Mr. Blues Records
discography

Record label founded and run by Steve Wisner

Big Guitar Red with producer Steve Wisner; source: back cover of Bedrock BEDLP15; click to enlarge !
Big Guitar Red with producer Steve Wisner 1975
source: back cover of Bedrock BEDLP15; photographer: Jim O'Neal

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

#
year of
release
titlenotes
 
 
 


rec. 1973; Lucky Lopez; prod. by Steve Wisner
Mr. Blues unissued
 
 
 


rec. 1974; Easy Baby (Alex 'Easy Baby' Randle) & Big Guitar Red; prod. by Steve Wisner
Mr. Blues unissued
7601
(1976)
Good Rockin' Charles

Mr. Blues MB 7601 / Rooster R-7601 track sequence:
- Eyesight To The Blind *
- Confessin' The Blues *
- Shake Your Boogie *
- Five Years In Prison *
- The Goat *

- I Used To Have A Woman *
- Prison Blues *
- Broke And Hungry §
- Blues All Day Long §
- Rockin' At Midnight §

P-Vine PCD 5249 track sequence:
- Eyesight To The Blind *
- Confessin' The Blues *
- Shake Your Boogie *
- Five Years In Prison *
- The Goat *
- I Used To Have A Woman *
- Prison Blues *
- Broke And Hungry §
- Blues All Day Long §
- Rockin' At Midnight §
- Lazar's Wail [] #
- Broke And Hungry (tk 1) § #
- Broke And Hungry (tk 2) § #
- Flipped Harp Rock [] #

# CD bonus tracks

rec. November 1975 in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; Walter Smith, J.C. Hurds, gs; Lafayette "Shorty" Gilbert, b; * Eddie Payne, dr; § Ray Scott, dr; [] Eddie Payne or Ray Scott, dr; prod. by Steve Wisner
photography front cover by Dale Hoyt; photography back cover by Amy van Singel

Good Rockin' Charles discography

notes by Dick Shurman



Mr. Blues MB 7601

notes by Dick Shurman

= Rooster R-7601 (US)
= Double Trouble R-7601
(NL)


(=) P-Vine PCD-5249
(Jp 2002)

7602
(1977)
Eddie C. Campbell: King Of The Jungle

- Santa's Messin' With The Kid
- Still A Fool
- Cheaper To Keep Her
- Poison Ivy
- The Red Rooster
- Smokin' Potatoes

- King Of The Jungle
- She's Nineteen Years Old
- Look At What You Done
- We Both Must Cry
- Weary Blues
- Blues On The Highway

rec. June 13, 1977 in Chicago, IL; Eddie C. Campbell, voc, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Carey Bell, hca; Lurrie Bell, Bob Stroger, b; Clifton James, dr; prod. by Steve Wisner
notes by Dick Shurman



Mr. Blues MB 7602 (1977)

notes by Dick Shurman

= Rooster R-7602 (US 1986)

notes by Dick Shurman

= Double Trouble R-7602
(NL 1986)


= Rooster CD 2602 (1996)

7603
(1979)
Mojo Buford's Chicago Blues Summit

Mr. Blues 7603 / Rooster R-7603 track sequence:
- Mo' Jam (instr) #
- Deep Sea River #
- I Need you So Bad []
- Worry Worry []
- I'm So Glad #

- Devil's Love Sin #
- St. James Infirmary *
- Windy City Blues #
- Watch Dog #
- Mean Old World *
- Blues for Georgia Boy #

Pony Canyon 1850 / P-Vine PCD-1850 track sequence:
- Mo' Jam (instr) #
- Deep Sea River #
- I Need you So Bad []
- Sammy's Shuffle # #
- Worry Worry []
- I'm So Glad #
- Devil's Love Sin #
- St. James Infirmary *
- Sonny's Blues #
- Don't Go No Farther # #
- Windy City Blues #
- Watch Dog #
- Mean Old World *
- Blues for Georgia Boy #

# CD bonus tracks

rec. February 17, 1979 at the Curtom Studios in Chicago, IL; prod. by Steve Wisner

# George 'Mojo' Buford, voc, hca; Sammy Lawhorn, James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Oliver 'Sonny' Rogers, Abe 'Little Smokey' Smothers, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Sam Lay, dr

* Sammy Lawhorn, voc, g; George 'Mojo' Buford, hca; Oliver 'Sonny' Rogers, Abe 'Little Smokey' Smothers, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Sam Lay, dr

[] Abe 'Little Smokey' Smothers, voc, g; James 'Pee Wee' Madison, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Sam Lay, dr

Sonny 'Cat Daddy' Rodgers discography

notes by Dick Shurman



Mr. Blues MB 7603

notes by Dick Shurman

= Rooster R-7603 (1982)

= Pony Canyon 1850
(Jp 2000)


= P-Vine PCD-1850 (Jp 2002)

 

Steve Wisner productions not released on Mr. Blues Records

 

