John Henry Barbee 78 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1938	John Henry Barbee - Six Weeks Old Blues (C-2304-1) #   @ youtube or - Six Weeks Old Blues (C-2304-2)   @ Spotify - God Knows I Can't Help It (C-2305-1)   @ Spotify rec. September 8, 1938 in Chicago; John Henry Barbee, voc., g; Willie Bee James, g; unknown, sb	Vocalion 04417 # Blues Classics BC 14 Document DLP 520 Document DOCD 5159
		- You'll Work Down To Me Someday (C-2306-2)   @ Spotify - Against My Will (C-2307-2)   @ Spotify rec. September 8, 1938 in Chicago; John Henry Barbee, voc., g; Willie Bee James, g; unknown, sb	Vocalion unissued Document DLP 520 Document DOCD 5159
2	1964	Chicago Blues A Bonanza All Star Blues LP Sunnyland Slim - Won't Do That No More John Henry Barbee - Early In The Morning # St. Louis Jimmy - Goody Goody Goody Willie Dixon - Weak Brain ! Narrow Mind ! Homesick James - Can't Hold Out Cocoa Taylor - What Kind Of Man Is This? Homesick James - Queen's Rock John Henry Barbee - No Pickin', No Pullin' # Sunnyland Slim - Drinking St. Louis Jimmy - Going Down Slow Cocoa Taylor - Which-A-Way To Go Willie Dixon - So Long! # rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago; John Henry Barbee, voc, g; Homesick James, g; Washboard Sam, wb	Spivey 1003 Spivey discography
3	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 Week Old Blues [sic] # Viola Wells - See See Rider Homesick James - Somebody's Been Talkin' Roosevelt Sykes - Dirty Mother Fuyer # rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago; John Henry Barbee, voc, g: Willie Dixon, perc	Spivey 1009 Spivey discography
4	196?	American Folk Blues Festival '64 Sonnyboy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Dissatisfied Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins - Ain't It A Pity - Baby Please Don't Go Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon - I'm A Tearing Little Daddy John Henry Barbee - Cotton Pickin' Blues #   @ youtube Hubert Sumlin / Sunnyland Slim - No Title Boogie Sugar Pie Desanto - Slip In Mules Howlin' Wolf - Dust My Broom # rec. October 9, 1964 at the Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany; John Henry Barbee, voc, g   insert notes of Fontana 681 522 TL [in German !]	notes by Georges Adins, Joachim E. Behrend, Jacques Demêtre Bob Koester, Horst Lippmann, Paul Oliver Fontana 681 522 TL (mono) = Fontana 885 411 MY (stereo) = Fontana TL 5225 [not = Amiga 850043 !!!] (=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (1969) American Folk Blues Festival 63-64 notes by Willy Leiser L + R 42.024 (1981) = LR CD-2024 L + R discography = disc 4 of Evidence 5 CD set ECD 26200
5	196?	Guitar Blues Big Joe Williams - Wild Ox Moan - Juanita Blues Lightnin' Hopkins - Walkin' The Streets - Mussy Haired Woman John Henry Barbee - Your Friend # - Backwater Blues # Lonnie Johnson - My Bay Is Gone - You Don't Know What Love Is Math. Murphy - Gravel Road John Lee Hooker - Stand By My Baby - Baby Please Don't Go rec. October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark; John Henry Barbee, voc, g	notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 166 Storyville discography
6	1964	John Henry Barbee: Portraits in Blues Vol. 9 - Dust My Broom - Hey Baby - That's Alright - Early Morning Blues - I Heard My Baby   @ youtube - I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton - Worried Life Blues - Miss Nelly Grey - Tell Me Baby - John Henry rec. October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark; John Henry Barbee, voc, g	notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 171 notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville 671171 = Storyville 616013 (1965) "I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton" = Storyville/Teichiku ULS-1814-R (Jp 1975) = Storyville/Teldec 6.23701 (D 1979) "Blues Roots Vol. 2 Guitar Blues From The Memphis Area" = PGP RTB 2220636 (P) = Storyville SLP 4037 "Blues Roots Vol. 3" Storyville discography notes by Theo Lehmann Amiga 856281 (GDR 1989) "Blues Collection Vol. 11"
