Henry Thomas 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
|---|
10 inch 78 rpm |
| | |
- The Fox And The Hounds (C-1021/22/23)
rec. June 30, 1927 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g, quills | Vocalion unissued |
| 1 | 1927 | Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- John Henry (C-1024/25) #
- Cottonfield Blues (C-1024/25)
rec. June 30, 1927 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g, # quills | 
Vocalion 1094 |
| 2 | 1927 | Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- The Fox And The Hounds (C-1198/99)
- Red River Blues (C-1205/06/07)
rec. October 5, 1927 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g; quills |
Vocalion 1137 |
| 3 | 1927 | Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- The Little Red Caboose (C-1200/01) #
- Bob McKinney (C-1202/03/04)
rec. October 5, 1927 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g; # quills |
Vocalion 1138 |
| 4 | 1927 | Henry Thomas "Rag Time Texas"
- Shanty Blues (C-1224/25)
- Woodhouse Blues (C-1226/27)
rec. October 7, 1927 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g | 
Vocalion 1139 |
| 5 | 1927 | Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Jonah In The Wilderness (C-1228/2)
- When The Train Comes Along (C-1230/31)
rec. October 7, 1927 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g |
Vocalion 1140 |
| 6 | 1927 | Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More Chance? (C-1220/21)
- Run, Mollie, Run (C-1222/23)
rec. October 7, 1927 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g; quills |
Vocalion 1141 |
| 7 | 1928 | Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Don't Ease Me In (C-2000- )
- Texas Easy Street Blues (C-2001- )
rec. June 13, 1928 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g | 
Vocalion 1197 |
| 8 | 1928 | Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Bull-Doze Blues (C-1999- )
- Old Country Stomp (C-2008- )
rec. June 13, 1928 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g; quills |
Vocalion 1230 |
| 9 | 1928 | Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Texas Worried Blues (C-2002- )
- Fishing Blues (C-2003- ) #
rec. June 13, 1928 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g; # quills |
Vocalion 1249 |
| 10 | 1928 | Henry Thomas / Georgia Tom & Tampa Red
Henry Thomas
- Arkansas (C-1028/29) #
Georgia Tom & Tampa Red
- Lonesome Man Blues (C-2324- ) *
# rec. July 1, 1927 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g
* rec. September 20, 1928 in Chicago; Georgia Tom, voc; Tampa Red, g |
Vocalion 1286= Supertone S2216 |
| 11 | 1929 | Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Railroadin' Some (C-4623- )
- Don't Leave Me Here (C-4624- )
rec. October 7, 1929 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g; quills |
Vocalion 1443 |
| 12 | 1929 | Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Charmin' Betsy (C-4621- ) #
- Lovin' Babe (C-4622- )
rec. October 7, 1929 in Chicago; Henry Thomas, voc, g; # quills |
Vocalion 1468 |
| | | Henry Thomas
- She's Got What I Want (77310-1)
- My Sweet Candy (77311-1)
rec. December 11, 1933 in Chicago; Henry Townsend, voc. g; Roosevelt Sykes, p |
Bluebird B5343
= Sunrise S3424 Henry Townsend
discography
|
| | | Henry Thomas / Walter Davis
- Sick With The Blues (77314-1) *
- Stormy Weather Blues No. 2 (77286-1) (Walter Davis)
* rec. December 11, 1933 in Chicago; Henry Townsend, voc. g; Roosevelt Sykes, p |
Bluebird B5411 Henry Townsend
discography
|
LP / CD compilations |
| 13 | 1952 | Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 2
Social Music
LP 1:
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- The Wild Wagoner - Jilson Setters
- Wake Up Jacob - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney And Blind Uncle Gaspard
- Georgia Stomp - Andrew And Jim Baxter
- Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming & His Pep-Steppers
- Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Saut Crapaud - Columbus Fruge
- Acadian One-Step - Joseph Falcon
- Home Sweet Home - Breaux Freres
- Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Moonshiner's Dance (part one) - Frank Cloutier And The Victoria Cafe Orchestra
LP 2:
- You Must Be Born Again - Rev. J.M. Gates
- Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting - Rev. J.M. Gates
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- This Song Of Love - Middle Georgia Singing Conv. No. 1
- Judgement - Sister Mary Nelson
- He Got Better Things For You - Memphis Sanctified Singers
- Since I Laid My Burden Down - Elders McIntorsh & Edwards' Sanctified Singers
- John The Baptist - Rev. Moses Mason
- Dry Bones - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- John The Revelator - Blind Willie Johnson
- Little Moses - Carter Family
- Shine On Me - Ernest Phipps & Holiness Singers
- Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- In The Battlefield For My Lord - Rev. D.C. Rice And Congregation
edited by Harry Smith | 2 LP set Folkways FP 252 
= Folkways FA 252
= Folkways FA 2952
1997 re-released
as 6 CD Box Set
by Smithsonian Folkways
www.folkways.si.edu
www.harrysmith
archives.com |
| 14 | 1962 | Really! The Country Blues 1927-1933
Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell Blues
William Moore
- Old Country Rock
Son House
- My Black Mama, Parts 1 and 2
Sunny Boy and His Pals
- France Blues
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Ishman Bracey
- Woman Woman Blues
Sam Collins
- The Jail House Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama
Henry Sims
- Tell Me Man Blues
Buster Johnson
- Undertaker Blues
Henry Thomas
- Don't Ease Me In
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues, Parts 1 and 2 | 
OJL 2
OJL discography |
| 15 | 1962 | Henry Thomas Sings The Texas Blues!
- John Henry #
- Cottonfield Blues #
- Arkansas
- The Fox And The Hounds #
- Red River Blues #
- The Little Red Caboose #
- Bob McKinney #
- Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More Chance? #
- Run, Mollie, Run #
- Shanty Blues #
- Woodhouse Blues #
- Jonah In The Wilderness
- When The Train Comes Along #
- Bull Doze Blues #
- Don't Ease Me In
- Texas Easy Street #
- Texas Worried Blues #
- Fishing Blues
- Old Country Stomp
- Charmin' Betsy
- Lovin' Babe
- Railroadin' Some
- Don't Leave Me Here
# tracks on OJL 3
 | 
OJL 3
OJL discographyDLP
notes by Mack McCormick
= Herwin H 209 (1975)
"Henry Thomas"
Herwin discography notes by Mack McCormick
= Yazoo L 1080/81 (1990)
"Texas Worried Blues" 
= Yazoo CD 1080/81 (1993)
"Texas Worried Blues"
Yazoo discography
|
| 16 | 1968 | Texas Country Music Vol. 1 (1927-1936)
Henry Thomas
- Arkansas
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Sunshine Special - take 1
Bernice Edwards
- Hot Mattress Stomp
J.T. "Funny Paper" Smith
- Before Long
Texas Tommy
- Jail Break Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
Billiken Johnson & Neal Roberts
- Frisco Blues
Coley Jones
- Sweet Mama Blues
Dallas String Band
- Dallas Rag
Blind Willie Johnson
- When The War Was On
- Praise God I'm Satisfied
Texas Alexander
- Section Gand Blues
- No More Woman Blues
- Sittin' On A Log
Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni | 
Roots RL 312 (UK)Roots discography |
| 17 | 1968 | Texas Country Music Vol. 2
1927-1937
Henry Thomas
- Charmin Betsy
Coley Jones
- The Elders He's My Man
Blind Willie Johnson
- If It Had Not Been For Jesus
Will Day
- Sunrise Blues
Texas Alexander
- Corn Bread Blues & Long Lonesome Blues
"Little Brother"
- Blues [Up And Down Building K.C. Line]
Andrew Hogg
- Family Trouble Blues
Litlle Hat Jones
- Corpus Blues
Billiken Johnson & Neal Roberts
- Wild Jack Blues
Blind Willie Johnson
- The Soul Of Man & Take Your Stand
Jack Ranger
- T.P. Window Blues
Whistlin' Alex Moore
- It Wouldn't Be So Hard
Leadbelly
- Packin' Trunk Blues & All Out & Down
Texas Alexander
- Long Lonesome Day Blues
- Corn-Bread Blues | 
Roots RL-315Roots discography |
| 18 | 1970 | Southern Sanctified Singers
Blind Willie Johnson
- Go With Me To That Land
Washington Phillips
- A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter
Bessie Johnson
- The Great Reaping Day
Bozie Sturdivant (Silent Grove Baptist Church)
- When I've Done The Best I Can, I Want My Crown
Sam Butler
- Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn
- Your Enimy Cannot Harm You (But Watch Your Best Friend)
Arizona Dranes
- In That Day
Blind Willie Davis
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Henry Thomas
- Jonah In The Wilderness
Washington Phillips
- I've Got The Key To The Kingdom
Rev. J.C. Burnett
- Put Your Trust In Jesus
Sam Butler
- Heaven Is My View
Blind Joe Taggart
- I'll Be Satisfied
Nugrape Twins
- There's A City Built On Mansions
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn
- The Gospel Train Is Coming
Elder Otis Jones
- Holy Mountain | 
Roots RL 328Roots discography |
| 19 | 1972? | Texas Blues 1927-1952
Henry Thomas
- Old Country Stomp
- Fishing Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Match Box Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Little Hat Blues
- New Two Sixteen Blues
- Two String Blues
Texas Bill Day
- Don't Get Love In Your Mind
Black Ace
- Lowing Heifer
Texas Alexander
- Yellow Girl Blues
- I Am Calling Blues
- Broken Yo-Yo
- Katy Crossing Blues
Oscar Woods
- Lone Wolf Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Another Fool In Town
- Sad News From Korea
Smoky Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues - part 1
- Penitentiary Blues - part 2 | 
Paltram PL-102 (Austria)
= Autogram PL-102 (G)
|
| 20 | 1975 | Blues, Boogie And Beat
Henry Thomas
- Don't Ease Me In | DLP
MCA / Victor 3521/22 (Jp)= MCA / Victor VIM-4636/37
(Jp 1981) |
| 21 | 1976 | Blues In The Twenties
Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Furry Lewis
- Sweet Papa Moan
Henry Thomas
- Cottonfield Blues
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- It's Tight Like That
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
- Trouble In Mind
Leroy Carr
- How Long How Long Blues - no. 2
Pine Top Smith
- Nobody Knows You When You'r Down And Out
Henry Spaulding
- Cairo Blues
Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods
- Last Chance Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Jim Jackson
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 1
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 2
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues
"Funny Paper" Smith
- Howlin' Wolf Blues no. 1 | 
MCA MCA-3525 (Jp) |
| 22 | 1979? | The Roots Of Rock
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- When The Levee Breaks
Charley Patton
- A Spoonful Blues
Bukka White
- Shake 'em On Down
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Bo Carter
- Corrine Corrine.
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues
Henry Thomas
- Bull Doze Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Blind Blake
- That Will Never Happen No More
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In | notes by Steve Calt
Yazoo 1063
Yazoo CD 1063 [1991?]
Yazoo discography |
| 22a | 1984 | Songsters & Saints
Vocal Traditions on Race Records Vol. 2
Medicine Show Songsters
Papa Charlie Jackson
- I'm Alabama Bound
- Long Gone Lost John
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- My Money Never Runs Out
Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon)
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
Jim Jackson
- Bye, Bye, Policeman
- My Monday Woman Blues
- Old Dog Blue
Beale Street Sheiks (Stokes and Sane)
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It
- Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon
Songsters East Ann West
Stovepipe No. 1 and David Crockett
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around
- A Woman Get's Tired Of The Same Man All The Time
Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Old Country Stomp
- Bob McKinney
- Arkansas
Luke Jordan
- Traveling Coon
- Cocaine Blues
Blind Blake
- He's In The Jail House Now
- West Coast Blues / Dry Bone Shuffle [?]
The Straining Preachers
Rev. J.C. Burnett
- The Donfall Of Nebuchadnezzar
- The Gambler's Doom
Rev. J.M. Gates
- Yonder Comes My Lord With A Bible In His Hand
- God's Wrath In The St. Louis Cyclone
- The Eagle Stirs Her Nest
Rev. F.W. McGee
- The Half Ain't Never Been Told
- Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale
Rev. D.C. Rice
- Come And See
- We Got The Same Kind Of Power Over Here
Arizona Dranes
- It's All Right Now
- Just Look
Blind Joe Taggart
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From Tares
- There's A Hand Writing On The Wall
Blind Willie Johnson
- If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
- God Moves On The Water
- The Rain Don't Fall On Me
Elders McIntosh and Edwards
- The Latter Rain Is Fall
Memphis Sanctified Singers
- He Got Better Things For You | DLP
Matchbox MSEX 2003/2004Matchbox discography |
| 23 | 1996 | The Roots Of Rap
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s
Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear This Building Down
Luke Jordan - Cocaine Blues
Allen Brothers - Bow Wow Blues
Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon - Jive Man Blues
Henry Thomas - Jonah In The Wilderness
Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag
Memphis Jug Band - Whitewash Station
Red Henderson - Automobile Ride Through Alabama
Speckled Re - The Dirty Dozen No. 2
Butterbeans & Susie - 'Tain't None O' Your Business
Beale Street Sheiks - It's A Good Thing
Jimmie Davis - She's A Hum Dum Dinger
Leroy Carr - Papa's On The House Top
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Let That Liar Alone
Frank Hutchinson - Back In My Home Town
T.C.I Section Crew - Track Linin
Blind Willie McTell - Atlanta Strut
Lonnie Glosson - Arkansas Hard Luck Blues
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom - How Can You Have The Blues?
