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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

Blue Horizon Records
discography

#
year of
release
title / notes
 
45-1000 series
45-1000
(2/1965)
Hubert Sumlin

- Across The Board #
- Sumlin Boogie

rec. November 29, 1964 in Kenley, UK; Hubert Sumlin, g; # Neil Slaven, g

sold exclusively through R&B Monthly #13 (February 1965)


Blue Horizon 45-1000

Columbia 488992-2

Hubert Sumlin discography

45-1001
(4/1965)
WOODROW ADAMS with BOOGIE BLUES BLASTERS

- Wine Head Woman (MR 5032) #   @ Spotify
- Baby You Just Don't Know (MR 5033) *   @ Spotify

rec. 1955 in Memphis, TN; Woodrow Adams, voc, hca, g; # p ; * g; Joe Martin, dr

Blue Horizon 45-1001 sold exclusively through R&B Monthly #15 (April 1965)


Meteor 5018 (US 1955)


= Blue Horizon 45-1001 (UK 4/1965)
as by Woodrow Adams

Columbia 488992-2

Woodrow Adams discography

45-1002
(6/1965)
"LITTLE GEORGE" SMITH

- Blues In The Dark (MM2208) (BH111)
- Telephone Blues (MM2209) (BH112)

rec. c. August 1955 in Kansas City; George Allen Smith, voc, hca; p; g; b; dr


RPM 434 (US 1955)


Blue Horizon 45-1002 (UK 1965) as by Little George Smith

George 'Harmonica' Smith discography

45-1003
(9/1965)
SNOOKY and MOODY

- Telephone Blues (PL 101)
- Boogie (PL 102)

rec. Chicago, 1948; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Moody Jones, g


Planet 101/102 (US 1948) [Chester A. Scales' label]


= Old Swing-Master 18 (US 5/1949)


= Blue Horizon 45-1003

Snooky Pryor discography

45-1004
(1/1966)
J. B. LENORE

- Mojo Boogie (BH 103)
- I Don't Care What Nobody Say (BH 104)

rec. July 17, 1960 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g


Blue Horizon 45-1004

J.B. Lenoir discography

45-1005
(1966)
DRIFTING SLIM

- Good Morning Baby (MM1874)
- My Sweet Woman (MM1875)

rec. March 1952 in North Little Rock, AR; Elmon Mickle, voc, hca; Sunny Blair, hca; Ike Turner, p; Baby Face Turner, g; Bill Russell, dr


RPM 370


Blue Horizon 45-1005

Drifting Slim discography

45-1006
(1966)
HOUSTON BOINES

- Superintendent Blues (MM1784 or MM1853)
- Monkey Motion (MM1783 or MM1853)

rec. c. January 23, 1952 in Greenville, MS; Houston Boines, voc, hca; Ike Turner, p; Charley Booker, g; Jesse 'Cleanhead' Love, dr


RPM 364 (US 1952)


= Blue Horizon 45-1006 (UK 1966)

45-1007
(10/1966)
CHAMPION JACK DUPREE

- Get Your Head Happy
- Easy Is The Way

rec. London 1966; with T.S. McPhee, g


Blue Horizon 45-1007

Champion Jack Dupree discography

45-1008
(1967)
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON and His Houserockers

- From The Bottom
- Empty Bedroom


Trumpet 228


Blue Horizon 45-1008

45-BH,1009
(5/1967)
EDDIE BOYD

- It's So Miserable To Be Alone (MBH10078)
- Empty Arms (MBH10077)

rec. March 21, 1967 at the CBS studios in London; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Peter Green, g; John McVie,b; Aynsley Dunbar, dr


Blue Horizon 45-BH,1009

Eddie Boyd discography

 
57-3100 series
57-3135
(1967)
The Chicken Shack featuring Christine Perfect

The Chicken Shack featuring Christine Perfect
- It's Okay With Me Baby   @ Spotify
The Chicken Shack
- When My Left Eye Jumps   @ Spotify


Blue Horizon 57-3135

57-3136
(2/1968)
Arthur K. Adams

- She Drives Me Out Of My Mind
- Gimmie Some Of Your Lovin'

Modern 45XM 1034 (US 3/1967)


Blue Horizon 57-3136

57-3137
(5/1968)
Eddie Boyd

- The Big Boat (SBH10163)
- Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today (SBH10164)

rec. January 25, 1968 in London; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Peter Green, g; John McVie, b; Mick Fleetwood, dr


Blue Horizon 57-3137


= CBS 3137 (Fr 1968)

Eddie Boyd discography

57-3138
(1968)
Fleetwood Mac

- Black Magic Woman
- The Sun Is Shining


Blue Horizon 57-3138

57-3139
(1968)
Fleetwood Mac

- Need Your Love So Bad
- Stop Messin' Round


Blue Horizon 57-3139

57-3140
(1968)
Champion Jack Dupree

- I Haven't Done No One No Harm
- How Am I Doing It *

* with Stan Webb, g


Blue Horizon 57-3140

Champion Jack Dupree discography

57-3141
(196?)
Duster Bennett

- It's A Man Down There
- Things Are Changing


Blue Horizon 57-3141

57-3142
(9/1968)
Otis Spann

- Can't Do Me No Good (SBH 10264)
- Bloody Murder (SBH 10265) #   @ youtube

rec. June 10, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, voc, p; Walter Horton, hca; Johnny Shines, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr


Blue Horizon 57-3142

# Excello 2329

Otis Spann discography

57-3143
(196?)
Chicken Shack

- Worried About My Woman   @ Spotify
- Six Nights In Seven   @ Spotify


Blue Horizon 57-3143

57-3144
(196?)
B.B. King

- The Woman I Love
- Blues For Me


Blue Horizon 57-3144

57-3145
(196?)
Fleetwood Mac

- Albatross
- Jigsaw Puzzle Blues


Blue Horizon 57-3145

57-3146
(196?)
Chicken Shack

- When The Train Comes Back   @ Spotify
- Hey Baby   @ Spotify


Blue Horizon 57-3146

57-3147
(1969)
Buster Brown

- Sugar Babe (FM 199)
- I'm Going - But I'll Be Back (FM 200)

rec. 1961 in New York; Buster Brown, voc, hca; saxes; p; Jimmy Spruill, Riff Ruffin, g; b; dr


Fire 507 (US 1962)


= Blue Horizon 57-3147 (UK 1969)

Buster Brown discography

57-3148
(1969)
Duster Bennett

- Raining In My Heart
- Jumpin' For Joy


Blue Horizon 57-3148

57-3149
(2/1969)
Guitar Crusher & Jimmy Spruill Orchestra

Guitar Crusher & Jimmy Spruill Orchestra
- Since My Baby Hit The Numbers
Guitar Crusher
- Hambone Blues


Blue Horizon 57-3149

Jimmy Spruill discography

57-3150
(1969)
Garfield Love & Jimmy Spruill Orchestra

- Next Time You See Me
- Part Time Love


Blue Horizon 57-3150

Jimmy Spruill discography

57-3151
(1969)
Bobby Parker

- It's Hard But It's Fair
- I Couldn't Quit My Baby


Blue Horizon 57-3151

57-3152
(1969)
Champion Jack Dupree

- Ba' La Fouche
- Kansas City


Blue Horizon 57-3152

Champion Jack Dupree discography

57-3153
(1969)
Chicken Shack

- I'd Rather Go Blind   @ Spotify
- Night Life   @ Spotify


Blue Horizon 57-3153

57-3154
(1969)
Duster Bennett & His House Band

- Bright Lights Big City
- Fresh Country Jam


Blue Horizon 57-3154

57-3155
(7/1969)
Otis Spann with Fleetwood Mac

- Walkin' (SBH 10504-2) # [Blue Horizon 7-63217, BH 4802]   @ youtube
- Temperature Is Rising (98.8 Degrees F) (SBH 10512) [alt tk, not Blue Horizon 7-63217, BH 4802 version!]   @ youtube

rec. January 9, 1969 at Tempo Sound Studios in New York City, U.S.; Otis Spann, voc, p; Peter Green, g; Danny Kirwan, g; John McVie, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon

   
Blue Horizon 57-3155 (UK 7/1969)   "2:50" resp. no timing on A-side label, "5:15" resp. "5:13" on B-side label; "A" = promo version


Blue Horizon 57-3155 (NL 1969)


Blue Horizon 573155 (Germany 1969)

# Blue Horizon BH 304

Otis Spann discography

57-3156
(7/1969)
Gordon Smith

- Too Long
- Funk Pedal

rec. c. April 1969; Gordon Smith, voc, g; Mike Evans, b; Roger Powell, dr


Blue Horizon 57-3156

Gordon Smith discography

57-3157
(1969)
Fleetwood Mac

- Need Your Love So Bad
- No Place To Go


Blue Horizon 57-3157

57-3158
(1969)
Champion Jack Dupree

- I Want To Be A Hippy
- Going Back To Louisiana


Blue Horizon 57-3158

Champion Jack Dupree discography

57-3159
(1969)
Otis Rush & His Band

- All You Love (I Miss Loving)
- Double Trouble


Blue Horizon 57-3159

Otis Rush discography

57-3160
(1969)
Chicken Shack

- Tears In The Wind   @ Spotify
- The Things You Put Me Through   @ Spotify


Blue Horizon 57-3160

57-3161
(196?)
B.B. King

- Everyday I Have The Blues
- Five Long Years


Blue Horizon 57-3161

57-3162
(1969)
Jellybread

- Chairman Mao's Boogaloo
- No One Else


Blue Horizon 57-3162

57-3163
(1969)
JUKE BOY BONNER

Blues Unlimited 101
- Yakin' In My Plans (LH-3948)   @ youtube
- Runnin' Shoes (LH-3949)   @ youtube

Blue Horizon 57-3163
- Runnin' Shoes (A)
- Yackin' [sic] In My Plans (B)

rec. December 1967 in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca; prod. by Larry Skoog

7 inch 45 rpm

Blues Unlimited 101 (US 1968) [Texas label]

7 inch 45 rpm

= Blue Horizon 57-3163 (UK 10/1969)
= CBS 66278

Juke Boy Bonner discography

57-3164
(1969)
Duster Bennett

- I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up ...
- Rock Of Ages Cleft For You


Blue Horizon 57-3164

57-3165
(1969)
Christine Perfect

- When You Say   @ Spotify
- No Road Is The Right Road   @ Spotify


Blue Horizon 57-3165

57-3166
(1969)
Earl Hooker

- Boogie Don't Blot (8005-1)
- Funky Blues (8006)

rec. May 1969 in Los Angeles; Earl Hooker, g; Mack Simmons, speech, hca; Ike Turner, b; poss. Ulysses 'Sokol' Richardson


Blue Thumb 103 (US 1966)


Blue Horizon 57-3166 (UK 1969)

Earl Hooker discography

57-3167
(196?)
Top Topman [sic]

- Cracking Up Over Christmas
- Christmas Cracker


Blue Horizon 57-3167

57-3168
(196?)
Chicken Shack

- Maudie   @ Spotify
- Andalucian Blues   @ Spotify


Blue Horizon 57-3168

57-3169
(196?)
Jellybread

- Comment
- Funky Wasp


Blue Horizon 57-3169

57-3170
(7/1970)
George Smith

- Before You Do Your Thing (You'd Better Think)
- Some Day You're Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right)

rec. November 17 & 18, 1969 at Eldorado Studios, Hollywood; prod. by Mike Vernon


Blue Horizon 57-3170

George 'Harmonica' Smith discography

57-3171
(1970)
Bacon Fat

- Nobody But You
- Small's On 53rd


Blue Horizon 57-3171

57-3172
(1970)
Christine Perfect

- I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)   @ Spotify
- Close To Me   @ Spotify


Blue Horizon 57-3172

57-3173
(1970)
Duster Bennett

- I Chose To Sing The Blues
- If You Coul Hang Your Washing ...


Blue Horizon 57-3173

57-3174
(1970)
Jellybread

- Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
- Readin' The Meters


Blue Horizon 57-3174

57-3175
(7/1970)
SLIM HARPO

- Folsom Prison Blues (8760) #
- Mutual Friend (8761)

rec. 1968 in Nashville, TN; Slim Harpo, voc, hca; # horns; Bob Wilson, keyb; Mac Gayden, g; Billy Cox, b; Karl Himmel, dr; prod. by Ben Keith


Excello 2306 (1968)


= Blue Horizon 57-3175 (UK 7/1970)

Slim Harpo discography

57-3176
(1970)
Chicken Shack

- Sad Clown   @ Spotify
- Tired Eyes   @ Spotify


Blue Horizon 57-3176

57-3177
(1970)
The Kelly Brothers

- That's What You Mean To Me
- Comin' On In


Blue Horizon 57-3177

57-3178
(1970)
Key Largo

- Voodoo Rhythm
- As The Years Go Passing By


Blue Horizon 57-3178

57-3179
(1970)
Duster Bennett

- Act Nice & Gentle
- I Want You To Love Me


Blue Horizon 57-3179

57-3180
(1970)
Jellybread

- Old Man Hank
- Faded Grace


Blue Horizon 57-3180

57-3181
(1970)
Bacon Fat

- Evil
- Blues Feeling


Blue Horizon 57-3181

 
B 100 series (distributed by Epic US)
B 100
(9/1969)
Chicken Shack

- Tears In The Wind
- The Things You Put Me Through


Blue Horizon B 100

= Blue Horizon 57-3160

 
BH 300 series (distributed by Polydor US)
BH 300
(1971)
Christine Perfect

- I'd Rather Go Blind [Blue Horizon 57-3153; Blue Horizon 7-63860]
- Close To Me [Blue Horizon 57-3172; Blue Horizon 7-63860]


Blue Horizon BH 300

BH 302
(1971)
Chicken Shack

- Maudie [Blue Horizon 57-3168; Blue Horizon 7-63861]
- Diary Of Your Life [Blue Horizon 7-63861]


Blue Horizon BH 302

BH 304
(12/1971)
 

OTIS SPANN WITH FLEETWOOD MAC
- Hungry Country Girl [Blue Horizon BH 3801]
OTIS SPANN
- Walkin' [Blue Horizon BH 4802]


Blue Horizon BH 304

Otis Spann discography

 
'LP' series
LP1
(1965)
Doctor Ross: The Flying Eagle   @ dailymotion

Blue Horizon LP1 track sequence:
- Flying Eagle Boogie * *   @ youtube
- Goin' Down Slow *
- Something To Tell You, Want All My Friends To Know *
- Tommy Dorsey Boogie *
- Hobo Blues *
- Mother Before This Time Another Year *

- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women *
- Decoration Day *
- Too Close Together *
- Rollin' And Tumblin' *
- Mean Old World *
- Rock Me *

XTRA 1038 track sequence:
- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women *
- Decoration Day *
- Rollin' And Tumblin' *
- Something To Tell You, Want All My Friends To Know*
- Flying Eagle Boogie *

- Miss Elvira #
- After Hours Blues #
- Sugar Gal #
- Sweet Black Angel #
- Stop Cryin' #
- Train Fare Home #

* rec. October 20, 1965 in London
# rec. January 1966 in Flint, Michigan

notes by Bob Yates

Blue Horizon LP 1 (UK 1965)

notes by Neil Slaven

(=) XTRA 1038 (UK 1966) "Doctor Ross"

= Orbis CD 089 (UK 1997)

= Blue Horizon CD 1 (UK 2000)

XTRA Records discography
Doctor Ross discography

LP2
(1966)
Let Me Tell You About The Blues   Volume One

Floyd Jones
- Keep What You Got
Ernest Lewis
- No More Lovin'
- West Coast Blues
Little Hudson
- Rough Treatment
Howlin' Wolf
- Passing By Blues
John Brim
- Gary Stomp
Eddie Hope
- Lost Child

J.B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie
- Now She's Gone
West Texas Slim
- Little Mae Bell
- Loudella
Eddie Hope
- A Fool No More
Danny Boy
- Kokomo Me Baby
The Howling Wolf
- I Want Your Picture
- My Baby Stole Off

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Blue Horizon LP 2 (UK 1966) [only 99 copies pressed]

 
7-60000 series
7-63200
(1968)
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

- My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (Jeremy Spencer)
- Merry Go Round (Peter Green)
- Long Grey Mare (Peter Green)
- Hellhound On My Trail (trad. arr. Peter Green)
- Shake Your Moneymaker (Elmore James)
- Looking For Somebody (Peter Green)

- No Place To Go (Chester Burnett)
- My Baby's Good To Me (Jeremy Spencer)
- I Loved Another Woman (Peter Green)
- Cold Black Night (Jeremy Spencer)
- The World Keep On Turning (Peter Green)
- Got To Move (Homesick James Williamson)


Blue Horizon 7-63200

7-63201
(1968)
Roosevelt Holts: Presenting The Country Blues@ youtube (full album)

- Prison Bound Blues (MBHL 10139)
- Maggie Campbell Blues (MBHL 10140)
- Feelin' Sad And Blue (MBHL 10141) *
- I'm Going To Build Right On That Shore (MBHL 10142)   @ youtube
- Lead Pencil Blues (MBHL 10143)
- Another Mule Kickin' In My Stall (MBHL 10144)

- Little Bitty Woman (MBHL 10145) #
- The Good Book Teach You (MBHL 10146) [] #
- Big Road Blues (MBHL 10147)
- Let's Talk It All Over Again (MBHL 10148)
- Red River Blues (MBHL 10149)
- She Put Me Outdoors (MBHL 10150) #

* rec. January 27, 1966 in Franklinton, LA by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; Babe Stovall, g
rec. February 3, 1966 in New Orleans, LA by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g
# rec. August 28, 1966 in Bogalusa, LA by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; [] L.H. Lane, hca
back cover photo by Marina Bokelman

notes by David Evans
 
Blue Horizon 7-63201 (UK / Germany 3/1968)

notes by David Evans

= Blue Horizon BH 7704 (US / Ca 1968) "Electronically rechannelled for stereo"

notes by David Evans

= CBS SBP 473591 (New Zealand 1968) "Stereo"

= Music Box International 40478 (Greece 1991)

Roosevelt Holts discography
Babe Stovall discography

7-63202
(3/1968)
Eddie Boyd: 7936 South Rhodes

2 CD (Sony/BMG) bonus tracks:
- It's So Miserable To Be Alone [Blue Horizon BH-1009] *
- Empty Arms [Blue Horizon BH-1009] *



- You Got To Reap #
- Just The Blues #
- She's Real #
- Back Slack #
- Be Careful #
- Ten To One #

- The Blues Is Here To Stay #
- You Are My Love #
- Third Degree #
- Thank You Baby #
- She's Gone #
- I'll Never Stop (I Can't Stop Loving You) #



4 CD (Sony/BMG) bonus tracks:
- Big Boat [Horizon 57-3137]
- Sent For You Yesterday [Horizon 57-3137]
- Stroller [previously unreleased)] []
- No Place Like Home [previously unreleased)] []

* rec. March 21, 1967 at the CBS studios in London; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Peter Green, g; John McVie,b; Aynsley Dunbar, dr

# rec. January 25, 1968 at the CBS studios in London; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Peter Green, g; John McVie, b; Mick Fleetwood, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon

[] rec. late 1960s at MBS Recording Studios, Chicago, IL; Eddie Boyd, voc, p; Ronald Wilson, ts; g; b; Bill Stepney, dr

notes by Mike Vernon

Blue Horizon 7-63202 (UK)


= Epic BN 26409 (US 1968)

= Beat Goes On BGOCD 195 (UK 1993)

= Epic BN 26409 [limited
180 g LP ed.] (US 2004)

20-page booklet
by Mike Vernon

= Columbia/Sony/BMG CD
82876 769682 (UK 2006)
"The Complete Blue
Horizon Sessions"

Eddie Boyd discography

7-63203
(1970)
Chicken Shack
Forty Blue Fingers Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve


- The Letter
- Lonesome Whistle Blues
- When The Train Comes Back (Christine Perfect)
- San-Ho-Zay (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson)
- King Of The World

- See See Baby
- First Time I Met The Blues
- Webbed Feet
- You Ain't No Good (Perfect)
- What You Did Last Night


Blue Horizon 7-63203

more info

7-63204
(1968)


Elmore James / John Brim: Tough

Elmore James
- Stormy Monday Blues [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
- Going For Good [Checker 777 'She Just Won't Do Right']   @ youtube
John Brim
- Lifetime Baby [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
Elmore James
- I See My Baby [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
John Brim
- Be Careful What You Do [Chess 1624]   @ youtube
Elmore James
- The Sun Is Shining [Chess 1756, unedited]   @ youtube

John Brim
- You Got Me [Chess 1624]   @ youtube
Elmore James
- Whose Muddy Shoes [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
- Madison Blues [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
John Brim
- Ice Cream Man [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
Elmore James
- My Best Friend [Chess unissued]   @ youtube
- Talk To Me Baby [Chess 1756 'I Can't Hold Out']   @ youtube

notes by Neil Slaven

Blue Horizon S 7-63204 (UK 1968)

notes by Neil Slaven

= Blue Horizon S 7-63204 (Germany 1968)

