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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

S N O O K Y   P R Y O R; source: Front cover of Fuel 2000 CD 061384
source: Front cover of Fuel 2000 CD 061384; photographer: Les Gruseck
Snooky Pryor
James Edward Pryor
b. September 15, 1919 in Lambert, Quitman County, Mississippi
d. October 18, 2006 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

buried at West Side Cemetery in Ullin, Pulaski County, Illinois
discography
 

#year
of release
title / label # / notes
11948SNOOKY & MOODY

- Stockyard Blues (M 1312) #   @ youtube
- Keep What You Got (M 1313)   @ youtube

rec. November or December 1948 at United Broadcasting Studio in Chicago, IL by Chester Scales; Floyd Jones, voc, g; Snooky Pryor, hca, # sp; Moody Jones, g


Marvel 702 (US 1948) [Chester A. Scales' label (?)]


= Old Swing-Master 22 (US 7/1949) [Egmont Sonderling / Al Benson label]

Floyd Jones discography

21948Snooky and Moody

- "Telephone Blues" (PL 101) #   @ youtube
- Snooky and Moody's "Boogie" (PL 102) (instr) *   @ youtube

rec. November or December 1948 in Chicago, IL by Chester Scales; James Edward 'Snooky' Pryor, hca, # voc, * sp; Moody Jones, g


Planet 101/102 (US 1948) [Chester A. Scales' label]


= Old Swing-Master 18 (5/1949)


= Blue Horizon 45-1003 (UK 1965)

31948Man Young

- My Baby Walked Out On Me (PL 103)   @ youtube
- Let Me Ride Your Mule (PL 104)   @ youtube

rec. November or December 1948 at Universal Broadcasting in Chicago, IL by Chester Scales; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Snooky Pryor, hca; Johnny Williams, g

Planet 103/104 (US 1948)


= Old Swing-Master 19 (US 5/1949)

Johnny Young discography

41949Snooky Pryor & His Trio

- Boogy Fool (JB 101 A)   @ youtube
- Raisin' Sand (JB 101 B)   @ youtube

rec. 1949 in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Leroy Foster, g; Moody Jones, b


J.O.B. 101 (US 1949)

Leroy Foster discography

   

- In The Evening [Negro Rhythm 107, Official 6049]   @ youtube
- Please Don't Go Away [Negro Rhythm 107, Official 6049]   @ youtube

rec. 1950 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Snooky Pryor, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; poss. Eddie Taylor, g

J.O.B. unissued

JB Lenoir discography

51950Sunnyland Slim & His Trio

- Back To Korea Blues (EO-CB-4504 SS1A)   @ youtube
- It's All Over Now (EO-CB-4505 SS1B)   @ youtube

rec. October 1950 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Snooky Pryor, hca; Leroy Foster, g

Sunny 101 (US 1950)

Leroy Foster discography

61952Snooky Pryor

- I'm Getting Tired (JB 48881)   @ youtube
- Going Back On The Road (JB 48882) #   @ youtube

rec. April 28, 1952 at Modern Recording Studio in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; # Sunnyland Slim, p [no piano on JB 48881]; Moody Jones, g; Alfred Elkins, b; Alfred 'Fat Man' Wallace, dr


J.O.B. 115 (US 1952)

  

- Fine Boogie (JB 48880) [Flyright FLY 565]   @ youtube
- Hold Me In Your Arms [Flyright FLY 565]   @ youtube
- Real Fine Boogie [Flyright FLY 565]   @ youtube
- Harp Instrumental [Flyright FLY 565]   @ youtube

rec. April 28, 1952 at Modern Recording Studio in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Moody Jones, g; Alfred Elkins, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

unissued

  

- Rough Treatment (JB 48882) (2:42) [Flyright FLY 565]   @ youtube
- Rough Treatment (alt tk) (2:50) [Flyright FLY 565]   @ youtube
- Why Should I Worry (JB 48883) (2:37) [Flyright FLY 565]   @ youtube
- Why Should I Worry (alt tk) (2:51) [no hca!] [Flyright FLY 565]   @ youtube

rec. April 28, 1952 at Modern Recording Studio in Chicago, IL; Moody Jones, voc, g; Snooky Pryor, hca; prob. Johnny Shines g; Alfred Wallace, dr

JOB unissued

71953SNOOKY PRYOR

- Crosstown Blues (P53-206)   @ youtube
- I Want You For Myself (P53-207)   @ youtube

rec. 1953 in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; unknown, g; Moody Jones, b; unknown, dr


Parrot 807

88/1954FLOYD JONES and Band

- School Days (On My Mind) (53-128)   @ youtube
- Ain't Times Hard (53-129)   @ youtube

rec. February 3, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Floyd Jones, voc, g; Snooky Pryor, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Eddie Taylor, g; Alfred Wallace, dr

 
Vee-Jay VJ 111 (8/1954)

Floyd Jones discography

91954FLOYD JONES and his Orchestra

- Floyd's Blue(s) (53-130) *
- Any Old Lonesome Day (53-131) #

rec. February 3, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Floyd Jones, g, # voc; Snooky Pryor, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Eddie Taylor, g; Alfred Wallace, dr


Vee-Jay VJ 126

Floyd Jones discography

   

- Troubles Of My Own (54-132)
- Worried About My Baby (53-133)
- I Done You Wrong (54-134)
- Be My Baby (54-135)

rec. February 3, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Snooky Pryor, hca; Floyd Jones or Eddie Taylor, g; Alfred Wallace, dr

Vee-Jay unissued

101954SUNNYLAND SLIM

- Going Back To Memphis (BL 54109)   @ youtube
- Devil Is A Busy Man (BL 54110)   @ youtube

rec. early 1954 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Snooky Pryor, hca; Eddie Taylor or Floyd Jones, g


Blue Lake 105

 1954SUNNYLAND SLIM

- Shake It Baby (BL 54115)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Bassology (BL 54116)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. early 1954 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Snooky Pryor, hca; Eddie Taylor or Floyd Jones, g; Big Crawford, b; mrcs


Blue Lake 107

111954SNOOKY PRYOR and His Trio

- Cryin' Shame (JOB 3006)   @ youtube
- Eighty Nine Ten (JOB 3011)   @ youtube

rec. 1954 in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Eddie Taylor, Moody Jones, g; Alfred Wallace, dr


JOB 1014

   

- I'm Going Away   @ youtube
- Rest A Little While   @ youtube

rec. 1954 in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Homesick James, g

Atomic H unissued

Sunnyland KS-101 (1970)

   

- Stop The Train Conductor   @ youtube
- Stop The Train Conductor - take 2, 3
- Walking Boogie

rec. mid-1950s in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; unknown g; b; dr


unissued

121956SNOOKY PRYOR

- Someone To Love Me (56-500)   @ youtube
- Judgment Day [sic] (56-502)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- A Date With My Baby (56-499)
- Someone To Love Me (alt tk) [Charly CRB 1042]
- You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (56-501) [Charly CRB 1042]
- Judgement Day (alt tk) [Charly CRB 1042]

rec. July 17, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Johnny Young, Floyd Jones, g; Earl Phillips, dr

 
Vee-Jay VJ 215


Vee-Jay VJ 215 (Disc Jockey Advanced Sample)

Johnny Young discography
Floyd Jones discography

13195?SNOOKY PRYOR

- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man (2001)
- Boogie Twist (2002)

rec. late 1950s in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Sylvester Plunkett, g; J.C. Hurds, b; Little Joe Harris, dr


