Drawing: R. Crumb

This is a list of LPs issued by
YAZOO
Records

YAZOO RECORDS, INC.  addresses on back covers:

Belzona Records: 390 East 8th Street, NY 10009
1001 to 1016: 390 East 8th Street, NY 10009
1017 to 1033: 54 King Street, NY 10014
1034 to 1036: 9 West 20th Street, NY 10011
1037 to 1073: 245 Waverly Place, NY 10014
1080/81 to 1082 /83: no address
later re-releases: P.O. Box 810, Newton New Jersey 07860
 
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Belzona: 1001 to 1006

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red: 1034 to 1053

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violet / blue: re-releases

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black: 1001 to 1033

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orange: 1054 to 1058

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multi-color: 1059 to 1083
plus re-releases
  Yazoo Records has been founded (initially as "Belzona Records") in New York in 1967 by Nick Perls (†) (Sister label: Blue Goose Records). In 1987 the label has been bought by Shanachie Records, who kept the spirit alive by issueing a great part of the Yazoo catalogue on CD.
 
 
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L-10011968Mississippi Blues 1927 - 1941

Harvey Hull
- Gang Of Brownskin Women
Henry Sims
- Be True, Be True Blues
William Harris
- I'm Leavin' Town
Skip James
- Special Rider Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
Charley Patton
- Hang It On The Wall
Geechie Wiley
- Eagles On A Half

Mattie Delaney
- Tallahatchie River Blues
John Byrd
- Billy Goat Blues
Charley Patton
- Mean Black Moan
- Pea Vine Blues
Bobby Grant
- Nappy Head Blues
Son House
- Delta Blues
Robert Johnson
- Dead Shrimp Blues
notes by Bradley Sweet
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Belzona L-1001

notes by Bradley Sweet
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= Yazoo L-1001

L-1002196810 Years In Memphis 1927-1937

Furry Lewis
- Billy Lyons And Stack O 'Lee
- Big Chief Blues
Frank Stokes
- What's The Matter Blues
- Jazzin' The Blues
Tom Dickson
- Happy Blues
- Death Bell Blues
Kansas Joe
- Pile Drivin' Blues

George Torey
- Married Woman Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues
Gus Cannon
- Poor Boy
Allen Shaw
- Moanin' The Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Jailhouse Blues
- Falling Down Blues
Big Boy Cleveland
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
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Belzona L-1002

notes by Don Kent
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= Yazoo L-1002

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= Yazoo L-1002 (19??)

L-10031968St. 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
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Belzona L 1003

notes by Don Kent
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= Yazoo L 1003

notes by Stephen Calt
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= Yazoo CD 1003 YAZ (1991)

L-10041968Tex-Arkana-Louisiana Country 1929-1933

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Awful Fix
Henry Thomas
- Don't Leave Me Here
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Hot Dogs
Little Hat Jones
- Bye Eye Baby Blues
Six Cylinder Smith
- Oh Oh Lonesome
Sammy Hill
- Needin' My Women
King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train

Willie Reed
- Dreaming Blues
Henry Thomas
- Lovin' Babe
Texas Alexander
- 98 Degree Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Kentucky Blues
Sammy Hill
- Cryin' For You
King Solomon Hill
- Tell Me Baby
Six Cylinder Smith
- Pennsylvania Woman Blues
notes by
Horace Butterworth
[= Stephen Calt]
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Belzona L-1004

notes by Stephen Calt
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= Yazoo L-1004 (19??)

notes by Stephen Calt
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= Yazoo L-1004 (19??)
"Don't Leave Me Here"
The Blues of Texas,
Arkansas, & Louisiana
1927-1932

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= Yazoo CD 1004 YAZ
(1991)

L-10051968Blind Willie McTell 1927-1933
The Early Years

- Broke Down Engine Blues
- Mama 'Tain't Long 'Fore Day
- Georgia Rag
- Love Changing Blues
- Statesboro Blues
- Stomp Down Rider

- Travelin' Blues
- Drive Away Blues
- Warm It Up To Me
- Three Women Blues
- Writing Paper Blues
- Southern Can Is Mine
- Talkin' To Myself
notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
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Belzona L-1005

notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
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= Yazoo L-1005

L-10061968The Blues Of Alabama 1927-1931

Clifford Gibson
- Keep Your Windows Pinned
- Don't Put That Thing On Me
Edward Thompson
- Showers Of Rain Blues
- West Virginia Blues
Jay Bird Coleman
- Coffee Grinder Blues
Marshall Owens
- Try Me One More Time
- Texas Blues

Edward Thompson
- Seven Sister Blues
- Florida Bound
George 'Bullet' Williams
- The Escaped Convict
Ed Bell
- Mean Conductor Blues
Barefoot Bill
- Snigglin' Blues
Clifford Gibson
- Tired Of Being Mistreated - part 2
- Whiskey Moan Blues
notes by Humphrey Higgins

Belzona L-1006

notes by Humphrey Higgins



= Yazoo L-1006
"Alabama Blues"

L-10071968Jackson Blues 1928-1938

Ishmon Bracey
- Trouble Hearted Blues
Charlie McCoy
- Last Time Blues
Walter Vincent
- Overtime Blues
Arthur Pettis
- Two Time Blues
Bo Carter
- Old Devil
Tommy Johnson
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Black Mare Blues

Willie Lofton
- Dark Road Blues
Mississippi Sheiks
- Stop And Listen Blues
Mississippi Mudder
- Going Back Home
Tommy Johnson
- Bye Bye Blues
Willie Harris
- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door
Ishman Bracey
- The Fore Day Blues
- Pay Me No Mind Blues
notes by Dave Evans


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Yazoo 1007
L-10081968Frank Stokes' Dream 1927-1931

Tom Dickson
- Labor Blues
Frank Stokes
- Frank Stokes' Dream
- Take Me Back
Pearl Dickson
- Twelve Pound Daddy
Furry Lewis
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
Noah Lewis
- Devil In The Woodpile

Will Weldon
- Turpentine Blues
Furry Lewis
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Judge Harsh Blues
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe
- 'Frisco Town
- I Don't Want That Junk Outta You
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Noah's Blues
Frank Stokes
- Last Go Round

notes by Fritz Peterson
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Yazoo L-1008
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L-10091968Mississippi Moaners 1927-1942

Mississippi John Hurt
- Big Leg Blues
Washington White
- The New 'Frisco Train
Mattie Delaney
- Down The Big Road Blues
Rube Lacey
- Ham Hound Crave
Skip James
- Cherry Ball Blues
Uncle Bud Walker
- Stand Up Suitcase Blues
Charley Patton
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues

Son House
- Special Rider Blues
Bobby Grant
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues
Mae Glover
- Gas Man Blues
Papa Harvey Hull
- Two Little Tommies Blues
Joe Calicot
- Traveling Mama Blues
The Mississippi Moaner
- Mississippi Moan
Blind Willie Reynolds
- Married Man Blues
notes by Brad Sweet
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Yazoo L-1009

notes by Stephen Calt
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Yazoo L-1009 (1978?)

