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ST.   L O U I S   J i m m y & Otis Spann in Muddy Waters' basement in Chicago, IL, Nov. 1959; in the background (with his hat on): Otis 'Big Smokey' Smothers; source: Rhythm & Blues Panorama No. 30 (1964), p. 48 (back cover); photographer: Georges Adins
St. Louis Jimmy & Otis Spann in Muddy Waters' basement in Chicago, IL
November 1959; in the background (with his hat on): Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers; source: Rhythm & Blues Panorama No. 30 (1964), p. 48 (back cover); photographer: Georges Adins

St. Louis Jimmy
né James Burke Oden
b. June 26, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee
d. December 30, 1977 at Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois

buried at Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois
discography
ST.   L O U I S   J i m m y in Mayo Williams' office, Chicago, 1959; source: Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: Voyage au Pays du Blues.- Levallois-Perret (CLARB-Soul Bag) 1994, p. 115; photographer: Jacques Demêtre
St. Louis Jimmy in Mayo Williams' office, Chicago, 1959
source: Jacques Demêtre & Marcel Chauvard: Voyage au Pays du Blues.- Levallois-Perret (CLARB-Soul Bag) 1994, p. 115; photographer: Jacques Demêtre

#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
11932Jimmie Oden

- I Have Made Up My Mind (18795) #   @ youtube
- Sitting Down Thinking Blues (18796) (aka "That's All I Think") *   @ youtube

rec. September 22, 1932 in Richmond, IN; James Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; # Artie Mosby, vn


Champion 16540

# Champion 50044

* Varsity 6051

21932 

Jimmie Oden
- Patrol Wagon Blues (18806) #   @ youtube
Eithel Smith
- Jelly Roll Mill (18804- ) *   @ youtube


# rec. September 22, 1932 in Richmond, IN; James Oden, voc, p


Champion 16613

# Champion 50044

* Varsity 6058

3193?JIMMY ODEN

- Patrol Wagon Blues [Champion 16613]
- I Have Made Up My Mind [Champion 16540]


Champion 50044

41933Jimmy Oden

- Warning Spirit Blues (76825-1)   @ youtube
- My Dream Blues (76826-1)   @ youtube

rec. August 2, 1933 in Chicago, IL; James Oden, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p


Bluebird B5260

51934 

OLD MAN ODEN (Jimmy Green)
- Six Feet In The Ground (C-9347- )   @ youtube
OLD MAN ODEN
- Pipe Layin' Blues (C-9348- )   @ youtube

rec. August 24, 1934 in Chicago, IL; James Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; unknown, vn


Decca 7017

61937OLD MAN ODEN

- The Road To Ruin (91327-A) *   @ youtube
- Silk Worm Blues (91219-A) #   @ youtube

# April 30, 1937 in Chicago, IL; James Oden, voc; Odell Rand, cl; Roosevelt Sykes, p; unknown, sb
* October 29, 1937 in Chicago, IL; James Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; poss. Charlie Jordan, g; unknown, sb


Decca 7412

71937OLD MAN ODEN

- Thick And Thin (91328-A) *   @ Spotify
- Some Sweet Day (91218-A) #   @ youtube

# April 30, 1937 in Chicago, IL; James Oden, voc; Odell Rand, cl; Roosevelt Sykes, p; unknown, sb
* October 29, 1937 in Chicago, IL; James Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; poss. Charlie Jordan, g; unknown, sb


Decca 7545

81939/40? 

BIG BLOKE [actually Sam Tarpley]
- Everybody Likes That Thing (15498-A) # [Gennett 6978, Champion 15835, Supertone 9485]
  @ youtube
BIG BLOKE [actually James Oden]
- That's All I Think (aka "Sitting Down Thinking Blues") [Champion 1654]

# rec. August 27, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Sam Tarpley, Ivy Smith, voc duet; Cow Cow Davenport, p


Varsity 6051 (US 1939/40?)

912/1941St. Louis Jimmy

- Monkey Face Blues (070406-1) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Going Down Slow (070409-1)   @ youtube

rec. November 11, 1941 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p, # sp; Alfred Elkins, imb


Bluebird B8889


= RCA Victor 20-2598 (US 12/1947)

103/1942St. Louis Jimmy

- Lost Ball Blues (070408-1)   @ Spotify
- Come Day Go Day (070407-1)   @ Spotify

rec. November 11, 1941 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Alfred Elkins, imb


Bluebird B8933

111942Poor Boy Burke

- Your Loving Ways (C-4062-1) [Hi Horse CD/LP 19001]
- Old Vets Blues (C-4063-1) [RnB CK47915]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- This Is The Truth (C-4064-1)
- Bad Condition Blues (C-4065-1) [Hi Horse CD/LP 19001]

rec. November 21, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Poor Boy Burke, voc; unknown, p; unknown, sb

Dixon, Godrich & Rye 1997 has separate entries for "Poor Boy Burke" and "St. Louis Jimmy" (on p. 122 resp. pp. 689-690) ("It is possible that he [St. Louis Jimmy] is Poor Boy Burke"), while Document Records included "Old Vets Blues" in their "Complete Recorded Works ..." compilation (Document DOCD-5234)
Eagle & LeBlanc 2013, p. 151: "He [James Oden] probably recorded for OKeh (1941) as Poor Boy Burke."

OKeh unissued

121942St. Louis Jimmy

- Soon Forget You (074164-1)   @ Spotify
- Can't Stand Your Evil Ways (074165-1)   @ youtube

rec. March 25, 1942 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb


Bluebird B9016

131942St. Louis Jimmy

- St. Louis Woman Blues (074160-1)   @ youtube
- Poor Boy Blues (074161-1)   @ Spotify

rec. March 25, 1942 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb


Bluebird B9040

141942St. Louis Jimmy

- Back On My Feet Again (074162-1)   @ Spotify
- Nothing But Blues (074163-1)   @ Spotify

rec. March 25, 1942 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb


Bluebird 34-0718

154/1945St. Louis Jimmy

- Strange Woman–Blues (D4AB 320-1)   @ Spotify
- One More Break–Blues (D4AB 321-1)   @ Spotify



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- My Story Blues (D4AB 322-1) [RCA INT 5099]   @ Spotify
- Bad Condition (D4AB 323-1) [RCA Victor 20-2650]   @ Spotify

rec. December 14, 1944 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Ted Summit, g; Jump Jackson, dr


Bluebird 34-0727

161945 

POOR BOY
- New Going Down Slow (QB 3352) #   @ Spotify
ALTON REDD AND HIS LOW DOWN BLUES BAND
- When The Sun Goes Down (BW 54-1) *   @ Spotify


# rec. 1945 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p
* rec. 1945 in Los Angeles, CA; Alton Redd, voc; tp; ts; p; b; dr


Black & White 106

   

- Going Down Slow (UN 104)
- Still Going Down Slow (UN 105)
- Together We Go (UN 108)

rec. December 1945 in New York, NY; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; unknown acc.

unissued (King)

purchased from Southern and
remastered by King as K5053,
5624 and 5054 resp.

16a1947JUMP JACKSON and his BAND

- Biddle Street Jump (CCO 4601) (instr)   @ youtube
- Yancey's Blues (CCO 4604) #   @ youtube



unissued tracks from same session:
- Road To Ruin (CCO 4602) #
- It's Killing Me (CCO 4603) #

rec. September 13, 1946 [1945] at Columbia Studios in Chicago, IL; Jump Jackson, dr; # Jimmy Oden, voc; Johnny Morton, tp; Oett "Sax" Mallard, as; Bill Casimir, ts; Bill Owens, p; Ransom Knowling, b


Columbia 37386
(main series, 1947)

= Columbia 30121
('race' series, early 1948?)

171947St. Louis Jimmy

- I Ain't Done Nothing Wrong (UB 2765B)   @ youtube
- Goin' Down Slow (UB 2768B)   @ youtube

rec. 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Leonard Caston, g; b


Bullet 270

181947St. Louis Jimmy

- My Trouble (A)   @ Spotify
- Sittin' An' Thinkin' (B)   @ Spotify

rec. 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; g; b


Bullet 278

191947ST. LOUIS JIMMY

- Coming Up Fast (HY40CF)   @ Spotify
- One Doggone Reason (HY43ODR)   @ Spotify

rec. December 1947 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Lamont 'Guitar Pete' Franklin, eg; poss Alfred Elkins, b
rec. for Hy-Tone label


Opera 4   [Joe Brown label]

 1948St. Louis Jimmy [sic]

- Now I'm Through (A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Mr. Brown Boogie (instr) (B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1948 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, g, # voc; Henry Brown [claimed by Jaap Hindriks, but disputed by Michael Hortig: Roosevelt Sykes], p; b


Bullet 291 (US 1948)

Henry Townsend discography
Henry Brown discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography

201/1948St. Louis Jimmy

- Dog House Blues (D5AB 0394) #   @ Spotify
- Bad Condition [Bluebird 34-0727]



unissued tracks from same (October 18, 1945) session:
- Mother's Day (D5AB 0392)
- Trouble In The Land (D5AB 0393)
- Make Up Your Mind (D5AB 0395)

# rec. October 18, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc; J.T. Brown, as; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Willie Dixon, b


RCA Victor 20-2650

211948ST. LOUIS JIMMY

- Biscuit Roller (UB 9242)   @ Spotify
- I'm Sorry Now (UB 9243)   @ Spotify

rec. c. August 1948 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc; Eddie Chamblee, ts; Roosevelt Sykes, p; g; b; dr; session arranged by Mayo Williams


Miracle 134

225/1949ST. LOUIS JIMMY   Muddy Waters and His Blues Combo With Sunnyland Slim

- So Nice And Kind (UB 9293A)   @ youtube
- Florida Hurricane (UB 9290A)   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1948 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc; Oliver Alcorn, ts; Sunnyland Slim, p; Muddy Waters, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b



the green Aristocrat labels tend to fade with time. The faded portions of the label look yellow, and those that have faded all over look brownish yellow:

