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Magic Slim
Morris Holt, b. August 7, 1937 in Grenada, Mississippi
discography
M A G I C    S L I M; from front cover of
source: front cover of

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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Magic Slim 45 rpm / LPs / CDs

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#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11966MAGIC - SLIM Band - Tér-Drops

- Love My Baby (A)
- Scuffling (B)

rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Morris Holt, g; unknown voc; Paul Brown, ts; Robert Perkins, b; Willie Jones or Skin Man Whitehead, dr



Ja-Wes 0105 (US)
[James Shelton's label]


21966TÉR-DROPS

- I Got A Feeling - Pt.1 (voc) (A) #
- I Got A Feeling - Pt. 2 (instr) (B)

rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; # James Shelton Jr., voc; Paul Brown, ts; Magic Slim, g; Robert Perkins, b; Willie Jones, dr

Ja-Wes 3001
31966CHUCK RIVES band - Ter-Drops

- Say I Love You (A)
- Tonight I Learn (B) #

rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Chuck Rives, voc; p; Magic Slim, g; Robert Perkins, b; Willie Jones, dr; # g & fem. voc



Daran 0104
[James Shelton's label]
41969?

LITTLE HITE & Soul Rockers
- Soul Blues (instr) (A) #
MAGIC - SLIM Band - Ter Drops
- She Is Mine (B) *

# rec. c. 1969 in Chicago, IL; Richard 'Little' Hite, hca; Magic Slim, g; Nick Holt, b; Joe Mason, dr

* rec. c. 1969 in Chicago, IL; Magic Slim, voc, g; Richard 'Little' Hite, hca; Nick Holt, b; Joe Mason, dr

Ja-Wes 0116
51969?LITTLE HITE and SOUL ROCKERS

- Fine (3007-1)
- A While Ago (3007-2)

rec. c. 1969 in Chicago, IL; Richard 'Little' Hite, voc, hca; Magic Slim, g; Nick Holt, b; Joe Mason, dr

Ja-Wes 3007
61969Authentic Chicago Blues

- Tonight I Learn - Chuck Rives [Daran 0104]
- The Vamp - Jackie Edwards and the Soulmakers [Daran 0108]
- Scuffling - Magic Slim [Ja-Wes 0105]
- Traveling Slow - Jackie Edwards and the Soulmakers [Daran 0109]
- Fine - Little Hite and the Soul Rockers [Ja-Wes 3007]

- A While Ago - Little Hite and the Soul Rockers [Ja-Wes 3007]
- Let Me Love You - Jackie Edwards and the Soulmakers [Daran 0108]
- Say I Love You - Chuck Rives [Daran 0104]
- Love My Baby - Magic Slim [Ja-Wes 0105]
- Evie - Jackie Edwards and the Soulmakers [Daran 0109]


Beacon SBEAB 9
(UK 1969)


= Windmill WMD 124
(UK 1972)

7a197?When Girls Do It 1972

Bobby 'Guitar' Bennett
- When Girls Do It
Junior Wells
- I'm A Stranger
Little Oscar Stricklin
- Suicide Blues
Harmonica Fats
- How Low Is Low

Magic Slim
- Love Me Baby [Ja-Wes 0105]
Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm
- Down And Out
Sam Baker
- Sweet Little Angel

Drifting Charles
- Evil Hearted Woman
- Drifting Cloud
Memphis Slim And His House Rockers
- Blue And Lonesome
Donnie Jacobs
- Street Walkin' Woman
T.V. Slim
- Don't Knock The Blues [Pzazz 005]
- My Heart's Full Of Pain [Pzazz 005]
Buddy Guy
- Hard But It's Fair


Magic Sam
- My Love Is Your Love
Danny Boy
- Wild Woman
- Kokomo Me Baby
Jimmy McCracklin
- Fare Well
- Take A Chance
Mr. Bo
- I Ain't Gonna Suffer
- If Trouble Was Money

Junior Wells
- I'm A Stranger
Clear Waters
- Hilly Billy Blues
- Boogie Woogie Baby
Tender Slim
- Don't Cut Out On Me
- I'm Checkin' Up
Sugar Boy Williams
- Little Girl
- Five Long Years
DLP

Red Lightnin' RL 006


Red Lightnin' discography

7a1975MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS

- Wonder Why (MM-1125-2)   @ youtube
- Teardrop (instr) (MM1125-1)   @ youtube

rec. May 5, 1975 at Ter-Mar Studios in Chicago, IL; Magic Slim, voc, g; Coleman Pettis Jr., g; Nick Holt, b; Steve Cushing, dr;; prod. by Steve Cushing; engineered by Malcolm Chism



Mean Mistreater MM 1125
81977Magic Slim: Born on a bad sign
Direct From Chicago ...

