RCA-Int. INT1087
RCA 731.016

BMG/Bluebird NL 90320 (1989)

RCA FXM1 7323 (Fr)

= Columbia 37945

= Columbia 38055

= Columbia 38190

Specialty SNTF 5014
(UK 1973)

Vee-Jay VJS1000 (1957)

Vee Jay VJS1000

notes by Kurt Mohr



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

- 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. January 10/11, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, sp, g; [] with Bob Koester, Paul Bridenbach, John Hartford

* rec. February 8, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; J.D. Short, g, hca

§ rec. February 18, 1958 in St. Louis by Bob Koester; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; J.D. Short, g, hca

[label founder and owner Bob Koester in August 1958 moved his business from a location on the corner of Delmar and Oliver streets in St Louis to Chicago (http://www.delmark.com/delmark.history.htm)]

J.D. Short discography

notes (1955)
by Bob Koester



Delmar DL-602 (1958)

= Delmark DL-602 (19??)

notes (slightly amended
in 1961) by Bob Koester




liner notes @
www.livebluesworld.com/


= Delmark DL-602 (1961)

= 77 LA 12/19 (UK 1963)

77 discography

notes by
Robert G. Koester

= Delmark CD DD-602 (1993)

Arhoolie F 1006

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

Arhoolie discography

notes by Chris A. Strackwitz







Arhoolie F 1012

Arhoolie discography

notes by
Chris A. Strachwitz









Arhoolie F 1002

= Arhoolie AR 19026 (EUR)

Arhoolie discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

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

Fontana discography

re-released (along with most
of Arhoolie 1053) on
Arhoolie CD 315 "Shake
Your Boogie"

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"

- Decoration Day Blues (1)
- Back South Blues (2)
- The Right Man's Going To Pay Off After Awhile (3)
- God Moves In The Wind (4)
- My House Burnt Down (5)
- Vee-Eight Ford Blues (6)
- Don't Watch Your Enemies Like You Watch Your Bosom Friend (7)
- Deceiving Blues (8)
- Pokino Blues (9)
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Blues (10)
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues (11)
- She Thinks She's Sick (12)
- Heart Trouble Blues (13)
- Stackolee (14)
- Trouble In Mind (15)
- Low Mellow (16)

rec. October 10, 1960 in Chicago, Ill. by Pete Welding; Theodore Darby, voc, g; Big Joe Williams, g

Blind Teddy Darby discography

notes by Bob Koester



Delmar DL-604
"Roots of Jazz series"
= Delmark DL-604

notes by Bob Koester

= Esquire 32-191 (UK 1963)

notes by Bob Koester

Delmark CD DD-604 (1993)

= P-Vine PCD-23664
(Jp 2005)

- 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. February 8, 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri

J.D. Short discography

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"

notes by John Simmons



Delmark DL-627

= Delmark 900 203 (Fr)

Delmark CD DD-627 (1993)

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

= P-Vine PCD-23696
(Jp 2005)

notes by Barbara Dane



= DCC Compact Classics
LPZ-2007 (180g) (1995)
= 24K gold CD 100 (1997)

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
- Coal And Iceman Blues
- Army Man Blues
- Black Gal
- Pallet On The Floor

rec. October 7, 1961 in New York by Mel Kaiser; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Larry Johnson, hca; Willie Dixon, b; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein; remastered in 1981 by George Horn

Larry Johnson discography

Bluesville BV 1056

DLP
notes by Martin Williams
and David Mangurian



(=) Fantasy DA 24724 (1981)
(along with BVLP 1083)
"Walking Blues"

= Fantasy FCD-24724-2

Bluesville discography

Bluesville BV 1067

= XTRA 5059 (UK 1968)
= OBCCD-580-2

Bluesville discography

notes by Len Kunstedt



Spivey 1004

Spivey discography

notes by Pete Welding

Testament T 2205

= Bounty BY 6018 (UK 1966)

notes by Pete Welding

= Testament CD 5013 (1994)

Testament discography

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)

= Columbia 5014 (Jp 19??)
"Blues"

= Piccadilly PIC 3369 (1980)

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

Storyville discography

notes by Pete Welding

CBS 63813 (UK)

notes by Pete Welding

= Milestone MLP 3001
(US 1966)

notes by Pete Welding



= Milestone C 062-94327
(Fr 1973)

= Bellaphon 40108 (197?)

