Bluesway label BLS-6007

Bluesway Records
discography

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

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#
year of
release
titlenotes
 

7 inch 45 rpm singles

61001
(1967)
JIMMY RUSHING

- Berkeley Campus Blues
- Keep The Faith Baby

Bluesway 45-61001
61002
(1967)
ROY BROWN and his Mighty Mighty Men

- Standing On Broadway
- New Orleans Women



Bluesway 45-61002
61003
(1967)
JIMMY REED

- Two Heads Are Better Than One
- I Wanna Know

Bluesway 45-61003
61004
(1967)
B.B. KING

- Think It Over
- I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair

Bluesway 45-61004
61005
(1967)
EDDIE 'CLEANHEAD' VINSON

- Cadillac Blues
- Old Maid Got Married

Bluesway 45-61005
61006
(1967)
JIMMY REED

- Don't Press Your Luck Woman
- Feel Like I Want To Ramble

Bluesway 45-61006
61007
(1967)
B.B. KING

- Worried Dream
- That's Wrong, Little Mama

Bluesway 45-61007
61008
(1967)
T-BONE WALKER

- Confusion Blues
- Every Night I Have To Cry

Bluesway 45-61008
61009
(1967)
JOE TURNER

- Big Wheel
- Bluer Than Blue

Bluesway 45-61009
61010
(1967)
JOHN LEE HOOKER

- The Motor City Is Burning
- Want Ad Blues

Bluesway 45-61010
61011
(1967)
B.B. KING

- Heartbreaker
- Raining In My Heart

Bluesway 45-61011
61012
(1967)
B.B. KING

- Sweet Sixteen Part 1
- Sweet Sixteen Part 2

Bluesway 45-61012
61013
(1968)
JIMMY REED

- Buy Me A Hound Dog
- Crazy About Oklahoma

Bluesway 45-61013
61014
(1968)
JOHN LEE HOOKER

- Mr. Lucky
- Cry Before I Go



Bluesway 45-61014
61015
(1968)
B.B. KING

- Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
- Having My Say



Bluesway 45-61015
61016
(1968)
DIRTY BLUES BAND

- Hound Dog
- New Orleans Woman

Bluesway 45-61016
61017
(1968)
JOHN LEE HOOKER

- Back Biters And Syndicaters
- Think Twice Before You Go

Bluesway 45-61017
61018
(1968)
B.B. KING

- Losing Faith In You
- I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me

Bluesway 45-61018
61019
(1968)
B.B. KING

- You Put It On Me
- The B.B. Jones

Bluesway 45-61019
61020
(1968)
JIMMY REED

- Peepin 'N Hidin
- My Baby Told Me

Bluesway 45-61020
61021
(1968)
B.B. KING

- Dance With Me
- Please Send Me Someone To Love

Bluesway 45-61021
61022
(1969)
B.B. KING

- Don't Waste My Time
- Get Myself Somebody

Bluesway 45-61022
61023
(1969)
JOHN LEE HOOKER

- I Don’t Wanna Go To Vietnam
- Simply The Truth

Bluesway 45-61023
61024
(1969)
B.B. KING

- Why I Sing The Blues
- Friends



Bluesway 45-61024
61025
(1969)
JIMMY REED

- Don't Light My Fire
- The Judge Should Know

Bluesway 45-61025
61026
(1969)
B.B. KING

- Get Off My Back Woman
- I Want You So Bad

Bluesway 45-61026
61027
(1969)
JAMES GANG

- I Don't Have The Time
- Fred

Bluesway 45-61027
61028
(1969)
JIMMY WITHERSPOON

- Just A Dream
- I Don't Know

Bluesway 45-61028
61029
(1969)
B.B. KING

- Just A Little Love
- My Wood

Bluesway 45-610
61030
(1969)
JAMES GANG

- Cruisin' Down The Highway
- Miami Two Step

Bluesway 45-61030
61031
(1969)
CHARLES BROWN

- New Merry Christmas Baby
- Rainy, Rainy Day

Bluesway 45-61031
61032
(1969)
B.B. KING

- The Thrill Is Gone
- You're Mean

Bluesway 45-61032
61033
(1969)
JAMES GANG

- Stop
- Take A Look Around

Bluesway 45-61033
61034
(1969)
COUNTRY COALITION

- Time To Get It Together
- How Do I Love You

Bluesway 45-61034
61035
(1970)
B. B. KING

- So Excited
- Confessin' The Blues

Bluesway 45-61035
 

7 inch 45 rpm EP

EP 6008
(1967)
T-Bone Walker: Stormy Monday Blues

- I'm Gonna Stop This Nightlife
- Cold Hearted Woman
- Stormy Monday

- Treat Me So Low Down
- I'm Still In Love With You
- Confusion Blues

rec. May 24 & 25, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA; T-Bone Walker, voc, g; McKinley Johnson, Mel Moore, tp; John 'Streamline' Ewing, tb; Mel Jernigan, ts; Preston Love, as; John Williams, as, bs; Lloyd Glenn, p; Mel Brown, g; Ron Brown, b; Paul Humphrey, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele



Bluesway EP-BLS-6008
 

LPs

Warning !!!
There are numerous vinyl and CD re-releases of Bluesway albums not (yet) completely included in this discography !!!

6000
(1967)
The Best of ...

B.B. King
Jimmy Reed
Otis Spann
John Lee Hooker
Dirty Blues Band
T-Bone Walker
and many more ...
DLP

Bluesway BL/BLS-6000 SX
6001
(1967)
B.B. King: Blues Is King
Don't Answer The Door

- Waitin' On You
- Gamblers' Blues
- Tired Of Your Jive
- Night Life
- Buzz Me

- Don't Answer The Door
- Blind Love
- I Know What You're Puttin' Down
- Baby Get Lost
- Gonna Keep On Loving You

notes by Stanley Dance

Bluesway BL/BLS-6001


His Master's Voice
CSD 3608 (UK 1967)

= ABC ABCD 704 (1970)

notes by Stanley Dance



= Probe 1C062-94509 (G)


= See For Miles SEE216

6002
(1967)
John Lee Hooker Live At Cafe Au Go-Go

- I'm Bad Like Jesse James
- She's Long, She's Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree)
- When My First Wife Left Me
- Heartaches And Misery

- One Bourbon, One Scotch One Beer
- I Don't Want No Trouble
- I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive
- Seven Days And Seven Nights

CD bonus tracks
- What's The Matter Baby
- Lucille
- Boogie Everywhere I Go
- Serves Me Right To Suffer
- Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang

rec. August 20, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; though listed on sleeve George Smith does not appear; prod. by Bob Thiele
notes by Stanley Dance

Bluesway BL/BLS-6002


= Bluesway/King SR-248
(Jp 1969)

notes by Stanley Dance

= Beat Goes On BGOLP/
BGOCD 39

6003
(1967)
Otis Spann: The Blues Is Where It's At

- Popcorn Man #
- Brand New House #
- Chicago Blues
- Steel Mill Blues
- Down On Sarah Street #