Aristocrat 7001

231949ST. LOUIS JIMMY with SUNNYLAND SLIM'S ORCHESTRA

- Shame On You, Baby (2572-1) #   @ Spotify
- I'm Not Satisfied (2573-1)   @ Spotify

rec. April 6, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc; # Oliver Alcorn, ts; Sunnyland Slim, p; Sam Casimir, g; Big Crawford, b


Mercury 8137

241949St. Louis Jimmy

- Mother's Day (R 1379-6 / UB9-1032) #
- Jack L. Cooper (UB9-1033)



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Sad Old Sunday (R 1379-1) [Delmark DD-655]
- Nervous Breakdown (R 1381) [Delmark DD-655]
- Old Age Has Got Me (R 1382) [Delmark DD-655]

rec. August 26, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; Sam Casimir, g; Andrew Harris, b


J.O.B. 101

# Apollo 420

254/1950ST. LOUIS JIMMY AND TRIO

- Chicago Woman Blues (R 1380)
- Sad Old Sunday (= Mother's Day) [J.O.B. 101]

rec. August 26, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; Sam Casimir, g; Andrew Harris, b


Apollo 420

261953ST. LOUIS JIMMY

- Hard Luck Boogie (= Hard Work Boogie) (D 1538 H 1018)   @ youtube
- Good Book Blues (= Tryin' To Change My Ways) (D 1539 H 1019) #   @ youtube

rec. April 19, 1951 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Big Crawford, b


Herald 407 [Fred Mendelsohn's label]

# Savoy MG 16000

271953ST. LOUIS JIMMY

- Your Evil Ways (D 1540 H 1028) #   @ youtube
- Whiskey Drinkin' Woman (= I Sit Up All Night) (D 1541 H 1029) #   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- State Street Blues (instr) # [Biograph BLP 12010]

rec. April 19, 1951 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; # Roosevelt Sykes, p; # Robert Lockwood, g; # Big Crawford, b


Herald 408

281953St. Louis Jimmy and his Band

- Drinkin' Woman (ACA 2391)   @ youtube
- Why Work (ACA 2392)   @ youtube

rec. c. January 1953 in Chicago, IL; James Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; g; b; dr

 
Duke D-110

296/1956ST. LOUIS JIMMY

- Going Down Slow (B823)   @ Spotify
- Murder In The First Degree (B824)   @ youtube

rec. c. April 1956 in Chicago, IL; James Oden, voc with RED SAUNDERS BAND: George "Sonny" Cohn, tp; Riley Hampton, as; Leon Washington, ts; McKinley Easton, bs; prob Sunnyland Slim, p; g; prob Jimmy Richards, b; Red Saunders, dr


Parrot 823

   

St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Save Me A Drink
- The Girl I Love
- Poor Boy
- Goin' Down Slow ||
- Come Day Go Day ||   @ youtube

rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; || Tom Archia, ts; || Corky Robertson, b; || Jump Jackson, dr

La Salle unissued

more info

   

- Monkey Face Blues [Barnaby KZ31290]   @ youtube
- One Doggone Reason [Mosaic M-139]   @ youtube
- Strange Woman Blues [Picc-A-Dilly 3488]   @ youtube
- It Hurts Me Too * [Picc-A-Dilly 3488]   @ youtube
- Baby Child (tk 3) *# [Picc-A-Dilly 3488]   @ youtube
- Baby Child (tk 5) *# [Mosaic M-139]
- Talkin' The Blues (tk 1) *# [Black Magic BM 9004]   @ youtube
- Talkin' The Blues (tk 3) *# [Mosaic M-139]
- Goin' Down Slow [Barnaby KZ31290]   @ youtube
- Bad Condition [Barnaby KZ31290]   @ youtube
- Come Day, Go Day (tk 2) [Barnaby KZ31290]   @ youtube
- Come Day, Go Day (tk 3) [Mosaic M-139]

rec. August 23, 1960 at Fine Recording Studios in New York, NY; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Otis Spann, p, * voc; Robert Lockwood, g, # voc; prod. by Nat Hentoff

Candid originally unissued

30196? 

SAINT LOUIS JIMMY With Jimmy Odens Blues Soul Stirrers
- Going Down Slow (A) #
SLEEPY JOHN ESTES with Jimmy Odens Blues Soul Stirrers
- Some Day Baby (B) *


# rec. in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc, Little Brother Montgomery, p; b; dr
* rec. c. 1964 in Chicago, IL; John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca; Booker T. Washington, dr


Ebony 1000


LP / CD compilations
311961St. Louis Jimmy: Going Down Slow

- Poor Boy   @ youtube
- Nothin' But the Blues   @ youtube
- Mother's Day Blues   @ youtube
- Some Sweet Day #
- Dog House Blues #   @ youtube

- My Heart Is Loaded With Trouble
- I'm St. Louis Bound   @ youtube
- Goin' Down Slow
- Sweet As She Can Be   @ youtube
- Monkey Faced Woman

rec. November 19, 1960 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey by Rudy Van Gelder; James "St. Louis Jimmy" Oden, voc; Robert Banks, p; # Jimmy Lee Robinson, g; Leonard Gaskin, b; Belton Evans, dr
Bluesville BV/BVLP 1028 front cover by Don Schlitten
Vogue LDM 30.245 design by Paul Bacon, photo by Paul Weller

notes by Joe Goldberg
 
Bluesville BV/BVLP 1028 (US 1961)


= Vogue LDM 30.245 (Fr 1974)


= OBC OBCCD-584-2 (US 1996)

OBC Records discography

321962Living With The Blues

Savoy MG-16000 / Realm/Oriole RM 209 / CBS 52209 tracks
(source: http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy/14000-cat/a/#mg-16000):

Brownie McGhee (g, voc), Ernie Hayes ℗, Roy Gaines, Carl Lynch, Al Lucas (b), Bobby Donaldson (d)
NYC, December 22, 1958
- Living With The Blues (SBM70332)
Memphis Minnie (g, voc), Sunnyland Slim ℗, unknown (b), unknown (d)
Chicago, IL, 1950
- Kidman Blues (1217)
John Lee Hooker (g, voc), Eddie Kirkland (Germany), unknown (b) unknown (d)
New Jersey, 1954
- When My Wife Quit Me

Sunnyland Slim ℗, unknown (b), unknown (d), St. Louis Jimmy (voc)
Chicago, IL, 1950
- Tryin' To Change My Ways [= "Good Book Blues"]
Pee Wee Hughes (hca, voc), unknown (Germany), unknown (d)
New Orleans, LA, 1949
- I'm A Country Boy (1012)
Curley Weaver (g, voc) a.o. same location, date
- She Don't Treat Me Good No More

Sunnyland Slim (p, voc), unknown (Germany), unknown (b), unknown (d), unknown (ts)
Chicago, IL, April 19, 1949? or 1951
- Orphan Boy Blues (R1513)
Dennis McMillon (g, voc)
Linden, NJ, 1950
- Poor Little Angel (AM1056)
Frank Edwards (voc, g, hca), Curley Weaver, g ("Atlanta, GA, 1950")
- Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued]
Peg [sic] N' Whistle Red (g, voc) (Willie McTell)
Atlanta, GA, 1949
- A To Z Blues (1267)
David Wylie (g, voc)
circa 1950???
- You're Gonna Weep And Moan (1263)
Papa Lightfoot
- That Mean Old Train


Savoy MG-16000 cover art by "Harvey"; prod. by Fred Mendelsohn

Muse MR 5212 / Tobacco Road B2537 tracks:
Frank Edwards
- Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued]
Pig N' Whistle Red (Willie McTell)
- A To Z Blues
Curley Weaver
- She Don't Treat Me Good No More
Dennis McMillan
- Poor Little Angel Girl
David Wylie
- You're Gonna Weep And Moan
John Lee Hooker
- When My Wife Quit Me

Memphis Minnie
- Kid Man Blues
Pee Wee Hughes
- I'm A Country Boy
Blind Billy Tate
- Cryin' In The Morning

St. Louis Jimmy
- Trying To Change My Ways [= "Good Book Blues"]
Sunnyland Slim
- Orphan Boy Blues
Blind Billy Tate
- Ooh Wee Baby


Muse MR 5212 / Tobacco Road B/2537 / Happy Bird B 90084 reissues "prepared and edited by Fred Seibert"
Muse MR 5212 cover photo and design by Ron Warwell
Tobacco Road B/2537 cover photo by Jan Saudek
"Some compositions previously released on Savoy MG-16000"

Musidisc 30CV955 tracks:
Brownie McGhee
- Livin' With The Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Kid Man Blues
John Lee Hooker
- When My Wife Quit Me

St. Louis Jimmy
- Trying To Change My Ways [= "Good Book Blues"]
Pee Wee Hughes
- I'm A Country Boy
Curley Weaver
- She Don't Treat Me Good No More

Sunnyland Slim
- Orphan Boy Blues
Dennis McMillan
- Poor Little Angel Girl
Frank Edwards
- Gotta Get A Gettin' [actually "Gotta Get Together"] [Regal unissued]
Peg [sic] n' Whistle Red (Willie McTell)
- A To Z Blues
David Wylie
- You're Gonna Weep And Moan
Papa Lightfoot
- That Mean Old Train


Musidisc 30CV955 cover photo (John Lee Hooker) by Jean-Pierre Leloir

notes by Fred Mendelsohn

Savoy MG 16000 (US 1962) "Living With The Blues"

notes by Chris Whent

= Realm/Oriole RM 209 (UK 1964) "Livin' With The Blues"

notes by Chris Whent

= CBS 52209 (US 1964) (CBS Realm Jazz series) "Livin' With The Blues"

notes by Ed Salamon

= Muse MR 5212 (US 1979) "Cryin' In The Morning"


