Blackwell - Down And Out Blues
Edward L. Crain - Starving To Death On A Government Claim
Barbecue Bob - We Sure Got Hard Times
Samantha Bumgarner - Georgia Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Dixon Brothers - Weaver's Life
Graham Brothers - Hard Times Come Again No More

notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2036 (US 1998)

57b

1999

Broke, Black And Blue
An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities

disc 1:
Up Country Blues
- Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews
- Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney
- Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake
- Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed
- Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob
- Bo Lita - Kid Brown
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith
- Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley
- Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black
- Midnight Blues - Bill Moore
- Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head
- My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson
- What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
- School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson

disc 2:
Broke & Hungry Blues
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
- No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
- Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell
- Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins
- Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery

disc 3:
Good Whiskey Blues
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams
- Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd
- Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold
- Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams
- That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis
- It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
- Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum
- Prisoner Blues - George Clarke
- Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan

disc 4:
Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
- East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe
- Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown
- Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown
- Low Land Blues - Lee Brown
- Round The World Blues - Lee Brown
- Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon
- Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon
- Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon
- I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon
- Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple
- Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple
- My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon
- It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon
- That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon
- Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon
- I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple
- Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple
- Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple
- Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple
- Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple
- New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown

4 CD set
40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser

Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)

58

2000

The Early Blues Roots of Bob Dylan Under The Influence, Vol. 4

- Ragged and Dirty - Sleepy John Estes
- Blood In My Eyes - Mississippi Sheiks
- Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell
- Stack-o-Lee - Mississippi John Hurt
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken -Rev. J. C. Burnett
- Frankie And Albert - Mississippi John Hurt
- Sittin' On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Step It Up And Go - Blind Boy Fuller
- It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red
- Corrina Corrina - Bo Carter
- Honey Allow Me One More Chance - Texas Henry Thomas
- Fixin' To Die - Bukka White
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Railroad Bill - Will Bennett
- Motherless Children - Blind Willie Johnson
- Grasshoppers In My Pillow - Leadbelly
- Poor Lazarus - Josh White
- Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Candy Man - Mississippi John Hurt
- Po' Boy -Bukka White
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed - Blind Willie Johnson


Catfish CD 168 (UK 2000)

59

2001

Mississippi John Hurt Live!

- Nobody's Business But Mine
- Angels Laid Him Away
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Casey Jones
- Candy Man
- Lonesome Blues
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Trouble I Had All My Days
- Chicken
- Coffee Blues
- Shake That Thing
- Monday Morning Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Salty Dog
- Spike Driver Blues
- Here Am I, Oh Lord, Send Me
- Talking Casey
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- I'm Satisfied
- Richland Women Blues


Columbia River
Entertainment Group/
Allegro 120007

60

2001

Mississippi John Hurt Revisited

- I'm Satisfied
- Nobody's Business But Mine
- Rich Women Blues
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Talking Casey
- Candy Man
- Here Am I, Oh Lord, Send Me
- Casey Jones
- Spike Driver Blues
- Lonesome Blues
- Salty Dog
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Shake That Thing
- Trouble I Had All My Days
- Coffee Blues
- The Angels Laid Him Away
- C-H-I-C-K-E-N


Varese CD 061149

61

2001

Mississippi John Hurt

- Nobody's Business But Mine
- Angels Laid Him Away
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Casey Jones
- Candy Man
- Lonesome Blues
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Trouble I Had All My Days
- Chicken
- Coffee Blues
- Shake That Thing
- Monday Morning Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Salty Dog
- Spike Driver Blues
- Here Am I, Oh Lord, Send Me
- Talking Casey
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- I'm Satisfied
- Richland Women Blues


Dressed To Kill 890

61a

2001

The Philadelphia Folk Festival 40th Anniversary

disc 1:
- Scots Piping - Bruce Martin
- Walk A While - Fairport Convention
- Green, Green Rocky Road - Dave Van Ronk
- If I Had My Way - Rev. Gary Davis
- Open Up Them Pearly Gates - Doc & Merle Watson
- Kokomo Blues - Bonnie Raitt
- Talkin' Fishin' Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Did You Hear John Hurt? - Tom Paxton
- Ain't No Tellin' (Make Me A Pallet) - Mississippi John Hurt #
- Irish Danc Medley - De Dannan
- Here's To Cheshire, Here's To Cheese - Pete Seeger
- The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face - Bonnie Dobson
- Panama Limited - Tom Rush
- City Of New Orleans - Steve Goodman
- Sharon - David Bromberg Band
- Farewell Toast/Boatman - Mike Cross

disc 2:
- These Are The Days - Michael Cooney
- Hoedown - Mad Pudding
- No Love Today - Chris Smither
- Watchin' The River Go By - John Hartford
- Sensitive New Age Guys - Christine Lavin
- Wild Goose Chase - Roger Sprung
- Hit Or Miss - Odetta
- Society's Child - Janis Ian
- Hello In There - John Prine
- From A Distance - Nanci Griffith
- Georgia State Patrol/Deep Gap Salute - Gamble Rogers
- I'm Alright - Loudon Wainwright III
- When I'm Gone - Mollie O'Brien
- Ciorcirlia - Harmonia
- People My Age - John Gorka
- Le Jig Francais - Beausoleil

