Forrest City Joe 78 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title / label # / notes
1	1/1949	FOREST CITY JOE - Memory Of Sonny Boy (U7164)   @ youtube - A Woman On Every Street (U7167)   @ youtube rec. December 2, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Forrest City Joe, voc, hca; poss. J.C. Cole, g Aristocrat 3101
		- Special Delivery Man (U7165) #   @ youtube - Shady Lane Woman (U7166) #   @ youtube - Sawdust Bottom (U7168) # []   @ youtube - Ash Street Boogie (instr) (U7169) # §   @ youtube - Mean Mistreatin' Woman (U7170) # *   @ youtube - Lonesome Day Blues (U7171) # *   @ youtube rec. December 2, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Forrest City Joe, voc, hca; poss. J.C. Cole, g Aristocrat unissued # P-Vine (Jp) PLP 6032 [] Chess (UK) 6641 047 * Chess (UK) 6641 125 § Negro Rhythm 107
2	1960	Roots Of The Blues Southern Folk Heritage Series Lonnie Young - Jim and John Vera Hall - The Wild Ox Moan Fred McDowell - Been Drinkin' Water Out Of A Hollow Log Miles Pratcher - All Night Long Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down Forest City Joe - Levee Camp Reminiscence Lonnie Young - Chevrolet Lonnie Young - Oree Johnny Lee Moore - Levee Camp Holler - Eighteen Hammers Forest City Joe - Train Time Fred McDowell - Freight Train Blues Forest City Joe - Drink On Little Girl # Forrest City Joe tracks rec. October 1, 1959 in Hughes, AR by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins; Forrest City Joe, voc, hca; # Oliver Lee "Sonny Boy" Rogers, g; # Thomas Martin or Darnel Walker, dr notes by Gary Kramer Atlantic SD-1348 notes by Alan Lomax = Polydor-Atlantic 590 019 (UK 1968) = Atlantic 782496 4 cd boxset 1993 "Sounds Of The South"
3	1960	The Blues Roll On Southern Folk Heritage Series Boy Blue - Boogie Children Forest City Joe - She Lived Her Life Too Fast Fred McDowell - Drop Down Mama Lonnie Young - Sittin' On Top Of The World John Dudley - Cool Water Blues Forest City Joe - She Don't Love Me That Way - Stop Breaking Down Boy Blue - Joe Lee's Rock Rosalie Hill - Bullyin' Well Fred McDowell - When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Little Lines Forest City Joe - Red Cross Store # - Forest City Jump Forrest City Joe tracks rec. October 1, 1959 in Hughes, AR by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins; Forrest City Joe, voc, hca; Oliver Lee "Sonny Boy" Rogers, g; Thomas Martin or Darnel Walker, dr # Forrest City Joe, voc, p Atlantic SD 1352 = London LTZ-K 15215 notes by Alan Lomax = Polydor-Atlantic 590 025 (UK 1968) = Atlantic 782496 4 cd boxset 1993 "Sounds Of The South"
4	1968	Memphis And The Delta - 1950s Houston Boines - Relation Blues Luther Huff - Bull Dog Blues Junior Brooks - She's A Little Girl Harmonica Frank - Goin' Away Walking Forest City Joe - Memory Of Sonny Boy [Aristocrat 3101] Roosevelt Sykes - West Helena Blues Joe Hill Louis - I Feel Like A Million Sunnyland Slim - Going Back To Memphis Boyd Gilmore - Rambling On My Mind< Drifting Slim - Good Morning Blues Willie Love - Seventy Four Blues James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues Baby Face Turner - Gonna Let You Go Elmore James - Please Find My Baby cover photo by Danny Lyon notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 15 (1968) notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 15 Blues Classics discography
5	1972	Genesis Vol. 1 The Beginnings Of Rock Album 1 Sunnyland Slim - Johnson Machine Gun - Fly Right Little Girl Muddy Waters - Gypsy Woman - Little Anna Mae - I Can't Be Satisfied - I Feel Like Going Home Leroy Foster - Locked Out Boogie Leroy Foster - Shady Grove Forrest City Joe - Memory Of Sonny Boy [Aristocrat 3101] - Sawdust Bottom [Aristocrat unissued] Robert Nighthawk - Anna Lee - Sweet Black Angel Little Johnny Jones - Big Town Play Boy - Shelby County Blues Album 2 Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me - Rollin' Stone - Louisiana Blues - Evan's Shuffle - Long Distance Call - Honey Bee - Howlin' Wolf Muddy Waters - She Moves Me - My Fault - Still A Fool - They Call Me Muddy Waters - All Night Long - Please Have Mercy - Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man Album 3 Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart - Me And My Chauffeur Robert Nighthawk - Jackson Town Gal - Return Mail Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Jacqueline - Little City Woman - Lonesome Big Bill Broonzy - Romance Without Finance Washboard Sam - Shirt Tail - Diggin' My Potatoes - Minding My Own Business - Horseshoe Over My Door - By Myself - I'm A Lonely Man Album 4 Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right - Ludella - Goin' Away Baby - I Used To Have A Woman - Money Marbles And Chalk - Back Door Friend - The Last Time Jimmy Rogers - Out On The Road - Act Like You Love Me - Blues All Day Long - Chicago Bound - Sloppy Drunk - You're The One - Walking By Myself compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven 4 LP box set notes by Mike Leadbitter Chess 6641 047 (UK Phonogram) 'Genesis' discography