notes by Brad Sweet
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Yazoo CD 1009 (1991)

L-10101968Buddy Boy Hawkins & his Buddies 1927-1934

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Snatch It And Grab It
- Number Three Blues
- How Come Mama Blues
- A Rag
- Snatch It Back Blues
- Raggin' The Blues
- Voice Throwin' Blues

Will Day
- Central Avenue Blues
Texas Alexander
- Easy Rider Blues
Willie Reed
- Texas Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Hurry Blues
- Rollin' from Side To Side
'Funny Paper' Smith
- Fool's Blues
Blind Percy and his Blind Band
- Coal River Blues

front cover photograph by Ben Shahn

notes by Jerome Epstein
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Yazoo L-1010
L-10111968The Young Big Bill Broonzy 1928-1935

- Brownskin Shuffle
- Eagle Ridin' Papa
- Starvation Blues
- Long Tall Mama
- Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down
- Skoodle Do Do
- Banker's Blues

- Saturday Night Rub
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- Mississippi River Blues
- Hip Shakin' Strut
- How You Want It Done?
- Hokum Stomp
- Stove Pipe Stomp
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls, Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L-1011

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Yazoo L-1011

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= Yazoo CD 1011 YAZ [1991]

L-10121968The Georgia Blues 1927-1933

Fred McMullen
- Wait And Listen
Gitfiddle Jim
- Paddlin' Blues
George Carter
- Rising River Blues
- Hot Jelly Roll Blues
Gitfiddle Jim
- Rainy Night Blues
Peg Leg Howell
- Rolling Mill Blues
Willie Baker
- Weak-Minded Blues

Blind Blake
- Police Dog Blues
- That'll Never Happen No More
Bumble Bee Slim
- No Woman No Nickel
Charlie Lincoln
- Doodle Hole Blues
Barbecue Bob
- Unnamed Blues
Willie Baker
- Crooked Woman Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- Can't Be Trusted Blues
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls & Michael
Stewart
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Yazoo L-1012

notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls & Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L-1012

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= CD 1012 YAZ (1992)

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= Vivid VSCD-1156 (Jp)

L-10131968?East Coast Blues 1926-1935

Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag - take 2
- Dupree Blues
Blind Blake
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
William Moore
- Barbershop Rag
- Raggin' The Blues
Carl Martin
- Old Time Blues
- Crow Jane

Tarter & Gay
- Unknown Blues
- Brownie Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- Pistol Blues
Bayless Rose
- Original Blues
- Black Dog Blues
Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- Myrtle Avenue Stomp
- D. C. Rag
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls & Michael
Stewart
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Yazoo L-1013

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Yazoo CD 1013 (1992)

L-10141968?Bo Carter - Greatest Hits 1930-1940

- Who's Been Here?
- Tellin' You 'Bout It
- Dinner Blues
- The Ins And Outs Of My Girl
- Country Fool
- Bootlegger's Blues
- Let's Get Drunk Again

- Bo Carter's Advice
- Arrangement For Me Blues
- The New Stop And Listen Blues
- Beans
- I Want You To Know
- Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me
- Pales Tax
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick
Perls & Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L-1014

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= Yazoo L-1014 (19??)

L-10151969Favorite Country Blues Piano-Guitar Duets 1929-1937

Willie Harris
- West Side Blues
Charlie Spand
- Good Gal
- Back To The Woods Blues
Leroy Carr
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
Roosevelt Sykes "& Clifford Gibson"
- Tired Of Being Mistreated
Springback James
- Poor Coal Passer
Leola Manning
- The Blues Is All Wrong

Joe Evans
- Down In Black Bottom
- Shook Woman Blues
Blind Blake
- Poker Woman Blues
Walter Davis
- Sloppy Drunk Again
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Monkey Man Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- New Orleans Stop Time
Buddy Woods
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away

front cover drawing by Rory Block

notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart



Yazoo L-1015


= Yazoo CD 1015

L-10161969Guitar Wizards 1926-1935

Carl Martin
- Farewell To You Baby
- Badly Mistreated Man
Billy Bird
- Mill Man Blues
Blind Blake
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Wabash Rag
Tampa Red
- Boogie Woogie Dance
- Bumble Bee Blues

Blind Blake
- Guitar Chimes
- Panther Squall Blues
Sam Butler
- Poor Boy Blues
- Jefferson County Blues
- Some Scream High Yellow
Wiliam Moore
- Ragtime Millionaire
Carl Martin
- Joe Louis Blues
notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick
Perls & Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L-1016

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= Yazoo CD 1016 (1991)

L-10171969Bessie Jackson and Walter Roland 1927-1935

Jolly Two
- Guitar Stomp
Bessie Jackson
- Sweet Patunis.
- Baking Powder Blues
- Barbecue Bess
Walter Roland
- Jookit Jookit
- T Model Blues
- Early This Morning No. 2

Jolly Two
- Railroad Stomp
Bessie Jackson
- Levee Blues
- Jump Steady Daddy
Walter Roland
- Penniless Blues
Bessie Jackson
- Jim Tampa Blues
Walter Roland
- Big Mama
Bessie Jackson
- They Ain't Walkin' No More
notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L-1017

notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
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= Yazoo L-1017 (19??)

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CD 1017 YAZ [1992]

L-10181969Going Away Blues 1926 - 1935

Lottie Beaman
- Going Away Blues
- Rolling Log Blues
George 'Big Boy' Owens
- Kentucky Blues
Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Grand Daddy Blues
- Right Now Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham

Charley Jordan
- Stack O'Dollar Blues
- Railroadin' Some
Robert Wilkins
- Old Jim Canaan
- New Stockyard Blues
William McCoy
- Central Tracks Blues
Uncle Bud Walker
- Look Here Mama Blues
Elvie Thomas & Geeshie Wiley
- Over To My House
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Yazoo L-1018

= CD 1018 YAZ [1992]

L-10191970The Virtuoso Guitar of Scrapper Blackwell

Scrapper Blackwell
- Penal Farm Blues
- Trouble Blues Part 1
- Trouble Blues Part 2
- Blue Day Blues
Leroy Carr
- Good Woman Blues
Black Bottom McPhail
- My Dream Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Hard Time Blues

Black Bottom McPhail
- Down In Black Bottom
- Whiskey Man Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Kokomo Blues
- Down South Blues
- Back Door Blues
Tommie Bradley
- Pack Up Her Trunk Blues
Leroy Carr
- Barrelhouse Woman No. 2
notes by Stephen Calt
Jerry Epstein, Nick Perls
& Michael Stewart



Yazoo L-1019


= Yazoo CD 1019 YAZ (1991?)

