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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 |
Mable Hillery flexi-discs / LPs / CDs
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- 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 |
| 1 | 1966 |

- How Long - Mable Hillery

rec. Winter 1966 in ?; Mable Hillery, voc, Skip James, g |  Eva-Tone 614763 [flexi-disc compilation] |
| 2 | 1968 | Mable 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)



 back cover notes (OCRed by 'Bunker Hill') at weeniecampbell.com
 XTRA 1063 (UK 1968) XTRA discography


  = Vogue LDVS 17151 (1968)
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| 3 | 2/1969 | The 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 |
| 4 | 1969 | L'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
 Dischi del Sole DS 179/81 (It 197?)more info
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| 5 | 1973 | John'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 | 



 Folkways FS 3840 |
| 6 | 1977 |

- 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] |
| 7 | 1997 | Voices 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 !!!
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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")
Mable Hillery bio
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