Blind Lemon Jeffersonné Lemmon B. Jeffersonb. September 1893 near Big Tehuacana Creek, between present-day Wortham and Kirvin, Freestone County, Texasd. Dezember 19, 1929 in Chicago, Illinoisburied at Wortham Negro Cemetery (later Wortham Black Cemetery)In 2007, the cemetery's name was changed to Blind Lemon Memorial Cemeterydiscography
Paramount 12347
some copies as by "Blind Lemon Jeffesron" [sic]:
some copies give author credit to "Lemons Jefferson": "Lemon" "Lemons" Paramount 12354(2472 / 2471)
"Lemon" "Lemons"Paramount 12354
St. Louis Music Company double sided broadsheet flyer("World's Largest Distributors Of Race Records by Mail")
Paramount 12367
Paramount 12373
# = Paramount 14022 (1949?)
# = Jazz Collector L 103 (1953)
Jazz Collector discography
Paramount 12386
= Herwin 93031(as by Deacon Jackson)
Paramount 12394
Paramount 12407
Paramount 12425
Paramount 12425 test pressing
Paramount 12443
Paramount 12454
= Tempo R46 (UK 195?)
= Jazz Collector L 91
early pressing later pressingOKeh 8455
= Jazz Classics 511
= Jazz Society AA513 (Fr)
Jazz Society discography
OKeh unissued
Paramount 12474
Paramount 12487
Paramount 12493
# Tempo R 38 (UK 195?)
Paramount 12510
Paramount 12541
Paramount 12551
Paramount 12578
Paramount 12585 (1st ed.)
Paramount 12585 (2nd ed.)
2nd ed. = Herwin 93004as by Elder J. C. Brown
Paramount 12593
Paramount 12608
= Broadway 5059
Paramount 12622
Paramount 12631
Paramount 12639
Paramount 12650
20363-? may derive from a variation of Paramount 12666 (then probably being 20363-1) or from a test pressing
Paramount 12666
// Collectors Classics CC22// Document DOCD-5019// JSP JSPCD-7706
\\ Riverside RLP 1053 / London AL3546\\ Riverside diverse \\ Milestone diverse\\ Joker SM 3103\\ Olympic OL 7134 / Collectables COL-5194/ Tradition/Rykodisc TCD 1011
Paramount 12679("20750" / "20751")
# = Tempo R39 (UK 195?)
# = E-Disc R2 (Sw 195?)
Tampa Red discography
Paramount 12685
Paramount 12692
Paramount 12712
Paramount 12728
Paramount 12739
Paramount 12756
Paramount 12771
Paramount 12801
Paramount 12852
Paramount 12872
= Broadway 5056
Paramount 12880
"Hometown Skiffle – Part I" actually consists of brief contributions: The Hokum Boys: Shake That Thing Will Ezell: Mixed Up Rag Blind Blake: A Blues "Hometown Skiffle – Part II" actually consists of brief contributions: Blind Lemon Jefferson [or rather: Blind Blake impersonating Blind Lemon Jefferson]: Introduction The Hokum Boys: Sellin' That Stuff Charlie Spand: Soon This Morning Papa Charlie Jackson: Shake That Thing
Paramount 12886
= Steiner-Davis SD 107 (US 1948) (as by Charlie Spand, Will Ezell, Alex Hill, Papa Charlie and others)
= Tempo R 20 (UK 1950)
Blind Blake discography Papa Charlie Jackson discography Charlie Spand discography
unissued tests:21453-1-2 (unissued take 1)51454-1-2 (unissued both takes)
Paramount 12899
Paramount 12921
Paramount 12933
Paramount 12946
Tempo R 38 (UK 195?)