L-10201970Charley Patton
Founder of the Delta Blues

- Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Pony Blues
- Banty Rooster Blues
- It Won't Be Long
- Tom Rushen Blues

- A Spoonful Blues
- Shake It And Break It
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Elder Green Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Green River Blues


- Hammer Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- High Water Everywhere Part 1
- High Water Everywhere Part 2
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Running Wild Blues
- Dry Well Blues

- Moon Going Down
- Bird Nest Bound
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- 34 Blues
- Revenue Man Blues
- Poor Me
DLP
inner gatefold plus
8 page booklet containing
notes & lyrics by Stephen
Calt, Jerry Epstein, John
Fahey, Don Kent, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
& Alan Wilson
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Yazoo L-1020

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= Yazoo 1020 (19??)

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= Yazoo cassette

CD 1020 YAZ [1990]
[24 tracks only!]

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CD 2001 YAZ
King Of The Delta Blues

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CD 2010 YAZ
Founder of The Delta Blues

L-10211970Memphis Jamboree 1927-1936

Will Batts
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Ain't No Use You Tryin' To Tell On Me
Hattie Hart
- Coldest Stuff In Town
Yank Rachell & Dan Smith
- Squeaky Work Bench Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Soo Cow Soo
The Two Charlies
- I Couldn't Stay Here
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Joliet Bound

Memphis Minnie
- Drunken Barrel House Blues
Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues
Memphis Minnie
- That'll Be Alright
Kansas Joe Mccoy
- Something Gonna Happen To You
Gus Cannon
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
Jim Jackson & Co.
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree
San Townsend
- Lily Kimball Blues
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L-1021

= CD 1021 YAZ [1991]
Shanachie Blues
"Out of Production"

L-10221970Ten Years Of Black Country Religion 1926 - 1936

Charley Patton
- Lord I'm Discouraged
Kid Prince Moore
- Church Bells
- Sign Of Judgement
Blind Willie Davis
- I've Got A Key To The Kingdom
- Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
Lonnie Mcintorsh
- Arise And Shine
Bo Weavil Jackson
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land

Jaybird Coleman
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some Of These Days
Charley Patton
- Prayer Of Death - part 1
- Prayer Of Death - part 2
Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers
- Go I'll Send Thee
- Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Where Shall I Be ?
- All I Want Is That Pure Religion
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls & Michael
Stewart
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Yazoo L-1022
L-10231970Reverend Gary Davis 1935 - 1939

- The Angel's Message To Me
- The Great Change In Me
- I'm Throwin Up My Hand
- You Got To Go Down
- I Can't Bear My Burden By Myself
- I Belong To The Band
- I Am The True Vine

- Lord, Stand By Me
- Twelve Gates To The City
- Have More Faith In Jesus
- 0 Lord, Search My Heart
- You Can Go Home
- Meet Me At The Station
- Cross And Evil Woman Bluesbr>
front cover artwork by Rory Block
notes by Stefan Grossman
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Yazoo L-1023

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= Yazoo CD 2011 YAZ
"The Complete Early
Recordings"

L-10241970Mister Charlie's Blues (1926-1938)

Wesley Long
- They Are Wild Over Me
Herschel Brown
- Spanish Rag
Dick Justice
- Black Dog Blues
Sam Mcgee
- Buck Dancer's Choice
Buster & Jack
- Cross Tie Blues
Larry Hensely
- Match Box Blues
South Georgia Highballers
- Blue Grass Twist

Allen Brothers
- Maybe Next-week Sometime
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
- Just Pickin'
Dick Justice
- Cocaine
Sam Mcgee
- Franklin Blues
Buster & Jack
- Pouring Down Blues
Anglin Brothers
- Southern Whoopie Song
South Georgia Highballers
- Bibb County Grind
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Yazoo L-1024
L-10251970Cripple Clarence Lofton & Walter Davis

Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Juke Joint Stomp
- I Don't Know
- State Street Blues
- Change My Mind Blues
- Streamline Train
- South Side Mess Around
- Brown Skin Girls

Walter Davis
- Why Should I Be Blues
- Santa Claus
- Jacksonville - part 2
- Call Your Name
- Please Don't Mistreat Me
- I Can Tell By The Way You Smell
- Can't See Your Face
notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein. Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L-1025
L-10261971?Bottleneck Blues Guitar Classics 1926-37

King Solomon Hill
- Whoopie Blues
Barbecue Bob
- Atlanta Moan
Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Fence Breakin' Blues
Robert Johnson
- Milkcow's Calf Blues Take 2
Black Ace
- Black Ace
Ruth Willis
- Man Of My Own
Jim & Bob
- St. Louis Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Weaver & Beasley
- Bottleneck Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- My Wash Woman's Gone
Oscar Woods
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
Bukka White
- The Panama Limited
Irene Scruggs
- My Back To The Wall
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls, Mike Stewart
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Yazoo L-1026

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L-10271972Clifford Gibson: Beat You Doing It

- Hard Hearted Blues
- Blues Without A Dime
- Tired Of Being Mistreated Pt 1
- lee And Snow Blues
- Brooklyn Blues
- Bad Luck Dice
- Sunshine Moan

- Levee Camp Moan
- Jive Me Blues
- Society Blues
- Old Time Rider
- Beat You Doing It
- Drayman Blues
- Stop Your Rambling
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls, Mike Stewart



Yazoo L-1027
L-10281972Barrelhouse Blues 1927 - 1936

Bob Call
- Thirty-One Blues
Barelhouse Welsh
- Dying Pickpocket Blues
Joe Dean
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today
George Noble
- Seminole Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Sam, You're Just A Rat
Louise Johnson
- On The Wall
Montana Taylor
- Indiana Avenue Stomp

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues No. 2
Charley Taylor
- Heavy Suitcase Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- State Street Jive
Jabo Williams
- Polack Blues
Jesse James
- Ramrod
Raymond Barrow
- Walking Blues
Will Ezell
- Barrelhouse Woman Take 2
notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls
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Yazoo 1028
L-10291972Papa Charlie Jackson: Fat Mouth 1924 - 1927

- Airy Man Blues
- Baby Please Loan Me Your Heart
- I'm Alabama Bound
- Shave 'Em Dry
- Texas Blues
- The Faking Blues
- Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Me

- Drop That Sack
- Salty Dog Blues
- Up The Way Bound
- Coffee Pot Blues
- She Belongs To Me
- Shake That Thing
- Fat Mouth Blues
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick
Perls & Michael Stewart



Yazoo L-1029
L-10301972St. 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
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls & Mike
Stewart
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Yazoo L-1030
= CD 1030 YAZ [1991]
L-10311972Funny Papa Smith
The Original Howling Wolf 1930 - 1931


- Honey Blues
- Seven Sisters Blues part 1 (lyrics)
- Seven Sisters Blues part 2 (lyrics)
- Hungry Wolf
- Mama's Quittin' And Leavin' part 1 (and Magnolia Harris)
- Mama's Quittin' And Leavin' part 2 (and Magnolia Harris)
- County Jail Blues

- Howling Wolf Blues part 1
- Howling Wolf Blues part 2
- Corn Whiskey Blues
- Hoppin' Toad Frog
- Good Coffee Blues
- Tell It To The Judge part 1 (and Dessa Foster)
- Tell It To The Judge part 2 (and Dessa Foster)
notes by Stephen Calt,
Woody Mann, Nick Perls
& Michael Stewart
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Yazoo L-1031

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= Yazoo CD 1031 (199?)

L-10321972Blues From The Western States 1927 - 1949

King Solomon Hill
- Down On My Bended Knee
Will Day
- Sunrise Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- Lock And Key Blues
Jesse Baby Face Thomas
- No Good Woman Blues
Willie Lane
- Howling Wolf Blues
Rabbit Brown
- James Alley Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Cherry Street Blues

Otis Harris
- You'll Like My Loving
Oscar Woods
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away
Little Hat Jones
- Little Hat Blues
Jesse Baby Face Thomas
- Blue Goose Blues
Willie Lane
- Black Cat Rag
Texas Alexander
- Double Crossing Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Cross The Water Blues
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls, Michael Stewart



Yazoo L-1032
L-10331972Roosevelt Sykes:
The Country Blues Piano Ace (1929-1932)


Roosevelt Sykes
- You So Dumb
- No Good Woman Blues
- Hard Luck Man Blues
- Don't Put The Lights Out
- All My Money Gone
- Mr. Sykes Blues
James 'Stump' Johnson
- Barrel Of Whiskey Blues

Roosevelt Sykes
- Highway 61 Blues
- Kelly's Special
- As True As I've Been To You
- Kelly's 44 Blues
- The Way I Feel Blues
- Skeet And Garret
- Poor Boy Blues
notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls
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Yazoo L-1033
L-10341973Bo Carter: Twist It Babe 1931-1940

- The Law Gonna Step On You
- Honey
- Shake 'Em On Down
- Rolling Blues
- Howlin' Tom-Cat Blues
- Policy Blues
- My Baby

- Twist It Baby
- Some Day
- Doubled Up In A Knot
- I Get The Blues
- Let Me Roll Your-Lemon
- Pussy Cat Blues
- Bo Carter Special
notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
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Yazoo L-1034
L-10351973Big Bill Broonzy
Do That Guitar Rag 1928-1935


- Pig Meat Strut
- Down In The Basement
- Terrible Operation Blues
- Big Bill Blues
- Leave My Man Alone
- Bull Cow Blues
- Grandma's Farm

- Guitar Rag
- Pussy Cat Blues
- Mr. Conductor Man
- Worrying You Off My Mind Part I
- Double Trouble Blues
- Skoodle Do Do
- C&A Blues
notes by Stephen Calt
and Woody Mann
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Yazoo L-1035
L-10361973Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
Naptown Blues 1929-1934


- Carried Water For The Elephant
- Low Down Dog Blues
- Papa Wants A Cookie
- Naptown Blues
- Bread Baker
- I Keep The Blues
- Gettin' All Wet

- What More Can I Do
- Longing For My Sugar
- Fore Day Rider
- How About Me?
- Memphis Town
- Hold Them Puppies
- Papa Wants To Knock A Jug
notes by Stephen Calt
& Mike Stewart



Yazoo L-1036
L-10371974Blind Willie McTell 1927-1935
Doin' That Atlanta Strut

- Ticket Agent Blues
- B & O Blues No. 2
- It's A Good Little Thing
- Cold Winter Day 0
- Kind Mama
- Experience Blues (Ruth Day, voc)
- Southern Can Mama

- My Baby's Gone
- Painful Blues (Ruth Day, voc)
- Razor Ball
- Stole Rider Blues
- God Don't Like It
- Scarey Day Blues
- Atlanta Strut
notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
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= Yazoo L-1037
L-10381974Lonesome Road Blues
15 Years in the Mississippi Delta 1926 - 1941

Big Joe Williams
- Little Leg Woman
Arthur Pettis
- Good Boy Blues
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Street Walkin'
Mississippi Bracey
- Stered Gal
- Cherry Ball
Sam Collins
- My Road Is Rough And Rocky
- Lonesome Road Blues

Robert Petway
- Catfish Blues
Freddie Spruell
- Milk Cow Blues
- Tom Cat Blues
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Robert Lockwood
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Johnny Temple
- The Evil Devil Blues
The Mississippi Moaner
- It's Cold In China Blues
notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
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Yazoo L-1038

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= Yazoo CD 1038 (1992?)

L-10391973Tampa Red
Bottleneck Guitar 1928-1937


Frankie Jaxon
- It's Heated
Tampa Red
- You Got To Reap What You Sow
Tampa Red
- What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy
- Black Eye Blues (20898-1)
Tampa Red
- The Duck Yas Yas Yas
Madlyn Davis
- It's Red Hot
Georgia Tom
- If You Want Me To Love You

Tampa Red
- No Matter How She Done It
Tampa Red
- Through Train Blues
Tampa Red
- Seminole Blues
Madlyn Davis
- Too Black Bad
Tampa Red
- Come On Mama Do That Dance
Tampa Red
- Denver Blues
Lil Johnson
- House Rent Scuffle
notes by John Miller
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Yazoo L-1039
L-10401974Mama Let Me Lay It On You 1926-1936

Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Whiskey And Gin Blues
Irene Scruggs
- Itching Heel
Smith And Harper
- Poor Girl
Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag - take 1
Blind Blake
- Chump Man Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Every Day In The Week Blues
Walter Coleman
- Mama Let Me Lay It On You

Josh White
- Good Gal
Leola B. Wilson
- Wilson Dam
- Black And Tan
Spark Plug Smith
- Vampire Women
Blind Blake
- Sweet Jivin' Mama
Smith And Harper
- Insurance Policy Blues
Charlie Manson
- Nineteen Women Blues
notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
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Yazoo 1040

= Yazoo CD 1040 [1991]

L-10411974Georgia Tom Dorsey 1928 -1932
Come On Mama Do That Dance


Tom Dorsey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
Frankie Jaxon
- Jive Man Blues
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- How Can You Have The Blues?
Jane Lucas & Georgia Tom
- Come On Mama
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- The Doctor's Blues
Georgia Tom & Tampa Red
- Crow Jane Alley
Georgia Tom Dorsey
- If You See My Saviour

Bertha Chippie Hill
- Some Cold Rainy Day
Georgia Tom Dorsey
- Rollin' Mill Blues
Stovepipe Johnson
- Devilish Blues
Georgia Tom Dorsey
- Second-handed Woman Blues
Georgia Tom Dorsey
- How About You?
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Gym's Too Much For Me
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- But They Got It Fixed Right On
notes by Stephen Calt
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Yazoo L-1041
L-10421974Uptown Blues
A Decade Of Guitar-Piano Duets 1927-1937

Big Bill Broonzy
- Mountain Blues
Rufus & Ben Quillian
- Sweet Miss Stella Blues
Bo Carter
- When You Left
Charlie Campbell
- Goin' Away Blues
Teddy Darby
- My Leona Blues
Down Home Blues
- You Do It
Leola Manning
- He Fans Me

