Henry Townsend 78 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
10 inch 78 rpm
1	1929	Henry Townsend - Mistreated Blues (403301-A) - Poor Man Blues (403303-A) rec. November 15, 1929 in Chicago, Ill.; Henry Townsend, voc. g	Columbia 14491-D
2	1929	Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues (403300-A) - Long Ago Blues (403302-A) rec. November 15, 1929 in Chicago, Ill.; Henry Townsend, voc. g	Columbia 14529-D
3	1931	Henry Townsend - Doctor Oh Doctor (L-465-1) - Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub (L-469-1) rec. c. May, 1931 in Grafton, Wis.; Henry Townsend, voc. g	Paramount 13097
		- Sunshine Special Blues (69400-2) - Hard Rock Was My Pillow (69402-2) rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, Ky; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p; Henry Townsend, g	Victor unissued
4	1931	Willie Kelly - As True As I've Been To You (69403-1) # - Don't Squeeze Me Too Tight (69419-2) * # rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, Ky; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. June 10, 1931 in Louisville, Ky; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p	Victor 23286
5	1931	Willie Kelly - No Settled Mind Blues (69401-1) # - Hard Luck Man Blues (69404-1) * # rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, Ky; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, Ky; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p; Clifford Gibson, g	Victor 23320
6	1931	Jesse Townsend - No Home Blues (69410-2) - Take A Chance (69411-2) rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, Ky; Henry Townsend, voc, g; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p	Victor 23322
		Henry Thomas - Can't Do That No More (77309-1) rec. December 11, 1933 in Chicago, Ill.; Henry Townsend, voc. g; Roosevelt Sykes, p	Bluebird unissued
7	1933	Henry Thomas - She's Got What I Want (77310-1) - My Sweet Candy (77311-1) rec. December 11, 1933 in Chicago, Ill.; Henry Townsend, voc. g; Roosevelt Sykes, p	Bluebird B5343 = Sunrise S3424
8	1933	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, Ill.; Henry Townsend, voc. g	Bluebird B5411
9	1935	Joe Williams - Little Leg Woman (85487-1) - Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff (85488-1) # rec. Chicago, February 25, 1935; Joe Williams, voc, g; # Henry Townsend, g	Bluebird B5900
10	1935	Henry Townsend - Don't Love That Woman (85493-1) - She's Got A Mean Disposition (85494-1) rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, Ill.; Henry Townsend, voc, g	Bluebird B5966
11	1935	Pine Top - Tell Her About Me (91439-1) - Workhouse Blues (91442-1) rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, Ill.; Aaron Sparks, voc, p; Henry Townsend, g	Bluebird B6041 1)
12	1935	Peter J. Clayton / Milton Sparks Peter J. Clayton - Yo Yo Jive [No. 2] (91416-1) * Milton Sparks - Grinder Blues (91447-1) # * rec. July 27, 1935 in Chicago; Peter J. Clayton, voc; Beatrice 'Toots' Willis, p # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago; Milton Sparks, voc; Aaron Sparks, p; Henry Townsend, g	Bluebird B6096
13	1935	Walter Davis / Pine Top Walter Davis - Santa Claus (91434-1) * Pine Top - Every Day I Have The Blues (91440-1) # # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, Ill.; Aaron Sparks, voc, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, Ill.; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g	Bluebird B6125
14	1935	Tampa Red / Milton Sparks Tampa Red - Rowdy Woman Blues (91404-1) * Milton Sparks - I Wake Up In The Morning (91448-1) * rec. July 27, 1935 in Chicago, Ill.; Tampa Red, voc, g, k; Myrtle Jenkins, p; unknown, sb # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago; Milton Sparks, voc; Aaron Sparks, p; Henry Townsend, g	Bluebird B6126
15	1935	Memphis Minnie / Pine Top Memphis Minnie - Hustlin' Woman Blues (96227-1) * Pine Top - Got The Blues About My Baby (91441-1) # # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, Ill.; Aaron Sparks, voc, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, Ill.; Memphis Minnie, voc, g; prob. Black Bob, p; Casey Bill Weldon, stg; Bill Settles, sb	Bluebird B6202
16	1935	Bumble Bee Slim / Milton Sparks Bumble Bee Slim - Everybody's Fishing (85533-1) * Milton Sparks - Ina Blues (91446-1) # * rec. February 27, 1935 in Chicago, Ill.; Amos Easton, voc; poss. Horace Malcolm, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago; Milton Sparks, voc; Walter Davis, p; Henry Townsend, g	* Bluebird B5964 (as by "Amos") Bluebird B6521
17	1936	Bo Carter / Milton Sparks Bo Carter - T Baby Blues (99234-1) * Milton Sparks - Erie Train Blues (91445-1) # # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago; Milton Sparks, voc; Walter Davis, p; Henry Townsend, g * rec. February 20, 1936 in Chicago, Ill.; Bo Carter, voc, g	Bluebird B6529 1)
18	1935	Henry Townsend / Bo Chatman - She's Got A Mean Disposition (85494-1) * - I Got The Blues (99235-1) (Bo Chatman) * rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, Ill.; Henry Townsend, voc, g	Bluebird B6589
19	1937	Henry Townsend - Lose Your Man (016534-1) - Now I Stay Away (016537-1) rec. November 11, 1937 in Aurora, Ill.; Henry Townsend, voc. g, unknown, p; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, h	Bluebird B7453
20	1937	Henry Townsend - All I've Got's Gone (016535-1) - A Ramblin' Mind (016536-1) rec. November 11, 1937 in Aurora, Ill.; Henry Townsend, voc. g, unknown, p; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, h	Bluebird B7474
21	1948	St. Louis Jimmy [sic] - Now I'm Through (A) # - Mr. Brown Boogie (instr) (B) rec. 1948 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, g, # voc; Henry Brown Roosevelt Sykes, p [info from Jaap Hindriks]; b	Bullet 291
LP / CD compilations
22	1962	Henry Townsend: Tired Of Bein’ Mistreated - Cairo's My Baby's Home - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Rocks Have Been My Pillow - The Train Is Coming - She Just Walked Away - I Asked Her If She Loved Me - I Got Tired - My Home Ain't There - All My Money Gone - She Drove Me To Drinking - My Baby Have Come Back rec. May 17, 1961 at Technisonic Studios, St. Louis by Sam Charters; Henry Townsend, voc, g, p; Tommy Bankhead, g	notes by Samuel B. Charters Bluesville BV 1041 Bluesville discography notes by Samuel Charters = Folkways FS 3816 (1984) "The Blues In St. Louis Vol. 3"
23	1964	The Country Blues Volume 2 Texas Alexander - Levee Camp Moan Peg Leg Howell - Tishamingo Blues Henry Townsend - Mistreated Blues Eddie Kelly's Washboard Band - Poole County Blues Papa Charlie Jackson - Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues "Georgia Bill" - Scarey Day Blues Luke Jordan - Church Bells Blues Bo Carter - I'm An Old Bumble Bee Charlie Lincoln - Jealous Hearted Blues Bukka White - Strange Place Blues Blind Boy Fuller with Sonny Terry - Bye Bye Baby Blues Charlie Pickett - Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon Brownsville Son Bonds - Weary Worried Big Maceo with Tampa Red - Maceo's 32 - 20 Compiled and edited by Samuel Charters	RBF 9 RBF discography
2	1965	Conversation With The Blues A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver LP tracks: Boogie Woogie Red - So Much Good Feeling (spoken, with own piano) Willie Thomas - A Little Different spoken James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead (Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar) Lil' Son Jackson - The Onliest Way (spoken) J.B. Lenoir - My Father's Style (guitar solo) J.B. Lenoir - So It Rocked On (spoken) J.B. Lenoir - Move To Kansas City (vocal and own guitar) Otis Spann - When She Comes Back (spoken) Otis Spann - Poor Country Boy (vocal, with own piano) Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't No Easy Thing (spoken) Mance Lipscomb - Evil Heart Blues (vocal and own piano) Blind Arvella Gray - A Roughneck (spoken) Roosevelt Sykes - West Helena Blues (vocal and guitar) Will Shade - Days Of Nineteen-Hundred (spoken) Will Shade - Newport News Blues (vocal and own guitar) Whistling Alex Moore - Chock House Days (spoken) Whistling Alex Moore - Come and Get Me (vocal and own piano) Whistling Alex Moore - Chock House Days (spoken) Brother John Sellers - Move Back For What? (spoken) J. B. Lenoir - I Been Down So Long (vocal and own guitar) Jasper Love - Santa Fé Blues (vocal and piano) John Lee Hooker - Somewhere Down The Line (spoken) Robert Curtis Smith - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change (vocal and own guitar) Otis Spann - Only Places They Can Go (spoken) Otis Spann - People Calls Me Lucky (vocal and own piano) Henry Townsend - What Have I Committed (spoken) # James Butch Cage - Tween Midnight And Day (vocal and own guitar) Little Brother Montgomery - Walking Basses (spoken) Little Brother Montgomery - Dud Low Joe (piano solo) Little Brother Montgomery - It's A Barrelhouse Blues (spoken) [] Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues (vocal with piano) Little Brother Montgomery - They Beat Me To Chicago (spoken) [] Roosevelt Sykes - They All Called Him 'Pork Chops' (spoken) Roosevelt Sykes - Forty-Four Blues (vocal and own piano) Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Doctor Clayton And Me (spoken) [] Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - Take A Little Walk With Me (vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano) [] Edwin Buster Pickens - To Have The Blues Within (spoken) Mance Lipscomb - Blues In The Bottle (vocal and own guitar) CD tracks: - So Much Good Feeling - Boogie Woogie Red - A Little Different - Willie Thomas - Kill That Nigger Dead - James "Butch" Cage & Willie Thomas - The Onliest Way - Lil Son Jackson - My Father's Style / So It Rocked On / Move To Kansas City - J.B. Lenoir - When She Come Back / Poor Country Boy - Otis Spann - Ain't No Easy Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins - Evil Heart Blues - Mance Lipscomb - A Roughneck - Blind Arvella Gray - West Helena Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Days of 1900 / Newport News Blues - Will Shade - Chock House Days / Come and Get Me - Whistling Alex Moore - Move Back! For What? - Brother John Sellers - Been Down So Long - J.B. Lenoir - A Place They Call Boots' - James "Stump" Johnson [] - Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown [] - They Called Us Gandy Dancers / Work Songs / John Henry - Blind Arvella Gray with Blind James Brewer [] - Santa Fe Train - Edwin "Buster" Pickens - Most Reason I Sing - Robert Curtis Smith - Santa Fe Blues - Jasper Love - Somewhere Down The Line - John Lee Hooker - I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change - Robert Curtis Smith - Only Places They Can Go / People Call Me Lucky - Otis Spann - What Have I Committed? - Henry Townsend # - 'Tween Midnight And Day - James "Butch" Cage - Walking Basses / Dud Low Joe / The First Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - They Call Him "Pork Chops" / Forty-Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Blues In The Bottle - Mance Lipscomb - To Have The Blues Within - Edward "Buster" Pickens - Colorado Springs Blues - Edwin "Buster" Pickens [] # rec. 1960 in Chicago, IL; LP resp. CD accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title [] = not on LP resp. CD !!!	Decca LK 4664 2nd ed. (1997) of book (with enclosed CD)
25	1966	Blues Rediscoveries Compiled and Edited by Samuel Charters Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Tellin' - Avalon Blues Bukka White - Sleepy Man Blues - Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues Henry Townsend - Poor Man Blues John Estes - Poor Man's Friend - Liquor Store Blues Blind Gary Davis - Oh Lord Search My Heart - You Got to Go Down Peg Leg Howell - Doin' Wrong Furry Lewis - Jelly Roll - Sweet Papa Moan Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 - Someday Baby	RBF 11 RBF discography
26	1968	The Blues In St. Louis 1929-1937 Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues Kokomo Arnold - Set Down Gal Barrel House Buck - I Got To Go Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - C & A Blues Henry Spaulding - Biddle Street Blues Bessie Mae Smith - St. Louis Daddy Henry Townsend - She's Got A Mean Disposition Walter Davis - Sloppy Drunk Again Charley Jordan - Tight Haired Mama Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Sleepless Night Blues Teddy Darby - Deceiving Blues Alice Moore - Black Evil Blues Speckled Red - House Dance Blues Peetie Wheatstraw and His Blues-Blowers - Throw Me In The Alley	Origin Jazz Library OJL-20 OJL discography
