Blue Smitty 78 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
10 inch 78 rpm
1	10/1952	BLUE SMITTY and his String Men - Sad Story (U1029)   @ youtube - Crying (U1028) rec. July 11, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Clyde Smith, voc, g; Malron Jett, p; ? Stewart, b; Ike Smith, dr	Chess 1522
		- Crying (alt tk) #   @ youtube - Elgin Movements (U1030) * - Date Bait (U1031) *   @ youtube rec. July 11, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Clyde Smith, voc, g; Malron Jett, p; ? Stewart, b; Ike Smith, dr	Chess unissued # Chess LP 411 * Chess LP 6641 174
LP / CD compilations
2	1970	Drop Down Mama Johnny Shines - So Glad I Found You Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel - Anna Lee Big Boy Spires - One Of These Days [Checker 752] David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Drop Down Mama Floyd Jones - Playhouse Big Boy Spires - Murmur Low [Checker 752] Floyd Jones - You Can’t Live Long Johnny Shines - Joliet Blues Robert Nighthawk - Jackson Gal Blues - Return Mail Blues Claude Smith - Crying [alt tk, Chess unissued] - Sad Story [Chess 1522] Floyd Jones Dark Road	Chess 411 = P-Vine PLP 807 (Jp) = MCA Chess CHD-93002
3	6/1975	Genesis Vol. 3 - Sweet Home Chicago Album 1 Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Take A Little Walk With Me Floyd Jones - Dark Road - Big World - Overseas - Playhouse Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil - Five Spot Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - One Of These Days [Checker 752] - Murmur Low [Checker 752] Little Henry - I Declare That Ain't Right - Matchbox Blues Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522] - Elgin Movements [Chess unissued] - Date Bait [Chess unissued] Album 2 Muddy Waters - Mean Red Spider - Hard Days - Burying Ground - Last Time I Fool Around With You - Screaming And Crying - Where's My Woman Been - Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1 - Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2 - Stuff You Gotta Watch - Lonesome Day - Iodine In My Coffee - Flood - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Oh! Yeh - Smokestack Lightning Album 3 Little Walter - Juke - Boogie - Mean Old World - Sad Hours - Don't Have To Hunt No More - Tonight With A Fool - Quarter To Twelve - Blues With A Feeling - Last Boogie - Fast Boogie - Light's Out - You're So Fine - Blues Light - Last Night - Thunderbird - I Got To Go Album 4 Jimmy Rogers - Today, Today Blues - The World Is In A Tangle - She Loves Another Man - Hard Working Man - Chance To Love - My Little Machine - Mistreated Baby - What's The Matter Jimmy Rogers - You're The One John Brim - Rattlesnake - It Was A Dream - Ice Cream Man - Lifetime Baby - Tough Times - Go Away - That Ain't Right compiled by Mike Rowe	4 LP box set Chess 6641 174 (UK Phonogram) Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113, p. 24-25
4	1983	Chess Masters - Chicago Blues Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy Johnny Jones - Shelby County Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522] Blue Smitty - Elgin Movements [Chess unissued] Blue Smitty - Date Bait [Chess unissued] Eddie Boyd - Twenty Four Hours J B Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues J B Lenoir - Sitting Down Thinking John Brim - It Was A Dream Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues John Brim - Lifetime Baby Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil Otis Spann - Five Spot John Brim - Go Away John Brim - That Ain't Right Jimmy Rogers - You're The One Jimmy Rogers - If It Ain't Me Muddy Waters - Rock Me Jimmy Rogers - One Kiss Howlin' Wolf - I'm Leavin' You Buddy Guy - Let Me Love You Baby Buddy Guy - My Time After Awhile Robert Nighthawk - Someday concept by Matt Haywood; compiled by Leslie Fancourt & Matt Haywood	DLP Chess CXMD 4013 (UK)
5	1991	An Early Chess Blues Anthology 1947-1953 disc 1: Sunnyland Slim - Johnson Machine Gun - Flyright Little Girl Ethel Mae & Robert Nigthawk - Down The Line - Handsome Lover Leroy Foster - Shady Grove Blues Forest City Joe - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Sawdust Bottom - Lonesome Day Blues Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Take A Little Walk With Me Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel - Anna Lee - Return Mail Blues Little Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy - Shelby County Blues Robert Nighthawk - Six-Three-O - Prison Bound - Jackson Town Gal disc 2: Shoe Shine Johnny Shines - Joliet Blues - So Glad I Found You Floyd Jones - Dark Road - Big World - Overseas - Playhouse Doctor Ross - Country Clown Big Boy Spires - One Of These Days - Murmur Low Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Tears Woodrow Adams - Pretty Baby Blue Smitty - Crying [Chess 1522] - Sad Story [Chess 1522] - Elgin Movements [Chess unissued] Floyd Jones - You Can't Live Long Honeyboy Edwards - Drop Down Mama Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball Little Henry - Matchbox Blues	2 CD set Vogue VG 660531 (Fr)
6	1994	Chicago Blues disc 1: Sweet Black Angel Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman Johnny Williams - Worried Man Blues Little Walter - Blue Baby Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues Snooky & Moody - Boogie Leroy Foster - My Head Can't Rest Anymore Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right Floyd Jones - Dark Road Muddy Waters - Still A Fool Jimmy Rogers - Chance To Love Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch Little Walter - Juke Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522] Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours disc 2: Mojo Boogie Little Walter - Sad Hours J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie Tampa Red - Please Mr. Doctor Johnny Shines - Evening Sun Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman Eddie Boyd - Third Degree John Brim - Life Time Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right Big Bill Broonzy - Lonesome Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow John Brim - Tough Times Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man Howlin' Wolf - No Place To Go J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie J.B. Hutto - Things Are So Slow J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues J.B. Lenoir - Mama Talk To Your Daughter Otis Spann / B.B. King - Five Spot Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy Willie Dixon - Walkin' The Blues Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy disc 3: Smokestack Lightnin' Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' John Brim - Be Careful (I Would Hate To See You Go) Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby Walter Horton - Have A Good Time Jimmy Rogers - Walkin' By Myself Muddy Waters - I Live The Life I Love Sunnyland Slim - It's You Babe Lee Jackson - Fishin' In My Pond Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too Magic Sam - All Your Love Charles Clark - Row Your Boat Magic Sam - All My Whole Life Otis Rush - Checkin' On My Baby Shakey Jake - Call Me (If You Need Me) Otis Rush - Double Trouble Little Walter - Key To The Highway Buddy Guy - This Is The End Little Walter - Everything Gonna Be Alright Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well Elmore James - Dust My Broom Junior Wells - Little By Little Junior Wells - Prison Bars All Around Me disc 4: So Many Roads, So Many Traiins Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains Lillian Offitt - Will My Man Be Home Tonight? Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working Earl Hooker - Blues In D Natural Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid Albert King - Searching For A Woman Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy Howlin' Wolf - Goin' Down Slow Homesick James - Crossroads Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me Ricky Allen - Cut You A-Loose Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had Big Mack - Rough Dried Woman Robert Nighthawk - Someday Andrew Brown - You Better Stop Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle Lonnie Brooks - Figure Head Detroit Junior - Call My Job Muddy Waters - That's Why I Don't Mind Little Milton - Feel So Bad Magic Sam - Out Of Bad Luck Fenton Robinson - Sad You're Leavin' Mighty Joe Young - Hard Times Hound Dog Taylor - Watch Out compiled by Les Fancourt produced by Les Fancourt & Joop Visser	4 CD set Charly CD DIG 4 (UK)
6a	1995	House Rockin' Blues G.L. Crockett - Look Out Mabel J.B. Lenoir - Mama Talk To Your Daughter Muddy Waters - Young Fashioned Ways Howlin' Wolf - I Have A Little Girl Bo Diddley - You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) Morris Pejoe - Tired Of Crying Over You Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You John Brim - Rattlesnake Willie Mabon - Poison Ivy Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me Little Walter - Mellow Down Easy Blue Smitty - Date Bait [Chess unissued] John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (Be Careful) Jimmy Rogers - If It Ain't Me Howlin' Wolf - Who Will Be Next Muddy Waters - Close To You Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby Sonny Boy Williamson - The Goat Jimmy McCracklin - He Knows The Rules Otis Rush - I'm Satisfied Buddy Guy - Let Me Love You Baby Elmore James - Madison Blues Little Walter - I Got To Go Little Luther - Twirl Robert Nighthawk - Someday John Lee Hooker - Let's Go Out Tonight (extended version) compiled by John Browen	Ace CDCHD 610 (UK) BR103,28
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 37
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/chess1.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Chess 1522

thanks to Joe Louis and Alan Balfour for additional info / scans