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M A N N Y   N I C H O L S; source: Inner gatefold of Imperial LM-94000
source: Inner gatefold of Imperial LM-94000
photographer: Chris Strachwitz
Manny Nichols
Manuel Nichols
b. March 15, 1906 in Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas
Nichols lived at Victoria when found by Chris Strachwitz in 1967
d. November 25, 1970 at the Victoria Convalescent Center in Victoria, Victoria County, Texas

buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Victoria, Texas
discography
M A N N Y   N I C H O L S; source: Front cover of Arhoolie 1017
source: Front cover of Arhoolie 1017
photographer: Chris Strachwitz

#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
   

- Walkin' Blues   @ youtube
- Forgive Me Baby   @ youtube

rec. 1949 at Bill Holford's ACA studios in Houston, TX; Manny Nichols, voc, g

FBC unissued


test pressing

Krazy Kat KK 7434
11949 

FBC 125
Manny Nichols and His Guitar
- Walkin-Talkin Blues (ACA 1436)   @ youtube
- Tall Skinny Mamma Blues (ACA 1437)   @ youtube

Lucky 7002
MANNY NICHOLS & HIS GUITAR
- Walking Talking Blues
- Tall Skinny Mama Blues

rec. 1949 at Bill Holford's ACA studios in Houston, TX; Manny Nichols, voc, g


FBC 125 ("Fort Bend County" at 2621 Ave., Rosenberg, Texas)


= Lucky 7002 (US 1981)

21952MANNY NICHOLS AND GUITAR

- Get Going (ACA 1438 / IM-353) (aka "Throw A Little Boogie")   @ youtube
- No One To Love Me (ACA 1441 / IM-354)   @ youtube

rec. 1949 at Bill Holford's ACA studios in Houston, TX; Manny Nichols, voc, g
remastered by Imperial c. October 1951


Imperial 5162

31952MANNY NICHOLS

- Worried Life (ACA 1439)
- Forgive Me (ACA 1440)   @ youtube

rec. 1949 at Bill Holford's ACA studios in Houston, TX; Manny Nichols, voc, g


Imperial 5173


LP / CD compilations
41965Bad Luck N' Trouble

Clifton Chenier
- Why Did You Go Last Night
R.C. Smith
- Don't Drive Me Away
Mercy Dee
- Bird Brain Baby
Lightning Hopkins & Spider Kilpatrick
- Candy Wagon
James Phillips
- No Lovin'
Little Son Willis
- Bad Luck N' Trouble
K.C. Douglas
- I Know You Didn't Want Me (tk 5) #

Fred McDowell
- Fred's Rambling Blues
Little Son Willis
- Harlem Blues
Detroit Slim
- Nelly Mae
Essie Jenkins
- Influenza Blues
Bukka White
- Midnight Blues

Manny Nichols
- Throw A Little Boogie [Imperial 5162 "Get Going"]

# rec. August 19, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Clarence Van Hook, voc; George Hurst, p; Jimmy Rainey, dr


Arhoolie F-1018 (US 1965)

Arhoolie Records discography

on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands, cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins

5196?Texas Blues Volume 1

Arhoolie 2006 track sequence:@ youtube (full album)
Lil' Son Jackson - Gambling Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Homeless Blues
Lee Hunter - Back To Santa Fe
L.C. Williams - Strike Blues
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black And Evil
Leroy Ervin - Rock Island Blues
Lightning Hopkins - Grievance Blues
(Lightning Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go) °°

L.C. Williams - You Never Miss The Water
Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Lightning Hopkins - Big Mama Jump
L.C. Williams - I Wonder
Lightning Hopkins - Death Bells
L.C. Williams - I Won't Be Here Long
(L.C. Williams - Black Woman) °°


