rec. Chicago, February 25, 1935; Joe Williams, voc, g; # Henry Townsend, g

# rec. Chicago, February 25, 1935; Joe Williams, voc, g
* rec. Chicago April 12, 1935; Albert Clemens (= Adam Wilcox; =? Cripple Clarence Lofton), voc, p; unknown g

# rec. Chicago, February 25, 1935; Joe Williams, voc, g
* rec. Chicago April 12, 1935; Sugar Cane Johnny (= Johnny Ellis), voc; prob. Carl Martin or Freddie Spruell, g; prob. Washboard Sam, wb

rec. Chicago, February 25, 1935; Joe Williams, voc, g

rec. Chicago, October 31, 1935; Joe Williams, voc, g; Chasey Collins, one-str. fiddle; 'Kokomo', wb

rec. Chicago, October 31, 1935; Joe Williams, voc, g; Chasey Collins, one-str. fiddle; 'Kokomo', wb

rec. Aurora, Ill., May 5, 1937; Joe Williams, voc, g; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Sonnyboy Williamson, hca

rec. Aurora, Ill., Chicago, May 5, 1937; Joe Williams, voc, g; Robert Lee McCoy, g; Sonnyboy Williamson, hca

rec. Chicago, March 27, 1941; Joe Williams, voc, g; William Mitchell, imb

rec. Chicago, March 27, 1941; Joe Williams, voc, g; William Mitchell, imb

RCA-Int. INT1087
RCA 731.016

rec. Chicago, March 27, 1941; Joe Williams, voc, g; William Mitchell, imb

rec. Chicago, December 12, 1941; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonnyboy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, bass cano

BMG/Bluebird NL 90320 (1989)

rec. Chicago, December 12, 1941; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonnyboy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, bass cano

rec. Chicago, December 12, 1941; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonnyboy Williamson, hca; Alfred Elkins, bass cano

rec. Chicago, July 12, 1945; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Jump Jackson, dr

# rec. Chicago, 1945; Joe Williams, voc, g; Clifford Danwiddie, wbd

rec. Chicago, July 22, 1945; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, Ransom Knowling, b, Judge Riley, dr

rec. Chicago, July 22, 1945; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, Ransom Knowling, b, Judge Riley, dr

= Columbia 38055

rec. Chicago, December 18, 1947; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, Ransom Knowling, b, Judge Riley, dr

= Columbia 38190

rec. Chicago, December 18, 1947; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, Ransom Knowling, b, Judge Riley, dr

rec. Chicago, December 18, 1947; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca, Ransom Knowling, b, Judge Riley, dr

rec. St. Louis 1949; Joe Williams, voc, g; Singleton Palmer, dr

and HIS 9 STRING GUITAR

- Mama Don't Allow Me (DRC 58)
- Delta Blues (DRC 59)

rec. 1952 in Jackson, Ms; Big Joe Williams, voc, g

& His 9 String Guitar

- Over Hauling Blues (DRC 94, ACA 2125)
- Whistling Pines (DRC 95, ACA 2126)

rec. 1952 in Jackson, Ms; Big Joe Williams, voc, g

AND HIS 9 STRING GUITAR

- Bad Heart Blues (DRC 99, ACA 2123)
- She Left Me A Mule (DRC 98, ACA 2124)

rec. 1952 in Jackson, Ms; Big Joe Williams, voc, g

rec. March 1952 in Shreveport, LA; Big Joe Williams, voc, g

Specialty SNTF 5014
(UK 1973)

rec. Chicago, October 16, 1956; Po Joe Williams, voc, g; Sam Fowler, hca; Al Duncan, dr

# rec. Chicago, October 16, 1956; Joe Williams, voc, g; Sam Fowler, hca; Al Duncan, dr

Vee-Jay VJS1000 (1957)

Vee Jay VJS1000

notes by Kurt Mohr



= Top Rank RLP 109 (Fr
1959 "Bluesville Chicago
Vol. 1")

- Peach Orchard Mama
- Tailor Made Babe
- Mellow Peaches
- Omaha Blues
- Big Joe Talking
- No More Whisky

- Drop Down Mama
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Shetland Pony Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Juanita
- Some Day Baby

 

- Baby Please Don't Go
- Drop Down Mama
- Mellow Peaches
- No More Whisky
- Tailor Made Babe
- Big Joe Talking

- Some Day Baby
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Juanita
- Shetland Pony Blues
- Omaha Blues

rec. 1958; + J.D. Short, g, hca

notes by Bob Koester





Delmar DL-602
= Delmark DL-602


= 77 LA 12/19 (UK 1963)

Delmark CD DD-602 (1993)

www.delmark.com

- All I Want Is My Train Fare Home #
- I'm Talking About You #

- Joe Williams' Blues #
- Don't Leave Me Here

rec. September 1/3, 1957 in Chicago by Erwin Helfer; Poor Joe Williams, voc, g; # Erwin Helfer, p

