- Bonus Man Blues (FW-1260-1)
- Black Ace Blues (FW-1261-2)

rec. April 5, 1936 in Fort Worth, TX; Buck Turner (The Black Ace), voc, g

ARC unissued

- Black Ace (61790-A)   @ youtube
- Trifling Woman (61789-A)   @ youtube

rec. February 15, 1937 in Dallas, TX; Black Ace (B.K. Turner), voc, g; unknown, g

Decca 7281

- You Gonna Need My Help Some Day (61791-A)   @ youtube
- Whiskey And Women (61792-A)   @ youtube

rec. February 15, 1937 in Dallas, TX; Black Ace (B.K. Turner), voc, g; unknown, g

Decca 7340

- Christmas Time Blues (Beggin' Santa Claus) (61793-A)   @ youtube
- Lowing Heifer (61794-A)   @ youtube

rec. February 15, 1937 in Dallas, TX; Black Ace (B.K. Turner), voc, g; unknown, g

Decca 7387

- I Am The Black Ace *   @ youtube
- Bad Times Stomp (instr.) *   @ youtube
- Drink On Little Girl *   @ youtube
- Santa Fe Blues #   @ youtube
- New Triflin' Woman #   @ youtube
- Farther Along * [not on Arhoolie CD 374]   @ youtube

- Evil Woman (Blues) #   @ youtube
- 'Fore Day Creep #   @ youtube
- Little Augie #   @ youtube
- Your Leg's Too Little #   @ youtube
- No Good Woman #   @ youtube
- Santa Claus Blues #   @ youtube
- Golden Slipper #   @ youtube

Black Ace, voc, g
# rec. August 14, 1960 in Fort Worth,TX by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver
* rec. September 10, 1960 in Fort Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver

stapled notes booklet by Paul Oliver inside jacket     "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 671, Los Gatos, Calif."
 
Arhoolie F 1003 (US 1961)

stapled notes booklet by Paul Oliver inside jacket

= Heritage HLP 1006 (UK 1962) (only 99 pressed!) "The Black Ace"

notes (1961) by Paul Oliver     "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"

= Arhoolie F 1003 (US 1975) "Black Ace"

notes (1961) by Paul Oliver     "Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530"

= Arhoolie F 1003 (US 198?) "Black Ace"

(=) Arhoolie CD 374 (US 1992)
(=) P-Vine PCD 93736 (Jp 2013)

Heritage Records discography
Arhoolie Records discography

- I've Been In Love With You Baby #
- I Am The Black Ace #
- Ace's Guitar Blues (instr.) []   @ youtube
- Ace's Guitar Breakdown (instr.) []
- Gloomy Clouds *
- I Was Wrong To Fall In Love *

Black Ace, voc, g
# rec. August 14, 1960 in Fort Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver
* rec. September 10, 1960 in Fort Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver
[] rec. ??? in Fort Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver

Arhoolie unissued

# and ? Arhoolie CD 374

Arhoolie FS 101 / F 1006 (1961 + 197?) track sequence:
Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues   @ youtube
Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae   @ youtube
Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues   @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues   @ youtube
Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper   @ youtube
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime   @ youtube

Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly   @ youtube
"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady   @ youtube
Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman   @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth   @ youtube
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369]   @ youtube

Arhoolie F 1006 (1980) track sequence:
Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae
Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues
Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime
Sidney Maiden - Chicago Blues °°   @ youtube

Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman
Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly
"Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady
Black Ace - Ace's Guitar Blues °°   @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] - Goin' Back South [aka "Down South Blues"] °°
Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369]

°° 1980 version "bonus tracks", listed on labels, but not on back cover!

Black Ace rec. September 19, 1960 in Ft. Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas rec. 1960 in Zachary, LA by Chris Strachwitz
Sam Chatman rec. July 25, 1960 in Hollandale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Lowell Fulson rec. c. 1949 in Oakland, CA by Bob Geddins
Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] rec. 1947 in New York, NY
Lil' Son Jackson rec. July 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Mance Lipscomb rec. August 13, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Jasper Love rec. July 23, 1960 in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Sidney Maiden rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz
Mercy Dee Walton rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee, voc, p
"Whistling" Alex Moore rec. summer 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz
Robert Curtis Smith rec. July 24, 1960 at the "Big 6" Barbershop in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz
Big Joe Williams rec. October 6, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie FS101 front cover lay-out by Clair Moxley
Arhoolie F1006 front cover design by Wayne Pope
photos by Chris Strachwitz (except Black Ace, courtesy B.K. Turner)

I Have To Paint My Face - Mississippi Blues 1960

Arhoolie CD 432 (1995) track sequence:
- I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas/Bruce Bratton [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- The Slop - Jasper Love/Columbus Jones [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Rooster Blues - Wade Walton [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.]
- Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas/Sidney Maiden [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.]
- Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Desert Blues - Jasper Love [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]
- Butch's Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.]
- Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden/K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie F 1006, 2nd. ed.]

notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif."

Arhoolie FS101 (US 1961)

notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif."

= Arhoolie F 1006 (196?)

notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley, California"
   
= Arhoolie F 1006 (197?)

notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709"

(=) Arhoolie F 1006 (US 1980)   1980 release uses same front and back covers as 197? release, but actually has slightly different content - as printed on the labels!

notes by Chris Strachwitz

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

Arhoolie Records discography

Manny Nichols
- Long Skinny Mama
Mance Lipscomb
- You Don't Mean No Good
Black Ace
- Beer Drinking Woman #
Rattlesnake Cooper
- I'm Leaving Town
Mercy Dee & Otis Cherry
- Ebony Baby [never re-released on CD]
Isam Hisam & Lightning Hopkins
- I'm Feeling Bad
Manny Nichols
- Walking Talking Blues

Billy Bizor
- Tom Moore
Alex Moore
- Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg
- Hello Baby
Robert Shaw
- The Fives
Lightning Hopkins
- Hurricanes Carla & Esther
Mercy Dee / K.C. Douglas / Otis Cherry
- 8th Wonder Of The World

Black Ace, voc, g
# rec. August 14, 1960 in Fort Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver

Arhoolie F 1017

Arhoolie Records discography

LP 1:
Country Blues
Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down
Mance Lipscomb - Sugar Babe
Black Ace - New Triflin' Woman
Alex Moore - July Boogie
Big Joe Williams - Greystone Blues
Lil Son Jackson - Roberta
John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn
Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - No More Hard Times
Lowell Fulson - River Blues

City Blues
Mercy Dee - Walked Down So Many Turnrows
Juke Boy Bonner - Going Back To The Country
Lightning Hopkins - Tom Moore Blues
Big Mama Thornton - Unlucky Girl
Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Blues
Larry Williams - I Know You Hear Me Calling
Johnny Young - Wild Wild Woman


LP 2:
Gospel & Jazz
Bukka White - Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World
Jesse Fuller - Amazing Grace
Rev. Overstreet - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Robert Shaw - The Ma Grinder
Kid Thomas - Eh La Bas
Joe Turner - Old Piney Brown's Gone
Luna - Nisaba In The Grass

Country, Cajun & Folk
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers - Run Mountain
Del McCoury - Dreams
The Hodges Brothers - Carroll County Blues
Luderin Darbone - Crowley Waltz
Nathan Abshire - Cajun Two Step
Alice Stuart - Once I Had A Sweetheart
Crabgrass - Charles Giteau
James Campbell - Baby Please Don't Go

compilation of tracks previously on Arhoolie LPs; ed. & prod. by Chris Strachwitz
no previously unissued tracks!

inner gatefold with Pete Welding notes

2-disc package
notes by Pete Welding



Arhoolie R2001/2002

= Stateside SR-9323B (Jp 1972)

Arhoolie Records discography

LP 1:
- Frisco Lines - Fred McDowell
- Fare You Well Baby Blues - Joe Callicott
- Long Haired Doney - R.L. Burnside
- Mean Stepfather - Big Joe Williams
- Bald Eagle Train - Bukka White and "Washboard Willie" [= Wayne Pope!]   @ youtube
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith

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


LP 2:
- Bear Cat Blues - John Jackson
- Snowing and Raining - Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly
- Got A Date I Can't Be Late - Jesse Fuller
- You Got Another - Lightnin' Hopkins and Barbara Dane
- Struggle Here - Juke Boy Bonner and Alvin J. Simon, dr
- Listen At That Bull - G. Coleman
- Trouble Blues - Big Joe Turner

- Dream - John Littlejohn [Arhoolie 1043]
- Sugar Daddy - Mercy Dee Walton
- I'm Feeling Alright - Big Mama Thornton
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Black Snake Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Two Bugs - Earl Hooker

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

gatefold DLP

Poppy PYS-60.003 (US 1969)
= RCA Victor 740 069 (France 1969)

= RCA Victor SHP-6124/25 (Jp)

= Tomato TOM-2-7006 (US 1978)

gatefold DLP

= Tomato DLP 2696181 (Germany 1989)

2 CD set
notes by Bill Dahl

= Tomato CD TOM-3001 (US 2002)

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

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
= Albatros VC 0775
(cassette)

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

Albatros Records discography

record 1:
Kokomo Arnold
- Shake That Thing
Baby Doo
- The Death Of Walter Barnes
Scrapper Blackwell
- Motherless Boy Blues
Dot Rice & Frankie Black
- Texas Stomp
Son Bonds
- Trouble Trouble Blues
Walter Coleman
- I'm Going To Cincinnati
- Smack That Thing
Blind Teddy Darby
- The Girl I Left Behind

Bumble Bee Slim
- Bleeding Heart Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- I Ain't No Iceman
- Railroad Blues
Big Boy Teddy Edwards
- W-P-A Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- Louisiana
Blind Boy Fuller
- Stingy Mama
- Working Man Blues
Gene Gilmore
- Natchez Fire


record 2:
Bill Gaither
- Pains In My Heart
- In The Wee Wee Hours
Jimmie Gordon
- Graveyard Blues
- Sweet Jelly Rollin'
The Harlem Hamfats
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Let Me Feel It
Honey Hill
- Boogie Woogie
- Set 'Em

Springback James
- Stingaree Mama Blues
- Rusty Can Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Flood Water Blues
- Blue Ghost Blues
Signifying Mary Johnson
- Peepin' At The Risin' Sun
- Black Gal Blues
Charlie McCoy
- Candy Man Blues
- Baltimore Blues


record 3:
Joe McCoy
- I Got To Have A Little More
- Please Baby
Robert Lee McCoy
- Gonna Keep It For Me Daddy
- Mama Don't Allow Me To Stay Out All Night Long
Charlie McFadden
- People People
Leothus "Lee" Green
- 44 Blues
Barrel House Buck McFarland
- Mercy Mercy Blues
- Weeping Willow Blues

Arthur McKay
- Central Limited Blues
- She Squeezed My Lemon
Blind Willie McTell
- Let Me Play With Your Yo-Yo
- Ticket Agent Blues
Alice Moore
- Telephone Blues
- Don't Deny Me Baby
Shorty Bob Parker
- The Death Of Slim Green
- So Cold In China


record 4:
Johnny Temple
- Louise Louise Blues
Black Ace
- Whiskey And Woman
Curley Weaver
- Oh Lawdy Mama
Peetie Wheatstraw
- These Times
Georgia White
- Daddy Let Me Lay It On You
- Dead Man's Blues
Oscar Woods
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
- Don't Sell It-Don't Give It Away

Charlie Pickett
- Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal
- Trembling Blues
Red Nelson
- Detroit Special
- Streamline Train
Sloke And Ike
- Slocum Blues
- Chocolate Candy Blues
Johnnie Strauss
- Hard Working Woman
Roosevelt Sykes
- Soft And Mellow

compiled by Robert "Bob" Hertwig (TELDEC product manager)

4 LP set
notes (in German and English) by Robert Hertwig





MCA Coral 6.30106 (Germany 1975)

= MCA Coral 82.024 / RCOX 7526/1-4 (Germany 1975)

(=) Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006)

Oscar Woods
- Lone Wolf Blues
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away
Black Ace
- Trifling Woman
- Black Ace
- You Gonna Need My Help Someday
- Whiskey And Women

Black Ace
- Christmas Time Blues
- Lowing Heifer
Kokomo Arnold
- Milk Cow Blues
- Lonesome Southern Blues
- Hobo Blues
- Sundown Blues
- Neck Bone Blues

notes by Tashiaki Tanaka

MCA / Victor MCA-3528 (Jp 1975)

Joe McCoy
- Meat Cutter Blues
One Arm Slim
- Howling Man Blues
Black Ace
- Whiskey And Women
Lee Green
- Memphis Fives
Bo Carter
- Don't Do It No More
Peanut the Kidnapper
- Suicide Blues
Chatman Brothers
- If You Don't Want Me

Walter Davis
- Sweet Sixteen
Memphis Minnie
- Keep It To Yourself
Big Bill
- Dreamy Eyed Baby
Bumble Bee Slim
- You Can't Take It Baby
Pinetop
- Tell Her About Me
Sonny Scott
- Firewood Man
Scrapper Blackwell
- Alley Sally Blues

rec. 1933-39

notes by Don Kent
and Michael Stewart

Mamlish S-3801

Mamlish Records discography

Stash ST-110 track sequence:
- Jake Walk Blues - Allen Brothers
- Jake Leg Wobble - Ray Brothers
- Jake Legs Blues - Byrd Moore
- Jake Leg Blues - Willie Lofton
- Limber Neck Rag - Narmour & Smith
- Jake Walk Papa - Asa Martin
- Beer Drinkin Woman - Blace Ace
- Bear Cat Papa Blues - Gene Autry

- Jake Liquor Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Jake Bottle Blues - Lemuel Turner
- Got The Jake Leg Too - Ray Brothers
- Jake Leg Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
- Jake Leg Blues - Maynard Britton
- Jake Leg Rag - Narmour & Smith
- Jake Walk Blues - Maynard Britton

prod. by Bernard Brightman
cover art and layout by Barbara Gottlieb

Jass J-CD-642 track sequence:
The Allen Brothers - Jake Walk Blues (2:32)
Asa Martin - Jake Walk Papa (3:10)
Lemuel Turner - Jake Bottle Blues (3:09)
David McCarn & Howard Long - Ray Rum Blues (3:11)
Willie Lofton - Jake Leg Blues (3:04)
Gene Autry - Bear Cat Papa Blues (2:20)
Namour And Smith - Limber Neck Rag (3:16)
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jake Leg Blues (3:08)
Namour And Smith - Jake Leg Rag (3:15)
Maynard Britton - Jake Legs Blues (3:34)
Ray Brothers - Jake Leg Wobble (2:56)
Maynard Britton - Jake Walk Blues (1:28)
Black Ace - Beer Drinkin' Woman (3:26)
Byrd Moore - Jake Legs Blues (3:08)
Tommy Johnson - Alcohol And Jake Blues (3:19)
Ishman Bracey - Jake Liquor Blues (3:30)

In 1930 thousands of cases of muscle pain, weakness of upper and lower extremities, and minimal sensory impairment occured in the United States. The illness was caused by the consumption of an adulterated Jamaica ginger extract ("Jake"), an illicit beverage then popularly used in the southern and midwestern United States to circumvent prohibition statutes...victims with resultant gait impairment, sometimes permanent, were said to have "Jake Leg" or "Jake Walk".

notes by John P. Morgan

Stash ST-110

(=) Jass J-CD-642

Stash/Jass Records discography

- Trifling Woman
- Black Ace
- You Gonna Need My Help Someday

- Whiskey And Women
- Christmas Time Blues
- Lowing Heifer

7 inch EP

XX MIN 701 (UK)

XX discography

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

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

Roots Records discography

Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
- Elm Street Woman Blues
- It May Be My Last Night
- Dusting The Frets
- Flying Crow Blues
Black Ace
- Trifling Woman
- Black Ace
- You Gonna Need My Help Some Day
- Whiskey And Women
- Christmas Time Blues (Beggin' Santa Claus)
- Lowing Heifer

Kitty Gray
- I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)
- Round And Round
- You're Standing On The Outside Now
- Swingology
- My Baby's Ways
- Baton Rouge Rag
- Weeping Willow Rag
- Gettin' Away
- Posin'
- Doing The Dooga
- I'm Yours To Command

Document DLP 540 (Austria 1988)

Document Records discography

Oscar 'Buddy' Woods
- She's A Hum Dum Dinger (From Dingersville)
- Fence Breakin' Blues
- Home Wreckin' Blues
- Bear Cat Mama From Horner's Corners
- Saturday Night Stroll
- Sewing Machine Blues
- Red Nightgown Blues
- Davis' Salty Dog
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
- Lone Wolf Blues
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away)
- Muscat Hill Blues
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away)
- Baton Rouge Rag
- Jam Session Blues
- Low Life Blues
- Token Blues
- Come On Over To My House Baby
Black Ace
- Trifling Woman
- Black Ace
- You Gonna Need My Help Some Day
- Whiskey And Women
- Christmas Time Blues (Beggin' Santa Claus)
- Lowing Heifer

notes by Kip Lornell

Document DOCD 5143

- I Am The Black Ace *
- Bad Times Stomp *
- Drink On Little Girl *
- Santa Fe Blues *
- New Triflin' Woman *
- Evil Woman Blues *
- Fore Day Creep *
- Little Augie *
- Your Leg's Too Little *
- No Good Woman *
- Santa Claus Blues *
- Golden Slipper *
- Hitchhiking Woman #
- Ace's Guitar Blues []
- Beer Drinking Woman $
- Ace's Guitar Breakdown []
- I've Been In Love With You Baby []
- Trifling Woman §
- Black Ace §
- You Gonna Need My Help Someday §
- Whiskey And Women §
- Christmas Time Blues §
- Lowing Heifer §

* previously on Arhoolie F 1003 (1960)
# previously on Arhoolie F 1006 (1960)
$ previously on Arhoolie F 1017 (196?)
§ previously on 1937 Decca 78 rpm
[] previously unissued 1960 recordings by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver

B.K. Turner "Black Ace", voc, National steel g

notes (1961 + 1992)
by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie CD 374 (US 1992)

= P-Vine PCD 93736 (Jp 2013)

Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Line [Arhoolie 1027, CD 304]   @ youtube
Lightning Hopkins - Have You Ever Loved A Woman [Arhoolie 1063]   @ youtube
John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn [Arhoolie 1025, CD 378]   @ youtube
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Cairo Blues [Arhoolie 1004, CD 352]   @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb - 'Bout A Spoonful [Arhoolie 1001, CD 306]   @ youtube
Black Ace - Drink On Little Girl [Arhoolie 1003]   @ youtube
Snooks Eaglin - Country Boy Down In New Orleans [Arhoolie CD 348]   @ youtube
Bukka White - Columbus, Mississippi Blues [Arhoolie 1005]   @ youtube
Dr. Ross - Shake 'em On Down [Arhoolie 1065, CD 371]   @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams - Just Tippin' In (4:10) [Arhoolie CD 394]   @ youtube [not "Just Trippin' In", as youtube video suggests]
Jesse Fuller - Hump In My Back [Arhoolie CD 360]   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Brother James [Arhoolie 1002, CD 315]   @ youtube
Smoky Babe - I'm Broke And I'm Hungry [Arhoolie 2019, CD 440]   @ youtube
R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie [Arhoolie 1042, CD 402]   @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Mercury Blues [Arhoolie CD 432]   @ youtube

prod. and edited by Chris Strachwitz
cover photo (Big Joe Williams) by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 101 (US 1996)

Arhoolie Records discography

disc 1:
- San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller (previously unreleased)
- Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
- Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / Robert Curtis Smith [Arhoolie F 1005]
- One Thin Dime - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas
- Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers
- Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore
- I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
- Brother James - Big Joe Williams
- Lady Luck - Mercy Dee
- Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith
- Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer
- Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier
- Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell
- Believe On Me - Rev. Louis Overstreet
- Low Down Blues - George Lewis
- The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer
- Crowley Waltz - The Hackberry Ramblers
- She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - Booker White (previously unreleased)
- Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier
- Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell
- Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb
- Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier

disc 2:
- Cindy - John Jackson
- Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton
- La Betaille - Isom Fontenot
- Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire
- Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo
- I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Del McCoury
- In The Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet
- Goin' Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
- Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
- Two Bugs And A Roach - Earl Hooker
- Dream - John Littlejohn
- Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
- Visions - Sonny Simmons
- I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe
- Boogieing In Strasbourg - Alex Moore
- The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King - Big Joe Williams
- Please Settle In Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell / Johnny Woods
- El Desesperado - Los Pinguinos Del Norte
- Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
- Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite

disc 3:
- Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre
- Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio
- Gibson Creek Shuffle - Charles Ford Band
- Ups And Downs - L.C. Robinson
- You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red
- Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin / Canray Fontenot
- Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely
- Luzita - Narciso Martinez
- Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio
- Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio
- One Of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris
- Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier
- En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa / Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard
- Besos Y Copas - Chavela Ortiz Y Brown Express
- Fast Santa Fe - Robert Shaw
- I'll See You In C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band
- El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha
- La Gata - Los Caporales De Panuco
- Beym Rebas Sude - The Klezmorim
- J'ai Laisse De La Maison - Cheese Read
- Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.
- Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza

disc 4:
- Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez
- Co-Fe - John Delafose
- Single Girl - Rose Maddox
- Bec De La Manche - Canray Fontenot
- Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark / Hector Duhon
- Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez Jr.
- La Chanson De Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit BeauSoleil (previously unreleased)
- Shake What You Got - Preston Frank
- Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- The Chill Of A Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge
- Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory
- Here To Stay - Rebirth Brass Band
- I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
- I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin
- Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez
- Aguililla - Los Campesinos De Michoacan
- La Reine De La Salle - Odile Falcon
- Chanson De La Sagesse - Michael Doucet
- Hot Chili Mama - BeauSoleil
- Check Out The Zydeco - C.J. Chenier
- El Canoero - Valerio Longoria
- Corrido Del Mono - Los Gavilanes De Oakland
- San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff

disc 5:
- Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers
- Gumagarugu - Chatuye
- Khandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi
- A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta
- Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band
- Ain't It A Shame - Elder Roma Wilson
- J'ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
- La Mal Sentada - Los Cenzontles
- Falling For You - Rose Maddox
- Los Traficantes Del Bravo - Los Palomares Del Bravo (previously unreleased)
- Jesus Will Fix It For You - Sonny Treadway
- Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom
- Jale Griego - Jose Moreno
- El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
- What's His Name - Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent

Compilation producers: Chris Strachwitz & Elijah Wald; digitally remastered by Mike Cogan

5 CD box
66-pp. booklet by Chris Strachwitz, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt & Elijah Wald

Arhoolie CD 491 (US 2000)

Arhoolie Records discography

disc 1:
Henry Thomas
- John Henry
- Cottonfield Blues
- Arkansas
- The Fox And The Hounds
- The Little Red Caboose
- Bob McKinney
- Red River Blues
- 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
Pete Harris
- Jack O'Diamonds
- Is You Mad At Me
- Blind Lemon's Song
- Carrie

disc 2:
Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
- Hard To Rule Woman Blues
- Lock And Key Blues
- Sawmill Moan
- No Baby Blues
- Ramblin' Mind Blues
- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
- Jig Head Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues
- Hard Dallas Blues (Take 4)
- Ramblin' Man
- Poor Boy Blues
- Good Time Blues
- New Way Of Living Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Shake It Gal
- Ground Hog Blues No. 2
- Little Old Mama Blues
Willie Reed
- Dreaming Blues
- Texas Blues
- Leavin' Home
- Goin' Back To My Baby
- Some Low Down Groundhog Blues
- All Worn Out And Dry Blue

disc 3:
Oscar Woods
Fence Breakin' Blues
Home Wreckin' Blues
Evil Hearted Woman Blues
Lone Wolf Blues
Don't Sell It - Don't Give It Away
Muscat Hill Blues
Don't Sell It (Don't Give it Away)
Baton Rouge Rag
Jam Session Blues
Low Life Blues
Token Blues
Come On Over To My House Baby
Look Here Baby, One Thing I Got To Say
Sometimes I Get To Thinkin' (Take 1)
Don't Sell It
Sometimes I Get To Thinkin' (Take 2)
Boll Weevil Blues
Smith Casey
Shorty George
Santa Fe Blues
Hesitating Blues
Two White Horses Standing In Line
Jack O'Diamonds
Mournful Blues
East Texas Rag

disc 4:
Coley Jones
- my Mule In No Man's Land
- Traveling Man
- Drunkard's Special
- The Elder's He's My Man
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 Blue
- Cherry Street Blues
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas
- Down In Texas Blues
- My Heart's A Rolling Stone
- Blue Goose Blues
- No Good Woman Blues
Black Ace
- Trifling Woman
- Black Ace
- You Gonna Need My Help Some Day
- Whiskey And Women
- Christmas Time Blues
- Lowing Heifer

compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7730 (UK 2004)

= JSP JSPCD 77174 (UK 2015)