MCM 900.298 track sequence:
- Going Down Slow
- Born On A Bad Sign (aka Born Under A Bad Sign)
- Born In Missouri (aka Cummins Prison Farm)
- Slim's Bump

- Buddy Buddy Friend
- Born Down The Bridge (aka Don't Burn Down The Bridge)
- Rock Me Baby §
- I Don't Got Over

Storyville STCD 8033 track sequence:
- Going Down Slow
- Born On A Bad Sign (aka Born Under A Bad Sign)
- Born In Missouri (aka Cummins Prison Farm)
- Slim's Bump
- Buddy Buddy Friend
- Born Down The Bridge (aka Don't Burn Down The Bridge)
- Rock Me Baby §
- Tell Me Baby #
- You Upset Me Baby #
- Jumpin' At Ma Bea's #
- I Don't Got Over
- Tramp #

# CD bonus tracks



unissued tracks:
- Tell Me Baby
- You Upset Me Baby
- untitled instrumental
- I Done Got Over
- Tramp
- Nineteen Years Old
- Mary Lou
- I Want Some §
- Please Love Me



rec. November 9, 1976 "live" at Ma Bea's in Chicago, IL; Magic Slim, voc, g; Coleman Pettis Jr., g, § voc; Nick Holt, b; Douglas Holt, dr; prod. by Marcelle Morgantini & Luc Nicholas-Morgantini
notes by
Marcelle Morgantini

MCM 900.298

notes by
Marcelle Morgantini

(=) Storyville STCD 8033
(Dk 1994) "Magic Slim
Vol. 1 - Born On A Bad
Sign"

MCM discography

91978Magic Slim Vol. 2   Let Me Love You
Direct From Chicago ...

MCM 900.304 track sequence:
- That's All Right
- Josephine's (instr)
- As the Years Go Passing By
- Everything Gonna Be Alright

- Let Me Love You (aka Truckload Of Lovin')
- The Things I Used To Do
- That Ain't Right (aka In The Dark)
- Honest I Do

Storyville STCD 8040 track sequence:
- That's All Right
- Josephine's (instr)
- As the Years Go Passing By
- Everything Gonna Be Alright
- Let Me Love You (aka Truckload Of Lovin')
- The Things I Used To Do
- That Ain't Right
- Honest I Do
- Nineteen Years Old #
- Mary Lou #
- Please Love Me #

# CD bonus tracks

rec. November 9, 1976 "live" at Ma Bea's in Chicago, IL; Magic Slim, voc, g; Coleman Pettis Jr., g; Nick Holt, b; Douglas Holt, dr; prod. by Marcelle Morgantini & Luc Nicholas-Morgantini

MCM 900.304


(=) Storyville STCD 8040
(Dk 199?)

MCM discography

101978Magic Slim: highway is my home
Chicago Blues Festival 1978

- Highway Is My Home (78-186)
- Living in My Neighborhood (78-188)
- I Love You Baby (78-187)
- Country Girl (78-185)

- Man Or Mouse (78-181-2)
- Help Me (78-183-2)
- I'm Mad (78-189) #
- Tell Me Baby (78-182)
- The Sky Is Crying (78-184)

bonus track on Black & Blue CD 59525-2 and Evidence ECD-26012:
- Something More (instr) (78-190)

additional bonus tracks on Black & Blue CD BB 425:
- Man Or Mouse (78-181-1)
- Help Me (78-183-1)

rec. November 19, 1978 in Paris, France; Magic Slim, voc (except #), g; Coleman 'Alabama Junior' Pettis Jr., g, # voc; Nick Holt, b; Fred Below, dr

Black & Blue 33.525 (Fr)


(=) Black & Blue CD
59525-2 (Fr 1990)




(=) Evidence ECD-26012
(US 1992)