- Crawlin' King Snake
- Cow Cow Blues

- I May Be Wrong
- Keep A-Knockin'

rec. Chicago, Sept. 1/3, 1957 by Erwin Helfer; Poor Joe Williams, voc, g; Erwin Helfer, p
liner notes by Alexis Korner

Arhoolie F 1006

reissued on Arhoolie CD
432 (1995)
"Mississippi Blues 1960"

www.arhoolie.com

notes by Chris A. Strackwitz







Arhoolie F 1012

Arhoolie discography

- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Yo Yo Blues
- President Roosevelt
- Forty-Four Blues
- Greystone Blues
- I Want My Crown [with Mary Williams]

- Mean Stepfather
- Brother James
- Shake Your Boogie
- Vitamin A Blues
- She Left Me A Mule To Ride
- So Glad

rec. 1959/1960

notes by Chris Strachwitz





Arhoolie 1002

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Fontana 688 800 ZL (1965)
(Folk Blues USA series)

re-released (along with most of
Arhoolie1053) on Arhoolie CD
315 "Shake Your Boogie"

www.arhoolie.com

- Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey
- Penitentiary Blues
- If You Steal My Chickens You Can't Make 'Em Lay

- First Meeting
- How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home
- Wimmin From Coast to Coast

rec. Los Angeles, July 6, 1960

notes by Ed Michel

World Pacific WPL 296
= WP 1296 (mono)
= ST-1296 (stereo)

= Vogue LAE 12266 (1963)

notes by Ed Michel

= World Pacific ST-1817
"First Meetin'" (1963)

notes by Paul Oliver
Fontana 688.007 ZL (1964)
"Penitentiary Blues"
(Folk Blues U.S.A. series)

World Pacific WP 2826 (Jp)
"First Meetin' Of Blues Giants"

= United Artists GXF-38 (Jp 1978)

= Kimberly 2017 (mono)
= 11017 (stereo)
"Southern meetin'"

notes by Bill Dahl

(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061101
(2001)
"Lightnin' Hopkins &
The Blues Summit"

2 CD set

(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061477
(2005 remastered)
"Lightnin' Hopkins:
Blues Man -
Collector's Edition"

- Highway 49
- Poor Beggar
- Blues Left Texas
- 13 Highway
- Down In The Bottom
- Overhaul Your Machine

- That Thing's In Town
- Walk On, Little Girl
- Tiajuana Blues
- Highway 45 Blues
- Arkansas Woman
- Four Corners Of The World

rec. July 13 and 20, 1961; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Ransom Knowling, bb

Delmark DL-604
= Esquire 32-191 (UK)

Delmark CD DD-604 (1993)
= Esquire 32-191 (UK)

= P-Vine PCD-23664
(Jp 2005)

www.delmark.com

- Stavin' Chain Blues
- Mean Stepfather
- You Got To Help Me Some
- Sweet Old Kokomo
- Jumpin' In The Moonlight

- Jaydee Talks
- Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do
- Gonna Check Up On My Baby
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus
- Rambled And Wandered
- Going Back To Crawford, Miss.

CD bonus tracks:
- Roll & Tumble
- You're Gonna Need King Jesus [alternate]
- Rocks & Gravel
- Stavin' Chain Blues [alternate]

rec. St. Louis, Missouri, Febr. 8, 1958

notes by Bob Koester

Delmark DL-609 (US)

= Goody GY 10006 (196?)
"Super Black Blues, Vol. 1"
reissued (illegally?)

Delmark CD DD-609 (1991)
"Big Joe Williams
& J. D. Short"

www.delmark.com

- I Got The Best King Biscuit
- Haunted House Blues
- I Done Stip Hollering
- I Got A Bad Mind
- Long Tall Woman, Skinny Mama Too

- Stack Of Dollars
- Indiana Woman Blues
- My Baby Keeps Hanging Around
- Jiving The Blues
- Jump, Baby - Jump!

rec. July 13 and 20, 1961; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Ransom Knowling, b

notes by John Simmons

Delmark DL-627

Delmark CD DD-627 (1993)

= Collectables CD 5534 (1995)
"Nine String Guitar
Wizard"

= P-Vine PCD-23696
(Jp 2005)

www.delmark.com

- Introduction to Big Car Blues
- Big Car Blues
- Coffee House Blues
- Stoll Pigeon Blues
- Ball Of Twine
- Blues For Gamblers #
- Right On That Shore #

- Early Morning Blues # []
- Walk On
- Blues For The Lowlands
- Down By The Riverside
- Blowin' The Fuses
- Po' Boy []
- I'm A Stranger Here (live)
- Trouble In Mind (live)

[] CD bonus tracks not included in original Davon LP
rec. Aug 1961; Lightnin' Hopkins; Brownie McGhee; Sonny Terry; # Big Joe Williams
DCC remastered by Steve Hoffman

more info

- Little Leg Woman
- Somebody's Beeing Borrowing That Stuff *

- Providence Help The Poor People
- 49 Highway Blues

rec. Chicago, Febr. 25, 1935; * + Henry Townsend, g

7 inch 45rpm EP



RCA RCX 204

RCA (UK) discography

- Whistling Pines
- Bluebird Blues
- She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain
- Elevate Me Baby
- Mama Don't Allow Me To Fool Around
  All Night Long
- Kings Highway Blues

