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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 |
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| # | year of release | title | label # / notes |
| 1 | 1966 | MAGIC - 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]
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| 2 | 1966 | TÉR-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 |
| 3 | 1966 | CHUCK 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] |
| 4 | 1969? |

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 |
| 5 | 1969? | 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 |
| 6 | 1969 | Authentic 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)
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| 7a | 197? | 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
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| 7a | 1975 | MAGIC 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 |
| 8 | 1977 | Magic 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 900.298notes by Marcelle Morgantini
 (=) Storyville STCD 8033 (Dk 1994) "Magic Slim Vol. 1 - Born On A Bad Sign" MCM discography
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| 9 | 1978 | Magic 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
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| 10 | 1978 | Magic 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)
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| 11 | 1980 | Magic 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] |
| 12 | 1980 | Magic 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"
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| 13 | 1981 | Magic 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 |
| 14 | 1981 | Magic 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"
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| 15 | 1982 | Magic 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) |
| 16a | 1984? | 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
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| 17 | 1990 | Magic Slim: Gravel Road



| Blind Pig |
| 18 | 1992 | Magic 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 |
| 19 | 1997 | Magic 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 |
| 20 | 1993 | John 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 |
| 21 | 1993 | Magic Slim & The Teardrops



| Wolf |
| 22 | 1994 | Chicago Blues Session Vol. 10



| Wolf 120.856 |
| 23 | 1994 | Magic Slim: Don't Tell Me About Your Troubles



| Wolf |
| 24 | 1995 | Magic Slim: Zoo Bar Collection, Vol. 3



| Wolf |
| 25 | 1995 | Magic Slim: Alone & Unplugged



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| 26 | 1996 | Magic Slim: Scufflin'



Tone Zone Studios |
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| 27 | 1997 | Magic Slim: Let Me Love You



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| 28 | 1998 | Magic Slim: Zoo Bar Collection, Vol. 4: Spider in My Stew



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| 29 | 19? | Magic Slim: See What You're Doin' to Me



| Wolf |
| 30 | 1998 | Magic Slim: Black Tornado



| Blind Pig |
| 31 | 2000 | Magic Slim: Snakebite



| Blind Pig |
| 32 | 2000 | Magic Slim: Chicago Blues Session, Vol. 18: Live on the Road



| Wolf |
| 33 | 2002 | Magic Slim: Blue Magic



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| 34 | 2005 | Magic Slim: Anything Can Happen



live | Blind Pig |
| 35 | 2006 | Magic Slim: Tin Pan Alley



compilation album | Wolf |
| 36 | 2006 | Magic Slim & the Teardrops / Joe Carter with Sunnyland Slim: That Ain't Right



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| 37 | 2007 | The Essential Magic Slim



Blind Pig |
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| 38 | 2008 | Magic Slim: Midnight Blues



produced by Nick Moss with special guests James Cotton, Elvin Bishop, Lil' Ed Williams, Lonnie Brooks, and Otis Clay |
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| 39 | 2009 | Magic Slim: Rough Dried Woman



compilation album - 1986-1992 | Wolf |
| 40 | 2010 | Magic Slim: Raising The Bar



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 Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!
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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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