#
year of
release | title | notes |
|---|
| 680 200 |
680 253
(1964) | Memphis Slim: Clap Your Hands
- Clap Your Hands
- Not So Stuck On Me
- Rainin' In My Heart
- Steppin' Out Tonight
- Memphis On The Mississippi
- Two Of A Kind
- Fat And Forty
- House Cleaning
- So Lonely
- That's The Way The Cookie Clumbles
- Baby Doll
- Double Crossin' Mamma
rec. 1964 in Paris, France; Memphis Slim, voc, organ, p; Sonny Criss, as; Georges Grenu, ss, ts; Bill Tamper, tr; Jacques Denjean, org, p; Mickey Baker, g; Leo Petit, bj; Victor Apicella, Pierre Sim, b; Philippe Combelle, Bob Mathieu, dr | 
Fontana 680 253 ML (Fr 1964)
("Rock Rythm'Blues") [sic]
= Fontana TL 5254 (UK 1965)
= Fontana 6444 058 (Fr 196?)
notes by Lee Hallyday
= Universal CD 9832686 (2006) |
| 682 000 |
682 073
(1960) | Nothin' But The Blues
Snitcher Roberts (James 'Stump' Johnson)
- Heart Is Right Blues [actually Low Moanin' Blues]
Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks)
- Motherless Child Blues
Bessie Smith
- Dyin' By The Hour
Clara Smith
- Empty House Blues
Helen Humes
- Cross-Eyed Blues
Jack Kelly
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan)
- T & N O Blues
Ruby Smith
- Back Water Blues
Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds
- Four O'Clock Blues
Dixie Stompers
- Jackass Blues
Troy Floyd and his Shadowland Orchestra
- Dreamland Blues No. 1
Clarence Williams Washboard Band
- Log Cabin Blues
- Red River Blues
Trombone Red and his Blue Six
- B Flat Blues
Sonny Greer and his Memphis Men (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra)
- Beggar's Blues
J.C. Higginbotham and his Six Hicks
- Higginbotham Blues | notes by
Benny Green, Alexis
Korner & Max Harrison
Fontana 682 073 TL (NL)= Fontana TFL-5123 (UK) |
682 099
(1960) | Low Down Blues
Leroy Carr
- Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2
Bumble Bee Slim
- I Done Lost My Baby
Charlie Campbell
- Goin' Away Blues
Jack Kelly
- Red Ripe Tomatoes
Blind Boy Fuller
- Thousand Woman Blues [sic]
Big Bill Broonzy
- Come Home Early
Washboard Sam
- I'm A Prowlin' Groundhog
Black Boy Shine
- Coal Woman Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O'Lee Blues
Texas Alexander
- Katy Crossing Blues
Roosevelt Scott
- Do You Call That Right?
Yas Yas Girl
- Reckless Life Blues
Brownie McGhee
- Try Me One More Time
Little Bill Gaither
- A Short Cut To The Grave
Champion Jack Dupree
- Heavy Heart Blues
ed. by H.R. Rookmaaker | notes by H.R. Rookmaaker
Fontana 682.099 T (NL) |
| 687 |
687 964
(1966) | A Session with Jesse Fuller
- Bye And Bye
- Stagolee
- Crazy 'Bout A Woman
- Hesitation Blues
- 99 Years And One Dark Day
- How Long Blues
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Fingerbuster
- Going Back To My Old Used To Be
rec. October 26, 1965 in London; Jesse Fuller, voc, g, footdella; prod. by Terry Brown | Fontana 687 364 TL notes by Peter Clayton
= Fontana TL5313 |
687 925
(1967) | Jimmy Witherspoon: 'Spoon Sings And Swings
- I Gotta Girl (Who Lives On A Hill)
- Trouble In Mind
- Nobody Knows How I Feel This Morning
- New Down Home Blues
- Kansas City
- Compact Car
- Piney Brown's Blues
- Big Fine Girl
- Send Me Someone To Love
- Lotus Blossom
- St. Louis Blues
rec. May 23, 1966 live at The Bull¹s Head, Barnes, London; Jimmy Witherspoon. voc; Dick Morrissey, ts; Harry South, p; Phil Bates, b; Phil Seamen, dr | 
Fontana 687 925 TL (1967)= Fontana STL 5382 |
| 688 000 ("World Pacific") |
688 000
(196?) | Gil Evans: Great Jazz Standards
- Davenport Blues
- Straight No Chaser
- Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
- Joy Spring
- Django
- Chant Of The Weed
- La Nevada (Theme)
| 
World Pacific WP-1270 (1959)
= Vogue LAE 12234
Fontana 688 000 ZL (196?)