- T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do #
- Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Party Blues) #
- My Home Is In The Delta
- Spann Blues #

rec. August 30, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; # George Smith, hca [without amplification]; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele
notes by Stanley Dance

Bluesway BL/BLS 6003


= Stateside CSSX 240.759
(UK 1967)


= His Master's Voice
CLP/CSD 3609 (UK 1967)

= Bluesway/King SR-373
(Jp 1970)


= MCA 204927 (Fr 1982)

notes by Bez Turner



= Charly CRB-1062 (UK
1986)   "Nobody Knows
Chicago Like I Do"

notes by Stanley Dance



= Crosscut CCR 1016
(Germany 1987)


= (Amiga) DSB 2460 063
(GDR 1990) (Deutsche
Schallplatten GmbH)
"Nobody Knows Chicago
Like I Do"

(Blues Collection Nr. 17)

notes by Stanley Dance

= Beat Goes On BGOCD 221
(1994)

MCA C-11202 (1995)

6004
(1967)
The New Jimmy Reed Album

- Big Boss Man
- I Wanna Know
- Got Nowhere To Go
- Two Ways To Skin A Cat
- Heartaches And Trouble
- Tell Me What You Want Me To Do

- Honey I'll Make Two
- You Don't Have To Go
- Don't Play Me Cheap
- Two Sides To Every Story
- I'm Just Trying To Cop A Plea
- Two Heads Better Than One

rec. November 4 & 8, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, g, hca; William 'Lefty' Bates, g; Jimmy Reed Jr., g; Jimmy Gresham, b; Al Duncan, dr; prod. by Al Smith
notes by Sheldon Harris



Bluesway BLS-6004


His Master's Voice
CLP 3611 (UK 1967)

6005
(1967)
Jimmy Rushing: Every Day I Have The Blues
with Oliver Nelson and his orchestra featuring Dickie Wells

Bluesway BLS-6005 track sequence:
- Berkeley Campus Blues
- Keep The Faith, Baby
- You Can't Run Around (Blues)
- Blues In The Dark
- Baby Don't Tell

- Every Day I Have The Blues
- I Left My Baby
- Undecided Blues
- Evil Blues

Impulse! 547 967-2 track sequence:
- Berkeley Campus Blues
- Keep The Faith, Baby
- You Can't Run Around
- Blues In The Dark
- Baby, Don't Tell On Me
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- I Left My Baby
- Undecided Blues
- Evil Blues
- Sent To You Yesterday (Here You Come Today)
- Bad Loser
- Sonny Boy Blues
- We Remember Prez
- Cryin' Blues
- Take Me Back, Baby
- Tell Me I'm Not Too Late


Jimmy Rushing, voc; Bob Ashton, ts; Dickie Wells, tr; Clark Terry, tp; Hank Jones, p, org; Shirley Scott, org; Kenny Burrell, g; George Duvivier, b; Grady Tate, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele

Bluesway BLS-6005


= His Master's Voice
CLP 3632 (UK 1967)


(=) Impulse! 547 967-2
(EUR 1999)

6006
(1967)
Joe Turner: Singing The Blues

- Well Oh Well
- Joe's Blues
- Bluer Than Blue
- Big Wheel
- Poor House

- Piney Brown Blues
- Mrs. Geraldine
- Since I Was Your Man
- Roll 'Em Pete
- Cherry Red




Bluesway BL/BLS-6006


= Stateside SL 10226 (UK)


= MFSL MFCD 780 (US)

6007
(1967)
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson: Cherry Red

- Cherry Red
- Cadillac Blues
- Juice Head Baby
- Alimony Blues
- Somebody's Got To Go

- Flat Broke Blues
- Old Maid Got Married
- Workin' Blues
- Wee Baby Blues
- Goodnight Baby Blues

rec. March 22 & 23, 1967 in New York; Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, voc, as; Buddy Lucas, ts, hca; Patti Brown, org, p; Mike Bloomfield, g; g; b; dr; prod. by Bob Thiele
notes by Stanley Dance



Bluesway BLS-6007

notes by Stanley Dance



= MCA/One Way MCAD-
22169 (1995)

6008
(1967)
T-Bone Walker: Stormy Monday Blues

- I'm Gonna Stop This Nightlife
- Little Girl, Don't You Know
- Every Night I Have To Cry
- I'm Still In Love With You
- Cold Hearted Woman

- Treat Me So Low Down
- Stormy Monday
- Confusion Blues
- I Gotta Break Baby
- Flower Blues

rec. May 24 & 25, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA; T-Bone Walker, voc, g; McKinley Johnson, Mel Moore, tp; John 'Streamline' Ewing, tb; Mel Jernigan, ts; Preston Love, as; John Williams, as, bs; Lloyd Glenn, p; Mel Brown, g; Ron Brown, b; Paul Humphrey, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele
notes by George Hoefer



Bluesway BL/BLS-6008

= Stateside SSL 10223 UK 1967)

= Sparton BLS 6008 (Ca)

notes by Werner Burkhardt



= Philips 843 527 BY (G)

= BGO (1998)

6009
(1967)
Jimmy Reed: Soulin'

- Buy Me A Hound Dog
- Feel Like I Want To Ramble
- I Wake Up At Daybreak
- Peepin' And Hidin'
- Don't Press Your Luck Woman
- I'm Not Going To Let You Down

- I'm Knockin' On Your Door
- Crazy About Oklahoma
- Cousin Peaches
- Ain't No Time For Fussin'
- Dedication To Sonny




Bluesway BLS-6009


= Stateside SL 10221 (UK)

6010
(1968)
Dirty Blues Band

- Don't Start Me Talkin'
- What Is Soul Babe
- Hound Dog
- New Orleans Woman
- I'll Do Anything Babe
- Checkin' Up On My Baby

- Shake It Baby
- Worry Worry Blues
- Born Under A Bad Sign
- Spoonful
- Chicken Shack

notes by Frank Kofsky



Bluesway BL/BLS-6010

notes by David Wells



(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD
784 (UK 2008)

6011
(1968)
B.B. King: Blues On Top Of Blues

- Heartbreaker
- Losing Faith In You
- Dance With Me
- That's Wrong Little Mama
- Having My Say
- I'm Not Wanted Anymore

- Worried Dream
- Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
- Until I Found You
- I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me
- Raining In My Heart
- Now That You've Lost Me


Bluesway BLS-6011


= Stateside SL 10238
(UK 1968)

= ABC ABCD 709 (1970)

6012
(1968)
John Lee Hooker: Urban Blues

Bluesway BLS-6012 track sequence:
- Cry Before I Go []
- Boom Boom []
- Backbiters And Syndicaters
- Mr. Lucky
- My Own Blues
- I Can't Stand To Leave You

- Think Twice Before You Go
- I'm Standing In Line
- Hot Water Springs (Pt. 1)
- Hot Water Springs (Pt. 2)
- The Motor City Is Burning []

Beat Goes On BGOLP/CD122 track sequence:
- Cry Before I Go []
- Boom Boom Boom []
- Backbiters & Syndicaters
- Mr. Lucky
- My Own Blues
- I Can't Stand To Leave You
- Think Twice Before You Go
- I'm Standing In Line
- Hot Spring Water Pt. 1
- Hot Spring Water Pt. 2
- The Motor City Is Burning []
- Want Ad Blues [Bluesway 45-61010] [] #

MCA CD 10760 track sequence:
- Cry Before I Go []
- Boom Boom Boom []
- Backbiters & Syndicaters
- Mr. Lucky
- My Own Blues
- I Can't Stand To Leave You
- Think Twice Before You Go
- I'm Standing In Line
- Hot Spring Water Pt. 1
- Hot Spring Water Pt. 2
- The Motor City Is Burning []
- I Gotta Go To Vietnam [previously unissued] * #
- Messin' 'round With The Blues [previously unissued] * #
- Hold On Baby [previously unissued] * #
although listed in FANCOURT & MCGRATH as content of MCA CD 10760 "Walking The Floor Over You" from the same 1969 session actually remains unissued *

# CD bonus tracks

[] rec. September 26, 1967 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Buddy Guy, g; Eddie Taylor, Phillip Upchurch, b; Al Duncan, dr; prod. by Al Smith (+ Ed Michel)

rec. November 27, 1967 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Louis Myers, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Phillip Upchurch, b; Al Duncan, dr; prod. by Al Smith (+ Ed Michel)

* rec. May 29, 1969 at Vault Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Jeffrey Carp, hca; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org; Earl Hooker, g; Chester 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Roosevelt Shaw, dr; prod. by Ed Michel
notes by Sheldon Harris



Bluesway BLS-6012


= Bluesway/King SR-230
(Jp 1968)


= Stateside CSSX 240.795
(Fr 1974)

notes by Sheldon Harris



(=) Beat Goes On
BGOLP122 / BGOCD122
(UK 1991)

notes by Sheldon Harris

(=) MCA CD 10760 (US 1993)

6013
(1968)
Otis Spann: The Bottom Of The Blues

- Heart Loaded With Trouble
- Diving Duck
- Shimmy Baby #
- Look Like Twins *
- I'm A Fool #

- My Man #
- Down To Earth #
- Nobody Knows
- Doctor Blues

rec. November 20, 1967 in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; # Lucille Spann, voc; * Muddy Waters, Luther Johnson, Sam Lawhorn, g; George Buford, hca; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele
notes by Sheldon Harris

Bluesway BLS-6013 (US)

notes by Sheldon Harris



= EMI Stateside SSL 10255
(UK 1968)

notes by Sheldon Harris

= Philips 843533 BY stereo
(Germany 1968)

notes by Sheldon Harris

= Beat Goes On BGOLP 92
(1990)

= Beat Goes On BGOCD 92

(=) MCA 11202 (US 1995)

6014
(1968)
T-Bone Walker: Funky Town

- Goin' To Funky Town
- Party Girl
- Why My Baby (Keep On Bothering Me)
- Jealous Woman
- Going To Build Me a Playhouse

- Long Skirt Baby Blues
- Struggling Blues
- I'm In An Awful Mood
- I Wish My Baby (Would Come Home At Night)

notes by Sheldon Harris



Bluesway BLS-6014

= Stateside SL 10223
(UK 1968)

6015
(1968)
Jimmy Reed: Big Boss Man

- Give Up And Let Me Go
- I'm Leavin'
- Shame, Shame, Shame
- Run Here To My Baby
- Life Is Funny
- Two In One Blue

- My Baby Told Me
- Five Years Of Good Lovin'
- When Two People In Love
- I've Got To Keep On Rollin'
- When I Woke Up This Mornin'

notes by Sheldon Harris



Bluesway BLS-6015
6016
(1968)
B.B. King: Lucille

- Lucille
- You Move Me So
- Country Girl
- No Money No Luck

- I Need Your Love
- Rainin' All The Time
- I'm With You
- Stop Putting The Hurt On Me
- Watch Yourself
prod. by Bob Thiele
notes by Sheldon Harris

Bluesway BLS-6016


= Stateside SL 10272
(UK 1968)

= ABC ABCD 712 (1970)


= MFSL CD 24 (1996)

original notes by Sheldon
Harris plus new notes
by Alan Balfour

= Beat Goes On
BGOCD36 (UK 1997)

= MCA MCAD 10518

6017
(1968)
Jimmy Rushing: Livin' The Blues

Bluesway BLS-6017 track sequence:
- Sent For You
- Bad Loser
- Sonny Boy Blues
- We Remember Pres

- Cryin' Blues
- Take Me Back, Baby
- Tell Me I'm Not Too Late

Impulse! 547 967-2 track sequence:
- Berkeley Campus Blues
- Keep The Faith, Baby
- You Can't Run Around
- Blues In The Dark
- Baby, Don't Tell On Me
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- I Left My Baby
- Undecided Blues
- Evil Blues

- Sent To You Yesterday (Here You Come Today)
- Bad Loser
- Sonny Boy Blues
- We Remember Prez
- Cryin' Blues
- Take Me Back, Baby
- Tell Me I'm Not Too Late

Jimmy Rushing, voc; Buddy Tate, sax; Dickie Wells, tr; Dave Frishberg, p; Hugh Mc Cracken, Wally Richardson, g; Bob Bushnell, b; Joe Marshall, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele
notes by Sheldon Harris



Bluesway BLS-6017


(=) Impulse! 547 967-2
(EUR 1999)

6018
(1968)
South Central Avenue Municipal Blues Band
The Soul Of Bonnie And Clyde


- The Soul Of Bonnie And Clyde
- The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde
- Bonnie And Clyde
- Bowl Of Soul
- Blues For A Rainy Everyday
- Blues For Bonnie And Clyde

- South Central Avenue Municipal Blues Band
- Ode To Bonnie And Clyde
- How's Your Clyde?
- There's Not Much Time To Love
- Little Bit A' Bonnie And Whole Lotta Clyde

Bluesway BLS-6018
6019
(1968)
Roy Brown: The Blues Are All Brown

- Hard Times
- Higher And Higher
- New Orleans Woman
- Driving Me Mad
- Till The End Of Never
- Soul Lover

- Man In Trouble
- Standing On Broadway (Watching The Girls)
- Woman Trouble Blues
- Cryin' With The Blues
- Deep Down In My Soul


Bluesway BLS-6019

Bluesway BLS-6056




(=) Charly CRB 1199 (UK)
"The Bluesway Sessions"

6020
(1968)
The Dirty Blues Band: Stone Dirt
featuring Rod "Gingerman" Piazza

- Bring It On Home
- It's My Own Fault Baby
- I Can't Quit You Baby
- Tell Me
- She's The One

- My Baby
- Sittin' Down Wonderin'
- Six Sides
- You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling
- Gone Too Long

notes by Leonard J. Feather



Bluesway BLS-6020

notes by David Wells



(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD
784 (UK 2008)

6021
(1968)
The Outlaw Blues Band .... and ... the People
Hey Mom! It's High, But ... You Will Dig It.

