Tarter & Gay 78 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
10 inch 78 rpm
1	1928	Tarter & Gay - Brownie Blues (47279-3) - Unknown Blues (47280-3) rec. November 2, 1928 in Bristol, Tenn.; Stephen Tarter, voc, g; Harry Gay, g	Victor V-38017
LP / CD compilations
2	1968?	East Coast Blues 1926-1935 Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag - take 2 - Dupree Blues Blind Blake - Blind Arthur's Breakdown William Moore - Barbershop Rag - Raggin' The Blues Carl Martin - Old Time Blues - Crow Jane Tarter & Gay - Unknown Blues - Brownie Blues Bo Weavil Jackson - Pistol Blues Bayless Rose - Original Blues - Black Dog Blues Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton - Myrtle Avenue Stomp - D. C. Rag	Yazoo L-1013 Yazoo CD 1013 (1992) Yazoo discography
3	1982	Ragtime Blues Guitar 1928-30 The Complete Recordings of William Moore, Tarter & Gay, Bayless Rose, Willie Walker in Chronological Order William (Bill) Moore - One Way Gal - Ragtime Crazy - Midnight Blues - Ragtime Millionaire - Tillie Lee - Barbershop Rag - Old Country Rock - Raggin' The Blues Tarter & Gay - Brownie Blues - Unknown Blues Bayless Rose - Jamestown Exhibition - Black Dog Blues - Original Blues - Frisco Blues Willie Walker - Dupree Blues - South Carolina Rag (tk. 1) - South Carolina Rag (tk. 2)	notes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSE-204 Matchbox discography
4	1988	Virginia Traditions - Southwest Virginia Blues - Brownie Blues - Steve Tarter And Harry Gay - Pan American Blues - Fred Galliher - Poor Boy Long Way From Home - James Henry Diggs - I Went Down In Virginia - Earl Gilmore - King Edward's Blues - King Edward Smith - Bear Creek Blues - The Carter Family - Mississippi Heavy Water Blues - Josh Thomas - Old Time Blues - Carl Martin - Take Care My Wife And My Baby - Howard Twine - Chattanooga Blues - Malcolm Johnson - False Hearted Lover's Blues – Dock Boggs - The War Is Over - Dave Dickerson - Going Down That Road Feeling Bad - "Cowboy" Thurman Burks - Bed Bugs Making Their Last Go 'round - Byrd Moore - Black Snake Moan - Spence Moore - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Bobby Buford And Keith Rogers Compiled & annotated by Vaughan Webb	Blue Ridge Institute BRI 008 = Global Village CD 1008 (1996)
5	1991	Ragtime Blues Guitar 1927-30 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Blind Arthur Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle (tk. 1) William (Bill) Moore - One Way Gal - Ragtime Crazy - Midnight Blues - Ragtime Millionaire - Tillie Lee - Barbershop Rag - Old Country Rock - Raggin' The Blues Tarter & Gay - Brownie Blues - Unknown Blues Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton - Myrtle Avenue Stomp - D. C. Rag - Chicken Wilson Blues - House Snake Blues - Frog Eye Stomp - Station House Rag Bayless Rose - Jamestown Exhibition - Black Dog Blues - Original Blues - Frisco Blues Willie Walker - Dupree Blues - South Carolina Rag (tk. 1) - South Carolina Rag (tk. 2)	notes by Chris Smith Document DOCD 5062>
6	1997	Raggin' The Blues - East Coast Blues Julius Daniels - Crow Jane Blues Blind Blake - You Gonna Quit Me Blues Luke Jordan - Church Bells Blues - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Cocaine Blues William Moore - Barbershop Rag - Old Country Rock - Raggin' The Blues Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Every Day In The Week Blues Tarter & Gay - Brownie Blues - Unknown Blues Willie Walker - Dupree Blues 1 - South Carolina Rag Josh White - Good Gal - Low Cotton - Blood Red River Blind Gary Davis - I'm Throwin' Up My Hands - Cross And Evil Woman Blues Carl Martin - Farewell To You Baby - Badly Mistreated Man - Crow Jane - Carl Martin - Old Time Blues Brownie McGhee - Picking My Tomatoes - Dealing With The Devil	Indigo IGOCD 2044
7	1999	Broke, Black And Blue An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities disc 1 Up Country Blues - Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews - Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney - Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band - Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland - Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake - Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey - Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed - Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob - Bo Lita - Kid Brown - Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith - Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan - Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen - It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley - Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley - Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black - Midnight Blues - Bill Moore - Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head - My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson - What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes - School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore - Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson - Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey - T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson - TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson disc 2 Broke & Hungry Blues - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey - No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander - How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson - Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay - Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson - Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt - Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell - Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey - Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell - Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins - Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend - Framer's Blues - Eli Framer - Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker - Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor - Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott - Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers - Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins - Walking Blues - Son House - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson - Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose - Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery disc 3 Good Whiskey Blues - Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - 22-20 Blues - Skip James - Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins - Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr - Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams - Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd - Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold - Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams - That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson - Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky - Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim - Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller - Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis - It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner - Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum - Prisoner Blues - George Clarke - Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon - Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods - Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam - Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle - Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson - Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan disc 4 Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White - Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather - Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe - Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown - Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown - Low Land Blues - Lee Brown - Round The World Blues - Lee Brown - Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon - Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon - Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon - I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon - Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple - Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple - My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon - It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon - That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon - Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon - I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple - Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple - Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple - Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple - Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple - New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown	4 CD set,   40 page booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