Elmore James discography
John Brim discography

7-63205
(1970)
Fleetwood Mac: Mr. Wonderful

- Stop Messin' Round
- Coming Home
- Rollin' Man
- Dust My Broom
- Love That Burns
- Doctor Brown

- Need Your Love Tonight
- If You Be My Baby
- Evenin' Boogie
- Lazy Poker Blues
- I've Lost My Baby
- Trying So Hard To Forget


Blue Horizon 7-63205

7-63206
(1968)
Champion Jack Dupree:
When You Feel The Feeling You Was Feeling


- See My Milk Cow
- Mr. Dupree Blues
- Yellow Pocohontas
- Gutbucket Bluesugly Woman
- Street Walking Woman

- Income Tax
- Roll On
- I've Been Mistreated *
- A Racehorse Called Mae
- My Home's In Hell

rec. London April 22, 1968; Jack Dupree, voc, p; Christopher Turner, hca; Duster Bennett, hca; Paul Kossiff, g; Stuart Brooks, b; Simon Kirke, dr; * Stan Webb, g; prod. by Mike Vernon


Blue Horizon S 7-63206 (UK)


= Blue Horizon BH 7702 (US)

Champion Jack Dupree discography

7-63207
(11/1968)



stereomono



Curtis Jones: Now Resident In Europe

Blue Horizon 7-63207 / BH 7703 track sequence:
- You Don't Have To Go   @ Spotify
- I Want To Be Your Slave   @ Spotify
- Morocco Blues #   @ Spotify
- Cherie   @ Spotify
- Please Believe Me   @ Spotify

- Gee, Pretty Baby   @ Spotify
- Let Your Hair Down   @ Spotify
- Jane #   @ Spotify
- Born In Naples, Texas (interview)   @ Spotify
- Soul Brother Blues #   @ Spotify
- Dryburgh Drive   @ Spotify

Blue Horizon CD 7224742 track sequence:
- You Don't Have To Go [tk 2, master version]
- I Want To Be Your Slave [tk 4, master version]
- Marocco Blues [tk 2, master version] #
- Cherie
- Please Believe Me
- Gee, Pretty Baby
- Let Your Hair Down [tk 3, master version]
- Jane [tk 2, master version] #
- Born In Naples, Texas [interview]
- Soul Brother Blues #
- Dryburgh Drive [tk 5, master version]
- You Don't Have To Go [tk 1, previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- I Want To Be Your Slave [tk 2, previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- I Want To Be Your Slave [tk 3, previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Marocco Blues [tk 1, previously unreleased] #   @ Spotify
- Let Your Hair Down [tk 2, previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Jane [tk 1, previously unreleased] #   @ Spotify
- The White Man's Plantation [interview, previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Blues On The Scene [previously unreleased] #   @ Spotify
- Dryburgh Drive [tk 2, previously unreleased]   @ Spotify
- Dryburgh Drive [tk 3 & 4, edited, previously unreleased]   @ Spotify

rec. July 2, 1968 in London, UK; Curtis Jones, voc, p, # g; Brian Brocklehurst, b; Dougie Wright, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon
cover photography & design by Terence Ibbott; back cover photo by Paul Oliver

notes by Mike Vernon

Blue Horizon 7-63207 (UK 11/1968)

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon 7-63207 (Germany 1968)

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon BH 7703 (US 1968)


(=) Blue Horizon CD
7224742 (US 2008)
"Complete Session"

Curtis Jones discography

7-63208
(1970)
Duster Bennett: Smiling Like I'm Happy

- Worried Mind
- Life Is A Dirty Deal
- Country Jam
- Trying To Paint It In The Sky
- Times Like These #
- My Lucky Day

- Got A Tongue In Your Head
- Jumping At Shadows
- 40 Minutes FromTown
- Shame, Shame, Shame
- My Love Is Your Love
- Shady Little Lady

# with Stella Sutton, voc


Blue Horizon 7-63208

7-63209
(1970)
Chicken Shack: O.K. Ken?

- Baby's Got Me Crying (Stan Webb)
- The Right Way Is My Way (Webb)
- Get Like You Used To Be (Christine Perfect) #
- Pony and Trap (Webb)
- Tell Me (Webb)
- A Woman Is The Blues (Webb, Perfect) #

- I Wanna See My Baby (Perfect)
- Remington Ride (Webb)
- Fishing In Your River (Webb)
- Mean Old World (Perfect)
- Sweet Sixteen (Webb)

prod. by Mike Vernon
rec. October 22 & 23, 1968 at C.B.S. Studios, London, UK
# rec. June 24, 1968


Blue Horizon 7-63209

7-63210
(1968)
The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival@ youtube (full album)

Nathan Beauregard
- Highway 61
- Kid Gal Blues
Bukka White
- Hello Central, Give Me 49
- Baby, Please Don't Go
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- In Heaven, Sitting Down
- What Do You Think About Jesus?
Joe Callicott
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Great Long Ways From Home
Bukka White
- My Mother Died

rec. July 20, 1968 at the Municipal Shell, Overton Park in Memphis, TN [third annual festival]; M.C.: Jim Crosthwait; prod. by Mike Vernon, exec. producer: Seymour Stein (Sire Records)
front cover photography by Margaret Tucker, back cover photos supplied by Randall Lyon, Lydia Saltzman and Blues Unlimited

notes by Mike Vernon

Blue Horizon 7-63210 (mono) (UK 1968)

notes by Mike Vernon
 
Sire SES 97003 (stereo) (US 1968) (two slightly different labels)

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (UK 1969) (logo on front cover yellow)

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (Germany 1969) (logo on front cover black)


= CBS SBP 473668 (stereo) (Australia 1969)

(=) Blue Horizon CD 82876851232 (2006)

Nathan Beauregard discography
Bukka White discography
Furry Lewis discography
Robert Wilkins discography
Joe Callicott discography

7-63211
(1968)
Gordon Smith: Long Overdue

- Diving Duck Blues (Fred McDowell) []
- Highway 51 (Tommy McLennan)
- One Dime Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
- Having A Good Time (Gordon Smith) #
- Instrumental No. 2 (Gordon Smith)
- Walking Blues (McKinley Morganfield)
- Rolling & Tumbling (trad. arr. Gordon Smith)

- I've Been Down So Long (J. B. Lenoir) #
- Instrumental No. 4 (Gordon Smith)
- Pearlie Blues (Furry Lewis)
- The Woman Down The Hall (Gordon Smith)
- Big Road Blues (Tommy Johnson)
- Instrumental No. 3 (Gordon Smith)
- Worried Life Blues (Fred McDowell)

rec. July-August 1968; Gordon Smith, voc, hca, g; [] Peter Green, hca; # Derek Hall, p; # John McVie, b; # Mick Fleetwood, dr


Blue Horizon 7-63211

= Impact/Line IMLP 4.00364
(G 1983)


= Line OLLP 5296 (UK)

Gordon Smith discography

7-63212
(1968)
Johnny Shines: Last Night's Dream

- Solid Gold
- From Dark 'Til Dawn
- I Will Be Kind To You
- Last Night's Dream
- Baby Don't You Think I Know

- Pipeline Blues
- I Don't Know
- Black Panther
- I Had A Good Home
- Mean Fisherman

rec. and engineered June 10, 1968 [Blue Horizon BM 4607 says 'May 1968] by Malcolm Chrisholm at the Chess Records Ter-Mar studios in Chicago, IL; prod. by Mike Vernon; cover by Terence Ibbott; Johnny Shines, voc, g; Big Walter Horton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Willie Dixon, p; Clifton James, dr

notes by Mike Rowe

Blue Horizon 63212 (UK)


= Blue Horizon BM 4607
"Blues Masters Vol. 7"


Sire/Warner Bros. CD
45285-2 (US 1993)


= Pure Pleasure Records
APPR 63212 (180 gram vinyl)

EPIC 88697192172 (2008)

Johnny Shines discography

7-63213
(1970)
Sunnyland Slim: Midnight Jump

- Layin' In My Cell, Sleepin'
- I Am The Blues
- Sunnyland Special
- Heartache
- Lowland Blues

- Stepmother
- Get To My Baby
- Stella Mae
- Midnight Jump
- Depression Blues

rec. May 1968 at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; "Shakey" (Walter Horton), hca; Johnny Shines, g, voc; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr
prod. by Mike Vernon
sleeve design & photography by Terence Ibbott

notes (January 1969) by Mike Rowe

Blue Horizon 7-63213 (mono) (US 1969)

notes (January 1969) by Mike Rowe

Blue Horizon 7-63213 (stereo) (US 1969)

notes (January 1969) by Mike Rowe

Blue Horizon 763213 (stereo) (Germany 1969)

notes (January 1969) by Mike Rowe

= Blue Horizon BM 4608 (US 1972) ("Blues Masters Vol. 8")

= BGO BGOCD460 (UK 1999)

= Columbia/Blue Horizon COL 478290 2

(=) EPIC 88697192172 (US 2008) (along with Blue Horizon 7-63212 Johnny Shines)

7-63214
(1969)
Champion Jack Dupree: Scooby Dooby Doo

- I Want To Be A Hippy
- Grandma
- Puff Puff
- Blues Before Sunrise
- I'll Try
- Going Back To Louisiana

- Ain't That A Shame
- Stumbling Block
- Old And Gray
- Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well
- Postman Blues
- Lawdy Lawdy

rec. London Feb. 3/4, 1969; Champion Jack Dupree, voc, p; Mick Taylor, g; Richard Studt, Reg Cole, Barry Wilde, Peter Oxer, violins; Terry Noonan, Bud Parks, tp, flugelhorn, Alan Skidmore, Les Wigfiels, ts; Jim Chester, bs, Wallace Tring [= Gary Thain], b; Eduardo Givezano [= Alex Dmochowski], b; Mike Vernon, perc; Harris Dundee [= Aynsley Dunbar], dr; Big Chief Drumstick [= Keef Hartley], dr, perc; prod. by Mike Vernon


Blue Horizon S 7-63214 (UK)

nots by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon BM 4610
(US)
("Blues Masters Vol. 10")

= Sony CD 4759742

Champion Jack Dupree discography

7-63215
(1970)
Fleetwood Mac: Pious Bird Of Good Omen

- Need Your Love So Bad
- Coming Home
- Rambling Pony
- The Big Boat (with Eddie Boyd)
- I Believe My Time Ain't Long
- The Sun Is Shining

- Albatross
- Black Magic Woman
- Just The Blues (with Eddie Boyd)
- Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
- Looking for Somebody
- Stop Messin' Round


Blue Horizon 7-63215

Eddie Boyd discography

7-63216
(1970)
The B.B. King Story
Chapter One. Born In Itta Bena, Mississippi

- You Upset Me
- Eyesight To The Blind
- Beautician Blues
- Bad Luck
- Troubles, Troubles, Troubles
- Sneakin' Around

- Sweet Thing
- 3 O'Clock Blues
- Please Love Me
- Let Me Love You
- The Worst Thing In My Life
- Shot Gun Blues


Blue Horizon 7-63216

7-63217
(1970)
Otis Spann: The Biggest Thing Since Colossus

- My Love Depends On You
- Walkin'
- It Was A Big Thing
- Temperature Is Rising (100.2° F)
- Dig You

- No More Doggin' (Rosco Gordon)
- Ain't Nobody's Business (Jimmy Witherspoon)
- She Needs Some Loving
- I Need Some Air
- Someday Baby


Blue Horizon 7-63217 (UK)


= Blue Horizon BH 4802
= ST-93328 (US)


= Blue Horizon/Columbia
CD COL 475972-2

Otis Spann discography

7-63218
(1970)
Chicken Shack: 100 Ton Chicken

- The Road Of Love
- Look Ma, I'm Cryin'
- Evelyn
- Reconsider Baby
- Weekend Love

- Midnight Hour
- Tears In The Wind
- Horse And Cart
- The Way It Is
- Still Worried About My Woman
- Anji


Blue Horizon 7-63218

more info

7-63221
(1970)
Duster Bennett: Bright Lights ...

