Illustrated Blind Blake discography

B L I N D B L A K E; source: Front cover of Yazoo L 1068; color tinting by Terry Zwigoff
source: Front cover of Yazoo L 1068, color tinting by Terry Zwigoff Blind Blake
real name: Arthur Phelps, later Blake
b. 1893 in South Newport, McIntosh County, Virginia ¹⁾
d. December 1, 1934 (dead on arrival at Milwaukee County Emergency Hospital) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
discography

¹⁾ "There is some evidence (including his death certificate) that he was born in 1896, at 'New Port News, Va.,' but raised in Florida and/or Georgia." (footnote 62 in Eagle & LeBlanc 2013, p. 527)

Paramount's advertising for Blind Blake's first record
from the Chicago Defender, October 2, 1926;
source: Titon 1979, p. 78

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

1926

Blind Blake

- Early Morning Blues (2668-2) #
- West Coast Blues (2669-3) *

rec. c. August 1926 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, # voc, * sp, g

Paramount 12387

1926

Blind Blake

- Early Morning Blues (3057--,-1,-2) #
- West Coast Blues (3056-1,-2) *

rec. c. October 1926 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, # voc, * sp, g

Paramount 12387

1926

Leola B. Wilson

- Ashley St. Blues (2656-2)
- Dying Blues (2655-2)

rec. c. July 1926 in Chicago, IL; Leola B. Wilson, voc; Arthur Blake, g

Paramount 12392

1926

Blind Blake

- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (3073-1, -2) *
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around / Messin' Around (3061-1, -2) #

# rec. c. October 1926 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g
* rec. c. November 1926 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12413

1926

Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey (Paramount 12419)
- Little Low Mamma Blues [sic] (4019-2)
- Grievin Hearted Blues (4020-1, -2)

Lila Patterson (Broadway 5005)
- Little Low Mama Blues [sic] (4019-2)
- Grievin Hearted Blues (4020-2)

rec. c. December 1926 in Chicago, IL; Ma Rainey, voc; Arthur Blake, g; poss. Leroy Pickett, vn

Paramount 12419

= Broadway 5005

1926

Leola B. Wilson

- State Street Men Blues (4010-2) #
- Wilson Dam (4014-2)

rec. c. November 1926 in Chicago, IL; Leola B. Wilson, voc; Arthur Blake, g; # poss. Jimmy Blythe, p

Paramount 12426

1926

Blind Blake

- Stonewall Street Blues (3081-1) *
- Too Tight (3059-2) #

# rec. c. October 1926 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g
* rec. c. November 1926 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

"In the early days as well as later on, [Storyville owner] Karl [Emil Knudsen] always did his homework probably in order to determine what was to be issued or not. Already at this time he acquired material from various sources and he often received test pressings of items to be considered for release. To the purpose of identification he used 'blank' Storyville labels and typed source, name of artist and tune title for further reference. Then he listened ..." (source: http://www.karl-emil-knudsen.dk/KEKside/Man%20of%20great%20........pdf)

Paramount 12431

= Storyville Param. 12431 test pressing (Denmark 19??)

1926

Blind Blake

Paramount 12442
Blind Blake
- Blake's Worried Blues (3060-2)
- Tampa Bound (3062-2)

Broadway 5040
Blind George Martin
- Worried Blues (3060-2)
- Tampa Bound (3062-2)

rec. c. October 1926 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12442

= Broadway 5040

1926

Leola B. Wilson

- Down The Country (4012-2)
- Black Biting Bee Blues (4013-2)

rec. c. November 1926 in Chicago, IL; Leola B. Wilson, voc; Arthur Blake, g

Paramount 12444

1926

Ma Rainey

- Morning Hour Blues (405- ) #
- Weepin' Woman Blues (407-2) *

# rec. c. November 1926 in Chicago, IL; Ma Rainey, voc; prob. Jimmy Blythe, p; Arthur Blake, g
* rec. c. November 1926 in Chicago, IL; Ma Rainey, voc; Her Georgia Boys: prob. B.T. Wingfield, c; poss. Johnny Dodds, cl; prob. Jimmy Blythe or Tiny Parham, p

Paramount 12455

= Jazz Collector L 57 (UK) ("Morning Hours Blues" / "Weepin' Women Blues")

AFCDJ A11

1927

Blind Blake / Blind Blake With His Kazoo Band

- Black Dog Blues (4362-1) *
- Buck-Town Blues (4359-1) #

rec. c. March 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, g, * voc; # poss. Dad Nelson, kazoo

Paramount 12464

1927

Blind Blake

- Dry Bone Shuffle (4462-2) *
- One Time Blues (4363-2) #

# rec. c. March 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g
* rec. April 13-14, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12479

- Dry Bone Shuffle (4462-1) #
- Dry Bone Shuffle (4462-3) *

rec. April 13-14, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount unissued

# Wayhi M 33 (cassette)
Document DOCD 5062

* (all dubbed from a test pressing of take 3)
Riverside RM/RLP 8804
Pierre Cardin PC 93.521
Mercury 6332 984
BYG 529.077
Document DOCD 5024

1927

Blind Blake

- Bad Feeling Blues (4443-1) @ youtube
- That Will Never Happen No More (4468-2) @ youtube

# rec. c. March 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g
* rec. April 13-14, 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12497 (US 1927)

mid-1927 Paramount ad; source: Alex van der Tuuk: Paramount's Rise and Fall - The Roots and History of Paramount Records.- Denver, Colorado (Mainspring Press) 2nd ed., 2012, p. 125 ("Dennis Klopp Collection")

1927

Blind Blake

Paramount 12565:
Blind Blake
- He's In The Jailhouse Now (20147-1) * @ youtube
- Southern Rag (20123-1) # @ youtube

Broadway 5053:
Blind George Martin
- He's In The Jailhouse (20147-1) *
- Southern Rag (20123-1) #

# rec. c. October 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, g, sp
* rec. c. November 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g; Gus Cannon, bj

Paramount 12565

= Broadway 5053

# = Tempo R 40

Gus Cannon discography

1927

Banjo Joe

- Can You Blame The Colored Man (20148-2) @ youtube
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home (20144-2) @ youtube

rec. c. November 1927 in Chicago, IL; Gus Cannon (Banjo Joe), voc, bj; Arthur Blake, g

Paramount 12571

Gus Cannon discography

1927

Blind Blake

- Hard Road Blues (20107-2) #
- Sea Board Stomp (20109-1) *

rec. c. October 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, g, # voc, * sp

Paramount 12583

1927

Banjo Joe

- Madison Street Rag (20145-2) * @ youtube
- Jonestown Blues (20140-2) # @ youtube

rec. c. November 1927 in Chicago, IL; Gus Cannon (Banjo Joe), # voc, * sp, * bj, * whistling; Arthur Blake, * g

Paramount 12588

= Broadway 5054

1927

Blind Blake

- Wabash Rag (20154-2) *
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues (20110-1) #

# rec. c. October 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g
* rec. c. November 1926 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12597

1927

Banjo Joe

- My Money Never Runs Out (20149-2) # @ Spotify
- Jazz Gypsy Blues (20146-2) * @ youtube

rec. c. November 1927 in Chicago, IL; Gus Cannon (Banjo Joe), bj, # voc, * kazoo; Arthur Blake, g

Paramount 12604

Gus Cannon discography

1927

Blind Blake

- Brownskin Mama Blues (20106-1, -2)
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues (20108-1)

rec. c. October 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12606

= Tempo R 23 (UK 1950?)

E-Disc R1 (Sweden 195?)

1928

Blind Blake

- Goodbye Mama Moan (20541-1) *
- C.C. Pill Blues (20520-2) #

# rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, slide whistle
* rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

C.C. = "compound cathartic" laxative

Paramount 12634

= Broadway 5084 (as by Blind George Martin)

# = Tempo R 40

= XX 7 (195? Australia) (as by Gorgeous Weed)

1928

Elzadie Robinson

- Pay Day Daddy Blues (20528-3) # @ Spotify
- Elzadie's Policy Blues (20534-3) @ youtube @ Spotify

rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Johnny Dodds, cl; Blind Blake, g, # whistle; Jimmy Bertrand, x

copies showing "20529" on the label, but showing in dead wax and playing "20534"!

Paramount 12635 "20529"

- Elzadie's Policy Blues (20529- )

rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Johnny Dodds, cl; Blind Blake, g; Jimmy Bertrand, x

Paramount unissued

1928

Elzadie Robinson

- Pay Day Daddy Blues (20584-1, -2) # @ youtube @ Spotify
- Elzadie's Policy Blues (20583-1) @ youtube @ Spotify

rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Johnny Dodds, cl; prob. Jimmy Blythe, p; Blind Blake, g, # whistle; Jimmy Bertrand, x

Paramount 12635

1928

Blind Blake

- Tootie Blues (20542-6)
- That Lovin' I Crave (20551-1)

rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12643

1928

Bertha Henderson

- So Sorry Blues (20550-1) *
- Terrible Murder Blues (20557-2) #

rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; Bertha Henderson, voc; # Arthur Blake, g; * Tiny Parham, p

Paramount 12645

1928

Bertha Henderson

- Lead Hearted Blues (20560-2) # @ youtube
- Let Your Love Come Down (20562-2) [] @ youtube

rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; Bertha Henderson, voc; Arthur Blake, # g, [] p

Paramount 12655

1928

Blind Blake

- Rumblin' And Ramblin' Boa Constrictor Blues (20565-3)
- Detroit Bound Blues (20567-2)

rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12657

1928

Daniel Brown

- Beulah Land (20574-2) #
- Now Is The Needy Time (20573-2)

rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; Daniel Brown, voc; Tiny Parham, p; # Arthur Blake, g; unknown washboard; the accompaniment is as shown even though the label for side A (20574) states 'Piano Acc. by Tiny Parham' and the label for side B (20573) states 'Guitar Acc. by "Blind Blake"'

Paramount 12663

1928

Blind Blake

- Doggin' Me Mama Blues (20517-2,-3) *
- Hot Potatoes (20521-3) #

rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; # Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, sp, # woodblocks, # slide whistle, * xylophone

Paramount 12673

# = Century 3010
= Jazz Collector L 97
= Jazz Document 002
= Ampersand R 105(Australia)

1928

Blind Blake

- Steel Mill Blues (20112-1) #
- South Bound Rag (20522-2) *

# rec. c. October 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g
* rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, slide whistle

Paramount 12681

* = Century 3027
Jazz Collector L97

* = XX 4 (195? Australia) (as by Gorgeous Weed And Stinking Socks)

1928

Blind Blake

- Low Down Loving Gal (20887-5) *
- Bootleg Rum Dum Blues (20566-1) #

# rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g
* rec. c. September 1928 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12695

1928

Bertha Henderson

- That Lonesome Rave (20556-1)
- Leavin' Gal Blues (20558-1)

rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; Bertha Henderson, voc; Arthur Blake, g

Paramount 12697

1928

Blind Blake

- Back Door Slam Blues (20874-1)
- Cold Hearted Mama Blues (20884-1)

rec. c. September 1928 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12710

1928

Blind Blake

- Panther Squall Blues (20582-2)
- No Dough Blues (20559-1)

rec. c. May 1928 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12723

1928

Blind Blake

- Search Warrant Blues (20871-3)
- Sweet Papa Low Down (20888-1) #

rec. c. September 1928 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g; # unknown, c; # unknown, p; # Jimmy Bertrand, x

Paramount 12737

1928

Blind Blake

- Notoriety Woman Blues (20875-2)
- Walkin' Across The Country (20868-2)

rec. c. September 1928 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g; unknown, c; unknown, p; Jimmy Bertrand, x

Paramount 12754

1928

Blind Blake

- Ramblin' Mama Blues (20872-2)
- New Style Of Loving (20873-2)

rec. c. September 1928 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12767

1929

Charlie Spand

- Soon This Morning (15154- )
- Fetch Your Water (15155-A)

rec. June 6, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charlie Spand, voc, p; Arthur Blake, g

Paramount 12790

Charlie Spand discography

1929

Blind Blake

- Hookworm Blues (15251-A) # @ youtube
- Slippery Rag (15252-A) * @ youtube

rec. June 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, g, # voc, * sp; Alex (?) Robinson, p

Paramount 12794

= Broadway 5080 (as by Blind George Martin )

1929

Blind Blake

- Doing A Stretch (15249-A) @ youtube
- Poker Woman Blues (15248-A) @ youtube

rec. June 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, voc, g; Alex (?) Robinson, p

Paramount 12810

1929

Blind Blake

- Too Tight Blues No. 2 (15460- ) @ youtube
- Georgia Bound (15466- )) @ youtube

rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12824

1929

Blind Blake

- Fightin' The Jug (15250) *
- Hastings St. (15457) #

* rec. June 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, voc, g; Alex (?) Robinson, p
# rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, g, sp; Charlie Spand, p

Paramount 12863

# = Columbia 37336
Columbia DCH360 (NL)
Columbia DZ999 (Switzerland)
Signature 65101 (as by Charlie Spand)

Charlie Spand discography

1929

Blind Blake

- Lonesome Christmas Blues (21420-1)
- Third Degree Blues (21421-2)

rec. c. September 1929 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g; poss. Tiny Parham or Aletha Dickerson, p

Paramount 12867

1929

The Hokum Boys

- I Was Afraid Of That Part 1 (15285-A) #
- I Was Afraid Of That Part 2 (15464-A) *

# rec. June 27, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Dan Roberts, voc; Alex Robinson, voc; Alex Hill, voc; unknown, p; unknown, g
* rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, voc, g; 'Aletha' (poss. Aletha Dickerson), p

Paramount 12882

2/1930

Descriptive Novelty: Featuring Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Will Ezell, Charlie Spand, The Hokum Boys, Papa Charlie Jackson ("The Paramount All Stars")

- Hometown Skiffle~~Part I (21453-2) @ youtube
- Hometown Skiffle~~Part II (21454-3) @ youtube

rec. c. ~~October~~ August 1929 in Chicago, IL; The Hokum Boys: prob. Alex Hill, voc; poss. Georgia Tom Dorsey, p; unidentified, voc; Charlie Spand, p, voc; Will Ezell, p, sp; Papa Charlie Jackson, bj, voc; Blind Lemon Jefferson [?], g, sp; Arthur Blake, g, sp; prob. Alex Hill, announcements

"Hometown Skiffle Part I" actually consists of brief contributions:
The Hokum Boys: Shake That Thing
Will Ezell: Mixed Up Rag
Blind Blake: A Blues

"Hometown Skiffle Part II" actually consists of brief contributions:
Blind Lemon Jefferson [or rather: Blind Blake impersonating Blind Lemon Jefferson]: Introduction
The Hokum Boys: Sellin' That Stuff
Charlie Spand: Soon This Morning
Papa Charlie Jackson: Shake That Thing

Paramount 12886 (US 2/1930)

= Steiner-Davis SD 107 (US 1948) (as by Charlie Spand, Will Ezell, Alex Hill, Papa Charlie and others)

= Tempo R 20 (UK 1950)

Blind Blake discography
Blind Lemon Jefferson discography
Charlie Spand discography
Tempo Records discography

- Hometown Skiffle – Part I (21453-1) @ youtube
- Hometown Skiffle – Part II (21454-1) @ youtube
- Hometown Skiffle – Part II (21454-2)

rec. c. ~~October~~ August ¹⁾ 1929 in Chicago, IL; The Hokum Boys: prob. Alex Hill, voc; poss. Georgia Tom Dorsey, p; unidentified, voc; Charlie Spand, p, voc; Will Ezell, p, sp; Papa Charlie Jackson, bj, voc; Blind Lemon Jefferson [?], g, sp; Arthur Blake, g, sp; prob. Alex Hill, announcements

¹⁾ according to Guido van Rijn's and Alex van der Tuuk's research into the chronology of Paramount recordings, published in "New York Recording Laboratories Matrix Series", Volume 2 (2012)

unissued tests:
21453-1-2 (unissued take 1)
21454-1-2 (unissued both takes)

1929

Blind Blake

Blind Blake (Paramount 12888)
- Diddie Wa Diddie (15459--, -A)
- Police Dog Blues (15463- )

Blind George Martin (Broadway 5105)
- Diddie Wa Diddie (15459-A)
- Police Dog Blues (15463- )

rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12888

= Broadway 5105

1929

Blind Arthur

- Guitar Chimes (21459-2)
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown (21460-2)

rec. c. October 1929 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12892

1929

Blind Blake

- Chump Man Blues (15461- )
- Ice Man Blues (15462- )

rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12904

- Pop It Stomp (15448-A) #
- Fan Foot Woman (15465- )
- Blue Getaway (15467- ) []

rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, voc, g, # sp; # Charlie Spand, p; [] 'Aletha' (poss. Aletha Dickerson), p

Paramount unissued

1929

Papa Charlie Jackson And Blind Blake

- Papa Charlie Jackson and Blind Blake Talk About It~~~part I (L27- ) @ youtube
- Papa Charlie Jackson and Blind Blake Talk About It~~~part II (L28- ) @ youtube

rec. c. September 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charlie Jackson, voc, bj; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12911

Papa Charlie Jackson discography

1929

Blind Blake

- Baby Lou Blues (L-23-3) @ youtube
- Cold Love Blues (L-24-2) @ youtube

rec. c. September 1929 in Grafton, WI; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12918

1930

Chocolate Brown

- Stingaree Man Blues (L-325-1) @ youtube
- Itching Heel (L-326-2, -3) # @ youtube

rec. c. May 26, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Irene Scruggs, voc; Arthur Blake, g, # sp

Paramount 12944

- How I'm Feeling

rec. c. May 26, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Irene Scruggs, voc; Arthur Blake, g, # sp

Paramount, prob. unissued

1929

Blind Blake

- Keep It Home (21354-1, -2)
- Sweet Jivin' Mama (21357-2)

rec. c. August 1929 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12964

1930

Chocolate Brown

- You've Got What I Want (L-348-2) #
- Cherry Hill Blues (L-353-2)

rec. c. May 28, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Irene Scruggs, voc; Arthur Blake, g, # sp

Paramount 12978

# prob. Paramount 13121

1930

Blind Blake

- Diddie Wa Diddie No. 2 (L-437-2)
- Hard Pushing Papa (L-438-2)

rec. c. May 29, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12994

1930

Blind Blake

- What A Low Down Place The Jailhouse Is (L-439-2)
- Ain't Gonna Do That No More (L-440-2)

rec. c. May 29, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 13016

1930

Blind Blake

- Playing Policy Blues (L-647-1)
- Righteous Blues (L-648-1)

rec. c. December 1930 in Grafton, WI; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 13035

1931

Blind Blake

- Rope Stretchin' Blues Part I (L-1101-2)
- Rope Stretchin' Blues Part II (L-1099-2)

rec. c. October 1931 in Grafton, WI; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 13103

1932

Blind Blake

- Miss Emma Liza (L-1272-1)
- Dissatisfied Blues (L-1267-1, -2)

rec. c. January 1932 in Grafton, WI; Arthur Blake, voc, g

~~Paramount 13115 not yet surfaced~~
Paramount 13115 came to light 2012 and is now in the possession of Marshall Wyatt of Old Hat Records

Paramount 13115

Blues Images Vol. 11 (US 2014)

1932

Blind Blake

- Night And Day Blues (L-1268)
- Sun To Sun (L-1269)

rec. c. January 1932 in Grafton, WI; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 13123 came to light 2007 and is now in the possession of Marshall Wyatt of Old Hat Records

Paramount 13123

Blues Images Vol. 6 (US 2009)

1932

Laura Rucker / Hattie Burleson

Laura Rucker
- Fancy Tricks (L-909-1) #
Hattie Burleson
- Dead Lover Blues (L-616-1) *

# rec. c. May 1931 in Grafton, WI; Laura Rucker, voc; Arthur Blake, g
* rec. c. November 1930 in Grafton, WI; Hattie Burleson, voc; poss. Bob Call, p

Paramount 13138

1932

Blind Blake

- Champagne Charlie Is My Name (L-1475-2) @ youtube
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues (L-1476-2) @ youtube

Varsity 6002
BILLY JAMES and his ORCHESTRA
- Champagne Charlie Is My Name (C1766)
BILLY JAMES and his GUITAR
- Depression [sic] Gone From Me Blues (C1767)

rec. c. June 1932 in Grafton, WI; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 13137

= Crown 3357

= Varsity 6002

1941

Meade Lux Lewis / Charlie Spand / Blind Blake

Meade "Lux" Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues (20246-2) [Paramount 12896] *
Charlie Spand / Blind Blake
- Hastings Street (15457) [Paramount 12863] #

# rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, g, sp; Charlie Spand, p
* rec. c. December 1927 in Chicago, IL; Meade Lux Lewis, p

Signature 65101

Charlie Spand discography

1947

Boogie Woogie Vol. 2

disc 1 (37333)
Henry "Red" Allen Orch. (Kenny Kersey)
- K.K. Boogie
James P. Johnson
- A Flat Dream

disc 2 (37334)
Mary Lou Williams
- Little Joe From Chicago
Pete Johnson
- Boogie Woogie

disc 3 (37335)
Champion Jack Dupree
- Dupree Shake Dance
Jimmy Yancey
- Bear Trap Blues

disc 4 (37336)
Meade Lux Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues [Paramount 12896]
Charlie Spand
- Hastings Street [Paramount 12863] #

# rec. August 17, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Arthur Blake, g, sp; Charlie Spand, p

set of four 78 rpm records

Columbia C-130

Columbia 37335

Columbia 37336

194?

Blind Blake

- Brownskin Mama Blues (20106-2) [Paramount 12606]
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues (20108-1) [Paramount 12606]

rec. c. October 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, voc, g

Paramount 12606

Tempo R 23 (UK)

194?

Blind Blake

- C. C. Pill Blues (20520-2) [Paramount 12634] *
- Southern Rag (20123-1) [Paramount 12565] #

# rec. c. October 1927 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Blake, g, sp
* rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle

C.C. = "compound cathartic" laxative

Paramount 12565 /
Paramount 12634

Tempo R 40 (UK)

195?

Cracker Jack's Corrugated Characters
- Georgia Breakdown #
Gorgeous Weed And Stinking Socks
- Southbound Rag [Paramount 12681] *

# rec. 1925; Jimmy O'Bryant, cl; Jimmy Blythe, p; Jasper Taylor, perc; ...
* rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle

Paramount 12681

XX 4 (Australia) [William Henry 'Bill' Miller's label]

195?

Gorgeous Weed
- C.C. Pill Blues [Paramount 12634] #
High Fidelity's Nymphs And Satyrs
- Galion Stomp *

# rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle
* Tommy Ladnier, tr; Johnny Dodds, cl; Lovie Austin, p; ...

C.C. = "compound cathartic" laxative

Paramount 12634

XX 7 (Australia)

19??

Blind Blake

- Hot Potatoes (20521-3) [Paramount 12673]
- Southbound Rag (20522-2) [Paramount 12681]

rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle

Jazz Collector L 97

LP / CD compilations

1953

Jazz Vol. 10: Boogie Woogie / Jump / Kansas City 1927 - 1941

Jim Jackson, Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
- Jim Jackson's Jamboree Part 1 & 2
Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- Hastings Street #
Albert Ammons
- St. Louis Blues
Meade Lux Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton & Big Bill Broonzy
- Brown Skin Girls
Jimmy Yancey
- Yancey Stomp
Pete Johnson
- Let 'em Jump

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Toby
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Froggy Bottom
Jones-Smith Incorporated
- Boogie Woogie
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
- Hootie Blues
Count Basie's Kansas City Seven
- Lester Leaps In
- Dickie's Dream

# Blind Blake, sp, g; Charles Spand, p

Folkways FP 73

= Folkways FJ 2810

1953?

Johnny Dodds Vol. 1

with The Dixieland Thumpers
- Oriental Man
- Sock That Thing
- Weary Way Blues
- There'll Come a Day

with Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders
- Merry Makers' Twine
- In the Alley Blues
with Blind Blake
- Hot Potatoes #
with Blythe's Washboard Ragamuffins
- Ape Man

# rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle
coll. by Bill Grauer & Orrin Keepnews

10 inch LP

Riverside RLP 1002

= London AL 3505 (UK)

1953?

Pioneers of Boogie Woogie Volume 1

Meade 'Lux' Lewis
- Honky Tonk Train Blues
Wesley Wallace
- Number 29
- Fanny Lee Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- Slow Drag

Blind Leroy Garnett
- Chain 'Em Down
- Louisiana Glide
Charles Spand
- Moanin' The Blues #
Henry Brown
- Henry Brown Blues

# Charles Spand, voc, p; Blind Blake, g

10 inch LP

Riverside RLP 1034 (US 1955)

= London AL 3537 (UK 1955)

London Records discography

1953

Johnny Dodds Vol. 2

with Tiny Parham, piano
- Nineteenth Street Blues
- Loveless Blues
with Blind Blake
- CC Pill Blues #
with Blythe's Washboard Ragamuffins
- Your Folks

with Jimmy Blythe's Ragamuffins
- Messin' Around
- Adam's Apple
with The Paramount Pickers
- Salty Dog
- Steal Away

# rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle

10 inch LP

Riverside RLP 1015

= London AL 3513 (UK)

1956

Johnny Dodds: New Orleans Clarinet
Early Recordings by the Great New Orleans Clarinetist

Jasper Taylor's State Street Boys
- It Must Be The Blues
- State Street Blues
Junie Cobb's Hometown Band
- East Coast Trot
- Chicago Buzz
Viola Bartlette
- Walk Easy 'Cause My Papa's Here
Blind Blake
- Southbound Rag #

Jimmy Blythe's Washboard Band
- Bohunkus Blues
- Buddy Burton's Jazz
State Street Ramblers
- Cootie Stomp
- The Weary Way Blues
Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders
- Chicago Mess Around
- Gallion Stomp

# rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle
coll. by Bill Grauer

notes by Orrin Keepnews

Riverside RLP 12-104

73a

1956

Blues: Ma Rainey
Classic Blues Performances

- Oh Papa Blues
- Blues Oh Blues
- Big Feeling Papa
- Barrel House Blues
- Walking Blues
- Victim Of The Blues

- Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues
- Prove It On Me Blues
- Hear Me Talking To You
- Grievin' Hearted Blues
- Stock O' Lee Blues
- Yonder Comes The Blues

prod. by Bill Grauer

notes by Orrin Keepnews

Riverside RLP 12-108

1957

Johnny Dodds Vol. 4

Jasper Taylor's State Street Boys
- t Must Be The Blues
- Stomp Time Blues
Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders
- Jackass Blues
- Frog Tongue Stomp

Johnny Dodds with Tiny Parham
- Oh Daddy
Viola Bartlette with Cobb's Paramount Syncopators
- Walk Easy 'cause My Papa's Home
Ford And Ford
- Skeeg-A-Lee
Blind Blake, Johnny Dodds & Jimmy Bertrand
- Sound Bound Rag #

# rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle
coll. by Bill Grauer

10 inch LP

= London AL 3560 (UK 1957)

1958

The Legendary Blind Blake

- Doing A Stretch
- Poker Woman Blues
- Search Warrent Blues
- Sweet Papa Low Down
- Leavin' Gal Blues

- Rumblin' And Ramblin' Boa Constrictor Blues
- Detroit Bound Blues
- Back Door Slam Blues
- Cold Hearted Mama Blues
- That Lonesome Rave

prod. by Brian Harvey; remastered by John R.T. Davis

Ristic LP cover art by Stuart McMillian
Jazz Collector LP cover art by Jean Elliott

notes by Paul Oliver

Ristic LP-18 (UK 1958) (John R.T. Davis' label)

10 inch LP
notes by Paul Oliver

= Jazz Collector JFL 2001 (UK 1959)

1959

Blind Blake & Ramblin' Thomas
The Male Blues Vol. 3

Blind Blake
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues

Ramblin' Thomas
- So Lonesome
- Lock And Key Blues

art work: Jean Elliott

7 inch EP
notes by Frank Owen

Jazz Collector JEL 4 (UK 1959)

76a

1960

Ma Rainey and Ida Cox
The Female Blues Vol. 1

Ma Rainey
- Grievin' Hearted Blues
- Little Low Mama Blues

Ida Cox
- Weary Way Blues
- Graveyard Dream Blues

art work: Jean Elliott

7 inch EP
notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter

Jazz Collector JEL 12 (UK 1960)

1960?

Johnny Dodds: In The Alley
Johnny Dodds Volume 2

- Adam's Apple
- In The Alley Blues
- Merry Maker's Twine
- Ape Man
- Your Folks
- Loveless Love

- Nineteenth Street Blues
- Sock That Thing
- Weary Way Blues
- There'll Come A Day
- Hot Potatoes #
- Salty Dog

# rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle
coll. by Bill Grauer & Orrin Keepnews

notes by Orrin Keepnews

Riverside RLP 12-135 (US 1960?)

77a

1963?

Bertha Henderson / Rosa Henderson
The Female Blues Vol. 2

Bertha Henderson
- Lead Hearted Blues
- Let Your Love Come Down

Rosa Henderson
- Daddy, Come Back
- I've Got Somebody Now

prod. by Colin Pomroy
cover design: Charles Deal; art work: Jean Elliott

7 inch EP

Jazz Collector JEL 14 (UK 1963?)

1963/64?

Blind Blake & Papa Charlie Jackson

Papa Charlie Jackson
- Pappa's Lawdy, Lawdy Blues
- Airy Man Blues
- I'm Alabama Bound
- Drop That Sack
- Texas Blues
- I'm Going Where The Chilly Winds Don't Blow
- Bright Eyes
- Blue Monday Morning Blues

Blind Blake
- Early Morning Blues
- Too Tight
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Stonewall Street Blues
- Southern Rag
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- C.C. Pill Blues
- Goodbye Mama Moan

notes by Tony Standish

Heritage HLP 1011 (UK 1963/64?)