Rufus & Ben Quillian
- Good Feeling Blues
Watson's Pullman Porters
- Barbecue Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Policy Blues
Willie Harris
- What Makes A Tom Cat Blue?
Mack Rhinehart & Brownie Stubblefield
- Uptown Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
- Papa's On The Housetop
Charley Spand
- Ain't Gonna Stand For That

cover art by Garry Bready

notes by Stephen Calt
and John Miller
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Yazoo L-1042

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= Yazoo CD 1042 YAZ [1993]

L-10431974Please Warm My Weiner
Old Time Hokum Blues

Whistling Bob Howe & Franke Griggs
- The Coldest Stuff In Town [actually "The Hottest Stuff In Town"]
Tommie Bradley & James Cole
- Adam And Eve
Buddie Burton
- Ham Fatchet Blues Part 1
Georgia Tom & Tampa Red
- The Alley Crap Game
Rufus K Ben Quillian
- Satisfaction Blues
Hokum Boys
- I Had To Give Up Gym
Papa Charlie Jackson
- You Put It In, I'll Take It Out
Butterbeans & Susie
- Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama
Robert & Charlie Hicks
- Darktown Gambling - The Crap Game
The Yazoo All Stars[actually "The Paramount All Stars"]
- Hometown Skiffle Part 1
- Hometown Skiffle Part 2
Memphis Minnie
- Banana Man Blues
Leola B & Kid Wesley Wilson
- Uncle Joe
Bo Carter
- Please Warm My Weiner



Yazoo L-1043

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= Air Mail Recordings
AIRAC-1321 (Jp 2007)

L-10441974Fred Van Eps & Vess L. Ossman
Kings Of The Banjo Ragtime


Vess L. Ossman
- Smoky Mokes
- Peaceful Henry
- Yankee Land
- The Smiler
- Popularity
- Rusty Rags Medley
- St. Louis Tickle

Fred van Eps
- Red Pepper Rag
- Black Diamond Rag
- Whipped Cream Rag
- Ragtime Oriole
- Junk Man Rag
- Policy King
- White Wash Man
notes by David A. Jasen
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Yazoo L-1044
L-10451974?String Ragtime
- To Do This You Got To Know How


Jim & Bob
- Sweet Georgia Brown
Nap Hayes & Martin Prater
- Somethin' Doin'
East Texas Serenaders
- Arizona Stomp
Chauncey C Lee
- Banjo Rag
Robert Maxwell
- Spaghetti Rag
John Dilleshaw & The String Marvell
- Cotton Patch Rag
Lonnie Johnson
- To Do This You Got To Know How

David Apollon
- Mandolin Blues
- Russian Rag
Walker's Corbin Ramblers
- E Rag
Herald Goodman and his Tennessee Valley Boys
- Banjo Rag
Bob Roberts
- Persian Lamb Rag
Louie Blue & Ted Bogan
- State Street Rag
Dallas String Band
- Dallas Rag
notes by Stephen Calt
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Yazoo L-1045
L-10461975The Voice Of The Blues
Bottleneck Guitar Masterpieces

Barbecue Bob
- Goin' Up The Country
The Georgia Browns
- Decatur Street 81
Ramblin' Thomas
- Ground Hog Blues
Tampa Kid
- Keep On Trying
The Hokum Boys
- Selling That Stuff
The Too Bad Boys
- Corrine Corrine Blues
Sister O. M. Terrell
- I Want You To Lead Me On
Sam Butler
- Jefferson County Blues
Oscar "Buddy" Woods
- Come On Over To My House Baby
- Laughing Rag
Irene Scruggs
- The Voice Of The Blues
Jimmie Davis
- She's A Hum Dum Dinger From Dingersville
Blind Willie Davis
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Georgia Cotton Pickers
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy
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Yazoo 1046

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Yazoo CD 1046 [1992]

10471975Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)
I'm A Bear In A Lady's Boudoir

- I'm A Bear In A Ladies Boudoir
- Hard Hearted Hannah
- For No Good Reason At All
- I'll See You In My Dreams
- Charley, My Boyl
- Whole The Meanest Gal In Town, Josephine
- Stack O'Lee Part 1

- Stack O'Lee Part 2
- Insufficient Sweetie
- Alabamy Bound
- It Had To Be You
- I Want To Walk In Again Blues
- California
- I'm Going To Give It To Mary With Love
notes by Stephen Calt
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Yazoo 1047

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= Air Mail Recordings
AIRAC-1322 (Jp 2007)

L-10481975Harry Reser
Banjo Crackerjax 1922-1930


- Lollypops
- Frosted Chocolate
- Heebe Jeebes
- Send Back My Honeyman
- The Cat And The Dog
- Crazy Jol
- Flaperette

- Crackerjack
- Kitten On The Keys
- Easy Goin'
- Sugar Blues
- The Old Town Pump
- Pickin's
- Fair And Warmer
notes by David Jasen
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Yazoo L-1048
L-10491975Casey Bill Weldon & Kokomo Arnold:
Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters Of The 1930s


Casey Bill Weldon
- You Just As Well Let Her Go
- Go Ahead, Buddy
- Lady Doctor Blues
- The Big Boat
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule
- You Shouldn't Do That
- Back Door Blues

Kokomo Arnold
- The Twelves (The Dirty Dozens)
- I'll Be Up Someday
- Busy Bootin'
- Sagefield Woman Blues
- Back To The Woods ca
- Salty Dog
- Feels So Good
notes by Stephen Calt
& John Miller
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Yazoo L-1049

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= Yazoo CD 1049 YAZ (1992)??)

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= Air Mail Recordings
AIRAC-1323 (Jp 2007)

L-10501975Furry Lewis: In His Prime 1927-1928

- Good Looking Girl Blues
- Falling Down Blues
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Furry's Blues
- Mistreatin' Mamma
- Cannonball Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green (alt. take)

- Jellyroll
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Kassis Jones Part 1
- Kassis Jones Part 2
- Everybody's Blues
- Rock Island Blues
- Judge Harsh Blues (alt. take)

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Yazoo L-1050

= CD 1050 YAZ

L-10511975The Hokum Boys
You Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff


- You Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff
- Gambler's Blues
- Put Your Mind On It
- Went To His Head
- We Don't Sell It Here No More
- I Was Afraid Of That Ptl
- Let Me Have It

- Hokum Blues
- Pat-A-Foot Blues
- Only The Blues (uniss)
- Selling That Stuff
- Ain't Goin' That Way
- It's All Gone Now
- I Was Afraid Of That Part 2

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Yazoo L-1051

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= Air Mail Recordings
AIRAC-1324 (Jp 2007)

L-10521976?Roy Smeck plays Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo, Ukelele and Guitar (1926 - 1949)

- 12th Street Rag
- Frettin' Blues
- Shuffle Off To Buffalo
- Limehouse Blues
- Nifty Pickin'
- Tough Pickin'
- Slippery Fingers

- Steel Guitar Rag
- Tiger Rag
- Guitarese
- Farewell Blues
- Ukelele Bounce
- Bugle Call Rag
- Laughing Rag
notes by Stephen Calt
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Yazoo L-1052
L-10531976Harmonica Blues
Great Harmonica Performances of the 1920s and '30s

Freeman Stowers
- Railroad Blues
State Street Boys
- Crazy About You
Carver Boys
- Wang Wang Harmonica Blues
Lee Brown
- My Driving Wheel
Ashley & Foster
- Bay Rum Blues
Robert Hill
- I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother
Chuck Darling
- Blowin' The Blues

Chuck Darling
- Harmonica Rag
Jaybird Coleman
- Man Trouble Blues
Jazz Gillum
- I Want You By My Side
Alfred Lewis
- Friday Moan Blues
Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- House Snake Blues
Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Need More Blues
De Ford Bailey
- Davidson County Blues

notes by Steve Calt
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Yazoo L-1053

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= Yazoo CD 1053 YAZ
(19??)

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= Air Mail Recordings
AIRAC-1325 (Jp 2007)

L-10541976Clifford Hayes and The Dixieland Jug Blowers

Dixieland Jug Blowers
- You'd Better Leave Me Alone Sweet
Clifford Hayes
- Everybody Wants My Tootelum
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- National Blues (tk3)
Clifford Hayes
- Clef Club Stomp
Ben Ferguson
- Please Don't Holler Mama
Clifford Hayes
- Dance Hall Shuffle
- Barefoot Stomp

Ben Ferguson
- Try And Treat Her Right
Clifford Hayes
- You're Ticklin' Me (tkl)
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Love Blues
Clifford Hayes
- Bye Bye Blues
- Heyl I Am Blue
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- If You Can't Make It Easy (tkl)
Clifford Hayes
- Blue Guitar Stomp
notes by Fred E. Cox
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Yazoo L-1054
L-10551976?Hawaiian Guitar Hot Shots

King Benny Nawahi
- Tickling The Strings *
Sol Hoopii
- In Ma-la-ka-mo-ka-lu
Kane's Hawaiians
- Hilo
Jim And Bob
- By The Waters Of The Minnetonka
Hauulea Entertainers
- 12th Street Rag
Pale K Lua
- Kohala March
Hauulea Entertainers
- Railroad Blues

Roy Smeck
- My Little Grass Shack
King Queen And Jack
- Stack-o-lee Blues
Hanapi Trio
- Indiana March
Franchini And Dettborn
- Palakiko Blues Cn
Hauulea Entertainers
- Ellis March F3
Master's Hawaiian's
- Hawaiian Stormy Weather
Sol Hoopii
- Right Or Wrong
notes by Robert Armstrong
and Steve Calt
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Yazoo L-1055

* re-released on CD
King Bennie Nawahi:
"Hawaiian String Virtuoso /
Classic Acoustic Steel Guitar
Recordings of the 1920's"
Shanachie CD

L-10561977Frank Stokes
Creator Of The Memphis Blues


- Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon
- Memphis Rounders Blues
- Unnamed Blues
- Stomp That Thing
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It
- Nehi Mamma Blues
- It's A Good Thing
- You Shall
- It Won't Be Long Now
- Mistreatin' Blues
- Wasn't That Doggin' Me
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do Part 2
- Sweet To Mama
- Beale Town Bound

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Yazoo L-1056
L-10571977?Pioneers Of The Jazz Guitar

Lonnie Johnson And Eddie Lang
- Handful Of Riffs
Eddie Lang & Carl Kress
- Feeling My Way
Nick Lucas
- Teasing The Frets
John Cali & Tony Guttuso
- A Study In Brown
Carl Kress & Dick McDonough
- Heat Wave
Dick McDonough
- Dick Bernstein Ramble
John Cali & Tony Guttuso
- Hittin' On All Six

Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang
- Hot Fingers
Carl Kress & Dick McDonough
- Stage Fright
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang
- Have To Change Keys To Play These Blues
John Cali & Tony Guttuso
- Satan Takes A Holiday
Nick Lucas Picking
- The Guitar
Dick McDonough
- Chasing A Buck
Carl Kress & Dick McDonough
- Chicken A La Swing
notes by Stephen Calt,
Woody Mann & John
Miller
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Yazoo L-1057
L-10581977?Blind Willie Johnson: Praise God I'm Satisfied

- Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
- Dark Was The Night-Cold Was The Ground
- Praise God I'm Satisfied
- Bye And Bye I'm Going To-See The King
- You're Gonna Need Somebody On YourBond
- When The War Was On
- God Moves On The'Water

- I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
- God Don't Never Change
- The Rain Don't Fall On Me
- Nobody's Fault But Mine
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
- Jesus Is Coming Soon
- Mother's Children Have A Hard Time
notes by Steve Calt
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Yazoo L-1058

= Yazoo CD 1058 YAZ [1989]

L-10591977?Eddie Lang: Jazz Guitar Virtuoso

- Prelude (Rachmaninoff Op 3. No 2)
- Pickin' My Way
- Rainbow Dreams
- Blue Guitars
- April Kisses
- I'll Never Be The Same
- Blue Room

- Eddie's Twister
- Midnight Call Blues
- Perfect
- A Little Love, A Little Kiss
- Melody Man's Dream
- Feeling My Way
- Church Street Sobbin' Blues
notes by Steve Calt
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Yazoo L-1059
L-10601979?Blind Boy Fuller
Truckin' My Blues Away


- Truckin' My Blues Away
- Untrue Blues
- Homesick And Lonesome Blues
- You Never Can Tell
- Mamie
- Jivin' Woman Blues
- Funny Feeling Blues

- I Crave My Pigmeat
- Meat Shakin' Woman
- Walking My Troubles Away
- Painful Hearted Man
- Corrine What Makes You Treat Me So?
- Sweet Honey Hole
- Weeping Willow
notes by Steve Calt
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Yazoo L-1060
L-10611979?Fun On The Frets
Early Jazz Guitar


Carl Kress & Tony Mottola
- Fun On The Frets
- Jazz In G
- Sarong Number
- The Camel Walks
- Blonde On The Loose
- Serenade
- Squeeze Box Swing
- Sharp As A Tack
- Nobody's Idea
- Boogie Woogle For Guitar

Carl Kress & Dick McDonough
- Danzon
- I've Got A Feeling You're Fooling
Carl Kress
- Peg Leg Shuffle W
- Sutton Mutton (Taking It On The Lamb)
George van Eps
- I Wrote It For Jo
- Kay's Fantasy
- Tea For Two
- Once In A While

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Yazoo L-1061
L-10621979?Joe Venuti
1927 to 1934 Violin Jazz


- Sensation
- Apple Blossoms
- Raggin' The Scale
- Satan's Holiday
- A Mug Of Ale
- Hey! Young Fella
- Wild Cat

- The Wild Dog
- Sweet Lorraine
- Kickin' The Cat
- Jig Saw Puzzle Blues
- Hiawatha's Lullaby
- Four String Joe
- Goin' Places
notes by Steve Calt
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Yazoo L-1062
L-10631979?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

- 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
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Yazoo 1063

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Yazoo CD 1063 [1991?]

L-10641970Bo Carter: Banana In Your Fruit Basket
Red Hot Blues 1931-36

- All Around Man
- Banana In Your Fruit Basket
- Pig Meat Is What I Crave
- Pussy Cat Blues
- My Pencil Won't Write No More
- Ants In My Pants
- Cigarette Blues

- Howling Tom Cat Blues
- What Kind Of Scent Is-This?
- Mashing That Thing
- Blue Runner Blues
- Don't Mash My Digger So Deep
- Pin In Your Cushion
- Ram Rod Daddy
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Yazoo L-1064

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= Yazoo CD 1064

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= Air Mail Recordings
AIRAC-1326 (Jp 2007)

L-10651979Mississippi John Hurt
1928 Sessions


- Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied
- Louis Collins
- Blue Harvest Blues
- Avalon Blues
- Blessed Be The Name
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Frankie

- Ain't No Tellin'
- Big Leg Blues
- Stack 0 Lee Blues
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
- Spike Driver Blues
- Candy Man Blues

mastering and production: Nick Perls

notes by Steve Calt
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Yazoo L-1065

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= Yazoo CD 1065

L-10661980?Dave Apollon
Mandolin Virtuoso


- Who
- Perfidia
- Two Guitars
- St. Louis Blues
- A Media Luz
- Czardas
- Star Duet
- Mandolin Blues

- Russian Rag
- Begin The Beguine
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- Spanish Fantasy
- Gypsy Aire
- No Te Enganes Corazon
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Dark Eyes
notes by David Grisman
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Yazoo L-1066
L-10671981Memphis Jug Band

Yazoo DLP 1067 / Air Mail AIRAC-1327/28 track sequence:
- I'll See You In The Spring, When The Birds Begin To Sing #
- Memphis Jug Blues
- Cave Man Blues 1-3 #
- Gator Wobble
- Beale Street Mess Around
- Memphis Yo Yo Blues #
- Stealin' Stealin'

- Lindberg Hop
- Fourth St. Mess Around
- Memphis Boy Blues
- Taking Your Place
- On The Road Again
- Tired Of You Driving Me #
- Cocaine Habit Blues


- Oh Ambulance Man
- K.C. Moan
- You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back
- The Old Folks Started It
- Newport News Blues - take 1
- Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green
- Little Green Slippers

- Spider's Nest Blues #
- Sometimes I Think I Love You
- She Stays Out All Night Long
- Insane Crazy Blues
- Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
- What's The Matter?
- Whitewash Station Blues

# not on Yazoo CD 1067



Yazoo CD 1067 YAZ track sequence (23 tracks only):
- Lindberg Hop
- On The Road Again
- Stealin' Stealin'
- Insane Crazy Blues
- K.C. Moan
- Cocaine Habit Blues
- Newport News Blues - take 1
- Whitewash Station Blues
- The Old Folks Started It
- Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green
- Memphis Jug Blues
- Gator Wobble
- Little Green Slippers
- Taking Your Place
- Sometimes I Think I Love You
- Memphis Boy Blues
- Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
- What's The Matter?
- Oh Ambulance Man
- Beale Street Mess Around
- She Stays Out All Night Long
- You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back
- Fourth St. Mess Around

Memphis Jug Band discography

DLP
notes by Bengt Olsson
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Yazoo L 1067

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(=) Yazoo CD 1067 YAZ
(1990) [23 tracks only !]

Original notes by Bengt
Olsson + Japanese notes
by Kazunari Sugano
& Shinichi Ogawa
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= Air Mail Recordings
AIRAC-1327/28 (Jp 2007)
[28 tracks !]

L-10681984Blind Blake
Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker


- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- C.C. Pill Blues
- Black Biting Bee Blues (Leola B. Wilson)
- Hard Pushing Papa
- Black Dog Blues
- Georgia Bound
- Hastings St.

- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
- Rope Stretching Blues - Part 1
- Chump Man Blues
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- Sweet Jivin' Mama
- Itching Reel (Irene Scruggs)
- Too Tight Blues No. 2


- Southern Rag
- One Time Blues
- Playing Policy Blues
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues
- Sweet Papa Low Down
- Police Dog Blues
- Wilson Dam (Leola B. Wilson)

- Come On Boys Lets Do That Messin' Around
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Let Your Love Come Down (Bertha Henderson)
- Bad Feeling Blues
- Righteous Blues
- Down The Country Blues (Leola B. Wilson)
- Seaboard Stomp
DLP
notes by Steve Calt
and Woody Mann
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Yazoo L-1068

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= CD 1068 YAZ (1990)

Blind Blake discography

L-10691984Blind Lemon Jefferson
King Of The Country Blues


- Broke And Hungry
- Stocking Feet Blues
- Lonesome House Blues
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- Got The Blues
- Black Horse Blues

- One Dime Blues
- Corrina Blues
- Rabbit Foot Blues
- Oil Well Blues
- Shuckin' Sugar Blues
- He Arose From The Dead
- That Crawlin' Baby Blues


- Match Box Blues
- Easy Rider Blues
- Booger Rooger Blues
- Right Of Way Blues
- Big Might Blues
- Booster Blues
- Dry Southern Blues

- Bad Luck Blues
- Prison Cell Blues
- Rambler Blues
- Gone Dead On You Blues
- Wartime Blues
- Beggin' Back
- Long Lonesome Blues
notes by Stephen Calt
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Yazoo L-1069

= CD 1069 YAZ (1990)

L-10701984?Yazoo's History Of Jazz

James P. Johnson - Carolina Shout
Jimmy Noone & Earl Hines - Monday Date
Mary Lou Williams - Night Life
King Oliver - Chimes Blues
Jasper Taylor - Stomp Time Blues
Junie Cobb - Chicago Buzz
Jabbo Smith & Ikey Robinson - Jazz Battle
Albert Wynn - Parkway Stomp

Muggsy Spanier & Sidney Bechet - That's A Plenty
Fletcher Henderson - Hay Foot, Straw Foot
Dennis Notin - Kansas City Shuffle
Bix Beiderbecke - Clementine
Jelly Roll Morton - Sweet Peter
Duke Ellington - Past And Furious
Benny Goodman - Muskrat Ramble
Thomas "Fats" Waller - Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad
notes by David Jasen
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Yazoo L-1070

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= Air Mail Recordings
AIRAC-1329 (Jp 2007)

L-10711985Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

- "Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom
- Don't Fish In My Sea
- Booze And Blues
- Farewell Daddy Blues
- Stack O'Lee Blues
- Black Eye Blues
- Oh Papa Blues

- Blues Oh Blues
- Shave 'Em Dry Blues
- Lucky Rock Blues
- Screech Owl Blues
- Georgia Cake Walk
- Sleep Talking Blues
- Yonder Come The Blues