= Tobacco Road B/2537 (Germany 1976?) "What Is The Thing Called Blues?" (American Jazz & Blues History Vol. 37)


= Happy Bird B 90084 (Germany 1979 "Jazz 2000") "Cryin' In The Morning"


= Muse MR 5212 (Australia 1981) "Cryin' In The Morning"

click to read liner notes!
= Musidisc 30CV955 (Fr) "Living With The Blues"

click to read liner notes! click to read liner notes!
= Musidisc 30CO955 (Fr "collection or")

33196?Southside Chicago

Big Walter Horton
- We're Gonna Have A Good Time
- Shakey Boogie
- I'd Be The Same Way If I Could
Sunnyland Slim
- Country Shack
- You Know It's You Babe
Johnny Young with The Chicago Blues Band
- I Believe You Need A Shot # \\
- Want My Baby (Step By, Baby) # //
- Why Did You Break My Heart # //
- Better Cut That Out # \\
Eddie Boyd
- Look On Yonder Wall
Willie Mabon
- Goin' Back To New Orleans

St. Louis Jimmy
- The Woman I'm Loving

from Olle Helander's 1964 radio broadcasts

# rec. May 19 or 23, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, // mand, \\ g; Slim Willis, hca; Otis Spann, p; Robert Whitehead, dr


Python PLP-KM 10

Python Records discography

Jefferson Records
SBACD 12653/4 (1999)
Jefferson Records
SBACD 12658/9 (2004)

341964Chicago Blues
A Bonanza All Star Blues LP @ youtube (full album)

Sunnyland Slim
- Won't Do That No More (194) []
John Henry Barbee
- Early In The Morning *   @ youtube

St. Louis Jimmy
- Goody Goody Goody (181) §§   @ youtube
Willie Dixon
- Weak Brain! Narrow Mind! (211) \\
Homesick James
- Can't Hold Out (185) #   @ youtube
Cocoa Taylor
- What Kind Of Man Is This? {}

Homesick James
- Queen's Rock (188) #   @ youtube
John Henry Barbee
- No Pickin', No Pullin' (18) *   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim
- Drinking (196) []

St. Louis Jimmy
- Going Down Slow (179) §   @ youtube
Cocoa Taylor
- Which-A-Way To Go {}
Willie Dixon
- So Long! (200) //   @ youtube




unissued tracks from same sessions:
St. Louis Jimmy
- Going Down Slow (178) §
- Goody Goody Goody (180) §
Sunnyland Slim
- untitled instrumental (197) []




# rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Homesick James, voc, g; Evans Spencer, g; Washboard Sam, dr

* rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; John Henry Barbee, voc, g; Homesick James, g; Washboard Sam, dr


§ rec. March 25, 1964 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; §§ Willie Dixon, voc; Homesick James, g; Evans Spencer, g; Washboard Sam, dr

[] rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, org; Homesick James, g; Evans Spencer, g; Washboard Sam, dr

// rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Willie Dixon, voc; John Henry Barbee, g; Homesick James, g; Evans Spencer, g; Washboard Sam, dr

\\ rec. April 4, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Willie Dixon, voc

{} rec. March 26, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Koko Taylor, voc; Homesick James, g; Evans Spencer, g; Willie Dixon, tamb


prod. by Len Kunstadt and Victoria Spivey; supervised by Willie Dixon
cover design and photos by Len Kunstadt

notes by Victoria Spivey
 
Spivey 1003 (US 1964)

Spivey Records discography
John Henry Barbee discography
Homesick James discography

351964St. Louis Jimmy (1941-1942)
Treasury Of Jazz No 48

- Going Down Slow
- Poor Boy Blues

- Back On My Feet Again
- Monkey Face Blues


RCA 86.405 (Fr 1964)

361967Roosevelt Sykes: Mr. Sykes Blues 1929-1932

Dobby Bragg
- Fire Detective Blues
- Single Tree Blues
Edith Johnson
- Good Chib Blues
- Can't Make Another Day
Charlie McFadden
- People People Blues
- Groceries On The Shelf
Dobby Bragg
- 3-6 And 9 (Three, Six And Nine)
- We Can Sell That Thing

Mary Johnson
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Mary Johnson Blues

Jimmy Oden
- I Have Made Up My Mind
- Sitting Down Thinking Blues
Matthew McClure
- Prisoner's Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
- Mr. Sykes Blues
- Highway 61 Blues
Eithel Smith
- Jelly Roll Mill


notes by Paul Oliver

Riverside RLP 8819 (US 1967)


= Les Disques Pierre Cardin 93514 (Fr 1970)


= Music Parade Cetra LEL209 (It 1973)

= Mercury 6332 992 (Fr 19??)

371967Blues Roots / Chicago - The 1930s

Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis, Fred Williams
- When I Had Money
- I've Got To Dig You
Big Bill Broonzy, Black Bob
- Keep Your Hands Off Her
Memphis Minnie, Lizzie Douglas
- Hold Me Blues
- Killer Diller
Johnnie Temple, Horace Malcolm, Charlie McCoy
- New Louise Louise Blues
- So Lonely And Blue

Jazz Gillum, Big Bill Broonzy, Alfred Elkins
- Key To The Highway
Jazz Gillum, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis
- Go Back To The Country
Big Maceo, Maceo Merriwether, Tampa Red
- Winter Time Blues

St. Louis Jimmy, Roosevelt Sykes
- Going Down Slow
Washboard Sam, Black Bob, Big Bill Broonzy
- Come On In
Washboard Sam, Blind John Davis, Big Bill Broonzy
- Yes! I Got Your Woman
- Just Got To Hold You


compiled by Samuel Charters

notes by Samuel Charters
notes (pdf) at smithsonianfolkways.org
RBF RF 16

RBF discography

37a1968Saint Louis Jimmy / Lucille & Otis Spann

Saint Louis Jimmy With Jimmy Odens Blues Soul Stirrers
- Going Down Slow *

Lucille & Otis Spann
- Night Time Is The Right Time #


* rec. Chicago; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; b; dr

# rec. c.1968 in Chicago. Ill.; Otis Spann, voc, el-p; Lucille Spann, voc; Muddy Waters, Luther Allison, g; Lawrence "Little Sonny" Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr


Ebony 1000
(prob. not issued)

381968Low Down Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie

Sylvester Palmer
- Mean Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues
Will Ezell
- Old Mill Blues
- Barrel House Woman
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Strut That Thing
- Monkey Man Blues
- You've Done Tore Your Playhouse Down
- Streamline Train

Lee Brown
- Carpenter Man Blues
- Little Girl, Little Girl
Walter Davis
- You Don't Know Right From Wrong
- Smoky Mountain
Roosevelt Sykes
- New Mistake In Life
- We Will Never Make The Grade

St. Louis Jimmy
- Soon Forget You
- Can't Stand Your Evil Ways

plain white sleeve


Confidential CLP 001 (Fr 1968)

391968?Story Of The Blues - Rhythm and Blues Party

Dink Johnson
- Jackson's Blues
Jimmy Westbrook & His Orchestra
- Ice Cream Boogie [Comet ]
Dink Johnson
- State Street Boogie
Jimmy Westbrook & His Orchestra
- Back Porch Blues [Comet ]

St. Louis Jimmy
- Biscuit Roller [Miracle 134]
- I'm Sorry Now [Miracle 134]
Roosevelt Sykes
- This Tavern Boogie [B & W 100]
- I'm Wear The Plants [B & W 100]
Clarence Lewis
- Your Heart Must [Be?] Made Of Stone
- Loste Everything
The Great Gates
- Ain't Got No Money
- Central Rock
Little Caesar
- Can't Stand It All Alone
- Big Eyes
Rufus Thomas
- Save That Money [Sun 188]
Jimmy Cotton
- Hold Me In Your Arms [Sun 206]



Negro Art M-12-SB-356 (Fr)

Negro Art Records discography

401968?Story Of The Blues - Chicago Blues -2

Otis Rush
- Keep On Loving Me
- Three Times A Fool
- Double Trouble
- She's A Good 'Un

St. Louis Jimmy
- Going Down Slow
- Murder In The First Degree
- Chicago Woman Blues
- Mother's Day

Harold Burrage
- Feel So Fine
- You're Gonna Cry
J.B. Lenore
- Louise
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter
- Man Watch Your Woman
- Play A Little While
Homesick James Williamson
- The Woman I Love



Negro Art M-12-SB-361 (Fr)

Negro Art Records discography

411969St. Louis Jimmy / Sunnyland Slim / Little Brother Montgomery: After Hour Blues 1949

St. Louis Jimmy
- Hard Work Boogie
- Your Evil Ways
- I Sit Up All Night
- State Street Blues (instr)
Sunnyland Slim
- When I Was Young (Shake It Baby, tk 1)
- When I Was Young (Shake It Baby, tk 2)

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues #
- A & B Blues #
- After Hour Blues #
- Little Brother Stomp #
- No Special Rider *
- Vicksburg Blues *


St. Louis Jimnmy tracks rec. April 19, 1949 in Chicago, IL
# rec. April 19, 1949 in Chicago, IL
* rec. c. September 1930 in Grafton, WI (Paramount 13006)

notes by Chris Albertson

Biograph BLP 12010 (US 1969)


= Blue Moon BMLP 1.067 (UK 1989)

Biograph Records discography
Little Brother Montgomery discography

421970Rhythm And Blues

John Lee Hooker - When My Wife Quit Me
Brownie McGhee - Livin' With The Blues

Memphis Minnie - Kidman Blues

St Louis Jimmy - Trying To Change My Ways

photography by J.P. Leloir

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Visadisc VI 231 (Fr 1970)