- Somebody's Been Fooling #1
- T.B. Blues
- King Bisquit Stomp
- Delta Blues
- Somebody's Been Fooling #3
- Rooting Ground Hog
- Don't Leave Me Here

recorded and supervised by Robert G. Koester

notes by
Charles Edward Smith



Folkways FS 3820

notes by Pete Welding

Smithsonian Folkways
CD SF 40052 (1995)

- I'm A Fool About My Baby
- 38 Pistol Blues
- Pearly Mae
- Walking Blues
- Highway 45
- Meet Me In The Bottom

- Skinny Mama
- Jockey Ride Blues
- Army Man Blues
- Black Gal
- Pallet On The Floor

rec. New York 1962; + Larry Johnson hca, Willie Dixon, b

notes by Martin Williams

Bluesville BV 1056

notes by David Mangurian

(=) Fantasy 24724
= Fantasy FCD-24724-2
(along with BVLP 1083)
"Walking Blues"
www.fantasyjazz.com

Larry Johnson discography
Bluesville discography

- Mink Coat Blues
- Burned Child Is Scared Of Fire
- Baby, I Ain't Gonna Let You Go
- Trouble Gonna Take Me To My Grave
- Bugle Blues
- Just Wanna Be Your Man

- I'm Gonna Do It This Time
- She's Doggin' Me
- How Do You Wnat Your Tollin' Done
- I Can't Sign My Name
- Bottle Up And Go
- I'm Tired Woman

rec. live at Gerde's Folk City, New York City; Febr. 26, 1962

Bluesville BV 1067

= XTRA 5059 (UK 1968)
= OBCCD-580-2
www.fantasyjazz.com
acerecords.co.uk
Bluesville discography

notes by Len Kunstedt



Spivey 1004

Spivey discography

- Ain't Gonna Be Your Lowdown Dog
- Annie Mae
- You Can Stay Out
- Mean Backstabber
- Worry You Off My Mind
- Miss Ida B
- Put On Your Nightcap
- Woody Woodpecker
- I Got My Ticket
- Saturday Night Ball *

- Shake Your Boogie
- See See Rider
- Blues Everywhere I Go
- Worried And Lonesome
- My Black Woman
- The Moon Is Rising
- Down The Line
- My Baby Left Me A Mule To Ride
- Desert Blues
- Breakdown (instr)
- Goin' Back Home *

* = CD bonus tracks

+ Jimmy Brown, fiddle, g; Willie Lee Harris, hca

notes by Pete Welding

Testament T 2205

= Bounty BY 6018 (UK 1966)

notes by Pete Welding

= Testament CD 5013 (1994)

- So Soon I'll Be Going My Way Back Home
- Shake 'em Down
- Saturday Night Jump
- Jinx Blues
- Pick A Pickle
- Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues

- Old Saw Mill Blues
- Don't The Apples Look Mellow Hangin'
- El Paso Blues
- Back Home Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Shaggy Hound Blues

rec. 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark

notes by Paul Oliver

Storyville SLP 163 (UK)

= Storyville 671163 (D)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Everest / Archive Of Folk
Music FS 218 (1967)

= Storyville 616011 (UK 1969)

= Piccadilly PIC 3369 (1980)

= Storyville SLP 4039 (1986)
"Blues Roots Vol. 5"

- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Hellhound On My Trail
- Bird's Nest Bound
- Crossroads Blues
- Special Rider
- Pony Blues

- Pea Vine Special
- Walking Blues
- Dirt Road Blues
- Banty Rooster Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- Jinx Blues

prod. by Pete Welding

notes by Pete Welding

CBS 63813 (UK)

notes by Pete Welding

= Milestone MLP 3001
(US 1966)

= Bellaphon 40108 (197?)

= OBCCD-545-2 (1991)

Testament S-01
= Bounty BY 6035

= Testament CD (1994)

- I Want To Love
- Moanin
- Didn't Know Right From Wrong *
- Cotton Pickin
- Old Grey Mule
- What Makes A Broke Man Sleep So Sound *

- I Want A Little Bit
- Great Big Legs
- If You Can't Fly A Plane *
- Don't Want
- No Special Woman
- Toledo To Buffalo *

+ Big Joe Williams voc (*), g

Spivey discography

Johnny Youngwith Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Walker
- Hear That Whistle Blow
Carl Hodges
- Standing At The Greyhound Station
Leroy 'Country' Dallas
- She Caught The M&O
Jimmy Brewer
- Pea Vine Whistle
Honeyboy Edwards
- Highway 61
Big Joe Williams
- Ramblin' On My Mind