= Collectors Classics CC 6 (Denmark)

Heritage Records discography
Collector's Classics discography
Papa Charlie Jackson discography

1964

Blind Blake: Blues In Chicago

- West Coast Blues (tk. 1)
- Early Morning Blues (tk. 2)
- Down The Country
- Black Biting Bee Blues
- One Time Blues
- Dry Bone Shuffle (4462-3)
- Doggin' Me Mama Blues
- Goodbye Mama Moan

- Lead Hearted Blues
- Let Your Love Come Down
- Fighting The Jug
- Hastings Street
- Too Tight Blues No. 2
- Georgia Bound
- Rope Stretchin' Blues, Part 1 #
- Rope Stretchin' Blues, Part 2 #

# not on BYG 529.077

notes by "H.R.R." [Dr. Hans R. Rookmaaker]

Riverside RM 8004 (NL)
Riverside RLP 8004 (UK) (Classic Jazz Masters)

= BYG 529.077 (Fr 1970) (Archive of Jazz Vol. 27)

notes by Arnold S. Caplin

= Biograph BLP-12037 (US 1972 "Volume Four") "Rope Stretchin' Blues"

= Pierre Cardin PC 93.521 (Fr 197?) (Golden Jazz)

= Mercury 6332 984 (Fr 197?) (Classic Jazz Masters)

Biograph Records discography

1965

Blind Blake / Fats Waller

Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
- Wabash Rag

Fats Waller
- Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be? (55376-1)
- Goin' About (56125-1)

7 inch EP

Pirate MPC 506 (Sweden 1965)

1966

The Immortal Johnny Dodds

- Rampart Street Blues
- Don't Shake It No More
- Too Sweet For Words
- Jackass Blues
- Frog Tongue Stomp
- C.C. Pill Blues #

- Oriental Man
- Steal Away
- Oh Daddy
- Lonesome Blues
- Long Distance Blues
- Messin' Around No. 2

# rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle

Milestone MLP 2002

Milestone Records discography

1966

The Party Blues

Dennis McMillon
- Paper Wooden Daddy
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Bed Springs Blues
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band
- It's Tight Like That
- How Long How Long Blues
- She Loves So Good
Red Nelson
- Mother Fuyer
Soldier Boy Houston
- Western Rider Blues @ youtube

Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band
- Don't Drink It In Here
Memphis Jug Band
- Oh Ambulance Man
- Cave Man Blues
Jim Hill & Eddie Anthony
- Wringing That Thing
Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man Blues
Bo Carter
- All Around Man
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie

prod. by Richard Spottswood

Melodeon MLP 7324 (US 1966)

Melodeon MLP 7324 ("Biograph" reissue 197?) "Party Blues"

Melodeon Records discography

1968

Blind Blake Guitar and Vocal

- Early Morning Blues
- Too Tight
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Southern Rag
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Goodbye Mama Moan
- Rumblin' & Ramblin' Boa Constrictor Blues

- Detroit Bound Blues
- Search Warrant Blues
- Back Door Slam Blues
- Cold Hearted Mama Blues
- Sweet Papa Low Down
- Poker Woman Blues
- Doing A Stretch

Jazz Collector JGL 9002 (UK 1968)

1968

Blake Blind: Bootleg Rum Dum Blues 1926-1930
Volume One

- Come On Boys, Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
- Bucktown Blues
- Black Dog Blues
- Bad Feeling Blues
- That Will Never Happen No More

- Brownskin Mama Blues
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues
- Low Down Loving Gal
- Bootleg Rum Dum Blues
- Playing Policy Blues
- Righteous Blues

notes by Arnold S. Caplin

Biograph BLP-12003 (US 1968)

= Blue Moon BMLP 1.044 (1987)

Biograph Records discography

84a

1968

Missouri and Tennessee 1924-1937

Missouri
Charley Jordan
- Raidin' Squad
The Two Charlies
- Got Your Water On
- Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me
Henry Spaulding
- Biddle Street Blues
Stovepipe No. 1
- Lonesome John
- Fisher's Hornpipe
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett
- A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time

Tennessee
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
- Way Down In Arkansas
Banjo Joe
- My Money Never Runs Out
Rosie Mae Moore
- Staggering Blues
James "Yank" Rachel
- Little Sarah
- T-Bone Steak Blues
Charlie Pickett
- Crazy 'bout My Black Gal
Memphis Jug Band
- Evergreen Money Blues

Roots RL 310 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

1968

Harmonicas, Washboards, Fiddles & Jugs (1926-1933)

Bobby Leecan's Need-More Band
- Apaloosa Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Peaches In The Springtime
- Feed Your Friend With A Long-Handled Spoon
- I Whipped My Woman With A Single-Tree
- I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train
Jack Kelly's Jug Band
- Believe I'll Go Back Home
- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues
Banjo Joe (Cannon & Blake)
- Jazz Gypsy Blues

Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Black Cat Bone Blues
- Dirty Guitar Blues
James Cole
- Mistreated The Only Friend You Had
- Nobody's Business If I Do
Kansas City Blues Strummers
- String Band Blues
King David's Jug Band
- Sweet Potato Blues
- I Can Deal Worry
Whistler's Jug Band
- Pig Meat Blues

Roots RL-311 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

1968

Down South 1927-1941
Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama-Florida

Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Home Wreckin' Blues
Kid Cole
- Hard Hearted Mama Blues
- Niagra Fall Blues
Robert Johnson
- Milkcow's Calf Blues No. 2
Tommy McClennan
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
Fiddlin' Joe Martin - Son House - Willie Brown
- Fo' Clock Blues
Fiddlin' Joe - Willie Brown - Leroy Williams
- Going To Fishing

Barefoot Bill
- Big Rock Jail
Wiley Barner
- If You Want A Good Woman
Clifford Gibson
- Hard-Headed Woman Blues
- Levee Camp Moan
Jaybird Coleman
- Save Your Money
- Let These Women Go
- Man Trouble Blues
Tallahassee Tight
- Black Snake
Blind Blake
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues

Roots RL 313 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

86a

1968

10 Years In Memphis 1927-1937

George Torey
- Married Woman Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues
Gus Cannon
- Poor Boy
Allen Shaw
- Moanin' The Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Jailhouse Blues
- Falling Down Blues
Big Boy Cleveland
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
Furry Lewis
- Billy Lyons And Stack O 'Lee
- Big Chief Blues
Frank Stokes
- What's The Matter Blues
- Jazzin' The Blues
Tom Dickson
- Happy Blues
- Death Bell Blues
Kansas Joe
- Pile Drivin' Blues

notes by Don Kent

Belzona L 1002 (US 1968)

notes by Don Kent

= Yazoo L 1002

Yazoo Records discography

1968

The Georgia Blues 1927-1933

Yazoo LP L-1012 track sequence:
Fred McMullen - Wait And Listen
Gitfiddle Jim [Kokomo Arnold] - Paddlin' Blues
George Carter - Rising River Blues
George Carter - Hot Jelly Roll Blues
Gitfiddle Jim [Kokomo Arnold] - Rainy Night Blues
Peg Leg Howell - Rolling Mill Blues
Willie Baker - Weak-Minded Blues

Blind Blake - Police Dog Blues
Blind Blake - That'll Never Happen No More
Bumble Bee Slim - No Woman No Nickel
Charlie Lincoln [Charley Lincoln] - Doodle Hole Blues
Barbecue Bob - Unnamed Blues
Willie Baker - Crooked Woman Blues
Sylvester Weaver - Can't Be Trusted Blues

Yazoo CD 1012 YAZ / Vivid VSCD-1156 track sequence:
Fred McMullen - Wait And Listen
Peg Leg Howell - Rolling Mill Blues
Blind Blake - Police Dog Blues
Bumble Bee Slim - No Woman No Nickel
Willie Baker - Weak-Minded Blues
Barbecue Bob - Unnamed Blues
Charlie Lincoln - Doodle Hole Blues
Sylvester Weaver - Can't Be Trusted Blues
Blind Blake - That'll Never Happen No More
George Carter - Rising River Blues
Gitfiddle Jim - Rainy Night Blues
George Carter - Hot Jelly Roll Blues
Willie Baker - Crooked Woman Blues
Gitfiddle Jim - Paddlin' Blues

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart

Yazoo L-1012 (US 1968) "STEREO" on back cover black label: "390 East 8th Street, NY 10009" red/orange label: "54 King Street, NY 10014"

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart

= Yazoo L-1012 (US 197?) "STEREO" on back cover "Waverly Place, NY 10014"

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart

= Yazoo L-1012 (US 198?) "STEREO" on back cover "P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860"

= Yazoo 1012 cassette (US 1989)

= Yazoo CD 1012 YAZ (US 1991)

= Vivid VSCD-1156 (Jp)

Yazoo Records discography

1968

East Coast Blues 1926-1935

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

Tarter & Gay
- Unknown Blues
- Brownie Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- Pistol Blues
Bayless Rose
- Original Blues
- Black Dog Blues
Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- Myrtle Avenue Stomp
- D.C. Rag

cover photo by Jack Delano (Buddy Moss on guitar)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart 390 East 8th Street, N.Y. 10009

= Yazoo L-1013 (US 1968)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart 54 King Street, N.Y. 10014

= Yazoo L-1013 (US 196?)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014

= Yazoo L-1013 (US 196?) catalog # on peacock labels to the left

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart P.O. Box 810, Newton, NJ 07860

= Yazoo L-1013 (US 1988) catalog # on labels to the right

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart

= Yazoo 1013 cassette (US 1989)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart

Yazoo CD 1013 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

1969

Favorite Country Blues Piano-Guitar Duets 1929-1937

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

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

# guitar accompaniment is by Oscar Carter (prob. pseudonym used by Henry Townsend)

notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart;
drawing by Rory Block

Yazoo L-1015 (US 1969)

Yazoo Records discography

1969

Guitar Wizards 1926-1935

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

Blind Blake
- Guitar Chimes
- Panther Squall Blues
Sam Butler
- Poor Boy Blues
- Jefferson County Blues
- Some Scream High Yellow
Wiliam Moore
- Ragtime Millionaire
Carl Martin
- Joe Louis Blues

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

Yazoo L-1016 (US 1969)

= Yazoo CD 1016 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

1969

Let's Go Riding
Guitar Rags! Blues! Hokum! All The Good-Time Music From The Good Old Days!
14 rare numbers for easy listening: 1924-1936

Mr. Freddie
- Let's Go Riding
Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag
Will Bennett
- Railroad Bill
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight
Bill Moore
- Ragtime Crazy
Walter Hawkins
- A Rag Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- I'm Busy and You Can't Come In

Hambone Willie Newbern
- Way Down In Arkansas
Ellis Williams
- Buttermilk Blues
Bo Carter
- Sue Cow
Carl Martin
- Morning, Judge
Peg Leg Howell and His Gang
- Peg Leg Stomp
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Gitfiddle Jim
- Paddlin Madeline Blues

notes by Bill Givens and David Evans

Origin Jazz Library OJL 18 (US 1969)

OJL Records discography

1970

Johnny Dodds Volume 1

Blind Blake with Johnny Dodds
- Doggin' Me Mama Blues
- C.C. Pill Blues
- Hot Potatoes
- Southbound Rag

Elzadie Robinson with Johnny Dodds, Blind Blake
- Pay Day Daddy Blues
- Elzadie's Policy Blues
Dodds and Parham
- Oh Daddy
- Loveless Love
- 19th Street Blues

Audubon ABB (UK 1970) (99 albums only)
[Storyville magazine # 30 August 1970]

10 inch LP
= Ristic LP-43 (UK) (John R.T. Davis' label)

1970

Skoodle Um Skoo
Early Folk Blues Volume 1

Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones)
- I've Got Salvation In My Heart (1924)
- Lord Don't You Know I Have No Friend Like You? (1924)
- Cripple Creek And Sourwood Mountain Take 1 (1925)
- Turkey In The Straw (1925)
Charlie Jackson
- Mama Don't Allow It (1925)
- Take Me Back Blues (1925)
- Shave Em Dry (1925)
- Coffee Pot Blues (1925)
- Skoodle Um Skoo (1927)

Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon & Blind Blake)
- Jonestown Blues (1927)
- Madison Street Rag (1927)
- Can You Blame The Colored Man (1927)
Joe Joe (Joe Linthecome)
- Humming Blues (1927)
Winston Holmes and Charlie Turner
- The Kansas City Call (1929)
- Rounders Lament (1929)
Walter Jacobs and The Carter Brothers
- Sheiks Special (1930)
- Dear Little Girl (1930)
Billy James and his Guitar (Blind Blake)
- Champagne Charlie Is My Name (1932)

compiled by David Harrison; prod. by Gef Lucena

notes by Tony Russell

Saydisc Matchbox SDR 199 (UK 1970)

Matchbox Records discography

1970

Blind Blake: Search Warrant Blues 1926-32
Volume Two

- Blake's Worried Blues
- Tampa Bound
- Southern Rag
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Search Warrant Blues
- Sweet Papa Low Down

- Doin' A Strech
- Poker Woman Blues
- Police Dog Blues
- Diddle Wa Diddle
- Depression Has Gone From Me Blues
- Champagne Charlie Is My Name

notes by Ernest F. Dyson

Biograph BLP-12023 (US 1970)

Biograph Records discography

1970

Johnny Dodds & Tommy Ladnier 1923-1928

Johnny Dodds with Blind Blake
- Hot Potatoes #

# rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle

notes by Chris Albertson

Biograph BLP-12024 (US 1970)

Biograph Records discography

1970

Johnny Dodds
Archive of Jazz Vol 24

- Apo Man
- Your Folks
- Oh Daddy
- Nineteeth Street Blues [sic]
- Loveless Love
- Oriental Man
- Sock That Thing

- Weary Way Blues
- There'll Come A Day
- CC Pill Blues #
- Hot Potatoes #
- Southbound Rag #
- Salty Dog
- Steal Away

# rec. c. April 1928 in Chicago, IL; Blind Blake, voc, g; Johnny Dodds, cl; Jimmy Bertrand, woodblocks, slide whistle

= BYG 529.074 (Fr 1970)

96a

1970/71?

Ma Rainey: Down In The Basement

- Mountain Jack Blues
- Broken Hearted Blues
- Down In The Basement
- Trust No Man
- Morning Hour Blues
- Blues Oh Blues
- Oh Papa Blues

- Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues
- Hear Me Talking To You
- Prove It On Me Blues
- Victim Of The Blues
- Sleep Talking Blues
- Runaway Blues
- Leaving This Morning

Milestone MLP 2017 (US 1970/71?)

Milestone Records discography

96b

1970/71?

Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey
- Morning Hour Blues
- Grievin' Hearted Blues
- Little Low Mama Blues

set of eight 10 inch LPs (99 copies only)

Rarities RAL 2-9 (NL 1970/71?)

1971

Blind Blake: No Dough Blues 1926-29
Volume Three

- West Coast Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Too Tight
- Stonewall Street Blues
- Hard Road Blues
- Sea Bord Stomp

- No Dough Blues
- Panther Squall Blues
- Walking Across The Country
- Notoriety Woman Blues
- Hokworm Blues
- Slippery Rag

notes by Stephen Calt

Biograph BLP-12031 (US 1971)

Biograph Records discography

1971

Black Diamond Express To Hell

LP 1 (1927-1935)
Daniel Brown
- Now Is The Needy Time
- Beulah Land
Rev. J.C. Burnett
- The Angel Done Gone Down
- Sit Down, Servant
Sam Butler
- When The Saint's Come Marching Home
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land
Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
- I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face
- Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn

Blind Gary Davis
- I Saw The Light
Blind Willie Davis
- [?]
A.C. Forehand
- Mother's Prayer
- I'm So Glad Today, Today
Elder Otis Jones
- I Am The Vine
Rev. F.W. McGhee
- You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley
Lonnie McIntorsh
- Arise And Shine
- How Much I Owe

LP 2 (1944-1953)

First LP compiled and produced by David Harrison and Gef Lucena, second LP compiled by Dave William and Paul Manners

2 LP set
notes by Rev. Doug Constable

Saydisk Matchbox SDX 207/8 (UK 1971)

1971?

Archive Of Jazz

Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
Louis Armstrong - Dippermouth Bleues
Freddy Keppard - Scissor Grinder Joe
Ma Rainey - Lucky Rock Blues
Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp
Tommy Ladnier - Play That Thing
Johnny Dodds - Your Floks

Blind Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle
Bix Beiderbecke - Royal Garden Blues
Muggsy Spanier - Buddy's Habits
Ida Cox - Coffin Blues
Jelly Roll Morton - Big Fat Ham
New Orleans Rythm Clarinet - Marmalade

Trixie Smith - Rail Road Blues
Louis Armstrong - Cake Walking Babies
Fats Waller - A New Kind Of Man
Sara Martin - Dead Sting Me Blues
Duke Ellington - Rainy Nights And Black Beauty

Fats Waller - Squeeze Me
Sidney Bechet - I'm Through Goodbye And Sweet Lorraine
Pete Johnson - B And O Blues
Jack Teagarden - Shine

DLP

BYG 24 (It 1971?)

100

1971?

The Rarest Johnny Dodds

The State Street Ramblers
- ???
Viola Bartlette
- Sunday Morning Blues
- You Don't Mean Me No Good
- Out Bound Train Blues
- Walk Easy Cause My Papa's Here
Ford and Ford
- Skeeg-A-Lee Blues
- I'm Three Times Seven
Blind Blake with Johnny Dodds
- Doggin' Me Mama Blues
- C.C. Pill Blues
- Hot Potatoes
Elzadie Robinson
- ???

