Illustrated Fontana Records ('Folk Blues U.S.A.' series) discography

Fontana
Records
(emphasis on Folk Blues U.S.A. series)
discography

#
year of
release

title / notes

Treasures of North American Negro Music ... 45 rpm EP series

TFE 17051
(1958)

Leroy Carr
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 1

- Gone Mother Blues
- Midnight Hour Blues

- Mean Mistreater Mama
- Blues Before Sunrise

Fontana TFE 17051 inner gatefold

Leroy Carr discography

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana TFE 17051 (NL)

= Fontana 462.021 TE (NL)

= Fontana 462.021 TE (Germany)

TFE 17052
(1958)

Blind Willie Johnson
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 2

- Nobodys Fault But Mine
- If I Had My Way

- Dark Was The Night
- I'm Gonna Run

Fontana TFE 17052 inner gatefold

Blind Willie Johnson discography

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana TFE 17052

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

= Fontana 462.022 TE (NL)

= Fontana 462.022 TE (Germany)

TFE 17053
(1958)

Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 3

- Close Fit Blues
- Dreaming The Hours Away

- Red River Blues
- I Need You

Fontana TFE 17053 inner gatefold

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana TFE 17053 (NL)

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

= Fontana 462.023 TE (NL)

= Fontana 462.023 TE (Germany)

TFE 17263
(1958)

Jelly Roll Morton with Johnny Dunn and his Band
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 4

- Ham And Eggs
- You Need Some Loving

- Buffalo Blues
- Sergent Dunn's Bugle Call Blues

Fontana 467062 TE inner gatefold

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana TFE 17263 (UK)

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

= Fontana 467.062 TE (NL)

= Fontana 467.062 ME (Fr)

TFE 17264
(1960)

Victoria Spivey
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 5

- Christmas Mornin' Blues
- Garter Snake Blue

- Blood Thirsty Blues
- Dope Head Blues

Fontana TFE 17264 inner gatefold

= Fontana TFE 17264 (UK)

= Fontana 462.063 TE (NL)

TFE 17265
(1960)

Preachers and Congregations
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 6

Unknown
- Jesus Will Make It Alright
Rev. Moseley
- The Comforter Has Come

Rev. J. C. Burnett
- The Gospel Train Is Leaving
Rev. J. M. Gates
- I'm Gonna Die With A Staff In My Hand

Fontana TFE 17265 inner gatefold

= Fontana TFE 17265 (UK)

= Fontana 467064 TE (NL)

467.136
(1958)

Texas Alexander
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 7

- Sabine River Blues
- Lonesome Blues

- West Texas Blues
- Don't You Wish Your Baby

Fontana 467.136 TE inner gatefold

Texas Alexander discography

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 467.136 TE (NL)

= Fontana TFE 17057 (NL)

= Fontana 467.136 ME (Fr)

467.137
(196?)

Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 8

- Bogalusa Strut
- Short Dress Gal

- Steppin' At The Gas
- Mobile Stomp

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 467.137 TE (NL)

467.181
(196?)

Celestin's Original Jazz Orchestra
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 9

- Give Me Some More
- I'm Satisfied You Love Me

- Black Rag
- Careless Love

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 467.181 TE (NL)

467.182
(1961?)

Bumble Bee Slim
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 10

- Burned Down Mill [Vocalion 02885]
- Wet Clothes Blues [Vocalion 03267]

- My Big Moments [Vocalion 03550]
- Big Six [Vocalion 03550]

Bumble Bee Slim discography

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 467.182 TE (NL)

Johnny Dunn
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 11

listed on the back cover of
Fontana 467.222 TE, but
apparently never released (?)

467.208
(196?)

Piron New Orleans Orchestra
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 12

- Sud Bustin' Blues
- West Indies Blues

- Bouncing Around
- Kiss Me Sweet

with Peter Bocage, John Lidsay, Armand J. Piron and others

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 467.208 TE (NL)

= Fontana 467.208 TE (Fr)

Perry Bradford's Georgia Strutters
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 13

listed on the back cover of
Fontana 467.222 TE, but
apparently never released (?)

Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 14

apparently never released

467.214
(1961?)

Lillian Glinn
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 15

- Atlanta Blues
- All The Week Blues

- Black Man Blues
- Shreveport Blues

Fontana 467.214 TE inner gatefold

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

= Fontana 467.214 TE (NL)

467.232
(1961?)

Blind Willie Johnson
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 16

- Lord I Just Can't Keep From Cryin'
- Keep You Lamp Trimmed And Burning

- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
- God Moves On The Water

Blind Willie Johnson discography

notes by Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 467.222 TE (NL)

TFR 10 inch series

TFR.6018
(1959)

Barrelhouse, Boogie Woogie And Blues

Pete Johnson - Boogie Woogie
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Meade Lux Lewis - Bear Cat Crawl
Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis - Boogie Woogie Prayer
Henry 'Red' Allen & His Orchestra - K.K. Boogie

Harry James & The Boogie Woogie Trio - Boo Woo
Harry James & The Boogie Woogie Trio - Woo Woo
Marion Williams - Little Joe From Chicago
James P. Johnson - A-Flat Dream
Jimmy Yancey - Bear Trap Blues

Fontana TFR.6018 (1959)

680 200

680 253
(1964)

Memphis Slim: Clap Your Hands

- Clap Your Hands
- Not So Stuck On Me
- Rainin' In My Heart
- Steppin' Out Tonight
- Memphis On The Mississippi
- Two Of A Kind

- Fat And Forty
- House Cleaning
- So Lonely
- That's The Way The Cookie Clumbles
- Baby Doll
- Double Crossin' Mamma

rec. 1964 in Paris, France; Memphis Slim, voc, organ, p; Sonny Criss, as; Georges Grenu, ss, ts; Bill Tamper, tr; Jacques Denjean, org, p; Mickey Baker, g; Leo Petit, bj; Victor Apicella, Pierre Sim, b; Philippe Combelle, Bob Mathieu, dr

Fontana 680 253 ML (Fr 1964)
("Rock Rythm'Blues") [sic]

= Fontana TL 5254 (UK 1965)

= Fontana 6444 058 (Fr 196?)

notes by Lee Hallyday
= Universal CD 9832686 (2006)

681 000

681 510
(1963)

American Folkblues [sic] Festival 1963 resp. American Folk Blues Festival 1963
"A documentation of the authentic blues featuring the best blues artists of America"

Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well
Big Joe Williams - I Have No Friends @ youtube
Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues
Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby
Victoria Spivey - Grant Spivey Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie

Sonnyboy Williamson - I Don't Know @ youtube
Sonnyboy Williamson - Sonny's Harmonica Boogie
Lonnie Johnson - It's Too Late To Cry
Otis Spann - Had My Fun (3:53) @ youtube
Muddy Waters - Five Long Years @ youtube
Memphis Slim et al. - Bye, Bye, Blues @ youtube

rec. October 13, 1963 live at the (2nd) American Folk Blues Festival in Bremen, Germany; accompanists: Matt "Guitar" Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr; prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 track sequence:
Muddy Waters - Five Long Years
Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues
Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby
Matthew Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know

Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home
Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't It A Pity
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get The Drinking
Hubert Sumlin - No Title Boogie
Howlin Wolf - Dust My Broom

originally unissued tracks from same event on Evidence ECD 26200, all previously (1992) released on ACT CD 9205:
Big Joe Williams - Big Roll Blues (3:00)
Big Joe Williams - Back In The Bottom Blues (3:16)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (2:03)
Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow (alt tk) (= "In The City") (3:57)
Muddy Waters - My Home Is In The Delta (= "I Feel Like Cryin'") (4:42)
Sonny Boy Williamson - That's All I Want Baby (= "Your Love For Me Is True") (4:51) @ youtube
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Misuse Me (4:47) @ youtube
Otis Spann - Goin' Down Slow (alt tk, sans Sonny Boy Williamson) (= "Had My Fun") (3:36)
Lonnie Johnson - Careless Love (3:13) @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson - C.C. Rider (2:37) @ youtube

notes (8-pp. German/English) by Horst Lippmann and Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

Fontana 681510 ZL (mono) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival" incl. photos by Rolf Ambor

or
= Fontana 885403 ZL (mono)
= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival"

notes by Anonymous

= Fontana TL 5204 (mono) (UK 1964) "American Folk Blues Festival"

notes by Jean Tronchot

= Fontana 885403 MY (mono)
= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Fr 196?)

notes by Jean Tronchot

= Fontana 681510 TL/ZL (Fr 19??)

= Fontana 858 100 FPY (NL 1968)

= Polydor 2310 296 (Fr)

= Exodus EX/EXS 302 (US 1966) [Ewart Abner's label]

(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64"

notes by Willy Leiser

= L+R 42.023 (Germany 1981)

= Optimism/L+R CD-2023 (US 1983?)

= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42023 (Germany 1998)

5 CD box set
notes by Bill Dahl

(=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65" CDs 2 & 3: "1963, parts 1 & 2"

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!

3 CD set

(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964" CD 2: "1963"

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

a few more re-releases @ discogs. com

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography

682 000

682 073
(1960)

Nothin' But The Blues

Snitcher Roberts (James 'Stump' Johnson)
- Heart Is Right Blues [actually Low Moanin' Blues]
Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks)
- Motherless Child Blues
Bessie Smith
- Dyin' By The Hour
Clara Smith
- Empty House Blues
Helen Humes
- Cross-Eyed Blues
Jack Kelly
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan)
- T & N O Blues
Ruby Smith
- Back Water Blues

Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds
- Four O'Clock Blues
Dixie Stompers
- Jackass Blues
Troy Floyd and his Shadowland Orchestra
- Dreamland Blues No. 1
Clarence Williams Washboard Band
- Log Cabin Blues
- Red River Blues
Trombone Red and his Blue Six
- B Flat Blues
Sonny Greer and his Memphis Men (Duke Ellington and his Orchestra)
- Beggar's Blues
J.C. Higginbotham and his Six Hicks
- Higginbotham Blues

notes by Benny Green, Alexis
Korner & Max Harrison

Fontana 682 073 TL (NL)

= Fontana TFL-5123 (UK)

682 099
(1963?)

Low Down Blues

Leroy Carr
- Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2
Bumble Bee Slim
- I Done Lost My Baby
Charlie Campbell
- Goin' Away Blues
Jack Kelly
- Red Ripe Tomatoes
Blind Boy Fuller
- Thousand Woman Blues [sic]
Big Bill Broonzy
- Come Home Early
Washboard Sam
- I'm A Prowlin' Groundhog

Black Boy Shine
- Coal Woman Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O'Lee Blues
Texas Alexander
- Katy Crossing Blues
Roosevelt Scott
- Do You Call That Right?
Yas Yas Girl
- Reckless Life Blues
Brownie McGhee
- Try Me One More Time
Little Bill Gaither
- A Short Cut To The Grave
Champion Jack Dupree
- Heavy Heart Blues

ed. by H.R. Rookmaaker

notes by H.R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 682.099 TL (NL 1963?)

687

687 964
(1966)

A Session with Jesse Fuller

- Bye And Bye
- Stagolee
(- Jesse Fuller storytelling)
- Crazy 'Bout A Woman
- Hesitation Blues

- 99 Years And One Dark Day
- How Long Blues
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Fingerbuster
- Going Back To My Old Used To Be

rec. October 26, 1965 in London, England; Jesse Fuller, voc, g, fotdella; prod. by Terry Brown

Jesse Fuller discography

Fontana 687 364 TL

notes by Peter Clayton

= Fontana TL5313

687 925
(1967)

Jimmy Witherspoon: 'Spoon Sings And Swings

- I Gotta Girl (Who Lives On A Hill)
- Trouble In Mind
- Nobody Knows How I Feel This Morning
- New Down Home Blues
- Kansas City

- Compact Car
- Piney Brown's Blues
- Big Fine Girl
- Send Me Someone To Love
- Lotus Blossom
- St. Louis Blues

rec. May 23, 1966 live at The Bull¹s Head, Barnes, London; Jimmy Witherspoon. voc; Dick Morrissey, ts; Harry South, p; Phil Bates, b; Phil Seamen, dr

Fontana 687 925 TL (1967)

= Fontana STL 5382

688 000 ("World Pacific")

688 000
(196?)

Gil Evans: Great Jazz Standards

- Davenport Blues
- Straight No Chaser
- Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
- Joy Spring

- Django
- Chant Of The Weed
- La Nevada (Theme)

World Pacific WP-1270 (1959)

= Vogue LAE 12234

Fontana 688 000 ZL (196?)

= World Pacific CDP7468562
(1988)

688 001
(195?)

Jazz Goes Brazil
The Bossa Nova sound of Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank
with Gary Peacock & Chuck Flores

Fontana 688 001 ZL (195?)

688 003
(1959)

The Gil Evans Orchestra featuring Cannonball Adderley: Roots

Fontana 688 003 ZL (1959)

688 005
(1964)

Jimmy Witherspoon: There's Good Rockin' Tonight

- There's Good Rockin' Tonight
- Times Have Changed
- Tain't Nobody's Business
- Wee Baby Blues
- Sweet's Blues

- It Ain't What You're Thinking
- S.K. Blues
- When I've Been Drinking
- When The Lights Go Out
- All That's Good
- Spoon's Blues

rec. May 8, 1958 in Los Angeles; Jimmy Witherspoon, voc; Gerald Wilson, Harry Sweets Edison, tp; Teddy Edwards, ts; Jimmy Allen, ts; Hampton Hawes, Henry McDode, p; Herman Mitchell, g; Jimmy Hamilton, b; Jimmy Miller, dr

World Pacific WP 1267 (US 1959) "Singin' The
Blues" ("Star of the
Montery Jazz Festival")

= World Pacific WP 1402 (US 1961) "there's good
rockin' tonight!"

notes by Paul Oliver

= Fontana 688 005 ZL (196?)

688 006
(1964)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Livin' With The Blues

- Keys To The Highway
- Lose Your Money
- Louise
- Sportin' Life
- New Harmonica Breakdown
- Prison Bound

- Livin' With The Blues
- Blowin' The Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- 12 Gates To The City
- Pawnshop Blues
- Brownie's Guitar Blues

notes by Ed Michel

World Pacific WP-1294 (1960)
(=) World Pacific S-1294
"Blues Is A Story"

= Vogue SEA 5014 (UK)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Fontana 688 006 ZL (1964)

= Record Society RZ6024
(New Zealand 1966)

688 007
(1964)

Lightnin' Hopkins with Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Big Joe Williams: Penitentiary Blues

- Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey
- Penitentiary Blues
- If You Steal My Chickens You Can't Make 'Em Lay

- First Meeting
- How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home
- Wimmin From Coast to Coast

rec. July 6, 1960 in Los Angeles

Lightnin' Hopkins discography

notes by Ed Michel

World Pacific WPL 296
= WP 1296 (mono)
= ST-1296 (stereo)
"Brownie McGhee,
Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe
Williams, Sonny Terry:
Down South Summit Meetin'
- together for the first time"

= Vogue LAE 12266 (1963)

notes by Ed Michel

= World Pacific ST-1817
"First Meetin'" (1963)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Fontana 688.007 ZL (1964)
"Penitentiary Blues" [on
back cover: "Penetentiary"]

= World Pacific WP 2826 (Jp)
"First Meetin' Of Blues Giants"

= United Artists GXF-38 (Jp 1978)

= Kimberly 2017 (mono)
= 11017 (stereo)
"Southern meetin'"

notes by Bill Dahl

(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061101
(2001)
"Lightnin' Hopkins &
The Blues Summit"

2 CD set

(=) Fuel 2000 CD 061477
(2005 remastered)
"Lightnin' Hopkins:
Blues Man -
Collector's Edition"

688 009
(1963)

Hootenanny Saturday Night!

