Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1952	"BIG BOY" SPIRES And His Guitar - Murmur Low (C1017) # - One Of These Days (C1016) rec. March 13, 1952 in Chicago; Arthur Spires, voc, g; Earl Dranes, Eddie El, g; # Willie Smith, maracas	Checker 752
2	7/1953	BIG BOY SPIRES and His Trio - About To Lose My Mind (C5000-4, C-5008 on label) - Which One Do I Love (C5001-1) rec. January 17, 1953 in Chicago; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, voc, g; John Lee Henley or P.T. Hayes, hca; Johnny Williams, g, Ted Porter, dr	Chance 1137
		- Someday Little Darling (C5002-5) - My Baby Left Me (C5003-1) - Rhythm Rock Boogie (C5004-5) - Tired Of Being Mistreated (C5005-2) rec. January 17, 1953 in Chicago; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, voc, g; John Lee Henley or P.T. Hayes, hca; Johnny Williams, g, Ted Porter, dr	Chance unissued P-Vine PLP 705
		- Silver-Haired Woman (C5006-4) - Fat Mouth (C5007-4) rec. January 17, 1953 in Chicago; Johnny Williams, voc, g; P.T. Hayes, hca; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, g; Ted Porter, dr	Chance unissued P-Vine PLP 705
		- Dark And Stormy Night - Moody This Morning rec. 1954/55 in Chicago; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, voc. g; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, hca; Willie 'Long Time' Smith, p; Eddie El, g; b; dr	United unissued P-Vine PLP-9040 Pearl PL 16 Delmark DD 716
		- You Can't Tell - Wrapped In My Baby rec. 1954/55 in Chicago; Willie 'Long Time' Smith, voc, p; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, hca; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, Eddie El, g; b; Ted Porter, dr	United unissued P-Vine PLP-9040 Pearl PL 16 Delmark DD 716
		- Twenty-One Below Zero # - Evening Sun - What Did It - What About You - Stormy Night Blues - 51 Highway Blues - Right Away - Water Coast Blues rec. October 9, 1965 in Chicago by Pete Welding; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, voc, g; Johnny Young, g	Testament unissued # Storyville SLP 180
3	196?	Big Boy Spires - Murmur Low [Checker 752] # - One Of These Days [Checker 752] # - About To Lose My Mind [Chance 1137] * - Which One Do I LoveChance [Chance 1137] * # rec. Chicago 1952, Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, voc, g; Earl Dranes, Edie Ell, g; Willie Smith, dr * rec. Chicago 1953, Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; Johnny Williams, g; Johnny "Ted" ?, dr	7 inch 45 rpm EP notes by Dave Sax Advent EP 2802 Advent discography
4	1970	Drop Down Mama Johnny Shines - So Glad I Found You Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel - Anna Lee Big Boy Spires - One Of These Days [Checker 752] David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Drop Down Mama Floyd Jones - Playhouse Big Boy Spires - Murmur Low [Checker 752] Floyd Jones - You Can’t Live Long Johnny Shines - Joliet Blues Robert Nighthawk - Jackson Gal Blues - Return Mail Blues Claude Smith - Crying - Sad Story Floyd Jones Dark Road	Chess 411 = P-Vine PLP 807 (Jp) = MCA Chess CHD-93002
5	197?	Juke Joint Blues Eddie Burns - Bad Woman Blues Ernest "Buddy" Lewis - Lonesome Bedroom Harvey Hill Jr. - She Fooled Me Mr. Honey (David Edwards) - Build A Cave L. C. Williams - The Lazy J Lightning Leon - Reposession Blues Alvin Smith - On My Way Dr. Hepcat - Hattie Green Sonny Boy Holmes - The $64 Question Arthur "Big Boy" Spires - Which One Do I Love [Chance 1137] Sonny Terry - Harmonica Train Sonny Boy Holmes - T N T Woman Jimmy Wilson - Trouble, Trouble Square Walton - Bad Hangover rec. 1948 - 1959	notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 23 Blues Classics discography
