Illustrated Lee Jackson discography (original) (raw)
year
of release
title / label / notes
1
1957
LEE JACKSON
- Fishin' In My Pond (C1002) # @ youtube
- I'll Just Keep Walkin' (C1003) * @ youtube
rec. 1956 in Chicago, IL; Warren G. Hardin Lee, voc, g; Big Walter Horton, hca; Harold Ashby, Lucius Washington or John Tinsley, ts; # Sunnyland Slim, * Lafayette Leake, p; # Jimmy Rogers, * Otis Rush, g; Willie Dixon, b; # Jesse Fowler or Henry 'Sneaky Joe' Harris, * Odie Payne, dr
Cobra 5007
Jimmy Rogers discography
Otis Rush discography
2
196?
JUMP JACKSON BLUES SESSION
- Sunnyland Bounce (Four Day Bounce) - Sunnyland Slim ||
- I'll Always Love You - Shakey Jake #
- Please Send Me Someone To Love - Johnny Thompson *
- Long About Midnight - Jimmy Johnson (aka James Thompson) **
- Change Of Love - Lee Jackson *** @ youtube
- Depression Blues - Sunnyland Slim |||
- El Capitan - Memphis Slim //
- In My Dreams - Roosevelt Sykes §
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James [Chief 7004 (US 10/1957)]
- Hillbilly Blues (Harrington) - Eddie Clearwater (as "Clear Waters") \\
All tracks (except Elmore James) rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL
|| Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; ||| Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
# Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr
* Johnny Thompson, voc; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
** Jimmy Johnson, voc, g; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr
*** Lee Jackson, voc, g; Tom Archia, ts; unknown, p; Jump Jackson, dr
§ Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
// Memphis Slim, voc, p; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
\\ Eddie Clearwater, voc, g; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr
10 inch LP
Private pressing (10 copies) by Rainer E. Lotz from an SWF ("Südwestfunk") air-check of material recorded by Joachim E. Berendt in preparation of the Bill Claxton Jazz Life book.
The lacquers were cut by Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, Germany
Lotz A115 (Germany 1960/61?)
3
196?
Jump Jackson Chicago Blues Session
- Hard Drivin' Woman (Luandrew) - Sunnyland Slim
- Boogie Woogie (Jackson-Luandrew) - Sunnyland Slim
- Goin' Back To Tennessee (Mabon) - Willie Mabon
- Things Are Different (Harris) - Shakey Jake
- Come Day Go Day (Oden) - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Depression Blues (Luandrew) - Sunnyland Slim
- Love My Baby (Harris) - Shakey Jake
rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr
4
1961
Jazzlife - Auf den Spuren des Jazz Volumes I & II
Joachim E. Berendt presents: Jazzlife Vol. I (Metronome JEB 1000)
Chor und Gemeinde des St. John's Baptist Temple - Oh Lord Send My Peace
Rev. Newton - Rev. Newton bei der Predigt
Rev. Thomas & Mrs. Thomas, Butch Cage - Spiritual-Singen in Zachary, Louisiana
Star Spiritual Singers of Coastal Georgia, St. Simons Island - Gabriel Shout
Big Band der Berklee School, Boston - Three For All
Eureka Brass Band - Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Sister Elisabeth Eustis - Time Lord
George "Creole Blues" Guesnon - Draws Trouble Blues
Guitar Welch - Electric Chair Blues
Murray Macon - Jesus Cares
Alphonse Picou mit der ehemaligen Papa Celestin New Orleans Band - High Society
Joachim E. Berendt presents: Jazzlife Vol. II (Metronome JEB 1001)
Paul Barbarin & His New Orleans Jazz Band - It's A Long Way To Tipperary
Brother Percy Randolph - Jack O'Diamonds #
Armand Hugh & Emile Christian New Orleans Band - I Lost My Heart
Carmell Jones - Bobblin'
Roland Kirk - Little Fugue
Shaky Jake - Spoiled Your Baby §
Roosevelt Sykes - Number Nine *
Ira Sullivan - Two Blues Choruses
Buddy Tate & His Harlem Band - Blow Low
Cootie Williams & His Central Ballroom Band - Night Train
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Walk On
John Coltrane - Soft Lights
# rec. 1960 in New Orleans, LA by Joachim E. Berendt; Percy Randolph, voc, hca
§ rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Eddie Clearwater (as "Clear Waters") or Lee Jackson, g
* rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
These 7 inch 33 1/3 EPs (Vols. I & II) were only available with the equally named book by Joachim Ernst Berendt / William Claxton.
Some of the tracks were recorded especially for being on this record while others stem from tracks previously released elsewhere (some of these are only excerpts).
7 inch 33 rpm
Metronome JEB 1000 (Germany 1961)
7 inch 33 rpm
Metronome JEB 1001 (Germany 1961)
remastered versions of both 7 inch 33 rpm volumes re-released in 2013 on a CD accompanying a reissue of the book:
Percy Randolph discography
Shakey Jake discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
5
1961
LEE JACKSON
- Please Baby (= Pleading For Love) (A) @ youtube
- Juanita (B) @ youtube
rec. February 27, 1961 in Chicago, IL; Lee Jackson, voc, g; J.T. Brown, Boyd Adkins, ts; Johnny Jones, p; Eugene Pearson, g; Bob Anderson, b; Jump Jackson or Jesse Fowler, dr
Key Hole 115 (US 1961) (Narvel Eatmon's label)
= C.J. 652 (US 197?) (Carl Jones' label)
6
1962
ROOSEVELT SYKES The Honey Dripper
- Slave For Your Love [Crown CLP 5287]
- Gone With The Wind [Crown CLP 5287]
rec. April or May 1962 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Sax Mallard, ts; Lee Jackson, g; "Big" Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr
Kent 45x384
Roosevelt Sykes discography
7
6/1962
Roosevelt Sykes Sings the Blues
@ youtube (full album)
- Slave For Your Love [Kent 384]
- Gone With The Wind [Kent 384, Kent 434]
- Wild Side
- Out On A Limb [Kent 434]
- Honey Child
- Never Loved Like This Before
- Last Chance
- Casual Friend
- Your Will Is Mine
- Hupe Dupe Do
rec. April or May 1962 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Sax Mallard, ts; Lee Jackson, g; "Big" Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr
Diablo DIAB 854 back cover photo by Valerie Wilmer
notes (June 1962) by Josea Taubling
Crown CLP 5287 (mono) / CST 287 (stereo) (US 6/1962)
= United US 7792 (US 1967)
notes by Mike Raven
= Ember EMB 3391 (UK 1967) "STEREOMONIC"
notes (June 1962) by Josea Taubling
= Diablo DIAB 854 (UK 1998)
notes (June 1962) by Josea Taubling
= Ace CDCHM 1132 (UK 2006) (stereo)
Roosevelt Sykes discography
8
1964
HOMESICK JAMES
- The Woman I'm Lovin' (A) @ youtube
- Crawlin' (instr) (B) @ youtube
rec. January 7, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Homesick James, voc, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Lee Jackson, b; Clifton James, dr; produced by Samuel B. Charters
Bluesville 826 (US 1964)
Bluesville Records discography
Homesick James discography
- Gotta Move (alt tk)
- The Cloud Is Cryin' (alt tk)
- Homesick's Shuffle (alt tk)
rec. January 7, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Homesick James, voc, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Lee Jackson, b; Clifton James, dr; produced by Samuel B. Charters
Prestige unissued
Stax SCD 8612
Homesick James discography
9
1965
Homesick James: Blues On The Southside
@ youtube (full album playlist)
- The Woman I'm Lovin'
- She May Be Your Woman
- Goin' Down Swingin'
- Homesick's Shuffle
- Johnnie Mae
- Gotta Move
- Lonesome Road
- Working With Homesick
- The Cloud Is Cryin'
- Homesick's Blues
- Crawlin'
- Stones In My Passway
rec. January 7, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Homesick James, voc, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Eddie Taylor Lee Jackson, b; Clifton James, dr; produced by Samuel B. Charters
Prestige PR 7388 et al. front cover photo (White Owl Barbeque) by Ray Flerlage
Ace CH 257 front cover photo by Ray Topping
notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding
Prestige PR 7388 (mono) (US 1965)
notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding
= Prestige PRST 7388 (stereo) (US 1965)
notes by Keith Tillman
= Juke J LP-1 (UK 19??) "Bottleneck Guitar Blues"
notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding
= Fantasy/Prestige PR (mono) / PRT (stereo) 7388 (US 1972)
notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding
= Bellaphon BJS 40107 (Germany 1972)
= Prestige HBS 8007 (It 1982)
= Ace CH 257 (UK 1989)
notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding
= OBC OBC-529 (US 1990)
= OBC OBCCD-529 (US / EU 1990)
= Fantasy 0602527229515 (EU 2010)
Python / Juke Records discography
OBC Records discography
Homesick James discography
10
1965
ROOSEVELT SYKES
- Gone With The Wind [Crown CLP 5287]
- Out On A Limb [Crown CLP 5287]
rec. April or May 1962 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Sax Mallard, ts; Lee Jackson, b; "Big" Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr
Kent 434x45
Roosevelt Sykes discography
- Back In The Alley (14573) (instr) # @ youtube
- I Feel So Bad (tk 1) (14574) #
- I Feel So Bad (tk 2) (14575) #
- Chicken Shack (14576) (2:47) # * @ youtube
rec. February 1966 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; J.T. Brown, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Junior Pettis, b; George Cook, dr
unissued
# Le Roi Du Blues 33.2017
# Hip-O-Select CD B0012636-02
* Chess CHD 9357
Little Walter discography
11
1966
Otis Spann's Chicago Blues / Nobody Knows My Troubles
- Get Your Hands Out Of My Pocket # @ youtube
- Nobody Knows My Troubles # @ youtube
- Sarah Street # @ youtube
- Worried Life Blues @ Spotify
- You Can't Hide @ Spotify
- Jack-Knife (instr) # [] @ Spotify
- What's On Your Worried Mind? @ youtube
- Vicksburg Blues § @ Spotify
- Who's Out There? # @ youtube
- Spann's Boogie Woogie (instr) @ youtube
- See See Rider @ youtube
- Lovin' You # [] @ youtube
- One-Room Country Shack @ Spotify
- Mr. Jelly-Roll Baker @ Spotify
CD bonus track:
- G.B. Blues (instr) * [Testament T-2217] @ youtube @ Spotify
rec. 1965 in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding; Otis Spann, voc, p; § Robert Whitehead, dr
# rec. November 22, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, voc, p, [] org; James Cotton, hca; Johnny Young, g; Jimmy Lee Morris, b; S.P. Leary, dr
* rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, p; Walter Horton, hca; Johnny Shines, g; Lee Jackson, b; Fred Below, dr
cover photo by Pete Welding
notes by Pete Welding
Testament T-2211 (US 1966) "Otis Spann's Chicago Blues"
notes by Pete Welding
= Testament T-2211 (US 19??) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"
notes by Pete Welding
= Bounty BY-6037 (UK 1967) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"
notes by Pete Welding
= Polydor 545 030 (UK 1969) "Nobody Knows My Troubles"
notes by Pete Welding
Testament T-2211 (Special re-release by OJL) (US 198?) "Otis Spann's Chicago Blues"
notes by Pete Welding
(=) Testament TCD 5005 (US 1994) "Otis Spann's Chicago Blues"
Testament Records discography
Otis Spann discography
Walter Horton discography
Johnny Shines discography
Johnny Young discography
12
1966
The Johnny Shines Band
Masters Of Modern Blues Vol. 1
- Rollin' & Tumblin' @ youtube
- Trouble Is All I See @ youtube
- Mr. Tom Green's Farm @ youtube
- My Black Mare @ youtube
- What Kind Of Little Girl Are You? @ youtube
- So Cold In Vietnam @ youtube
- Sweet Home Chicago @ youtube
- Walkin' Blues @ youtube
- Black Panther @ youtube
- Two Trains Runnin' @ youtube
rec. June 1966 at One-derful Studios in Chicago, IL; The Johnny Shines Band: Johnny Shines, voc, g; Big Walter Horton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Lee Jackson, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Pete Welding
cover photograph line resolution by Brad Barrett from a photograph by Pete Welding; liner photo by Ray Flerlage
notes by Pete Welding
Testament T-2212 (US 1966)
notes by Pete Welding
Testament T-2212 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 198?)
notes by Pete Welding
= Testament TCD-5002 (US 1994)
= P-Vine PCD-5565 (Jp 1999)
Testament Records discography
Johnny Shines discography
Otis Spann discography
Walter Horton discography
13
1967
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
Masters of Modern Blues Volume 2
- Dust My Broom
- Mistake In Life
- Goin' Down Slow
- Lulubelle's Here
- She's So Sweet
- My Kind Of Woman
- Pet Cream Man
- Blues Stay Away From Me
- The Girl I Love
- Sloppy Drunk
Testament TCD-5020 bonus tracks:
- Wild Wild Woman [Testament T-2218]
- Bluebird [Testament T-2218]
J. B. Hutto & The Hawks with Johnny Young, mand; Big Walter Horton, hca; Lee Jackson, b; Fred Below, dr
notes by Pete Welding
Testament T-2213 (US 1967)
notes by Pete Welding
= Testament T-2213 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 198?)
notes by Pete Welding
= Testament TCD-5020 (US 1995)
(=) Retroworld 165 (along with TCD-5010)
Testament Records discography
Johnny Young discography
Walter Horton discography
14
1967
Lee Jackson / Clyde Lasley
Lee Jackson, The Cadillac Baby Specials
- Christmas Song (A) (2:35) # @ youtube
Clyde Lasley, The Cadillac Baby Specials
- Santa Came Home Drunk (B) (2:55) @ youtube
# rec. 1967 in Chicago, IL; Lee Jackson, voc, g; ts; org; b; Willie Williams, dr; fem voc grp
Bea & Baby 121 (US 1967)
15
1969
Hound Dog Taylor
- Watch Out (16233) @ youtube
- Down Home (16236) (instr) [= Down Home Special] @ youtube
originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Hound Dog (16232) (instr) @ youtube
- Scrappin' (16234) (instr) @ youtube
- Sittin' Here Alone (16235) @ youtube
rec. c. September 1967 in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Lee Jackson, b; Robert Whitehead, dr
Blues Ball 2003 Chess LP 2-92519
Hound Dog Taylor discography
16
1969
Johnny Shines with Big Walter Horton
Electrifying Performances By Two Masters Of Modern Chicago Blues, With Luther Allison
- Hello Central * @ youtube
- You Don't Have To Go # @ youtube
- Sneakin' And Hidin' * @ youtube
- 'Til I Made My Tonsils Sore # @ youtube
- Fat Mama * @ youtube
- Worried Life Blues # @ youtube
- I Cry, I Cry * @ youtube
- If It Ain't Me * [] @ youtube
- I Want To Warn You, Baby # @ youtube
- G.B. Blues # @ youtube
Testament TCD-5015 bonus tracks:
- I Cry, I Cry (alt tk) * @ youtube
- Sneakin' And Hidin' Part 2 * @ youtube
Floating World 2CD track sequence:
CD 1:
- Hello Central *
- You Don't Have To Go #
- Sneakin' And Hidin' *
- 'Til I Made My Tonsils Sore #
- Fat Mama *
- G.B. Blues #
- Worried Life Blues #
- I Cry, I Cry *
- If It Ain't Me * []
- I Want To Warn You, Baby #
- I Cry, I Cry (alt tk) *
- Sneakin' And Hidin' Part 2 *
CD 2:
- Standing At The Crossroads
- Milk Cow's Troubles
- Death Hearse Blues
- Drunken Man's Prayer
- Hoo Doo Snake Doctor's Blues
- It's A Lowdown Dirty Shame
- How Long
- Crying Black Angel
- Down In Spirit
- Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine
- Kind-Hearted Woman
- Baby Sister Blues
- My Rat
- Don't Take A Country Woman
- Kind-Hearted Woman
- Death Hearse Blues
# rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Big Walter Horton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Lee Jackson, b; Fred Below, dr
* rec. January 1969 in Los Angeles, LA; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Big Walter Horton, hca, [] voc; Luther Allison, g; Prince Candy, b; Bill Brown, dr
cover illustration by Warren Hughey; back liner photo by Brad Barrett
notes by Pete Welding
Testament T-2217 (US 1969)
BU 66 (October 1969), p. 29
BW 26 (January 1970), p. 15/16
= Testament T-2217 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 19??)
(=) Testament TCD-5015 (USA 1994)
= P-Vine PCD-5586 (Jp)
two CD set
= Floating World 2816717 (UK 2013) along with "Standing At The Crossroads"
Testament Records discography
Johnny Shines discography
Walter Horton discography
Otis Spann discography
17
1969
Goin' To Chicago
Sam Lay Blues Band @ youtube (all three tracks)
- Tell Me, Mama *
- Walking By Myself *
- I Can't Be Satisfied *
Billy Boy Arnold Band
- I Left My Happy Home # [Testament TCD-5018] @ youtube
- Billy Boy's Jump # [Testament TCD-5018] @ youtube
- Crying And Pleading # [Testament TCD-5018] @ youtube
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- Wild, Wild Woman § [Testament TCD-5020] @ youtube
- Bluebird § [Testament TCD-5020] @ youtube
Floyd Jones - Eddie Taylor Band
- Playhouse Blues || [Testament TCD-5001] @ youtube
- I Feel So Bad || [Testament TCD-5001] @ youtube
- Sweet Talkin' Woman || [Testament TCD-5001] @ youtube
* rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; Sam Lay, voc; Jeff Carp, hca; Boots Hamilton, p; Paul Asbell, g; Chester 'Geno' Skaggs, b; Billy Davenport, dr
# rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Mighty Joe Young, Ted Mosley or Jody Williams, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Clifton James or Reynolds Howard, dr
§ rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Hutto, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Johnny Young, g; Lee Jackson, b; Fred Below, dr
|| rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Floyd Jones, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Eddie Taylor, b-g; Fred Below, dr
cover photo by Curt Burkhardt; back liner photo by Raeburn Flerlage
Testament T-2218 (US 1969)
= Testament T-2218 (Special Re-Release by OJL) (US 19??)
Testament Records discography
18
1970
American Folk Blues Festival 1970
LP 1:
Chicago Blues All Stars
- Introduction @ youtube
Shakey Horton
- Hard Hearted Woman @ youtube
- That Ain't It @ youtube
Bukka White
- Maggie Lee
- World Boogie
Bukka White
- Old Lady
Champion Jack Dupree
- School Day °°
- Going To Louisiana
- Blues Before Sunrise
LP 2:
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Hootin' The Blues
- Back Water Blues
- Walk On
- When I Was Drinking
Lee Jackson
- Juanita (4:30) # @ youtube
- Came Home This Morning (2:21) # °°
Lafayette Leak [sic]
- After Hours
Willie Dixon
- Crazy For My Baby @ youtube
- Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues @ youtube
rec. November 16, 1970 "Life" [sic] at Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany; The Chicago Blues All Stars: Shakey Horton, hca, voc; Lafayette Leake, p; Lee Jackson, g, # voc; Willie Dixon, b, voc; Clifton James, dr
photos by Norbert Hess
°° not on CD releases
DLP
notes by Horst Lippmann
Scout Sc-7 (Germany 1970)
DLP
notes by Horst Lippmann
= L+R 42.021 (Germany 1980)
= L+R**/**Optimism LR CD-2021 (US 1989)
= L+R**/**Bellaphon CDLS 42021 (Germany 1991)
4-CD-Box (67 tracks, 292:31)
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726323 (Germany 2002) CD 1: American Folk Blues Festival 1970
American Folk Blues Festival discography
Scout Records discography
L+R Records discography
- Whiskey Head Woman
- Homesick Blues
rec. August 1970 in Chicago, IL; Homesick James, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Lee Jackson, b; Clifton James, dr
unissued
Homesick James discography
19
1971
Collector's Album
C**.** J**.**'s Roots of Chicago Blues
Hound Dog Taylor
- Christine
Earl Hooker
- Wild Moments
Little Mack
- Come Back
Homesick James
- Set A Date [Colt 632]
Lee Jackson
- Pleading For Love
Lee Jackson
- Juanita
Little Mack
- My Walking Blues
Hound Dog Taylor
- Alley Music
Morris & Betty Everett
- This House
Earl Hooker
- Chicken
Betty Everett
- Why Did You Have To Go
prod. by Carl Jones; compiled by Cary S. Baker from C. J.'s Catalog Of Chicago Blues
Blue Flame BLP 101 (US 1971)
Blue Flame Records discography
20
2/1974
Lee Jackson: Lonely Girl@ youtube (full album)
- Lonely Girl
- Juanita
- Lee Jackson's Boogy (instr)
- I Had A Dream Last Night
- Neck Bones
- Lonely Without Love
- Country Girl
- Old Aunt Jane
- When I First Came To Chicago
- All Around Man
- The Sky Above
rec. 1973 in Chicago, IL; Lee Jackson, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; [Arvel] Bradfield, org; Sunnyland Slim, p; William "Bom-Bay" Carter, b; Willie Williams, dr
[back cover has false personel list - Al Smith's notes give away correct personel!]
front cover photo by Don Peterson
notes by Al Smith
Bluesway BLS-6083 (US 2/1974)
Bluesway Records discography
21
1/1975
LEE JACKSON
- Apallo 17 [sic] (A) (instr with spoken intro) @ youtube
- Chop-Suey (B) (instr with spoken interjections) @ youtube
rec. 1975 in Chicago, IL; Lee Jackson, g, sp; Hayes Ware, g; Richard Gary, b; Richard "Hubcap" Robinson, dr
C.J. 668 (US 1/1975)
22
1978
Little Walter Jacobs: Blue Midnight Volume Three 1950-1966
16 Rare, Unissued and Alternate Recordings by the King of Chicago Blues Harmonica
- Off The Wall (alt tk)
- Last Night (alt tk)
- Mercy Babe (previously unissued)
- Blue Midnight (alt tk)
- Break It Up
- Rock Bottom
- I'm A Business Man
- Instrumental (previously unissued)
- I Don't Play
- Evans Shuffle
- Me And Piney Brown
- Oh Baby (alt tk) [actually not an alt tk, but "I Love You So" (7605)]
- Chicken Shack (previously unissued)
- I Feel So Bad (tk 1)
- Instrumental (poss. "Back In The Alley") (previously unissued)
- I Feel So Bad (tk 2)
notes (in French and English) by Anonymous
Le Roi du Blues 33.2017
Le Roi du Blues Records discography
Little Walter discography
23
1979
Sultans Of The Slide Guitar
Rare and unreleased Recordings from 1953 - 1969
Hound Dog Taylor
- Watch Out [Checker 1223, issued?]
Robert Nighthawk
- My Angel [previously unissued]
Johnny Littlejohn
- Keep On Running [previously unissued]
Hound Dog Taylor
- Hound Dog [previously unissued]
Koko Taylor with Robert Nighthawk
- What Kind Of Man Is This [Checker 1092]
Johnny Littlejohn
- She's Too Much [previously unissued]
Hound Dog Taylor
- Scrappin' [previously unissued]
Robert Nighthawk
- She Knows How To Love A Man [previously unissued]
Johnny Littlejohn
- When I Think About My Baby [previously unissued]
Hound Dog Taylor
- Sitting Here Alone [previously unissued]
Johnny Littlejohn
- I Had a Dream [previously unissued]
Koko Taylor with Robert Nighthawk
- I Got What It Takes [Checker 1092]
Hound Dog Taylor
- Down Home Special [Checker 1223, issued?]
Robert Nighthawk
- Someday [previously unissued]
rec. 1949-1969
notes by Anonymous
Blues Ball 2003
BU 137/138, p. 39
Blues Ball Records discography
Hound Dog Taylor discography
24
1980
LITTLE JOHNNY JONES & THE TOE TWISTERS
- Prison Bound Blues (64-1815) @ soundcloud (excerpt)
- Don't You Lie To Me (64-1816) @ soundcloud (excerpt)
unissued track from same session:
- I Get Evil
rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL by Carl Jones; Johnny Jones, voc, p; poss. Boyd Atkins, ts; Lee Jackson, g; b; dr
Johnny Jones' widow, Letha Jones, owned an acetate of the two above titles and Jim O'Neal of Rooster Records licensed the rights from her to issue this 45
7 inch 45 rpm
Rooster R-23
Little Johnny Jones discography
25
1981
Chess Blues Rarities
Rare and Unissued Recordings
LP 1:
B.B. King
- Recession Blues
- Don't Keep Me Waiting
- Tickle Britches
- Don't Break Your Promise
Howlin' Wolf
- You Can't Put Me Out
- Gettin' Late
Howlin' Wolf
- Rockin' Daddy
- I Didn't Know
- I Better Go Now
- New Crawlin' King Snake
- My Mind Is Ramblin'
- Tail Dragger
- Poor Wind That Never Change
LP 2:
Buddy Guy
- Stick Around
- Gully Hully
- That's It
- American Bandstand
- Untitled Instrumental
- My Love Is Real
- Moanin'
Hound Dog Taylor
- Down Home Special
- Watch Out
- Scrappin'
- Sittin' Here Alone
- Hound Dog
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Little Village
- Unseen Eye
John Littlejohn
- Keep On Running [Blues Ball 2003]
- She's Too Much [Blues Ball 2003]
- When I Think About My Baby [Blues Ball 2003]
- I Had A Dream [Blues Ball 2003]
[despite being listed in FANCOURT & MCGRATH 2006 as on Chess LP 2-92519 until now I found no evidence that the four Littlejohn tracks are actually included in either of those DLP sets]
DLP
notes by Manfred Miller
Chess/Teldec 6.28 601 (Germany 1981)
DLP
= Chess CXMD 4055 (UK 1984) "The Best of Chess"
= Chess 2-9230
DLP
Chess LP 2-92519 (1986) [Littlejohn tracks definitely not included in this set !!!]
26
1981
Fishin' In My Pond
Chicago Blues Bands
Buddy Guy And His Band
- Sit And Cry
- Try To Quit You Baby
Arbee Stidham
- Meet Me Half Way
Lee Jackson
- Fishin' In My Pond
Guitar Shorty [David Kearney]
- You Don't Treat Me Right
Clarence Jolly
- Don't Leave Me
Morris Pejoe
- Maybe Blues
Buddy Guy And His Band
- You Sure Can't Do
- This Is The End
Morris Pejoe
- Screaming And Crying
Lee Jackson
- I'll Just Keep Walking
Arbee Stidham
- Please Let It Be Me
Clarence Jolly
- Changing Love
Guitar Shorty [David Kearney]
- Irma Lee
notes by Alan Balfour
Flyright FLY 582 (UK 1981)
Flyright Records discography
27
1981
Chicago Blues - A Quarter Century
LP 1:
Big Road To Chicago
Johnny Shines
- Ramblin'
- Fish Tail
- Cool Driver
- Ain't Doin' No Good
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
Moody Jones
- Rough Treatment
- Why Should I Worry
- Please Somebody
5 Long Years At Steel Mill
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
- Hard Head Woman
J.T. Brown
- My Gal Went Away
- Soup Line
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
Son Joe
- I'd Write A Letter
Little Brother Montgomery
- Keep On Drinkin'
Memphis Slim
- Black Cat Crossed My Trail
LP 2:
Chicago Blues Is Killing Me
Baby Face Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Pet Rabbit
John Lee Henley
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
J.B. Lenoir
- Let It Roll
John Brim
- Hard Pill To Swallow
Just Blowing
Louis Meyers
- Just Wailing
- Bluesy
Big Walter Horton
- Have A Good Time
- Need My Baby
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
- Little Girl
Junior Wells with Earl Hooker
- Calling All Blues
LP 3:
Down Home Child Grown Up
Sunnyland Slim
- Down Home Child
- Over Night
- Highway 61
Lee Jackson
- Fishin' In My Pond
- I'll Just Keep Walking
Arbee Stidham
- When I Find My Baby
Homesick James
- Crossroads
Rather Fight Than Switch
Buddy Guy
- Sit And Cry
- Try To Quit You Baby
Shakey Jake with Magic Sam
- Call Me If You Need Me
Jesse Fortune
- Too Many Cooks
- Heavy Heart Beat
A.C. Reed
- I'd Rather Fight Than Switch
Ricky Allen
- Ouch!
LP 4:
Hard Times Follow Me
Fenton Robinson
- From My Heart
- Say You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young
- Hard Times
Earl Hooker
- Blues In D Natural
Lonnie Brooks
- Figure Head
Reggie Boyd
- Nothing But Poison
Andrew Brown
- You Better Stop
Sing The Way I Feel
Koko Taylor
- Honky Tonky
Big Moose
- Rambling Woman
- Foot Race
Big Mac
- Rough Dried Woman
Detroit Jr.
- The Way I Feel
- Call My Job
Bobby Rush
- I Don't Know
Buster Benton
- Money Is The Name Of The Game
4 LP set
P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)
28
1982
Bachelor Blues
- I Know You Don't Love Me - "Homesick James" [actually Hound Dog Taylor]
- Come Back - Little Mack
- Bachelor Blues - Rudy Robinson
- This House - Carl Jones & Betty Everett
- Blues Falling - Jimmy Rogers [C.J. 666 / Shelter SW-8921]
- Juanita - Lee Jackson
- Alley Music - Hound Dog Taylor
- Why Did You Have To Go - Betty Everett
- My Walking Blues - Little Mack
- Jumpin' At The Cadillac - Little Mack & James Cotton
- From Now On - Slim Willis
- You're The Sweetest Girl I Ever Knew - Slim Willis
- Her Spare - Carl Jones
- Act Like You Love Me - Jimmy Rogers [Shelter SW-8921]
front cover photography by Marc PoKempner; liner photos courtesy Jim & Amy O'Neal / Living Blues Magazine
notes (November 1981) by Cary Baker
Neon NELP-899 (US 1982)
29
1984
Kings Of Slide Guitar
Hound Dog Taylor
- Watch Out [Checker 1223]
- Hound Dog
- Scrappin' (instr) @ youtube
- Sittin' Here Alone
- Downhome Special (instr) [Checker 1223]
Johnny Littlejohn
- What In The World [Margaret 997]
- Can't Be Still [Margaret 997]
- Bloody Tears [T-D-S 4710]
- I Had A Dream [Blues Ball 2003]
- When I Think About My Baby [Blues Ball 2003]
- Keep On Running [Blues Ball 2003]
- She's Too Much [Blues Ball 2003]
Hound Dog Taylor tracks rec. c. September 1967 in a studio in Chicago, IL; Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Brewer Phillips, g; Dave Myers Lee Jackson, b; Ted Harvey Robert Whitehead, dr
JSP 1074 (UK 1984)
JSP Records discography
Hound Dog Taylor discography
Johnny Littlejohn discography
30
1985
I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It
The Ralph Bass Sessions Vol. 4
Willie Williams - Showing Off My Car
Sunnyland Slim - I Had It So Hard
Lee Jackson - Pleading For Love °°° @ youtube
Eddie Clearwater - Came Up The Hard Way
Magic Slim - That Ain't Right @ Spotify
Jimmy Johnson - Things I Used To Do
Lee Jackson - Chicago Woman °°° @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinking
Sunnyland Slim - Bessie Mae
Lee Jackson - Rocks Is My Pillow °° @ youtube
all tracks prod. by Ralph Bass
Lee Jackson tracks rec. March 16, 1977 at PS Studios in Chicago, IL (from unissued TK sessions)
; Lee Jackson, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Willie Black, b; Freddie Below, dr
Magic Slim track rec. March 22, 1977 at PS Studios in Chicago, IL; Magic Slim, voc, g; Coleman 'Alabama Junior' Pettis Jr. (aka Daddy Rabbit), g; Nick Holt, b; Douglas Holt, dr
photos by Bill Greensmith & Rien Wisse
notes (June 1984) by Mick "Frenchie" Atherton
Red Lightnin' RL 0056 (UK 1985)
°°° Delmark DE-689
°°°**/**°° P-Vine PCD-5382
Red Lightnin' Records discography
31
1985
I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It
The Ralph Bass Sessions Vol. 5
Lee Jackson - Dirty Old Man °°**/°°° @ youtube
Lacy Gibson - Take My Love
Lee Jackson - Lee's Boogie (instr) °/**°° @ youtube
Magic Slim - Ship Made Of Paper
Sunnyland Slim - Soft And Mellow Stella
Eddie Clearwater - Mayor Daley's Blues
Sunnyland Slim- Depression Blues
Joe Carter - Bobby's Rock
Sunnyland Slim - Smile On My Face
Lee Jackson - Juanita ° @ youtube
all tracks prod. by Ralph Bass
Lee Jackson tracks rec. March 8, 1977 at PS Studios in Chicago, IL (from unissued TK sessions)
; Lee Jackson, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Lacy Gibson, g; Willie Black, b; Freddie Below, dr
Magic Slim track rec. March 22, 1977 at PS Studios in Chicago, IL; Magic Slim, voc, g; Coleman 'Alabama Junior' Pettis Jr. (aka Daddy Rabbit), g; Nick Holt, b; Douglas Holt, dr
photos by Axel Küstner & Erik Lindahl
notes (June 1984) by Mick "Frenchie" Atherton
Red Lightnin' RL 0057 (UK 1985)
° Delmark DD-735
°° Delmark DE-689
°°° P-Vine PCD-5382
Red Lightnin' Records discography
32
1994
Chicago Blues
disc 1: Sweet Black Angel
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her
Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman
Johnny Williams - Worried Man Blues
Little Walter - Blue Baby
Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home
Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues
Snooky & Moody - Boogie
Leroy Foster - My Head Can't Rest Anymore
Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel
Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
Floyd Jones - Dark Road
Muddy Waters - Still A Fool
Jimmy Rogers - Chance To Love
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch
Little Walter - Juke
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur
Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522]
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours
disc 2: Mojo Boogie
Little Walter - Sad Hours
J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie
Tampa Red - Please Mr. Doctor
Johnny Shines - Evening Sun
Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman
Eddie Boyd - Third Degree
John Brim - Life Time
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right
Big Bill Broonzy - Lonesome
Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow
John Brim - Tough Times
Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Howlin' Wolf - No Place To Go
J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie
J.B. Hutto - Things Are So Slow
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
J.B. Lenoir - Mama Talk To Your Daughter
Otis Spann / B.B. King - Five Spot
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go
Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Willie Dixon - Walkin' The Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy
disc 3: Smokestack Lightnin'
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
John Brim - Be Careful (I Would Hate To See You Go)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby
Walter Horton - Have A Good Time
Jimmy Rogers - Walkin' By Myself
Muddy Waters - I Live The Life I Love
Sunnyland Slim - It's You Babe
Lee Jackson - Fishin' In My Pond
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
Magic Sam - All Your Love
Charles Clark - Row Your Boat
Magic Sam - All My Whole Life
Otis Rush - Checkin' On My Baby
Shakey Jake - Call Me (If You Need Me)
Otis Rush - Double Trouble
Little Walter - Key To The Highway
Buddy Guy - This Is The End
Little Walter - Everything Gonna Be Alright
Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Junior Wells - Little By Little
Junior Wells - Prison Bars All Around Me
disc 4: So Many Roads, So Many Traiins
Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains
Lillian Offitt - Will My Man Be Home Tonight?
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
Earl Hooker - Blues In D Natural
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid
Albert King - Searching For A Woman
Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy
Howlin' Wolf - Goin' Down Slow
Homesick James - Crossroads
Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me
Ricky Allen - Cut You A-Loose
Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
Big Mack - Rough Dried Woman
Robert Nighthawk - Someday
Andrew Brown - You Better Stop
Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
Lonnie Brooks - Figure Head
Detroit Junior - Call My Job
Muddy Waters - That's Why I Don't Mind
Little Milton - Feel So Bad
Magic Sam - Out Of Bad Luck
Fenton Robinson - Sad You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young - Hard Times
Hound Dog Taylor - Watch Out
compiled by Les Fancourt
produced by Les Fancourt & Joop Visser
4 CD set
Charly CD DIG 4 (UK 1994)
33
1995
Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology
CD 1:
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson
CD 2:
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll You Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker
CD 3:
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown
CD 4:
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry McCain
- Hard Times - Mighty Joe Young
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang
compiled by Les Fancourt
4 CD set with 44-pp. booklet
Charly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
34
10/1995
Little Walter: Blues with a Feeling: Chess Collectibles, Vol. 3
CD 1:
- Juke (alt tk) [originally unissued, Chess CHD 9330]
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- Blue Midnight (alt tk) [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2017]
- Fast Boogie (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- Driftin' [previously unissued]
- Tonight With A Fool [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2007]
- That's It [previously unissued]
- Blues With A Feeling (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- My Kind Of Baby [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2007]
- Last Boogie [originally unissued, Chess 6641 174]
- Come Back Baby (instr) [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2012]
- I Love you So (Oh Baby) [previously unissued]
- Big Leg Mama [previously unissued]
- Mercy Babe a/k/a My Babe [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2017]
- Thunderbird [Checker 811]
- Crazy For My Baby [Checker 986]
- Can't Stop Lovin' You [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2012]
- Who [Checker 833]
- Flying Saucer [Checker 838]
- Teenage Beat [Checker 845]
CD 2:
- Temperature (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- Shake Dancer [Checker 1071]
- Ah'w Baby (alt tk) [originally unissued, Chess LP 60014]
- Rock Botton (alt tk) [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2017]
- You Gonne Be Sorry (Someday Baby) [previously unissued]
- Baby [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2007]
- My Baby Is Sweeter (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- Crazy Mixed Up World (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- Worried Life Blues [previously unissued]
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- Mean Old Frisco (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- One Of These Mornings [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2012]
- Blue And Lonesome (alt tk) [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2007]
- Me And Piney Brown [Checker 938]
- Break It Up [Checker 938]
- Going Down Slow [previously unissued]
- You're Sweet [previously unissued]
- You Don't Know [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2012]
- I'm A Businessman [Checker 1081]
- Chicken Shack [originally unissued, Le Roi Du Blues 33.2017]
Chess/MCA CHD 2-9357
Little Walter discography
35
1996
Willie Dixon & Johnny Winter with The Chicago All Stars: Crying The Blues
Live in Concert
- Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues @ youtube
- Spoonful # || @ youtube
- I Just Wanna Make Love To You # || @ youtube
- Chicago Here I Come (instr) || @ youtube
- Tore Down * || @ youtube
- You Know It Ain't Right * @ youtube
- Mean Mistreater / Baby What You Want Me To Do * || @ youtube
- Roach Stew (instr) || @ youtube
- Killing Floor * @ youtube
rec. May 9, 1971 at the Liberty Hall in Houston, TX; Willie Dixon, b, # voc; Johnny Winter, g, * voc; || Walter Horton, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Lee Jackson, g; Clifton James, dr
Thunderbolt CDTB 166 (UK 1996)
notes by Alfie Falckenbach
= Music Avenue 250153 (Belgium 2006) "Spoonful of Blues"
= Oldis JPCD9806305 (Russia)
36
1997
Chicago Blues - The Golden Era
disc 1:
- I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter
- Ora Nelle Blues - Othum Brown
- Blue Baby - Little Walter
- My Baby Walked Out - Johnny Young
- Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Please, Mister Doctor - Tampa Red
- Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Things Are So Slow - J.B. Hutto
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- I Was Fooled - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
disc 2:
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Walter Horton
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishing In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
- Checkin' On My Baby - Otis Rush
- Call Me If You Need Me - Shakey Jake Harris
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Baby What You Want Me To Do? - Jimmy Reed
- Wish Me Well - Memphis Slim
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- Blues In D Natural - Earl Hooker
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Crossroads - Homesick James Williamson
- Rough Dried Woman - Big Mac
Charly CDGR 143-2 (UK 1997)
37
1998
I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It! Vol. 1 & 2
Lee Jackson - Dirty Old Man (3:57)
Lee Jackson - Chicago Woman (4:41)
Lee Jackson - Pleading For Love (4:36)
Lee Jackson - Rocks In My Pillow (4:08)
Sunnyland Slim - Bessie Mae (3:46)
Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' (4:15)
Sunnyland Slim - I Had It So Hard (3:29)
Sunnyland Slim - Soft And Mellow Stella (4:16)
Eddie Clearwater - Mayor Daley's Blues (5:41)
Eddie Clearwater - Boogie My Blues Away (2:49)
Eddie Clearwater - I Don't Know Why (4:50)
Eddie Clearwater - Came Up The Hard Way (6:41)
Willie Williams - You Went Away Baby (4:14)
Willie Williams - Alcoholic Man (4:34)
Willie Williams - Showing Off My Car (3:49)
2 CD
P-Vine PCD-
38
2009
Little Walter: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967)
CD 1:
- Evans Shuffle (2:14)
- Juke (2:45)
- Juke (alt tk) (2:57)
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer (3:01)
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer (alt tk) (2:51)
- Blue Midnight (alt tk) (3:02)
- Blue Midnight (2:59)
- Boogie (3:01)
- Mean Old World (2:55)
- Sad Hours (3:12)
- Fast Boogie (2:48)
- Fast Boogie (alt tk 1) (3:13)
- Fast Boogie (alt tk 2) (2:57)
- Fast Boogie (alt tk 3) (3:00)
- Don't Need No Horse (3:15)
- Driftin' (3:12)
- Driftin' (alt tk) (3:08)
- Don't Have To Hunt No More (3:01)
- Crazy Legs (3:23)
- Tonight With A Fool (2:53)
- Off The Wall (alt tk) (2:55)
- Off The Wall (2:50)
- Tell Me Mama (2:45)
- Quarter To Twelve (3:13)
- That's It (3:10)
CD 2:
- Blues With A Feeling (alt tk) (2:56)
- Blues With A Feeling (3:07)
- Last Boogie (2:32)
- Too Late (2:41)
- Fast Boogie (2:52)
- Lights Out (2:46)
- Fast Large One (2:51)
- You're So Fine (3:05)
- My Kind Of Baby (3:08)
- Come Back Baby (2:54)
- Rocker (3:07)
- I Love You So (Oh Baby) (2:33)
- Oh Baby (2:46)
- I Got To Find My Baby (alt tk) (3:07)
- I Got To Find My Baby (2:49)
- Big Leg Mama (2:47)
- Mercy Babe (My Babe) (3:18)
- Last Night (First Version) (2:54)
- You'd Better Watch Yourself (3:04)
- Blue Light (3:14)
- Instrumental (2:55)
- Last Night (2:44)
- Mellow Down Easy (2:43)
- My Babe (2:42)
- My Babe (overdubbed version) (2:31)
CD 3:
- Thunderbird (2:48)
- Roller Coaster (2:53)
- I Got To Go (2:41)
- Hate To See You Go (extended) (3:05)
- Little Girl (3:06)
- Crazy For My Baby (3:01)
- Can't Stop Loving You (2:48)
- One More Chance With You (2:55)
- Who (2:24)
- Boom, Boom Out Go The Lights (2:51)
- It Ain't Right (2:55)
- Flying Saucer (3:03)
- It's Too Late Brother (2:43)
- Teenage Beat (3:02)
- Take Me Back (3:06)
- Just A Feeling (2:54)
- Nobody But You (2:07)
- Temperature (version 1) (1:59)
- Shake Dancer (2:44)
- Everybody Needs Somebody (2:53)
- Temperature (alt tk 1) (2:15)
- Temperature (alt tk 2) (2:16)
- Temperature (tk 30) (3:28)
- Temperature (tks 35-38) (4:54)
- Temperature (version 2) (2:40)
- Ah'w Baby (alt tk) (2:50)
CD 4:
- Ah'w Baby (2:54)
- I've Had My Fun (alt tk) (2:13)
- I've Had My Fun (alt tk 2) (2:26)
- I've Had My Fun (2:02)
- The Toddle (2:38)
- Confessin' The Blues (3:04)
- Key To The Highway (2:46)
- Rock Bottom (2:31)
- Rock Bottom (2:19)
- Walkin' On (Rock Bottom alt tk) (2:36)
- You Gonna Be Sorry (Someday Baby) (tk 5) (2:43)
- You Gonna Be Sorry (Someday Baby) (alt tk) (3:08)
- You Gonna Be Sorry (Someday Baby) (2:49)
- One Of These Mornings (instr) (3:13)
- Baby (2:00)
- My Baby Is Sweeter (alt tk) (2:51)
- My Baby Is Sweeter (2:29)
- Crazy Mixed Up World (alt tk) (2:01)
- Crazy Mixed Up World (2:00)
- Worried Life (alt tk) (2:18)
- Worried Life (2:40)
- Everthing's Gonna Be Alright (tk 1) (4:29)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright (alt tk 1) (2:15)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright (alt tk 2) (3:02)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright (2:50)
- Mean Old Frisco (alt tk) (3:06)
- Mean Old Frisco (2:25)
CD 5:
- Back Track (2:49)
- One Of These Mornings (2:56)
- Blue And Lonesome (alt tk) (4:51)
- Blue And Lonesome (2:55)
- Me And Piney Brown (2:32)
- Break It Up (2:27)
- Going Down Slow (2:56)
- You're Sweet (2:59)
- I Don't Play (2:19)
- As Long As I Have You (2:39)
- You Don't Know (2:25)
- Just Your Fool (2:24)
- Up The Line (2:07)
- I'm A Business Man (2:55)
- Dead Presidents (2:53)
- Southern Feeling (2:59)
- Back In The Alley (instr) (3:08)
- I Feel So Bad (tk 1) (2:43)
- I Feel So Bad (tk 2) (4:15)
- Chicken Shack (2:47)
- Feel So Bad # * (2:57) [previously unissued]
- Make It Alright # (3:23) [previously unissued]
- Juke (from "Super Blues") (3:27)
limited edition of 5000 non-numbered copies, prod. by Andy McKaie
# rec. prob. January 4, 1967 in Chicago, IL (prob from the "Super Blues" session)
; Little Walter, voc, hca; Bo Diddley, g; b; dr; * Cookie Dee, voc, tamb
front cover photos by Valerie Wilmer; liner photos by Don Bronstein, Raeburn Flerlage, Dave Luxton, Jan Persson, Mike Rowe
5 CD set
notes by Scott Dirks & Tony Glover
Hip-O Select B0012636-02
Little Walter discography
39
12/2017
Chicago Blues All Stars 1970@ youtube (full album - 2:21:59)
disc 1:
The Chicago Blues All-Stars
- Chicago Boogie
- Hard Hearted Woman
- Lord, You Don't Want Me (Lee Jackson, voc, g) @ youtube
- Wee Wee Hours (Clifton James, voc, dr)
- Wrinkles
- I Sit And Cry The Blues
- 29 Ways
- My Babe
- Harp Instrumental
- Piano Instrumental
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Study War No More
- Let Us Pray Together
The Patterson Singers
- My Mind On Freedom
- Free At Last
- It's My Way
- Wade In The Water
- We Don't Want No War
disc 2:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- That's All
- Didn't It Rain
- Up Above My Head
- Games People Play
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
- Oh Happy Day
Stars Of Faith
- I Live For Jesus
- Travelling Shoes
- Deep River
- Dry Bones
- We Shall Be Changed