Bud & Travis
- Raspberries And Strawberries
- La Bamba
Gold Coast Singers
- Gunga Din
The Folkswingers
- Wabash Cannonball
- Midnight Speacial

Lynn Gold
- Quiet Land
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Livin' With The Blues
Barbara Dane
- How Long Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- Wake Up In The Mornin'
Lightnin' Hopkins
- How Long Have I Been Gone

World Pacific WP-1813 (1958)

= Fontana 688 009 ZL (1963)

688 100 ("Pacific Jazz")

688 101
(196?)

Carmell Jones: Business Meetin'

- Business Meetin'
- That's Good
- Stella By Starlight
- Suearl

- Hip Trolley
- Toddler
- Beautiful Love
- Cherokee

Pacific Jazz PJ-53 (1962)

Fontana 688 101 ZL (196?)

688 107
(196?)

Les McCann: The Truth

- Vacushna
- A Little 3/4 For God & Co
- I'll Remember April
- Fish This Week

- How High The Moon
- This Can't Be Love
- For Carl Perkins
- The Truth

Pacific Jazz PJ-2 (1960)

Fontana 688 107 ZL (196?)

688 108
(196?)

Les McCann: The Shout

- But Not For Me
- A Foggy Day
- The Shout
- Set Call: Sonar

- C Jam Blues
- Jubilation
- Night In Tunisia
- Set Call: Cute

Pacific Jazz PJ-7 (196?)

Fontana 688 108 ZL (196?)

688 138
(1964)

Pacific Jazz ST-54, vinyl yellow

Pacific Jazz ST-54, vinyl translucent red

Fontana 688 138 ZL (NL 1964)

Bumble Bee Slim: Back In Town!

@ youtube (full album playlist)

Pacific Jazz PJ/ST-54 track sequence:
- Direct South # °°
- Wake Up In The Mornin' * §
- Driftin' Blues # °°
- Puppy Love *
- New B & O Blues * [] §

- Midnight Special # °°
- In The Evening *
- Meet Me In The Bottom * §
- Wee Baby Blues * §
- I'm The One * §

rec. 1962 at Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA; prod. by Richard Bock
# Bumble Bee Slim, voc, g; Les McCann, p; Leroy Vinnegar, b, Ron Jefferson, dr
* Bumble Bee Slim, voc; [] Lou Blackburn, tb; Curtis Amy, ts; Richard Holmes, org; Joe Pass g; [] Leroy Vinnegar, b; § Ron Jefferson, dr

Fresh Sound Records FSR-CD 767 track sequence:
- Meetin' Here
- Early In The Morning
- If I Were A Bell
- One More Hamhock Please
- Angel Eyes
- Just Friends
- Meet Me In The Bottom *
- In The Evening *
- New B&O Blues *
- Puppy Love *
- Wake Up In The Mornin' *
- Wee Baby Blues *
- I'm The One *

tracks 1-6, from the album "Meetin' Here - Curtis Amy & Paul Bryant" (Pacific Jazz Stereo-26)
* tracks 7-13, from the album "Bumble Bee Slim - Back in Town!" (Pacific Jazz Stereo-54)

Pacific Jazz ST-54 front and back cover photographs by Woody Woodward

Bumble Bee Slim discography

notes (May 1962)
by Bumble Bee Slim
(Pete Welding)

Pacific Jazz PJ-54 (US 1962)

(=) Pacific Jazz ST-54 (US 1962)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Fontana 688 138 ZL (UK 1964)
(Folk Blues USA series)
"Bee's back in town"

(=) Fresh Sound Records
FSR-CD 767 (2013)
"Curtis Amy & Paul
Bryant - Meetin' Here
Bumble Bee Slim - Back
in Town!"

= Cleopatra/StarDust
CLP 0634 (2013)

(=) Black & Partners (2014)
"Curtis Amy & Paul Bryant: Just Friends"

°° 3 tracks on Fresh Sound
Records FSR-CD 764 "Les
McCann: On Time"

688 139
(196?)

Joe Pass

Pacific Jazz

Fontana 688 139 ZL (196?)

688 141
(196?)

Joe Pass

Pacific Jazz

Fontana 688 141 ZL (196?)

688 200

688 206
(1964)

Big Bill Broonzy: Trouble In Mind

Philips B 08102 L / Philips BBL 7113 tracks:
- Bossie Woman
- Texas Tornado #
- Tell Me What Kind Of Man Jesus Is
- Trouble In Mind #
- See See Rider #

- When I've Been Drinkin' #
- Martha
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot
- Key To The Highway
- Goodbye Baby Blues

Mercury MG 20905 tracks:
- Crawdad
- Make Me Get Away *
- I Know She Will
- Minding My Own Business *
- I Wonder *
- You've Been Mistreating Me Baby *

- Bessie Smith *
- Walkin' Down A Lonesome Road
- I Love My Whiskey *
- Keep Your Hands Off Her *
- Five Feet Seven *
- Hey

Fontana 688 206 tracks:
- Keep Your Hands Off Her [Mercury 8139] *
- Make My Get Away *
- I Love My Whisky [Mercury 8122] *
- Trouble In Mind #
- Minding My Own Business [Mercury 8139] *
- You've Been Mistreating Me Baby [Mercury 8122] *

- Five Feet Seven [Mercury 8126] *
- Bessie Smith [Backwater Blues] *
- See See Rider #
- I Wonder [Mercury 8126] *
- Texas Tornado #
- When I've Been Drinkin' #

# from Philips B 08102 L / Philips BBL 7113

* from Mercury MG 20905

Spotlite SPJ 900 tracks:
- Trouble In Mind
- This Train
- Willie Mae Blues
- In The Evenin'
- The Glory Of Love
- The Midnight Special
- Ananias
- Keep Your Hands Off Her

- Nobody's Business
- Labour Man Blues
- I'm Gonna Sit Down At The Feastin' Table
- See See Rider
- I'm Gonna Sit Down At The Feastin' Table
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- House Rent Stomp
- Bill Bailey
- I've Been Waitin' For You
- Goodnight Irene

Philips B 08102 L (NL 1962)
= Philips BBL 7113 (UK)
"Big Bill Broonzy"

Mercury MG 20905 (1964)
Mercury SR 60905
"Remembering Big Bill"

notes by Paul Oliver

(=) Fontana 688 206 ZL (1964)

notes by Bill Kinnell

~~= Spotlite SPJ 900 (1978)~~

688 300 ("Prestige/Bluesville")

688 300
(196?)

Soul Jazz

The Red Garland Quintet
- All Mornin' Long

The Prestige All Stars
- All Day Long
The Jackie McLean Quintet
- Lights Out

Bluesville BVLP 1009

Fontana 688 300 ZL (196?)