Blind Connie Williams
- Key To The Highway
Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Hobo Blues
John Lee Grandison
- My Home Ain't Here
Bill Jackson
- Freight Train Blues
Elijah Brown
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
W. B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson
- Mean Old Train

prod. by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron

- Levee Camp Blues #
- Low Down Dirty Shame # *
- Gamblin Man #
- Ain't Gonna Rain No More # *
- Feel So Good #

- Prowling Ground Hog #
- Back Home Again
- Sugar Babe # *
- Tell Me Mama #
- Studio Blues #

* Larry Johnson hcaonica

rec. New York 1962; # Willie Dixon, b

notes by David Mangurian



Bluesville BV 1083

(=) Fantasy 24724
= Fantasy FCD-24724-2
(along with BVLP 1056)
"Walking Blues"
www.fantasyjazz.com

Larry Johnson discography
Bluesville discography

Prestige/Bluesville recordings

La Voix de son Maitre /
Pathé Marconi EGF 15010
(Fr)

Blind Willie McTell
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
Tampa Red
- Kingfish Blues
- Mean Mistreater Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine

Tommy McClennan
- Bluebird Blues
- Brown Skin Girl
Sleepy John Estes
- Lawyer Clark Blues
- Little Laura Blues
Arthur Crudup
- Black Pony Blues
- Death Valley Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jersey Belle Blues
- Crowing Rooster Blues

reissue prod. by Brad McCuen

Transatlantic XTRA 1033 (UK)

- 13 Highway
- 45 Blues

- Highway 49 #
- Four Corners Of The World #

rec. 1961; Big Joe Williams, voc, 9-string g; # + Ransom Knowling, b

notes by Bob Koester

Delmark DJB 4

Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
- Chain Gang Blues
Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry
- Blues For Gamblers

Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee
- I've Been Buked
Big Joe Williams
- Razor Sharp Blues
Sonny Terry, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins
- Right On That Shore

rec. Los Angeles, July 6, 1960

Society SOC 1020 (UK)

(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061101
(2001)
"Lightnin' Hopkins &
The Blues Summit"

2 CD set

(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061477
(2005 remastered)
"Lightnin' Hopkins:
Blues Man -
Collector's Edition"

Ruby McCoy
- Black Mary
Elijah Brown
- Won't Be Troubled Long
Big Joe Williams
- Your Close Friend
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Kokomo
Bert Logan
- Don't You Want To Be A Member?
Elijah Brown
- Pearline
Arthur Weston
- Uncle Sam Called Me (I Got To Go)
Avery Brady
- Bad Weather

Ruby McCoy
- Rising Sun, Shine On
Arthur Weston
- Early in the Morning
Big Joe Williams
- Walkin' Ground Hog
Elijah Brown
- Winding Ball
Russ Logan
- Annie Mae
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Louise
Avery Brady
- Let Me Drive Your Ford
Andrew Cauthen
- Canary Bird

prod. by Sammy and Pete Welding
engineered by Norman Dayron or Big Joe Williams

Testament LP 2209 (US)

= Bounty BY 6033 (UK)

(=) Hightone TCD 5012 (1994)

LP 1
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Big Car Blues (100848)
- Coffee House Blues (100849)
- Stool Pigeon Blues (100850)
- Ball Of Twine (100851)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Walk On (100852)
- Blues For The Lawlands (100853)
- Gonna Lay My Body Down (100854)
- Just Rode In Your Town (100855)
- Sun's Gonna Shine (100856)

rec. at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA., July 6 & 7, 1960; Lightnin' Hopkins, g, voc

LP 2
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams
1. Drinking In The Blues (100857)
2. Boy Poor (100858)
3. Everybody's Blues (Three Aces On The Bottom Of The Deal) (100859)
4. Razor Sharp Blues (100860)
5. Chain Gang Blues (100861)
6. Brand New Car (New Car Blues (100862)
7. I've Been Scorned (I've Been Buked) (100863)
8. Great Gospel Blues (I'm Gonna Mourn On That Shore) 100864

rec. at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA., July 6 & 7, 1960; Sonny Terry hca, voc -3,5/8; Brownie McGhee, g, voc; Lightnin' Hopkins, g, voc -1,2,4/8; Big Joe Williams, g, voc -1/3,5/8); Jimmy Bond, b -3,4

LP 3
Jimmy Witherspoon
- Tell Him I Was Flyin', Pt. 1&2 (Take This Hammer, Pt. 1 (100865))
- Goin' To Chicago Blues (100866)
- In Blues (100867)
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You? (100868)
- Loser's Blues (100869)
- Please Send Me Someone To Love (100870)
- Life's Highway (Keys To The Highw (100871)ay)
- Cry The Blu (100872)es
- Out Blues (100873)
- Since I Fell For Yo (100874)u
- Everything (100875)
- Tell Him I Was Flyin', Pt. 2&3 (100876)

rec. Los Angeles, CA., 1960; Jimmy Witherspoon, voc; Teddy Edwards, ts; Paul Moer, p; Richard "Groove" Holmes, org; Herman Mitchell, g; Jimmy Bond, b; Frank Butler, dr;