(=) Black & Blue CD BB 425
(Fr 200?)
(Blues Reference series)

111980Magic Slim: Live 'N Blue
live at the Zoo Bar

- Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
- Don't Tell Me About Your Troub
- Heart Fixing Business #
- Slim's Break Song

- Going To New York
- Cold Women With Warm Hearts
- I'm Doing Fine
- Teardrop

rec March 26-31, 1979 live at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Nebraska; Magic Slim, voc (except #), g; Coleman 'Alabama Junior' Pettis Jr., g, # voc; Nick Holt, b; Joel Poston, dr

Candy Apple CA 0401 (US)
[Larry Boehmer's label]
121980Magic Slim: In The Heart Of The Blues

Isabel 900.505 track sequence:
- In The Heart Of The Blues
- Mustang Sally
- Worried Life Blues

- Don't Tell Me About Your Trouble
- I'm A Man
- Walking Whole Night Long [sic]
- If It's Too Late

Alligator AL 4728 track sequence:
- You Can't Lose What You Never Had
- Gravel Road (alt tk)
- Ain't Doing Too Bad
- Why Does A Woman Treat A Good Man So Bad?

- Mama, Talk To Your Daughter

- Mustang Sally
- In The Heart Of The Blues

rec. March 25, 1980 at Condorcet Studio, Toulouse, France; Magic Slim (Morris Holt), voc, g; Coleman 'Alabama Junior' Pettis Jr., g; Nick Holt, b; Nathan Applewhite, dr)

Isabel 900.505 (Fr)

= Isabel 59.905

Isabel discography


(=) Alligator AL 4728
(US 1982) "Raw Magic"

131981Magic Slim And The Teardrops: Three Thunderin' Tracks

- Wonder Why (MM-1125-2)
- Teardrop (instr) (MM1125-1)
- If You Need Me (81-1905-1) #

rec. May 5, 1975 at Ter-Mar Studios in Chicago, IL; Magic Slim, voc (except #), g; Coleman Pettis Jr., g, # voc; Nick Holt, b; Steve Cushing, dr;
33 1/3 rpm EP

Rooster EP R707
141981Magic Slim: Doing Fine

Isabel 900.511 track sequence:
- Gravel Road
- You Can't Loose What You Ain't Got [sic]
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter
- Ain't Doing Too Bad

- Walking Back Streets
- A Woman Treats A Good Man So Bad
- Cold Woman
- She Left Me

Alligator AL 4728 track sequence:
- You Can't Lose What You Never Had
- Gravel Road (alt tk)
- Ain't Doing Too Bad
- Why Does A Woman Treat A Good Man So Bad?
- Mama, Talk To Your Daughter
- Mustang Sally
- In The Heart Of The Blues


rec. March 25, 1980 at Condorcet Studio, Toulouse, France; Magic Slim (Morris Holt, voc, g; Coleman 'Alabama Junior' Pettis Jr., g; Nick Holt, b; Nathan Applewhite, dr

Isabel 900.511

= Isabel 59.911

Isabel discography


(=) Alligator AL 4728
(US 1982) "Raw Magic"

151982Magic Slim: Grand Slam - Essential Boogie

- Early Every Morning
- She Belongs To Me
- Just To Be With You
- Walking The Dog
- Slammin'
- Rough Dried Woman

- Fannie Mae
- Give Me Back My Wig
- Scuffling
- Make My Dreams Come True
- 1823 South Michigan Avenue

CD bonus tracks:
- Wonder Why [Rooster EP R707] #
- If You Need Me [Rooster EP R707] * #
- Teardrop (instr) [Rooster EP R707] #

rec. June 4, 1982 at Odyssey Sound Studio, Chicago, IL;. Magic Slim, voc, g; Pete Allen, g; Nick Holt, b; Nate Applewhite, dr

rec. May 5, 1975 at Ter-Mar Studios in Chicago, IL; Magic Slim, voc (except *), g; Coleman Pettis Jr., g, * voc; Nick Holt, b; Steve Cushing, dr;

Rooster R-2618 (US)

(=) Rooster CD R-2618
(US 2000)

16a1984?I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It
The Ralph Bass Sessions   Vol. 3

Willie Williams with Carey Bell
- You Went Away Baby
- You Got To Give Me Some
- Tired Of Being Dogged Around
- Help Me
- Alcoholic Man

Magic Slim
- Strange Things Happen   @ Spotify
- Born In Missouri   @ Spotify
- Soul Blues   @ Spotify
- Got A Little Woman   @ Spotify

prod. by Ralph Bass

Red Lightnin' RL 0052


Red Lightnin' discography

171990Magic Slim: Gravel Road




Blind Pig
181992Magic Slim: 44 Blues

- Big Fat Woman
- Baby Can't You See
- You Put It On Me
- I'm Ready
- Blues With A Feeling
- Tell Me
- When I Met My Baby
- Can't You See
- Highway Is My Home
- I'm Good
- I'm Tore Up
- 44 Blues
- Break Song

with John Primer and Bonnie Lee

Wolf 120.895
191997Magic Slim: Spider in My Stew
The Zoo Bar Collection   Vol. 4

- Changed
- Spider In My Stew
- Your Day Will Come
- The Moon Is Full
- Standin' On The Highway
- Stormy Monday / Kansas City / C.C. Rider #
- Fanny's Blues
- Drink Muddy Water
- Walkin' Cane
- 4:59 In The Morning
- Kansas City
- Since I Met You Baby
- Mojo Boogie
- The Blues Are All Right

rec. live at The Zoo Bar, Lincoln, NE; Magic Slim, voc, g; # Earlene Owens, voc; John Primer, g; Nick Holt, b; Michael Scott, dr

Wolf 120.304
201993John Primer: Blues Behind Closed Doors

- 1839 []
- Somebody Have Mercy #
- Good Morning Heartache *
- Don't You Hear Me Cryin' for You
- Blues Behind Closed Doors *
- I'm Just Your Fool §
- Smokestack
- Next Time You See Me *
- Country Boy §
- Yes, I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby §
- It Ain't Easy Been Easy
- Tore Down #

rec. July 2/3, 1992 in Vienna, Austria; John Primer. voc, el g, ac g; Magic Slim, g; Johnny B. Moore, ac g; John Primer; Nick Holt, b; Earl Howell, dr; + (overdubbed) # Chicago Playboys Horns (Mike Barber, tp; Big James Montgomery, tb; Charles Kimble, sax); § Billy Branch, hca; * Stanley Banks, keyb; overdubbing rec. February 25, 1993 in Chicago, IL

[] rec. July 2, 1992 in Vienna, Austria; John Primer. voc, g; Stanley Banks, keyb (overdubbed); Magic Slim, g; Nick Holt, b; Earl Howell, dr; overdubbing rec. February 25, 1993 in Chicago, IL
notes by
Hannes Folterbauer
& Sam Burckhardt

Wolf CD 120.875

211993Magic Slim & The Teardrops




Wolf
221994Chicago Blues Session   Vol. 10




Wolf 120.856
231994Magic Slim: Don't Tell Me About Your Troubles




Wolf
241995Magic Slim: Zoo Bar Collection, Vol. 3




Wolf
251995Magic Slim: Alone & Unplugged




261996Magic Slim: Scufflin'



Tone Zone Studios

271997Magic Slim: Let Me Love You




281998Magic Slim: Zoo Bar Collection, Vol. 4: Spider in My Stew




2919?Magic Slim: See What You're Doin' to Me




Wolf
301998Magic Slim: Black Tornado




Blind Pig
312000Magic Slim: Snakebite




Blind Pig
322000Magic Slim: Chicago Blues Session, Vol. 18: Live on the Road




Wolf
332002Magic Slim: Blue Magic




342005Magic Slim: Anything Can Happen



live

Blind Pig
352006Magic Slim: Tin Pan Alley



compilation album

Wolf
362006Magic Slim & the Teardrops / Joe Carter with Sunnyland Slim: That Ain't Right




372007The Essential Magic Slim



Blind Pig

382008Magic Slim: Midnight Blues



produced by Nick Moss with special guests James Cotton, Elvin Bishop, Lil' Ed Williams, Lonnie Brooks, and Otis Clay

392009Magic Slim: Rough Dried Woman



compilation album - 1986-1992

Wolf
402010Magic Slim: Raising The Bar






Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 211, 353-354, 464, 523
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 298-301
- http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/magicslim.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

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