688 301
(1965)

Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry: Last Night Blues

- Rocky Mountain Blues (2623) @ youtube
- Got To Move Your Baby (2624) || [] @ youtube
- So Sorry To Leave You (2625) || @ youtube
- Take A Trip With Me (2626) @ youtube

- Last Night Blues (2627) \\ @ youtube
- Lightnin's Stroke (instr) (2628) @ youtube
- Hard To Love A Woman (2629) // @ youtube
- Conversation Blues (2630) # @ youtube

Not Now NOT3CD128 bonus tracks:
- Baby, Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Worried Life Blues
- Happy Blues For John Glenn
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

rec. October 26, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by Rudy Van Gelder; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Sonny Terry, hca, # voc; Leonard Gaskin, b; Belton Evans, dr
Bluesville BV 1029 front cover design by Don Schlitten

Lightnin' Hopkins discography

|| Bluesville 813
// Bluesville 817
\\ Bluesville 821
[] Prestige 391

notes by Mack McCormick

Bluesville BV 1029

(=) Bluesville BV 1081 (1965)

Bluesville Records discography

= Fontana 688 301 ZL (UK 1965)

= Bluesville BV SP101

notes by Mack McCormick

= OBC CD-548-2 (1992)

OBC Records discography

7 CD set
(=) Prestige/Bluesville 4406
The Complete Prestige/
Bluesville Recordings

3 CD set

(=) Not Now NOT3CD128
"Bluesville Story 1960-1962"

688 302
(1965)

Memphis Slim: No Strain

- Darling, I Miss You So *
- Lonesome Traveller * [] @ Spotify
- Raining The Blues #
- Lucille #
- Don't You Think You're So Smart #
- No Strain #

- You Are Gonna Need My Help One Day *
- Angel Child * [] @ Spotify
- Fast And Free *
- My Baby Left Me *
- Nice Stuff #

# rec. April 26, 1960 in New York; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Lafayette Thomas, g; Wendell Marshall, b

* rec. November 15, 1960 in New York; Memphis Slim, voc, p; [] Buster "Harpie" Brown, hca

notes by Pete Welding

Bluesville BVLP 1031

Bluesville Records discography

notes by Pete Welding

= Fontana 688 302 ZL (UK 1965)

(=) Fantasy F 24705 (1972)
(along with BVLP 1018)
"Raining The Blues"

= Fantasy FCD-24705-2

= Ace CH 485

140 g LP
= DOL DOL1475 (2014)

688 303
(1965)

Blind Gary Davis: Harlem Street Singer

- Samson And Delilah
- Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
- I Belong To The Band
- Pure Religion
- Great Chance Since I Been Born
- Death Don't Have No Mercy

- Twelve Gates To The City
- Goin' To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River
- Tryin' To Get Home
- Lo, I Be With You Always
- I Am The Light Of This World
- Lord, I Feel Like Just Goin' On

rec. August 24, 1960 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; Gary Davis, voc, g

Fantasy 24704
(back cover)

notes by Larry Cohn

Bluesville BVLP 1015 (1961)

= Fontana 688 303 ZL (1965)

= Prestige Folklore FL-14028
"Reverend Gary Davis:
Pure Religion!"
= Prestige PR 7805 (1972)
"Reverend Gary Davis:
Pure Religion!"

= Fantasy 24704 (1973)
(along with BVLP 1032)
"When I Die I'll Live Again"

= OBCCD-547-2 (1992)

688 315
(196?)

Memphis Slim: Frisco Bay Blues

Collector JGN 1004 tracks:
- Memphis Slim U.S.A. #*
- Caught The Old Coon At Last #*
- Whisky And Gin #*
- Two Of A Kind #*
- I Love You More And More #*
- Chicago Stomp ( Chicago Boogie) #*

- Don't Think You're Smart *
- Memphis Tennessee (Memphis Woman)
- Bertha May
- Me Myself And I #*
- Misery #*

Collector JGN 1005 tracks:
- Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do #*
- Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday #*
- Rock Me Baby
- In The Evenin' #

- Frisco Bay *
- I Believe I'll Settle Down #
- Darlin' I Miss You So #
- Roll 'n' Tumble #
- Blue This Evening

Collector JEN 5 tracks:
- Sad And Lonesome #*
- Slow And Easy (instr.)

- Kansas City #*

Collector JDN 102 tracks:
- Pinetop's Blues #*
- How Long #*

Fontana 688 315 / Black Lion BLP 30196 (side A and B reversed) tracks:
- Frisco Bay Blues *
- Slow And Easy (instr.)
- I Believe I'll Settle Down #
- Darling I Miss You #
- Roll n' Tumble #
- Misery #*

- Chicago Stop [sic] (Chicago Boogie) #*
- Sad And Lonesome #*
- Memphis Woman
- Bertha Mae
- 'T Ain't Nobody´s Business #*
- I Love You More And More #*

Black Lion BLP 30122 tracks:
- Pinetop's Blues #*
- Blue This Evening
- Caught The Old Coon At Last #*
- We're Just Two Of The Same Old Kind #*
- Don't Think You're Smart *

- I'm Going To Kansas City #*
- Got A Little Old Mama #*
- Rock Me Baby
- In The Evening #
- Memphis Slim, U.S.A. #*

Black Lion BLCD760155 tracks:
- Pineton's Blues [sic]
- Blue This Evening
- Caught The Old Coon At Last
- We're Just Two Of The Same Kind
- Don't Think You're Smart
- I'm Going To Kansas City
- Got A Little Old Mama
- Rock Me Baby
- In The Evening
- Memphis Slim U.S.A.
- Chicago Boogie
- Sad And Lonesome
- Memphis Woman
- Bertha Mae
- Ain't Nobody's Business
- I Love You More And More
- Frisco Bay Blues
- Slow And Easy
- I Believe I'll Settle Down / Darling I Miss You / Roll N' Tumble

rec. July 14, 1960 at City of London Recording Studios in London; Memphis Slim, voc, p; # Alexis Korner, g; * Stan Greig ~~Grieg~~, dr; prod. by Colin Pomroy

notes by Alexis Korner
and Memphis Slim

Collector JGN 1004 (UK
12/1960) "Memphis Slim"

Collector JGN 1005 (UK
196?) "Memphis Slim"

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Collector JEN 5 (UK 1960)
"Goes to Kansas City"

7 inch 45 rpm
Collector JDN 102 (UK 1960)

notes by Paul Oliver

Fontana 688 315 ZL

notes by Paul Oliver

Black Lion BLP 30122 (1965)
"Memphis Slim / Alexis
Korner: Rock me Baby!"

= Black Lion INT 127030
(1972) "Alexis Korner /
Memphis Slim: Rock Me
Baby"
= Black Lion 25 113-2 B
= Black Lion 2460155 (1975)

Black Lion BLP 30196 (1976)
"Chicago Boogie"

(=) Black Lion BLCD760155
(2006) "Blue This Evening"
(24bit remastered)

688 500 ("Vee Jay")

688 500
(1965)

The Staple Singers
Spiritual - Gospel - Folk-Blues

- Born In Bethlehem
- Swing Low
- Stand By Me
- Two Rings
- Sit Down Servant
- I've Been Scorned
- The Day Is Passed And Gone
- Calling Me
- Good News
- Let's Go Home
- This May Be The Last Time

Fontana 688 500 ZL (1965)

688 501
(1965)

Lightnin' Hopkins Vol. 2
Spiritual - Gospel - Folk-Blues

- Got Me A Louisiana Woman
- Want To Come Home
- Please Don't Quit Me
- Devil Is Watching You
- Rolling And Rolling