6	1972	Chicago Blues Anthology Album 1 - Tough Times - John Brim - Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk - So Glad I Found You - Johnny Shines - Having Fun - Memphis Slim - Goin' Away Baby - Jimmy Rogers - I Don't Know - Willie Mabon - Dark Road - Floyd Jones - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir - By Myself - Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam - Murmur Low - Big Boy Spires [Checker 752] - Rattlesnake - John Brim Album 2 - I See My Baby - Elmore James - Korea Blues - J.B. Lenoir - You Can't Live Long - Floyd Jones - I Can't Stop - Willie Dixon - Third Degree - Eddie Boyd - Ten Years Ago - Buddy Guy - Be Careful - John Brim - Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk - The World's In A Tangle - Jimmy Rogers - You Know My Live - Willie Dixon - My Time After A While - Buddy Guy - Chicago Bound - Jimmy Rogers	2 LP set notes by Pete Welding Chess 2CH 60012 = Chess CH 50 011 (Fr) = Chess CXMD4053 (UK Chess Masters) = Chess/MCA 2CH 92520 (1984)
7	6/1975	Genesis Vol. 3 - Sweet Home Chicago Album 1 Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Take A Little Walk With Me Floyd Jones - Dark Road - Big World - Overseas - Playhouse Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil - Five Spot Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - One Of These Days [Checker 752] - Murmur Low [Checker 752] Little Henry - I Declare That Ain't Right - Matchbox Blues Blue Smitty - Sad Story - Elgin Movements - Date Bait Album 2 Muddy Waters - Mean Red Spider - Hard Days - Burying Ground - Last Time I Fool Around With You - Screaming And Crying - Where's My Woman Been - Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1 - Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2 - Stuff You Gotta Watch - Lonesome Day - Iodine In My Coffee - Flood - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Oh! Yeh - Smokestack Lightning Album 3 Little Walter - Juke - Boogie - Mean Old World - Sad Hours - Don't Have To Hunt No More - Tonight With A Fool - Quarter To Twelve - Blues With A Feeling - Last Boogie - Fast Boogie - Light's Out - You're So Fine - Blues Light - Last Night - Thunderbird - I Got To Go Album 4 Jimmy Rogers - Today, Today Blues - The World Is In A Tangle - She Loves Another Man - Hard Working Man - Chance To Love - My Little Machine - Mistreated Baby - What's The Matter Jimmy Rogers - You're The One John Brim - Rattlesnake - It Was A Dream - Ice Cream Man - Lifetime Baby - Tough Times - Go Away - That Ain't Right compiled by Mike Rowe	4 LP box set Chess 6641 174 (UK Phonogram) Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113, p. 24-25
8	1975	Mississippi Blues Blues Scene USA Vol. 4 Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning Roosevelt Charles - Bye Bye Baby Blues Big Joe Williams, Coot Venson - Sugar Mama Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More Big Joe Williams, Willie Lee Harris - I Can Seen My Baby In My Dreams Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues Arthur Weston, Big Joe Williams, George Robertson - Someday Baby Big Joe Williams, Coot Venson - Long Road Blues Johnny Young - Pony Blues Big Joe Williams, Ruby McCoy - Rising Sun Blues Johnny Young & Big Boy Spires [sic] - 21 Below Zero [Testament unissued] Jimmy Brown, Big Joe Williams, Willie Lee Harris - Goin' Back Home Big John Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller - Down Here By Myself rec. October 9, 1965 in Chicago by Pete Welding; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, voc, g; Johnny Young, g	notes by Pete Welding Storyville SLP 180 = Storyville 670180 = Teichiku ULS-1815-R (Jp) = Storyville SLP 4035 "Blues Roots Vol. 1" Storyville discography
9	1976	Chicago Slickers 1948-1953 Little Walter - I Want My Baby Floyd Jones - School Days - Hard Time Forest City Joe - A Woman On Every Street Little Walter - Just Keep Lovin' Her John Brim - Dark Clouds - Lonesome Man Blues Earl Hooker - Sweet Angel Johnny Shines - Ramblin' - Cool Driver Homesick James - Lonesome Ole Train - Farmer's Blues Delta Joe - Train Time Big Boy Spires - About To Lose My Mind [Chance 1137] Floyd Jones - Early Morning	notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 102 Nighthawk discography
10	1977	Johnny Shines & Big Boy Spires with Johnny Williams Chance Vintage Blues R&B Crops Vol. 1 Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (take 2) - No Name Blues - Brutal Hearted Woman - Gonna Call The Angel (rehearsal and take 3) - Evening Shuffle (take 3) Big Boy Spires - Pine Gasoline (originally issued as "About To Lose My Mind") [Chance 1137] Big Boy Spires - Sometimes I Wonder (originally issued as "Which One Do I Love") [Chance 1137] - Someday Little Darling [Chance unissued] * - My Baby Left Me [Chance unissued] * - Rhythm Rock Boogie [Chance unissued] * - Tired Of Being Mistreated [Chance unissued] * Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman [Chance unissued] [] - Fat Mouth [Chance unissued] [] rec. January 17, 1953 in Chicago; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, g, * voc; Johnny Williams, g, [] voc; John Lee Henley or P.T. Hayes, hca; Ted Porter, dr	P-Vine PLP 705 (Jp)
11	197?	Black Cat Trail Elmore James - Hawaiian Blues Big Boy Spires - Murmur Low [Checker 752] Johnny Howard - Vacation Blues Slim Pickens - Bad Woman Blues Robert Nighthawk - Crying Won't Help You Grace Brim - Strange Man Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag Otis Hinton - Walking Down Hill Snooky Pryor - Boogie Twist Black Diamond - T. P. Railer Chicago Sunny Boy - Western Union Man Baby Face Leroy - Pet Rabbit Rev. Utah Smith - God's Mighty Hand Country Paul - Black Cat Trail	Mamlish S-3800 Mamlish discography
12	1979	Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues Smoky Babe - Boogy Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2 [Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes - this Jim Brewer track is actually / erraneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!!] Arthur Weston - Someday Baby Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning Big Joe Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller - Down Here By Myself Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero [Testament unissued] Johnny Young - Green Door Blues Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano Henry Brown - Low Down Drag Memphis Slim - Funky Blues Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue Memphis Slim - A Letter Home Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free	DLP Storyville 6.28470 = PGP RTB 2LP 3220044 to read liner notes click on pictures of covers G = German / E = English text has been black/white reversed to improve readability Storyville discography
13	1982	Chicago Blues In The Groove Black Music in the 50's Vol. 8 Eddie Boyd - Blue Coat Man L.C. McKinley - Tortured Blues - Be My Companion (Companion Blues) - Weeping Willow Blues Ernest Cotton - Empty Bed Eddie Ware - That's The Stuff I Love - Lonely Broken Heart Jo Jo Williams - All Pretty Wimmins Morris Pejoe - Let's Get High - It Hurts My Feeling Big Boy Spires & Willie Smith - Dark And Stormy Night [United unissued] * - Grooving This Morning [United unissued] * - You Can't Tell [United unissued] [] - Rock With My Baby [United unissued] [] rec. 1954/55 in Chicago; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, g, * voc; Willie 'Long Time' Smith, p, [] voc; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, hca; Eddie El, g; b; dr, [] Ted Porter, dr	P-Vine PLP-9040 (Jp)
14	2/1984	Going Back Home Chicago Bluesmasters Vol. 3 Big Joe Williams - Goin' Back Home [Vee-Jay 227] - My Baby Left Me [Vee-Jay 227] - King's Highway [Vee-Jay unissued] - Eula Mae [Vee-Jay unissued] Big Boy Spires - About To Lose My Mind [Chance 1137] - Which One Do I Love [Chance 1137] Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman [Chance unissued] - Fat Mouth [Chance unissued] Little Walter - That's Alright - Just Keep Loving Her John Lee Hooker - Talkin Boogie - Miss Lorraine - I Love To Boogie - Graveyard Blues - 609 Boogie - Road Trouble	notes by Bez Turner Charly CRB 1067 (UK)