Seven Foot Dilly & His Dill Pickles - Pickin' Off Peanuts
Pine Top Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Dixieland Jug Blowers - When I Stopped Running I Was At Home
Memphis Minnie - Frankie Jean | 
Yazoo CD 2018www.yazoorecords.com |
| 24 | 2000 | The Early Blues Roots of Bob Dylan
Under The Influence, Vol. 4
- Ragged And Dirty - Sleepy John Estes
- Blood In My Eyes - Mississippi Sheiks
- Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell
- Stack-O-Lee - Mississippi John Hurt
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Rev. J. C. Burnett
- Frankie And Albert - Mississippi John Hurt
- Sittin' On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Step It Up And Go - Blind Boy Fuller
- It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red
- Corrina Corrina - Bo Carter
- Honey Allow Me One More Chance - Texas Henry Thomas
- Fixin' To Die - Bukka White
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Railroad Bill - Will Bennett
- Motherless Children - Blind Willie Johnson
- Grasshoppers In My Pillow - Leadbelly
- Poor Lazarus - Josh White
- Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Candy Man - Mississippi John Hurt
- Po' Boy - Bukka White
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed - Blind Willie Johnson | 
Catfish CD 168 |
| 25 | 2000 | Henry Thomas: "Ragtime Texas"
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1927-1929
- John Henry
- Cottonfield Blues
- Arkansas
- The Fox And The Hounds
- The Little Red Caboose
- Bob McKinney
- Red River Blues
- Honey, Don’t You Allow Me One More Chance?
- Run, Mollie, Run
- Shanty Blues
- Woodhouse Blues
- Jonah In The Wilderness
- When The Train Comes Along
- Bull-Doze Blues
- Don’t Ease Me In
- Texas Easy Street Blues
- Fishing Blues
- Old Country Stomp
- Charmin‘ Betsy
- Lovin‘ Babe
- Railroadin‘ Some
- Don’t Leave Me Here | notes
by Ken Romanowski
Document DOCD 5665www.document-records.com |
| 26 | 2004 | Texas Blues: Early Blues Masters From The Lone Star State
disc 1
Henry Thomas
- John Henry
- Cottonfield Blues
- Arkansas
- The Fox And The Hounds
- The Little Red Caboose
- Bob McKinney
- Red River Blues
- Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More Chance
- Run, Mollie, Run
- Shanty Blues
- Woodhouse Blues
- Jonah In The Wilderness
- When The Train Comes Along
- Bull Doze Blues
- Don't Ease Me In
- Texas Easy Street
- Texas Worried Blues
- Fishing Blues
- Old Country Stomp
- Charmin' Betsy
- Lovin' Babe
- Railroadin' Some
- Don't Leave Me Here
Pete Harris
- Jack O'Diamonds
- Is You Mad At Me
- Blind Lemon's Song
- Carrie
disc 2
Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
- Hard To Rule Woman Blues
- Lock And Key Blues
- Sawmill Moan
- No Baby Blues
- Ramblin' Mind Blues
- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
- Jig Head Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues (Take 4)
- Ramblin' Man
- Poor Boy Blues
- Good Time Blues
- New Way Of Living Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Shake It Gal
- Ground Hog Blues No. 2
- Little Old Mama Blues
Willie Reed
- Dreaming Blues
- Texas Blues
- Leavin' Home
- Goin' Back To My Baby
- Some Low Down Groundhog Blues
- All Worn Out And Dry Blue
disc 3
Oscar Woods
Fence Breakin' Blues
Home Wreckin' Blues
Evil Hearted Woman Blues
Lone Wolf Blues
Don't Sell It - Don't Give It Away
Muscat Hill Blues
Don't Sell It (Don't Give it Away)
Baton Rouge Rag
Jam Session Blues
Low Life Blues
Token Blues
Come On Over To My House Baby
Look Here Baby, One Thing I Got To Say
Sometimes I Get To Thinkin' (Take 1)
Don't Sell It
Sometimes I Get To Thinkin' (Take 2)
Boll Weevil Blues
Smith Casey
Shorty George
Santa Fe Blues
Hesitating Blues
Two White Horses Standing In Line
Jack O'Diamonds
Mournful Blues
East Texas Rag
disc 4
Coley Jones
- my Mule In No Man's Land
- Traveling Man
- Drunkard's Special
- The Elder's He's My Man
Little Hat Jones
- New Two Sixteen Blues
- Two String Blues
- Rolled From Side To Side Blues
- Hurry Blues
- Little Hat Blues
- Corpus Blues
- Kentucky Blues
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
- Cross The Water Blue
- Cherry Street Blues
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas
- Down In Texas Blues
- My Heart's A Rolling Stone
- Blue Goose Blues
- No Good Woman Blues
Black Ace
- Trifling Woman
- Black Ace
- You Gonna Need My Help Some Day
- Whiskey And Women
- Christmas Time Blues
- Lowing Heifer | 4 CD box set
JSP CD 7730 |
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