JOB 1126

   

- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man (alt tk)
- Big Guns
- Can't We Get This Straight
- My Head Is Turning Grey
- I Can't Feel Good No More (alt tk)

rec. late 1950s in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Sylvester Plunkett, g; J.C. Hurds, b; Little Joe Harris, dr


JOB unissued

141957Bluesville Chicago
Blues And Gospel Train No. 10

Joseph Lee Williams
- Going Back Home
- Baby Left Town
- Kings Highway
- Eula Mae
Eddie Taylor
- Bad Boy
- You'll Always Have A Home
- Ride Em On Down

Billy Boy
- Wish You Would
- I Was Fooled
- Don't Stay Out All Night
- I Ain't Got You

Snooky Pryor
- Judgement Day
- Someone To Love Me
Eddie Taylor
- Don't Knock At My Door



Vee Jay VJS 1000 (US 1957) ("Blues And Gospel Train N° 10")

notes by Kurt Mohr

= Top Rank RLP 109 (Fr 1959) ("Bluesville Chicago Vol. 1")

Top Rank Records discography
Big Joe Williams discography
Billy Boy Arnold discography

151965Chicago Blues - The Early 1950s

Homesick James - Homesick
Baby Face Leroy - Boll Weevil
Baby Face Leroy - Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 1
Little Walter - Muskadine
J.B. Hutto - Dim Lights
J.B. Hutto - Things Are So Slow
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
Baby Face Leroy - Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 2

Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man
Little Willie Foster - Falling Rain Blues

Snooky & Moody - Stockyard Blues
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman
Floyd Jones - Dark Road
Big Walter - Hard Hearted Woman
Robert Nighthawk - Kansas City Blues
John Brim - Tough Times


notes by Chris A. Strachwitz

Blues Classics BC 8 (US 1965)

Blues Classics discography

161966More Down Home Blues

Juke Boy Bonner
- Life Is A Dirty Deal [Goldband unissued]
Good Jelly Bess
- Come And Get It [Hermitage 775]

Papa Lightfoot
- Wine, Women, Whiskey [Imperial 5289]

Snooky Pryor
- Cryin' Shame [J.O.B. 1014]

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by John J. Broven

Jan & Dil JR 451 (UK 1966)

Jan & Dil discography
Juke Boy Bonner discography
Papa Lightfoot discography

171969Blues People

Baby Boy Warren
- My Special Friend Blues
- Nervy Woman Blues
Robert Nighthawk
- Six Three O
- Jackson Town Girl

Snooky Pryor
- Boogy Fool
- Raisin' Sand
Mumbles (Walter Horton)
- Little Boy Blue
- Now Tell Me Baby
John Brim Trio
- Trouble In The Morning
- Humming Blues

Snooky Pryor
- I'm Getting Tired
- Going Back On The Road
Little Son Willis
- Roll Me Over Slow
- Baby Come Back Home
Lazy Bill Lucas and His Blue Rhythms
- She Got Me Walkin'
- I Had A Dream



Highway 51 H-102

Highway 51 Records discography

181970Snooky Pryor

- Telephone Blues
- Boogie
- Raising Sand
- Boogy Fool
- I'm Getting Tired
- Going Back On The Road
- I Want You For Myself

- Crosstown Blues
- Crying Shame
- Eighty Nine Ten
- Someone To Love Me
- Judgement Day
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
- Boogie Twist

reissue of his postwar 78 rpm JOB records; rec. 1948 - 1963; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Leroy Foster, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Johnny Young, g; Floyd Jones, g; Homesick James, g; Moody Jones, g or b; Little Joe Harris, Alfred Wallace, Earl Philips, dr

notes (August 1969) by John J. Broven

Flyright JR 37 (UK 1969?)

notes (August 1969) by John J. Broven

= Flyright JLP4 (UK 1969?)

notes (August 1969) by John J. Broven

Flyright LP 100 (UK 1970?)

notes (August 1969) by John J. Broven

= Flyright LP 100 (UK 1973)

notes (August 1969) by John J. Broven

= Magpie PY 1813 (UK 1986)

Flyright Records discography
Magpie Records discography

191970Electric Blues Chicago Style

Snooky Pryor
- Judgement Day
Billy Boy Arnold
- You Got Me Wrong
Eddie Taylor
- Looking For Trouble
Billy Boy Arnold
- My Heart Is Crying

Floyd Jones
- Any Old Lonesome Day
Billy Boy Arnold
- Prisoner's Plea

Junior Wells / Earl Hooker
- Calling All Blues

Floyd Jones
- Ain't Times Hard
Billy Boy Arnold
- I Wish You Would
Eddie Taylor
- I'm Gonna Love You

Floyd Jones
- School Days On My Mind
Snooky Pryor
- Someone To Love Me
Billy Boy Arnold
- I Was Fooled


"Compiled, edited and directed by Joe Fields and Richard Robinson."
"This album was previously released in part or full on V.J. Album."

notes (July 1969) by Pete Welding

Buddah BDS 7511 (US 1970)

201970Have A Good Time - Chicago Blues
Chicago Anthology

Homesick James
- Little And Low ## [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
- Look On Yonder's Wall # [unissued Willie Dixon recording]  @ youtube
- My Home Ain't Here ## [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
Walter Horton
- I Need My Baby Blues * [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
- Have A Good Time * [unissued Willie Dixon recording]   @ youtube
Prez Kenneth
- I Am The Man Downstairs § [Biscayne 005]   @ youtube
- Messin' With Mabel § [Biscayne 015]   @ youtube

Smokey Smothers
- I'm Lookin' For You + [Gamma GA-104]   @ youtube
"Poor" Bob Woodfork
- I Wanna School You Pretty Baby || [originally unissued]   @ youtube
- Ain't Got A Lousy Dime || [originally unissued; alt tk of "The Sun Is Rising"]   @ youtube
L.C. McKinley
- So Strange // [originally unissued]   @ youtube
- Mind Your Business // [originally unissued]   @ youtube

Snooky Pryor
- I'm Going Away \\ [Atomic-H unissued]   @ youtube
- Rest A Little While \\ [Atomic-H unissued]   @ youtube

compiled by Mike Leadbitter
Walter Horton photo (inner gatefold) by Marcel Imsand

# rec. August 1964 in Chicago, IL by Willie Dixon; Homesick James, voc, g; ## Walter Horton, hca; Henry Gray or Willie Mabon, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr

* rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; Walter Horton, voc, hca; Henry Gray, p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr

§ rec. 1964/65 in Chicago, IL; Prez Kenneth (Kenneth Kidd), voc, b; Willie Welchess, ts; Birmingham Jones, hca; Kermit Chandler, g; Leroy Spottsville, dr

+ rec. 1968 in Chicago, IL; Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers, voc, hca, g; b; dr

|| rec. 1965 in Chicago, IL; "Poor" Bob Woodfork, voc, g; Henry Gray, p; Buddy Guy, Mighty Joe Young, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James

// rec. 1964 in Chicago, IL; L.C. McKinley, voc, g; p; g; b; dr


\\ rec. 1954 in Chicago, IL by the Rev. Houston H. Harrington for his Atomic-H label; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Homesick James, g

notes on four leaflets (December 1970) by Mike A. Leadbitter
 

inner gatefold with Walter Horton photo by Marcel Imsand



Sunnyland KS 101 (UK 1970)