42a1972Blues Piano Orgy

Speckled Red
- Blues Hurt My Tongue To Talk (4:12) //   @ youtube
Curtis Jones
- Tin Pan Alley Blues (3:06) §   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim
- My Baby's Coming With A Marriage License (3:13) ##   @ youtube
- Every Time I Get To Drinkin' (3:09) ##
Little Brother Montgomery
- Stendahl Stomp (2:49) ||   @ youtube
- Tremblin' Blues (3:05) ||

Little Brother Montgomery
- No Special Rider (2:38) ||
- Bass Key Boogie (2:57) ||   @ youtube
Roosevelt Sykes
- Dresser Drawers (2:43) ##
- Concentration Blues (2:56) ##   @ youtube
- Kickin' Motor Scooter (2:51) #   @ youtube
Otis Spann
- Three-In-One Blues (2:25) []   @ youtube

Delmark CD DE-626 bonus tracks:
Roosevelt Sykes
- (New Year's) Resolution Blues (2:28) ### [Delmark DD 773]   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim
- Poor Boy (4:04) **
- Depression Blues (3:03) ##
Memphis Slim
- Five O'Clock Blues (2:51)
- Nat Dee Special (2:47)
Curtis Jones
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues § (5:10) [Delmark DL 605]   @ youtube
- Takin' Off (2:55) §§   @ youtube


// rec. 1956/57 in St. Louis, MO; Speckled Red, voc, p
# rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p resp. Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; ## Homesick James, g/b

### rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p
|| all 4 of Little Brother Montgomery's 1947 sides originally meant to be issued on Disc Records
§ rec. January 12, 1962 / §§ January 27, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p
[] rec. December 30, 1969 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, p; Fred Below, dr

front cover photo by Ray Flerlage

notes by Bob Koester     "Delmark Records, 4243 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618"
 
Delmark 626 (US 1972)


= Trio PA-3046 (Jp 1974)


= Trio PA-6211 (Jp 1978)

notes by Bob Koester     "Delmark Records, 4121 North Rockwell, Chicago, Illinois 60618"

(=) Delmark CD DE-626 (US 1996)

Delmark Records discography
Trio Records discography
Speckled Red discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Little Brother Montgomery discography
Curtis Jones discography
Otis Spann discography
Homesick James discography

431972Otis Spann: Walking The Blues
Featuring: St. Louis Jimmy and Robert Lockwood, Jr.

- It Must Have Been The Devil #
- Otis' Blues (Spann piano solo)

- Going Down Slow *
- Half Ain't Been Told #
- Monkey Face Woman *
- This Is The Blues (Spann piano solo)

- Evil Ways #
- Come Day, Go Day (tk 2) *
- Walking The Blues (Spann piano solo)
- Bad Condition *
- My Home Is On The Delta #

rec. August 23, 1960 at Fine Recording Studios in New York, NY; Otis Spann, p, # voc; * St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Robert Lockwood, g; prod. by Nat Hentoff

photograph on Candid 9025/Candid CCD 79025 by Sylvia Pitcher


Barnaby KZ 31290 (US 1972)   [originally
intended as Candid 8/9025]


= Candid 9025 (US 1987)

notes by Tony Russell

= Candid CCD 79025 (US 1989)

quite a few more re-releases
at discogs.com

441973?Early Male Blues Singers - Volume 26

Blind Blake, Alex Robinson
- Doin' A Stretch
- Poker Woman Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Got The Blues
- Long Lonesome Blues
Georgia Tom Dorsey, Bob Robinson, Tampa Red
- Selling That Stuff
- Beedle Um Bum

Charlie McFadden, Dobby Bragg
- People People Blues
- Groceries On The Shelf
Dobby Bragg
- Fire Detective Blues
- Single Tree Blues
Skip James
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
- No Special Rider Blues


Blind Blake
- Blake's Worried Blues
- Tampa Bound
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Chinch Bug Blues
- Deceitful Brownskin Women
Georgia Tom Dorsey
- Second-Hand Woman Blues
- Maybe It's The Blues


St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Roosevelt Sykes, Curtis Mosby
- I Have Made Up My Mind
- Sitting Down Thinking Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
- Mr. Sykes Blues
- Highway 61 Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Big Bill Blues

DLP

Monkey MY 40.026 (Fr 1973?)

44a197525 Géants du Blues
A World of Jazz

LP 1:
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise Louise Blues
Curtis Jones - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I Love You Baby
Blind John Davis - How Long Blues
Lonnie Johnson - Big Leg Woman
Louisiana Red - Keep Your Hands Off My Woman

Lightnin' Hopkins - Catfish Blues
Champion Jack Dupree - The Death Of Louis (Armstrong)
Jimmy Dawkins - The Way She Walks
Hubert Sumlin - Funky Roots
Eddie Kirkland - Have Mercy On Me
The Aces - Dust My Broom



LP 2:
Memphis Slim - Sassy Mae
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Skies Are Crying

St. Louis Jimmy - Some Sweet Day
Eddie Boyd - I Cried
Roosevelt Sykes - Jail Bait
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Deceitful Brownskin Blues

John Lee Hooker - Wednesday Evening Blues
Jimmy Reed - Hard Walking Hanna
Doug Quattlebaum - Trouble In Mind
Big Joe Williams - Pallet On The Floor [Bluesville 1056]
Billy Boy Arnold - I'm Gonna Move
Sunnyland Slim - Brownskin Woman


gatefold DLP

Vogue DP 37 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)

gatefold DLP

= Vogue 400037 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)

451980Otis Spann: Otis Rides Again

- Strange Woman # [previously unissued]
- When Things Go Wrong *# [previously unissued]
- Baby Child # [previously unissued]
- Talkin' The Blues (tk 1) *#§ [previously unissued]

- Woman Leave Me Alone (= Beat-Up Team)
- Instrumental Boogie (= Spann And Bob)
- Otis Rides Again (= Great Northern Stomp)
- Don't Give Up The Ship (= Walking The Blues)
- One More Encore (= Otis In The Dark)
- 3 Minute Number Boogie (= Otis' Blues)


# rec. August 23, 1960 at Fine Recording Studios in New York, NY; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Otis Spann, p, * voc; Robert Lockwood, g, § voc; prod. by Nat Hentoff


Picc-A-Dilly PIC 3488 (US 1980)

461980Rare Blues

Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- I Ain't Got Nobody
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down

Little Brother Montgomery
- The Pleadin' Blues

Sunnyland Slim
- Lend Me Your Love #   @ youtube
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Two Trains Running
Big Joe Williams
- Whistling Pines
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- O Lord I Want You To Help Me


# rec. July 9, 1963 at Nina's Lounge, Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; James Oden, hca
front cover photograph by Norman Dayron

notes by Norman Dayron

Takoma TAK 7081 (US 1980)

notes by Norman Dayron

= Sonet SNTF 853 (UK 198?)
= Sonet RISLP-14115


Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2 "Takoma Blues"

Takoma Records discography

471981Vintage Blues

Big Maceo
- Kid Man Blues
Dr. Clayton
- Cheating And Lying Blues
Arthur Crudup
- Who's Been Fooling You
- The War Is Over
Jazz Gillum
- Whiskey Headed Buddies
Lonnie Johnson
- Some Day Baby
- My Love Is Down
Piano Red
- Sober

St. Louis Jimmy
- My Story Blues [previously unissued]
Arbee Stidham
- My Heart Belongs To You

Sunnyland Slim
- Farewell Little Girl
- Broke & Hungry
Roosevelt Sykes
- Bobby Sox Blues [RCA Victor 20-2201]
- Her Little Machine [previously unissued]
Tampa Red
- Give Me Mine Now
- Better Leave My Gal Alone
Big Joe Williams
- Drop Down Blues
- Wanita [actually plays "Somebody's Been Borrowing"]
Sonny Boy Williamson
- We Got To Win [previously unissued]
- Sonny Boy's Jump


click to read notes!
RCA INTS 5099
= RCA NL 43607

4812/1981St Louis Jimmy: Dog House Blues

- Goin' Down Slow
- Monkey Face Blues
- Poor Boy Blues
- Back On My Feet Again
- Nothing But Blues
- Soon Forget You
- Strange Woman Blues
- One More Break

- Bad Condition
- Dog House Blues
- Biscuit Roller
- I'm Sorry Now
- Shame On Your Baby
- I'll Never Be Satisfied
- Drinkin' Woman
- Why Work

sleeve design by Andries van den Berg & Eric Albers

notes by St. Louis Jimmy
and Roosevelt Sykes

AGB 1701 (NL 12/1981)

491982Big City Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- Burned Down Mill
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning, School Girl
Rosetta Howard
- Let Your Linen Hang Low
Curtis Jones
- Gold Digger Blues
Doctor Clayton
- On The Killin' Floor
Jazz Gillum
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Peg Leg Howell
- Sadie Lee Blues
Texas Alexander
- Sabine River Blues

Martha Copeland
- Stole My Man Blues
Cousin Joe
- Bad Luck Blues
Walter Davis
- I Did Everything I Could
Lonnie Johnson
- Mr. Johnson Swing
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Chicago Mill Blues

St. Louis Jimmy
- Going Down Slow
Jim Jackson
- My Monday Woman Blues
Leroy Carr
- Six Cold Feet In The Ground



Albatros VPA 8473

= Albatros: VC 5021 (cassette)

Albatros Records discography

501983Nashville Jumps - R&B from Bullet 1946-1953

Cecil Gant - Nashville Jumps
Cecil Gant - Loose As A Goose
Wynonie Harris - Lightning Struck The Poorhouse
Wynonie Harris - Dig This Boogie
Cecil Gant - Anna Mae
Rudy Greene - No Good Woman Blues

