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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 |
Shakey Jake Harris 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year of release | title | label # / notes |
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- Things Are Different
- Angry Lover

rec. c. 1957 in Chicago, IL; James Harris, voc, hca; Magic Sam, g; prob. Mac Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr | Ping unissued MBS Recordings acetate as by "Shaky Jake" [sic]
more info |
| 1 | 1958 | Shakey Jake and Willie Dixon Band

- Roll Your Money Maker (C1048) # @ youtube
- Call Me If You Need Me (C1049) @ youtube

rec. 1958 in Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc; Willie Dixon Band: Magic Sam, Freddy King, g; Odell Campbel, b-g; Willie Dixon, b; Junior Blackmon, dr; # ens voc | 



 Artistic 1502

 = Vivid 100 (1964)
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| 2 | 19?? | ???

- Sunnyland Bounce (Four Day Bounce) - Sunnyland Slim
- Please Send Me Someone To Love - Lee Jackson
- Hillbilly Blues (Harrington) - Eddie Clearwater
- I'll Always Love You - Shakey Jake
- In My Dreams - Roosevelt Sykes
- Long About Midnight - Lee Jackson
- ???

rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr | Private pressing LP no # (Germany)more info |
| 3 | 1960 | Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz Volume 2

- It's A Long Way To Tipperary - Paul Barbarin & His New Orleans Jazz Band
- Jack O'Diamonds - Brother Percy Randolph
- I Lost My Heart - Armand Hugh & Emile Christian New Orleans Band
- Bobblin' - Carmell Jones
- Little Fugue - Roland Kirk
- Spoiled Your Baby - Shaky Jake #

- Number Nine - Roosevelt Sykes
- Two Blues Choruses - Ira Sullivan
- Blow Low - Buddy Tate & His Harlem Band
- Night Train - Cootie Williams & His Central Ballroom Band
- Walk On - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Soft Lights - John Coltrane

# rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Eddie Clearwater or Lee Jackson, g
These records (Vols. 1 & 2) were only available with the equally named book by Joachim Ernst Berendt / William Claxton | 7 inch 33 rpm
 Metronome JEB 1001 B (Germany) |
| | |

- Things Are Different - Shakey Jake
- Love My Baby - Shakey Jake

rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Willie Mabon, p; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr | La Salle unissued more info |
| 4 | 1960 | Shakey Jake: Good Times

- Worried Blues #
- My Foolish Heart
- Sunset Blues (instr) #
- You Spoiled Your Baby #
- Tear Drops #
- Just Shakey (instr) #

- Jake's Blues (instr) #
- Still Your Fool # @ youtube
- Keep A-Loving Me Baby
- Call Me When You Need Me #
- Huffin' And Puffin' (instr) #
- Good Times #

rec. May 11, 1960 in New York; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, # hca; Brother Jack McDuff, org; Bill Jennings, g | notes by Rudy van Gelder
 Bluesville BVLP 1008 Bluesville discography
= OBCCD-572-2 (1994) OBC discography
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| 5 | 1960 | Shakey Jake

- My Foolish Heart
- Jake's Blues (instr) #

rec. May 11, 1960 in New York; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, # hca; Brother Jack McDuff, org; Bill Jennings, g | Bluesville 45-807 |
| 6 | 1961 | Shakey Jake: Mouth Harp Blues

- Mouth Harp Blues (instr) # @ youtube
- Love Me Baby #
- Jake's Cha Cha (instr) #
- Gimme A Smile # @ youtube
- My Broken Heart

- Angry Lover #
- Things Is Alright
- Easy Baby
- Things Are Different Baby #
- It Won't Happen Again

rec. November 19, 1960 in New York; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, # hca; Robert Banks, p; Jimmie Lee Robinson, ; Leonard Gaskin, b; Junior Blackmon, dr | notes by Joe Goldberg
 Bluesville BVLP 1027 Bluesville discography
= Ace CH 236 (UK 1988) = OBCCD-559-2 (1993) OBC discography
= Analogue Productions LP TJAZ 1027 (US 2007) (=) Analogue Productions 2-LP AJAZ 1027 [180 gram 45rpm edition] (US 2007) |
| 7 | 19?? | American Folk Blues Festival

