Illustrated Big Joe Williams discography (original) (raw)
year
of release
title / label / notes
1929
Joe Williams
- I Want It Awful Bad (M-195- ) #
- Mr. Devil Blues (M-196- )
rec. September 24, 1929 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; 'Jackson' Joe Williams, voc, g; prob. Jed Davenport, hca, # sp
this is not the musician known as "Big Joe Williams"!
1
1930
Birmingham Jug Band
- German Blues (404677-B) @ youtube
- Gettin' Ready For Trial (404682-C) @ youtube
originally unissued track from same session:
- Airplane Blues (404678-B)
rec. December 11, 1930 in Atlanta, GA; unknown, hca, mand, g, jug, voc; Big Joe Williams gives the following personnel: poss. Jaybird Coleman, hca; Joe Williams, 'One-Armed Dave' (Dave Miles), 'Dr. Scott', Bogus Ben Covington, g, mand; 'Honeycup', jug; 'New Orleans Slide', washboard
OKeh 8856 (US 1930)
Jaybird Coleman discography
2
1930
Birmingham Jug Band
- Cane Brake Blues (404679-B) @ youtube @ Spotify
- Kickin' Mule Blues (404684-B) @ youtube
rec. December 11, 1930 in Atlanta, GA; unknown, hca, mand, g, jug, voc; Big Joe Williams gives the following personnel: poss. Jaybird Coleman, hca; Joe Williams, 'One-Armed Dave' (Dave Miles), 'Dr. Scott', Bogus Ben Covington, g, mand; 'Honeycup', jug; 'New Orleans Slide', washboard
OKeh 8866 (US 1930)
Jaybird Coleman discography
3
1930
Birmingham Jug Band
- Bill Wilson (404681-B) # @ youtube
- Birmingham Blues (404682-B) [] @ youtube @ Spotify
rec. December 11, 1930 in Atlanta, GA; unknown, hca, mand, g, jug, # voc, [] sp; Big Joe Williams gives the following personnel: poss. Jaybird Coleman, hca; Joe Williams, 'One-Armed Dave' (Dave Miles), 'Dr. Scott', Bogus Ben Covington, g, mand; 'Honeycup', jug; 'New Orleans Slide', washboard
OKeh 8895 (US 1930)
Jaybird Coleman discography
4
1930
Birmingham Jug Band
- The Wild Cat Squawl (404680-A) @ youtube @ Spotify
- Giving It Away (404683-A) @ youtube
rec. December 11, 1930 in Atlanta, GA; unknown, hca, mand, g, jug, voc; Big Joe Williams gives the following personnel: poss. Jaybird Coleman, hca; Joe Williams, 'One-Armed Dave' (Dave Miles), 'Dr. Scott', Bogus Ben Covington, g, mand; 'Honeycup', jug; 'New Orleans Slide', washboard
OKeh 8908 (US 1930)
Jaybird Coleman discography
5
1935
Joe Williams
- Little Leg Woman (85487-1) @ youtube
- Somebody Been Borrowing That Stuff (85488-1) # @ youtube
rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; # Henry Townsend, g
Bluebird B-5900
6
1935
Albert Clemens / Adam Wilcox 1) / Joe Williams
Albert Clemens / Adam Wilcox 1)
- Policy Blues (You Can't 3-6-9 Me) (85787-1) * @ youtube @ Spotify
Joe Williams
- Providence Help The Poor People (85489-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify
# rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g
* rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Albert Clemens, voc, p; unknown g
- Some copies are labeled as "Adam Wilcox"
Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "This artist's [Albert Clemens'] real name reputedly is Adam Wilcox, but it has also been suggested that this may be a pseudonym for Cripple Clarence Lofton."
Eagle & LeBlanc (2013): "This may be his [Clarence Lofton's] brother Elbert [sic]."
["Albert Clemens" variant]
["Adam Wilcox" variant]
Bluebird B-5930 (US 1935)
Cripple Clarence Lofton discography
7
1935
Sugar Cane Johnny / Joe Williams
Sugar Cane Johnny
- Who Pumped The Wind In The Doughnuts? (85788-1, -2) *
Joe Williams
- My Grey Pony (85491-1) # @ youtube
# rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g
* rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Sugar Cane Johnny (= Johnny Ellis), voc; prob. Carl Martin or Freddie Spruell, g; prob. Washboard Sam, wb
Bluebird B-5948 (US 1935)
8
1935
Joe Williams
- 49 Highway Blues (85490-1) @ youtube
- Stepfather Blues (85492-1) @ youtube
rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g
Bluebird B-5996 (US 1935)
8a
1935
Memphis Minnie
- When The Sun Goes Down - Part 2 (96226-1) # @ youtube
Chasey Collins
- Atlanta Town (96249-1) * @ youtube
# rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Memphis Minnie, voc, g; prob. Black Bob, p; Casey Bill Weldon, stg; prob. Bill Settles, sb
* rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Chasey "Kokomo" Collins, voc, washb; "Dad" Tracy, vn; Joe Williams, g
Bluebird B-6187 (US 1935)
9
12/1935
Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
- Baby Please Don't Go (96244-1) @ youtube
- Wild Cow Blues (96246-1) @ youtube
rec. October 31, 1935 at RCA Studio C in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; 'Dad' Tracy, one-str. fiddle; Chasey 'Kokomo' Collins, wb
Bluebird B-6200 (US December 18, 1935)
= Bluebird B-6200 (US 1937/38?)
10
1935
Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
- Stack O'Dollars (96245-1) @ youtube
- Worried Man Blues (96247-1) @ youtube
rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Chasey Collins, one-str. fiddle; 'Kokomo', wb
Bluebird B-6231 (US 1935)
11
6/1937
Big Joe
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me (07661-1) @ youtube
- Brother James (07663-1) @ youtube
rec. May 5, 1937 in Aurora, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca
Bluebird B-7022 (US 6/1937)
Robert Lee McCoy discography
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
12
1937
Big Joe
- Rootin' Ground Hog (07662-1) @ youtube
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More (07664-1) @ youtube
rec. May 5, 1937 in Aurora, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca
Bluebird B-7065 (US 1937)
Robert Lee McCoy discography
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
1938
Joe Williams
- Get Your Head Trimmed Down (020854-1) @ youtube
- Haven't Seen No Whiskey (020856-1) # @ youtube
rec. June 17, 1938 in Aurora, IL; 'Jackson' Joe Williams, voc, g; Yank Rachell, mand, sp; # Sonny Boy Williamson, hca
this is not the musician known as "Big Joe Williams"!
Bluebird B-7719 (US 1938)
Yank Rachell discography
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
1938
Joe Williams
- Peach Orchard Mama (020855-1) # @ Spotify
- Goin' Up The Mountain (020857-1) @ Spotify
rec. June 17, 1938 in Aurora, IL; 'Jackson' Joe Williams, voc, g; Yank Rachell, mand, sp; # Sonny Boy Williamson, hca
this is not the musician known as "Big Joe Williams"!
Bluebird B-7770 (US 1938)
Yank Rachell discography
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
13
1941
Joe Williams
- Crawlin' King Snake (053989-1) @ youtube
- Meet Me Around The Corner (053992-1) @ youtube
originally unissued track from same session:
- Crawlin' King Snake (053989-2) [RCA-Int. INT1087, RCA 731.016]
rec. March 27, 1941 in Chicago; Joe Williams, voc, g; William Mitchell, imb
Bluebird B-8738
14
1941
Joe Williams
- I'm Getting Wild About Her (053990-1) @ youtube
- Peach Orchard Mama (053991-1) @ youtube
rec. March 27, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; William Mitchell, imb
Bluebird B-8774 (US 1941)
- Throw A Boogie Woogie (070482-1)
- North Wind Blues (070483-1)
rec. Chicago, December 12, 1941; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, bass cano
Bluebird unissued
BMG/Bluebird NL 90320 (1989)
15
1941
Joe Williams
- Break 'Em On Down (070487-1)
- Please Don't Go (070484-1)
rec. Chicago, December 12, 1941; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, bass cano
Bluebird B-8969 (US 1941)
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
16
1941
Joe Williams
- Someday Baby (070486-1)
- Highway 49 (070485-1)
rec. Chicago, December 12, 1941; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, bass cano
Bluebird B-9025 (US 1941)
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
17
1945
Joe Williams
- Somebody's Been Worrying (D5-AB-355) @ youtube
- Vitamin A (D5-AB-357) @ youtube
originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Drop Down Blues (D5-AB-354) [RCA FXM1 7323] @ youtube
- Wanita (D5-AB-356) [RCA FXM1 7323] @ youtube
rec. July 12, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Jump Jackson, dr
Bluebird 34-0739 (US 1945)
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
18
1945
JOE WILLIAMS / JAMES (Jack of All Trades) McCAIN
Joe Williams
- His Spirit Lives On (A) # @ youtube
James McCain
- Good Mr. Roosevelt (B) * @ youtube
# rec. 1945 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Clifford Dinwiddie, wbd
* rec. 1945 in Chicago, IL; James McCain, voc, hca; Memphis Slim, p; dr
Both songs about President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died April 12, 1945
Chicago 103
19
1945
JOE WILLIAMS
- Baby Please Don't Go (CCO 4833) @ youtube
- Wild Cow Moan (CCO 4836) @ youtube
originally unissued track from same session:
- Baby Please Don't Go (CCO 4833-NG) [Columbia CD CK 47911] @ youtube
rec. July 22, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr
Columbia 30099 (US 1945)
= Columbia 37945 (US 10/1947)
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
20
1945
JOE WILLIAMS
- Stack Of Dollars (CCO 4834) @ youtube
- Mellow Apples (CCO 4835) @ youtube
rec. July 22, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr
Columbia 30107
= Columbia 38055
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
21
4/1948
JOE WILLIAMS
- Banta Rooster Blues (CCO 4946) @ youtube
- House Lady Blues (CCO 4948) @ youtube
rec. December 18, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr
Columbia 30119 (US 4/1948)
= Columbia 38190
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
22
6/1948
JOE WILLIAMS
- King Biscuit Stomp (CCO 4944) @ youtube
- Don't You Leave Me Here (CCO 4949) @ youtube
originally unissued track from same session:
- Don't You Leave Me Here (CCO 4949, tk. 1) [Columbia LP C 46215] @ youtube
rec. December 18, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr
Columbia 30129 (US 6/1948)
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
23
2/1950
JOE WILLIAMS
- P Vine Blues (CCO 4942) @ youtube
- I'm A Highway Man (CCO 4945) @ youtube
rec. December 18, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr
Columbia 30191 (US 2/1950)
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
24
1950
Joe Williams
- Jivin' Woman @ youtube
- She's A Married Woman @ youtube
rec. 1949 in St. Louis, MO; Joe Williams, voc, g; Singleton Palmer, dr
Bullet 337
(78 rpm 1950)
(45 rpm 1951)
25
1952
JOE WILLIAMS and HIS 9 STRING GUITAR
- Mama Don't Allow Me (DRC 58)
- Delta Blues (DRC 59)
rec. 1952 in Jackson, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Trumpet 151
26
1952
JOE LEE WILLIAMS & His 9 String Guitar
- Over Hauling Blues (DRC 94, ACA 2125)
- Whistling Pines (DRC 95, ACA 2126)
rec. 1952 in Jackson, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Trumpet 169
27
1952
JOE WILLIAMS AND HIS 9 STRING GUITAR
- Bad Heart Blues (DRC 99, ACA 2123)
- She Left Me A Mule (DRC 98, ACA 2124)
rec. 1952 in Jackson, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Trumpet 171
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Ride My New Car With Me
- Rather Be Sloppy Drunk
- Cottage Grove Blues
rec. March 1952 in Shreveport, LA; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Specialty unissued
Specialty SNTF 5014 (UK 1973)
28
c. 12/1956
Po Joe Williams
- Goin' Back (56-558) @ youtube
- My Baby Left (56-559)
rec. Chicago, October 16, 1956; Po Joe Williams, voc, g; Sam Fowler, hca; Al Duncan, dr
10-inch 78rpm
7-inch 45rpm
Vee-Jay VJ 227
Po Joe Williams
- King's Highway @ youtube
- Eula Mae @ youtube
# rec. Chicago, October 16, 1956; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sam Fowler, hca; Al Duncan, dr
Vee-Jay unissued
Vee-Jay VJS1000 (1957)
196?
Big Joe Williams
- I'm So Blue
- Walking With My Baby
this is not "our" Big Joe Williams!
Central 627
EPs / LPs / CDs
28a
1957
Bluesville Chicago
Blues And Gospel Train No. 10
Joseph Lee Williams
- Going Back Home
- Baby Left Town
- Kings Highway
- Eula Mae
Eddie Taylor
- Bad Boy
- You'll Always Have A Home
- Ride Em On Down
Billy Boy
- Wish You Would
- I Was Fooled
- Don't Stay Out All Night
- I Ain't Got You
Snooky Pryor
- Judgement Day
- Someone To Love Me
Eddie Taylor
- Don't Knock At My Door
Vee Jay VJS 1000 (US 1957) ("Blues And Gospel Train N° 10")
notes by Kurt Mohr
= Top Rank RLP 109 (Fr 1959) ("Bluesville Chicago Vol. 1")
Top Rank Records discography
Billy Boy Arnold discography
Snooky Pryor discography
28b
1958
Big Joe Williams: Piney Woods Blues
@ youtube (full album playlist)
- Baby Please Don't Go §
- Drop Down Mama *
- Mellow Peaches #
- No More Whisky *
- Tailor Made Babe #
- Big Joe Talking [] #
- Some Day Baby §
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl *
- Peach Orchard Mama #
- Juanita §
- Shetland Pony Blues *
- Omaha Blues #
# rec. January 10/11, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, sp, g; [] with Bob Koester, Paul Bridenbach, John Harford [sic] (= John Hartford)
* rec. February 8, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; J.D. Short, g, hca
§ rec. February 18, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; J.D. Short, g, hca
Delmark LPs front cover photo by C.T. Hopkins (aka Turner Hopkins), cover design by W. Hopkins
77 LA 12/19 cover photo by Ray Flerlage
[label founder and owner Bob Koester in August 1958 moved his business from a location on the corner of Delmar and Oliver streets in St. Louis to Chicago (http://www.delmark.com/delmark.history.htm)]
notes by Bob Koester "Delmar Records, 439 So. Wabash, Chicago 5, Ill."
Delmar DL-602 (mono) (US 1958)
notes by Bob Koester "Delmar" on labels, "Delmark" on the sleeve, "Delmar Records, 439 So. Wabash, Chicago 5, Ill."
= Delmark DL-602 (mono) (US 1959)
notes by Bob Koester "Delmark stereo DS-602" on jacket, "DL-602" on spine and labels, "Delmark Records, 4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618"
= Delmark DS/DL-602 (stereo) (US 19??)
notes (slightly amended in 1961) by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, 4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618"
= Delmark DL-602 (stereo) (US 1961)
notes by Bob Koester
= 77 LA 12/19 (UK 1963)
notes (1969) by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, Seven West Grand, Chicago, Illinois 60610"
= Delmark DL-602 (US 1969)
notes (1969) by Bob Koester "Delmark Records, Seven West Grand, Chicago, Illinois 60610"
= Delmark DL-602 (mono) (UK in American sleeve 1969)
notes by Robert G. Koester "Delmark Records, 4121 N. Rockwell, Chicago, IL 60618"
= Delmark CD DD-602 (US 1997)
= P-Vine PCD-20294 (Jp 2014)
Delmark Records discography
77 Records discography
J.D. Short discography
28c
2/1960
Joe Williams
a man sings the blues ..
- All I Want Is My Train Fare Home #
- I'm Talking About You #
- Joe Williams' Blues #
- Don't Leave Me Here
rec. September 1/3, 1957 in Chicago, IL by Erwin Helfer; Poor Joe Williams, voc, g; # Erwin Helfer, p
Cover design by J. Elliott
7 inch 45rpm EP
notes (February 1960) by Charles Leary & John Deal
Collector JEN 3 (UK 2/1960)
29
1960
Joe Williams
a man sings the blues ..
- Crawlin' King Snake
- Cow Cow Blues
- I May Be Wrong
- Keep A-Knockin'
rec. September 1/3, 1957 in Chicago, IL by Erwin Helfer; Poor Joe Williams, voc, g; Erwin Helfer, p
Cover design by J. Elliott
7 inch 45rpm EP
notes (May 1960) by Alexis Korner
Collector JEN 4 (UK 1960)
30
1960
1969
1980
1995
I Have To Paint My Face
Arhoolie F 1005 (1960, 1st pressing) track sequence:
Sam Chatman
A1 - I Have To Paint My Face @ youtube @ Spotify
A2 - You Shall Be Free (Nigger Be A Nigger) °°°° @ youtube
A3 - I Stand And Wonder @ youtube @ Spotify
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
A4 - Forty-Four Blues °° @ youtube @ Spotify
Jasper Love
A5 - Desert Blues @ youtube @ Spotify
Sam Chatmon
A6 - Lay My Burden Down (Glory Hallelujah) °°°°
Kathryn Pitman and group
A7 - Save A Seat For Me °°°°
Wade Walton & R.C. Smith
B1 - Barbershop Rhythm @ youtube @ Spotify
R.C. Smith
B2 - Going Back To Texas @ youtube @ Spotify
Jasper Love & Columbus Jones
B3 - The Slop °° @ youtube @ Spotify
R.C. Smith
B4 - Lost Love Blues °°° @ youtube @ Spotify
B5 - Lonely Widow [actual title: "Lonely Widower"] @ youtube @ Spotify
Wade Walton
B6 - Rooster Blues @ youtube @ Spotify
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
B7 - Butch's Blues @ youtube @ Spotify
°°°° omitted from 1969 and 1980 re-releases, not on Arhoolie CD 432
°°° omitted from 1969 and 1980 re-releases, but re-released on Arhoolie CD 432
°° omitted from 1969 re-release, but added to 1980 re-release and on Arhoolie CD 432
I Have To Paint My Face - A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues
Arhoolie F 1005 (1969, 2nd pressing) track sequence:
Sam Chatman
A1 - I Have To Paint My Face
K.C. Douglas
A2 - Big Road Blues °° @ Spotify
Sam Chatman
A3 - I Stand And Wonder
Big Joe Williams
A4 - Texas Blues # °° @ youtube @ Spotify
Bukka White
A5 - Drifting Blues °°
Wade Walton & R.C. Smith
B1 - Barbershop Rhythm
R.C. Smith
B2 - Going Back To Texas
K.C. Douglas & Sidney Maiden
B3 - Blues And Trouble °° @ Spotify
R.C. Smith
B4 - Lonely Widow [actual title: "Lonely Widower"]
Wade Walton
B5 - Rooster Blues
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
B6 - Butch's Blues
°° newly added tracks on 1969 pressing
I Have To Paint My Face - A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues
Arhoolie F 1005 (1980, 3rd pressing) track sequence:
Sam Chatman [sic]
A1 - I Have To Paint My Face
K.C. Douglas
A2 - Big Road Blues
Sam Chatman [sic]
A3 - I Stand And Wonder
Big Joe Williams
A4 - Texas Blues #
Bukka White
A5 - Drifting Blues
Jasper Love & Columbus Jones
A6 - The Slop °°
Wade Walton & R. C. Smith
B1 - Barbershop Rhythm
R.C. Smith
B2 - Going Back To Texas
K.C. Douglas & Sidney Maiden
B3 - Blues And ('N') Trouble
R. C. Smith
B4 - Lonely Widow [actual title: "Lonely Widower"]
Wade Walton
B5 - Rooster Blues
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
B6 - Butch's Blues
B7 - Forty-Four Blues °°
°° 1980 version "bonus tracks", listed on labels, but not on back cover!
I Have To Paint My Face - Mississippi Blues 1960
Arhoolie CD 432 (1995) track sequence:
- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd ed.]
- I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams # [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd & 3rd ed.]
- Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas [previously unreleased] @ Spotify
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas/Bruce Bratton [previously unreleased] @ Spotify
- Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon [previously unreleased] @ Spotify
- The Slop - Jasper Love/Columbus Jones [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Rooster Blues - Wade Walton [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas/Sidney Maiden [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams # [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Desert Blues - Jasper Love [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Butch's Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st ed.]
- Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden/K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie F 1006, 2nd ed.]
Arhoolie F 1005 (1st pressing) tracks rec. 1960 by Chris A. Strachwitz with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oliver
# rec. October 5, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Arhoolie F 1005 (1st pressing) front cover artwork by Wayne Pope
Arhoolie F 1005 (2nd/3rd pressing) front cover photo (Fred McDowell at an out door "house party") by Chris Strachwitz
liner photos by Chris Strachwitz
booklet notes (1960) by Mack McCormick "Arhoolie Records, Berkeley, California"
Arhoolie F 1005 (US 1960, 1st pressing)
notice of first edition's deletion in BU 58 (December 1968), p. 7
new notes (1969) by Chris Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94709"
first few of 2nd pressing on labels titled "Delta House Party", but soon retitled "I Have To Paint My Face"
(=) Arhoolie F 1005 (US 11/1969, 2nd [remastered] pressing) subtitled "A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues"
notes (1969) by Chris Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94709" 
Arhoolie F 1005 (US 1980, 3rd pressing) subtitled "A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues"
front and back covers same as 1969 pressing, i.e. track list not updated (two add'l tracks A6 and B7 missing)!
notes by Chris Strachwitz
(=) Arhoolie CD 432 (US 1995) subtitled "Mississippi Blues 1960"
Arhoolie Records discography
30a
1961
Blues N' Trouble / Blues 'N Trouble
Arhoolie FS 101 / F 1006 (1961 + 197?) track sequence:
Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues @ youtube
Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae @ youtube
Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues @ youtube
Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper @ youtube
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime @ youtube
Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly @ youtube
"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady @ youtube
Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth @ youtube
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369] @ youtube
Arhoolie F 1006 (1980) track sequence:
Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae
Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues
Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime
Sidney Maiden - Chicago Blues °° @ youtube
Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman
Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace - Ace's Guitar Blues °° @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] - Goin' Back South [aka "Down South Blues"] °°
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369]
°° 1980 version "bonus tracks", listed on labels, but not on back cover!
Black Ace rec. September 19, 1960 in Ft. Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas rec. 1960 in Zachary, LA by Chris Strachwitz
Sam Chatman rec. July 25, 1960 in Hollandale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Lowell Fulson rec. c. 1949 in Oakland, CA by Bob Geddins
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] rec. 1947 in New York, NY
Lil' Son Jackson rec. July 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Mance Lipscomb rec. August 13, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Jasper Love rec. July 23, 1960 in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Sidney Maiden rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz
Mercy Dee Walton rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee, voc, p
"Whistling" Alex Moore rec. summer 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Robert Curtis Smith rec. July 24, 1960 at the "Big 6" Barbershop in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Big Joe Williams rec. October 6, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie FS101 front cover lay-out by Clair Moxley
Arhoolie F1006 front cover design by Wayne Pope
photos by Chris Strachwitz (except Black Ace, courtesy B.K. Turner)
I Have To Paint My Face - Mississippi Blues 1960
Arhoolie CD 432 (1995) track sequence:
- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas [previously unreleased] @ Spotify
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas/Bruce Bratton [previously unreleased] @ Spotify
- Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon [previously unreleased] @ Spotify
- The Slop - Jasper Love/Columbus Jones [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Rooster Blues - Wade Walton [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas/Sidney Maiden [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Desert Blues - Jasper Love [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Butch's Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden/K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie F 1006, 2nd. ed.]
notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif."
Arhoolie FS101 (US 1961)
notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif."
= Arhoolie F 1006 (196?)
notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley, California"
= Arhoolie F 1006 (197?)
notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709" 
(=) Arhoolie F 1006 (US 1980) 1980 release uses same front and back covers as 197? release, but actually has slightly different content - as printed on the labels!
notes by Chris Strachwitz
partly reissued on Arhoolie CD 432 (US 1995) subtitled "Mississippi Blues 1960"
Arhoolie Records discography
32
1960
Big Joe Williams: Tough Times
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Yo Yo Blues (A Levee Camp Moan)
- President Roosevelt
- Forty-Four Blues (= 44 Blues)
- Greystone Blues
- I Want My Crown []
- Mean Stepfather
- Brother James
- Shake Your Boogie
- Vitamin A Blues
- She Left Me A Mule To Ride #
- So Glad
# rec. late 1959 in Oakland, CA by Bob Geddins; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
all other tracks rec. October 5, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA by Chris A. Strachwitz and Richard Garvin; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; [] Mary Williams, voc
cover art work on original issue by Clair Moxley
front and liner photos by Chris A. Strachwitz
notes by Chris Strachwitz (red or black vinyl!) Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 671, Los Gatos, Calif.