BYG 29 (It 1971?)

100a

1973

Ma Rainey: Yonder Come The Blues

- Ma Rainey's Mystery Record
- Goodbye Daddy Blues
- Yonder Come The Blues
- Stack O'Lee Blues
- Seeking Blues
- Little Low Mama Blues
- Grievin' Hearted Blues
- Big Boy Blues

- Damper Down Blues
- Georgia Cake Walk
- Screech Owl Blues
- Black Dust Blues
- Leaving This Morning
- Black Eye Blues
- Ma And Pa Poorhouse Blues
- Big Feeling Blues

[cover shown is MRR 4010]
Ma Rainey Rarities MRR 4020 (NL 1973)

101

1974

Mama Let Me Lay It On You 1926-1936

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

Josh White
- Good Gal
Leola B. Wilson
- Wilson Dam
Blind Boy Fuller
- Black And Tan
Spark Plug Smith
- Vampire Women
Blind Blake
- Sweet Jivin' Mama
Smith And Harper
- Insurance Policy Blues
Charlie Manson
- Nineteen Women Blues

notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller

Yazoo 1040 (US 1974)

= Yazoo CD 1040 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

101a

1974

Please Warm My Weiner
Old Time Hokum Blues

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

cover art by Robert Crumb

notes [?] by Stephen Calt

Yazoo L-1043 (US 1974)

= Yazoo CD 1043 YAZ (US 1992]

Yazoo Records discography

102

1974

Il Blues Urbano - Urban Blues

Kokomo Arnold
Blind Blake
- Doing A Stretch
Lucille Bogan
Big Bill Broonzy
Leroy Carr
Georgia Tom Dorsey
Jesse James
Lonnie Johnson
Memphis Minnie
Little Brother Montgomery
Red Nelson
Speckled Red
Roosevelt Sykes
Peetie Wheatstraw
Sonny Boy Williamson
Jimmy Yancey

Albatros VPA 8189 (It 1974)
= Albatros VC 0777 (cassette)

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

103

1974

Rough Alley Blues
Blues from Georgia 1924-1931

Mary Willis & B. W. McTell
- Rough Alley Blues
Ed Andrews
- Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay
Sylvester Weaver
- Chittlin Rag Blues
Bert Bilbro
- C. & N. W. Blues
Irene Scruggs
- Itching Heel Blues
Wash Board Walter (Taylor) & John Byrd
- Disconnected Mama
Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Forty Drops
Walter Beasley
- Toad Frog Blues

Sylvester Weaver
- Rock Pile Blues
Sloppy Henry
- Canned Heat Blues
Barbecue Bob
- California Blues
Bert Bilbro
- Mohana Blues
Mary Willis & B. W. McTell
- Low Down Blues
Ed Andrews
- Barrelhouse Blues
Walter Beasley
- Georgia Skin
Leola B. Wilson
- Ashley St. Blues

prod. by Yngve Nordström

notes by Bengt Olsson

Magnolia MLP 502 (Sweden 1974)

Magnolia Records discography

103a

1974

Ma Rainey

- Jealous Hearted Blues *
- See See Rider Blues *
- Jelly Bean Blues *
- Countin' The Blues *
- Slave To The Blues *
- Chain Gang Blues *
- Bessemer Bound Blues *
- Wringin' And Twistin' Blues *
- Mountain Jack Blues *
- Trust No Man *
- Morning Hour Blues *
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom *
- New Boweavil Blues *
- Black Cat, Hoot Owl Blues *
- Hear Me Talking To You *
- Prove It On Me *
- Victim Of The Blues *
- Sleep Talking Blues *
- Blame It On The Blues *
- Daddy, Goodbye Blues *
- Sweet Rough Man *
- Black Eye Blues *
- Leavin' This Morning *
- Runaway Blues *

* CD tracks

DLP
notes by Dan Morgenstern

Milestone M-47021 (US 1974)

= Milestone MCD-47021 (US 1992) 24 tracks

Milestone Records discography

104

1974?

Blind Blake 1927-30
That Lovin' I Crave

Whoopee 101 track sequence:
- Sweet Jivin' Mama
- Keep It Home
- Baby Lou Blues
- Cold Love Blues
- Tootie Blues
- That Lovin' I Crave
- Lonesome Christmas Blues
- Third Degree Blues

- Diddie Wa Diddie no. 2
- Hard Pushing Papa
- Ice-Man Blues
- Chump Man Blues
- What A Low Down Place The Jailhouse Is
- Ain't Gonna Do That No More
- Steel Mill Blues
- I Was Afraid Of That - part II

Document DLP 589 track sequence:
- Steel Mill Blues
- Tootie Blues
- That Lovin' I Crave
- Chump Man Blues
- Ice-Man Blues
- I Was Afraid Of That - part 2
- Keep It Home
- Sweet Jivin' Mama

- Lonesome Christmas Blues
- Third Degree Blues
- Baby Lou Blues
- Cold Love Blues
- Diddie Wa Diddie no. 2
- Hard Pushing Papa
- What A Low Down Place The Jailhouse Is
- Ain't Gonna Do That No More

Whoopee 101 (Switzerland 1974?)

(=) Document DLP 589 (Austria 1990) (remastered version)

Whoopee Records discography
Document Records discography

104a

1975

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

- Jonestown Blues
- Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
- Madison Street Rag
- Jazz Gypsy Blues
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
- My Money Never Runs Out
- Minglewood Blues
- Big Railroad Blues
- Madison Street Rag

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

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

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

DLP

Herwin H 208 (US 1975)

Herwin Records discography

104b

1975

The Hokum Boys: You Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff

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

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

Yazoo L 1051 (US 1975)

Yazoo Records discography

105

1975

Blind Blake
That Lovin' I Crave 1926-1930
Volume Five

- Tottie Blues
- That Loving I Crave
- Chump Man Blues
- Baby Lou Blues
- Cold Love Blues
- Diddie Wa Diddie No. 2
- Hard Pushing Papa

- State Street Men Blues
- Wilson Dam
- Doggin' Me Mama Blues
- Itching Heel
- Good Gal
- I Was Afraid Of That, Part 2
- Hometown Skiffle, Part 1

notes by Joel Bernstein

Biograph BLP-12050 (US 1975)

Biograph Records discography

106

1976

Maple Leaf Rag
Ragtime in Rural America

Dallas String Band
- Dallas Rag
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Sugar Underwood
- Dew Drop Alley
Blind Boy Fuller
- Piccolo Rag
Cow Cow Davenport
- Atlanta Rag
Blind Willie McTell
- Kill-It-Kid
Bunk Johnson and his Band
- The Entertainer
Rev. Gary Davis
- Maple Leaf Rag

Jimmie Tarlton
- Mexican Rag
Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers
- Hawkins Rag
Roy Harvey and Jess Johnson
- Guitar Rag
Spooney Five
- Chinese Rag
Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers
- Barn Dance Rag
China Poplin
- Sunter Rag / Steel Guitar Rag
Merle Travis
- Cannon Ball Rag / Bugle Call Rag

notes by Larry Cohn

New World 235

107

1977

Paramount 1929-1930
'whip it to a jelly' (The Piano Blues Vol. 1)

Charlie Spand
- Moanin' The Blues
- Mississippi Blues
Blind Leroy Garnett
- Chain 'Em Down
- Louisiana Glide
Little Brother
- No Special Rider
- Vicksburg Blues
Wesley Wallace
- Fanny Lee Blues
- No. 29

Louise Johnson
- By The Moon And Stars
- All Night Long Blues
Will Ezell
- Pitchin' Boogie
- Heifer Dust
Charles Avery
- Dearborn St. Breakdown
James Wiggins
- Forty-Four Blues
Henry Brown
- Henry Brown Blues
Blind Blake / Spand
- Hastings St.

foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PY 4401 (UK 1977)

Magpie PYCD 01 (UK 1990) (four add'l tracks)

Magpie Records discography

107a

1977

Charlie Patton
- Pony Blues
Blind Blake
- Early Morning Blues

Willie Brown
- M. and O. Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Long Lonesome Blues

7 inch flexible EP

Eva-Tone MAL 771

flexible 33 1/3 rpm disc that came with the 1977 1st (hardback) edition of Jeff Todd Titon's book "Early Downhome Blues" (Urbana University of Illinois Press)

108

1979

Erotic Blues
Canti Erotici Afroamericani

Dirty Red
- Mother Fuyer
Sam Collins
- Slow Mama Slow
Washboard Sam
- Let Me Play Your Vendor
Bo Carter
- Ram Rod Daddy
Lucille Bogan
- Coffee Grindin' Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jelly Roll Baker
Tampa Red
- She Can Love So Good
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp
Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Suzie Q
Ruby Glaze & Blind Willie McTell
- Rollin' Mama Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy
Big Bill Broonzy
- Night Watchman Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Oil Well Blues
Walter Davis
- Think You Need A Shot

coll. by Alessandro Roffeni

Albatros VPA 8456 (It 1979)
Albatros VC 4961 (cassette)

notes by Alessandro Roffeni

= DOM/Albatros CD DAF 120

Albatros Records discography

109

1979?

The Roots Of Rock

Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- When The Levee Breaks
Charley Patton
- A Spoonful Blues
Bukka White
- Shake 'em On Down
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Bo Carter
- Corrine Corrine
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues

Henry Thomas
- Bull Doze Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Blind Blake
- That Will Never Happen No More
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In

notes by Steve Calt

Yazoo 1063 (US 1979?)

Yazoo CD 1063 (US 1991?)

Yazoo Records discography

110

197?

The Johnny Dodds' Heritage on Six Records Vol. 3

Blind Blake with Johnny Dodds
- C.C. Pills Blues
- Hot Potatoes
- Southbound Rag
Elzadie Robinson with Johnny Dodds, Blind Blake
- Pay Day Daddy Blues
- Elzadie's Policy Blues

DLP

Kings of Jazz NLJ-18023/24 (It 197?)

111

1984

Blind Blake
Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker

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

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

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

- Come On Boys Lets Do That Messin' Around
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Let Your Love Come Down (Bertha Henderson) #
- Bad Feeling Blues
- Righteous Blues
- Down The Country Blues (Leola B. Wilson) #
- Seaboard Stomp

# track on LP only

CD track sequence:
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Southern Rag
- Police Dog Blues
- C. C. Pill Blues
- Hard Pushing Papa
- Rope Stretching Blues
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
- Chump Man Blues
- Hastings Street
- Georgia Bound
- Rightous Blues
- Too Tight Blues No. 2
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- One Time Blues
- Playing Policy Blues
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Bad Feeling Blues
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues
- Black Dog Blues
- Seaboard Stomp
- Sweet Papa Low Down
- Sweet Jivin' Mama

DLP
notes by Steve Calt and Woody Mann

Yazoo L 1068

= CD 1068 YAZ (1990)

Yazoo Records discography

112

1984

Songsters & Saints
Vocal Traditions on Race Records Vol. 2

LP 1:
Medicine Show Songsters
Papa Charlie Jackson
- I'm Alabama Bound
- Long Gone Lost John
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- My Money Never Runs Out
Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon)
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
Jim Jackson
- Bye, Bye, Policeman
- My Monday Woman Blues
- Old Dog Blue
Beale Street Sheiks (Stokes and Sane)
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It
- Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon

Songsters East and West
Stovepipe No. 1 and David Crockett
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around
- A Woman Get's Tired Of The Same Man All The Time
Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Old Country Stomp
- Bob McKinney
- Arkansas
Luke Jordan
- Traveling Coon
- Cocaine Blues
Blind Blake
- He's In The Jail House Now
- West Coast Blues

LP 2:
The Straining Preachers
Rev. J.C. Burnett
- The Donfall Of Nebuchadnezzar
- The Gambler's Doom
Rev. J.M. Gates
- Yonder Comes My Lord With A Bible In His Hand
- God's Wrath In The St. Louis Cyclone
- The Eagle Stirs Her Nest
Rev. F.W. McGee
- The Half Ain't Never Been Told
- Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale
Rev. D.C. Rice
- Come And See
- We Got The Same Kind Of Power Over Here

Saints of Church and Street
Arizona Dranes
- It's All Right Now
- Just Look
Blind Joe Taggart
- God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From Tares
- There's A Hand Writing On The Wall
Blind Willie Johnson
- If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
- God Moves On The Water
- The Rain Don't Fall On Me
Elders McIntosh and Edwards
- The Latter Rain Is Fall
Memphis Sanctified Singers
- He Got Better Things For You

gatefold DLP
notes by Paul Oliver

Matchbox MSEX 2003/2004 (UK 1984)

This DLP set was issued to complement Paul Oliver's book "Songsters & Saints: Vocal Traditions On Race Records".- Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 1984:

Matchbox Records discography

113

1984

Blind Blake 1926-29

- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (3073-1)
- You Gonna Quit Blues (20110-1)
- Wabash Rag (20154-2)
- Doggin' Me Mama Blues (20517-2)
- C. C. Pill Blues (20520-2)
- Hot Potatoes (20521-3)
- Southbound Rag (20522-2)
- That Lonesome Rave (20556-1)
- Terrible Murder Blues (20557-2)

- Leavin' Gal Blues (20558-1)
- Rumblin' And Ramblin' Boa Constrictor Blues (20565- )
- Detroit Bound Blues (20567-2)
- Ramblin' Mama Blues (20872-2)
- New Style Of Loving (20873-2)
- Back Door Slam Blues (20874-1)
- Cold Hearted Mama Blues (20884-1)
- Guitar Chimes (21459-2)
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown (21460-2)

notes by Paul Oliver

Matchbox MSE 1003 (UK 1984)

Matchbox Records discography

114

1988

Charlie Spand (1929-1940
The Remaining Titles

- Moanin' The Blues
Blind Blake with Charlie Spand
- Hastings Street
- In The Barrel Blues
- Mississippi Blues
- 45th St. Blues
- Got To Have My Sweetbread
- Soon This Morning No. 2
- Tired Woman Blues

- Gold Tooth Mama
- Big Alley Rat Blues
- Hoodoo Woman Blues
- Soon This Morning No. 2
- Rock And Rye
- She's A Squabblin' Woman
- Alabama Blues
- Gone Mother Blues

compiled & produced by Johnny Parth; remastered by Hans Klement; original recordings from the collections of Werner Benecke, Johnny Parth, Nick Perls, Guido van Rijn

RST BD-2035 (Austria 1988)

RST Blues Documents Records discography

115

1989

Blind Blake: The Accompanist (1926-1931)

Blind Blake
- Early Morning Blues
- West Coast Blues
Leola B. Wilson
- Dying Blues
- Ashley St. Blues
- State Street Men Blues
- Wilson Dam
Daniel Brown
- Beulah Land
Elzadie Robinson
- Elzadie's Policy Blues

Elzadie Robinson
- Pay Day Daddy Blues
Papa Charlie Jackson & Blind Blake
- Papa Charlie & Blind Blake Talk About It Part 1
- Papa Charlie & Blind Blake Talk About It Part 2
Irene Scruggs
- Stingaree Man Blues
- Itching Heel
- You've Got What I Want
- Cherry Hill Blues
Laura Rucker
- Fancy Tricks

Wolf WSE 133 (Austria 1989)

Wolf Records (WSE) discography

115a

19??

Blues Country U.S.A.