6	1973	Genesis Vol. 2 The Beginnings of Rock: From Memphis to Chicago Album 1 (6499 432) Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me - Don't Start Me To Talking - All My Love In Vain - Good Evening Everybody - You Killing Me (On My Feet) - Let Me Explain - I Know What Love Is All About Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why - Your Imagination Elmore James - Country Boogie - My Best Friend - I See My Baby - She Just Won't Do Right - Muddy Shoes Album 2 (6499 433) Ethel Mae - Down The Line - Handsome Lover - Sugar Papa Robert Nighthawk - Good News - Six Three O - Prison Bound Forrest City Joe - Mean Mistreatin' Woman [Aristocrat unissued] Forrest City Joe - Lonesome Day Blues [Aristocrat unissued] Howlin' Wolf - I'm Not Joking - Moanin' At Midnight - How Many More Years - All Night Long - No Place To Go Album 3 (6499 434) Jackie Brenston - Rocket "88" Doctor Ross - Country Clown - Doctor Ross Boogie Willie Nix - Truckin' Little Woman - Just One Mistake Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Open Your Book - Tears In My Eyes (C-1023 [alt.]) Woodrow Adams - Pretty Baby Blues - She's Done Come And Gone Joe Hill Louis - Dorothy Mae - When I Am Gone Harmonica Frank - Swamp Root - Howlin' Tomcat - She Done Moved Album 4 (6499 435) Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself - Please Forgive (Keep It To Yourself) - The Key To Your Love Howlin' Wolf - Baby How Long - Evil Is Goin' On - Forty Four - Who Will Be Next Howlin' Wolf - I Have A Little Girl - Come To Me Baby - Don't Mess With My Baby - Smokestack Lightning - You Can't Be Beat - So Glad - Break Of Day compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven 4 LP box set Chess 6641 125 (UK Phonogram) 'Genesis' discography
7	1975	The Blues The Blues Music In Early 50's Sunnyland Slim - Johnson Machine Muddy Waters - Little Anna Mae Forrest City Joe - Mean Mistreatin' Woman [Chess 6641 125] Ethel Mae - Sugar Papa Robert Nighthawk - 6-3-0 - Prison Bound Howlin' Wolf - Mama Died And Left Me Muddy Waters - Where Is My Woman Been Doctor Ross - Doctor Ross Boogie Willie Nix - Just One Mistake Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart Howlin' Wolf - Come To Me Baby Victor LWG-1089 (Jp promo)
8	1976	Chicago Slickers 1948-1953 Little Walter - I Want My Baby Floyd Jones - School Days - Hard Time Forest City Joe - A Woman On Every Street [Aristocrat 3101] Little Walter - Just Keep Lovin' Her John Brim - Dark Clouds - Lonesome Man Blues Earl Hooker - Sweet Angel Johnny Shines - Ramblin' - Cool Driver Homesick James - Lonesome Ole Train - Farmer's Blues Delta Joe - Train Time Big Boy Spires - About To Lose My Mind Floyd Jones - Early Morning notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 102 Nighthawk Records discography
9	1977	Roots Of The Blues Henry Ratcliff - Louisiana Bakari-Badji - Field Song From Senegal John Dudley - Po' Boy Blues Tangle Eye - Kate Left Memphis Leroy Miller And A Group Of Prisoners - Berta, Berta Fred McDowell And Miles Pratcher - Old Original Blues [= Fred McDowell Blues] Ed Young And Lonnie Young - Jim And John Alec Askew - Emmaline, Take Your Time Miles Pratcher And Bob Pratcher - Buttermilk Leroy Gary - Mama Lucy Miles Pratcher And Bob Pratcher - I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Till I Die Tangle Eye And A Group Of Prisoners - No More, My Lord Rev. Crenshaw And The Congregation Of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis - Lining Hymn And Prayer Fred McDowell - Death Comes A-Creepin' In My Room [= Soon One Mornin'] Congregation Of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis - Church-House Moan Bessie Jones - Beggin' The Blues Rose Hemphill - Rolled And Tumbled # Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher, And Fannie Davis - Goin' Down To The Races [= Goin' Down To The River] Forrest City Joe - You Gotta Cut That Out Forrest City Joe track rec. October 1, 1959 in Hughes, AR by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins; Forrest City Joe, voc, hca; Oliver Lee "Sonny Boy" Rogers, g; Thomas Martin or Darnel Walker, dr # Fred McDowell credited erroneously as guitarist notes by Alan Lomax New World NW 252
10	1978	going to chicago blues!   1949-1957 Robert Jr. Lockwood - Aw Aw Baby [J.O.B. 1107]   @ youtube - Sweet Woman From Maine [J.O.B. 1107]   @ youtube L.C. McKinley - Blue Evening (Blues) [Vee Jay unissued]   @ youtube J.B. Lenoir - In The Evening [J.O.B. unissued]   @ youtube - Please Don't Go Away [J.O.B. unissued]   @ youtube Forest City Joe - Ash Street Boogie [Aristocrat unissued]   @ youtube Willie Mabon - It's Gonna Hurt You [Federal unissued]   @ youtube - Got To Find My Baby [Federal unissued]   @ youtube Robert Jenkins Trio - Steelin' Boogie pt. 1 [Parkway 103]   @ youtube - Steelin' Boogie pt. 2 [Parkway 103]   @ youtube Sunnyland Slim - Back To Korea [Sunny 101]   @ youtube - It's All Over Now [Sunny 101]   @ youtube A Division of Son Brimmer Enterprises Album production: Joe Willie Gilmore Liner notes: Hayes Williams Mastering: Friday Ford Studios Design and Calligraphy: Garfield Akers Photos: Dudlow Tutwiler Archives Negro Rhythm 107 [George Paulus label] BU 130/26
11	1984	Forrest City Joe / Rocky Fuller: Memory Of Sonny Boy Forrest City Joe # - Special Delivery Man [Aristocrat unissued] - Shady Lane Woman [Aristocrat unissued] - A Woman On Every Street [Aristocrat 3101] - Sawdust Bottom [Chess 6641 047] - Ash Street Boogie [Negro Rhythm Records 107] - Mean Mistreatin' Woman [Victor LWG-1089] - Lonesome Day Blues [Aristocrat unissued] - Memory Of Sonny Boy [Aristocrat 3101] Rocky Fuller (= Louisiana Red) [] - Soon One Morning - Rock Me Baby (Come On Baby, Now) - Under A Neon Sign - Catch Me A Freight Train - Looking For The Mail Man - The Moon Won't Go Down - Gonna Leave This Town - Raining And Snowing # rec. December 2, 1948 [] rec. March 13, 1952 P-Vine / Chess PLP 6032 (Jp 1984) notes by Chris Smith = Chess/Green Line GCH 8112 (It 1988)
12	1991	Robert Nighthawk / Forest City Joe: Black Angel Blues Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Lovin' Woman - Down The Line - Sweet Black Angel - Handsome Lover - She Knows How To Love A Man - Annie Lee Blues - Sugar Papa - Return Mail Blues - Good News - Six Three O - Prison Bound - Jackson Town Gal - Sorry My Angel - Someday Forest City Joe - Memory Of Sonny Boy [Aristocrat 3101] - Special Delivery Man [P-Vine/Chess PLP 6032] - Shady Lane Woman [P-Vine/Chess PLP 6032] - Woman On Every Street [Aristocrat 3101] - Sawdust Bottom [Chess 6641 047] - Ash Street Boogie [Negro Rhythm Records 107] - Mean Mistreatin' Woman [Victor LWG-1089] - Lonesome Day Blues [P-Vine/Chess PLP 6032] Charly RED 29 (UK)
13	1992	Chess Blues disc 1: - Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels - Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs - Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim - Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim - Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters - My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk - I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters - She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim - Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101] - Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes - Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker - My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy - Big Town Playboy - Johnny Jones - Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk - Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters - Luedella - Jimmy Rogers - Mother Earth - Memphis Slim - Dr. Ross' Boogie - Doctor Ross - Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines - Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf - All Night Long - Muddy Waters Alternate Take - Mr. Commissioner - Arbee Stidham Alternate Take - Getting Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf disc 2: - Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker Alternate Take - Juke - Little Walter - Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie - Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters - Broken Heart - Memphis Minnie Alternate Take - Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix - Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller - Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd - Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter - Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins - Fast Boogie - Little Walter - I'm Mad - Willie Mabon - Ice Cream Man - John Brim - Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James - Got To Have It - Willie Mabon - I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray - Remember - Alberta Adams - [Untitled Instrumental] - Henry Gray - Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters - Forty-Four - Howlin' Wolf - Got To Find My Baby - Little Walter Alternate Take - Evil - Howlin' Wolf - Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson - Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir disc 3: - Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter - My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) - Muddy Waters - My Baby - Little Walter - You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold - Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon - Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf - Twenty-Nine Ways To My Baby's Door - Willie Dixon - Right To Love You - Paul Gayton - Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon - I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann - Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf - Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon - Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers - Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters - Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake - Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf - She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir - Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Key To The Highway - Little Walter - Double Trouble - Muddy Waters Alternate Take - Come On Home - Eddie Boyd - Goat - Sonny Boy Williamson II Band Track - So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush disc 4: - First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy - Too Poor - Detroit Junior - Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson - The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn - Sun Is Shining - Elmore James Alternate Take - Calling On My Darling - Albert King - The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf - Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf - Satisfied - Little Milton - Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James - Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio - Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson II - Good Moanin' Blues - Big Walter Horton - Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf - What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor - We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton - Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor - Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker - Jinglin' Baby - Eddie "Guitar" Burns - That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters - Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy - Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor - I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James compiled by Mary Katherine Aldin & Andy McKaie; prod. by Andy McKaie 4 CD box set 64-page booklet notes by Mary Katherine Aldin MCA CHD4-9340 (US 1992)