= World Pacific CDP7468562
(1988)
|
688 001
(195?) | Jazz Goes Brazil
The Bossa Nova sound of Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank
with Gary Peacock & Chuck Flores
| 
Fontana 688 001 ZL (195?) |
688 003
(1959) | The Gil Evans Orchestra featuring Cannonball Adderley: Roots
| 
Fontana 688 003 ZL (1959) |
688 005
(1964) | Jimmy Witherspoon: There's Good Rockin' Tonight
- There's Good Rockin' Tonight
- Times Have Changed
- Tain't Nobody's Business
- Wee Baby Blues
- Sweet's Blues
- It Ain't What You're Thinking
- S.K. Blues
- When I've Been Drinking
- When The Lights Go Out
- All That's Good
- Spoon's Blues
rec. May 8, 1958 in Los Angeles; Jimmy Witherspoon, voc; Gerald Wilson, Harry Sweets Edison, tp; Teddy Edwards, ts; Jimmy Allen, ts; Hampton Hawes, Henry McDode, p; Herman Mitchell, g; Jimmy Hamilton, b; Jimmy Miller, dr | 
World Pacific WP 1267
(US 1959) "Singin' The
Blues" ("Star of the
Montery Jazz Festival")
= World Pacific WP 1402
(US 1961) "there's good
rockin' tonight!"
notes by Paul Oliver
= Fontana 688 005 ZL (196?) |
688 006
(1964) | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Livin' With The Blues
- Keys To The Highway
- Lose Your Money
- Louise
- Sportin' Life
- New Harmonica Breakdown
- Prison Bound
- Livin' With The Blues
- Blowin' The Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- 12 Gates To The City
- Pawnshop Blues
- Brownie's Guitar Blues
| notes by Ed Michel
World Pacific WP-1294 (1960)
(=) World Pacific S-1294
"Blues Is A Story"
= Vogue SEA 5014 (UK)
notes by Paul Oliver
= Fontana 688 006 ZL (1964) = Record Society RZ6024
(New Zealand 1966) |
688 007
(1964) | Lightnin' Hopkins with Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Big Joe Williams: Penitentiary Blues
- Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey
- Penitentiary Blues
- If You Steal My Chickens You Can't Make 'Em Lay
- First Meeting
- How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home
- Wimmin From Coast to Coast
rec. July 6, 1960 in Los Angeles | notes by Ed Michel
World Pacific WPL 296
= WP 1296 (mono)
= ST-1296 (stereo)
"Brownie McGhee,
Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe
Williams, Sonny Terry:
Down South Summit Meetin'
- together for the first time"= Vogue LAE 12266 (1963) notes by Ed Michel
= World Pacific ST-1817
"First Meetin'" (1963) notes by Paul Oliver
= Fontana 688.007 ZL (1964)
"Penitentiary Blues" [on
back cover: "Penetentiary"] 
= World Pacific WP 2826 (Jp)
"First Meetin' Of Blues Giants"
= United Artists GXF-38
(Jp 1978)
= Kimberly 2017 (mono)
= 11017 (stereo)
"Southern meetin'"
notes by Bill Dahl
(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061101
(2001)
"Lightnin' Hopkins &
The Blues Summit" 2 CD set
(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061477
(2005 remastered)
"Lightnin' Hopkins:
Blues Man -
Collector's Edition" |
688 009
(1963) | Hootenanny Saturday Night!
Bud & Travis
- Raspberries And Strawberries
- La Bamba
Gold Coast Singers
- Gunga Din
The Folkswingers
- Wabash Cannonball
- Midnight Speacial
Lynn Gold
- Quiet Land
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Livin' With The Blues
Barbara Dane
- How Long Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- Wake Up In The Mornin'
Lightnin' Hopkins
- How Long Have I Been Gone | 
World Pacific WP-1813 (1958)
= Fontana 688 009 ZL (1963)
|
| 688 100 ("Pacific Jazz") |
688 101
(196?) | Carmell Jones: Business Meetin'
- Business Meetin'
- That's Good
- Stella By Starlight
- Suearl
- Hip Trolley
- Toddler
- Beautiful Love
- Cherokee
|
Pacific Jazz PJ-53 (1962)
Fontana 688 101 ZL (196?)
|
688 107
(196?) | Les McCann: The Truth
- Vacushna
- A Little 3/4 For God & Co
- I'll Remember April
- Fish This Week
- How High The Moon
- This Can't Be Love
- For Carl Perkins
- The Truth
|
Pacific Jazz PJ-2 (1960)
Fontana 688 107 ZL (196?)
|
688 108
(196?) | Les McCann: The Shout
- But Not For Me
- A Foggy Day
- The Shout
- Set Call: Sonar
- C Jam Blues
- Jubilation
- Night In Tunisia
- Set Call: Cute
|
Pacific Jazz PJ-7 (196?)