Blind Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle (4462-1)
Charlie Davenport - Chimes Blues
Walter Davis - Poor Grinder Blues
Byrd and Glover - Gas Man Blues
Lee Green - 44 Blues
Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady
Tennessee Shakers- Bye Bye Baby Blues
Alex Moore - Blue Bloomer Blues
Eddie Mapp, James Moore & Guy Lumpkin - Where You Been So Long (476-)
Charlie Pickett - Trembling Blues
Jazzbo Tommy Lowlanders - Blaze Face Cow
Novelty Hot Dance Shelton - Flapper's Stomp
Victoria Spivey - Dope Head Blues
Roosevelt Sykes - New 44 Blues
Willie Kelly - Willies Special

Willie Kelly - Don't Put The Lights Out
Sam Theard (Lovin' Sam) - State Street Blues
Henry Townsend - Poor Man Blues
Mississippi Sheiks - I Can't Go Wrong
Lizzie Washington - My Low Down Brown
Whistler's Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blues
Bukka White - Black Train Blues
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here
Geeshie Wiley - Skinny Leg Blues
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues
Joe Williams' Washboard Blues - Worried Man Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Gal Blues
Bo Carter - Ride My Mule
Cripple Clarence Lofton - You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down

WAYHi M33 (cassette) (US 19??) (Mike Stewart's label)

116

1990

The Greatest In Country Blues

Blind Willie Reynolds
- Third Street Woman Blues
King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- James Alley Blues
Furry Lewis
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
Kokomo Arnold
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues

Blind Blake with Charlie Spand
- Hastings Street

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

Vol. 1: 1927-1930

Vol. 2: 1927-1936

Vol. 3: 1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

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

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

117

1990?

Blues Country U.S.A.

Blind Blake
- Dry Bone Shuffle (4462-1)
Walter Davis
- Oil Field Blues
- Poor Grinder Blues
Mississippi Blacksnakes
- Bye Bye Baby Blues

???
- ???

Wayhi M 33 (cassette)
[Mike Stewart]

117a

1990

Paramount Vol. 1 1928-1932

Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues
Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down
Little Brother - No Special Rider
Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues
Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars
Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie
Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide
Blind Blake / Spand - Hastings St.
Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay
'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues
'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues
Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee
Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown
Charlie Spand - Mississippi Blues
Will Ezell - Heifer Dust
Little Brother - Vicksburg Blues
Wesley Wallace - No. 29
James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues
Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues
Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues

Magpie PY 4401 + four tracks from Magpie PY 4420

notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett

Magpie PYCD 01

Magpie Records discography

118

1991

Blind Blake: Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1, 1926 - 1927

- Dying Blues
- Ashley St. Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- West Coast Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Too Tight Blues
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Come on Boys, Let's Do That Messin' Around (tk. 2)
- Tampa Bound
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (tk. 1)
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (tk. 2)
- Stonewall Street Blues
- State Street Men Blues
- Down the Country Blues
- Black Biting Bee Blues
- Wilson Dam
- Bucktown Blues
- Black Dog Blues
- One Time Blues
- Bad Feeling Blues
- Dry Bone Shuffle (tk. 2)
- That'll Never Happen No More
- Brownskin Mama Blues
- Hard Road Blues
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues
- Seaboard Stomp

notes by Alan Balfour

Document DOCD 5024 (Austria 1991)

119

1991

Blind Blake: Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2, 1927 - 1928

- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Steel Mill Blues
- Southern Rag
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Wabash Rag
- Doggin' Me Mama Blues
- C.C. Pill Blues
- Hot Potatoes
- Southbound Rag
- Pay Day Daddy Blues (20528) (Elzadie Robinson, voc)
- Elzadie's Policy Blues (20534) (Elzadie Robinson, voc)
- Goodbye Mama Moan
- Tootie Blues
- That Lovin' I Crave
- That Lonesome Rave (Bertha Henderson, voc)
- Terrible Murder Blues (Bertha Henderson, voc)
- Leavin' Gal Blues (Bertha Henderson, voc)
- No Dough Blues
- Lead Hearted Blues (Bertha Henderson, voc)
- Let Your Love Come Down (Bertha Henderson, voc)
- Rumblin' And Ramblin' Boa Constrictor Blues
- Bootleg Rum Dum Blues
- Detroit Bound Blues
- Beulah Land (Daniel Brown, voc)
- Panther Squall Blues

notes by Alan Balfour

Document DOCD 5025 (Austria 1991)

120

1991

Blind Blake: Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3, 1928 - 1929

- Elzadie's Policy Blues (20583) (Elzadie Robinson, voc)
- Pay Day Daddy Blues (20584) (Elzadie Robinson, voc)
- Walkin' Across The Country
- Search Warrant Blues
- Ramblin' Mama Blues
- Back Door Slam
- Notoriety Woman Blues
- Cold Hearted Mama Blues
- Low Down Loving Gal
- Sweet Papa Low Down
- Poker Woman Blues
- Doing A Stretch
- Fightin' The Jug
- Hookworm Blues
- Slippery Rag
- Hastings Street
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- Too Tight Blues No. 2
- Chump Man Blues
- Ice Man Blues
- Polce Dog Blues
- I Was Afraid Of That Part 2 (Hokum Boys)
- Georgia Bound
- Keep It Home

notes by Alan Balfour

Document DOCD 5026 (Austria 1991)

121

1991

Blind Blake: Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4, 1929 - 1932

- Sweet Jivin' Mama
- Lonesome Christmas Blues
- Third Degree Blues
- Guitar Chimes
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- Baby Lou Blues
- Cold Love Blues
- Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It (part 1) (Blind Blake & Papa Charlie Jackson)
- Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It (part 2) (Blind Blake & Papa Charlie Jackson)
- Stingaree Man Blues (Blind Blake & Irene Scruggs)
- Itching Heel (Blind Blake & Irene Scruggs)
- You've Got What I Want (Blind Blake & Irene Scruggs)
- Cherry Hill Blues (Blind Blake & Irene Scruggs)
- Diddie Wa Diddie No. 2
- Hard Pushing Papa
- What A Low Down Place The Jailhouse Is
- Ain't Gonna Do That No More
- Playing Policy Blues
- Righteous Blues
- Fancy Tricks - (Blind Blake & Laura Rucker)
- Rope Stretchin' Blues (part 2)
- Rope Stretchin' Blues (part 1 / tk. 2)
- Champagne Charlie Is My Name
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues

notes by Alan Balfour

Document DOCD 5027 (Austria 1991)

122

1991

Ragtime Blues Guitar 1927-30
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order

Blind Arthur Blake
- Dry Bone Shuffle (tk. 1)
William (Bill) Moore
- One Way Gal
- Ragtime Crazy
- Midnight Blues
- Ragtime Millionaire
- Tillie Lee
- Barbershop Rag
- Old Country Rock
- Raggin' The Blues
Tarter & Gay
- Brownie Blues
- Unknown Blues
Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- Myrtle Avenue Stomp
- D. C. Rag
- Chicken Wilson Blues
- House Snake Blues
- Frog Eye Stomp
- Station House Rag
Bayless Rose
- Jamestown Exhibition
- Black Dog Blues
- Original Blues
- Frisco Blues
Willie Walker
- Dupree Blues
- South Carolina Rag (tk. 1)
- South Carolina Rag (tk. 2)

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD 5062 (Austria 1991)

123

1991

Papa Charlie Jackson: Volume 3: September 1928 to November 1934
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order

- Good Doing Papa Blues
- Ma And Pa Poorhouse Blues (duet with Ma Rainey)
- Big Feeling Blues (duet with Ma Rainey)
- Jungle Man Blues
- Corn Liquor Blues
- Don't Break Down On Me
- Baby Please Loan Me Your Heart
- Dentist Chair Blues - part 1 (duet with Hattie McDaniels)
- Dentist Chair Blues - part 2 (duet with Hattie McDaniels)
- Hot Papa Blues - no. 2
- We Can't Buy It No More
- Tailor Made Lover
- Take Me Back Blues no. 2
- 'Tain't What You Do But How You Do It
- Forgotten Blues
- Papa Do Do Do Blues
- I'll Be Gone Babe
- Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It - Part I
- Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It - Part Ii
- You Got That Wrong
- Self Experience
- Skoodle-Um-Skoo
- If I Got What You Want
- What's That Thing She's Shaking?
- You Put It In, I'll Take It Out

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD 5089 (Austria 1991)

124

1991

The Paramount Piano Blues 1928-32, Vol. 1

- Evil Woman Blues - James Wiggins
- Forty-Four Blues - James Wiggins
- Chain 'Em Down - James Wiggins
- Lousianna Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett
- Mississippi Blues - Charlie Spand
- Moanin' The Blues - Charlie Spand
- Hastings Street - Charlie Spand
- Pitchin' Boogie - Baby Jay
- Heifer Dust - William Ezell
- Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown
- Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
- Dearborn St. Breakdown - Charles Avery
- All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson
- By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery<
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery<
- Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams

Black Swan HCD-11 (US 1991)

124a

199?

Too Late, Too Late Blues Vol. 1
Newly Discovered Titles & Alternative Takes

Blind Blake
- Early Morning Blues (3057-2)
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Lock Step Blues (20750)
- Hangman's Blues (20751-2)
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham (tk. 3)
Bessie Tucker
- My Man Has Quit Me (tk. 2)
Memphis Jug Band
- Stealin', Stealin' (tk. 3)
Willie Baker
- Weak-Minded Woman (14782 - Test)
Rev. D C Rice
- Will They Welcome Me There?
Charlie Spand
- Levee Camp Man (-6) (breakdown)
- Mississippi Blues (-v6)
Robert Peeples
- Worry Blues
Charley Patton
- I Shall Not Be Moved (tk. 2)
Big Bill Broonzy
- Bow Leg Baby
Frank Brasswell
- Mountain Girl Blues (16575)
Memphis Minnie
- Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues (tk. B)
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Do It Some More
Kansas City Kitty
- Knife Man Blues
Bo Carter (Bo Chatman)
- New Auto Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Worried In Mind Blues
'Kansas Joe' Mccoy
- Meat Cutter Blues (alt tk)
- What's The Matter With You?
Memphis Minnie
- Reachin' Pete (tk. B)
Kokomo Arnold
- Milk Cow Blues No. 5
Memphis Minnie
- Running And Dodging Blues (tk. 2 - Test)
Little Buddy Doyle
- Slick Capers Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- The Victim Of Love

notes by Roger Misiewicz

Document DOCD 5150 (Austria 1994)

125

1994

Too Late Too Late Vol. 2 (1897-1935)
More Newly Discovered Titles & Alternative Takes

Cousins & De Moss
- Pour Mourner
Jim Jackson
- Jim Jackson's Affinity (negro Vaudeville Sketch)
Unknown
- Turkey In The Straw (negro Shout)
Male Quartette
- Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield
Blind Blake
- West Coast Blues (2669)
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (tk. 1)
Booker Orchestra
- Salty Dog
Bantley & Williams
- Big Fat Mamma
Rev. Moses Mason
- John The Baptist
- Go Wash In The Beautiful Stream (tk 2)
Ma Rainey
- Traveling Blues (tk 2)
Charley Patton
- Lord I'm Discouraged
- I'm Goin' Home
Gene Campbell
- Toby Woman Blues
- Turned Out Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jelly Killed Old Sam
- The Faults Of All Women And Men
Kansas Joe
- I'm Going Crazy
- Dresser Drawer Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- Ground Hog Blues No. 2 [Victor 23365]
- Little Old Mama Blues [Victor 23365]
Joshua White
- Broad Players Blues
- Big House Blues
Bo Carter
- Backache Blues (82610)
- Nobody Knows My Baby
Kokomo Arnold
- Policy Wheel Blues (90158)

notes by Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD 5216 (Austria 1994)

125a

199?

Elzadie Robinson Vol. 1 (1926-1928)

- Humming Blues
- Barrel House Man (tk. 1 & 2)
- Sawmill Blues (tk. 1 & 2)
- Houston Blues
- 2.16 Blues
- Galveston Blues
- Troubled With The Blues
- Baltimore Blues
- Back Door Blues
- Whiskey Blues
- Tick Tock Blues
- Hour Behind The Sun
- Santa Claus Crave
- St. Louis Cyclone Blues
- You Ain't The Last Man
- Love Crazy Man
- Pay Day Daddy Blues
- Elzadie's Policy Blues (2 takes)
- Pay Day Daddy Blues

Document DOCD 5248 (Austria 199?)

126

1995

Suitcase Full of Blues

- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Ramblin' Man - Ramblin' Thomas
- Going Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home - Gus Cannon
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
- Rambler Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Up the Way Bound - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams
- Slidin' Delta - Tommy Johnson
- Down the Country - Leola B. Wilson
- M and O Blues - Willie Brown
- Georgia Bound - Blind Blake
- Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Sunshine Special - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Illinois Blues - Skip James
- I Wonder to Myself - Tommy Johnson
- Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Suitcase Full of Blues - Ishman Bracey

cover art by Tony Mostrom

Black Swan HCD-23 (US 1995)

126a

1996

The Blues Collection Vol. 84 - East Coast Blues

Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band
- Wash-Board Cut Out
Julius Daniels
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues [Victor 20658]
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Luke Jordan
- If I Call You Mama
Jack Gowdlock
- Poor Jane Blues
Peg Leg Howell & Eddie Anthony
- Turkey Buzzard Blues
Luke Jordan
- Pick Poor Robin Clean
Jack Gowdlock
- Rollin' Dough Blues
Julius Daniels & Bubba Lee Torrence
- Slippin' And Slidin' Up The Golden Street [Victor 20499]
Luke Jordan
- Tom Brown Sits In His Prison Cell
Blind Blake
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- Walking And Looking Blues
Boy Green
- Play My Juke Box
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Carolina Blues
Gabriel Brown
- Down In The Bottom
Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield Seth Richard(s)
- Gas Ration Blues
Marylin Scott
- I Got What My Daddy Likes
Boy Green
- A And B Blues
Sunny Jones
- Don't Want Pretty Women
Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield Seth Richard(s)
- Tampa Blues

prod. by Tony Russell; remastering: John R.T. Davis

booklet notes by Tony Russell

Orbis BLU NC084

126b

1996

Raggin' The Blues - East Coast Blues

Julius Daniels
- Crow Jane Blues
Blind Blake
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues
- Pick Poor Robin Clean
- Cocaine Blues
William Moore
- Barbershop Rag
- Old Country Rock
- Raggin' The Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Every Day In The Week Blues
Tarter & Gay
- Brownie Blues
- Unknown Blues
Willie Walker
- Dupree Blues 1
- South Carolina Rag
Josh White
- Good Gal
- Low Cotton
- Blood Red River
Blind Gary Davis
- I'm Throwin' Up My Hands
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues
Carl Martin
- Farewell To You Baby
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Crow Jane
- Old Time Blues
Brownie McGhee
- Picking My Tomatoes
- Dealing With The Devil

Indigo IGOCD 2044 (UK 1996)

127

1996

Blind Blake: The Master of Ragtime Guitar
The Essential Recordings

- Police Dog Blues
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- Guitar Chimes
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- Sweet Jivin' Mama
- West Coast Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Too Tight
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
- One Time Blues
- That Will Happen No More
- Sea Board Stomp
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Wabash Rag
- Hastings Street
- C.C. Pills
- Hot Potatoes
- Southbound Rag
- Panther Squall Blues
- Cold Hearted Mama Blues
- Sweet Papa Low Down
- Poker Woman Blues
- Doing a Stretch

notes by Les Fancourt

Indigo IGOCD 2046 (UK 1996)

127a

1997

Paramount Blues Hometown Skiffle
From the Paramount collection of Gayle Dean Wardlow

Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Bustin' The Jug
- Crazy About My Baby
Buddy Boy Hawkins
- A Rag Blues
- Snatch It And Grab It
"The Paramount All Stars" featuring Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Will Ezell, Charlie Spand, The Hokum Boys, Papa Charlie Jackson
- Hometown Skiffle - Part 1
- Hometown Skiffle - Part 2
Beale Street Sheiks
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It
- Jazzin The Blues
Tampa Red
- Through Train Blues
Charlie Spand
- Fetch Your Water
- Soon This Morning
Dad Nelson
- Cleveland Stomp
Blind Blake
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
Johnnie Head
- Fare Thee Blues Part 1
Papa Charlie Jackson
- Forgotten Blues
Blind Blake
- Southern Rag
Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Guitar Boogie
- New York Blues
Will Ezell
- Just Can't Stay Here

Black Swan HCD-30 (US 1997)

128

1998

Too Late Too Late Vol. 10 (1926-1951)

Three Bad Habits (1920's)
- Three Bad Habit Blues
Blind Blake (1926)
- West Coast Blues (3056-2)
Jacksonville Harmony Trio (1927)
Why Did You Leave Me Alone?
- I Wonder
Hattie Burleson (1928)
Jim Nappy (tk. b)
Ramblin' Thomas (1928)
- Hard Dallas Blues (tk. 4) (21018-4)
Blind Blake (1929)
- Diddie Wa Diddie (15459- -)
Charlie Spand (1930)
- Big Fat Mama Blues (tk. 2)
Bill Williams (1930)
- No Good Buddy (tk. 1)
Ivory Joe Hunter (1933)
- Stackolee
Camp Actonjive Cats (c. 1938)
- If You're A Viper
Stanford Mosby (c.1938)
- Hicky Ricky
Sonny Terry (1938)
- Lost John (2494-a)
Big Boy (1941)
- John Henry
Nashville Washboard Band (1942)
- Deary, Don't Be Angry
- Kohoma Blues
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
- Going Away To Make It Lonesome Here
- Arkansas Traveler
Theopolis Stokes (1942)
Washboard Solos: - Breakdown Tempo - Blues Tempo - Swing Tempo
Thomas James Carroll (1942)
- Bullfiddle, Cord-Can-One-String Tuning And Interview
James Kelly - Tom Carroll (1942)
- Solo (Bye Bye Blues)
Big Joe Williams (1947)
- Baby, Please Don't Go (tk. -ng)
Ralph Willis (1951)
- Too Late To Scream And Shout Hoodoo Man

notes by Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD 5601 (Austria 1998)

128a

199?