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Yazoo L-1071

= CD 1071 YAZ [1991]

L-10721986Skip James: The Complete 1931 Session

- Devil Got My Woman
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road
- Hard Luck Child
- Drunken Spree
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
- Be Ready When He Comes
- How Long "Buck"
- I'm So Glad
- Cherry Ball Blues

- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
- 22-20 Blues
- 4 O'Clock Blues
- Jesus Is A MIghty Good Leader
- Yola My Blues Away
- What Am I To Do Blues
- Special Rider Blues
- Illinois Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues
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Yazoo L-1072

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Yazoo CD 2009 (1994)
"The Complete Early
Recordings - 1930"

L-10731986The Roots Of Robert Johnson

Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Kokomo Arnold
- Milk Cow Blues
Leroy Carr
- When The Sun Goes Down
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues - part 1
Lonnie Johnson
- Life Saver Blues
- Red River Blues
Charley Patton
- Revenue Man Blues

Son House
- My Black Mama - part 1
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
The Mississippi Sheiks
- Sitting On Top Of The World
Scrapper Blackwell
- Kokomo Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
- Go Ahead, Buddy
Johnnie Temple
- Lead Pencil Blues
notes by Stephen Calt
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Yazoo L-1073
L-10741986?King Bennie Nawahi
Hot Hawaiian Guitar
1928 to ca. 1949

- Ukelele Benny *
- Singing In The Bathtub *
- Tickling The Strings *
- I'm A Dreamer Aren't We All
- California Blues *
- Wiggle Yo Toes *
- Honolulu Bound *
- May Day Is Lei Day In Hawaii *
- I've Seen My Baby (And It Won't Be Long Now) *
- My Girl From The South Sea Isles *
- Hawaiian Capers *
- Black Boy Blues *
- Guitar Rhythm *
- My Little Brownie *
- Mauna Kea *
- The Big Feet Rag *

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Yazoo L-1074

* re-released on CD
King Bennie Nawahi:
"Hawaiian String Virtuoso /
Classic Acoustic Steel Guitar
Recordings of the 1920's"

L-1075  never issued
L-1076  never issued
10771989Robert Wilkins: The Original Rolling Stone

- I'll Go With Her
- Rollin' Stone - Part 1
- Get Away Blues
- Alabama Blues
- I Do Blues
- Long Train Blues
- That's No Way To Get Along

- Fallin' Down Blues
- Jailhouse Blues
- Losin' Out Blues
- Rollin' Stone - Part 2
- Old Jim Canan's
- Nashville Stonewall
- Police Sergeant Blues
notes by Steve Calt
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Herwin 215 (1980)

= Yazoo L-1077 (1989)

= Yazoo CD 1077 (1991)

10781990Blind Willie Johnson:
Sweeter As The Years Go By


- John The Revelator
- You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond
- Let Your Light Shine On Me
- Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right
- Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying
- If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
- If It Had Not Been For Jesus
- Church, I'm Fully Saved Today

- Soul Of Man
- I'm Gonna Run To The City of Refuge
- Can't Nobody Hide From God
- Sweeter As The Years Go By
- Go With Me To That Land
- Trouble Will Soon Be Over
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It
- Take Your Stand

front cover artwork by Fred Carlson
notes by David Evans
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Yazoo CD 1078 YAZ
Yazoo 1078 (cassette)
10791990Crying Sam Collins and his Git-Fiddle: Jailhouse Blues

- Devil In The Lion's Den
- Slow Mama Slow
- The Jailhouse Blues
- Riverside Blues
- New Salty Dog
- Yellow Dog Blues
- Pork Chop Blues
- Dark Cloudy Blues

- Hesitation Blues
- It Won't Be Long
- Do That Thing
- I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
- Loving Lady Blues
- Midnight Special Blues
- Lead Me All The Way
- Graveyard Digger's Blues
notes by Chris Smith
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Yazoo 1079
L-1080/811990Henry Thomas Sings The Texas Blues!

OJL 3 track sequenze:
- John Henry
- Cottonfield Blues
- 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
- When The Train Comes Along
- Bull Doze Blues
- Texas Easy Street
- Texas Worried Blues

Herwin / Yazoo DLP track sequence:
- 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

Herwin H 209 inner gatefold

Henry Thomas discography




OJL 3 (1962)
OJL discography

DLP
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"

1082/831989 

Herwin H 208 gatefold / notes

Cannon's Jug Stompers
The Complete Works In Chronological Order 1927-1930 including Gus Cannon as Banjo Joe

Herwin / Yazoo DLP track sequence:
- Jonestown Blues #
- Poor Boy Long Ways From Home #
- Madison Street Rag #
- Jazz Gypsy Blues #
- Can You Blame The Colored Man #
- My Money Never Runs Out #
- Minglewood Blues
- Big Railroad Blues
- Madison Street Rag

- Springdale Blues
- Ripley Blues
- Pig Ankel Strut
- Noah's Blues
- Hollywood Rag
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Feather Bed
- Cairo Rag
- Bugle Call Rag


- Viola Lee Blues - 1
- Viola Lee Blues - 2 #
- Riley's Wagon #
- Last Chance Blues
- Fourth And Beale #
- Last Chance Blues
- Tired Chicken Blues
- Going To Germany
- Walk Right In

- Mule Get Up In The Alley
- The Rooster Crowing Blues
- Jonestown Blues
- Pretty Mama Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come
- Wolf River Blues
- Madison Street Rag
- Money Never Runs Out
- Prison Wall Blues

# not on Yazoo CD

Yazoo CD track sequence:
- Minglewood Blues
- Walk Right In
- Going To Germany
- Bring It With You When You Come
- Bugle Call Rag
- Prison Wall Blues
- Feather Bed
- Noah's Blues
- Wolf River Blues
- Madison Street Rag
- Viola Lee Blues
- Cairo Rag
- Last Chance Blues
- Mule Get Up In The Alley
- Pretty Mama Blues
- Money Never Runs Out
- Pig Ankel Strut
- Jonestown Blues
- The Rooster Crowing Blues
- Hollywood Rag
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Ripley Blues
- Tired Chicken Blues
- Big Railroad Blues

front cover artwork of Yazoo releases by Fred Carlson

DLP
notes by Bengt Olsson



Herwin H 208

Herwin discography

DLP [no gatefold]
notes by Bengt Olsson
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= Yazoo 1082/83 (1989)

notes by Bengt Olsson
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= Yazoo CD 1082/83 (1992?)

Thanks to Görgen Antonsson and Marc Claes for additional info / scans

 

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Ad in Blues Unlimited No 108 June/July 1974

 

Yazoo Collector's Get-Together. NJ, summer '97
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(L-R) back: Chris Moreton, Pat Conte, Steve Calt (†), Bernie Klatzko (†), Don Kent, Sherwin Dunner, Howard Berg
front: Richard Nevins, Russ Shor, Ken Romanowski, Rob Fleder
(photo by John Cohen; source: Sing Out! Vol. 43 No. 3, p. 64)

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