27	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	notes by Don Kent Belzona L 1003 = Yazoo L 1003 = CD 1003 YAZ [1991] with different liner notes ! Yazoo discography
28	1968	Missouri and Tennessee 1924-1937 Missouri Charley Jordan - Raidin' Squad The Two Charlies - Got Your Water On - Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me Henry Spaulding - Biddle Street Blues Stovepipe No. 1 - Lonesome John - Fisher's Hornpipe Henry Townsend - She's Got A Mean Disposition Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett - A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time Tennessee Hambone Willie Newbern - Hambone Willie's Dreamy-eyed Woman's Blues - Way Down In Arkansas Banjo Joe - My Money Never Runs Out Rosie Mae Moore - Staggering Blues James "Yank" Rachel - Little Sarah - T-Bone Steak Blues Charlie Pickett - Crazy 'bout My Black Gal Memphis Jug Band - Evergreen Money Blues	Roots RL 310 Roots discography
29	1969	Up And Down The Mississippi Richard (Rabbit) Brown - Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child - I'm Not Jealous Roots Buddy Boy Hawkins - Jailhouse Fire Blues - Shaggy Dog Blues Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler) - You Can't Keep No Brown Mae Glover & John Byrd - Pig Meat Papa Jim Thompkins - Bedside Blues Bertha Lee & Charley Patton - Mind Reader Blues Robert Lee McCoy - Friar's Point Blues Mississippi Bracey - You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door - I'll Overcome Someday Will Weldon - Hitch Me To Your Buggy Little Buddy Doyle - Grief Will Kill Me - Bad In Mind Blues Lane Hardin - California Desert Blues Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues	Roots RL-319 Roots discography
30	19??	Hard Time Blues - St. Louis 1933-1940 Lane Hardin - Hard Times Blues (1935) Aaron “Pinetop” Sparks - Workhouse Blues (1935) Mary Harris - Happy New Year Blues (1935) Roosevelt Sykes - Drunken Gambler (1937) Henry Townsend - Don’t Love That Woman (1934) Charly Jordan - Tight Time Blues (1934) Walter Davis - Just Thinking (1940) Blind Teddy Darby - Pitty Pat Blues (1933) Peetie Wheatstraw - Third Streets Going Down (1937) Alice Moore - Blue Black and Evil Blues (1935) Charlie McFadden - Times Are So Tight (1933) Leroy Henderson - Good Scuffler Blues (1935) Milton Parks - Grinder Blues (1935) Lane Hardin - California Desert Blues (1935)	Mamlish S-3806 Mamlish discography
31	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
32	197?	Things Have Changed an anthology of today's blues from St. Louis Henry Townsend - Cairo Blues Arthur Weston - Uncle Sam Called Me George McCoy - Things Have Changed Jimmy Brown - Two Trains Ethel McCoy - Bumble Bee Henry Brown - Webster's Blues George McCoy - Train Arthur Weston - Highway 49 Henry Townsend - Christmas Blues Clarence Johnson - Baby Let Me Come Back Home Henry Townsend - Tired Of Being Mistreated Henry Brown - Henry's Jive rec. 1969	notes by Dick Spottswood, Don Kent & Stephen Calt Adelphi AD 1012 Adelphi discography
33	1973	Henry Townsend: Henry T. Music Man Henry Townsend and Backwards Sam Firk with Henry Brown and Vernell Townsend - Cairo Blues * - Tired Of Being Mistreated * - Biddle Street Blues - She Walked Away - Every Day of My Life - Sloppy Drunk Again - Why Do We Love Each Other - Deep Morgan Stomp - Buzz, Buzz, Buzz - Heart Trouble - Doing Better in Life - Do You Remember Me? - Now or Never! * on CD only	Adelphi AD 1016 = Genes/Adelphi CD 9916 (1999) Adelphi discography