St. Louis Jimmy - Going Down Slow
Rudy Greene - Buzzard Pie

B.B. King - I Got The Blues
B.B. King - Miss Martha King
B.B. King - Take A Swing With Me
B.B. King - When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes
Red Miller Trio - Nobility Boogie
Roosevelt Sykes - Candy Man Blues
Little Eddie - My Baby Left Me
Guitar Slim - Certainly All


notes by Bruce Bastin,
Martin Hawkins & Hank
Davis

Krazy Kat KK 783

511984Otis Spann: Take Me Back Home

- I'd Rather Be The Devil (2:48)
- Nobody Knows (4:12)
- Pretty Girls Everywhere (2:55)
- Mojo Rock & Roll (2:17)
- Country Boy (3:29)
- Stirs Me Up (2:29)

- Woman Leave Me Alone (6:32)
- Baby Child (4:02)

- Strange Woman (3:50) # [Picc-A-Dilly 3488]
- Instrumental Boogie (3:09)
- When Things Go Wrong (4:54)

- Talkin' The Blues (tk 1) (5:16) *# [Picc-A-Dilly 3488]

# rec. August 23, 1960 at Fine Recording Studios in New York, NY; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Otis Spann, p, * voc; Robert Lockwood, g, * voc
prod. by Mike Vernon (tracks A1 to A6), Nat Hentoff (tracks B1 to B6)
front cover photo by Val Wilmer, back cover photography by Georges Adins, Robert Lockwood Jr. photo by Yannick Bruynoghe


Black Magic BM 9004 (NL 1984)

521988?Roosevelt Sykes: West Helena Blues
The Postwar Years - Volume 2   1945-57

- I Know How You Feel
- Mailbox Blues
- This Tavern Boogie
- Tender Hearted Woman (I'll Wear The Pants)
- Her Little Machine
- West Helena Blues
- Come Back Baby
- Hard Luck Boogie


- Good Book Blues (St. Louis Jimmy, voc)
- I'm Tired
- Date Bait
- Wonderin' Blues
- Blood Stains
- Homesick Blues
- She's Jail Bait
- Sputnik


compiled and edited by Daniel Gugolz
front cover painting by Ernst Trauner; Roosevelt Sykes photos by Hans Maitner

notes by Daniel Gugolz

Wolf WBJ 005 (Austria 1988?)

531989St. Louis Jimmy Oden   (1932-1948)

Jimmie Oden
- Patrol Wagon Blues
- Warning Spirit Blues
- My Dream Blues
Old Man Oden
- Six Feet In The Ground
- Pipe Layin' Blues
- Some Sweet Day
- Silk Worm Blues
- The Road To Ruin

Old Man Oden
- Thick And Thin
St. Louis Jimmy
- Come Day Go Day
- Lost Ball Blues
- St Louis Woman Blues
- Cant Stand Your Evil Ways
- My Story Blues
- Florida Hurricane
- So Nice And Kind

front cover photo by Paul Oliver


RST Blues Documents BD-2058 (Austria 1989)


= Story Of Blues CD 3508-2 (Germany 1989)

541989Cool Playing Blues - Chicago Style
Classic records from the Parrot label

Jody Williams
- Groan My Blues Away
- I Feel So All Alone
- Easy Lovin'
- Looking For My Baby
L.C. McKinley
- Rosalie Blues [Parrot unissued]
- All Alone Blues [Parrot unissued]
Curtis Jones
- Wrong Blues [Parrot 782]
- Cool Playin Blues [Parrot 782]


St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Murder In The First Degree
- Goin' Down Slow
Jo Jo Adams
- Call My Baby
- Rebecca
Nature Boy Brown
- I'm Wise
- Lookout
- Blue Blues Boogie


notes by Dick Shurman

Relic LP 8025 (US 1989)

notes by Dick Shurman

= Relic CD 7016 (US 1992)


= Essential Media Group CD-R (2013)

551992The Complete Candid Otis Spann, Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions

LP 1:CD 1:
Otis Spann
- Beat-Up Team (first version) [previously unissued]
- Great Northern Stomp (instr) [Candid CJM 8001 / CJS 9001]
- Cow Cow Blues (instr) [previously unissued]
- Walkin' The Blues (instr) [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]

- Otis In The Dark (instr) [Candid CJM 8001 / CJS 9001]
- This Is The Blues (instr) [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]
- Worried Life Blues [Candid CJM 8001 / CJS 9001]
- Country Boy [Candid CJM 8001 / CJS 9001]
- Beat-Up Team [Candid CJM 8001 / CJS 9001]


LP 2:
- The Hard Way [Candid CJM 8001 / CJS 9001]
- My Home Is On The Delta [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]
- It Must Have Been The Devil [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]
- Take A Little Walk With Me (Robert Lockwood Jr., voc) [Candid CJM 8001 / CJS 9001]
- Ramblin' On My Mind #2 (Robert Lockwood Jr., voc) [Candid CJM 8001 / CJS 9001]
- Little Boy Blue (Robert Lockwood Jr., voc) [Candid CJM 8001 / CJS 9001]

- My Daily Wish (Robert Lockwood Jr., voc) [Candid CJM 8001 / CJS 9001]
- Spann And Bob (= Instrumental Boogie) [Picc-A-Dilly 3488]
CD 2:
- Monkey Face Blues # [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]
- One Doggone Reason # [previously unissued]
- Strange Woman Blues # [Picc-A-Dilly 3488]


LP 3:
- It Hurts Me Too # [Picc-A-Dilly 3488]
- Baby Child (tk 3) # [Picc-A-Dilly 3488]
- Baby Child (tk 5) # [previously unissued]
- Talkin' The Blues (tk 1) # [Black Magic BM 9004]

- Talkin' The Blues (tk 3) # [previously unissued]
- Can't Stand Your Evil Ways (tk 2) [previously unissued]
- Otis' Blues [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]
- Half Ain't Been Told [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]
- (Can't Stand Your) Evil Ways (tk 4) [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]



LP 4:
- Goin' Down Slow # [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]
- The Girl I Love [previously unissued]
- Bad Condition # [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]
- Come Day, Go Day (tk 2) # [(Candid 9025), Barnaby KZ 31290]
- Come Day, Go Day (tk 3) # [previously unissued]

Lightnin' HopkinsCD 3:
- Rainy Highway
- When My First Wife Quit Me
- Walk On
- Lightnin's Guitar Boogie
- I've Had My Fun If I Don't Get Well No More
- Mister Charlie


LP 5:
- Mighty Crazy
- Wonder Why
- Black Cat

- The Trouble Blues
- Your Own Fault, Baby, To Treat Me The Way You Do
- Lightnin's Piano Boogie
- Take It Easy
- Come Go Home With Me


# rec. August 23, 1960 at Fine Recording Studios in New York, NY; Otis Spann, p, voc; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Robert Lockwood, g, voc; prod. by Nat Hentoff

notes (16-pp. booklet) by Mark A. Humphrey and Michael Cuscuna

Mosaic MR5-139 (5xLP) (US 1992)


Mosaic MD3-139 (3xCD) (US 1992)

561992Chess Blues

disc 1:
- Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim

- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101]
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy
- Big Town Playboy - Johnny Jones
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- Luedella - Jimmy Rogers
- Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
- Dr. Ross' Boogie - Doctor Ross
- Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines
- Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- All Night Long - Muddy Waters Alternate Take
- Mr. Commissioner - Arbee Stidham Alternate Take
- Getting Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf


disc 2:
- Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker Alternate Take
- Juke - Little Walter
- Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
- Broken Heart - Memphis Minnie Alternate Take
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
- Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller
- Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd
- Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter
- Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins
- Fast Boogie - Little Walter
- I'm Mad - Willie Mabon
- Ice Cream Man - John Brim
- Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James
- Got To Have It - Willie Mabon
- I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
- Remember - Alberta Adams
- [Untitled Instrumental] - Henry Gray
- Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- Forty-Four - Howlin' Wolf
- Got To Find My Baby - Little Walter Alternate Take
- Evil - Howlin' Wolf
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir


disc 3:
- Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
- My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby - Little Walter
- You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold
- Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Twenty-Nine Ways To My Baby's Door - Willie Dixon
- Right To Love You - Paul Gayton
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann
- Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf
- Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon
- Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers
- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
- She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir
- Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Key To The Highway - Little Walter
- Double Trouble - Muddy Waters Alternate Take
- Come On Home - Eddie Boyd
- Goat - Sonny Boy Williamson II Band Track
- So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush


disc 4:
- First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy
- Too Poor - Detroit Junior
- Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
- The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn
- Sun Is Shining - Elmore James (alt tk)
- Calling On My Darling - Albert King
- The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
- Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
- Satisfied - Little Milton
- Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
- Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio
- Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Good Moanin' Blues - Big Walter Horton
- Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
- What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor
- We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
- Jinglin' Baby - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters
- Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy
- Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor
- I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James


compiled by Mary Katherine Aldin & Andy McKaie; prod. by Andy McKaie

4 CD box set
64-pp. booklet notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

MCA CHD4-9340 (US 1992)

571992Roots 'n Blues
The Retrospective 1925 - 1950

disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie - Bell Street Lightnin'
Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues
Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues
Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues


disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe

Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues [OKeh unissued]
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special [previously unissued]
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
(Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me

compiled by Lawrence Cohn

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15

581992Sunnyland Slim: House Rent Party
with Jimmy Rogers, Willie Mabon, St. Louis Jimmy

- I'm Just A Lonesome Man (2:33) (Sunnyland Slim)
- Sad Old Sunday (Mother's Day) (2:00) (St. Louis Jimmy)
- Boogie Man (= Bogey Man) (3:10) [Apollo 450] (Willie Mabon)
- Hard Time (When Mother's Gone) (2:37) (Sunnyland Slim)

- Chicago Woman (2:52) (St. Louis Jimmy)
- I'm In Love (2:31) (Jimmy Rogers)
- Bad Times (Cost Of Living) (2:51) (Sunnyland Slim)

- Nervous Breakdown (2:41) (St. Louis Jimmy)
- It Keeps Raining (2:47) [Apollo 450] (Willie Mabon)
- Brown Skin Woman (Sunnyland Slim)

