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only known photo of   C H A R L I E   K Y L E; source: Blues Images Calendar Vol. 13 (rel. 2015, for 2016)
only known photo of Charlie Kyle
source: Blues Images Calendar Vol. 13 (rel. 2015, for 2016) "... was part of a bunch of photos that once belonged to Burt Goldblatt and were found in a trash can outside his house after he passed away." (John Tefteller @ Facebook)
Charlie Kyle
possibly aka Charlie Lennox
b. November 6, 1881, in San Marcos, TX
d. November 19, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX

discography
Victor 21707-B

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11928Charlie Kyle

- Kyle's Worried Blues (45468-2)   @ youtube
- Monkey-Man Blues (45470-1)   @ youtube



unissued track from same session:
- Lost Baby Blues (45469-2)

rec. September 1, 1928 at The Peabody Hotel in Memphis,TN; Charlie Kyle, voc, 12str g


Victor 21707 (US 1928)

21930Charlie Kyle

- No Baby (45472-2)   @ youtube
- Walking Blues (45471-1) (aka "T B Blues")  @ youtube



unissued track from same session:
- Unlucky Black Cat (45473-2)

rec. September 1, 1928 at The Peabody Hotel in Memphis,TN; Charlie Kyle, voc, 12str g

642 copies sold


Victor V-38625 (US December 12, 1930)

RCA Victor catalogue December 1930
RCA Victor catalogue December 1930


LP / CD compilations
31969Going Away Blues 1926 - 1935

Lottie Beaman
- Going Away Blues
- Rolling Log Blues
George 'Big Boy' Owens
- Kentucky Blues

Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues [Victor 21707]
Jelly Jaw Short
- Grand Daddy Blues
Frank Stokes
- Right Now Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham

Charley Jordan
- Stack O'Dollar Blues
Henry Thomas
- Railroadin' Some
Robert Wilkins
- Old Jim Canaan
- New Stockyard Blues
William McCoy
- Central Tracks Blues
Uncle Bud Walker
- Look Here Mama Blues
Elvie Thomas & Geeshie Wiley
- Over To My House



Yazoo L-1018 (US 1969)

= CD 1018 YAZ (US 1992)

Yazoo Records discography

41989Texas Blues   1927-1935

Lewis Black
- Rock Island Blues
- Gravel Camp Blues
- Corn Liquor Blues
- Spanish Blues

Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues [Victor 21707]
- Monkey-Man Blues [Victor 21707]
- Walking Blues [Victor V-38625]
- No Baby [Victor V-38625]
Bernice Edwards
- Sunshine Blues

Bernice Edwards
- Lonesome Longing Blues
- Two-Way Mind Blues
Oak Cliff T-Bone (Walker)
- Trinity River Blues
- Wichita Falls Blues
Gene Campbell
- Somebody's Been Playin' Papa
- Wash And Iron Woman Blues
- Main Papa's Blues
- Face To Face Blues
Willie Reed
- Some Lowdown Groundhog Blues
- All Worn Out And Dry Blues


compiled / prod. by Johnny Parth


Document DLP 558 (Austria 1989)

Document Records discography
Lewis Black discography

51993Rare Country Blues 1928-1937

Seth Richard
- Lonely Seth Blues
- Skoodeldum Doo

Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues [Victor 21707]
- Monkey-Man Blues [Victor 21707]
- Walking Blues [Victor V-38625]
- No Baby [Victor V-38625]
Freezone
- Indian Squaw Blues
Willie Harris
- West Side Blues
- What Makes A Tom Cat Blue?
- Lonesome Midnight Dream
- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door
Leola Manning
- He Cares For Me
- He Fans Me
- The Arcade Building Moan
- Satan Is Busy In Knoxville
- Laying In The Graveyard
- The Blues Is All Wrong
Jazzbo Tommy Settlers
- Low Down Blues Moan - Part 1
- Low Down Blues Moan - Part 2
- Shawking Weed Blues
- Bed Blues Blues (Big Bed Bug)
- Pearlie Mae Blues
- Don't Want You No More
- You Don't Mean Me No Good
- Blaze Face Cow


notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5170 (Austria 1993)

62007A Richer Tradition - Country Blues & String Band Music 1923 - 1942

disc 1:
- Guitar Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay - Ed Andrews
- Sundown Blues - Daddy Stovepipe
- Salt Lake City Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Whiskey And Gin Blues - South Street Trio
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Hey Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull/Long "Cleve" Reed
- Chicken Can Waltz the Gravy Around, A - Stovepipe No-1/David Crockett
- Bamalong Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson
- C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson/Simmie Dooley
- Middlin' Blues - George "Bullet" Williams
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimbrough

- Kyle's Worried Blues - Charlie Kyle [Victor 21707]
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Sobbin' Woman Blues - Elizabeth Johnson
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay


disc 2:
- Jail House Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Blues, Just Blues, That's All - Old Southern Jug Band
- String Band Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
- Black Cat Blues - Old Pal Smoke Shop Four
- Dirty Guitar Blues - Leecan & Cooksey
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- The Jug Band Special - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Cold Morning Shout - South Street Trio
- Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
- Easy Winner - The Blue Boys
- G- Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson / Nelson / Porkchop
- I Got a Gal - James Cole's String Band
- Jazz Fiddler, The - Walter Jacobs / Lonnie Carter
- Knox Couty Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Adam And Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four
- Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band
- Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Ted's Stomp - Louie Blue / Ted Bogan
- Dusting the Frets - Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
- Arkansas Traveller - Nashville Washboard Band


disc 3:
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - "Long Cleve" Reed/Little Harvey Hull
- Tuxedo Blues - Whistlin' Pete / Daddy Stovepipe
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Back Door Blues - Emery Glen
- Spanish Blues - Lewis Black
- Helena Blues - Mooch Richardson
- I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
- Rising River Blues - George Carter
- She Could Toodle-Oo - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Weak Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Old Rock Island Blues - Lonnie Coleman
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Showers Of Rain Blues - Edward Thompson
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- If I Call You Mama - Luke Jordan
- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
- Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Shaking Weed Blues - Tommy Settlers
- South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker
- Beans - El Morrow / Beans Hambone
- Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
- Hot Jelly Roll Blues - George Carter


disc 4:
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Goin' Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- No Baby - Charlie Kyle
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Dreaming Blues - Willie Reed
- Weeping Willow Blues - George Carter
- Way Down In Arkansas - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Wild About My Loving - Lonnie Coleman
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Diamond Ring Blues - Jim Jam (Walter Taylor)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Lonesome Midnight Dream - Willie Harris
- Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
- That Won't Do - Arthur Pettis
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- 'Toby' Woman Blues - Gene Campbell
- Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- Farewell To You Baby - Carl Martin
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Dago Blues - Virgil Childers


4 CD box

JSP JSPCD 7798 (UK 2007)

72011Robert Johnson: Complete Masters
100th Birthday Box Set

twelve 10" 45 rpm [sic, not 78 rpm!] discs
sleeve 1: Vocalion 03416 - Kind Hearted Woman Blues / Terraplane Blues
sleeve 2: Oriole 7-04-60 - 32-20 Blues / Last Fair Deal Gone Down)
sleeve 3: Conqueror 8871 - Dead Shrimp Blues / I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
sleeve 4: Romeo 7-05-81 - Ramblin' On My Mind / Cross Road Blues
sleeve 5: Romeo 7-07-57 - Come On In My Kitchen / They're Red Hot
sleeve 6: Vocalion 03601 - Sweet Home Chicago / Walkin' Blues
sleeve 7: Vocalion 03623 - From Four Until Late / Hell Hound On My Trail
sleeve 8: Perfect 7-10-65 - Malted Milk / Milkcow's Calf Blues
sleeve 9: Perfect 7-12-67 - Stones In My Passway / I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
sleeve 10: Vocalion 04002 - Stop Breakin' Down Blues / Honeymoon Blues
sleeve 11: Vocalion 04108 - Little Queen Of Spades / Me And The Devil Blues
sleeve 12: Vocalion 04630 - Preachin' Blues / Love In Vain


The Robert Johnson Centennial Collection (2CD)
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
- Kindhearted Woman Blues (alt tk)
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Rambling On My Mind
- Rambling On My Mind (alt tk)
- When You Got A Good Friend
- When You Got A Good Friend (alt tk)
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Come On In My Kitchen (alt tk)
- Terraplane Blues
- Phonograph Blues
- Phonograph Blues (alt tk)
- 32-20 Blues
- They're Red Hot
- Dead Shrimp Blues
- Cross Road Blues
- Cross Road Blues (alt tk)
- Walking Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
- If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day

- Stones In My Passway
- I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
- From Four Till Late
- Hellhound On My Trail
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Little Queen Of Spades (alt tk)
- Malted Milk
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Drunken Hearted Man (alt tk)
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Me And The Devil Blues (alt tk)
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues (alt tk)
- Traveling Riverside Blues
- Traveling Riverside Blues (alt tk)
- Honeymoon Blues
- Love in Vain
- Love in Vain (alt tk)
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Milkcow's Calf Blues (alt tk)