- Tobacco Road
- Tried To Be A Good Boy (But I'm Worse Than A Nazi)
- How Bad Love Can Be
- I've Got To Have Peace On My Mind

- Lost In The Blues
- Death Dog Of Doom
- Sweet Sixteen
- Two 'Tranes Running

rec 1968 at United and Western Studios in Hollywood, CA; Larry Gentile, org; Joe Whiteman, saxes, fl, vibraharp, perc; Leon Rubenhold, lead voc, hca, perc; Phillip John Diaz, lead voc, lead & rhythm g, perc; Joe Francis Gonzalez, lead voc, b, perc; Victor Aleman, dr, perc; Pan de Shito, congas; prod. by Bob Thiele; engineered by Rudy Van Gelder; artwork by Felipe Leon


 




Bluesway BLS-6021

www.outlawbluesband.com

6022
(1969)
The Electric B.B. King: His Best

- Tired Of Your Jive
- Don't Answer The Door
- The B.b. Jones
- All Over Again
- Paying The Cost To Be The Boss

- Think It Over
- I Done Got Wise
- Meet My Happiness
- Sweet Sixteen
- You Put It On Me
- I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair

prod. by Johnny Pate & Quincy Jones




Bluesway BLS-6022

= ABC ABCD 813 (4/1974)

= MCA ABCD 813 (US 1980)

= BGO LP/CD 37 (UK 1990)

6023
(1969)
John Lee Hooker: Simply the truth

- I Don't Wanna Go To Vietnam
- Mini Skirts
- Mean Mean Woman
- I Wanna Bugaloo

- Tantalizing With The Blues
- (Twist Ain't Nothin') But The Old Time Shimmy
- One Room Country Shack
- I'm Just A Drifter

Bluesway BLS-6023
6024
(1969)
Jimmy Reed: Down In Virginia

- Sugar Sugar Woman
- Don't Light My Fire
- Slow Wa King Mama
- Jump And Shout
- Down In Virginia

- Check Yourself
- I Shot An Arrow To The Sky
- Ghetto Woman Blues
- Big Boss Lady
- I Need You So
- The Judge Should Know

rec. 1967-1969 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, g, hca; Wayne Bennett,g; Eddie Taylor, g, b; Philip Upcurch, b; Al Duncan, dr; prod. by Al Smith
notes by Sheldon Harris



Bluesway BLS-6024


= Action ACLS 6011
(UK 1969)

6025

Bluesway BLS-6025
[unissued]
6026
(1969)
Jimmy Witherspoon: Blues Singer

- Evening
- I Don't Know
- No Rolling Blues
- Going Down Slow

- Pay The Consequence
- Just A Dream
- Blow Wind Blow
- Look At Granny Run Run
- Nobody Wants To Hear Nobody's Troubles

Jimmy Witherspoon, voc; Charlie Musselwhite, hca; Barry Goldberg, keyb; Jack McDuff, org; Danny Kalb, Harvey Mandel, g; prod. by Lewis Futterman and Johnny Pate
notes by Annie Fisher



Bluesway BLS-6026


= Stateside SSL 10289
(UK 1970)

6027
(1970?)
Rocky & Val: I Stopped and Looked At the World

Marzano-Calvert Productions [announced in Billboard May 17, 1969]

Bluesway BLS-6027
[may be unissued]
6028
(1969)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Long Way From Home

- Long Way From Home
- Big Question
- Rock Island Line
- Night And Day
- You Just Usin' Me For A Convenience
- Hole In The Wall

- Life Is A Gamble
- Don't Mistreat Me
- Packin' Up, Gettin' Ready
- Wailin' And Whoopin'
- B.M. Special

rec. March 1, 1969 in Los Angeles, CA; Brownie McGhee, voc, g; Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Ray Johnson, p; Jimmy Bond, b; Panama Francis, dr; prod. by Ed Michel; photos & design by Phil Melnick

Bluesway BLS-6028


= Stateside SL 10291
(UK 1969)

6029
(1969)
George 'Harmonica' Smith and his Blues Band
...Of The Blues


- A Letter To The President []
- Got My Mojo Working
- Milk That Cow
- Blues For Reverend King
- Ode To Blillie Joe

- Juicy Harmonica
- Help Me
- Hawaiian Eye
- If You Were A Rabbit #

prod. by Bob Thiele
rec. February 27 & 28, 1969 in Hollywood; George Smith, voc, hca; Big Jim Wynn, bar; Richard Davis, tpt; Ed Davis, sax; Robert Schedel, p; Marshall Hooks, g; Curtis Tillman, b; unknown dr
# George Smith, voc, hca; Lightnin' Rod (Piazza), hca; Arthur Wright, g; unknown org. ten, b, dr
[] George Smith, talking with Lightnin' Rod (Piazza), hca; Art Adams, g

George 'Harmonica' Smith discography

notes by Sheldon Harris



Bluesway BLS-6029

notes by Klaus 'Mojo' Kilian

= Crosscut CCR 1015 (D 1987)

more info

6030
(1969)
The Outlaw Blues Band: Breaking In

- Plastic Man
- Stormy Monday Blues
- My Baby's Left And Gone

- Day Said
- Mamo Pano Shhhh
- You're The Only One
- Deep Gully

Bluesway BLS-6030

www.outlawbluesband.com

6031
(1969)
B.B. King: Live And Well

- Don't Answer The Door
- Just A Little Love
- My Mood
- Sweet Little Angel
- Please Accept My Love

- I Want You So Bad
- Friends
- Get Off My Back Woman
- Let's Get Down To Business
- That's Why I Sing The Blues


Bluesway BLS-6031

= ABC ABCD 819 (1974)

6032
(1969)
Earl Hooker: Don't Have To Worry
featuring Johnny "Big Moose" Walker and Little Andrew "Blues Boy" Odom

- The Sky Is Crying (70046)*
- Hookin' (70040)
- Is You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry? (70044) []
- You Got To Lose (70048) #
- Blue Guitar (70049)

- Moanin' And Groanin' (70045) *
- Universal Rock (70042)
- Look Over Yonder's Wall (70043) []
- Don't Have To Worry (70041) #
- Come To Me Right Away, Baby (70047) *

rec. May 29, 1969 at Vault Recording Studio in Los Angeles, CA; Earl Hooker, g, # voc; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org, [] voc; * Little Andrew 'Blues Boy' Odom, voc; Chester E. 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Jeffrey M. Carp, hca, Paul Asbell, g; Roosevelt Shaw, dr; prod. by Ed Michel