= OBCCD-545-2 (1991)

Milestone discography

Big Joe Williams
- A Man Amongst Men
James & Fannie Brewer
- I Want To Know Why
John Lee Granderson
- A Man For The Nation
Otis Spann
- Sad Day In Texas
Mary Ross
- President Kennedy Gave His Life
Bill Jackson
- The 22nd Day Of November

James Brewer
- Why Did He Have To Go?
Johnny Young
- I Tried Not To Cry
Avery Brady
- Poor Kennedy
Fannie Brewer
- When We Got The Message
Jimmy Brown
- He Was Loved By All The People

CD bonus tracks:
Jimmy Brown
- Tribute To J.F.K.
Avery Brady
- Poor Kennedy no. 2

rec. in Chicago. Ill. in the weeks immediately following JFK's death on November 22, 1963

Testament S-01

= Bounty BY 6035 (UK 1966)

(=) Testament CD (1994)

Testament discography

Spivey discography

notes by Pete Welding





Milestone MLP-3002

Milestone discography

notes (on Gary Davis)
by Gillian Cook



XTRA 1009 (UK 1965)

XTRA discography

- 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 #

rec. October 7, 1961 in New York by Mel Kaiser; Big Joe Williams, voc, 9-str., 6-str. & 12.str. g; * Larry Johnson, hca; # Willie Dixon, b; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein; remastered in 1981 by George Horn

Larry Johnson discography

notes by David Mangurian



Bluesville BVLP 1083

DLP
notes by Martin Williams
and David Mangurian



(=) Fantasy DA 24724 (1981)
(along with BVLP 1056)
"Walking Blues"

= Fantasy FCD-24724-2

Bluesville discography

notes by Stephen Calt
Don Kent & Pat V. Conte



Mamlish S-3810

Mamlish discography

XTRA 1033 (UK)

XTRA discography

Folkways RBF 14

RBF discography

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"

Testament LP 2209 (US)

= Bounty BY 6033 (UK)

(=) Hightone TCD 5012 (1994)

Testament discography

Down With The Game D 200

DWTG discography

- Levee Camp Moan [Son House]
- Black Bottom [Bukka White]
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues [Bukka White]
- Whiskey-Headed Woman [Big Joe Williams]

- Devil Got My Woman [Skip James]
- I'm So Glad [Skip James]
- So Soon [Big Joe Williams]
- Somebody Evil [Big Joe Williams]
- Thunderbird Blues [Bukka White]
- Poor Boy [Bukka White]

rec. August 8, 1966 (Skip James) & November 24-27, 1966 live at the Cafe Au-Go-Go, New York; prod. by Jerry Schoenbaum

Son House discography

Skip James discography

'Bukka' White discography

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. Poor Boy (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. July 6 & 7, 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles, Ca; 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 *
- My Jack Don't Drink Water No More #
- Flour Dough Blues *
- Hell-Bound Blues #   @ youtube
- Big-Legged Women, Keep Your Dresses Down *
- Short Stuff's Corinna #

- Don't Leave Me Here *
- You Rascal You *
- Messing With That Thing #
- Bumble Bee *
- If You Can't Fly *
- Rock Road Bad Treatin' #

rec. May 18, 1964 after a concert at Bard College in New York; John Wesley Macon, g, # voc; Big Joe Williams, g, * voc

Cover drawing and cover design by Craig Mierop

Short Stuff Macon discography

Spivey 1009

Spivey discography

notes by Pete Welding



Storyville SLP 180
= Storyville 670180
= Teichiku ULS-1815-R (Jp)

notes by Pete Welding



= Storyville SLP 4035
"Blues Roots Vol. 1"

Storyville discography

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

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

Storyville discography

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

Origin Jazz Library OJL-17

OJL discography

notes by Pete Welding



Arhoolie 1053

= Arhoolie AR 19009 (EUR)

most tracks re-released
(along with Arhoolie 1053)
on Arhoolie CD 315 "Shake
Your Boogie"

Arhoolie discography

notes by Tony McPhee



World Pacific WP 21897 (US)

= Liberty LBL/LBS 83207 (UK)

= Sequel CD 208

notes by Pete Welding

Blues Classics BC-21

Blues Classics
discography

DLP







Adelphi AD 1005

Adelphi discography

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

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

= Tradition/Rykodisc TCD 1014
(1996) "Big Joe Williams
& Friends: Have Mercy!"

- I've Been Buked [Verve Folkways FTS 3011-3] #
- Trouble In Mind (aka Sun's Gonna Shine) [Archive of Folk FS 242] *
- Brand New Car (aka New Car Blues) [Verve Folkways FTS 3011-3] §
- Drinkin' In The Blues * [Archive of Folk FS 242]

- Chain Gang Blues (aka Early In The Morning Blues) [Verve Folkways FTS 3011-3] #
- I'm A Stranger Here (aka Just Rode In Your Town) * [Archive of Folk FS 242]
- Razor Sharp Blues [Verve Folkways FTS 3011-3] []
- Po Boy * [Archive of Folk FS 242]

"rec. 1960 live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles"

# rec. c.July 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Brownie McGhee, voc, g; Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Big Joe Williams, voc, g

§ rec. c.July 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles; Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Big Joe Williams, voc, g

[] rec. c.July 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles; Big Joe Williams, voc, g

* rec. c.May 25/c.July 1960 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles; Brownie McGhee, voc, g; Sonny Terry, voc, hca

- Stepfather Blues)
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Wild Cow Blues
- I Know You Gonna Miss Me
- Rootin' Ground Hog
- Brother James
- I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More
- Crawlin' King Snake

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

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)

= RCA RA-5701 (Jp 1975)

notes by Len Kunstedt

John Hammond discography

3 LP box

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp)

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

XX MIN 700 (UK)

XX discography

Storyville SLP 224
= Storyville ST-21022 (Fr)

Storyville discography

notes by
Derrick Stewart-Baxter

Storyville SLP 225
= Storyville ST 21023 (Fr)

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

Storyville discography

Pure Pleasure SLP 225 (2012)
(180 g LP)

- Dedication To Otis Spann (Blues On Decoration Day)
- Got To Put You Down
- Juanita Blues
- 71 Cadillac Blues
- Christmas Blues
- European Trip Blues (Around The World Blues)

- Rap Session (Al Smith & Country Joe) *
- Jump Jump Julie
- Lookie Here, Baby
- Vitamin B Blues

rec. c. 1971 in Chicago, IL; Big Joe Williemas, voc, g; 2nd g; b; dr; * Al Smith, sp; prod by Al Smith

"Available on Ampex Stereo Tapes"

DLP     notes by
Siegfried Schmidt-Joos





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

DLP



= L+R 42.018

(=) L+R CDLS-2018

L+R discography

DLP



Vogue 400 037 (Fr)

= Vogue Plaisir Double
DP 37 (Fr 1975?)

notes by Leo W. Bruin

Oldie Blues OL 2814 (NL)

= Oldie Blues OLCD 7004
(1997)

Oldie Blues discography

Albatros VPA 8187
= Albatros VC 0775
(cassette)

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

Albatros discography

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)

notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller



Yazoo 1038

= Yazoo CD 1038 (1992?)

