Willie Doss LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1965	Blues at Newport 1964 - Part 2 Mississippi John Hurt - Sliding Delta - Bye And Bye I Will See Jesus - Talking Casey Skip James - Devil Got My Woman - Cherry Ball Blues - Sick Bed Blues - Cypress Grove Blues Rev. Robert Wilkins - The Prodigal Son Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train - Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie Willie Doss - Coal Black Mare - I Had A Woman # - Hobo Blues rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival, Ri. July 23-26, 1964; Willie Doss, voc, g; # hca artists name spelled "Willy Doss" on front cover	Vanguard VRS 9181 (mono) = VSD 79181 (stereo) 2 CD set King/Vanguard KICP 2118/9 (Jp 1991) The Blues at Newport 1964 part 1 and 2
2	1965	Traditional Music at Newport 1964 - Part 1 Hobart Smith - Coo-Coo Bird - Railroad Bill - Jack Of Diamonds Moving Star Hall Singers - Mother Is Gone - See God's Ark Sarah Gunning - Girl Of Constant Sorrow Cajun Band - Les Flammes d'Enfer - La Walse Du Musician Willie Doss - Catfish Blues Ken and Neriah Benfield - Caty Cline - Ella's Grave Joe Patterson - Fox Chase - Shear Them Sheep Even - Casey Jones Sacred Harp Singers - Calvary - Rocky Road Chet Parker & Elgia Hickok - Temperance Reel - Golden Slippers Bill Thatcher - The Job I Left Behind Doc Watson (with Gaither Carlton & Arnold Watson) - Muskrat Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues - Shake 'Em Down rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival, Ri. July 23-26, 1964; Willie Doss, voc, g artists name spelled "Willy Doss" on front and back cover	notes by Ralph Rinzler Vanguard VRS 9182 (mono) = VSD 79182 (stereo) notes by Ralph Rinzler = Fontana TFL 6049 (UK) 2 CD set King/Vanguard KICP 2116/7 (Jp 1991) Traditional Music at Newport 1964 part 1 and 2
3	1976	Great Bluesmen Newport Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie - Levee Camp Blues Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door John Lee Hooker with Bill Lee on bass - Tupelo - Bus Station Blues Son House - Son's Blues - Death Letter Blues # - Pony Blues Sleepy John Estes - Mailman Blues - Clean Up At Home Doc Reese - Hey Rattler / Oh My Lord Mississippi John Hurt - Sliding Delta - Trouble, I've Had It All My Day Skip James - Hard Times Killing Floor Blues - Cherry Ball Blues # - Illinois Blues The Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy Willie Doss - Catfish Blues - I Had A Woman Mississippi Fred McDowell - Lord, I'm Going Down South - If The River Was Whiskey Lightnin' Hopkins with Samuel Lay - Cotten Fields Blues - Shake That Thing inner gatefold of Vanguard VSD 77/78 # note on CD 77/78: "due to compact disc time restrictions some songs on the original album are not included in this package"	DLP notes by Maynard Solomon Vanguard VSD 77/78 King/Vanguard LAX-155 (Jp 1976) notes by Samuel Charters = Vanguard CD 77/78 (1991) 2 LPs on 1 CD # Great Bluesmen At Newport 1959-1965
4	1978	Golden Hour presents The Great Bluesmen Vol. II Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man Mississippi Fred McDowell - Highway 61 Son House - Death Letter Blues Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Doo Willie Doss - I Had A Woman Skip James - Sporting Life Blues John Lee Hooker - Bus Station Blues Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home Lightning Hopkins - Shake That Thing Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy The James Cotton Blues Quartet - Cotton Crop Otis Spann's Southside Piano - Burning Fire Buddy Guy - Poison Ivy The Otis Rush Blues Band - I Can't Quit You Baby The Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band - Messing With The Kid Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band - I Got Mine In Time J.B. Hutto and his Hawks - Please Help Homesick James and his Dusters - Set A Date The Johnny Shines Blues Band - Dynaflow Blues Jimmy Rushing - Everyday compiled by Alan Balfour & Jed Kearse	PYE Golden Hour GH 879
Further information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen.- New York 1967 (p. 86)
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 133
- Len Kunstadt: Review of the Newport Folk Festival 1964 concert featuring Willie Doss.- Record Research 63 (September 1964) (evidently part of a four-page spread including photos)
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 360
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Front cover of Vanguard VRS 9181

thanks to Alan Balfour for further info / scans

"Willie" or "Willy" Doss ?
Newport Folk Festival identification badge
on which someone (Willie / Willy Doss ?) has written "Willy Doss"
partial enlargement of Ann Charters' photo of 'Willie' Doss

 

Len Kunstadt review of Newport Folk Festival, saturday afternoon July 25, 1964
source: Record Research 63 (9/1964)