- God Save The Queen / Intro / She Lived Her Life Too Fast   @ Spotify
- Just Like A Fish   @ Spotify
- What A Dream   @ Spotify
- Just Like I Treat You   @ Spotify
- Talk To Me #   @ Spotify

- I'm The One   @ Spotify
- I Wonder If You Know (How It Is)   @ Spotify
- My Babe   @ Spotify
- Honest I Do   @ Spotify
- Bright Lights (And More Bright Lights) #   @ Spotify

rec. April 15, 1969 at the Angel Hotel, Godalming, Surrey, UK; Duster Bennett, voc, g, hca, bass drum & hi-hat; # Stella Sutton, voc; prod. by Mike Vernon & Duster Bennett
front cover photography by Jon Frost

notes by Doreen Pettifer

Blue Horizon 7-63221 (UK 1970)

notes by Doreen Pettifer

= Line OLLP 5307 AS (Germany)

7-63222
(1969)
Otis Rush: This One's a Good 'Un

- Double Trouble
- Jump Sister Bessie
- She's A Good ‘Un (tk A)
- Checking On My Baby
- Sit Down Baby
- Keep On Loving Me Baby (tk B)
- Keep On Loving Me Baby (tk A)
- My Baby Is A Good ‘Un
- If you Were Mine

- I Can't Quit You Baby (alt tk)
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
- Groaning The Blues (alt tk)
- It Takes Time
- Violent Love
- Three Times A Fool (alt tk)
- My Love Will Never Die (alt tk)
- She's A Good ‘Un (tk B)

notes by Neil Slaven

Blue Horizon 7-63222

Otis Rush discography

7-63223
(10/1969)






Magic Sam   (1937-1969)

- Everything Gonna Be Alright [Cobra 5021, complete track!]
- Look Whatcha Done [Cobra 5021]
- All My Whole Life [Cobra 5025]
- Love Me With A Feeling (tk 1) ["Cobra 5013", Cobra unissued]
- All Your Love (alt tk) ["Cobra 5013", Cobra unissued]
- Call Me If You Need Me (Shakey Jake, voc) [Artistic 1502]

- Roll Your Money Maker (Shakey Jake, voc) [Artistic 1502]
- Easy Baby (tk 3) ["Cobra 5029", Cobra unissued]
- Magic Rocker [Cobra unissued]
- Love Me This Way [Cobra unissued]
- 21 Days In Jail [Cobra 5029]
- All Night Long [Cobra 5025]

front cover photo of Blue Horizon 7-63223 by Terence Ibbott; liner photo by Mike Vernon, taken at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles just some eight weeks prior to Magic Sam's death
photography of Flyright FLY 561: Sylvia Pitcher

for some of the Flyright FLY 561 tracks better-quality sources were used than for the Blue Horizon LPs


notes by Mike Leadbitter

Blue Horizon 7-63223 (UK 10/1969)

notes by Mike Leadbitter

= Blue Horizon BM 4603 (US 1972)


= Epic ECPJ-21 (Jp 1975?)

notes by Bruce Bastin, Mike
Leadbitter, Simon A. Napier

= Flyright FLY 561 (UK 1980) "Magic Sam & Shakey Jake: Magic Rocker"

Flyright Records discography
Magic Sam discography

7-63226
(1970)
The B.B. King Story
Chapter Two. Beale Street Blues
- Sweet Sixteen
- Everyday I Have The Blues
- Woke Up This Morning
- My Own Fault
- Blues For Me
- Five Long Years

- Blue Shadows
- The Woman I Love
- Sweet Little Angel
- Slow Burn
- You Know I Love You
- Treat Me Right


Blue Horizon 7-63226

7-63227
(1970)
presenting the country blues
Mississippi Joe Callicott

- You Don't Know My Mind
- Dough Roller Blues
- War Time Blues
- Joe's Troubled Blues #

- On My Last Go Round
- Hoist Your Window And Let Your Curtain Down
- Married Woman Blues
- Poor Boy Blues

rec. July 21, 1968 Ardent Studios, Memphis; Joe Callicott, voc, g; # Bill Barth, g & Bukka White, whistling; prod. by Mike Vernon

notes by Paul Oliver

Blue Horizon 7-63227 (UK)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Blue Horizon BM 4606 (US 1972) "Blues Masters, Vol. 6"

= Sony / Blue Horizon CD 88697041792 (2007)

Mississippi Joe Callicott discography

7-63228
(1969)
presenting the country blues
Furry Lewis

- Grand Central Station [actually "Judge Harsh Blues"]
- Let's Shake Hand In Hand
- Waiting For A Train
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Big Chief Blues

- Casey Jones
- Take Your Time Rag
- John Henry
- Skinny Woman
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- Glory Hallelujah, When I Lay My Burden Down

rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis; prod. by Mike Vernon

notes by Paul Oliver

Blue Horizon 7-63228 (UK)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Blue Horizon BM 4605 (US)
"Blues Masters Vol. 5" (1972)

(=) Sony / Blue Horizon CD
88697041792 (2007)

Furry Lewis discography

7-63229
(1968)


 
NL 1969UK 1969

Bukka White: Memphis Hot Shots@ youtube (full album)

- Bed Spring Blues
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues
- Drifting Blues
- (Brand New) Decoration Day
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Give Me An Old, Old Lady

- Got Sick And Tired
- World Boogie
- School Learning
- Old Man Tom
- Gibson Town

rec. July 21, 1968 at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN; Bukka White, voc & g; "Harmonica Boy", hca; Bill Barth, second g; Trevor Koehler, p; "Anchor", string-b; Jim Chrosthwait, washboard; Joe Gray, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon
Blue Horizon 7-63229 front cover design & photography by Terence Ibbott; back cover photo by Paul Oliver


notes by Mike Vernon

Blue Horizon 7-63229 (UK 1969) / (NL 1969)

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon BM 4604 (US 1972)
"Blues Masters, Vol. 4"

notes (January 1994)
by Mike Vernon

= Columbia/Blue Horizon
CD 475970-2 (EU 1994)

Bukka White discography

7-63850
(1969)
Earl Hooker: Sweet Black Angel

- I Feel Good
- Drivin' Wheel
- Shuffle
- Country And Western
- Sweet Home Chicago

- Sweet Black Angel
- Boogie, Don't Blot
- Cross Cut Saw
- Catfish Blues
- The Mood
- Funky Blues

rec. May 1969 in Los Angeles; Earl Hooker, g; Mack Simmons, speech, hca; Ike Turner, b; poss. Ulysses 'Sokol' Richardson; prod. by Bob Krasnow & Ike Turner


Blue Thumb BTS 12 (US)


= Blue Horizon 7-63850 (UK)

= One Way/MCA MCAD 22120

Earl Hooker discography

7-63851
(1969)

presenting the country blues
Larry Johnson@ youtube (full album playlist)

- Catfish Blues (MBHL 10385)   @ youtube
- Southern Train (MBHL 10379)   @ youtube
- Lonesome Town Blues (MBHL 10384)   @ youtube
- Southern Carolina Boogie (instr) (MBHL 10386)   @ youtube
- Sail On Baby (MBHL 10368)   @ youtube
- When I Go Home (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10375)   @ youtube
- Trouble In Mind (R. Jones) (MBHL 10387)   @ youtube

- So Sweet (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10388)   @ youtube
- Cherry Red (J. Turner/P. Johnson) (MBHL 10389)   @ youtube
- Step It Up And Go (J.P. Long) (MBHL 10390)   @ youtube
- When Things Go Wrong (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10370)   @ youtube
- Troubles Just Begun (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10373)   @ youtube
- Lovin' Machine (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10369)   @ youtube
- Say What You Mean (L. Johnson) (MBHL 10374)   @ youtube

rec. Fall 1959 [cover erroneously says 1966] in New York City; Larry Johnson, voc, g; prod. by Bobby Robinson

notes by Simon A. Napier

Blue Horizon 7-63851 (UK 1969)

Larry Johnson discography

7-63852
(1969)
Johnny Young: Blues Masters Vol. 9 / Fat Mandolin

Blue Horizon BM 4609 / Blue Horizon 7-63852 track sequence:
- Moaning And Groaning
- Heard My Doorbell Ring
- My Trainfare Out Of Town
- Lula Mae
- Jackson Bound
- Walking Slow

- Deal The Cards
- Lend Me Your Love
- Lorraine
- Prison Bound
- Little Girl
- Mean Black Snake



Sony/Blue Horizon CD track sequence:
- Moaning And Groaning
- Heard My Doorbell Ring
- My Trainfare Out Of Town
- Lula Mae
- Jackson Bound [tk 1: false start/previously unreleased plus tk 2: master version/remix]
- Walking Slow [master version/remix]
- Deal The Cards [tk 1: previously unreleased]
- Deal The Cards [tk 2: false start/previously unreleased plus tk 3: master version/remix]
- Lend Me Your Love [tks 1, 2 & 3: false starts/previously unreleased plus tk 4: master version/remix]
- Lorraine
- Prison Bound [tks 1 & 2: false starts/previously unreleased plus tk 3: master version/remix]
- Little Girl
- Mean Black Snake [master version/remix]
- Stealin' [previously unreleased]
- Go Ahead On (With That Funky Broadway Sound) [tk 1: false start plus tk 2/previously unreleased]
- Johnny's Mess Around [previously unreleased]

rec. April 6, 1969 at the O.D.O Studios in New York City; Johnny Young, voc, g, mand; Paul Osher, hca; Otis Spann, p; Sammy Lawhorn, g, b; S.P. Leary, dr. prod. by Bart Friedman and Otis Spann

sleeve design of Blue Horizon 7-63852 ("Fat Mandolin") by Terence Ibbott

notes by Top Topham

Blue Horizon BM 4609 (US
1969) "Blues Masters Vol. 9"

notes by Top Topham

Blue Horizon 7-63852 (UK 1970) "Fat Mandolin"

notes by Michael Vernon

(=) Sony/BMG 88697079152 (UK 2007 / US 2008) "The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions"
[on the UK release half the tracks were remixed a half-step too slow !!!]

Johnny Young discography

7-63853
(1970)
Jellybread: First Slice

- River's Invitation
- I Pity The Fool
- Never Say No
- Chairman Mao's Boogaloo
- Evening

- I've Got To Forget You
- Boogie Sandwich
- Rusty Blade
- No Brag Just Fact (Pts. 1 & 2)
- No One Else
- Don't Pay Them No Mind


Blue Horizon 7-63853

7-63854
(1970)
Slim Harpo Knew The Blues

- The Music's Hot
- You Can't Make It
- Boogie Chillun
- Rock Me Baby #
- Baby Please Come Home #

- The Hippy Song
- Jody Man (8783) [Excello 2316]
- Dynamite
- Baby Scratch My Back
- I'm A King Bee

rec. December 6, 1968 in Baton Rouge, LA; Slim Harpo, voc, hca; # p; Lynn Ourso, g; g; b; dr

notes by Al Jefferson

Excello LPS-8013

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon 7-63854 (UK 1970) "Slim Harpo .. He Knew The Blues"




= Vogue LDVS/LDVX 17255 (Germany 1971)


= Sonet SNTF 769 (UK 1978) "Slim Harpo .. He Knew The Blues"


= Excello 8013/SO-1 (US late 1980s)

Excello Records discography
Slim Harpo discography

7-63855
(1970)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup: Mean Ol' Frisco

Fire 103 / Trip 7501 / Blue Horizon 7-63855 track sequence:
- Mean Ole Frisco
- Look On Yonder Wall
- That's Alright
- Ethel Mae
- Too Much Competition
- Standing At My Window

- Rock Me Mama
- Greyhound Bus
- Coal Black Mare
- Katie Mae
- Dig Myself A Hole
- So Glad You're Mine

DJM 2025 track sequence:
- That's Alright Mama
- Look On Yonder Wall
- Mean Ol' Frisco
- Ethel Mae
- Too Much Competition
- Standing At My Window

- Rock Me Mama
- Greyhound
- Coal Black Mare
- Kate Mae
- Dig Myself A Hole
- So Glad Your Mine

rec. 1962 in New York; Arthur Crudup, voc, g; b; dr; prod. by Bobby Robinson

notes by Jack Walker

Fire FLP 103 (US 1962)

notes by Bobby Robinson

= Trip BSP 7501 (1969)
"Mean Ol' Frisco"

notes by Mike Leadbitter

= Blue Horizon 7-63855 (UK 1970)
"Mean Ole Frisco"

notes by Roger St. Pierre

(=) DJM DJSLM 2025 (UK 1976) "That's Alright
Mama"
("licensed from
Springboard International
Records Inc. USA")

Collectables COL-5130

Relic CD 7036

Black Label 2006

Laserlight CD 17246

Passport Audio CD 1003

Arthur Crudup discography

7-63856
(1970)
George Smith: No Time For Jive

- Some Day You're Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right)
- Blue Switch
- Mississippi River Blues
- Before You Do Your Thing (You'd Better Think)

- Don't Want To Go, Baby
- Good Things
- Soul Feet
- No Time For Jive

rec. November 17 & 18, 1969 at Eldorado Studios, Hollywood; prod. by Mike Vernon


Blue Horizon 7-63856

= Stomp/Line STLP 4.00283
(D 1985)


= Blue Horizon Col 478292-2

Sony / BMG CD 688737
(2006)

George 'Harmonica' Smith discography

7-63857
(1970)
Top Topham: Ascension Heights

- Sawbuk
- Mini-Minor-Mo
- Hop House
- Ridin' The Blinds
- Hot Ginger
- Funks Elegy

- Ascension Heights
- Tuxedo Junction
- Globetrottin'
- Spider Drag
- Mean Old Pullman
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)


Blue Horizon 7-63857

7-63858
(1970)
Bacon Fat: Grease One For Me

- Up The Line
- Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Light.
- Small's On
- She's A Wrong Woman
- I Need Your Love

- Juicy Harmonica
- Nobody But You
- Telephone Blues #
- You're So Fine
- Too Late

rec. November 1969 at the Eldorado Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Rod Piazza, voc, hca; # George Smith, voc, hca; Gregg Schafer, Buddy Reed, gs; J.D. Nicholson, p; Jerry Smith, b; Dick Innes, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon BH 4807 (US)

notes by Mike Vernon

Blue Horizon 7-63858 (UK)

= CBS/Blue Horizon SBP 233955

= Line OLLP 5309 (Germany 1984)
= Line IMLP 4.00378

= Walhalla Wh 90344

Sony / BMG CD 688737 (2006)

George 'Harmonica' Smith discography

7-63859
(1970)
Key Largo

- Big Chief (Part 1)
- Axe And The Wind
- Give It Up
- What Do I Do With It
- Stranger In My Own Home Town
- That Did It
- Big Chief (Part 2)

- Come On And Get It Baby (Bit One And Two)
- O.S. Blues
- Wrapped Up In Love Again
- Biscayne Bug
- As The Years Go Passing By


Blue Horizon 7-63859

7-63860
(1970)
Christine Perfect

- Crazy 'Bout You Baby
- I'm On My Way
- Let Me Go (Leave Me Alone)
- Wait And See
- Close To Me
- I'd Rather Go Blind

- When You Say
- And That's Saying A Lot
- No Road Is The Right Road
- For You
- I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)
- I Want You


Blue Horizon 7-63860

7-63861
(1970)
Chicken Shack: Accept

- Diary of Your Life
- Pocket
- Never Ever
- Sad Clown
- Maudie
- Telling Your Fortune

- Tired Eyes
- Some Other Time
- Going Round
- Andalucian Blues
- You Knew You Did You Did
- She Didn't Use Her Loaf


Blue Horizon 7-63861

7-63863
(1970)
Lightnin' Slim: Rooster Blues

- Rooster Blues [Excello 2169]
- Long Leanie Mama [Excello 2142]
- My Starter Won't Work [Excello 2142]
- G.I. Slim [Excello 2169]
- Lightnin's Troubles [Excello 2160]
- Beg Bug Blues [Excello 2173]

- Hoo-Doo Blues [Excello 2131]
- It's Mighty Crazy [Excello 2131]
- Sweet Little Woman [Excello 2160]
- Tom Cat Blues [Excello 2173]
- Feelin' Awful Blues [Excello 2150]
- I'm Leaving You Baby [Excello 2150]


Excello LP-8000 (US 1960)


= Blue Horizon 7-63863 (UK 1970)


= Excello LP-8000 (1970s)


= Excello 8000/SO-1 (US late 1980s)

Lightnin' Slim discography

7-63864
(1970)
Lonesome Sundown: Lonesome Lonely Blues

- Love Me Now [Excello 2175]
- Learn To Treat Me Better [Excello 2174]
- Lonesome, Lonely Blues [Excello 2202]
- Do What You Did [previously unissued]
- I'm Glad She's Mine [Excello 2202]
- I Woke Up Cryin' [Excello 2213]

- Please Be On That 5.19 [Excello 2254]
- I Had A Dream Last Night [Excello 2249]
- If You See My Baby [Excello 2163]
- Hoo Doo Woman Blues [Excello 2259]
- When I Had I Didn't Need< [Excello 2236]
- I'm A Mojo Man [Excello 2132]

notes by Bruce Bromberg

Excello LPS-8012 (1970)

notes by Mike Leadbitter

= Blue Horizon 7-63864 (UK 1970) "Lonesome Lonely Blues"

Lonesome Sundown discography

7-63867
(1970)
Martha Velez: Fiends & Angels Again

- I'm Gonna Leave You
- Swamp Man
- A Fool For You
- In My Girlish Days
- Very Good Fandango / Tell Mama

- Feel So Bad
- Drive Me Daddy
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
- Come Here Sweet Man
- Let The Good Times Roll


Blue Horizon 7-63867

7-63868
(1970)
Duster Bennett: 12 DB's

- Slim's Tune
- I Chose To Sing The Blues
- Sugar Beet
- I Love My Baby
- Vitamin Pills
- Everyday

- Act Nice And Gentle
- Woman Without Love
- That Mean Old Look
- Sweeter Than Sugar
- On Reconsideration
- Hill St. Rag


Blue Horizon 7-63868

7-63875
(5/1971)
The Original Fleetwood Mac

- Drifting (Green)
- Leaving Town Blues (Green)
- Watch Out (Green)
- A Fool No More (Green)
- Mean Old Fireman (Crudup)
- Can't Afford To Do It (Williamson)

- Fleetwood Mac (Green)
- Worried Dream (King)
- Love That Woman (Leake)
- Allow Me One More Show (Spencer)
- First Train Home (Green)
- Ramblin' Pony #2 (Green)

CBS


Blue Horizon 7-63875

 
Double-Albums
7-66227
(1969)
Fleetwood Mac: Blues Jam At Chess / In Chicago

- Watch Out
- Ooh Baby
- South Indiana - take 1 (instr)
- South Indiana - take 2 (instr)
- Last Night
- Red Hot Jam (instr) #   @ youtube

- World's In A Tangle *   @ youtube
- Talk With You *   @ youtube
- Like It This Way *   @ youtube
- Someday Soon Baby ** (Otis Spann, voc)   @ youtube
- Hungry Country Girl ** (Otis Spann, voc)   @ youtube


- I'm Worried
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Madison Blues
- I Can't Hold Out
- I Need Your Love (tk 2) * § (Walter Horton, voc)   @ youtube
- I Got The Blues * § (Walter Horton, voc)   @ youtube

- Black Jack Blues # (J.T. Brown, voc)   @ youtube
- Everyday I Have The Blues #   @ youtube
- Rockin' Boogie (instr) #   @ youtube
- Sugar Mama *   @ youtube
- Homework *   @ youtube

CD bonus tracks:
- Drifting
- Fleetwood Mac



2004 expanded edition, Volume One:
- Watch Out
- Ooh Baby
- South Indiana (tk 1)
- South Indiana (tk 2)
- Last Night
- Red Hot Jam (tk 1) (instr) # [bonus track]
- Red Hot Jam (instr) #
- I'm Worried
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Madison Blues
- I Can't Hold Out
- Bobby's Rock (instr) [bonus track]
- I Need Your Love (tk 2) * §
- Horton's Boogie Woogie (tk 1) * § [bonus track]   @ youtube
- I Got The Blues * §

2004 expanded edition, Volume Two:
- World's In A Tangle *
- Talk With You *
- Like It This Way *
- Someday Soon Baby ** (Otis Spann, voc)
- Hungry Country Girl ** (Otis Spann, voc)
- Black Jack Blues
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- Rockin' Boogie
- My Baby's Gone (Honeyboy Edwards, voc) #   @ youtube
- Sugar Mama (tk 1) * [bonus track]   @ youtube
- Sugar Mama *
- Homework *
- Honey Boy Blues (instr) # § [bonus track]   @ youtube
- I Need Your Love (tk 1) * § [bonus track]   @ youtube
- Horton's Boogie Woogie (tk 2) (Walter Horton, voc) * § [bonus track]   @ youtube
- Have A Good Time (Walter Horton, voc) * § [bonus track]   @ youtube
- That's Wrong (Walter Horton, voc) * § [bonus track]   @ youtube
- Rock Me Baby (Walter Horton, voc) * § [bonus track]   @ youtube

rec. January 4, 1969 at Chess Ter Mar Studios, 320 E. 21st St. in Chicago, IL
§ with Walter Horton, hca
# with David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, g
with Otis Spann, * p, ** voc, p

prod. by Mike Vernon and Marshall Chess
session photographs by Jeff Lowenthal

gatefold DLP

Blue Horizon 7-66227 (= Blue Horizon 7-63219/20) (UK 1969) "Blues Jam at Chess"

2 LPs
 
= Blue Horizon BH 4803 / BH 4805 (US 1970) "Blues Jam in Chicago" Volumes One & Two

gatefold DLP
= Blue Horizon BH 3801 (US 1971) "Blues Jam in Chicago" Volumes One & Two

gatefold DLP

= Sire SASH-3715-2 (US 1975) "Fleetwood Mac In Chicago"

gatefold DLP

= Epic EPC 88591 (US 1982) "Blues Jam In Chicago"


(=) Blue Horizon Remastered 5164462 (EU 7/2004) "Blues Jam In Chicago" Volume One
(=) Blue Horizon Remastered 90004-2 (US 7/2004) "Blues Jam In Chicago" Volume One


(=) Blue Horizon Remastered 5164472 (EU 7/2004) "Blues Jam In Chicago" Volume Two
(=) Blue Horizon Remastered 90005-2 (US 7/2004) "Blues Jam In Chicago" Volume Two

Otis Spann discography
Honeyboy Edwards discography
Walter Horton discography

a whole bunch of re-releases at www.discogs.com

7-66230
(1970)
Elmore James: To Know A Man

- Hand In Hand - takes 1 / I Have A Right To Love My Baby
- Hand In Hand - take 3
- Hand In Hand - take 4
- Everyday I Have The Blues

- Dust My Broom
- It Hurts Me Too - take 1
- Talk To Me Baby - take 1 / Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- Got To Move
- Manhattan Slide


- Twelve Year Old Boy
- Elmore Jumps One
- I Believe - take 1 / I Gotta Go Now
- Back In Mississippi

- Second Fiddle Man
- Make My Dreams Come True - take 3
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama - takes 1 & 2
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama - take 3
- Sunnyland - take 1
- Footrace To A Resting Place / Wrong Doing Woman


Blue Horizon S 7-66230 gatefold  

DLP
notes by Mike Leadbitter

Blue Horizon S 7-66230 (UK)
= 7-63224 / 7-63225


(=) Blue Horizon 4601 (US 1972) [1st LP only] "Blues Masters Vol. 1"

= Line OLLP 8018 (Germany 1984)

Elmore James discography

7-66263
(1970)
Swamp Blues

record 1:
- Looking The World Over - Whispering Smith
- Somebody Stole My Baby And Gone - Arthur "Guitar" Kelley
- Just Give Me A Chance - Silas Hogan
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Clarence Edwards
- Can't Las Too Long - Henry Gray
- A Thousand Miles From Nowhere - Whispering Smith

- Deep South Mose - Whispering Smith
- Dry Chemical Blues - Silas Hogan
- How Can I Stay When All I Have Is Gone - Arthur "Guitar" Kelley
- Let Me Love You - Clarence Edwards
- Cold Black Mare - Whispering Smith
- I Didn't Tell Her To Leave - Silas Hogan


record 2:
- Cooling Board - Clarence Edwards
- Storm In Texas - Whispering Smith   @ youtube
- Gray's Bounce - Henry Gray
- Hoo-doo Blues - Silas Hogan
- Worried Life Blues - Henry Gray
- I Want Somebody - Clarence Edwards

- I Don't Know Why - Arthur "Guitar" Kelley
- Honey Bee Blues - Silas Hogan
- Baton Rouge Breakdown - Whispering Smith
- Shower Of Rain - Henry Gray
- Number Ten At The Station & Number Twelve Is On The Road - Arthur "Guitar" Kelley
- Baby, Please Don't Go - Whispering Smith

rec. August 12, 13, 14 & 15, 1970 at the Deep South Studios in Baton Rouge, LA
Moses "Whispering" Smith, voc, hca; Silas Hogan, voc, g; Henry Gray, voc, p; Clarence Edwards, voc, g; Arthur "Guitar" Kelley, voc, g; Gregg "Little Guitar" Schaefer, solo g (overdubbed); Roy Lee Sheppard, rhythm g; Gregg Schaefer (overdubbed), Leon Medica, Clarence Prophet, b; Samuel Hogan, dr; anonymous, perc (overdubbed)

DLP

Excello LPS-8015/16 (US 1970)

DLP

= Blue Horizon 7-63869 (UK 1970)

DLP

= Vogue LDVS 17258 (Germany 1971)


(=) Sonet SNTF 773 (Vol. 1) (UK 1978)

+ Sonet SNTF 774 (Vol. 2) (UK 1978)

2 LP set
= Bluesmen BD-32219/2 (Spain 1980 + 1983)

notes (1997) by Mike Vernon

= Ace/Excello CDCHD 661 (UK 1997)

Excello Records discography
Whispering Smith discography
Arthur "Guitar" Kelley discography
Silas Hogan discography

(CBS)
66278
(1971)
Nothing But The Blues
The record companion to Hanover Publications' book "Nothing But The Blues" compiled by the Editors of Blues Unlimited

J.B. Lenoir
- I Don't Care What Nobody Say
Juke Boy Bonner
- Runnin' Shoes
Doctor Ross
- Goin' Down Slow
Model 'T' Slim
- Woman's The Glory Of Man
Little Mack Simmons
- Come Back
Johnny Shines
- Pipeline Blues

Boozoo Chavis
- Forty One Days
Hop Wilson
- That Wouldn't Satisfy
Big Walter
- My Tears
Lonesome Sundown
- I Stood By
Arthur Gunter
- Don't Leave Me Now
Rockin' Sydney
- Keep On Pushin'


B. B. King
- Eysight To The Blind
Otis Rush
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
Buddy Guy
- Sit And Cry (The Blues)
John Brim
- Lifetime Baby
Elmore James
- Goin' For Good
Magic Sam
- All Night Long

Lightnin' Slim
- Greyhound Blues
Slim Harpo
- Loving You (The Way I Do)
Otis Spann
- Can't Do Me No Good
Sunnyland Slim
- Midnight Jump
Johnny Young
- Moaning And Groaning
George Smith
- Telephone Blues

2 LP set
notes by Mike Leadbitter

CBS 66278 (UK 1971)

 
Samplers
SPR 31
(1969)
Super Duper Blues

Fleetwood Mac
- Rollin' Man
Duster Bennett
- Jumping At Shadows
Chicken Shack
- What You Did Last Night
Eddie Boyd
- The Blues Is Here To Stay
Gordon Smith
- Diving Duck Blues
Champion Jack Dupree
- A Racehorse Called Mae

Johnny Shines
- Pipeline Blues
Fleetwood Mac
- Long Grey Mare
Sunnyland Slim
- Stella Mae
Chicken Shack
- I Wanna See My Baby
Curtis Jones
- Gee Pretty Baby
Fleetwood Mac
- Shake Your Money Maker


Blue Horizon PR-31 (UK 1969)


= Blue Horizon PR-31 (Fr)

SPR 31/34
(1969)
The Blues

Fleetwood Mac - Rollin' Man
Duster Bennett - Jumping At Shadows
Chicken Shack - What Did You Do Last Night
Eddie Boyd - The Blues Is Here To Stay
Gordon Smith - Driving Duck Blues [sic]
Champion Jack Dupree - A Racehorse Called Mae

Johnny Shines - Pipeline Blues
Fleetwood Mac - Long Grey Mare
Sunnyland Slim - Stella Mae
Chicken Shack - I Wanna See My Baby
Curtis Jones - Gee, Pretty Baby
Fleetwood Mac - Shake Your Money Maker


Johnny Winter - Be Careful With A Fool
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Prison Cell Blues
John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues
Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
Taj Mahal - The Cuckoo
Ma Rainey - Deep Moanin' Blues
Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues
Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper - That's All Right

Janis Joplin - Ball And Chain
Lightnin' Hopkins - War Is Starting Again
Steamhammer - Junior's Wailing
Son House - Pearline
Big Maybelle - No More Trouble Out Of Me
Driftin Slim & His Blues Band - Jackson Blues
Blood, Sweat And Tears - Blues Part II

DLP

Blue Horizon SPR 31 / CBS SPR 34 (UK 1969)

SPR 37
(1969)
In Our Own Way - Oldies But Goodies

Chicken Shack
- Hey Baby
Duster Bennett
- Raining In My Heart
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
- Cobwebs
Champion Jack Dupree
- I Haven't Done No-One No Harm
Otis Spann
- Bloody Murder
Chicken Shack
- Its Ok With Me Baby
Guitar Crusher
- Hambone Blues

Bobby Parker
- It's Hard But Its Fair
Otis Spann
- Can't Do Me No Good
Chicken Shack
- When My Left Eye Jumps
Champion Jack Dupree
- Ba' La Fouche
Bobby Parker
- I Couldn't Quit My Baby
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
- Warning
Garfield Love
- Part Time Love


Blue Horizon PR-37 (UK 1969)

SPR 45/46
(1970)
How Blue Can We Get?

