J. D. Short 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
|---|
10 inch 78 rpm |
| 1 | 1930 | Jaydee Short
- Drafted Mama (L-453- )
- Wake Up Bright Eye Mama (L-454- )
rec. c. June 1, 1930 Grafton, Wis.; Jaydee Short, voc, prob. own g; artist's name (on printer's label copy) given as 'Kaydee Short'; this record has never been found, an alternative coupling on Paramount 13040, by Charley Patton, was issued |
Paramount 13040 |
| 2 | 1930 | Jaydee Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues (L-456-1)
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake (L-468-1)
rec. c. June 1, 1930 Grafton, Wis.; Jaydee Short, voc, prob. own g |
Paramount 13043 |
| 3 | 1930 | Jaydee Short
- Flaggin' It To Georgia
- Tar Road Blues
rec. c. June 1, 1930 Grafton, Wis.; Jaydee Short, voc, prob. own g |
Paramount 13091 |
| 4 | 1930 | 'Spider' Carter
- Please Please Blues (C-6096- )
rec. September 13, 1930 Chicago, Ill.; 'Spider' Carter (J.D. Short?), voc; poss. Peetie Wheatstraw |
Brunswick 7188 |
| 5 | 1930 | Peetie Wheatstraw
- Tennesse Peaches Blues (C-6098-A)
- Four O'Clock In The Morning (C-6099-A)
rec. September 13, 1930 Chicago, Ill.; Peetie Wheatstraw & 'Neckbones' (J.D. Short?), voc duet; poss. Peetie Wheatstraw, p; unknown, g; unknown, sb |
Vocalion 1552= Vocalion 04443 |
| 6 | 1930 | 'Spider' Carter / Ell-Zee Floyd
- Dry Spell Blues (C-6097-A) #
- Snow Bound And Blue (C-6166-A)
# rec. September 13, 1930 Chicago, Ill.; 'Spider' Carter (J.D. Short?), voc; unknown p
* rec. September 19, 1930 Chicago, Ill.; Ell-Zee Floyd (J.D. Short?), voc; unknown, p |
Brunswick 7181 |
| 7 | 1931 | R. T. Hanen
- She Got Jordan River In Her Hips (69408-2)
- Happy Days Blues (69409-2)
rec. June 9, 1931 Louisville, Ky.; R.T. Hanen (Jaydee Short?), voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes?), p; Clifford Gibson, g | 
Victor 23288 |
| 8 | 1932 | Jelly Jaw Short
- Snake Doctor Blues (11474- )
- Barefoot Blues (11475- )
rec. March 14, 1932 New York City; Jaydee Short, voc, g |
Vocalion 1704 |
| 9 | 1932 | Jelly Jaw Short
- Let Me Mash That Thing (11478-A) #
- Grand Daddy Blues (11479-A)
rec. March 14, 1932 New York City; Jaydee Short, voc, g; # prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p |
Vocalion 1708 |
| 10 | 1933 | Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues (76835-1) #
- I'm Sorry (76836-1) *
rec. August 2, 1933 Chicago, Ill.; Georgia Boyd, voc; # J.D. Short, g; * Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes?), p |
Bluebird B5573 |
| 11 | 1933 | Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time (76837- )
- Back Door Blues (76838- )
rec. August 2, 1933 Chicago, Ill.; Joe Stone (Jaydee Short?), voc, g |
Bluebird B5169 |
| 12 | 1933 | James 'Stump' Johnson
- Steady Grindin' (76839-1)
- Don't Give My Lard Away (76841-1) #
rec. August 2, 1933 Chicago, Ill.; 'Stump' Johnson, voc, # p; # Joe C. Stone (J.D. Short?), g |
Bluebird B5159= Sunrise S3240 |
LP / CD compilations |
| 13 | 1958 | Big Joe Williams: Piney Woods Blues
Delmar(k) DL-602 / CD DD-602 track sequence:
- Baby Please Don't Go §
- Drop Down Mama *
- Mellow Peaches #
- No More Whisky *
- Tailor Made Babe #
- Big Joe Talking [] #
- Some Day Baby §
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl *
- Peach Orchard Mama #
- Juanita §
- Shetland Pony Blues *
- Omaha Blues #
77 LA 12/19 track sequence:
- Peach Orchard Mama #
- Tailor Made Babe #
- Mellow Peaches #
- Omaha Blues #
- Big Joe talking [] #
- No More Whisky *
- Drop Down Mama *
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl *
- Shetland Pony Blues *
- Baby Please Don't Go §
- Juanita §
- Some Day Baby §
# rec. January 10/11, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, sp, g; [] with Bob Koester, Paul Bridenbach, John Hartford
* rec. February 8, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; J.D. Short, g, hca