BH-009
(1976)
Bring Me Another Half-A-Pint
Harmonica Blues Bands

Kansas City Red
- Mean Black Spider
- Money Tree
- K.C. Red's In Town
Easy Baby
- Good Morning Mr. Blues
Nate Armstrong
- Red Light Boogie

Sonny Boy McGhee
- Bluebird Blues
- Train Fare Home
Earl Payton
- Too Late
- I Got To Go
Billy Branch
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- Billy's Boogie

rec. 1975 on the South Side of Chicago, IL; sessions prod. by Steve Wisner; album production & mixing by George Paulus
notes by George Paulus
click to enlarge !

click to enlarge !
Barrelhouse BH-009


Barrelhouse discography

DT-3014/15
(1986)
Eddie C. Campbell: Mind Trouble

- Do What You Wanna Do
- Mind Trouble
- You Worry Me
- Bug
- Head Clear
- Everything Gonna Be Alright
- Alimony
- Life Is Like A Game
- Shake For Me
- Five And A Half
- Vibrations In The Air
- Devil's Walk
- Loneliness And Me
- Eddie's Rock
- Head Clear

- Please Love Me #

# rec. June 13, 1977 in Chicago, IL; Eddie C. Campbell, voc, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Carey Bell, hca; Lurrie Bell, Bob Stroger, b; Clifton James, dr; prod. by Steve Wisner

all other tracks rec. June/July 1986 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; prod. by Marcel M. Vos & Hans Kramer
DLP

Double Trouble DT-3014/15
(NL 1986)


= Double Trouble DTCD
3014 (NL 1988)


= Icehouce CD 9423 (1999)
"gonna be alright"

notes by Cub Coda



= Wolf CD 120.816
(Austria 2008) "Mind
Trouble"

"Chicago Blues Session Vol. 68"

DT-3017
(1987)
eddie king bluesband: the blues has got me
featuring Mae Bee May

- When You Find A Fool
- The Blues Has Got Me
- Love At First Sight
- The Twelve Year Old Girl #
- 99 Pounds #
- Laundromat Blues
- Able Mae Bee #
- He'll Drain On You #
- The Woman I Love
- Buttermilk And Cornbread #

CD bonus tracks:
- Losin' Boy
- Man-Sized Job #
- Eddie's Thing

rec. December 1985 (overdubbed January & November 1986) in Evanston, IL; Eddie King (Eddie King Milton), voc, g; # Mae Bee Mae, voc; Earl Crossley, ts (tracks 1, 6, 9); Golden "Big" Wheeler, hca (tracks 3, 4, 8); Alan Batts, org (tracks 1, 6). p (track 9); Lendell "Slim" Moore, lead g (tracks 1, 2, 5); Sir Lucky King, rhythm g; Joe Roland, b; James Mason, dr; Eddie King (track 9), James Mason (track 9), Joe Roland (track 9), Lendell "Slim" Moore (track 9), Sir Lucky King (track 9), backgr voc; prod. by Steve Wisner

reissue prod. by Gerard Robs & Kees Van Wijngaarden
notes by Robert Pruter

Double Trouble DT-3017
(NL 1987)

notes by Robert Pruter

(=) Black Magic 9047
(NL 2010) "Eddie King &
Mae Bee Mae: The Blues
Has Got Me"

Black Magic Records

7610
(1988)
Low Blows
An Anthology of Chicago Harmonica Blues

Big Guitar Red with Good Rockin' Charles
- Found My Baby (Gone) # []
Big Leon Brooks
- Kicking Up Dust
George "Mojo" Buford
- Don't Go No Further
Easy Baby
- Good Morning Mr. Blues
Good Rockin' Charles
- She Loves Another Man #
Big Leon Brooks
- Pink Champagne

Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Golden Wheeler
- Good Lover
Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell
- Avenue Stomp
Good Rockin' Charles
- Ground Hog Blues #
Golden Wheeler
- Evil Woman
Big Leon Brooks
You Know

CD bonus tracks:
Good Rockin' Charles
- I Got To Go #
- Good Rockin' #
Joe Carter with Big John Wrencher
- Honey Bee

compilation prod. by Bob Corritone & Jim O'Neal

# rec. November 15, 1975 in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; [] Big Guitar Red (Walter Smith), voc, g; J.C. Hurds, gs; Lafayette "Shorty" Gilbert, b; Eddie Payne, dr; prod. by Steve Wisner

Big John Wrencher discography


Mr. Blues MB 7610 (US)
[ever issued ???]

notes (insert) by Jim O'Neal



= Rooster Blues R7610 (US)

notes (insert) by Jim O'Neal



= Bedrock BEDLP 15 (UK)

notes by Dick Shurman
Steve Wisner, Jim O'Neal

(=) Rooster CD 2610 (1994)
= Bedrock BED CD 15 (UK)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 72, 81, 166, 259, 269, 420
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Gerrit Robs and Dick Shurman for additional info / scans

 

Stefan Wirz


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