14	1993	Sounds Of The South A Musical Journey From The Georgia Sea Islands To The Mississippi Delta Disc 1: Sounds Of The South / Blue Ridge Mountain Music: - The Banks Of The Arkansas / Wave The Ocean - Neil Morris/Charley Everidge - Hen Duck - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr. - The Farmer's Curst Wife - Estil C. Ball - Boll Weevil Holler - Vera Hall - Jesse James - The Mountain Ramblers - Jesse James - Vera Hill - Kenny Wagner - Bob Carpenter - Trouble So Hard - Vera Hall - Baptizing Scene - Reverend W.A. Donaldson - Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus - Viola James & Congregation - Windham - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Come On Boys, Let's Go To The Ball - Sid Hemphill/Lucas Smith - Join The Band - John Davis & Group - Lucky Holler - Ed Lewis - I Be So Blad When The Sun Goes Down - Ed Lewis & Group - Cotton Eyed Joe - The Mountain Ramblers - Big Tilda - The Mountain Ramblers - Jennie Jenkins - Estil C. Ball/Orna Ball - John Henry - The Mountain Ramblers - Rosewood Casket - The Mountain Ramblers - Silly Bill - The Mountain Ramblers - Big Ball In Boston - The Mountain Ramblers - Chilly Winds - Wade Ward - The Old Hickory Cane - The Mountain Ramblers - John Brown - Hobart Smith - Poor Ellen Smith - Hobart Smith - Shady Grove - The Mountain Ramblers Disc 2: Roots Of The Blues / The Blues Roll On: - Jim And John - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr. - The Wild Ox Moan - Vera Hall - Been Drinkin' Water Out Of A Hollow Log - Mississippi Fred McDowell - All Night Long - Miles Pratcher/Bob Pratcher - Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell/Mile Pratcher/Annie Davis - Levee Camp Reminiscence - Forrest City Joe - Chevrolet - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr. - Levee Camp Holler - Johnny Lee Moore - Eighteen Hammers - Johnny Lee Moore/12 Mississippi Penitentary Convicts - Drink On Little Girl - Forrest City Joe/Sonny Rogers/Thomas Morgan - Drop Down Mama - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Boogie Children - Boy Blue / Willie Jones / Joe Lee - She Lived Her Life Too Fast - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr. - Cool Water Blues - John Dudley - Stop Breaking Down - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin - Joe Lee's Rock - Boy Blue/Willie Jones/Joe Lee - Bullyin' Well - Rosalie Hill - When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Lines - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Red Cross Store - Forrest City Joe - Forrest City Jump - Forrest City Joe / Sonny Boy Rogers / Thomas Martin Disc 3: Negro Church Music / White Spirituals: - Death, Have Mercy - Vera Hall - I Want Jesus To Walk With Me - James Shorty & Mississippi Fred McDowell - Jesus Is Real To Me - Mrs. Mary Lee/Congregation - I Love The Lord - Reverend R.C. Crenshaw & Congregation - A Sermon Fragment - Reverend G.I. Townsel - I'm Goin' Home On The Mornin' Train - Reverend R.C. Crenshaw & Congregation - Power - Madam Mattie Wigley/Congregation - On That Rock - Viola James/Lonnie Young/Ed Young - Jesus On The Mainline - James Shorty/Viola James/Congregation - I'm Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean - Henry Morrison & St Simon's Island Singers - Blow Gabriel - John Davis/Bessie Jones/St. Simon's Island Singers - What Do You Think About Jesus (He's Alright) - Bernice McClellan/Congregation - Tribulations - Estil C. Ball/Lacey Richardson/Blair Reedy - When I Get Home - Estil C. Ball/Blair Reedy - The Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Estil C. Ball - Baptizing Down By The Creek - The Mountain Ramblers - Sermon And Lining Hymn - Reverend I.D Back/Congregation - Antioch - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Calvary - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Please Let Me Stay A Little Longer - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Father, Jesus Loves You - Estil C. Ball - Lonesome Valley - Estil C. Ball/Lacey Richardson/Orna Ball/Blair Reedy - Father Adieu - Estil C. Ball - The Old Country Church - The Mountain Ramblers - Cabin On The Hill - Estil C. Ball/Lacey... Disc 4: American Folk Songs For Children: - Johnson's Old Gray Mule - Mainer Band - My Little Rooster - Almeda Riddle - Whoa Mule - Mainer Band - Frog Went A-Courtin' - Almeda Riddle - Glenn's Chimes - Mainer Band - Chick-A-Li-Lee-Lo - Almeda Riddle - Old Joe Clark - The Mountain Ramblers - Go Tell Aunt Nancy - Almeda Riddle - Train III - Mainer Band - Johnny Cuckoo - Bessie Jones & Group - Mama Buy Me A Chiney Doll - Almeda Riddle - Soldier, Soldier - Hobart Smith - Mary Mack - Jessie Pratcher/Mattie Gardner/Mary Gardner - Hambone - Bessie Jones - Banging Breakdown - Hobart Smith - Green Sally, Up - Jessie Pratcher/Mattie Gardner/Mary Gardner - Sometimes - Bessie Jones & Group - The Arkansas Traveller - Hobart Smith - Paper Of Pins - Estil C. Ball/Orna Ball - The Little Dappled Cow - Texas Gladden - Go To Sleep, Little Baby - Bessie Jones - Paddy On The Turnpike - Wade Ward/Charley Higgins/Charley Poe - Jimmy Sutton - Spence Moore/Roy Birns - Liza Jane - The Mountain Ramblers - Oree - Lonnie Young/Ed Young/Lonnie Young Jr. - Train Time - Forrest City Joe - Freight Train Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell - This Little Light Of Mine - James Shorty/Viola James/Congregation - Motherless Children - Felix Dukes / Mississippi Fred McDowell - Little Moses - Neil Morris reissue prod. by Yves Beauvais Atlantic 782496
