Black AceBabe Karo/Kyro Lemon Turnerb. December 21, 1907 in Hughes Springs, Cass County, Texasd. November 7, 1972 at the St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texasburied November 9, 1972 at Stean Cemetery in Malakoff, Henderson County, Texasdiscography
ARC unissued
Decca 7281
Decca 7340
Decca 7387
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 discographyArhoolie Records discography
Arhoolie unissued
# and ? Arhoolie CD 374
Arhoolie F 1006 (196?)
Arhoolie FS101 (1961)
notes (on 4-page leaflet)by Chris Strachwitz = Arhoolie F 1006 (196?)
notes (on back cover)by Chris Strachwitz = Arhoolie F 1006 (197?)
notes (on back cover)by Chris Strachwitz 1980 release uses same front and backcovers as 197? release, but actuallyhas slightly different content - asprinted on the labels! (=) Arhoolie F 1006 (1980)
partly reissued onArhoolie CD 432 (1995)"Mississippi Blues 1960"
Arhoolie Records discography
Arhoolie F 1017
inner gatefold with Pete Welding notes
2-disc packagenotes by Pete Welding Arhoolie R2001/2002
= Stateside SR-9323B (Jp 1972)
"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"
two record setPoppy PYS-60.003= RCA / Victor SHP-6124/25
Poppy discography
= Tomato DLP 2696181 (1989)
reissued as Tomato CDTOM 3001
Yazoo L-1026Yazoo CD 1026 [1991?]Yazoo Records discography
Yazoo CD 1026 [1991?]
Yazoo Records discography
Paltram PL-102 (Austria)
= Autogram PL-102 (Germany)
Paltram discography
Albatros VPA 8187= Albatros VC 0775(cassette)
(=) Albatros ALB 83LP = VPA 8187/88/89"Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/Urbano"
Albatros Records discography
4 LP set MCA Coral 6.30106 (Germany)= 6.30106 FK= RCOX 7526/1-4
= MCA Coral 82.024 (Germany)
(=) Bob CD 203 (2006)
notes by Tashiaki Tanaka MCA / Victor MCA-3528 (Jp 1975)
notes by Don Kentand Michael Stewart Mamlish S-3801
Mamlish Records discography
notes by John P. Morgan Stash ST-110
(=) Jass J-CD-642
Stash/Jass Records discography
7 inch EP XX MIN 701 (UK)
XX discography
Roots RL-327
= Autogram RL-327 (Germany 2010)"Texas Country BluesMusic Vol. 3"
Roots Records discography
Document DLP 540
Document Records discography
notes by Kip Lornell Document DOCD 5143
notes (1961 + 1992)by Paul Oliver Arhoolie CD 374 (US 1992)
= P-Vine PCD 93736 (Jp 2013)
Arhoolie CD 101 (US 1996)
4 CD box setJSP JSPCD 7730
thanks to Alan Balfour, Phil Thorne and Alan R. Young for additional info / scans
Military photo of B.K. Turner, 1943 or shortly latersource: Internet
B.K. Turner "Black Ace" (with a Dobro Roundneck, not a Triplate Squareneck!)source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 83 "Sweet Mama"
"Sweet Mama"
"Golden Slipper Blues" footage, Black Ace on the loading platform