°° tracks added on 1963 (?) LP re-release, not re-released on P-Vine PCD-2519


P-Vine PCD-2519 track sequence:
Lil' Son Jackson - Gambling Blues °°
Lil' Son Jackson - Homeless Blues °°
Lee Hunter - Back To Santa Fe °°
L.C. Williams - Strike Blues °°
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black And Evil °°
Leroy Ervin - Rock Island Blues °°
Lightning Hopkins - Grievance Blues °°
L.C. Williams - You Never Miss The Water °°
Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues °°
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling °°
Lightning Hopkins - Big Mama Jump °°
L.C. Williams - I Wonder °°
Lightning Hopkins - Death Bells °°
L.C. Williams - I Won't Be Here Long
°°
Manny Nichols - Long Skinny Mama [FBC 125, Lucky 7002]
Mance Lipscomb - You Don't Mean Me No Good
Black Ace - Beer Drinking Woman
Rattlesnake Cooper - I'm Leaving Town
Mercy Dee Walton - Ebony Baby
Billy Bizor - Tom Moore
Alex Moore - Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg - Hello Baby
Robert Shaw - The Fives
Lightnin' Hopkins - Hurricanes Carla & Esther
Mercy Dee Walton - 8th Wonder Of The World


°° previously on Arhoolie R 2006

notes by Paul Oliver     "Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California"
 
Arhoolie R 2006 (US 196?)

notes by Paul Oliver     "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709"
"ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963." (en.wikipedia)


Arhoolie R 2006 (US 1963?)     has two additional tracks (A8 and B8) - only listed on labels, not on back cover!


(=) P-Vine PCD-2519 (Jp 1989)

Arhoolie Records discography

61968Texas Blues   Volume 2@ youtube (full album)

Manny Nichols
- Long Skinny Mama [FBC 125, Lucky 7002]
Mance Lipscomb
- You Don't Mean Me No Good #
Black Ace
- Beer Drinking Woman
Rattlesnake Cooper
- I'm Leaving Town
Mercy Dee & Otis Cherry
- Ebony Baby [never re-released on CD]
Isam Hisam & Lightning Hopkins
- I'm Feeling Bad

Manny Nichols
- Walking Talking Blues [FBC 125, Lucky 7002]

Billy Bizor
- Tom Moore
Alex Moore
- Chock House Boogie
Smokey Hogg
- Hello Baby
Robert Shaw
- The Fives
Lightning Hopkins
- Hurricanes Carla & Esther
Mercy Dee / K.C. Douglas / Otis Cherry
- 8th Wonder Of The World [never re-released on CD]


# rec. May 2, 1964 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g

notes (April 1968) by Paul Oliver

Arhoolie F 1017 (US 1968)

Arhoolie Records discography

71968Texas

Jesse Thomas
- Texas Blues
- Gonna Write You A Letter
Alex Moore
- Neglected Woman
- If I Lose You Woman

Manny Nichols
- Walkin Talkin Blues [FBC 125]
- Tall Skinny Mama Blues [FBC 125]
Soldier Boy Houston
- Western Rider Blues
- Hug Me Baby

Buddy Chiles
- Mistreated Blues
- Jet Black Woman
Andy Thomas
- Baby Quit Me Blues
- Angel Child
Country Jim
- Old River Blues
- I'll Take You Back
Nat Terry
- Take It Easy
- I Don't Know Why


notes (April 1968) by Paul Oliver

the post-war blues pwb 4 (UK 1968)

PWB discography

810/1968Goin' Up The Country
Rural Blues   Vol. 1

Nathaniel Terry - Take It Easy [Imperial 5150]   @ youtube
Manny Nichols - Forgive Me [Imperial 5173]   @ youtube
Country Jim - Avenue Breakdown [Imperial 5062]   @ youtube
Lil' Son Jackson - Disgusted [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Thunder 'N Lightnin' - West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - Howling Wolf Blues [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Snooks Eaglin - Nobody Knows [Imperial 5671]   @ youtube


Nathaniel Terry - Don't Know Why [Imperial 5150]   @ youtube
Manny Nichols - Worried Life [Imperial 5173]   @ youtube
Country Jim - Phillipine [sic] Blues (alt tk) [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Lil' Son Jackson - Thrill Me Baby (alt tk) [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Thunder 'N Lightnin' - Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins - Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Snooks Eaglin - By The Water [Imperial 5692]   @ youtube


reissue coordination by Steve LaVere

notes (September 1968) by Pete Welding
 
Imperial LM-94000 (US 10/1968)

notes (September 1968) by Pete Welding

= Liberty LBL 83213E (UK 1968)