15	1996	Robert Nighthawk / Forrest City Joe The Blues Collection # 63 Robert Nighthawk - My Sweet Lovin' Mama - Down The Line - Sweet Black Angel - Handsome Lover - She Knows How To Love A Man - Annie Lee Blues - Sugar Papa - Return Mail Blues - Good News - Six Three O - Jackson Town Gal - Sorry My Angel - Someday Forrest City Joe - Special Delivery Man - Shady Lane Woman - A Woman On Every Street - Sawdust Bottom - Ash Street Boogie - Mean Mistreatin' Woman - Lonesome Day Blues edited by Tony Russell Orbis BLU NC 063
16	1997	The Aristocrat Of The Blues The Best of Aristocrat Records disc 1: - Chicago Boogie - The Five Blazes - Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia - Fishin' Pole - Tom Archia - Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels - Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs - Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim - Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim - Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters - Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters - Forest Sykes Plays The Blues - Forest Sykes - Good Lookin' Woman - Muddy Waters - Mean Disposition - Muddy Waters - She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim - My Baby, My Baby - Sunnyland Slim - I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters - Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy - So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy - My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk - Train Fare Home - Muddy Waters - Kind Hearted Woman - Muddy Waters - Down South Blues - Muddy Waters - Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Muddy Waters - Locked Out Boogie - Leroy Foster - Shady Grove Blues - Leroy Foster disc 2: - You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters - Mean Red Spider - Muddy Waters - Standin' Here Tremblin' - Muddy Waters - Muddy Jumps One - Muddy Waters - Streamline Woman - Muddy Waters - Hard Days - Muddy Waters - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101] - Baby, I'm Sick Of You - Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats - Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk - She Knows How To Love A Man - Robert Nighthawk - Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk - Return Mail Blues - Robert Nighthawk - Little Geneva - Muddy Waters - Canary Bird - Muddy Waters - Burying Ground - Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need My Help - Muddy Waters - Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones - Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones - Screamin' And Cryin' - Muddy Waters - Where's My Woman Blues - Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You - Muddy Waters - Six Three O - Robert Nighthawk - Prison Bound - Robert Nighthawk - Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk - Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 - Muddy Waters - Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2 - Muddy Waters 2 CD set Chess/MCA 9387 = Chess MVCE-30017 (Jp)
17	1999	Broke, Black And Blue An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities disc 1: Up Country Blues - Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews - Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney - Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band - Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland - Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake - Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey - Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed - Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob - Bo Lita - Kid Brown - Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith - Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan - Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen - It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley - Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley - Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black - Midnight Blues - Bill Moore - Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head - My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson - What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes - School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore - Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson - Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey - T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson - TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson disc 2: Broke & Hungry Blues - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey - No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander - How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson - Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay - Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson - Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt - Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell - Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey - Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell - Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins - Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend - Framer's Blues - Eli Framer - Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker - Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor - Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott - Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers - Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins - Walking Blues - Son House - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson - Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose - Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery disc 3: Good Whiskey Blues - Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - 22-20 Blues - Skip James - Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins - Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr - Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams - Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd - Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold - Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams - That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson - Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky - Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim - Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller - Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis - It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner - Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum - Prisoner Blues - George Clarke - Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon - Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods - Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam - Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle - Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson - Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan disc 4: Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White - Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather - Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101] - Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown - Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown - Low Land Blues - Lee Brown - Round The World Blues - Lee Brown - Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon - Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon - Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon - I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon - Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple - Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple - My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon - It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon - That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon - Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon - I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple - Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple - Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple - Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple - Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple - New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown 4 CD set 40 page booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
18	2002	Alan Lomax Collection: The Land Where The Blues Began - Four O' Clock Flower Blues - William Blackwell & William Brown - Interview with Willie '61' Blackwell - Walking Blues - Eddie 'Son' House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Willie Brown, Leroy Williams - When I Lay My Burden Down - Turner Junior Johnson - Strange Things Happening In The Land - Charles Haffer, Jr. - Missionary Sermon By J.H. Terrell - Rock Daniel - Reverend C. H. Savage - Satisfied - Florence Stamp - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord - Congregation of the Church of God in Christ - Sermon: Hell Is A Place - Reverend Ribbins - The Preacher And The Bear - M.C. Orr - Mississippi Sounding Calls - Joe Shores - Roustabout Song - John Cameron - The Toast To Bud Doggett - Willie Stark - I Been Down In The Circle Before - Calvin Frazier, Sampson Pittman - Rosie - Dobie Red - Early In The Mornin' - 22, Tangle Eye, Hard Hair, Little Red - I'm Goin' Home - D.W. "Bama" Stuart - Go Down, Old Hannah - Ernest Williams - John Henry - Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith, Alec Askew, Will Head - Emmaline, Take Your Time - Alex Askew - Jim And John - Ed Young, G.D. Young, Lonnie Young - Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Wind Howling Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Country Blues - Muddy Waters - Black, Brown And White - Big Bill Broonzy - Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, and Sonny Boy Williamson - She Lived Her Life Too Fast - Forrest City Joe soundtrack to Alan Lomax's book of the same name rec. between 1933 and 1959 by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones, John W. Work, John A. Lomax, and Herbert Halpert. Remastered to 24-bit digital from the original metal and acetate discs, and the original paper and acetate-backed tape recordings Rounder CDROUN1861