Fontana 688 108 ZL (196?)
|
688 138
(1964) | Bumble Bee Slim: Bee's back in town
- Direct South
- Wake Up In The Mornin'
- Driftin' Blues
- Puppy Love
- New B & O Blues
- Midnight Special
- In The Evening
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- Wee Baby Blues
- I'm The One
rec. 1962 at Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA; Bumble Bee Slim, voc, g; Les McCann, p; Joe Pass g; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Ron Jefferson, dr; prod. by Richard Bock | notes (May 1962) by
Bumble Bee Slim
Pacific Jazz PJ-54 (1962)
(=) Pacific Jazz ST-54
"Back in Town!"notes by Paul Oliver
= Fontana 688 138 ZL (1964) |
688 139
(196?) | Joe Pass
| Pacific Jazz
Fontana 688 139 ZL (196?)
|
688 141
(196?) | Joe Pass
| Pacific Jazz
Fontana 688 141 ZL (196?)
|
| 688 200 |
688 206
(1964) | Big Bill Broonzy: Trouble In Mind
Philips B 08102 L / Philips BBL 7113 tracks:
- Bossie Woman
- Texas Tornado #
- Tell Me What Kind Of Man Jesus Is
- Trouble In Mind #
- See See Rider #
- When I've Been Drinkin' #
- Martha
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot
- Key To The Highway
- Goodbye Baby Blues
Mercury MG 20905 tracks:
- Crawdad
- Make Me Get Away *
- I Know She Will
- Minding My Own Business *
- I Wonder *
- You've Been Mistreating Me Baby *
- Bessie Smith *
- Walkin' Down A Lonesome Road
- I Love My Whiskey *
- Keep Your Hands Off Her *
- Five Feet Seven *
- Hey
Fontana 688 206 tracks:
- Keep Your Hands Off Her [Mercury 8139] *
- Make My Get Away *
- I Love My Whisky [Mercury 8122] *
- Trouble In Mind #
- Minding My Own Business [Mercury 8139] *
- You've Been Mistreating Me Baby [Mercury 8122] *
- Five Feet Seven [Mercury 8126] *
- Bessie Smith [Backwater Blues] *
- See See Rider #
- I Wonder [Mercury 8126] *
- Texas Tornado #
- When I've Been Drinkin' #
# from Philips B 08102 L / Philips BBL 7113
* from Mercury MG 20905
Spotlite SPJ 900 tracks:
- Trouble In Mind
- This Train
- Willie Mae Blues
- In The Evenin'
- The Glory Of Love
- The Midnight Special
- Ananias
- Keep Your Hands Off Her
- Nobody's Business
- Labour Man Blues
- I'm Gonna Sit Down At The Feastin' Table
- See See Rider
- I'm Gonna Sit Down At The Feastin' Table
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- House Rent Stomp
- Bill Bailey
- I've Been Waitin' For You
- Goodnight Irene
| 
Philips B 08102 L (NL 1962)
= Philips BBL 7113 (UK)
"Big Bill Broonzy"
Mercury MG 20905 (1964)
Mercury SR 60905
"Remembering Big Bill"
notes by Paul Oliver
(=) Fontana 688 206 ZL (1964) notes by Bill Kinnell
= Spotlite SPJ 900 (1978) |
| 688 300 ("Prestige/Bluesville") |
688 300
(196?) | Soul Jazz
The Red Garland Quintet
- All Mornin' Long
The Prestige All Stars
- All Day Long
The Jackie McLean Quintet
- Lights Out
| 
Bluesville BVLP 1009
Fontana 688 300 ZL (196?)
|
688 301
(1965) | Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry: Last Night Blues
- Rocky Mountain Blues #
- Got to Move Your Baby
- So Sorry to Leave You
- Take a Trip With Me
- Last Night Blues
- Lightnin's Stroke
- Hard To Love A Woman
- Conversation Blues #
rec. October 26, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Sonny Terry, hca, # voc; Leonard Gaskin, b; Belton Evans, dr | notes by Mack McCormick
Bluesville BV 1029 (1961) Bluesville discography
= Fontana 688 301 ZL (1965)
= Bluesville BV SP101
= OBCCD-548-2 = Prestige/Bluesville 4406
The Complete Prestige/
Bluesville Recordings
7 CD set
|
688 302
(1965) | Memphis Slim: No Strain
- Raining The Blues #
- Lucille #
- Don't You Think You're So Smart #
- No Strain #
- Nice Stuff #
- You Are Gonna Need My Help One Day *
- My Baby Let Me *
- Angel Child *
- Lonesome Traveller * []
- Darling, I Miss You So *
- Fast And Free *
# rec. April 26, 1960 in New York; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Lafayette Thomas, g; Wendell Marshall, b
* rec. November 15, 1960 in New York; Memphis Slim, voc, p; [] Buster "Harpie" Brown, hca | notes by Pete Welding
Bluesville BVLP 1031Bluesville discography notes by Pete Welding
= Fontana 688 302 ZL (1965) 
(=) Fantasy F 24705 (1972)
(along with BVLP 1031)
"Raining The Blues"
= Fantasy FCD-24705-2
= Ace CH 485 |
688 303
(1965) | Blind Gary Davis: Harlem Street Singer
- Samson And Delilah
- Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
- I Belong To The Band
- Pure Religion
- Great Chance Since I Been Born
- Death Don't Have No Mercy
- Twelve Gates To The City
- Goin' To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River
- Tryin' To Get Home
- Lo, I Be With You Always
- I Am The Light Of This World
- Lord, I Feel Like Just Goin' On
rec. August 24, 1960 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; Gary Davis, voc, g
Fantasy 24704
(back cover)
|
| notes by Larry Cohn
Bluesville BVLP 1015 (1961)
= Fontana 688 303 ZL (1965)
= Prestige Folklore FL-14028
"Reverend Gary Davis:
Pure Religion!"
= Prestige PR 7805 (1972)
"Reverend Gary Davis:
Pure Religion!"
= Fantasy 24704 (1973)
(along with BVLP 1032)
"When I Die I'll Live Again"
= OBCCD-547-2 (1992)
|
688 315
(196?) | Memphis Slim: Frisco Bay Blues
Collector JGN 1004 tracks:
- Memphis Slim U.S.A. #*
- Caught The Old Coon At Last #*
- Whisky And Gin #*
- Two Of A Kind #*
- I Love You More And More #*
- Chicago Stomp ( Chicago Boogie) #*
- Don't Think You're Smart *
- Memphis Tennessee (Memphis Woman)
- Bertha May
- Me Myself And I #*
- Misery #*
Collector JGN 1005 tracks:
- Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do #*
- Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday #*
- Rock Me Baby
- In The Evenin' #
- Frisco Bay *
- I Believe I'll Settle Down #
- Darlin' I Miss You So #
- Roll 'n' Tumble #
- Blue This Evening
Collector JEN 5 tracks:
- Sad And Lonesome #*
- Slow And Easy (instr.)
- Kansas City #*
Collector JDN 102 tracks:
- Pinetop's Blues #*
- How Long #*
Fontana 688 315 / Black Lion BLP 30196 (side A and B reversed) tracks:
- Frisco Bay Blues *
- Slow And Easy (instr.)
- I Believe I'll Settle Down #
- Darling I Miss You #
- Roll n' Tumble #
- Misery #*
- Chicago Stop [sic] (Chicago Boogie) #*
- Sad And Lonesome #*
- Memphis Woman
- Bertha Mae
- 'T Ain't Nobody´s Business #*
- I Love You More And More #*
Black Lion BLP 30122 tracks:
- Pinetop's Blues #*
- Blue This Evening
- Caught The Old Coon At Last #*
- We're Just Two Of The Same Old Kind #*
- Don't Think You're Smart *
- I'm Going To Kansas City #*
- Got A Little Old Mama #*
- Rock Me Baby
- In The Evening #
- Memphis Slim, U.S.A. #*
Black Lion BLCD760155 tracks:
- Pineton's Blues [sic]
- Blue This Evening
- Caught The Old Coon At Last
- We're Just Two Of The Same Kind
- Don't Think You're Smart
- I'm Going To Kansas City
- Got A Little Old Mama
- Rock Me Baby
- In The Evening
- Memphis Slim U.S.A.
- Chicago Boogie
- Sad And Lonesome
- Memphis Woman
- Bertha Mae
- Ain't Nobody's Business
- I Love You More And More
- Frisco Bay Blues
- Slow And Easy
- I Believe I'll Settle Down / Darling I Miss You / Roll N' Tumble
rec. July 14, 1960 at City of London Recording Studios in London; Memphis Slim, voc, p; # Alexis Korner, g; * Stan Greig Grieg, dr; prod. by Colin Pomroy | notes by Alexis Korner
and Memphis Slim
Collector JGN 1004 (UK
12/1960) "Memphis Slim"
Collector JGN 1005 (UK
196?) "Memphis Slim"
7 inch 45 rpm EP
Collector JEN 5 (UK 1960)
"Goes to Kansas City" 7 inch 45 rpm
Collector JDN 102 (UK 1960) notes by Paul Oliver
Fontana 688 315 ZL notes by Paul Oliver
Black Lion BLP 30122 (1965)
"Memphis Slim / Alexis
Korner: Rock me Baby!" 
= Black Lion INT 127030
(1972) "Alexis Korner /
Memphis Slim: Rock Me
Baby"
= Black Lion 25 113-2 B
= Black Lion 2460155 (1975)
Black Lion BLP 30196 (1976)
"Chicago Boogie"
(=) Black Lion BLCD760155
(2006) "Blue This Evening"
(24bit remastered)
|
| 688 500 ("Vee Jay") |
688 500
(1965) | The Staple Singers
Spiritual - Gospel - Folk-Blues
- Born In Bethlehem
- Swing Low
- Stand By Me
- Two Rings
- Sit Down Servant
- I've Been Scorned
- The Day Is Passed And Gone
- Calling Me
- Good News
- Let's Go Home
- This May Be The Last Time
|
Fontana 688 500 ZL (1965) |
688 501
(1965) | Lightnin' Hopkins Vol. 2
Spiritual - Gospel - Folk-Blues
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman
- Want To Come Home
- Please Don't Quit Me
- Devil Is Watching You
- Rolling And Rolling
- War Is Starting Again
- Walkin' Round In Circles
- Mary Lou
- Heavy Snow
- Coon Is Hard To Catch
rec. c.1962 in Houston; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g | 
Vee Jay VJLP-1044 (1062)
Vee Jay SR-1044 (stereo)
"Lightnin' Strikes"notes by Heinz Lukas
= Fontana 688 501 ZL = Vee Jay/Collectables
COL-CD-7128 = Get Back GET 7504 (It 2002) 
= P-Vine PCD-4297
|
688 502
(1965) | Black Nativity
Gospel Train
- My Way's Cloudy
- Most Done Traveling
- Baby Born Today
- Poor Little Jesus Boy
- Mary What You Gonna Name That Pretty Little Baby?
- Wasn't That A Mighty Day?
- Joy To The World
- Christ Is Born
- Rise Up Shepherd And Follow
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy
- Oh Come All Ye Faithful
- If Anybody Ask You Who
- Go Where I Send Thee
Original Cast includes Marion Williams & the Stars of Faith, Princess Stewart, Professor Alex Bradford, and the Bradford Singers | 
Vee Jay LP/SR-5022 (1962)
"Gospel On Broadway"= Stateside SL-10026 (UK) 
= Vee Jay VJLP/VJS-8503
(1964)
"Original Cast Album"
= Fontana 688 502 ZL
= Vee Jay TLP-7022 (197?) = Vee Jay/Charly (2008) |
688 514
(1965) | Jimmy Reed: Things Ain't What They Used To Be
- I'm Going Upside Your Head
- The Devil's Shoestring Part 2
- Help Yourself
- Going Fishing (Ain't Got No Pole)
- I Wanna Be Loved
- Wear Something Green
- Left Handed Woman
- A New Leaf
- Fifteen Years
- Things Ain't What They Used To Be
- When You're Doing Alright
- You've Got Me Weeping
rec. 1964 "live" (audience over-dubbed) in Chicago; Jimmy Reed, voc, g, hca; Hubert Sumlin (?), Eddie Taylor, g; b; dr; prod. by Calvin Carter | 
Vee Jay VJLP-1095 (1964)
Vee Jay VJS-1095 (stereo)
"Jimmy Reed At Soul City"
= Fontana 688 514 ZL (1965)
= Vee-Jay/Collectables
COL-CD-7112 (2000) 
= P-Vine PCD4292
(mini LP CD)
|
688 515
(196?) | The Staple Singers
Gospel Train
- Uncloudy Day
- Let Me Ride
- God's Wonderful Love
- Help Me Jesus
- I'm Coming Home
- If I Could Hear My Mother
- Low Is The Way
- I Had A Dream
- On My Way To Heaven
- Going Away
- I'm Leaning
- I Know I Got Religion
| 
Vee Jay LP-5000 (8/1959)
"Uncloudy Day"
Fontana 688 515 ZL (196?)
|
688 516
(196?) | The Patterson Singers: I'm Saved
Gospel Train
- The Sign Of The Judgment
- The Lord's Prayer
- I've Got To Make It To The Promised Land
- Were You There
- He Comforts Me
- He'll Carry You Through
- I'm Saved
- I'm Depending
- So Glad I Got The Old Time Religion
- You Better Run
- I Thank The Lord
- I'm Moving Up
| 
Vee Jay LP-5032 (1963)
"The Lord's Prayer"notes by H.R. Rookmaaker
Fontana 688 516 ZL (196?) |
688 517
(196?) | The Caravans: Just Like Him
Gospel Train
- Amazing Grace
- Just Like Him
- Nobody Knows Like The Lord
- Sacred Head
- Lord Stay With Me
- To Whom Shall I Turn
- Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone
- I'm Ready To Serve The Lord
- No Coward Soldiers
- Seek Ye The Lord
- Till I Meet The Lord/Jesus Will Save
| 
Vee Jay LP-5026 (1962)
"Seek Ye The Lord"
Fontana 688 517 ZL (196?)
|
688 518
(1966) | Choir of the Greater Harvest Baptist Church of New Jersey: What A Friend
Gospel Train
- Bye And Bye
- It Took A Miracle
- God Is So Wonderful
- I’m Going Through
- What A Friend
- Trouble Don't Last Always
- He Has A Way
- Said He Wouldn't Leave Me
- Sow Righteous Seeds
- He Delivered Me
| Vee Jay LP-5011 (1961)
"Wonderful"
Fontana 688 518 ZL (1966)
|
688 520
(1966) | The Original Blind Boys of Alabama: Old Time Religion
Gospel Train
Vee Jay VJLP/SR-5048 track sequence:
- I Can See Everybody's Mother
- What He's Done For Me
- After A While
- Old Time Religion
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Tell God All About It
- I'm Journeying On
- Christian In My Heart
- Precious Lord
- God Is Real
- I Just Rose To Tell You
- How Far Am I From Canaan
Fontana 688 520 ZL track sequence:
- What He's Done For Me
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- After Awhile
- I Can See Everybody's Mother
- Tell God All About It
- Old Time Religion
- I'm Journeying On
- How Far Am I From Cannan
- I Just Rose To Tell You
- Christian In My Heart
- God Is Real
- Precious Lord
| 
Vee Jay VJLP/SR-5048 (1963)
"True Convictions"notes by H.R. Rookmaaker
= Fontana 688 520 ZL |
| 688 700 ("Riverside/Battle") |
688 700
(1964) | John Lee Hooker: How Long Blues
- Black Snake
- How Long Blues
- Wobblin' Baby
- She's Long, She's Tall, She Weeps Like A Willow Tree
- Pea Vine Special
- Tupelo Blues
- I'm Prison Bound
- I Rowed A Little Boat
- Water Boy
- Church Bell Tone
- Bundle Up and Go
- Good Mornin' Little School Girl
- Behind The Plow
rec. April, 1959 in Detroit, MI; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; prod. by Bill Grauer | notes by Orrin Keepnews
Riverside RLP 12-838
(US 1959) "The Country
Blues of ..." [on front cover] /
"The Folk-Blues of ..."
[on back cover & label]notes by Anonymous
= Battle BLP 6114 (1963)
"How Long Blues" notes by Paul Oliver
= Fontana 688 700 ZL (196?) 
(=) Fantasy DLP 24722 (1972)
"Black Snake" (along
with Riverside RLP 12-321
"That's My Story")
(=) Ace CD 927 (1990)
"That's My Story / The
Folk Blues of ..."
(4 tracks missing from LPs)
= OBCCD-542-2 (1991)
|
688 701
(1964) | Memphis Slim: Alone With My Friends
- Highway 51 Blues
- I Feel So Good
- Rock Me, Momma
- Goin' Down Slow #
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
- Sunnyland Train
- Goin' Down To The River
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- I Can Hear My Name A-Ringin'
- Going Back To My Plow
rec. April 25, 1961 in London, England; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Josh White, introduction, # humming | 
Battle BM 6118 (1961)
= Battle BS 96118
"Memphis Slim sings the
songs of Big Bill Broonzy,
Tampa Red, Muddy Waters,
Georgia Tom, Curtis Jones,
St. Louis Jimmy, Sonny Boy
Williamson, Blind Lemon
Jefferson, Willie Dixon"notes by Paul Oliver
= Fontana 688 701 ZL (1964) 
= OBCCD 581
|
| 688 800 ("Arhoolie") |
688 800
(1965) | Big Joe Williams: Tough Times
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Yo Yo Blues
- President Roosevelt
- Forty-Four Blues
- Greystone Blues
- I Want My Crown []
- Mean Stepfather
- Brother James
- Shake Your Boogie
- Vitamin A Blues
- She Left Me A Mule To Ride #
- So Glad
# rec. fall 1959 in Oakland, Ca. by Bob Geddins; Joe Lee Williams, voc, g
all other tracks rec. October 5, 1960 in Los Gatos, Ca. by Chris Strachwitz and Richard Garvin; Joe Lee Williams, voc, g; [] Mary Williams, voc | notes by Chris A. Strachwitz
Arhoolie 1002 (US 1960)Arhoolie discography notes by Chris Strachwitz
= Fontana 688 800 ZL re-released (along with
most of Arhoolie 1053)
on Arhoolie CD 315
"Shake Your Boogie" |
688 801
(1965) | Lightnin' Hopkins: Burnin In L.A.