Helen Humes track sequence ?
- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
- Kansas City
Memphis Slim
- Blues Everywhere
- Fast Blues (with Shakey Jake, hca)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- I'm A Stranger Here
- Hootin' Blues
- Improvisation Blues
- Blues Was Money
- Fast Blues
Memphis Slim
- Boogie Woogie
T-Bone Walker
- Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong @ youtube
- I'm In Love
Shakey Jake Harris
- Hey Baby #
- I Love My Baby @ youtube

rec. October 4, 1962 in Baden-Baden, Germany; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; # Memphis Slim, p; T-Bone Walker, g; # Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr

Helen Humes tracks rec. October 20, 1962 at the Olympia in Paris, France
from a T.V. broadcast | Secret Records LP 12-8 (Germany)= Rare Records LP RR-2 (UK) = Tony's LP 392 (UK) |
| 8 | 1962 | American Folk Blues Festival '62

Memphis Slim
- We're Gonna Rock
T-Bone Walker
- I Wanna See My Baby
- I'm In Love *
Sonny Terry
- I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
- Stewball
John Lee Hooker
- Let's Make It Baby
- Shake It Baby
- The Right Time
Shakey Jake
- Hey, Baby
- Love My Baby *
Brownie McGhee
- Crying At The Station
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
- Bye Bye Baby

* not on Excello 8029
instead:
John Lee Hooker
- Need Your Love So Bad

rec. October 18, 1962 in Hamburg, Germany; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Memphis Slim, p; T-Bone Walker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr

Philips 681555 was issued before start of the tour to introduce the participating artists |  = Brunswick 9012 (mono) = Brunswick 10912 (stereo) = Intercord ST 658017 = Polydor 2482041 (NL) = Polydor 46.397 (1963) = Polydor SLPM-1172 (1964)
 = Decca 7/4392 = Excello LPS-8029 (1972) The Original American Folk Blues Festival
= Polydor CD 825 502-2  L+R 42.017
 = LR CD-2017
 = disc 1 of Evidence 5 CD set ECD 26200
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| 9 | 1966 | Shakey Joke [sic]

- Respect Me Baby
- A Hard Road

rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc; Louis Myers, hca; Otis Spann, p; Magic Sam, g; Mighty Joe Young, b; S.P. Leary, dr |  The Blues 303Flyright FLY 605 |
| | |

- Too Hot To Hold (instr) #
- Key To The Highway #
- Scratch My Back #
- Strollin' On The Strip (instr) #
- Respect Me Baby *
- My Babe *
- This Is True *
- Long Distance Call *
- Too Hot To Hold (instr) * §

rec. September 26, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; § Kenny Courtney, hca; # Otis Spann, * Lloyd Glenn, p; Luther Allison, g; Robert 'Mojo' Elem, b;Francis Clay, dr | World Pacific unissued |
| 10 | 1969 | Shakey Jake Harris and The All Stars: Further On Up The Road

- Everything Gonna Be Alright * §
- Hold That Bus, Conductor * []
- Strollin' On the Strip #
- Respect Me Baby * []
- I Will Always Love You * []
- Three Times Seven * §

- Further On Up The Road * §
- A Hard Road To Travel * []
- Save Your Money Baby * [] //
- Too Hot To Hold #
- Long Distance Call * []

rec. September 30 / October 1, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, # hca; * Kenny Courtney, hca; § Wandering John [John Mayall], [] Sunnyland Slim, p; Luther Allison, g; Robert 'Mojo' Elem, b; Francis Clay, dr; // Danny Bruce, Steve Cummins, perc; prod. by Steve LaVere | notes by Pete Welding
 World Pacific 21886 = Liberty 83217E (UK 1969)
 = Sequel NEXCD 211 (UK 1992)
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| 11 | 1972 | Shakey Jake Harris: The Devil's Harmonica

- Sawed Off Shotgun
- Ragged And Dirty
- Love Is Strange
- Let Me Be Your Loverman
- Bad Luck Time

- My Blues Advice
- Family Blues
- What A Fool
- Remembering
- More Bad Luck

rec. September 2, 1971 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, hca; Freddy Robinson, g; John Mayall, rhythm / slide g, p; Elliot Ingber, g; Larry Taylor, b; Ron Selico & Phil Parker, dr | 

 Polydor PD 5014 (US)= Polydor 2391 015 (UK 1972)  = Line/Stomp 4.00328 (G)
|
| 12 | 1976 | SHAKEY JAKE HARRIS

- Sister Rose #
- Turn You On

rec. 1976 in Los Angeles, CA; Shake Jake Harris, voc; horns, p; 2 gs; b; dr; # voc group | 

 Grenade GR 1004 |
| 13 | 1978 | Shakey Jake: Make It Good To You

- This World *
- Shot Gun *
- Tell Me How You Like It *
- Catherline
- Shakey Jake

- Down So Long
- Jake And Bill Clark (instr) # *
- Long Distance Call #
- Going Away
- Don't Get Broke

rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, # hca, arranger; Rod Piazza, * hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake | 





 Good Time GTS 1001 |
| | 1978 | Blues Boy Rawlins A-K-A "Sweet Lovin' Daddy" Chicago Blues

- I Got A Woman Shining My Shoes
- Susie
- Wake Up In The Morning

- Baby, She Loves Me
- I'm Leaving You Baby
- Going Back To Alabama
- Just Playing The Blues

rec. in Los Angeles, CA; Blues Boy Rawlins, "music [g, hca] & voc"; prod. & arranged by Shakey Jake | 



 Good Time GTS 1002 |
| 14 | 197? | Shakey Jake

- Tell Me How You Like It *
- Shakey's Boogie [aka Catherline]

rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, arranger; Rod Piazza, hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake | Big Town 717 |
| 15 | 1978 | William Clarke: Hittin' Heavy
with special guest artist Shakey Jake

- Hittin' Heavy
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- Blues Afterwhile
- Next To Me
- Keep On Lovin' Her

- Come On Baby
- Keep It To Yourself
- Make Love To Me #
- Hard Times
- So All Alone

# rec. c. 1978 prob. in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake Harris, voc; William Clarke, hca; Bill Johnston, hca solo; John Detherage, p; Hollywood Fats, 1st g; Garth Beckington, 2nd g; Mike Downey, b; Johnny Dominguez, dr; prod. and arr. by William Clarke and Shakey Jake | 

 Good Time GTS 1003 |
| 16 | 1980 | Magic Sam & Shakey Jake: Magic Rocker

- Everything Gonna Be Alright [Cobra 5021]
- Look Watcha Done [Cobra 5021]
- All My Whole Life [Cobra 5025]
- Love Me With A Feeling [Cobra 5013]
- All Your Love [Cobra 5013]
- Call Me If You Need Me [Artistic 1502]

- Roll Your Money Maker [Artistic 1502]
- Easy Baby
- Magic Rocker
- Love Me This Way
- 21 Days In Jail
- All Night Long

| notes by Simon Napier
 Flyright FLY 561 Flyright discography
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| 17 | 1983 | Shakey Jake: The Key Won't Fit

- Do The Boogie With You (aka Catherline) # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Cross My Heart *
- The Key Won't Fit *
- Down So Long # [Good Time GTS 1001]

- What You Want Me To Do *
- Let Me Tell You Baby (aka Don't Get Broke) # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Never Leave You *
- Save Your Money (aka Shakey Jake) # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Easy Baby *

# rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, arranger; Rod Piazza, hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake

* rec. c. 1980 poss. in Arlington, CA; Shakey Jake, voc; Rod Piazza, hca; Honey Alexander, p; Junior Watson, g; Bill Stuve, b; Bill Swartz, dr |  Murray Brothers MB 1002 |
| 18 | 1983 | Shakey Jake

- Never Leave You
- Easy Baby

rec. c. 1980 poss. in Arlington, CA; Shakey Jake, voc; Rod Piazza, hca; Honey Alexander, p; Junior Watson, g; Bill Stuve, b; Bill Swartz, dr | Good Time 01 |
| 19 | 1983 | Magic Sam – Shakey Jake: Magic Touch
Live at Sylvio's 1968 [sic]

- Juke (instr.)
- Hate To See You Go
- Just Like A Fish
- Dirty Work Goin' On #
- Rock Me #
- I've Been Down So Long
- I Just Can't Please You

- I Just Got To Know
- Tore Down
- Scratch My Back #
- Sawed Off Shotgun #
- Backstroke (instr.)
- All Your Love
- 19 Years Old #

rec. December 1966 live at Sylvio's in Chicago, IL; Magic Sam Maghett, voc, g; Shakey Jake Harris, hca, # voc; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr |  Black Magic 9003= Blacktop CD BT-1085 (US 1993) |
| 20 | 1985 | Johnnie Dyer & Shakey Jake: Straight Ahead

- Slippin & Slidin - Part 1 *
- Everybody, Somebody *
- K.C. *
- Tell Me How You Like It *
- You're The One *
- Long Distance Call # [Good Time GTS 1001]

- Catherline # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Key To The Highway *
- Oh Baby *
- Down So Long # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Overdose Of Love *
- Slippin & Slidin - Part 2 *

# rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, arranger; Rod Piazza, hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake
* rec. 1978/79 in Los Angeles, CA; Johnny Dyer, voc, hce; Debbie 'Honey' Alexander, p; Michael 'Junior' Watson, g; poss Bill Stuve, b; Bill 'Little Willie' Swartz, dr
|  Mina M-1001 (Jp) |
| 21 | 1985 | Junior Wells: Chiefly Wells

Junior Wells
- Two-Headed Woman
- Cha Cha Cha In Blues
- Lovey Dovey Lovey One
- I'm A Stranger
- The Things I'd Do For You
- I Need Me A Car
- I'll Get You Too
- One Day (Every Goodbye Ain't Gone)

Junior Wells
- Calling All Blues
- Love Me
- Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule
Magic Sam
- You Don't Have To Work
- Mr. Charlie
- My Love Is Your Love
- She Belongs To Me
Shakey Jake
- Respect Me Baby [The Blues 303]
- A Hard Road [The Blues 303]

rec. 1957 - 1966 | 

 Flyright FLY 605 Flyright discography
|
| 21a | 1988 | Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Volume 9

John Ashley - Little Lou
Lattie Moore - Why Did You Lie To Me
Nicki Redman - Cops Rock
The Notes - G.I. Blues
The Vice - Don't Let Go
Gene Stacks - I Know My Baby Loves Me
Los Boppers - Treen Solitario
Jimmy Franklin - Long Tall Lou
Tony Harris - Try This Lil' Ole' Heart
Lewis Lindsey - The Push

Eddie Riff - My Baby's Gone Away
Ray Sawyer - I'm Gonna Leave
Wild Chid Gipson - Kool
Augie Rios - Linda Lou
Chuck Tyler - She's All Mine
Steve Alaimo - Should I Care
Lonesome Lee - Cry Over Me
Bobby Page - Hippy-Ti-Yo
Ron & Ellie Jaye - Road Runner
Shakey Jake - Roll Your Money Maker [Artistic 1502]

|  Flame LP 009 (UK) |
| 22 | 1989 | The Magic Sam Legacy

- I Feel So Good #
- Lookin' Good #
- Walkin' By Myself // #
- Hoochie Coochie Man // #
- That Ain't It // #
- That's All I Need #

- What Have I Done Wrong §
- I Just Want A Little Bit §
- Everything's Gonna Be All Right §
- Keep On Doin' What You're Doin' $
- Blues For Odie Payne $
- Easy Baby (alt tk) § []
- Keep On Lovin' Me Baby $

[] CD bonus track

rec. October 18/25, 1967 in Chicago, Ill.; Sam Maghett, voc, g; // Shakey Jake, hca; Mighty Joe Young, g; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne III, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester

§ rec. October 23, & $ November 6, 1968 in Chicago, Ill.; Sam Maghett, voc, g; Eddie Shaw, ts; Lafayette Leake p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester |  Delmark DS-651 = P-Vine PLP-516 (Jp)
 = Delmark CD DD-651 (1997)
www.delmark.com  = P-Vine PCD-5218 (Jp 1997)
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| 22a | 1993 | Magic Sam: West Side Soul
Charly Blues Masterworks Vol. 29

- All Your Love
- Love Me With A Feeling
- Everything Gonna Be Alright
- Look Watcha Done
- All Night Long
- All My Whole Life
- Easy Baby
- 21 Days In Jail
- Love Me This Way
- Magic Rocker
- Roll Your Moneymaker [Artistic 1502]
- Call Me If You Need Me
- Every Night About This Time
- Blue Light Boogie
- Out Of Bad Luck
- She Belongs To Me

|  Charly CD BM 29 |
| 22b | 1993 | The Cobra Records Story

disc 1:
- I Can't Quit You Baby (alt version) - Otis Rush
- Just Wailin' - Louis Myers And The Aces
- I Can't Quit You Baby (alt version) - Otis Rush
- Sit Down Baby - Otis Rush
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Rock And Roll Boogie - The Clouds
- Need My Baby - Shakey Horton
- Have A Good Time - Shakey Horton
- My Love Will Never Die - Otis Rush and his Band
- Violent Love - Otis Rush and his Band
- Highway 61 - Sunnyland Slim
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Groaning The Blues - Otis Rush
- If You Were Mine - Otis Rush
- Crying The Blues - Little Willie Foster
- Little Girl - Little Willie Foster
- I Don't Care Who Knows - Harold Burrage
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Love Me With A Feeling - Magic Sam
- Love That Woman - Otis Rush
- Jump Sister Bessie - Otis Rush
- Satisfied - Harold Burrage
- My Love - Betty Everett
- Shake It (previously unreleased alt version) - Duke Jenkins And His Orchestra
- Look Whatcha Done - Magic Sam
- Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam
- Eli Toscano Blues - Sunnyland Slim Session Outtake

disc 2:
- Three Times A Fool - Otis Rush and Willie Dixon Band
- She's A Good Un' - Otis Rush and Willie Dixon Band
- Ain't Gonna Cry - Betty Everett
- All Night Long - Magic Sam
- I Cry For You (previously unreleased alt version) - Harold Burrage
- All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
- It Takes Time - Otis Rush
- Checking In My Baby - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark and Willie Dixon Band
- Sit And Cry (The Blues) - Buddy Guy and his Band
- Try To Quit You Baby - Buddy Guy and his Band
- Easy Baby - Magic Sam
- 21 Days In Jail - Magic Sam
- Call Me If You Need Me - Shakey Jake and Willie Dixon Band
- Roll Your Moneymaker - Shakey Jake and Willie Dixon Band
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush and his Band
- Keep On Loving Me Baby - Otis Rush and his Band
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy and his Band
- You Sure Can't Do - Buddy Guy and his Band
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush and his Band
- My Baby's A Good Un' - Otis Rush and his Band
- Matchbox - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- You've Got To Lose - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- Box Top - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- You Keep On Worrying Me - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- (I Know) You Don't Love Me - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- Down And Out - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm

| 2 CD set
 Capricorn 42012-2 (US)= Zomba 7893942012 2 (US 2001) |
| 22c | 1994 | Chicago Blues

disc 1: Sweet Black Angel
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her
Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman
Johnny Williams - Worried Man Blues
Little Walter - Blue Baby
Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home
Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues
Snooky & Moody - Boogie
Leroy Foster - My Head Can't Rest Anymore
Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel
Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
Floyd Jones - Dark Road
Muddy Waters - Still A Fool
Jimmy Rogers - Chance To Love
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch
Little Walter - Juke
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur
Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522]
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours

disc 2: Mojo Boogie
Little Walter - Sad Hours
J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie
Tampa Red - Please Mr. Doctor
Johnny Shines - Evening Sun
Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman
Eddie Boyd - Third Degree
John Brim - Life Time
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right
Big Bill Broonzy - Lonesome
Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow
John Brim - Tough Times
Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Howlin' Wolf - No Place To Go
J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie
J.B. Hutto - Things Are So Slow
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
J.B. Lenoir - Mama Talk To Your Daughter
Otis Spann / B.B. King - Five Spot
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go
Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Willie Dixon - Walkin' The Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy

disc 3: Smokestack Lightnin'
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
John Brim - Be Careful (I Would Hate To See You Go)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby
Walter Horton - Have A Good Time
Jimmy Rogers - Walkin' By Myself
Muddy Waters - I Live The Life I Love
Sunnyland Slim - It's You Babe
Lee Jackson - Fishin' In My Pond
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
Magic Sam - All Your Love
Charles Clark - Row Your Boat
Magic Sam - All My Whole Life
Otis Rush - Checkin' On My Baby
Shakey Jake - Call Me (If You Need Me)
Otis Rush - Double Trouble
Little Walter - Key To The Highway
Buddy Guy - This Is The End
Little Walter - Everything Gonna Be Alright
Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Junior Wells - Little By Little
Junior Wells - Prison Bars All Around Me

disc 4: So Many Roads, So Many Traiins
Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains
Lillian Offitt - Will My Man Be Home Tonight?
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
Earl Hooker - Blues In D Natural
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid
Albert King - Searching For A Woman
Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy
Howlin' Wolf - Goin' Down Slow
Homesick James - Crossroads
Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me
Ricky Allen - Cut You A-Loose
Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
Big Mack - Rough Dried Woman
Robert Nighthawk - Someday
Andrew Brown - You Better Stop
Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
Lonnie Brooks - Figure Head
Detroit Junior - Call My Job
Muddy Waters - That's Why I Don't Mind
Little Milton - Feel So Bad
Magic Sam - Out Of Bad Luck
Fenton Robinson - Sad You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young - Hard Times
Hound Dog Taylor - Watch Out

compiled by Les Fancourt
produced by Les Fancourt & Joop Visser | 4 CD set


 Charly CD DIG 4 (UK) |
| 22d | 1995 | Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson

cd 2
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll Your Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker

cd 3
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown

cd 4
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang

compiled by Les Fancourt | 4 CD set
 Charly CD 3 (UK) |
| 22d | 1997 | Chicago Blues Masters Vol. 3

disc 1
Shakey Jake Harris
- Everything Gonna Be Alright
- Hold That Bus, Conductor
- Stollin' The Strip
- Respect Me Baby
- I Will Always Love You
- Three Times Seven
- Father On Up The Road
- A Hard Road To Travel
- Save Your Money, Baby
- Too Hot To Hold
- Long Distance Call
- Don't Answer The Door
- Love Me Baby
- Chains Of Love
James Cotton
- Sky Is Falling
- Long Distance Operator
- I'm A Free Man
- Can't Live Without Love
- Kiddy Boy

disc 2
George Smith
- Mellow Down Easy
- Can't Hold On Much Longer
- My Babe
- Juke
- West Helena Woman
- Tell Me Mama
- Last Night
- You Better Watch Yourself
- Key To The Highway
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Too Late
- Love With A Feelin'
- Goin' Down Slow
- Just A Feelin'
James Cotton
- She Moves Me
- Tonight I Wanna Love Me A Stranger
- Nose Open
- Goodbye My Lady
- Georgia Swing

compiled by Billy Vera | 2 CD set notes by Keith Briggs
 Capitol CD 36288 |
| 22e | 1997 | Chicago Blues - The Golden Era

- I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter
- Ora Nelle Blues - Othum Brown
- Blue Baby - Little Walter
- My Baby Walked Out - Johnny Young
- Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Please, Mister Doctor - Tampa Red
- Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Things Are So Slow - J.B. Hutto
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- I Was Fooled - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor

disc 2
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Walter Horton
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishing In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
- Checkin' On My Baby - Otis Rush
- Call Me If You Need Me - Shakey Jake Harris
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Baby What You Want Me To Do? - Jimmy Reed
- Wish Me Well - Memphis Slim
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- Blues In D Natural - Earl Hooker
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Crossroads - Homesick James Williamson
- Rough Dried Woman - Big Mac

|  Charly CDGR 143-2 |
| 23 | 1998 | The Bluesville Years, Vol. 10 "Country Roads, Country Days"

K.C. Douglas
- Wake Up
- Working Woman
- Broken Heart
Alec Seward
- Evil Woman Blues
- Creepin' Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
- Sweet Little Woman
Scrapper Blackwell And Brooks Berry
- ’Bama Bound
- Blues And Trouble
Jesse Fuller
- Key To The Highway
- Stranger Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- That's All Right
- Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow)
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Is My Baby's Home
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
Shakey Jake
- Gimme A Smile [Bluesville BVLP 1027]
- Jake's Cha Cha [Bluesville BVLP 1027]
Arbee Stidham
- I'm Tired Of Wandering
- You Can't Live In This World By Yourself
St. Louis Jimmy
- Goin' Down Slow |  Prestige PRCD-9918-2 Bluesville discography
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| 24 | 1999 | The Bluesville Years, Vol. 12 "Jump, Jumpin the Blues"