- War Is Starting Again
- Walkin' Round In Circles
- Mary Lou
- Heavy Snow
- Coon Is Hard To Catch

rec. c.1962 in Houston; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g

Lightnin' Hopkins discography

Vee Jay VJLP-1044 (1062)
Vee Jay SR-1044 (stereo)
"Lightnin' Strikes"

notes by Heinz Lukas

= Fontana 688 501 ZL

= Vee Jay/Collectables
COL-CD-7128

= Get Back GET 7504 (It 2002)

= P-Vine PCD-4297

688 502
(1965)

Black Nativity
Gospel Train

- My Way's Cloudy
- Most Done Traveling
- Baby Born Today
- Poor Little Jesus Boy
- Mary What You Gonna Name That Pretty Little Baby?
- Wasn't That A Mighty Day?
- Joy To The World

- Christ Is Born
- Rise Up Shepherd And Follow
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy
- Oh Come All Ye Faithful
- If Anybody Ask You Who
- Go Where I Send Thee

Original Cast includes Marion Williams & the Stars of Faith, Princess Stewart, Professor Alex Bradford, and the Bradford Singers

Vee Jay LP/SR-5022 (1962)
"Gospel On Broadway"

= Stateside SL-10026 (UK)

= Vee Jay VJLP/VJS-8503
(1964)
"Original Cast Album"

= Fontana 688 502 ZL

= Vee Jay TLP-7022 (197?)

= Vee Jay/Charly (2008)

688 514
(1965)

Jimmy Reed: Things Ain't What They Used To Be

- I'm Going Upside Your Head
- The Devil's Shoestring Part 2
- Help Yourself
- Going Fishing (Ain't Got No Pole)
- I Wanna Be Loved
- Wear Something Green

- Left Handed Woman
- A New Leaf
- Fifteen Years
- Things Ain't What They Used To Be
- When You're Doing Alright
- You've Got Me Weeping

rec. 1964 "live" (audience over-dubbed) in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, g, hca; Hubert Sumlin (?), Eddie Taylor, g; b; dr; prod. by Calvin Carter

Jimmy Reed discography

Vee Jay VJLP-1095 (1964)
Vee Jay VJS-1095 (stereo)
"Jimmy Reed At Soul City"

= Fontana 688 514 ZL (1965)

= Vee-Jay/Collectables
COL-CD-7112 (2000)

= P-Vine PCD4292
(mini LP CD)

688 515
(196?)

The Staple Singers: Uncloudy Day
Gospel Train

- Uncloudy Day
- Let Me Ride
- God's Wonderful Love
- Help Me Jesus
- I'm Coming Home
- If I Could Hear My Mother

- Low Is The Way
- I Had A Dream
- On My Way To Heaven
- Going Away
- I'm Leaning
- I Know I Got Religion

Vee Jay LP-5000 (8/1959)

Fontana 688 515 ZL (196?)

688 516
(196?)

The Patterson Singers: I'm Saved
Gospel Train

- The Sign Of The Judgment
- The Lord's Prayer
- I've Got To Make It To The Promised Land
- Were You There
- He Comforts Me
- He'll Carry You Through

- I'm Saved
- I'm Depending
- So Glad I Got The Old Time Religion
- You Better Run
- I Thank The Lord
- I'm Moving Up

Vee Jay LP-5032 (1963)
"The Lord's Prayer"

notes by H.R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 688 516 ZL (196?)

688 517
(196?)

The Caravans: Just Like Him
Gospel Train

- Amazing Grace
- Just Like Him
- Nobody Knows Like The Lord
- Sacred Head
- Lord Stay With Me
- To Whom Shall I Turn
- Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone
- I'm Ready To Serve The Lord
- No Coward Soldiers
- Seek Ye The Lord
- Till I Meet The Lord/Jesus Will Save

Vee Jay LP-5026 (1962)
"Seek Ye The Lord"

Fontana 688 517 ZL (196?)

688 518
(1966)

Choir of the Greater Harvest Baptist Church of New Jersey
What A Friend
Gospel Train

- Bye And Bye
- It Took A Miracle
- God Is So Wonderful
- I'm Going Through
- What A Friend

- Trouble Don't Last Always
- He Has A Way
- Said He Wouldn't Leave Me
- Sow Righteous Seeds
- He Delivered Me

Vee Jay LP-5011 (1961)
"Wonderful"

Fontana 688 518 ZL (1966)

688 520
(1966)

The Original Blind Boys of Alabama: Old Time Religion
Gospel Train

Vee Jay VJLP/SR-5048 track sequence:
- I Can See Everybody's Mother
- What He's Done For Me
- After A While
- Old Time Religion
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Tell God All About It

- I'm Journeying On
- Christian In My Heart
- Precious Lord
- God Is Real
- I Just Rose To Tell You
- How Far Am I From Canaan

Fontana 688 520 ZL track sequence:
- What He's Done For Me
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- After Awhile
- I Can See Everybody's Mother
- Tell God All About It
- Old Time Religion

- I'm Journeying On
- How Far Am I From Cannan
- I Just Rose To Tell You
- Christian In My Heart
- God Is Real
- Precious Lord

Vee Jay VJLP/SR-5048 (1963)
"True Convictions"

notes by H.R. Rookmaaker

= Fontana 688 520 ZL

688 700 ("Riverside/Battle")

688 700
(1964)

John Lee Hooker: How Long Blues

- Black Snake
- How Long Blues
- Wobblin' Baby
- She's Long, She's Tall, She Weeps Like A Willow Tree
- Pea Vine Special
- Tupelo Blues
- I'm Prison Bound

- I Rowed A Little Boat
- Water Boy
- Church Bell Tone
- Bundle Up and Go
- Good Mornin' Little School Girl
- Behind The Plow

rec. April, 1959 in Detroit, MI; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; prod. by Bill Grauer

notes by Orrin Keepnews

Riverside RLP 12-838 (US 1959) "The Country
Blues of ..." [on front cover] /
"The Folk-Blues of ..."
[on back cover & label]

notes by Anonymous

= Battle BLP 6114 (1963)
"How Long Blues"

notes by Paul Oliver

= Fontana 688 700 ZL (196?)

(=) Fantasy DLP 24722 (1972)
"Black Snake" (along
with Riverside RLP 12-321
"That's My Story")

(=) Ace CD 927 (1990)
"That's My Story / The
Folk Blues of ..."
(4 tracks missing from LPs)

= OBCCD-542-2 (1991)

688 701
(1964)

Memphis Slim: Alone With My Friends

- Highway 51 Blues
- I Feel So Good
- Rock Me, Momma
- Goin' Down Slow #
- Sittin' On Top Of The World

- Sunnyland Train
- Goin' Down To The River
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- I Can Hear My Name A-Ringin'
- Going Back To My Plow

rec. April 25, 1961 in London, England; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Josh White, introduction, # humming

Battle BM 6118 (1961)
= Battle BS 96118
"Memphis Slim sings the
songs of Big Bill Broonzy,
Tampa Red, Muddy Waters,
Georgia Tom, Curtis Jones,
St. Louis Jimmy, Sonny Boy
Williamson, Blind Lemon
Jefferson, Willie Dixon"

notes by Paul Oliver

= Fontana 688 701 ZL (1964)

= OBCCD 581

688 800 ("Arhoolie")

688 800
(1965)

Big Joe Williams: Tough Times

- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Yo Yo Blues
- President Roosevelt
- Forty-Four Blues
- Greystone Blues
- I Want My Crown []

- Mean Stepfather
- Brother James
- Shake Your Boogie
- Vitamin A Blues
- She Left Me A Mule To Ride #
- So Glad

# rec. fall 1959 in Oakland, Ca. by Bob Geddins; Joe Lee Williams, voc, g
all other tracks rec. October 5, 1960 in Los Gatos, Ca. by Chris Strachwitz and Richard Garvin; Joe Lee Williams, voc, g; [] Mary Williams, voc

Big Joe Williams discography

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1002 (US 1960)

Arhoolie Records discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Fontana 688 800 ZL

re-released (along with
most of Arhoolie 1053)
on Arhoolie CD 315
"Shake Your Boogie"

688 801
(1965)

Lightnin' Hopkins: Burnin In L.A.