7	19??	The Best of The Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Diggin' My Potatoes Speckled Red - Uncle Sam's Blues Memphis Slim - Bertha May Champion Jack Dupree - Christina, Christina Blues Big Joe Williams - Vitamin A Blues Lonnie Johnson - Don't Cry Baby Roosevelt Sykes - The Way I Feel Sleepy John Estes - City Hall Blues John Henry Barbee - Early In The Morning # Sunnyland Slim - One Room Country Shack Sonny Boy & M. Slim - Copenhagen Woman Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes rec. October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark; John Henry Barbee, voc, g	Storyville SLP 188 = Storyville 671188 notes by Paul Oliver = Storyville SLP 4023 (1981)
8	1967	Country Blues Classics, Volume 4 Leroy Dallas - I'm Going Away - Good Morning Blues - I'm Down Now - Jump Little Children Joe Williams - His Spirit Lives On Peter Warfield - Morning Train Blues Dennis McMillon - Going Back Home John Henry Barbee - Six Week Old Blues [Vocalion 04417] Carl Martin - Lets Have A New Deal Sonny Boy Johnson - Swimming Pool Blues Gabriel Brown - Black Jack Blues Lost John Hunter - YM & V Blues James Cain - Good Mr. Roosevelt Peter McKinley - Mean Black Snake	Blues Classics BC 14 Blues Classics discography
9	1972	A Festival Of Blues Recorded in Europe Champion Jack Dupree - Sporting Life Blues - Number Nine John Henry Barbee - Worried Life Blues (alt. tk.) - That's Alright (alt. tk.) Memphis Slim - Blues Confession - St. Louis Blues - Lonesome Blues Sippie Wallace - You Don't Know My Mind - Suitcase Blue Speckled Red - It Feels So Good Roosevelt Sykes - No Money Down - Baby Child	Storyville SLP 214 Storyville discography
10	1974	The Best Of The Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Diggin' My Potatoes Spreckled [sic] Red - Uncle Sam's Blues Memphis Slim - Bertha May Champion Jack Dupree - Christina, Christina Blues Big Joe Williams - Vitamin A Blues Lonnie Johnson - Don't Cry Baby Roosevelt Sykes - The Way I Feel Sleepy John Estes - City Hall Blues John Henry Barbee - Early In The Morning Sunnyland Slim - One Room Country Shack Sonny Boy Williamson & Memphis Slim - Copenhagen Woman Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes Champion Jack Dupree & Mogens Seidelin - Sporting Life Blues Memphis Slim - Blues Confession John Henry Barbee - That's Alright Sippie Wallace & Little Brother Montgomery - Suitcase Blues Roosevelt Sykes - No Money Down Memphis Slim - St. Louis Blues John Henry Barbee - Worried Life Blues Memphis Slim - Lonesome Blues Champion Jack Dupree - Number Nine Sippie Wallace & Roosevelt Sykes - You Don't Know My Mind Speckled Red - It Feels So Good Roosevelt Sykes - Baby Child	DLP Storyville SLPD5 = Storyville DALP 2/1946 Storyville discography
11	1979	Chicago Blues - Live at the Fickle Pickle Johnny Jones & Willie Dixon - Johnny's Boogie Maxwell Street Jimmy - Long Haired Doney John Henry Barbee - Baby I Need Your Love # Blind James Brewer - Big Road Blues - Poor Kelly Big Joe Williams - Sugar Mama Maxwell Street Jimmy - Make Some Love To Me - Smokestack Lightnin' John Henry Barbee - Tell Me Baby # Johnny Jones & Billy Boy Arnold - Sloppy Drunk - Early In The Morning - My Little Machine - Going To The River # rec. 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, Ill.; John Henry Barbee, voc, g; concert promoters: George Mitchell & Michael Bloomfield; rec. by Norman Dayron	Flyright LP 549 Flyright discography
12	1967	John Henry Barbee & Sleepy John Estes: Blues Live Sleepy John Estes - Drop Down Mama - I'd Been Well Warned - Stop That Thing # - Divin' Duck Blues - Vernita Blues - Bottle Up And Go # - Mountain Cat Blues John Henry Barbee - Hey Woman   @ Spotify - Backwater Blues   @ Spotify - Boll Weevil   @ Spotify - Somebody Done Change The Lock On My Door   @ Spotify - That's All Right   @ Spotify CD bonus tracks: - Tell Me Baby   @ Spotify - John Henry   @ Spotify - Dust My Broom   @ Spotify Estes tracks rec. live October 8, 1964 in Copenhagen; Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca, # jug Barbee tracks rec. live October 8, 1964 at the Folk Club of Denmark in Copenhagen; John Henry Barbee, voc, g	notes by Paul Oliver Storyville SLP 4074 Storyville discography Storyville STCD 8051 (2000)
13	1987	Mississippi Country Blues, Vol. 2 (1938-1942) "Delta Blues In Chicago" Tommy McClennan - Brown Skin Girl - New Highway No. 51 - Whiskey Head Man - Deep Blue Sea Blues - I'm A Guitar King - Mozelle Blues - Mr. So And So Blues - Bluebird Blues John Henry Barbee - Six Weeks Old Blues [Vocalion 04417] - God Knows I Can't Help It [Vocalion 04417] Willie "61" Blackwell - She's Young And Wild - Noiseless Motor Blues - Don't Misuse Me, Baby - Bald Eagle Blues - Four O'Clock Flower Blues - Chalk My To - Machine Gun Blue - Rampaw Street Blue John Henry Barbee - You'll Work Down To Me Someday [Vocalion unissued] - Against My Will [Vocalion unissued]	Document DLP 520