Robert Wilkins: 1928 - 35
Complete Recordings in Chronological Order

Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone - Part 1
- Rolling Stone - Part 2
- Jail House Blues
- I Do Blues
- That's No Way To Get Along
- Alabama Blues
- Long Train Blues
- Falling Down Blues
- Nashville Stonewall Blues
- Police Sergeant Blues
- Get Away Blues
- I'll Go With Her Blues
- Dirty Deal Blues
- Black Rat Blues
- New Stock Yard Blues
- Old Jim Canan's
- Losin' Out Blues

CD bonus tracks:
Gus Cannon
- Jonestown Blues
- Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
- Madison Street Rag
- Jazz Gypsy Blues
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
- My Money Never Runs Out

Wolf WSE-111 (Austria 1983)

(=) Wolf CD WSE 108 "Memphis Blues"

129

1999

Blind Blake: Georgia Bound

- West Coast Blues (tk 2)
- Goodbye Mama Moan
- Notoriety Woman Blues
- Georgia Bound Blake
- Come On Boys, Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Walkin' Across The Country
- Southern Rag
- Rumblin' And Ramblin'
- Fightin' The Jug
- Too Tight Blues No. 2
- Chump Man Blues
- Guitar Chimes
- Rope Stretching Blues, Part 1
- No Dough Blues
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- That Lovin' I Crave
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues, Part 2
- Leavin' Gal Blues
- Police Dog Blues
- Seaboard Stomp
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues
- Slippery Rag
- One Time Blues

notes by Dave Moore

Catfish KATCD 129 (UK 1999)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

129a

1999

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

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

disc 2:
Broke & Hungry Blues
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
- No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
- Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell
- Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins
- Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery

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

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

4 CD set
40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser

Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)

130

2000

The Best of Blind Blake
Classic Recordings of the 1920s

- Southern Rag
- Georgia Bound
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- Too Tight Blues No. 2
- Dry Bone Shuffle
- Rope Stretching Blues Part 1
- Panther Squall Blues
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Seaboard Stomp
- No Dough Blues
- West Coast Blues
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues
- Come On Boys, Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Wabash Rag
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Diddie Wa Diddie No. 2
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Ice Man Blues
- Doggin' Me Mama Blues
- Chump Man Blues
- Guitar Chimes
- Early Morning Blues

compiled by Richard Nevins

Yazoo CD 2058 (US 2000)

130a

2000

The Great Race Record Labels, Vol. 1: Paramount Records

- Blind Arthur's Breakdown - Blind Blake
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1 - Son House
- Salty Dog Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Drunken Spree - Skip James
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Little Low Mama Blues - Ma Rainey
- High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton
- Pratt City - Jabo Williams
- St. Louis Cyclone Blues - Elzadie Robinson
- Mecca Flat Blues - Priscilla Stewart
- Farrell Blues - Henry "Son" Sims
- Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand
- Ramblin' Mind Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Down In The Basement Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jake Liquor Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Gus Cannon
- Mr. Man, Pt. 1 - Ida Cox
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Blind Teddy Darby
- Off The Wall - Louise Johnson
- Honey Bee Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
- West Coast Rag - William Ezell
- Ridin' Horse - Tommy Johnson
- Midnight Blues - Gary Moore

artwork by "Slim" Hugh Harwood

notes (June 2000) by Dave Moore

Catfish KATCD 160 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

130b

2001

East Coast Blues

disc 1:
- Crow Jane - Julius Daniels
- My Mamma Was A Sailor - Julius Daniels
- Georgia Stomp - Andrew And Jim Baxter
- Shake That Shimmy - Blind Boy Fuller with Floyd Council
- Poor And Ain't Got A Dime - Floyd Council
- Blood Red River Blues - Josh White
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson
- Won't You Be Kind - Luke Jordan
- Long And Tall - Kokomo Arnold
- George Rag - Blind Willie McTell
- Waycross Georgia Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Next Door Man - Georgia Browns
- Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More - Curley Weaver
- You Got To Give Me Some Of It - Buddy Moss/Josh White
- Daddy Don't Care - Buddy Moss
- Me And My Dog Blues - Brownie McGhee
- Let's Have A New Deal - Carl Martin
- Champagne Charlie Is My Name - Blind Blake
- Please Ma'am - Peg Leg Howell
- Ball And Chain Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Georgia Crawl - Henry Williams/Eddie Anthony
- Ragtime Millionaire - William Moore
- Barbershop Rag - William Moore

disc 2:
- South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Royal Palm Special Blues - Sloppy Henry
- Long, Tall Disconnected Mama - Sloppy Henry
- Decatur Street Drag - Guy Lumpkin
- Chain Gang Trouble - Charlie Lincoln
- Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln
- Rag Baby - Willie Baker
- Rolling Mama - Fred McMullen
- Poor Stranger Blues - Fred McMullen
- Hot Jelly Roll - George Carter
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- Come On In Here Mama - Richard And Welly Trice
- Trembling Bed Spring Blues - Richard And Welly Trice
- Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown - Sonny Terry
- Georgia Skin - Walter Beasley
- Southern Man Blues - Walter Beasley
- Unknown Blues - Tarter And Gay
- Brownie Blues - Tarter And Gay
- Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson
- Tampa Blues - Skoodle Dum Doo And Sheffield

2 CD set
notes by Keith Briggs

Catfish KATCD 178 (UK 2001)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

130b

2001

Prison Blues

- Chain Gang Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Big Rock Jail - Ed Bell
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Jim Jackson
- Prison Blues - Alice Moore, Ike Rodgers
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Christmas In Jail, Ain't That A Pain - Leroy Carr
- Penitentiary Bound Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Midnight Special - Leadbelly
- County Jail Special - Champion Jack Dupree
- The County Farm Blues - Mae Glover, James Parker
- New Prison Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- DeKalb Chain Gang - Fred McMullen
- The County Farm Blues - Bo Carter
- Alabama Prison Blues - Jesse Wadley
- County Jail - Big Maceo, Tampa Red
- Crime Don't Pay - Merline Johnson
- County Jail Blues - "Funny Paper" Smith
- Big House Bound - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- Doin' A Stretch - Blind Blake, Alex Robinson
- Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White, Washboard Sam
- Prisoner Bound - Frank Busby, Honey Hill

Catfish KATCD 179 (UK 2001)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

131

9/2002

Blind Blake - the essential

disc 1
- West Coast Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Hastings Street
- I Was Afraid Of That Part 2 (with The Hokum Boys)
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues
- Sea Board Stomp
- Panther Squall Blues
- Pay Day Daddy Blues (with Elzadie Robinson)
- Police Dog Blues
- Champagne Charlie Is My Name
- Goodbye Mama Moan
- Southern Rag
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Come On Boys, Let's Do The Messin' Around
- Let Your Love Come Down (with Bertha Henderson)
- Hard Pushing Papa
- Hot Potatoes

disc 2
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Southbound Rag
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- Lead Hearted Blues (with Bertha Henderson)
- Detroit Bound Blues
- Third Degree Blues
- Poker Woman Blues
- Doing A Stretch
- Wabash Rag
- Depression's Done From Me Blues
- Rope Stretchin' Blues Part 1
- Rope Stretchin' Blues Part 2
- Elzadie's Policy Blues (with Elzadie Robinson)
- That Will Never Happen No More
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Too Tight Blues No. 2
- Lonesome Christmas Blues
- Skeedle Loo Doo

2 CD set
notes by Pat Harrison

Classic Blues/Document CBL 200035 (US 9/2002) (The Essential 8)

132

2003

Blind Blake
All The Published Sides

disc 1: 1927
- Dying Blues
- Ashley St. Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- West Coast Blues
- West Coast Blues
- West Coast Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Too Tight
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Tampa Bound
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
- Stonewall Street Blues
- State Street Men Blues
- Down The Country
- Black Biting Bee Blues
- Wilson Dam
- Bucktown Blues
- Black Dog Blues
- One Time Blues

disc 2: 1928
- Bad Feelin' Blues
- Dry Bone Shuffle
- Dry Bone Shuffle
- Dry Bone Shuffle
- That Will Happen No More
- Brownskin Mama Blues (tk. 1)
- Brownskin Mama Blues (tk. 2)
- Hard Road Blues
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues
- Sea Board Stomp
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Steel Mill Blues
- Southern Rag
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Wabash Rag
- Doggin' Me Mama Blues
- C C Pill Blues
- Hot Potatoes
- Southbound Rag
- Pay Day Daddy Blues
- Elzadie's Policy Blues

disc 3
- Good-Bye Mama Moan
- Tootie Blues
- That Lovin' I Crave
- That Lonesome Rave
- Terrible Murder Blues
- Leavin' Gal Blues
- No Dough Blues
- Lead Hearted Blues
- Let Your Love Come Down
- Rumblin' and Ramblin' Boa Constrictor Blues
- Bootleg Rum Dum Blues
- Detroit Bound Blues
- Beulah Land
- Panther Squall Blues
- Elzadie's Policy Blues
- Pay Day Daddy Blues
- Walkin' Across The Country
- Search Warrant Blues
- Rambin' Mama Blues
- New Style Of Loving
- Back Door Slam Blues
- Notoriety Woman Blues
- Cold Hearted Mama Blues
- Low Down Loving Gal
- Sweet Papa Low Down

disc 4
- Poker Woman Blues
- Doing A Stretch
- Fightin' The Jug
- Hookworm Blues
- Slippery Rag
- Hastings St.
- Diddie Wah Diddie
- Diddie Wah Diddie
- Too Tight Blues No. 2
- Chump Man Blues
- Ice Man Blues
- Police Dog Blues
- I Was Afraid of That Part 2
- Georgia Bound
- Keep It Home
- Keep It Home
- Sweet Jivin' Mama
- Lonesome Christmas Blues
- Third Degree Blues

disc 5: 1932
- Guitar Chimes
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- Baby Lou Blues
- Cold Love Blues
- Papa Charlie and Blind Blake Talk About It, Part 1
- Papa Charlie and Blind Blake Talk About It, Part 2
- Stingaree Man Blues
- Itching Heel
- You've Got What I Want
- Cherry Hill Blues
- Diddie Wah Diddie, No. 2
- Hard Pushin' Papa
- What A Lowdown Place The Jailhouse Is
- Ain't Gonna Do That No More
- Playing Policy Blues
- Righteous Blues
- Fancy Tricks
- Rope Stretchin' Blues, Part 2
- Rope Stretchin' Blues, Part 1
- Rope Stretchin' Blues, Part 1
- Chapagne Charlie Is My Name
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues

5 CD set
notes by Drew Kent

JSP JSPCD 7714 (UK 2003)

132a

2003

Down In The Basement
Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937

- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill
- The (New) Call Of The Freaks - Luis Russell & His Orchestra
- The School House Fire - Dixon Brothers
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- You Got To Go Down - Blind Gary
- The Old Ark's A'Moving - A.A. Gray And Seven-Foot Dilly
- Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four
- Keep It Clean - Charley Jordan
- Get The "L" On Down The Road - Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band
- I Got A Bulldog - Sweet Brothers & Ernest Stoneman
- Old Hen Cackle - Colman & Harper
- Song From A Cotton Field - Bessie Brown
- Atlanta Bound - Gene Autry
- Easy Rider Blues - Soileau And Robin
- Hot Lips - Bill Brown And His Brownies
- Uncle Dave's Beloved Solo - Uncle Dave Macon
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand
- Ain't That Trouble In Mind - Fields Ward & The Grayson County Railsplitters
- Give The World A Smile - The Corley Family
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long Cleve Reed And Little Harvey Hull (Down Home Boys)
- Hot Town - Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra
- Paddlin' Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Plow Boy Hop - Grinnell Giggers

compiled by Marshall Wyatt

Old Hat RCD-1004 (US 2003)

www.oldhatrecords.com

133

2003

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 1
2004 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Blind Blake
- No Job Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Rising High Water Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Down The Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Death Cell Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Rough Rugged Road - Bumble Bee Slim
- Dry Spell Blues - Son House
- Bad Feeling Blues - Blind Blake
- Beale Town Bound - The Beale Street Sheiks
- Black Snake Dream - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Dead Drunk Blues - Ma Rainey

Supplementary CD tracks:
- I Want Someone To Love Me - Tommy Johnson
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill

restored by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (rel. 2003, for 2004)

Blues Images CD BIM-101 (US 2003) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (for 2004)

Blues Images calendar discography

134

2004

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 2
2005 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Drunken Spree - Skip James
- My Black Mama Parts 1 & 2 - Son House
- Blues, Oh Blues - Ma Rainey
- Jungle Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - Jaydee Short
- Depressions Gone From Me Blues - Blind Blake
- Midnight Hour Blues - Ida Cox
- Half Cup Of Tea - Beale Street Sheiks
- Christmas Eve Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- My Buddy, Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon Hill
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- You Gotta Have That Thing - Memphis Jug Band
- Bottle It Up And Go - Memphis Jug Band

restored by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (rel. 2004, for 2005)

Blues Images CD BIM-102 (US 2004) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (for 2005)

Blues Images calendar discography

135

2004

Blind Blake

- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Goodbye Mama Moan
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- Black Biting Bee Blues
- Seaboard Stomp
- Bad Feeling Blues
- Police Dog Blues
- Let Your Love Come Down
- I Was Afraid Of That
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues
- Wilson Dam
- Sweet Papa Low Down
- Hard Pushing Papa
- Itching Heel
- Poker Woman Blues
- One Time Blues
- That'll Never Happen No More
- Down The Country Blues
- Playing Policy Blues
- Black Dog Blues

Black Swan BSCD-42 (US 2004)

135a

2004

Back 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 (2:5()
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)

prod. by Elijah Wald; remastered from original 78 recordings by Richard Nevins
cover illustration by Robert Van Nutt

Yazoo CD 2070 (US 2004)

136

2005

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 3
2006 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- Love My Stuff - Charley Patton
- M&O Blues - Willie Brown
- He Calls That Religion - Mississippi Sheiks
- Champagne Charlie's My Name - Blind Blake
- Lost Man Blues - Ida Cox
- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- War Time Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ma Rainey
- Skoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Christmas In Jail - Leroy Carr

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James

restored by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 3 (rel. 2005, for 2006)

Blues Images CD BIM-103 (US 2005) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 3 (for 2006)

180 g LP

(=) Hi Horse Records HHO #3 (US 2015) (no calendar!)