Arhoolie 1002 (US 1960)
notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California
= Arhoolie 1002 (US 1960 ff.)
notes by Chris Strachwitz
= Fontana 688 800 ZL (UK 1961) (Folk Blues USA series)
notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94719
= Arhoolie 1002 (US 19??)
notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709
= Arhoolie 1002 (US 197?)
notes by Chris Strachwitz
= Arhoolie AR 19026 (EU 1970)
= Trio PA-3051 (Jp 1974)
re-released (along with most of Arhoolie 1053) on Arhoolie CD 315 "Shake Your Boogie"
= Arhoolie LP 1002 (US 2012)
Arhoolie Records discography
Fontana Records discography
Trio Records discography
33
1960
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams
Down South Summit Meetin'
- Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey
- Penitentiary Blues
- If You Steal My Chickens You Can't Make 'Em Lay
- First Meeting
- How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home []
- Wimmin From Coast To Coast
rec. July 6 & 7, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA
# Lightnin' Hopkins, g, voc; Sonny Terry, hca, voc; Brownie McGhee, g, voc; Big Joe Williams, g, voc; Jimmy Bond, b
Lightnin' Hopkins, g, voc; Brownie McGhee, g, voc
[] Lightnin' Hopkins, g, voc
notes by Ed Michel
World Pacific WPL 296
= WP 1296 (mono)
= ST-1296 (stereo)
= Vogue LAE 12266 (1963)
notes by Ed Michel
= World Pacific ST-1817 "First Meetin'" (US 1963)
notes by Paul Oliver
Fontana 688.007 ZL (1964) "Penitentiary Blues" (Folk Blues U.S.A. series)
World Pacific WP 2826 (Jp) "First Meetin' Of Blues Giants"
= United Artists GXF-38 (Jp 1978)
= Kimberly 2017 (mono)
= Kimberly 11017 (stereo) "Southern meetin'"
notes by Bill Dahl
(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061101 (2001) "Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues Summit"
2 CD set
(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061477 (2005 remastered) "Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Man - Collector's Edition"
- Decoration Day Blues (1)
- Back South Blues (2)
- The Right Man's Going To Pay Off After Awhile (3)
- God Moves In The Wind (4)
- My House Burnt Down (5)
- Vee-Eight Ford Blues (6)
- Don't Watch Your Enemies Like You Watch Your Bosom Friend (7)
- Deceiving Blues (8)
- Pokino Blues (9)
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Blues (10)
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues (11)
- She Thinks She's Sick (12)
- Heart Trouble Blues (13)
- Stackolee (14)
- Trouble In Mind (15)
- Low Mellow (16)
rec. October 10, 1960 in Chicago, IL. by Pete Welding; Theodore Darby, voc, g; Big Joe Williams, g
Testament unissued
Blind Teddy Darby discography
34
1961
Big Joe Williams: Blues On Highway 49
LP track sequence:
- Highway 49 Blues [] #
- Poor Beggar *
- Blues Left Texas #
- 13 Highway #
- Down In The Bottom #
- Overhaul Your Machine #
- That Thing's In Town [] # @ youtube
- Walk On, Little Girl #
- Tiajuana Blues *
- 45 Blues *
- Arkansas Woman #
- Four Corners Of The World [] #
CD track sequence:
- Highway 49 Blues [] #
- Overhaul Your Machine #
- Blues Left Texas #
- No. 13 Highway #
- Down In The Bottom #
- Poor Beggar *
- That Thing's In Town [] #
- Walk On, Little Girl #
- Tiajuana Blues *
- 45 Blues [Delmark EP 4] *
- Arkansas Woman #
- Four Corners Of The World [] #
# rec. July 13, 1961 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; [] Ransom Knowling, b
* rec. July 20, 1961 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; [] Ransom Knowling, b
notes by Bob Koester
Delmar DL-604 "Roots of Jazz series"
= Delmark DL-604
notes by Bob Koester
= Esquire 32-191 (UK 1963)
notes by Bob Koester
Delmark CD DD-604 (US 1993)
= P-Vine PCD-23664 (Jp 2005)
35
1961
Stavin' Chain Mississippi Blues by
J. D. Short & Big Joe Williams
- Stavin' Chain Blues
- Mean Stepfather
- You Got To Help Me Some
- Sweet Old Kokomo
- Jumpin' In The Moonlight
- Jaydee Talks
- Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do
- Gonna Check Up On My Baby
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus
- Rambled And Wandered
- Going Back To Crawford, Miss.
CD bonus tracks:
- Roll & Tumble
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus [alternate]
- Rocks & Gravel
- Stavin' Chain Blues [alternate]
rec. February 8, 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri
notes by Bob Koester
Delmark DL-609 (US 1965)
notes by Bob Koester
= Goody GY 10006 (Fr 198?) "Super Black Blues, Vol. 1"
(=) Delmark CD DD-609 (US 1991) "Big Joe Williams & J.D. Short"
Delmark Records discography
J.D. Short discography
36
1961
Big Joe Williams: Nine String Guitar Blues
- I Got The Best King Biscuit [] #
- Haunted House Blues *
- I Done Stop Hollering [] *
- I Got A Bad Mind *
- Long Tall Woman, Skinny Mama Too [] *
- Stack Of Dollars [] #
- Indiana Woman Blues *
- My Baby Keeps Hanging Around #
- Jiving The Blues [] #
- Jump Baby Jump! [] *
# rec. July 13, 1961 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; [] Ransom Knowling, b
* rec. July 20, 1961 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; [] Ransom Knowling, b
front cover photo of Delmark DL-627 by Tom Copi
notes by John Simmons
Delmark DL-627 (US 1961)
= Delmark 900 203 (Fr)
Delmark CD DD-627 (US 1993)
= Collectables CD 5534 (US 1995) "Nine String Guitar Wizard"
= P-Vine PCD-23696 (Jp 2005)
Delmark Records discography
36a
1961
Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry: Blues Hoot Live at the Ash Grove
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Introduction to Big Car Blues
- Big Car Blues
- Coffee House Blues
- Stool Pigeon Blues
- Ball Of Twine
Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee & Big Joe Williams
- Blues For Gamblers #
- Right On That Shore #
Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee & Big Joe Williams
- Early Morning Blues # []
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Walk On
- Blues For The Lowlands
- Down By The Riverside
- Blowin' The Fuses
- Po' Boy []
- I'm A Stranger Here (live)
- Trouble In Mind (live)
[] CD bonus tracks not included in original Davon LP
rec. July 6 & 7, 1960 [or August 1961] "live at the Ash Grove" [actually studio recordings with audience effect added!], Los Angeles, CA; Sonny Terry hca, voc; Brownie McGhee, g, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, g, voc; # Big Joe Williams, g, voc; Jimmy Bond, b
DCC remastered by Steve Hoffman
notes by Barbara Dane
Davon 2015 (US 1961)
= Horizon WP-1617 (mono)
Horizon SWP-1617 (stereo) (US 1963)
notes by Barbara Dane
= DCC Compact Classics LPZ-2007 (180g) (1995)
= 24K gold CD 100 (1997)
37
19??
"Poor" Joe Williams: Treasury Of Jazz No. 23
- Little Leg Woman
- Someby's Beeing Borrying That Stuff *
- Providence Help The Poor People
- 49 Highway Blues
rec. Chicago, February 25, 1935; * + Henry Townsend, g
7 inch 45rpm EP
RCA 75723 (Germany 19??)
1962
Alexis Korner presents
Kings Of The Blues Vol. 3
Joe Williams
- Ain't Seen No Whiskey [Bluebird B-7719] # @ youtube
Arthur Crudup
- If I Get Lucky
Sleepy John Estes
- Working Man Blues
Furry Lewis
- Cannon Ball Blues
this is not the musician known as "Big Joe Williams", but rather "Jackson Joe Williams"!
notes by Alexis Korner
RCA RCX 204
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Furry Lewis discography
39
1962
Mississippi's Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar
- Whistling Pines
- Bluebird B-lues
- She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain
- Elevate Me Baby
- Mama Don't Allow Me To Fool Around
All Night Long
- Kings Highway Blues
- Somebody's Been Fooling #1
- T.B. Blues
- King Bisquit Stomp
- Delta Blues
- Somebody's Been Fooling #3
- Rooting Ground Hog
- Don't Leave Me Here
recorded and supervised by Robert G. Koester
notes by Charles Edward Smith
Folkways FS 3820 (US 1962)
notes by Pete Welding
Smithsonian Folkways CD SF 40052 (US 1995)
40
1962
Big Joe Williams/blues for 9 strings
- I'm A Fool About My Baby @ youtube
- 38 Pistol Blues @ youtube
- Pearly Mae @ youtube
- Walking Blues @ youtube
- Highway 45 @ youtube
- Meet Me In The Bottom @ youtube
- Skinny Mama @ youtube
- Jockey Ride Blues @ youtube
- Coal And Iceman Blues @ youtube
- Army Man Blues @ youtube
- Black Gal @ youtube
- Pallet On The Floor @ youtube
rec. October 7, 1961 in New York by Mel Kaiser; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Larry Johnson, hca; Willie Dixon, b; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein; remastered in 1981 by George Horn
notes by Martin Williams
Bluesville BVLP 1056 (US 1962)
gatefold DLP
notes by Martin Williams and David Mangurian
(=) Fantasy DA 24724 (US 1981) (along with BVLP 1083) "Walking Blues"
= Fantasy 68.512 (Fr 1981) (distributed by Carrere Distribution)
= Prestige HBS 8018 (It 1982) "Studio Blues"
= Fantasy FCD-24724-2 (US 1992)
= Fantasy 00025218242424 (EU)
Bluesville Records discography
Larry Johnson discography
40a
1962
Blues n' Trouble Volume 2
Lightning Hopkins - Wine Drinking Woman
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - Yellow-Brown Woman
Little Son Willis - Nothing But The Blues
Blind James Phillips - Night Is Falling
Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
Juke Boy Bonner - Ridin' The Greyhound Bus Again (4:10) °° [add'l track, on later release only] @ youtube
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - B & O Blues
Mercy Dee - Sugar Daddy
Big Joe Williams - Little Machine
Paul McZiel Zydeco Band - I'm Sad And I'm Blue
Blind James Campbell - Sittin' Here Drinking
Robert Shaw - Turn Loose My Tongue
Dr. Ross (Isaiah Ross) - Downtown Boogie (tk 2) (2:20) °° [add'l track, on later release only] @ youtube
°° on later release (1964?) only!
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box No. 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif."
Arhoolie F 1012 (US 1962) (11 tracks!)
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"
Arhoolie F 1012 (US 196?) (11 tracks!)
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"
Arhoolie F 1012 (US 1964?) (13 tracks!)
Arhoolie Records discography
41
1963
Big Joe Williams at Folk City
- Mink Coat Blues
- Burned Child Is Scared Of Fire
- Baby, I Ain't Gonna Let You Go
- Trouble Gonna Take Me To My Grave
- Bugle Blues
- Just Wanna Be Your Man
- I'm Gonna Do It This Time
- She's Doggin' Me
- How Do You Wnat Your Tollin' Done
- I Can't Sign My Name
- Bottle Up And Go
- I'm Tired Woman
rec. February 26, 1962 live at Gerde's Folk City, New York City
Bluesville BV 1067 (US 1963)
= XTRA 5059 (UK 1968)
= OBCCD-580-2
Bluesville Records discography
42
1964
Three Kings And The Queen
Roosevelt Sykes
- This Is A New World
Lonnie Johnson
- Mr. Johnson's Guitar Talks
Big Joe Williams & Bob Dylan
- Sitting On Top Of The World
Victoria Spivey
- All You Men
Roosevelt Sykes
- Lake Charles Stomp
Big Joe Williams
- Strange Girl Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Stick By Me Baby
Victoria Spivey
- Turpentine
Roosevelt Sykes
- Let's Play Mommy And Daddy
Big Joe Williams & Bob Dylan
- Wichita
Victoria Spivey
- Brown Skin
Lonnie Johnson
- Stop Talking
Big Joe Williams
- No Partnership Woman
Victoria Spivey
- Blues For Robert Calvin No. 2
Lonnie Johnson
- Four Shots Of Gin
Sykes & Spivey
- Thirteen Hours
notes by Len Kunstadt
Spivey 1004 (US 1964)
180g LP
= Doxy DOY679 LP (EU 2013)
Spivey Records discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Lonnie Johnson discography
42a
1963
American Folkblues [sic] Festival 1963 resp. American Folk Blues Festival 1963
"A documentation of the authentic blues featuring the best blues artists of America"
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - I Have No Friends @ youtube
Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues @ youtube
Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby @ youtube
Victoria Spivey - Grant Spivey @ youtube
Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie @ youtube
Sonnyboy Williamson - I Don't Know @ youtube
Sonnyboy Williamson - Sonny's Harmonica Boogie @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson - It's Too Late To Cry @ youtube
Otis Spann - Had My Fun (3:53) @ youtube
Muddy Waters - Five Long Years @ youtube
Memphis Slim et al. - Bye, Bye, Blues @ youtube
rec. October 13, 1963 live at the (2nd) American Folk Blues Festival in Bremen, Germany; accompanists: Matt "Guitar" Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr; prod. by Siegfried E. Loch
Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 track sequence:
Muddy Waters - Five Long Years
Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues
Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby
Matthew Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know
Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home
Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't It A Pity
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get The Drinking
Hubert Sumlin - No Title Boogie
Howlin Wolf - Dust My Broom
originally unissued Big Joe Williams tracks from same event on Evidence ECD 26200, all previously (1992) released on ACT CD 9205:
Big Joe Williams - Big Roll Blues (3:00)
Big Joe Williams - Back In The Bottom Blues (3:16)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (2:03)
notes (8-pp. German**/**English) by Horst Lippmann and Siegfried Schmidt-Joos
Fontana 681510 ZL (mono) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival" incl. photos by Rolf Ambor
or 
= Fontana 885403 ZL (mono)
= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival"
notes by Anonymous
= Fontana TL 5204 (mono) (UK 1964) "American Folk Blues Festival"
notes by Jean Tronchot
= Fontana 885403 MY (mono)
= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Fr 196?)
notes by Jean Tronchot
= Fontana 681510 TL/ZL (Fr 19??)
= Fontana 858 100 FPY (NL 1968)
= Polydor 2310 296 (Fr)
= Exodus EX/EXS 302 (US 1966) [Ewart Abner's label]
(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64"
notes by Willy Leiser
= L+R 42.023 (Germany 1981)
= Optimism/L+R CD-2023 (US 1983?)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42023 (Germany 1998)
5 CD box set
notes by Bill Dahl
(=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65" CDs 2 & 3: "1963, parts 1 & 2"
notes by Jerry Gordon
(=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"
Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened!
3 CD set
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964" CD 2: "1963"
(=) Oldays ODR 6287-88 (Jp 2016) "1962-63"
a few more re-releases @ discogs. com
American Folk Blues Festival discography
Fontana Records discography
L+R Records discography
42b
1963
A Festival Of Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down And Out (tk 1) # [Storyville SLP 222, CD 8012]
Lonnie Johnson
- Don't Cry Baby * [Storyville SLP 188]
Memphis Slim
- Early One Morning || [Storyville SLP 222]
Big Joe Williams
- Vitamin A Blues // [Storyville SLP 188]
# rec. November 1, 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Matt Murphy, g
* rec. November 1, 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark; Lonnie Johnson, voc, g; Otis Spann, p
|| rec. October 16, 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca
// rec. October 16, 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Storyville SEP 415 (Denmark 1963)
Storyville Records discography
42c
1964
Blues All Around My Bed
Blues Scene USA Vol. 3
Carl Hodges - Blues All Around My Bed @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Hellhound On My Trail ## @ youtube
John Lee Granderson - Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl [Takoma TAK 7071] @ youtube
Johnny Young & John Wrencher & John Lee Granderson - Green Door Blues @ youtube
James Robinson - Standing In My Back Door Crying @ youtube
W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Sometimes I Rate @ youtube
Connie Williams - One Thin Dime @ youtube
Leroy "Country" Dallas - Sweet Man Blues (4:22) @ youtube @ Spotify
Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues @ youtube
Bill Jackson - Trouble In Mind @ youtube
Avery Brady - Gonna Let You Down @ youtube
Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson - Roll Me Over Slow # @ youtube
# rec. September 1964 in East St. Louis, IL by Big Joe Williams; Arthur Weston, g, # voc; George Robertson, hca, Big Joe Williams, g, ## voc; prod. by Pete Welding
front cover photos by Harry Oster (the photo of Leon Strickland is laterally reversed; Strickland was not left handed!)
notes by Pete Welding
Storyville SLP 181 (Denmark 1964)
notes by Pete Welding
= Storyville 670181 (Germany 196?)
= Storyville SLP 842 (Denmark 1979)
notes by Pete Welding
= Storyville PSLP-842 (Portugal 4/1983)
notes by Pete Welding
= Poljazz PSJ 248 (Poland 1983)
notes by Pete Welding
= Storyville SLP 4036 (Switzerland 1985) "Blues Roots Vol. 2"
Storyville Records discography
Johnny Young discography
Big John Wrencher discography
John Lee Granderson discography
Blind Connie Williams discography
Leroy Dallas discography
Doug Quattlebaum discography
43
1964
Big Joe Williams: Back To The Country
- Ain't Gonna Be Your Lowdown Dog
- Annie Mae
- You Can Stay Out
- Mean Backstabber
- Worry You Off My Mind
- Miss Ida B
- Put On Your Nightcap
- Woody Woodpecker
- I Got My Ticket
- Saturday Night Ball *
- Shake Your Boogie
- See See Rider
- Blues Everywhere I Go
- Worried And Lonesome
- My Black Woman
- The Moon Is Rising
- Down The Line
- My Baby Left Me A Mule To Ride
- Desert Blues
- Breakdown (instr)
- Goin' Back Home *
* = CD bonus tracks
+ Jimmy Brown, fiddle, g; Willie Lee Harris, hca
notes by Pete Welding
Testament T 2205 (US 1964)
= Bounty BY 6018 (UK 1966)
notes by Pete Welding
= Testament CD 5013 (US 1994)
Testament Records discography
44
1964
Big Joe Williams: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7
Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues
- So Soon I'll Be Going My Way Back Home
- Shake 'em On Down
- Saturday Night Jump
- Jinx Blues
- Pick A Pickle
- Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues
- Old Saw Mill Blues
- Don't The Apples Look Mellow Hangin'
- El Paso Blues
- Back Home Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Shaggy Hound Blues
rec. 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark
notes by Paul Oliver
Storyville SLP 163 (UK 1964)
= Storyville 671163 (Germany)
notes by Paul Oliver
= Everest / Archive Of Folk Music FS 218 (US 1967)
= Storyville 616011 (UK 1969)
= Columbia 5014 (Jp 19??) "Blues"
= Piccadilly PIC 3369 (1980)
= Storyville SLP 4039 (Denmark 1986) "Blues Roots Vol. 5"
Storyville Records discography
44a
1964
Guitar Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Ox Moan @ youtube
- Juanita Blues @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Walkin' The Streets [Chart 636, Guest Star GS 1902] @ youtube
- Mussy Haired Woman [Chart 636, Guest Star GS 1902] @ youtube
John Henry Barbee
- Your Friend # @ youtube
- Backwater Blues # @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson
- My Baby Is Gone @ youtube
- You Don't Know What Love Is @ youtube
Math. Murphy
- Gravel Road @ youtube
John Lee Hooker
- Stand By Me Baby [Guest Star GS 1902] @ youtube
- Baby Please Don't Go [Guest Star GS 1902] @ youtube
# rec. October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark; John Henry Barbee, voc, g
notes by Paul Oliver
Storyville SLP 166 (Denmark 1964)
Storyville SLP 166 (Denmark 1966?)
= Discophon (S) 4311 (Sp 1973)
# Storyville STCD 8003
Storyville Records discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
John Henry Barbee discography
Lonnie Johnson discography
45
1964
Big Joe Williams
Classic Delta Blues
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Hellhound On My Trail
- Bird's Nest Bound
- Crossroads Blues
- Special Rider
- Pony Blues
- Pea Vine Special
- Walking Blues
- Dirt Road Blues
- Banty Rooster Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- Jinx Blues
rec. July 29 & September 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; prod. by Pete Welding
notes by Pete Welding
CBS 63813 (UK)
notes by Pete Welding
= Milestone MLP 3001 (US 1966)
notes by Pete Welding
= Milestone C 062-94327 (Fr 1973)
= Bellaphon 40108 (Germany 197?)
= OBCCD-545-2 (US 1991)
Milestone Records discography
46
1964
Can't Keep From Crying
Topical Blues on the Death of President Kennedy
Big Joe Williams - A Man Amongst Men @ youtube
James & Fannie Brewer - I Want To Know Why
John Lee Granderson - A Man For The Nation @ youtube
Otis Spann - Sad Day In Texas @ youtube
Mary Ross - President Kennedy Gave His Life
Bill Jackson - The 22nd Day Of November
James Brewer - Why Did He Have To Go?
Johnny Young - I Tried Not To Cry
Avery Brady - Poor Kennedy @ youtube
Fannie Brewer - When We Got The Message
Jimmy Brown - He Was Loved By All The People @ youtube
CD bonus tracks:
Johnny Young - Tribute To J.F.K. @ youtube
Avery Brady - Poor Kennedy no. 2
rec. in the weeks immediately following JFK's death on November 22, 1963 in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron and Peter J. Welding; prod. by Peter J. Welding
cover photo of Big Joe Williams by Lars Swanberg
printed on LP's back cover: "TESTAMENT RECORDS, P.O. Box 1813, Chicago, Illinois 60690"
later additionally stamped "New address: 577 Levering, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024"
notes by Peter J. Welding "5851 Blackstone Avenue**/Chicago 37, Illinois"
"577 Levering Avenue/Los Angeles, Calif./**90024"
Testament S-01 (US 1964 ff.)
BU 62 (May 1969), p. 26
notes by Peter J. Welding
= Bounty BY 6035 (UK 1967)
notes by Peter J. Welding
(=) Testament TCD-5007 (US 1994)
Testament Records discography
47
1964
Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff
with Big Joe Williams
- I Want To Love (215) #
- Moanin (216) # @ youtube
- Didn't Know Right From Wrong (222) *
- Cotton Pickin (217) #
- Old Grey Mule (213) #
- What Makes A Broke Man Sleep So Sound (231) *
- I Want A Little Bit (214) #
- Great Big Legs (218) #
- If You Can't Fly A Plane (226) *
- Don't Want (219) #
- No Special Woman (220) # @ youtube
- Toledo To Buffalo (228) *
rec. May 23, 1964 in New York; John Wesley Macon, g, # voc, Big Joe Williams, g, sp, * voc
notes by Len Kunstadt
Spivey 1005 (US 1964)
Spivey Records discography
Mr. Shortstuff discography
48
1966
Ramblin' On My Mind
Classic Train and Travel Blues
Johnny Youngwith Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Walker
- Hear That Whistle Blow @ youtube
Carl Hodges
- Standing At The Greyhound Bus Station @ youtube
Leroy 'Country' Dallas
- She Caught The M&O @ youtube @ Spotify
Jimmy Brewer
- Pea Vine Whistle @ youtube
Honeyboy Edwards
- Highway 61 @ youtube
Big Joe Williams
- Ramblin' On My Mind # @ youtube
Blind Connie Williams
- Key To The Highway @ youtube
Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Hobo Blues @ youtube
John Lee Grandison
- My Home Ain't Here @ youtube
Bill Jackson
- Freight Train Blues @ youtube
Elijah Brown
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay @ youtube
W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson
- Mean Old Train @ youtube
# rec. July 29 or September 26, 1964 in Chicago by Norman Dayron; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; prod. by Pete Welding
cover photograph (Railroad Station, Edwards, Mississippi, 1936) by Walker Evans
notes by Pete Welding
Milestone MLP-3002 (mono) (US 1966)
Milestone MSP-93002 (stereo) most likely never happened, 'cause all musical content only existed in mono!
notes by Pete Welding "Made in France by Pathé Marconi"
= Milestone 2C 062-94300 M (Fr 1973)
Milestone Records discography
48a
1965
Rev. Gary Davis / Short Stuff Macon
Rev. Gary Davis
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom
- He Knows Just How Much We Can Beer
- Lord, I'll Be With You Always
- Yeah!
Short Stuff Macon
- My Jack Don't Drink Water @ youtube
- Corrina
- Hell Bound Blues
- Messing With That Thing
- Rock Road Bad Treatin'
Macon tracks rec. May 18, 1964 after a concert at Bard College in New York by Harry Rosenblum, Jr., Dick Duman & Graham Gibson; John Wesley Macon, voc, g; Big Joe Williams, g
Gary Davis tracks rec. c. 1964 in New York City; Gary Davis, voc, g
cover by Brian and Sally Shuel
notes (on Gary Davis) by Gillian Cook
notes (on Macon) = short excerpt from Paul Nelson notes on Folkways LP
XTRA 1009 (UK 1965)
= EMI (Australia 19??)
XTRA Records discography
Gary Davis discography
Short Stuff Macon discography
48b
1965
Bluebird B-lues 1933-46
RCA Victor LPV-518 / RCA RD-7786 track sequence:
Blind Willie McTell
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
Tampa Red
- Kingfish Blues
- Mean Mistreater Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff °°
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine
Tommy McClennan
- Bluebird B-lues °°
- Brown Skin Girl
Sleepy John Estes
- Lawyer Clark Blues °°
- Little Laura Blues °°
Arthur Crudup
- Black Pony Blues
- Death Valley Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jersey Belle Blues
- Crowing Rooster Blues
reissue prod. by Brad McCuen; °° = tracks not on RCA 430.701
RCA 430.701 track sequence:
Frank Stokes
- It Won't Be Long Now °°
Blind Willie McTell
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
Tampa Red
- Kingfish Blues
- Mean Mistreater Blues
Leroy Carr
- Ain't It A Shame °°
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Blues
Curtis Jones
- Drinking And Thinking Blues °°
Curtis Jones
- School Mate Blues °°
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine
Tommy McClennan
- Brown Skin Girl
Arthur Crudup and Joe McCoy
- Black Pony Blues
- Death Valley Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jersey Belle Blues
- Crowing Rooster Blues
compiled by Bert Bradfield; °° = tracks not on RCA Victor LPV-518 / RCA RD-7786
notes by Lawrence Cohn
RCA Victor LPV-518 (1965)
notes by Lawrence Cohn
= RCA RD-7786 (UK 1965)
(not =) RCA 430.701 (Fr 1966) "Blue Bird Blues (1928-1942)" (Treasury Of Jazz #61)
49
1966
Big Joe Williams: Studio Blues
- Levee Camp Blues # @ youtube
- Low Down Dirty Shame # * @ youtube
- Gamblin Man # @ youtube
- Ain't Gonna Rain No More # * @ youtube
- Feel So Good # @ youtube
- Prowling Ground Hog # @ youtube
- Back Home Again @ youtube
- Sugar Babe # * @ youtube
- Tell Me Mama # @ youtube
- Studio Blues # @ youtube
rec. October 7, 1961 in New York by Mel Kaiser; Big Joe Williams, voc, 9-str., 6-str. & 12.str. g; * Larry Johnson, hca; # Willie Dixon, b; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein; remastered in 1981 by George Horn
Fantasy DA 24724 gatefold
notes by David Mangurian
Bluesville BVLP 1083
DLP
notes by Martin Williams
and David Mangurian
(=) Fantasy DA 24724
(1981) (along with BVLP
1056) "Walking Blues"
= Prestige HBS 8018
(It 1982)
(=) Fantasy FCD-24724-2
Bluesville Records discography
Larry Johnson discography
50
196?
Big Joe Williams: Legend Of The Blues Vol. 6
- Levee Camp Blues
- Tell Me Mama
- Studio Blues
Prestige/Bluesville recordings
7 inch 45 rpm EP
La Voix de son Maitre / Pathé Marconi EGF 15010 (Fr 196?)
51
1965
Bluebird B-lues 1933-46
Blind Willie McTell
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
Tampa Red
- Kingfish Blues
- Mean Mistreater Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine
Tommy McClennan
- Bluebird B-lues
- Brown Skin Girl
Sleepy John Estes
- Lawyer Clark Blues
- Little Laura Blues
Arthur Crudup
- Black Pony Blues
- Death Valley Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jersey Belle Blues
- Crowing Rooster Blues
reissue prod. by Brad McCuen
RCA Victor LPV-518
= RCA RD-7786
52
1965
Big Joe Williams: Early Recordings 1935 - 1941
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- Providence Help The Poor People
- 49 Highway Blues
- Stepfather Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Stack O'Dollars
- Wild Cow Blues
- Worried Man Blues
- I know You Gonna Miss Me
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Brother James
- Crawlin' King Snake
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Meet Me Around The Corner
notes by Stephen Calt, Don Kent & Pat V. Conte
Mamlish S-3810 (US 1965)
Mamlish Records discography
53
1966
Big Joe Williams
- Momma's Milk Cow
- Stack O'Dollars
- Some Changes Gotta Be Made
- Something Wrong With My '52 Ford
- Going Back To Louisiana
- Don't Know Right From Wrong
- Worried Life Blues
- School Girl
- Going To St. Louis
- Put On Your Black Dress Baby
- Something Worryin' My Mind
- Careless Love []
rec. May 14, 1965 in New York (for Folkways Records); Big Joe Williams, voc, g, [] kazoo; Bill Einhorn, hca; Tom Pyle, b
XTRA 1033 (UK 1966)
XTRA Records discography
54
1966
Big Joe Williams: On The Highway
- 13 Highway #
- 45 Blues *
- Highway 49 [] #
- Four Corners Of The World [] #
# rec. July 13, 1961 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, 9-string g; [] Ransom Knowling, b
* rec. July 20, 1961 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, 9-string g; Ransom Knowling, b
7 inch 45rpm EP
notes by Bob Koester
Delmark DJB 4
55
1966
Blues Roots / Mississippi
Compiled and edited by Samuel Charters
Big Joe Williams
- ???
Folkways RBF 14 (US 1966)
RBF discography
56
1966
Big Joe, Sonny, Brownie, Lightnin'
Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
- Chain Gang Blues [Verve Folkways FTS-3011-3]
Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry
- Blues For Gamblers [Davon LP 2015]
Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee
- I've Been Buked [Verve Folkways FTS-3011-3]
Big Joe Williams
- Razor Sharp Blues [Verve Folkways FTS-3011-3]
Sonny Terry, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins
- Right On That Shore [Davon LP 2015]
rec. July 6 & 7, 1960 [or August 1961] "live at the Ash Grove" [actually studio recordings with audience effect added!], Los Angeles, CA; Sonny Terry hca, voc; Brownie McGhee, g, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, g, voc; Big Joe Williams, g, voc; Jimmy Bond, b
notes by Anonymous
Society SOC 1020 (UK 1966)
(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061101 (2001) "Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues Summit"
2 CD set
(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061477 (2005 remastered) "Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Man - Collector's Edition"
57
1966
The Sound Of The Delta
A Mississippi Blues Anthology
Ruby McCoy - Black Mary
Elijah Brown - Won't Be Troubled Long
Big Joe Williams - Your Close Friend #
Avery Brady - Goin' Home With My Baby °°
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Kokomo
Bert Logan - Don't You Want To Be A Member?
Elijah Brown - Pearline @ youtube
Arthur Weston - Uncle Sam Called Me (I Got To Go)
Avery Brady - Bad Weather
Big Joe Williams - Walkin' Blues °°
Ruby McCoy - Rising Sun, Shine On @ youtube
Arthur Weston - Early In The Morning
Big Joe Williams - Walkin' Ground Hog *
Elijah Brown - Winding Ball @ youtube
Avery Brady - Uncle Sam's Own Ship °°
Russ Logan - Annie Mae
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Louise
Avery Brady - Let Me Drive Your Ford @ youtube
Andrew Cauthen - Canary Bird
°° CD bonus tracks
prod. by Sammy and Pete Welding; engineered by Norman Dayron or Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams tracks rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; # Bill Foster, g; * Jimmy Brown, violin
photography by Pete Welding
notes by Pete Welding
Testament T-2209 (US 1966)
notes by Pete Welding
= Bounty BY 6033 (UK 1967)
notes by Pete Welding
(=) Testament TCD-5012 (US 1994)
Testament Records discography
58
19661967
Living Legends
Son House, Skip James, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams
- Levee Camp Moan (100800) (7:28) - Son House @ youtube
- Black Bottom (100801) (3:56) - Bukka White
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues (100802) (3:34) - Bukka White
- Whiskey-Headed Woman (100803) (1:40) - Big Joe Williams
- Devil Got My Woman (100804) (6:08) - Skip James
- I'm So Glad (100805) (2:18) - Skip James
- So Soon (100806) (2:26) - Big Joe Williams
- Somebody Evil (100807) (2:56) - Big Joe Williams
- Thunderbird Blues (100808) (4:28) - Bukka White
- Poor Boy (100809) (2:56) - Bukka White
rec. November 24-27, 1965 (!) live at Howard Solomon's Cafe Au Go Go in New York City ("The Blues Bag" event over Thanksgiving week); prod. by Jerry Schoenbaum
rec. neither November 24-27, 1966 (as the liner notes do claim) nor August 9, 1966 (as Fancourt & McGrath 2012 - for whatever reason - tell us)!
front cover photographs by David Gahr
notes by Brian Van der Horst
Verve Folkways FT-3010 (mono) identical back cover for FT-3010 (mono) and FTS-3010 (stereo)
Verve Folkways FTS-3010 (stereo) identical back cover for FT-3010 (mono) and FTS-3010 (stereo)
= Verve Folkways FVS 9504 (Germany 1966) (stereo)
LP must have been released in 1966 (not 1967, as some sources claim!), because it has been mentioned in Billboard as follows:
Billboard November 5, 1966, p. 62
Billboard December 24, 1966, p. 36
58a
1966
Blues Rediscoveries
Compiled and Edited by Samuel Charters
Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Avalon Blues
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
58b
1966
Blues Roots / Mississippi
Tommy Johnson
- Canned Heat Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues
- Big Road Blues
Mississippi Jook Band
- Barbecue Bust
Joe Williams
- My Grey Pony
Bo Carter
- Cigarette Blues
- All Around Man
Robert Johnson
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Honeymoon Blues
Charlie McCoy
- That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away
Tommy McClennan
- Whiskey Head Man
Robert Petway
- Bertha Lee Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Miss Louisa Blues
- Until My Love Come Down
compiled by Samuel Charters
notes by Samuel Charters 
RBF 14 (US 1966)
RBF discography
59
1967
Down With The Game Vol. 1
Bukka White
- When Can I Change My Clothes
- High Fever Blues
Charley Jordan
- Cutting My A B C's
- Chifferobe
Little Buddy Doyle
- Three Sixty-Nine Blues
- Sweet Man Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)
Little David Alexander
- Original Sweet Patunia (Patootie Blues)
- Standing By A Lampost [sic]
Robert Petway
- Boogie Woogie Woman
Joe Williams
- Please Don't Go
- Break 'Em On Down
Tommy Griffin
- Miserable Life Blues
the labels have "D.203" plus "DWG.204" resp. "DWG.205" printed
Down With The Game D 200 (UK 1967)
DWTG discography
59a
1967
The Blues Box
LP 1:
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Big Car Blues (100848)
- Coffee House Blues (100849)
- Stool Pigeon Blues (100850)
- Ball Of Twine (100851)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Walk On (100852)
- Blues For The Lawlands (100853)
- Gonna Lay My Body Down (100854)
- Just Rode In Your Town (100855)
- Sun's Gonna Shine (100856)
rec. July 6 & 7, 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA.; Lightnin' Hopkins, g, voc
LP 2:
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams
1. Drinking In The Blues (100857)
2. Poor Boy (100858)
3. Everybody's Blues (Three Aces On The Bottom Of The Deal) (100859)
4. Razor Sharp Blues (100860)
5. Chain Gang Blues (100861)
6. Brand New Car (New Car Blues (100862)
7. I've Been Scorned (I've Been Buked) (100863)
8. Great Gospel Blues (I'm Gonna Mourn On That Shore) (100864)
rec. July 6 & 7, 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles, Ca; Sonny Terry hca, voc -3,5/8; Brownie McGhee, g, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, g, voc -1,2,4/8; Big Joe Williams, g, voc -1/3,5/8); Jimmy Bond, b -3,4
LP 3:
Jimmy Witherspoon
- Tell Him I Was Flyin', Pt. 1&2 (Take This Hammer, Pt. 1 (100865))
- Goin' To Chicago Blues (100866)
- In Blues (100867)
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You? (100868)
- Loser's Blues (100869)
- Please Send Me Someone To Love (100870)
- Life's Highway (Keys To The Highw (100871)ay)
- Cry The Blu (100872)es
- Out Blues (100873)
- Since I Fell For Yo (100874)u
- Everything (100875)
- Tell Him I Was Flyin', Pt. 2&3 (100876)
rec. 1960 in Los Angeles, CA; Jimmy Witherspoon, voc; Teddy Edwards, ts; Paul Moer, p; Richard "Groove" Holmes, org; Herman Mitchell, g; Jimmy Bond, b; Frank Butler, dr
3 LP box
Verve Folkways FT/FTS 3011-3 (US 1967)
60
1967
Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent
- Night Cap Blues * @ Spotify
- My Jack Don't Drink Water No More # @ youtube @ Spotify
- Flour Dough Blues * @ Spotify
- Hell-Bound Blues # @ youtube @ Spotify
- Big-Legged Women, Keep Your Dresses Down * @ Spotify
- Short Stuff's Corinna # @ youtube @ Spotify
- Don't Leave Me Here * @ Spotify
- You Rascal You * @ Spotify
- Messing With That Thing # @ Spotify
- Bumble Bee * @ Spotify
- If You Can't Fly * @ Spotify
- Rock Road Bad Treatin' # @ Spotify
rec. May 18, 1964 after a concert at Bard College in New York; John Wesley Macon, g, # voc; Big Joe Williams, g, * voc
Cover drawing and cover design by Craig Mierop
notes by Paul Nelson
Folkways FT 1004 (mono)
Folkways FTS 31004 (stereo)
Short Stuff Macon discography
60a
1968
This Is The Blues, Vol. 2
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- I Feel All Right
Lightnin Hopkins
- How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Baby Please Don't Go
Bumble Bee Slim
- Puppy Love
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- Barefoot Rock
Lightnin Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry & Big Joe Williams
- You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make 'Em Lay
Barbara Dane
- How Long Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- Wake Up In The Mornin'
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Livin' With The Blues
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- Long Gone
gatefold LP
notes (September 1968) by Pete Welding
three different label imprints: 1. no special imprint [mono?] - 2. "stereo" - 3. "electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo"
World Pacific ST-20150 (US 1968)
gatefold LP
= World Pacific/Liberty WPS-20150 ("electronically rechanneled stereo") (Germany 19??)
= World Pacific/Toshiba WP-8761 (Jp 1969)
61
196?
Encore For The Chicago Blues
Muddy Waters Blues Men
- Yes Sir! Boss
Harvey Hill
- I Feel So Good
Koko Taylor
- I'm Looking For A Man
Memphis Slim
- Chicago To Paris
Babe Stovall
- My Brown Is A Mistraeter
Big Joe Williams
- Move Your Hand
Olive Brown
- Woman's Lament
J.B. Lenoir
- Korea Blues
Washboard Sam's Band
- Chicago Rock
Victoria Spivey
- T B Blues
Willie Dixon
- Brooklyn Going To Be My Home
John Hammond
- Squeeze My Lemon
John Henry Barbee
- Six Weel Old Blues
Viola Wells
- See See Rider
Homesick James
- Somebody's Been Talkin'
Roosevelt Sykes
- Dirty Mother Fuyer
Spivey 1009 (US 196?)
Spivey Records discography
61a
196?
Mississippi Blues
Blues Scene USA Vol. 4
Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams
- Four O'Clock In The Morning
Roosevelt Charles
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
Big Joe Williams, Coot Venson
- Sugar Mama
Avery Brady
- I Don't Want You No More
Big Joe Williams, Willie Lee Harris
- I Can Seen My Baby In My Dreams
Jimmy Brewer
- Big Road Blues
Arthur Weston, Big Joe Williams, George Robertson
- Someday Baby
Big Joe Williams, Coot Venson
- Long Road Blues
Johnny Young
- Pony Blues
Big Joe Williams, Ruby McCoy
- Rising Sun Blues
Johnny Young, Big Boy Spires
- 21 Below Zero
Jimmy Brown, Big Joe Williams, Willie Lee Harris
- Goin' Back Home
Big John Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller
- Down Here By Myself
rec. 1964/65 in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding
notes by Pete Welding
Storyville SLP 180
= Storyville 670180
= Teichiku ULS-1815-R (Jp)
notes by Pete Welding
= Storyville SLP 4035
"Blues Roots Vol. 1"
Storyville Records discography
62
196?
Blues All Around My Bed
Blues Scene USA Vol. 3
Carl Hodges
- Blues All Around My Bed
Big Joe Williams
- Hellhound On My Trail
John Lee Granderson
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
Johnny Young & John Wrencher & John Lee Granderson
- Green Door Blues
James Robinson
- Standing In My Backk Door Crying
W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson
- Sometimes I Rate
Connie Williams
- One Thin Dime
Leroy 'Country' Dallas
- Sweet Man Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- Good Woman Blues
Bill Jackson
- Trouble In Mind
Avery Brady
- Gonna Let You Down
Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson
- Roll Me Over Slow
Storyville SLP 181
= Storyville 670181 (D)
= Storyville SLP 842
= Storyville SLP 4036 (Denmark 1981) "Blues Roots Vol. 2"
Storyville Records discography
63
1968
Otis Spann / Big Joe Williams
Otis Spann
- Tribute To Martin Luther King (Muddy Waters)
Big Joe Williams
- The Reverend Martin Luther King (Joe Williams)
rec. April 4, 1968 (within hours after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King); prod. by Norman Dayron
7 inch 45 rpm
Cry 468 "A Division of Alexander Productions"
63a
1968
Down With The Game Vol. 3
Big Bill (Broonzy)
- C & A Blues
Devil's Daddy In Law (Floyd Council)
- Lookin' For My Baby
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Low Down
Yank Rachell & Dan Smith
- Night Latch Blues
- Gravel Road Blues
Frank Stokes
- Mistreatin' Blues
(Big) Joe Williams
- Meet Me Around The Corner [Bluebird B-8738]
Walter Roland
- Piano Stomp
Will Batts
- Cheatin' Woman
- Cadillac Baby
Lucille Bogan
- Shave 'Em Dry
Devil's Daddy In Law (Floyd Council)
- I Don't Want No Hungry Woman
Sam Montgomery
- I'm Through With You
Charlie Pickett
- Trembling Blues
Down With The Game D 203
DWTG discography
64
1968
The Roots Of America's Music
LP 1:
Country Blues
Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down
Mance Lipscomb - Sugar Babe
Black Ace - New Triflin' Woman
Alex Moore - July Boogie
Big Joe Williams - Greystone Blues
Lil Son Jackson - Roberta
John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - No More Hard Times
Lowell Fulson - River Blues
City Blues
Mercy Dee - Walked Down So Many Turnrows
Juke Boy Bonner - Going Back To The Country
Lightning Hopkins - Tom Moore Blues
Big Mama Thornton - Unlucky Girl
Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Blues
Larry Williams - I Know You Hear Me Calling
Johnny Young - Wild Wild Woman
LP 2:
Gospel & Jazz
Bukka White - Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World
Jesse Fuller - Amazing Grace
Rev. Overstreet - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Robert Shaw - The Ma Grinder
Kid Thomas - Eh La Bas
Joe Turner - Old Piney Brown's Gone
Luna - Nisaba In The Grass
Country, Cajun & Folk
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers - Run Mountain
Del McCoury - Dreams
The Hodges Brothers - Carroll County Blues
Luderin Darbone - Crowley Waltz
Nathan Abshire - Cajun Two Step
Alice Stuart - Once I Had A Sweetheart
Crabgrass - Charles Giteau
James Campbell - Baby Please Don't Go
compilation of tracks previously on Arhoolie LPs; ed. & prod. by Chris Strachwitz
no previously unissued tracks!
2-disc package
notes by Pete Welding
Arhoolie R2001/2002
= Stateside SR-9323B (Jp 1972)
Arhoolie Records discography
65
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
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
66
1969
Big Joe Williams: Thinking Of What They Did To Me
- Louisiana Bound
- Killing Floor Blues
- Throw The Boogie Woogie
- Dirt Road Blues
- Montreal Blues
- Take Me Out Of The Bottom
- Thinking Of What They Did To Me
- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King []
- Army Man In Vietnam []
- Creole Queen
- Remember Way Back
- Bad Living #
- Trouble For Everybody [] #
- King Jesus []
rec. December 14, 1969 at Arhoolie House in Berkeley, Ca. by Chris Strachwitz; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; [] Charlie Musselwhite, hca
# not reissued on Arhoolie CD 315: "Trouble For Everybody" reissued on Charlie Musselwhite "The Blues Never Die" (Vanguard CD 153/54-2, US 1994)
notes by Pete Welding
Arhoolie 1053 (US 1969)
notes by Pete Welding
= Arhoolie AR 19009 (EU 1970)
most tracks re-released (along with Arhoolie 1002) on Arhoolie CD 315 "Shake Your Boogie" (US 1993)
Arhoolie Records discography
67
1969
Big Joe Williams: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick
Liberty LBL/LBS 83207 track sequence:@ youtube (full album)
- Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick
- Mamma Don't Like Me Runnin' Round
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Everybody's Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
- Buffalo *
- Church Bell Ring
- Baby Keeps On Breakin'g 'em Down
- Shady Grove
- Sittin' And Thinkin'
- Blues 'round The World
- Oh Baby
- Pearly Mae
- Scardie Mama
- She'll Be Coming 'round The Mountain *
- Old Folks Tavern
- Take It All
* not on World Pacific WPS 21897
World Pacific WPS 21897 track sequence:
- Oh Baby (2:36)
- Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (3:29)
- Shady Grove (3:05)
- Mama Don't Like Me Runnin' Around (3:11)
- Sittin' N' Thinkin' (3:38)
- Scardie Mama (2:49)
- Blues Round The World (2:55)
- Everybody's Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (2:38)
- Pearly Mae (2:30)
- Baby Keeps On Breaking 'Em Down (2:52)
- Church Bells Ring (2:34)
- Take It All (2:12)
rec. October 1968 at Spot Studios, London, W.I., England
notes by Tony McPhee
Liberty LBL 83207 (mono) (UK 1969)
notes by Tony McPhee
= Liberty LBS 83207 (stereo) (UK 1969)
notes by Tony McPhee
= World Pacific WPS 21897 (US 1969)
= Sequel NEX CD 208 (UK 1992)
68
1969
Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson
- King Buiscet Stomp
- I'm A Highway Man
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Banta Rooster Blues
- P Vine Blues
- Mellow Apples
- House Lady Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Stack Of Dollars
- Wild Cow Moan
- Bad And Weakhearted Blues
- Mean Stepfather Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing
- Break 'Em On Down
all the Columbia recordings with some Bluebird recordings
??? were the covers depicted above indeed a Blues Classics sleeve ???
notes by Pete Welding
Blues Classics BC-21 (US 1969)
Blues Classics discography
Sonny Boy Williamson I discography
69
1969
Really Chicago Blues@ youtube (full album playlist)
LP 1:
Johnny Shines/Sunnyland Slim/Backwards Sam Firk
- Two Long Freight Trains @ youtube
John Lee Granderson/Big Joe Williams/Firk
- Girl At The Bottom @ youtube
Slim/Shines/Firk
- Rolling And Tumbling @ youtube
Honeyboy Edwards/Firk
- Hot Springs Blues # @ youtube
Williams/Granderson/Firk
- If You Can't Shimmy-She-Wobble @ youtube
Shines/Slim/Firk/Williams
- As Long As The World Stands @ youtube
Shines/Edwards/Walter Horton
- For The Love Of Mike [sic] (aka "Love Of Mine") @ youtube
Honeyboy Edwards
- Jersey Bull Blues @ youtube
Williams/Granderson/Firk
- You're An Old Lady @ youtube
Shines/Slim/Firk/Williams
- Poor Man's Tonic @ youtube
Horton/Edwards/Shines
- Way 'Cross Town @ youtube
Williams/Shines/Slim
- Jook House Blues @ youtube
LP 2:
Slim/Shines/Firk
- Cuttin' Out Blues @ youtube
Honeyboy Edwards/Firk
- Howling Wind # @ youtube
Shines/Slim/Williams/Firk
- Evening Sun @ youtube
Granderson/Williams/Firk
- Going 'Round The World @ youtube
Williams/Slim/Shines/Firk
- Mama Don't Allow Me @ youtube
Slim/Shines/Firk
- She Got A Thing Going On @ youtube
Granderson/Williams/Firk
- Stop Breaking Down @ youtube
Honeyboy Edwards
- Sweet Home Chicago @ youtube
Granderson/Williams/Firk
- Yellow Box Blues @ youtube
Slim/Williams/Shines/Firk
- Bye Bye Baby @ youtube
all tracks rec. September 1969 in Chicago, IL; prod. by Gene Rosenthal
DLP
notes by G.L. Moore
Adelphi AD 1005 (US 1969)
= Echo ECB 803 (US 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 3" "Real Chicago Blues"
= Echo ECB 804 (US 1985) "Blues Anthology Vol. 4" "More From Chicago"
# Genes GCD 9914
Adelphi Records discography
Johnny Shines discography
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards discography
John Lee Granderson discography
Backwards Sam Firk discography
Big Walter Horton discography
70
1969
Sonny Boy Williamson: Sonny Boy And His Pals
- Tell Me Baby (with Walter Davis & Big Bill Broonzy)
- Honey Bee Blues (with Walter Davis & Big Bill Broonzy)
- Decoration Day Blues No. 2 (with Joshua Altheimer & Fred Williams)
- Love Me Baby (with Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis & Alfred Elkins)
- I'm Gonna Catch You Soon (with Ransom Knowling & Blind John Davis)
- Miss Stella Brown Blues (with Blind John Davis, Ted Summitt & Armand Jump Jackson)
- Desperado Woman Blues (with Blind John Davis, Ted Summitt & Armand Jump Jackson)
- Lonesome Man Blues (with Elijah Jones, Yank Rachell & unknown accompanist)
- I'm Wild and Crazy As I Can Be (with Elijah Jones & Yank Rachell)
- Army Man Blues (with Yank Rachell, William Mitchell & Washboard Sam)
- Tappin' That Thing (with Yank Rachell, Alfred Elkins & Washboard Sam)
- Worried Blues (with Yank Rachell, William Mitchell & Washboard Sam)
- 38 Pistol (with Yank Rachell, William Mitchell & Washboard Sam)
- Vitamin A Blues (with Joe Willimas & Jump Jackson)
Sonny Boy Williamson (I) with Yank Rachell, Eliah Jones and Joe Williams
notes by David Harrison
Saydisk Matchbox SDR 169 (UK 1969)
70a
1969
The Great Harmonica Players Vol. 2
1925-1929
Jed Davenport
- Cow Cow Blues @ youtube
- How Long How Long Blues @ youtube
Martin & Robert
- Dollar Blues @ youtube
- Hock My Shoes @ youtube
Slim Barton & James Moore
- Poor Convict Blues @ youtube
Minnie Wallace and Will Shade
- The Cockeyed World @ youtube
- Field Mouse Stomp @ youtube
Jimmy Smith [Victor 20020; "NOTE: This is a white folk artist"]
- Mountain Blues @ youtube
Leecan & Cooksey
- Royal Palm Special @ youtube
- Ain't She Sweet @ youtube
Ellis Williams
- Smokey Blues @ youtube
- Buttermilk Blues @ youtube
Joe Williams (with Jed Davenport)
- I Want It Awful Bad @ youtube
- Mr. Devil Blues @ youtube
Robert Lee McCoy (with Big Joe Williams, g and Sonny Boy Williamson, hca)
- Tough Luck @ youtube
Sonny Terry
- Harmonica And Wasboard Breakdown @ youtube
compiled and prod. by Evelyn Parth
the LP front cover depicts Percy Randolph being recorded by Harry Oster, most likely January/February 1958 in New Orleans (Harry Oster, on the left of the original photo, has been cropped; the original photo was published in Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 67 ("D.I.T.E. / I.P.S." [French photo agency]; photographer's name not given)
[![Harry Oster recording P E R C Y R A N D O L P H (most likely January/February 1958 in New Orleans); source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 67 ('D.I.T.E. / I.P.S.' [French photo agency]; photographer's name not given); click to enlarge!](http://www.wirz.de/music/oster/grafik/oster32.jpg)
](oster/grafik/oster34.jpg)
distributed in the UK by Saydisk Records
Roots RL-321 (Austria 1969)
= Roots RL-321 (Austria 19??)
= Roots/Autogram RL-321 (Germany 19??)
Roots Records discography
71
1969
American Folk Blues Festival '63
Memphis Slim
- Wish Me Well
Big Joe Williams
- I Have No Friends
Willie Dixon
- Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues
- Crazy For My Baby
Victoria Spivey
- Grant Spivey
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Matt's Guitar Boogie
Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Don't Know
- Sonny's hcaonica Boogie
Lonnie Johnson
- It's Too Late To Cry
Otis Spann
- Had My Fun
Muddy Waters
- Five Long Years
Memphis Slim et al.
- Bye, Bye, Blues
rec. October 13th, 1963 in Bremen
+ Bill Stepney, dr
Big Joe Williams
- Big Roll Blues *
- Back In The Bottom Blues *
- Baby Please Don't Go *
* on Evidence ECD 26200 only
= Fontana 681510 TL (mono)
= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo)
= Fontana 5204
= Fontana 858 100 FPY
= Exodus 302
= Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64"
= L+R 42.023
= LR CD-2023
L+R discography
= [discs 2 & 3](lipprau.htm#disc 2) of Evidence 5 CD set ECD 26200
72
2/1969
The Mike Raven Blues Sampler
Leadbelly
- Little Children's Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon
- Evenin'
Dr. Ross
- After Hours Blues
Gary Davis
- Say No To The Devil
Big Joe Williams
- Bottle Up And Go
Memphis Slim
- Frankie and Johnny
Sonny Terry
- Louise
Jesse Fuller
- Brownskin Gal
Mabel Hillery
- It's So Hard To Be A Nigger
Blind Willie McTell
- Married Man's A Fool
Scraper [sic] Blackwell
- "A" Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Blues In A Bottle
Transatlantic TRA SAM 5 (UK 2/1969)
72a
1969
Blues Roots
LP 1:
- Frisco Lines - Fred McDowell
- Fare You Well Baby Blues - Joe Callicott
- Long Haired Doney - R.L. Burnside
- Mean Stepfather - Big Joe Williams
- Bald Eagle Train - Bukka White and "Washboard Willie" [= Wayne Pope!] @ youtube
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith
- Long Tall Girl - Mance Lipscomb
- Red River Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
- Whistling Alex Moore Blues - Alex Moore
- Texas Blues - Lowell Fulson and Martin Fulson, rhythm g
- The Ma Grinder - Robert Shaw
- Take A Walk - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bear Cat Blues - John Jackson
- Snowing And Raining Blues - Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
- Got A Date At Half Past Eight - Jesse Fuller
- You Got Another Man - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane
- Struggle Here In Houston - Juke Boy Bonner and Alvin J. Simon, dr
- Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman
- Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner
- Dream - John Littlejohn
- Sugar Daddy - Mercy Dee Walton
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thorton
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Two Bugs - Earl Hooker
"The selections from this album have been comprised from the catalog of Arhoolie Records ... Except where otherwise indicated, all selections produced and recorded by Chris Strachwitz"
gatefold DLP
Poppy PYS-60.003 (US 1969)
= RCA Victor 740 069 (France 1969)
= RCA Victor SHP-6124/25 (Jp)
= Tomato TOM-2-7006 (US 1978)
gatefold DLP
= Tomato DLP 2696181 (Germany 1989)
2 CD set
notes by Bill Dahl
= Tomato CD TOM-3001 (US 2002)
72b
1968/70
Dirt Blues (Minit MLL/MLS 40005)
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204]
- Shotgun [Aladdin 3063]
- My California [Aladdin 3262]
T-Bone Walker
- Glamour Girl
- Love Is Just A Gamble
- I'm About To Lose My Mind
Lil' Son Jackson
- Rockin' & Rollin'
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Key To The Highway
- Lose Your Money
- Louise
- Sportin' Life
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- Miss Hazel Mae
- Bad Luck
- Long Distance Call
Dirt Blues
(Liberty LBS 83404/05 X)
LP 1:
Papa George Lightfoot - Wine, Woman, Whisky
Lightnin' Hopkins - Antoinette's Blues [Vault SLP 129]
The Chambers Brothers - Blues Get Off My Shoulder
Lil' Son Jackson - Disgusted
Slim Harpo - A Man Is Crying
The Robins - Around About Midnight
Fats Domino - Stay Away
Sunnyland Slim - Dust My Broom
George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band - My Babe
T-Bone Walker - I Get So Weary
Big Joe Williams - Oh Baby
George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band - Can't Hold Out Much Longer [World Pacific 21887]
LP 2:
Slim Harpo - Something Inside Me
Papa George Lightfoot - Take It Witcha
The Chambers Brothers - It's All Over Now
Smiley Lewis - Shame, Shame, Shame
Country Jim - Phillipine Blues
Snooks Eaglin - Travellin' Mood
Lightnin' Hopkins - California Mudslide [Vault SLP 129]
Boogie Bill Webb - Boogie
The Jewels - No Shoulder To Cry
Wilson Pickett - If You Need Me
Lightnin' Hopkins - Howling Wolf Blues
Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That
Minit MLL 40005 front cover photography and design by Michael Hasted; Liberty LBS 83404/05 X design by Ulrich Eichberger
same front cover for mono & stereo!
Minit MLL 40005 (mono) (UK 1968) [Liberty subsidiary]
= Minit MLS 40005 (stereo) (UK 1968)
gatefold DLP
Liberty LBS 83404/05 X (stereo) (Germany 1970)
73
1970
Kings And The Queen Vol. 2
Memphis Slim
- Everything I Do Is Wrong
Lonnie Johnson
- Feelings From The Fingers
Roosevelt Sykes
- Sleeping All Day Blues
Victoria Spivey, Big Joe Williams, Bob Dylan
- Big Joe, Dylan and Victoria
Victoria Spivey
- A Bum Can't Do You No Good
Memphis Slim
- European Blues
Victoria Spivey
- Go Tell My Other Man
Big Joe Williams
- Drifting Blues
Roosevelt Sykes, John Hammond
- Bicycle Riding Mama
Lonnie Johnson
- Be Careful
Victoria Spivey, Bob Dylan
- It's Dangerous
Memphis Slim
- Slim's Organ Boogie For Victoria
notes by Len Kunstedt
Spivey 1014 (US 1970)
Spivey Records discography
John Hammond discography
73a
8/1970
Big Joe Williams: Crawling King Snake
- Stepfather Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Wild Cow Blues
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me #
- Rootin' Ground Hog #
- Brother James #
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More #
- Crawlin' King Snake
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Meet Me Around The Corner
- Please Don't Go #
- Highway 49 #
- Someday Baby #
- Break 'Em On Down #
First five Bluebird sessions from 1935 to 1941
# with Sonny Boy Williamson, hca
rec. 2/25/35 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams voc, g,
with Chasey Collins, Henry Townsend and "Kokomo", rec. 10/31/35 in Chicago, IL
with Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Lee McCoy, rec. 5/5/37 in Aurora, IL
with Williams Mitchell, rec. 3/27/41 in Chicago, IL
with Sonny Boy Williamson and Alfred Elkins, rec. 12/12/41 Chicago, IL
notes by Neil Slaven
RCA International INT 1087 (UK 8/1970) (on labels: "Crawlin' king blues")
notes by Neil Slaven
= RCA Victor 731.016 (Fr 1970) (on labels: "Crawlin' king blues")
notes by Toyo Nakamura
= RCA RA-5701 (Jp 1975) (on labels: "Crawlin' King Snake")
Sonny Boy Williamson discography
74
1971
Blues 1920-40
LP track sequence:
LP 1
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd.
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues
Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman
LP 2
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues
Gus Cannon - Going To Germany
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm
Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman
Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me
LP 3
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed
Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B-6276]
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway
CD track sequence:
CD 1
Early Years of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37)
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49)
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34)
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59)
Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °°
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08)
Memphis Blues
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11)
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05)
Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11)
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52)
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56)
Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °°
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09)
Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °°
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13)
Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30)
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20)
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54)
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °°
CD 2
Mississippi Blues In The 30's
Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00)
Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12)
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46)
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52)
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55)
Piano Blues
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11)
Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15)
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07)
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57)
Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °°
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35)
City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22)
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32)
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11)
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58)
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °°
compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation
°° CD has seven additional tracks!
3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet
RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)
3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet
= RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)
2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui
= RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"
2 CD set
= RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"
75
1971
Big Joe Williams
- Mama Don't Allow Me
- Delta Blues
- Overhauwling Blues
- Whistling Pines
- She Left Me A Mule
- Bad Heart Blues
XX MIN 700 (UK 1971)
XX Records discography
75a
1972
Big Joe Williams
- Pretty Willie Done Me Wrong
- I Want to Know What My Baby's Puttin Down
- Tell Me Who's Been Tellin' You
- A Change Gotta Be Made
- My Baby Left Town
- Miss Emma Lou Blues
- My Baby Won't Be Back No More
- Turnroad Blues
- Some Old Rainy Day
- Pearly Mae Blues
- Keep-A-Walkin Little Girl
- I Won't Do That No More
- Quit Draggin' Bringin' My Baby Back Home
- Crazin' The Blues
rec. March 20, 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter
Storyville SLP 224 (Denmark 1972)
= Storyville ST-21022 (Fr)
= PGP RTB 2221500 (Yugoslavia 1983)
Storyville Records discography
76
1972
Robert Pete Williams
with Big Joe Williams
Storyville SLP 225 track sequence:
- Doctor Blues
- Got On His Mind #
- Meet Him Over In Paradise
- Goodbye Baby #
- It's Gotta Be Jelly 'Cause Jam Don't Shake Thataway
- Texas Blues
- Talkin' Blues
- Greyhound Blues #
Storyville STCD 8001 track sequence:
- Doctor Blues(3:07)
- Got On His Mind # (5:14)
- Meet Him Over In Paradise (3:41)
- Goodbye Baby # (5:03)
- It's Gotta Be Jelly 'Cause Jam Don't Shake Thataway (3:30)
- She Walked Around With Her Mouth Poked (3:04) [previously unissued]
- I Need To Be Loved (2:54) [previously unissued]
- Blues Leave Me Alone (3:19) [previously unissued]
- Texas Blues (3:12)
- Talkin' Blues (13:26)
- Greyhound Bus # (3:13)
- Put On A Show (3:18) [previously unissued]
- Take It Along With You Everywhere You Go (3:25) [previously unissued]
- Late Night Boogie (3:10) [previously unissued]
rec. March 20, 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark; Robert Pete Williams, voc, 12str g, 6str g; # Big Joe Williams, kazoo
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter
Storyville SLP 225 (Denmark 1972)
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter
= Storyville ST 21023 (Fr)
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter
(=) Storyville STCD 8001 (Denmark 1991) Blues Masters, Vol. 1
180 g LP
= Pure Pleasure SLP 225 (UK 2008)
Storyville Records discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
77
1972
Big Joe Williams: Blues From The Mississippi Delta
- Dedication To Otis Spann (Blues On Decoration Day) @ youtube
- Got To Put You Down
- Juanita Blues
- 71 Cadillac Blues
- Christmas Blues @ youtube
- European Trip Blues (Around The World Blues)
- Rap Session (Al Smith & Country Joe) *
- Jump Jump Julie
- Lookie Here, Baby
- Vitamin B Blues
rec. c. 1971 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; 2nd g; b; dr; * Al Smith, sp; prod by Al Smith
"Available on Ampex Stereo Tapes"
notes by Al Smith
Blues On Blues BOB 10003 (US 1972)
Blues On Blues discography
78
1973
Country Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Baby Please Don't Go #
- Ride My New Car With Me #
- Rather Be Sloppy Drunk #
- Cottage Grove Blues #
Country Jim
- Dial 110 Blues
Pete McKinley & Country Jim
- Shreveport Blues
- Don't Want Me Blues
Pine Bluff Pete
- A Woman Acts Funny
- No. 4 Boogie
- Hampton Stranger
- Uncle Sam Blues
Pete McKinley
- Mean Black Snake
Clarence London
- One Rainy Morning
- Ain't Done Nothin' Wrong
# rec. March 1952 in Shreveport, LA; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
electronically re-channelled to simulate stereo
notes by Samuel Charters
Specialty SNTF 5014 (UK 1973)
notes by Samuel Charters
= Specialty SPY. 28100 (Fr 1977)
79
1973
American Folk Blues Festival '72
LP 1:
Bukka White
- I'm Gettin' Ready * @ youtube
- World Boogie (1:25) * °° @ youtube
- Aberdeen Blues * @ youtube
Big Joe Williams
- My Baby Is Gone # @ youtube
- My Boots & Shoes # @ youtube
- Louise (1:28) # °° @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams
- Look Here Woman # @ youtube
Roosevelt Sykes
- Driving Wheel (2:50) * @ youtube
- Sweet Home Chicago (2:10) * @ youtube
- Boot That Thing (2:10) * °° @ youtube
Memphis Slim
- Baby Please Come Home # °° @ youtube
- Lonesome Traveller # @ youtube
- Boogin' And Bluesin' # @ youtube
Johnny Young, W.D. Kent, Billy Davenport
- Instrumental Boogie * @ youtube
LP 2:
Big Mama Thornton
- Tell Me Baby # @ youtube
- Ball In [sic] Chain # @ youtube
T-Bone Walker
- Shake It Baby # @ youtube
- Goin' Back To Church # @ youtube
Jimmy Rogers & Whispering Smith
- Chicago Bound (3:10) * °° @ youtube
- Tricky Woman * @ youtube
Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Winter Time Blues * @ youtube
Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band
- Don't Ever Leave Me * @ youtube
- Got My Mojo Workin' * @ youtube
°° not on CD
# rec. March 16, 1972 at Hilpert Theatre, Lünen, Germany: Memphis Slim, voc, p; Big Mama Thornton, voc, hca; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Robert Pete Williams, voc, g; T-Bone Walker, voc, g, p; Hartley Severns, ts, bs, ss, vn; Edward Taylor, ts; Paul Lenart, g; Phillip Morrison, b; Vinton Johnson, dr
* rec. October 26, 1972 at Circus-Krone-Bau, München, Germany: Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Bukka White, voc, g; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Whispering Smith, voc, hca; Jimmy Dawkins, voc, g; Big Voice Odom, voc; Jesse Williams, g; W.D. Kent, b; Billy Davenport, dr
photography by Rolf Ambor, Hans Harzheim, Norbert Hess
gatefold DLP
notes (German & English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos
Atlantic 60036 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland 1973) "The 10th American Folk Blues Festival - 'Blues Giants - Rock Creators'"
gatefold DLP
notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos
= L+R 42.018 (Germany 1980) "American Folk Blues Festival '72"
= L+R LRC-2018 (cassette) (Germany 1980)
= Edigsa/L+R 12A0272 (Sp 1981)
notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos
(=) Optimism/L+R LR CD-2018 (US 1991?)
notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos
(=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLS 42018 (Germany 1998?)
American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
Bukka White discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Johnny Young discography
Jimmy Rogers discography
Whispering Smith discography
Lightnin' Slim discography
Jimmy Dawkins discography
79a
1973
Big Joe Williams with Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie and Sonny: Blues Bash
Olympic 7115 track sequence:
- Chain Gang Blues (5:17) [aka "Early In The Mornin' Blues"; Society SOC 1020]
- Everybody's Blue(s) (6:42) [aka "Blues For Gamblers" or "Three Aces On The Bottom Of The Deal"; Davon 2015]
- Great Gospel Blues (2:50) [aka "Right On That Shore"or "I'm Gonna Mourn On That Shore"; Davon 2015]
- Razor Sharp Blues (4:50) (Williams solo) [Society SOC 1020]
- Brand New Car (5:29) (Terry & Williams) [aka "New Car Blues"; Society SOC 1015]
- I've Been Scorned (5:10) [aka "Buked And Scorned" or "You Gonna Need Somebody To Go Your Bond"; Society SOC 1020]
Tradition/Rykodisc TCD 1014 track sequence:
- Chain Gang Blues (5:17)
- Buked And Scorned (5:10)
- Razor Sharp Blues (4:50)
- Stool Pigeon Blues (3:04) (Hopkins) [Davon 2015]
- Brand New Car (5:29)
- Blues For Gamblers (6:42)
- Ball Of Twine (3:30) (Hopkins) [Davon 2015]
- Great Gospel Blues (Right On That Shore) (2:50)
rec. July 6 & 7, 1960 [or August 1961] "live at the Ash Grove" [actually studio recordings with audience effect added!], Los Angeles, CA; Sonny Terry hca, voc; Brownie McGhee, g, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, g, voc; Big Joe Williams, g, voc; Jimmy Bond, b
Society SOC 1020
notes by Anonymous
Olympic 7115
= Astor GGS 1428 (Australia)
= Tradition/Rykodisc TCD 1014 (Ca 1996) "Big Joe Williams & Friends: Have Mercy!"
80
19??
Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie Mc Gee [sic], Sonny Terry et Big Joe Williams: Blues Festival
15 anniversaire disque vogue Vol. 55
- I've Been Buked [Verve Folkways FTS 3011-3] #
- Trouble In Mind (aka Sun's Gonna Shine) [Archive of Folk FS 242] *
- Brand New Car (aka New Car Blues) [Verve Folkways FTS 3011-3] §
- Drinkin' In The Blues * [Archive of Folk FS 242]
- Chain Gang Blues (aka Early In The Morning Blues) [Verve Folkways FTS 3011-3] #
- I'm A Stranger Here (aka Just Rode In Your Town) * [Archive of Folk FS 242]
- Razor Sharp Blues [Verve Folkways FTS 3011-3] []
- Po Boy * [Archive of Folk FS 242]
"rec. 1960 live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles"
# rec. c.July 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Brownie McGhee, voc, g; Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
§ rec. c.July 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles; Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
[] rec. c. July 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
* rec. c.May 25**/**c.July 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles; Brownie McGhee, voc, g; Sonny Terry, voc, hca
Vogue LD 681-30
81
1974
Blue Guitar Album
LP 1:
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar Shuffle
Lightnin' Hopkins - Drinkin' The Blues
Brownie McGhee - That's How I Feel
Jimmy Reed - Instrumental
Jimmy Dawkins - Blues In The Ghetto
Hubert Sumlin - Straight Talk
Big Joe Williams - Skinny Mama
John Lee Hooker - Wednesday Evening Blues
Jimmy Dawkins - Lick For Licks
LP 2:
Louis Myers - The Ace's Shuffle
Lonnie Johnson - You Will Need Me
Doug Quattlebaum - Sweet Little Woman
Louisiana Red - I'm Louisiana Red
Hubert Sumlin - Blues For Elmore James
Big Bill Broonzy - House Rent Stomp
John Lee Hooker - Blues Before Sunrise
Eddie Kirkland - Saturday Night Stomp
Jimi Hendrix - C Blues
gatefold DLP
notes by Jacques-Emile Deschamps
Vogue DP 27 (Fr 1974) (Plaisir Double series)
gatefold DLP
notes by Jacques-Emile Deschamps
= Vogue 400027 (Fr 19??) (Plaisir Double series)
81a
1974
Big Joe Williams: Malvina My Sweet Woman
home recordings 1951/52
- Whistling Pine Blues # @ youtube
- Mama Don't Allow No Doggin' All Night Long # @ youtube
- Thousand Year Blues * @ youtube
- She's Been Shaking A Little Boogie * @ youtube
- Strange Girl Blues || @ youtube
- Early Morning Blues || @ youtube
- Shake A Little Boogie // @ youtube
- Early In The Morning // @ youtube
- New Car Blues \\ @ youtube
- Taylor Made Stomp \\ @ youtube
live in Amstelveen 1973
- You Done Me Wrong @ youtube
- Black Rat Blues @ youtube
- Poor Beggar @ youtube
- Everyday Brings Out A Change @ youtube
- Baby Don't You Wanna Go @ youtube
- Highway 61 Blues @ youtube
- Rooster Blues @ youtube
- Rollin' In Your Arms @ youtube
- You Are My Sunshine @ youtube
side A rec. 1951/52; demo recordings Baul Recording Co. in St. Louis
# rec. September 10, 1951 in St. Louis, MO; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Sam Fowler, hca; J.D. Short, washboard tub bass or g
* rec. September 10, 1951 in St. Louis, MO; Tree Top Slim (Willie Ealey), voc, p; Sam Fowler, hca; Big Joe Williams, g; J.D. Short, washboard tub bass or g
|| rec. March 11, 1952 in St. Louis, MO; Lee Willmans, voc; Sam Fowler, hca; Big Joe Williams, g
// rec. March 11, 1952 in St. Louis, MO; Harp Blowing Sam (Sam Fowler), voc, hca; Big Joe Williams, g
\\ rec. April 5, 1952 in St. Louis, MO; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Willie Ealey, p
side B rec. March 24, 1973 live at the Zodiac Club in Amstelveen, The Netherlands; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
photography: Hans ten Have
clamshell box containing 1 LP + 40-pp. brochure by Leo W. Bruin "the story of big joe williams"
Oldie Blues OL 2804 [Oldie Blues OL 2814]
also came out as a simple LP (without box/broschure)
= Victor LP SWX 6196 (Jp 19??)
notes by Leo W. Bruin
= Oldie Blues OLCD 7004
Oldie Blues discography
81b
1974
Il Blues Rurale - Country Blues
Richard Rabbit Brown
- James Alley Blues
Blind Boy Fuller,
- Three Ball Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia
Willie Reed
- Leaving Home
Leadbelly
- See See Rider
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Pneumonia Blues
Texas Alexander
- Water Bound Blues
Black Ace
- Christmas Time Blues
Furry Lewis
- Pearlee Blues
Bessie Tucker
- Penitentiary
Sleepy John Estes
- Diving Duck Blues
Charley Patton
- High Water Everywhere
Robert Wilkins
- National Stonewall Blues
Skip James
- Cypress Grove Blues
Robert Johnson
- Hellhound On My Trail
Big Joe Williams
- Rooting Ground Hog
Albatros VPA 8187
= Albatros VC 0775 (cassette)
(=) Albatros ALB 8
3LP = VPA 8187/88/89 "Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/Urbano"
Albatros Records discography
82
1972
Big Joe Williams: Legacy Of The Blues, Vol. 6
- I've Been Wrong, But I'll Be Right
- Black Gal You Sure Looking Warm
- Whe I First Left Home
- Little Annie Mae
- Levee Break Blues
- Hang It Up On The Wall
- Lone Wolf
- Thie Heavy Stuff Of Mine
- Tell My Mother
- Big Fat Mama
- Back On My Feet
- Jefferson And Franklin Blues
"The Sonet Blues Story" bonus tracks:
- Mary Lou (2:40)
- They Stopped Me At The Border (2:24)
- Canary Bird (2:51)
- Do The Mess Around (2:12)
- On My Way Back (2:20)
rec. March/April 1972 at Silence Studios in Stockholm, Sweden; prod. by Sam Charters
"The Sonet Blues Story" front cover photography by Sylvia Pitcher
notes by Sam Charters
Sonet SNTF 635 (UK 1972)
= Columbia 2C 062-94148 (Fr 1973)
= GNP Crescendo GNPS-10016 (US 1976)
= Discophon 4354 (Sp 1978)
10-pp. booklet (original 1972 plus new 1988 notes) by Sam Charters
= Sonet SNTCD 635 (UK 1988)
= GNP Crescendo GNPD 0016 (US 1991)
12-pp. booklet (original 1972 plus new 2004 notes) by Sam Charters
(=) Sonet, Universal 0602498692523 (EU 2005) "Big Joe Williams" (The Sonet Blues Story)
= Verve, Sonet B0006288-02 (US 2005) "Big Joe Williams" (The Sonet Blues Story)
book accompanying "The Legacy Of The Blues" LP series
Sam Charters: The Legacy Of The Blues - (A Glimpse Into The) Art And Lives
Of Twelve Great Bluesmen.
- UK hardback edition: London (Calder & Boyars) 1975
- UK paperback edition: London (Marion Boyars Publishers) 1975
- US hardback edition: Boston (Da Capo Press) 1977
- US paperback edition: Boston (Da Capo Paperback) 1977
82a
1974
The Legacy Of The Blues Sampler
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Funky Malaguena - Snooks Eaglin
- Found My Baby Gone - Champion Jack Dupree
- Wishy Washy Woman - Mighty Joe Young
- I'm A Bluesman - Juke Boy Bonner
- Black Gal You're Sure Looking Warm - Big Joe Williams
- Long Time Gone, A - Memphis Slim
- Starry Crown Blues - J.D. Short<
- I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball - Robert Pete Williams
- The Cannonball - Eddie Boyd
- She's So Mellow - Sunnyland Slim
- Please Help Poor Me - Lightnin' Hopkins
"Maxi Sampler" bonus tracks:
- Poor Boy Long Way From Home - Bukka White
- Drive It Home - Snooks Eaglin
- You're The One - Champion Jack Dupree
- Early In The Morning - Mighty Joe Young
- Lonesome Ride Back Home - Juke Boy Bonner
- I Been Wrong But I'll Be Right - Big Joe Williams
- Lets Get With It - Memphis Slim
- Make Me Down A Pallet - J.D. Short
- You're My All Day Steady And My Midnight Dream - Robert Pete Williams
- It's A Mellow Day - Eddie Boyd
- Get Hip To Yourself - Sunnyland Slim
- Water Fallin' Boogie - Lightnin' Hopkins
series prod. by Sam Charters
front cover photo by Sam Charters
notes by Anonymous (most likely Sam Charters)
Sonet SNTX 1 / Sonet 201.038 (UK 1974)
notes by Anonymous (most likely Sam Charters)
= Crescendo GNPS 10010 (US 1976)
= Poljazz PSJ-146 (Poland 1976)
gatefold DLP
(=) Sonet INT 157.103 (UK 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"
(=) Sonet DLP SNTD 202 (Germany 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"
(=) Sonet SNTDCD 202 (UK 1983) "The Legacy Of The Blues Maxi Sampler"
notes (1988) by Samuel Charters
= Sonet SNTXCD1 (UK 1988) "The Legacy Of The Blues Sampler"
= GNP Crescendo GNP5-0010X (cassette) (US 1990)
book accompanying "The Legacy Of The Blues" LP series
Sam Charters: The Legacy Of The Blues - (A Glimpse Into The) Art And Lives
Of Twelve Great Bluesmen.
- UK hardback edition: London (Calder & Boyars) 1975
- UK paperback edition: London (Marion Boyars Publishers) 1975
- US hardback edition: Boston (Da Capo Press) 1977
- US paperback edition: Boston (Da Capo Paperback) 1977
83
1974
Big Joe Williams: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree
- Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree
- Working On The Levy (Night & Day)
- Things Gonna Come My Way
- Mad Mad Blues
- Southern Whistle Blow
- This Old London Town
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Franklin Street Blues
- She Won't Do Right
- Going Down Home
- Sugar Hill
rec. 1974 in Muscle Shoals, AL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Jerry Bridges, b; Roger Allen Clark, dr; prod. Al Smith; eng. Larry Hamby
notes by Al Smith
Bluesway BLS 6080 (US 1974)
Bluesway Records discography
84
1974
Lonesome Road Blues
15 Years in the Mississippi Delta 1926 - 1941
Big Joe Williams
- Little Leg Woman
Arthur Pettis
- Good Boy Blues
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Street Walkin'
Mississippi Bracey [Bracy]
- Stered Gal [Stir It, Gal]
- Cherry Ball
Sam Collins
- My Road Is Rough And Rocky
- Lobesome Road Blues
Robert Petway
- Catfish Blues
Freddie Spruell
- Milk Cow Blues
- Tom Cat Blues
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Robert Lockwood
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Johnny Temple
- The Evil Devil Blues
The Mississippi Moaner
- It's Cold In China Blues
notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller
Yazoo L-1038 (US 1974)
= Yazoo L-1038 (US 197?)
= Yazoo CD 1038 (US 1992?)
Yazoo Records discography
84a
197?
Big Joe Williams
- Sugar Hill
- Watergate Blues
"Production: Ricky Breazeale"
7 inch 45 rpm
MEB EB-1001 (Mack Banks Publications)
84b
197?
Delmark Blues Masterpiece
- All Of Your Love - Magic Sam
- Indiana Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams
- If You Change Your Mind - J.B. Hutto
- Little Angel Child - Jimmy Dawkins
- All Days Are Good Days - Roosevelt Sykes
- Sad Dreams - Carey Bell
- Steady Rollin' Man - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Diving Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- All Pretty Wimmins - Jo Jo Williams
- Coal Black Mare - Arthur Crudup
- You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - Luther Allison
- Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red
- Early In The Morning - Junior Wells
"Special Album" (promotion LP)
Delmark/Trio TD6 (Jp 197?)
84c
1975
Bluebird Blues
LP 1:
Sleepy John Estes
- Poor John Blues
- Little Laura Blues
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Son Bonds
- A Hard Pill To Swallow
Blind Willie McTell
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- Wild Cow Blues
Tommy McClennan
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Brown Skin Girl
- Bluebird B-lues
Clifford Gibson
- She Rolls It Slow
LP 2:
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine
- Elevator Woman
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band
- Gonna Hit The Highway
Big Maceo
- Texas Blues
- Detroit Jump
Arthur "Big Boy"Crudup
- That's All Right
- Mean Old Frisco
- Rock Me Mama
Doctor Clayton
- Copper Colored Mama
Doctor Clayton's Buddy
- Nappy Head Woman
- Walking With The Blues
2 LP set with 12-pp. booklet
RCA RVC RA-9054/55 (Jp 1975)
84cc
1975
25 Géants du Blues
A World of Jazz
LP 1:
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise Louise Blues
Curtis Jones - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I Love You Baby
Blind John Davis - How Long Blues
Lonnie Johnson - Big Leg Woman
Louisiana Red - Keep Your Hands Off My Woman
Lightnin' Hopkins - Catfish Blues
Champion Jack Dupree - The Death Of Louis (Armstrong)
Jimmy Dawkins - The Way She Walks
Hubert Sumlin - Funky Roots
Eddie Kirkland - Have Mercy On Me
The Aces - Dust My Broom
LP 2:
Memphis Slim - Sassy Mae
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Skies Are Crying
St. Louis Jimmy - Some Sweet Day
Eddie Boyd - I Cried
Roosevelt Sykes - Jail Bait
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Deceitful Brownskin Blues
John Lee Hooker - Wednesday Evening Blues
Jimmy Reed - Hard Walking Hanna
Doug Quattlebaum - Trouble In Mind
Big Joe Williams - Pallet On The Floor
Billy Boy Arnold - I'm Gonna Move
Sunnyland Slim - Brownskin Woman
gatefold DLP
Vogue DP 37 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)
gatefold DLP
= Vogue 400037 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)
84d
1976
The Devil's Music
from the BBC T.V. series
Red Lightnin' RL0033 track sequence:
LP 1: Mississippi and Memphis Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 1)
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 #
Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water
Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues #
Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight
Booker White - Aberdeen Mississippi
Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule
Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack
Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home To Me
Joe Wilkins - Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes - Crawdad @ youtube
LP 2: Chicago Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 2)
The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is
Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too
Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me
The Aces - Blue Shadows
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now @ Spotify
prod. & ed. by Maddalena Fagandini & Giles Oakley (BBC TV series)
sleeve design and illustration of Red Lightnin' RL0033 by G.M.W. Snow; photography by Axel Küstner
Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence:
CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 #
Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water
Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues #
Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight
Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi
Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule
Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack
Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home
Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes - Crawdad
The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is
Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too
CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2
Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me
The Aces - Blue Shadows
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now
James De Shay - Crossroads °°
James De Shay - Pony Blues °°
James De Shay - Mistake In Life °°
James De Shay - Evil Is Going On °°
James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor °°
James De Shay - Forty Four °°
Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People # °°
Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down °°
Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk # °°
Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye °°
Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom # °°
Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues °°
CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °°
Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °°
Memphis Slim - All By Myself °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °°
Memphis Slim - In The Evening °°
Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °°
Matt Murphy - Taking Off °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °°
°° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks
# rec. January 21, 1976 in Crawford, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
gatefold DLP
notes by Giles Oakley
Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976)
3 CD box set
notes by Neil Slaven
= Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series"
Red Lightnin' Records discography
84e
1976
Big Joe Williams
Bluebird No 8
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Brother James
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More
- Crawlin' King Snake
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Meet Me Around The Corner
- Please Don't Go
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby
- Break 'em On Down
- Drop Down Blues [previously unissued]
- Somebody's Been Worryin' [Bluebird 34-0739]
- Wanita [previously unissued]
- Vitamin A [Bluebird 34-0739]
notes by Jacques Morgantini
RCA FXM1 7323 (Fr 1976)
84e
1976
Walter Davis
Bluebird No 9
- Sweet Sixteen (2:49) #
- Sad And Lonesome Blues (3:28) #
- Let Me In Your Saddle (3:21)
- Don't You Want To Go? (3:12)
- One Sweet Letter From You (3:00)
- Frisco Blues (2:55)
- Teasin' Brown Skin (3:00)
- I Feel All Right (2:56)
- Just One More Time (3:00)
- Things Ain't What They Used To Be (2:55)
- Oh! Me, Oh! My, Blues (3:16)
- It's Been So Long (2:50)
- New B & O Blues (3:01)
- Biddle Street Blues (2:55)
- Goodbye (3:09)
- Hello Baby (2:50)
# with poss. Joe Williams, g; poss. Henry Townsend, g
RCA FXM1 7330 (Fr 1976)
Walter Davis discography
Henry Townsend discography
84f
197?
Real Bluesmen & Folksingers
LP 1:
- Dog Me Around - Howlin' Wolf
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Curtis Jones
- Red River - Sonny Terry
- See See Rider - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Texas Tony - Yank Rachell
- Bad Boy - John Lee Hooker
- In The Wee Wee Hours - Junior Wells
- Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do - Big Joe Williams
- The Gallis Pole - Leadbelly
- Pretty Boy Floyd - Woody Guthrie
- Dust My Blues - Elmore James
LP 2:
- Prison Blues Come Down On Me - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Baby, Please Lend Me Your Love - Otis Spann, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
- Crying At Daybreak - Howlin' Wolf
- The House Carpenter - Pete Seeger
- Buffalo Skinners - Woody Guthrie
- Rambling On My Mind - 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Gonna Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- So Glad I'm Livin' - Sleepy John Estes
- Looky, Looky Younder - Leadbelly
- Johnny Hard - Cisco Houston
gatefold DLP
BYG 20 A (Fr 197?)
85
1977
Rare Gems
Previously unissued Chicago blues recordings from the collection of Norman Dayron
Roots TR 1005 LP 1 // TK Records TKR 82539:
Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me @ youtube
John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee @ youtube
Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues (= Goin' Down To Eli's = Cheatin' And Lyin' Blues) @ youtube @ Spotify
Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues @ Spotify
Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues @ youtube
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah @ youtube
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan @ Spotify
Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues @ youtube
Roots TR 1005 LP 2:
Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes @ Spotify
J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °° @ youtube
Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie (= South Side Boogie) @ youtube @ Spotify
Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin' @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog @ youtube
Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel @ youtube @ Spotify
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee (2:50) °° @ youtube
°° not on Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530
Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530 track sequence
Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me
John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee
Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues
Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues
Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan
Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living
Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues
Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King
Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My PotatoesJ.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °°
Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie
Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin'
Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog
Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black AngelRev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee °°
rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; compiled and edited by Norman Dayron & Mark Naftalin
gatefold DLP
notes by Pete Welding
Roots TR 1005 (US 1977)
= CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977)
notes by Pete Welding
(=) TK Records TKR 82539 (UK 1978) "Rare Gems Vol. 1" (LP 1 only)
notes by Pete Welding
(=) Bullseye Blues CD BB 9530 (US 1993) "Rare Chicago Blues 1962-1968"
85a
1977
The Blues
Volume 1: Country and City Blues
- Working Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- I'se Just A Bad Luck Man - Casey Bill Weldon
- Friendless Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Vitamin A - Big Joe Williams
- Mozelle Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Big Woman Blues - Johnny Temple
- When You Feel Down - Lonny Johnson
- If I Get Lucky - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- For B.B. King - T-Bone Walker
- Mercy Mama - Tampa Red
- Devil's Son-In-Law - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- What Have I Done - Lil Green
- My Black Name Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- She's Making A Fool Out Of Me - Washboard Sam
- You Got To Run Me Down - William 'Jazz' Gillum
Volume 2: Blues Pianists, Boogie Woogie and Blues Shouters
- Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo
- Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
- Just One More Time - Walter Davis
- Rocks In My Bed - Leroy Carr
- Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim
- Jivin' The Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Eddie's Blues - Eddie Boyd
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo
- Slow And Easy Blues - Jimmy Yancey
- Cuttin' The Boogie - Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons
- Bye Bye Baby - Jimmy Rushing
- How Long How Long Blues - Big Joe Turner
- Cleanhead Blues - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
- Hootie Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Thirsty Mama Blues - Hot Lips Page
- Moaning The Blues - Victoria Spivey
Volume 3: When The Jazzmen Play The Blues
- Back O'Town Blues - Louis Armstrong
- Winnin' [sic] Boy Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
- Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning - Sidney Bechet
- If You See Me Comin' - Mezzrow Ladnier Quintet
- Across The Track Blues - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
- House Rent Boogie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
- After Hours - Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
- Ride My Blues Away - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets
- That's The Blues Old Man - Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra
- Mobile Bay - Rex Stewart
- Rangoon - Cootie Williams
- A Tiny Bit Of Blues - Big Maceo
- Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues - Fats Waller
- Low Bottom no 2 - Wild Bill Davis
- Hey Ba-Ba Re-Bop / Hamp's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
prod. by Jean-Paul Guitier
boxed set of 3 LPs
notes by Michael Walter (translated by Don Waterhouse)
RCA PM 42039 (Fr 1977)
86
1979
Big Joe Williams: Last Of The Ramblin' Blues Man [sic]
Blues Roots Vol. 3
- Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues [Storyville SLP 163]
- Don't The Apples Look Mellow [Storyville SLP 163]
- Jinx Blues [Storyville SLP 163]
- Shake 'Em On Down [Storyville SLP 163]
- Don't You Leave Me Here [Storyville SLP 163]
- Saturday Night Jump [Storyville SLP 163]
- Pretty Willie Done Me Wrong [Storyville SLP 224]
- Tell Me Who's Been Telling You [Storyville SLP 224]
- Hellhound On My Trail [Storyville SLP 181]
- Some Old Rainy Day [Storyville SLP 224]
- A Change Got To Be Made [Storyville SLP 224]
- Turnroad Blues [Storyville SLP 224]
notes by Manfred Miller
Storyville/Teldec 6.23702 (Germany 1979)
Storyville Records discography
87
1979
Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues
The Living Tradition
LP 1:
Smoky Babe - Boogy
Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More
Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues
Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2
[Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues
Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes, this Jim Brewer track is actually / erroneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!!]
Arthur Weston - Someday Baby
Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind
Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco
Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning
Big Joe John Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller - Down Here By Myself
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero
Johnny Young - Green Door Blues
Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow
LP 2:
Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special
Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano
Henry Brown - Low Down Drag
Memphis Slim - Funky Blues
Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special
Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie
Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues
Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue
Memphis Slim - A Letter Home
Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes
Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues
Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer
Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free
compiled by Manfred Miller
front cover lino-cut by Hartmut Heumann
DLP
notes by Manfred Miller (English translation by Christa M. Gowing)
Storyville 6.28470 (Germany 1979)
to read liner notes click on pictures of covers: G = German / E = English text has been black/white reversed to improve readability
= PGP RTB 2LP 3220044 (Yugoslavia 1981)
Storyville Records discography
87a
1979
Chicago Blues - Live at the Fickle Pickle@ youtube (full album)
Johnny Jones & Willie Dixon
- Johnny's Boogie
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Long Haired Doney
John Henry Barbee
- Baby I Need Your Love
Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- Sloppy Drunk
Blind James Brewer
- Big Road Blues
- See What Poor Kelly Done
Big Joe Williams
- Sugar Mama #
Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- Early In The Morning
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Make Some Love To Me
- Smokestack Lightnin'
Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- My Little Machine
John Henry Barbee
- Tell Me Baby
Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- Going To The River
# rec. September 25, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
notes by George Mitchell (May 1979) & Bruce Bastin
Flyright LP 549 (UK 1979)
Flyright Records discography
87b
1979
Blues Giants
Masters of Jazz Vol. 15
LP 1
- Southern Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jasper's Gal - Memphis Slim
- Anytime Is The Right Time - Roosevelt Sykes
- New Shake 'Em On Down - Tommy McClennan
- Willow Tree Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Anna Lou Blues - Tampa Red
- Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo
- Early In The Morning - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Milk Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Pleading Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Get Yourself Together - Lonnie Johnson
- Walkin' And Drinkin' - Roosevelt Sykes
- Evil Blues - Washboard Sam
- Let Me In Your Saddle - Walter Davis
- Key To The Highway - William 'Jazz' Gillum
LP 2
- Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
- Crawlin' Kingsnake - Big Joe Williams
- Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Louisiana Blues part 2 - Little Brother Montgomery
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Look On Yonder Blues - William 'Jazz' Gillum
- Coal And Iceman Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- My Stove Don't Work - Casey Bill Weldon
- Big Time Woman - Roosevelt Sykes
- Katy Mae Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Good Jelly - Big Bill Broonzy
- When Things Go Wrong With You - Tampa Red
- 'Way Down In Louisiana - Casey Bill Weldon
- Teasin' Brown Skin - Walter Davis
- Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim
- Lazy Woman Blues - Lonnie Johnson
gatefold DLP
RCA CL 42858 (UK 1979)
88
1980
Blues N' Trouble / Blues 'N Trouble
Arhoolie FS 101 / F 1006 (1961 + 197?) track sequence:
Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues @ youtube
Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae @ youtube
Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues @ youtube
Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper @ youtube
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime @ youtube
Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly @ youtube
"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady @ youtube
Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth @ youtube
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369] @ youtube
Arhoolie F 1006 (1980) track sequence:
Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae
Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues
Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime
Sidney Maiden - Chicago Blues °° @ youtube
Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman
Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace - Ace's Guitar Blues °° @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] - Goin' Back South [aka "Down South Blues"] °°
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369]
°° 1980 version "bonus tracks", listed on labels, but not on back cover!
Black Ace rec. September 19, 1960 in Ft. Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas rec. 1960 in Zachary, LA by Chris Strachwitz
Sam Chatman rec. July 25, 1960 in Hollandale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Lowell Fulson rec. c. 1949 in Oakland, CA by Bob Geddins
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] rec. 1947 in New York, NY
Lil' Son Jackson rec. July 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Mance Lipscomb rec. August 13, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Jasper Love rec. July 23, 1960 in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Sidney Maiden rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz
Mercy Dee Walton rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee, voc, p
"Whistling" Alex Moore rec. summer 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Robert Curtis Smith rec. July 24, 1960 at the "Big 6" Barbershop in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Big Joe Williams rec. October 6, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie FS101 front cover lay-out by Clair Moxley
Arhoolie F1006 front cover design by Wayne Pope
photos by Chris Strachwitz (except Black Ace, courtesy B.K. Turner)
I Have To Paint My Face - Mississippi Blues 1960
Arhoolie CD 432 (1995) track sequence:
- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas [previously unreleased] @ Spotify
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas/Bruce Bratton [previously unreleased] @ Spotify
- Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon [previously unreleased] @ Spotify
- The Slop - Jasper Love/Columbus Jones [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Rooster Blues - Wade Walton [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas/Sidney Maiden [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Desert Blues - Jasper Love [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Butch's Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden/K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie F 1006, 2nd. ed.]
notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif."