- Night Cap Blues (Williams)
- My Jack Don't Drink Water No More (Macon)
- Flour Dough Blues (Williams)
- Hell-Hound Blues (Macon)
- Big-Legged Women, Keep Your Dresses Down
  (Williams)
- Short Stuff's Corinna (Macon)

- Don't Leave Me Here (Williams)
- You Rascal You (Williams)
- Messing With That Thing (Macon)
- Bumble Bee (Williams)
- If You Can't Fly (Williams)
- Rock Road Bad Treatin' (Macon)

rec. New York, May 1964

notes by Paul Nelson

Folkways FT 1004 (mono)

FTS-31004 (stereo)

Spivey 1009

Spivey discography

Storyville SLP 181
= Storyville 670181 (D)
= Storyville SLP 842

= Storyville SLP 4036 (1981)
"Blues Roots Vol. 2"

rec. April 4, 1968 (within hours after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King); prod. by Norman Dayron

Arhoolie R2001/2002
= Stateside/Toshiba SR-9323B
(Jp 1972)

Origin Jazz Library OJL-17

OJL discography

- Louisiana Bound
- Killing Floor Blues
- Throw The Boogie Woogie
- Dirt Road Blues
- Montreal Blues
- Take Me Out Of The Bottom
- Thinking Of What They Did To Me

- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King
- Army Man In Vietnam
- Creole Queen
- Remember Way Back
- Bad Living
- Trouble For Everybody
- King Jesus

+ Charlie Musselwhite

notes by Pete Welding

Arhoolie 1053
= AR 19009 (D)

most of it (along with
Arhoolie 1002) re-released
on Arhoolie CD 315
"Shake Your Boogie"

www.arhoolie.com

- Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick
- Mama Don't Like Me Runnin' Round
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Everybody's Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
- Buffalo
- Church Bell Ring
- Baby Keeps On Breakin'g 'em Down
- Shady Grove

- Sittin' And Thinkin'
- Blues 'round The World
- Oh Baby
- Pearly Mae
- Scardie Mama
- She'll Be Coming 'round The Mountain
- Old Folks Tavern
- Take It All

rec. in England 1968

notes by Tony McPhee



World Pacific WP 21897 (US)

= Liberty LBL/LBS 83207 (UK)

= Sequel CD 208

- King Buiscet Stomp
- I'm A Highway Man
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Banta Rooster Blues
- P Vine Blues
- Mellow Apples
- House Lady Blues

- Baby Please Don't Go
- Stack Of Dollars
- Wild Cow Moan
- Bad And Weakhearted Blues
- Mean Stepfather Blues
- Somebody's Been Borrowing
- Break 'Em On Down

all the Columbia recordings with some Bluebird recordings

notes by Pete Welding

Blues Classics BC-21

www.arhoolie.com

- Two Long Freight Trains
- Girl At The Bottom [Williams g]
- Rolling And Tumbling
- Hot Springs Blues
- If You Can't Shimmy-She-Wobble [Williams voc, g]
- As Long As The World Stands [Williams kazoo]

- For The Love Of Mike
- Jersey Bull Blues
- You're An Old Lady [Williams voc, g]
- Poor Man's Tonic [Williams kazoo]
- Way 'Cross Town
- Jook House Blues (V. Spivey) [Williams voc]


- Cuttin' Out Blues
- Howling Wind
- Evening Sun [Williams kazoo]
- Going 'Round The World [Williams g]
- Mama Don't Allow Me [Williams voc]

- She Got A Thing Going On
- Stop Breaking Down [Williams g]
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Yellow Box Blues [Williams g]
- Bye Bye Baby [Williams voc]

DLP

Memphis Slim
- Wish Me Well
Big Joe Williams
- I Have No Friends
Willie Dixon
- Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues
- Crazy For My Baby
Victoria Spivey
- Grant Spivey
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Matt's Guitar Boogie

Sonnyboy Williamson
- I Don't Know
- Sonny's hcaonica Boogie
Lonnie Johnson
- It's Too Late To Cry
Otis Spann
- Had My Fun
Muddy Waters
- Five Long Years
Memphis Slim et al.
- Bye, Bye, Blues

rec. October 13th, 1963 in Bremen

+ Bill Stepney, dr

Big Joe Williams
- Big Roll Blues *
- Back In The Bottom Blues *
- Baby Please Don't Go *

* on Evidence ECD 26200 only

= Fontana 681510 TL (mono)
= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo)
= Fontana 5204
= Fontana 858 100 FPY

= Exodus 302

= Philips/Phonogram
SFL-7385 (1969)
American Folk Blues
Festival 63-64

= L+R 42.023
= LR CD-2023
L + R discography

= discs 2 & 3 of
Evidence 5 CD set ECD 26200

Transatlantic TRA SAM 5

read liner notes

- Frisco Lines - Fred McDowell
- Fare You Well Baby Blues - Joe Callicott
- Long Haired Doney - R. L. Burnside
- Mean Stepfather - Big Joe Williams
- Bald Eagle Train - Bukka White & Washboard Willie
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith

- Long Tall Girl - Mance Lipscomb
- Red River Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
- Whistling Alex Moore Blues - Alex Moore
- Texas Blues - Lowell & Martin Fulson
- The Ma Grinder - Robert Shaw
- Take a Walk - Lightnin' Hopkins


- Bear Cat Blues - John Jackson
- Snowing and Raining Blues - Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly
- Got A Date At Half Past Eight - Jesse Fuller
- You Got Another Man - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane
- Struggle Here In Houston - Juke Boy Bonner
- Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman
- Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner

- Dream - John Littlejohn
- Sugar Daddy - Mercy Dee Walton
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thorton
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Two Bugs - Earl Hooker

"The selections from this album have been comprised from the catalog of Arhoolie Records ... Except where otherwise indicated, all selections produced and recorded by Chris Strachwitz"

reissued as Tomato CD
TOM 3001

- Chain Gang Blues
- Everybody's Blues
- Great Gospel Blues

- Razor Sharp Blues
- Brand New Car
- I've Been Scorned

CD content:
- Chain Gang Blues
- Buked and Scorned
- Razor Sharp Blues
- Stool Pigeon Blues
- Brand New Car
- Blues For Gamblers
- Ball Of Twine
- Great Gospel Blues

www.rykodisc.com

- I've Been Buked
- Trouble In Mind
- Brand New Car
- Drinkin' In The Blues

- Chain Gang Blues
- I'm A Stranger Here
- Razor Sharp Blues
- Po Boy

rec. 1960 live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles

- Stepfather Blues (2/25/35)
- Baby Please Don't Go (10/31/35)
- Wild Cow Blues (10/31/35)
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me (5/5/37)
- Rootin' Ground Hog (5/5/37)
- Brother James (5/5/37)
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More (5/5/37)
- Crawlin' King Snake (3/27/41)

- I'm Getting Wild About Her (3/27/41)
- Peach Orchard Mama (3/27/41)
- Meet Me Around The Corner (3/27/41)
- Please Don't Go (12/12/41)
- Highway 49 (12/12/41)
- Someday Baby (12/12/41)
- Break 'Em On Down (12/12/41)

First five Bluebird sessions from 1935 to 1941

Big Joe Williams voc, g, rec. 2/25/35 Chicago
with Chasey Collins, Henry Townsend and "Kokomo", rec. 10/31/35 Chicago
with Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Lee McCoy, rec. 5/5/37 Aurora, Illinois
with Williams Mitchell, rec. 3/27/41 Chicago
with Sonnyboy Williamson and Alfred Elkins, rec. 12/12/41 Chicago

notes by Neil Slaven

RCA International INT 1087
(UK)

= RCA Victor 731016 (Fr)

notes by Len Kunstedt

John Hammond discography

3 LP box

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp)

= RCA Victor RA-9051/3
(Jp 1975)

- Pretty Willie Done Me Wrong
- I Want to Know What My Baby's Puttin Down
- Tell Me Who's Been Tellin' You
- A Change Gotta Be Made
- My Baby Left Town
- Miss Emma Lou Blues
- My Baby Won't Be Back No More

- Turnroad Blues
- Same Old Rainey Day
- Pearly Mae Blues
- Keep-A-Walkin Little Girl
- I Won't Do That No More
- Quit Draggin'Bringin' My Baby Back Home
- Crazin' The Blues

rec. in Copenhagen March 20, 1972

- Doctor Blues
- Got On His Mind
- Meet Him Over In Paradise
- Goodbye Baby
- It's Gotta Be Jelly 'Cause Jam Don't Shake Thataway

- Texas Blues
- Talkin' Blues
- Greyhound Blues

on CD only:
- She Walked Around With Her Mouth Poked
- I Need to Be Loved
- Blues Leave Me Alone
- Put On A Show
- Take It Along With You Everywhere You Go
- Late Night Boogie

rec. in Copenhagen Mar. 20, 1972

notes by
Derrick Stewart-Baxter

Storyville SLP 225 (Dk)

= Storyville ST 21023 (Fr)

= Storyville CD 8001 (1991)
Blues Masters, Vol. 1

www.storyville-records.com 

Blues On Blues BOB 10003

Big Joe Williams
- Baby Please Don't Go #
- Ride My New Car With Me #
- Rather Be Sloppy Drunk #
- Cottage Grove Blues #
Country Jim
- Dial 110 Blues
Pete McKinley & Country Jim
- Shreveport Blues
- Don't Want Me Blues

Pine Bluff Pete
- A Woman Acts Funny
- No. 4 Boogie
- Hampton Stranger
- Uncle Sam Blues
Pete McKinley
- Mean Black Snake
Clarence London
- One Rainy Morning
- Ain't Done Nothin' Wrong

# rec. March 1952 in Shreveport, LA; Big Joe Williams, voc, g

Bukka White
- I'm Gettin' Ready
- World Boogie *
- Aberdeen Blues
Big Joe Williams
- My Baby Is Gone
- My Boots & Shoes
- Louise *
Robert Pete Williams
- Look Here Woman