- Meet You At The Chicken Shack
- Once Was A Gambler
- Speedin' Boogie
- Ice Storm Blues
- California Showers
- Burnin' In La
- Do The Boogie
- Bald Headed Woman
- Goin' Out
rec. December 1961 in Berkeley and January 1962 in Houston; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g & p; Spider Kilpatrick, dr on 3 tracks; all other tracks: Gino Lantry, b & Victor Leonard, dr | 
Arhoolie F 1011 (1962)
"Lightnin' Sam Hopkins"Arhoolie discography 
= Fontana 688 801 ZL
|
688 802
(1966) | Joe Turner: Jumpin' The Blues
with Pete Johnson's Orchestra
- Wine-O-Baby Boogie
- B&O Blues
- Rocket Boogie "88" - part I
- Old Piney Brown's Gone
- Baby, Won't You Marry Me
- Skid Row Boogie
- Christmas Date Boogie
- Radar Blues
- Tell Me Pretty Baby
- Rocket Boogie "88" - part II
- Trouble Blues
- Half Tight Boogie
| notes by Rolph Fairchild
Arhoolie 2004 (196?)Arhoolie discography 
= Fontana 688 802 ZL
|
688 803
(1966) | Lightnin' Hopkins: Bluebird Blues
- Bluebird Blues [Glory B. Blues, previously unreleased]
- Walking Blues [Gold Star 634]
- Unkind Blues [Gold Star 664]
- Mad With You [Gold Star 652]
- Somebody's Got To Go [Goodbye Blues, previously unreleased]
- Automobile Blues [Gold Star 666]
- Seems Funny Baby [previously unreleased]
- Coolin' Board Blues [Thunder And Lightnin' Blues, previously unreleased]
- Airplane Blues [Gold Star 652]
- Loretta Blues [previously unreleased]
- Whiskey Blues [previously unreleased]
- You Don't Know [Gold Star 640]
- Organ Boogie [previously unreleased]
- What Can It Be [Gold Star 616]
- Ida Mae [Gold Star 613]
- Goin' Back And Talk To Mama [Going Home Blues, previously unreleased]
rec. late 1940s in Houston, Tx.; reissued from Gold Star masters | notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie 2007 (196?)
"Early Recordings"Arhoolie discography notes by Chris Strachwitz
= Fontana 688 803 ZL |
688 804
(1966) | Bukka White: Sky Songs
Arhoolie F 1019 tracks:
- My Baby *
- Alabama Blues // #
- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World (7:35) //
- Sugar Hill (18:45) []
Arhoolie F 1020 tracks:
- Bald Eagle Train
- Single Man Blues
- Georgia Skin Game
- Mixed Water (monologue)
* rec. November 8, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, p
[] rec. November 25, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, p
// rec. November 26, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, g; # Big Willie (Wayne Pope), washboard
Fontana 688 804 tracks:
- Alabama Blues [Arhoolie F1019]
- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World [Arhoolie F1019]
- Georgia Skin Game [Arhoolie F1020]
- Bald Eagle Train [Arhoolie F1020]
- Single Man [Arhoolie F1020] | notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie F 1019notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie F 1020 Arhoolie discography notes by Chris Strachwitz
(=) Fontana 688 804 ZL (1966) (=) Arhoolie CD C-323
(1990) (along with F 1020) |
688 805
(1967) | Mance Lipscomb: Texas Songster
- Joe Turner Killed A Man
- Bumble Bee
- Silver City
- If I Miss The Train
- Alabama Jubilee
- God Moves On The Water (The Titanic)
- Come Back Baby
- Charlie James
- Boogie In A
- Key To The Highway
- Cocaine Done Killed My Baby
- Spanish Flang Dang
- You Got To Reap What You Sow
rec. Berkeley, May 2, 1964 by Chris Strachwitz | notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie F 1023 (1964)
"Texas Songster Volume 2"Arhoolie discography notes by Chris Strachwitz
= Fontana 688 805 ZL (1967)
"Texas Songster" |
688 806
(1967) | Fred McDowell: Mississippi Delta Blues
- Write Me A Few Lines
- Louise
- I Heard Somebody Call
- 61 Highway
- Mama Don't Allow Me
- Kokomo Blues
- Fred's Worried Life Blues
- You Gonna Be Sorry
- Shake 'Em On Down
- My Trouble Blues
- Black Minnie
- That's Alright
- When I Lay My Burden Down #
rec. February 13/14, 1964 in Como, Miss. by Chris Strachwitz; Fred McDowell, voc, g; # Annie Mae McDowell, voc | notes by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie F-1021 (US 1964)
= Arhoolie AR 19025 (D)
= Trio PA-3052 (Jp 1974)Arhoolie discography notes by Chris Strachwitz
= Fontana 688 806 ZL (196?) |
688 807
(196?) | Lightnin' Hopkins
with his brothers Joel and John Henry
- I'm Gonna See About My Brother John Henry
- Black Hannah
- I Walked From Dallas
- Hot Blooded Woman Blues
- Going Back To Baden-Baden
with Barbara Dane
- Sometimes She Loves Me #
- You Got Another Man #
- I'm Going Back, Baby #
- Mother Earth #
- Jesus Won't You Come By Here []