Sunnyland Records discography

211970On The Road Agin! [sic] / Again
An Anthology Of Chicago Blues 1947-1954

Muskadine lp 1 track sequence:
Floyd Jones & His Trio - On The Road Again
Baby Face Leroy Trio - Red Headed Woman
Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman (U 2339)
John Brim Trio - Trouble In The Morning
J.B. & His Hawks - Now She's Gone

Snooky And Moody - Keep What You Got
Little Walter Trio - Bad Acting Woman

Johnny Shines - Evening Sun (U 2337)
Little Walter Trio - Moonshine Blues
Delta Joe - Roll, Tumble And Slip
J.B. & His Hawks - Pet Cream Man
Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues
John Brim Trio - Humming Blues
Little Walter Trio - I Just Keep Lovin' Her
J.B. & His Hawks - Lovin' You

Muskadine M 100 / XTRA 1133 track sequence:
Floyd Jones & His Trio - On The Road Again
Snooky And Moody - Keep What You Got
Delta Joe - Roll, Tumble And Slip
Little Walter Trio - Bad Acting Woman
Little Walter - I Just Keep Lovin' Her
Little Walter Trio - Moonshine Blues
Baby Face Leroy Trio - Red Headed Woman
Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues

Johnny Shines - Evening Sun (U 2337)
Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman (U 2339)
John Brim Trio - Humming Blues
John Brim Trio - Trouble In The Morning
J.B. & His Hawks - Lovin' You
J.B. & His Hawks - Pet Cream Man
J.B. & His Hawks - Now She's Gone


disc to tape transfer: Pete Welding
Muskadine lp 1 front cover art by Rick Griffin (image originally appeared in Griffin's 1970 comic "Man from Utopia")
Muskadine M 100 / XTRA 1133 line resolution by Brad Barrett
original recordings provided by Frank Scott and Bruce Bromberg

notes (4 pages insert) by "Fats Terminal"

Muskadine lp 1 (US, fall 1970)

notes (November 1971) by John Harmer and Frank Scott

= Muskadine M 100 (US 1972?) [improved sound quality!]

notes (November 1971) by John Harmer & Frank Scott

= XTRA 1133 (UK 1973)

Muskadine Records discography
XTRA Records discography

221972Take A Little Walk With Me
The Blues in Chicago 1948-1957

J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie
Willie Nix - All By Yourself

Floyd Jones - Any Old Lonesome Day
Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy
Little Willie Foster - Little Girl
John Lee Henley - Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
Robert Nighthawk - My Sweet Lovin' Woman
John Brim - Gary Stomp

Lazy Bill Lucas - She Got Me Walkin'
Willie Nix - Nervous Wreck
Floyd Jones - Skinny Woman
Grace Brim - Going Down The Line

Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out
Little Walter - Blue Baby
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella No.2
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me


Grace Brim - Mean Man Blues
Robert Nighthawk - Feel So Bad
Homesick James - The Woman I Love
Lazy Bill Lucas - I Had A Dream
Willie Nix - No More Love

Floyd Jones - Floyd's Blues
John Lee Henley - Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Memphis Minnie - World Of Trouble


Johnny Young - Let Me Ride Your Mule
Floyd Jones - Big World
John Brim - Drinking Woman
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark
Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay
Junior Wells - Tomorrow Night
Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues
Johnny Shines - Living In The White House


compiled, annotated and produced by Leroy Pierson

DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Boogie Disease BD 101/2
[Leroy Pierson's first (one record) label, 500 copies only]

231973Snooky Pryor And The Country Blues

- Miss Mattie Mae
- Stop Teasing Me
- Mr. Charlie's Mule
- Mighty Long Time
- Can I Be Your Friend

- Break It On Down
- Dirty News
- Wrapped In Sin
- Time Waits On No One
- Call The Doctor

rec. 1972; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Homesick James, lead slide g; Dave Myers, b; Mighty Joe Young, rhythm g; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Al Smith
photos by Amy O'Neal

notes by Amy O'Neal

Today TLP 1012 (US 1973)

notes by Neil Slaven

= Sequel NEB CD 926 (UK 1997)

241973American Blues Legends '73

Boogie Woogie Red
- Viper Song
- After Hours
- Red's Boogie
Snooky Pryor
- Dangerous Woman
- Sloppy Drunk
- Bottle Up And Go °°
Homesick James
- Shake Your Money Maker °°
- Tin Pan Alley
- Dust My Broom

Washboard Willie
- I Feel So Fine
- Kansas City
Red & Mose
- Sassy
Whispering Smith
- Take Me Back Baby
- Texas Flood   @ youtube
Lightnin' Slim
- Love Bug
- Walking In The Park

°° CD bonus tracks

"Big Bear Four"


Polydor 2460 186 (UK 1973)

= Big Bear BEAR 20

2 CD set

(=) Big Bear/Indigo CD 2527 (UK 2002) "American Blues Legends '73/'74"

Big Bear Records discography

251973Homesick James: Ain't Sick No More@ youtube (full album)

- 13 Highway
- 12 Year Old Boy
- Buddy Brown
- Fayette County Blues
- Little Girl
- In Love

- My Baby's Gone
- Little And Low
- Money Getter
- I Ain't Doin' No Good
- Sugar Mama
- Woman I Love

rec. 1973; Homesick James Williamson, voc, g; Snooky Pryor, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Dave Myers, b; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, dr
photos by Jerry Griffith

notes by Homesick James

Bluesway BLS 6071 (US 1973)

notes by Hiroshi Suzuki

= Probe IPR8187 (Jp 19??)

Bluesway Records discography

261973Snooky Pryor: Do It If You Want To

- Trying To Sell My Monkey
- You Wait Too Long   @ youtube
- Somebody Been Rambling In My Drawers   @ youtube
- Sweet As An Apple In A Tree   @ youtube
- The One I Crave To See   @ youtube

- Snooky And Andy At The Mardi Gras
- Do It If You Want To   @ youtube
- I Want To Go Fishin'
- Take It Kind Of Easy
- Can I Be Your Man
- A Little While
- Keep Your Fat Mouth Out Of My Business   @ youtube

rec. May 1973; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Justin Adams, rhythm g; John E. Moore, lead g; George French, b, Alonzo Stewart, dr

notes by Al Smith

Bluesway BLS/BLQ 6076 (US 1973)

Bluesway Records discography

271973Homesick James & Snooky Pryor@ youtube (full album playlist)

- Crossroads (Homesick James)
- Nothin' But Trouble (Snooky Pryor)
- Shake Your Money Maker (Homesick James) #
- Cross Town (Snooky Pryor)
- Careless Love (Homesick James)
- After You There Won't be Nobody Else (Snooky Pryor)

- The Woman I Love (Homesick James)
- I Feel Alright (Snooky Pryor)
- Drivin' Dog (Homesick James)
- She Knows How To Love Me (Snooky Pryor)
- Homesick Blues Again (Homesick James)

rec. at Chalk Farm Studios March 3, 1973; # rec. February 21, 1973; Homesick James, voc, g; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Bob Brunning, b; John Hunt, dr; Bob Hall, p; prod. by Jim Simpson


Caroline C 1502 (UK 1973) [Virgin Records subsidiary]


= Big Bear / Intercord INT 146.404 (Germany 1973)


= Big Bear / Carosello BRP 2002 (It 1981)

2 CD set

(=) Castle Music CMDDD712 (UK 2003) "Homesick James & Snooky Pryor: Big Bear Sessions"

Homesick James discography
Big Bear Records discography

281976Snooky Pryor: Shake Your Boogie

- Shake Your Boogie
- Bottle Up & Go
- You Don't Know My Name
- Bluebird Blues
- Can't Love Me & Homesick Too