- Old Age Has Got Me (2:43) (St. Louis Jimmy)
- That's All Right (2:24) (Jimmy Rogers)
- Sad Old Sunday (alt) (3:28) (St. Louis Jimmy)
- I'm Just A Lonesome Man (alt) (2:47) (Sunnyland Slim)
- Bad Times (alt) (Sunnyland Slim) (2:48)


notes by John Brisbin

Delmark DD-655 (US 1992) (Apollo series)


= Delmark DC-655 cassette (US 1992) (Apollo series)


= P-Vine PCD-1856 (Jp 5/1992)

Delmark Records discography
Jimmy Rogers discography
Willie Mabon discography

591994St. Louis Jimmy Oden: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 (1932 to 1944)

Jimmie Oden
- I Have Made Up My Mind
- Sitting Down Thinking Blues
- Patrol Wagon Blues
- Warning Spirit Blues
- My Dream Blues
Old Man Oden
- Six Feet In The Ground
- Pipe Layin' Blues
- Some Sweet Day
- Silk Worm Blues
- The Road To Ruin
- Thick And Thin
St. Louis Jimmy
- Monkey Face Blues
- Come Day, Go Day
- Lost Ball Blues
- Going Down Slow
- Old Vets Blues
- St. Louis Woman Blues
- Poor Boy Blues
- Back On My Feet Again
- Nothing But Blues
- Soon Forget You
- Can't Stand Your Evil Ways
- Strange Woman Blues
- One More Break
- My Story Blues


Document DOCD-5234 (Austria 1994)

601994St. Louis Jimmy Oden: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (1932 to 1944)

St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Bad Condition
- Dog House Blues
Jump Jackson And His Band
- Yancey's Blues
St. Louis Jimmy
- Going Down Slow
- My Trouble
- Sittin' And Thinkin'
- Now I'm Through
- Mr. Brown Boogie
- Biscuit Roller
- I'm Sorry Now
St. Louis Jimmy with Muddy Waters & His Blues Combo
- Florida Hurricane
- So Nice And Kind
St. Louis Jimmy with Sunnyland Slim's Orchestra
- Shame On You, Baby
- I'll Never Be Satisfied
St. Louis Jimmy
- Jack L. Cooper
- Hard Work Boogie (Hard Luck Boogie)
- Your Evil Ways
- I Sit Up All Night
- State Street Blues
- Tryin' To Change My Ways (Good Book Blues)
- Drinkin' Woman
- Why Work?
St. Louis Jimmy with Red Saunders Band
- Goin' Down Slow
- Murder In The First Degree


Document DOCD-5235 (Austria 1994)

60a1996Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Story   1945-1955

disc 1:
Four Jumps Of Jive It's Just The Blues
Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings, Sippie Wallace Bedroom Blues
Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings, Sippie Wallace Buzz Me
T-Bone Walker, Marl Young And His Orchestra My Baby Left Me
T-Bone Walker, Marl Young And His Orchestra Come Back To Me Baby Blues
T-Bone Walker, Marl Young And His Orchestra She Is Going To Ruin Me
Dinah Washington, Gus Chappell's Orchestra Joy Juice
Julia Lee, Tommy Douglas' Orchestra If It's Good
Julia Lee, Tommy Douglas' Orchestra Show Me Missouri Blues
Julia Lee Dream Lucky Blues
Albert Ammons And His Piano & Rhythm Kings, Mildred Anderson Doin' The Boogie Woogie
Albert Ammons And His Piano & Rhythm Kings Suitcase Blues
Myra Taylor Tell Your Best Friend Nothing
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson And His Orchestra Railroad Porter's Blues
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson And His Orchestra Gonna Send You Where I Got You From
Gene Ammons Sextet, Earl Coleman Hold That Money
Myra Taylor I'm In My Sins This Morning
Myra Taylor Booted
Dinah Washington Long John Blues
Big Bill Broonzy And His Fat Four (I'm A) Wonderin' Man
Big Bill Broonzy And His Fat Four I Love My Whiskey
Big Bill Broonzy, Big Bill Broonzy And His Fat Four You've Been Mistreating Me
Big Bill Broonzy, Big Bill Broonzy And His Fat Four I Stay Blue All The Time
Big Bill Broonzy, Big Bill Broonzy And His Fat Four Water Coast Blues

St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Sunnyland Slim And His Orchestra Shame On You Baby
St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Sunnyland Slim And His Orchestra I'm Not Satisfied

disc 2:
- Mud Kickin' Woman - Sunnyland Slim & His Sunny Boys
- Evertime I Get to Drinkin' - Sunnyland Slim & His Sunny Boys
- Train Is Comin' - Memphis Slim
- The Question - Memphis Slim
- I'm a Good Rockin' Daddy - Ray Snead
- Drivin' Me Mad - Memphis Slim
- Never Let Me Love - Memphis Slim
- Train Time - Memphis Slim
- Blue Evening - Memphis Slim
- Get Back (Black, Brown and White) - Big Bill Broonzy
- Willie Mae Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- I Know She Will - Big Bill Broonzy
- Leavin' Day - Big Bill Broonzy
- Southbound Train - Big Bill Broonzy
- Tomorrow - Big Bill Broonzy
- You Changed - Big Bill Broonzy
- I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole - Robert Lockwood Jr. [Mercury 8260]
- Dust My Broom - Robert Lockwood Jr. [Mercury 8260]
- Glory For Man - Robert Lockwood Jr. [Mercury unissued]
- My Daily Wish - Robert Lockwood Jr. [Mercury unissued]
- No Mail Blues - Memphis Slim
- You're Gonna Need My Help Someday - Memphis Slim
- Ain't Nothing But a Child - Sunnyland Slim & His Trio
- Brown Skinned Woman - Sunnyland Slim & His Trio
- Hit the Road Again - Sunnyland Slim & His Trio
- Gin Drinkin' Baby - Sunnyland Slim & His Trio
- Leap Year Blues - Sax Mallard & His Orchestra


8 CD set
notes by Dick Shurman, Mary Katherine Aldin, Jim O'Neal & Billy Vera

Mercury CD 8-528292

611997Too Late, Too Late Volume 9
More Newly Discovered Titles, Alternate Takes & Supplements, 1922-1945

Marion Harrison Baby, Can't You Understand?
Marion Harrison - So Blue
Inez Wallace - Come Back, Dear
Anna Jones - You Can't Do What My Last Man Did (tk 1)
Anna Oliver - What's The Use Of Lovin'? (tk 1)
J. Churchill - Sleep, Baby, Sleep (tk 1)
Horace George - The Meal Is Low In The Barrel Blues
George Williams & Bessie Brown - She's My Sheba, I'm Her Sheik (tk 3)
Butterbeans & Susie - Hard Luck Blues
Butterbeans & Susie - Yes, I've Been Cheatin'
Evelyn Preer - The Birth Of The Blues
Evelyn Preer - Sunday (tk 1)
Evelyn Preer - Sunday (tk 6)
Evelyn Preer - Cock-A-Doodle, I'm Off My Noodle
Evelyn Thompson - Looking For The Sunshine, Walking Around In The Rain
Evelyn Thompson - One Sweet Letter From You
George H. Tremer - Spirit Of '49 Rag
Teresa Harris - Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home?
Mel Parker - Leaving Blues
Mel Parker - Don't Treat Me Like A Dog
Walter Davis - Blue Sea Blues (tk 1)
Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charley - In Kentucky
Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charley - Just One More Time

St. Louis Jimmy Oden - New Going Down Slow [Black & White 106]


Document DOCD-5590 (Austria 1997)

621997The Aristocrat Of The Blues
The Best of Aristocrat Records

disc 1:
- Chicago Boogie - The Five Blazes
- Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia
- Fishin' Pole - Tom Archia
- Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- Forest Sykes Plays The Blues - Forest Sykes
- Good Lookin' Woman - Muddy Waters
- Mean Disposition - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- My Baby, My Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters

- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
- Train Fare Home - Muddy Waters
- Kind Hearted Woman - Muddy Waters
- Down South Blues - Muddy Waters
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Muddy Waters
- Locked Out Boogie - Leroy Foster
- Shady Grove Blues - Leroy Foster

disc 2:
- You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider - Muddy Waters
- Standin' Here Tremblin' - Muddy Waters
- Muddy Jumps One - Muddy Waters
- Streamline Woman - Muddy Waters
- Hard Days - Muddy Waters
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101]
- Baby, I'm Sick Of You - Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- She Knows How To Love A Man - Robert Nighthawk
- Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk
- Return Mail Blues - Robert Nighthawk
- Little Geneva - Muddy Waters
- Canary Bird - Muddy Waters
- Burying Ground - Muddy Waters
- You Gonna Need My Help - Muddy Waters
- Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones
- Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones
- Screamin' And Cryin' - Muddy Waters
- Where's My Woman Blues - Muddy Waters
- Last Time I Fool Around With You - Muddy Waters
- Six Three O - Robert Nighthawk
- Prison Bound - Robert Nighthawk
- Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 - Muddy Waters
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2 - Muddy Waters


2 CD set

Chess/MCA 9387

= Chess MVCE-30017 (Jp)

631998The Bluesville Years, Vol. 10
"Country Roads, Country Days"


K.C. Douglas
- Wake Up
- Working Woman
- Broken Heart
Alec Seward
- Evil Woman Blues
- Creepin' Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
- Sweet Little Woman
Scrapper Blackwell And Brooks Berry
- 'Bama Bound
- Blues And Trouble
Jesse Fuller
- Key To The Highway
- Stranger Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- That's All Right
- Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow)
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Is My Baby's Home
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country
Shakey Jake
- Gimme A Smile
- Jake's Cha Cha
Arbee Stidham
- I'm Tired Of Wandering
- You Can't Live In This World By Yourself

