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'Black Diamond'
real name: James Butler
date and location of birth unknown
date and location of death unknown

discography

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11948 

"Not only do we know next to nothing about most of the artists, we also sadly cannot confirm the exact number of Jaxyson releases and why the record numbering system makes no sense." (Opal Louis Nations 2007)

 

CHARLIE WHITE
- Stand By Me (JBW-8-548)
???
- ???

rec. 1948 in Oakland, CA; Charles White, voc; James Butler, g


Jaxyson 5B
[Jesse Jaxyson's label (pronounced "Jackson")]

21948 

CHARLIE WHITE (Blind Street Singer) (Vocal with Tin Funnel and Water Bucket)
- How Long? (JB-8-848)   @ youtube
SISTER H. MATHEWS
- Stand By Me (JF-1794-B)

rec. 1948 in Oakland, CA; Charles White, voc; James Butler, g


Jaxyson 23

31948

BROTHER JOHNNY FULLER
- Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow (A) (23-JF-2-9114B) #

CHARLIE WHITE
- Stand By Me (B) (JBW-5-848) *



originally unissued track from same session:
- From Bad To Worse ## [Acrobat ACMCD 4263]

# rec. September 1948 in Oakland, CA; Johnny Fuller ("19-year-old wonder singer"), voc, g; ## unknown, p

* Charlie White ("Blind street singer"), voc; J. Butler, g


Jaxyson 32

41948

CHARLIE WHITE
- Well Done (A) (JW-3-848)
BROTHER JOHNNY FULLER
- I Must Tell Jesus (B) (JF-1-91248) #


* Charlie White ("Blind street singer"), voc; J. Butler, g
# rec. September 1948 in Oakland, CA; Johnny Fuller, voc, g


Jaxyson 41

51948BLACK DIAMOND

- T. P. Railer (JB-4-848)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Lonesome Blues (JB-7-848)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1948 in Oakland, CA; James Butler, voc, g

"Texas & Pacific Railroad"


Jaxyson 50

61948 

'GOLDRUSH'
- All My Money Is Gone (JG-71149) #   @ youtube

'BLACK DIAMOND'
- Lonesome Blues (JB-7-848) *   @ youtube

# rec. 1948 in Oakland, CA; Goldrush, voc, p

* rec. 1948 in Oakland, CA; James Butler, voc, g


Jaxyson 6

   

- Texas Blues (alt tk) - Joseph Butler (November 1949)
- Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet Gabriel - Sister Rita

James Butler, g

Jaxyson test pressings


LP / CD compilations
7196?Texas - Louisiana

Lonnie Williams
- New Road Blues
- Tears In My Heart
Frankie Lee Sims
- Single Man Blues
- Don't Forget My Baby
Alexander Moore
- I Want My Mary
- Miss No Good Weed

Black Diamond (James Butler)
- T.P. Railer

Li'l Son Jackson
- Ground Hog Blues
- Evil Blues
- Cairo Blues
Country Jim (James Bledsoe)
- Rainey Morning Blues [Imperial 5062]
- Avenue Blues [Imperial 5062]
Jesse Thomas
- Mountain Key Blues
- Zetter Blues
- Same Old Stuff


notes by Chris Roby

Highway 51 H-103

Highway 51 Records discography

81966Hobos & Drifters

Black Diamond
- Lonesome Blues
Goldrush
- All My Money Is Gone

One String Sam
- My Baby Oooo
- I Need A Hundred Dollars


notes by Mike Rowe

the post-war blues brl 100

Post War Blues discography

91971Black Diamond Express To Hell
Gospel

LP 1 (1927-1935) - SDX 207 I'm So Glad Today
Daniel Brown - Now Is The Needy Time
Daniel Brown - Beulah Land
Rev. J.C. Burnett - The Angel Done Gone Down
Rev. J.C. Burnett - Sit Down, Servant
Sam Butler - When The Saint's Come Marching Home
Sam Butler - I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land
Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face
Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn

Blind Gary Davis - I Saw The Light
Blind Willie Davis - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
Blind Willie Davis - I've Got A Key To The Highway
A.C. Forehand - Mother's Prayer
A.C. Forehand - 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
Lonnie McIntorsh - How Much I Owe



