Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
|---|
| | |
- Cold Hands
- 4th & Broad
rec. August 12, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Charles W. Thompson, voc, g | Sam Phillips recordings
unissued |
| | |
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay #
- Alberta *
- Two Trains Running *
- Someday Baby []
- Long Haired Doney §
- Make Some Love To Me §
- Smokestack Lightnin' §
rec. c.1963 at The Fickle Pickle in Chicago, IL; Charles W. Thompson, voc, g | originally unissued [] Roots TR 1005 (1978)
§ Flyright FLY 549 (1979)
# Takoma TAK 7071 (1980)
* Takoma TAK 7081 (1980) |
| 1 | 1964 | Modern Chicago Blues
Johnny Young
- My Baby Walked Out In 1954
Wilbert Jenkins
- Married Woman Blues
Johnny Young
- You Make Me Feel So Good
Maxwell St. Jimmy
- Crying Won't Make Me Stay
Big Walter Horton
- Everybody's Fishing
Johnny Young
- Money Talking Woman
Robert Nighthawk
- Blues Before Sunrise
Johnny Young
- Back To Chicago
John Lee Granderson
- Bumble Bee #
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- I've Got My Eyes on You #
Johnny Young
- Bad Blood
John Wrencher
- I'm Going To Detroit
Maxwell St. Jimmy
- Hanging Around My Door
Johnny Young
- Tired Of You Smiling
Wilbert Jenkins
- Crawling King Snake
Johnny Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
Big Walter Horton
- Hard-Hearted Woman
Johnny Young
- I Don't Feel Good
Maxwell Street Jimmy
Long Haired Doney #
John Lee Granderson
That's All Right #
William Mack
Hideaway #
# CD bonus tracks
rec. 1964/65 in Chicago, IL; Charles W. Thompson, voc, g | notes by Pete Welding
Testament T-2203notes by Pete Welding
= Bounty BY 6025 (UK 1966) 
= Polydor 545031 (UK 19??)
= Testament TCD 5008
(1994)
 Testament discography
|
| 2 | 10/1965 | Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
- What More Can A Good Man Do? @ youtube
- Two Trains Running @ youtube
- Long-Haired Darlin' @ youtube
- My Baby Changed The Lock On My Door @ youtube
- Drifting From Door To Door
- I Got My Eyes On You @ youtube
- Me And My Telephone @ youtube
- Dust My Broom
- She's My Babe
- Alberta
- Baby Please Don't Go @ youtube
- Drifting Blues
licensed from Testament
rec. 1964/65 in Chicago, IL; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, voc, g; prod. by Norman Dayron with the assistance of Pete Welding
cover photo by Pete Welding | notes by Pete Welding
Elektra EKL-303 (mono)
Elektra EKS-7303 (stereo)
(US 1965)notes by Pete Welding
= Bounty BY 6009 (mono)
(UK 1966) |
| 3 | 196? | THE THREE TUFFS
- A Man's A Fool (G-125)
- What A Dream
rec. 1967/68 in Memphis, TN; Charles W. Thompson, voc, g; Eddie Willis Jr., nose hca; Willie James Bennett, dr | 
Gold Dust GD 315 |
| 4 | 1978 | Rare Gems
Little Brother Montgomery
- Ain't Nobody Here But Me #
- Buddy Bolden's Blues #
- Prescription For The Blues #
- Salty Dog #
John Lee Granderson
- Bumble Bee #
Robert Nighthawk
- Murderin' Blues #
- Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel #
Otis Spann
- Hotel Lorraine #
- Blues For Martin Luther King #
Johnnie Jones * with Billy Boy Arnold
- Worried Life Blues #
- I Hear My Black Name Ringing # *
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- Glory Glory Hallelujah #
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Moan #
- Screamin' And Cryin' #
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop *, Paul Butterfield $ and Billy Boy Arnold +
- So Glad You're Mine # *
- Diggin' My Potatoes # *$
- Three Harp Boogie # *$+
Robert Pete Williams
- Ugly Man Blues #
J. B. Lenoir
- My Dear Old Mother
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Someday Baby # @ youtube
# on Rounder CD
rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago; prod. by Norman Dayron | DLP
Roots TR 1005 (US)
= TK Records TKR 82539
(UK)notes by Pete Welding
reissued on Bullseye/
Rounder CD BEYE9530
(1993) "Rare Chicago
Blues 1962-68" |
| 5 | 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 | notes by George Mitchell
and Bruce Bastin
Flyright LP 549Flyright discography |
| 6 | 1980 | Chicago Breakdown
Little Brother Montgomery
- Hesitatin' Blues
John Lee Granderson
- Minglewood Town
Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown
Big Joe Williams
- I Feel So Worried
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield
- V 8 Ford Blues
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
Little Brother Montgomery with Michael Bloomfield
- Michigan Water Blues
John Lee Granderson
- Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
Dr. Ross
- Hobo Blues
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield
- Stack O' Dollars
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop and Paul Butterfield
- Polly Put The Kettle On
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years | notes by Norman Dayron
Takoma TAK 7071notes by Norman Dayron
= Sonet SNTF 863 
Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"
Takoma discography |
| 7 | 1980 | Rare Blues
Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- I Ain't Got Nobody
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
Little Brother Montgomery
- The Pleadin' Blues
Sunnyland Slim
- Lend Me Your Love
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Two Trains Running
Big Joe Williams
- Whistling Pines
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- O Lord I Want You To Help Me
front cover photograph by Norman Dayron | notes by Norman Dayron
Takoma TAK 7081notes by Norman Dayron
= Sonet SNTF 853
= Sonet RISLP-14115
Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"
Takoma discography |
| 8 | 1989 | Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
Chicago Blues Session Vol. 11
- Man's A Fool #
- Two Trains Running #
- Dry In The Dark *
- I've Been A Fool A Long Time # // \\ @ youtube
- That's All Right * []
- In Your Bedroom *
- One Eyed Woman *
- Going Upstairs # //
CD bonus tracks:
- Jimmy Davis Blues # // \\
- Big Leg Woman # // \\
- Dust My Broom *
# rec. November 17, 1988 in Chicago, IL; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, voc, g; // Jed 'Mad Dog' Davenport, hca; \\ Kansas City Red, dr
* rec. February 9, 1989 in Chicago, IL; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, voc, g; [] Timothy Taylor, dr | 
Wolf LP 120.857
(Austria 1989)notes by Daniel Gugolz
Wolf CD 120.857
(Austria 1994) |
| 9 | 2006 | Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records 1963-1973
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
- Two Trains Running
| 5 CD box set
Rhino/Elektra 274746 |
| 10 | 2007? | Maxwell Street Jimmy
The George Mitchell Collection 7" VOL 36
- You Got to Reap What You Sow
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
rec. 1963 in Chicago, IL by George Mitchell; Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, voc, g | 7 inch 45 rpm
Fat Possum / Big Legal
Mess 45 BLM 1095 |
| 11 | 2007 | George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1 - 45
disc 1
- Lucy Mae Blues - Cecil Barfield
- I Woke Up Crying - Cecil Barfield>
- Love Blues - Cecil Barfield
- I Told You Not To Do That - Cecil Barfield
- In the Evening - Buddy Moss
- Hey Lawdy Mama - Buddy Moss
- Thousand Woman Blues - Buddy Moss
- Blue Shadow Falling - Buddy Moss
- Cold Rainy Day - Buddy Moss
- Amy - Buddy Moss
- Motherless Child - Leon Pinson
- Hush, Somebody is Calling My Name - Leon Pinson
- What God Can Do - Leon Pinson
- He'll Understand and Say Well Done - Leon Pinson
- Big Road Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Cool Water Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Big Fat Mama Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Take a Little Walk With Me - Houston Stackhouse
- Everyone Got a Woman - Big Joe Williams
- What She Need With a Rooster - Big Joe Williams
- Sink or Swim - Big Joe Williams
- Prison Bound - Big Joe Williams
- Who's Gonna Be Your Man - John Lee Zeigler
- If I Lose Let Me Lose - John Lee Zeigler
- Black Woman - Othar Turner
- Bumble Bee - Othar Turner
disc 2
- Rabbit On A Log - Lonzie Thomas
- Raise a Ruckus Tonight - Lonzie Thomas
- My Three Women - Lonzie Thomas
- Red Cross Store - Lonzie Thomas
- Rats In The Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes
- Special Agent - Sleepy John Estes
- Trying To See - Sleepy John Estes
- Mail Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Down Home Blues - Teddy Williams
- Catfish Blues - Teddy Williams
- Black Mattie - Teddy Williams
- Sun Don't Shine - Teddy Williams
- Trouble Brought Me Down - Green Paschal
- My Lord - Green Paschal
- Mother is Dead - Green Paschal
- Lay My Burden Down - Green Paschal
- Your Close Friend - Green Paschal
- I'm Going To Leave It In the Hands of the Lord - Green Paschal
- Hard Time Blues - Do-Boy Diamond
- Just Want To Talk To You - Do-Boy Diamond
- Just a Dream I Got On My Mind - Dewey Corley / Walter Miller
- Memphis is a Wonderful City - Dewey Corley / Walter Miller
- Down To Arkansas - Dewey Colrey / Walter Miller
- Rock Me Mama - Bud Grant
- Freight Train Blues - Bud Grant
- So Sweet - Bud Grant
- Bud Grant's Grunt - Bud Grant
disc 3
- Go Ahead On - Bud White
- You've Been Gone So Long - Bud White
- White Horses - Bud White
- When I'm Sober I'm Drunk Blues - George Henry Bussey
- Mean Mistreater - George Henry Bussey
- Blues Around My Bed - George Henry Bussey
- Looking For My Woman - George Henry Bussey
- Old Red #2 - Jim Bunkley
- Jack of Diamonds - Jim Bunkley
- Them Greasy Greens - Jim Bunkley
- Rocking Chair - Jim Bunkley
- Old Breakdown - Tom Turner
- Drop Down Mama #1 - Tom Turner
- Search Me Lord - James Shorter
- My Mother Died and Left Me - James Shorter
- Consolation - James Shorter
- Home Going - James Shorter
- Better Than Myself - Abe McNeil
- Steady Rollin' Man - Abe McNeil
- Drink Drink Drink - Abe McNeil
- Country Blues - Joe Callicott
- River Blues - Joe Callicott
- 3 O'Clock In the Morning - Johnny Woods
- I's Be Troubled - Johnny Woods
disc 4
- Someday Baby - Robert Diggs
- Racehorse Charleston - Robert Diggs
- Done Lost My Health - Robert Diggs
- Drive Your Car - Robert Diggs
- Woke Up This Morning - Cliff Scott
- Long Wavy Hair - Cliff Scott
- Please Come Home - Cliff Scott
- Pole Pattin' - Cliff Scott
- I Wanna Ramble - Jimmie Lee Harris
- Sitting Here Looking 1000 Miles Away - Jimmie Lee Harris
- Just Like A Bird Without A Feather - R.L. Burnside
- Skinny Woman - R.L. Burnside
- Goin' Down South - R.L. Burnside
- Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside
- Hold My Body Down - Robert Johnson
- Trying To Make It Home - Robert Johnson
- Precious Lord - Robert Johnson
- He'll Make a Way - Robert Johnson
- Sugar Mama - Robert Longstreet
- Black Gal - Robert Longstreet
- Sloppy Drunk - Robert Longstreet
- Decoration Day - Robert Longstreet
- Shake Em' On Down - Fred McDowell
- Mama Says I'm Crazy - Fred McDowell
disc 5
- That Ain't It - John Henry Barbee
- Gonna Lose Your Mind - John Henry Barbee
- Flat Foot Boogie - Albert Macon /Robert Thomas
- Mama Can I Lay It Down - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas
- How Can You Do It - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas
- John Henry - Jessie Clarence Gorman
- Goin' Up To the Country #1 - Jessie Clarence Gorman
- Goin' Up To the Country #2 - Jessie Clarence Gorman
- Dirty Dozens - Will Shade
- Won't You Send Me John - Will Shade
- Wine Headed Man - Will Shade
- K.C. Blues - Will Shade/Charlie Burse
- Every Time I Come Around - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- J.W.'S Special - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- Old Hen Cackle - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- Buck Dance - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- Hey Freddie - Como Fife & Drum Band
- Late In the Evening - Como Fife & Drum Band
- Punky Tony - Como Fife & Drum Band
- Shimmy She Wa - Como Fife & Drum Band
- You Got Reap What You Sow - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
- That's the Way the Good Thing Go - Precious Bryant
- Georgia Buck - Precious Bryant
- When the Saints Go Marching In - Precious Bryant
- Pork & Beans - Rosa Lee Hill
- Count the Days I'm Gone - Rosa Lee Hill
- Roll & Tumble - Rosa Lee Hill
- Bullying Well - Rosa Lee Hill
disc 6
- Good Morning Judge - Furry Lewis
- Furry Lewis' Careless Love - Furry Lewis
- What Make Grandpa Love Grandma So - Jimmy Lee Williams
- Have You Ever Seen Peaches - Jimmy Lee Williams
- Hoboing Into Hollywood - J.W. Warren
- Sundown Blues - J.W. Warren
- Rabbit On a Log - J.W. Warren
- You're Gonna Miss Me - J.W. Warren
- House On the Hill - Eddie Harris
- I Have To Love Somebody - Eddie Harris
- Old Country Rock #1 - James Davis
- Instrumental #1 - James Davis
- Who Stole the Lock Off the Henhouse Door? - James Davis
- Instrumental #4 - James Davis
- Canned Heat - Robert Nighthawk
- Nighthawk Boogie - Robert Nighthawk
- Down By the Woodshed - Robert Nighthawk
- Home Going - Jessie Mae Hemphill
- I Want To Be Ready - Jessie Mae Hemphill
- Interview - Jessie Mae Hemphill
disc 7 (bonus CD - tracks not on 45s set!)
- Miss Maybelle - Jessie Lee Vortis
- When My Baby Got On Board - Jessie Lee Vortis
- Them Greasy Greens #1 - George Hollis
- Rock and Roll To Midgetville - George Hollis
- Black Rat Swing - Willie Rockomo
- Tease Me Baby #2 - Bruce Upshaw/Willie Rockomo
- Someday Baby #1 - Bruce Upshaw
- Wonder Why My Baby Treat Me So Bad - Bruce Upshaw
- Rosa Lee - Bruce Upshaw
- I Got a Woman - Buddy Hubbard
- So Sweet - Buddy Hubbard
- You're Gonna Miss Me - Ira "Tiny" Coney
- Mamie - Ira "Tiny" Coney
- I'm So Lonesome - Ira "Tiny" Coney
- Blood Red River - Eddie Hodge
- Sitting On Top of the World - Eddie Hodge
- Glory Hallelujah - Eddie Hodge
- Jesus is Coming Back To Me - Pettis Sisters
- Bound For Zion - Pettis Sisters
- You Told Me Baby - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Sweet As an Apple On a Tree - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Juke #2 - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Woke Up This Morning - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Tell Me You Love Me - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
| 7 CD set
[with 24 page booklet!]
or forty-five 45s
[without 7th bonus CD!]
notes by Sam Sweet
with George Mitchell
Fat Possum FP 1114 |