10 inch LPnotes by Orrin Keepnews Riverside RLP 1014 (US 1953)
10 inch LPnotes by Anonymous = London AL 3508 (UK 1953)
London/Riverside discography
≠ Riverside RLP 12-125(12 inch LP)
10 inch LP Riverside RLP 1053 (US 10/1955)
10 inch LP London AL 3546 (UK)
10 inch LPnotes by Paul Oliver London AL 3564 (UK 4/1957)
Riverside RLP 12-125 (US 1957)
notes by Orrin Keepnews Riverside RLP 12-136
8-page booklet by Samuel B. Charters RBF RF 1 (US 1959)
= RBF RF 1 (US 1966)
RBF discography
LP accompanying Samuel B. Charters' book "The Country Blues": New York (Rinehart & Company), 1959 London (Michael Joseph), 1960 New York (da Capo), 1975
notes by Owen Bryce Jazz Collector JEL 8
Jazz Collector discographyBuddy Boy Hawkins discography
Heritage HLP 1007 (UK 1962)
= Collectors Classics CC 5 (Denmark) "Blind Lemon Jefferson / Willard 'Ramblin' Thomas"
= Early Jazz Classics EJC 1200
Heritage Records discographyCollectors Classics discographyRamblin' Thomas discography
Jazz Collector JEL 13
Jazz Collector discographyEd Bell discography
Jazz Collector JEL 24
7 inch 45 rpm EPnotes by Swedish Blues Society Pirate Records / Swedish Blues Society sbs ep 2 (Sweden 1965)
Melodeon MLP 7324 (US 1966)
Melodeon MLP 7324 ("Biograph" reissue 197?) "Party Blues"
Melodeon Records discography
notes (1st November, 1966) by Mike Raven XTRA 1047 (UK 1966)
XTRA Records discography
Milestone MLP 2004 (US 1967)
= CBS 63738 (UK)
Milestone Records discography
Roots RL 301 (2nd ed. 1970) / autogram RL-301 (18 tracks) Blind Lemon Jefferson Volume 1 (1926-1929) - Wartime Blues - Booger Rooger Blues - Corrina Blues - Black Horse Blues - Maltese Cat Blues - D.B. Blues - Dry Southern Blues - Rambler Blues [not on 1st ed.] - Rabbit Foot Blues [not on 1st ed.] - Booster Blues - Dynamite Blues - Eagle Eyed Mama - Right Of Way Blues - Black Snake Dream Blues - Black Snake Moan - Chock House Blues - Prison Cell Blues [not on 1st ed.] - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean [not on 1st ed.] compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth; remastered by Hans Peter Strobl
Document DLP 587 (1990; 18 tracks) Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926-1929) - Booster Blues (2474-1) - Dry Southern Blues (2475-1) - Black Horse Blues (2543-1) - Corinna Blues (2544-2) - Chock House Blues (2558-2) - Wartime Blues (3070-1) - Booger Rooger Blues (3088-2) - Rabbit Foot Blues (3089-1) - Black Snake Moan (80523-B) - Right Of Way Blues (4515-2) - Black Snake Dream Blues 4577-2) - Rambler Blues (20040-2) - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (20374-1) - Prison Cell Blues (20388-2) - Maltese Cat Blues (20820-1) - D B Blues (20821-1) - Eagle Eyed Mama (21095-3) - Dynamite Blues (21096-1) compiled and produced by Johnny Parth; remastered by Studio Hans Klement original recordings from the collections of Dr. Bernd Küfferle and Johnny Parth
Roots RL-301 (14 tracks) (1st ed. Austria 1967)
(=) Roots RL-301 (18 tracks) (2. rev. ed. Austria 1970)
(=) Document DLP 587 (Austria 1990)
= autogram/Roots RL-301 (Germany 2005)
Roots Records discographyDocument Records discography
Roots RL-304 (Austria 1968)
Roots Records discography
Roots RL-306 (Austria 1968)
= RST BD-2082
Roots Records discographyRST Blues Document discography
Roots RL-312 (Austria 1968)
= Roots RL-312 (Austria 19??)
= Autogram RL-312 (Germany 2010) "Texas Country Music Vol. 1 - Blues series"
notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt] 390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009 Belzona L-1004 (US 1968)
notes by Horace Butterworth [= Stephen Calt] 390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009 (black and purple label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 1968)
notes by Stephen Calt 54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014 (black, purple & red label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 196? ff.)
notes by Stephen Calt 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (red label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??)
notes by Stephen Calt 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10009 (new front cover, new title, red or peacock label) = Yazoo L-1004 (US 19??) "Don't Leave Me Here" The Blues of Texas, Arkansas, & Louisiana 1927-1932
= Yazoo 1004 cassette (US 1989)
notes by Stephen Calt = Yazoo CD 1004 YAZ (US 1991)
Yazoo Records discographyBuddy Boy Hawkins discographyHenry Thomas discographyLittle Hat Jones discographyKing Solomon Hill discographyTexas Alexander discography
notes by Lawrence CohnBiograph BLP-12000
= Biograph 6370 901 (F)
Biograph Records discography
notes by Ralph J. Gleason Milestone MLP 2007
notes by Chris Albertson Biograph BLP-12015
= Blue Moon BMLP 1.050 (UK)
Collector's Classics CC22
Roots RL-331 (Austria 1970)
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1022 (US 1970)
Yazoo Records discography
notes by Robert W.M. Dixon and John Godrich CBS M 52797 (UK 1970)
= Epic ECPJ-23 (Jp 1970)
album illustrates the book "Recording The Blues" in the Blues Paperback Series, produced by November Books Ltd., and published in 1970 by Studio Vista Ltd.
