F L O R A    M O L T O N; from front cover of
source: Evidence CD; photographer: Axel Küstner

Flora Molton
b. 1908 in Louisa County, Virginia
d. May 31, 1990 in Washington, DC.
discography

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

Flora Molton 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
1197?Flora Molton

- The Sun Will Shine In Vietnam (A)
- I Heard It Through The True Vine (B)

Flora Molton, voc, g; Ed Morris, g; prod. by Kemp Brown

7 inch 45 rpm

Molton's Record 0002
2197?Flora Molton

- I Can't Stand It (A)
- Rejected Stone (B)

Flora Molton, voc, g; Ed Morris, g; prod. by Kemp Brown

7 inch 45 rpm

Molton's Record 4295
31980Living Country Blues USA
The Introduction


Guitar Frank
- Lonesome Road Blues
Memphis Piano Red
- The Train Is Coming

Flora Molton & The Truth Band
- What's The Matter Now
- The Titanic
Lottie Murell
- Trouble Late Last Night
Sam Chatmon
- Sittin' On Top Of The World

James "Son" Thomas
- Rock Me Mama
Hammie Nixon
- Corinna, Corinna
Cora Fluker & Ola Mae Bell
- Talkin' 'Bout Jesus
Walter Brown
- So Hard To See
Archie Edwards
- Bear Cat Mama Blues


Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Reno Factory
Lonnie Pitchford
- My Babe
Sam "Stretch" Fields
- Bluebird Blues
Joe Savage
- Mean Ol' Frisco
Arzo Youngblood
- I Can't Be Successful

CeDell "Big G" Davis
- I Don't Know Why
Othar Turner & the Rising Star Five & Drum Band
- Tango Twist
Guitar Slim
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Lula's Back In Town
Boyd Rivers
- You Got To Move
Boogie Bill Webb
- Big Road Blues

recorded 1980 by Siegfried Christmann and Axel Küstner

"none of the takes included in this double album will re-appear in further releases"

= on Evidence 3 CD set (1999)

DLP
notes by Axel Küstner
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L+R 42.030

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some tracks reissued on CD
Evidence ECD 26105-2 (1999)
Living Country Blues
- An Anthology

2 CD set
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= L+R LRCD 711921 (2008)

L+R discography

41981Living Country Blues USA Vol. 3
Flora Molton & The Truth Band


- Last Words My Mother Said To Me
- I Can't Stand It
- Mean Old World
- My Mother Left Me Standing On The Lonesome Highway
- Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King

- Your Enemy Can't Harm You
- Louis Armstrong
- Get Right With God
- The Trainsong
- Vacation In Heaven

rec. October 5, 7 & 9, 1980 by Siegfried A. Christmann; Flora Molton voc, g, cabasa, cymbals, tambourine; Ed Morris, g; Vgo (Phillip McTerry), dulcimer; Larry Wise, hca; Phil Wiggins, hca

= on Evidence 3 CD set (1999)

notes by Axel Küstner
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L+R 42.033

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some tracks reissued on CD
Evidence ECD 26105-2 (1999)
Living Country Blues
- An Anthology

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= L+R LRCD 712928 (2008)

L+R discography

51982Living Country Blues USA Vol. 11
Country Gospel Roots


LP track sequence:
Boyd Rivers
- You Gonna Take Sick And Die
- When The World Seems Cold
- Jesus On The Mainline
- I'm Wrapped Up
- O Lord I Wanna Be Your Child
- Precious Lord
Guitar Frank (Hovington)
- Go Down Moses
Cora Fluker
- The World, She's Winding Up
- Yonder Comes Jesus
Walter Brown
- Mother Bowed
Guitar Slim
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Othar Turner
- When I Lay My Burden Down

Flora Molton
- When The War Is Over

CD track sequence:
Boyd Rivers
- You Gonna Take Sick And Die>
Guitar Frank (Hovington)
- Go Down Moses
Cora Fluker
- The World, She's Winding Up
Boyd Rivers
- When The World Seems Cold
Walter Brown
- Mother Bowed
Boyd Rivers
- Jesus On The Mainline
Guitar Slim
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Boyd Rivers
- I'm Wrapped Up
Othar Turner
- When I Lay My Burden Down
Cora Fluker
- Yonder Comes Jesus
Boyd Rivers
- O Lord I Wanna Be Your Child
- Precious Lord

Flora Molton
- When The War Is Over

= on Evidence 3 CD set (1999)

rec. 1980 by Siegfried A. Christmann and Axel Küstner

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L+R 42.041

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some tracks reissued on CD
Evidence ECD 26105-2 (1999)
Living Country Blues
- An Anthology

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= L+R LRCD 712126 (2008)

L+R discography

61985Sisterfire!

All Artists - This Little Light Of Mine
Jane Sapp - Go Tell It On The Mountain
Cathy Fink - Coal Mining Woman
Amparo Onchoa - Mujer
Moving Star Hall Singers - Oh Mother Don't You Worry 'Bout Me
Alicia Partnoy - Song Of The Exiled: For Sisterfire
Sweet Honey In The Rock - Chile/Soweto-Biko-Venceremos

Holly Near - Perfect Night
Reel World String Band - In My Girlish Days
Ronnie Gilbert - Ghannu Ma'i

Flora Molton - Do Lord Remember Me
Cris Williamson - Native Dancer
Alexis Deveau - Everyone Is Nicaragua
Holly Near - Emma
All Artists - This Little Light Of Mine

Live Festival recording


Redwood RR 8507
71987Flora Molton: I Want To Be Ready To Hear God When He Calls

- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- I Can't Stand It
- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door
- I Want To Be Ready To Hear God When He Calls #
- All Around Me Shine