19	2003	Blowing The Blues A History Of Blues Harmonica 1926-2002 CD 1: Pre-War Acoustic Harmonica - Sun Brimmers Blues - The Memphis Jug Band - Need More Blues - Robert Cooksey - Up Country Blues - De Ford Bailey - Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman - Greenville Strut - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe - Chickasaw Special - Noah Lewis - The Old Folks Started It - Minni Wallace - Touch Me Light Mama - George Bullet Williams - Fourth Avenue Blues - Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp - El Watsons Fox Chase - El Watson - Medley Of Blues - Freeman Stowers - Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band - Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin Down - Ollis Martin - Bumble Bee Blues - Memphis Minnie - Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead - Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis - Tampa Strut - The Georgia Browns - Harmonica Stomp - Jazz Gillum - Im A Stranger Here - Blind Boy Fuller - Blues In The Rain - Eddie Kellys Washboard Band - You Can Lead Me - Sonny Boy Williamson - Slick Capers Blues - Little Buddy Doyle - Blowing The Blues - Sonny Terry - We Got To Get Together - Frank Edwards - Tampa Blues - Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield CD 2: 1946-52 The Harp Goes Electric - King Biscuit Stom - Big Joe Williams - Pet Milk Blues - Walter Mitchell - Better Get Reaky - Elder Roma Wilson - Bring Another Half A Pint - Sonny Boy Williamson - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101] - Im A Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes & His Delta Duo - Wig Wearing Woman - Robert Richard - Boogy Fool - Snooky Pryour - Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard & The Gondoliers - Wailin Willie - Rhythm Willie - Winehead Seing - James Tisdom - Evans Shuffle - Muddy Waters - Gotta Go Baby - Joe Hill Louis - Moanin At Midnight - Howling Wolf - Jumpin Blues - Walter Horton - Me & My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie - Down South Blues - Driftin Slim - Juke - Little Walter - Glad To Be Back Home - Sunny Blair - After While (Blue Lights) - Papa Lightfoot - Man Around My Door - Grace Brim - Doctor Ross Boogie - Doctor Ross And His Jump & Jive Boys - The Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry - Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Come Back - Little Mac CD 3: Into The Rock Era & Beyond - Gonna Have A Good Time - Snooky Pryor - Juke - Little Walter - Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells - Dont Start Me Talking - Good Rockin Charles - Sonny Boy Williamson - Paul Jones & Jack Bruce - Got Something To Tell You - Doctor Ross - 99 - Sonny Boy Williamson - Last Night - Paul Butterfield - Down At The Grocery Store - Jimmy Reed - Fresh Country Jam - Duster Bennett - Key To The Highway - Charlie Musselwhite - Easy - Walter Horton - Hoodoo Party - King Biscuit Boy - You Went Away Baby - Carey Bell - Why Worry - John Mayall - Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher - Back Door Friend - Billy Boy Arnold - Rode Myself Crazy - Paul Delay - Bring It On Home - Sonny Blake - Texas Flood - Whispering Smith - Hootin And Screamin - Paul Lamb 3 CD box Indigo/Sanctuary IGOTD 2536
20	2002	The Chess Story 1947-1975 Forest City Joe - A Woman On Every Street [Aristocrat 3101] 15 CD set (341 tracks) MCA International 881
21	2003	Harmonica Blues, Vol. 2: 1946-1952 CD 1: - Hoodoo Hoodoo John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Boogy Fool Snooky Pryor - Take One More Chance With Me Jazz Gillum - Mellow Chick Swing John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Woman On Every Street Forest City Joe - Pontiac Blues Sonny Boy Williamson - My Bebop Gal Doctor Ross - Little Boy Blue Big Walter Horton - Love My Baby Frank Edwards - Mercury Boogie - Cadillac Blues J. D.Horton - Better Get Ready Elder Roma Wilson - Brazos Blues Billy Brazos - Santa Fe Blues Pee Wee Hughes - Rambling Around My Blues Sam Kelly - Walkin' Talkin' Blues Joe Hill Louis - Now Tell Me Baby Big Walter Horton - Mr. Downchild Sonny Boy Williamson - Harmonica Boogie Pete Lewis CD 2: - Down South Blues Drifting Slim - Blue Midnight Little Walter - Going to New Orleans Little Sam Davis - Harmonica Rhumba Sonny Terry - Riding in the Moonlight Howlin' Wolf - Scratchin' Pete Lewis - Baby, Let's Have Some Fun Sonny Terry - Honeydripper Papa Lightfoot - Come Home and Go With Me Sonny Boy Johnson - Stop Mess Around - Jumpin' With Jarvis Papa Lightfoot, - Man Around My Door Grace Brim, - Little Milton's Boogie Little Milton - Five Foot Three Sunny Blair - Wailin' Willie Rhythm Willie - Hello Miss Jessie Lee Eddie "Guitar" Burns - Sad Hours Little Walter Fremeaux CD FA 5059