Arhoolie F 1011 / Fontana 688 801 ZL track sequence:
- Meet You At The Chicken Shack * @ youtube
- Once Was A Gambler // # @ youtube
- Speedin' Boogie // # @ youtube
- Ice Storm Blues * @ Spotify

- California Showers § @ youtube
- Burnin' In LA. // # @ Spotify
- Do The Boogie || # @ Spotify
- Bald Headed Woman // # @ youtube
- Goin' Out # @ Spotify

unissued tracks from same sessions:
- In The Evening #
- Louisiana Hot Boogie #
- Down Home Blues *
- Hello (Austria) § [Document DLP 577]

# rec. November 26, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g & || p; // Gino Landry, b; // Victor Leonard, dr

§ rec. December 2, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g

* rec. January 23, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; Spider Kilpatrick, dr

cover photo by Bill Carter; liner photos by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 403 track sequence:
- Ice Storm Blues [Arhoolie 1011]
- Speeding Boogie [Arhoolie 1011]
- Wine Drinking Woman [Arhoolie 1012]
- Do The Boogie [Arhoolie 1011]
- My Baby's Gone [Arhoolie 1087]
- Wake Up Old Maid [previously unissued]
- Jesus Will You Come By Here (Jesus Won't You Come By Here) [previously unissued]
- Candy Kitchen [Arhoolie 1087]
- Gin Bottle Blues [previously unissued]
- Hurricanes Carla & Esther [Arhoolie 1017]
- Wipe Your Feet On The Floor [Arhoolie 1063]
- Please Settle In Vietnam [Arhoolie 1063]
- Up On Telegraph Avenue [Arhoolie 1063]
- California Showers [Arhoolie 1011]
- Burnin' In L.A. [Arhoolie 1011]
- Selling Wine In Arizona [Arhoolie 1063]
- Brand New Lock [Arhoolie 1063]
- I'm Leaving You Now [previously unissued]
- Goin' Out Number [Arhoolie 1011]

Lightnin' Hopkins discography

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz

Arhoolie F 1011
"Lightnin' Sam Hopkins"

Arhoolie Records discography

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz

= Fontana 688 801 ZL (1964)

= Trio PA-3064 (Jp 197?)
(has sides A and B switched!)

Trio Records discography

(=) Arhoolie CD 403
"Po' Lightnin'"

= Arhoolie F 1011
(2012 repress; includes download
card for a free digital copy of the
entire album)

688 802
(1966)

Joe Turner: Jumpin' The Blues
with Pete Johnson's Orchestra

- Wine-O-Baby Boogie
- B&O Blues
- Rocket Boogie "88" - part I
- Old Piney Brown's Gone
- Baby, Won't You Marry Me
- Skid Row Boogie

- Christmas Date Boogie
- Radar Blues
- Tell Me Pretty Baby
- Rocket Boogie "88" - part II
- Trouble Blues
- Half Tight Boogie

notes by Rolph Fairchild

Arhoolie 2004 (196?)

Arhoolie Records discography

= Fontana 688 802 ZL

688 803
(1966)

Lightning Hopkins: Early Recordings

- Bluebird Blues [Glory B. Blues, previously unreleased]
- Walking Blues [Gold Star 634]
- Unkind Blues [Gold Star 664]
- Mad With You [Gold Star 652]
- Somebody's Got To Go [Goodbye Blues, previously unreleased]
- Automobile Blues [Gold Star 666]
- Seems Funny Baby [previously unreleased]
- Coolin' Board Blues [Thunder And Lightnin' Blues, previously unreleased]

- Airplane Blues [Gold Star 652]
- Loretta Blues [previously unreleased]
- Whiskey Blues [previously unreleased]
- You Don't Know [Gold Star 640]
- Organ Boogie [previously unreleased]
- What Can It Be [Gold Star 616]
- Ida Mae [Gold Star 613]
- Goin' Back And Talk To Mama [Going Home Blues, previously unreleased]

rec. late 1940s in Houston, TX; reissued from Gold Star masters

notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, California 94719

Arhoolie 2007 (US 1963) "Early Recordings"

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Fontana 688 803 ZL (NL 1966) "Bluebird Blues"

= Stateside ISR-8145 (Jp 19??) "Early Recordings"

notes (1963) by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530

= Arhoolie 2007 (US 1969) "Early Recordings"

notes (1963) by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530

= Arhoolie 2007 (US 1975) "Early Recordings"

Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Arhoolie Records discography

688 804
(1966)

Bukka White: Sky Songs

Arhoolie F 1019 tracks:
- My Baby *
- Alabama Blues // #

- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World (7:35) //
- Sugar Hill (18:45) []

Arhoolie F 1020 tracks:
- Bald Eagle Train
- Single Man Blues
- Georgia Skin Game

- Mixed Water (monologue)

* rec. November 8, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, p
[] rec. November 25, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, p
// rec. November 26, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, g; # Big Willie (Wayne Pope), washboard

Fontana 688 804 tracks:
- Alabama Blues [Arhoolie F1019]
- Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World [Arhoolie F1019]

- Georgia Skin Game [Arhoolie F1020]
- Bald Eagle Train [Arhoolie F1020]
- Single Man [Arhoolie F1020]

Bukka White discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie F 1019

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie F 1020

Arhoolie Records discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

(=) Fontana 688 804 ZL (1966)

(=) Arhoolie CD C-323
(1990) (along with F 1020)

688 805
(1967)

Mance Lipscomb: Texas Songster

- Joe Turner Killed A Man
- Bumble Bee
- Silver City
- If I Miss The Train
- Alabama Jubilee
- God Moves On The Water (The Titanic)

- Come Back Baby
- Charlie James
- Boogie In A
- Key To The Highway
- Cocaine Done Killed My Baby
- Spanish Flang Dang
- You Got To Reap What You Sow

rec. Berkeley, May 2, 1964 by Chris Strachwitz

Mance Lipscomb discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie F 1023 (1964)
"Texas Songster Volume 2"

Arhoolie Records discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Fontana 688 805 ZL (1967)
"Texas Songster"

688 806
(1967)

Fred McDowell: Mississippi Delta Blues

- Write Me A Few Lines
- Louise
- I Heard Somebody Call
- 61 Highway
- Mama Don't Allow Me
- Kokomo Blues

- Fred's Worried Life Blues
- You Gonna Be Sorry
- Shake 'Em On Down
- My Trouble Blues
- Black Minnie
- That's Alright
- When I Lay My Burden Down #

rec. February 13/14, 1964 in Como, Miss. by Chris Strachwitz; Fred McDowell, voc, g; # Annie Mae McDowell, voc

Fred McDowell discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie F-1021 (US 1964)
= Arhoolie AR 19025 (D)
= Trio PA-3052 (Jp 1974)

Arhoolie Records discography

notes by Chris Strachwitz

= Fontana 688 806 ZL (196?)

688 807
(196?)

Lightnin' Hopkins

with his brothers Joel and John Henry
- I'm Gonna See About My Brother John Henry
- Black Hannah
- I Walked From Dallas
- Hot Blooded Woman Blues
- Going Back To Baden-Baden

with Barbara Dane
- Sometimes She Loves Me #
- You Got Another Man #
- I'm Going Back, Baby #
- Mother Earth #
- Jesus Won't You Come By Here []

# rec. June 18, 1964 at the Cabale (later The Questing Beast) in Berkeley, CA
[] rec. November 26, 1961 in Berkeley, CA

Lightnin' Hopkins discography

notes by Chris A. Strachwitz

Arhoolie 1022 (1966)

Arhoolie Records discography

= Fontana 688 807 ZL (196?)

688 809
(1967?)

Johnny Young And His Chicago Blues Band

Arhoolie F 1029 track sequence:
- Wild, Wild Woman [Arhoolie 45-515] @ youtube
- Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business @ youtube
- I'm Having A Ball @ youtube
- My Trainfare Out Of Town @ youtube
- I'm Doing All Right @ youtube
- Stealin' @ youtube

- Keep On Drinking @ youtube
- Hot Dog! @ youtube
- Come Early In The Morning @ youtube
- Moaning And Groaning @ youtube
- Crosscut Saw @ youtube
- Slam Hammer (instr) [Arhoolie 45-515] @ youtube

rec. November 11 [22 on back cover], 1965 at Sound Studios in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding; Johnny Young, voc, g, mand; Otis Spann, p; James Cotton, hca; Jimmy Lee Morris, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz
Arhoolie F 1029, etc. cover photo by Pete Welding
Arhoolie CD 325 cover photo by Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie CD 325 / P-Vine PCD-2504 track sequence:
- Wild, Wild Woman
- Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business
- I'm Having A Ball
- My Trainfare Out Of Town
- I'm Doing All Right
- Stealin'
- Keep On Drinking
- Hot Dog!
- Come Early In The Morning
- Moaning And Groaning
- Cross-Cut Saw
- Slam Hammer
- Strange Girl
- Ring Around My Heart
- Sometimes I Cry
- Don't You Lie To Me
- On The Road Again
- Walter's Boogie
- Stockyard Blues
- Drinking Straight Whiskey

additional tracks on P-Vine PCD-2504:
- Sleeping With The Devil
- Fumbling Around

notes (1966) by Pete Welding Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif.

Arhoolie F 1029 (US 1966)

notes by Pete Welding

= Fontana 688 809 ZL (UK 1967?)

notes by Pete Welding Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709

Arhoolie AR 19023 (Fr 1972)

notes by Pete Welding Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530

Arhoolie F 1029 (US 1987)

notes (1966 & 1968) by Pete Welding

(=) Arhoolie CD 325 (US 1990) (along with most of Arhoolie F 1037)

= P-Vine PCD-24106 (Jp 2002)

(=) P-Vine PCD-2504 (Jp 20??) (along with all of Arhoolie F 1037)

Johnny Young discography
Otis Spann discography
Arhoolie Records discography

858 000

858 133
(196?)

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Where The Blues Begin

- Ride And Roll
- Love, Truth & Confidence
- Ida B.
- Baby, I Got My Mind Off You
- What I Would Like To Be
- Don't Pity Me

- Whoee, Whoee
- I Gotta Look Under Your Hood
- C'mon If You're Comin'
- Burnt Child Afraid Of Fire
- Amen

prod. by Bobby Scott

Fontana 858 133 FPY

= Fontana 887.811 MY (Fr)

= Fontana SRF 67599 (1969)

883 900

883 905
(1966)

Eddie Boyd: Five Long Years

- Five Long Years
- Hello Stranger
- Where You Belong
- I'm Comin' Home
- My Idea
- The Big Question

- Come On Home
- Blue Monday Blues
- Eddie's Blues
- All the Way
- Twenty-Four Hours Of Fear
- Rock The Rock

CD bonus tracks:
- Five Long Years - tk. 2 *
- The Big Question - tk. 2*
- Rosalie * §
- Hound Dog * #

rec. October 21, 1965 at Wessex Sound Studios, London, prod. by Horst Lippmann
* rec. October 7, 1965 in Hamburg, prod. by Siegfried E. Loch
Eddie Boyd, voc, p, org; Buddy Guy, g, § b; Jimmy Lee Robinson, b, § g; Freddie Below, dr; # Big Mama Thornton, voc

Eddie Boyd discography

notes by Neil Slaven
[starting on front cover !!!]

Fontana 883 905 JC

notes based on original
notes by Neil Slaven

= L+R 42.005 (1980)
= L+R CDLR 72009 (1994)

L+R Records discography

(=) Evidence CD 26051 (1994)

885 400

681 510
(1963)

American Folkblues [sic] Festival 1963 resp. American Folk Blues Festival 1963
"A documentation of the authentic blues featuring the best blues artists of America"

rec. October 13, 1963 live at the (2nd) American Folk Blues Festival in Bremen, Germany; accompanists: Matt "Guitar" Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr; prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

notes (8-pp. German/English) by Horst Lippmann and Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

Fontana 681510 ZL (mono) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival" incl. photos by Rolf Ambor

or
= Fontana 885403 ZL (mono)
= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival"

notes by Anonymous

= Fontana TL 5204 (mono) (UK 1964) "American Folk Blues Festival"

notes by Jean Tronchot

= Fontana 885403 MY (mono)
= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Fr 196?)

notes by Jean Tronchot

= Fontana 681510 TL/ZL (Fr 19??)

= Fontana 858 100 FPY (NL 1968)

= Polydor 2310 296 (Fr)

= Exodus EX/EXS 302 (US 1966) [Ewart Abner's label]

(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64"

notes by Willy Leiser

= L+R 42.023 (Germany 1981)

= Optimism/L+R CD-2023 (US 1983?)

= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42023 (Germany 1998)

5 CD box set
notes by Bill Dahl

(=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65" CDs 2 & 3: "1963, parts 1 & 2"

3 CD set

(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964" CD 2: "1963"

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

a few more re-releases @ discogs. com

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography

885 415
(1965)

The Spiritual + Gospel Festival 1965

Bishop Samuel Kelsey and the Congregation Of Temple Church Of Washington, DC
- Jesus Said If You Go
- Lord Send The Rain (solo Sister Lena Phillips Jones)
- Travelling Shoes
- Preaching (Exodus 3rd Chapter Bishop Kelsey)
- I Cried He Delivered Me
Bishop Kelsey & his Congregation, The Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi & The Andrewettes
- Tell Me How Long The Train Been Gone

Inez Andrews and the Andrewettes
- It's A Needed Time (solo Inez Andrews)
- It's In My Heart (solo Inez Andrews)
- What Love (solo Elane Davis)
- A God Somewhere (solo Elizabeth Dargan)
The Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
- John Saw The Number
- O Why(solo Henry Johnson)
- Lord, You've Been Good To Me

rec. January 1965 live at Kloster (Monastry) Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Germany

Fontana 885 415 TY (1965)

= Fontana TL 5243

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= L+R 44.005

885 421
(196?)

Amen
Dr. Jester Hairston And His Chorus Sing Spirituals, Gospel Songs, a.o.

- Amen
- Elijah Rock
- Going Down Dat Lonesome Road
- Oh, Rocka My Soul
- Mary's Little Boy Chile
- Dis Ole Hammer

- Hold On
- Go Down In De Lonesome Valley
- Hold My Mule While I Dance Josey
- Don't Be Weary, Traveller
- Live A-Mumble
- You Better Mind

Fontana 885 421 TY (196?)