- Baby Left Me A Mule To Ride
- Jump & Shout
- Gonna Have A Good Time
- So Sweet
- Crazy 'bout You

Big Bear 14 (UK 1976)


= Big Bear 146.406 (Germany 1976)


= Big Bear/Carosello BRP 2033 (It 1982)

2 CD set

(=) Castle Music CMDDD712 (UK 2003) "Homesick James & Snooky Pryor: Big Bear Sessions"

Big Bear Records discography

291978Blues Is Killing Me
14 Rare Performances

Leroy Foster - Blues Is Killin' Me   @ youtube
Robert Lockwood - Dust My Broom   @ youtube
Grace Brim - Man Around My Door   @ youtube
Floyd Jones - Big World   @ youtube
J.B. Lenoir - How Much More   @ youtube

Moody Jones - Please Somebody #   @ youtube
Harry Brooks - Black Mare   @ youtube

"poss. "Elga Edmonds" [Elga Edmonds]" [actually Ernest 'Little Son Joe' Lawlars] - Ethel Bea   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd - Hard Headed Woman   @ youtube

Sunnyland Slim - The Devil Is A Busy Man   @ youtube
B.B. King - Recession Blues   @ youtube
John & Grace Brim - Hard Pill To Swallow   @ youtube
Memphis Minnie and Her Combo - World Of Trouble   @ youtube
Percy Parham - Just A Mouse   @ deezer


# Moody Jones, voc, g; Snooky Pryor, hca; prob. Johnny Shines, g; prob. Alfred Wallace, dr

the woman depicted on the front cover might be Ethel McCoy or Fannie Brewer (wife of Jim Brewer)

notes by Pete Welding

Juke Joint 1501 (US 1978)

301978going to chicago blues!   1949-1957

Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Aw Aw Baby [J.O.B. 1107]   @ youtube
- Sweet Woman From Maine [J.O.B. 1107]   @ youtube
L.C. McKinley
- Blue Evening (Blues) [Vee Jay unissued]   @ youtube

J.B. Lenoir
- In The Evening [J.O.B. unissued]   @ youtube
- Please Don't Go Away [J.O.B. unissued]   @ youtube
Forest City Joe
- Ash Street Boogie [Aristocrat unissued]   @ youtube

Willie Mabon
- It's Gonna Hurt You [Federal unissued]   @ youtube
- Got To Find My Baby [Federal unissued]   @ youtube
Robert Jenkins Trio
- Steelin' Boogie pt. 1 [Parkway 103]   @ youtube
- Steelin' Boogie pt. 2 [Parkway 103]   @ youtube

Sunnyland Slim
- Back To Korea [Sunny 101]   @ youtube
- It's All Over Now [Sunny 101]   @ youtube

A Division of Son Brimmer Enterprises
Album production: Joe Willie Gilmore
Liner notes: Hayes Williams
Mastering: Friday Ford Studios
Design and Calligraphy: Garfield Akers
Photos: Dudlow Tutwiler Archives


Negro Rhythm 107 [George Paulus label]
BU 130/26

311978The Blues Vol. 4   1975-77

LP 1:
Johnny Mars - I've Been Down So Long [Big Bear BEAR 12]
Eddie Guitar Burns - Every Jug Stands On It's Own Bottom [Big Bear BEAR 7]
Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Little Joe Blue - A Fool Is What You Want [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Lonesome Jimmy Lee Robinson - Chicken Head [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Eddie Playboy Taylor - Seems Like A Million Years [Big Bear BEAR 6]

Eddie Playboy Taylor - Gamblin' Man [Big Bear BEAR 6]
Mickey Baker - Make Your Bed Up Mama [Big Bear BEAR 5]
Big John Wrencher - I'm A Root Man [Big Bear BEAR 4]
Cousin Joe - I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use [Big Bear BEAR 1]
George G.P. Jackson - A Letter Dressed In Red - Leavin' Kansas City [Big Bear BEAR 1]


LP 2:
Mickey Baker - New York New York [Big Bear BEAR 5]
Doctor Ross - Hazel [Big Bear previously unissued]
  @ youtube
Snooky Pryor - Dangerous Woman [Polydor 2460 186]
Washboard Willie - I Feel So Fine [Polydor 2460 186]
Johnny Mars - Blue Midnight [Big Bear BEAR 8]

Snooky Pryor - Sloppy Drunk [Polydor 2460 186]

Cousin Joe - You're Never Too Old To Boogie [Big Bear BB 14]
Homesick James - Crossroads [Caroline C 1502]
Tommy Tucker - Hard Luck Blues [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Eddie Guitar Burns - Bury Me Back In The USA [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Boogie Woogie Red - After Hours [Polydor 2460 186]
Red & Mose (Boogie Woogie Red & Whispering Smith) - Sassy [Polydor 2460 186]

Big Bear BDUB 2

Big Bear BDUB 2

DLP

Big Bear / Intercord INT 156.401 (UK 1978)

Big Bear Records discography

321979Home Again Blues

Luther Huff - 1951 Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson - Desert Blues
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe

Sunnyland Slim - Back To Korea Blues
Hot Red Happy - Worried Blues
Hank Kilroy - Awful Shame
Baby Face Leroy - Lou Ella
Brother Willie Eason - I Want To Live (So God Can Use Me)

Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson - Come And Go With Me
Eddie Kirkland - Time For My Lovin' To Be Done

Sunnyland Slim - It's All Over Now
John Tinsley & Fred Holland - Keep Your Hands Off 'Er
L.C. Green - Come Back Sugar Mama
Charles Bradix - Wee Wee Hours
Little Sam Davis - 1958 Blues

notes by Pat Conte, Don Kent and Robert Javors

Mamlish S-3799 (US 1979)

Mamlish Records discography

33197?Black Cat Trail

Elmore James - Hawaiian Blues
Big Boy Spires - Murmur Low
Johnny Howard - Vacation Blues
Slim Pickens - Bad Woman Blues
Robert Nighthawk - Crying Won't Help You
Grace Brim - Strange Man
Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag

Otis Hinton - Walking Down Hill

Snooky Pryor - Boogie Twist
Black Diamond - T. P. Railer
Chicago Sunny Boy - Western Union Man
Baby Face Leroy - Pet Rabbit
Rev. Utah Smith - God's Mighty Hand
Country Paul - Black Cat Trail

notes by Sam Firk [Michael Stewart] and Don Kent

Mamlish S-3800 (US 197?)

