Shakey JakeJimmie D. Harris a/k/a "Shaky Jake"b. April 12, 1921 in Earle, Crittenden County, Arkansasd. March 2, 1990 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest City, St. Francis County, Arkansasdiscography
Ping unissued
MBS Recordings acetate as by "Shaky Jake" [sic]
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Artistic 1502 (US 1958)
= Vivid 100 (Jp 1964)
notes by Frank Driggs Bluesville BVLP 1008 (US 1960)
= Bluesville BVLP 1008 (US 196?)
= Bluesville BVLP 1008 (UK 1960, distributed by Interdisc)
= OBCCD-572-2 (US 1994)
180g LP = 4 Men With Beards 4M250 (US 2016)
Bluesville Records discographyOBC Records discography
Bluesville 45-807
Private pressing LPno label, no # (Germany)
These records (Vols. 1 & 2) were only available with the equally named book by Joachim Ernst Berendt / William Claxton
7 inch 33 rpm Metronome JEB 1001 B (Germany 1960)
remastered versions of both7 inch 33 rpm volumes re-released in 2013 on a CDaccompanying a reissue ofthe book:
La Salle unissued
notes by Joe Goldberg Bluesville BVLP 1027 (US 1961)
= Ace CH 236 (UK 1988)
= OBCCD-559-2 (US 1993)
= Analogue Productions LP TJAZ 1027 (US 2007)
(=) Analogue Productions 2-LP AJAZ 1027 [180 gram 45rpm edition] (US 2007)
notes by Joachim E. Berendt Philips B 681 555 L (Germany 1962) (Philips Twen Serie 11)
Excello LPS-8029 track sequence: Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker - The Right Time Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) # Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) # Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track]
Polydor 825 502-2 track sequence: Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track] Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker - The Right Time Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) # Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) # Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby
Decca 7-34228 (EP) track sequence: John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) # Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) # Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock # rec. October 18, 1962 in Hamburg, Germany; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Memphis Slim, p; T-Bone Walker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr originally recorded and released by Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor
monostereoBrunswick 009 012 (mono) "American Folk Blues Festival"= Brunswick 109 012 (stereo) (Germany 1962)
notes by Werner Burkhardt = Decca DL 4392 (mono) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"= Decca DL 74392 (stereo) (US 1962)
7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP Decca 7-34228 (US 1962)
= Polydor 2482 041 (NL 1963) Golden Crown series "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"
= Intercord ST 658017
= Circulo Musical 037 (Columbia)
= Polydor 46.397 (Germany 1963)
= Polydor 237 597 (Germany 196?)
= Polydor Privilège 2310296 (Fr 196?)
= Polydor Privilège 658 017 (Fr 196?)
= Polydor SLPM-1172 (Jp 1964) "Blues Hootenanny"
notes by Werner Burkhardt (=) Excello LPS-8029 (US 1974) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"
notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = L+R 42.017 (Germany 1981)
= Optimism/L+R CD-2017 (US 198?)
= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42017 (US 1990)
(=) Polydor 825 502-2 (Germany 1991)
5 CD box setnotes by Bill Dahl (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65" CD 1 "'sixty-two"
notes by Jerry Gordon (=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened!