Volume I: White
Fleetwood Mac - Watch Out
Jellybread - Don't Pay Them No Mind
Top Topham - Mini-Minor-Mo
Duster Bennett - What A Dream
Bacon Fat - Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Lights)
Chicken Shack - Evelyn

Christine Perfect - And That's Saying A Lot
Bacon Fat - Small's On 53rd
Fleetwood Mac - I'm Worried
Chicken Shack - The Way It Is
Jellybread - No Brag, Just Facts (parts 1 and 2)
Fleetwood Mac - Rambling Pony


Volume II: Black
Elmore James - Hand In Hand
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's Alright
Magic Sam - All Your Love
Larry Johnson - Catfish Blues
Otis Spann - My Love Depends On You
Furry Lewis - Casey Jones
Champion Jack Dupree - Grandma (You're A Bit Too Slow)

George Smith - No Time For Jive
Johnny Young - Deal The Cards
Roosevelt Holts - Little Bitty Woman
Bukka White - Bed Spring Blues
Mississippi Joe Callicott - On My Last Go Round
Otis Rush - Jump Sister Bessie

Blue Horizon PR/SPR 45/46 inner gatefold


DLP

Blue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970)

DLP

= Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970)

 
Polydor series
 
2431000 / 2931000 series
2431-001
(1971)
Bacon Fat: Tough Dude

- Wait On It
- Down The Road
- Betty
- Leavin' On Your Mind # *
- Jivin' The Business
- Shake Dancer

- Travelling South # *
- Evil
- Blues Feeling
- Pool Hall Sam
- Transatlantic Blues
- Hurricane #

rec. November 18, 1970 in London, UK; Rod Piazza, voc, hca; George Smith, * voc, # hca; Gregg Schafer, g, mand; Buddy Reed, g; J.D. Nicholson, p; Jery Smith, b; Dick Innes, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon


Blue Horizon 2431-001

= Philips 6305094 (D)

2431-002
(1971)
Jellybread: Sixty Five Parkway

- Faded Grace
- Old Before Your Time
- Sally Hotlips
- Go Through The Motions
- Full Circle One

- Old Man Hank
- The Missing Link
- Samuel Taylor
- Try
- Full Circle Two


Blue Horizon 2431-002

2431-003
(1971)
marshall hooks & co.

- Hookin' It - Part One
- Time Is Running Out On You
- Blow My Mind
- I Want The Same Thing Tomorrow
- Lived, Loved, Won And Lost

- Facts Of Life
- I'm Just A Simple Man
- Reality
- Hookin' It - Part Two


Blue Horizon 2431-003

2431-004
(1971)
B.B. King: Take A Swing With Me

- Fine Looking Woman (2:20)
- Highway Bound (2:45)
- Dark In The Night, Pt.1 (2:36)
- Dark In The Night, Pt.2 (2:43)
- Boogie Rock (3:04)
- Don't Have To Cry (3:16)

- Let's Do The Boogie (2:25)
- Praying To The Lord (2:48)
- Talkin' The Blues (2:20)
- You Didn't Want Me (2:34)
- Please Help Me (3:14)
- You Don't Know (2:25)


Blue Horizon 2431-004

2431-005
(1971)
Lightnin' Hopkins: Let's Work Awhile

- This Time We're Gonna Try (3:58)
- Christmas Time Is Coming (3:52)
- Come On Baby, Let's Work Awhile (3:13)
- The Jet (3:26)
- I Don't Need You Woman (3:50)

- I Wish I Was A Baby (3:36)
- The Crazy Song (3:06)
- Lightnin's Love (4:48)
- Take It If You Want To (2:35)
- How Have You Been? (4:06)

Pickwick/33 SPC-3013 (US 1965) "The King
Of The Blues"


Blue Horizon 2431-005

Lightnin' Hopkins discography

2431-006
(1971)
Rick Hayward

- Lament F' Yorke (2:11)
- Light In The Sky (4:10)
- His Imperial Highness Prince Chicken Rag (2:43)
- Can't See Any Sign (2:26)
- Neptune (3:19)
- Weasel (3:14)

- Dance Of The Sour Grape Fairy (2:57)
- Seeing Through (3:05)
- Minuette (1:02)
- Mongrel (2:23)
- Find Yourself Sometime (4:28)
- Wheels Within Wheels (2:50)


Blue Horizon 2431-006

2431-007
(1971)
Lazy Lester: Made Up My Mind

- I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter [Excello 2143]
- I Hear You Knockin' [Excello 2155]
- Sugar Coated Love [Excello 2143]
- I'm So Glad [Excello 2206]
- If You Think I've Lost You [Excello 2219]
- Bye, Bye Baby [Excello 2182]

- Lonesome Highway Blues [Excello 2230]
- I Made Up My Mind [Excello 2230]
- Because She's Gone [Excello 2277]
- Pondarosa Stomp [Excello 2277]
- The Same Thing Could Happen To You [Excello 2243]
- Lester's Stomp [Excello 2095]


Excello LPS-8006 (US 1967) "True Blues"


= Blue Horizon 2431-007 (UK 1971) "Made Up My Mind"

Lazy Lester discography

2431-008
(1971)
Silas Hogan: Trouble

- Out And Down Blues [Excello 2266]   @ youtube
- You're Too Late Baby [Excello 2221]
- I'm Goin' In The Valley [Excello 2241]
- So Long Blues [Excello 2270]
- I'm Gonna Quit You Pretty Baby [Excello 2231]
- If I Ever Needed You Baby [Excello 2271]
- Trouble At Home Blues [Excello 2221]

- Lonesome La La [Excello 2241]
- Baby Please Come Back To Me [Excello 2266]
- Airport Blues [Excello 2231]
- Just Give Me A Chance [Excello 2255]
- Dark Clouds Rollin' [Excello 2251]
- Early One Morning [Excello 2271]
- I'm In Love With You Baby [Excello 2251]

Silas Hogan discography

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Excello LPS-8019 (US 1971)

notes by Mike Leadbitter

= Blue Horizon 2431-008 (UK 1971) "Trouble At Home"

Silas Hogan discography

2431-009
(1971)
Whalefeathers

- World Of Pain
- I Don't Need No Doctor
- It's A Hard Road (Back Home)

- Bastich
- Pretty Woman
- Shadows

notes by Stanley B. Hertzman

Blue Horizon 2431-009

= Excello 500 015 (Fr)

2431-012
(1971)
Arthur Gunter: Blues After Hours

- Baby Let's Play House
- Blues After Hours
- Ludella
- No Naggin' No Draggin'
- Mind You Own Business Babe
- Honey Babe
- No Happy Home

- Workin' For My Baby
- Baby Can't You See
- Little Blue Jeans Woman
- You're Always On My Mind
- Baby You Better Listen
- I Want Her Back
- Crazy Me

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Blue Horizon 2431-012

2431-013
(1971)
Slim Harpo: Trigger Finger

- Wondering And Worryin'
- Strange Love
- You'll Be Sorry One Day
- One More Day
- Late Last Night
- Buzzin'
- Sittin' Here Wondering
- What's Goin' On Baby

- Please Don't Turn Me Down
- Tip On In (part 2)
- I Just Can't Leave You
- That's Why I Love You
- Just For You
- I've Got My Finger On Your Trigger
- The Price Is Too High
- Rainin' In My Heart


Blue Horizon 2431013
("Marketed by Polydor")

Slim Harpo discography

2431-015
(1971)
Whispering Smith: Over Easy

P-Vine PCD-2811 bonus tracks:
- Mean Woman Blues [Excello 2232]
- Hound Dog Twist [Excello 2232]
- Don't Leave Me Baby [Excello 2237]
- Live Jive [Excello 2237]
- I Tried So Hard [Excello 2250]
- Crying Blues [Excello 2250]
- I Can't Take It No More [Excello 2260]
- Baby You're Mine [Excello 2260]

Excello EX-8020 tracks:
- What In The World's Come Over You # // $
- Mojo Hand *
- The Way You Treat Me #
- I Don't Want No Woman # $
- Everybody Needs Love * §
- I Know I've Got A Sure Thing * §

- Why Am I Treated So Bad [Excello 2338] # [] // $   @ youtube
- Rock Me Baby *
- Married Man # // $
- I Know You Don't Love Me #
- It's All Over [Excello 2338] # $
- You Want To Do It Again # // $

# rec. c. 1971 in Baton Rouge, LA; Whispering Smith, voc; // Leroy Pero, Willie Singleton, Johnnie Cage, Napoleon Martin, Reggie Morrison, Trombone Obry, horns; Bobby Powell, $ keyb, [] voc; Melvin Hill, Harvey Lexing, gs; Alfred Lucas, b; Greg 'Dog' Johnson, Nolan Smith, dr, perc; prod. by Lionel T. Whitfield

* rec. c. 1971 in Baton Rouge, LA; Whispering Smith, voc, § hca; unknown g

notes by Pierre Gonneau

Excello EX-8020

Excello Records discography


= Blue Horizon 2431-015 (UK 1971)

= Contempo CRM116 (UK)


(=) Ace CDCHD 578 (UK
1995) Lightnin' Slim /
Whispering Smith "High
& Low Down/Over Easy"


(=) P-Vine PCD-2811

Whispering Smith discography

2931-001
(1971)
Mighty Baby: A Jug Full Of Love

- Jug Of Love (6:20)
- The Happiest Man In The Carnival (7:09)
- Keep On Juggin' (8:42)

- Virgin Spring (9:20)
- Tasting The Life (6:43)
- Slipstreams (5:20)


Blue Horizon 2931-001

2931-002
(1971)
Focus: Moving Waves

- Hocus Pocus
- Le Clochard ("Bread")
- Janis
- Moving Waves
- Focus II

Eruption
- Orfeus, Answer, Orfeus
- Answer, Pupilla, Tommy, Pupilla
- Answer, The Bridge
- Euridice, Dayglow, Endless Road
- Answer, Orfeus, Euridice


Blue Horizon 2931-002

2931-003
(1971)
Mike Vernon: Bring It Back Home

- Let's Try It Again
- Move Away
- Mississippi Joe
- Brown Alligator
- Come Back Baby

- Dark Road Blues
- (She Said) She Didn't Have Time
- Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
- My Say Blues
- War Pains


Blue Horizon 2931-003 (UK)

= Blue Horizon STEC125 (Fr)


= Carnaby 359948 (Sp)
Carnaby CPS9204 (Sp 1972)

2931-004
(1972)
Jellybread: Back To Begin Again

- Down Along The Cove
- Green-Eyed Gypsy Queen
- Do You Do
- Since I Fell For You
- Blue Water

- Hound Dog
- Mynah Bird
- Sister Lucy
- Back To Begin Again
- Keep Playin' That Rock'n'Roll