notes by John Hammond Milestone MLP 2013
notes by Michael Cuscuna Milestone MLP 2016
Roots RL 335 (UK 1971)
Roots/Saydisc RL 335 (UK 1971)
Joker SM 3103 (It 1971)
6 paged insert Milestone SJET-8339 (Jp 1971)
notes by Richard K. Spottswood Biograph BLP 12027 (US 1971)
notes by Arnold S. Caplin Biograph BLP-12040 (US 1972)
= Blue Moon BMLP 1.037 (UK)
Biograph Records discographySon House discography
DLPnotes by Pete Welding Milestone M-47022 (US)
= Milestone MCD-47022 (1992) 25 tracks
Olympic OL 7134 (US 1974)
notes by Kerry Kudlacek= Collectables COL-5194 (1992) "Penitentiary Blues" (Golden Classics)
= Tradition / Rykodisc TCD 1011 (4/1996) "Moanin' All Over"
7 inch flexible EPEva-Tone MAL 771
Albatros VPA 8456Albatros VC 4961 (cassette)
notes by Alessandro Roffeni = DOM/Albatros CD DAF 120
Albatros Records discography
Matchbox MSE 1001
Matchbox Records discography
DLPnotes by Stephen Calt Yazoo L-1069
(=) CD 1069 YAZ (US 1990)
Deja Vu DVLP 2073 (It)
Deja Vu DVRECD 293 (It)
Blues Documents RST BD-2082 (Austria 1990)
3 LP set with 24 pp. booklet notes by Paul Oliver RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)
3 CD setnotes by Paul Oliver1927-19301927-1936 1929-1956= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)
= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)
3 CD set= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)
notes by Paul OliverColumbia C 46215 (LP) (US 1990)
notes by Paul OliverColumbia CK 46215 (CD) (US 1990)
= CBS 467245 2 (CD) (EU 1990)
Charly (1990)
= Charly BA043 (UK 1996)
= Charly (1997)
notes by Paul Fryer Aldabra ALB 1006 (UK 1991?)
notes by Paul FryerAldabra ALB 1009 (UK 1991?)
notes by Bob GroomDocument DOCD-5017
notes by Bob GroomDocument DOCD-5018
notes by Bob GroomDocument DOCD-5019
P-Vine PCD-2252 (Jp 1991)
notes by Roger MisiewiczDocument DOCD 5150
P-Vine PCD-2437 (Jp 1993)
notes by Guido van RijnDocument DOCD 5276
P-Vine PCD-3759 (Jp 1994)
Black Swan HCD-23
notes by Guido van RijnDocument DOCD-5321
P-Vine PCD-5722 (Jp 1996)
notes by Les FancourtIndigo IGOCD 2075 (UK 1998)
Black Swan CD 31
P-Vine PCD-5785 (Jp 1999)
Catfish KATCD 160 (UK 2000)
Catfish Records (UK) discography
Yazoo CD 2057 (US 2000)
Catfish KATCD 179 (UK 2001)
Black Swan BSCD-41
2 CD setnotes by Gary AtkinsonDocument CBL-200008 (UK 2002)
4 CD setnotes by Hans Birkholz JSP JSPCD-7706
JSP JSPCD-7706 - disk A
JSP JSPCD-7706 - disk B
JSP JSPCD-7706 - disc C
JSP JSPCD-7706 - disc D
Blues Images Vol. 1 (US 2004)
Blues Images
Blues Images Vol. 2 (US 2005)
Snapper SBLUECD013
P-Vine PCD-23549 (Jp 2004)
Yazoo CD 2070 (US 2004)
Document DOCD-5625
Blues Images Vol. 3 (US 2006)
Blues Images Vol. 4 (US 2007)
Blues Images Vol. 5 (US 2008)
5 CD setSnapper SBLUCD502X
Blues Images Vol. 6 (US 2009)
Blues Images Vol. 7 (US 2010)
Monk MK312 (It 2009)
Monk MK330 (It 2009)
P-Vine PCD-18535 (Jp 2008)
P-Vine PCD-15025 (Jp 2009)
Great American Music GA542CD
Blues Images Vol. 8 (US 2010)
Blues Images Vol. 10 (US 2012)
180 g LP + free MP3 download card - One Dime Blues - Easy Rider Blues - Jack O'Diamonds (tk 2) - Match Box Blues - Beggin' Back - He Arose From The Dead - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - That Crawlin' Baby Blues - All I Want Is Pure Religion - Corinna Blues (tk 2) - Hot Dogs - Rambler Blues compiled by Neil Record
2 CD set World Music Network RGNET1298CD
180 g LP + MP3notes by Rachel Jackson (=) World Music Network RGNET1298LP
Blues Images Vol. 13 (US 2016)
5 CD set American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)
Blues Images Vol. 15 (rel. 2017, for 2018)
thanks to Frank Scott, Howard Rye, Eric Simkin, Peter Brown, Larry Hoffman, David J Costa, Dave Williams, John Tefteller, Christopher Berry and Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans