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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 |
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of
release | title | label # / notes |
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| 1 | 1961 | Lightnin' Hopkins: Country Blues
- Long Time
- Rainy Day Blues
- Baby! #
- Long Gone Like A Turkey Through The Corn
- Prison Blues Come Down On Me #
- Backwater Blues (That Mean Old Twister)
- Gonna Pull A Party
- Bluebird, Bluebird
- See See Rider
- Worrying My Mind
- Till The Gin Gets Here
- Bunion Stew
- You Got To Work To Get Your Pay
- Go Down Old Hannah
- Hear My Black Dog Bark
- Black And Evil [unissued] #
- Walkin' With Frankie [unissued] #
rec. February 16 & 26, 1959 in Houston, Tx. by Mack McCormick
# with Luke 'Long Gone' Miles, voc
Tradition Everest S-2056 tracks:
- Short Haired Woman
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Long Time
- The Foot Race Is On
- Prison Blues Comes Down On Me #
- Bunion Stew
- Mama And Papa Hopkins
- Get Off My Toe
- Trouble In Mind
- Till The Gins Runs Out
- Gonna Pull A Party
- When The Saints Go Marching In | notes by Mack McCormick
Tradition TLP 1035
some tracks on
Tradition Everest S-2056
(1968) "The Best of
Lightnin' Hopkins"
= Bellaphon BLS 4022
(G 197?) 
= Columbia SL-5018-EV (Jp)
notes by Mack McCormick
= Rycodisk TCD 1003
(1996)
www.rykodisc.com notes by Joe Nick Patoski
= Tradition 1084 (2002)
"The Tradition Masters"
2 CD-set (along with
"Autobiography In Blues") 
"Baby!" also on
Tradition CD 1074 (1999)
"The Very Best of
Lightnin' Hopkins"
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| 2 | 1962 | Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle (YW 23839)
- War Time Blues (YW 23845)
rec. February 5, 1962 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc; Sonny Terry, hca; Brownie McGhee, g: Willie Chambers, g; unknown b, dr | 7 inch 45 rpm
Smash S-1755 |
| 2a | 1962 | Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- Long Gone (YW 23840)
- War Time Blues (YW 23845)
rec. February 5, 1962 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc; Sonny Terry, hca; Brownie McGhee, g: Willie Chambers, g; unknown b, dr | 7 inch 45 rpm
(2nd pressing)
Smash S-1755 |
| 3 | 1964 | Long Gone Miles
Country Born
- I Feel All Right
- Things That I Used To Do
- No Money, No Honey
- Miss Hazel Mae
- Long Gone
- Barefoot Rock
- Bad Luck
- Mercury Jump
- Long Distance Call
- So Sorry For To Leave
rec. February 5, 1964 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc; Willie Chambers, g; Leroy Vinnegar, b; prod. by James Dickson | 
World Pacific 1820 |
| 4 | 1964 | Long Gone Miles
- Long Gone (A)
- No Money, No Honey (B)
rec. February 5, 1964 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc; Willie Chambers, g; Leroy Vinnegar, b; prod. by James Dickson | 7 inch 45 rpm
World Pacific 408 |
| 5 | 1965 | Long Gone Miles and The Boys From 25th Street
- 38 Pistol *
- Lena Mae
rec. May 17, 1965 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc; Bruce Bromberg, g; J.C. Warner, g, * speech; D.L. Walker, b; K. Sawyer, dr; prod. by Bruce Bromberg | 7 inch 45 rpm
Two Kings DM-100 |
| 6 | 1965 | Long Gone Miles and The Boys From 25th Street
- Early One Morning *
- Losing My Mind
rec. May 17, 1965 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc; * unknown, 2nd voc; Bruce Bromberg, g; J.C. Warner, g, * speech; D.L. Walker, b; K. Sawyer, dr; prod. by Bruce Bromberg | 7 inch 45 rpm
Two Kings DM-101 |
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- Trouble Blues
- Cool Your Heels
rec. May 17, 1965 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc; Bruce Bromberg, g; J.C. Warner, g, D.L. Walker, b; K. Sawyer, dr; prod. by Bruce Bromberg | Two Kings unissued
[acetats sold by
Joel Slotnikoff] |
| 7 | 1967 | This Is The Blues Vol. 2
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- I Feel All Right
Lightnin Hopkins
- How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Baby Please Don't Go
Bumble Bee Slim
- Puppy Love
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- Barefoot Rock
Lightnin Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry & Big Joe Williams
- You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make 'Em Lay
Barbara Dane
- How Long Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- Wake Up In The Mornin'
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Livin' With The Blues
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- Long Gone | 
World Pacific ST-20150
World Pacific / Toshiba
WP-8761 (Jp 1969)
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| 8 | 1968 | Dirt Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Fast Mail Rambler
- Shotgun
- My California
T-Bone Walker
- Glamour Girl
- Love Is Just A Gamble
- I'm About To Lose My Mind
Lil' Son Jackson
- Rockin' & Rollin'
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Key To The Highway
- Lose Your Money
- Louise
- Sportin' Life
Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
- Miss Hazel Mae
- Bad Luck
- Long Distance Call
Dirt Blues (Liberty LBS 83404/05 X)
LP 1:
Papa George Lightfoot - Wine, Woman, Whisky
Lightnin' Hopkins - Antoinette's Blues
The Chambers Brothers - Blues Get Off My Shoulder
Lil´ Son Jackson - Disgusted
Slim Harpo - A Man Is Crying
The Robins - Around About Midnight
Fats Domino - Stay Away
Sunnyland Slim - Dust My Broom
George Smith & The Chicago Blues - Band My Babe
T-Bone Walker - I Get So Weary
Big Joe Williams - Oh Baby
George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band - Can't Hold On Much Longer
LP 2:
Slim Harpo - Something Inside Me
Papa George Lightfoot - Take It Witcha
The Chambers Brothers - It's All Over Now
Smiley Lewis - Shame, Shame, Shame
Country Jim - Phillipine Blues
Snooks Eaglin - Travellin' Mood
Lightnin' Hopkins - California Mudslide
Boogie Bill Webb - Boogie
The Jewels - No Shoulder To Cry
Wilson Pickett - If You Need Me
Lightnin' Hopkins - Howling Wolf Blues
Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That
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Minit MLL 40005 (UK)
[Liberty subsidiary]
DLP
Liberty LBS 83404/05 X
(Germany 1970) |
| 9 | 1969 | Long Gone Miles
- Hello Josephine (K 500-1)
- Little Sweet Thing (K 500-2)
rec. 1969 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc, George Smith, hca; Marshall Hooks, Bernie Pearl, g; b; dr | 7 inch 45 rpm
Kent 500 |
| 10 | 19?? | Long Gone Miles / The Platters
Long Gone Miles
- Hello Josephine
The Platters
- The Middle Of Nowhere | 7 inch 45 rpm
Shoreline 101 / 102 |
| 11 | 1982 | Suckin' And Blowin'
George Smith
- Telephone Blues
Sonny [Terry] & Jaycee [Burris]
- Keep On Doggin' Me
Jerry McCain
- East Of The Sun
Long Gone Miles & George Smith
- Little Sweet Thing #
Papa Lightfoot
- P.L. Blues
George Smith
- Love Life
Cousin Leroy
- I'm Lonesome
Ole Sonny Boy
- Blues & Misery
Long Gone Miles & George Smith
- Hello Josephine #
Morris Bailey
- Tell Me Why
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Polly Put Your Kettle On
Jerry McCain
- Wine-O-Wine
Ole Sonny Boy
- You Better Change
George Smith
- Blues In The Dark
Sonny Terry
- Dangerous Woman
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Mailman, Mailman
# rec. 1969 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc, George Smith, hca; Marshall Hooks, Bernie Pearl, g; b; dr | 
Sundown CG 709-03 (NL) |
| 12 | 10/1982 | Shoe Label Records presents ...