Mamlish Records discography

341979Homesick & Snooky Pryor: Sad And Lonesome

- Sad & Lonesome
- Homesick's Cross Roads
- It Seem Like A Dream
- It's All Over Now
- Shake Your Money Maker
- Some Day Baby Blues
- Rock Me

- No More Lovin'
- Push Me Well
- I Believe I Get Married
- Harp Boogie
- Last Fair Deal
- Telephone Blues
- Goin' To The Pawn Shop


Wolf 120.409 (Austria 1979)


= Wolf CD 120.409 (Austria 1989)

351979Vivian & Jimmy's Blues Showcase

Willie Cobbs
- You Don't Love Me [Vee Jay 411]
- You're So Hard To Please [Vee Jay 411]
- Lonely Boy [Pure Gold 302, remastered by Vee Jay]
Christine Kittrell
- Sittin' & Drinkin' [Vee Jay 399]
- I'm A Woman [Vee Jay 444]
- It's Nobody's Fault [Vee Jay 444]
J. B. Lenoir
- Do What I Say [Vee Jay 352]

J. B. Lenoir
- Oh Baby [Vee Jay 352]

Snooky Pryor
- Someone To Love Me [Vee Jay 215] #   @ youtube
- You Tried To Ruin Me [Vee Jay unissued] #   @ youtube
- Judgment Day [Vee Jay 215] #   @ youtube
Floyd Jones
- Schooldays (On My Mind) [Vee Jay 111]
- Ain't Times Hard [Vee Jay 111]
- Any Old Lonesome Day [Vee Jay 126]

 
Teichiku ULS-1913-JY (Jp 1979)

J.B. Lenoir discography
Johnny Young discography
Floyd Jones discography

361980Snooky & Moody: Real Fine Boogie
Classic Urban 1950s Chicago Blues
The Job series Vol. 3

- Fine Boogie
- I'm Getting Tired
- Rough Treatment (tk 1)
- Why Should I Worry (tk 1)
- Going Back On The Road
- Please Somebody
- Real Fine Boogie

- Hold Me In Your Arms
- Rough Treatment (tk 2)
- Why Should I Worry (tk 2)
- Boogie Twist
- Big Guns
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
- Can't We Get This Straight

Snooky Pryor & Moody Jones

notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLY 565 (UK 1980)

Flyright Records discography

371980Chicago Slickers Vol. 2 1948-55

Little Walter - Blue Baby
Man Young - Let Me Ride Your Mule
Man Young - My Baby Walked Out
Robert Nighthawk - My Sweet Lovin' Woman
Grace Brim - Goin Down The Line
Johnny Shines - Living In The White House
Willie Nix - No More Love
Willie Nix - Nervous Wreck

Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay
Willie Nix - All By Yourself
Floyd Jones - Skinny Woman
John Brim - Drinking Woman
Lazy Bill - I Had A Dream
J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie

Floyd Jones - Any Old Lonesome Day
Floyd Jones - Floyd's Blue

notes by Leroy Pierson

Nighthawk 107 (US 1980)

Nighthawk Records discography

381980Snooky Pryor: Pitch A Boogie

- Fine Boogie
- Hold Me In Your Arms
- Going Back On The Road
- Raising Sand
- Real Fine Boogie
- I Don't Like To Worry You

- Stop The Train Conductor
- Walking Boogie (instr)
- Rough Treatment
- Why Should I Worry
- Let's Get This Straight
- Boogie Twist


P-Vine PLP-9019 (Jp 1980)

391983Baby Face Leroy & Floyd Jones
The Job series Vol. 6
Classic early 1950s Chicago Blues (on label: The Blues Is Killin' Me)

Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- Pet Rabbit
- Louella
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Blues Is Killing Me
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- I Lost A Good Woman

Floyd Jones
- Skinny Mama
- Rising Wind
- On The Road Again

Snooky Pryor
- Boogy Fool
- Raisin' Sand
- Head Is Turning Grey
- Can't Feel Good
unknown
- Where Have You Been So Long


notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLY 584 (UK 1983)

Flyright Records discography
Baby Face Leroy discography
Floyd Jones discography

401983Combination Blues
Chicago Bluesmasters Vol. 1

J.B. Hutto & His Hawks
- Combination Boogie
- Now She's Gone
- Pet Cream Man
- Lovin' You
- Price Of Love
- Things Are So Slow
- Dim Lights


Snooky Pryor
- Judgement Day
- Someone To Love Me
- You Tried To Ruin Me
Willie Nix And His Combo
- Nervous Wreck
- No More Love
- Just Can't Stay
- All By Myself


Charly CRB 1042 (UK 1983)

411984Homesick James & Snooky Pryor: Shake Your Moneymaker - Live 1973

- Boogy Fool / Boogie Twist
- Crying Shame
- Work With Me Annie
- Annie Had A Baby
- After You

- Bobby's Rock
- I Believe
- Tin Pan Alley
- Shake Your Moneymaker

rec. 1973 in Germany
photos by Frank Nazareth

notes by Alan Balfour

Krazy Kat KK 790 (UK 1984)

Krazy Kat Records discography
Homesick James discography

42198?Memphis Minnie & Others: World Of Trouble
The Job series Vol. 7

John Lee Henley
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
- Knockin' On Lulu Mae's Door

Snooky Pryor
- Stop The Train Conductor - takes 1, 2 3
- Walking Boogie
Snooky Pryor and his Trio
- Cryin' Shame
- Eighty Nine Ten
Eddie Boyd
- Hard Headed Woman [J.O.B. unissued]
- Pulling Strings (instr) [actually J.O.B. 1108 "Four Day Bounce" by Sunnyland Slim and His Playboys!]   @ youtube

Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
- World Of Trouble
- In Love Again
- What A Night
Little Son Joe
- Ethel Bea
- A Little Too Late
Harry Brooks
- Black Mare
J.T. Brown
- Short Dresses


notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLY 585 (UK 198?)

Flyright Records discography

431989Tenth Anniversary Anthology: Vol. 1
Live from Antones

Snooky Pryor - How'd You Learn To Shake It Like That
Eddie Taylor - If You Don't Want Me Baby
James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
Sunnyland Slim - Built Up From The Ground
Albert Collins - Cold Cold Feeling

Jimmy Rogers - Walkin' By Myself °°
James Cotton - Sad Letter Blues °°
Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy °°
Buddy Guy - Look On Yonders Wall
Buddy Guy - Things I Used To Do
Pinetop Perkins - Caldonia
Otis Rush - Double Trouble
Jimmy Rogers - You're Sweet


°° CD bonus tracks


Antones 0004 (US 1989)


= Line ANLP 4.00446 (Germany 19??)

= P-Vine PCD-1804 (Jp 2002)

= Ryko CD ???

441989?Hand Me Down Blues
Parrot/Blue Lake # 1

Henry Gray
- Watch Yourself
- That Ain't Right
- Goodbye Baby
- You Messed Up
Dusty Brown
- He Don't Love You
- Yes She's Gone
- Hurry Home
- Rusty Dusty

Albert King
- Hand Me Down Blues [Parrot unissued]
- Little Boy Blue (alt tk) [Parrot unissued]
John Brim
- Gary Stomp [Parrot 799]
Sunnyland Slim
- Going Back To Memphis
- Devil Is A Busy Man

Snooky Pryor
- Crosstown Blues [Parrot 807]
- I Want You For Myself [Parrot 807]
Little Willie Foster
- Four Day Jump


notes (December 1989) by Dick Shurman

Relic 8024 (US 1989?)


