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Excello Records
LPs (8000 series)
discography

#
year of
release
title / notes
8000
(1960)
Lightnin' Slim: Rooster Blues

Excello / Rumble LP track sequence (12 tracks):
- Rooster Blues [Excello 2169]
- Long Leanie Mama [Excello 2142]
- My Starter Won't Work [Excello 2142]
- "GI" Slim [Excello 2169]
- Beg Bug Blues 1) [Excello 2173]
- Lightnin's Troubles 1) [Excello 2160]

- 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]

cover photograph of Blue Horizon 7-63863: "Blues Unlimited"

1) "Bed Bug Blues" and "Lightnin's Troubles" on some re-releases (starting with the 1970s Excello LP-8000) are interchanged on *print* (back cover and label track lists), not on vinyl!

P-Vine PCD-2326 track sequence (18 tracks):
- Rooster Blues
- Long Leanie Mama
- My Starter Won't Work
- "G.I." Slim
- Lightnin's Troubles
- Bed Bug Blues
- Hoo-Doo Blues
- It's Mighty Crazy
- Sweet Little Woman
- Tom Cat Blues
- Feelin' Awful Blues
- I'm Leavin' You, Baby

- Lightnin' Blues [Excello 2066]
- I Can't Be Successful [Excello 2066]
- Sugar Plum [Excello 2075]
- Just Made Twenty-One [Excello 2075]
- Goin' Home [Excello 2080]
- Wonderin' And Goin' [Excello 2080]

Hip-O CD HIPD-40134 track sequence (15 tracks):
- Rooster Blues
- Long Leanie Mama
- My Starter Won't Work
- "G.I." Slim
- Lightnin's Troubles
- Bed Bug Blues
- Hoo-Doo Blues
- It's Mighty Crazy
- Sweet Little Woman
- Tom Cat Blues
- Feelin' Awful Blues
- I'm Leavin' You, Baby

- Lightnin' Blues
- Just Made Twenty-One
- Sugar Plum

notes by Anonymous

Excello LP-8000 (US 1960)

notes (July 1970) by Mike Leadbitter

= Blue Horizon 7-63863 (UK 1970)

 
= Excello LP-8000 (US 1970s) "Electronically reprocessed to simulate stereo"


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


(=) P-Vine PCD-2326 (Jp 1991)


(=) Ace CDCHD 517 (Germany 1994) "Lightnin' Slim: Rooster Blues / Bell Ringer"


(=) Hip-O CD HIPD-40134 (US 1998)

12 inch LP

(=) Rumble RUM2011064 (EU 2014)

Lightnin' Slim discography

8001
(1960)
Tunes To Be Remembered

- Oh Julie - Crescendos
- Sweetheart Please Don't Go - Gladiolas
- Baby Let's Play House - Arthur Gunter
- Pipe Dreams - Jimmy Beck
- Rollin' Stone - Marigolds
- Doin' The Horse - Skippy Brooks Combo

- Little Darlin' - Gladiolas
- Mama Mama Mama - Warren Storm
- Banana Split - Kid King's Combo
- I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
- Mystery of a Kiss - Ray Norman
- Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable


Excello LP-8001

Slim Harpo discography

8002
(1961)
Roscoe Shelton Sings

- Are You Sure
- Think It Over
- Pleadin' For Love
- I Was Wrong! Played With Love
- I've Been Faithful
- Say You Really Care

- It's All My Fault
- Something Wrong
- Baby Look What You're Doin' To Me
- Miss You So
- Is It Too Late
- Let Me Believe in You


Excello LP-8002

8003
(1961)
Slim Harpo sings Raining in my heart

- Rainin' In My Heart [Excello 2194]
- Blues Hangover [Excello 2184]
- Bobby-Sox Baby [previously unissued]
- I Got Love If You Want It [Excello 2113]
- Snoopin' Around [previously unissued]
- Buzz Me Baby [Excello 2171]

- I'm A King Bee [Excello 2113]
- What A Dream [Excello 2184]
- Don't Start Cryin' Now [Excello 2194]
- Moody Blues [previously unissued]
- My Home Is A Prison [previously unissued]
- Dream Girl [previously unissued]


Excello LPS-8003 (mono) (US 1961)


Excello LPS-8003 (mono? stereo?) (US 1964)     label variation Excello introduced in 1964


Excello 8003/SO-1 (US late 1980s) "Electronically reprocessed to simulate stereo"


= P-Vine/Excello PLP-6707 (Jp 19??)

