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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.Stefan Wirz www.wirz.de |
Good Rockin' Charles EP / LPs / CDs
| 1 | 1976 | Good Rockin' Charles

Mr. Blues MB 7601 / Rooster R-7601 track sequence:
- Eyesight To The Blind *
- Confessin' The Blues *
- Shake Your Boogie *
- Five Years In Prison *
- The Goat *

- I Used To Have A Woman *
- Prison Blues *
- Broke And Hungry §
- Blues All Day Long §
- Rockin' At Midnight §

P-Vine PCD 5249 track sequence:
- Eyesight To The Blind *
- Confessin' The Blues *
- Shake Your Boogie *
- Five Years In Prison *
- The Goat *
- I Used To Have A Woman *
- Prison Blues *
- Broke And Hungry §
- Blues All Day Long §
- Rockin' At Midnight §
- Lazar's Wail [] #
- Broke And Hungry (tk 1) § #
- Broke And Hungry (tk 2) § #
- Flipped Harp Rock [] #

# CD bonus tracks

rec. November 1975 at Scott Rowley International Studios in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; Walter Smith, J.C. Hurds, gs; Lafayette "Shorty" Gilbert, b; * Eddie Payne, dr; § Ray Scott, dr; [] Eddie Payne or Ray Scott, dr; prod. by Steve Wisner
photography front cover by Dale Hoyt; photography back cover by Amy van Singel | notes by Dick Shurman


 Mr. Blues MB 7601 Mr. Blues discography
notes by Dick Shurman
 = Rooster R-7601 (US) = Double Trouble R-7601 (NL)  (=) P-Vine PCD-5249 (Jp 2002)
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| 2 | 1976 | The Devil's Music
from the BBC T.V. series

Mississippi and Memphis Blues
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
- Bring It On Home To Me
Joe Wilkins
- Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse
- Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson
- Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes
- Crawdad


Chicago Blues
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

# rec. January 28, 1976 in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; Louis Myers, g; David Myers, b; Fred Below, dr | DLP notes by Giles Oakley






 Red Lightnin' RL0033 Red Lightnin' discography
3 CD set
 (=) Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) |
| 3 | 1979 | American Blues Legends 79

Eddie C. Campbell
- Love With You Baby
- Lock What You Done
Chico Chism
- High Rise Blues
- 480 Pounds
Good Rockin' Charles
- I Wish I Had Somebody # @ spotify
- I'm Goin' Home Where Women Got Meat On Their Bones # @ spotify

Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Buzzard Luck
- Conjured
Little Smokey Smothers
- Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
- All Your Love
Lester Davenport
- I'm Tryin'
- No Peace

# rec. August 1, 1979 at Odyssey Studios, Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; Abraham "Little Smokey" Smothers, Eddie C. Campbell, g; Lester Davenport, b; Napoleon "Chico" Chism, dr; prod. by Jim Simpson | Big Bear BEAR 23

 = Big Bear / Intercord INT 146.410
Big Bear discography
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| 4 | 1983 | It's Great To Be Rich

Billy Boy Arnold and Tony McPhee
- It's Great To Be Rich
Lester Davenport
- Lester's Comet
Good Rockin' Charles
- La Cucaracha # @ spotify

Bo Diddley
- Don't Know Where I've Been
Big John Trice
- Sweet Home Chicago

# rec. August 8, 1981 at Radio Station WBEZ in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; Abraham "Little Smoky" Smothers, Illinois Slim, g; Big John Trice, b; Steve Cushing, dr | 7 inch EP


 Red Lightnin' RLEP 0045 Red Lightnin' discography
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| 5 | 1988 | Low Blows
An Anthology of Chicago Harmonica Blues

Big Guitar Red with Good Rockin' Charles
- Found My Baby (Gone) # []
Big Leon Brooks
- Kicking Up Dust
George "Mojo" Buford
- Don't Go No Further
Easy Baby
- Good Morning Mr. Blues
Good Rockin' Charles
- She Loves Another Man # @ youtube
Big Leon Brooks
- Pink Champagne

Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Golden Wheeler
- Good Lover
Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell
- Avenue Stomp
Good Rockin' Charles
- Ground Hog Blues #
Golden Wheeler
- Evil Woman
Big Leon Brooks
You Know

CD bonus tracks:
Good Rockin' Charles
- I Got To Go #
- Good Rockin' #
Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher
- Honey Bee

# rec. November 15, 1975 in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; [] Big Guitar Red (Walter Smith), voc, g; J.C. Hurds, gs; Lafayette "Shorty" Gilbert, b; Eddie Payne, dr; prod. by Steve Wisner | Mr. Blues MB 7010 (US) [???]

 = Rooster Blues R7610 (US)
 = Bedrock BEDLP 15 (UK)
notes by Dick Shurman Steve Wisner, Jim O'Neal
 (=) Rooster CD 2610 (1994) = Bedrock BED CD 15 (UK) |
| 6 | 1996 | Nothin' But The Blues

disc 1:
Muddy Waters - I Got My Mojo Working [live]
Roy Gaines - Hell Of A Night
Jimmy Reed - Down At The Corner Grocery Store
Todd Sharpville - Touch Of Your Love
Earl Hooker - Foxtrot [instr]
Bo Diddley - Don't Know Where I've Been
Mighty Houserockers - Play The Blues For You
John Lee Hooker - Goin' Mad Blues
Little Walter - Juke
Isaac Scott - Don't Let My Baby Ride
Paul Lamb - Whoopin' (A Tribute to Sonny Terry)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would
Troyce Key and J.J. Malone - Gimme Mine Out Now
"Mississippi" Fred McDowell - I Asked For Whiskey
J.B. Hutto And His Hawks - Speak My Mind
Charlie Musselwhite and The Dynatones - She Used To Be Beautiful
Lightnin' Hopkins - Got Me A Louisiana Woman
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Big Twist and The Mellow Fellows - Livin' It Up

disc 2:
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man [live]
Buddy Guy And Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Lone Me A Dime
Troyce Key and J. J. Malone - It Should've Been Me
King Biscuit Boy - Necromonica
Tender Slim - Don't Cut Out On Me
Clarence Edwards - Done Got Over It
Billy Boy Arnold - Eldorado Cadillac
Paul Delay Band - Who Will Be Next
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Aces - Cold Women
Jody Williams - Moanin' For Molasses
Bobby Bennett - When Girls Do It
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - The Whammy
Roosevelt Sykes - Bad News
Clovers - He Sure Could Hypnotize
Tommy Tucker - Hi Heel Sneakers
Buster Benton - Spider In My Stew

| 2 CD set
 Emporio DEMPCD 006 (UK) |
| 7 | 2000 | Rooster Blues Records
1980-2000 Sampler

- Fistful Of Dollars - Lonnie Shields
- Eatin' Dry Onions - Willie Cobbs
- Worried Dream - Larry Davis
- Down In The Delta - Johnson's Jazzers
- Rocking Daddy - Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes & The Playboys
- Elvira - Lonnie Pitchford
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell
- I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down - Eddy Clearwater
- Eyesight To The Blind - Good Rockin' Charles
- Bad Avenue - Valerie Wellington
- King Of The Jungle - Eddie C. Campbell
- Give Me Back My Wig - Magic Slim
- Hummin' Blues, Pt. 1 - Big Jack Johnson
- How Much More/mama Talk To Your Daughter - Robert Walker
- Dunkin' Donut Woman - Eddie Shaw
- Can't Sleep At Night - L.C. Luckett, Johnny Rawls
- I Can't Leave You Alone - D.C. Bellamy
- James Alley Blues - Jerry Ricks
- Walkin' And Cryin' The Blues - Foree 'Guitar' Wells | notes by Jim O'Neal
 Rooster CD R2637
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Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p 103
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 38, 166
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 168
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
source of left column picture: Front cover of Rooster R-7601; photographer: Dale Hoyt
 Good Rockin' Charles source: Front cover of Rooster R-7601 photographer: Dale Hoyt
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