Earl Hooker discography




Bluesway BLS-6032

= Stateside SSL 10298
(UK 1970)

= Movieplay TK 3007 (Brazil)
(El camino del blues 8)


= Probe IPR-8193

6033
(1969)
John Lee Hooker Untitled Album

Bluesway BLS-6033
[Unissued]
6034
(1969)
The James Gang: Yer' Album

- Introduction (Tuning Part One)
- Take A Look Around
- Funk #48
- Bluebird
- Lost Woman

- Stone Rap
- Collage
- I Don't Have The Time
- Wrapcity In English (Joe Walsh & The Seymour Barab Strings)
- Fred (Featuring The Dunn Chorus)
- Stop (Featuring The Dunn Chorus)




Bluesway BLS-6034
6036
(1969)
Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker: Ramblin' Woman
featuring Earl Hooker And Otis Hale

- Footrace (70064)
- The Sky Is Crying (70068)
- Ramblin' Woman (70062)
- Moose Huntin' (70067)
- Chicken Shack (70069)

- Leave Me Alone (70065)
- Baby Talk (70063)
- Would You Baby (70073) - Rock Me Momma (70070)
- Moose Is On The Loose (70072)

rec. June 9, 1969 at Vault Recording Studio, Los Angeles; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org, voc; Otis Hale, electric ts; Earl Hooker, g; Chester E. 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Paul Humphrey, dr



Bluesway BLS-6036
6037
(1969)
B.B. King: Completely Well

- So Excited
- No Good
- You're Losin' Me #
- What Happened? #
- Confessin' The Blues

- Key To My Kingdom #
- Cryin' Won't Help You Now
- You're Mean
- The Thrill Is Gone *

rec. October 8, 1969 at the Hit Factories (East and West) in New York; B.B. King, voc, g; # tp; # saxes; Paul Harris, org, p; Hugh McCracken, g; Gerald 'Fingers' Jemmott, b; Herbie Lovelle, dr; * strings; "production and sound" by Bill Szymczyk

Bluesway BLS-6037

notes by Ralph Gleason



= Stateside SSL 10299 (UK)

= ABC ABCD 868 (1974)

6038
(1970)
John Lee Hooker: If You Miss 'Im ... I Got 'Im
featuring Earl Hooker

- The Hookers (If You Miss 'Im... I Got 'Im) (70033)
- Baby, I Love You (70036B)
- Lonesome Mood (70031)
- Bang Bang Bang Bang (70035) #
- If You Take Care Of Me, I'll Take Care Of You (70028)

- Baby, Be Strong (70032B)
- I Wanna Be Your Puppy, Baby (70034)
- I Don't Care When You Go (70030)
- Have Mercy On My Soul (70038) #

rec. May 29, 1969 at Vault Recording Studios, Los Angeles; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Earl Hooker, g or # Paul Asbell, g; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org; Jeffrey Carp, hca; Chester 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Roosevelt Shaw, dr; prod. by Ed Michel




Bluesway BLS-6038

= Bluesway/King SR-412
(Jp)

notes by Tony Russell

= BGO BGOCD392

6039
(1970)
Charles Brown: Legend!

- Drifting Blues #
- All Is Forgiven []
- I Want To Go Home # []

- Black Night #
- The Combination
- Rainy, Rainy Day
- New Merry Christmas Baby #

rec. September 16, 1969 at Vault Recordings, Los Angeles, CA; Charles Brown, voc, p; Red Holloway, ts; Mel Brown [left channel], Earl Hooker [right channel], g; # Jimmy Bond or Arthur Booth, b; Ed Thigpen, dr; [] Dottie Ivory, voc; prod. by Ed Michel



Bluesway BLS-6039
6040
(1970)
Jimmy Witherspoon: HUNH!

- Parcel Post Blues (70080)
- I Made A Lot Of Mistakes (70079)
- Bug To Put 'n Yo' Year (70081) #
- Bags Under My Eyes (Sad Life) (70085)

- Thoughts Of Home (70093) []
- You Can't Do A Thing When You're Drunk (70084)
- Never Knew This Kind Of Hurt Before (70082)
- Pillar To Post (70083)

rec. September 15, 1969 at Vault Studios in Los Angeles; Jimmy Witherspoon, voc; James 'Red' Holloway, ts; Charles Brown, p; # Art Hillery, org; Mel Brown, g [left channell]; Earl Hooker, g [right channel]; Jimmy Bond, b; Lavell Austin, dr; prod. by Ed Michel
[] Jimmy Witherspoon, voc [added]; tb; ts; p; Mel Brown, g [added]; g; b; dr



Bluesway BLS 6040
6041
 
Jimmy Reed Untitled Album



Bluesway BLS-6041
[Unissued]
6042Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Brownie's Blues

- Jump, Little Children
- Lonesome Day
- One Thing For Sure
- The Killin' Floor
- Little Black Engine

- I Don't Know The Reason
- Trouble In Mind
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- Door To Success

rec. October 6, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ; Brownie McGhee, voc, g; Sonny Terry, hca; Bennie Foster, g

http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/bluesway.html: "BLS 6042 - Brownie's Blues - Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry [Unissued] Later released as Bluesville OBC-505." [to me more likely a muddling of "BV 1042" and "BLS-6042"]

click to enlarge !
Bluesville BV 1042

Bluesway BLS-6042
[Unissued]

Bluesville OBC-505

6043
(1970)
Country Coalition

- Your One Man Band
- Second-Hand Sundown Queen
- Sweet Sweetheart
- Poverty
- Life's Little Up's And Down's
- Time To Get It Together

- How Do I Love You
- November Monday
- Think About Now
- Giving Up Trying To Please You
- Age Of Angels
- Longing To Be Free

Peggie Moje [later P. Bradley], fiddle; Dick Bradley, g; Tom Riney, b; John Kurtz, dr; prod. by Bob Todd and arranged by Don McGinnis



Bluesway BLS-6043


= Bluesway BLS-6043
"Time To Get It Together"

6044


Bluesway BLS-6044
[Unissued]
6045


Bluesway BLS-6045
[Unissued]
6046
(1970)
Jimmy Witherspoon


Bluesway BLS-6046
[Unissued?]
6047
(1970)
Earl Hooker Memorial Album

[obviously released as Blues On Blues 10002]

Blues on Blues discography
Earl Hooker discography


Bluesway BLS-6047
[Unissued?]
6048


Bluesway BLS-6048
[Unissued]
6049


Bluesway BLS-6049
[Unissued]
6050
(1970)
B.B. King: Back In The Alley
The Classic Blues of B.B. King

- Sweet Little Angel
- Watch Yourself
- Don't Answer The Door
- Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
- Sweet Sixteen

