"It all started with Joseph Spence when I was a little kid. He was one of my all-time great inspirations. When he did those bass runs, I didn't understand it. I was so mad all the time." Ry Cooder Joseph Spence b. August 3, 1910 in Andros, Bahamas d. March 18, 1984 in Nassau, Bahamas discography

source: front cover of Ryko/Hannibal CD 44192 photographer: Guy Droussart

Joseph Spence LPs # year of release title label # / notes 1 1959 Joseph Spence: Bahaman Folk Guitar - Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer - There Will Be A Happy Meeting In Gloryland - Brownskin Gal - I'm Going To Live That Life - Face To Face I Shall Know Him - Jump In The Line rec. & ed. by Samuel Charters Folkways FS 3844 reissued Smithsonian Folkways CD SF-40066 2 1964 Joseph Spence: Folk Guitar / John Roberts & Frederick McQueen: Bahaman Ballads & Rhyming Spirituals - Bimini Gal - The Lord Is My Sheperd - Glory Glory - Out On The Rolling Sea - Cecil Gone In The Time Of Storm - Harcourt Got Drowsed - Dig My Grave - Shake My Hand Joseph Spence (3) John Roberts (2) Frederick McQueen (4) Folkways FS 3847 Spence tracks reissued Smithsonian Folkways CD SF-40066 3 1964 Happy All The Time - Out On The Rollin' Sea - Bimini Gal - We Shall Be Happy - The Crow - Diamond On Earth - Uncle Lou / No Lazy Man - How I Love Jesus - Conch Ain't Got No Bone - I Am Living On The Hallelujah Side rec. 1964 by Paul Rothchild Elektra EKL 273 = Carthage CGLP 4419 (1984) = Ryko/Hannibal CD 44192 (1993) 4 1966 The Real Bahamas In Music and Song Pindar Family & Joseph Spence - We Will Understand It Better By And By - Sheep Know When Thy Shepherd Calling (Frederick McQueen & Rev. W.G. McPhee) - I Told You People Judgment Coming (Sam Greene & Group) Joseph Spence - Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend - Sailboat Malarkey (Frederick McQueen) - Up In The Heaven Shouting (Bruce Green, Tweedy Gibson, Clifton Graham) Joseph & Louise Spence - Won't That Be A Happy Time - Out On The Rolling Sea (Fredrick McQueen, George McKenzie, Sheldon Swin) - I Am So Glad (Bruce Green, Tweedy Gibson, Clifton Graham) - Come For Your Dinner (Fredrick McQueen) - God Locked The Lion's Jaw (Fredrick McQueen, Stanley Thompson, Sheldon Swin) Pindar Family & Joseph Spence - Great Dream From Heaven - My Lord Help Me To Pray (Bruce Green, Tweedy Gibson, Clifton Graham) - Numberless As The Sands On The Seashore (Sheldon Swin, Stanley Swin, Ronald Swin, George McKenzie) - I Ain't Got Long (Sam Greene & Group) - I Bid You Goodnight (Pindar Family) rec. June 1965 by Peter K. Siegel and Jody Stecher Nonsuch H-2013 (mono) H-72013 (stereo) Nonesuch Explorer Series 79300-2 The Real Bahamas Volumes 1 & 2 5 1972 Joseph Spence: Good Morning Mr. Walker - Out On The Rolling Sea - I See Mary And Joseph - Oh, How I Love Jesus - Lay Down My Brother - Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer - Good Morning Mr. Walker - The Glory Of Love - Don't Let Nobody Burn Down Burma Road - Sloop John B - Be A Friend To Jesus - Mary Ann rec. 1971 by Chris Strachwitzand Dick Waterman Arhoolie 1061 reissued Arhoolie CD 349 Arhoolie discography 6 1978 The Real Bahamas Volume 2 - Mary and Joseph - Peter, You Need The Lord (Bruce Green) - Jesus Promised Me A Home Over There (Swain Family) - Troublesome Water (Tweedie Gibson) - Kneeling Down Inside The Gate - Jesus Your Name So Sweet (Bruce Green) Joseph Spence - Take Me Over The Tide - When the Leaves Turn Red (Bruce Green) Joseph Spence - That Glad Reunion Day - The Great Coronation (Swain Family) - The Captain Go Ashore (Fredrick McQueen) - Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold God's Body Down Nonsuch H-72078 Nonesuch Explorer Series 79300-2 The Real Bahamas Volumes 1 & 2 7 1980 Joseph Spence: Living On The Hallelujah Side - I'll Overcome Some Day - Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Where Shall I Go - I'll Be A Friend To Jesus * - More And More With Jesus - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - On My Way To Heaven - Neighbor Gone Home - Jesus On The Mainline - Living On The Hallelujah Side * - When The Saints Go Marching In - Irene Goodnight * with Blooming Rosalie Roberts, voc rec. August 23 and 24, 1978 by Scott Billington and Bill Nowlin at the New Olympia Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas Rounder 2021 Rounder discography 8 1990 Joseph Spence: Bahamian Guitarist Good Morning Mr. Walker - Out On The Rolling Sea - I See Mary And Joseph - Oh, How I Love Jesus - I Bid You Good Night - Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer - Good Morning Mr. Walker - The Glory Of Love - Don't Let Nobody Burn Down Burma Road - Bye And Bye * - If I Had The Wings Of A Dove * - All Hail The Power Of Jesus' Name * - Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend * - Brown Skin Gal * - Neighbor Gone Home * - He Walks With Me (Live) * - Will The Serpent Be Unbroken (Live) * - The Lord's My Shepherd (Live) * - Yellow Bird (Live) * - Sloop John B. (Live) - Be A Friend To Jesus (Live) - Mary Ann (Live) Arhoolie LP 1061 plus * unreleased tracks Arhoolie CD 349 Arhoolie discography 9 1990 Joseph Spence: Glory - Glory Glory - Old Time Religion - Jordan Chilly River - All Hail The Power Of Jesus Name - Down By The Riverside - In Time Like This - Old Rugged Cross - Piano Tune - Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend - Jesus On The Mainline - We Will Understand It Better By And By - Shake My Hand - Rock Daniel - In The Garden - Out On The Rolling Sea rec. in the 1970s by Guy Droussart Rounder CD 2096 Rounder discography 10 1992 Joseph Spence & The Pinder Family: The Spring of Sixty-Five - Out On The Rolling Sea - Victory Is Coming - Harcourt Got Drowned - I Bid You Goodnight - Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray - Living On The Hallelujah Side - No Grave To Hold God's Body Down - The Crow - Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There - Troublesome Waters - Live The Life I Sing About In My Song - When Jesus Calls Again Rounder CD 2114 Rounder discography 11 1992 Joseph Spence: The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958 - Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer - There Will Be A Happy Meeting In Glory - Brownskin Gal - I'm Going To Live That Life - Face To Face That I Shall Know Him - Jump In The Line - Bimini Gal - The Lord Is My Shepherd - (Glory, Glory) When I Lay My Burden Down reissue of F-3844 from 1959 and selections from F-3847 from 1964 Smithsonian Folkways CD SF-40066 12 1995 Frederick McQueen, Pinder Family, Joseph Spence & others: Kneelin' Down Inside the Gate The Great Rhyming Singers of the Bahamas - My Lord Help Me To Pray - Standing In The Need Of Prayer - Kneelin' Down Inside The Gate - Run Come See Jerusalem - Be Engaged Unto The Lord - I Met My Mother This Morning - Cecil Gone In The Time Of Storm - Long Summer Days - Hallelujah, My Mother Gone Over - Shepherd Moan - Shepherd Moan - Oh Jesus My Baby - There Is Good News - Just A Little Talk With Jesus - What A Beautiful Home Bruce Green, Clifton Green, and Tweedie Gibson, vocals Joseph Spence & the Pinder Family, vocals Stanley Thompson and Group, vocals Frederick McQueen with Rev. W.G. McPhee, vocals Clifford Ellis and Group, vocals Rounder CD 5035 Rounder discography Additional information appreciated !!!       Other artist's Covers of Joseph Spence songs # year of release Artist: Record Title - featured Joseph Spence song label # / notes 1 1994 Out On the Rolling Sea A tribute to the music of Joseph Spence & the Pinder family - On The Rolling Sea When Jesus Came To Speak To Me - Kneelin' Down Inside The Gate - Afindrafindrao - Sloop John B. - Blow Wind Blow - Tsiaro - People Get Ready - Although The Lord Be High Above - Tsy Fotoanna Mahafinaritra Ve Izao? / I Ain't Got Long To Stay - On This Island - The Crow - Great Dreams from Heaven - A Chilling Tale: Harcourt Drowned/Troublesome Water - Don't Let Nobody Burn Down Burma Road - Carmen Goes To Bimini - Stealin' - Good Morning Mr. Walker / Wait Til Morning - Goodnight Irene - Out On The Rolling Sea - I Bid You Goodnight Hokey Pokey CD HPR 2004.2 = Green Linnet GLCD 3095 more info Additional information appreciated !!!   Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources source of left column picture: Back cover of Rounder LP 2021   A Tribute to Joseph Spence and the Pinder Family by Bryan P. Deno http://spence.bryandeno.com Joshua Gone Barbados: A Joseph Spence Appreciation by Chris Smith http://www.indiana.edu/%7Esmithcj/cjsbvoi2.html Joseph Spence Fingerstyle Phenomenon by John Stropes and Justin Segel http://www.stropes.com/refdocs/spence.pdf

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