Record label founded and run by Al Smith

# year of release	title	notes
7 inch 45 rpm Singles
BOB 2000 (1971)	Jimmy Reed - Cold Chills # - You Just A Womper Stomper * rec. 1971 (two separate sessions) in Chicago, IL by Al Smith for Torrid Productions # Jimmy Reed, voc, g, hca; Louis Myers, g; David Myers, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Al Smith * Jimmy Reed, voc, g, hca; Lefty Bates, Roy Hytower, g; Nick Charles or Jimmy Reed Jr., b; William Warren, dr; ; Malinda Reed, backup voc; prod. by Al Smith	Blues on Blues BOB 2000
BOB 2001 (1972)	Detroit Jr. - Call My Job (A-2) - Don't I Get In My Shape (B) rec. December 1971 in Chicago, IL; Detroit Jr., voc, p; Mac Simmons, hca; Mighty Joe Young, g; Jimmy Richards, b; Bill Warren, dr; prod. by Al Smith	Blues on Blues BOB 2001
BOB 2002 (1972)	Willie Mabon - Poison Ivy - Guilty Blues rec. early 1972 in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Malcolm 'Little Mac' Simmons, hca; Mighty Joe Young, Eugene Pearson, g; Jimmy Richards, b; Bill Warren, dr; prod. by Al Smith Willie Mabon discography	Blues on Blues BOB 2002
12 inch 33 1/3 rpm LPs (written on back covers: "Available on Ampex Stereo Tapes")
BOB 10000 (1971)	Homesick James: The Country Blues - Set A Day - Go Away, Go Away Blues - Alligator Man - Been 'round A Long Time - No More Lovin' - All Alone - Homesick Blues - Telephone - I Got To Move - Workin' With Homesick - Unlucky rec. 1971 in Chicago, IL; Homesick James, voc, g; g; b; dr; prod. by Al Smith	Blues on Blues BOB 10000 (on label: BOB 1000)
BOB 10001 (1971)	Jimmy Reed: Let The Bossman Speak! - Cold Chills # - Help Me At Dinnertime # - Don't Cry # - Jimmy's Hotpants # - Don't Keep On Lyin' - Down In The Ghetto - Down In The Ghetto (instr) - I Had A Dream - You Just A Womper-Stomper - Bright Lights (Big City) rec. 1971 (two separate sessions) in Chicago, IL by Al Smith for Torrid Productions side A: Jimmy Reed, voc, g, hca; Louis Myers, g; David Myers, b; Fred Below, dr side B: Jimmy Reed, voc, g, hca; Lefty Bates, Roy Hytower, g; Nick Charles or Jimmy Reed Jr., b; William Warren, dr; ; Malinda Reed, backup voc	Blues on Blues BOB 10001 = Antilles LP 7007 (1975) "Cold Chills" # Krazy Kat KK 786 (1990) "Cold Chills"
BOB 10002 (1972)	Earl Hooker: Funk . Last Of the Great Earl Hooker Blues On Blues 10002 track list: - Wa-Wa Blues - part 1 [] - Wa-Wa Blues - part 2 [aka Blues For Dancers] [] - Soul Cookin' - Sweet Home Chicago # - Hooker Cooker - Huckle Bug - The Real Blues - Ball Game On A Rainy Day * Antilles LP 7024 track list: - Wah-Wah Blues - part 1 [] - Wah-Wah Blues - part 2 [] - Soul Cookin' - Sweet Home Chicago # - Hooker Cooker - Huckle Buck - The Real Blues - Ball Game On A Rainy Day * rec. May 5, 1969 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g, # voc; Jeff Karp [actually Jeff Carp], hca, * voc; poss. Boots Hamilton, org; Paul Asbell, g; Gino Skaggs, b; Roosevelt Shaw, dr; prod. by Al Smith Earl Hooker discography	notes by Al Smith Blues On Blues 10002 = Antilles LP 7024 (1977) [] either one of these appears on Red Lightnin' RLCD0092 (UK 1992)
BOB 10003 (1972)	Big Joe Williams Blues From The Mississippi Delta - Dedication To Otis Spann (Blues On Decoration Day) - Got To Put You Down - Juanita Blues - 71 Cadillac Blues - Christmas Blues - 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 Big Joe Williams discography	notes by Al Smith Blues On Blues BOB 10003
BOB 10004 (1972)	Willie Mabon Is Back - Funky - Trouble Blues - Guilty Blues - Hang Loose Baby - Worry Blues - I'm Going To Get You - I Wonder - Poison Ivy - Hey Gal - My Baby Won't Write To Me - Thinkin' About You - I Don't Know rec. early 1972 at Stu Black's Sound Studio in Chicago, IL; Willie Mabon, voc, p; Malcolm 'Little Mac' Simmons, hca; Mighty Joe Young, Eugene Pearson, g; Jimmy Richards, b; Bill Warren, dr; prod. by Al Smith Willie Mabon discography	notes by Al Smith Blues On Blues BOB 10004 (Al Smith's label) notes by Pete Welding = Antilles AN 7013 (Fr 1976) "Willie Mabon Sings 'I Don't Know' and other Chicago Blues Hits"
BOB 10005 (1972)	JOHNNY YOUNG plays and sings the blues with his gut-bucket mandolin - Trompin' At The Ballroom - Blues Before Sunrise - Bad Blood - Little Girl, Little Girl - I'm Goin', I'm Goin' - Mandolin Boogie - No. 12 Is At The Station - Mary Lou - My Baby Walked Out - Why Did You Break My Heart - Nobody's Business rec. 1971 at Stu Black's Sound Studio in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Chicago Blues Band: Little Mack Simmons, Jerry Portnoy, hca; Bob Riedy, p; Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Al Smith [that album obviously had pressing problems which caused its withdrawal soon after release] Johnny Young discography	notes by Al Smith Blues on Blues BOB 10005
BOB 10006 (1972)	Detroit Jr.: Chicago Urban Blues - Money Crazy - Windy City Blues - Dance With Me Baby - So Unhappy - Welfare Blues - Don't Get In My Shape - Call My Job - My Weakness (Is Women) - Alice - Christmas Blues rec. December 1971 in Chicago, IL; Detroit Jr., voc, p; Mac Simmons, hca; Mighty Joe Young, g; Jimmy Richards, b; Bill Warren, dr	Blues on Blues BOB 10006 notes by Pete Welding = Antilles AN-7025 (Fr 1977?) = Mango cassette 7025 (1990)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 218
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 126-127, 200, 372, 296, 497
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Label of Blues on Blues BOB 10000 (on label: BOB 1000)

thanks to Jean-Pierre Urbain for additional info / scans

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