Slim Harpo discography

8004
(1965)

Lightnin' Slim's Bell Ringer
12 Top Rhythm And Blues Songs

- Love Me Mama [Excello 2116]
- She's My Crazy Little Baby [Excello 2252]
- Have Mercy On Me Baby [Excello 2262]
- Wintertime Blues [Excello 2224]
- If You Ever Need Me [Excello 2228]
- Mean Ole Lonesome Train [Excello 2106]

- Baby Please Come Back [Excello 2258]
- Love Is Just A Gamble [Excello 2272]
- Somebody Knockin' [Excello 2195]
- You Give Me The Blues [Excello 2245]
- Don't Start Me Talkin' [Excello 2269]
- You Move Me Baby [Excello 2258]


Excello LPS-8004 (US 1965)


= Excello LPS-8004 (US 1973?) "Electronically reprocessed to simulate stereo"


= Excello 8004/SO-1 (US late 1980s)


(=) Ace CDCHD 517 "Lightnin' Slim: Rooster Blues / Bell Ringer"

12 inch LP

= Rumble RUM 2011073 (EU/US 2014)

Lightnin' Slim discography

8005
(1966)
Slim Harpo: Baby Scratch My Back

- Shake Your Hips [Excello 2278]
- Midnight Blues [Excello 2278]
- Harpo's Blues [Excello 2265]
- Buzzin' [Excello 2239]
- My Little Queen Bee [Excello 2246]
- I Love The Life (I'm Livin') [Excello 2239]

- Baby, Scratch My Back [Excello 2273]
- I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) [Excello 2273]
- Rainin' In My Heart [Excello 2194]
- Wonderin' Blues [Excello 2261]
- We're Two Of A Kind [Excello 2253]
- I Need Money [Excello 2246]

P-Vine PCD-2423 bonus tracks:
- What's Goin On Baby (2:45)
- Please Don't Turn Me Down (2:55)
- I'm Your Bread Maker Baby (2:32)
- Lovin You (The Way I Do) (3:03)

notes by Guy Stevens

Excello LPS-8005 (US 1966)


= Excello LPS-8005 (US 1968)

notes (February 1983) by Bruce Bastin

= Flyright FLY 593 "Shake Your Hips" (UK 1983)

notes by Guy Stevens

= Excello LP 8005 SO-1 (US late 1980s)

(=) P-Vine PCD-2423 (Jp 1993)

= Universal UICY-77500 (Jp 2015)

Flyright Records discography
Slim Harpo discography

8006
(1967)
Lazy Lester: True Blues

- 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]

prod. by Jay Miller
The man depicted on the front cover of Excello LPS-8006 is not Lazy Lester! (Dan Quest Studio photo)

notes by Jay Miller

Excello LPS-8006 (US 1967)


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

Lazy Lester discography

8007
(1968)
The Kelly Brothers: Sweet Soul

- That's What You Meant To Me
- You Put Your Touch On Me
- Hanging In There
- Comin On In
- If That Will Hold You
- Got The Feeling

- Can't Stand It No Longer
- Cryin Days Are Over
- Make Me Glad
- How Can True Love Be This Way
- Falling In Love Again
- I'd Rather Have You


Excello LPS-8007

8008
(1968)
Slim Harpo: Tip On In

- Tip On In [Excello 2285]
- Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu [Excello 2294
- Mailbox Blues [Excello 2294
- I've Been A Good Thing For You [previously unissued]
- Hey Little Lee [previously unissued]

- I'm Gonna Keep What I Got [Excello 2289]
- I've Got To Be With You Tonight [Excello 2289]
- I'm So Sorry [previously unissued]
- My Baby She's Got It [previously unissued]
- I Just Can't Leave You [Excello 2301; LP version is one verse longer]

prod. by Bob Holmes

notes by Robert Holmes

Excello LPS-8008

Slim Harpo discography

8009
(1968)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution

The Keynote Address delivered to the A.M.E. Church Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 8. 1964


Excello LP-8009

= Crescent/Creed 3024

8010
(1969)
The Best Of Slim Harpo

- Mohair Sam [Excello 2301]
- I'm Gonna Keep What I Got [Excello 2289]
- Baby Scratch My Back [Excello 2273]
- Buzz Me Baby [Excello 2171]
- I'm A King Bee [Excello 2113]

- Rainin' In My Heart [Excello 2194]
- Shake Your Hips [Excello 2278]
- Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu [Excello 2294]
- I'm Your Bread Maker [Winner] Baby [Excello 2282]
- Tip On In [Excello 2285]

notes by Jack Walker

Excello LPS-8010

Slim Harpo discography

8011
(1969)
The Real Blues

- Think It Over - Roscoe Shelton [Excello 2167]
- Miss You So - Roscoe Shelton [Excello 2181]
- I'm Gonna Kill That Hen - Blue Charlie [Nasco 6002]
- Not Welcome Anymore - Baby Boy Warren [Excello 2211]
- It's Love Baby - Earl Gaines [Excello 2217]
- I Tried So Hard - Whispering Smith [Excello 2250]

- Trouble At Home Blues - Silas Hogan [Excello 2221]
- Frankie And Johnny - Jimmy Anderson [previously unissued]
- Workin' For My Baby - Arthur Gunter [Excello 2204]
- Death Valley Blues - Lightnin' Slim [previously unissued]
- Courtroom Blues - Lazy Lester [previously unissued]
- Loving You The Way I Do - Slim Harpo [Excello 2282]


Excello 8011 (US 1969)


= Excello 8011 (US 19??)


= Excello 8011/SO-1 (US late 1980s) "Electronically reprocessed to simulate stereo"

8012
(1970)
Lonesome Sundown

- 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

notes by Mike Leadbitter

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

Lonesome Sundown discography

8013
(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)

Slim Harpo discography

8014
(1970)
Delta Merchant: Switched On Blues

- Slip Away
- Funky Broadway
- Soul Man
- Midnight Hour
- Chain Of Fools
- Rainin' In My Heart

- Hold On, I'm Coming
- See Saw
- Drown In My Own Tears
- After Hours
- What'd I Say
- Son Of A Preacher Man


Excello LPS-8014


= Vogue LDVS 17256 (Fr 1970)

8015/16
(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)

Blue Horizon Records discography
Whispering Smith discography
Arthur "Guitar" Kelley discography
Silas Hogan discography

8017
(1971)
Arthur Gunter: Black and Blues

- Baby Let's Play House [Excello 2047]
- Blues After Hours [Excello 2047]
- Ludella [Excello 2137]
- No Naggin', No Draggin' [Excello 2164]
- Mind Your Own Business Babe [Excello 2191]
- Honey Babe [Excello 2058]
- No Happy Home [Excello 2058]

- Workin' For My Baby [Excello 2204]
- Baby Can't You See [Excello 2125]
- Little Blue Jeans Woman [Excello 2191]
- You're Always On My Mind [Excello 2125]
- Baby You Better Listen [Excello 2037]
- I Want Her Back [Excello 2164]
- Crazy Me [Excello 2147]


Excello LPS-8017

8018
(1971)
Lightnin' Slim: High & Low Down

- Rooster Blues
- Things I Used To Do
- Bad Luck Blues
- My Babe [Excello 2320]
- G.I. Blues

- Oh Baby
- That's All Right
- Crazy 'Bout You Baby
- Good Morning Heartaches [Excello 2320]
- Voodoo Blues

rec. c. 1971 in Sheffield, AL; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Stacy Goss, Mike Stough, tps, Charles Rose, tb; Sonny Royal, sax; Tippy Armstrong, hca; Clayton Ivy, p, org; Jesse Carr, g; Bob Wary, b; Fred Proudly, dr; prod. by Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams

notes by B.B. King

Excello LPS-8018

= Sonet SNTF 770 (UK)

= Contempo CRM 118

(=) Intermedia 5062

(=) Aim 2008 (Australia)

(=) Ace CDCHD 578 (UK)

Lightnin' Slim discography

8019
(1971)
Silas Hogan: Trouble / Trouble At Home@ youtube (full album playlist)

- Out And Down Blues [Excello 2266]
- 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]

compiled by Mike Vernon

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Excello LPS-8019 (US 1971) "Trouble"

notes by Mike Leadbitter

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

Blue Horizon Records discography

= Excello 8019 SO-1 (US late 1980s)

Silas Hogan discography

8020
(1971)
Whispering Smith: Over Easy

- 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] # [] // $
- 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


= Blue Horizon 2431-015 (UK 1971)

= Contempo CRM116 (UK)

(=) Ace CDCHD 578 (UK)

Whispering Smith discography

8021
(1972)
Blues Live In Baton Rouge at the Speak Easy@ youtube (full album)

- Hoo Doo Blues - Silas Hogan # []
- Lonesome La La - Silas Hogan # []
- Rock Me Baby - "Guitar" Kelly * []   @ youtube
- Count The Days I'm Gone - "Guitar" Kelly * []
- It's My Own Fault - Whispering Smith §

- Hurry Down Sunshine - "Guitar" Kelly *
- Greyhound Bus Station - Silas Hogan #
- Kelley's Killer (instr) - "Guitar" Kelly *
- Do You Wanna Jump Children - Clarence Edwards //
- Coolin' Board - Clarence Edwards //

rec. c. 1972 live at The Speak-Easy in Baton Rounge, LA; prod. by Lynn Ourso Jr.