K.C. Douglas
- You Got A Good Thing Now
Sonny Terry
- My Baby Done Gone
- High Powered Woman
Memphis Willie B.
- Good Potatoes
Lightnin Hopkins
- Wine Spodee-o-Dee
Memphis Slim
- Frankie And Johnny Boogie
Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim
- Don't You Tell Nobody
Little Brother Montgomery
- Santa Fe
Billy Boy Arnold
- Get Out of Here
- You Better Cut That Out
Homesick James
- Working with Homesick
Otis Spann and James Cotton
- Lightnin
Shakey Jake
- It Won't Happen Again [Bluesville BVLP 1027]
Roosevelt Sykes
- Runnin The Boogie
- Hey Big Momma
Curtis Jones
- Good Time Special
Jimmy Witherspoon
- One Scotch One Bourbon One Beer
- Kansas City
- Drinking Beer
Mildred Anderson
- I'm Free
- Cool Kind Of Poppa
Sunnyland Slim
- Slim's Shout
|  Prestige PRCD-9922-2 Bluesville discography
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| 24a | 1999 | Pittsburgh's Favorite Oldies - At The Hop Vol. 6

disc 2
Hal Paige - Big Foot May
Chico Booth - (Let's Do) The Shimmy
Calvin Boze - Safronia B
El Tones - Like Matti
Starlettes - Please Ring My Phone
Sheppards - Tragic
Invincibles - Mr. Moonglow
Flamingos - The Nearness Of You
Richard Dimples - Fields Jazzy Lady
Swallows - Good Time Girls
Shakey Jake - Roll Your Money Maker
Roscoe Gordon - You Figure It Out
Penguins - My Troubles Are Not At End
Four Voices - Honest Darling (Believe Me)
Swallows - My Baby
Raindrops - (I Found) Heaven In Love
Untouchables - Poor Boy Needs A Preacher
Ron & Bill - It
Roy Byrd - Bald Head
Hot Lips Page - Last Call For Alcohol
Five Jets - I'm Stuck
Vibranaires - Doll Face
Ruby & The Romantics - Moonlight And Music
Jessie Belvin - Goodnight My Love

| 2 CD set
 Itzy 1000/1001 |
| 25 | 2002 | Magic Sam: Rockin' Wild In Chicago

- Tremble
- Call Me When You Need Me #
- How Long Can This Go On?
- Every Night, Every Day
- Why Are You So Mean To Me
-Dirty Work Going On
- Further on Up the Road #
- It's All Your Fault Baby
- Looking Good
- Keep on Loving Me Baby See All 3
- I Found Me A New Love
- Got My Mojo Working
- I Don't Want No Woman
- Just a Little Bit
- Tore Down See
- Rockin' Wild

# rec. October 2, 1966 at The Copa Cabana in Chicago, IL; Magic Sam, g; Shakey Jake Harris, voc; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr | notes by Dick Shurman
 Delmark DG-765 |
| 26 | 2005 | This Is The Blues Harmonica Vol 2

- Tomorrow Night (alt tk) - Junior Wells
- Love Grows In Your Heart - Hammie Nixon
- Carey's Rhumba - Carey Bell
- I Got My Brand On You- Mark Hummel
- That Ain't It - Shakey Jake #
- Fox Chase Lost John (alt tk) - Walto Pace
- West Side Blues Harp - Lester Davenport
- Rollin' & Tumblin' - Little Walter
- That's Alright - Louis Myers
- Miss Ida - Alfred Harris
- Coming Home - Tad Robinson
- Devil's Trail - Little Sammy Davis
- Muddy Waters Goin' To Run - Little Mack Simmons
- Chicago Winter Weather Blues - Big Wheeler
- Back Home To Mama - Big Walter Horton
- Hastings Street Special - Eddie Burns

# rec. October 18/25, 1967 in Chicago, Ill.; Sam Maghett, voc, g; // Shakey Jake, hca; Mighty Joe Young, g; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne III, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester |  Delmark 780 |
 Additional information appreciated !!! |
Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 223-224
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 328-329
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 353, 481-482
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 138, 402
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p.
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 213-214
- http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/shakeyjake.htm
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/ping.html
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/archia.html
- http://mitglied.multimania.de/condouant/inhalt/carm/carmell4.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
source of left column picture: Front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1008
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