disc 3:
- Going Up - Great Big Sea
- My Father's House - Eric Bibb
- Tanglewood Tree - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
- My Heart in Rio - Oscar Lopez
- Old Dominion - Eddie From Ohio
- Ode To A Butterfly - Nickel Creek
- Cakewalk Into Town - Taj Mahal
- Simple Gearle - Stacey Earle
- Rawhide - Ricky Skaggs Band
- This Town Is Wrong - Katryna & Nerissa Nields
- Minnie The Moocher - Moxy Fruvous
- Olympic Reel - Natalie MacMaster Band
- Golden Apples Of The Sun - Judy Collins
- Bee's Wing - Richard Thompson
- St. Mary Of Regrets - Susan Werner
- Alturas - Inti Illimani
- You Jacobites By Name - Tempest

disc 4:
- Beg To Differ - Patty Larkin
- Ring-Around-A-Rosie Rag - Arlo Guthrie
- Darcy Farrow - Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
- I Ain't Marchin anymore - Phil Ochs
- Devil's Dream/Sailor's Hornpipe - Bill Keith & Jim Rooney
- I Blinked Once - Steve Forbert
- El Pajarillo - Irene Farrara
- Drag Queens In Limousines - Mary Gauthier
- Goodnight Irene - Steve Goodman

# "rec. 1963" [?]; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g; Jerry Ricks, g; John Sebastian, hca

includes a 58-page book with music notes, artist profiles and history of the Festival in both stories and rare photos

4 CD box set
notes by Jonathan Takiff,
Michael Cooney and Mark
D. Moss

Sliced Bread SB 74440

61b

2001

Newport Folk Festival Best of the Blues 1959-68

disc 1:
Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagger Lee
- Here I Am Lord Send Me
- Pallet On Your Floor
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (3:23)
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Son House
- Preaching Blues
- Death Letter Blues
- Empire State Express
- Son Blues
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Louise
- If The River Was Whiskey
Muddy Waters (solo)
- Walkin' Blues [Vanguard VCD2-77005]
- I Can't Be Satisfied [Vanguard VCD2-77005]

disc 2:
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
- Midnight Boogie
- On My Way From Texas
Mance Lipscomb
- Freddie
- So Different Blues
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic)
Jesse Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Double Double Do Love You
Rev. Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Intro/The Train Is Leaving °°
- Drink Muddy Water °°
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
Sleepy John Estes
- Clean Up At Home

disc 3:
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Woman I'm Lovin' She's Taken My Appetite
- Baby Please Don't Go
Lightnin' Hopkins & Samuel Lay
- Shake That Thing
John Lee Hooker & Bill Lee
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues
- Let's Make It °°
- Great Fire Of Natchez °°
- Boom Boom °°
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby
Memphis Slim
- How Long °°
- Black Cat Crossed My Path °°
- Harlem Bound °°
- Piano Instrumental °°
Muddy Waters & Otis Spann
- Blow Wind Blow °° @ youtube
- Flood (= "Clouds In My Heart") °° @ youtube
Chambers Brothers
- CC Rider
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Blues With A Feeling
- Born In Chicago °°

compilation prod. by Tom Vickers
front cover painting by Meredith Steele
°° 12 previously unreleased tracks

3 CD set
notes by John Milward

Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2 (US 2001)

62

2002

Mississippi John Hurt Live

- Here Am I, Oh Lord, Send Me
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Nearer My God To Thee
- Baby, What's Wrong With You?
- Ain't Nobody's Business
- Salty Dog
- Coffee Blues
- Avalon My Home Town
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Since I've Laid My Burden Down
- Sliding Delta
- Monday Morning Blues
- Richland Woman Blues
- Candy Man
- Stagolee
- My Creole Belle
- C.C. Rider
- Spanish Fandango
- Talking Casey
- Chicken
- You Are My Sunshine
- Hop Joint #
- Trouble I Had All My Days #
- Spike Driver Blues #

rec. in concert April 15, 1966 [not 1965 *****] at Oberlin College; prod. by Bob Scherl
* "The Oberlin Review" in march 1966 has a schedule for MJH performing shows at the Wilder Main Building on April 15, 1966; so Vanguard's liner notes / archive ("April 15, 1965") do not show the actual recording date !!! (more info at www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com)

# rec. at the Newport Folk Festival Workshop, Newport, Rhode Island in 1965 [?]; previously unreleased

notes by Billy Altmann

Vanguard SKU 79702 (digitally remastered)

63

2002

Mississippi John Hurt Ain't Nobody's Business

- Nobody's Business But Mine
- The Angels Laid Him Away
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Casey Jones
- Candy Man
- Lonesome Blues
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
- Trouble I Had All My Days
- C-H-I-C-K-E-N Blues
- Coffee Blues
- Shake That Thing
- Monday Morning Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Salty Dog
- Spike Drivers Blues
- Here Am I, Lord, Send Me
- Talking Casey
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- I'm Satisfied
- Richland Women Blues

rec. in concert April 15, 1966 [not 1965 *****] at Oberlin College; prod. by Bob Scherl

* "The Oberlin Review" in march 1966 has a schedule for MJH performing shows at the Wilder Main Building on April 15, 1966; so Vanguard's liner notes / archive ("April 15, 1965") do not show the actual recording date !!! (more info at www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com)

Quicksilver Intermedia QS 5007 & QS 5042 (1982)


Prestige Elite CD 37 (Prestige Raw Blues
series)

64

2002

Best Of Mississippi John Hurt


Classic World CD 2032

65

2003

Mississippi John Hurt Frankie & Albert

- Hot Time In Old Town Tonight
- Candy Man
- Baby, What's Wrong With You
- Frankie And Albert
- Louis Collins
- Richland Woman Blues
- I'm Satisfied
- My Creole Bell
- C-H-I-C-K-E-N Blues
- Shake That Thing
- Spike Driver Blues
- Salty Dog
- Casey Jones
- Talkin' Casey
- Coffee Blues
- Monday Morning Blues
- Trouble I Had All My Days
- Nobody's Business But My Own
- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
- Lonesome Blues
- Here I Am/Oh Lord Send Me


Tomato Music CD 2070

66

2003

Mississippi John Hurt Live At Newport

180 gram vinyl


Universe 071 (I)

67

2003

Mississippi John Hurt Today

- Pay Day
- I'm Satisfied
- Candy Man
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Talking Casey
- Corrinna, Corrinna

- Coffee Blues
- Louis Collins
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- If You Don't Want Me Baby
- Spike Driver's Blues
- Beulah Land

180 gram vinyl


Universe 073 (I)

68

2003

Mississippi John Hurt Live Vol. 1

- Here I Am, Oh Lord, Send Me
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Nearer My Good To Thee
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Ain't Nobody's Business
- Salty Dog Blues

- Coffee Blues
- Avalon, My Home Town
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Since I've Laid This Burden Down
- Sliding Delta
- Monday Morning Blues

rec. in concert April 15, 1966 [not 1965 *****] at Oberlin College; prod. by Bob Scherl
* "The Oberlin Review" in march 1966 has a schedule for MJH performing shows at the Wilder Main Building on April 15, 1966; so Vanguard's liner notes / archive ("April 15, 1965") do not show the actual recording date !!! (more info at www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com)

180 gram vinyl

Universe 082 (I)

69

2003

Mississippi John Hurt Live Vol. 2

180 gram vinyl

Universe 088 (I)

70

2003

Mississippi John Hurt King Of The Blues Vol. 4
with Richard 'Rabbit' Brown & Hambone Willie Newbern

Mississippi John Hurt
- Frankie
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Louis Collins
- Avalon Blues
- Big Leg Blues
- Stack O Lee Blues
- Candy Man Blues
- Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied
- Blessed Be The Name
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
- Blue Harvest Blues
- Spike Driver Blues
Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
- James Alley Blues
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
- I'm Not Jealous
- Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
- Sinking Of The Titanic
Hambone Willie Newbern
- She Could Toodle-Oo
- Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues
- Way Down In Arkansas
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
- Roll And Tumble Blues

The Reissue Project Cooperated by Johnny Parth, Document Records, Vienna, Austria

Document DOCD 5003 (1990)


P-Vine PCD 2259

70a

2003

Roots Of The Blues

disc 1 "Folk Blues":
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:47)
The Chambers Brothers - See See Rider (3:08)
John Hammond - Statesboro Blues (3:39)
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (3:53)
Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine (3:46)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (2:51) °°
Spider John Koerner - Traveling Blues (4:44)
Bill Monroe - Blue Yodel # 4 (2:43)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Maria Muldaur - Richland Woman (4:19)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff & Maria Muldaur - Chevrolet (3:51)
Sam & Kirk McGee - Milk Cow Blues (2:31) °°
Tony Glover - I Dont Need No Whiskey (4:30) °°
Josh White - What You Gonna Do When Your Meat Gives Out (1:49) °°
Eric Von Schmidt - Grizzly Bear (4:34)
Mance Lipscomb - Keep On Truckin' Mama (1:35) °°

disc 2 "Delta & Country Blues":
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Rev. Gary Davis - You Got To Move (5:50)
Skip James - I'm So Glad (1:53)
Son House - Empire State Express (3:50)
Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (4:45)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - If The River Was Whiskey (2:34)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:53)
Odetta - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (2:13)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:37)
Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home (2:59)
Mance Lipscomb - Freddie (1:50)
Memphis Slim - How Long (2:59)
Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie (3:25) [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VSD 77/78, Vanguard CD 70193-2, Vanguard 3VCD 208-10] @ youtube
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon - Five Long Years (2:22)
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (5:12)

disc 3 "Urban Blues":
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid (2:21)
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:14)
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Going Ahead (2:03)
Otis Spann - Marie (2:28)
James Cotton - Rocket 88 (2:03)
Homesick James And His Dusters - Dust My Broom (3:17)
Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band - One More Time (2:26)
The Johnny Shines Blues Band - If I Get Lucky (3:23)
Buddy Guy - One Room Country Shack (5:30)
Muddy Waters with Otis Spann - Blow Wind Blow (3:09)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (2:37)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (3:55)
Charlie Musselwhite - Juke (4:18)
Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain (6:48)
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (3:01)

compilation prod. by Tom Vickers; cover design by Ann Smalley; photography by David Gahr

°° previously unreleased tracks

3-CD Set
notes by Ed Ward

Vanguard 3VCD 208-10 (Germany 2002)
= Vanguard CD 79715 (US 2003)

71

2004

Mississippi John Hurt D.C. Blues: Library of Congress Recordings

disc 1
- Avalon Blues
- Richlands Women Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Trouble I've Had All My Days
- Pera-Lee
- Candy Man
- Stockwell
- Got The Blues That Can't Be Satisfied
- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me
- Talking Casey Jones
- Pay Day
- Louis Collins
- Stackolee
- Coffee Blues
- Slidin' Delta
- Corrina, Corrina
- Hey Baby Right Away

disc 2
- Pallet On The Floor
- Waiting For A Train
- Funky Butt
- Spanish Flandang
- Monday Morning Blues
- Shortenin' Bread
- Oh Mary Don't You Weep
- Farther Along
- Do Lord Remember Me
- Over In The Glory Land
- Glory Glory Hallelujah [Since I've Laid My Burden Down]
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Where Shall I Be
- Weeping And Waiting
- Joe Turner
- If You Don't Want Me
- Rubber Dolly
- Keep Me Knockin' (You Can't Come In)

rec. July 15 / 23, 1963; remastered !!!

2 CD set
notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 CD 061407

72

2004

Mississippi John Hurt Candy Man Blues
The complete 1928 sessions

- Frankie
- Louis Collins
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Stack O' Lee
- Avalon Blues
- Big Leg Blues
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
- Candy Man Blues
- Blessed Be Thy Name
- Blue Harvest Blues
- Spike Driver Blues
- Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied)


Snapper SBLUECD 010

shop.instant-shop.com/ snapper

73

2004

Mississippi John Hurt / Bukka White Shake' Em on Down

Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man Blues
- Blessed Be the Name
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Louis Collins
- Praying on the Old Camp Ground
- Spike Driver Blues
- Avalon Blues
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Blue Harvest Blues
- Frankie
- Big Leg Blues
- Stack O' Lee Blues
- Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied)
Bukka White
- Good Gin Blues
- Shake 'Em On Down
- When Can I Change My Clothes?
- High Fever Blues
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
- District Attorney Blues
- Strange Place Blues
- Sleepy Man Blues
- Pinebluff, Arkansas
- Fixin' To Die Blues
- Special Streamline
- Black Train Blues
- Parchman Farm Blues
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues


History CD 1941

[as you might have noticed
left picture on cover isn't
John Hurt, but Son House!]

74

2005

Mississippi John Hurt D.C. Blues: Library of Congress Recordings Vol. 2

disc 1
- Monday Morning Blues
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- If You Don't Want Me
- Spike Driver (John Henry)
- Salty Dog
- My Creole Belle
- Casey Jones
- Waiting For You (I Forgive You Before I Go)
- Stackolee [Alternate Version]
- Walking The Floor Over You
- Camp Meeting Tonight On The Camp Ground
- Blessed Be the Name Of The Lord
- When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
- Blind Man Sit In The Way And Cried
- Glory To His Name
- I'll Fly Away
- Ten Virgins (When The Bridegroom Comes)

disc 2
- Avalon Blues
- Cow Hooking Blues
- I'm Satisfied
- Ain't Nobody But You Babe
- Shortnin' Bread
- Redwing
- Four O'Clock Blues
- See See Rider
- I Got Mine
- Good Morning Miss Carrie
- Alabama Bound
- Looking This Way
- God's Unchanging Hand
- Poor Boy A Long Way From Home
- Frankie, No. 2
- Chicken Song
- You Are My Sunshine
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- You Got To Get Ready

rec. July 15 / 23, 1963; remastered !!!

2 CD set
notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 CD 061495

75

2005

Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
Blues, Ballads, Rags and Gospel in the Songster Tradition

disc 1:
Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
- James Alley
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
- I'm Not Jealous
- Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
- Sinking Of The Titanic
Papa Harvey Hull
- Gang Of Brown Skin Women
- Hey! Lawdy Mama (The France Blues)
- Two Little Tommie Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here
Big Boy Cleveland
- Quill Blues
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home
- Original Stack O' Lee Blues
William Smith
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home
- When That Great Ship Went Down
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home
- Sinner, You'll Need King Jesus
Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues (tk 1)
- Church Bells Blues (tk 2)
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (tk 1)
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (tk 2)
- Cocaine Blues
- Traveling Coon
- My Gal's Done Quit Me
- Won't You Be Kind?

disc 2:
Luke Jordan
- If I Call You Mama
- Tom Brown Sits In His Prison Cell
Mississippi John Hurt
- Frankie
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Louis Collins
- Avalon Blues
- Big Leg Blues
- Stack O' Lee Blues
- Candy Man Blues
- Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied
- Blessed Be The Name
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
- Blue Harvest Blues
- Spike Driver Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- She Could Toodle-Oo
- Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)
- Shelby County Workhouse
- Way Down In Arkansas
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy Eyed Woman's Blues
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Eli Framer
- Framer's Blues
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man
Louie Lasky
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done
- Teasin' Brown Blues
- Caroline

disc 3:
Cedar Creek Sheik
- Ford V-8
- Watch The Fords Go By
- Mary Had A Little Lamb
- She's Totin' Something Good
- What A Pity
- I Believe Somebody's Ridin' My Mule
- Don't Use That Stuff
- Buy It From The Poultry Man
- Don't Credit My Stuff
- Jimmy Shut His Store Doors
Robert Hill
- I Had A Gal For The Last Fifteen Years
- Tell Me What's Wrong With You
- You Gonna Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old
- G Blues
- Just Smilin'
- Pal, How I Miss You Tonight
- Lumber-Yard Blues
- I'm Going To Write And Tell My Mother
- It Is So Good
- Hill's Hot Sauce
Virgil Childers
- Dago Blues
- Red River Blues
- Who's That Knockin' At My Door
- Somebody Stole My Jane
- Travelin' Man
- Preacher And The Bear


Document DOCD-5678

76

2008

The Best of Mississippi John Hurt Columbia Original Masters

- Frankie [OKeh 8560]
- Nobodys Dirty Business [OKeh 8560]
- Ain't No Tellin [OKeh 8759]
- Louis Collins [OKeh 8724]
- Avalon Blues [OKeh 8759]
- Big Leg Blues [OKeh unissued]
- Stack O Lee Blues [OKeh 8654]
- Candy Man Blues [OKeh 8654]
- Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) [OKeh 8724]
- Blessed Be The Name [OKeh 8666]
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground [OKeh 8666]
- Blue Harvest Blues [OKeh 8692]
- Spike Driver Blues [OKeh 8692]

prod. by Lawrence Cohn; compiled from the original masters! No "NoNoise" processing!

notes by Arthur Levy

Sony BMG CD 15

77

2011

Discovery:The Rebirth of Mississippi John Hurt March 3, 1963

- Cow Hookin' Blues
- Interview: John & Jessie Hurt by Tom Hoskins
- Nobody's Business
- Casey Jones
- Stack O'Lee
- Richland Woman Blues
- Coffee Blues
- Do Lord, Remember Me
- Take My Hand
- Candy Man
- Waiting For You
- Conversation: A Song For Mr. Clark
- Got The Blues
- Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me
- Ain't Nobody But You
- Pallet On The Floor
- Spike Driver Blues
- Preacing On The Old Campground / Glory Glory
- Louis Collins / End of Session


Spring Fed SFR-108

78

2013

The Blues Revival Volume 1 (1963-1969)

Sleepy John Estes
- Mailman Blues
- I'm A Tearing Little Daddy
Brownie McGhee
- Everything Gonna Be Alright
Mississippi John Hurt
- Avalon Blues
- I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down
Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller)
- Bye Bye Bird
- Work With Me
John Jackson
- Buck Dancer's Choice
- John Henry
Sippie Wallace
- Suitcase Blues
Big Walter Horton (Shakey Horton)
- Mysterious Blues
- Baby I Need Your Love
Mississippi John Hurt
- Casey Jones
- Spanish Flang Dang
- Welcome Address
Sippie Wallace
- You Don't Know My Mind
Brownie McGhee
- Stop Using Me
Big Walter Horton (Shakey Horton)
- Medley:
a) When I Lost My Baby
b) St. Louis Blues
c) Careless Love
d) John Henry
- Shakey's Boogie
John Jackson
- Tell Me Pretty Mama
- Poor Boy
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
- Harmonica Piece

Document DLP 525

16 page booklet
by Gary Atkinson

Document DOCD-5697

78a

2014

The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3

disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)
Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)
Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)
Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)

disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)
Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)
Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)

front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner

112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)

79

2017

American Epic: The Collection

disc 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley
- On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
- The Panama Limited - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys
- Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor
disc 2:
- My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates
- Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell
disc 3:
- Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores
- La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos
- Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters
- Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders
- If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman
- Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson
disc 4:
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys
- New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim
- Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey
- Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
- Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family
- Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James
disc 5:
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
- Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders
- Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
- Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
- Ghost Dance - Truett & George
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores
- Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips

"American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed."

5 CD set

American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)

80

6/2017

American Epic: The Best of Mississippi John Hurt

- Frankie (3:28)
- Ain't No Tellin' (2:58)
- Spike Driver Blues (3:16)
- Avalon Blues (3:05)
- Louis Collins (3:016)
- Candy Man Blues (2:48)
- Stack O'Lee (2:59)
- Praying On the Old Camp Ground (2:39)
- Blue Harvest Blues (2:55)
- Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) (2:54)
- Big Leg Blues (2:54)
- Nobody's Dirty Business (2:56)
- Blessed Be the Name (2:48)

compiled & edited by Bernard MacMahon


Third Man Records TMR-459 (American Epic series) (US 6/2017)

Mississippi John Hurt tribute albums

# yearof release artist / title of songs / label # / notes
1 1999 Bill Morrissey: Songs Of Mississippi John Hurt - If You Don't Want Me- Avalon Blues- Shake That Thing- Louis Collins- First Shot Missed Him- Big Leg Blues- Hey, Honey, Right Away- Joe Turner Blues- I'm Satisfied- Beulah Land- Funky Butt- Coffee Blues- Monday Morning Blues- Good Morning, Carrie- Hot Times In The Old TownPhilo CD 711216billmorrissey.net
2 2001 Avalon BluesA Tribute To The Music Of Mississippi John Hurt Chris Smither- Frankie & Albert Bruce Cockburn- Avalon, My Home Town Lucinda Williams- Angels Laid Him Away Alvin Youngblood Hart- Here Am I, Oh Lord, Send Me Steve & Justin Earle- Candy Man Peter Case & Dave Alvin- Monday Morning Blues Ben Harper- Sliding Delta Geoff Muldaur (with Jenni & Claire Muldaur)- Chicken Mark Selby- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor Beck- Stagolee Victoria Williams- Since I've Laid My Burden Down Bill Morrissey- Pay Day Taj Mahal- My Creole Belle Gillian Welch- Beulah Land John Hiatt- I'm SatisfiedVanguard CD 79582-2www.vanguardrecords.com= KICP-833 (Jp)

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Mississippi John Hurt as subject of other Artist's recordings

# yearof release artist / title of songs / label # / notes
1 1968 John Fahey: Requia And Other Compositions For Guitar - Requiem For John Hurt - Requiem For Russell Blaine Cooper- When The Catfish Is In Bloom - Requiem For Molly, Part 1- Requiem For Molly, Part 2- Requiem For Molly, Part 3- Requiem For Molly, Part 4- Fight On Christians, Fight Onrec. 1967Vanguard VRS-9259 (mono)= VSD-79259 (stereo)= Vanguard SVRL-19033 (UK)= Terra T-2 (1985)= Vanguard CD 79259-2
2 1970 Hollins & Star: Sidewalks Talking - Talking To Myself- Krishna Dov- Twin City Prayer- John Hurt (Hollins) - Hard Headed Woman- Rome? - Vivace- Lovable- Digress- Stayin High- Sidewalks Talkin- Feelin' GoodOvation OV 14-07
3 1970 Sam Lay In Bluesland - Maggie's Farm- Mean Mistreater- Sam Lay & Mississippi John - Cryin For My Baby- Sloppy Drunk- My Fault- Roll Over Beethoven- Ask Her For Water- I Got My Mojo WorkingBlue Thumb BTS-14
3a 1972 John Fahey and His Orchestra: Of Rivers And Religion - Steamboat Gwine 'Round De Bend- Medley: Deep River / Ol' Man River- Dixie Pig Bar-B-Q Blues- Texas And Pacific Blues - Funeral Song For John Hurt - Medley: By The Side Of The Road / I Come, I Come- Lord Have Mercy- SongReprise CHR 1006
4 1977 Tom Paxton: New Songs From The Briarpatch - Did You Hear John Hurt? (Paxton) - Pandora's Box- Bring Back The Chair- Birds On The Table- Talking Watergate- There Goes The Mountain - Cotton-Eye Joe- You Can Eat Dog Food- You're So Beautiful- Mister Blue / White Bones Of Allende- Born On The Fourth Of July Vanguard VSD 79395www.tompaxton.com[see also for later recordings/compilations]
5 1977 Wizz Jones: Magical Flight - Pictures- Mississippi John - Old Fashioned Shotgun Wedding- Song To Woody- Topolino Song - Magical Flight- Valley- See How The Time Is Flying- Canned MusicPlant Life PLR009 (UK)Folk Freak FF4003 (G 1978)Scenescof SCOFCD 1006 (US 1999)en.wikipedia.orgwww.wizzjones.com
6 1980 Dave Van Ronk: Somebody Else, Not Me - Michigan Water Blues (Jelly Roll Morton)- Somebody Else, Not Me (Bert Williams)- Old Hannah (trad.)- The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)- John Hurt [aka "Did You Hear John Hurt?"] (Tom Paxton) - Old Blue (trad., arr. & adapted by Dave Van Ronk)- Sportin' Life (Brownie McGhee)- Casey Jones (Furry Lewis)- Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)- Song To Woody (Bob Dylan) rec. during the month of May, 1979 at Earth Audio Techniques in North Ferrisburg, Vermont; Dave Van Ronk, voc, g; prod. by Mitch Greenhillphotography by Andrew KlineDave Van Ronk discographysong notes byDave Van Ronk Philo PH 1065notes by Elijah Wald; songnotes by Dave Van Ronk = Rounder CD PHIL1065 (1999) "Some_one_ Else, Not Me"
7 1981 John Fahey Live In Tasmania Introduction by Stefan Markovitch- On the Sunny Side Of The Ocean- Tasmanian Two-Step- Tiger- The Approaching Of The Disco Void- Waltzing MatildaFahey Establishes Rapport with the Tasmanians- A dissertation on "Obscurity" (spoken)- The Return Of The Tasmanian Tiger- Funeral Song For Mississippi John Hurt - Steamboat Gwine 'Round De Bend- Indian-Pacific R.R. BluesTakoma TAK 7089= Takoma/AllegianceCDP 72789 (1987)more info at johnfahey.com
8 1981 Doc & Merle Watson:Red Rocking Chair - Sadie- Fisher's Hornpipe / Devil's Dream- Along The Road- Smoke, Smoke, Smoke- Below Freezing- California Blues- John Hurt - Mole In The Ground- Any Old Time- Red Rocking Chair- How Long Blues- Down YonderFlying Fish 17252
9 1984 Chris Smither: It Ain't Easy - Footloose- It Ain't Easy- John Hurt Medley - No Money Down- Green Rocky Road- Guilty- Maybelline - Rosalie- One Plus One- Ninety Nine Year Blues- Glory of Love- Sittin' On Top Of The World- Once In A Very Blue Moon- So Long, Harry TrumanAdelphi AD 1031re-released on CD:Adelphi GCD 1031www.adelphirecords.com
10 1988 Stefan GrossmanLove, Devils And The Blues - Love, Devils And The Blues- Heart Much Obliged- Windblown Star- Train Fare Blues- Return To Little Rock- Bottleneck Delight- The Vamp Of Oblivion- Descending into the Jaws of Change - Grandad Clough and Kirkhamgate Jime- Cactus Boogie- Memories Of Perls- Stompin' On The Tappahannock- Jo And Her Daughters- Charged And Ready- Late Night Apollo Blues- Ode To Mississippi John Hurt - Love, Devils And The Blues, part 2 "All titles composed or arranged by Stefan Grossman"Shanachie 97001"This album is dedicated inloving memory to my dearfriend Nick Perls"CD-release can be orderedat Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
11 1990 The Greenwich Village Folk Festival 1989-1990 - Don't Get Killed - Andy Breckman- All Nite Long - Frank Christian- I'll Make A Deal With You - Hugh Pool- Please Be My Umbrella - Ilene Weiss- My Dad's Face - 5 Chinese Brothers- Did You Hear John Hurt? - Dave Van Ronk - When the Circus Comes to Town - Cliff Eberhardt- Another Song About Paris - Erik Frandsen- Forget-Me-Not - Jack Hardy- Walking Blues - Guy Davis- The Hold Of Your Arms - Mark Johnson- Yuppies In The Sky - Tom Paxton rec. October 1, 1989 and October 21, 1990 live at the Eisner And Lubin Auditorium of New York University, New York CityGadfly 222= Gadfly CD 100591 (10/1994)
12 1992 Dave Van Ronk: A Chrestomathy - Tell Old Bill- Cocaine Blues- Motherless Children- Poor Lazarus- Mr. Noah- Come Back Baby- If I Had To Do It All Over Again (I'd Do It All Over You)- Kentucky Moonshiner- Fair And Tender Ladies- Alley-Oop- Chelsea Morning- Clouds (From Both Sides Now)- Swinging On A Star- Dink's Song- Romping Through The Swamp- My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii- You's A Viper- Temptation Rag- Stealin'- John Hurt - Sunday Street- Entertainer- Candy Man- Teddy Bear's Picnic- Mack The Knife- Tango Ballad- Losers- Garden State Stomp- Two Sleepy People- The Fresno Shuffle compilation out of diverse early and recent (1960 until 1991) records; compilation prod. by Sam ChartersCHRES-TO-MA-THY: A selection of choice passagesDave Van Ronk discography Gazell GPCD 2007/8
13 1994 Christine Lavin Presents: Follow That Road Highlights of the Second Annual Martha's Vineyard Singer / Songwriter' Retreat Held at the Wintertide Coffeehouse CD 1: Al Petteway - WintertideSusan Werner - Born A Little Late (The Baby Boomer Song)Pierce Pettis - Chase The BuffaloKristina Olsen - Hard Day YesterdayTom Paxton - Did You Hear John Hurt? (with Dave Van Ronk) Cathy Fink - SpeculatorBuddy Mondlock - Magnolia StreetBarbara Kessler - Deep CountryRed Grammer - These Are The TimesFrank Christian - From My HandsDiane Zeigler - Cog In The WheelTom Prasada-Rao - Ashes Of LoveSally Fingerett - HomeDavid Buskin - Heaven Is Free TonightTom Paxton - Ramblin' Boy _CD 2:_Jonathan Edwards - One Day CloserDave Van Ronk - Green Green Rocky RoadEllis Paul - King Of Seventh AvenueMegon McDonough - If Love Is A DreamBob Franke - Great Storm Is OverChristine Lavin - Ballad Of A BallgameRobin Batteau - Cover MeKate Taylor - Flying In The Face Of Mr. BlueTom Paxton - Getting Up EarlySusan Graham White - Wearing The TimeTom Intondi - Heart On The RunAnne Hills - Follow That RoadJohn Forster - Feel Your FeelingsCliff Eberhardt - Life Is HardHilary Field - Menemsha 2 CD setnotes by Christine Lavin Rounder / Philo CD 1164
14 1994 Happy & Artie Traum: The Test Of Time - Trials Of Jonathan- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry- Test Of Time- The Heart Of Saturday Night- Riptide- The Road To Ban Vinai- Montreal- Betty and Dupree- Secret In The Wind- Mississippi John Roaring Stream RS 201
15 1994 Shinobu Sato: Little Signs Of Autumn - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child- Little Signs Of Autumn- Little Sadie-Soldier's Joy- John Hurt Medley: My Creole Belle / Richland Woman Blues / Candyman / I'm Satisfied / My Creole Belle - Stephen Foster Medley: Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair / My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night!- Rusty Old Red River- Rights Of Man- Londonderry Air- I Still Can't Say Goodbye- The Entertainer- I Got Rhythm- The Water Is Wide- Lullaby From Chugoku Region - This Path- Cranes Over Hiroshima- The Civil War Trilogy: Rally 'Round The Flag / The Bonnie Blue Flag / Ashokan Farewell- I'll Love You ForeverWaterbug CD 3
16 1995 Terry Robb: Acoustic Blues Trio - I Need Lovin' Now- Long Train Blues- My Mistake- Death Letter- Washington Blues- Sugar Sweet- I'm Just Your Fool- John Hurt Medley - Honey Bee- Chump Man Blues- Buck Dance- It Hurts Me Too- Let GoBurnside CD 19
16a 1996 Peter Keane: Walkin' Around - Poor Jesse Flying Fish FF 652
17 2003 Peter Lang: Guitar - Little Cairo- After the Fall- Come Along Joe- John Hurt in the 21st Century - I Should Have Known- Brick House Blues- Snaker Ray Has Come & Gone- Emily's Waltz- Daylight is Darkness- Witness to the Messenger- All Through My LifeHorus HM 1036
18 2003 Eve Goldberg: Crossing The Water - Something About A Sunday- Mama's Opry- It Rains Everywhere I Go- Union Street Café- Down To Tennessee- The Thing That Makes You Beautiful- Going Back To Boston- Take These Chains- Did You Hear John Hurt? - Rosie The Riveter (revisited)- Sheshatsiu Lullaby- You Don't Need To Miss Me- Crossing The WaterBorealis BCD 150www.evegoldberg.com
19 2004 Chris Smither: Honeysuckle Dog - Sunshine Lady- Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt - Honeysuckle Dog- Rattlesnake Preacher- Rosalie- Guilty- It Ain't Easy- Lonely Time- Homunculus- Braden River- Steel Guitar- Jailhouse BluesOkra-Tone CD 4971
20 2004 Doc & Merle Watson:Sittin' Here Pickin' The Blues - Freight Train Blues- Hobo Bill's Last Ride- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues- Did You Hear John Hurt? @ youtube - John Henry / Worried Blues- I'm A Stranger Here- Talking To Casey- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues- Any Old Time- Sittin' Here Pickin' The Blues- Stormy Weather- How Long Blues- Honey Babe Blues- St. Louis Blues- Carroll County Blues- California Blues- Jailhouse Blues- Windy And Warm- Deep River BluesRounder CD 1617
21 2004 Tom Paxton, Bob Gibson & Anne Hills: Best Of Friends - Sing for the Song- Did You Hear John Hurt? - Home To Me Is Anywhere You Are- The Death Of Stephen Biko- And Loving You- While You SLeep- She Sits Of The Table- Let The Band Play Dixie- Pilgrim Song- Panhandle Wind- Something's Wrong With The Rain- Ramblin Boy- One Million Lawyers- Bottle Of WineAppleseed CD 1077
22 2004 Dave Van Ronk: ...and the tin pan bended and the story ended... - Down South Blues- Dave speaks- You've Been A Good Old Wagon- Dave speaks- Don't You Leave Me Here- Dave speaks- Did You Hear John Hurt? - Dave speaks- Green, Green Rocky Road- Dave speaks- Jelly Jelly- Nobody Know You When You're Down And Out- Dave speaks- One Meat Ball- Buckets Of Rain- Dave speaks- Sometime (Whatcha Gonna Do)- Sportin' Life Blues- Dave speaks- Ace In The Hole- Dave speaks- St. James Infirmary- Thank You- Urge For GoingOctober 2001 recording ofhis last concertSmithsonian FolkwaysCD SFW40156Dave Van Ronk discography
23 2005 Blues Masters: Taj Mahal - Instrumental- Hesitation Blues- Mississippi John Hurt Instrumental - Stagga Lee- Ulysses S. Gregory- Tom And Jake- Mbira Instrumental- Pennywhistle Instrumental- Rolling Wheel Blues- The Low Down Blues (Woman In Red)
24 2014 Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonian Folkways - Bring it On Down to My House - Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (2:02)- Talking Blues - Pink Anderson (2:26)- Nobody's Business (If I Do) - John Jackson (3:15)- Alabama Bound - Little Brother Montgomery (2:17)- Pallet On The Floor - Brownie McGhee (3:09)- Chicken You Can't Roost Too High For Me - Bill Williams (3:16)- My Hula Love - Lead Belly (2:16)- Candy Man - Reverend Gary Davis (2:32)- Going Down The Road Feeling Bad - John Cephas and Phil Wiggins (3:32)- Froggy Went-A-Courting - Peg Leg Sam (4:10) - Monday Morning Blues - Mississippi John Hurt (5:52)- The Boys Of Your Uncle Sam - Pink Anderson (2:03)- Raise A Ruckus Tonight - Brownie McGhee (2:49)- Reno Factory - Marvin Foddrell (2:09)- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - John Jackson (3:07)- Honeysuckle Rose - Warner Williams with Jay Summerour (2:05)- Bill Bailey - Big Bill Broonzy (1:55)- When The Roses Bloom Again - Bill Williams 2:05)- Straighten Up And Fly Right - Peg Leg Sam (3:14)- Careless Love - Snooks Eaglin (2:33)- They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree - Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong (2:20) compiled by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Placenotes by Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff PlaceSmithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40211 (US 2014)[read notes]
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

Mississippi John Hurt on the front cover of other Artist's albums

# yearof release artist / title of songs label # / notes
1 1972 Taj Mahal: Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff - Conch (Introduction)- Kalimba- Bound To Love Me Some- Ricochet- A Free Song- Corinna - Cakewalk Into Town- Sweet Home Chicago- Texas Woman Blues- Gitano NegroColumbia KC 31605= Columbia MFCD 764
2 1975 Patrick Sky: Two Steps Forward One Step Back - Many a Mile- Lucky Me- Perryville Reel, Rhode Island Reel- My Friend Robert- Frankie And Albert- Mole In The Ground - Payday- Candy Man- To Find A Way- Danville Girl- Moanin' Blues- Lost James WhalenLeviathan 2006Patrick Sky discography

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 418-419
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 214
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 247-249
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 490-492
- Philip R. Ratcliffe: Mississippi John Hurt - His Life, His Times, His Blues.- Jackson (University Press of Mississippi) 2011
- http://www.mindspring.com/~dennist/
- http://www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com/records.html
- http://www.searchingforagem.com/1960s/1964.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to (the ubiquitous) Alan Balfour, 'john4y' (Fred Bolden), Ken Kandu, Michael Morgan, Russell Shor, Philip Ratcliffe, Max Hoeffner and Peter K. Siegel for additional info / scans

  1. "John Smith Hurt, who was to become Mississippi John Hurt, [...] was reportedly born on March 8, 1892 (grave marker), March 16, 1892 (Social Security Death Index), May 7, 1893 (some family members), or May 8, 1895 (draft registation). The most likely date, according to his grandnephew Fred Bolden who remembers celebrating his uncle's birthday, is March 8." (Philip R.Ratcliffe: Mississippi John Hurt - His Life, His Times, His Blues.- Jackson (University Press of Mississippi) 2011
    Other - obviously even more dubious - dates can be found here:
    July 2, 1892 (www.msjohnhurtmuseum.com/mjhbio.html) and July 3, 1893 (www.bluesworld.com/blues/0703.html)
    Fazit: Birthday March 8, 1892 (as on grave marker) most likely !!!

Robert Wilkins (playing a Gibson D-28, whilst he usually played a J-45, or later, a J-50!) and M I S S I S S I P P I   J O H N   H U R T; photographer: possibly David Gahr
Robert Wilkins & Mississippi John Hurt
The man on the left - contrary to a trillion internet sources' claims - isn't Skip James, but the Rev. Robert Wilkins!
Wilkins playing a Gibson D-28, whilst he usually played a J-45, or later, a J-50!
source: Photo posted by Hurt's grand-nephew Fred Bolden on a meanwhile defunct internet forum
photographer: possibly David Gahr

M I S S I S S I P P I   J O H N   H U R T without any hatgear!; source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Sy9i9B1QY; photographer's name not given
Mississippi John Hurt without any hatgear!
source: www.youtube.com
photographer's name not given

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