Rarities From The Vaults 2-CD Set
- South Memphis Blues - Frank Stokes (1929)
- Bunker Hill Blues - Frank Stokes (1929)
- Dry Land Blues - Furry Lewis (1928)
- Cannonball Blues - Furry Lewis(1928)
- She's Got Jordan River in Her Hips - R.T. Hanen (1931)
- Happy Days Blues - R.T.Hanen (1931)
- Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes (1930)
- Sweet Mama - Sleepy John Estes (1930)
- Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers (1930)
- Home Wreckin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers (1930)
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson (1928)
- Big Fat Mama Blues - Tommy Johnson (1928)
- Leavin' Town - Ishman Bracey (1928)
- The Four Day Blues - Ishman Bracey (1928)
- I Never Told a Lie - Memphis Minnie-Kansas Joe (1930)
- Don't Want No Woman - Memphis Minnie-Kansas Joe (1930)
- Real Estate Mama - Samuel "Fat" Westmoreland (unissued)
- Dreamin' Blues - Samuel "Fat" Westmoreland (unissued)
- Cash Money Blues - Kaiser Clifton (1930)
- Fort Worth and Denver Blues - Kaiser Clifton (1930)

- Walking Blues - Charlie Kyle (1928)
- No Baby Blues - Charlie Kyle (1928)
- Lonesome Day Blues - Ruby Glaze & Blind Willie McTell (1932)
- Searching the Desert for the Blues - Ruby Glaze & Blind Willie McTell (1932)


Also Playing (other performers who recorded on the same day)
- The Engineer's Child - The Chuck Wagon Gang (Vocalion 04105)
- Que Piensas tu que me Amore - Andres Berlanga y Francisco Montalvo
- Ay! Que Bonitos Ojitos - Andres Berlanga y Francisco Montalvo
- Que Sera? - Hermanas Brazza y Daniel Palomo
- Muchos Besos - Hermanas Brazza y Daniel Palomo
- Tell Me Pretty Mama - Crystal Springs Ramblers (Vocalion 03856)
- Down in Arkansas - Crystal Springs Ramblers (Vocalion 03856)
- Breeze - Zeke Williams & His Rambling Cowboys (Vocalion 03755)
- The Eyes of Texas - The Light Crust Doughboys (Vocalion 03640)
- Stay Out of the South - The Light Crust Doughboys (unissued)


The Life And Music Of Robert Johnson: Can't You Hear The Wind Howl   DVD

prod. by Stephen C. LaVere; engineer: Steven Lasker; mastering engineer: Seth Winner

12 LP / 2CD / DVD
notes by Ted Gioia and Stephen C. LaVere

Columbia / Legacy 88697 86066-1 [improved sound quality!]

82011Rarities From The Vault

Blues From The Victor Vault
Frank Stokes - South Memphis Blues
Frank Stokes - Bunker Hill Blues
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues
Furry Lewis - Cannonball Blues
R.T. Hanen - She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
R.T. Hanen - Happy Days Blues
Sleepy John Estes - Expressman Blues
Sleepy John Estes - Sweet Mama
Shreveport Home Wreckers - Fence Breakin' Blues
Shreveport Home Wreckers - Home Wreckin' Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Tommy Johnson - Big Fat Mama Blues
Ishman Bracey - Leavin' Town
Ishman Bracey - The Four Day Blues
McCoy & Johnson - I Never Told A Lie
McCoy & Johnson - Don't Want No Woman
Samuel "Fat" Westmoreland - Real Estate Mama
Samuel "Fat" Westmoreland - Dreamin' Blues
Kaiser Clifton - Cash Money Blues
Kaiser Clifton - Fort Worth And Denver Blues

Charlie Kyle - Walking Blues
Charlie Kyle - No Baby Blues
Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie - Lonesome Day Blues
Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie - Searching The Desert For The Blues

Also playing...
The Chuck Wagon Gang - The Engineer's Child
Andres Berlanga Y Francisco Montalvo - Que Piensas Ti Que Mi Amore
Andres Berlanga Y Francisco Montalvo - Ay! Que Bonito Ojitos
Hermanas Barraza Y Daniel Palomo - Que Sera?
Hermanas Barraza Y Daniel Palomo - Muchos Besos
Crystal Springs Ramblers - Tell Me Pretty Mama
Crystal Springs Ramblers - Down In Arkansas
Zeke Williams & His Rambling Cowboys - Breeze
The Light Crust Doughboys - The Eyes Of Texas
The Light Crust Doughboys - Stay Out Of The South


compilation prod. by Michael Brooks

2 CD set
notes by Ashley Kahn & Tony Russell

Legacy 88697 87382 2 (US 2011)

92015Memphis Rounders Blues
Blues Singers Recorded in Memphis 1928 & 1929

Jim Jackson, voc, g
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- This Morning She Was Gone [previously unissued]
- This Ain't No Place For Me [previously unissued]
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Pt. 1 [previously unissued]
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana - Pt. 2 [previously unissued]
Frank Stokes, voc, g; Dan Sane, g
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business [If I Do] - Part 1 [previously unissued]
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business [If I Do] - Part 2 [previously unissued]
Tommy Johnson, voc, g
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues [previously unissued]

Charlie Kyle, voc, g
- Kyle's Worried Blues [Victor 21707]
- Monkey-Man Blues [Victor 21707]
Will Shade, voc, g; Jab Jones, p
- Better Leave That Stuff Alone
- Better Leave That Stuff Alone [previously unissued]
- She Stabbed Me With An Ice-Pick [previously unissued]
Minnie Wallace, voc; acc. prob.: Will Shade, g -1 / hca -2; Milton Roby, vn; Jab Jones, p -1 / jug -2; Charlie Burse, g -2
- Dirty Butter -1
- The Old Folks Started It -2 [previously unissued]
Frank Stokes, voc, g; Will Batts, vn
- South Memphis Blues
- Bunker Hill Blues
Hattie Hart, voc; prob.: Will Shade, g; Milton Roby, vn; Johnny Hardge, p
- Won't You Be Kind To Me?
Frank Stokes, voc, g; Will Batts, vn -1
- Right Now Blues -1
- Shiney Town Blues -1
- I'm Going Away Blues -1
- Old Sometime Blues -1
- Frank Stokes' Dream
- Memphis Rounders Blues


including alternate takes, rare tests, & previously unissued tracks
all transfers by Nick Dellow, from rare originals


Frog CD DGF 80 (UK 2015)

www.frog-records.co.uk/

10201520 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 13
2016 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- My Monday Blues - Jim Jackson
- When The War Was On - Blind Willie Johnson

- Walking Blues - Charlie Kyle [Victor V-38625]
- Atlanta Moan - Barbecue Bob
- Boogie Woogie - Papa Charlie McCoy
- Some Cold Rainy Day - Curly Weaver and Ruth Willis
- Wabash Rag - Blind Blake
- 'Lectric Chair Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band
- Vampire Women - Spark Plug Smith
- Georgia Cake Walk - Ma Rainey
- The High Cost Of Sin - Black Billy Sunday


Supplementary CD tracks:
- Will You Spend Eternity In Hell - Black Billy Sunday
- Special Question Blues - Hattie Hyde
- T & N O Blues - Hattie Hyde

- No Baby - Charlie Kyle [Victor V-38625]
- Country Guy Blues - Papa Charlie McCoy
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Tar Road Blues - Jaydee Short
- Flaggin' It To Georgia - Jaydee Short


restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 13 (rel. 2015, for 2016)


Blues Images CD BIM-113 (US 2015) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 13

Blues Images calendars discography



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Hatch End, Middlesex (Brian A.L. Rust), 1963/64, p. 
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- London (Storyville Publications), revised 2nd ed. 1969, p. 
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1942.- Chigwell (Storyville Publications), fully revised 3rd ed. 1982, p. 429

- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 513
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 311
- Dick Spottswood: When the Wolf Knocked on Victor's Door.- 78 Quarterly Volume One, No. 5 (1990), pp. 63-77
- From contributions by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Bob Eagle, Paul Swinton, Larry Cohn & Mark Berresford: Charlie Kyle - Another True Mystery Man of the Blues ("Who'll Be A Witness, Part one").- The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No. 2 (2011), p. 69
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

From contributions by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Bob Eagle, Paul Swinton, Larry Cohn & Mark Berresford: <b>Charlie Kyle - Another True Mystery Man of the Blues</b> ('Who'll Be A Witness, Part one').- The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No. 2 (2011), p. 69
From contributions by Gayle Dean Wardlow, Bob Eagle, Paul Swinton, Larry Cohn & Mark Berresford:
Charlie Kyle - Another True Mystery Man of the Blues ("Who'll Be A Witness, Part one").-
The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No. 2 (2011), p. 69

 

 

 

 

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