HHO #3 @ Blues Images

Blues Images calendar discography

136a

2005

Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926 - 1937

disc 1:
- The Spasm - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
- Tanner's Boarding House - Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett
- Don't Think I'm Santa Claus - Lil McClintock
- Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
- Jimbo Jambo Land - Shorty Godwin
- Gonna Swing On The Golden Gate - Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers
- Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
- Bye, Bye, Policeman - Jim Jackson
- The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom - Walter Smith
- Bow Wow Blues - Allen Brothers
- Beans - Beans Hambone & El Morrow
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe # 1 and David Crockett
- Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music
- Ain't No Use Working So Hard - Carolina Tar Heels
- Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean - Walter Cole
- C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken - Kirk McGee & Blythe Poteet
- My Money Never Runs Out - Banjo Joe
- Railroadin' Some - Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
- Traveling Man - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
- Baby All Night Long - Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
- Born In Hard Luck - Chris Bouchillon
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Sheiks

disc 2:
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Chevrolet Car - Sam McGee
- It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers
- Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Atlanta Strut - Blind Sammie
- Go Along Mule - Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers
- Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- I Got Mine - Frank Stokes
- Hannah - Chris Bouchillon
- Adam & Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
- Mysterious Coon - Alec Johnson & His Band
- Her Name Was Hula Lou - Carolina Tar Heels
- Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
- Scoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough - Walter Smith
- Shout You Cats - Hezekiah Jenkins
- Nobody's Business If I Do - Tommie Bradley
- Sweet Sixteen - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
- Ticklish Reuben - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop - Jim Jackson
- Shine - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
- The Gypsy - Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers
- Kiss Me Cindy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

2 CD set
notes by Marshall Wyatt & Bengt Olsson

Old Hat CD 1005 (US 2005)

137

2006

The Best of Blind Blake
Great Ragtime Blues Guitar

- Too Tight Blues
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Come On Boys, Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Police Dog Blues
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- One Time Bluesnd Blake
- Black Dog Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Seaboard Stomp
- Sweet Jivin' Mama
- Hastings Street
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
- Rope Stretching Blues
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- C.C. Pill Blues
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- Southern Rag
- Chump Man Blues

remastered by Phil York

notes by Roy C. Ames

Collectables CD COL-5576

137a

2006

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 4
2007 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Gonna Move To Alabama - Charley Patton
- Texas Blues - Marshall Owens
- 'fore Day Creep - Ida Cox
- Black Snake Moan No. 2 - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Jazzin' The Blues - Beale Street Sheiks
- Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand
- Chain Gang Bound - Bumble Bee Slim
- Don't Wake It Up - Mississippi Sheiks
- Blues The World Forgot - parts I & II - Ma Rainey
- Lonesome Christmas Blues - Blind Blake

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens
- Stingaree Man Blues - Chocolate Brown
- Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House
- Clarksdale Moan - Son House

restored by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 4 (rel. 2006, for 2007)

Blues Images CD BIM-104 (US 2006) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 4 (for 2007)

Blues Images calendar discography

138

2007

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

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

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

restored by Richard Nevins

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

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

Blues Images calendar discography

139

2008

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 6
2009 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Night & Day Blues - Blind Blake
- Milk Cow Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Shake It And Break It - Charley Patton
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader - Skip James
- Home Town Skiffle Parts 1 & 2 - Paramount All Stars
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Worried Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cherry Ball Blues - Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- Graveyard Dream Blues - Ida Cox
- Nightmare - Elgar's Creole Orchestra
- The Death Of Blind Lemon - Rev Emmett Dickenson
- Death May Be Your Christmas Present - Rev. AW Nix

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Sun To Sun - Blind Blake
- The Laffing Rag - Ben Curry
- Hot Dog - Ben Carry
- Home Town Skiffle - Paramount All Stars
- Alcohol And Jake Blues - Tommy Johnson

restored by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 6 (rel. 2008, for 2009)

Blues Images CD BIM-106 (US 2008) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 6 (for 2009)

Blues Images calendar discography

140

2008

Blind Blake: Southern Rag

- West Coast Blues (tk. 2)
- Goodbye Mama Moan
- Notoriety Woman Blues
- Georgia Bound
- Come On Boys Lets Do That Messin' Around
. Walkin' Across The Country
- Southern Rag
- Rumblin' And Ramblin' Boa Constrictor Blues
- Fighting The Jug
- Too Tight Blues No 2
- Chump Man Blues
- Guitar Chimes
- Rope Stretchin Blues Part 1
- No Dough Blues
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- That Lovin' I Crave
- Skeedle Loo Doo Part 2
- Leavin' Gal Blues
- Police Dog Blues
- Sea Board Stomp
- Depression's Gone Form Me Blues
- Slippery Rag
- One Time Blues

Snapper SNAP 552 (UK 2008)

141

2008

Blind Blake: The Complete Recordings

disc 1:
Leola B. Wilson - Dying Blues
Leola B. Wilson - Ashley St. Blues
Blind Blake - Early Morning Blues
Blind Blake - West Coast Blues
Blind Blake - West Coast Blues (tk 1)
Blind Blake - West Coast Blues (tk 2)
Blind Blake - Early Morning Blues (tk 1)
Blind Blake - Early Morning Blues (tk 2)
Blind Blake - Too Tight
Blind Blake - Blake's Worried Blues
Blind Blake - Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (tk 1)
Blind Blake - Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (tk 2)
Blind Blake - Tampa Bound
Blind Blake - Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (tk 1)
Blind Blake - Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (tk 2)
Blind Blake - Stonewall Street Blues
Ma Rainey - Morning Hour Blues
Leola B. Wilson - State Street Men Blues
Leola B. Wilson - Down the Country
Leola B. Wilson - Black Biting Bee Blues
Leola B. Wilson - Wilson Dam
Ma Rainey - Little Low Mama Blues
Ma Rainey - Grievin' Hearted Blues
Blind Blake - Buck-Town Blues
Blind Blake - Black Dog Blues
Blind Blake - One Time Blues

disc 2:
Blind Blake - Bad Feelin' Blues
Blind Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle (tk 1)
Blind Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle (tk 2)
Blind Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle (tk 3)
Blind Blake - That Will Never Happen No More
Blind Blake - Brownskin Mama Blues (tk 1)
Blind Blake - Brownskin Mama Blues (tk 2)
Blind Blake - Hard Road Blues
Blind Blake - Hey Hey Daddy Blues
Blind Blake - Sea Board Stomp
Blind Blake - You Gonna Quit Me Blues
Blind Blake - Steel Mill Blues
Blind Blake - Southern Rag
Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon) - Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon) - Madison Street Rag
Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon) - Jazz Gypsy Blues
Blind Blake - He's In The Jailhouse Now
Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon) - Can You Blame The Colored man
Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon) - My Money Never Runs Out
Blind Blake - Wabash Rag
Blind Blake - Doggin' Me Mama Blues
Blind Blake - C. C. Pill Blues
Blind Blake - Hot Potatoes
Blind Blake - Southbound Rag
Elzadie Robinson - Pay Day Daddy Blues
Elzadie Robinson - Elzadie's Policy Blues

disc 3:
Blind Blake - Goodbye Mama Moan
Blind Blake - Tootie Blues
Blind Blake - That Lovin' I Crave
Bertha Henderson - That Lonesome Rave
Bertha Henderson - Terrible Murder Blues
Bertha Henderson - Leavin' Gal Blues
Blind Blake - No Dough Blues
Bertha Henderson - Lead Hearted Blues
Bertha Henderson - Let Your Love Come Down
Blind Blake - Rumblin' And Ramblin' Boa Constrictor Blues
Blind Blake - Bootleg Rum Dum Blues
Blind Blake - Detroit Bound Blues
Daniel Brown - Beulah Land
Blind Blake - Panther Squall Blues
Elzadie Robinson - Elzadie's Policy Blues
Elzadie Robinson - Pay Day Daddy Blues
Blind Blake - Walkin' Across The Country
Blind Blake - Search Warrant Blues
Blind Blake - Ramblin' Mama Blues
Blind Blake - New Style Of Loving
Blind Blake - Back Door Slam Blues
Blind Blake - Notoriety Woman Blues
Blind Blake - Cold Hearted Mama Blues
Blind Blake - Low Down Loving Gal
Blind Blake - Sweet Papa Low Down

disc 4:
Charlie Spand - Soon This Morning Blues
Charlie Spand - Fetch Your Water
Blind Blake - Poker Woman Blues
Blind Blake - Doing A Stretch
Blind Blake - Fightin' The Jug
Blind Blake - Hookworm Blues
Blind Blake - Slippery Rag
Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues
Charlie Spand - Back To The Woods Blues
Blind Blake - Hastings St.
Blind Blake - Diddie Wah Diddie (alt tk)
Blind Blake - Diddie Wah Diddie
Blind Blake - Too Tight Blues, No. 2
Blind Blake - Chump Man Blues
Blind Blake - Ice Man Blues
Blind Blake - Police Dog Blues
Blind Blake - I Was Afraid Of That, Part 2
Blind Blake - Georgia Bound
Blind Blake - Keep It Home (tk 1)
Blind Blake - Keep It Home (tk 2)
Blind Blake - Sweet Jivin' Mama
Blind Blake - Lonesome Christmas Blues
Blind Blake - Third Degree Blues
Blind Blake - Guitar Chimes
Blind Blake - Blind Arthur's Breakdown

disc 5:
The Paramount All Stars - Hometown Skiffle Part I (tk 1)
The Paramount All Stars - Hometown Skiffle Part I (tk 2)
Blind Blake - Baby Lou Blues
Blind Blake - Cold Love Blues
Papa Charlie Jackson & Blind Blake - Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It, Part 1
Papa Charlie Jackson & Blind Blake - Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It, Part 2
Chocolate Brown - Stingaree Man Blues
Chocolate Brown - Itching Heel
Chocolate Brown - You've Got What I Want
Chocolate Brown - Cherry Hill Blues
Blind Blake - Diddie Wah Diddie, No. 2
Blind Blake - Hard Pushing Papa
Blind Blake - What A Lowdown Place The Jailhouse Is
Blind Blake - Ain't Gonna Do That No More
Blind Blake - Playing Policy Blues
Blind Blake - Righteous Blues
Laura Rucker - Fancy Tricks
Blind Blake - Rope Stretchin' Blues, Part 2
Blind Blake - Rope Stretchin' Blues, Part 1 (tk 1)
Blind Blake - Rope Stretchin' Blues, Part 1 (tk 2)
Blind Blake - Night And Day Blues
Blind Blake - Sun To Sun
Blind Blake - Chapagne Charlie Is My Name
Blind Blake - Depression's Gone From Me Blues

5 CD set

P-Vine PCD-18539/43 (Jp 2008)

141a

2008

The Best of Blind Blake

- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- Police Dog Blues
- West Coast Blues (tk 1)
- Dry Bone Shuffle (tk 2)
- Too Tight Blues No. 2
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (tk 2)
- Bad Feeling Blues
- Let Your Love Come Down - Bertha Henderson
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Diddie Wa Diddie
- Early Morning Blues (tk 2)
- Fightin' The Jug
- Sweet Papa Low Down
- Sea Board Stomp
- Black Dog Blues
- Hastings St.
- One Time Blues
- Panther Squall Blues
- Georgia Bound
- Rope Strechin' Blues Part 1 (tk 2)

P-Vine PCD-15026 (Jp 2008)

= P-Vine PCD-20108 (Jp 2011)

142

2009

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 7
2010 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- High Water Everywhere Parts 1 & 2 - Charley Patton
- Hard Luck Child - Skip James
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Mojo Hand Blues - Ida Cox
- She's Crazy 'Bout Her Lovin' - Mississippi Sheiks
- The Death Of Holmes' Mule Parts 1 & 2 - Charlie Turner and Winston Holmes
- Slow Driving Moan - Ma Rainey
- Early Morning Blues - Blind Blake
- Coal Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Sawmill Moan - Ramblin' Thomas
- This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix! - Rev. J. Gordon McPherson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 1 - Frank Palmes
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 2 - Frank Palmes
- Married Man Blues - Test, tk. 2 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake
- Married Man Blues - Test, tk. 3 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake
- Doctor Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend
- Jack O' Diamonds-Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend

restored by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 7 (rel. 2009, for 2010)

Blues Images CD BIM-107 (US 2009) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 7 (for 2010)

Blues Images calendar discography

143

2009

Blind Blake: No Dough Blues

- West Coast Blues (2nd recording, tk 1)
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (tk 1)
- Dry Bone Shuffle (tk 2)
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues
- Sea Board Stomp
- Southern Rag
- He's In The Jailhouse Now
- Wabash Rag
- Doggin' Me Mama Blues
- No Dough Blues
- Panther Squall Blues
- Fightin' The Jug
- Early Morning Blues (2nd recording, tk 1)
- Chump Man Blues
- Georgia Bound
- Hastings St.
- I Was Afraid Of That - Part 2
- Ice Man Blues
- Too Tight Blues No. 2
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown
- Guitar Chimes Blues
- Diddie Wah Diddie No. 2
- Hard Pushing Papa
- Rope Stretchin' Blues - Part 1 (tk 2)
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues

remastered by Andrew Rose

Pristine Classical PABL 007

www.pristineclassical.com

144

2009

Blind Blake: Back Biting Bee Blues [sic]

- Dying Blues
- Ashley St. Blues
- West Coast Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Too Tight
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around
- Tampa Bound
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
- Stonewall Street Blues
- State Street Men Blues
- Down The Country
- Back Biting Bee Blues [sic]
- Wilson Dam
- Buck-Town Blues
- Black Dog Blues
- One Time Blues

Monk MK 313 LP (It 2009)

145

2011

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 9
2012 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 1 - Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 2 - Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band with Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxson (voc)
- Big Chief Blues - Furry Lewis
- Jinx Blues - Ora Brown
- Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker - Charley Patton
- Rope Stretchin' Blues - Parts I & II - Blind Blake
- Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Fogyism - Ida Cox
- Come On In (Ain't Nobody Here) - The Harum Scarums
- Evil Woman Spell - Charley Spand
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- Papa Don't Tear Your Pants - Papa Charlie Jackson
- In That Pearly White City Above - Blind Joel Taggart

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Precious Lord - Blind Joel Taggart
- Little Black Train - Blind Joel Taggart
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- Cartey Blues - Lane Hardin [Pacific P-100]
- Mr. Postman Blues - Jenny Pope
- Rent Man Blues - Jenny Pope

restored by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (rel. 2011, for 2012)

Blues Images CD BIM-109 (US 2011) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (for 2012)

Blues Calendar discography

146

2011

Arthur 'Blind' Blake: True Revolution

- Dying Blues (Leola B. Wilson & Blind Blake)
- Ashley St. Blues (Leola B. Wilson & Blind Blake)
- Early Morning Blues
- West Coast Blues
- West Coast Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around tk 2
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues tk 1
- Bad Feelin' Blues
- Dry Bone Shuffle tk 2
- That Will Never Happen No More
- Hard Road Blues
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues
- Sea Board Stomp
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
- Wabash Rag
- New Style Of Loving
- Too Tight Blues no. 2
- I Was Afraid Of That part 2
- Georgia Bound
- Guitar Chimes
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown

KRG 1026 (Jp 2011)

147

2012

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 10
2013 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Diddy Wah Diddy - Blind Blake
- What's The Matter With The Mill - Memphis Minnie
- Sow Good Seeds - Lil' McClintock
- Peach Orchard Mama - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Police Dog Blues - Blind Blake
- Snatch It Back Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Pig Meat Blues - Ardell Bragg
- Alabama Scratch - Parts 1 & 2 - Harum Scarum
- Frankie And Albert - Charley Patton
- Ice And Snow Blues - Clifford Gibson
- The Devil And God Meet At Church - Rev. Emmet Dickenson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Blind Willie Davis
- Trust In God And Do The Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Titanic Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- Fancy Tricks - Laura Rucker with Blind Blake
- Ocean Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam
- Y.M.V. Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone - tk 1 [unreleased] - Charley Patton
- Some Of These Days I'll be Gone - tk 2 [released] - Charley Patton

restored by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 10 (rel. 2012, for 2013)

Blues Images CD BIM-110 (US 2012) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 10 (for 2013)

Blues Calendar discography

148

2012

The Return of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

disc 1:
Alex Hood & His Railroad Boys - L And N Rag
Hambone Willie Newburn - Roll And Tumble Blues
Appalachia Vagabond (Hayes Shepherd) - Hard For To Love
Washington (Bukka) White - The Panama Limited
Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - John Henry Blues
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues
Carter Brothers & Son - Old Jaw Bone
B.F. Shelton - Oh Molly Dear
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere - Part 1
Ernest Stoneman & Kahle Brewer - Lonesome Road Blues
Ishman Bracey - Woman Woman Blues
Fiddling Powers & Family - Old Molly Hair
Ashley's Melody Men - Bath House Blues
Dennis McGee & Sady Courville - Mon Chere Bebe Creole
Willie Walker - Dupree Blues
Packie Dolan & His Boys - Irish Girl/Blue Breeches
Cartwright Brothers - Texas Ranger
L.O. Birkhead & A.E. Ward - Robinson County
Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
Lewis Brothers - Bull At The Wagon
Karola Stocha & S. Bachleda - Koscieliska
Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Stack-O-Lee
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies

disc 2:
Mississippi Possum Hunters - The Last Shot Got Him
George Edgin's Corn Dodgers - My Ozark Mountain Home
Henry Thomas - Charmin Betsey
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Milwaukee Blues
Eck Robertson & Family - Texas Wagoner
Joe Evans & Arthur McClain - Two White Horses
Leo Soileau & Mayuse Lafleur - Basile Waltz
Lottie Kimbrough - Rolling Log Blues
Luke Hignight & His Ozark Strutters - Fort Smith Breakdown
Carver Boys - Tim Brook
Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
J.P. Nester & Norman Edmonds - Train On The Island>
Tommy Johnson - Lonesome Home Blues
Orkiestra Majkuta - Wsciekla Polka
Lulu Jackson - Little Rosewood Casket
E. Mullaney & P. Stack - Maid In A Cherry Tree
Elder Golden P. Harris - I'll Lead A Christian Life
Fiddling Sam Long - Seneca Square Dance
Blind Blake - Sun To Sun Blues
Blue Ridge Mountain Singers - The Letter That Never Came
Charley Patton - Some These Days I'll Be Gone
Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - I'm A Long Time Traveling Away From Home

prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins
artwork by Drew Friedman

54-pp. booklet with stories and anecdotes of shellac collectors

Yazoo CD 2203 (US 9/2012)

Yazoo Records discography

149

9/2013

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 11
2014 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
Henry Thomas - Bull Doze Blues (Vocalion 1230)
Furry Lewis - Good Looking Girl Blues (Vocalion 1132)
Charley Patton - Mean Black Cat (Paramount 12943)
The Mississippi Sheiks - Crackin' Them Things (Okeh 8810)
Blind Blake - Miss Emma Liza (Paramount 13115)
Luella Miller - Rattlesnake Groan (Vocalion 1081)
Reverend E.W. Clayborn - Your Enemies Cannot Harm You, But Watch Your Close Friends (Vocalion 1082)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Long, Lonesome Blues (Paramount 12354)
Washboard Walter - She's A Long, Tall, Disconnected Mama (Paramount 12991)
Bessie Smith - Blue Spirit Blues (Columbia 14527)
Papa Charlie Jackson - Let's Get Along (Paramount 12358)
Mother McCollum - Jesus Is My Air-O-Plan (Vocalion 1616)

Supplementary CD tracks:
Blind Gussie Nesbitt - He's The Joy Of My Salvation (Decca 7113)
Blind Gussie Nesbitt - God Is Worried At Your Wicked Ways (Decca 7113)
Jim Thompkins - Bedside Blues (Brunswick 7200)
George Carter - Ghost Woman Blues (Paramount 12769)
George Carter - Weeping Willow (Paramount 12769)
Blind Percy And His Blind Band - Fourteenth Street Blues (Paramount 12584)
Blind Percy And His Blind Band - Coal River Blues (Paramount 12584)
Washboard Walter - Overall Cheater Blues (Paramount 12991)
Tenderfoot Edwards - When You Dream Of Muddy Water (Paramount 12952)
Tenderfoot Edwards - Up On The Hill Blues (Paramount 12952)
Blind Blake - Dissatisfied Blues (Paramount 13115)
Charley Patton - Magnolia Blues (Paramount 12943)

restored by Richard Nevins

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 11 (rel. 2013, for 2014)

Blues Images CD BIM-111 (US 2013) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 11 (for 2014)

Blues Calendar discography

150

2013

The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Blake
Reborn and Remastered

disc 1:
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown (3:00)
- He's In The Jailhouse Now (2:46)
- Police Dog Blues (2:53)
- Diddie Wah Diddie (2:58)
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues (2:45)
- West Coast Blues (3:14)
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues (3:11)
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (2:45)
- I Was Afraid Of That: Part 2 (3:16)
- Georgia Bound (3:23)
- Southern Rag (2:53)
- Bad Feelin' Blues (2:29)
- That Will Never Happen No More (3:03)
- Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (3:04)
- Doing A Stretch (2:38)
- Too Tight Blues No. 2 (2:56)
- Sweet Jivin' Mama (2:58)
- Dry Bone Shuffle (2:47)
- Poker Woman Blues (2:42)
- Righteous Blues (2:37)
- Sweet Papa Low Down (3:15)
- Sea Board Stomp (3:05)
- Guitar Chimes (3:02)
- Wabash Rag (2:54)

bonus disc "The Rough Guide to Ragtime Blues & Hokum"
Blind Willie McTell: Georgia (3:03)
Blind Boy Fuller: Mama Let Me Lay It On You (2:57)
Luke Jordan: Cocaine Blues (3:17)
William Moore: Ragtime Millionaire (3:10)
Big Bill Broonzy: Hokum Stomp (2:53)
Charley Patton: Hang It On The Wall (2:44)
Banjo Joe: My Money Never Runs Out (2:52)
Robert Wilkins: Old Jim Canan's (2:58)
Willie Walker: South Carolina Rag (3:09)
The Allen Brothers: Bow Wow Blues (3:22)
Buddy Boy Hawkins: How Come Mama Blues (3:03)
Will Ezel: West Coast Rag (2:46)
Papa Charlie Jackson: Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine (2:54)
Bayless Rose: Black Dog Blues (3:09)
Pink Anderson & and Simmie Dooley: Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad (3:00)
Robert Johnson: They're Red Hot (2:58)
Bessie Smith: Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out (2:59)
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones: Hokum Blues (3:14)
Bo Carter: She's Your Cook, But She Burns My Bread Sometimes (3:00)
Reverend Gary Davis: Lord I Wish I Could See (3:04)
William Harris: Hot Time Blues (2:54)
Bogus Ben Covington: Adam And Eve In The Garden (2:43)
Mississippi John Hurt: Candy Man Blues (2:47)
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Beggin' Back (2:50)

180 g LP + free MP3 download card
- Blind Arthur's Breakdown (3:00)
- He's In The Jailhouse Now (2:46)
- Police Dog Blues (2:53)
- Diddie Wah Diddie (2:58)
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues (2:45)
- West Coast Blues (3:14)

- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (2:45)
- I Was Afraid Of That: Part 2 (3:16)
- Southern Rag (2:53)
- Hey Hey Daddy Blues (3:11)
- That Will Never Happen No More (3:03)
- Too Tight Blues No. 2 (2:56)

compiled by Neil Record

2 CD set

World Music Network RGNET1303CD

180 g LP + MP3
notes by Rachel Jackson

(=) World Music Network RGNET1303LP

151

2015

20 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 13
2016 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- My Monday Blues - Jim Jackson
- When The War Was On - Blind Willie Johnson
- Walking Blues - Charlie Kyle
- Atlanta Moan - Barbecue Bob
- Boogie Woogie - Papa Charlie McCoy
- Some Cold Rainy Day - Curly Weaver and Ruth Willis
- Wabash Rag - Blind Blake
- 'Lectric Chair Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band
- Vampire Women - Spark Plug Smith
- Georgia Cake Walk - Ma Rainey
- The High Cost Of Sin - Black Billy Sunday

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Will You Spend Eternity In Hell - Black Billy Sunday
- Special Question Blues - Hattie Hyde
- T & N O Blues - Hattie Hyde
- No Baby - Charlie Kyle
- Country Guy Blues - Papa Charlie McCoy
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Tar Road Blues - Jaydee Short
- Flaggin' It To Georgia - Jaydee Short

restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 13 (rel. 2015, for 2016)

Blues Images CD BIM-113 (US 2015) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 13

Blues Images calendars discography

152

2017

American Epic: The Collection

disc 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley
- On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
- The Panama Limited - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys
- Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor
disc 2:
- My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates
- Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell
disc 3:
- Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores
- La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos
- Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters
- Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders
- If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman
- Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson
disc 4:
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys
- New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim
- Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey
- Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
- Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family
- Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James
disc 5:
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
- Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders
- Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
- Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
- Ghost Dance - Truett & George
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores
- Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips

"American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed."

5 CD set

American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)

153

10/2019

23 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 17
2020 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Got The Blues - B.B. King
- Blood Thirsty Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Baby Keeps Stealing Lovin' On Me - Mississippi Sheiks
- Howling Tom Cat Blues - Bo Carter
- Days Is Lonesome - Texas Alexander with the Mississippi Sheiks
- Ain't Gonna Stand For That - Charlie Spand
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Part 1 and Part 2 - Jim Jackson
- Ashley St. Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake
- Bad Luck Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight - Lonnie Johnson
- Shave 'Em Dry - Bessie Jackson
- Read Your A B C's - Mississippi Sarah and Daddy Stovepipe

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

restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team

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

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

Blues Images calendars discography

154

2019

It's The Best Stuff Yet

disc 1: Piedmont Come Down To Atlanta
Ruth Willis (with Blind Willie McTell) - Talkin' to You Wimmin' About The Blues
Ruth Willis - Merciful Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Mamma T'aint Long Fo' Day
Curley Weaver & Eddie Mapp - It's The Best Stuff Yet
Prince Moore - Mississippi Water #2
Prince Moore - Market Street Rag #1
Ruth Willis - I'm Still Sloppy Drunk
Buddy Moss - Red River Blues #2
Buddy Moss - Hard Time Blues #1
Gitfiddle Jim - Rainy Night Blues
Gitfiddle Jim - Paddlin' Blues
Barbecue Bob - Jambooger Blues
Barbecue Bob - Black Skunk Blues
Curley Weaver - Dirty Deal Blues
Georgia Boyd - Never Mind Blues
Sam Montgomery - Mercy Mercy Blues #2
Allison Mathis - You Done Quit Me Good As I Been To You
Blind Willie McTell - Delia
Blind Blake - West Coast Blues #1
Blind Boy Fuller - Rag Mama Rag #1
Joshua White - John Henry
John Jackson - A Blind Blake Rag
John Jackson - Too Tight
Unkown Artists - Squeeze My Lemon
Ed Bush - My Husband Just Now Left
Josh White - Darktown Strutters

disc 2: The COMPLETE 1956 Blind Willie McTell 'Ed Rhodes Final Session'
- Warm Up
- Baby It Must Be Love
- talk about "Dyin' Crapshooter's"
- Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues
- talk about Early Life
- Pal Of Mine
- more about Life
- Don't Forget It
- talk about "Kill It Kid"
- Kill It Kid
- talk about "That Will Never Happen No More"
- That Will Never Happen No More
- a request for "My Blue Heaven"
- My Blue Heaven
- some talk "About Drinking"
- Beedle Um Bum
- talk about "Salty Dog"
- A Married Man's A Fool
- talk about "A To Z"
- A To Z Blues
- talk about "New Orleans"
- Goodbye Blues
- Basin Street Blues
- talk about "People In Room"
- Salty Dog
- talks about "Train Songs"
- Wabash Cannonball
- talks about "St James" & asks to 'Snooze'
- St. James Infirmary
- asks for Prison Songs
- talk and If I Had The Wings
- Length and Leadbelly
- Instrumental (medley):
- Kill It Kid (instr)
- Weeping Willow (instr)
- Wreck Of The Old 97 (with vocal)
- bonus interview edits:
- Ed Rhodes remembers Willie McTell in conversation with Larry Cohn - part 1
- part 2

Note: Final Session Track Listing Is As Listed by Samuel B. Charters from the original tape master sheet and reproduced in Record Research Magazine (August 1961)

2 CDs and DVD size 32-pp. colour booklet in a DVD size case

Frog Records DGF88 (UK 2019)

155

09/2020

23 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 18
2021 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
Peg Leg Howell - Too Tight Blues
Bertha Henderson with Blind Blake - Terrible Murder Blues
Walter Roland - Cold Blooded Murder
Buddy Moss - Undertaker Blues
Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning, School Girl
Lead Belly - New Black Snake Moan
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Pneumonia Blues
Ramblin' Thomas - Hard To Rule Woman Blues
Victoria Spivey - Witchcraft Blues
Blind Boy Fuller - Rag, Mama, Rag
Rev. D.C. Rice - The Angels Rolled The Stone Away

Supplementary CD tracks:
LOST JOHN HUNTER
- Miss Thelma Mae (tk 1)
- Miss Thelma Mae (tk 2)
- Lost John's Pinetop's Boogie
- You Gotta Heart Of Stone (tk 1)
- You Gotta Heart Of Stone (tk 2)
- Boogie For Me Baby"
- Trouble Everywhere (tk 1)
- Trouble Everywhere (tk 2)
- Mind Your Own Business (tk 1)
- Mind Your Own Business (tk 2)
- Back To Louisiana (tk 1)

restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team

Blues Images Calendar Vol. 18 (rel. 2020, for 2021)

Blues Images CD BIM-118 (US 2020) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 18 (for 2021)

Blues Images calendars discography

Additional information appreciated !!!-

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 78-81, 108, 123, 377-378, 399-401, 703-704, 738-742, 762-763, 774, 783, 847; 1053-1056
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 509
- Jeff Titon: Early Downhome Blues.- Urbana, Chicago, London (University of Illinois Press), First paperback printing 1979
- Alex van der Tuuk, Bob Eagle, Rob Ford, Eric LeBlanc and Angela Mack: I Search of Blind Blake - Arthur Blake's death certificate unearthed.- Blues & Rhythm 263 (October 2011), pp. 8-10
- Alex van der Tuuk: Paramount's Rise and Fall - The Roots and History of Paramount Records.- Denver, Colorado (Mainspring Press) 2nd ed., 2012
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/sd.html
- www.sociofocus.com/2011/09/22/finding-arthur-blind-blakes-grave
- www.oldhatrecords.com
- "Paramount Lost and Found" by Paul Swinton
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alan Balfour, Bert Karlheden, Akira Kikuchi, John Tefteller, Alex van der Tuuk, Max Hoeffner, Howard Rye, Z. Edward Sigall, Eric Simkin and Ben Walker for additional info / scans

Robert Crumb's 'Heroes Of The Blues'
A set of 36 cards # 4 (Blind Blake)
(Yazoo Records. Inc.)

From The Paramount Book of Blues (1927), p. 15
source: Titon 1979, p. 80