Blue Horizon 2931-004

2931-005
(1972)
Lightnin' Slim: London Gumbo

- Just A Little Bit
- Miss Sarah' A Good Girl
- Too Much Monkey Business
- Ain't Nothin' But Trouble
- I Won't Give Up
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter

- Mean Ole Frisco
- Hey Little Girl
- The Sky Is Crying
- Help Me Spend My Gold
- I Got A Little Woman
- Take It Real Easy

rec. March 5 & 6, 1972 at Marquee Studios in London, UK


Excello LPS-8023


= Blue Horizon 2931-005

Lightnin' Slim discography

 
Double-Albums
2683 007
(1972)




The Excello Story

record 1:
- Goin' Home - Lightnin' Slim
- Just Made Twenty One - Lightnin' Slim
- My Home Is A Prison - Lonesome Sundown
- No Jive - Little Al
- Little Lean Woman - Little Al
- Don't Bring Me No Friend - Blue Charlie
- Tell Me Pretty Baby - Lazy Lester
- Gonna Stick To You Baby - Lonesome Sundown

- Nothin' But The Devil - Lightnin Slim
- Bobby Sox Baby - Slim Harpo
- Snoopin' Around - Slim Harpo
- Frankie & Johnny - Jimmy Anderson
- Everybody Needs Somebody - Silas Hogan
- Hoodoo Party - Tabby Thomas
- Live Jive - Whispering Smith
- Don't Let Nobody Know - Willie Baker

record 2:
- Little Darlin' - The Gladiolas
- Sweetheart Please Don't Go - The Gladiolas
- Oh Julie - Crescendos
- Miss You So - Lillian Offitt
- This Should Go On Forever - Guitar Gable
- Prisoner's Song - Warren Storm
- Mama Mama Mama Look What Your Little Boy's Done - Warren Storm
- Rainin' In My Heart - Slim Harpo

- She's My Kinda' Girl - Shy Guy Douglas
- Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
- Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain & His Upstarts
- She's Mine, All Mine - Arthur Gunter
- Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels
- Love Shock - Little Sonny
- Chuc-A-Luck - Baby Boy Warren
- Quit My Drinkin' - Robert Garrett

DLP
notes (February 1972) by John Broven

Excello LPS-8025 (US 1972)

DLP
notes (February 1972)
by John Broven

= Blue Horizon 2683 007
= 2937-001A / 2937-002B (UK 1972)

Excello Records discography

 
OtherAlbums
 
CDs
488992-2
(1997)
The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970 Vol. 1

disc 1 - The Pre-CBS Years:
- Across The Board - Hubert Sumlin
- Sumlin Boogie - Hubert Sumlin
- Baby You Just Don't Know - Woodrow Adams with Boogie Blues Blasters
- Winehead Woman - Woodrow Adams with Boogie Blues Blasters
- Christmas Time (Part 1) - Jimmy McCracklin
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenore
- I Don't Care What Nobody Say - J.B. Lenore
- Mean Old World - Doctor Isaiah Ross
- Someone To Love Me - T.S. McPhee
- I Feel So Good - Jo Ann Kelly
- Good Morning Baby - Drifting Slim
- My Sweet Woman - Drifting Slim
- Lonely Years - John Mayall & Eric Clapton
- Bernard Jenkins - John Mayall & Eric Clapton
- Superintendent Blues - Houston Boines
- Monkey Motion - Houston Boines
- Can't Quit You Baby - Savoy Brown's Blues Band
- Get Your Head Happy - Champion Jack Dupree with T.S. McPhee
- Talk All In My Sleep - Champion Jack Dupree with T.S. McPhee
- Hot Rock - Stone's Masonry
- Christine - Hound Dog Taylor
- Come Back - 'Little' Mack Simmons & His Boys
- My Walking Blues - 'Little' Mack Simmon And His Boys
- It's So Miserable To Be Alone - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie)
- Empty Arms - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie)

disc 2 - The CBS Years - part One:
- I Believe My Time Ain't Long - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
- Warning - Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
- When My Left Eye Jumps - The Chicken Shack Featuring Stan Webb (with Christine Perfect)
- She Drives Me Out Of My Mind - Arthur K. Adams
- The Big Boat - Eddie Boyd (with Peter Green and John McVie)
- Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac
- Prison Bound Blues - Roosevelt Holts
- Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac
- How Am I Doing - Champion Jack Dupree with Stan Webb
- Can't Do Me No Good - Otis Spann
- The Woman I Love - B.B. King
- You Don't Have To Go - Curtis Jones
- Albatross [instrumental] - Fleetwood Mac
- Since My Baby Hit The Numbers - Guitar Crusher Jimmy Spruill O
- Next Time You See Me - Garfield Love Jimmy Spruill Orchestra
- Solid Gold - Johnny Shines
- Layin' In My Cell, Sleepin' - Sunnyland Slim
- It's Hard But It's Fair - Bobby Parker
- I Couldn't Quit My Baby - Bobby Parker
- Stumbling Block - Champion Jack Dupree
- I'd Rather Go Blind - Chicken Shack (with Christine Perfect)
- Temperature Is Rising (98.8) - Otis Spann With Fleetwood Mac
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush And His Band

disc 3 - The CBS Years - part Two:
- Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam
- Hideaway - Chicken Shack
- My Baby's Gone - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards (with Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood)
- Mandy Lee - Coyne Clague
- Too Long - Gordon Smith
- You Don't Know My Mind - Mississippi Joe Callicott
- Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis
- Drifting Blues - Bukka White
- Southern Train - Larry Johnson
- Tears In The Wind - Chicken Shack
- I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up Or I'm Gonna End Up Winding Up With You - Duster Bennett
- She Wants To Rock 'N' Roll - Harmonica Slim
- Moaning And Groaning - Johnny Young
- Someday Your Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right) - George Smith
- Ridin' The Blinds - Top Topham
- Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights) - Bacon Fat
- Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu - Jellybread
- Crazy 'Bout You Baby - Christine Perfect
- Voodoo Rhythym - Key Largo
- I Want You To Love Me - Duster Bennett
- I'm Gonna Leave You - Martha Velez
- Blues Feeling - Bacon Fat

prod. by Mike Vernon

3 CD box set
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Columbia 488992-2 (UK/EU 10/1998)

3 CD set
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= Columbia 828768620823 (EU 2006)

3 CD set
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= Sony MHCP-1204/6 (Jp 11/2006)

CD-1
(2000)
Doctor Isaiah Ross: The Flying Eagle
Doctor Ross  The Harmonica Boss

- Flying Eagle Boogie
- Goin' Down Slow
- Something To Tell You, Want All My Friends To Know
- Tommy Dorsey Boogie
- Hobo Blues
- Mother Before This Time Another Year
- Bad Whiskey, Bad Women
- Decoration Day
- Too Close Together
- Rollin' And Tumblin'
- Mean Old World
- Rock Me
- Miss Elvira #
- After Hour Blues #
- Sugar Gal #
- Sweet Black Angel #
- Stop Cryin' #
- Train Fair Home #

rec. October 20, 1965 in London

# rec. January 1966 in Flint, Michigan

Blue Horizon LP 1 /
XTRA 1038


Blue Horizon CD-1

Doctor Ross discography

688737
(2006)
George Smith & Bacon Fat
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions


disc 1:
Bacon Fat
- Up The Line (LP 7-63858)
- Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights) (LP 7-63858)
- Small's On 53rd (LP 7-63858)
- She's A Wrong Woman (LP 7-63858)
- I Need Your Love (LP 7-63858)
- Juicy Harmonica (LP 7-63858)
- Nobody But You (LP 7-63858)
- Telephone Blues (LP 7-63858)
- You're So Fine (LP 7-63858)
- Too Late (LP 7-63858)
- Evil (single 57-3181)
- Blues Feeling (remix) (single 57-3181)
George Smith
- Off The Wall (previously unreleased)
- Ah'w Baby (previously unreleased)
- Mellow Down Easy (previously unreleased)
- Blues With A Feeling (previously unreleased)
- Tight Dress (previously unreleased)
- I've Had My Fun (previously unreleased)
- Help Me (previously unreleased)
- My Babe (part 1 / previously unreleased)

disc 2:
George Smith
- Someday You're Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right) (LP 7-63856)
- Blue Switch (LP 7-63856)
- Mississippi River Blues (LP 7-63856)
- Before You Do Your Thing (You'd Better Think) (LP 7-63856)
- I Don't Want To Go Baby (LP 7-63856)
- Good Things (LP 7-63856)
- Soul Feet (LP 7-63856)
- No Time For Jive (LP 7-63856)
- My Babe (part 2 / previously unreleased)
- I'm Ready (previously unreleased)
- Telephone Blues (previously unreleased)
- Forty Four (previously unreleased)
- Blues With A Feeling (previously unreleased)
- Summertime (previously unreleased)
- Got My Mojo Working (previously unreleased)
- Hamp's Boogie Woogie (previously unreleased)

previously unreleased tracks recorded at Hull, Bexley, Lancaster, Plymouth and other UK locations during the Bacon Fat with George Smith November 1970 tour

2 CD set

Sony / BMG CD 688737

George 'Harmonica' Smith discography

886973
59852
(2008)
Gordon Smith: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions

- Diving Duck Blues #
- Highway 51 #
- One Dime Blues #
- Having A Good Time #
- Instrumental No 2 #
- Walking Blues #
- Rolling And Tumbling #
- I Been Down So Long #
- Instrumental No. 4 #
- Pearlie Blues #
- Woman Down The Hall #
- Big Road Blues #
- Instrumental No 3 #
- Worried Life Blues #
- Nobody's Fault But Mine
- One Dime Blues
- Instrumental No 2
- Walking Blues
- Rolling And Tumbling
- Walking Blues
- Pearlie Blues
- I'm So Glad
- Instrumental No. 1
- When You Got A Good Friend
- I'm So Glad
- Too Long []
- Funk Pedal []
- I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

from original analogue master tapes, mastered by Sean Lynch at Torch Music

# from 1968 Blue Horizon 7-63211 ("Long Overdue")

[] from July 1969 Blue Horizon 57-3156 (7 inch 45 rpm)

remaining tracks previously unreleased

notes by Mike Vernon

Sony BMG 88697359852

Gordon Smith discography

 

Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Leslie Fancourt: blue horizon records 1965-1972 - A discography.- Faversham (Retrack Books), 1992
- http://markattheflicks.blogspot.de/2009/05/blue-horizon-7-singles-discography-from.html
- http://www.45cat.com/label/blue-horizon
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Phil Wight, Jurgen Baldhead, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva and Keith Randall for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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