# Silas Hogan, voc, g; [] prob. Moses 'Whispering' Smith, hca; g; b; dr

* Arthur 'Guitar' Kelly voc, g; [] prob. Moses 'Whispering' Smith, hca; [] g; [] b; [] dr

§ Moses 'Whispering' Smith, voc; Roy Lee Sheppard, g; b; dr

// Clarence Edwards, voc, g; g; b; dr


Excello LPS 8021 (US 1972)


Excello LPS 8021 SO-1 (US late 1980s)

= Contempo CRM 115 (UK)

8022
(1972)
maceo & all the kings men: Funky Music Machine

- Funky Music Machine
- I Want To Sing
- Dreams
- Feeling Alright
- Something

- Born To Wander
- TSU
- For No One
- Make It With You
- A Funky Tale To Tell


Excello LPS-8022

8023
(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

8024
(1972)
Jimmy Dawkins: Transatlantic 770

- Things I Used To Do
- Make My Way In This World
- Think Twice Before You Speak
- 1011 Woodland (instr.)
- The Mighty Hawk

- All For Business
- High Cost Of Living
- Stoned Dead
- Love And Understanding
- No More Trouble


Excello LPS-8024 (US 1972)

= Contempo CLP 513 (It 1976)

8025
(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)

Blue Horizon Records discography

8026
(9/1972)
Montreux Blues Festival

Excello EX 28026 track sequence:
LP 1:
Doctor Ross
- Freight Train   @ youtube
- Chicago Breakdown   @ youtube
Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Lonesome Cabin Blues   @ youtube
- Just Imagination   @ youtube
- Caress Me Baby   @ youtube
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do   @ youtube

Bessie Griffin with The Johnny Thompson Singers
- Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross   @ youtube
Jimmy Dawkins
- Casino Trick Stick   @ youtube
- Five Long Years   @ youtube
- Dust My Broom / Sweet Home Chicago   @ youtube


LP 2:
Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- I Want You To Love Me   @ youtube
- You Got Me Dizzy   @ youtube
- Nobody Loves Me But My Mother   @ youtube
- My Starter Won't Work   @ youtube
- Storm In Texas   @ youtube

Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Got My Mojo Working   @ youtube
Jimmy Dawkins
- Whole Lotta Lovin'   @ youtube
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town   @ youtube
- You Don't Love Me   @ youtube
- Close Down Boogie

Verve 2610 006 track sequence:
LP 1:
Bessie Griffin with The Johnny Thompson Singers
- Jesus, Keep Me Near The Cross
Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
- Just Imagination
- Caress Me Baby
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do

Doctor Ross
- Freight Train
- Chicago Breakdown
Jimmy Dawkins
- Casino Trick Stick
- Five Long Years
- Dust My Broom / Sweet Home Chicago


LP 2:
Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- I Want You To Love Me
- You Got Me Dizzy
- Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
- My Starter Won't Work
- Storm In Texas

Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith
- Got My Mojo Working
Jimmy Dawkins
- Whole Lotta Lovin'
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- You Don't Love Me
- Close Down Boogie

rec. June 18, 1972 at the Pavillon, Montreux, Switzerland

Verve 2610 006 has some tracks on sides A and B of LP 1 interchanged!
Verve 2610 006 front photos by Jean-Pierre Leloir

DLP
notes by Mike Vernon and Chris Turner

Excello EX 28026 (US 1972)

DLP
notes by Mike Vernon and Chris Turner

(=) Verve 2610 006 (Germany 1972) "Blues Night - Live from Montreux"

Excello Records discography

8027
(1972)
Jerry Washington: Right Here Is Where You Belong

- Right Here Is Where You Belong
- Our Love's Gonna Last
- In My Life I've Loved
- Baby Don't Do It To Me
- Let Me Love You Right Or Wrong

- I Won't Leave You Hanging
- I Come A Long Ways
- Common Law Woman
- Baby Don't Leave Me


Excello LPS-8027

8028
(1972)
Bobby Powell: Thank You

- Thank You   @ youtube
- Try Me
- I'm Going to Try You One More Time
- Her Love Is All I Need
- I'm Going To Win Her Love

- All These Things   @ youtube
- C.C. Rider
- Your Good, Good Loving
- Crazy Love
- Childhood Days   @ youtube


Excello LPS-8028

8029
(1972)
American Folk Blues Festival '62

Brunswick/Decca/Polydor/L+R/Evidence/Bellaphon/Oldays track sequence:
Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock   @ youtube
T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby   @ youtube
T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love   @ youtube
Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby   @ youtube
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball   @ youtube
John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby   @ youtube

John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby   @ youtube
John Lee Hooker - The Right Time   @ youtube
Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17)   @ youtube
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) [= Call Me If You Need Me]   @ youtube
Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station   @ youtube
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby   @ youtube

Excello LPS-8029 track sequence:
Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock
T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby
T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love
Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball
John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby

John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby
John Lee Hooker - The Right Time
Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17)
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07)
Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby
John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track]   @ youtube

Polydor 825 502-2 track sequence:
Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock
T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby
T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love
John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track]
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball
John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby
John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby
John Lee Hooker - The Right Time
Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17)
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07)
Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station
Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby

rec. October 18, 1962 live in Hamburg, Germany

originally recorded and released by Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor

notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt

Brunswick 009 012 (mono) (Germany 1962)     on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt

Brunswick 109 012 (stereo) (Germany 1962)     on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

notes (in English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt

= Decca DL 4392 (mono) (US 1962) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

notes (in English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt

= Decca DL 74392 (stereo) (US 1962) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"


= Circulo Musical 037 (Columbia 1962?)
= Circulo Musical 248 (Venezuela 1962)


= Polydor 2482 041 (NL 1963) Golden Crown series "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"


= Polydor 2482 041 (Belgium 19??) "American Folk Blues Festival"

 
= Polydor 46.397 (Germany 1963)


= Polydor 237 597 (Germany 196?)


= Polydor Privilège 2310296 (Fr 196?)


= Polydor Privilège 658 017 (Fr 196?)


= Polydor Privilège 658 017 (Fr 196?)

= Polydor 917 003 (cassette) (France 19??)


= Polydor SLPM-1172 (Jp 1964) "Blues Hootenanny"

notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt

Polydor 109 012 (stereo) (Germany 1966)     on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

 
= Polydor Special 236 216 (UK 10/1967)
issued in the Netherlands as Polydor Special 236 716 (with a sticker on the back, covering the original catalog number)

notes (in English) by Werner Burkhardt
 
(=) Excello LPS-8029 (US 1974) / 8029 SO-1 (US late 1980s) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= L+R 42.017 (Germany 1981)

= L+R/Edigsa 12L0271 (Spain 1981)


= Optimism/L+R CD-2017 (US 198?)


(=) Polydor 825 502-2 (Germany 1991)

5 CD box set
24-pp. booklet by Bill Dahl
 
(=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65"   CD 1 "'sixty-two"

notes by Jerry Gordon

(=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"

Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened!

notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42017 (Germany 1998)

3 CD set
 
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964"   CD 1 "American Folk Blues Festival '62"


(=) Oldays ODR 6287-88 (Jp 2016) "1962-63"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
Shakey Jake discography

8030
(197?)
Slim Harpo Knew the Blues

record 1:
- Tip On In
- Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu
- Mailbox Blues
- I've Been A Good Thing For You
- Hey Little Lee

- I'm Gonna Keep What I Got
- I've Got To Be With You Tonight
- I'm So Sorry
- My Baby She's Got It
- I Just Can't Leave You


record 2:
- The Music's Hot
- You Can't Make It
- Boogie Chillun
- Rock Me Baby
- Baby Please Come Home

- The Hippy Song
- Jody Man
- Dynamite
- Baby Scratch My Back
- I'm A King Bee

reissue of Excello 8008 & 8013

DLP

Excello LP-2-8030

Slim Harpo discography

8031
(1976)
The Ingram Kingdom: The Funk Is In Our Music

- Ingram Kingdom
- Tried It And Liked It
- What Else Can I Say
- He's Mine
- Music Is Our Message

- The Funk Lies In Our Music
- Someone's On My Side
- She's All Alone (iI Need A Man)
- Put Your Troubles Behind


Excello LPS-8031



Will be completed and expanded with further details (recording dates, personnel, reissues, etc.) !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 144; 197, 243, 420
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/tennessee/excello/excello.html
- http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/excello.htm
- http://mikiwiki.org/wiki/Slim_Harpo/Diskografie
- http://www.collectable-records.ru/groups/samplers/swamp.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour for additional info

 

 

 

 

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