34	1977	39th National Folk Festival Albert Hash and the Whitetop Mountain Band - Single Girl, Married Girl - I'll Fly Away Kyle Creed - Roustabout Abe Horton - House Carpenter E.C. Ball - Old Jimmy Sutton Ted Lundy - Sally Anne Rose Maddox - Philadelphia Lawyer Graham Townsend - Hangman's Reel Dewey Balfa - Indian On A Stump Joe Politte - Sugar In The Gourd The Balfa Brothers - Tu en a eu, mais tu en aura plus Joe & Antoinette McKenna - Unnamed Reel - Drops Of Brandy / Unnamed Slip Jig Joe Jerdak - Bellydancing Mawwal Cheremosh Musicians - Girls Dance Medley Rumisonkos - Augite de Putina John Jackson - You Ain't No Woman Henry Townsend - Walk All Night rec. July 29-31, 1977 at Wolf Trap Farm Park, Vienna, VA	NCTA NFF-77 www.ncta.net (National Council for the Traditional Arts)
35	1980	Henry Townsend & Vernell Townsend, Piano Slim: St. Louis Blues - Baby Please Don't Go - Baby Tell Me What Is On Your Mind - Goodbye, Baby - Cairo - I Hate To Leave - What Tomorrow Brings - As She's Gone, I'm Looking Right Into Her Heart - Trying To Be Satisfied - Going Back Home - M & O - Going Down Slow - Early In The Morning - Sloppy Drunk - Tired Of Being Mistreated side one rec. Nov. 1980 at Heinz Studios, Vienna, Austria side two rec. Nov. 1980, live in Kufstein, Austria	Wolf 120.495 = Wolf CD 120.495
36	1980	Henry Townsend: "Mule" - Bad Luck Dice - Nothing But Trouble - Things Have Changed // - The Old Man's Soul - Tears Come Rollin' Down # [] § - It's A Hard Toad To Travel - Talkin' Guitar Blues # \\ - I'm Just An Ordinary Man - Alley Strut - Can't You See # [] - Dark Clouds Rising // - The Train Is At The Station - Overstayed My Time rec. 1979 in St. Louis, MO; Henry Townsend, voc, p, # g; [] Vernell Townsend, voc; Yank Rachell, // mand, \\ g; § Norman Merritt, g Nighthawk 201 notes	notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 201 = Nighthawk NHCD-201 (1993) Nighthawk discography
37	1981	Henry Townsend: Hard Luck Stories - Hard Luck Story - The Cutback Blues - Bring Me My Pistol And My Shotgun Too - Heartbroken Man Blues - Baby Boy Blues - Tears Settled In My Eyes - What Would You Do? - The Three G's Blues - Have No Fear - People Need People - I Got To Go rec. August 11, 12 & 15 1981 in St. Louis by Leo Bruin	Swingmaster 2107
38	1983	More Devil's Music Vol. 2 James DeShay Band - Crossroads - Pony Blues - Mistake In Life - Evil Is Going On - Hold That Train, Conductor - Forty Four Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At the Bottom Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues	Red Lightnin' RL 0038 Red Lightnin' discography
39	1986	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Four Dr. Ross - Chicago Breakdown - That's All Right, Mama - Biscuit Baking Woman Booker T. Laury - Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee - Disco Strut Son Thomas - Roll And Tumble Henry & Vernell Townsend - The Tears Come Rolling Down Henry Townsend - Standing Looking Out The Window Larry Johnson - The Wrong Woman - Can't You Hear The Angels Singing? Hezekiah & The Houserockers - Downhome Blues	Southland SLP-24 (=) Southland SCD-22 (2001) Southland discography
40	1986	Henry Townsend and Henry Spaulding (1929-37) Henry Spaulding (1929) - Cairo Blues - Biddle Street Blues Henry Townsend (1929 - 1937) - Henry's Worry Blues - Mistreated Blues - Long Ago Blues - Poor Man Blues - 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 on CD only: Charley Jordan - Stack O'Dollars Blues - Keep It Clean - Big Four Blues - Just a Spoonful - Two Street Blues - Raidin' Squad Blues - Hunkie Tunkie Blues - Gasoline Blues	Wolf WSE 117 Wolf CD WSE 110 St. Louis Blues: Charlie Jordan, Henry Townsend & Henry Spaulding Complete Recordings 1929-37
41	1992	Roots of Rhythm & Blues A Tribute to the Robert Johnson Era Johnny 'Ned' Shines & Kent DuChaine & ensemble - Sweet Home Chicago Lonnie Pitchford - Come On In My Kitchen Moving Star Hall Singers - You've Got to Move Henry Townsend - All My Money's Gone Robert Jr. Lockwood & Gene Schwartz, b - How Long, How Long Blues David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - That's Alright Jesse Mae Hemphill - Train, Train Elder Roma Wilson - This Train Phil Wiggins - Silver Comet Train Railroad Maintenance Crew - Captain Can't Read Johnny 'Ned' Shines - Satisfied - Watermelons David Savage - I'm Going Home John Cephas & Phil Wiggins - Brownsville Blues Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble - Loved And Lost Lonnie Pitchford - Walking Blues Johnny 'Ned' Shines - Tell Me Daddy, How You Want Your Rolling Done David Savage - Bertha Moving Star Hall Singers - If You Miss Me Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble - Moon Is Rising Robert Jr. Lockwood - Kindhearted Woman Blues Toshi Reagon - I Hate to See the Sun Go Down Lonnie Pitchford - Terraplane Blues Johnny 'Ned' Shines & ensemble - Milk Cow Blues - Fat Mama	notes by Barry Lee Pearson with introduction by Bernice Johnson Reagon CBS 48584
42	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-5147
43	1996	Too Late, Too Late Vol. 5 (1927-64) Sister Morgan (1927) - Hurry Down, Sunshine, And See What Tomorrow Brings Lonnie Johnson (1927) - Handfull O' Keys - Searchin' For Flats Cow Cow Davenport (1928) - Cow Cow Blues (take B) Elizabeth Johnson (1928) - Be My Kid Blues - Sobbin' Woman Blues Leroy Carr (1928) - Box Car Blues Frank Stokes (1929) - I'm Going Away Blues - Old Sometime Blues Henry Townsend (1931) - Doctor, Oh Doctor - Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub Blind Wille McTell (1933) - Broke Down Engine No. 2 (take 1) - Love Makin' Mama (take 2) John (Big Nig) Bray (1934) - Trench Blues. Leadbelly (1940) - Didn't Ol' John Cross The Water? Sonny Terry (1944/45) - I Have Had My Fun - Keys To The Highway Leadbelly (1945) - Eagle Rock Rag (alt. take) James 'Jack Of All Trades' McCain (1945) - Good Mr. Roosevelt Montana Taylor (1946) - Lowdown Bugle (take B) - Detroit Rocks Big Maceo (c. 1950) - Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool Scrapper Blackwell (1959) - How Long No. 2 Rev. Lonnie Farris (1964) - Peace In The Valley (Proverb 1001)	Document DOCD 5411
44	1999	Henry Townsend: The 88 Blues - I Believe In Love (g) - No Doggin' (p) - She's Gone (p) - You've Changed (g) - Drivin' On The Highway (g) - Search For Your Heart (p) - It's Got To End Somewhere (g) - Hear Me Cryin' (p) - Train Comin' (p) - Gone Too Long (g) - Change Your Name (g) - Leave You Alone (p) - The Way You're Actin' (g) - The 88 Blues (p) - Baby Please Don't Go (g) rec. 1997 at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, MO	Blueberry Hill CD BBH-032
45	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)
46	2000	Henry Townsend: St. Louis Blues Ace - Big City Blues - People Need People - Dirty Trick Blues - I'm Having Bad Luck - Too Pretty For Me - I'm Gonna Stay - Your Doggone Ways - The Three GS Blues - Night Is Falling - Hey Dear Brother - Heart Broken Man Blues - Slap Her Down - The Cut Back Blues - Down by That Muddy Pond - Baby Boy Blues rec. 1980-83 in St. Louis & 1987 in Groningen, The Netherlands	Swingmaster CD 2202
47	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 172 Catfish discography
48	2001	Henry Townsend: My Story - Less Than A Man - Tell Me - World Full Of People - No Fuss And Fight - Dreaming - You Should've Told Me - My Story - Help Me Darling - Screaming And Crying - Put Me On Hold - Goodbye - Repentance Blues rec. October 12/13, 1999 in Salina, Kansas	Apo CD 2014
49	2001	Henry Townsend: The Real St. Louis Blues - Can't You See; Mercy - Can't Help Myself - So Long, So Long - Pleasin' Myself - My Babe - Crying Won't Make Me Stay - Sad Story - I've Got To Go - Long Ago - Bye Bye St. Louis - Room And Board - What's On Your Mind - Let Her Go - I Regret - Every Once In A While - Going Back Home rec. August 1979 in St. Louis by Bob West	Arcola ACD 1002
50	2001	Big Al Calhoun: Harmonica Blues with Henry Townsend - Black Panther - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Al's Boogie-Woogie - Buy Me An Airplane - Shake Your Boogie - Medley: It's Too Late   Brother/MyBabe - That's All Right - Betty Lou # - Can't You See # * - Love Was In Our Hearts # - Wake Up Old Maid * - Tears Come Rollin' Down - Tin Pan Alley * - Old Story Blues # rec. August 29, 1979 in St. Louis; Big Al Calhoun, voc, hca; Henry Townsend, g, # voc; * Vernell Townsend, voc	Arcola ACD 1003
51	2001	National Downhome Blues Festival - Volume Two John Jackson - Bad Water Blues - Rocks & Gravel - I'm A Bad Man Albert Macon & Robert Thomas - She Wanna Do The Boogie Woogie - My Baby Don't Wear No Drawers Robert Lockwood - Big Legged Woman Snooky Pryor & Homesick James - Why You Want To Treat Me Like That - Boogie Twist Piano Red - Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo - Lowdown Dog Eddie Kirkland - I Got My Eyes On You Dr. Ross - Chicago Breakdown - That's All Right, Mama - Biscuit Baking Woman Booker T. Laury - Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee - Disco Strut Son Thomas - Roll And Tumble Henry & Vernell Townsend - The Tears Come Rolling Down Henry Townsend - Standing Looking Out The Window Larry Johnson - The Wrong Woman - Can't You Hear The Angels Singing? Hezekiah & The Houserockers - Downhome Blues	Southland SCD-22 Southland discography
52	2007	Bullet Records Blues - Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy - I Ain't Done Nothing Wrong - St. Louis Jimmy - My Trouble - St. Louis Jimmy - Sittin' And Thinkin' - St. Louis Jimmy - Mr. Brown Boogie - St. Louis Jimmy [sic] - Candy Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Why Should I Cry - Sykes, Roosevelt - Move Back To The Woods - Walter Davis - You've Got To Reap What You Sow - Walter Davis - Wonder What I'm Doing Wrong - Walter Davis - Got To See Her Every Night - Walter Davis - So Long Baby - Walter Davis - I Just Can't Help It - Walter Davis - Hard Times - Smokey Hogg - Jivin' Woman - Big Joe Williams - She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams - Miss Martha King - B.B. King - When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes - B.B. King - Evil Man Blues - Rudy Greene - No Good Woman Blues - Rudy Greene - Florida Blues - Rudy Greene - My Baby Left Me - Little Eddie - Darling You Know I Love You - Little Eddie - Why Don't You Let Me Be - J.D. Horton - Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton	notes by Fred James Blue CD SPV 49762
53	2009	Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 7 2010 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins - High Water Everywhere Parts 1 & 2 - Charley Patton - Hard Luck Child - Skip James - Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Mojo Hand Blues - Ida Cox - She's Crazy 'Bout Her Lovin' - Mississippi Sheiks - The Death Of Holmes' Mule Parts 1 & 2 - Charlie Turner and Winston Holmes - Slow Driving Moan - Ma Rainey - Early Morning Blues - Blind Blake - Coal Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson - Sawmill Moan - Ramblin' Thomas - This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix! - Rev. J. Gordon McPherson Supplementary CD tracks: - Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 1 - Frank Palmes - Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 2 - Frank Palmes - Married Man Blues - Test, tk. 2 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake - Married Man Blues - Test, tk. 3 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake - Doctor Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend - Jack O' Diamonds Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend remastered by Richard Nevins	Blues Images Vol. 7 (2010) Blues Images
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 927
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 459-460
- Mike Rowe & Charlie O'Brian: 'Well them two Sparks Brothers they been here and gone'.- Blues Unlimited 144 (Spring 1983), pp. 9-14
- http://deltabluescartel.tripod.com/discographies.htm
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/wolf/wolf1.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

¹⁾ black & white label pictures taken from Mike Rowe/Charlie O'Brian article in BU 1983

source of left column picture: front cover of Apo CD 2014

thanks to Jaap Hindriks and Russell Shor for additional info

Henry Townsend, St. Louis, 1962
(photo used on the front cover of Bluesville BV 1041)
source: eBay auction; photographer Ann / Sam Charters

 

Henry Townsend bio

A Blues Life
Henry Townsend as Told to Bill Greensmith