- California Desert Blues (L. Hardin) (91450-1)   @ youtube
- Hard Time Blues (L. Hardin) (91449-1)   @ youtube (3:11)

rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, Ill.; Lane Hardin, voc, g

Bluebird B6242

- Cartey Blues (Lane) #
- The Blues (Don Tempo) [not an instrumental track!]

# rec. late 1940s/early 1950s; Lane Hardin, voc, g; unknown, sb

Pacific P-100

# Blues Images Vol. 9
(2011)

- 13 Highway # *   @ youtube
- Bluebird Blues *

rec. c. 1952 prob. in Los Angeles Arkansas; "Leroy Simpson" [name invented by the record company], voc, g; Lane Hardin, g

Modern unissued

# Kent KST-9004 (1969)

* Ace CDCHD 1057 (2005)

- Keep Em Down #   @ youtube
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You *   @ youtube

rec. c. 1952 prob. in Los Angeles Atlanta; "Arkansas Johnny Todd" [name invented by the record company; actually Lane Hardin], voc, g

Modern unissued

# Kent KST-9004 (1969)

* Ace CDCHD 813 (2001)

Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
- I'm Not Jealous Roots
Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
- Shaggy Dog Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Mae Glover & John Byrd
- Pig Meat Papa
Jim Thompkins
- Bedside Blues
Bertha Lee & Charley Patton
- Mind Reader Blues

Robert Lee McCoy
- Friar's Point Blues
Mississippi Bracey
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door
- I'll Overcome Someday
Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy
Little Buddy Doyle
- Grief Will Kill Me
- Bad In Mind Blues
Lane Hardin
- California Desert Blues [Bluebird B6242]
Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues

Roots RL 319 (Austria)

= autogram/Roots RL 319 (Germany)

Roots Records discography

"The names on the album were invented [by Frank Scott and Bruce Bromberg] because Joe Bihari would not issue an album with "unknown artist" listed on it." "Joe Bihari was so certain that [Leroy] Simpson were John Lee Hooker, that Hooker's name appears on the front cover [...]. The reissue team prevailed in at least giving a fictional name to the artist in the track listing on the back cover." (from Jim O'Neal's notes to Ace CD 2310)

from front cover of Kent KST-9004 (1st release)

Kent/United/Musidisc LPs track sequence:
Pinetop Slim
- John Henry   @ youtube
- Applejack Boogie (alt tk) (2:26)   @ youtube
- Fast Life   @ Spotify
Dixie Blues Boys
- Monte Carlo   @ youtube
- My Baby Left Town   @ youtube
Leroy Simpson (+ Lane Hardin)
- 13 Highway   @ youtube

Big Bill Dotson
- Sitting Down Thinking   @ youtube
- Dark Old World   @ youtube
Arkansas Johnny Todd [Lane Hardin]
- Keep Em Down   @ youtube
Johnny Harris
- Miss Darlene   @ youtube
Pinetop Slim
- Poor Boy   @ Spotify
- I'm Gonna Carry On   @ youtube



P-Vine PCD-3038 track sequence:
Pinetop Slim
- John Henry
- Applejack Boogie
- Fast Life
- Poor Boy
- I'm Gonna Carry On
Dixie Blues Boys
- Monte Carlo
- My Baby Left Town
Leroy Simpson (+ Lane Hardin)
- 13 Highway
Big Bill Dotson
- Sittin Down Thinkin
- Dark Old World
Arkansas Johnny Todd [Lane Hardin]
- Keep Em Down
Johnny Harris
- Miss Darlene
Woodrow Adams
- Wine Head Woman   @ youtube
- Baby, You Just Don't Know   @ youtube
Elmore James
- Hawaiian Boogie   @ youtube
- Please Find My Baby   @ youtube

notes by Frank Scott

Kent KST-9004 (1st release)


Kent KST-9004 (2nd release)


Kent KST-9004 (US 1969)
(1st & 2nd release)

= United Superior US-7781 (US 197?)

notes by Frank Scott

= Musidisc 30 AB 5604 (Fr 1976)

(=) P-Vine PCD-3038 (Jp 1994) "Anthology of
the Blues Vol. 3"

Lane Hardin
- Hard Time Blues (1935) [Bluebird B6242]
Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks
- Workhouse Blues (1935)
Mary Harris
- Happy New Year Blues (1935)
Roosevelt Sykes
- Drunken Gambler (1937)
Henry Townsend
- Don't Love That Woman (1934)
Charly Jordan
- Tight Time Blues (1934)
Walter Davis
- Just Thinking (1940)