Arhoolie FS101 (US 1961)
notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif."
= Arhoolie F 1006 (196?)
notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley, California"
= Arhoolie F 1006 (197?)
notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709"
(=) Arhoolie F 1006 (US 1980) 1980 release uses same front and back covers as 197? release, but actually has slightly different content - as printed on the labels!
notes by Chris Strachwitz
partly reissued on Arhoolie CD 432 (US 1995) subtitled "Mississippi Blues 1960"
Arhoolie Records discography
89
1980
Chicago Breakdown
Little Brother Montgomery
- Hesitatin' Blues
John Lee Granderson
- Minglewood Town
Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
Big Joe Williams
- I Feel So Worried
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield
- V 8 Ford Blues
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
Little Brother Montgomery with Michael Bloomfield
- Michigan Water Blues
John Lee Granderson
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
Dr. Ross
- Hobo Blues
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield
- Stack O' Dollars @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield
- Polly Put The Kettle On
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years
notes by Norman Dayron
Takoma TAK 7071 (US 1980)
notes by Norman Dayron
= Sonet SNTF 863 (UK 1981)
notes by Norman Dayron
Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2 "Takoma Blues"
Takoma Records discography
90
1980
Rare Blues
Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- I Ain't Got Nobody
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
Little Brother Montgomery
- The Pleadin' Blues
Sunnyland Slim
- Lend Me Your Love
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Two Trains Running
Big Joe Williams
- Whistling Pines @ youtube
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- O Lord I Want You To Help Me
notes by Norman Dayron
Takoma TAK 7081 (US 1980)
notes by Norman Dayron
= Sonet SNTF 853 (UK 1981)
(=) Sonet RISLP-14115
notes by Norman Dayron
Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2 "Takoma Blues"
Takoma Records discography
91
1980
Downhome Delta Blues 1949-1952
Pee Wee Hughes
- Country Boy Blues
Little Sam Davis
- Goin Home Blues
- 1958 Blues
Earl Hooker
- On the Hook
Little Sam Davis
- Goin' To New Orleans
- She's So Good To Me
Joe Hill Louis
- Jealous Blues
- Joe's Jump
Sunny Blair
- Please Send My Baby Home
Baby Face Turner
- Blue Serenade
Junior Brooks
- Lone Town Blues
Luther Huff
- Dirty Disposition
- 1951 Blues
Bobo Thomas
- Catfish Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Jivin' Woman
- She's A Married Woman
Nighthawk 109 (US 1980)
Nighthawk Records discography
92
1980
Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson 'No. 2'
Big Joe Williams
- Cotton Grove
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Bessermer Baby
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Highway 49
- Shake Your Boogie
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Steady Rollin' Man
- Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket
Big Joe Williams
- Jump Baby Jump
- Mean Mistreater
- Prison Bound
P-Vine PLP-9014 (Jp 1980)
93
1980
Big Joe Williams: Back To The Roots
- Down In The Bottom #
- Boogie Woogie All Day Long #
- I Wanna Die Easy When I Die *
- Bull Cow Blues *
- Watergate Blues §
- I'm Gonna Do It This Time, Ain't Gonna Do It No Mo' *
- Stella Blues §
- I Thought It Was Somethin' Big To Make A Record In Them Days []
- Jinx Blues ~
- Sugar Hill Story //
- Skin And Bone Blues {}
- Jump, Baby, Jump {}
- Came Out The Wilderness //
- Lord Have Mercy \\
- Motherless Children \\
- Levee Camp Holler //
- You Gonna Need King Jesus On Your Bond //
- Sinner Man //
- 'Bama Leaves Fallin' \\
- This Little Light 'O Mine //
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In \\
- In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down ||
- Kansas City Blues $
- What You Gon' Do, Sinner? ~ ^^
# rec. March 31, 1973 in Berlin, Germany; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
[] rec. July 24, 1978 in Crawford, MS; Big Joe Williams, sp
* rec. July 28, 1978 in Crawford, MS; Big Joe Williams, sp
§ rec. August 2, 1978 in Mashulaville, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
// rec. August 3, 1978 in Crawford, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc
\\ rec. August 20, 1978 in Crawford, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
|| rec. August 22, 1978 in Crawford, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
{} rec. August 22, 1978 in Crawford, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Ponytail Slim [Axel Küstner], hca
$ rec. August 25, 1978 in Crawford, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
~ rec. August 26, 1978 in Crawford, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; ^^ B.L. Logan, voc
prod. by Axel Küstner & Siegfried A. Christmann
all photos July-September 1978 by Axel Küstner
gatefold sleeve with 4-pp. booklet by Axel Küstner & Siegfried A. Christmann
Ornament CH-7.713 (Germany 1980) "Back To The Roots"
= 5 Color FC 5383 (Switzerland 1989) "Watergate Blues" ("American Black Blues" series)
= Ornament/CMA CM 8001 (Germany 1991) "Watergate Blues"
= CMA/Ornament CM 8001 (Germany 1992) "Watergate Blues"
= Chrisly CD CM 30001-2 (Germany 2000) "Watergate Blues" ("Ornament Blues Masters" series)
Ornament Records discography
95
1980
Delta Blues Festival '79
Napoleon Strickland Fife and Drum Band (Jesse Mae Hemphill, Abe Young)
- Shimmy Shawhaha
Boyd Rivers
- Grow Sick And Die
Clyde Maxwell
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- Tell Me Mama
Harmonica Medley:
Napoleon Strickland
- Fox Chase
- Let's Boogie
Hammie Nixon
- Rock Me Mama
- Mule To Ride
Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell
- How Long
Johnny Shines
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Sam Myers
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Sylvia Embry
- Goin' To New York
Betty Fikes & Johnny Shines Band
- Rock Me Baby
Lefty Dizz
- You Might Have Made Your Move Too Soon
rec. September 8, 1979 in Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi, by Worth Long in cooperation with Mississippi Action for Community Education (MACE)
Delta Blues DBF 79
95a
1980
Mississippi Delta Blues
Boyd Rivers @ youtube
- You Got To Take Sick And Die One Of These Days
- When I Cross Over
Clyde Maxwell @ youtube
- I Left Alabama
Hammie Nixon [& Napoleon Strickland] @ youtube
- I'm A Tatta [actually "(Po)Tato"] Digging Man [Nixon]
- Fox Hound [Strickland]
- Sent My Baby A Brand New Twenty Dollar Bill [Nixon]
- Let's Boogie [Strickland]
- Rock Me Baby [Nixon]
Big Joe Williams @ youtube
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Don't You Wish Your Woman Was Tailored Made Like Mine [actually "Tailor Made"]
- Came Home This Morning
Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell @ youtube
- We Going Round The Mountain
- How Long That Evening Train Been Gone
Johnny Shines @ youtube
- You Got To Pay The Cost
- I Walked All The Way From East St. Louis Today
Betty Fikes @ youtube
- Rock Me Baby, Rock Me All Night Long
Johnny Shines with Robert Lockwood Jr. @ youtube
- They Call Me Little Wolf
Sylvia Embry @ youtube
- I'm Going To New York, Even If I Have To Walk
Lefty Dizz
- Make Your Move Too Soon
filmed September 8, 1979 live at the 1st [*not* 2nd (1980), as the VHS' notes claim!] Mississippi Delta Blues Festival at Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi; hosted by Willie Dixon; VHS 60 min, colour, mono
Kay Jazz KJ 081 (UK 1980)
95b
1981
Big Joe Williams, Memphis Slim, Little Brother Montgomery
Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50's from Cobra & JOB
Big Joe Williams
- Cottage Grove
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Bessemer Baby
- Baby Please Don't Go (tks. 1 & 2)
- Highway 49
- Shake Your Boogie
- Jump Baby Jump
Big Joe Williams
- Mean Mistreater
- Prison Bound
Little Brother Montgomery
- Keep Drinkin'
- Boogie
Memphis Slim
- I Wonder What's The Matter
- Best Girl I Ever Had
notes by Alan Balfour
Flyright 577 (UK 1981) "Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50s from Cobra & JOB"
(=) Flyright CD 31 (UK 19??)
Flyright Records discography
95c
1981
Vintage Blues
Big Maceo
- Kid Man Blues
Dr. Clayton
- Cheating And Lying Blues
Arthur Crudup
- Who's Been Fooling You
- The War Is Over
Jazz Gillum
- Whiskey Headed Buddies
Lonnie Johnson
- Some Day Baby
- My Love Is Down
Piano Red
- Sober
St. Louis Jimmy
- My Story Blues
Arbee Stidham
- My Heart Belongs To You
Sunnyland Slim
- Farewell Little Girl
- Broke & Hungry
Roosevelt Sykes
- Bobby Sox Blues
- Her Little Machine
Tampa Red
- Give Me Mine Now
- Better Leave My Gal Alone
Big Joe Williams
- Drop Down Blues
- Wanita [actually plays "Somebody's Been Borrowing"]
Sonny Boy Williamson
- We Got To Win
- Sonny Boy's Jump
RCA INTS 5099
= RCA NL 43607
96
1982
Okeh Chicago Blues
- Good Doing Daddy - Big Boy Edwards (unissued master)
- Hollywood Stomp - Victoria Spivey & Her Chicago Four
- Blues And Trouble - Curtis Jones (unissued performance)
- Brownskin Woman Swing - Roosevelt Scott
- Miss Ora Lee Blues - Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band
- Born For Bad Luck - Brownie McGhee
- Weed Head Woman - Champion Jack Dupree
- 15 Cents A Day - Roosevelt Sykes (The Honey Dripper)
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Confessin' The Blues - Peter Cleighton
- I Am Sailin' - Memphis Minnie
- Just Had To Holler - Little Son Joe
- I Can't Write - Big Bill & His Rhythm Band
- Bad Whiskey Blues - The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson)
- Tennessee Woman Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Delta Pine Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Ride, Ride Mama - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Evil-hearted Woman Blues - Johnny Shines (unissued)
- Johnny Shines (Vocal, Guitar), Probably Big Bill Broonzy (guitar), Chicago, Feb 24, 1946
- Jitterbug Blues - Muddy Waters (unissued)
- Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters (unissued)
- Burying Ground Blues - Muddy Waters (unissued)
Muddy Waters (vocal, guitar), James Clarke (piano), probably Baby-Face Leroy Foster (guitar), Chicago, September 27, 1946
Big Joe Williams
- P-Vine Blues
- Bad And Weak Hearted Blues
- King Biscuit Stomp
- I'm A Highway Man
- Banta Rooster Blues (unissued)
- Mean Step Father Blues (unissued)
- House Lady Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here (Big Joe Williams (vocal, guitar), Sonny Boy Williamson (harmonica), Ransom Knowling (bass), Judge Lawrence Riley (drums), December 18, 1947 in Chicago, IL
gatefold DLP
Epic EG 37318/37319 (US 1982)
= Epic EPC 22123 (UK 1982)
96a
1983
Big Joe Williams: 1973 - 80 Field Recordings
- Tailor Made Baby @ youtube
- Prison Bound Blues @ youtube
- Dark Road Blues @ youtube
- Hold Up The Light, Let It Shine [omitted from Bellaphon CDLR 82004] @ youtube
- Delta Blues @ youtube
- Lord Have Mercy @ youtube
- Don't Your House Look Lonesome °° @ youtube
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff O' Mine # @ youtube
- Deal 'Em On Down @ youtube
- Snitchin' Blues @ youtube
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed # @ youtube
- Lonesome Train Blues @ youtube
- No More Whiskey @ youtube
- Liza Jane Blues @ youtube
- Texas Blues °° * @ youtube
- When I Lay My Burden Down # @ youtube
rec. July 28, August 3, August 20, August 26, 1978, August 25, September 5, October 15, 1980 in Crawford, MS by Axel Küstner; Big Joe Williams, 9-str g, voc; # Lydia Carter, add'l voc
°° rec. March 30, 1977 in Berlin, Germany; Big Joe Williams, 9-str g, voc; * Cooper Terry, hca
prod. by Axel Küstner & Siegfried A. Christmann
photos by Axel Küstner (cover photo: October 29, 1976 in Dortmund, Germany, liner photo: September 26, 1978 in Crawford, MS)
notes by Axel Küstner
L+R 42.047 (Germany 1983)
= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2047 (US 198?)
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 82004 (Germany 1996) "Blues Classics"
notes by Peter R. Aschoff
= Evidence CD 26096 (US 1998) "No More Whiskey"
L+R Records discography
96aa
1983
More Devil's Music
Red Lightnin' RL 0038 track sequence:
James DeShay Band
- Crossroads @ youtube
- Pony Blues @ youtube
- Mistake In Life @ youtube
- Evil Is Going On @ youtube
- Hold That Train, Conductor @ youtube
- Forty Four @ youtube
Big Joe Williams
- Providence Help The Poor People # @ youtube
Henry Townsend
- Tears Came Rolling Down @ youtube
Big Joe Williams
- Sloppy Drunk # @ youtube
Henry Townsend
- Wave My Hands Bye Bye @ youtube
Big Joe Williams
- Meet Me At the Bottom # @ youtube
Victoria Spivey
- T.B. Blues @ youtube
prod. & ed. by Maddalena Fagandini & Giles Oakley (BBC TV series)
sleeve design and illustration of Red Lightnin' RL0033 by G.M.W. Snow; photography by Axel Küstner, Erik Lindahl
Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence:
CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen °°
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 # °°
Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water °°
Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag °°
Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues # °°
Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight °°
Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi °°
Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule °°
Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack °°
Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home °°
Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild °°
Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider °°
Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues °°
Laura Dukes - Crawdad °°
The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me °°
Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me °°
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime °°
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin' °°
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is °°
Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too °°
CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2
Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me °°
The Aces - Blue Shadows °°
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie °°
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues °°
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues °°
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now °°
James De Shay - Crossroads
James De Shay - Pony Blues
James De Shay - Mistake In Life
James De Shay - Evil Is Going On
James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor
James De Shay - Forty Four
Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People
Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down
Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk
Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye
Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom
Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues
CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °°
Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °°
Memphis Slim - All By Myself °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °°
Memphis Slim - In The Evening °°
Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °°
Matt Murphy - Taking Off °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °°
°° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks
# rec. January 21, 1976 in Crawford, MS; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
notes by Giles Oakley
Red Lightnin' RL 0038
Red Lightnin' Records discography
3 CD box set
notes by Neil Slaven
= Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series"
96b
2/1984
Going Back Home
Chicago Bluesmasters Vol. 3
Big Joe Williams
- Goin' Back Home [Vee-Jay 227]
- My Baby Left (Me) [Vee-Jay 227]
- King's Highway [Vee-Jay unissued]
- Eula Mae [Vee-Jay unissued]
Big Boy Spires
- About To Lose My Mind [Chance 1137]
- Which One Do I Love [Chance 1137]
Johnny Williams
- Silver Haired Woman [Chance unissued]
- Fat Mouth [Chance unissued]
Little Walter
- That's Alright
- Just Keep Loving Her
John Lee Hooker
- Talkin Boogie
- Miss Lorraine
- I Love To Boogie
- Graveyard Blues
- 609 Boogie
- Road Trouble
Charly CRB 1067 (UK 2/1984)
96c
1984
Chicago Downhome Blues: Jimmy Reed, Morris Pejoe, Big Joe Williams
Jimmy Reed
- I Ain't Got You
- She Don't Want Me No More
- Come On Baby
- I Don't Go For That
- I Wanna Be Loved
- I'm Goin Upside Your Head
- When You're Doin' Alright
Morris Pejoe
- You're Gonna Need Me
- Hurt My Feelings
Big Joe Williams
- Goin Back Home
- My Baby Left Town
- Kings Highway
- Eula Mae
VeeJay recordings
Teichiku UPS 2270 (Jp 1984)
97
1987
Big Joe Williams: Baby Please Don't Go
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- Stepfather Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Wild Cow Blues
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Brother James
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More
- Crawlin' King Snake
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Meet Me Around The Corner
- Please Don't Go
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby
- Break 'Em On Down
notes by Terry Ohmer
Bluetime / Contact Records BT-2007 ("Denmark" 1987)
98
1988
Big Joe Williams Live 1974
LP tracks
- Shake Your Boogie
- My Woman
- Evening Sun
- Come Here Baby
- Don't Your Peaches Look Mellow
- Where Did You Stay Last Night
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Sloppy Drunk
- Banty Rooster
- Don't You Know
CD tracks
- Shake Your Boogie
- Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King
- Taylor Made Baby
- Sloppy Drunk
- Please Come On Home To Me
- Annie Mae
- Banty Rooster Blues
- Rusty Can Blues
- Some Other Man Blues
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Don't Your Plums Look Mellow, Hanging Up On Your Tree #
- Bull Cow Blues
- Someday Baby
rec. November 22, 1974 live at the Old Capitol Building in Jackson, Mississippi
Wolf 120.918
(=) Wolf CD 120.916 (2007) "Shake Your Boogie"
98a
1988
Bluesville Vol. 1 "Folk Blues"
Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues @ youtube
Memphis Willie B. - Country Girl Blues @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Levee Camp Blues @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Catfish Blues @ youtube
Sidney Maiden - San Quentin Blues @ youtube
Wade Walton - Big Fat Mama @ youtube
Pete Franklin - Grievin' Me @ youtube
Blind Willie McTell - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson - Fine Booze and Heavy Dues @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise @ youtube
Reverend Gary Davis - You Got To Move @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Brown Skinned Woman @ youtube
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Pawn Shop @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - T-Model Blues @ youtube
Doug Quattlebaum - You Is One Black Rat @ youtube
Ace CDCH 247 bonus tracks:
Memphis Willie B - Highway 61 @ youtube
Furry Lewis - Shake 'em On Down @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Alberta @ youtube
Baby Tate - See What You Done Done @ youtube
Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog @ youtube
compiled by Ray Topping
notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley
Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)
Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)
Bluesville Records discography
99
1989
Sonny Boy Williamson & Big Joe Williams: Throw A Boogie Woogie
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone
- Early In The Morning
- Black Gal Blues
- Moonshine
- Whiskey Headed Blues
- You Give An Account
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Brother James
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Crawlin' King Snake [53989-2, not take 1 as stated !]
- Highway 49
- Please Don't Go
- North Wind Blues
- Throw A Boogie Woogie
notes by Bill Altmann
BMG/Bluebird NL 90320 (Germany 1989)
= BMG/Bluebird CD ND90320
= RCA 9599-2-R (US 1989)
99a
1989
Sonny Boy Williamson and Big Joe Williams: Throw A Boogie Woogie
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone
- Early In The Morning
- Black Gal Blues
- Moonshine
- Whiskey Headed Blues
- You Give An Account
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Brother James
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Crawling King Snake
- Highway 49
- Please Don't Go
- North Wind Blues
- Throw A Boogie Woogie
notes by Bill Altman
RCA NL 90320 (Germany)
= RCA CD ND 90320
= RCA cassette NK 90320
= RCA CD 9599
= Roslin CD (2010)
1990
Down Home Blues
A "Home Cooking" Sampler
Lightning Hopkins - Stinking Foot
Lightning Hopkins - Rainy Day In Houston
Johnny Copeland - Working Man Blues
Big Walter with Albert Collins - Nothing But The Blues
Juke Boy Bonner - Gimme Some Boone's Farm [Home Cooking HCS 113]
Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson - Lean On Your Body
Larry Davis - That's Allright With You
Gene Vell - Screaming All Night Long
Sidewalk Sam - Mister Lend Me A Dime
Peppermint Harris - To Be With The One You Love
Clarence Green - Empty House Of So Many Tears
Pete Mayes - Crazy Woman
Big Walter with Albert Collins - If Blues Was Money
Pete Mayes - Moving Out
Lonnie Mitchell - Louisiana Slow Drag
rec. 1958 to 1965 in Houston, TX; prod. by Roy C. Ames
cover photograph shows Big Joe Williams (even though he's not present on the LP); photographer: Burton Wilson (taken at the Victory Grill, Austin, Texas)
notes by Roy Ames
Rattlesnake MMLP55001 (Germany 1990)
100
1990
Delta Blues 1951
Big Joe Williams
sessions on Scott's Radio Service, and at Cedars of Lebanon in 1951, originally issued on Trumpet Records, Jackson, Mississippi
- Mama Don't Allow Me
- Delta Blues
- Overhauling Blues
- Whistling Pines
- Friends And Pals
- Juanita
- She Left Me A Mule
- Bad Heart Blues
Luther Huff
rec. at Scott's Radio Service Jan/Feb 1951
- 1951 Blues
- Dirty Disposition
- Bull Dog Blues
- Rosalee
Willie Love and his Three Aces (incl. Elmore James, Little Milton)
recorded at Scott's Radio Service and Musician's Union Hall
- Everybody's Fishing
- My Own Boogie
- 74 Blues
- Shady Lane Blues
- 21 Minutes To Nine
- Vanity Dresser Boogie
notes by Marc Ryan
Acoustic Archives AA-702
North San Juan, CA
("Trumpet Records")
= Alligator ALCD 2702 (1993)
100a
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 bonus tracks:
- Hell Hound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
- Rock Island Line - Leadbelly and The Golden Gate Quartet
"Roots n' Blues" series, compiled / produced 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 SPV91722 (Germany/Poland 2008)
20 CD box set, CD 5
(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)
101
1991
Big Joe Williams
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 1 (1935-1941)
- Little Leg Woman
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- Providence Help The Poor People
- 49 Highway Blues
- My Grey Pony
- Stepfather Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Stack O' Dollars
- Wild Cow Blues
- Worried Man Blues
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Brother James
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More
- Crawlin' King Snake
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Meet Me Around The Corner
- Throw A Boogie Woogie
- North Wind Blue
- Please Don't Go
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby
- Break 'Em On Down
notes by Bob Groom
RST BDCD-6003 (Austria 1991)
= Document BDCD 6003 "Break 'Em On Down"
102
1991
Big Joe Williams
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 2 (1945-1949)
- Drop Down Blues
- Somebody's Been Worryin'
- Wanita
- Vitamin A
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Stack Of Dollars
- Mellow Apples
- Wild Cow Moan
- P Vine Blues
- Bad And Weakhearted Blues
- King Biscuit Stomp
- I'm A Highway Man
- Banta Rooster Blues
- Mean Step Father Blues
- House Lady Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Jivin' Woman
- She's A Married Woman
- Walking Blues
- Atlanta Town
notes by Bob Groom
RST BDCD-6004 (Austria 1991)
= Document BDCD 6004 "Somebody's Been Worryin'"
103
1991
Big Joe Williams: Bluesmaster Vol. 2
- So Soon I Will Be Goin' My Way Back Home
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Saturday Night Jump
- Jinx Blues
- Pick A Pickle
- Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues
- Old Saw Mill Blues
- Don't The Apples Look Mellow
- El Paso Blues
- Back Home Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Shaggy Hound Blues
- Wild Cow Moan
- Juanita
- Vitamin A Blues
from two Storyville LPs; rec. 1963in Copenhagen
notes (reprinted) by Paul Oliver
Storyville STCD 38002 (Denmark 1991)
Storyville Records discography
104
1992
Big Boss Men
Blues Legends Vol. 1
Earl Hooker
- Blues For Dancers
Jimmy Reed
- Hard Walkin' Hanna
- Xmas Present Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Blues On Decoration Day
- My Troubles
- What You Gonna Do For Me
Lightnin' Hopkins
- War Is Starting Again
- Louisiana Woman
Homesick James
- Lonesome Road
- The Woman I Love
Roosevelt Sykes
- I'm Gonna Get Even With You
- Bird Nest On The Ground
- Bad News
- Hey Woman
Jimmy Reed
- Cry Before I Go
- Down At The Corner Grocery Store
- Big Legged Woman
Red Lightnin' RLCD 0092 (UK 1992)
Red Lightnin' Records discography
104a
1992
Big Joe Williams: Baby Please Don't Go
The Blues Collection # 36
- Worried Man Blues
- Stepfather Blues
- Wild Cow Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- Stack O' Dollars
- Providence Help The Poor People
- Brother James
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Highway 49
- Meet Me Around The Corner
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Crawlin' King Snake
- North Wind Blues
- Throw A Boogie Woogie
edited by Tony Russell
Orbis Blu NC 36
104b
1992
The Ultimate Blues Collection Volume 1
CD 1:
Big Joe Williams
- Bull Cow Blues
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In
Doctor Ross
- My Little Woman
- Cat Squirrel
Blind John Davis
- Everyday I Have The Blues
- Limehouse Blues
John Lee Hooker
- You're So Fine
- It Serve Me Right To Suffer
Guitar Slim
- Early Mornin' Blues
Tommy Tucker
- Come Back Baby / What Did I Say
- Hi Heel Sneakers
Tommy Tucker & Louisiana Red
- Early Morning Blues
CD 2:
Guitar Slim
- Outdoor Weather Blues
Richard Bargel
- Dancing Up That Country Road
Guitar Slim
- Hard Headed Blues
Richard Bargel
- Blue Steel
- Me And The Devil Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Down In The Bottom
- Boogie Woogie All Night Long
- I'm Gonna Do It This Time, Ain't Gonna Do It No Mo'
- In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
- In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
- 30:20 Blues
- Sweet Black Angel
- China Blues
CD 3:
Memphis Piano Red
- Rocky Mountain Blues
- Red's Boogie
- My Life Is So Meserable
Champion Jack Dupree
- I Ain't Good Lookin'
- Reminscing Fats W.
Blind John Davis
- Dippermouth Blues
- Cow Cow Blues
- Moanin' The Blues
Big Moose Walker
- Would You Baby
- Somebody Got To Go
3 CD set
Chrisly CM 11001 ("Chrisly Records Blues Box")
104c
1992
Jaybird Coleman & The Birmingham Jug Band 1927-30
Jaybird Coleman
- My Jelly Blues (Bertha Ross, voc) - Mill Log Blues
- Boll Weevil
- Ah'm Sick And Tired Of Tellin' You
- Man Trouble Blues
- Trunk Busted - Suitcase Full Of Holes
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan - Some O' These Days
- You Heard Me Whistle
- No More Good Water - 'cause The Pond Is Dry
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'ligion Down (Frank Palmes)
- Troubled 'bout My Soul (Frank Palmes)
- Coffee Grinder Blues
- Man Trouble Blue
The Birmingham Jug Band
- German Blues [OKeh 8856]
- Cane Brake Blues [OKeh 8866]
- The Wild Cat Squawl [OKeh 8856]
- Bill Wilson [OKeh 8908]
- Birmingham Blues [OKeh 8895]
- Gettin' Ready For Trial [OKeh 8856]
- Giving It Away [OKeh 8908]
- Kickin' Mule Blues [OKeh 8866]
notes by Kip Lornell
Document DOCD-5140 (Austria 1992)
104d
1992
Blues Giants In Concert
More American Folk Blues Festival 1963 a/k/a "The Lost Blues Tapes, Vol. 2"
Memphis Slim - Blues Everywhere (2:29)
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - John Henry (2:50)
Muddy Waters - Captain Captain (3:47)
Muddy Waters - Catfish Blues (2:59)
Muddy Waters - In The City (= "Blow Wind Blow") (3:56)
Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Cryin' (= "My Home Is In The Delta") (5:07)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Love For Me Is True (= "That's All I Want Baby") (4:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Misuse Me # (4:57)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Gettin' Tired (3:04)
Otis Spann - Going Down Slow (alt version) (= "Had My Fun") (3:32)
Lonnie Johnson - Careless Love (3:13)
Lonnie Johnson - C.C. Rider (2:36)
Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues (4:33)
Big Joe Williams - Big Roll Blues (2:55)
Big Joe Williams - Back In The Bottom (3:16)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (2:21)
rec. October 13, 1963 "live" in Bremen, Germany; prod. by Siegfried Loch, co-producer: Horst Lippmann
ACT 9205-2 (Germany 1992)
104e
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 (CCO 4654-IN) [originally unissued] @ youtube
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go (CCO 4833-NG) [alt tk, previously unissued] @ youtube
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, CD 5 
(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series, CD 4)
104a
1993
Delmark 40th Anniversary Blues
Junior Wells - Snatch It Back And Hold It
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Jimmie Lee Robinson - Lonely Traveller
Big Time Sarah - I Make Love
Dave Specter, Barkin' Bill Smith - Things I'd Do For You
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Rambling On My Mind
Sleepy John Estes - I'd Been Well Warned
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right
Otis Rush - You're Breakin' My Heart (alt tk)
J.B. Hutto - Slidewinder
Roosevelt Sykes - Eagle Rock Me Baby
Jimmy Johnson - Easy Money
Curtis Jones - Highway 51 Blues
Edith Wilson - Mistreatin' Blues
Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen
Yank Rachell - Let Me Tangle In Your Vines
Jesse Fortune - Fortune Tellin' Man
Willie Kent - Memory Of You
Magic Sam - I Need You So Bad
Delmark DX-2 (US 1993)
Delmark Records discography
105
1993
Big Joe Williams: Shake Your Boogie
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Yo Yo Blues
- President Roosevelt
- Fourty Four Blues
- Greystone Blues
- I Want My Crown *
- Mean Step Father
- Brother James
- Shake Your Boogie
- Vitamin A Blues
- She Left Me A Mule To Ride
- So Glad
- Louisiana Bound
- Killing Floor Blues
- Throw The Boogie Woogie
- Dirt Road Blues
- Montreal Blues
- Take Me Out Of The Bottom
- Thinking Of What They Did To Me
- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King **
- Army Man In Vietnam **
- Creole Queen
- Remember Way Back
- King Jesus **
* Mary Williams, voc
** Charlie Musselwhite, hca
all of Arhoolie 1002 and most of Arhoolie 1053
notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie CD-315 (US 1993)
106
1993
Big Joe Williams: Blues From The South Side
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Sinking Blues
- Put On Your Nitecap Baby
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
- Don't Want No Big Fat Woman
- Ride in My New Car With Me Blues
- Going Away
- Won't Be Back Till Fall
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Sugar Mama
- 44 Blues
- Terraplane Blues
front cover of first issue had photo of Joe Williams (former Count Basie vocalist), not Big Joe Williams !!!
Pilz CD 449320-2 (Golden Legend Series)
107
1993
James Cotton, Little Brother Montgomery, Otis Spann, Big Joe Williams & others
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Moan
- Screamin' And Cryin'
re-release of Roots TR 1005
prod. by Norman Dayron
Bullseye/Rounder CD BEYE9530
107a
1994
Bloodstains On The Wall
Honey Boy
- Blood Stains On The Wall
- You Better Move On Away From Here
- Have You A Match
Pine Blues Pete
- Uncle Sam Blues
- Woman Acts Funny
- Going Back To Mama
- Got A Letter This Morning
- Want To Boogie Woogie
Big Joe Williams
- Ride My New Car With Me
- Rather Be Sloppy Drunk
Country Jim Bledsoe
- Dial 110 Blues
- Hollywood Boogie
- One Thing My Baby Likes
- Stormin' And Rainin'
Little Temple
- I Ate The Wrong Part
- What A Mistake
- Mean And Evile
- Cold Love
Pete McKinley
- Black Snake Blues
- Cryin' For My Baby
- Look A Here Boy
- Whistlin' Blues
- Don't Want Me Blues
- David's Boogie
- Sail On Little Girl Sail On
compiled by Billy Vera
Ace CDCHD 576
107b
1994
Big Joe Williams: Baby Please Don't Go
Blues Encore CD 52035 (It)
107c
1994
Boogie Woogie Riot
American Arhoolie Music
Big Joe Duskin - The Tribute [Arhoolie 1080]
Pete Johnson - Rocket Boogie '88' (Part 2)
Joe Turner / W. Pete Johnson - Wine-o Baby Boogie
Dave Alexander - The Rattler
Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie Woogie
Robert Shaw - The Cows
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin's Boogie
Piano Red - Atlanta Bounce
Alex Moore - Rock And Roll Bed
Big Joe Williams - Throw The Boogie Woogie
Big Joe Duskin - Down The Road A Piece >[Arhoolie 1080]
Robert Shaw - Fast Santa Fe (Bear Cat)
L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time
Piano Red - The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo
Pete Johnson - Hala Tight Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins - Hammond Boogie (Organ Boogie)
Mercy Dee - Red Light
Big Walter Horton - Walter's Boogie
Clifton Chenier - Houston Boogie
L.C. Robinson - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
Katie Webster - I Know That's Right
Dave Alexander - Fillmore Street Boogie
Pete Johnson - Skid Row Boogie
compiled by Chris Strachwitz and John Broven
notes by Chris Smith
Ace CDCHD 526 (UK)
108
1995
Bottleneck Blues
Napoleon Strickland
- Key To The Bushes
Big Joe Williams
- Talking About Bottleneck
- Traveling Blues
Robert Night Hawk
- Crying Won't Help You
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Six White Horses
Mott Willis
- Knife Instrumental
Robert Lee Granderson
- Flora Blues
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- Wild Wild Woman
Blind Connie Williams
- St. Louis Blues
David Honeyboy Edwards
- Worryin' Woman Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm Coming, Lord, Please Don't Drive Me Away
Chicago Blues Band
- Verna Lee Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Wouldn't Mind Dying
John Littlejohn
- Dust My Broom
Blind Connie Williams
- Trouble In Mind
Big Joe Williams
- How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done
Mott Willis
- M & O Blues
Johnny Shines
- Crucial Moment
Jack Owens
- Train Time
Robert Johnson
- I Don't Know When Death Is Gonna Call Me
Herb Quinn
- Casey, You Can't Ride This Train
Napoleon Strickland
- Skake 'Em Down
[Testament T-2216
announced, but not issued]
notes by David Evans
Testament TCD-5021 (US 1995)
= P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp)
Testament Records discography
109
1995
Capitol Blues Collection
Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry
- Wimmin From Coast To Coast
Lil' Son Jackson
- Ticket Agent Blues
Sonny Terry
- Telephone Blues
Memphis Slim
- All This Piano Boogie
T-Bone Walker
- I'm Gonna Find My Baby
Sonny Terry
- Whoopin' The Blues
Muddy Waters
- Rock Me
Son House
- Death Letter Blues
10 inch LP
Capitol (promotional LP)
109a
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 - Young, Mighty Joe
- 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)
110
1996
Big Joe Williams: Giant Of The 9-String Guitar
- Little Leg Woman
- Providence Help The Poor People
- 49 Highway Blues
- Stepfather Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Wild Cow Blues
- Stack Of Dollars
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me
- Brother James
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More
- Meet Me Around The Corner
- Crawlin' King Snake
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Please Don't Go
- Break 'Em On Down
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby
- His Spirit Lives On
- Vitamin A Blues
- Somebody's Been Worryin'
EPM Musique CD BC158552
= Jazz Archives CD 158552
111
1996
Big Joe Williams / Blind Willie McTell: Wild Cow Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Stack O'Dollars
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Providence Help The Poor People
- 49 Highway
- I Know That You're Gonna Miss Me
- Borrowing That Stuff
- Stepfather Blues
- Worried Man Blues
- Wild Cow Blues
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues
- Three Women Blues
- Loving Talking Blues
- Love Changing Blues
- Stole Rider Blues
- Drive Away Blues
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues
Magnum MACD 077
111a
1996
Arhoolie presents American Masters Vol. 1
15 Down Home Country Blues Classics
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Line [Arhoolie 1027, CD 304] @ youtube
Lightning Hopkins - Have You Ever Loved A Woman [Arhoolie 1063] @ youtube
John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn [Arhoolie 1025, CD 378] @ youtube
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Cairo Blues [Arhoolie 1004, CD 352] @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb - 'Bout A Spoonful [Arhoolie 1001, CD 306] @ youtube
Black Ace - Drink On Little Girl [Arhoolie 1003] @ youtube
Snooks Eaglin - Country Boy Down In New Orleans [Arhoolie CD 348] @ youtube
Bukka White - Columbus, Mississippi Blues [Arhoolie 1005] @ youtube
Dr. Ross - Shake 'em On Down [Arhoolie 1065, CD 371] @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams - Just Tippin' In (4:10) [Arhoolie CD 394] @ youtube [not "Just Trippin' In", as youtube video suggests]
Jesse Fuller - Hump In My Back [Arhoolie CD 360] @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Brother James [Arhoolie 1002, CD 315] @ youtube
Smoky Babe - I'm Broke And I'm Hungry [Arhoolie 2019, CD 440] @ youtube
R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie [Arhoolie 1042, CD 402] @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Mercury Blues [Arhoolie CD 432] @ youtube
prod. and edited by Chris Strachwitz
cover photo (Big Joe Williams) by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie CD 101 (US 1996)
Arhoolie Records discography
112
1997
Big Joe Williams: Sugar Mama
- Don't Want No Big Fat Women
- Ride In My New Car
- Goin' Away, Won't Be Back 'til Fall
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Sugar Mama
- Nobody Knows You (When You're Down And Out)
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Sinking Blues
- Put On Your Nitecap Baby
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
Blue Dog Records / KRB Music 5156-2
113
1998
Big Joe Williams: Baby Please Don't Go
- Little Leg Woman
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- 49 Highway Blues
- Stepfather Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Stack of Dollars
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me
- Crawlin' King Snake
- Throw a Boogie Woogie
- Please Don't Go
- Highway 49
- Someday Baby
- Break 'Em on Down
- Drop Down Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Mellow Apples
- Wild Cow Moan
- P Vine Blues
- King Biscuit Stomp
- I'm a Highway Man
- Banta Rooster Blues
- House Lady Blues
- Don't Leave Me Here
rec. 1935 - 1947
notes by Hannes Folterbauer
Wolf CD WBJ 003 (Austria 1998)
114
1998
Big Joe Williams: These Are My Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Man Amongst Men
- Sun Never Go Down
- Mellow Peaches
- '56 Plymouth
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- These Are My Blues (Gonna Sing 'Em For Myself)
- Put On Your Nightcap
- Highway 49
- Bottle Up And Go
- Low Down Dirty Shame
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Vitamin A Blues
- You Are My Sunshine
- Boogie Chillen
- Don't Want No Arkansas Woman
- Rock Me Mama
rec. 1965 live at Rockford College
notes by Frank Scott
Testament TCD-6010
Testament Records discography
115
1998
The Best Of Big Joe Williams: Ramblin' And Wanderin'
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Sinking Blues
- Put On Your Nightcap Baby
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
- Don't Want No Evil Woman
- Ride In My New Car Blues
- Goin' Away Wont Be Back Till Fall
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Sugar Mama
- 44 Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- Razor Sharp Blues
- Chain Gang Blues
- Everybody's Blues
- Great Gospel Blues (Right On That Shore)
- I've Been Scorned
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Saturday Night Jump
- Pick A Pickle
- Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues
- Old Saw Mill Blues
- Paso Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here
notes by Peter Noble
Aim CD 11 (Australia)
116
1998
Down Home Slide
- That's All Right # Robert Nighthawk
- I Know She Didn't Love Me # John Henry Barbee
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed # Mississippi Fred McDowell, Annie Mae McDowell
- Roll Me Over Slow # Big Joe Williams
- Everything Gonna Be Alright # Robert Nighthawk
- John Henry # Elijah Brown
- Jackson Town Eddie Taylor
- Mad & Evil # George Coleman
- I'm On My Way To Canaan Land # Blind Connie Williams
- Which Way My Baby Go # Big Joe Williams
- Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues Johnny Shines
- Slidin' John Littlejohn
- Walk On, Little Girl # Big Joe Williams
- Poor Boy Long Way From Home Arthur Weston
- Anna Lee # Robert Nighthawk
- Sweet Home Chicago David Honeyboy Edwards
- I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion # Mississippi Fred McDowell
- My Lonesome Bed # Big Joe Williams
- Key To The Highway # Blind Connie Williams
Testament CD 6009
117
1999
Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford
- Back Home Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Saturday Night Women
- Been In Crawford Too Long
- Sugar Diabetes Blues
- Run Here Jailer With The Key
- Take Me Out of the Bottom
- Bird Nest
- Corrina
- I Walked All Night Long
- Sugar On The Bottom
- Bad Luck
- Checkin' Out
- My Last Girl-Don't Treat Her Wrong!
- Can't Listen No More
- Don't Stay Long
- I'm Wild About My Jelly Roll
- Moanin' 'Fo Day
- I'm Leavin' This Town
- I Don't Know Why
- My Baby Stopped Drinking Water
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road
- Shake It Enough For Me
- Mary Frances
- My Baby Don't Stand No Foolin'
- She Have Broken My Heart
rec. 1971 in Crawford, Miss.
Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Austen Pete, voc, g, second g
John "Shortstuff" Macon,
voc, (rattling) g
Glover Lee Connor, voc
Amelia Johnson, voc
Arhoolie CD 9015
118
1999
Big Joe Williams: Crawlin' King Snake
- Bad And Weakhearted Blues
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
- North Wind Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- My Grey Pony
- Wild Cow Blues
- Vitamin A Blues
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Jivin' Woman
- Throw A Boogie Woogie
- Little Leg Woman
- House Lady Blues
- Crawlin' King Snake
- She's A Married Woman
- Stack Of Dollars
- Break 'Em On Down
- Providence Help The Poor People
- Someday Baby
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- Worried Man Blues
- His Spirit Lives On
notes by Gary Atkinson
Catfish KATCD 128 (UK 1999)
Catfish Records (UK) discography
118a
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)
118b
1999
Down the Country Way
The Bluesville Years Volume Nine
J.T. Adams And Shirley Griffith
- Match Box Blues [Bluesville BVLP 1077]
- O Mama How I Love You [Bluesville BVLP 1077]
Robert Curtis Smith
- Get A Real Young Woman
- I'm Going Away
Smoky Babe
- Hottest Brand Goin'
- Locomotive Blues
Robert Pete Williams
- Free Again
- Rolling Stone
Wade Walton
- Rock Me, Mamma
- Blues, Stay Away From Me
Big Joe Williams
- Jockey Ride Blues
- Coal And Iceman Blues
Pete Franklin
- I Got To Find My Baby
- Black Gal
Scrapper Blackwell
- Blues Before Sunrise
- A Blues
Blind Willie Mctell
- Broke Down Engine Blues
- Don't Forget It
Tampa Red
- Dark And Stormy Night
- You Better Let My Gal Alone
Prestige PRCD-9917-2
Bluesville discography
119
2000
Big Joe Williams and Friends
- Delta Blues [Big Joe Williams]
- 1951 Blues [Luther Huff]
- Mama Don't Allow Me [Big Joe Williams]
- Gonna Find My Baby [Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup]
- She Left Me A Mule To Ride [Big Joe Williams]
- Dirty Disposition [Luther Huff]
- Bad Heart Blues [Big Joe Williams]
- Bulldog Blues [Luther Huff]
- Juanita [Big Joe Williams]
- Rosalee [Luther Huff]
- Friends And Pals [Big Joe Williams]
- Make A Little Love [Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup]
- Over Hauling Blues [Big Joe Williams]
- Catfish Blues [Bobo Thomas]
- Whistling Pines [Big Joe Williams]
Cleopatra
Purple Pyramid CLP 834
120
2000
A Shot In The Dark
Nashville Jumps
Blues & Rhythm on Nashville's Independent Labels, 1945-1955
disc 3:
- Private Property Blues - Don Q And His Q Tones
- Baby I Don't Need You Now - Don Q And His Q Tones
- Jivin' Woman - Joe Williams [Bullet 337]
- She's A Married Woman - Joe Williams [Bullet 337]
- I Just Can't Help it - Walter Davis
- Bullet Boogie - Cecil Gant
- So Tired - Cecil Gant
- Take It And Get - Cecil Gant
- Lonely Nights - Walter Davis
- Chili-Dogs - Dusty Brooks
- Don't Get Excited - Tucker Coles
- T C Blues - Tucker Coles
- My Baby Left Me - Little Eddie
- Darling You Know I Love You - Little Eddie
- House Rockers Jamboree - Tucker Coles
- Why Don't You Let Me Be - J.D. Horton
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Don't Let That Music Die - Big Three Trio
- Till The Day I Die - Big Three Trio
- Goodbye Mr. Blues - Big Three Trio
- Why Do You Do Me Like You Do - Big Three Trio
- Appetite Blues - Big Three Trio
- Raid On Cedar Street - Tom Douglas
- Payday Lover - Vivian Verson
- I Want To Know - Vivian Verson
- Feelin' Sad - Eddie Jones
- Certainly All - Eddie Jones
- Every Monday Morning Blues - Walter 'Tang' Smith
- High Tone Mama - Walter 'Tang' Smith
8 CD boxed set
Bear Family BCD 15864-HL
120a
2000
Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary
disc 1:
- San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller (previously unreleased)
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
- Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / Robert Curtis Smith [Arhoolie F 1005]
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers
- Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore
- I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
- Brother James - Big Joe Williams
- Lady Luck - Mercy Dee
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith
- Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer
- Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier
- Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell
- Believe On Me - Rev. Louis Overstreet
- Low Down Blues - George Lewis
- The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer
- Crowley Waltz - The Hackberry Ramblers
- She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - Booker White (previously unreleased)
- Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier
- Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell
- Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb
- Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier
disc 2:
- Cindy - John Jackson
- Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton
- La Betaille - Isom Fontenot
- Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire
- Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo
- I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Del McCoury
- In The Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet
- Goin' Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Two Bugs And A Roach - Earl Hooker
- Dream - John Littlejohn
- Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
- Visions - Sonny Simmons
- I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe
- Boogieing In Strasbourg - Alex Moore
- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King - Big Joe Williams
- Please Settle In Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell / Johnny Woods
- El Desesperado - Los Pinguinos Del Norte
- Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
- Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite
disc 3:
- Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre
- Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio
- Gibson Creek Shuffle - Charles Ford Band
- Ups And Downs - L.C. Robinson
- You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red
- Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin / Canray Fontenot
- Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely
- Luzita - Narciso Martinez
- Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio
- Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio
- One Of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris
- Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier
- En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa / Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard
- Besos Y Copas - Chavela Ortiz Y Brown Express
- Fast Santa Fe - Robert Shaw
- I'll See You In C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band
- El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha
- La Gata - Los Caporales De Panuco
- Beym Rebas Sude - The Klezmorim
- J'ai Laisse De La Maison - Cheese Read
- Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.
- Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza
disc 4:
- Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez
- Co-Fe - John Delafose
- Single Girl - Rose Maddox
- Bec De La Manche - Canray Fontenot
- Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark / Hector Duhon
- Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez Jr.
- La Chanson De Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit BeauSoleil (previously unreleased)
- Shake What You Got - Preston Frank
- Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- The Chill Of A Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge
- Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory
- Here To Stay - Rebirth Brass Band
- I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
- I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin
- Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez
- Aguililla - Los Campesinos De Michoacan
- La Reine De La Salle - Odile Falcon
- Chanson De La Sagesse - Michael Doucet
- Hot Chili Mama - BeauSoleil
- Check Out The Zydeco - C.J. Chenier
- El Canoero - Valerio Longoria
- Corrido Del Mono - Los Gavilanes De Oakland
- San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff
disc 5:
- Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers
- Gumagarugu - Chatuye
- Khandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi
- A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta
- Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band
- Ain't It A Shame - Elder Roma Wilson
- J'ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- La Mal Sentada - Los Cenzontles
- Falling For You - Rose Maddox
- Los Traficantes Del Bravo - Los Palomares Del Bravo (previously unreleased)
- Jesus Will Fix It For You - Sonny Treadway
- Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom
- Jale Griego - Jose Moreno
- El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
- What's His Name - Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent
Compilation producers: Chris Strachwitz & Elijah Wald; digitally remastered by Mike Cogan
5 CD box
66-pp. booklet by Chris Strachwitz, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt & Elijah Wald
Arhoolie CD 491 (US 2000)
Arhoolie Records discography
121
2001
Big Joe Williams: Absolutely The Best
- Cottage Grove **
- Meet Me In The Bottom **
- Bessemer Baby **
- Baby Please Don't Go (track 1) **
- Baby Please Don't Go (track 2) **
- Shake Your Boogie **
- Jump Baby Jump **
- Mean Mistreater **
- Prison Bound **
- Chain Gang Blues
(+ Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny & Brownie)
- Razor Sharp Blues
- I Feel So Worried * [Takoma TAK 7071]
- So Soon I'll Be Goin' My Way Back Home *
- Shake 'Em On Down *
- Don't You Leave Me Here *
- Fickle Pickle *
- Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues *
- Don't The Apples Look Mellow *
- El Paso Blues*
- Shaggy Hound Blues *
** rec. 1957 by Erwin Helfer + Erwin Helfer, p
* rec. 1963
Varese CD 061141
121a
2001
"Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow!"
Fiddle Music 1927-35
- Rukus Juice And Chittlin' - Memphis Jug Band
- The Jazz Fiddler - Lonnie Carter / Walter Jacobs
- Moanin' And Groanin' Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Dance Hall Shuffle - Clifford Hayes
- My Four Reasons - Ikey Robinson & His Band
- Wild Cow Blues - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
- Knox County Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Rustlin' Man - State Street Boys
- Sister Maud Mule - Alec Johnson
- G Rag - Georgia Yellow Hammers
- Throw Me In The Alley - Peetie Wheatstraw
- If You Can't Make It Easy, Sweet Mama - The Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Bunker Hill Blues - Frank Stokes
- I Got A Gal - James Cole String Band
- Sweet To Mama - State Street Boys
- Doctor Medicine - Memphis Jug Band
- Cabo Verdranos Peca Nove - Abrew's Portuguese Instrumental Trio
- Worried Man Blues - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
- Georgia Crawl - Eddie Anthony / Henry "Rubberlegs" Williams
- Good Old Turnip Greens - Bo Chatmon
- Memphis Stomp - The Blue Boys
- Get Up Off That Jazzophone - Bubbling Over Five
- Rukus Juice Shuffle - Alabama Rascals
- Lazy Lazy River - Mississippi Sheiks
compiled by Marshall Wyatt
notes by Marshall Wyatt
Old Hat CD-1003
122
2001
Big Joe Williams: Highway Man
- Highway 99
- Baby, Please Don't Go, No. 2
- '72 Cadillac Blues
- Franklin Avenue Blues
- Backroad Blues
- Church Bells Ringin'
- Mean Southern Blues
- Big Joe's Hometown Blues
- Cherry Tree
- Queen Of Spades
- Down Behind The Sun
- Pea Vine Whistle
- Highway 61
- I'm Gonna Overhaul Your Machine
Southland SCD-CD19
Southland Records
discography
123
2001
Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues Summit
- Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey #
- Penitentiary Blues #
- If You Steal My Chickens You Can't Make 'Em Lay #
- First Meeting #
- How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home #
- Wimmin From Coast to Coast #
- Right On That Shore *
- Early Morning Blues (aka Chain Gang Blues) *
- Blues For Gamblers *
- I've Been Buked And I've Been Scorned *
- Brand New Car (aka New Car Blues) *
# = World Pacific WPL 296 (1960 "Down South Summit Meetin'")
* = Society SOC 1020 (1966 "Big Joe, Sonny, Brownie, Lightnin'")
Fuel 2000 CD 061101
123a
2001
Big Joe Williams: Jackson, Mississippi Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Delta Blues
- Mama Don't Allow Me
- She Left Me A Mule
- Bad Heart Blues
- Juanita
- Friends & Pals
- Overhauling Blues
- Whistling Pines
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup & Sonny Boy Williamson
- Gotta Find My Baby
- Make A Little Love With Me
- Gotta Find My Baby (alt tk)
- Gotta Find My Baby (alt tk)
Bobo Thomas
- Catfish Blues
Luther Huff
- 1951 Blues
- Dirty Disposition
- Bull Dog Blues
- Rosalee
P-Vine PCD 2185 (Jp 2001)
123b
2001
Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs
- Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey
- The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell - Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Kansas City Blues - William Harris
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan
- Banty Rooster - Blind Pete And George Ryan
- My Grey Pony - Big Joe Williams
- Dark Road Blues - Willie Lofton Trio
- Blues - Unknown Convict
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- Po' Boy - Bukka White
- Make Me A Pallet on the Floor - Willie Brown
- County Farm Blues - Son House
- Saddle My Pony - The Howlin' Wolf
- Forty Four - The Howlin' Wolf
- Too Close - Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers
7-CD album
Revenant RVN-CD-212
124
2001
Big Joe Williams: Meet Me Around The Corner
- 49 Highway Blues
- Little Leg Woman
- Providence Help The Poor People
- Stepfather Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Stack O'Dollars
- Wild Cow Blues
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me
- Brother James
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- I Won't Be Hard Luck No More
- Meet Me Around The Corner
- Crawling King Snake
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Please Don't Go
- Break 'Em On Down
- Someday Baby
- His Spirit Lives On
- Vitamin A
- Somebody's Been Worryin'
photo on the back cover depicts Jazz singer Joe Williams, not Big Joe Williams!
Past Perfect Silver Line
205752-203 (Germany 2001)
125
200?
Big Joe Williams: The Final Years
- Tailor Made Woman
- Highway 49
- Back Door
- Whistling Pine Blues
- Sunny Road Blues
- A Change Gotta Be Made
- No Special Rider Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- I Belive I'll Make A Change
- You're Dogging Me
- New Car Blues
- Black Rat Blues
- Mama Don't Allow Me
- Down On Mr. Mace George's Farm
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Muscle Shoals Blues
- Big Road Blues
rec. September 1979 at Muscle Shoals Studios
Gitanes Jazz/Verve
519-943-2 (F)
126
2003
Big Joe Williams: I Got Wild
- Coffeehouse Blues * (3:23)
- Angel Child * (2:58)
- studio talk (1:45) || #
- P-Vine Blues (4:04) || #
- Bull Cow Blues * (2:42)
- So Much Wine * (3:16)
- studio talk (0:45) || #
- Studio Blues || # (4:20)
- She Are My Sunshine [sic] * (2:34)
- Arkansas Woman [alt tk] * (3:46)
- studio talk || # (2:38)
- That Thing's in Town [alt tk] || *(4:03)
- Desert Blues § (3:25)
- I Got Wild § (2:59)
- Prison Bound § (3:30)
- Midnight Creep § (2:52)
- G.M. & O Blues § (3:43)
- Interview § (1:41)
- I'm Tired [] (4:43)
- Back Door [] (2:47)
[] rec. January 10/11, 1958 in St. Louis, MO by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, sp, g; with Bob Koester & Paul Bridenbach
§ rec. February 18, 1958 in St. Louis, MO by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
* rec. July 13, 1961 in Chicago, IL by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; || Ransom Knowling, b, sp
# rec. July 20, 1961 in Chicago, IL by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; || Ransom Knowling, b, sp
Delmark DE-767
127
2004
I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three
CD One:
Snooks Eaglin
- Yours Truly @ Spotify
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie @ Spotify
- My Babe @ Spotify
- Let Me Go Home, Whiskey @ Spotify
- Careless Love @ Spotify
- Rock Island Line @ Spotify
- C.C. Rider @ Spotify
- I'm Looking For A Woman @ Spotify
- Hello Dolly @ Spotify
- Lonesome Road @ Spotify
Babe Stovall
- Good Morning Blues @ Spotify
- Candy Man @ Spotify
- Fo' Day Blues @ Spotify
- Gonna Move To Kansas City @ Spotify
Johnny Moment
- Keep Our Business To Yourself @ Spotify
- You Got To Mind How To Treat Someone Else @ Spotify
Will Shade
- I Got The Blues So Bad @ youtube @ Spotify
- I Can't Stand It @ youtube @ Spotify
Furry Lewis
- Baby, I Know You Don't Love Me @ Spotify
Earl Bell
- Travellin' Man @ Spotify
- Terraplane Blues @ Spotify
Moose Williams
- Mother Keep Your Light Burning High In The Window @ Spotify
CD Two:
Willie Mabon
- Somebody's Got To Pay @ Spotify
Big Walter Horton
- West Side Blues @ Spotify
- Tin Pan Alley @ Spotify
- This Is It @ Spotify
Sunnyland Slim
- Prison Bound @ Spotify
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Hot Potatoes @ Spotify
- One Room Country Shack @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues @ Spotify
Johnny Young
- You Got Bad Blood, I Think You Need A Shoot @ Spotify
Washboard Sam
- Mama Don't Allow @ Spotify
Big Joe Williams
- Rootin' Groundhog @ Spotify
- Southern Blues @ Spotify
- King's Highway Blues @ Spotify
Champion Jack Dupree
- Improvisations and Interview 1 @ Spotify
- Drive 'em Down Special @ Spotify
- Improvisations and Interview 2 @ Spotify
- I Feel Like A Millionaire @ Spotify
- Improvisations and Interview 3 @ Spotify
- Barrelhouse Woman @ Spotify
- Improvisations and Interview 4 @ Spotify
Snooks Eaglin tracks rec. June 2, 1964 in New Orleans, LA
Babe Stovall tracks rec. June 2, 1964 at the Art Gallery, St. Peter Street, New Orleans, LA
Johnny Moment, Will Shade, Furry Lewis, Earl Bell, and Moose Williams rec. May 26, 1964 at Will Shade's apartment, Memphis, TN
CD 2 tracks rec. May 1964 at Southerland Lounge, Chicago, IL
except
Big Joe Williams tracks rec. May 18, 1961 at Willie Dixon's home in Chicago,IL; Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Champion Jack Dupree tracks rec. January 26, 1964 at Sveriges Radio, Karlaplansstudion in Stockholm, Sweden
2 CD set
notes writer's name not given, most likely Leif Gäverth
Jefferson Records SBACD 12658/9 (Sweden 2004)
128
2005
Blues With A Message
- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatman
- John Henry - John Jackson [Arhoolie 1025 1970]
- Walked Down So Many Turn Rows - Mercy Dee
- Tom Moore's Farm (live) - Mance Lipscomb (3:40) [Arhoolie 1077]
- Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- River Blues - Lowell Fulson
- Levee Camp Blues - Fred McDowell
- The 1919 Influenza Blues - Essie Jenkins
- Why I Like Roosevelt - Willie Eason
- Little Soldier Boy - Doctor Ross
- Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams
- I Got To Climb A High Mountain - Johnie Lewis
- Depression Blues - Herman E. Johnson
- Stockyard Blues - Johnny Young/Big Walter Horton
- What Will I Tell The Children - Juke Boy Bonner
- It's Enough - Juke Boy Bonner
- Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
- Back Home Blues - Big Joe Williams
ed. by Chris Strachwitz & Paul Oliver
notes by Paul Oliver
Arhoolie CD 510 (US 2005)
on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins
Arhoolie Records discography
129
2005
Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Man - Collector's Edition
disc 1: Texas Electric Blues Sessions
- Mr. Charlie - Give Me Time To Think
- Fox Chase
- Mr. Ditta's Grocery Store
- Open Up Your Door
- Baby Child
- Cookings Down
- Got Her Letter This Morning
- Rain Falling
- Mini Skirt
- Conversation With Mr. Hopkins
- Black Ghost / Ease My Pain
disc 2: California Country Blues Sessions
- Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey #
- Penitentiary Blues #
- If You Steal My Chickens You Can't Make 'Em Lay #
- First Meeting #
- How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home #
- Wimmin From Coast to Coast #
- Right On That Shore *
- Early Morning Blues (aka Chain Gang Blues) *
- Blues For Gamblers *
- I've Been Buked And I've Been Scorned *
- Brand New Car (aka New Car Blues) *
# = World Pacific WPL
296 (US 1960 "Down South Summit Meetin'")
* = Society SOC 1020 (US 1966 "Big Joe, Sonny, Brownie, Lightnin'")
2 CD set
Fuel 2000 CD 061477
130
2007
Big Joe Williams: Shake Your Boogie
Live at the Old Capitol Building, Jackson, Mississippi, 1974
- Shake Your Boogie
- Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King #
- Taylor Made Baby #
- Sloppy Drunk
- Please Come On Home To Me #
- Annie Mae #
- Banty Rooster Blues
- Rusty Can Blues #
- Some Other Man Blues #
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Don't Your Plums Look Mellow, Hanging Up On Your Tree #
- Bull Cow Blues #
- Someday Baby #
rec. November 22, 1974 live at the Old Capitol Building, Jackson, Mississippi
# not on LP 120.918
(=) Wolf 120.918 (Austria 1988) "Live 1974"
Wolf CD 120.916 (Austria)
130a
2007
Bullet Records Blues
- Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy
- I Ain't Done Nothing Wrong - St. Louis Jimmy
- My Trouble - St. Louis Jimmy
- Sittin' And Thinkin' - St. Louis Jimmy
- Mr. Brown Boogie - St. Louis Jimmy [actually Roosevelt Sykes]
- Candy Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Why Should I Cry - Roosevelt Sykes
- Move Back To The Woods - Walter Davis
- You've Got To Reap What You Sow - Walter Davis
- Wonder What I'm Doing Wrong - Walter Davis
- Got To See Her Every Night - Walter Davis
- So Long Baby - Walter Davis
- I Just Can't Help It - Walter Davis
- Hard Times - Smokey Hogg
- Jivin' Woman - Big Joe Williams
- She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams
- Miss Martha King - B.B. King
- When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes - B.B. King
- Evil Man Blues - Rudy Greene
- No Good Woman Blues - Rudy Greene
- Florida Blues - Rudy Greene
- My Baby Left Me - Little Eddie
- Darling You Know I Love You - Little Eddie
- Why Don't You Let Me Be - J.D. Horton
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
notes by Fred James
Blue CD SPV 49762 (Germany 2007)
131
2012
Juke Joints Vol. 3
disc 1
- I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
- My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone - Hop Wilson
- Steady - Jerry McCain
- Late Hours At Midnight - Homesick James
- Ludella - Jimmy Rogers
- Sail On, Little Girl - Pete McKinley
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Play My Juke Box - Boy Green
- Chicago Blues - Dan Pickett
- Shackles Round My Body - David Wylie
- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicholls
- Dial 110 Blues - Country Jim
- About To Lose My Mind - Big Boy Spires
- You Better Move On Away From Here - Honeyboy
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim
- Seems Like A Million Years tk 1 - Willie Nix
- Western Union Man - Chicago Sunny Boy
- Silver Haired Woman - Johnny Williams
- She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Ride My New Car With Me - Big Joe Williams
- After Hours - Earl Hooker
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis
- Bad Feeling Blues (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim
- Feel So Worried tk 2 - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson
- I Want A Roller - Smokey Hogg
- Gary Stomp - John Brim
disc 2
- Operator Blues tk 2 - Houston Boines
- My Baby Left Me - John Lee Hooker
- Lookin' For My Baby tk 5 - Little Milton
- I'm Gonna Love You - Eddie Taylor
- She's Gone With The Wind - The Sugarman
- Eula Mae - Big Joe Williams
- Ardelle - Pete McKinley
- Happy Home Blues - D.C. Washington
- I've Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo
- That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers
- Hello Central, Please Give Me 209 - Robert Lee Westmoreland
- Crying - J.D. Edwards
- I'll Move You - Eddie Kirkland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Hollywood Boogie - Country Jim
- Chicken Stuff - Hop Wilson
- Please Mam Forgive Me - Sunny James
- You Better Watch That Jive - Smokey Hogg
- Walking Talking Blues - Manny Nicholls
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Highway 51 - Stick Horse Hammond
- Jet Black Woman - Buddy Chiles
- I Had A Dream - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Got A Letter This Morning - Clarence London
- Down South - Junior Blackmon
disc 3
- She's Tough - Jerry Mccain
- Baker Shop Boogie tk 1 - Willie Nix
- Ridin' Home - Leslie Louis
- Sad And Lonely - Country Jim
- Crawdad - Smokey Hogg
- No One To Love Me - Manny Nicholls
- Wonderin' And Worryin' - Slim Harpo
- Lightnin' Slim Boogie - Lightnin' Slim
- A & B Blues - Boy Green
- Homesick Blues - Homesick James
- Fat Mouth - Johnny Williams
- Number Writer - Dan Pickett
- King's Highway - Big Joe Williams
- John Henry - Pinetop Slim
- Jammin' - Earl Hooker
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Which One Do I Love - Big Boy Spires
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene
- Excuse Me Baby - Sunny James
- Have You A Match - Honeyboy
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Want To Boogie-woogie - Clarence London
- Love Me Mama - Boogie Bill Webb
- Log House On The Hill - Leroy Johnson
- You'll Always Have A Home - Eddie Taylor
disc 4
- Jimmie's Boogie - Jimmy Reed
- Rather Be Sloppy Drunk - Big Joe Williams
- G-man Blues - Houston Boines
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Y M & V Blues - Lost John Hunter
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham
- Strange Love - Slim Harpo
- Size 4 Shoe - Smokey Hogg
- I'm In Love - Jimmy Rogers
- You Gotta Lay Down Mama - Johnny Beck
- Jelly Roll Man - Bill Simpson
- Cold In The Evening - J.D. Edwards
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- My Baby's Gone - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Forgive Me - Manny Nicholls
- Don't Do It Again - Leslie Louis
- Good Lookin' Woman - Country Jim
- Goin' Back To Mama - Clarence London
- Truck 'em On Down - Stick Horse Hammond
- Goin' Back Home Today - Willie Baker
- Uncle Sam Blues - Pinebluff Pete
- Harlem Women - Hank Kilroy
- Don't Want Me Blues - Pete McKinley
- Broke And Hungry - Hop Wilson
- I Don't Know Why - Nat Terry
- Boogie - Boogie Bill Webb
compiled by Neil Slaven
4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven
JSP JSPCD 77150 (UK 2012)
132
2017
Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie
CD 1:
James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32)
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40)
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)
Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)
Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43)
St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50)
The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)
CD 2:
Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16)
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59)
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03)
Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52)
Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)
Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32)
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36)
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)
CD 3:
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04)
Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17)
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06)
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31)
Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)
Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11)
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)
CD 4:
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36)
John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06)
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45)
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09)
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41)
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)
CD 5:
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)
John Brim -Go Away (2:45)
John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51)
Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31)
Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48)
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42)
Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40)
Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27)
Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)
John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)
5 CD set
88-pp. book by Mike Rowe
Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)
133
7/2019
Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 2 - Sweet Home Chicago CD 1:
James Clark - Who But You (2:41)
Memphis Jimmy - Drifting (3:20)
Johnny Shines - Delta Pine Blues (3:03)
Johnny Shines - Ride, Ride Mama (2:55)
Johnny Shines - Evil-Hearted Woman Blues (2:50)
Homer Harris - I'm Gonna Cut Your Head (2:56)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:06)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Due Respects To You (3:27)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - No Special Rider Here (3:03)
'Blues Boy' Bill - "Little Boy" Blue (3:14)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (alt tk) (2:33)
James (Beal Street) Clark - Come To Me Baby (2:51)
James (Beal Street) Clark - You Can't Make The Grade (2:55)
Herman Ray - Xmas Blues (2:44)
Forest City Joe - Special Delivery Man (2:52)
Forest City Joe -. Shady Lane Woman (3:02)
Homer Harris - Atomic Bomb Blues (2:34)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:08)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Devilment On My Mind (2:57)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Homeless Blues (3:12)
Forest City Joe - Mean Mistreatin' Woman (2:52)
Forest City Joe - Lonesome Day Blues (2:51)
Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer (2:28)
Dirty Red - You Done Me Wrong (3:14)
Pete Franklin - Mr. Charley (3:10)
Big Bill Broonzy - Water Coast Blues (2:46)
CD 2:
Muddy Waters - Hard Days (2:41)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground (2:38
Floyd Jones - School Days (2:51
Tampa Red - Come On, If You're Coming (2:53)
Tampa Red - I'll Find My Way (2:39)
Johnny Temple - Between Midnight And Day (2:36)
Johnny Temple - Sit Right On It (2:22)
Jimmy Rogers - Hard Working Man (3:22)
Jimmy Rogers - My Little Machine (3:12)
Jimmy Rogers - Crying Shame (2:50)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Glory For Man (2:30)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - My Daily Wish (2:43)
Howling Wolf - How Many More Years (alt tk) (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Just My Kind (2:53)
Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart (2:37)
Memphis Minnie - Lake Michigan (3:00)
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur (alt tk) (2:54)
Muddy Waters - Lonesome Day (3:32)
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:52)
Blue Smitty - Crying (2:45)
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movement (3:27)
Memphis Minnie - In Love Again (2:32)
Memphis Minnie - What A Night (3:00)
Rocky Fuller - Funeral Hearse At My Door (3:17)
Little Walter - Driftin' (alt tk) (3:09)
Little Walter - Off The Wall (alt tk) (2:59)
CD 3:
Honey Boy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (tk 2) (3:03)
Honey Boy Edwards - Drop Down Mama (2:39)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (tk 4) (2:34)
Big Boy Spires - My Baby Left Me (2:36)
Little Walter - That's It (3:14)
Little Walter - That's It (edited) (2:47)
Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling (alt tk) (2:57)
Elmore James - I See My Baby (3:07)
Elmore James - Country Boogie (2:43)
Lazy Bill - I Had A Dream (alt tk) (2:57)
Lazy Bill - She Got Me Walkin' (alt tk) (3:08)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (alt tk) (2:41)
Albert King - Hand Me Down (Sweet Woman) (2:58)
Albert King - Murder (2:59)
Morris Pejoe - Untitled Instrumental (2:23)
Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings (2:55)
Homesick James - Lonesome Blues (2:23)
Homesick James - 12th St Station (2:44)
Homesick James - Long Lonesome Days (2:26)
Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball (3:12)
Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk) (2:48)
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
Otis Spann - Five Spot (2:45)
Little Walter - I Love You So (Oh Baby) (2:35)
Little Walter - Last Night (first tk) (2:56)
Henry Gray - Goodbye Baby (3:19)
Henry Gray - You Messed Up (2:53)
CD 4:
Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours (3:06)
Chuck Berry - No Money Down (3:00)
Chuck Berry - I've Changed (3:07)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Was Fooled (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night (2:54)
Bo Diddley - Little Girl (alt tk) (2:38)
Bo Diddley - I'm A Man (alt tk) (3:08)
Bo Diddley - You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (2:50)
Henry Gray - Watch Yourself (2:45)
Henry Gray - That Ain't Right (2:29)
Muddy Waters - This Pain (3:10)
Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (alt tk) (2:46)
Little Walter - Little Girl (3:07)
Little Walter - Temperature (first tk) (2:02)
Dusty Brown - Hurry Home (2:45)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Evening Everybody (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Have You Ever Been In Love (2:55)
Herby Joe - Smokestack Lightning (2:53)
Herby Joe - Dreamed (Last Night) (2:28)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - I Need You Pretty Baby For My Own (2:47)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - Blues King Mango (2:26)
Po Joe Williams - Goin' Back (2:53)
Po Joe Williams - My Baby Left (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got Me Wrong (2:41)
Billy Boy Arnold - My Heart Is Crying (2:12)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Like Wolf (2:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - This Is My Apartment (2:41)
CD 5:
Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Ruin You (first tk) (2:49)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (2:41)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (2:59)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Hurts Me So Much (tk 2) (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alt tk) (3:01)
Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door (2:39)
G. "Davy" Crockett - Look Out Mable (2:25)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (alt tk) (3:14)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (alt tk) (3:12)
Jimmy Reed - Signals Of Love (alt tk) (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Well You Know (I Love You) (2:48)
Freddie Hall - I Love This Carrying On (2:43)
Freddie Hall - She's A Upsetter (2:35)
Little Mack Simmons - My Walking Blues (3:12)
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back (2:35)
Eddie Boyd - Nothing But Trouble (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Her Picture In The Frame (3:28)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (3:05)
Elmore James - I Can't Hold Out (2:18)
Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Mr Airplane Man (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Little Baby (2:45)
Hound Dog Taylor - Baby's Coming Home (2:38)
Hound Dog Taylor - Five, Take Five (2:05)
Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It (2:31)
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:40)
Slim Willis - Running Around (2:55)
Slim Willis - No Feeling For You (3:02)
5 CD set
essay by Mike Rowe
Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)
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