= STKM CD (2010)

885 431
(1966)

two other LPs advertizedthree other LPs advertized

TL5389 (mono)STL5389 (stereo)

American Folk Blues Festival '66

Fontana 885 431 BY / L+R 42.069
Roosevelt Sykes
- Running The Boogie @ youtube @ Spotify
Otis Rush
- All Your Love || @ youtube @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- I Keep On Drinking @ youtube @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes
- You Shouldn't Do It @ youtube @ Spotify
Otis Rush
- My Own Fault || [actually "Sweet Little Angel"] @ youtube @ Spotify

Junior Wells
- Checkin' On My Baby \\ @ youtube @ Spotify
- A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson \\ @ youtube (2:40) @ Spotify
Sippie Wallace
- Suitcase Blues @ youtube @ Spotify
Robert Pete Williams
- Louise @ youtube @ Spotify
Big Joe Turner
- Flip, Flop And Fly // * @ youtube @ Spotify
- Roll 'Em Pete // ^ @ youtube @ Spotify

rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
|| Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr
Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand
\\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Robert Pete Williams, voc, g
// Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

1971 repress, no flip-back coveroriginal 1968 release, flip-back cover

blue label re-release 1981-86?

American Folk Blues Festival '66

Vol. 1: Amiga 855114
Roosevelt Sykes
- Running The Boogie @ youtube @ Spotify
Otis Rush
- All Your Love || @ youtube @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- I Keep On Drinking @ youtube @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes
- You Shouldn't Do It @ youtube @ Spotify
Big Joe Turner
- Roll 'Em Pete // ^ @ youtube @ Spotify

Junior Wells
- Sheckin' [sic] On My Baby \\ @ youtube @ Spotify
- Vietnam Blues \\ °° @ youtube @ Spotify
Sippie Wallace
- Suitcase Blues @ youtube @ Spotify
Robert Pete Williams
- Midnight Boogie °° @ youtube @ Spotify
Big Joe Turner
- Flip, Flop And Fly // * @ youtube @ Spotify

°° not on Fontana 885 431 BY

rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

1971 repress, no flip-back coveroriginal 1969 release, flip-back cover

blue label re-release 1981-86?

American Folk Blues Festival '66

Vol. 2: Amiga 850126/855126
Otis Rush
- It Takes Time || °° @ youtube @ Spotify
Roosevelt Sykes
- Night Time Is The Right Time °° @ youtube @ Spotify
Otis Rush
- My Own Fault || [actually "Sweet Little Angel"] @ youtube @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie °° @ youtube @ Spotify
Sleepy John Estes, g (Yank Rachell, voc, mand!)
- Yellow Jam Blues °° @ youtube @ Spotify

Junior Wells
- Over Yonders Walls \\ °° @ youtube @ Spotify
Sippie Wallace
- Women Keep Your Mouth Shut °° @ youtube @ Spotify
Junior Wells
- A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson \\ @ youtube (2:40) @ Spotify
Robert Pete Williams
- Louise @ youtube @ Spotify
Big Joe Turner
- Feeling Happy // * °°

°° not on Fontana 885 431 BY

rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

American Folk Blues Festival '65-'66

Philips/Phonogram SFL-7386
John Lee Hooker - King Of The World (AFBF 1965)
John Lee Hooker - Della May [sic] (AFBF 1965)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down (AFBF 1965)
Fred McDowell - Highway 61 (AFBF 1965)
Doctor Ross - My Black Name Is Ringing (AFBF 1965)
Jimmy Lee Robinson - Rosalie (AFBF 1965)
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues (AFBF 1965)

Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (AFBF 1965)

[track sequence of side B?]
Eddie Boyd - The Big Question (AFBF 1965)
Junior Wells - Checkin' On My Baby (AFBF 1966)
Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie (AFBF 1966)
Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking (AFBF 1966)
Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues (AFBF 1966)
Otis Rush - All Your Love or My Own Fault (actually "Sweet Little Angel") (AFBF 1966)

American Folk Blues Festival discography

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

Fontana 885 431 TY (Germany 1966)

= Fontana 885 431 BY/MY (Fr 1966)

= Fontana TL/STL 5389 (UK 1966)

= Fontana 681.533 TL (Fr 1966?)

Fontana Records discography

notes (1968)
by Karlheinz Drechsel

Vol. 1 Amiga 855114
(GDR 1968)

notes (1968)
by Karlheinz Drechsel

Amiga 855114
(GDR 1979) Amiga Jazz series

= Amiga CD 82876-63060
-2 (Germany 2004)

notes (1969)
by Karlheinz Drechsel

Vol. 2 Amiga 850126
(GDR 1969)

notes (1969)
by Karlheinz Drechsel

= Amiga 855126
(GDR 1979) Amiga Jazz series

= Amiga CD 82876-63061
-2 (Germany 2004)

(=) Philips/Phonogram
SFL-7386 (Jp 1969)
American Folk Blues Festival 65-66

= Bellaphon CDLR 42069 (Germany 1990)

= Optimism LR CD-2069 (US 1990)

L+R Records discography

885 433
(1968)

American Folk Blues Festival '67

Bukka White
- Aberdeen Blues
Hound Dog Taylor
- The Sky Is Crying @ youtube
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Rock Island Line
Son House
- Got A Letter This Morning
Little Walter
- You Be So Fine

Koko Taylor
- Wang Dang Doodle
Skip James
- Hard Luck Child
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- I'm Gonna Move Across The River
Koko Taylor
- What Kind Of Man Is This
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Walk On

rec. October 15, 1967 at Kongress-Halle, Berlin, Germany
Bukka White, voc, g
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
Son House, voc, g
Little Walter, voc, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr
Skip James, voc, g

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (translated by Nigel Whittaker)

Fontana 885 433 TY (Germany 1968)

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

= Optimism/L+R LR CD-2070 (US 1990)

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

= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42070 (Germany 1998)

4 CD set
notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

(=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726222 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1965/1966/1967/1969"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
Bukka White discography
Hound Dog Taylor discography
Son House discography
Little Walter discography
Skip James discography

885 437
(1968)

The Spiritual + Gospel Festival 1967

The Robert Patterson Singers
Sister Josephine James
The Mighty Clouds Of Harmony
Reverend Cleophus Robinson
- I'm Gonna Serve God
- He Lives In My Soul
- Didn't It Rain
- Grace Made A Change
- Joshua Fought

Fontana 885 437 TY (1968)

miscellaneous

TFL 6079
(1966)

notes by Nat Hentoff

Vanguard VRS-9220
(mono)

Mississippi John Hurt Today!

- Pay Day (4:23) # @ youtube @ Spotify
- I'm Satisfied (2:56) @ Spotify
- Candy Man (2:58) @ Spotify
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (4:35) @ Spotify
- Talking Casey (5:09) @ Spotify
- Corrinna, Corrinna (1:52) @ Spotify

- Coffee Blues (3:47) @ Spotify
- Louis Collins (4:09) @ Spotify
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight (3:33) @ Spotify
- If You Don't Want Me Baby (3:21) # @ youtube @ Spotify
- Spike Driver's Blues (3:28) @ Spotify
- Beulah Land (3:45) @ Spotify

"plus" tracks on KICP-2034 (from Vanguard VSD 79248):
- Since I've Laid My Burden Down
- Moaning The Blues
- Richland Woman Blues
- Hop Joint
- Monday Morning Blues
- Keep On Knocking
- Stagolee
- Nearer My God To Thee

rec. July 1964 at the Manhattan Towers Hotel & at Vanguard's 23rd Street Recording Studio in New York City; Mississippi John Hurt, voc, g [Stefan Grossman's Martin OM-45]; # Jerry Ricks, 2nd g [not credited on LP cover]; production supervised by Patrick Sky
photo by Ed Freeman

Mississippi John Hurt discography

notes by Nat Hentoff

Vanguard VSD-79220
(stereo)