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T E X A S'   A L E X A N D E R   1930 OKeh advertising flyer; source: eBay auction, offered by 'Bombastium' (Sherwin Dunner), now in the possession of John Tefteller
1930 OKeh advertising flyer
source: eBay auction, offered by "Bombastium" (Sherwin Dunner) from
the Ken Swerilas collection, now in the possession of John Tefteller
source: Blues Images Calendar Vol. 17 (US 2019, sheet for 2020)
source: Blues Images Calendar Vol. 17 (US 2019, sheet for May 2020)

 

'Texas' Alexander
Alger Alexander
b. September 12, 1900 in Jewett, Leon County, Texas
d. April 16, 1954 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas

buried at Longstreet Cemetery in [Grimes County] Montgomery County, Texas

T E X A S'   A L E X A N D E R   1930 OKeh advertising flyer, back side
source: 1930 OKeh advertising flyer, back side

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11927"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Levee Camp Moan Blues (81225-B)   @ youtube
- Section Gang Blues (81224-B)   @ youtube



unissued track from same session:
- The Deep Blue Sea Blues (81222-B)

rec. August 12, 1927 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g

 
OKeh 8498 (red label rel. late September 1927)

source: Blues Unlimited 148/149 (Winter 1987), p. 32

211/1927"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Long Lonesome Day Blues (81213-A) #   @ youtube
- Corn-Bread Blues (81223-A) *   @ youtube

# rec. August 11, 1927 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g
* rec. August 12, 1927 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g

   
OKeh 8511 (US November 5, 1927: patent lines ending 'May 22/23' on both sides) // (US 1928: patent lines ending 'RE. 16588' on both sides)

31927"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Range In My Kitchen Blues (81212-B) #   @ youtube
- Farm Hand Blues (81236-B) *   @ youtube

# rec. August 11, 1927 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g
* rec. August 16, 1927 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Eddie Heywood, p


OKeh 8526

T E X A S'   A L E X A N D E R   ad for 'Range In My Kitchen Blues'; source: John Tefteller's Blues Images

T E X A S'   A L E X A N D E R   ad for 'Range In My Kitchen Blues'; source: John Tefteller's Blues Images source: John Tefteller's Blues Images (http://www.goldminemag.com/) Blues Images Vol. 5 (US 2008)

41927"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Sabine River Blues (81243-B) *   @ youtube
- Mama I Heard You Brought It Right Back Home (81235-B) #   @ youtube

# rec. August 16, 1927 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Eddie Heywood, p
* rec. August 17, 1927 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Eddie Heywood, p


OKeh 8542

51928"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Bell Cow Blues (400449-B) #   @ youtube
- Boe Hog Blues (400456-B) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 9, 1928 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g
* rec. March 10, 1928 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g


OKeh 8563 (US 1928, large red label)


OKeh 8563 (US 192?, large black label)


OKeh 8563 (US 1930 or later, small black label)

61928"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Death Bed Blues (400441-B) #   @ youtube
- Mama's Bad Luck Child (400455-B) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 9, 1928 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g
* rec. March 10, 1928 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g


OKeh 8578

71928"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Bantam Rooster Blues (400444-A, -B)   @ youtube
- Deep Blue Sea Blues (400445-B)   @ youtube

rec. March 9, 1928 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g


OKeh 8591

81928"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- West Texas Blues (400443-A)   @ youtube
- Don't You Wish Your Baby Was Built Up Like Mine? (400448-A)   @ youtube

rec. March 9, 1928 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g


OKeh 8603

91928"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Sitting On A Log (400454-B) *   @ youtube
- No More Women Blues (400446-A) #   @ youtube

# rec. March 9, 1928 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g
* rec. March 10, 1928 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g


OKeh 8624

101928TEXAS ALEXANDER

- Penitentiary Moan Blues (402334-B)   @ youtube
- Blue Devil Blues (402335-A)   @ youtube

rec. November 16, 1928 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g


OKeh 8640

source: Samuel B. Charters: The Blues Makers (incorporates The Bluesmen [1967] and Sweet As the Showers of Rain [1977]).- New York (Da Capo) 1991, p. 196

111928TEXAS ALEXANDER

- Work Ox Blues (402330-A) #   @ youtube
- 'Frisco Train Blues (402347-B) *   @ youtube

# rec. November 15, 1928 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang, g
* rec. November 20, 1928 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; King Oliver, cornet; Clarence Williams, p; Eddie Lang, g


OKeh 8658


= Temple 526 as by King Oliver


= Jazz Society 594 as by Texas Alexander and His Black Tams

121928TEXAS ALEXANDER

- The Risin' Sun (402331-A) #   @ youtube
- Tell Me Woman Blues (402346-A) *   @ Spotify

# rec. November 15, 1928 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang, g
* rec. November 20, 1928 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; King Oliver, cornet; Clarence Williams, p; Eddie Lang, g


OKeh 8673

131928"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- St. Louis Fair Blues (401348-B) *   @ youtube
- Evil Woman Blues (81242-B) #   @ youtube

# rec. August 17, 1927 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Eddie Heywood, p
* rec. November 20, 1928 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Eddie Lang, g


OKeh 8688

141929"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Ninety-Eight Degree Blues (402640-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Gold Tooth Blues (402645-B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued track from same session:
- Ninety-Eight Degree Blues (402640-B) [Roots 'n Blues CK47467, 468770-2, SRCS678 (Jp)]   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. June 15, 1929 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Little Hat Jones, g


OKeh 8705

Little Hat Jones discography

151929"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Awful Moaning Blues - Part 1 (402643-B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Awful Moaning Blues - Part 2 (402644-B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. June 15, 1929 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Little Hat Jones, g


OKeh 8731

Little Hat Jones discography

161929"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Double Crossing Blues (402639-B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Johnny Behren's Blues (402646-B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. June 15, 1929 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Little Hat Jones, g


OKeh 8745

Little Hat Jones discography

171929"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Rolling Mill Blues (403356-B)   @ youtube
- Peaceful Blues (403361-A)   @ youtube

rec. November 27, 1929 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Carl Davis, g


OKeh 8751

181929"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Broken Yo Yo (403357-A)   @ youtube
- When You Get To Thinking (403359-B)   @ youtube

rec. November 27, 1929 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Carl Davis, g


OKeh 8764

193/1930"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Someday Baby Your Troubles Is Gonna Be Like Mine (402641-A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Texas Special (403358-B) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. June 15, 1929 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Little Hat Jones, g
* rec. November 27, 1929 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Carl Davis, g


OKeh 8771 (US 3/1930)

Little Hat Jones discography

201930"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Water Bound Blues (402642-A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Thirty Day Blues (403360-B) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. June 15, 1929 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Little Hat Jones, g
* rec. November 27, 1929 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Carl Davis, g


OKeh 8785

Little Hat Jones discography

211930"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Yellow Girl Blues (400442-B) #   @ youtube
- I Am Calling Blues (402349-A) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 9, 1928 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Lonnie Johnson, g
* rec. November 20, 1928 in New York City; Texas Alexander, voc; Eddie Lang, g


OKeh 8801

221930"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- She's So Far [Fair!] (40115-A, -B)   @ youtube
- Rolling And Stumbling Blues (40116-A, -B)   @ youtube

rec. June 9, 1930 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Mississippi Sheiks: prob. Bo Chatman, vn; Sam Chatman, g


OKeh 8813

231930"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Texas Troublesome Blues (404118-A, -B)   @ youtube
- Last Stage Blues (40113-A)   @ Spotify

rec. June 9, 1930 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Mississippi Sheiks: prob. Bo Chatman, vn; Sam Chatman, g


OKeh 8823

241930"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Days Is Lonesome (40111-A, -B)   @ youtube
- Stealing To Her Man (40114-B)

rec. June 9, 1930 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Mississippi Sheiks: prob. Bo Chatman, vn; Sam Chatman, g; unknown, 2nd g

 
OKeh 8835

251931"TEXAS" ALEXANDER

- Seen Better Days (40112-B)   @ Spotify
- Frost Texas Tornado Blues (40117-B)   @ Spotify

rec. June 9, 1930 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; Mississippi Sheiks: prob. Bo Chatman, vn; Sam Chatman, g


OKeh 8890 (US 1931)

261934Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams

- Blues In My Mind (SA-2158-A)
- Mistreatin' Woman (SA-2159-A)

rec. April 9, 1934 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; unknown, cl; unknown, p; unknown, g


Vocalion 02743

271934Texas Alexander and his Sax Black Tams

- Prairie Dog Hole Blues (SA-2163-A) #   @ youtube
- Polo Blues (SA-2160-A) *   @ youtube

rec. April 9, 1934 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; unknown, # cl, * as; unknown, p; unknown, g


Vocalion 02764 (US 1934)

281934Texas Alexander and his Sax Black Tams

- Worried Blues (SA-2162-A)
- Normangee Blues (SA-2161-A)   @ youtube

rec. April 9, 1934 in San Antonio, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; unknown, cl; unknown, p; unknown, g


Vocalion 02772

291934Texas Alexander

- Justice Blues (FW-1130-1) #
- Easy Rider Blues (FW-1138-2) *   @ youtube

# rec. September 29, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; poss. Willie Reed, unknown, g; unknown, sb
* rec. September 30, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; poss. Willie Reed, unknown, g; unknown, sb


Vocalion 02856

301934Texas Alexander

- Lonesome Valley Blues (FW-1133-1) #   @ youtube
- Good Feelin' Blues (FW-1139-1) *

# rec. September 29, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; poss. Willie Reed, unknown, g; unknown, sb
* rec. September 30, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; poss. Willie Reed, unknown, g; unknown, sb


Vocalion 02876

311934Texas Alexander

Vocalion 02894
- Katy Crossing Blues (FW-1131-1)
- Lonesome Blues (FW-1132-1)   @ youtube

Brunswick A86008
- Katy Crossing Blues
- Lones Ome Blues [sic]

rec. September 29, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; poss. Willie Reed, unknown, g; unknown, sb


Vocalion 02894


= Brunswick A86008 (Germany)

321934Texas Alexander

- One Morning Blues (FW-1134-1) #   @ youtube
- Deceitful Blues (FW-1136-1) *



unissued tracks from September 30, 1934 session:
- Texas Got The Blues (FW-1135-2)
- Tennessee Blues (FW-1137-2)

# rec. September 29, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; poss. Willie Reed, unknown, g; unknown, sb
* rec. September 30, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX; Texas Alexander, voc; poss. Willie Reed, unknown, g; unknown, sb


Vocalion 02912

331950TEXAS ALEXANDER and Benton's Busy Bees

- Bottoms Blues (1604)   @ youtube
- Crossroads (1605)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1950 in Houston, TX; Alger "Texas" Alexander, voc; Buster Pickens, p; Leon Benton, g


Freedom 1538

Buster Pickens discography


LP / CD compilations
341955?Lonnie Johnson Blues Album

Tampa Red
- My First Love Blues

Texas Alexander
- Work Ox Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- St. Louis Cyclone Blues
- Away Down In The Alley Blues

Big Maceo with Tampa Red
- Texas Stomp

Texas Alexander
- 'Frisco Train Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Blues In G
- Sweet Woman


limited edition of 100 copies

10 inch LP

Jazz Society L-P 14 (Fr 1955?)

Jazz Society discography

34a1958Texas Alexander
Treasures of North American Negro Music   Vol. 7

- Sabine River Blues
- Lonesome Blues

- West Texas Blues
- Don't You Wish Your Baby

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 467.136 TE (NL)

= Fontana TFE 17057 (NL)


= Fontana 467.136 ME (Fr 1958)

Fontana Records discography

34b1960Blues Fell This Morning / Goin' Away Walking

Philips track sequence:
- Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black (Dallas - 10/12/27)
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell (1934)
- Chocolate To The Bone - Barbecue Bob (Atlanta - 13/4/28)
- Court Street Blues - Stovepipe No. 1 and David Crockett (Atlanta 1927)

- When You Get To Thinking - "Texas" Alexander and Lonnie Johnson (Chicago - 1929)
- Tallahassee Blues- Tallahassee Tight (1934)
- Skin Game Blues - Peg Leg Howell (Atlanta 1927)

- Elm Street Blues - Texas Bill Day, Billiken Johnson (Dallas 1929)
- Bad Boy - Barefoot Bill (Atlanta 1930)
- When The Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie (1929)
- When You Are Gone - Blind Boy Fuller (Chicago 1940)
- Strange Place Blues - Bukka White (Chicago 1940)
- Lonesome Blues - Henry Williams and Eddie Anthony (Atlanta 1928)
- Walking Blues - Otis Harris (Dallas 1928)

Flyright track sequence:
Lewis Black
- Gravel Camp Blues (Memphis 1927)
Bob Campbell
- Starvation Farm Blues (New York 1934)
Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett
- Court Street Blues (St. Louis 1927)

"Texas" Alexander & Lonnie Johnson
- When You Get To Thinking (San Antonio 1929)
Tallahassee Tight
- Tallahassee Women (New York 1934)
Peg Leg Howell
- Skin Game Blues (Atlanta 1927)
Texas Bill Day & Billiken Johnson
- Elm Street Blues (Dallas 1929)

Otis Harris
- Walking Blues (Dallas 1928)
Barefoot Bill
- Bad Boy (Atlanta 1930)
Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony
- Lonesome Blues (Atlanta 1928)
Charlie Campbell
- Goin' Away Blues (Birmingham Ala 1937)
Garfield Akers
- Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues (Memphis 1930)
Sunny Boy & His Pals
- Don't You Leave Me Here (Chicago 1927)
Bill Moore
- One Way Gal (Chicago 1928)


notes by Paul Oliver

Philips BBL 7369 (UK 1960) "Blues Fell This Morning"


(=) Flyright LP 103 (UK 1972) "Goin' Away Walking"

Flyright Records discography

34c1960Various unidentified Texas, New York and British Artists:
The Unexpurgated Folk Songs Of Men

- The Ring-A-Rang-A-Roo
- Keeper Of The Eddystone Light
- Mamie Had A Baby
- Cocaine Bill And Morphine Sue
- Take A Whiff On Me
- The Bastard King Of England
- No Balls At All
- Barnacle Bill The Sailor
- Big Jim Folsom
- Cristoforo Columbo
- Monk Of Priory Hall
- Hootchy Kootchy Dance
- Always In The Hallway
- Merry Cuckold
- In Crawled One-Hung-Low
- Who Stole My Beer?
- Dicky Dido
- Shine And The Titanic
- You Be Kind To Me [Mance Lipscomb]

- Boar Hog Blues ["Buster Pickens", Texas Alexander believed to be vocalist!]
- Grubbing Hoe
- Uncle Bud
- The Girl I Left Behind Me
- There's A Skeeter
- Stavin' Chain [Mance Lipscomb]
- You Got Good Business [Buster Pickens]
- Dirty Dozens [Lightnin' Hopkins]
- Limericks
- Ball Of Kirriemuir
- Change The Name Of Arkansas


collected 1959 by Robert 'Mack' McCormick; first issued with no label name ('ufsom' being the master name printed on the label)

14-pp. booklet by Mack McCormick

first issued with white cover without any printing, label name 'ufsom' being the master name printed on the label


= Raglan R 51 (US 1960?)

= Arhoolie LP 4006 (US 197?) [according to 1976 Arhoolie catalog]

34d1960Low Down Blues

Leroy Carr - Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2
Bumble Bee Slim - I Done Lost My Baby
Charlie Campbell - Goin' Away Blues
Jack Kelly - Red Ripe Tomatoes
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman Blues [sic]
Big Bill Broonzy - Come Home Early
Washboard Sam - I'm A Prowlin' Groundhog

Black Boy Shine - Coal Woman Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues

Texas Alexander - Katy Crossing Blues
Roosevelt Scott - Do You Call That Right?
Yas Yas Girl - Reckless Life Blues
Brownie McGhee - Try Me One More Time
Little Bill Gaither - A Short Cut To The Grave
Champion Jack Dupree - Heavy Heart Blues


ed. by H.R. Rookmaaker

gatefold LP
notes by H.R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 682.099 TL (NL 1960)

Fontana Records discography

351962Buster Pickens

Heritage HLP 1008 / Flyright LP 536
- Santa Fe Train #
- Rock Island Blues #
- Ain't Nobody's Business #
- Colorado Springs Blues #
- She Caught The L & N (instr) #
- Remember Me #
- Women In Chicago []

- The Ma Grinder No. 2 *   @ youtube
- You Better Stop Your Woman (From Tickling Me Under The Chin) *
- Jim Nappy []
- Mountain Jack #
- D.B.A. Blues #
- Hattie Green #
- Backdoor Blues #
- Santa Fe Blues #


Document DOCD-5698
Texas Alexander (believed to be vocalist)
- Boar Hog Blues [Raglan R 51]   @ Spotify
Edwin Goodwin " Buster" Pickens
- You Got Good Business [Raglan R 51]
- Santa Fe Train #
- Rock Island Blues #
- Ain't Nobody's Business #
- Colorado Springs Blues #
- She Caught The L & N #
- Remember Me #
- Mountain Jack #
- D.B.A. Blues #
- Hattie Green #
- Backdoor Blues #
- Santa Fe Blues #
- The Ma Grinder No. 2 *
- You Better Stop Your Woman (From Tickling Me Under The Chin) *
- Jim Nappy []
- Women In Chicago []

rec. in Houston, TX; Edwin Goodwin Pickens, voc, p
# rec. August 9, 1960 by Chris Strachwitz
* rec. August 17, 1960 by Mack McCormick
[] rec. May 4, 1961 by Mack McCormick
sessions organized by Paul Oliver for the Blues Reseach and Recording Project

notes by Paul Oliver

Heritage HLP 1008 (UK 1962)

notes (1962) by Paul Oliver

= Flyright LP 536 (UK 1977)

12-pp. booklet by Jeff Harris

(=) Document DOCD-5698 (UK 2013)

Heritage Records discography
Flyright Records discography

35a1964The Country Blues Volume Two

Texas Alexander
- Levee Camp Moan
Peg Leg Howell
- Tishamingo Blues
Henry Townsend
- Mistreated Blues
Eddie Kelly's Washboard Band
- Poole County Blues
Papa Charlie Jackson
- Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues
"Georgia Bill"
- Scarey Day Blues
Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues

Bo Carter
- I'm An Old Bumble Bee
Charlie Lincoln
- Jealous Hearted Blues
Bukka White
- Strange Place Blues
Blind Boy Fuller with Sonny Terry
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
Charlie Pickett
- Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon
Brownsville Son Bonds
- Weary Worried
Big Maceo with Tampa Red
- Maceo's 32 - 20


compiled and edited by Samuel Charters


RBF 9 (US 1964)

RBF discography

35b1966The Mike Raven Blues Show

- Levee Camp Moan - Texas Alexander
- Natch Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Walk Right In - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Four Till Late - Robert Johnson
- Cow Cow Blues - Speckled Red
- Low Friends - Victoria Spivey

- See See Rider - Leadbelly
- Willie May Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- The SKy Is Crying - Sonny Boy Williamson
- I'm Gonna Lay Down - Brownie McGhee
- Don't Treat That Man - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Kocking At Your Door - Elmore James


notes (November 1, 1966) by Mike Raven
 
XTRA 1047 (UK 1966)

XTRA Records discography

35c1967A Blues Potpourri

Peg Leg Howell
- Banjo Blues
- Turkey Buzzard Blues

Texas Alexander
- The Risin' Sun
- Tell Me Woman Blues
Barbecue Bob
- Honey You're Goin' Too Fast
- Mama You Don't Suit Me
Curley Weaver
- No No Blues
- Sweet Petunia

Lil McClintock
- Sow Good Seeds
- Mother Called Her Child To Her Dying Bed
Barbecue Bob
- Thinkin' Funny Blues
- My Mistake Blues

Texas Alexander
- Polo Blues
- Prairie Dog Hole Blues
Peg Leg Howell
- Moanin' And Groanin' Blues
- Beaver Slide Rag



Kokomo K-1001 (UK 1967)

Kokomo Records discography

361968Tex-Arkana-Louisiana Country 1929-1933 resp. Don't Leave Me Here

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]     390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009

Belzona L-1004 (US 1968)

notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt]     390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009 (black and purple label)

= Yazoo L-1004 (US 1968)

notes by Stephen Calt     54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014 (black, purple & red label)
 
= Yazoo L-1004 (US 196? ff.)

notes by Stephen Calt     245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (red label)

= Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??)

notes by Stephen Calt     245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (new front cover, new title, red or peacock label)

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


= Yazoo 1004 cassette (US 1989)

notes by Stephen Calt

= Yazoo CD 1004 YAZ (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography
Buddy Boy Hawkins discography
Henry Thomas discography
Blind Lemon Jefferson discography
Little Hat Jones discography
King Solomon Hill discography

371968Buddy 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

Yazoo L-1010 (US 1968)

Yazoo Records discography

37a1968Texas Country Music Vol. 1   (1927-1936)

Henry Thomas
- Arkansas
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Sunshine Special - tk 1
Bernice Edwards
- Hot Mattress Stomp
J.T. "Funny Paper" Smith
- Before Long
Texas Tommy
- Jail Break Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
Billiken Johnson & Neal Roberts
- Frisco Blues

Coley Jones
- Sweet Mama Blues
Dallas String Band
- Dallas Rag
Blind Willie Johnson
- When The War Was On
- Praise God I'm Satisfied

Texas Alexander
- Section Gand Blues
- No More Woman Blues
- Sittin' On A Log
Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni


compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth; cover photo: Mike Leadbitter


Roots RL-312 (Austria 1968)


= Roots RL-312 (Austria 19??)


= Autogram RL-312 (Germany 2010) "Texas Country Music Vol. 1 - Blues series"

Roots Records discography

381968Texas Country Music Vol. 2   (1927-1937)

Henry Thomas
- Charmin Betsy
Coley Jones
- The Elders He's My Man
Blind Willie Johnson
- If It Had Not Been For Jesus
Will Day
- Sunrise Blues

Texas Alexander
- Corn-Bread Blues & Long Lonesome Blues
"Little Brother"
- Blues [Up And Down Building K.C. Line]
Andrew Hogg
- Family Trouble Blues

Little Hat Jones
- Corpus Blues
Billiken Johnson & Neal Roberts
- Wild Jack Blues
Blind Willie Johnson
- The Soul Of Man & Take Your Stand
Jack Ranger
- T.P. Window Blues
Whistlin' Alex Moore
- It Wouldn't Be So Hard
Leadbelly
- Packin' Trunk Blues & All Out & Down

Texas Alexander
- Long Lonesome Day Blues

compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth; cover photo: Mike Leadbitter


Roots RL-315 (Austria 1968)


= Autogram RL-315 (Germany 2010) "Blues Series - Texas Country Music Vol. 2"

Roots Records discography

38a1968The Country Fiddlers

Andrew & Jim Baxter
- The Moore Girl
Chasey Collins
- Walking Blues
Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony
- Georgia Crawl
Mississippi Sheiks
- Lonely One In This Town
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
T.C. Johnson & "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- J.C. Johnson's Blues
"Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- Blue Coat Blues

State Street Boys
- Rustlin' Man
Peg Leg Howell & His Gang
- Too Tight Blues
- Peg Leg Stomp
T.C. Johnson Boys
- Violin Blues

Texas Alexander
- Seen Better Days
- Frost Texas Tornado Blues
Mobile Strugglers
- Fattenin' Frogs
- Memphis Blues



Roots RL-316 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

38b1969Trumpet Blues   1925-29

Ben Norsingle
- Black Cat Blues
- Motherless Blues
- Rover Blues
- Red River Bottom Blues

Texas Alexander
- Tell Me Woman Blues
Thomas' Devils
- Boot It Boy
Clara Herring
- Park No More Mama Blues

Bertha 'Chippie' Hill
- Hangman Blues
- Trouble In Mind
Billy & Mary Mack
- Black But Sweet, Oh God
- My Heart Breakin' Gal
Luella Miller
- North Wind Blues
Ann Cook
- Mama' Cookie Blues



= Historical HLP-27 (Vol. 27) (US 1969)

Historical Records discography

38c1969Masters Of The Blues   1928-1940

Robert Johnson (recorded Dallas, June 20, 1937)
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Love In Vain Blues
Curley Weaver accompanied by Blind Willie McTell (recorded Chicago, April 23, 1935)
- Sometime Mama
- Two Faced Woman
Little Bill Gaither (recorded Chicago, June 12, 1940)
- Georgia Barrel House
Blind Boy Fuller (recorded Chicago, June 12, 1940)
- You Got To Have Your Dollar
Robert Hill (recorded New Orleans, Oct 15, 1936)
- I Had A Gal For The Last Fifteen Years

Tommy Johnson (recorded Memphis, August 31, 1928)
- Lonesome Blues (take 1) unissued
- Lonesome Blues (take 2) unissued
- Canned Heat Blues
Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) with Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell (NY, March 16, 1932)
- I'm Waitin' On You
Frank Stokes (recorded Memphis, Feb 2, 1928)
- Downtown Blues (unissued take)

Texas Alexander (recorded San Antonio, March 10, 1928) with Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson
- Yellow Girl Blues
- I Am Calling Blues

notes by Chris Albertson

Historical HLP-31 (US 1969)

Historical Records discography

38d1969The Story Of The Blues

Fra-Fra Tribesmen
- Yarum Praise Songs
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O' Lee Blues
Blind Willie McTell
- Travelin' Blues
Charley Patton
- Stone Pony Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Black Snake Moan
Leadbelly
- Pig Meat Papa

Texas Alexander
- Broken Yo-yo
Peg Leg Howell
- Broke And Hungry Blues
Barbecue Bob
- It Won't Be Long Now
Henry Williams
- Georgia Crawl
Mississippi Jook Band
- Dangerous Woman
Memphis Jug Band
- Gator Wobble
Bessie Smith
- In The House Blues
Lillian Glinn
- Shake It Down
Bertha 'Chippie' Hill
- Pratt City Blues
Butterbeans And Susie
- What It Takes To Bring You Back (Mama Keeps It All The Time)


Leroy Carr
- Midnight Hour Blues
Faber Smith
- East St Louis Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Good Whiskey Blues
Casey Bill
- W.P.A. Blues
Bo Carter
- Sorry Feeling Blues
Robert Johnson
- Little Queen Of Spades
Bukka White
- Parchman Farm Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Me And My Chauffeur Blues

Blind Boy Fuller
- I Want Some Of Your Pie
Brownie McGhee
- Million Lonesome Woman
Joe Williams
- Wild Cow Moan
Big Bill Broonzy
- All By Myself
Joe Turner
- Roll 'Em Pete
Otis Spann
- Bloody Murder
Elmore James
- Sunnyland
Johnny Shines
- I Don't Know


compiled by Paul Oliver

gatefold DLP

Columbia G 30008 (US 1969)
= CBS 66218 (UK)
= CBS 22135

391970Texas Country Music Vol. 3

Little Hat Jones
- Cross The Water Blues
- Cherry Street Blues
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas
- Blue Goose Blues
- No Good Woman Blues
Blind Percy & His Blues Band
- Fourteenth Street Blues
Lewis Black
- Corn Liquor Blues

Texas Alexander
- Awful Moanin' Blues pts 1 & 2

Texas Alexander
- Water Bound Blues
Texas Bill Day
- Goin' Back To My Baby
"Bo" Jones
- Back Door Blues
- Leaven Worth Prison Blues
Bernice Edwards
- Ninth Street Blues
Black Ace
- Christmas Time Blues
Oak Cliff T-Bone
- Trinity River Blues
Joe Pullum
- Black Gal no 2



Roots RL-327 (Austria 1970)


Saydisc/Roots RL-327 (UK) [differing from Roots RL-327 only by sticker on front cover top right!]


= Autogram RL-327 (Germany 2010) "Texas Country Blues Music Vol. 3"

Roots Records discography

39a1970Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson: Blue Guitars Vol. 2

- I'll Never Be The Same
- April Kisses
- Prelude (In C Sharp Minor)
- The Melody Man's Dream
- Perfect
- Church Street Sobbin' Blues
- There'll Be Some Changes Made
- Jeannine (I Dream Of Lilac Time)

- Two Tone Stomp
- Guitar Blues
- Bull Frog Woman
- A Handful Of Riffs

- Work Ox Blues #
- The Risin' Sun #
- Jet Back Blues #
- Blue Blood Blues #

compiled from the EMI Archives by Chris Ellis
# accompanying Texas Alexander

notes by Brian Rust

Parlophone PMC 7106 (UK 1970)


= Swaggie S1276 (Australia 1970)


(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 327 (UK 1998) "Vol. I & II"

401972Blues 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 (US 1972)

Yazoo Records discography

411972Texas Blues 1927-1952

Henry Thomas
- Old Country Stomp
- Fishing Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Match Box Blues
Little Hat Jones
- Little Hat Blues
- New Two Sixteen Blues
- Two String Blues
Texas Bill Day
- Don't Get Love In Your Mind
Black Ace
- Lowing Heifer


Texas Alexander
- Yellow Girl Blues
- I Am Calling Blues
- Broken Yo-Yo
- Katy Crossing Blues
Oscar Woods
- Lone Wolf Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Another Fool In Town
- Sad News From Korea
Smoky Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues - part 1
- Penitentiary Blues - part 2


 
Paltram PL-102 (Austria 1972)


= Autogram PL-102 (Germany)

Paltram discography

41a197?Lonnie Johnson: Mr. Johnson's Blues 1926-1932

Lonnie Johnson
- Uncle Ned Don't Use Your Head
- Winnie The Wailer
Mooch Richardson
- Helena Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Mr. Johnson's Blues No. 2
Katherine Baker
- Chicago Fire Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- No More Trouble Now (Take A)
Violet Green
- You Had Too Much

Lonnie Johnson
- Racketeer's Blues
- There Is No Justice
- New Fallin' Rain Blues

Texas Alexander
- Cornbread Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- There's No Use Lovin'
- Bull Frog Moan
Victoria Spivey
- Dope Head Blues


notes by Stephen Calt

Mamlish S-3807 (US 197?)

Mamlish Records discography

41b197?Hard Times

- We Sure Got Hard Times - Barbecue Bob
- Warehouse Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
- Racketter's Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- When The Soldiers Get Their Bonus - Red Nelson
- Silicosis Is Killin' Me - Pinewood Tom
- Samuel - Bert Williams
- Sadie's Servant Room Blues - Hattie Burleson
- Starvation Blues - Charlie Jordan


- Section Gang Blues - "Texas" Alexander
- Broadway St. Woman Blues - Alice Moore
- Big Boy, They Can't Do That - "Pine Top" Smith
- Give Me A 32-20 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Unemployment Blues (alt tk) - Smokey Hogg
- Sales Tax Boogie - Piano Red
- Black Evil Blues - Alice Moore


selections by Dick Spottswood

notes by Archie Green
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Rounder 4007 (US 197?)

Rounder Records discography

421974Il Blues Rurale - Country Blues

Richard Rabbit Brown
- James Alley Blues
Blind Boy Fuller,
- Three Ball Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia
Willie Reed
- Leaving Home
Leadbelly
- See See Rider
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Pneumonia Blues

Texas Alexander
- Water Bound Blues
Black Ace
- Christmas Time Blues

Furry Lewis
- Pearlee Blues
Bessie Tucker
- Penitentiary
Sleepy John Estes
- Diving Duck Blues
Charley Patton
- High Water Everywhere
Robert Wilkins
- National Stonewall Blues
Skip James
- Cypress Grove Blues
Robert Johnson
- Hellhound On My Trail
Big Joe Williams
- Rooting Ground Hog



Albatros VPA 8187 (It 1974)
Albatros VC 0775 (cassette)

notes / sound clips

3 LP box set

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

Albatros Records discography

431976Worried All The Time
Country Blues 1929-1936

Freezone
- Indian Sqauw Blues (15156)
Washboard Walter
- Overall Cheater Blues (L-284-2)
Walter Taylor
- Coal Camp Blues (69425-1)
- Do You Love Me Blues (69426-1)
Walter Vincson
- It's Gonna Stare You In The Face (C-7228- )
- Near The End (C-7229- )
Memphis Minnie
- Moaning The Blues (C-9427-A)
Kid Prince Moore
- Bite Back Blues (18965-1)


Texas Alexander
- Someday, Baby, Your Troubles Is Gonna Be Like Mine (402641-A)
Otto Virgial
- Got The Blues About Rome (96242-1)
- Seven Year Itch (96243-1)
Charlie McCoy
- You Gonna Need Me (404729-B)
- Easy Going Woman Blues
Bob Campbell
- Worried All The Time (15515-2)
Charlie McCoy
- Motherless And Fatherless Blues (C-9388-A)
Sam Montgomery
- King Of Knave No. 2 (18963-1)



Whoopee 104 (Switzerland 1976)

Whoopee Records discography

441982Alger "Texas" Alexander: Texas Troublesome Blues

- Range In My Kitchen Blues
- Mama, I Heard You Brought It Right Back Home
- Death Bed Blues
- Bantam Rooster Blues
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- Mama's Bad Luck Child
- St. Louis Fair Blues
- Gold Tooth Blues #

- Johnny Behren's Blues #
- Texas Special
- Days Is Lonesome
- Last Stage Blues
- Texas Troublesome Blues
- One Morning Blues
- Deceitful Blues
- Bottoms Blues

Texas Alexander, voc; # Little Hat Jones, g; prod. by Guido van Rijn

notes by Guido van Rijn and Hans Vergeer

Agram AB 2009 (NL 1982)

44a1982Big City Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- Burned Down Mill
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning, School Girl
Rosetta Howard
- Let Your Linen Hang Low
Curtis Jones
- Gold Digger Blues
Doctor Clayton
- On The Killin' Floor
Jazz Gillum
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Peg Leg Howell
- Sadie Lee Blues

Texas Alexander
- Sabine River Blues

Martha Copeland
- Stole My Man Blues
Cousin Joe
- Bad Luck Blues
Walter Davis
- I Did Everything I Could
Lonnie Johnson
- Mr. Johnson Swing
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Chicago Mill Blues
St. Louis Jimmy
- Going Down Slow
Jim Jackson
- My Monday Woman Blues
Leroy Carr
- Six Cold Feet In The Ground



Albatros VPA 8473 (It 1982)

= Albatros VC 5021 (cassette)

Albatros Records discography

451982Texas Alexander Vol. 1 (1927-1928)
Complete Recordings in Chronological Order

- Range In My Kitchen Blues (11-8-1927)
- Long Lonesome Day Blues (11-8-1927)
- Corn-Bread Blues (12-8-1927)
- Section Gang Blues (12-8-1927)
- Levee Camp Moan Blues (12-8-1927)
- Mama,I heard You Brought It Right Back Home (16-8-1927)
- Farm Hand Blues (16-8-1927)
- Evil Woman Blues (17-8-1927)

- Sabine River Blues (17-8-1927)
- Death Bed Blues (9-3-1928)
- Yellow Girl Blues (9-3-1928)
- West Texas Blues (9-3-1928)
- Bantam Rooster Blues (9-3-1928)
- Deep Blue Sea Blues (9-3-1928)
- No More Women Blues (9-3-1928)
- Don't You Wish Your Baby Was Built Up Like Mine? (9-3-1928)
- Bell Cow Blues (9-3-1928)

notes by Paul Oliver

Matchbox MSE-206 (UK 1982)

Matchbox Records discography

461983Texas Alexander Vol. 2   (1928-29)

- Sittin' On A Log (400454-B)
- Mama's Bad Luck Child (400455-B)
- Boe Hog Blues (400456-B)
- Work Ox Blues (402330-A)
- The Risin' Sun (402331-A)
- Penitentiary Moan Blues (402334-B)
- Blue Devil Blues (402335-A)
- Tell Me Woman Blues (402346-A)
- 'frisco Train Blues (402347-B)

- St. Louis Fair Blues (402348-B)
- I Am Calling Blues (402349-A)
- Double Crossing Blues (402639-B)
- Ninety-Eight Degree Blues (402640-A)
- Someday, Baby, Your Troubles Is Gonna Be Like Mine (402641-A)
- Water Bound Blues (402642-A)
- Awful Moaning Blues - part 1 (402643-B)
- Awful Moaning Blues - part 2 (402644-B)

notes by Paul Oliver

Matchbox MSE-214 (UK 1983)

Matchbox Records discography

46a1984Trouble Done Bore Me Down

Barbecue Bob
- Good Time Rounder
- Trouble Done Bore Me Down
Charley Jordan
- Doin' Wrong Blues
Walter Vinson
- That's It
- Same Thing The Cats Fight About
- Times Is Tight Like That
Jim Jackson
- Policy Blues
Lucille Bogan
- House Top Blues
- Superstitious Blues

Washington Phillips
- Mother's Last Word To Her Son
- Paul And Silas In Jail
James Stump Johnson
- Baby B. Blues
- Worried Man Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Springtime Blues
- Mix That Thing

Texas Alexander
- Thirty Day Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- Gonna Ramble Blues
- Teasing Brown Blues


notes by Guido van Rijn and Hans Vergeer

Agram 2011 (NL 1984)

471986Texas Alexander Vol. 3   (1929-30)

- Gold Tooth Blues (402645-B)
- Johnny Behrens Blues (402646-B)
- Rolling Mill Blues (403356-B)
- Broken Yo Yo (403357-A)
- Texas Special (403358-B)
- When You Get To Thinking (403359-B)
- Thirty Day Blues (403360-B)
- Peaceful Blues (403361-A)

- Days Is Lonesome (40111- )
- Seen Better Days (40112-B)
- Last Stage Blues (40113-A)
- Stealing To Her Man (40114-B)
- She's So Fair [sic] (40115- )
- Rolling And Stumbling Blues (40116- )
- Frost Texas Tornado Blues (40117-B)
- Texas Troublesome Blues (404118-A)


Matchbox MSE-220 (UK 1986)

Matchbox Records discography

481990Texas Alexander Vol. 4 (1934-50)

- Blues In My Mind (SA-2158-A)
- Mistreatin' Woman (SA-2159-A)
- Polo Blues (SA-2160-A)
- Normangee Blues (SA-2161-A)
- Worried Blues (SA-2162-A)
- Prairie Dog Hole Blues (SA-2163-A)
- Justice Blues (FW-1130-1)
- Katy Crossing Blues (FW-1131-1)

- Lonesome Blues (FW-1132-1)
- Lonesome Valley Blues (FW-1133-1)
- One Morning Blues (FW-1134-1)
- Deceitful Blues (FW-1136-1)
- Easy Rider Blues (FW-1138-1)
- Good Feelin' Blues (FW-1139-1)
- Bottom's Blues (1604)
- Crossroads (1605)

notes by Paul Oliver

Matchbox MSE-224 (UK 1990)

Matchbox Records discography

491990The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough

- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins


compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

1927-1930


1927-1936


1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

501991Legends Of The Blues - Volume Two

- Henry Ford Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Ninety-Eight Degree Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- She Shook Her Gin - Barbecue Bob
- Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red
- No No Blues - Curley Weaver
- Bo-Easy Blues - Bessie Jackson
- School Boy Blues - Walter Roland
- Cold Blooded Murder No. 2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- My Baby Won't Pay Me No Mind - Buddy Moss
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Take It Easy Greasy - Lil Johnson
- Two Timin' Woman - Casey Bill Weldon
- Down Hill Pull - Victoria Spivey
- Down In The Slums - Curtis Jones
- Separation Blues - Merline Johnson
- Soon This Morning No. 2 - Charlie Spand
- Is That A Monkey You Got? - Jazz Gillum
- Hurry Down Sunshine - Champion Jack Dupree
- Goodbye Now Brownie - McGhee Brownie McGhee


prod. by Lawrence Cohn

booklet notes by Pete Welding

Columbia CD CK-/CT-47467 (US 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)

 
= Columbia/Legacy COL 468770 2 (US / Australia 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)


= SPV GmbH SPV 42722 CD (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)

20 CD box set, CD 6
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)

511993Texas Alexander
Complete Recordings in Chronological Order Vol. 1

11 August 1927 to 15 November 1928

- Range In My Kitchen Blues
- Long Lonesome Day Blues
- Corn-Bread Blues
- Section Gang Blues
- Levee Camp Moan Blues
- Mama, I Heard You Brought It Right Back Home
- Farm Hand Blues
- Evil Women Blues
- Sabine River Blues
- Death Bed Blues
- Yellow Girl Blues
- West Texas Blues
- Bantam Rooster Blues (tk A)
- Bantam Rooster Blues (tk B)
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- No More Women Blues
- Don't You Wish Your Baby Was Built Up Like Mine?
- Bell Cow Blues
- Sittin' On A Log
- Mama's Bad Luck Child
- Boe Hog Blues
- Work Ox Blues
- The Risin' Sun

notes by Paul Oliver

Document MBCD 2001 (UK 1993)

521994Texas Alexander
Complete Recordings in Chronological Order Vol. 2

16 November 1928 to 9 June 1930

- Penitentiary Moan Blues
- Blue Devil Blues
- Tell Me Woman Blues
- 'Frisco Train Blues
- St. Louis Fair Blues
- I Am Calling Blues
- Double Crossing Blues
- Ninety-Eight Degree Blues (tk 2)
- Ninety-Eight Degree Blues (tk 1)
- Someday Baby Your Troubles Is Gonna Be Like Mine
- Water Bound Blues
- Awful Moaning Blues (part 1)
- Awful Moaning Blues (part 2)
- Gold Tooth Blues
- Johnny Behrens Blues
- Rolling Mill Blues
- Broken Yo-Yo
- Texas Special
- When You Get To Thinking
- Thirty Day Blues
- Peaceful Blues
- Days Is Lonesome
- Seen Better Days

notes by Paul Oliver

Document MBCD 2002 (UK 1994)

531994Texas Alexander
Complete Recordings in Chronological Order Vol. 3

9 June 1930 to 1960

- Last Stage Blues
- Stealing To Her Man
- She's So Fair [sic]
- Rolling And Stumblin Blues
- Frost Texas Tornado Blues
- Texas Troublesome Blues
- Blues In My Mind
- Mistreatin' Woman
- Polo Blues
- Normangee Blues
- Worried Blues
- Prairie Dog Hole Blues
- Justice Blues
- Katy Crossin Blues
- Lonesome Blues
- Lonesome Valley Blues
- One Morning Blues
- Deceitful Blues
- Easy Rider Blues
- Good Feelin' Blues
- Bottoms Blues
- Cross Roads

notes by Paul Oliver

Document MBCD 2003 (UK 1994)

541997Southern Country Blues Vol. 1: Down In Boogie Alley

disc 1: Memphis & The Mississippi Delta
Frank Stokes - 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Part II
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In
Jim Jackson - Old Dog Blue
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe - Pickin' The Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Stealin' Stealin'
Furry Lewis - Big Chief Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Charley Patton - High Sheriff Blues
Son House - My Black Mama - Part II
Robert Johnson - Crossroads Blues
Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson - Break 'Em On Down
Bo Carter - Banana In Your Fruit Basket
The Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Muddy Waters - Country Blues (No. 1)


disc 2: Alabama & The Eastern States
Ed Bell - Bad Boy
Jaybird Coleman - Man Trouble Blues
Lucille Bogan & Walter Roland - Down In Boogie Alley
Papa Charlie Jackson - Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues
Blind Blake - Hey Hey Daddy Blues
Ma Rainey & Tampa Red & Georgia Tom Dorsey - Black Eye Peas
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
Georgia Cotton Pickers - Diddle-Da-Diddle
Andrew Baxter & Jim Baxter - Georgia Stomp
Blind Willie McTell - Love Changing Blues
Josh White - Silicosis Is Killin' Me
Rev. Gary Davis - Cross And Evil Woman Blues
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry - You Got To Have Your Dollar
Luke Jordan - Cocaine Blues


disc 3: South & The Mid-Western States
Texas
Henry Thomas - Old Country Stomp
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves On The Water
Hattie Hudson - Doggone My Good Luck Soul

Texas Alexander & Willie Reed - Easy Rider Blues
J.T. "Funny Paper" Smith - Howling Wolf Blues - No. 1
Leadbelly - Four Day Worry Blues
Arkansas
3-8. Buddy Boy Hawkins - A Rag
Louisiana
King Solomon Hill - Down On My Bended Knee (tk 2)
Amédé Ardoin - Blues De Basile
Oscar Woods - Don't Sell It - Don't Give It Away
Kansas
Lottie Kimbrough - Going Away Blues
Missouri
Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues
Lonnie Johnson - Woke Up With The Blues In My Fingers
Mary Johnson & Henry Brown & Ike Rodgers - Room Rent Blues
Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean
Roosevelt Sykes - Poor Boy Blues
Sparks Brothers - "4-11-44"


compiled by Johnny Parth; licensed from Document Records; remastered

3 CD set
20-pp. booklet by Steven C. Tracy

Starsounds 3712-2

= 1201 Music (2001) "Southern Country Blues Vol. 2: Down In Boogie Alley" [sic]

551999Texas Alexander: 98 Degrees Blues

- Boe Hog Blues
- Ninety-Eight Degrees Blues
- Deceitful Blues
- Work Ox Blues
- Awful Moaning Blues, Pt. 1
- Easy Rider Blues
- Seen Better Days
- Section Gang Blues
- St. Louis Fair Blues
- Mistreatin' Woman
- Penitentiary Moan Blues
- Mama I Heard You Brought It Right Back Home
- Lonesome Valley Blues
- No More Women Blues
- I Am Calling Blues
- Last Stage Blues
- Tell Me Woman Blues
- Yellow Girl Blues
- Frost Texas Tornado Blues
- Justice Blues
- One Morning Blues
- Long Lonesome Day Blues

notes by Ken Romanowski

Catfish KATCD 122 (UK 1999)

Catfish (UK) discography

561999Broke, Black And Blue
An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities

disc 1:
Up Country Blues
- Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews
- Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney
- Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake
- Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed
- Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob
- Bo Lita - Kid Brown
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith
- Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley
- Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black
- Midnight Blues - Bill Moore
- Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head
- My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson
- What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
- School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson


disc 24:
Broke & Hungry Blues
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
- No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
- Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell
- Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins
- Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery


disc 3:
Good Whiskey Blues
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams
- Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd
- Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold
- Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams
- That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis
- It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
- Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum
- Prisoner Blues - George Clarke
- Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan


disc 4:
Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
- East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe
- Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown
- Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown
- Low Land Blues - Lee Brown
- Round The World Blues - Lee Brown
- Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon
- Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon
- Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon
- I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon
- Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple
- Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple
- My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon
- It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon
- That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon
- Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon
- I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple
- Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple
- Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple
- Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple
- Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple
- New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown


4 CD set
40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser

Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)

56a2000The Great Race Record Labels   Vol. 3 (OKeh Records)

- I Am Calling Blues - Texas Alexander
- Sorry Feeling Blues - Bo Carter
- Gamblin' Man Blues - Jack Dupree
- Life Saver Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones
- You Gonna Need Me - Charlie McCoy
- Born For Bad Luck - Brownie McGhee
- She's A Bad Girl - Mississippi Sheiks
- Struggle Buggie - Buddy Moss
- Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith
- Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell
- Caldonia Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Chitlin' Rag Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Roaming Gambler - Doc Clayton
- The Jive Blues - Memphis Slim
- Sweet Man Blues - Frank Edwards
- Money Green - Alfried Fields
- Lost Lover Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Married Woman Blues - Tony Hollins
- Worry Blues - Tom Dickson
- Insane Crazy Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Me & My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie



Catfish KATCD 167 (UK 2000)

Catfish (UK) discography

56b200020th Century Blues

disc 1:
- Down Hearted Blues - Alberta Hunter
- Worried Mam Blues - Ida Cox
- Weeping Willow Blues - Bessie Smith
- See See Rider Blues - Ma Rainey
- Maxwell Street Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Mr. Johnson's Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Dirty Woman Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Milk Cow Blues - Freddie Spruell
- West Cost Blues #2 - Blind Blake
- I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
- Today Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Barbecue Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Rook Island Blues - Furry Lewis
- Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues - Jim Jackson
- One Dime Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson

- No More Women Blues - Texas Alexander
- C C And O Blues - Pink Anderson
- Bulldoze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Kokomo Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- Feather Bed - Gus Cannon
- Hard Dallas Blues #4 - Ramblin' Thomas
- Prison Bound Blues - Leroy Carr
- Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt

disc 2:
- Train Time Blues - Tampa Red
- Nobody Knows - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Number Forty Four Blues - Lee Green
- The Dirty Dozens - Speckled Red
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- Divin' Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis
- Come Around To My House Mama - Blind Willie McTell
- Six Shooter Blues - Georgia Tom Dorsey
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Preachin' The Blues - Son House
- Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Bothering That Thing - Kansas Joe McCoy
- You May Leave - The Memphis Jug Band
- Black Angel Blues - Lucille Bogan
- Things About Coming My Way - Walter Vinson
- Cypres Grove Blues - Skip James
- How Do You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- Baby Boogie Woogie - Curley Weaver
- Hard Time Blues - Buddy Moss
- My Butcher Man - Memphis Minnie
- Hang It On The Wall - Charlie Patton
- Night Latch Blues - Yank Rachell
- Midnight Special - Lead Belly
- Numbers Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw

disc 3:
- Bricks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (aka Amos Easton)
- Lead Pencil Blues - Johnnie Temple
- Mama Don't Allow #2 - Washboard Sam
- Vicksburg Blues #2 - Little Brother Montgomery
- Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons
- Cigarette Blues - Bo Carter
- The Honeydripper - Roosevelt Sykes
- Lone Wolf Blues - Oscar Woods
- Sarah Jane - Jazz Gillum
- Untrue Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Runaway Man Blues - Floyd Council
- Black Ace - Black Ace
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson (aka John Lee Williamson)
- Prowling Nighthawk - Robert Lee McCoy
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Red Hot Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Old Bachelor Blues - Son Bonds
- Don't Know - 'Cripple' Clarence Lofton
- Cotton Farm Blues - Walter Davis
- Bottle It Up And Go - Tommy McClennan
- Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Turner
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Alabama Blues - Charles Spand

disc 4:
- Blues At Midnight - Memphis Slim
- Junkers Blues - Jack Dupree
- Catfish - Robert Petway
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- My Mama Don't Allow Me - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Wind Howlin' Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker
- Cherry Red - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
- Caldonia Boogie - Louis Jordan
- I'm Gonna Take It Easy - Gabriel Brown
- Driftin' Blues - Charles Brown
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo
- Feel So Bad - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Big Legged Woman - Brownie McGhee
- Guitar In My Hand - Clarence Brown
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- After Hours Boogie - Pee Wee Crayton
- Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker
- Everyday I Have The Blues - Lowell Fulson
- Get The Blues - B.B. King
- Rocking With Red - Piano Red
- Ludella - Jimmy Rogers
- Evans Shuffle - Little Walter (aka Marion Walter Jacobs) with Muddy Waters


4 CD box

Catfish KATX1 (UK 2000)

Catfish (UK) discography

56c2001Texas Blues

disc 1:
- Rolled from Side to Side Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Two String Blues - Little Hat Jones

- Double Crossing Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- Johnny Behren's Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- Rambler Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Dry Southern Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Jim Nappy - Hattie Burleson
- Don't Sell It-Don't Give It Away - Oscar Woods
- Triflin' Woman - Black Ace
- Texas Worried Blues - Henry Thomas
- Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas
- Back Gnawing Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Down in Texas Blues - Jesse Thomas
- Dallas Rag - Marco Washington
- Sugar Blues - Marco Washington
- Texas and Pacific Blues - Percy Darensbourg
- Seven Sisters Blues, Pt. 1 - "Funny Paper" Smith
- Seven Sisters Blues, Pt. 2 - "Funny Paper" Smith
- Monkeyin' Around - Jake Jones
- Texas Blues - Willie Reed
- Dreaming Blues - Willie Reed
- Jack of All Trades - Bernice Edwards
- T.P. Window Blues - Jack Ranger

disc 2:
- Santa Fe Blues - Smith Casey
- West Texas Blues - Smith Casey
- West Texas Woman - Alex Moore
- Heart Wrecked Blues - Alex Moore
- Sundown Blues - Blind Norris
- The Katy Blues - Blind Norris
- Sunbeam Blues - Billiken Johnson
- Interurban Blues - Fred Adams
- Elm Street Woman Blues - Carl Davis
- Flying Crow Blues - Carl Davis
- Good Morning Blues - Texas Bill Day
- Goin' Back to My Baby - Texas Bill Day
- Wandering Blues - Gene Campbell
- Robbin' and Stealin' Blues - Gene Campbell
- Texas Dream Blues - Herve Duerson
- Ocean Wave Blues - Herve Duerson
- Matchbox Blues - Black Ivory King
- The Flying Crow - Black Ivory King
- Nok-Em All - Oscar Woods
- Bad Luck Town Blues - Black Boy Shine
- Gamblin' Jinx Blues - Black Boy Shine
- West Dallas Drag No. 1 / Robert Cooper
- Black Gal, What Makes Your Head So Hard? - Joe Pullum


2 CD set
notes by Keith Briggs

Catfish KATCD 181 (UK 2001)

Catfish (UK) discography

572007Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 5
2008 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Range In My Kitchen Blues - Texas Alexander
- One Dime Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacey
- Nehi Mama Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Deep Moaning Blues - Ma Rainey
- Jail House Blues - Crying Sam Collins
- Madison Street Rag - Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon)
- Seaboard Stomp - Blind Blake
- The New Shake That Thing - Mississippi Sheiks
- Low Down Jail House - Blind Blake
- Cold And Blue - Ida Cox
- The Santa Claus Crave - Elzadie Robinson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Ain't Gonna Do That No More - Blind Blake
- Talkin' To You Wimmin' About The Blues - Blind Willie McTell & Mary Willis
- Merciful Blues - Blind Willie McTell & Mary Willis
- Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 5 (rel. 2007, for 2008)


Blues Images CD BIM-105 (US 2007) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 5 (for 2008)

Blues Calendar discography

582017'Texas' Alexander And His Circle 1927 - 1951

CD 1:
Texas Alexander
- Range In My Kitchen Blues
- Long Lonesome Day Blues
- Corn-Bread Blues
- Section Gang Blues
- Levee Camp Moan Blues
- Mama, I Heard You Brought It Right Back Home
- Farm Hand Blues
- Evil Woman Blues
- Sabine River Blues
- Death Bed Blues
- Yellow Girl Blues
- West Texas Blues
- Bantam Rooster Blues
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- No More Woman Blues
- Don't You Wish Your Baby Was Built Up Like Mine
- Bell Cow Blues
- Bantam Rooster Blues (tk B)
- Sittin' On A Log
- Mama's Bad Luck Child
- Boe Hog Blues
- Work Ox Blues
- The Risin' Sun
- Penitentiary Moan Blues

CD 2:
Texas Alexander
- Blue Devil Blues
- Tell Me Woman Blues
- 'Frisco Train Blues
- St. Louis Fair Blues
- I Am Calling Blues
- Double Crossing Blues
- Ninety-Eight Degree Blues (tk A)
- Someday, Baby, Your Troubles Is Gonna Be Like Mine
- Water Bound Blues
- Awful Moaning Blues Part 1
- Awful Moaning Blues Part 2
- Gold Tooth Blues
- Johnny Behrens Blues
- Ninety Eight Degrees (tk B)
- Rolling Mill Blues
- Broken Yo Yo
- Texas Special
- When You Get To Thinking
- Thirty Day Blues
- Peaceful Blues
- Days Is Lonesome
- Seen Better Days
- Last Stage Blues
- Stealing To Her Man

CD 3:
Texas Alexander
- She's So Fair
- Rolling And Stumbling Blues
- Frost Texas Tornado Blues
- Texas Troublesome Blues
- Blues In My Mind
- Mistreatin' Woman
- Polo Blues
- Normangee Blues
- Worried Blues
- Prairie Dog Hole Blues
- Justice Blues
- Katy Crossing Blues
- Lonesome Blues
- Lonesome Valley Blues
- One Morning Blues
- Deceitful Blues
- Easy Rider Blues
- Good Feelin' Blues
- Bottoms Blues
- Cross Roads
"Bo" Jones
- Back Door Blues
- Leavenworth Prison Blues
Lane Hardin
- Hard Time Blues
- California Desert Blues
- Cartey Blues


CD 4:
Little Hat Jones
- New Two Sixteen Blues
- Two String Blues
- Rolled From Side To Side Blues
- Hurry Blues
- Little Hat Blues
- Corpus Blues
- Kentucky Blues
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
- Cross The Water Blues
- Cherry Street Blues
Willie Reed
- Dreaming Blues
- Texas Blues
- Leavin' Home
- Goin' Back To My Baby
- Some Low Down Groundhog Blues
- All Worn Out And Dry Blues
Coley Jones
- Army Mule In No Man's Land
- Traveling Man
- Drunkard's Special
- The Elder's He's My Man
Johnny Beck
- Locked In Jail Blues
- You've Gotta Lay Down Mama
Sam "Suitcase" Johnson
- Sam's Comin' Home
- Sam's Boogie


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP CD 77203 (UK 2017)

595/2019The Texas Alexander Collection 1927 - 1951

CD 1:
- Levee Camp Moan Blues
- Section Gang Blues
- Long Lonesome Day Blues
- Corn-Bread Blues
- Range In My Kitchen Blues
- Farm Hand Blues
- Sabine River Blues
- Mama, I Heard You Brought It Right Back Home
- Bell Cow Blues
- Boe Hog Blues
- Death Bed Blues
- Mama's Bad Luck Child
- Bantam Rooster Blues
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- West Texas Blues
- Don't You Wish Your Baby Was Built Up Like Mine?
- Sitting On A Log
- No More Women Blues
- Penitentiary Moan Blues
- Blue Devil Blues
- Work Ox Blues
- 'Frisco Train Blues

CD 2:
- The Risin' Sun
- Tell Me Woman Blues
- St. Louis Fair Blues
- Evil Woman Blues
- Ninety-Eight Degree Blues
- Gold Tooth Blues
- Awful Moaning Blues - Part 1
- Awful Moaning Blues - Part 2
- Double Crossing Blues
- Johnny Behren's Blues
- Rolling Mill Blues
- Peaceful Blues
- Broken Yo Yo
- When You Get To Thinking
- Someday Baby Your Troubles Is Gonna Be Like Mine
- Texas Special
- Water Bound Blues
- Thirty Day Blues
- Yellow Girl Blues
- I Am Calling Blues
- She's So Far
- Rolling And Stumbling Blues

CD 3:
- Texas Troublesome Blues
- Last Stage Blues
- Days Is Lonesome
- Stealing To Her Man
- Seen Better Days
- Frost Texas Tornado Blues
- Blues In My Mind (Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams)
- Mistreatin' Woman (Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams)
- Prairie Dog Hole Blues (Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams)
- Polo Blues (Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams)
- Worried Blues (Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams)
- Normangee Blues (Texas Alexander & his Sax Black Tams)
- Justice Blues
- Easy Rider Blues
- Lonesome Valley Blues
- Good Feelin' Blues
- Katy Crossing Blues
- Lonesome Blues
- One Morning Blues
- Deceitful Blues
- Bottoms Blues (Texas Alexander and Benton's Busy Bees)
- Crossroads (Texas Alexander and Benton's Busy Bees)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Watts

Acrobat ACTRCD 9084 (UK 5/2019)

6010/201923 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 17
2020 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Got The Blues - B.B. King
- Blood Thirsty Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Baby Keeps Stealing Lovin' On Me - Mississippi Sheiks
- Howling Tom Cat Blues - Bo Carter

- Days Is Lonesome - Texas Alexander with the Mississippi Sheiks
- Ain't Gonna Stand For That - Charlie Spand
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Part 1 and Part 2 - Jim Jackson
- Ashley St. Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake
- Bad Luck Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight - Lonnie Johnson
- Shave 'Em Dry - Bessie Jackson
- Read Your A B C's - Mississippi Sarah and Daddy Stovepipe


Supplementary CD tracks:
- Life Is A Cheater - Irma Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- Life Is A Cheater - Music City Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- I Got Hip To It - Irma Records Demo [unreleased] - Juke Boy Barner
- Tillie Lee - William Moore
- Dying Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake
- Come On Babe - "Blues Boy Bill" (= Louis Meyers)
- Little Boy Blue - "Blues Boy Bill" (= Louis Meyers)
- It's Hard Time - Joe Stone
- Back Door Blues - Joe Stone
- Back To Mississippi - Mississippi Sheiks


restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 17 (rel. 2019, for 2020)


Blues Images CD BIM-117 (US 2019) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 17 (for 2020)

Blues Calendar discography



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 35
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 15
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 8-10
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 293
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 14
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, p. 13
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 87-88
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 29
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Max Hoeffner, Mike Gann, Marc Claes, Peter Brown, Helge Thygesen, Alex van der Tuuk, Sonny Burnett, Bo Lindqvist, Jeff Harris, Dave Williams and Gilbert Guyonnet for additional info / scans

 

'T E X A S'   A L E X A N D E R; source: Front cover of Document MBCD-2001
source: Front cover of Document MBCD-2001
; source: Front cover of Agram 2009
source: Front cover of Agram 2009

 

'T E X A S'   A L E X A N D E R   headstone, put up by the Killer Blues Headstone Project (Steven Salter); photographer: Matthew Tresaugue
Texas Alexander headstone
put up by the Killer Blues Headstone Project (Steven Salter)
photographer: Matthew Tresaugue

 

 

 

 

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