= Relic CD 7015 (US 1990)

451989Snooky Pryor: Snooky

- Broke And Hungry
- Nine Below Zero
- Judgment Day
- Why You Want To Do Me Like That
- It Hurts Me Too
- Look What You Do To Me
- Cheatin' And Lyin'
- Crazy 'Bout My Baby
- Key To The Highway
- That's The Way To Do It
- Money And Women
- Don't Worry 'Bout Me

notes by Justin O'Brian

Blind Pig BPCD-2387 (US 1989)

461989Chicago Blues Harmonicas 1949 - 1958

Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Any More
- Take A Little Walk With Me

Snooky Pryor
- Boogy Fool
- Raisin' Sand
- Cryn' Shame
- Eighty Nine Ten
John Lee Henley
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
- Little Girl
Louis Myers
- Bluesy
Arbee Stidham
- When I Find My Baby
Louis Myers
- Just Whaling
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Steady Rollin' Man
- Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket
Charles Clark
- Row Your Boat
Shakey Horton
- Need My Baby
- Have A Good Time
Sunnyland Slim
- Highway 61


Flyright FLYCD 11 (UK 1989)


= Paula PCD-7 (US 1991)

Flyright Records discography

471990Snooky Pryor

- Fine Boogie
- I'm Getting Tired
- Rough Treatment (two takes)
- Why Should I Worry?
- Going Back On The Road
- Real Fine Boogie
- Hold Me In Your Arms
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
- Boogie Twist
- Keep What You Got
- Stockyard Blues
- Boogie
- Telephone Blues
- Let Me Ride Your Mule #
- My Baby Walked Out On Me #
- Harp Instrumental
- Stop The Train Conductor
- Walking Boogie
- My Head Is Turning Grey

# Johnny "Man" Young voc, mand

notes by Klaus Kilian

Flyright FLYCD 20 UK 1990)

= Paula PCD-11 (US 1991)

Flyright Records discography

481991Johnny Shines and Snooky Pryor: Back To The Country

CD track sequence:
- Trouble In Mind (Jones)
- Corrine Corrina (Chatman/Parish/Williams)
- Cool Driver (Shines)
- They're Red Hot (Johnson)
- Crossroads (Johnson)
- Lost A Good Woman (Pryor) #
- Evening Sun (Shines)
- Peace In Hell (Nicholas)
- Send Your Man To War (Pryor)
- Come On In My Kitchen (Johnson)
- Blues Come To Texas (Shines)
- Moon Is Rising (Shines)
- Hey Bobba Re Bop (Hamner)
- Terraplane (Johnson)
- I Make You Happy (Pryor)

# not included on LP release !!!

LP track sequence:
- Trouble In Mind (Jones)
- Corrine Corrina (Chatman/Parish/Williams)
- Cool Driver (Shines)
- They're Red Hot (Johnson)
- Crossroads (Johnson)
- Evening Sun (Shines)
- I Make You Happy (Pryor)

- Come On In My Kitchen (Johnson)
- Hey Bobba Re Bop (Hamner)
- Blues Come To Texas (Shines)
- Moon Is Rising (Shines)
- Send Your Man To War (Pryor)
- Terraplane (Johnson)
- Peace In Hell (Nicholas)

Johnny Nicholas acoustic g, p, steel g, prod


Blind Pig BP-4391 (US 1991)

remastered, limited edition, HQ-180 gram LP

= Blind Pig BPLP 4391 (US 2008)

491991Tenth Anniversary Anthology: Volume 2

Chester King
- Chicago Bound
James Cotton
- Trouble Blues
Mark Kazanoff
- Shake For Me
Chester King
- Everything Is Going To Be Alright
Otis Rush
- Natural Ball


Snooky Pryor
- Sloppy Drunk
James Cotton
- Moanin' At Midnight
- Evan Shuffle
Albert Collins
- Black Cat Bone
Lazy Lester
- The Same Thing Could Happen To You
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- High Jack

Antones ANT 0016 (US 1991)

501991The Telephone Is Ringing

Pee Wee Crayton
- The Telephone Is Ringing
- Tie It Down
- Fiddle De Dee
- A Frosty Night
- Is This The Price
- Second Hand Love
- I Love Her Still
- Blues After Hours
- I Found Peace Of Mine
L.C. McKinley
- She's Five Feet Three
- Down With It
- I'm So Satisfied
- Lonely

Snooky Pryor
- You Tried To Ruin Me
- Someone To Love Me
- Judgement Day
Billy Boy Arnold
- I Wish You Would
- I Was Fooled
- Don't Stay Out All Night
- I Ain't Got You
- You've Got Me Wrong
- Prisoner's Plea
- No, No, No
- Rockinitis



P-Vine PCD-1408 (Jp 1991)

511992Snooky Pryor: Too Cool To Move

- Keyhole In Your Door
- Can I Be Your Friend
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Hold Me In Your Arms
- Don't You Want To Know
- Cheatin' And Lyin'
- Walkin' With Snooky
- Fire, Fire
- Coal Black Mare
- Lovin' You Is Killin' Me
- Boogie Twist
- My Baby Been Gone
- Please Be Careful


Antones ANT 0017 (US 1992)

521993Prime Chops, Volume 2

Johnny Shines & Snooky Pryor
- Cool Driver
Walter Horton
- Walter's Swing


Blind Pig BPCD 8002 (US 1993)

521994Snooky Pryor: In This Mess Up To My Chest

- Bury You In A Paper Sack
- Pay For All Our Sins
- Stick Way Out Behind
- Can I Get A Witness?
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Take It Easy Greasy
- Slow Down Baby
- Bluebird Blues
- Hello Little Baby
- She Tried To Ruin Me
- My Baby's Too Sweet To Die
- Judgement Day


Antones ANT 0028 Texas Music Group 28
= Discovery 74211 (1997)

531995Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1:
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson


cd 2:
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson

- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll You Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker


cd 3:
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown


cd 4:
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang


compiled by Les Fancourt

4 CD set with 44-pp. booklet

Charly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)

541996Uncle Sam Blues

- Army Blues - Bukka White
- G.I. Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- Red's Dream - Louisiana Red
- Vietnam Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- Stormy Desert - Cooper Terry
- Overseas Blues - Memphis Willie Borum

- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man - Snooky Pryor
- Back To Korea Blues - Sunnyland Slim
- Vietcong Blues - Junior Wells
- Million Lonesome Women - Brownie McGhee
- '41 Blues - Dr. Clayton
- Pearl Harbour Blues - Dr. Clayton
- Give Me A 32-30 - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
- Win The War Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- The Army Blues - David Edwards
- Atomic Bomb Blues - Homer Harris
- So Cold In Vietnam - Johnny Shines
- Sad News From Korea - Lightnin' Hopkins


Blues Encore CD 52043 (It 1996)

551997Chicago Blues Live Vol. 1

Willie Dixon
- Built For Comfort
Muddy Waters
- Howling Wolf
Louis Myers
- Little Walter's Boogie
- That's All Right
Homesick James
- Gotta Move
- Early One Morning

Snooky Pryor
- Harp Boogie
- Bluebird Blues
Eddie Taylor
- Lookout In The Weather
- Bullcow Blues
Howlin' Wolf
- Evil
Detroit Junior
- Call My Job
- Cool Water Blues


with Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin


Wolf CD 120.271 (Austria 1997)

561997Snooky Pryor: Mind Your Own Business

- Mind Your Business
- Come On Down To My House
- Goin' Back To Arkansas
- Motty And Me
- I'm So Glad
- You Set Me Free
- Miss Fanny Brown
- Good Or Bad Times
- Shake Your Boogie
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- No More Monkey Business
- Little Brown Hen


Discovery 74708
= Texas Music Group 311 (US 2001)

571997Chicago Blues - The Golden Era

disc 1:
- I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter
- Ora Nelle Blues - Othum Brown
- Blue Baby - Little Walter
- My Baby Walked Out - Johnny Young
- Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Please, Mister Doctor - Tampa Red
- Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Things Are So Slow - J.B. Hutto
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- I Was Fooled - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor

- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor

disc 2:
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Walter Horton
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishing In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
- Checkin' On My Baby - Otis Rush
- Call Me If You Need Me - Shakey Jake Harris
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Baby What You Want Me To Do? - Jimmy Reed
- Wish Me Well - Memphis Slim
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- Blues In D Natural - Earl Hooker
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Crossroads - Homesick James Williamson
- Rough Dried Woman - Big Mac



Charly CDGR 143-2 (UK 1997)

581999Chicago Blues Hard Times

- I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter
- Telephone Blues - Snooky Pryor / Moody Jones
- Snooky & Moody's Boogie - Moody Jones / Snooky Pryor
- My Baby Walked Out On Me - Johnny Young
- Keep What You Got - Floyd Jones
- Ore Nellie Blues: (That's Alright) - Othum Brown
- Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones
- Blues Baby - Little Walter
- I Want My Baby - Little Walter
- Roll Tumble And Slip: (I Cried) - Sunnyland Slim
- Train Time: (Four O' Clock Blues) - Sunnyland Slim
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- Hard Times - Floyd Jones
- Let Me Ride Your Mule - Johnny Young
- School Days - Floyd Jones
- Money Talkin' Woman - Johnny Young
- Worried Man Blues - Johnny Williams



Indigo IGOCD 2095 (UK 1999)

5919??Snooky Pryor: Real Fine Boogie




P-Vine PCD-2158 (Jp 19??)