"Pick Your Choice" With George "Harmonica" Smith
George Smith
- Stockholm Swing
Long Gone Miles
- Trouble, Trouble @ youtube
Doug McCloud [sic]
- Think I'll Go Out Drinkin'
Evans Walker
- Baby Please
George Smith
- Misty
- Bad Luck At My Door
Blind Joe Hill
- Don't Be Nobody's Fool
William Clarke & The Nightowls
- 52 Cards In A Deck
rec. October 1982 at McCoy Studio, Los Angeles, Ca; George Smith. voc, talking, hca; Luke 'Long Gone' Miles, voc; Lloyd Glenn, p; Dennis Walker, Jerry Abrams, b; Systan, Eddie Heans, dr; Mark Withers, p; Bernie Pearl, Evans Walker, g; J.D. Nicholson, p; prod. by George Smith and Bernie Pearl | recorded for George Smith's "Traveling Shoes Records"
released as
Shoe Label SL-1001
after George Smith's death |
| 13 | 1984 | Luke 'Long Gone' Miles: Country Boy
- Long Gone []
- Miss Nella Bella #
- Bad Gasoline []
- Speckledy Gravy # *
- Talking Woman []
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle []
- Achin' All Over #
- War Time Blues []
- 38 Pistol []
- Catfish #
- Country Boy []
- Bad Luck Child []
- T.V. Commercials []
- Morning Dove #
# rec. August 25, 1961 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc, speech; poss. Willie Chambers, g; unknown g, b, dr, * p
[] rec. February 5, 1962 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc, speech; Sonny Terry, hca; Brownie McGhee, g: Willie Chambers, g; unknown b, dr, * p
[of these recordings only "Long Gone", "Let Me Play With Your Poodle" and "War Time Blues" were previously issued on (two different) 45 rpm (Smash 1755)] | 
= Sundown CG 709-05 (NL) |
| 14 | 1987 | Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
rec. Los Angeles, spring 1987 with the William Clarke Band
|
Satch ???? |
| 15 | 1999 | Juke Joint Blues 1950's-1960's
Rufus "Bearcat" Thomas
- I'm Steady Holdin' On
- The Easy Livin' Plan
Long Gone Miles & George Smith #
- Gotta Find My Baby *
- Little Sweet Thing
- Hello Josephine
Eddie Lang
- Come On Home
- I'm All Alone
- I'm Beggin' With Tears
- You Gotta Crawl Before You Walk
Walter Miller
- My Last Mile
- Standing On The Highway
Jim Lockhart
- Boogie Woogie Baby
Clarence Lively
- Back To The Country
- Stop It All
Long Gone Miles & George Smith #
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle *
- Low Down Dirty Shame *
- Need Love So Bad *
- Rocks in My Pillow Blues *
- My Kind of Woman *
- Miss Nera Belle *
- I Don't Want No Army *
Unknown (poss. Walter Horton)
- Untitled Harmonica Boogie
Leon "Dr. Jive" Williams
- Same Mistake Twice
- The Other Man
# rec. 1969 in Los Angeles; Long Gone Miles, voc, George Smith, hca; Marshall Hooks, Bernie Pearl, g; b; dr
* previously unissued
compilation of Modern and Kent recordings | 
P-Vine PCD-3058 (Jp) |
| 16 | 2008 | The Superstitions Issue Luke 'Long Gone' Miles
Riding Around In My V8 Ford Live 1985 in Venice, California
- Mojo Hand
- 38 Pistol & A V8 Ford
- Shake Now Baby Shake
- My Little One Room Country Shack
- "Long Gone's" Advice
- It's Mighty Crazy
- Long Gone (With My Red Pajama's On)
- I Can't Get Along With You
issued on CD-R by John A. Williamson | 
Conjur Root Recordswww.cdbaby.com |
Additional information appreciated !!!
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Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/l/longgone.htm
- Pete Welding: Robert Pete Williams / Luke (Long Gone) Miles, The Ash Grove, Los Angeles.- Down Beat 33 (1966), no. 22, p. 26-27
thanks to Alan Balfour, Phil Watson, Klaus Kilian, Gerrit Robs *and* 'blues4sale' for additional info / scans
source of left column picture: Gahr/Shelton: The Face of Folk Music.- New York, 1968, p. 119
("Long John Miles", 1966)
Unknown, Long Gone Miles, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Chris Strachwitz,
Houston, Texas, 1959. photo by Mack McCormick; (source:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2000-12-15/music_feature2.html)
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