- Gambler's Blues
- I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me
- Lucille
- Please Love Me

prod. by Ed Michel & Larry Ray
notes by Jack Tracy

Bluesway BLS-6050


Polydor/ABC ABCS-725
(Ca 1971) [signed]

= MCA 68022 (Fr 1973)

= ABC ABCD 878 (1974)

notes by Jack Tracy



= MCA AB/ABCD 878 (1977)

= MCA 27010 (1980)

6051
(1970)
the best of Jimmy Witherspoon

- Handbags And Gladrags
- I Don't Know
- I Made A Lot Of Mistakes
- Blow Wind Blow
- Bags Under My Eyes (Edited Version)

- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- You Can't Do A Thing When You're Drunk (Edited Version)
- Just A Dream
- Testifying

Bluesway BLS-6051
6052
(1973)
John Lee Hooker: kabuki wuki
live at Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco

- You Love (Just A Little Bit) #
- Hold It
- Look At The Rain
- My Best Friend

- Hit The Floor
- A Little Bit Higher
- I Wonder Why
- If You Got A Dollar

rec. August 14/15, 1971 in San Francisco, CA; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Robert Hooker, org; Cliff Coulter, keyb; Mel Brown, Luther Tucker, Benny Rowe, Paul Wood, g; # L.C. Robinson, st g; Luther Tucker, g; Geno Skaggs, b; Kenneth Swank, dr; prod. by Ed Michel; mixed December 1972 at the Village Recorder, Los Angeles
notes by Joel Selvin



Bluesway BLS-6052
6053
(1973)
Ray Charles: genius live in concert

- Opening
- Swing A Little Taste
- I Gotta Woman
- Margie
- You Don't Know Me
- Hide Nor Hair

- Baby Don't You Cry
- Makin' Whoopee
- Hallelujah I Love Her So
- Don't Set Me Free
- What'd I Say
- Finale
ABC/ABCS 500


Bluesway BLS-6053

6054
(1973)
Jimmy Reed: i ain't from chicago

- World's Got A Problem
- I Don't Know (Part 1)
- I Don't Know (Part 2)
- Got To Be A Reason
- Take Out Some Insurance

- I Don't Believe In Nothing
- If You Want It Done Right
- Life Won't Last Me Long
- Turn Me On
- Got Me Worried
- I Ain't From Chicago

Bluesway BLS-6054
6055
(1973)
Andrew 'Voice' Odom: farther on down the road

- Don't Ever Leave Me All Alone (70057)
- Stormy Monday (70053) #
- Farther Up The Road (70061)
- Feel So Good (70054)
- Long About Sunrise (70060)

- Take Me Back To East St. Louis (70052)
- I Got The Feelin' (70051)
- It's My Own Fault (70056) #
- Please Love Me (70059)

rec. June 4, 1969 at Vault Recording Studio, Los Angeles; Andrew 'Voice' Odom, voc; Earl Hooker, g; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, # org; Jimmy Bond, b; David 'Panama' Francis, dr
notes by Joel Selvin



Bluesway BLS/BLQ-6055
6056
(1973)
Hard Times: The Classic Blues Of Roy Brown

- Hard Times
- Higher And Higher
- New Orleans Woman
- Driving Me Mad
- Till The End Of Never
- Soul Lover

- Man In Trouble Blues
- Standing On Broadway (Watching The Girls)
- Woman Trouble Blues
- Cryin' With The Blues
- Deep Down In My Soul
Bluesway BLS-6019


Bluesway BLS-6056




(=) Charly CRB 1199 (UK)
"The Bluesway Sessions"

6057
(1973)
Jimmy Rushing: Sent For You Yesterday

- You Can't Run Around (Blues)
- Sonny Boy Blues
- Sent For You Yesterday (Here You Come Today)
- Blues In The Dark
- Every Day I Have the Blues
- Undecided Blues
- I Left My Baby
- Berkeley Campus Blues
- Tell Me I'm Not Too Late

Bluesway BLS-6057
6058
(1973)
T-Bone Walker: dirty mistreater

- Why My Baby (Keeps On Bothering Me)
- Stormy Monday
- Jealous Woman
- Flower Blues
- Long Skirt Baby Blues
- Little Girl, Don't You Know

- Treat Me So Low Down
- I'm In an Awful Mood
- Going To Build Me A Playhouse
- Cold Hearted Woman
- Goin' To Funky Town


Bluesway BLS-6058
6059
(1973)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry with Earl Hooker:
i couldn't believe my eyes


- Black Cat Bone (70103) # []
- Brownie's New Blues (70096) #
- Poor Man Blues (70101) * []
- Tell Me Why (70094) #
- My Baby's So Fine (70100) *

- Don't Wait For Me (70095) # []
- I'm In Love With You Baby (70102) *
- Parcel Post Blues (70097) #
- When I Was Drinkin' (70099) *
- I Couldn't Believe My Eyes (70098) #

rec. September 24, 1969 in Los Angeles; Brownie McGhee, g, # voc; Sonny Terry, hca, * voc; Ray Johnson, el p, p; Earl Hooker, g; Jimmy Bond, b; Panama Francis, dr; Clark Kidder, George McGhee, Marsha Smith, [] voc

Earl Hooker discography




Bluesway BLS/BLQ 6059

MCA CD 11756 (1998)

6060
(1973)
Joe Turner: Roll 'Em

- Well Oh Well
- Joe's Blues
- Bluer Than Blue
- Big Wheel
- Poor House

- Piney Brown Blues
- Mrs. Geraldine
- Since I Was Your Man
- Roll 'Em Pete
- Cherry Red
Bluesway BLS-6006


Bluesway BLS-6060

6061
(1973)
Blues Classics Vol. 1
Collector's Bluesway Gold Edition

Ray Charles
- Let's Go Get Stoned
John Lee Hooker
- I'm Bad Like Jesse James
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
- Baby Talk
T-Bone Walker
- Stormy Monday
Mel Brown
- Scorpio

George 'Hamonica' Smith
- Got My Mojo Working
Jimmy Witherspoon
- No Rollin' Blues
Andrew 'Voice' Odom
- Take Me Back To East St. Louis
Roy Brown
- Hard Times
Archie Shepp
- Attica Blues



Bluesway BLS-6061
6062
(1973)
Blues Classics Vol. 2
Collector's Bluesway Gold Edition

Jimmy Reed
- Big Boss Man
Charles Brown
- Drifting Blues
Joe Turner
- Piney Brown Blues
B.B. King
- Midnight
Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
- Cherry Red

Earl Hooker
- Blue Guitar
Clifford Coulter
- Ridin' on Empty
Otis Spann
- T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Long Way From Home
Jimmy Rushing
- Bad Loser



Bluesway BLS-6062
6063
(1973)
Otis Spann: Heart Loaded With Trouble
The Classic Blues of Otis Spann

- Doctor Blues
- Down On Sarah Street #
- Chicago Blues
- Brand New House #
- My Home Is On The Delta