59a19??Billy Boy Arnold & Snooky Pryor

Billy Boy Arnold
Snooky Pryor
- Someone To Love Me [VJ 215]
- Someone To Love Me [alt tk]
- You Tried To Ruin Me Baby
- Judgment Day [VJ 215]
- Judgment Day [alt tk]


P-Vine PCD-5265 (Jp 19??)

601999Snooky Pryor: Can't Stop Blowin'

- Slow Down
- I Got To Give It Up
- I Learnt My Lesson Well
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Don't Worry About Me
- Got To Find My Baby
- Going Down Slow
- Someone To Love Me
- When Things Go Wrong With You
- I've Got My Eyes On You
- I Been Crucified
- I Heard The News
- Boots 'n' Saddle


Electro-Fi 3359 (Ca 1999)

611999Snooky Pryor: Shake My Hand

- Shake My Hand
- Work With Me Annie
- Someday Baby
- Tomorrow Night
- Telephone Blues
- In This Mess
- Pistol Packin' Mama
- My Babe
- Headed South
- Jump For Joy
- Don't Like To Brag


Blind Pig BPCD-5050 (US 1999)

622001Snooky Pryor and Friends: Pitch A Boogie Woogie If It Takes Me All Night Long
Seminal Post-War Chicago Blues

disc 1:
Floyd Jones
- Keep What You Got
- Stockyard Blues
Moody Jones
- Rough Treatment
- Rough Treatment (alt tk)
- Why Should I Worry
Snooky Pryor
- Big Guns (Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man) (undubbed version)
- Boogie Twist
- Boogy Fool
- Can't We Get This Straight
- Cryin' Shame
- Eighty Nine Ten
- Fine Boogie
- (Real) Fine Boogie
- Going Back On The Road
- Harp Instrumental
- Hold Me In Your Arms
- I Can't Feel Good No More
- I Can't Feel Good No More (alt tk)
- I'm Getting Tired
- Raisin' Sand
- Stop The Train Conductor (tk 1)
- Stop The Train Conductor (tk 2)
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
- Walking Boogie
Snooky & Moody
- Snooky & Moody's Boogie
- Telephone Blues
Johnny Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
- My Baby Walked Out


Westside WESA 869 (UK 2001)

632001Carey Bell, Lazy Lester, Raful Neal, Snooky Pryor: Superharps II

- Walking Thru The Park - Carey Bell (4:25)
- Keyhole In Your Door - Carey Bell with Snooky Pryor (4:43)   @ youtube
- I Miss You Baby - Raful Neal (6:57)
- Strange Things Happen - Raful Neal with Lazy Lester (3:20)   @ youtube
- I Made Up My Mind - Raful Neal with Lazy Lester (3:00)   @ youtube

- Let Your Hair Down - Snooky Pryor (5:00)   @ youtube
- What My Mama Told Me - Carey Bell (4:42)
- I Hear You Knockin' - Lazy Lester (3:36)   @ youtube

- Shake My Hand - Lazy Lester with Snooky Pryor (4:28)   @ youtube
- Starlight Diamond - Lazy Lester with Raful Neal (7:21)   @ youtube
- She's Nineteen Years Old - Snooky Pryor with Carey Bell (6:16)   @ youtube
- Blood Stains On The Wall - Snooky Pryor with Lazy Lester (4:05)   @ youtube
- Harp To Harp - Carey Bell, Lazy Lester, Raful Neal, Snooky Pryor (8:07)   @ youtube

rec. at The Studio, Portland, Maine

notes by Mike Emery

Telarc CD-83514 (EU 2001)

Lazy Lester discography

63a2001The 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)

642002Snooky Pryor & His Mississippi Wrecking Crew

- Rock-A-While
- School Days
- Electro-Fi Blues
- Decoration Day
- I Ain't Seen My Baby
- Pinetop's Grinder Man Blues
- Kind Lover
- Sugar Mama Blues
- Corinna
- After You (There Won't Be Nobody Else)


Electro-Fi 3373 (Ca 2002)

652002Rough Treatment: The J.O.B. Records Story

disc 1:
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Late Hours At Midnight - Babyface Leroy
- Pet Rabbit - Babyface Leroy
- How Much More - J.B. Lenoir
- Mojo - J.B. Lenoir

- Boogie Fool - Snooky Pryor
- Crying Shame - Snooky Pryor
- Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor
- Rough Treatment - Little Hudson
- Don't Hand Around - Little Hudson
- Sweet Woman From Maine - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones,
- Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones
- Kissing In The Dark - Memphis Minnie
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim
- Glad I Don't Worry No More - Fat Man
- Please Somebody - Moody Jones
- Keep Drinkin' - Little Brother Montgomery
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie - John Lee
- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim
- Down Home Child - Sunnyland Slim
- Ethel Bea - Little Son Joe
- Ramblin' - Johnny Shines
- Goin' Back To Memphis - Ernest Cotton


disc 2:
- Aw Aw Baby - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Pearly B - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Leaving Your Town - Sunnyland Slim
- Overnight - Sunnyland Slim
- Trouble In The Morning - John Brim
- You've Got To Stop This Mess - Fat Man

- Eighty Nine Ten - Snooky Pryor
- Raising Sand - Snooky Pryor
- Things Going So Tough With Me - Little Hudson
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Play A Little While - J.B. Lenoir
- People Are Meddling - J.B. Lenoir
- Knockin' On Lula's Mae's Door - John Lee
- Big World - Floyd Jones
- On The Road Again - Floyd Jones
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- Cool Driver - Johnny Shines
- Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim
- Louella - Babyface Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me - Babyface Leroy
- Blue Coat Man - Eddie Boyd
- Little Too Late - Little Son Joe
- Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones
- Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery
- World Of Trouble - Memphis Minnie
- Drinking Woman - John Brim
- Uh'm Beautiful - Ernest Cotton

2 CD set

Westside CD WESD 233 (UK 2002)