# rec. June 18, 1964 at the Cabale (later The Questing Beast) in Berkeley, Ca.
[] rec. November 26, 1961 in Berkeley, Ca. | notes by Chris A. Strachwitz
Arhoolie 1022 (1966)Arhoolie discography = Fontana 688 807 ZL (196?) |
688 809
(196?) | Johnny Young and his Chicago Blues Band
featuring Otis Spann, James Cotton
- Wild, Wild Woman
- Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business #
- I'm Having A Ball
- My Trainfare Out Of Town
- I'm Doing All Right #
- Stealin' #
- Keep On Drinking
- Hot Dog!
- Come Early In The Morning
- Moaning And Groaning #
- Crosscut Saw
- Slam Hammer (instr.)
rec. November 22, 1965 in Chicago, Ill. by Pete Welding;
# Johnny Young, voc, mandolin; Otis Spann, p;
all others Johnny Young, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; James Cotton, harp; Jimmy Lee Morris, b; S.P. Larey, dr | notes by Pete Welding
Arhoolie F 1029 (1966)Arhoolie discography 
= Fontana 688 809 ZL
|
| 883 900 |
883 905
(1966) | Eddie Boyd: Five Long Years
- Five Long Years
- Hello Stranger
- Where You Belong
- I'm Comin' Home
- My Idea
- The Big Question
- Come On Home
- Blue Monday Blues
- Eddie's Blues
- All the Way
- Twenty-Four Hours Of Fear
- Rock The Rock
CD bonus tracks:
- Five Long Years - tk. 2 *
- The Big Question - tk. 2*
- Rosalie * §
- Hound Dog * #
rec. October 21, 1965 at Wessex Sound Studios, London, prod. by Horst Lippmann
* rec. October 7, 1965 in Hamburg, prod. by Siegfried E. Loch
Eddie Boyd, voc, p, org; Buddy Guy, g, § b; Jimmy Lee Robinson, b, § g; Freddie Below, dr; # Big Mama Thornton, voc | notes by Neil Slaven
[starting on front cover !!!]
Fontana 883 905 JC notes based on original
notes by Neil Slaven
= L+R 42.005 (1980)
= L+R CDLR 72009 (1994) L+R discography 
(=) Evidence CD 26051 (1994)
|
| 885 400 |
885 415
(1965) | The Spiritual + Gospel Festival 1965
Bishop Samuel Kelsey and the Congregation Of Temple Church Of Washington, DC
- Jesus Said If You Go
- Lord Send The Rain (solo Sister Lena Phillips Jones)
- Travelling Shoes
- Preaching (Exodus 3rd Chapter Bishop Kelsey)
- I Cried He Delivered Me
Bishop Kelsey & his Congregation, The Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi & The Andrewettes
- Tell Me How Long The Train Been Gone
Inez Andrews and the Andrewettes
- It’s A Needed Time (solo Inez Andrews)
- It’s In My Heart (solo Inez Andrews)
- What Love (solo Elane Davis)
- A God Somewhere (solo Elizabeth Dargan)
The Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
- John Saw The Number
- O Why(solo Henry Johnson)
- Lord, You’ve Been Good To Me
rec. January 1965 live at Kloster (Monastry) Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Germany | 
Fontana 885 415 TY (1965)= Fontana TL 5243 notes by
Siegfried Schmidt-Joos
= L+R 44.005 |
885 421
(196?) | Amen
Dr. Jester Hairston And His Chorus Sing Spirituals, Gospel Songs, a.o.
- Amen
- Elijah Rock
- Going Down Dat Lonesome Road
- Oh, Rocka My Soul
- Mary's Little Boy Chile
- Dis Ole Hammer
- Hold On
- Go Down In De Lonesome Valley
- Hold My Mule While I Dance Josey
- Don't Be Weary, Traveller
- Live A-Mumble
- You Better Mind
| 
Fontana 885 421 TY (196?)= STKM CD (2010) |
885 437
(1967) | The Spiritual + Gospel Festival 1967
The Robert Patterson Singers
Sister Josephine James
The Mighty Clouds Of Harmony
Reverend Cleophus Robinson
- I'm Gonna Serve God
- He Lives In My Soul
- Didn't It Rain
- Grace Made A Change
- Joshua Fought
|
Fontana 885 437 TY (1967) |
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!
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