Blind Teddy Darby
- Pitty Pat Blues (1933)
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Third Streets Going Down (1937)
Alice Moore
- Blue Black and Evil Blues (1935)
Charlie McFadden
- Times Are So Tight (1933)
Leroy Henderson
- Good Scuffler Blues (1935)
Milton Sparks
- Grinder Blues (1935)
Lane Hardin
- California Desert Blues (1935) [Bluebird B6242]

notes by Michael Stewart
and Don Kent

Mamlish S-3806

Mamlish Records discography

Mose Andrews
- Ten Pound Hammer
- Young Heifer Blues
Lane Hardin
- Hard Time Blues [Bluebird B6242]
- California Desert Blues [Bluebird B6242]
Robert Johnson
- Me And The Devil Blues (DAL-398-1)
- Milkcow's Calf Blues (DAL-403-2)
Louie Lasky
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done
- Teasin' Brown Blues
- Caroline

Uncle Bud Walker
- Look Here Mama Blues
- Stand Up Suitcase Blues
Big Joe Williams
- Little Leg Woman
- My Grey Pony
Sam Collins
- The Jail House Blues
- Dark Cloudy Blues
- Pork Chop Blues
- Lonesome Road Blues (I'm Going Down That Lonesome Road)
- Signifying Blues
- My Road Is Rough And Rocky (Toenail Flang Dang)

HK Records HK 4001
(Austria 1987)

HK Records discography

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kepy Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins

LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand

LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins

compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set
20 page booklet notes
by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-1
(Austria)

3 CD set

= Story Of Blues/Da Music
(1992)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music (1999)

notes by Paul Oliver

Document DOCD-5036

The Bentley Boys - Down On Penny's Farm
Blind Alfred Reed - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
Lane Hardin - Hard Time Blues [Bluebird B6242]
Ernest Stoneman - All I Got's Gone
Slim Smith - Bread Line Blues
Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp Blues
Kelly Harrell - My Name Is John Johanna
Dave McCarn - Serves 'em Fine
J.D. Short - It's Hard Time
Uncle Dave Macon - All In Down And Out
Rutherford & Foster - Richmond Blues
Elder Curry & His Congregation - Hard Times
Cofer Brothers - Beorgia Hobo1 Blind Lemon Jefferson - One Dime Blues
Fiddlin' John Carson - Dixie Boll Weevil
Chubby Parker - See The Black Clouds A'Breakin' Over Yonder
Scrapper Blackwell - Down And Out Blues
Edward L. Crain - Starving To Death On A Government Claim
Barbecue Bob - We Sure Got Hard Times
Samantha Bumgarner - Georgia Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Dixon Brothers - Weaver's Life
Graham Brothers - Hard Times Come Again No More

Yazoo CD 2036

Yazoo Records discography

Ace CDCHD 813

RCA/BMG 82876-50958-2

notes by Jim O'Neal

Ace CDCHD 1057

CD and Calendar contents:
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 1 - Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 2 - Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band with Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxson (voc)
- Big Chief Blues - Furry Lewis
- Jinx Blues - Ora Brown
- Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker - Charley Patton
- Rope Stretchin' Blues - Parts I & II - Blind Blake
- Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Fogyism - Ida Cox
- Come On In (Ain't Nobody Here) - The Harum Scarums
- Evil Woman Spell - Charley Spand
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- Papa Don't Tear Your Pants - Papa Charlie Jackson
- In That Pearly White City Above - Blind Joel Taggart

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Precious Lord - Blind Joel Taggart
- Little Black Train - Blind Joel Taggart
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- Cartey Blues - Lane Hardin [Pacific P-100]
- Mr. Postman Blues - Jenny Pope
- Rent Man Blues - Jenny Pope

Blues Images Vol. 9 (2011)

Blues Images

disc 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley
- On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
- The Panama Limited - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys
- Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor
disc 2:
- My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates
- Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell
disc 3:
- Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores
- La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos
- Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters
- Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders
- If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman
- Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson
disc 4:
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys
- New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim
- Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey
- Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
- Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family
- Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James
disc 5:
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
- Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders
- Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
- Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
- Ghost Dance - Truett & George
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores
- Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips

"American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed."

5 CD set
 
American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)