LP 2 (1944-1953) - SDX 208 I Want Two Wings
Rev. Charles White - How Long
Prophet B. W. West - Laid My Burden Down
Rev. Utah Smith - I Want 2 Wings
Rev. Utah Smith - God's Mighty Hand

Sister Mathews - Stand By Me
Rev. B. C. Cambell And Congregation - I'll Fly Away
Rev. B. C. Cambell And Congregation - Heaven Bound Train
Gospel Keys - We're Gonna Have A Good Time

Two Gospel Keys - I Love Travelling
Gospel Keys - I Want My Crown
Gold Rock Gospel Singers - What You Want The Lord To Do For You
Gold Rock Gospel Singers - Jesus Is With Me
Rev. A. Johnson - Jesus Loves Us All
Rev. A. Johnson - I Don't Know How To Get Along Without The Lord
The Gospel Twins - This Way
The Gospel Twins - One Word


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)

Matchbox Records discography

101974Alla Blues
Country Blues In California 1947-1954

West Texas Slim
- Loudella
Ernest Lewis
- West Coast Blues
Country Slim
- What Wrong Have I Done
Sonny Boy Johnson
- Quinsella
Lowell Fulson
- Night And Day
R. Green & Turner
- Alla Blues
- Central Avenue Blues
Goldrush
- All My Money Gone [sic]

King Davis
- Someday You'll Understand
Miss Country Slim
- My Girlish Days

Black Diamond
- Lonesome Blues
West Texas Slim
- Little Mae Belle
Ernest Lewis
- No More Lovin'
Lowell Fulson
- Double Trouble
Little Willie Cotton
- A Dream
John Hogg
- Worrin' Blues


notes (December 1974) by Dick Shurman

Muskadine M 103 (US 1974)

Muskadine Records discography

11197?Black Cat Trail

Elmore James
- Hawaiian Blues
Big Boy Spires
- Murmur Low
Johnny Howard
- Vacation Blues
Slim Pickens
- Bad Woman Blues
Robert Nighthawk
- Crying Won't Help You
Grace Brim
- Strange Man
Willie Lane
- Black Cat Rag

Otis Hinton
- Walking Down Hill
Snooky Pryor
- Boogie Twist

Black Diamond
- T. P. Railer
Chicago Sunny Boy
- Western Union Man
Baby Face Leroy
- Pet Rabbit
Rev. Utah Smith
- God's Mighty Hand
Country Paul
- Black Cat Trail


notes by Sam Firk (Michael Stewart) and Don Kent

Mamlish S-3800 (US 197?)

Mamlish Records discography

121993Rural Blues Vol. 1 1934 - 1956

Willie 'Little Brother' Lane (1934-1949)
- Up And Down Building K.C. Line
- Prowlin' Ground Hog
- Too Many Women Blues
- Howling Wolfe Blues
- Black Cat Rag
- Black Cat Rag (alt tk)

Black Diamond (1948)
- T. P. Railer
- Lonesome Blues
Gold Rush (1949)
- All My Money Is Gone
Monfoe Moe Jackson (1949)
- Move It On Over
- Go 'way From My Door
Johnny Beck (The Blind Boy) (1950)
- Locked In Jail Blues
- You've Gotta Lay Down Mama
John Lee (1951)
- Baby Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Down At The Depot
- Alabama Boogie
- Blind's Blues
Julius King (1952)
- Mississippi Boogie
- One O'clock Boogie
- If You See Me Lover
- I Want A Slice Of Your Pudding
D. A. Hunt (1953)
- Lonesome Old Jail
- Greyhound Blues
One String Sam (1956)
- My Baby Ooo
- I Need A Hundred Dollars