- Spann Blues #
- I'm A Fool
- Down To Earth
- Heart Loaded With Trouble
- Looks Like Twins

# rec. August 30, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; George Smith, hca [without amplification]; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele

Bluesway BLS-6063
6064
(1973)
Mel Brown: Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlins
And Other Greasy Blues Specialties


- Chunk A Funk
- Seven Forty-Seven
- Eighteen Pounds Of Unclean Chitlins

- Time For A Change
- Good Stuff
- I'd Rather Suck My Thumb
- W-2 Witholding
- Home James


Bluesway BLS-6064
6065
(1973)
bobby bland: call on me

- Call On Me
- The Feeling Is Gone
- Honky Tonk
- Cry Lover Cry
- Wishing Well
- Share You Love With Me

- That's The Way Love Is
- Care For Me
- No Sweeter Girl
- Bobby's Blues
- Ain't It A Good Thing
- Queen For A Day

Bluesway BLS-6065
6066
(1973)
junior parker: Sometimes Tomorrow My Broken Heart Will Die

- My Love Is Real
- I'm Gonna Take A Chance
- If You Can't Take It (You Sure Can't Make It)
- What Kind Of Love
- It Ain't Like That No More

- Goodbye Little Girl
- Today I Sing The Blues
- I'm Gonna Stop
- What People Say About Love
- Little Old Lover-M




Bluesway BLS-6066
6067
(1970)
The Ultimate Jimmy Reed

- Honest I Do
- Big Boss Man
- Shame, Shame, Shame
- Aw, Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
- Bright Lights, Big City

- The Sun Is Shining
- Good Lover
- Down In Virginia
- Hush, Hush
- Close Together
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do




Bluesway BLS-6067
6068
(1970)
Sunny Land Slim Plays The Rag Time Blues

- Get Hip To Yourself
- Mr. Cool
- Bassology
- Ain't Gonna Drink No More
- It's You Baby
- Everytime I Gets To Drinkin'

- Lonesome Ride
- Canadian Walk
- Rice, Salmon And Black-Eyed Peas [not listed on back cover]
- Got To Get To My Baby [listed as "Goin' to My Baby" on the back cover]
- When Your Mama Quit Your Papa [not listed on back cover]

prod. by Al Smith
notes by Frank Walker
and Sunny Land Slim [sic]



Bluesway BLS-6068
6069
(1973)
Johnny Little John: Funky From Chicago

- Lost In The Jungle # []
- I Met A Stranger # []
- Chips Flying Everywhere #
- Guitar King #
- Keep On Runnin' #

- Need More Baby * //
- 29 Ways * §
- Came Home This Mornin' * §
- 19 Years Old [mentioned on back cover, but not included on the album]
- How Long Blues *
- Worried Head *

rec. 1973 in Chicago, Ill.; prod. by Al Smith

# John Littlejohn, voc, g; [] Walter Horton, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon, b; Willie Smith, dr

* John Littlejohn, voc, g; // Marcus Johnson, ts; § Joe Willie Pinetop Perkins, p; Eddie Taylor, g; Dave Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

Johnny Littlejohn discography

notes by John Little John
and Marcus Johnson







Bluesway BLS-6069
6070
(1974)
Lucille Spann: Cry Before I Go

- Cry Before I Go
- Meat Ration Blues
- Country Girl
- Make You Feel Like A Bigger Man
- Sky Is Crying

- Everybody's Fishing
- Got My Mojo Workin'
- Can't Stand To Leave You
- Queen Bee
- Daddy Let Me Love You
- Wine Head Woman

rec. 1973 in Chicago, Ill.; Lucille Spann, voc; Detroit Junior, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Eddie Taylor, g; James Green, b; Willie Smith, dr; Carey Bell, hca; prod. by Al Smith

Lucille Spann discography

notes by
Mahalia "Lucille" Spann



Bluesway BLS-6070
6071
(1973)
Homesick James: Ain't Sick No More

- 13 Highway
- 12 Year Old Boy
- Buddy Brown
- Fayette County Blues
- Little Girl
- In Love

- My Baby's Gone
- Little And Low
- Money Getter
- I Ain't Doin' No Good
- Sugar Mama
- Woman I Love

rec. 1973; Homesick James Williamson, voc, g; Snooky Pryor, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Dave Myers, b; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, dr
notes by Homesick James

Bluesway BLS-6071
6072
(1974)
Do You Remember The Great Earl Hooker

- Two Bugs In A Rug
- Hold On ... I'm Comin'
- Off The Hook
- Dust My Broom
- Hot And Heavy //
- The Screwdriver # //

- Bertha
- The Foxtrot
- End Of The Blues
- Walkin' The Floor
- Hooker Special []
- Something You Ate []

CD bonus tracks:
- Off The Hook
- untitled track

# not on Bluesway BLS-6072

rec. 1966 in Sauk City, Wisconsin; Earl Hooker, g; Freddie Roulette, st-g; org; g; b; dr
[] rec. April 1967 in Sauk City, Wisconsin; Earl Hooker, g; ts; org; b; dr
// rec. 1967 in Sauk City, Wisconsin; Earl Hooker, g; Bobby Fields, ts; org; b; dr

Earl Hooker discography




Cuca KS-3400 (1967)   "The
Genius of Earl Hooker"

notes by Peter Shertser



= Red Lightnin' 009 (UK
1972) "There's A Fungus
Amung Us"

notes by Al Smith



= Bluesway BLS-6072 (US
1974) "Do You Remember
The Great Earl Hooker"

notes by Peter Shertser

= Red Lightnin' CD 6118
(UK 1999) "There's A
Fungus Amung Us"

(digitally remastered)


= Catfish 134 (US 1999)
= Multimedia 6118 (US 1999)


= Sundazed SUNLP 5206
(US 2006) "The Genius
of Earl Hooker"

www.sundazed.com

= P-Vine PVCP8159
(Jp 1998)

6073
(1973)
Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall

disc 1:
- Bright Lights Big City
- I'm Mr. Luck
- What's Wrong Baby
- Found Joy
- Kind Of Lonesome

- Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth
- Tell Me You Love Me
- Blue Carnegie
- I'm A Love You
- Hold Me Close
- Blue Blue Water

disc 2:
- Baby What You Want Me To Do
- You Don't Have To Go
- Hush-Hush
- Found Love
- Honest I Do
- You Got Me Dizzy

- Big Boss Man
- Take Out Some Insurance
- Boogie In The Dark
- Going To New York
- Ain't That Lovin' Baby
- The Sun Is Shining

DLP



Vee-Jay VJLP/2SR-1035
(US 1961)

DLP

= Stateside SL 10012
(UK 1962)

DLP

= Bluesway BLS-6073


= Joy JOYS 120


= Exodus EX/EXS 307
(US 1966)




= MFSL UDCD 566 (US)

6074
(1973)
reverend gatemouth moore: after twenty-one years

- The Conversion Of Gatemouth Moore And Shine On Me
- Prayer Song And Meditation Medley: Oh How I Love Jesus, Yes Jesus Loves Me, A Prayer by Rev. Crenshaw
- Glory To His Name
- He Walks With Me

- Heard The Voice
- There Is Room At The Cross
- Just As I Am
- I Come To The Garden And I'm Going Through

notes by Bishop Arnold
Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore



Bluesway BLS-6074
6075
(1974)
Johnny Young: I Can't Keep My Foot From Jumping

- Stop Breaking Down
- I Gotta Find My Baby
- Deal The Cards
- My Trainfare Out Of Town
- I Know She's Kinda Slick
- Tried Not To Cry

- Keep On Drinking
- Kid Mama Blues
- Lend Me Your Love
- Sweet Mama
- No. 12 Is At The Station
- I Can't Keep My Foot From Jumping

rec. 1973 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, g; p; Louis Myers, g; Richard Evans, b; Bill Warren, dr; prod. by Al Smith

Johnny Young discography

notes by Al Smith



Bluesway BLS-6075
6076
(1973)
Snooky Pryor: Do It If You Want To

- Trying To Sell My Monkey
- You Wait Too Long
- Somebody Been Rambling In My Drawers
- Sweet As An Apple In A Tree
- The One I Crave To See

- Snooky And Andy At The Mardi Gras
- Do It If You Want To
- I Want To Go Fishin'
- Take It Kind Of Easy
- Can I Be Your Man
- A Little While
- Keep Your Fat Mouth Out Of My Business

rec. May 1973; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Justin Adams, rhythm g; John E. Moore, lead g; George French, b, Alonzo Stewart, dr

Snooky Pryor discography

notes by Al Smith



Bluesway BLS/BLQ 6076
6077
(1973)
Roosevelt Sykes: Dirty Double Mother

- Double Dirty Mother
- Persimmon Pie
- I Wanna Love
- Look A Here
- Jookin' In New Orleans
- May Be A Scandal

- Double Breasted Woman
- Dooky Chase Boogie
- Life Is A Puzzle
- .44 Riffle Blues
- Watch'l Go Better


Bluesway BLS/BLQ-6077


= Probe

6078
(1973)
Cousin Joe Of New Orleans

- Juice On The Loose
- Beggin' Woman
- Chicken A-La-Blues
- Messin' Around
- Barefoot Boy

- Country Boy
- Evolution Blues
- Joe's Blues
- Life's A One Way Ticket
- Down It And Get From Around It


Bluesway BLS/BLQ-6078
6079
(1973)
Carey Bell: Last Night

- Last Night
- Taking You Downtown
- Rosa, I Love Your Soul
- I'm Worried
- Cho' Cho' Blues
- Tomorrow Night

- 19 Years Old
- Leaving In The Morning
- Love Pretty Women
- Mean Mistreater
- Freda/I Want To See You Tomorrow

rec. 1972 in Chicago, IL; Carey Bell Harrington, voc, hca; Joe 'Pinetop' Perkins, keyb; Eddie Taylor, g; Dave Myers, b; Willie Smith, dr; prod. by Al Smth
notes by Carey Bell



Bluesway BLS-6079




= MCA/One Way MCAD-
22170 (1995)

6080
(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; engineered by Larry Hamby

Big Joe Williams discography

notes by Al Smith
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Bluesway BLS-6080
6081
(2/1974)
The Spencer Jackson Family: The Hand of God

- The Hand Of God
- Top Of The Mountain
- Walk Up Moses
- We Have Decided

- My God
- This Little Light Of Mine
- O Happy Day
- God's All Right
- He's Coming Back Again
- March Around Selma

Spencer Jackson Family (Rev. Spencer Jackson Sr., Mrs. Ella Pearl Jackson, Spencer Jackson Jr., Cary Jackson, Elaine Jackson), voc; Floyd Morris, p, arr.; Arvel Bradfield, org; Gerald Sims, g; Phil Upchurch, b; Brian Grice, dr; prod. by Al Smith
[back cover has false personel list - from Bluesway BLS-6083]
notes by Al Smith



Bluesway BLS-6081
6082
(2/1974)
L.C. Robinson: House Cleanin' Blues

- House Cleanin' Blues
- Summerville Blues #
- Separation Blues
- Texas Blues
- My Baby Crossed The Bay
- Stop Now

- Cross The Bay Shuffle (instr) #
- Train Time
- Southern Bound
- Standin' In Line #
- Trailin' My Baby
- Rockin' With Peggy (instr) #

rec. June 1974 in San Francisco, CA; L.C. Robinson, voc, g, # vn; Robert Hooker, p; Luther Tucker, g; Lex Boyd Silva, b; Kenneth Edward Swank, dr; prod. by Al Smith

L.C. Robinson discography

notes by Al Smith



Bluesway BLS-6082
6083
(2/1974)
Lee Jackson: Lonely Girl

- Lonely Girl
- Juanita
- Lee Jackson's Boogy
- I Had A Dream Last Night
- Neck Bones

- Lonely Without Love
- Country Girl
- Old Aunt Jane
- When I First Came To Chicago
- All Around Man
- The Sky Above

rec. 1973 in Chicago, IL; Lee Jackson, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca, Sunnyland Slim, p; Willie Williams, dr

Bluesway BLS-6083
1973
(1973)
A Taste Of Bluesway

Ray Charles
- I Gotta Woman
Jimmy Witherspoon
- I Don't Know
Charles Brown
- Drifitng Blues
Jimmy Reed
- Got To Be A Reason
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Traditional

B. B. King
- Blue Shadows
John Lee Hooker
- Doin' The Shout
T-Bone Walker
- I'm In An Awful Mood
Earl Hooker
- Is You Ever Seen A One Eyed Woman Cry?
Jimmy Rushing
- Sent For You Yesterday
notes by Joel Selvin



Bluesway BLS-1973


Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp.299,  ...
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 28, ...
- http://45-sleeves.com/USA/bluesway/blue-us.htm
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/abc700.html
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/abc800.html
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/bluesway.html
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/exodus.html
- http://www.angelfire.com/mn/coasters/hook/urban.htm
- http://lascintasrecuperadas.blogspot.com/2011/07/bob-thiele-emergency-head-start-1969.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Bluesway BLS-6069 label

thanks to Alan Balfour for additional info / scans

 

source: Bob Thiele Emergency: Head Start.- Flying Dutchman 10104 (1969); click to enlarge !
Producer Bob Thiele (1922 – 1996)
(source: Bob Thiele Emergency: Head Start.- Flying Dutchman 10104 (1969)

 

source: Blues Unlimited 118 (1976), p. 13; photographer: Norbert Hess; click to enlarge !
Producer Al Smith (1923 – 1974)
(source: Blues Unlimited 118 (1976), p. 13; photographer: Norbert Hess)

 

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