§ rec. February 18, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; J.D. Short, g, hca
[label founder and owner Bob Koester in August 1958 moved his business from a location on the corner of Delmar and Oliver streets in St Louis to Chicago (http://www.delmark.com/delmark.history.htm)]
 Big Joe Williams discography | notes by Bob Koester
Delmar DL-602
= Delmark DL-602
= 77 LA 12/19 (UK 1963)notes by
Robert G. Koester
Delmark CD DD-602 (1993) |
| 14 | 1961 | Stavin' Chain Mississippi Blues by
J. D. Short & Big Joe Williams
- Stavin' Chain Blues #
- Mean Stepfather
- You Got To Help Me Some #
- Sweet Old Kokomo
- Jumpin' In The Moonlight
- Jaydee Talks #
- Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do
- Gonna Check Up On My Baby
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus
- Rambled And Wandered
- Going Back To Crawford, Miss.
CD bonus tracks:
- Roll & Tumble
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus [alternate]
- Rocks & Gravel
- Stavin' Chain Blues [alternate]
rec. Febr. 8, 1958 St. Louis, Missouri, by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, 9-str. g; J.D. Short, hca, g, # voc | 
Delmark DL-609
= Goody GY 10006 (196?)
"Super Black Blues, Vol. 1"
reissued (illegally?)
Delmark CD DD-609 (1991)
"Big Joe Williams
& J. D. Short"
www.delmark.com |
| 15 | 1963 | Son House & J.D. Short:
Blues From The Mississippi Delta
Son House
- My Black Woman [6607-B-3(a) Walking Blues]
- Sun Goin Down [6607-A-1 Low Down Dirty Dog Blues]
- I Aint Goin To Cry No More [6607-A-2(a) Depot Blues]
- This War Will Last You For Years [6607-B-1(a) American Defense]
- Was I Right Or Wrong [6607-B-2 Am I Right Or Wrong]
- County Farm Blues
J.D. Short
- So Much Wine
- Train, Bring My Baby Back
- You Been Cheating Me
- Fighting For Dear Old Uncle Sam
Son House tracks rec. August 1942 by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress
J. D. Short tracks rec. July 3, 1962 in St. Louis, Missouri by Samuel Charters | 
Folkways FA 2467 (US 1963)
= Folkways FS 1467 "Son
House & J.D. Short: Blues
from the Mississippi Delta"
= Folkways FTS 31028
(US 1968) "Son House /
J.D. Short: Delta Blues"
= XTRA 1080 (UK 1969)
"Son House / J.D. Short:
Delta Blues"
= Verve/Folkways FV-9035
"Son House & J.D. Short:
Blues from the Mississippi
Delta"
|
| 16 | 1965 | The Mississippi Blues Number 2
Son House
- Dry Spell Blues - part 1
- Dry Spell Blues - part 2
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues
- Long Ways From Home
Charlie Patton
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Screamin And Hollerin The Blues
Jaydee Short
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
Blind Willie Reynolds
- 3rd Street Woman Blues
- Nehi Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
- Get Away Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues
- Preacher Blues
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues | 
Origin Library OJL-11
OJL discography |
| 17 | 1967 | Mississippi Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1942)
Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short)
- Snake Doctor Blues
Blind Joe Amos
- C & O Blues
William Harris
- Early Mornin' Blues
Sam Collins
- Signifyin' Blues
Charley Patton & Henry Sims
- Mean Black Moan
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone, part 1 & 2
Isaiah Nettles (The Mississippi Moaner)
- Mississippi Moan
Skip James
- Cypress Grove Blues
Son House
- The Jinx Blues - No. 2
Bukka White
- Black Train Blues
Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short)
- Barefoot Blues
Ishman Bracey
- Left Alone Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Blue Harvest Blues
Robert Johnson
- Kind-Hearted Woman No. 2 | 
Roots RL 302Roots discography |
| 18 | 1967 | The Blues
Music from the Documentary Film by Samuel Charters
J.D. Short
- Introduction
Memphis Willie B.