662002Don't Worry 'bout The Bear

disc 1:
- Shake Your Boogie - Snooky Pryor
- After You There Won't Be Nobody Else - Snooky Pryor
- Crossroads - Homesick James
- Highway 51 - Homesick James
- Honeydripper - Big John Wrencher
- Seems Like A Million Years - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor
- Ready For Eddie - Eddie "Playboy" Taylor
- Don't Worry 'Bout the Bear - Doctor Ross
- I'm A Mannish Boy - Doctor Ross
- Got Something To Tell You [live] - Doctor Ross, Chicago Aces
- Sneaky Pete - Erwin Helfer
- Homage To AA And PJ - Erwin Helfer, Bob Hall
- Texas Flood - Whispering Smith
- Walkin' In The Park - Lightnin' Slim
- 12th Street Boogie - G.P. Jackson
- Meet Me In The Alley - Johnny Mars, Boogie Woogie Red & Baby Boy Warren


disc 2:
- She's in L.A. - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Do It If You Wanna - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Viper Song - Boogie Woogie Red
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- It's My Own Fault - Johnny Mars
- I've Been Down So Long - Johnny Mars
- Klickety Klock - Willie Mabon
- Blues Fell This Morning - Mickey Baker
- I'll Always Be In Love With You - Mickey Baker
- Alimony - Tommy Tucker
- Buzzard Luck - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- Blues For My Baby - Charles Brown
- So Tired - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- Let The Good Times Roll - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- Honky Tonk - Gene "The Mighty Flea" Connors
- When A Woman Loves A Man - Cousin Joe

2 CD set
notes by Jim Simpson

Indigo IGOXDCD 2503 (UK 2002)


= Sanctuary CD 81268 (UK 2003)


= Castle CD 36170 (US 2005)

672003Mojo Ramble: Snooky Pryor Live In Concert

- Dirty Rat
- Shake My Hand
- Come On Down To My House
- It Hurts Me Too
- I Learnt My Lesson
- Let Your Hair Down, Woman
- Headed South
- Where Did You Learn To Shake It Like That?


Electro-Fi 3381 (Ca 2003)

682003Homesick James & Snooky Pryor: Big Bear Sessions

disc 1:
Snooky Pryor
- Highway 51
- Lonesome Train
- Homesick's Original Dust My Broom
- Kissing In The Dark
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Mailman
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Dust My Broom
- Worried About My Baby
- Can't Stay Here No More
- Tin Pan Alley
- Careless Love
- Crossroads (ft. Snooky Pryor)
- Woman I Love (ft. Snooky Pryor)
- Driven Dog (ft. Snooky Pryor)
- Homesick Blues Again (ft. Snooky Pryor)
- If I Could Live My Life All Over (bonus track)
- Baby Please Set A Date (bonus track)

disc 2:
Homesick James
- Shake Your Boogie
- Bottle Up & Go
- You Don't Know My Name
- Bluebird Blues
- Can't Love Me & Homesick Too
- Baby Left Me A Mule To Ride
- Jump & Shout
- Gonna Have A Good Time
- So Sweet
- Crazy Bout You
- Nothin But Trouble
- Cross Town
- After You There Won't Be Nobody Else
- I Feel Alright
- She Knows How To Love Me
- Dangerous Woman (bonus track)
- Sloopy Drunk (bonus track)

combines 1973 'Home Sweet Homesick James', 1974 'Shake Your Boogie' and 1975 'Homesick James & Snooky Pryor' albums plus 4 bonus tracks

2 CD set

Castle Music CMDDD712
= Sanctuary CD 81298
= Cascavelle CD 236075 (Sw 2005)

692004An Introduction to Snooky Pryor

- Snooky and Moody's Boogie
- Telephone Blues
- Boogy Fool
- Raisin' Sand
- Fine Boogie
- I'm Getting Tired
- Going Back on the Road
- Hold Me in Your Arms
- (Real) Fine Boogie
- Harp Instrumental
- Cryin' Shame
- Eighty Nine Ten
- Stop the Train Conductor
- Walking Boogie
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
- Boogie Twist
- I Can't Feel Good No More
- Big Guns

photo by Les Gruseck

notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 CD 061384 (US 2004)

702006The Chronological Sunnyland Slim 1952-1955

- Bassology (Chance)
- Bassology (Blue Lake 107)
- Be Mine Alone (Club 51)

- Be My Baby (Vee Jay)
- City Of New Orleans
- Devil Is A Busy Man (Blue Lake 105)
- Four Day Bounce (JOB 1108)
- Going Back To Memphis (Blue Lake 105)

- I Done You Wrong (Vee Jay)
- Living In The White House (Chance)
- Please Don't (Chance)
- Sad And Lonesome (Club 51)
- Shake It Baby (Blue Lake 107)
- Shake It Baby (JOB 1105)
- That Woman (You Have Heard Of A Woman) (JOB 1108)

- Troubles Of My Own (Vee Jay)
- When I Was Young (Chance)
- Woman Trouble (JOB 1105)
- Worried About My Baby (Chance)

- Worried About My Baby (Vee Jay)


Classics CD 5171 (Fr 2006) (Blues & Rhythm series)

713/2012Snooky Pryor: Boogie Twist
The JOB Sessions 1949 - late 1950's

- Boogy Fool
- Raisin' Sand
- Fine Boogie
- I'm Getting Tired
- Rough Treatment (Moody Jones, voc)
- Why Should I Worry (Moody Jones, voc)
- Going Back On The Road
- Hold Me In Your Arms
- Real Fine Boogie
- Harp Instrumental
- Cryin' Shame
- Eighty Nine Ten
- Stop The Train Conductor (tk 1)
- Stop The Train Conductor (tk 3)
- Walking Boogie
- My Head Is Turning Grey
- Can't We Get This Straight?
- Big Guns
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
- Boogie Twist


P-Vine PCD-24018 (Jp 3/2012)

722013Snooky Pryor: Real Fine Boogie
The J.O.B. Records Masters Collection

- Snooky And Moody's Boogie [Planet 101/102]
- Telephone Blues [Planet 101/102]
- Boogy Fool [J.O.B. 101]
- Raising Sand [J.O.B. 101]
- Fine Boogie [Flyright FLY 565]
- I'm Getting Tired [J.O.B. 115]
- Going Back On The Road []
- Hold Me In Your Arms [J.O.B. 115]
- (Real) Fine Boogie [Flyright FLY 565]
- Cryin' Shame [J.O.B. 1014]
- Eighty Nine Ten [J.O.B. 1014]
- Stop The Train Conductor [P-Vine PLP 9019]
- Walking Boogie [P-Vine PLP 9019]
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man [JOB 1126]
- Boogie Twist [JOB 1126]
- I Can't Feel Good No More [Flyright FLY 584]
- Big Guns (Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man) [undubbed version] [Flyright FLY 565]
- Can't We Get This Straight [Flyright FLY 565]

notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 CD 061988 (US 2013)

732017Down 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)



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

I herewith confess
that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation
containing only one (or two ;-) Snooky Pryor track(s) !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 193
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, pp. 279, 282, 452, 608
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 327, 330, 523, 700
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- pp. 424-425
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968.- p. 268
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York (Oak Publications), 1968.- pp. 736-737
- Mike Leadbitter, Leslie Fancourt & Paul Pelletier: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. two, L to Z.- London (Record Information Services), 1994, pp. 389-390
- Pete Hoppula website
- http://blueslim.m78.com/discography.html
- http://www.kiwi-us.com/~slim//snooky.html
- The Planet and Marvel Labels
- The Old Swing-Master Label
- The JOB Label
- The Parrot and Blue Lake Labels
- Constellation Album discography
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Klaus Kilian, Flemming Nielsen, David J. Costa, Eddie Lee Isaacs, Brad Barrett, Ray Templeton, Marc De Jonghe, Duck Baker and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans

 

S N O O K Y   P R Y O R; source: Front cover of P-Vine PLP 9019
source: Front cover of P-Vine PLP 9019

 

 

 

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