Document DOCD 5223

131999California Blues   1940-1948

disc 1:
Thunder Smith - L.A. Blues
Guitar Slim Green - Alla Blue

Black Diamond - T.P. Railer
Sidney Maiden - Eclipse of the Sun
Sonny Boy Johnson - Desert Blues
Jesse Thomas - Another Friend Like Me
Smokey Hogg - Worryin' Mind
Mercy Dee - G.I. Fever
Jimmy McCracklin - Baby, Don't You Want to Go?
Nat "King" Cole - Gone With the Draft
Jimmy McCracklin - Bad Luck and Trouble
Cecil Gant - Special Delivery
Ivory Joe Hunter - Reconversion Blues
Charles Brown - It Ain't Gonna Be Like That
Big Joe Turner - Playboy Blues
T-Bone Walker - I'm in an Awful Mood
Amos Milburn - Operation Blues
Hadda Brooks - Blues in B-Flat

disc 2:
T-Bone Walker - Plain Old Down Home Blues
Saunders King - S.K. Groove
Lowell Fulson - Television Blues
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Gatemouth Boogie
Pee Wee Crayton - Central Avenue Blues
Gene Phillips - Ramblin' Woman
Charles Brown - Soothe Me
Jimmy Witherspoon - Please Stop Playing Those Blues
Amos Milburn - I'm Gonna Leave You
Floyd Dixon - Prairie Dog Hole
Little Willie Littlefield - Little Willie's Boogie
Lloyd Glenn - That Other Woman's Gotta Go
Percy Mayfield - Leary Blues
Roy Milton - True Blues
Jimmy Liggins - Troubles Goodbye
Jesse Price - Jump It With a Shuffle
Joe Lutcher - No Name Boogie
Joe Pullum - I Came to California (My Woman)


2 CD set

Frémeaux & Associés FA 175

142007Down Home Blues Classics - California & the West Coast

disc 1:
K.C. Douglas - Mercury Blues [Down Town 2004]
Sidney Maiden - Eclipse Of The Sun [Down Town 2004]
Little Son Willis - Bad Luck And Trouble
Little Son Willis - Operator Blues

Black Diamond - T.P. Railer
Black Diamond - Lonesome Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson - Dessert Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson - Come And Go With Me
Willie B Huff - Beggar Man Blues
Willie B Huff - I've Been Thinkin And Thinkin
Brother Jackson - LC Boogie
Junior Hampton - JH Stomp
Little Son Willis - Harlem Blues
Little Son Willis - I Love You Just The Same
Sonny Boy Holmes - Walkin' And Cryin' Blues
Sonny Boy Holmes - I've Got The Dollars 64000 Question Blues
Jerry Perkins - P38 Stomp
Jerry Perkins - My Baby's Last Goodbye
Slim Green - Alla Blues
Slim Green - Central Avenue Blues
Ernest Mcclay - Big Timing Woman
Ernest Mcclay - Night Working Woman
Buddy Lewis - You've Got No Business
Buddy Lewis - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Jerry Perkins - Katherine Blues
Jerry Perkins - Knockin' The Boogie
Al Prince - Don't Love A Married Woman
Al Prince - Wine Talk

disc 2:
King Davis - Someday You'll Understand
King Davis - Waggin' Your Tail
Beverley Scott - Southern California Blues
Beverley Scott - Shakin' The Boogie
Little Son Willis - Skin And Bone
Little Son Willis - Nothing But The Blues
Slim Green - Baby I Love You
Slim Green - Tricky Woman Blues
Little Willie Cotton - Gonna Shook It Up And Go
Little Willie Cotton - A Dream
Sonny Boy Holmes - I Got Them Blues
Sonny Boy Holmes - TNT Woman
Goldrush - All My Money Is Gone
KC Douglas - Lonely Blues
KC Douglas - KC Boogie
Little Son Willis - Roll Me Over Slow
Little Son Willis - Baby Come Back Home
Sonny Boy Johnson - Swimming Pool Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson - I've Been Drinking My Last Drink
Beverley Scott - Brownskin Woman
Beverley Scott - Little Girl Blues
Willie B Huff - I Love You Baby
Willie B Huff - Operator
Sidney Maiden - Hurry Hurry, Baby [Flash 101]
Sidney Maiden - Everything Is Wrong [Flash 101]
Haskell Sadler - Do Right Mind [Flash 103]
Haskell Sadler - Gone For Good [Flash 103]
Alvin Smith - On My Way