8	2002	Country Blues - the essential CD 1 - Weeping Willow - Blind Boy Fuller - Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson - Weak-Minded Woman - Willie Baker - Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey - Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimborough - Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell - California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin - Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers - Mississippi Jailhouse Groan - Rube Lacey - Charming Betsy - Henry Thomas - Mamlish Blues - Barefoot Bill - Easy Rider Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Davidson County Blues - De Ford Baily - Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones - Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan - Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson - One Way Gal - William Moore - Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties CD 2 - Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern - Police Sargeant Blues - Robert Wilkins - Penal Farm Blues - Scrapper Blackwell - Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter - Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone - Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay - Nehi Mamma Blues - Frank Stokes - I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover - Happy Blues - Tom Dickson - Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding - C.C. & O Blues - Pink Anderson and Simmy Dooley - I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis - John Henry Blues - Evans & Mcclain - Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln - Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley - Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis - Bye Bye Mama - Buddy Moss - Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins	2 CD set notes by Gary Atkinson Document CBL-200008
9	2007	A Richer Tradition - Country Blues & String Band Music 1923 - 1942 disc 1 - Guitar Blues - Sylvester Weaver - Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay - Ed Andrews - Sundown Blues - Daddy Stovepipe - Salt Lake City Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson - Whiskey And Gin Blues - South Street Trio - James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland - Hey Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull/Long "Cleve" Reed - Chicken Can Waltz the Gravy Around, A - Stovepipe No-1/David Crockett - Bamalong Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter - Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman - Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson - Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell - Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen - Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black - T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson - Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson - C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson/Simmie Dooley - Middlin' Blues - George "Bullet" Williams - Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimbrough - Kyle's Worried Blues - Charlie Kyle - Bull Frog Blues - William Harris - Sobbin' Woman Blues - Elizabeth Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson - Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay disc 2 - Jail House Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band - Blues, Just Blues, That's All - Old Southern Jug Band - String Band Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers - Black Cat Blues - Old Pal Smoke Shop Four - Dirty Guitar Blues - Leecan & Cooksey - Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers - Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland - Jug Band Special, The - Whistler & His Jug Band - Cold Morning Shout - South Street Trio - Violin Blues - Johnson Boys - Easy Winner - The Blue Boys - G- Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson/Nelson/Porkchop - I Got a Gal - James Cole's String Band . Jazz Fiddler, The - Walter Jacobs/Lonnie Carter - Knox Couty Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops - Adam And Eve - Tommie Bradley - Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four - Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band - Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers - Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper - Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks - Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper - Ted's Stomp - Louie Blue/Ted Bogan - Dusting the Frets - Dallas Jamboree Jug Band - Arkansas Traveller - Nashville Washboard Band disc 3 - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - "Long Cleve" Reed/Little Harvey Hull - Tuxedo Blues - Whistlin' Pete/Daddy Stovepipe - Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell - Back Door Blues - Emery Glen - Spanish Blues - Lewis Black - Helena Blues - Mooch Richardson - I Heard the Voice Of a Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington - Rising River Blues - George Carter - She Could Toodle-Oo - Hambone Willie Newbern - Weak Minded Woman - Willie Baker - Old Rock Island Blues - Lonnie Coleman - Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding - I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover - Showers Of Rain Blues - Edward Thompson - Framer's Blues - Eli Framer - If I Call You Mama - Luke Jordan - Never Drive a Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris - Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis - Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim - Shaking Weed Blues - Tommy Settlers - South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker - Beans - El Morrow/Beans Hambone - Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock - Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley - Hot Jelly Roll Blues - George Carter disc 4 - Labor Blues - Tom Dickson - Goin' Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough - No Baby - Charlie Kyle - Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris - Dreaming Blues - Willie Reed - Weeping Willow Blues - George Carter - Way Down In Arkansas - Hambone Willie Newbern - Wild About My Loving - Lonnie Coleman - Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone - Florida Bound - Edward Thompson - God Didn't Make No Monkey Man - Eli Framer - Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney - Diamond Ring Blues - Jim Jam (Walter Taylor) - Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins - Lonesome Midnight Dream - Willie Harris - Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd - That Won't Do - Arthur Pettis - Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter - 'Toby' Woman Blues - Gene Campbell - Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock - Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell - Farewell To You Baby - Carl Martin - Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky - Married Woman Blues - George Torey - Dago Blues - Virgil Childers	4 CD box JSP JSPCD 7798

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 731
- Kip Lornell: Tarter and Gay.- Living Blues # 27 (1976), p. 18
- Kip Lornell & Roddy Moore: Tarter and Gay revisited.- Juke # 8 (1987), p. 21
- Kip Lornell: Virginia's Blues, Country & Gospel Records 1902-1943 - An annotated discography.- The University Press of Kentucky 1989, p. 200
- eBay auctions
diverse internet resources

left column picture: Harry Gay 1970s (source: Kip Lornell & Roddy Moore: Tarter and Gay revisited.- Juke # 8 (1987), p. 21 --- Southwest Virginia Museum: "courtesy Mrs. Ollie Gillespie")

 
Kip Lornell: Virginia's Blues, Country & Gospel Records 1902-1943, p. 200