15	1989	Morris Pejoe, Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith: Wrapped In My Baby - Chicago Blues Morris Pejoe - Let's Get High - You Messed Up - I Wish My Baby - Move It On Out And Go - May Bea - Treat Me The Same - Baby, You Know That's Wrong - Let's Get High (alt. tk.) - You Gone Away # - She Walked Right In # Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith [sic] - Dark And Stormy Night [United unissued] * - Moody This Morning [United unissued] * - You Can't Tell [United unissued] [] - Wrapped In My Baby [United unissued] [] rec. 1954/55 in Chicago; Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, g, * voc; Willie 'Long Time' Smith, p, [] voc; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, hca; Eddie El, g; b; dr, [] Ted Porter, dr # on Delmark CD only	cover art by George Hansen Pearl PL 16 notes by Bill Dahl = Delmark DD 716 (1998)
16	1997	Chicago Blues: The Chance Era - Miss Lorraine - John Lee Hooker - I Love To Boogie - John Lee Hooker - That's Alright (Ora Nelle Blues) - Little Walter - Lonesome Old Train - Homesick James - Williamson Shuffle - Homesick James - About To Lose My Mind - Big Boy Spires [Chance 1137] - My Baby Left Me - Big Boy Spires [Chance unissued] - Some Day Little Darling - Big Boy Spires [Chance unissued] - She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas - I Had A Dream - Lazy Bill Lucas - Price Of Love - J.B. Hutto - Pet Cream Man - J.B. Hutto - Lovin' You - J.B. Hutto - Whiskey Headed Woman - Homesick James - 12th Street Station - Homesick James - Wartime - Homesick James - Silver Haired Woman - Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth - Johnny Williams - Nervous Wreck - Willie Nix - No More Love - Willie Nix - The Woman I Love (My Home Is In Georgia) - Homesick James - Dirty Rat - Homesick James - Baby Please Don't Throw Me Down - Jimmy Eager - I Should Have Loved Her More - Jimmy Eager - Graveyard Blues - John Lee Hooker - Road Trouble - John Lee Hooker - Talkin' Boogie - John Lee Hooker - I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter - Homesick - Homesick James - Williamson Boogie - Homesick James - Which One Do I Love (Sometimes I Wonder) - Big Boy Spires [Chance 1137] - Rhythm Rock Boogie - Big Boy Spires [Chance unissued] - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Big Boy Spires [Chance unissued] - Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix - All By Myself - Willie Nix - My Baby's Gone - Lazy Bill Lucas - I Can't Eat, Can't Sleep - Lazy Bill Lucas - Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto - Dim Lights - J.B. Hutto - Things Are So Slow - J.B. Hutto - Johnnie Mae - Homesick James - Farmer's Blues - Homesick James - Lonesome Blues - Homesick James - Roll, Tumble And Slip (I Cried) - Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (4 O'clock Blues) - Sunnyland Slim - Long Lonesome Day - Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight - Homesick James - Now She's Gone - J.B. Hutto - Please Mr. Doctor - Jimmy Eager - 609 Boogie - John Lee Hooker	2 CD set Charly CDGR 146-2
17	200?	Down Home Blues Classics Chicago 1946 - 1954 disc 1 - Money Taking Woman - Johnny Young - Falling Rain Blues - Little Willie Foster - Dim Lights - J.B. & His Hawks - Dark Road - Floyd Jones - Blow Wind Blow - Muddy Waters - Bobby Town Boogie - Lee Brown - Wine O Woman - Tony Hollins - Floyd's Blue - Floyd Jones - I Had A Dream - Lazy Bill Lucas - Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix - Round About Boogie - Jimmy Rogers - Homesick - Homesick James - Carrie Lee - J.B. Lenoir - Pet Rabbit - Leroy Foster - Now She's Gone - J.B. & His Hawks - Schooldays On My Mind - Floyd Jones - It'll Plumb Get It - Morris Pejoe - Nervous Wreck - Willie Nix - You Can't Live Long - Floyd Jones - I Won't Let Her Do It - Tampa Red - Going Back To Memphis - Sunnyland Slim - I'll Get a Break - Tony Hollins - Loving You - J.B. & His Hawks - On The Road Again - Floyd Jones - Please Mr Doctor - Jimmy Eager disc 2 - Combination Boogie - J.B. & His Hawks - So Crazy About You Baby - Tampa Red - All By Myself - Willie Nix - Fishing Blues - Tony Hollins - Worried Man Blues - Johnny Williams - Four Day Jump - Little Willie Foster - Things Are So Slow - J.B. & His Hawks - She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas - Big World - Floyd Jones - My Little Girl Blues - Lee Brown - No More Love - Willie Nix - Devil Is A Busy Man - Sunnyland Slim - The Woman I Love - Homesick James - Any Old Lonesome Day - Floyd Jones - Can't Get Along - Morris Pejoe - Deep In Debt - J.B. Lenoir - Early Morning - Floyd Jones - Louella - Leroy Foster - Pet Cream Man - J.B.& His Hawks - Farmer's Blues - Homesick James - Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones - Should Have Loved Her More - Jimmy Eager - Mad Love - Muddy Waters - Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones - Lonesome Ole Train - Homesick James disc 3 - Tough Times - John Brim - Let Me Ride Your Mule - Johnny Young - New Little Girl, Litlte Girl - Lee Brown - Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones - Leaving Daddy Blues - Grace Brim - I Found My Baby - Jimmy Reed - Act Like You Love Me - Jimmy Rogers - Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines - Dust My Broom - Robert Lockwood - Bad Luck Blues - Albert King - Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters - My Baby Told Me - J.B. Lenoir - Lawdy Lawdy - Junior Wells - My Baby Walked Out On Me - Johnny Young - So Much Trouble - Tampa Red - Hoodoo Man - Junior Wells - Dark Clouds - John Brim - Don't Have To Hunt No More - Little Walter - I Want You For Myself - Snooky Pryor - Going Down The Line - Grace Brim - It's All Over Now - Sunnyland Slim - Easy Walkin' Papa - Essie Sykes - Lonesome Man Blues - John Brim - Which One Do I Love - Big Boy Spires [Chance 1137] - Back To Korea - Sunnyland Slim disc 4 - Jimmy's Boogie - Jimmy Reed - Rattlesnake - John Brim - Tonight With A Fool - Little Walter - Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones - Be On Your Merry Way - Albert King - Korea Blues - J.B. Lenior - (I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole - Robert Lockwood - Big Stars Falling - Tampa Red - Juniors Wail - Junior Wells - Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man - Muddy Waters - Gary Stomp - John Brim - Gonna Buy Me A Telephone - Morris Pejoe - Crosstown Blues - Snooky Pryor - Murmur Low - Big Boy Spires [Checker 752] - Roll And Rhumba - Jimmy Reed - Out On The Road - Jimmy Rogers - So Glad I Found You - Johnny Shines - Left Me With A Broken Heart - Jimmy Rogers - One Of These Days - Big Boy Spires [Checker 752] - Green And Lucky Blues - Tampa Red - Please Don't Say Goodbye - Essie Sykes - Come On Baby Now - Rocky Fuller - Bout The Break Of Day - Junior Wells - About To Lose My Mind - Big Boy Spires [Chance 1137] - Eagle Rock - Junior Wells	4 CD set Boulevard Vintage 1014
18	2012	Juke Joints   Vol. 3 disc 1 - I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo - My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone - Hop Wilson - Steady - Jerry McCain - Late Hours At Midnight - Homesick James - Ludella - Jimmy Rogers - Sail On, Little Girl - Pete McKinley - Alley Special - Wright Holmes - Play My Juke Box - Boy Green - Chicago Blues - Dan Pickett - Shackles Round My Body - David Wylie - Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicholls - Dial 110 Blues - Country Jim - About To Lose My Mind - Big Boy Spires - You Better Move On Away From Here - Honeyboy - Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim - Seems Like A Million Years tk 1 - Willie Nix - Western Union Man - Chicago Sunny Boy - Silver Haired Woman - Johnny Williams - She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas - Ride My New Car With Me - Big Joe Williams - After Hours - Earl Hooker - 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis - Bad Feeling Blues (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim - Feel So Worried tk 2 - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson - I Want A Roller - Smokey Hogg - Gary Stomp - John Brim disc 2 - Operator Blues tk 2 - Houston Boines - My Baby Left Me - John Lee Hooker - Lookin' For My Baby tk 5 - Little Milton - I'm Gonna Love You - Eddie Taylor - She's Gone With The Wind - The Sugarman - Eula Mae - Big Joe Williams - Ardelle - Pete McKinley - Happy Home Blues - D.C. Washington - I've Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo - That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers - Hello Central, Please Give Me 209 - Robert Lee Westmoreland - Crying - J.D. Edwards - I'll Move You - Eddie Kirkland - Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy - Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton - Hollywood Boogie - Country Jim - Chicken Stuff - Hop Wilson - Please Mam Forgive Me - Sunny James - You Better Watch That Jive - Smokey Hogg - Walking Talking Blues - Manny Nicholls - Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck - Highway 51 - Stick Horse Hammond - Jet Black Woman - Buddy Chiles - I Had A Dream - Lazy Bill Lucas - Got A Letter This Morning - Clarence London - Down South - Junior Blackmon disc 3 - She's Tough - Jerry Mccain - Baker Shop Boogie tk 1 - Willie Nix - Ridin' Home - Leslie Louis - Sad And Lonely - Country Jim - Crawdad - Smokey Hogg - No One To Love Me - Manny Nicholls - Wonderin' And Worryin' - Slim Harpo - Lightnin' Slim Boogie - Lightnin' Slim - A & B Blues - Boy Green - Homesick Blues - Homesick James - Fat Mouth - Johnny Williams - Number Writer - Dan Pickett - King's Highway - Big Joe Williams - John Henry - Pinetop Slim - Jammin' - Earl Hooker - Take It Easy - Nat Terry - Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks - Which One Do I Love - Big Boy Spires - Little School Girl - L.C. Greene - Excuse Me Baby - Sunny James - Have You A Match - Honeyboy - Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis - Want To Boogie-woogie - Clarence London - Love Me Mama - Boogie Bill Webb - Log House On The Hill - Leroy Johnson - You'll Always Have A Home - Eddie Taylor disc 4 - Jimmie's Boogie - Jimmy Reed - Rather Be Sloppy Drunk - Big Joe Williams - G-man Blues - Houston Boines - No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson - Y M & V Blues - Lost John Hunter - Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham - Strange Love - Slim Harpo - Size 4 Shoe - Smokey Hogg - I'm In Love - Jimmy Rogers - You Gotta Lay Down Mama - Johnny Beck - Jelly Roll Man - Bill Simpson - Cold In The Evening - J.D. Edwards - Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles - My Baby's Gone - Lazy Bill Lucas - Forgive Me - Manny Nicholls - Don't Do It Again - Leslie Louis - Good Lookin' Woman - Country Jim - Goin' Back To Mama - Clarence London - Truck 'em On Down - Stick Horse Hammond - Goin' Back Home Today - Willie Baker - Uncle Sam Blues - Pinebluff Pete - Harlem Women - Hank Kilroy - Don't Want Me Blues - Pete McKinley - Broke And Hungry - Hop Wilson - I Don't Know Why - Nat Terry - Boogie - Boogie Bill Webb compiled by Neil Slaven	4 CD set notes by Neil Slaven JSP JSPCD 77150
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 503, 497, 582
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 479
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968.- p. 302
- Pete Welding: Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires: A Bio-Discography.- Blues Unlimited 28 (1965), p. 2-5. - reprinted in: Simon E. Napier (ed.): Back Woods Blues.- pp. 20-22.- reprinted in: Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London, 1971, pp. 78-79
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/chance.html
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/chess1.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Back cover of  Chess 411 (photographer: Pete Welding)

thanks to Marc Claes for additional info / scans

Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires
source: Back cover of Chess LP 411; photographer: Pete Welding

 

Pete Welding: Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires: A Bio-Discography.-
in: Simon A. Napier (ed.): Back Woods Blues.- Bexhill-On-Sea 1968, pp. 20-22
  (reprint from Blues Unlimited 28 (1965))

The article above is published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, it may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.