Yazoo discography

DLP
notes by Giles Oakley







Red Lightnin' RL0033 (UK)

Red Lightnin' discography

3 CD set

(=) Indigo IGOTCD 2537
(2003)

notes by Pete Welding

reissued on Bullseye/
Rounder CD BEYE9530 (1993)
"Rare Chicago Blues 1962-68"

Storyville 6.23702 (D)

Storyville discography

DLP







Storyville 6.28470
= PGP RTB 2LP 3220044

to read liner notes
click on pictures of covers
G = German / E = English
text has been black/white
reversed to improve readability

Storyville discography

RCA CL 42858 (UK)

F 1005 (1960) track list:
Sam Chatman
- I Have To Paint My Face [lyrics]
- You Shall Be Free (Nigger Be A Nigger) *
- I Stand And Wonder
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Forty-Four Blues #
Jasper Love
- Desert Blues
Sam Chatmon
- Lay My Burden Down (Glory Hallelujah) *
Kathryn Pitman and group
- Save A Seat For Me

Wade Walton & R. C. Smith
- Barbershop Rhythm
R.C. Smith
- Going Back To Texas
Jasper Love & Columbus Jones
- The Slop
R. C. Smith
- Lost Love Blues
- Lonely Widow
Wade Walton
- Rooster Blues
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Butch's Blues

rec. 1960 by Chris A. Strachwitz with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oliver

F 1005 (1980) track list:
Sam Chatman
- I Have To Paint My Face [lyrics]
K. C. Douglas
- Big Road Blues #
Sam Chatman
- I Stand And Wonder
Big Joe Williams
- Texas Blues #
Bukka White
- Drifting Blues #

Wade Walton & R. C. Smith
- Barbershop Rhythm
R. C. Smith
- Going Back To Texas
K. C. Douglas & Sidney Maiden
- Blues And Trouble #
R. C. Smith
- Lonely Widow
Wade Walton
- Rooster Blues
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Butch's Blues

* omitted from 1969 and 1980 remastered LP versions; not included in CD 432
# on remastered LP version only

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"

Arhoolie discography

notes by Norman Dayron

Takoma TAK 7071

= Sonet SNTF 863

Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"

Takoma discography

notes by Norman Dayron



Takoma TAK 7081

notes by Norman Dayron



= Sonet SNTF 853
= Sonet RISLP-14115

Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"

Takoma discography

Nighthawk 109

Nighthawk discography

Ornament CH-7.713 (D)

= Chrisly CD CM 30001-2
("Ornament Blues Masters")
"Watergate Blues" (2000)

Ornament discography

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

notes by Alan Balfour



Flyright 577

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

The JOB label

Flyright discography

Red Lightnin' RL 0038

Red Lightnin' discography

3 CD set

(=) Indigo IGOTCD 2537
(2003)

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 Bill Altman

RCA NL 90320 (G)
= RCA CD ND 90320
= RCA cassette NK 90320

= RCA CD 9599

= Roslin CD (2010)

Lightning Hopkins - Stinking Foot
Lightning Hopkins - Rainy Day In Houston
Johnny Copeland - Working Man Blues
Big Walter with Albert Collins - Nothing But The Blues
Juke Boy Bonner - Gimme Some Boone's Farm [Home Cooking HCS 113]
Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson - Lean On Your Body
Larry Davis - That's Allright With You

Gene Vell - Screaming All Night Long
Sidewalk Sam - Mister Lend Me A Dime
Peppermint Harris - To Be With The One You Love
Clarence Green - Empty House Of So Many Tears
Pete Mayes - Crazy Woman
Big Walter with Albert Collins - If Blues Was Money
Pete Mayes - Moving Out
Lonnie Mitchell - Louisiana Slow Drag

rec. 1958 to 1965 in Houston, TX; prod. by Roy C. Ames

cover photograph shows Big Joe Williams (even though he's not present on the LP); photographer: Burton Wilson

notes by Marc Ryan







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

= Alligator ALCD 2702 (1993)

notes (reprinted)
by Paul Oliver

Storyville STCD 38002

Storyville discography

Red Lightnin' RLCD 0092

Red Lightnin' discography

* Mary Williams, voc
** Charlie Musselwhite, hca

all of Arhoolie 1002 and most of Arhoolie 1053

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

www.rounder.com
Bullseye/Rounder
CD BEYE9530

Testament TCD 5021
= P-Vine PCD-5576 (Jp)

notes by
Hannes Folterbauer

Wolf CD WBJ 003