= Liberty 2C062-90.185 (Fr 1969) (manufactured by Pathé Marconi)

notes by Pete Welding

(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 384 (UK 1998) (along with Imperial LM-94001) "Rural Blues, Volumes 1&2" (remastered)

mini LP CD

= Clinck ODR-6610 (Jp 8/2018) "Rural Blues Vol. 1 & Vol. 2"

Imperial/Liberty "Legendary Masters" series discography
Country Jim (Bledsoe) discography
Lil' Son Jackson discography
Thunder Smith discography
Lightnin' Hopkins discography
Snooks Eaglin discography

91968Down Home Stomp - Rural Blues, Vol. 3

Papa Lightfoot
- Jump The Boogie
- Mean Ol Train
Boogie Bill Webb
- Boogie
- Bad Dog
J.D. Edwards
- Playboy Blues
- Hobo
Lowell Fulsom
- Stormin' And Rainin'

Roosevelt Sykes
- Hush Oh Hush
- I'm Tired

Manny Nichols
- No One To Love Me [Imperial 5162]
Country Jim
- Sad And Lonely (alt tk) [previously unissued]
Lil' Son Jackson
- Rock And Rollin' # 2
- Sad Letter Blues


Imperial LM-94006 inner gatefold

notes by Pete Welding

Imperial LM-94006

notes by Pete Welding

= Liberty LBL 83329


= Matchbox MB 904 (UK 1989) "Rural Blues"

notes by Pete Welding

= Beat Goes On BGOCD 464 (UK 1999, remastered)

101974Blues Anthology Vol. 1 - Texas Blues

- Disgusted - Lil' Son Jackson
- Sad Letter Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Take It Easy - Nathaniel Terry
- I Don't Know Why - Nathaniel Terry

- Worried Life - Manny Nichols
- No One To Love Me - Manny Nichols
- Love Me Mama - Boogie Bill Webb

- Howlin' Wolf Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Playboy Blues - J.D. Edwards
- Hobo - J.D.Edwards
- Sad And Lonely - Country Jim
- Good Lookin' Woman - Country Jim
- Boogie - Boogie Bill Webb



Toshiba Liberty LLR-8188 (Jp 1974)

111986Texas Country Blues   1948-1953

Rattlesnake Cooper
- Rattlesnake Blues   @ Spotify
- Lost Woman   @ youtube
Willie Lane
- Black Cat Rag   @ youtube
- Howling Wolf Blues   @ youtube
Sonny Boy Davis
- I Don't Live Here No More   @ youtube
Willie Lane
- Prowlin' Ground Hog   @ youtube
Sonny Boy Davis
- Rhythm Blues   @ youtube

Rattlesnake Cooper
- I Treated You Wrong   @ youtube

Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Blues [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- I Got A Letter [Elko unissued, P-Vine PLP 2-704]   @ youtube
- Cold Blues [Elko unissued]   @ youtube

Manny Nichols
- Forgive Me Baby [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- I'm Going Upstairs [Elko unissued]   @ youtube
Frankie Lee Sims
- Cross Country Blues [Blue Bonnet 147]   @ youtube


remastered by John R.T. Davis

notes (July 1986) by Chris Bentley

Krazy Kat KK7434 (UK 1986)

Krazy Kat Records discography

122003Texas Down Home Blues   1948-1952

disc 1:
- Crossroads Blues - Texas Alexander
- Locked in Jail Blues - Johnny "The Blind Boy" Beck
- Boogie Like You Wanna - Charles Bradix
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- Lost Woman - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Dark Old World - Big Bill Dotson
- Hattie Green - Lavada Durst
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Double Trouble Blues - Lowell Fulson
- Central Avenue Blues - Guitar Slim Green
- West Texas Blues - John Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues - Smokey Hogg
- Good Road Blues - Wright Holmes
- T-Model Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Western Rider Blues - Lawyer Houston
- Back to Santa Fe - Lee Hunter
- Milford Blues - Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Please Ma'am, Forgive Me - Jesse James

disc 2:
- Sam's Coming Home - Sam Johnson
- Howling Wolf Blues - Willie Lane
- Loudella - Ernest Lewis
- Neglected Woman - Alex Moore

