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F R A N C I S   'S C R A P P E R'   B L A C K W E L L; source: Blues Who's Who, p. 49 (Frank Driggs collection)
source: Blues Who's Who, p. 49 (Frank Driggs collection)
Scrapper Blackwell's recordings accompanying Leroy Carr
are subject of a Leroy Carr discography

 

'Scrapper' Blackwell
Francis Hillman Blackwell
b. February 21, 1904 in Indianapolis, Indiana
neither in (never existing) "Syracuse, North Carolina"
nor in Syracuse (Darlington County), South Carolina

d. October 7, 1962 in Indianapolis, Indiana

The Indianapolis Star: "Francis Blackwell, 1116 North Capitol Avenue, was
found shot in the chest in the alley at the rear of 527 West 17th Street."

buried at New Crown Cemetery, 2101 Churchman Ave., Sec. 20, Row 8, Lot 26 in Indianapolis, IN

discography

S C R A P P E R   B L A C K W E L L   a n d   L E R O Y   C A R R
Scrapper Blackwell and Leroy Carr
source: Harrison: Die Welt des Blues, p. 64

#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
11928"Scrapper" Blackwell

- Kokomo Blues (IND-624- ; E-3464W)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Penal Farm Blues (IND-625- ; E-3465W)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. June 16, 1928 in Indianapolis, IN; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g

78 Quarterly #3: "estimated five or less"


Vocalion 1192

   

- Trouble Blues - part 1 (C-2099-B)
- Trouble Blues - part 1 (C-2100-B)
- Mr. Scrapper's Blues (C-2101-B )

rec. July 20, 1928 in Chicago, IL; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g

Vocalion unissued

21928Scrapper Blackwell

- Trouble Blues - Pt. 1 (C-2229- )   @ Spotify
- Trouble Blues - Pt. 2 (C-2230- )   @ Spotify

rec. August 15, 1928 in Chicago, IL; Scrapper Blackwell, voc, g

78 Quarterly #3: "estimated less than five"


Vocalion 1213

   

- Straight Alky Blues - part 1 (C-2231-B)
- Straight Alky Blues - part 2 (C-2232-B)

rec. August 15, 1928 in Chicago, IL; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g

Vocalion unissued

   

- Scrappers Weekly Blues (C-2524-B)
- Tom Cat Blues (C-2525-B)

rec. November 6, 1928 in Chicago, IL; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g; pres. Leroy Carr, p

Vocalion unissued

31929 

Scrapper Blackwell and The Two Roys with Chippie Hill
- Non-Skid Tread (C-2973- ) #   @ Spotify
Scrapper Blackwell
- Be-Da-Da-Bum (TC-3153) *   @ Spotify

# rec. c. February 15, 1929 in Chicago, IL; The Two Roys, voc; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g; Chippie Hill, voc; Leroy Carr, p; unknown, kazoo
* rec. March 19, 1929 in Chicago, IL; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g; Leroy Carr, p


Vocalion 1276

   

- Naptown Stomp (C-2972-B)

rec. c. February 15, 1929 in Chicago, IL; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g; pres. Leroy Carr, p

Vocalion unissued

41929Scrapper Blackwell

- Mr. Scrapper's Blues (C-2227- )   @ Spotify
- Down And Out Blues (C-2228- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. August 15, 1928 in Chicago, IL; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g

78 Quarterly #3: "estimated less than five"


Vocalion 1417

   

- Scrap's Little Blues (16208-A)

rec. February 4, 1930 in Richmond, IN; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g


Gennett unissued

51930Scrapper Blackwell / Teddy Moss

Gennett 7158
Scrapper Blackwell
- Springtime Blues (16209-A) #   @ Spotify
Teddy Moss
- Rocky Luck Blues (16210-A) *   @ Spotify

Champion 15973
Scrapper Blackwell
- Springtime Blues (16209-A) #
James Platt
- Rocky Luck Blues (16210-A) *

# rec. February 4, 1930 in Richmond, IN; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g
* rec. February 4, 1930 in Richmond, IN; Teddy Moss, voc; unknown, cl; Jimmy Blythe, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g

78 Quarterly #3: "no known copies [of Gennett 7158]" "two known copies [of Champion 15973]


Gennett 7158


= Champion 15973

51930Scrapper Blackwell / Teddy Moss

- Motherless Child Blues (16211-A) #
- Mistreating Blues (16212-A) #
- Root-Ta-Toot Man (16213-A) #
- Ain't It A Shame (16214-A) #
- Ain't That Some Gal? (16215-A) *

rec. February 4, 1930 in Richmond, IN; Teddy Moss, voc; * Bob Robinson, voc; # unknown, cl; Jimmy Blythe, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g

Gennett unissued

5a1930Georgia Tom

- Six Shooter Blues (16219- )
- Second-Hand Woman Blues (16221- )

rec. February 5, 1930 in Richmond, IN; Georgia Tom, voc, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g


Gennett 7130

= Supertone 9647

5b1930Georgia Tom

- Dark Hour Blues (16218- )   @ youtube
- Maybe It's The Blues (16222- ) []   @ youtube



unissued track from same session:
- Mississippi Bottom Blues (16220- )

rec. February 5, 1930 in Richmond, IN; Georgia Tom, voc, p, [] whistling; Scrapper Blackwell, g


Gennett 7190

5c1930Smokehouse Charley Georgia Tom

- Maybe It's The Blues (16222- ) []   @ youtube
- Second Hand Love (16223- )   @ youtube

rec. February 5, 1930 in Richmond, IN; Georgia Tom, voc, p, [] whistling; Scrapper Blackwell, g


Champion 15994

= Champion 50054

61931Scrapper Blackwell

- Hard Time Blues (18220)   @ youtube
- Back Door Blues (18221)   @ youtube

rec. November 24, 1931 in Richmond, IN; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g

78 Quarterly #3: "one known copy [of Champion 16361]


Champion 16361

= Superior 2827


= Varsity 6049

71931Scrapper Blackwell

- Rambling Blues (18216)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Sneaking Blues (18219)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. November 24, 1931 in Richmond, IN; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g

78 Quarterly #3: "one known copy [of Champion 16370]


Champion 16370

= Superior 2827


= Varsity 6028

81931Scrapper Blackwell

- Blue Day Blues (18217-A)   @ Spotify
- Down South Blues (18218)   @ Spotify

rec. November 24, 1931 in Richmond, IN; 'Scrapper' Blackwell, voc, g


Champion 16452

= Superior 2765


= Varsity 6042

8a1931Smokehouse Charley

- Levee Bound Blues (16224- )   @ Spotify
- Gee, But It's Hard (16225- )   @ Spotify

rec. February 5, 1930 in Richmond, IN; Georgia Tom, voc, p, [] whistling; Scrapper Blackwell, g


Champion 16682

= Champion 50014

= Decca 7362

8b1932Black Bottom McPhail

- My Dream Blues (11513-A)   @ Spotify
- Mix That Thing (11515-A,-B)   @ Spotify

rec. March 17, 1932 in New York City; Black Bottom McPhail, voc, Scrapper Blackwell, g


Vocalion 1690

8c1932Black Bottom McPhail

- Down In Black Bottom (11512-A)   @ Spotify
- Whiskey Man Blues (11514-A)   @ Spotify

rec. March 17, 1932 in New York City; Black Bottom McPhail, voc, Scrapper Blackwell, g


Vocalion 1721

91934Francis Blackwell

- Morning Mail Blues (SL-8-3)
- Blues That Make Me Cry [Front Door Blues ] (SL-9-3)

rec. February 21, 1934 in St. Louis, Mo.; Francis Blackwell, voc, prob. p


Vocalion 02752

101935Francis Blackwell

- D Blues (85499-2)
- A Blues (85512-1)   @ Spotify

rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Francis Blackwell, g solos


Bluebird B5914

111935Frankie Black

- Motherless Boy Blues (90087-AA)
- Wayback Blues (90088-AA)

rec. July 8, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Francis Blackwell, voc, g; Dot Rice, p


Champion 50000

121935Frankie Black

- My Old Pal Blues (Dedicated To The Memory Of Leroy Carr) (90079-A)
- Bad Liquor Blues (90080-A)

rec. July 7, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Francis Blackwell, voc, g; Dot Rice, p


Champion 50036

131935Frankie Black

Champion 50049
- Alley Sally Blues (90081-A)
- No Good Woman Blues (90082-A)

Decca 7832
- No Good Woman Blues (90082-A)
- Alley Sally Blues (90081-A)

rec. July 7, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Francis Blackwell, voc, g; Dot Rice, p


Champion 50049


(=) Decca 7832

   

- My Baby Blues (90089- )

rec. July 8, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Francis Blackwell, voc, g; Dot Rice, p

Decca unissued

141935George H. Tremer / Dot Rice and Frankie Black

George H. Tremer
- Spirit Of '49 Rag (GEX779) *

Dot Rice and Frankie Black
- Texas Stomp (90090-A) #

* rec. April 8, 1927
# rec. July 8, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Dot Rice, p; Francis Blackwell, g


Decca 7137

(=) Decca 3834 (revs: Bob Crosby & His Orchestra: "Yancey Special" (63386-A) 3/10/38 )

(=) Decca 25266 (revs: Honey Hill: "Boogie Woogie" (64225) (1938)

14a8/1935 

Decca 7098
BUMBLE BEE SLIM
- The Death Of Leroy Carr (Dedicated to the Memory of Leroy Carr) (90083-A) *   @ youtube
- Blue Blues (C-9406-A) #   @ youtube
or
BUMBLE BEE SMITH
- The Death Of Leroy Carr (Dedicated to the Memory of Leroy Carr) (90083-A) *
- Blues Blues (C-9406-A) #

Broadway 9005
LEROY CARR'S BUDDY
- The Death Of Leroy Carr (Dedicated to the Memory of Leroy Carr) *
- Blues Blues #

# rec. September 6, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; unknown, g; unknown, plucked vn
* rec. July 7, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; Dorothy Rice, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g

   
        Bumble Bee Slim: "Blue Blues"Bumble Bee Smith: "Blues Blues"
Decca 7098 (US 8/1935)

Broadway label picture from 78 Quarterly Vol. One, No. 7 (1992), p. 35
= Broadway (Decca) 9005 (US 1935/36?) (as by Leroy Carr's Buddy)

Bumble Bee Slim discography

151938Boogie Woogie Music Vol. 2

Charlie Segar
- Boogie Woogie
Turner Parrish
- Trenches

Woody Herman's Four Chips
- Chip's Boogie Woogie"
Franz Jackson
- Boogie Woogie Camp Meetin'

Meade "Lux" Lewis
- Mr. Freddie Blues
- Celeste Blues

Pete Johnson
- Basement Boogie
- Death Ray Boogie


Dot Rice & Frankie Black
- Texas Stomp
Bob Crosby
- Yancey Special


5 records 78 rpm album

Decca album A-235

15a1938Kings and Queens of Boogie Woogie

Decca album A-610:
25263:
A: Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis
B: Yancey Special - Meade "Lux" Lewis

25264:
A: Blues On The Down Beat - Pete Johnson
B: Kaycee On My Mind - Pete Johnson

25265:
A: Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings
B: Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Cleo Brown

25266:
A: Boogie Woogie - Honey Hill

B: Texas Stomp - Dot Rice and Frankie Black

Decca DL 5249:
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis
- Yancey Special - Meade "Lux" Lewis
- Blues On The Down Beat - Pete Johnson
- Kaycee On My Mind - Pete Johnson

- Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Cleo Brown
- Boogie Woogie - Honey Hill

- Texas Stomp - Dot Rice and Frankie Black

4 records 78 rpm album
notes by Dave Dexter, Jr.

Decca album A-610

10 inch LP
notes by Dave Dexter, Jr.

(=) Decca DL 5249


EP / LP / CD compilations
161950Jazz Vol. 1: The South

Doc Reese
- Ol' Hannah
Leadbelly
- Juliana Johnson
Sonny Terry
- Harmonica Breakdown
Brownie McGhee
- John Henry

Scrapper Blackwell
- Down South
Bessie Tucker
- Penitentiary blues

Rev. J.M. Gates
- Dry bones
Two Gospel Keys
- I Can't Feel At Home
Champion Jack Dupree
- Slow Boogie
Jim Jam Band
- Slug
James P. Johnson
- Blues For Lorenzo
Dallas String Band
- Dallas Rag
Margaret Johnson
- When A 'gator Holler, Folks Say It's A Sign Of Rain


Folkways FP 53


= Folkways FJ 2801

171958Leroy Carr
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 1

- Gone Mother Blues
- Midnight Hour Blues

- Mean Mistreater Mama
- Blues Before Sunrise

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana TFE 17051 (UK 1958)
= Fontana 462.021

181960Francis 'Scrapper' Blackwell: Blues Before Sunrise

- Blues Before Sunrise *   @ youtube
- Sally-In-The-Alley-Blues *   @ youtube
- Shady Lane Blues *   @ youtube
- E Blues (guitar instr) *   @ youtube
- Goin' To Jail About Her *   @ youtube
- Soft Blues (guitar instr) *   @ youtube

- No Good Woman Blues *   @ youtube
- Leaving You Blues *   @ youtube
- Blue 'N Whistling (guitar instr) * []   @ youtube
- Back Step Blues *   @ youtube
- How Long Blues (piano instr) #   @ youtube

rec. # September 1959, * March 31 & April 14, 1960 in Indianapolis, IN by Duncan P. Schiedt; Scrapper Blackwell, voc, g, p; [] Bud White (= Duncan Schiedt), whistling
photography: Duncan Schiedt

notes by Duncan P. Schiedt (scannned by Alan Balfour)
click to read notes (pdf-file)!
77 Records LA 12-4 (UK 1960)


= 77 Records LA 12-4 (2nd print, UK 196?)

notes by Bill Weiner

(=) Document DOCD-5275 (Austria 1994) "Scrapper Blackwell with Brooks Berry (1959-1960)"

77 Records discography

18a1960The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby
Sleepy John Estes - Sloppy Drunk Blues [= "Milk Cow Blues"]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Luck And Trouble °°
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic!] Blues
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway

Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51
Lightnin' Hopkins - Penitentiary Blues °°
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [on back cover: "Drive"]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go Home With Me °°
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads



LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor
Furry Lewis - John Henry
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Furry Lewis - Warm Up
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
Furry Lewis - Casey Jones
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
John Hurt - Frankie
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues

Bert Bilbro - Mohana Blues °°
Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind
Arthur Crudup- Mean Old Frisco
Brownie McGhee- Sportin' Life Blues
Virgil Perkins - [Washboard] Solo
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round
Ham Gravy - Mama Don't 'Low It
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway


compiled by Samuel B. Charters
"The Material is in part from unissued material in the author's collection, in part from material on the author's Folkways releases, and in part from early blues recordings."

RF-202 features only extracts of most of the recordings!
°° tracks not on RF-202 (X) (1964)

Moochie Reeves track rec. July 1954 in Mobile, AL; previously unissued and from Samuel B. Charters' collection

2 LP boxed set
notes (8-page booklet) by Samuel B. Charters

same front cover as RF-202(X) (1964), but with more reddish lettering


notes captioned "RBF RECORDS album No. RF 202 Copyright © 1960"

RBF RF-202 (US 1960)

(=) RBF RF-202 (X) (1964)

RBF discography

18b1964The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

LP 1:
Will Shade - I Can't Stand It (1:20) [RBF 202, Wolf 120.920]   @ youtube
Hambone Willie Newbern - Shelby County Work House Blues [OKeh 8740]
Robert Johnson - From Four Until Late [Vocalion 03623]
Furry Lewis - You Can Leave, Baby [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues [aka "Sloppy Drunk Blues", Victor V38614]
L'il Son Jackson - Roberta Blues [Gold Star 638]
Blind Boy Fuller - Thousand Woman [sic] Blues [OKeh 05657]
Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky [Bluebird B8858]
Charlie Pickett - Down The Highway [Decca 7707]

Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues [Decca 7026]
Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden To The Lord [Columbia 14520-D]
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51 [Bluebird B8499]
Blind Willie McTell - Mama T'ain't Long 'Fo' Day [Victor 21474]
Charlie Burse - Take Your Fingers Off It (0:34) [previously unissued]
Charlie Lincoln - My Wife Drove Me From My Door [Columbia 14305-D]
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues [Columbia 14473-D]
Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back To Florida [rec. January 16, 1959, Folkways FS 3822]   @ youtube (3:17)
Robert Johnson - Standing At The Crossroads [aka "Cross Road Blues", Vocalion 03519]


LP 2:
Lightnin' Hopkins - One Kind Favor (0:57) [rec. January 16, 1959, previously unissued]   @ youtube
Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine [Columbia 14303-D]
Furry Lewis - Warm Up [rec. October 3, 1959, previously unissued, Wolf 120.920]
Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing [OKeh 05625]
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues [Columbia 14194-D]
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Mama [Columbia 14632-D]
Papa Charlie Jackson - Airy Man Blues [Paramount 12219]
Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues [Paramount 13085]

Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - New How Long Blues [Vocalion 1435]

Sonny Terry & Oh Red - Harmonica Stomp [OKeh 05538]
Frank Stokes - Shiney Town Blues [Victor V38589]
Virgil Perkins - Trouble In Mind [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]
Arthur Crudup - Mean Old Frisco [Bluebird 34-0704]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [Alert 401]
Virgil Perkins - [washboard] Solo [rec. November 6, 1955, previously unissued]
Charlie Burse - Tippin' Round (1:27) [previously unissued]
Ham Gravy (= Washboard Sam) - Mama Don't Love It [aka "Mama Don't Allow, No. 1", Vocalion 03275]
Moochie Reeves - Key To The Highway (3:11) [previously unissued]   @ youtube


compiled by Samuel B. Charters
"The Material is in part from unissued material in the author's collection, in part from material on the author's Folkways releases, and in part from early blues recordings."

"All original recordings are included in their entirety" (RBF notes), while the previously unissued tracks (Charters' "field recordings") all seem to be cut short, "some without the courtesy of a proper fadeout, some of the cuts occur mid-stanza" (Charles Radcliffe review in Blues Unlimited 30, pp. 20-21)

2 LP boxed set
notes (8-pp. booklet) by Samuel B. Charters

originally issued with same front and back cover as RF-202 (1960) but with orange lettering
RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1964)


later issued with addition "All original recordings are included in their entirety" on back cover
= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)


= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 196?)


= RBF RF-202 (X) (US 1966?)

2 LP boxed set
(abbreviated) notes by Samuel B. Charters

= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966)

DLP gatefold
notes by Samuel B. Charters

= XTRA 1035 (UK 1966?)

= Fontana 982.099

2 x CDr
notes by Samuel B. Charters

= Smithsonian CD RF 202 (US 2012)

RBF discography
XTRA Records discography

191962Leroy Carr: Blues Before Sunrise
accompanied by Scrapper Blackwell and Josh White

Columbia CL 1799, BPG 62206 track sequence:
- Barrelhouse Woman
- I Believe I'll Make A Change
- Midnight Hour Blues
- Take A Walk Around The Corner
- Southbound Blues
- Mean Mistreater Mama
- Big Four Blues
- Blues Before Sunrise

- It's Too Short
- My Woman's Gone Wrong
- Hustler's Blues
- Bobo Stomp
- Shining Pistol
- Shady Lane Blues
- Corn Likker Blues
- Hurry Down Sunshine

CBS C 30496, SOP J-95 track sequence:
- Midnight Hour Blues
- Mean Mistreater Mama #
- Hurry Down Sunshine
- Corn Likker Blues
- Shady Lane Blues
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Take A Walk Around The Corner
- My Woman's Gone Wrong

- Southbound Blues
- Barrelhouse Woman
- I Believe I'll Make A Change
- Bobo Stomp
- Big Four Blues
- Hustler's Blues
- Shining Pistol
- It's Too Short

# different take from the one on CL 1799


CBS CS 8511


= Columbia CL 1799 (US 1962)

= CBS BPG 62206 (UK 1962)


= CBS C 30496 (1971)


= CBS / Sony SOP J-95 (Jp 1975)


= Portrait RK 44122 (198?)

201962Scrapper Blackwell: Mr. Scrapper's Blues

- Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog   @ youtube
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out   @ youtube
- "A" Blues (instr)   @ youtube
- Little Girl Blues #   @ youtube
- George Street Blues   @ youtube

- Blues Before Sunrise   @ youtube
- Little Boy Blue   @ youtube
- "E" Blues (instr)   @ youtube
- Shady Lane   @ youtube
- Penal Farm Blues   @ youtube

Soul Jam 806175 bonus tracks (originally rel. on 77 Records LA 12-4):
- Blue 'n Whistling (2:40)
- Soft Blues (1:47)
- Sally-In-The-Alley Blues (4:06)
- No Good Woman Blues (3:29)
- Back Step Blues (5:15)
- Blues Before Sunrise (1960 version) (4:09)
- "E" Blues (1960 version) (2:12
- How Long Blues (4:41)
- Leaving You Blues (3:56)

rec. July 1961 in Indianapolis, IN by Arthur Rosenbaum; Scrapper Blackwell, voc, g, # p [no piano on "Shady Lane", as OBC notes claim!]
front cover design by Don Schlitten; photographer: Arthur Rosenbaum

notes by Arthur Rosenbaum

Bluesville BVLP 1047 (US 1962)

notes by Arthur Rosenbaum

= XTRA 5011 (UK 1966)

notes by Arthur Rosenbaum

= Stateside MSL 6070 (New Zealand 19??)

notes by Arthur Rosenbaum

= Ace CH 255 (UK 1988)

notes by Arthur Rosenbaum

= OBC CD 594 (US 2001)


= P-Vine PCD-5771 (Jp 2002)

three panel digipak including 16-pp. booklet
includes 9 bonus tracks

= Soul Jam 806175 (EU 2019) (Collector's Digipack series)

Bluesville Records discography
XTRA Records discography
OBC Records discography

211963The Blues of Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell: My Heart Struck Sorrow

- My Man Is Studyin' Evil #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Cold Blooded Murder *   @ Spotify
- Blues And Trouble * []   @ Spotify
- Sweetest Apple On The Tree *   @ youtube
- Sun Burnt All My Cotton * $   @ Spotify

- 'Bama Bound #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Can't Sleep For Dreaming #   @ Spotify
- Life Ain't Worth Living #   @ Spotify
- Blues Is A Feeling # []   @ Spotify
- I've Had My Fun #   @ youtube
- How Long #   @ Spotify

rec. * December 1959 and # summer 1961 in Indianapolis, IN by Art Rosenbaum; Brooks Berry, voc, $ g; Scrapper Blackwell, g, [] p; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein & Art Rosenbaum

notes by Art Rosenbaum

Bluesville BV/BVLP 1074 (US 1963)


= Prestige BV/BVLP 1074 (US 196?)

Bluesville Records discography
Brooks Berry discography

21a1963Georgia Tom & Friends

- Selling That Stuff
- Beedle Um Bum
- Broke Man's Blues
- Pig Meat Blues

- Second-Hand Woman Blues #
- Maybe It's The Blues [] #
- Levee Bound Blues #
- Gee But It's Hard #

- Terrible Operation Blues
- Where Did You Stay Last Night?
- Fix It
- Double Trouble Blues
- Leave My Man Alone
- Hip Shakin' Strut
- Been Mistreated Blues
- Come On In


Georgia Tom, voc, p, [] whistling; # Scrapper Blackwell, g

gatefold sleeve
notes by Hans R. Rookmaaker

Riverside RLP 8002

= Jazz Story 40.001 (Germany)

= Mercury 6332.991(Fr)


= Pierre Cardin 92520 (Fr)


= Music Parade LEL 211 (It)

221964Out Came The Blues (1934 - 1939)

Lightning Hopkins
- Bad Things on My Mind
Georgia White
- The Blues Ain't Nuthin' But ...
Cousin Joe and Sam Price Trio
- Beggin' Woman
Kokomo Arnold
- Wild Water Blues
Red Nelson with Cripple Clarence Lofton, Piano
- Sweetest Thing Born
Memphis Minnie
- Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing)
Oscar Woods (The Lone Wolf)
- Lone Wolf Blues

Big Joe Turner and the Pete Johnson Trio
- Little Bittie Gal's Blues
Trixie Smith
- Freight Train Blues
Johnnie Temple
- Louise Louise Blues

Scrapper Blackwell
- No Good Woman Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw (The Devil's Son-in-Law)
- Crazy With The Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Vernita Blues
Rosetta Crawford with Jimmy Johnson's Band
- My Man Jumped Salty On Me

notes by Stanley Dance & Yannick Bruynoghe

= Ace of Hearts H 0072 (UK 1964)

notes by Stanley Dance & Yannick Bruynoghe

= Coral CP 58 (UK 1970)


= MCA 1352 (US 1982) (Jazz Heritage Series)

231965Country Blues Classics Vol. 2

Bayless Rose
- Frisco Blues
Frank Stokes
- I Got Mine
Joe Williams
- I'm Getting Wild About Her
Bukka White
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
- Good Gin Blues
Frank Stokes
- How Long
Bobo Jenkins
- Democrat Blues
Blind Norris
- Sundown Blues


Scrapper Blackwell
- Rambling Blues
Pinetop Slim
- Applejack Boogie
Milton Sparks
- Erie Train Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- Rag Mama Rag
Dan Picket
- Baby, How Long
Frank Edwards
- Terraplane Blues
- We Got To Get Together
Johnnie Shines
- Ramblin'



Blues Classics BC-6

Blues Classics discography

241966?Boogie Woogie Stomp

Albert Ammons
- Nagasaki
- Boogie Woogie Stomp
Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings
- Early Morning Blues

Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings
- Mile-Or-Mo-Bird Rag
Cleo Brown
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie

Dot Rice & Frankie Black
- Texas Stomp

45 rpm EP
Swaggie JCS-118
(Australia)

251967Scrapper Blackwell: Longtime Blues

- Little Girl Blues
- Life Of A Millionaire

- Little Boy Blue
- Blues (instr)

rec. June 1958 in Indianapolis, IN; Scrapper Blackwell, voc, g; prod. by Colin C. Pomroy

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Charles Deal

Collector JEN 7

RST BD-2074 (1989)

261970The Virtuoso Guitar of Scrapper Blackwell

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

Black Bottom McPhail
- Down In Black Bottom
- Whiskey Man Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Kokomo Blues
- Down South Blues
- Back Door Blues
Tommie Bradley
- Pack Up Her Trunk Blues
Leroy Carr
- Barrelhouse Woman No. 2

notes by Stephen Calt, Jerry Epstein, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart

Yazoo L 1019


= Yazoo CD 1019 YAZ (1991?)

Yazoo Records discography

271971?New Deal Blues

Joe McCoy
- Meat Cutter Blues
One Arm Slim
- Howling Man Blues
Black Ace
- Whiskey And Woman
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


Mamlish S-3801

Mamlish Records discography

281973Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell:
Naptown Blues 1929-1934


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

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

notes by Stephen Calt & Mike Stewart

Yazoo L 1036

Yazoo Records discography

291974Georgia Tom Dorsey 1928-1932
Come On Mama Do That Dance

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

Bertha Chippie Hill
- Some Cold Rainy Day
Georgia Tom Dorsey
- Rollin' Mill Blues
Stovepipe Johnson
- Devilish Blues

Georgia Tom Dorsey & Scrapper Blackwell
- Second-Handed Woman Blues
Georgia Tom Dorsey
- How About You?
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Gym's Too Much For Me
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- But They Got It Fixed Right On


# "previously unissued in any form"


Yazoo L 1041

Yazoo Records discography

301974?Let's Boogie Woogie

Scrapper Blackwell
- Texas Stomp
Honey Hill
- Boogie Woogie
Pete Johnson
- Blues On The Down Beat
- Kaycee On My Mind
Meade Lux Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues
- Yancey Special
- Celeste Blues
- I'm In The Mood For Love
- Mr. Freddie Blues
Pine Top Smith
- Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (2x)
- I'm Sober Now
- Jump Steady Blues (2x)
- Now I Ain't Got Nothing At All



Jazz Piano JP 5006 (Dk)

311975Blues In The Thirties

The Mississippi Mudder (Joe & Charlie McCoy)
- Going Back Home Blues [Decca 7087]
Memphis Minnie
- Dirty Mother For You [Decca 7048]
Kokomo Arnold
- Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues) [Decca 7050]
Blind Willie McTell
- Hillbilly Willie's Blues [Decca 7117]

Frankie Black (Scrapper Blackwell) & Dot Rice
- No Good Woman Blues [Champion 50049]
Sleepy John Estes
- Someday Baby Blues [Champion 50068]
The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes) & Kokomo Arnold
- The Honey Dripper [Decca 7050]

Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]
Bumble Bee Slim
- Green Country Gal (No More To Say) [Decca 7440]
Johnny Temple
- Louise Louise Blues [Decca 7254]
Alex Moore
- Bull Cow Blues [Decca 7552]
Andrew Hogg
- Family Trouble Blues [Decca 7303]
Blind Boy Fuller
- Some Day You're Gonna Be Sorry [Decca 7892]
Peetie Wheatstraw & Lonnie Johnson
- What More Can A Man Do? [Decca 7429]



MCA-3526 (Jp 1975)

321975The Blues Box - Country Blues

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


coll. 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)

331977Indianapolis Jump@ youtube (full album playlist)

Shirley Griffith & J.T. Adams
- Maggie Campbell #   @ youtube
- Saturday Blues #   @ youtube
- Indianapolis Jump (instr) #   @ youtube
- Big Road Blues #   @ youtube
Yank Rachell & Shirley Griffith
- Mandolin Stomp (instr) []   @ youtube
J.T. Adams & Shirley Griffith
- Kill It Kid (instr) §   @ youtube
- I Don't Feel Welcome *   @ youtube
- The Hop Joint (instr) §   @ youtube
- Kentucky Guitar Blues (instr) **   @ youtube

Pete Franklin
- Lowdown Dirty Ways |||   @ youtube
- The Fives |||   @ youtube
- Penal Farm Blues ||||   @ youtube
Bertha Lee Jones
- Spanish Blues °°   @ youtube

Scrapper Blackwell
- Little Girl Blues \\   @ youtube
- Cherry (instr) \\   @ youtube
James Easley
- Big Leg Woman //   @ youtube


all tracks rec. in Indianapolis, IN by Art Rosenbaum
# rec. September 1960; Shirley Griffith, voc, g; J.T. Adams, g
[] rec. June 17, 1964; Yank Rachell, mand, sp; Shirley Griffith, g
§ rec. June 1, 1966; J.T. Adams, g; Shirley Griffith, g
* rec. September 1960; J.T. Adams, g, * voc, ** sp; Shirley Griffith, * g, ** sp
|| rec. December 24, 1963 in Indianapolis; Guitar Pete Franklin, voc, ||| p, |||| g
°° rec. June 17. 1961; Bertha Lee Jones, g

\\ rec. June 4, 1958; Scrapper Blackwell, voc, g
// rec. June 17, 1961 in Indianapolis; James Easley, voc, hca; Guitar Pete Franklin, g; Raymond Holloway, g
all photographs by Art Rosenbaum

= re-released on Dust-to-Digital DTD-06 (2006), Dust-to-Digital DTD-12 (2009), Dixiefrog DFGCD8697 (2010)

Shirley Griffith discographyYank Rachell discography

Pete Franklin discography

notes by Art Rosenbaum

Flyright LP 523 (UK 1977)

Flyright Records discography

33a1978Leroy Carr 1930-1935
'don't cry when I'm gone' (The Piano Blues Vol. 7)

Leroy Carr
- Ain't It A Shame
- Just A Rag
- Alabama Women Blues
- New How Long
- Four Day Rider
- Rocks In My Bed
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Going Back Home

Leroy Carr
- Big Four Blues

Carr & Blackwell
- Barrel House Woman No. 2
- Good Woman Blues
- George Street
- Make A Change
- Don't Start No Stuff
- Take A Walk
- It's Too Short

notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4407

(=) Magpie PYCD 07

Magpie Records discography

341980Central Highway 1933-1941
'pull up your dress, babe' (The Piano Blues Vol. 13)

Georgia White
- The Blues Ain't Nothin'
- Territory Blues
Lee Green
- The Way I Feel
Monkey Joe
- New York Central
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Shack Bully Stomp
Stump Johnson
- Don't Give My Lard Away
Eddie Morgan
- Rock House Blues
Pine Top
- Every Day I Have The Blues

Pine Top
- Tell Her About Me

Dot Rice
- Texas Stomp
Honey Hill
- Boogie Woogie
Tampa Red
- Stormy Sea
Eddie Miller
- Whoopie
Memphis Minnie
- Joe Louis Strut
"Freddie" Shayne
- Lonesome Man
Pigmeat Terry
- Black Sheep


notes by Bob Hall
and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4413

Magpie Records discography

351981Francis 'Scrapper' Blackwell: Blues That Make Me Cry

- Mr. Scrapper's Blues
- Down And Out Blues
- Non-Skid Tread
- Be-Da-Da-Bum
- Mean Baby Blues
- Sneaking Blues
- Morning Mail Blues
- Blues That Make Me Cry

- D Blues
- A Blues
- My Old Pal Blues
- Bad Liquor Blues
- The Death Of Leroy Carr
- Smoky Mountain Blues
- Wayback Blues
- Sail On Sail On Blues

notes by Guido van Rijn & Hans Vergeer

Agram AB 2008

361984Trouble 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 (Black Bottom McPhail, voc)
Texas Alexander
- Thirty Day Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- Gonna Ramble Blues
- Teasing Brown Blues


notes by Guido van Rijn and Hans Vergeer

Agram 2011

371986The Roots Of Robert Johnson

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

Son House
- My Black Mama - part 1
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
The Mississippi Sheiks
- Sitting On Top Of The World

Scrapper Blackwell
- Kokomo Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
- Go Ahead, Buddy
Johnnie Temple
- Lead Pencil Blues


cover artwork by Malcolm Kirton

notes by Stephen Calt   245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014

Yazoo L 1073 (US 1986)


= Yazoo CD 1073 YAZ (US 1990)

Yazoo Records discography

381987Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell:
Great Piano-Guitar Duets (1929-1935)


- The Truth About The Thing
- Gambler's Blues
- There Ain't Nobody Got It Like She's Go It
- That's All Right For You
- Wrong Man Blues
- Rainy Day Blues
- I Won't Miss You When You're Gone
- Prison Cell Blues
- Papa's On The House Top

- Papa's Got Your Water On
- Court Room Blues
- Blues She Gave Me
- You Can't Run My Business No More
- Blue Night Blues
- Florida Boun Blues
- When The Sun Goes Down
- Bad Luck All The Time
- Six Cold Feet In The Ground


Old Tramp OT1204

391988Bluesville Vol. 1   "Folk Blues"

Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues   @ youtube
Memphis Willie B. - Country Girl Blues   @ youtube
K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Levee Camp Blues   @ youtube
Robert Curtis Smith - Catfish Blues   @ youtube
Sidney Maiden - San Quentin Blues   @ youtube
Wade Walton - Big Fat Mama   @ youtube
Pete Franklin - Grievin' Me   @ youtube

Blind Willie McTell - The Dying Crapshooter's Blues   @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson - Fine Booze and Heavy Dues   @ youtube

Scrapper Blackwell - Blues Before Sunrise   @ youtube
Reverend Gary Davis - You Got To Move   @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Brown Skinned Woman   @ youtube
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Pawn Shop   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - T-Model Blues   @ youtube
Doug Quattlebaum - You Is One Black Rat   @ youtube


Ace CDCH 247 bonus tracks:
Memphis Willie B - Highway 61   @ youtube
Furry Lewis - Shake 'em On Down   @ youtube
Blind Snooks Eaglin - Alberta   @ youtube
Baby Tate - See What You Done Done   @ youtube

Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog   @ youtube

compiled by Ray Topping

notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley
read liner notes, part 1read liner notes, part 2
Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)


Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)

Bluesville Records discography

401989Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell 1929-1935

Leroy Carr
- Think Of Me Thinking Of You
- Lifeboat Blues
- Love Hides All Faults
- Blue With The Blues
- Baby You Done Put That Thing On Me
- Christmas In Jail
- That's Tellin' 'Em
- Goodbye Blues
- The Dirty Dozen

Leroy Carr
- Workhouse Blues
- Moonlight Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Springtime Blues
- Rambling Blues
- Mix That Thing (Black Bottom McPhail, voc)
- Alley Sally Blues
- No Good Woman Blues
- Motherless Boy Blues
- Texas Stomp
CD bonus tracks:


Best of Blues BOB 13


= Best of Blues BOB10
(2004)

411989Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell 1930-1958
Remaining Titles and Alternative Takes

Leroy Carr
- Hard Times Done Drove Me To Drink [C-6087-B]
- Jail Cell Blues [C-6089- ]
- Nineteen Thirty One Blues [C-7216-A]
- Big House Blues [C-7220-A]
- The Depression Blues [11501-A]
- Mean Mistreater Mama no. 2 [Sl-2-3]
- Hard Hearted Papa [16417-2]

- You Left Me Crying [16418-2]
- Black Waggon Blues [16437-1]
- Arlena [16439-1]

Scrapper Blackwell
- Little Girl Blues #
- Life Of A Millionare #
- Little Boy Blue #
- Blues #

# from 1967 Collector EP JEN 7


RST BD-2074


Story of the Blues CD 3538 (1993)

41a1989Georgia Tom 1928-1932

- Lonesome Man Blues
- Grievin' Me Blues
- My Texas blues
- Somebody's Been Usin' That Thing No. 2
- Tomorrow Blues
- Billie The Grinder
- Blue Moanin' Blues


- Second Hand Love #
- Six-shooter Blues
- Don't Leave Me Blues
- M And O Blues - Part I
- M And O Blues - Part Ii
- If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
- Singing In My Soul



Document DLP 563

Document Records discography

41b1990Georgia Tom 1929-1930

- Eagle Ridin' Papa
- All Alone Blues
- Suicide Blues
- Pig Meat Papa
- Hear Me Beefin' At You

- Dark Hour Blues
- Six Shooter Blues

- My Texas Blues
- Pig Meat Blues
- You Got Me In This Mess
- Mama's Leaving Town
- The Duck's Yas Yas Yas
- Then My Gal's In Town
- Don't Mean To Mistreat You



Best of Blues BOB18

41c1992Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective   (1925-1950)

disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie (McTell) - Bell Street Lightnin'   @ youtube
Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues   @ youtube
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues

Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues   @ youtube
Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues
Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues


disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
(Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me


compiled by Lawrence Cohn

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)

20 CD box set
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)

421994Scrapper Blackwell with Brooks Berry (1959 - 1960)

Live at 144 Gallery Indianapolis, Ind., September 20th, 1959
- Introduction by Duncan Schiedt
- E Blues (guitar solo)
- A Blues (guitar solo)
- Cold Blooded Murder (Brooks Berry, voc)
- How Long Blues - No. 1 (piano solo)
- Untitled Blues #1 (Brooks Berry, voc)
- Little Boy Blues
- My Heart Struck Sorrow (Brooks Berry, voc)
- Untitled Blues #2 (Brooks Berry, voc)
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- You're Down And Out
- Untitled Blues #3 (guitar solo)
- Shady Lane Blues
The Complete 77 Recordings, March 31 & April 14, 1960
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Sally-In-The-Alley-Blues
- Shady Lane Blues
- E Blues (guitar solo)
- Goin' To Jail About Her
- Soft Blues (guitar solo)
- No Good Woman Blues
- Leaving You Blues
- Blue'n Whistling (guitar solo)
- Back Step Blues

Brooks Berry discography

notes by Bill Weiner


Document DOCD-5275
(Austria 1994)

42a1996Too Late, Too Late Vol. 5 (1927-64)

Sister Morgan (1927)
- Hurry Down, Sunshine, And See What Tomorrow Brings
Lonnie Johnson (1927)
- Handfull O' Keys
- Searchin' For Flats
Cow Cow Davenport (1928)
- Cow Cow Blues (tk B)
Elizabeth Johnson (1928)
- Be My Kid Blues
- Sobbin' Woman Blues
Leroy Carr (1928)
- Box Car Blues
Frank Stokes (1929)
- I'm Going Away Blues
- Old Sometime Blues
Henry Townsend (1931)
- Doctor, Oh Doctor
- Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub
Blind Wille McTell (1933)
- Broke Down Engine No. 2 (tk 1)
- Love Makin' Mama (tk 2)
John (Big Nig) Bray (1934)
- Trench Blues. Leadbelly (1940)
- Didn't Ol' John Cross The Water?
Sonny Terry (1944/45)
- I Have Had My Fun
- Keys To The Highway
Leadbelly (1945)
- Eagle Rock Rag (alt tk)
James 'Jack Of All Trades' McCain (1945)
- Good Mr. Roosevelt
Montana Taylor (1946)
- Lowdown Bugle (tk B)
- Detroit Rocks
Big Maceo (c.1950)
- Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool

Scrapper Blackwell (1959)
- How Long No. 2
Rev. Lonnie Farris (1964)
- Peace In The Valley (Proverb 1001)


notes by Dr. Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD 5411 (Austria 1995)

42b199?Georgia Tom Vol. 2 1930-1934

- Six Shooter Blues (16219)
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
- Second-Hand Woman Blues
- Maybe It's The Blues
- Second Hand Love
- Levee Bound Blues
- Gee, But It's Hard
- My Texas Blues
- Six Shooter Blues (9581)
- Pig Meat Blues (9582)
- You Got Me In This Mess (I Ain't Gonna Do It No More)
- Mama's Leaving Town
- The Duck's Yas Yas Yas
- Then My Gal's In Town
- Don't Mean To Mistreat You
- Don't Leave Me Blues
- Been Mistreated Blues
- If You Want Me To Love You

- How About You
- If You See My Saviour
- M & O Blues - Part 1
- M & O Blues - Part 2
- If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
- Singing In My Soul



Document BDCD-6022

43199?Scrapper Blackwell Vol. 1 1928-1932

- Kokomo Blues
- Penal Farm Blues
- Mr. Scrapper's Blues
- Down And Out Blues
- Trouble Blues - part 1
- Trouble Blues - part 2
- Non-Skid Tread (duet with Chippie Hill)
- Be-da-da-bum (3153)
- Springtime Blues
- Rocky Luck Blues (Teddy Moss, voc)
- Mean Baby Blues (Robinson's Knights Of Rest)
- Rambling Blues
- Blue Day Blues
- Down South Blues
- Sneaking Blues
- Hard Time Blues
- Back Door Blues
- Down In Black Bottom (Black Bottom McPhail, voc)
- My Dream Blues (Black Bottom McPhail, voc)
- Whiskey Man Blues (Black Bottom McPhail, voc)
- Mix That Thing (Black Bottom McPhail, voc)


Document BDCD-6029

44199?Scrapper Blackwell Vol. 2   1934-1958

- Morning Mail Blues
- Blues That Make Me Cry
- Mean Mistreater Mama (Joshua White, voc)
- She's Alright With Me (Joshua White, voc)
- D Blues
- A Blues
- My Old Pal Blues (Dedicated To The Memory Of Leroy Carr)
- Bad Liquor Blues
- Alley Sally Blues
- No Good Woman Blues
- The Death Of Leroy Carr (Bumble Bee Slim, voc)
- Smoky Mountain Blues (Bumble Bee Slim, voc)
- Motherless Boy Blues
- Wayback Blues
- Texas Stomp
- Sail On Sail On Blues (Bumble Bee Slim, voc)
- Hey Lawdy Mama (Bumble Bee Slim, voc)
- Little Girl Blues
- Life Of A Millionaire
- Little Boy Blue
- Blues


Document BDCD-6030

451998Hard Times Come Again No More   Vol. 1
Rural Songs of Hard Times and Hardships
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

The Bentley Boys - Down On Penny's Farm
Blind Alfred Reed - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
Lane Hardin - Hard Time Blues
Ernest Stoneman - All I Got's Gone
Slim Smith - Bread Line Blues
Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp Blues
Kelly Harrell - My Name Is John Johanna
Dave McCarn - Serves 'em Fine
J.D. Short - It's Hard Time
Uncle Dave Macon - All In Down And Out
Rutherford & Foster - Richmond Blues
Elder Curry & His Congregation - Hard Times
Cofer Brothers - Georgia Hobo
Blind Lemon Jefferson - One Dime Blues
Fiddlin' John Carson - Dixie Boll Weevil
Chubby Parker - See The Black Clouds A'Breakin' Over Yonder

Scrapper Blackwell - Down And Out Blues
Edward L. Crain - Starving To Death On A Government Claim
Barbecue Bob - We Sure Got Hard Times
Samantha Bumgarner - Georgia Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Dixon Brothers - Weaver's Life
Graham Brothers - Hard Times Come Again No More


notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2036 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

45a1999The Bluesville Years, Vol. 9
"Down the Country Way"


J.T. Adams And Shirley Griffith
- Match Box Blues
- O Mama How I Love You
Robert Curtis Smith
- Get A Real Young Woman
- I'm Going Away
Smoky Babe
- Hottest Brand Goin'
- Locomotive Blues
Robert Pete Williams
- Free Again
- Rolling Stone
Wade Walton
- Rock Me, Mamma
- Blues, Stay Away From Me
Big Joe Williams
- Jockey Ride Blues
- Coal And Iceman Blues
Pete Franklin
- I Got To Find My Baby
- Black Gal

Scrapper Blackwell
- Blues Before Sunrise
- A Blues
Blind Willie Mctell
- Broke Down Engine Blues
- Don't Forget It
Tampa Red
- Dark And Stormy Night
- You Better Let My Gal Alone



Prestige PRCD-9917-2

Bluesville discography

461999The Bluesville Years, Vol. 10
"Country Roads, Country Days"


K.C. Douglas
- Wake Up
- Working Woman
- Broken Heart
Alec Seward
- Evil Woman Blues
- Creepin' Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
- Sweet Little Woman

Scrapper Blackwell and Brooks Berry
- 'Bama Bound
- Blues And Trouble
Jesse Fuller
- Key To The Highway
- Stranger Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- That's All Right
- Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow)
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Is My Baby's Home
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
Shakey Jake
- Gimme A Smile
- Jake's Cha Cha
Arbee Stidham
- I'm Tired Of Wandering
- You Can't Live In This World By Yourself
St. Louis Jimmy
- Goin' Down Slow



Prestige PRCD-9918-2 (US 1998)

Bluesville Records discography

46a2002 Country Blues - the essential

CD 1:
- Weeping Willow - Blind Boy Fuller
- Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson
- Weak-Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimborough
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan - Rube Lacey
- Charming Betsy - Henry Thomas
- Mamlish Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Easy Rider Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Davidson County Blues - De Ford Baily
- Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
- Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson
- One Way Gal - William Moore
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties


CD 2:
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Police Sargeant Blues - Robert Wilkins

- Penal Farm Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Nehi Mamma Blues - Frank Stokes
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Happy Blues - Tom Dickson
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- C.C. & O Blues - Pink Anderson and Simmy Dooley
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues - Evans & McClain
- Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis
- Bye Bye Mama - Buddy Moss
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins


2 CD set
notes by Gary Atkinson

Document CBL-200008 (UK 2002)

46c2004Back To The Crossroads - The Roots of Robert Johnson

Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues (3:06)
Kokomo Arnold - Old Original Kokomo Blues (2:55)
Bumble Bee Slim - Cruel Hearted Woman (2:49)
Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues (3:04)
Lonnie Johnson - Life Saver Blues (3:09)
Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World (3:16)
Mississippi Jook Band - Hittin' The Bottle Stomp (2:38)
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (3:00)
Son House - My Black Mama, Pt. 1 (3:09)
Blind Blake - Georgia Bound (3:23)
Leroy Carr - When The Sun Goes Down (2:58)
Kokomo Arnold - Sissy Man Blues (3:09)
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You [as Rev. E.W. Clayborn] (3:02)
Johnnie Temple - Lead Pencil Blues (3:06)
Skip James - 22-20 Blues (2:52)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Dry Southern Blues (2:58)

Scrapper Blackwell - Kokomo Blues (3:04)
Tampa Red - Things 'bout Coming My Way (3:28)
Peetie Wheatstraw - King Of Spades (3:08)
Harlem Hamfats - Oh Red (2:38)
Charley Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (2:58)
Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues (3:10)
Son House - Preachin' The Blues (3:03)


remastered from original 78 recordings


Yazoo CD 2070

Yazoo Records discography

472006Woke Up Dis Mornin'
A Collection Of Rare Blues Recordings

CD 1 Country Blues 1934 - 1938

- Peepin' At The Risin' Sun - Mary Johnson
- Trouble Trouble - Son Bonds
- Got To Have A Little More - Joe McCoy
- Hard Working Woman - Johnnie Strauss

- Motherless Boy - Scrapper Blackwell
- Bleeding Heart - Bumble Bee Slim
- Pains In My Heart - Bill Gaither
- Ticket Agent - Blind Willie McTell
- Shake That Thing - Kokomo Arnold
- Louisiana - Big Teddy Boy Edwards
- Telephone Blues - Alice Moore
- Streamline Train - Red Nelson
- Soft And Mellow - Roosevelt Sykes
- Evil Hearted Woman - Oscar Woods
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away - Oscar Woods
- The Girl I Left Behind - Blind Blues Darby
- Stingy Mama - Blind Boy Fuller
- In The Wee Wee Hours - Bill Gaither
- Flood Water Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal - Charlie Pickett
- Slocum Blues - Sloke and Ike
- Boogie Woogie - Honey Hill
- So Cold In China - Shorty Bob Parker
- Daddy Let Me Lay It On You - Georgia White



CD 2 City Blues 1936 - 1942

- Sissy Man Blues - Connie McLeans' Rhythm Boys
- T B's Got Me - Victoria Spivey
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes - The Harlem Hamfats
- She Walks Like A Kangaroo - Olli Shepard's Kentucky Boys
- Railroad Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- Evil Hearted Woman - Oscar Woods
- Jack I'm Mellow - Trixie Smith
- Uncle Joe - Grant and Wilson
- Part Time Papa - The Bandana Girls
- A Brown Skin Gal Is The Best Gal After All - Fat Hayden
- Fine And Mellow - Alberta Hunter
- Blues At Midnight - Helen Proctor
- Lucille - Lee Brown
- Put Me Back In - The Alley Mae Hopkins with Wingy Carpenter And His Wingies
- I Don't Want You - George Davis
- Let Me Ride Your Train - Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
- Oh Red! - Sam Price Blusicians
- Jive Me Baby - Johnny Temple
- The Low Down Lonely Blues - Sweet Georgia Brown
- Doggin' The Dog - Big Joe Turner
- Uncle Sam Come And Get Him - Bea Booze
- Gonna Buy Me A Telephone - Helen Humes with the Pete Brown Band
- Cannon Ball - Nora Lee King
- Me And My Chauffeur - Mabel Robinson


from 1975
MCA Coral 6.30106 (Blues Box Vol. 1)

and 1976 MCA Coral 30109
= MCA Coral 82.040 (Blues Box Vol. 2)

2 CD set

Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006) (Robert "Bob" Hertwig's label)

482007Art Of Field Recording Vol. 1
50 Years Of Traditional Music Documented By Art Rosenbaum

Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell
- Brooks' Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
- "A" Blues

4-CD set

Dust-to-Digital

492010Dixiefrog presents Black & White
Recorded in the Field by Art Rosenbaum

Henry Grady Terrel - Old John Henry Died On The Mountain
The Chancey Brothers - I Wish I Was A Mode In The Ground
Mose Parker - John Henry
Silver Light Gospel Singers - Don't You Let Nobody Turn You 'round
Gordon Tanner & Smokey Joe Miller - Devilish Mary
James "Yank" Rachell & Shirley Griffith - Mandolin Stomp [Flyright LP 523]
Lawrence Eller & Vaughn Eller - Down The Road
Golden River Grass - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Jake Staggers - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Brady Doc & Lucy Barnes - Free Go Lily
Ben Entrekin & Uncle John Patterson - Flat Foot Charlie
Cecil Barfield - Georgia Bottkeneck Blues
Lawrence McKiver & The McIntosh County Shouters - Jubilee
Marie Lomax - Lord Daniel
The Eller Brothers & Ross Brown - Don't Go Riding Down That Old Texas Trail
Guitar Pete Franklin - Guitar Pete's Blues
Albert Hash & Art Rosenbaum - Train 45
Eddie Bowles - Bowles' Blues
George Childers - Nobody's Business

Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog
Fleeta & Rev. Nathaniel Mitchell - Brother, You Ought T've Been There
Tony Bryant - Broke Down Engine
Juanita & Oscar Shorty Shehan - Free Little Bird
The Balfa Brothers & Nathan Abshire - J'ai passé devant ta porte



Dixiefrog DFGCD8697

502014The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3

disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)

Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)
Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)
Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)


disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)
Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)
Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)


front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner

112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

I herewith confess
that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation
containing only one (or two ;-) Scrapper Blackwell track(s) !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 89-90, 487
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 47
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 48-50
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968.- p.
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p.
- Graham Marsh & Barrie Lewis (Ed.): The Blues Album Cover Art.- Chronicle, San Francisco, 1996
- Indianapolis Times October 11, 1962 obituary reporting that Blackwell had been killed in "a west side alley" on the evening of Saturday, October 6, 1962
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Helge Thygesen, Marc van Vuren, Russell Shor, Sonny Burnett, Marc Claes Wes Race, Scott Barretta and Mike Gann for additional info / scans, and to Morgan T. Jones for drawing my attention (once more ;-) to the birth location mystery

 

B R O O K S   B E R R Y & Scrapper Blackwell; source: Front cover of Bluesville 1074
Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell c.1960
source: Front cover of Bluesville BV 1074
photographer: Art Rosenbaum

B R O O K S   B E R R Y & Scrapper Blackwell; eBay auction of photograph similar to the one used on the front cover of Bluesville BV 1074; photographer: Art Rosenbaum
Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell c.1960
source: eBay auction of photograph similar to the one
used on the front cover of Bluesville BV 1074
photographer: Art Rosenbaum

G U I T A R   P E T E   F R A N K L I N, p & Scrapper Blackwell, g in Indianapolis, 1960; photographer: Duncan Schiedt
Pete Franklin, org & Scrapper Blackwell, g in Indianapolis, 1960
source: http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2015/05/20/forgotten-graves-notable-indianapolis-people/26928607/
photographer: Duncan Schiedt

 

 

 

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