22	2011	Mississippi Fred McDowell: Downhome Blues 1959 disc 1: Mississippi Fred McDowell - When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Lines - Drop Down Mama - Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell's Blues - Goin' Down To The River - You Gonna Be Sorry - You Done Tol' Everybody - Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus - Soon One Mornin' - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down - Germany Blues - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Freight Train Blues - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - Been Drinkin' Water Out Of A Hollow Log - I Want Jesus To Walk With Me - 61 Highway Blues - Lord Have Mercy - Worried Man - What's The Matter Now - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (instr) disc 2: Mississippi Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down John Dudley - Cool Water Blues - Po' Boy Blues - Clarksdale Mill Blues Lonnie Young / Ed Young - Jim And John - Hen Duck - Chevrolet - Oree - Sittin' On Top Of The World Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher - All Night Long - I'm Gonna Live Anyhow 'Til I Die - Buttermilk Forrest City Joe - Levee Camp Reminiscence - Train Time - Red Cross Store - You Gotta Cut That Out - Stop Breaking Down - Drink On Little Girl - She Lived Her Life Too Fast - She Don't Love Me That Way - Forrest City Jump Joe Lee - Boogie Children - Joe Lee's Rock - You Got Dimples In Your Jaw Forrest City Joe tracks rec. October 1, 1959 in Hughes, AR by Alan Lomax with the assistance of Shirley Collins 2 CD set JSP JSPCD 4227 (UK)
23	1995	Forrest City Joe / Polka Dot Slim: Downhome Delta Harmonica Forrest City Joe - Train Time [Atlantic SD-1348] - You Better Cut That Out [New World NW 252] - Levee Camp Reminiscence [Atlantic SD-1348] - Drink On Little Girl [Atlantic SD-1348] - She Lived Her Life Too Fast [Atlantic SD-1352] - She Don't Love Me That Way [Atlantic SD-1352] - Stop Breaking Down [Atlantic SD-1352] - Red Cross Store [Atlantic SD-1352] - Forrest City Jump [Atlantic SD-1352] - Memory Of Sonny Boy [Aristocrat 3101] - Special Delivery Man [P-Vine/Chess PLP 6032] - Shady Lane Woman [P-Vine/Chess PLP 6032] - A Woman On Every Street [Aristocrat 3101] - Sawdust Bottom [Chess 6641 047] - Ash Street Boogie [Negro Rhythm Records 107] - Mean Mistreating Woman [Victor LWG-1089] - Lonesome Day Blues [P-Vine/Chess PLP 6032] Polka Dot Slim - It's A Thing You Gotta Face - Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Hello Friends, Hello Pals - Sunny Side Of Love - Hey Mattie - Change Your Ways - They Call Me Mr. Calhoun - I'm Ragged And Dirty Deltacat 1003
24	2011	Harmonica Player: Forrest City Joe Best of Blues   Vol. 8 - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Special Delivery Man - Shady Lane Woman - A Woman On Every Street - Sawdust Bottom - Ash Street Boogie - Mean Mistreatin' Woman - Lonesome Day Blues - Levee Camp Moan - Train Time - You Gonna Cut That Out - She Don't Love Me That Way - Forest City Jump - She Lived Her Life Too Fast - Drink On Little Girl - Stop Breaking Down - Red Cross Store Collection Gerard Herzhaft - Remastered [download only]
25	10/2014	The Aristocrat Blues Story CD 1: - Rollin' And Tumblin' (Part 1) - Muddy Waters - My Baby, My Baby - Sunnyland Slim - Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk - Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405] - I Feel Like Crying - Andrew Tibbs - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101] - Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels - Locked Out Boogie - LeRoy Foster - Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy - Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia with George Kirby - You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters - Toothless Woman Blues - Andrew Tibbs - Chicago Boogie - Five Blazes & Ernie Harper - I'm Bound For Canaan Land - Famous Blue Jay Singers Of Birmingham - Crying The Blues - Laura Rucker - Mean And Evil Baby - Tom Archia with Sheba Griffin - Six Three 0 - Robert Nighthawk - Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim CD 2: - Annie Lee Blues - Robert Nighthawk with Robert McCullum - Lollipop Mama - Clarence Samuels - Screamin' And Cryin' - Muddy Waters - She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim - A Woman On Every Street - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101] - Drinkin' Blues - Tom Archia - So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy - Baby I'm Sick Of You - Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats - Shady Grove Blues - LeRoy Foster - She's Gone - The Dozier Boys - Married Man Blues - Andrew Tibbs with Tom Archia - Black Angel Blues - Robert Nighthawk with Robert McCullum - Fly Right Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim - Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes - Cherry - Tom Archia with Sheba Griffin - Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405] - Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs - I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters 2 CD set One Day Music 5060255182666
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 152 - Mark Harris: Forrest City Joe Discography: 1948-59.- Pickin' The Blues 11 (1983), p. 11 - http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/aristocrat.html - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources source of left column picture: Mike Leadbitter: A Memory of 'Forrest City' Joe.- Blues Unlimited 112 (1975), p. 9 (photographer: James La Rocca) thanks to Alan Balfour, Jim Clay and Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans Louis Myers on Forrest City Joe source: Bill Greensmith: 'Just Whalin' - Louis Myers interwiew Blues Unlimited 122 (1976), pp. 4-14 Bob Myers on Forrest City Joe source: Mike Rowe and Frank Weston: 'Them Blues Will Always Stand' - Bob Myers interwiew Blues Unlimited 145 (1978), pp. 12-14 Forrest City Joe 1959 with 'Sonny Boy Rogers' (Sonny 'Cat Daddy' Rodgers) source: Front cover of Polydor-Atlantic 590 033; photographer: Alan Lomax Forrest City Joe 1959 with 'Sonny Boy Rogers' (Sonny 'Cat Daddy' Rodgers) source: Notes to Atlantic 782496; photographer: Alan Lomax