- Forgive Me - Manny Nichols
- Don't Forget Me Baby - Frankie Lee Sims
- Low Down Dirty Ways - Thunder Smith
- TNT Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
- January 11, 1949 Blues - Luther "Rocky" Stoneham
- Which Woman Do I Love? - The Sugarman
- Take It Easy - Nathaniel Terry
- I Love My Baby - Andy Thomas
- Mountain Key Blues - Jesse Thomas
- Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee Walton
- Morning Train Blues - Peter Warfield
- The Lazy J. - L.C. Williams
- Skin and Bones - Little Son Willis



Frémeaux CD FA 5062 (Fr 2003)

132004Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953)

disc 1
- Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith [Aladdin 166]
- Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Hobo - J.D. Edwards
- Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat
- Angel Chile - Andy Thomas
- Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter
- Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix
- Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James
- Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker
- Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore
- Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson

- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols
- Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham


disc 2
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Hard Times - Floyd Jones
- Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell
- Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard
- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren
- Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns
- Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters
- Cut That Out - Junior Wells
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk
- Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller
- Mean Old World - Little Walter
- Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe
- It Was A Dream - John Brim
- The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers
- Sad Story - Blue Smitty
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene
- Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir
- Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed


disc 3
- She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams
- How Many Years - Howlin Wolf
- Build Myself A Cave - Mr. Honey
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard
- Too Late Baby - Stick Horse Hammond
- Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter
- Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson
- 1951 Blues - Luther Huff
- New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas
- Going Home To Mama - Clarence London
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee
- Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy
- After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot
- Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker
- Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry
- Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
- Goin' To New Orleans - Goin' To New Orleans


disc 4
- Broome Street Blues - Skoodle-Dum-Do & Sheffield
- Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown
- Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys
- Income Tax Blues - Ralph Willis
- Poor Little Angel - Dennis McMillan
- Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim
- Number Writer - Dan Pickett
- She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis
- Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas
- Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee
- Shackles Round My Body - Little David
- Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver
- I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott
- Blind's Blues - John Lee
- Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum
- Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou
- So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry
- Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker
- Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton
- Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box

Boulevard Vintage 1003

Boulevard Vintage discography

142005Down Home Blues Classics: Texas 1946-1954

disc 1: Lightnin' Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Lightnin' Boogie
- Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167]
- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?]
- Short Haired Woman
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Picture On The Wall
- Sugar Mama
- Someday Baby
- Abilene
- Shotgun
- Lonesome Home
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Automobile
- Jake Head Boogie
- One Kind Favor
- Gotta Move
- Long Way From Texas
- Dirty House
- Freight Train Blues
- Sad News From Korea
- Gone With The Wind
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Had A Gal Called Sal


disc 2: Walking Talking Blues
West Texas Slim - Loudella
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Stick Horse Hammond - Alberta
Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues
Rattlesnake Cooper - Lost Woman Blues
Mercy Dee - Lonesome Cabin Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey, Bad Woman
Smokey Hogg` - Worried Blues
Willie Lane - Prowlin' Ground Hog

Manny Nichols - Walking Talking Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - Rhythm Blues
L.C. Williams - Strike Blues
Big Son Tillis - Rocks Is My Pillow
Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula
Sunny James - Please Mam Forgive Me [Down Town 2010]
Wright Holmes - Drove From Home Blues
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black and Evil
Pete McKinley - Mean Black Snake

Manny Nichols - Tall Skinny Mama Blues
Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin'
Bill Simpson - Jelly Roll Man
Soldier Boy Houston - Dallas Be Bop Blues
Perry Cain - A|l The Way From Texas
John Hogg - Black Snake Blues
Buddy Chiles - Jet Black Woman


disc 3: Little Mae Belle
Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Texas Alexander - Crossroads
Thunder Smith - Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time
Ernest Lewis - Rosa Lee
Stick Horse Hammond - Gamblin' Man
Johnny Beck - You Gotta Lay Down Mama