- Alone In The Evening Blues
J.D. Short (g, hca, dr)
- Slidin' Delta
Pink Anderson (with his son, voc, g)
- Old Cotton Fields Of Home
Furry Lewis
- John Henry
Baby Tate
- Bad Blues
Memphis Willie B. & Gus Cannon
- Sitting Here Thinking
Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Ground
Baby Tate
- If I Could Holler Like A Mountain Jack
- When I First Started Hoboing
Pink Anderson
- Weeping Willow Blues
rec. in the summer of 1962 by Samuel Barclay Charters with Ann Charters, technical assistant. "The Blues" was finished early in 1963, and was premiered at the University of Chicago Folk Festival in January, 1963. | 
Asch A-101
=Folkways FA AS101
=Folkways F-ASCH101
= Blue Angel / Asch BA20011
(Zweitausendeins 1967 G)
www.folkways.si.edu download liner notes/
sound clips at
Smithsonian Global
Sound |
| 19 | 1968 | Down With The Game Vol. 4
Kokomo Arnold
- Shine On, Moon
Walter Davis
- Root Man Blues
- I Can Tell By The Way You Smell
- Moonlight Is My Spread
- West Coast Blues
- My Babe
- Frisco Blues
Alice Moore
- Three Men
Booker T. Washington
Peetie Wheatstraw + 'Neckbones'
- Tennessee Peaches Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Feel Welcome Blues
- Long Lonsome Drive
- The Last Dime
- More Good Whiskey Blues
|
Down With The Game D 204Down With The Game
discography |
| 20 | 1968 | St. Louis Town 1929-1933
Henry Spaulding
- Cairo Blues
Henry Townsend
- Long Ago
Hi Henry Brown
- Skin Man
Charley Jordan
- Hunkie Tunkie
- Spoonful Blues
Teddy Darby
- Built Right On The Ground
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues
Jim Jackson
- St. Louis Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Nut Factory
Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean - No. 2
- You Run And Tell Your Daddy
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
Jelly Jaw Short
- Barefoot Blues
- Snake Doctor Blues | 
Belzona L 1003
= Yazoo L 1003
= CD 1003 YAZ [1991]
with different liner notes ! Yazoo discography |
| 21 | 1969 | Going Away Blues 1926 - 1935
Lottie Beaman
- Going Away Blues
- Rolling Log Blues
George 'Big Boy' Owens
- Kentucky Blues
Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Grand Daddy Blues
Frank Stokes
- Right Now Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham
Charley Jordan
- Stack O'Dollar Blues
Henry Thomas
- Railroadin' Some
Robert Wilkins
- Old Jim Canaan
- New Stockyard Blues
William McCoy
- Central Tracks Blues
Uncle Bud Walker
- Look Here Mama Blues
Elvie Thomas & Geeshie Wiley
- Over To My House | 
Yazoo L 1018
= CD 1018 YAZ [1992] Yazoo discograpy |
| 22 | 1972 | Blues For Your Pocket
Blind Willie Johnson
- Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
Son House
- New Pony Blues
Furry Lewis
- Pearlee Blues
Jazz Gillum
- Key To The Highway
Big Bill Broonzy
- Guitar Shuffle
Brownie McGhee
- Sportin' Life Blues
Memphis Slim
- Boogie Woogie Piano Styles
Little Brother Montgomery
- Lonesome Mama
Sticks McGhee
- Drink Of Wine Mop Mop
J.D. Short
- So Much Wine
James 'Son' Thomas
- Beefsteak Blues
Fred McDowell
- Mojo Hand
compiled by Mike Leadbitter | notes by Mike Leadbitter
Transatlatic TRA SAM 25= Guimbarda 30111057 (Sp 1979) |
| 23 | 1972 | Country Blues Obscurities Vol. 2
Too Tight Henry
- Charleston Contest - part 1
Bob Coleman
- Sing Song Blues
George Thomas
- Fast Stuff Blues
- Don't Kill Him in Here
Kid Prince Moore
- Honey Dripping Papa
- Midnight Blues
Willie Harris
- Louisiana Midnight Dream
Bob Campbell
- Dice's Blues
- Shotgun Blues
Lonnie Clark
- Broke Down Engine
- Down in Tennessee
Smokey Harrison
- Hop Head Blues
- Iggly Oggly Blues
Jelly Roll Anderson
- Free Women Blues
'Spider' Carter
- Don't Leave Me Blues | 
Roots RL 340Roots discography |
| 24 | 1972 | St. Louis Blues 1929-1935
The Depression
Henry Townsend
- Sick With The Blues
Charley Jordan
- Gasoline Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Preachers Blues
Henry Townsend
- Mistreated Blues
Charley Jordan
- Raidin' Squad Blues
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues
Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worried Blues
Charley Jordan
- Big Four Blues
Joe Stone
- Back Door Blues
Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues
Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Sleepless Nights Blues | 
Yazoo L 1030
= CD 1030 YAZ [1991]Yazoo discography |
| 25 | 1972 | Roots Of Black Music In America
Some Correspondences between the Music of the Slave Areas of West Africa and the Music of the United States and the Caribbean
J. D. Short
- Wasting My Time
compiled and edited by Samuel Charters | DLP
Folkways FA 2694download complete track
list / liner notes / sound
clips at Smithsonian
Global Sound |
| 26 | 197? | Good Time Blues - St. Louis 1926-1932
Charley Jordan
- Two Street Blues
"J.D. Short" [R.T. Hanen]
- She Got Jordan River In Her Hips
Sylvester Palmer
- Lonesome Man Bues
Papa Eggshell
- Far From Home
Edith North Johnson
- Honeydripper Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Hang My Clothes On No Barbed Wire Line
Jelly Roll Anderon
- Good Time Blues
Lee Green
- Train Number 44
"Hi" Henry Brown
- Hospital Blues
Walter Davis
- Sunnyland Blues
- Robert Peoples
- Fat Greasy Baby
Lonnie Johnson
- Love Story Bues
- Pretty Boy Walker
- The Breaks I'm Gettin'
Cora Perkins
- Today Blues | 
Mamlish S-3805Mamlish discography |
| 27 | 1973 | J. D. Short: The Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 8
- Starry Crown Blues
- My Rare Dog
- By The Spoonful
- You're Tempting Me
- Slidin' Delta
- I'm Just Wasting My Time
- The Red River Run
- Help Me Some
- East St. Louis
- Make Me Down A Pallet
rec. 1962 in St. Louis, Missouri, by Sam Charters | notes by Sam Charters
Sonet SNTF 648= Crescendo GNPS 10018
(1976) 
= Emarcy CD 862954
(2005) ("The Sonet
Blues Story" series)
|
| 28 | 1974 | The Legacy Of The Blues Sampler
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Funky Malaguena - Snooks Eaglin
- Found My Baby Gone - Champion Jack Dupree
- Wishy Washy Woman - Mighty Joe Young
- I'm A Bluesman - Juke Boy Bonner
- Black Gal You're Sure Looking Warm - Big Joe Williams
- Long Time Gone, A - Memphis Slim
- Starry Crown Blues - J.D. Short
- I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball - Robert Pete Williams
- The Cannonball - Eddie Boyd
- She's So Mellow - Sunnyland Slim
- Please Help Poor Me - Lightnin' Hopkins
"Maxi Sampler" bonus tracks:
- Poor Boy Long Way From Home - Bukka White
- Drive It Home - Snooks Eaglin
- You're The One - Champion Jack Dupree
- Early In The Morning - Mighty Joe Young
- Lonesome Ride Back Home - Juke Boy Bonner
- I Been Wrong But I'll Be Right - Big Joe Williams
- Lets Get With It - Memphis Slim
- Make Me Down A Pallet - J.D. Short
- You're My All Day Steady And My Midnight Dream - Robert Pete Williams
- It's A Mellow Day - Eddie Boyd
- Get Hip To Yourself - Sunnyland Slim
- Water Fallin' Boogie - Lightnin' Hopkins | 
Sonet SNTX 1
= Crescendo GNPS 10010
(1976)
(=) Sonet SNTCD 1 (1989)
"The Legacy Of The Blues
Maxi Sampler" 
= GNP Crescendo (1992)
|
| 29 | 1985 | J. D. Short 1930-33
His Early Recordings In Chronological Order (including Accompaniements and ? Pseudonyms)
Jaydee Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
'Spider' Carter
- Please Please Blues
- Dry Spell Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw & 'Neckbones'
- Tennessee Peaches Blues
- Four O' Clock In The Morning
'Spider' Carter
- Don't Leave Me Blues
Ell-Zee Floyd
- Snow Bound And Blue
R.T. Hanen
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues
Johnson's Jazzers [James 'Stump' Johnson]
- Don't Give My Lard Away | notes by Paul Oliver
Wolf WSE 118 |
| 30 | 199? | St. Louis Country Blues 1929 - 1937
Henry Spaulding (1929)
- Cairo Blues
- Biddle Street Blues
Henry Townsend (1929-1937)
- Henry's Worry Blues
- Mistreated Blues
- Long Ago Blues
- Poor Man Blues
- No Home Blues
- Take A Chance
- She's Got What I Want
- Sick With The Blues
- Don't Love That Woman
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
- Lose Your Man
- All I've Got's Gone
- A Ramblin' Mind
- Now I Stay Away
J.D. Short (1930-1933)
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues | 
Document DOCD-5147www.document-records.com
|
| 31 | 1993 |
J.D. Short & Henry Brown: St. Louis Blues (1929-1933)
Jaydee Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
'Spider' Carter
- Please Please Blues
- Dry Spell Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw & 'Neckbones'
- Tennessee Peaches Blues
- Four O' Clock In The Morning
'Spider' Carter
- Don't Leave Me Blues
Ell-Zee Floyd
- Snow Bound And Blue
R.T. Hanen
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues
Johnson's Jazzers [James 'Stump' Johnson]
- Don't Give My Lard Away
Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
- Henry Brown Blues
- Eastern Chimes Blues
- Deep Morgan Blues
- All Men Blues
- Beef Man Blues | 
Wolf CD 115 |
| 32 | 1998 | Hard Times Come Again No More Vol. 1
Rural Songs of Hard Times and Hardships
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s
The Bentley Boys - Down On Penny's Farm
Blind Alfred Reed - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
Lane Hardin - Hard Time Blues
Ernest Stoneman - All I Got's Gone
Slim Smith - Bread Line Blues
Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp Blues
Kelly Harrell - My Name Is John Johanna
Dave McCarn - Serves 'em Fine
J.D. Short - It's Hard Time
Uncle Dave Macon - All In Down And Out
Rutherford & Foster - Richmond Blues
Elder Curry & His Congregation - Hard Times
Cofer Brothers - Beorgia Hobo1
Blind Lemon Jefferson - One Dime Blues
Fiddlin' John Carson - Dixie Boll Weevil
Chubby Parker - See The Black Clouds A'Breakin' Over Yonder
Scrapper Blackwell - Down And Out Blues
Edward L. Crain - Starving To Death On A Government Claim
Barbecue Bob - We Sure Got Hard Times
Samantha Bumgarner - Georgia Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Dixon Brothers - Weaver's Life
Graham Brothers - Hard Times Come Again No More
| 
Yazoo CD 2036 |
| 33 | 2000 | Henry Townsend and Friends:
Henry's Worry Blues
Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues
- Mistreated Blues
- Long Ago Blues
- Poor Man Blues
- Doctor Oh Doctor
- Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub
- No Home Blues
- Take A Chance
- She's Got What I Want
- My Sweet Candy
- Sick With The Blues
- Don't Love That Woman
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
- Lose Your Man
- All I've Got's Gone
- A Ramblin' Mind
- Now I Stay Away
J.D. Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues | 
Catfish CD 172review
|
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!
I herewith confess
that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation
containing only one (or two ;-) J. D. Short track(s) !!!
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