2 CD set

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD-1012

152008The Jaxyson Records Story

Joseph Butler - Texas Blues (T.P. Railer)
Gold Rush - All My Money Is Gone
Black Diamond - Lonesome Blues
Gold Rush - Hold That Train, Conductor
Johnny Fuller - From Bad To Worse (Incomplete)
Unknown Artist - Goin' Back Down To Old Mobile
Unknown Artist - Jaxyson Scratch
Unknown Artist - Weep Below Children (Weep No More)
Unknown Artist - I'll Meet You In The Morning
Unknown Artist - Stand By Me

Sister Rita - Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet
Rainbow Gospel Singers - Today
Rainbow Gospel Singers - On The Battlefield
Charles White - Didn't It Rain
Charles White - Stand By Me
Unknown Artist - Say A Word
Unknown Artist - Standing On Jordan
Gospel Trumpets - Good Morning To Heaven
Gospel Trumpets - Constantly Abiding
Charlie White - How Long
Charlie White - Well Done
Brother Johnny Fuller - I Must Tell Jesus
Rev. L.H. Narcisse - What Could I Do
Susan Bennett - Singing In My Soul
Rev. L.H. Narcisse - I'm Going To Tell God


notes by Opal Louis Nations

Acrobat ACMCD 4263 (UK 2008)

162012Hollywood Blues - Classic West Coast Blues

disc 1:
- Far East Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Soldier Boy Houston Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Pretty Woman - Mac Willis
- I Got Them Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- When I Get In This House Woman - Big Son Tillis
- Model T Boogie - James Tisdom
- Hurry Hurry Baby - Sidney Maiden
- Rampart Street Blues Part 1 - Charles Lacy
- Shakin' The Boogie - Beverly Scott

- T.P. Railer - Black Diamond
- Black Snake Blues - John Hogg
- Skin And Bone - Little Son Willis
- New Orleans Blues Take 1 - James 'Little' Houston
- Little Machine - Ira Taylor
- T-N-T Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Leavin' Korea - Soldier Boy Houston
- Hollywood Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- I'm Going Upstairs - Big Son Tillis
- Alla Blues - R. Green and Turner
- Last Affair Blues - .James Tisdom
- Night Working Woman - Ernest McClay
- I'm Drinking My Last Drink - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Southern California Blues - Beverly Scott
- Tricky Woman Blues - Slim Green
- Old Hen - Soldier Boy Houston


disc 2:
- Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
- Central Avenue Blues - R. Green and Turner
- Last Pair Of Shoes - Charles Lacy

- Lonesome Blues - Black Diamond
- Trailway Bus Station - Soldier Boy Houston
- At The Station Crying - Soldier Boy Houston
- Worryin' Blues - John Hogg
- Swimming Pool Blues - Sonny Boy Johnson
- I Got A Letter - Big Son Tillis
- Harlem Blues - Little Son Willis
- Brownskin Woman - Beverly Scott
- Rampart Street Blues Part 2 - Charles Lacy
- Everything I Do Is Wrong - Sidney Maiden
- Desert Blues - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Penitentiary Blues Part 1 - Smokey Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues Part 2 - Smokey Hogg
- Operator Blues - Little Son Willis
- New Orleans Blues Take 2 - James ‘Little' Houston
- Throw This Poor Dog A Bone - James Tisdom
- Baby I Love You - Slim Green
- Walking And Crying Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Big Timing Woman - Ernest McClay
- Howling Wolf - Mac Willis
- Come And Go With Me - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Little Girl Blues - Beverly Scott
- Old Hen - Soldier Boy Houston
- Hollywood Blues (fragment) - Soldier Boy Houston


compiled by Neil Slaven

2 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 4219 (UK 2012)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 46
- Opal Louis Nations: The Jaxyson Records Story.- Blues & Rhythm 216 (2007), p. 12-13
- Opal Louis Nations & Chris Strachwitz: Jaxyson Records Discography.- Blues & Rhythm 216 (2007), p. 14
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Paul Vernon and Max Hoeffner for additional info

 

 

 

 

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