Manny Nichols - Worried Life
Monister Parker - You Gonna Need Me
Smokey Hogg - Misery Blues
Country Slim - What Wrong Have I Done
Mercy Dee - Ba-Ba-Du-Lay Blues (G.I. Fever)
James Tisdom - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone
Andy Thomas - My Baby Quit Me Blues
The Sugarman - Which Woman Do I Love
D.C. Washington - Happy Home Blues
Willie Lane - Howlin' Wolf
Miss Country Slim - In My Girlish Days
Thunder Smith - Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013]
Andrew Thomas - Chicago Blues
Big Son Tillis - Zetela Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - I Don't Live Here No More
Clarence Garlow - I'm In A Boogie Mood
West Texas Slim - Little Mae Belle


disc 4: She's Gone with the Wind
Soldier Boy Houston - Hug Me Baby
Lil' Son Jackson - Cairo Blues
Leroy 'Country' Johnson - Log House On The Hill

Manny Nichols - No One To Love Me
Ernest Lewis - Shake 'Em On Down
Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]
Big Son & Lillian Tillis - Ten Long Years
Stick Horse Hammond - Highway 5
Lil' Son Jackson - Freedom Train Blues
Frankie Lee Sims - Single Man Blues
James Tisdom - Last Affair Blues
Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues

Manny Nichols - Forgive Me
Andrew Thomas - I Love My Baby
Sunny James - Excuse Me Baby [Down Town 2010]
Luther Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues
David Pete McKinley - Shreveport Blues
John Hogg - Worrying Blues
Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag
Ernest Lewis - West Coast Blues
Mercy Dee - Evil And Hanky
L.C. Williams - Black Woman
Soldier Boy Houston - Lawyer Houston Blues
The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind
Stick Horse Hammond - Truck 'Em On Down


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1012

Boulevard Vintage discography

152007Lightning Hopkins: Lightning Special
Volume 2 of the Collected Works

disc 1:
- What Kind Of Heart Have You
- Mad As I Can Be - (alt tk)
- Ain't It A Shame
- Crazy 'bout My Baby
- What's The Matter Now
- My Mama Told Me
- Highway Blues
- I'm Wild About You Baby
- Bad Things On My Mind
- The War Is Over
- Policy Game
- Merry Christmas
- Happy New Year
- Cemetery Blues
- I Love You Baby
- Shine On Moon
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Lonesome In Your Home
- Remember Me
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Lightnin's Special
- Please Don't Go Baby
- Don't Think 'cause You're Pretty
- Life I Used To Live
- Grandma's Boogie
- My Baby's Gone
- Early Mornin' Boogie


disc 2:
- Moving On Out Boogie
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Hopkins Sky Hop
- Evil Hearted Woman
- Don't Need No Job
- Blues For My Cookie
- Had A Gal Called Sal
- They Wonder Who I Am
- Nothin' But The Blues
- That's Alright Baby
- Finally Met My Baby
- My Little Kewpie Doll
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
- Late In The Evening
- Lightnin' Jump
- Leavin' Blues
- Moanin' Blues
- Walkin' The Streets
- Mussy Haired Woman
- Trying, Trying
- You'll Never Miss The Water
L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
- Boogie All The Time
- Strike Blues
- You Can't Take It With You Baby
- So Sorry
- The Lazy J
- Fannie Mae


disc 3:
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Roberta Blues
- Freedom Train Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
- Gone With The Wind
- No Money, No Love
- Talkin' Boogie
- Milford Blues
- Cairo Blues
- Evil Blues
- Gambling Blues
- Homeless Blues

Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Blues
- Forgive Me Baby
- Walking Talking Blues
- Tall Skinny Mama Blues
- Worried Life
- Forgive Me
- No One To Love Me
- Throw A Little Boogie
Thunder Smith
- Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
- Little Mama Boogie [Aladdin 166]
- Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
- Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
- Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]


disc 4:
Soldier Boy Houston
- Dallas Bebop Blues
- Western Rider Blues
- Hug Me Baby
- Out In California Blues
- In The Army Since 94
- Lawyer Houston Blues
- Going To The West Coast
- Lawton, Oklahoma Blues
J.D. Edwards
- Cryin'
- Playboy Blues
- Hobo
- Cold In The Evening
- West Coast Blues
Ernest Lewis
- Rosa Lee
- Shake 'em On Down
- Loudella
- Little Mae Belle
- No More Lovin'
- West Coast Blues
- What Wrong Have I Done
- In My Girlish Days
Frankie Lee Sims
- Home Again Blues
- Cross Country Blues
- Don't Forget Me Baby
- Single Man Blues


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7790 (UK 2007)

162015The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 2

disc 1:
- Crawlin' King Snake - Joe Williams
- Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
- Step It Up And Go No. 2 - Brownie McGhee
- Cross Cut Saw Blues - Tony Hollins
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood
- I Be's Troubled - McKinley Morganfield
- If I Get Lucky - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Unfinished Business - Buddy Moss
- Mississippi Blues - William Brown
- Water Coast Blues - David Edwards
- Stick With Me - Gabriel Brown
- Evil-Hearted Woman Blues - Johnny Shines
- Katie Mae Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Evil Hearted Man - Josh White
- Ora-Nelle Blues - Othum Brown, Little Walter
- Money Taking Woman - Johnny Young
- Blood Red River Blues - Richard Trice
- Sweet Woman Blues - The Back Porch Boys
- Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee - Stick McGhee and His Buddy
- Single Man Blues - Frankie Lee Sims and His Guitar Trio
- Mercury Boogie - K.C. Douglas Trio
- The Blues Is Killing Me - Lowell Fulson
- Boar Hog Blues - Alabama Slim
- Ugly Woman Blues - Sylvester Cotton & His Guitar
- Applejack Boogie - Pine Top Slim & His Guitar
- Prowlin' Ground Hog - Willie Lane
- Ride To A Funeral In A V8 - Dan Pickett

disc 2:
- Paper Wooden Daddy - Dennis McMillon

- Walking Talking Blues - Manny Nichols & His Guitar
- You Gotta Lay Down Momma - Johnny Beck
- Model T Boogie - James Tisdom
- Dallas Be-Bop Blues - Lawyer Houston
- You're Gonna Weep And Moan - Little David
- Talkin' To You Mama - Pig 'n' Whistle Band
- Ticket Agent Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- 1951 Blues - Luther Huff
- Eyesight To The Blind - The Larks
- January 11, 1949 Blues - Luther Stoneham and His Guitar
- They Call Me Talking Boy - William "Talking Boy" Stewart
- Take It Easy Baby - Nat Terry
- Down At The Depot - John Lee
- If You See My Lover - Julius King
- Don't Be Funny, Baby! - Doug Quattlebaum
- I'm Going To The City - Sister O.M. Terrell
- Before Long - Jimmy & Walter
- Gonna Move To California - Jesse Thomas
- Rocks Is My Pillow - Big Son Tillis, D.C. Bender
- San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller
- I Love My Baby - Lick, Slick and Slide
- Industrial Boogie - Doctor Ross
- Willie Mae Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
- See See Rider - Snooks Eaglin
- Burning Hell - John Lee Hooker
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Mississippi Fred McDowell


front cover photo by Axel Küstner: Clyde Maxwell on his porch

notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17230 (Germany 2015)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 364
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, p. 487
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Patrick Banino, Max Hoeffner and Gerrit Robs for additional info / scans

 

M A N N Y   N I C H O L S and O.Z. Steen; source: Notes accompanying Bear Family Records BCD 17230 (Germany 2015) 'The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 2', notes by Bill Dahl, p. 67; photographer's name not given, most likely Chris Strachwitz, 1967 (?)
Manny Nichols and O.Z. Steen
source: Notes accompanying Bear Family Records BCD 17230 (Germany 2015) "The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 2"
notes by Bill Dahl, p. 67; photographer's name not given, most likely Chris Strachwitz, 1967 (?)

 

 

 

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