Roosevelt Sykes
- Driving Wheel *
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Boot That Thing *
Memphis Slim
- Baby Please Come Home *
- Lonesome Traveller
- Boogin' And Bluesin'
Johnny Young, W.D.Kent, Billy Davenport
- Instrumental Boogie


Big Mama Thornton
- Tell Me Baby
- Ball In (!) Chain
T-Bone Walker
- Shake It Baby
- Goin' Back To Church

Jimmy Rogers & Whispering Smith
- Chicago Bound *
- Tricky Woman
Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Winter Time Blues
Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band
- Don't Ever Leave Me
- Got My Mojo Workin'

* not on CD

rec. March 16, 1972 at Hilpert Theatre, Lünen, Germany, and October 26, 1972 at Circus-Krone-Bau, München, Germany

notes by
Siegfried Schmidt-Joos





Atlantic 60036 (1973)
The 10th American Folk
Blues Festival
Blues Giants - Rock Creators

= L+R 42.018 (DLP)

(=) L+R LR CD-2018

L + R discography

- Whistling Pine Blues *
- Mama Don't Allow No Doggin' All Night Long *
- Thousand Year Blues *
- She's Been Shaking A Little Boogie *
- Strange Girl Blues *
- Early Morning Blues *
- Shake A Little Boogie *
- Early In The Morning *
- New Car Blues *
- Taylor Made Stomp *

- You Done Me Wrong **
- Black Rat Blues **
- Poor Beggar **
- Everyday Brings Out A Change **
- Baby Don't You Wanna Go **
- Highway 61 Blues **
- Rooster Blues **
- Rollin' in Your Arms **
- You Are My Sunshine **

* 1951/52 demo recordings Baul Recording Co., St. Louis
** March 24, 1973 concert in Zodiac, Amstelveen

notes by Leo W. Bruin

Oldie Blues OL 2814 (NL)

= Oldie Blues OLCD 7004
(1997)

Albatros VPA 8187
= Albatros VC 0775
(cassette)

(=) Albatros ALB 8
3LP = VPA 8187/88/89
"Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/
Urbano"

Albatros discography

- I've Been Wrong, But I'll Be Right
- Black Gal You Sure Looking Warm
- Whe I First Left Home
- Little Annie Mae
- Levee Break Blues
- Hang It Up On The Wall

- Lone Wolf
- Thie Heavy Stuff Of Mine
- Tell My Mother
- Big Fat Mama
- Back On My Feet
- Jefferson And Franklin Blues

prod. by Sam Charters

notes by Sam Charters

Sonet SNTF 635 (UK)

= GNP Crescendo GNPS 10016
(US 1976)

= GNP Crescendo CD 0016
(US 1992)

Sonet SNTX 1

= Crescendo GNPS 10010
(1976)

(=) Sonet SNTCD 1 (1989)
"The Legacy Of The Blues
Maxi Sampler"

= GNP Crescendo (1992)

- Don’t Your Plums ...
- Working On The Levy (Night & Day)
- Things Gonna Come My Way
- Mad Mad Blues
- Southern Whistle Blow

- This Old London Town
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Franklin Street Blues
- She Won't Do Right
- Going Down Home
- Sugar Hill

Big Joe Williams, g, voc; Jerry Bridges, b; Roger Allen Clark, dr; prod. Al Smith; eng. Larry Hamby

notes by Al Smith



ABC/Bluesway BLS 6080

Bluesway discography

notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller



Yazoo 1038

= Yazoo CD 1038 (1992?)

Yazoo discography

"Production: Ricky Breazeale"

RCA RVC RA-9054/55 (Jp)

review (pdf)

www.rounder.com

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

RCA CL 42858 (UK)

notes by Mack McCormick



Arhoolie F 1005 (1960)

notes by Chris Strachwitz



Arhoolie F 1005 (1980)
subtitled "A Random Collection of
Mississippi Blues"

partly reissued on Arhoolie
CD 432 (1995)
"Mississippi Blues 1960"

www.arhoolie.com

notes by Norman Dayron

Takoma TAK 7071

= Sonet SNTF 863

Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"

www.fantasyjazz.com

Takoma TAK 7081


= Sonet SNTF 853
= Sonet RISLP-14115

Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"

Takoma discography

- Down In The Bottom
- Boogie Woogie All Day Long
- I Wanna Die Easy When I Die
- Bull Cow Blues
- Watergate Blues
- I'm Gonna Do It This Time, Ain't Gonna Do It
  No Mo'
- Stella Blues
- I Thought It Was Somethin' Big To Make A Record
  In Them Days
- Jinx Blues
- Sugar Hill Story
- Skin And Bone Blues
- Jump, Baby, Jump

- Came Out The Wilderness
- Lord Have Mercy
- Motherless Children
- Levee Camp Holler
- You Gonna Need King Jesus On Your Bond
- Sinner Man
- 'Bama Leaves Fallin'
- This Little Light 'O Mine
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In
- In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
- Kansas City Blues
- What You Gon' Do, Sinner?

Big Joe Williams, 6-string, 9-string, 12-string g, e-g, dobro, slide, voc
+ Ponytail Slim [Axel Küstner], hca; B. L. Logan, voc
prod. Siegfried A. Christmann, Axel Küstner

Big Joe Williams, 9 str g, voc
* Lydia Carter, voc
** Cooper Terry, hca

L+R 42.047

= L+R CD-2047

= Evidence CD 26096 (1998)
"No More Whiskey"

= Bellaphon LRCD 82004
(1996) "Big Joe Williams"
(Blues Classics series)

Al Handa review

L+R discography

Flyright discography

Napoleon Strickland Fife and Drum Band (Jesse Mae Hemphill, Abe Young)
- Shimmy Shawhaha
Boyd Rivers
- Grow Sick And Die (de.youtube.com)
Clyde Maxwell
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- Tell Me Mama
Harmonica Medley:
Napoleon Strickland with Hammie Nixon
- Fox Chase
- Let's Boogie
- Rock Me Mama
- Mule To Ride
Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell
- How Long

Johnny Shines
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Sam Myers
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Sylvia Embry
- Goin' To New York
Betty Fikes & Johnny Shines Band
- Rock Me Baby
Lefty Dizz
- You Might Have Made Your Move Too Soon

rec. September 8, 1979 in Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi, by Worth Long in cooperation with Mississippi Action for Community Education (MACE)

soundtrack of film "Mississippi Delta Blues" 60 min, colour, mono, 1980; filmed live at the 2nd Mississippi Delta Blues Festival at Freedom Village, hosted by Willie Dixon (Kay Jazz KJ 081)

notes by Alan Balfour



Flyright 577

(=) Flyright CD 31
Chicago piano 1951-58
from JOB & Cobra

The JOB label

Flyright discography

Jimmy Reed
- I Ain't Got You
- She Don't Want Me No More
- Come On Baby
- I Don't Go For That
- I Wanna Be Loved
- I'm Goin Upside Your Head
- When You're Doin' Alright

Morris Pejoe
- You're Gonna Need Me
- Hurt My Feelings
Big Joe Williams
- Goin Back Home
- My Baby Left Town
- Kings Highway
- Eula Mae

VeeJay recordings

notes by Terry Ohmer



Bluetime / Contact Records
BT-2007 (Dk)

Bluetime/Contact Records
Swingtime Records

LP tracks
- Shake Your Boogie
- My Woman
- Evening Sun
- Come Here Baby
- Don't Your Peaches Look Mellow

- Where Did You Stay Last Night
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Sloppy Drunk
- Banty Rooster
- Don't You Know

CD tracks
- Shake Your Boogie
- Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King
- Taylor Made Baby
- Sloppy Drunk
- Please Come On Home To Me
- Annie Mae
- Banty Rooster Blues
- Rusty Can Blues
- Some Other Man Blues
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Don't Your Plums Look Mellow, Hanging Up On Your Tree #
- Bull Cow Blues
- Someday Baby

rec. live at the Old Capitol Building, Jackson, Mississippi, Nov. 22, 1974

Wolf 120.918

(=) Wolf CD 120.916 (2007)
"Shake Your Boogie"

notes by Marc Ryan







Acoustic Archives AA-702
North San Juan, CA
("Trumpet Records")

= Alligator ALCD 2702 (1993)

more info

notes by Bob Groom

RST BDCD-6003


= Document BDCD 6003
"Break 'Em On Down"

www.document-records.com

notes by Bob Groom

RST BDCD-6004


= Document BDCD 6004
"Somebody's Been Worryin'"

www.document-records.com

from two Storyville LPs; rec. Kopenhagen 1963

Red Lightnin' RLCD 0092

www.redlightnin.com

edited by Tony Russell

all of Arhoolie 1002 and most of Arhoolie 1053

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD-315

www.arhoolie.com

front cover of first issue had photo of Joe Williams (former Count Basie vocalist), not Big Joe Williams !!!

www.rounder.com

compiled by Billy Vera

www.hightone.com

CD 1
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson

cd 2
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll You Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker

cd 3
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown

cd 4
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang

compiled by Les Fancourt

rec. 1935 - 1947

www.wolfrec.com

rec. live at Rockford College in 1965

notes by Peter Noble

Aim CD 11 (Australia)

www.aiminternational.com

www.arhoolie.com

Catfish KATCD 128

www.catfishrecords.co.uk

Bear Family BCD 15864-HL
(8 CD Boxed Set)

www.bear-family.de

* rec. 1963

Southland SCD-CD19

Southland Records
discography

Fuel 2000 CD 061101

rec. Sept. 1979 at Muscle Shoals Studios

www.jeffersonbluesmag.com

notes by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie CD 510

www.arhoolie.com

2 CD set

Fuel 2000 CD 061477

# not on LP 120.918

Wolf CD 120.916