rec. November 8, 1970 in Chicago, IL; The Chicago Blues All-Stars featuring Willie Dixon, b; Shaky Horton, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Lee Jackson, g; Clifton James, dr (appearing on all tracks on this release and back up to the Gospel Singers)
"Professionally remastered original FM broadcast with background liners and archival photos"
2 CD set
Klondike KL2CD5084
40
7/2019
Earwig Music Company presents
Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records
The Definitive Collection
disc 1:
- I'm Commin' Home - Eddie Boyd
- Thank You Baby - Eddie Boyd
- Nitwit - L.C. McKinley
- Sharpest Man In Town - L.C. McKinley
- Mad House Jump - The Daylighters
- You're Breaking My Heart - The Daylighters
- I Need Him To Love Me - 11 Year Old Faith Taylor and the Sweet Teens
- I Love You Darling - 11 Year Old Faith Taylor and the Sweet Teens
- Trying To Make A Living - Bobby Saxton
- Dynamite - Earl Hooker
- The Legend Of Cadillac Baby - Cadillac Baby
- Blue Monday Blues - Eddie Boyd
- The Blues Is Here To Stay - Eddie Boyd
- Come Home! - Eddie Boyd
- You Got To Reap! - Eddie Boyd
- Times Are Getting Tougher - Little Mac
- Don't Come Back - Little Mac
- Little Lu-Lu Frog - T. Valentine
- Teen-Age Jump - T. Valentine
- How Detroit Junior Got Famous - Cadillac Baby
- Money Tree - Detroit Junior
- So Unhappy - Detroit Junior
- Come On Home - Eddie Boyd & the Daylighters
- Reap What You Sow - Eddie Boyd & the Daylighters
disc 2:
- Welcome To Cadillac Baby's Show Lounge - Cadillac Baby
- My Baby Is Coming Home - Hound Dog Taylor
- Take Five - Hound Dog Taylor
- You Mistreated Me - St. Louis Mac
- Broken Heart - St. Louis Mac
- It's So Hard - Phil Sampson
- Sampson - Singing Sam Featuring Phil Sampson
- My Story - Singing Sam
- Calvins Reserve - Singing Sam
- Worried About My Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Drinkin' And Clownin' - Sunnyland Slim
- All The Way - Eddie Boyd
- Where You Belong - Eddie Boyd
- Cadillac Baby Gets Into The Record Business - Cadillac Baby
- Please Baby - Lee Jackson
- Juanita - Lee Jackson
- Please Give Me A Chance - Andre Williams
- I Still Love You - Andre Williams
- I'm Your Fool - Little Mac
- Let Hootenanny Blues (Out Of Jail) - Little Mac
- One More Mile - James Cotton
- There Must Be A Panic On - James Cotton
- Your Love - Kirk Taylor and the Velvets
- This World - Kirk Taylor and the Velvets
- Joe's House Rent Party Part I - Tall Paul Hankins and the Hudson Brothers
- Joe's House Rent Party Part II - Tall Paul Hankins and the Hudson Brothers
- It's You I'm Going To Miss - Willie Hudson with Tall Paul Hankins on organ
- Red Lips - Willie Hudson - Tall Paul Hankins
disc 3:
- The Christmas Song
- Santa Came Home Drunk
- One More Chance
- It Takes More Than Love Alone
- Mother-In-Law
- Woman, Help Me
- The Sky Is Crying
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Trouble No More
- I'm Tore Down
- I Love My Man
- Hello Baby
- House Rock
- She Got That Jive
- Little Girl
- Too Late To Pray
- I Done You Wrong
- My Baby's Gone
- My Kind Of Woman
- Homesick Sunnyland Special
- Lost In the Jungle
- Special Agent
- Lost In the Jungle
- Special Agent
- Worried All The Time
- Potato Diggin' Man
disc 4:
- Somebody Changed The Lock - Willie Williams
- 38 Woman Blues - Willie Williams
- Raise Your Window Baby - Unknown blues band and vocalist
- Jump This Morning - Unknown blues band and vocalist
- 7402 - 3D (Richard Davenport)
- Here We Go Chi-Town - 3D (Richard Davenport)
- Just In Case That You Got a Case - possibly Clyde Lasley
- I Bet I Don't Die Tired - unknown actors
- The Preacher, A Deacon & A Razor - unknown actors Cadillac Baby
- Passed So Fast - Sleepy John Estes and Hammy Nixon
- Worry My Mind - Sleepy John Estes and Hammy Nixon
- Spirit Don't Leave Me - Sleepy John Estes and Hammy Nixon
- Lay My Burden Down - Sleepy John Estes and Hammy Nixon
- I Did A Lot Of Spiritual Records - Cadillac Baby
- Search Me Lord - The Glory-Airs
- Now Lord Don't Drive Me Away - The Glory-Airs
- Holy Place - Eddie Dean & the Biblical Aires
- God Has Prepared - Eddie Dean & the Biblical-Aires
- He's A God - The Norfolk Singers
- Testimonial - The Norfolk Singers
- Witness There Too - The Pilgrim Harmonizers
- Over The Hill - The Pilgrim Harmonizers
- Climbing High Mountains - Samuel Patterson
- Judgment Day - Samuel Patterson
- Blues Is My Soul - Cadillac Baby
prod. by Michael Robert Frank, CEO of Earwig Music Company
101-track 4 CD set packaged in a 128-pp. book
notes by Jim O'Neal, artist notes by Bill Dahl, gospel notes by Robert M. Marovich and producer notes by Michael Robert Frank
Earwig CD 4975 (7/2019)
Additional information appreciated !!!
Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 160
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, p. 299
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2011, p. 222
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to James Porter, Tom Morris and Don Deering for additional info
Lee Jackson, 'Clear Waters' (Eddie Clearwater), Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy (Oden),
Sunnyland Slim, Tom Archia, Corky Roberts(on), Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Shakey Jake (Harris) - all guests at the "Blues Party",
a special event organized in Jump Jackson's garage "studio", 5727 South La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, summer 1960
source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg, Germany (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137
photographer: William Claxton
Little Walter waiting to play with Lee Jackson's band, Chicago, 1965
source: Ann Charters and Samuel Charters: Blues Faces - A Portrait of the Blues.- Boston (David R. Godine Publisher) 2000, p. 85
photographer: Ann Charters
Lee Jackson at The Electric Circus, New York, 1969
source: Blues Unlimited 85 (October 1971), p. 32
photographer: Pete Lowry