3 CD set (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964" CD 1 "American Folk Blues Festival '62"
(=) Oldays ODR 6287-88 (Jp 2016) "1962-63"
American Folk Blues Festival discographyL+R Records discographyExcello Records discography
Secret Records LP 12-8 (Germany)
= Rare Records R.R. 2 (UK) "American Blues Festival - 1962 - Jam Session"
= Tony's LP 392 (UK)
The Blues 303
Flyright FLY 605
Highway 51 H-100BU34
Highway 51 Records discography
World Pacific unissued
Capitol CD 36288 track sequence: disc 1 Shakey Jake Harris - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Hold That Bus, Conductor - Strollin' The Strip (instr) - Respect Me Baby - I Will Always Love You - Three Times Seven - Farther On Up The Road - A Hard Road To Travel - Save Your Money, Baby - Too Hot To Hold (instr) - Long Distance Call - Don't Answer The Door [previously unissued] @ youtube - Love Me Baby [previously unissued] Lucille Spann - Chains Of Love [previously unissued, no harmonica (Shakey Jake) to be heard!] @ youtube James Cotton - Sky Is Falling - Long Distance Operator - I'm A Free Man - Can't Live Without Love - Kiddy Boy disc 2 George Smith - Mellow Down Easy - Can't Hold On Much Longer - My Babe - Juke - West Helena Woman - Tell Me Mama - Last Night - You Better Watch Yourself - Key To The Highway - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Too Late Lucille Spann - Love With A Feelin' [previously unissued, no harmonica (George Smith) to be heard!] @ youtube George Smith - Goin' Down Slow - Just A Feelin' James Cotton - She Moves Me - Tonight I Wanna Love Me A Stranger - Nose Open - Goodbye My Lady - Georgia Swing compiled by Billy Vera
notes (January 1969) by Pete Welding World Pacific WPS-21886 (US 1969) (Bluesmakers series)
notes by Pete Welding = Liberty LBS 83217E (UK 1969)
notes by Neil Slaven = Sequel NEXCD 211 (UK 1992)
2 CD setnotes by Keith Briggs Capitol CD 36288 (US 1996)
notes by Mike Leadbitter Blue Horizon 7-63223 (UK 10/1969)
notes by Mike Leadbitter = Blue Horizon BM 4603 (US 1972)
= Epic ECPJ-21 (Jp 1975?)
notes by Bruce Bastin, Mike Leadbitter, Simon A. Napier = Flyright FLY 561 (UK 1980) "Magic Sam & Shakey Jake: Magic Rocker"
Magic Sam discographyBlue Horizon Records discographyFlyright Records discography
Polydor PD 5014 (US 1972)
= Polydor 2391 015 (UK / Germany / Sp 1972)
= Stomp/Line STLP 4.00328 (Germany 1987)
= Line/Stomp LICD 600053E (Germany 2018)
etc., etc., etc.
Grenade GR 1004 (US 1976)
Good Time GTS 1001
Big Town 717
Good Time GTS-1002
Good Time GTS-1003
Good Time G.T. 01
notes by Rob Murray Murray Brothers MB 1002
notes by Robert Sacre & Anonymous [actually Marcel Vos] Black Magic BM 9003 (NL 1983)
notes by Robert Sacre & Anonymous [actually Marcel Vos] = Black Top CD BT-1085 (US 1993) "Magic Touch"
= RockBeat ROC-CD-3161 (US 2013)= Floating World FLOATM 6196 (UK 2013) "Live At Sylvio's 1968"
= P-Vine PCD-20279 (Jp 2013) "Live At Sylvio's"
Magic Sam discography
Mina M-1001 (Jp 1985)
Flyright Records discography
Flame LP 009 (UK 1988)
Delmark DS-651 (US 1989)
= P-Vine PLP-516 (Jp)
= Delmark CD DD-651 (1997)
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= P-Vine PCD-5218 (Jp 1997)
Charly CD BM 29 (UK 1993)
2 CD setCapricorn 42012-2 (US 1993)
= Zomba 7893942012 2 (US 2001)
4 CD set Charly CD DIG 4 (UK 1994)
Vanguard CD 153/54-2 (US 10/1994)
4 CD set with 44 pp. bookletCharly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
Charly CDGR 143-2 (UK 1997)
Prestige PRCD-9918-2 (US 1998)
Bluesville Records discography
Prestige PRCD-9922-2 (US 1999)
2 CD setItzy 1000/1001
notes by Dick ShurmanDelmark DG-765 (US 2002)
Delmark 780 (US 2005)
thanks to Klaus Kilian, Paul Vernon, Lex Jansen, Hank Moore, Gerrit Robs and Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans
Lee Jackson, 'Clear Waters' (Eddie Clearwater), Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy (Oden),Sunnyland Slim, Tom Archia, Corky Roberts, Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Shakey Jake (Harris) - all guests at the "Blues Party",a special event organized in Jump Jackson's garage "studio", 5727 South La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, summer 1960source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137photographer: William Claxton
Magic Sam & Shakey Jake at Silvio's, Chicago, IL, 1966source: Block 72 (oct/nov/dec '89), p. 30; photographer: Georges Adins Shakey Jake Harrissource: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 164photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Shakey Jake Harrissource: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 164photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir