M A B L E   H I L L E R Y; source: front cover of XTRA 1063
XTRA 1063
photographer: Barrie Wentzall

Mable Hillery
a/k/a Mable Hillary a/k/a Mabel Hillary
b. July 22, 1929 in La Grange, Georgia
d. April 26, 1976 in Manhattan, New York

discography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcaAcTBcyaU

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.

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Mable Hillery flexi-discs / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
   

- Salty Dog - Mississippi John Hurt & Mable Hillery

rec. February 8, 1964 at the Guthrie Theater "Folk Music in America" concert, Minneapolis, MN; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g; Mable Hillery, voc; Bessie Jones & Georgia Sea Island Singers, hand-clapping
unissued

MP3 at
www.lizlyle.lofgrens.org

11966 

- How Long - Mable Hillery

rec. Winter 1966 in ?; Mable Hillery, voc, Skip James, g

Eva-Tone 614763
[flexi-disc compilation]
21968Mable Hillery: It's So Hard To Be A Nigger

XTRA 1063 track sequence:
- It's So Hard To Be A Nigger []
- Rock Me Daddy #
- Bow-Legged Rooster *
- Ride Ride *
- Mourning Blues #
- Old Bill Rolling Pin #

- Kansas City *
- Lonesome Road *
- Casey Jones #
- Trouble In Mind *
- Mr. President #
- Up The Road So Nasty []

Vogue LDVS 17151 track sequence:
- Kansas City *
- Lonesome Road *
- Casey Jones #
- Trouble In Mind *
- Mr. President #
- Up The Road So Nasty []

- Rock Me Daddy #
- Bow-Legged Rooster *
- Ride Ride *
- Mourning Blues #
- Old Bill Rolling Pin #
- It's So Hard To Be A Nigger []

rec. 1968 in London by Shel Talmy, Hugh Murphy & Joe Lustig

# Mable Hillery, voc; Roger Coulam, org, p; Bill Farrow, Jon Mark, g; Brian Odges, b; Russ Brian, dr

* Mable Hillery, voc; Brian Greens' Jazz Band (Alan Snook, tp; Gordon Blundy, tb; Alex Revell, cl; Geoffrey Walker, bj; Pete Barton, b; Brian Green, dr)

[] Mable Hillery, voc solo
notes by Hedy West
(from a summer 1967
interview with Mable Hillery)


click to read notes !

back cover notes
(OCRed by 'Bunker Hill')
at weeniecampbell.com

XTRA 1063 (UK 1968)

XTRA discography




= Vogue LDVS 17151 (1968)

32/1969The Mike Raven Blues Sampler

Leadbelly
- Little Children's Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon
- Evenin'
Dr. Ross
- After Hours Blues
Gary Davis
- Say No To The Devil
Big Joe Williams
- Bottle Up And Go
Memphis Slim
- Frankie and Johnny

Sonny Terry
- Louise
Jesse Fuller
- Brownskin Gal

Mable Hillery
- It's So Hard To Be A Nigger
Blind Willie McTell
- Married Man's A Fool
Scraper [sic] Blackwell
- "A" Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Blues In A Bottle
notes by Mike Raven



Transatlantic TRA SAM 5
41969L'America Della Contestazione

– Suoni E Voci Dalla Controparata Inaugurale Per Il Presidente Nixon
Barbara Dane
– Hell, No!
F.D. Kirkpatrick
– Farewell, Mr. Charlie
– Suoni E Voci Dalla Controparata Inaugurale
Barbara Dane
– Hold The Fort
– The Preacher And The Slave
– Soup Song
– Suoni E Voci Dalla Controparata Inaugurale
Barbara Dane
– I Hate The Capitalist System

– Suoni E Voci Dal Corteo Inaugurale Per Il Presidente Nixon
Barbara Dane
– We Shall Not Be Moved
– Discussione Di Bambini Sul Black Power
F.D. Kirkpatrick
– Bourgeois School
– Suoni E Voci Dalla Controparata Inaugurale

Mable Hillery
– He Was More Than A Friend Of Mine
Barbara Dane
– The Ballad Of Richard Campos
– Suoni E Voci Dalla Controparata Inaugurale
F.D. Kirkpatrick
– That Ain't Good
– Suoni E Voci Dalla Controparata Inaugurale


ed. by A. (Sandro) Portelli & F. Pellegrini

Barbara Dane discography

68-page booklet
click to enlarge !
Dischi del Sole DS 179/81
(It 197?)

more info

51973John's Island, South Carolina: Its People & Songs

John's Island Children
- Old Lady Come From Booster
- Cheerio
- Mama Lama
- Who Are The Greatest?
- Dr. Knickerbocker / Tic-Tac (medley)
- Mr. Postman Died
- Miss Mary Mack / I Want To Go To Mexico (medley)
- Shake It If You Can
Joe Hunter
- Have You Ever Been Mistreated

Mable Hillery & John Hunter
- That's All Right *
Joe, John, & Janey Hunter & Mable Hillery
- Motherless Child #

Wesley Methodist Church (John's Island, S.C.)
- He Rose From The Dead
Willis Goodwin
- Easter Morning Sermon
Wesley Methodist Church (John's Island, S.C.)
- Jesus Knows All About My Troubles
- Give Me That Old Time Religion


rec. Spring 1970 in John's Island, SC

# Joe Hunter, voc, g; John Hunter, Janey Hunter, Mable Hillery, voc

* John Hunter, voc; Joe Hunter, voc, g; Mable Hillery, voc




click to read notes (pdf at Smithsonian Folkways)
Folkways FS 3840
61977 

- Maui Chimes - Mike & Lorna McClellan
- Ka-wai-puna-o-ha'ao - Malia Craver, Haunani Apoliona, Lolena Nicholas, Luka Mahu'iki
- I'm Seventeen Come Sunday - Rhonda Mattern, Laurie Bailey
- June Apple - Ralph Rush

- Walk Along - Mable Hillery
- Parting Hand - Jeremiah Ingalls, The Red Clay Ramblers
- Cewe Lenkele Wecho - Alhaji Bai Konte
- Skulaner Hopke - Chassidic Orchestra
- None But One - Jean Ritchie
- Good Old Dora - Casse Culver
- A Minor - Woody Mann



Eva-Tone 63773
[17,5 cm 33 1/3 rpm
flexi-disc compilation
acc. Sing Out! 1977]
71997Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement
Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966

Mass Meetings
Freedom Singers – Freedom Medley: Freedom Chant; Oh Freedom: This Little Light Of Mine
Betty Mae Fikes – This Little Light Of Mine
Betty Mae Fikes – If You Miss Me From The Back Of The Bus
Mass Meeting Participants – Lord, Hold My Hand While I Run This Race
Willie Peacock – Get On Board, Children
Willie Peacock – Calypso Freedom
Mass Meeting Participants – Freedom Now Chant
Hollis Watkins – Oh Freedom
Amanda B. Perdew & Virginia Davis (2) – Ain' Scared Of Nobody
Mass Meeting Participants – Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
Rev. Lawrence Campbell – Sermon
Mass Meeting Participants – We Are Soldiers In The Army
Fannie Lou Hamer – Go Tell It On The Mountain
Fannie Lou Hamer – Wade In The Water
Willie Peacock – Come Bah Yah
Fannie Lou Hamer – Walk With Me, Lord
Sam Block – Jesus On The Mainline, Tell Him What You Want
Sam Block – Freedom Train

Mabel Hillary – Don't You Think It's About Time We All Be Free
Carlton Reese – We're Marching On To Freedom Land
Mass Meeting Participants – We Shall Overcome

Ensembles
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Emory Harris – We'll Never Turn Back SNCC Freedom Singers led by Rutha Harris – We Shall Not Be Moved
CORE Freedom Singers – Certainly, Lord
CORE Freedom Singers – Get Your Rights, Jack
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Cordell Reagon – Which Side Are You On?
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Bernice Johnson – Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Freedom
Bernice Johnson – Been In The Storm So Long
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Cordell Reagon – Dog, Dog
Integration Grooves – The A & P Song
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Bertha Gober – Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly
Bertha Gober – I Told Jesus
Alabama Christian Movement Choir led by Carlton Reese – 99½ Won't Do
Alabama Christian Movement Choir led by Mamie Brown – I'm On My Way
Cleo Kennedy – City Called Heaven
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Marshall Jones (5) – In The Mississippi River
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Cordell Reagon – Ain' Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round
Jimmy Collier And The Movement Singers led by Diane Smith – Will The Circle Be Unbroken
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Charles Neblett – Governor Wallace
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Matthew Jones (2) – Ballad Of Medgar Evers
Cordell Reagon – Uncle Tom's Prayers
SNCC Freedom Singers led by Matthew Jones (2) – Oginga Odinga
SNCC Freedom Singers – We Shall Overcome


2 CD set

Smithsonian Folkways
SF 40084


Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 211, 246
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: front cover of Vogue LDVS 17151

thanks to Alan Balfour and Lyle Lofgren for additional info / scans

 


Mable Hillery January 01, 1960 with John Bassette and Len Chandler
source: Michael Ochs Archives at www.gettyimages.de

 


Delegates of the October 1965 week-end conference on grass-roots southern Negro culture
at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee
(left to right) Back row: Mrs. Bernice Reagon, Dr. Willis James, Guy Carawan and Benet Lucien
Foreground: Sam Block, Willie Peacock, Willie McGee (of Mississippi), Mrs. Mable Hillery (of Georgia Sea Island Singers), and Alan Lomax
source: Sing Out! Vol. 15, No. 6 (January 1966), p. 61
photographer: Anne Braden ("courtesy The Southern Patriot")

 

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