14	1994	John Henry Barbee: Blues Masters Vol. 3 - Dust My Broom   @ Spotify - Hey Baby   @ Spotify - That's All Right   @ Spotify - Early Morning Blues, No. 1   @ Spotify - I Heard My Baby   @ youtube - I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton   @ Spotify - Worried Life Blues, No. 2   @ Spotify - Miss Nelly Grey   @ Spotify - Tell Me Baby   @ Spotify - John Henry   @ youtube - Your Friend   @ youtube - Backwater Blues   @ youtube - Early in the Morning, No. 2   @ Spotify - Jump Blues   @ Spotify - Worried Life Blues, No. 1   @ Spotify - That's All Right, No. 2   @ Spotify	notes by Paul Oliver Storyville STCD 8003 Storyville discography
15	1993	Memphis Blues 1927 - 1938 Ollie Rupert (1927) - I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun Ain't Goin' To Be Your Low Down Dog Walter Rhodes (1927) - The Crowing Rooster - Leaving Home Blues Pearl Dickson (1927) - Twelve Pound Daddy - Little Rock Blues Madelyn James (1930) - Stinging Snake Blues - Long Time Blues Charlie Bozo Nickerson (1930) - What's The Matter Now? - Part 1 - What's The Matter Now? - Part 2 - Bozo's Blues - Part 1 - Bozo's Blues - Part 2 Sam Townsend (1930) - I'm Missing That - Lily Kimball Blues Hattie Hart (1934) - I'm Missing That Thing - I Let My Daddy Do That - Coldest Stuff In Town (Duet w. Allen Shaw) - Happy-Go-Lucky Blues George Torey (1937) - Married Woman Blues - Lonesome Man Blues John Henry Barbee (1938) - Six Weeks Old Blues (take 1)   @ Spotify - Six Weeks Old Blues (take 2)   @ Spotify - God Knows I Can't Help It   @ Spotify - You'll Work Down To Me Someday   @ Spotify - Against My Will   @ Spotify	notes by Kip Lornell Document DOCD 5159
16	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 # rec. May 12, 1963 in Chicago, Ill.; John Henry Barbee, voc, g	Testament CD 6009
17	200?	John Henry Barbee The George Mitchell Collection Vol. 30 - That Ain't It - Gonna Lose Your Mind rec. 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, Ill.; John Henry Barbee, voc, g; concert promoters: George Mitchell & Michael Bloomfield; rec. by Norman Dayron	7 inch 33 rpm Fat Possum
18	2009	The Blues Box CD 1: Lonnie Johnson Otis Spann CD 2: Speckled Red Sunnyland Slim CD 3: Roosevelt Sykes Sippie Wallace Little Brother Montgomery CD 4: Big Joe Williams Sleepy John Estes Robert Pete Williams CD 5: Big Bill Broonzy - Glory Of Love - Careless Love - I Gets The Blues When It Rains - My Name Is Lee Conley Broonzy - Take This Hammer - See See Ride - Diggin’ My Potatoes - Midnight Special - Keep Your Hands Off Her - I Got A Girl - You Better Mind - I Love You So Much - Sixteen Tons - Black Brown And White - Goodnight Irene John Henry Barbee - Dust My Broom - I Heard My Baby - I Ain’t Gonna Pick No More Cotton - Miss Nelly Grey - Tell Me Baby - Jump Blues CD 6: Memphis Slim Champion Jack Dupree Eddie Boyd Jay McShann CD 7: Sonnyboy Williamson Sonny Terry Brownie McGhee DVD: Champion Jack Dupree Sonnyboy Williamson Robert Lockwood Jr. James Caroll Booker III Henry Gray Boogie Bill Webb, Harmonica Slim Cousin Joe	7 CD + DVD set Storyville 108 8604
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 58
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 18-19
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 39
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 62
- Mike Rowe: The Old Swing-Masters.- Blues Unlimited 137/138 (1980), p. 4-24
. - http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/j/henrybar.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/document/document1.htm
- Ebay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Sheldon Harris: Blues Who 's Who.- New Rochelle 4th ed. 1987, p. 39; Photographer: Stephanie Wiesand

thanks to Roland Piehl and Bob Eagle for additional info / scans

(l. to r.) Ed Newman, b; John Henry Barbee, g; Moody Jones, g; James Kindle, bj - 1942
source: Mike Rowe: The Old Swing-Masters.- Blues Unlimited 137/138 (1980), p. 4 ("courtesy Rev. Moody Jones")

 

source: front cover of Storyville SLP 4037