- Tell Me How Long The Train Been Gone
- In The Little Country Town Where I Was Born
- Sun Going To Shine In Vietnam Some Day
- Rejected Stone

rec. 1987 for Radio France; Flora Molton, voc, g; # Charles A. Walls, Gregory L. Walls


Lively Stone LSLPS 0101
[Flora Molton's label]
81988Flora Molton: Gospel Songs

CD track list
- Pharaoh Got My People
- I Heard It Trough The True Vine
- Come On In This House, It's Going To Rain
- Crying Holy Unto The Lord
- Peace In The Valley
- Will The Cricle Be Unbroken
- Traveling Shoes
- Move On Up A Little Higher
- When I Law My Burden Down
- I Want To Be At The Meeting
- Louis Armstrong
- Don't You Want To Ride This Train?
- Lord Will Make A Way
- Don't Let The Devil Ride
- Path By The Sea
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
- Where Is The Gambling Man?
- Vacation In Heaven

* CD bonus tracks [???]

Flora Molton, chants & slide-guitar, Eleanor Ellis, guitar


Ocora 558 684 (Fr)

notes by Alain Weber
and Kirsten Johnson

Ocora C 580053 (Fr 1993)
"Etats-Unis Gospel
Flora Molton, Eleanor Ellis"

91999Living Country Blues: An Anthology

disc 1:   Mississippi Moan
- Catfish Blues (James Thomas)
- Bye Bye Blues (Arzo Youngblood)
- Gonna Cut You Loose (Eddie Cusic)
- You Gonna Take Sick And Die (Boyd Rivers)
- Maggie Campbell Blues (Bill Webb)
- Sittin' on Top Of The World (Sam Chatmon)
- Move Daniel (Cora Fluker)
- My Babe (Othar Turner)
- Boogie Chillen (Lonnie Pitchford)
- Bull Cow Blues (James Thomas)
- Stop And Listen Blues (Sam Chatmon)
- Swing, Swing (Arzo Youngblood)
- Jazz Boogie Woogie (Stonewall Mays)
- Jesus On The Mainline (Boyd Rivers)
- Shake Your Money Maker (Lonnie Pitchford)
- Rock Me Mama (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones)
- Big Road Blues (Bill Webb)
- My Daddy Was A Jockey (Sam Chatmon)
- That's The Boogie (Napoleon Strickland)
- Vicksburg Blues (Sam Chatmon)
- Mississippi Moan (Walter Brown)
- When I Lay Down My Burden (Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band)

disc 2:   Lonesome Road Blues (East Coast)
- Lonesome Road Blues (Guitar Frank)
- Baby Please Give Me A Break (Archie Edwards)
- Road Is Rough And Rocky (Archie Edwards)
- Come On In My Kitchen (Guitar Slim)

- Bye And Bye, I'm Going To See The King (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Chimney Hill Breakdown (Guitar Frank)
- Railroad Bill (Guitar Frank)
- Chicken Can't Roost Too High For Me (John Cephas)
- Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad (John Cephas, / Phil Wiggins)
- Do Lord Remember Me (Archie Edwards)
- Jelly Roll Baker (Guitar Frank)
- I'm Feelin' Lonesome (Guitar Slim)
- My Old Schoolmates (Archie Edwards)
- Lonesome Home Blues (Guitar Slim)
- T For Texas (Archie Edwards)
- Diggin' My Potatoes (Guitar Frank)

disc 3:   You Got To Move (Tennessee, Arkansas & More)
- Vacation In Heaven (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? (Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band)
- I Laid And I Wondered (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones)

- I Can't Stand It (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Mr. Freddie Blues (Memphis Piano Red)
- Corine, Corrina (Hammie Nixon)
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (Lottie Murrell)
- She's Tailor Made (Charlie Sangster)
- Hounds (Sam Shields)
- You Got To Move (Boyd Rivers)
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle (CeDell Davis)
- Viola Lee Blues (Hammie NIxon)
- Joe's Prison Camp Holler (Joe Savage)
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In (Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band)
- Spoonful (Lottie Murrell)
- You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie (CeDell Davis)
- Trouble Late Last Night (Lottie Murrell)
- Dry Bones In The Valley (Cora Fluker)
- I Got a Gal 'Cross The Bottom (Lottie Murrell)
- Soon One Mornin' (Hammie Nixon)
- Levee Camp Holler (Walter Brown)
- Precious Lord (Boyd Rivers)

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Evidence ECD 26105-2

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with 48 page booklet

photos by Axel Küstner
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L+R discography



additional information appreciated !!!

 

 

Other artist's Covers of Flora Molton songs
#year
of release
Artist:
Record Title

- featured Flora Molton song
label # / notes
12007Eleanor Ellis: Comin' A Time

- Take Me Back Baby
- Diving Duck
- Cypress Grove
- 61 Highway
- Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone
- Big Road Blues
- In My Girlish Days
- The Panic Is On

- Sun's Gonna Shine One Day
- Texas Easy Street Blues
- Leavin' Trunk
- Me And My Chauffeur
- Kansas City
- Goin' Away Blues
- Special Rider
- Richmond Blues
- Mississippi Blues
- What's The Matter With The Mill

Eleanor Ellis at youtube.com


Patuxent CD 138

http://eleanorellis.com
http://cdbaby.com

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Front cover of Ocora 558 684

 

Flora Molton; spource: Evidence ECD 26105-2 booklet; photographer: Axel Küstner
Flora Molton busking in Washington, DC early 1980s
source: Evidence ECD 26105-2 booklet; photographer: Axel Küstner
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