St. Louis Jimmy
- Goin' Down Slow


Prestige PRCD-9918-2 (US 1998)

Bluesville Records discography

641999The Bluesville Years, Vol. 11
"Blues is A Heart's Sorrow"


Roosevelt Sykes
- I Hate To Be Alone
- Selfish Woman
Sunnyland Slim
- Everytime I Get To Drinking
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'll Go On Living
- Sail On
- Little Girl
- How Long Blues
Lightnin Hopkins with Sonny Terry
- Last Night Blues
Henry Townsend
- The Train Is Coming
Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim
- Nervous
Lonnie Johnson
- You Have No Love In Your Heart
- Evil Woman
- Four Walls and Me
Mildred Anderson
- I'm Getting Long Alright
Little Brother Montgomery
- Cry Cry Baby
Curtis Jones
- Fool Blues
- Good Woman Blues
Pete Franklin
- My Old Lonesome Blues

St. Louis Jimmy
- Dog House Blues
- Some Sweet Day


Prestige PRCD-9921-2

651999St. Louis Jimmy: Goin' Down Slow

- Sitting Down Thinking Blues
- Patrol Wagon Blues
- My Dream Blues
- Some Sweet Day
- Road To Ruin
- Monkey Face Blues
- Going Down Slow
- Back On My Feet Again
- Soon Forget You
- Can't Stand Your Evil Ways
- Strange Woman Blues
- Bad Condition
- Dog House Blues
- Yancey's Blues
- My Trouble
- Now I'm Through
- Biscuit Roller
- I'm Sorry Now
- Florida Hurricane
- So Nice And Kind
- Shame On You Baby
- I'll Never Be Satisfied
- Hard Work Boogie (Hard Luck Boogie)
- I Sit Up All Night


P-Vine PCD-5775 (Jp 1999)

662000I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Two

CD One:
Paul Butterfield
- Help Me
- Going Back Home
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Poor Boy
- Last Night
- Got My Mojo Working
Washboard Sam
- Mountain Blues
- All By Myself
- Booker T Blues
- I'm A Lonely Man
- I'm Been Treated Wrong
John Lee Granderson
- Death Valley Blues
- Easy Street
- Bumble Bee Blues
- That's All Right
- Minglewood Blues
Avery Brady (& John Lee Granderson)
- Bad Weather
- City Of New Orleans
- Gangster Blues
- I Have A Woman Who Lives Down By The Sea



CD Two:
Little Brother Montgomery (& Mike Bloomfield)
- West Texas Blues
- Up The Country Blues
- Cow Cow Blues
- Mama, You Don't Mean Me No Good
- Suitcase Blues
Arvella Gray
- John Henry
- Corrine, Corrina
- Have Mercy, Mister Percy
- Captains A Hollering

St. Louis Jimmy *
- Can't Stand Your Evil Ways   @ Spotify
- Complete This Order   @ Spotify
- Poor Boy Blues   @ Spotify
- The Girl I Love   @ Spotify
Interviews (& Olle Helander)
John Lee Granderson (2:43)
Avery Brady (3:30)
Little Brother Montgomery (2:21)
Arvella Gray (5:25) *


* rec. May 19, 1964 in Chicago, IL by Olle Helander for the Swedish Radio Corporation; St. Louis Jimmy, voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; Mike Bloomfield, g; Washboard Sam, washb

2 CD set
notes by Scott Barretta, Hans Westman, Rolf Wikström & Per "Slim" Notini

Jefferson Records SBACD 12655/6 (Sweden 2000)

672000Chicago Blues (1933-1953)

disc 1:
- Friendless Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Mississippi River Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Keep On Knocking - Lil Johnson
- When The Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr
- Hustlin' Woman Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Well Well - Joe McCoy
- I Love All My Women - Washboard Sam
- Prowlin' Night Hawk - Robert Lee McCoy
- Bluebird Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- My Gal Is Gone - Tampa Red
- My Old Lizzie - Jazz Gillum
- Back Door - Washboard Sam
- Bad Luck Blues 1939 - Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Been Dealing With The Devil - Sonny Boy Williamson
- 38 Pistol Blues - Yank Rachell
- Break Em' On Down - Big Joe Williams
- Why Don't You Do Right? - Lil Green
- Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo
- Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby - Robert Lockwood


disc 2:
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
- Cheating And Lying Blues - Dr Clayton

- Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy
- He's A Jelly-Roll Baker - Lonnie Johnson
- Mean Ol' Frisco Blues - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo
- Somebody's Been Worryin' - Big Joe Williams
- High Price Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Elevator Woman - Sonny Boy Williamson
- That's All Right - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
- Better Cut That Out - Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Had To Let Her Go - Eddie Boyd
- When Things Go Wrong With You: (It Hurts Me Too) - Tampa Red
- Down Behind The Rise - Pete Franklin [RCA Victor 22-0012]
- Take One More Chance With Me - Jazz Gillum
- Tears Come Rolling Down - Walter Davis
- So Crazy About You Baby - Tampa Red
- Big Stars Falling Blues - Tampa Red
- Signifying Woman - Jazz Gillum


2 CD set

Sony/BMG (UK 2000)

67a2001The Parrot Records Blues Story

- Bad Luck Blues - Albert King
- Mama Talk to Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir
- West Coast Blues - Ernest Lewis
- Tough Times - John Brim
- That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
- Cool Playing Blues - Curtis Jones
- Easy Lovin' - Little Papa Joe
- Fine Girls - J.B. Lenoir
- Looking for My Baby - Little Papa Joe

- Murder in the First Degree - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Blue Blues Boogie - Nature Boy Brown
- Yes, She's Gone - Dusty Brown
- Santa Fe - Baby Boy Warren
- Devil Is a Busy Man - Sunnyland Slim
- Crosstown Blues - Snooky Pryor
- No More Lovin' - Ernest Lewis
- Falling Rain Blues - Little Willie Foster
- Gary Stomp - John Brim
- Wrong Blues - Curtis Jones
- Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- Mattie Mae - Baby Boy Warren
- Four Day Jump - Little Willie Foster
- Going Back to Memphis - Sunnyland Slim
- Watch Yourself - Henry Gray
- Be on Your Merry Way - Albert King


notes by Victor Pearlin

Preserved CD 8575 (US 2001)

682003J.B. Lenoir, Sunnyland Slim & Friends: Live In '63
18 Classic Tracks

- Harlem Can't Be Heaven (Sunnyland Slim)
- I Want To Know (Lenoir)
- It's You Baby (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir / John Lee Granderson)
- Brown Skin Woman (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir)

- Lend Me Your Love (Sunnyland Slim / St. Louis Jimmy Oden)
- J.B.'s Harp-Rack Blues (Lenoir)
- Piney Brown Blues (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir)
- For You, My Love (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir)
- My Dear Old Mother (Oden)
- I Had My Trouble (Lenoir)
- J.L.'s Blues (Granderson, John Lee / Mike Bloomfield)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright ( Granderson, John Lee / Mike Bloomfield)
- That's All Right (Granderson, John Lee / Mike Bloomfield)
- Louise (Lenoir / Sunnyland Slim)
- Mojo Boogie (Lenoir / Sunnyland Slim)
- The Devil Is A Busy Man (Sunnyland Slim / Lenoir)
- Worried Life Blues (Sunnyland Slim)
- Sunnyland Blues (Sunnyland Slim)


rec. July 9, 1963 at Nina's Lounge in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g, hca; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; John Lee Granderson, voc, g; Mike Bloomfield, acoustic g; St. Louis Jimmy Oden, hca


Fuel 2000 CD 061300

692003Down On The Levee - The Piano Blues of St. Louis, Vol. 2
Classic Recordings of the 1920s and 30s

Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
- Deep Morgan Blues
Pinetop & Lindberg
- Louisiana Bound
Henry Brown
- Eastern Chimes Blues
Mary Johnson
- Those Blackman Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Feel Welcome
Blind Squire Turner
- Pitty Pat
Roosevelt Sykes
- Cotton Seed Blues
Eddie Miller
- Freight Train Blues
Doretha Trowbridge
- Slavin' Mama Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- She Don't Know Who She Wants
Specks Pertum
- Weak Eyed Blues
Wesley Wallace
- Fanny Lee Blues
- No. 29
El-Zee Floyd
- Snowbound And Blue
Pinetop & Lindberg
- Believe I'll Make A Change
Stump Johnson
- Steady Grindin'
Sparks Brothers
- Down On The Levee

St. Louis Jimmy
- That's All I Think
Alice Moore
- Tomorrow Blues
Stump Johnson
- Money Johnson
Sparks Brothers
- Chicago's Too Much For Me
Pinetop
- Tell Her About Me



Yazoo CD 2065 (US 2003)

Yazoo Records discography

702004Roosevelt Sykes: Chicago Boogie
with St. Louis Jimmy

- Drivin' Wheel
- West Helena Blues
- Wonderin' Blues
- Monkey Face Blues #
- Rock It
- Chicago Boogie
- Security Blues
- Soon Forgotten ##
- Green Onion Top
- Mail Box Blues
- 44 Blues
- Complete This Order #
- Blues 'N' Boogie
- Winter Time Blues
- Rock It (alt tk)
- My Resolution #
- Kickin' Motor Scooter

# rec. May 17, 1963 in Chicago, IL; James Oden, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, p; ## Homesick James, g


Delmark DD 773 (US 2004)

712006Sunnyland Slim And His Pals - Classic Sides 1947-1953
Sunnyland Slim, Johnny Shines, Robert Lockwood Jr., Floyd Jones, Leroy Foster, J.B. Lenoir, Jimmy Rogers, St. Louis Jimmy Oden

disc 1:
- Farewell Little Girl
- Broke And Hungry
- Illinois Central
- Nappy Head Woman
- Across The Hall Blues
- Walking With The Blues
- Sweet Lucy Blues
- No Whiskey Blues
- Jivin' Boogie
- Brown Skin Woman
- My Heavy Load
- Keep Your Hands Out Of My Money
- 5 Foot 4 Gal
- I've Done You Wrong
- Roll, Tumble And Slip (I Cried)
- Train Time (4 O'Clock Blues)
- Hard Times
- School Days
- Blue Baby
- I Want My Baby
- Mud Kicking Woman
- Every Time I Get To Drinking
- Bad Times (Cost Of Living)
- Hard Times (When Mother's Gone)
- Brown Skin Woman
- I'm Just A Lonesome Man

disc 2:
- Back To Korea Blues
- It's All Over Now
- The Fat Man - You've Got To Stop This Mess
- The Fat Man - Glad I Don't Worry No More
- Down Home Child
- Sunnyland Special
- Leaving Your Town (No Name Blues)
- Mary Lee
- I Done You Wrong
- Orphan Boy Blues
- When I Was Young (Shake It Baby)
- (Low Down) Sunnyland Train
- Ain't Nothing But A Child
- Brown Skinned Woman
- Hit The Road Again
- Gin Drinkin' Baby
- Shake It Baby
- Woman Trouble (Overnite)
- City Of New Orleans
- When I Was Young
- Bassology
- Worried About My Baby
- Troubles Of My Own
- Worried About My Baby
- I Done You Wrong
- Be My Baby

disc 3:
- Going Back To Memphis
- Devil Is A Busy Man
- Shake It Baby
- Bassology
- Four Day Bounce
- That Woman
- Be Mine Alone
- Sad And Lonesome
Johnny Shines
- Living In The White House
- Please Don't
- Dust My Broom
- Pearly B
- I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
Robert Lockwood Jr.
- Dust My Broom
- Glory For Man
- My Daily Wish
Floyd Jones
- Big World
- Dark Road
- Schooldays On My Mind
- Ain't Times Hard
- Floyd's Blues
- Any Old Lonesome Day
Leroy Foster
- Pet Rabbit
- Louella
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Blues Is Killin' Me

disc 4:
J.B. Lenoir
- I Wanna Play A Little While
- Louise
- Let's Roll
- People Are Meddlin' In Our Affairs
- I Have Married
- The Mountain
- I'll Die Tryin'
- How Much More
- The Mojo
- Slow Down Woman
- I Want My Baby
- How Can I Leave
Jimmy Rogers
- Ludella
- I'm In Love
- That's All Right

St. Louis Jimmy
- Shame On You Baby
- I'm Not Satisfied
- Trying To Change My Ways
- Hard Work Boogie
- Your Evil Ways
- I Sit Up All Night
- State Street Blues
- Mother's Day
- Chicago Woman Blues
- Nervous Breakdown
- Old Age Has Got Me

4 CD set

JSP JSP7783 (UK 2006)

722007Bullet Records Blues

- Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy
- I Ain't Done Nothing Wrong - St. Louis Jimmy
- My Trouble - St. Louis Jimmy
- Sittin' And Thinkin' - St. Louis Jimmy
- Mr. Brown Boogie - St. Louis Jimmy [actually Roosevelt Sykes]
- Candy Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Why Should I Cry - Roosevelt Sykes
- Move Back To The Woods - Walter Davis
- You've Got To Reap What You Sow - Walter Davis
- Wonder What I'm Doing Wrong - Walter Davis
- Got To See Her Every Night - Walter Davis
- So Long Baby - Walter Davis
- I Just Can't Help It - Walter Davis
- Hard Times - Smokey Hogg
- Jivin' Woman - Big Joe Williams
- She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams
- Miss Martha King - B.B. King
- When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes - B.B. King
- Evil Man Blues - Rudy Greene
- No Good Woman Blues - Rudy Greene
- Florida Blues - Rudy Greene
- My Baby Left Me - Little Eddie
- Darling You Know I Love You - Little Eddie
- Why Don't You Let Me Be - J.D. Horton
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton


notes by Fred James

Blue CD SPV 49762 (Germany 2007)

7310/2014The Aristocrat Blues Story

CD 1:
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (Part 1) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby, My Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk
- Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405]
- I Feel Like Crying - Andrew Tibbs
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
- Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels
- Locked Out Boogie - Leroy Foster [Aristocrat 1234]

- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia with George Kirby
- You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
- Toothless Woman Blues - Andrew Tibbs
- Chicago Boogie - Five Blazes & Ernie Harper
- I'm Bound For Canaan Land - Famous Blue Jay Singers Of Birmingham
- Crying The Blues - Laura Rucker
- Mean And Evil Baby - Tom Archia with Sheba Griffin
- Six Three 0 - Robert Nighthawk
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim

CD 2:
- Annie Lee Blues - Robert Nighthawk with Robert McCullum
- Lollipop Mama - Clarence Samuels
- Screamin' And Cryin' - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- A Woman On Every Street - Forest City Joe
- Drinkin' Blues - Tom Archia

- So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy
- Baby I'm Sick Of You - Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats
- Shady Grove Blues - Leroy Foster [Aristocrat 1234]
- She's Gone - The Dozier Boys
- Married Man Blues - Andrew Tibbs with Tom Archia
- Black Angel Blues - Robert Nighthawk with Robert McCullum
- Fly Right Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cherry - Tom Archia with Sheba Griffin
- Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405]
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters


2 CD set

One Day Music 5060255182666

742017Blue 88s: Unreleased Piano Blues Gems 1938-1942

Curtis Jones
- My Blues Is Risin' (WC-2618-A) [Columbia unissued]
Willie 'Boodle It' Right
- Xmas Blues (C-3381-1) [OKeh unissued]
Curtis Jones
- Levee Side Blues (C-3963-1) [unissued]

Poor Boy Burke
- Your Loving Ways (C-4062-1) [OKeh unissued]
- Bad Condition Blues (C-4065-1) [OKeh unissued]
Roosevelt Sykes
- Mellow Queen Swing (C-4054-1) [Columbia unissued]
- Floating Power Blues (C-4055-1) [Columbia unissued]
- Make Up Your Mind (C-4056-1) [Columbia unissued]
- Training Camp Blues (C-4057-1) [OKeh 6709, Columbia 30024, 37457]
- Back Biting Snitchers (C-4058-19) [Columbia unissued]
- You Got To Run Me Down (C-4059-1) [Columbia unissued]
- From The Cradle To The Grave (C-4060-1) [Columbia unissued]
- Motherless Child (C-4061-1) [Columbia unissued]
- Sugar Babe Blues (C-4228-1) [OKeh 6709, Columbia 30024, 37457]
- The World Is Upside Down (C-4229-1) [Columbia unissued]
- I Got You Figured Out (C-4230-1) [Columbia unissued]
- You Done Got Hip (C-4233-1) [Columbia unissued]


20-pp. booklet with a detailed essay by Mark Humphrey

Hi Horse CD 19001 (US 4/2017)

= Hi Horse LP 19001 (US 11/2017)

752017Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

CD 1:
James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32)
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40)
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)
Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)
Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43)

St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50)
The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)


CD 2:
Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16)
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59)
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03)
Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52)
Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)
Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32)
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36)
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)


CD 3:
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04)
Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17)
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06)
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31)
Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)
Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11)
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)


CD 4:
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36)
John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06)
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45)
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09)
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41)
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)


CD 5:
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)
John Brim -Go Away (2:45)
John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51)
Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31)
Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48)
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42)
Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40)
Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27)
Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)
John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)


88-pp. book by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 235-236
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 356-357
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 122, 689-690
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 151
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 299, 526, 549-550, 577, 592
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 862-863
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 403-404
- http://campber.people.clemson.edu/job.html
- http://campber.people.clemson.edu/mallard.html
- http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/artist/st-louis-jimmy
- http://www.45cat.com/artist/st-louis-jimmy
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Bart van Lienden, Fernando Goin, Andries van den Berg, Harvey Bojarski and Michael Hortig for additional info / scans

 

top row: Ernest (Little Son Joe) Lawlars, Big Bill Broonzy, Lester Melrose, Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy Oden; below: Washboard Sam, c. 1940s; source: http://www.highway61radio.com/?p=3419 ('Yannick and Margo Bruynoghe Collection'); click to enlarge!
top row: Ernest (Little Son Joe) Lawlars, Big Bill Broonzy, Lester Melrose
Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy Oden; below: Washboard Sam, c. 1940s
source: www.press.uchicago.edu ("Yannick and Margo Bruynoghe Collection")

 

ST.   L O U I S   J I M M Y, Summer 1960; source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, p. 140; photographer: William Claxton
St. Louis Jimmy, Summer 1960
source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, p. 140
photographer: William Claxton

 

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 1960; source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137; photographer: William Claxton
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 1960

source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137
photographer: William Claxton

 

ST.   L O U I S   J I M M Y at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, 1963; source: Lisa Day (ed.): Chicago Blues as seen from the inside - The Photographs of Raeburn Flerlage.- Chicago (ECW Press) 2000, p. 86; photographer: Raeburn Flerlage
St. Louis Jimmy at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, 1963
source: Lisa Day (ed.): Chicago Blues as seen from the inside - The Photographs of Raeburn Flerlage.- Chicago (ECW Press) 2000, p. 86
photographer: Raeburn Flerlage

 

Rönnog Seaberg, Sunnyland Slim, Steve Seaberg, St. Louis Jimmy & J.B.  L E N O I R (1964) on the cover of 'Guds Ansikte', (autobiographical) novel by Rönnog Seaberg.- Stockholm (Rabén & Sjögren),1965; photographer: Peter Amft
Rönnog Seaberg, Sunnyland Slim, Steve Seaberg, St. Louis Jimmy & J.B. Lenoir (1964)
on the cover of "Guds Ansikte", (autobiographical) novel by Rönnog Seaberg.- Stockholm (Rabén & Sjögren), 1965
photographer: Peter Amft

 

 

 

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