Illustrated George 'Harmonica' Smith discography

George
'Harmonica' Smith
né Allen George Washington
later changed his name to George Allen Smith
a/k/a 'Little George Smith', 'Harmonica King', 'Little Walter Jr.'
b. April 5, 1921 ~~or April 22, 1924~~ in Barton near West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas
d. October 2, 1983 at LAC-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, California
buried at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Compton, southern Los Angeles County, California
discography G E O R G E S M I T H; source: Front cover of P-Vine PLP 703
source: Front cover of P-Vine PLP 703

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	12/1954	OTIS SPANN - It Must Have Been The Devil (7738) # @ youtube - Five Spot (7739) @ youtube rec. October 25, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Otis Spann, voc, p; # George Smith, hca; B.B. King, Jody Williams [not Robert Jr. Lockwood!], g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips [not Fred Below!], dr Checker 807 Otis Spann discography
2	1955	"LITTLE GEORGE" SMITH - Blues In The Dark (MM2208) (instr) @ youtube - Telephone Blues (MM2209) @ youtube rec. c. August 1955 in Kansas City; George Allen Smith, voc, hca; p; g; b; dr RPM 434 Blue Horizon 45-1002 (1965)
3	1955	"LITTLE GEORGE" SMITH - Blues Stay Away (MM2242) @ youtube - Oopin' Doopin' Doopin' (MM2243) @ youtube originally unissued track from same session: - Oopin' Doopin' Doopin' (alt tk) [Ace CDCHD 337] rec. c. August 1955 in Kansas City; George Allen Smith, voc, hca; g; b; dr RPM 442
4	1955	JACK DUPREE - Failing Health Blues (K-8567-1) * @ youtube - Me And My Mule (K-9706-1) # @ youtube * rec. New York City, Jun. 29, 1955; Jack Dupree, voc, p; Willis Jackson, ts; Robert C. Johnson (= Mickey Baker), g; Ivan Rolle, b; Calvin Shields, dr # rec. Cincinnatti, Nov. 8, 1955; Jack Dupree, voc, p; George Smith, hca; Barney Richmond, b; Alfred Dreares, dr 10 inch 78 rpm/ 7 inch 45 rpm King 4876 Champion Jack Dupree discography
5	1956	JACK DUPREE - Overhead (Blues) (K-9705-1) @ youtube - So Sorry, So Sorry (K-9707-1) @ youtube rec. Cincinnatti, Nov. 8, 1955; Jack Dupree, voc, p; George Smith, hca; Barney Richmond, b; Alfred Dreares, dr King 4906 Champion Jack Dupree discography
7	1956	GEORGE SMITH - Love Life (MM3004) # @ Spotify - Cross-Eyed Suzzie Lee (MM3005) @ youtube rec. 1956 in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, # hca; Maxwell Davis (ts), saxes RPM 456
8	1956	GEORGE SMITH - You Don't Love Me (MM3042) @ youtube - Down In New Orleans (Hey Mr. Porter) (MM3043) @ youtube rec. 1956 in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; Maxwell Davis (ts), saxes RPM 478
9	1956	LITTLE WALTER JR. - Miss O Malley's Rally (A) @ youtube - I Don't Know (B) @ Spotify rec. 1956 in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; p; b; dr 10 inch 78 rpm Lapel 101 7 inch 45 rpm = Lapel 100
10	1956	Harmonica King and his Band - All Last Night (A) @ youtube - Hot Rolls (B) # rec. 1956 in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, # hca; saxes; b; dr Lapel 103
11	195?	George Smith and his Harmonica - West Helena Blues (001A) @ youtube - Go Ahead On Woman (002B) rec. in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; org; b; dr J&M 45-001-A / 45-002-B = Sotoplay 0029/30 (1961)
12	1957	George Smith - As Long As I Live (008) - Nobody Knows (009) rec. in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; gs; b; dr Carolyn 1420 [Nat McCoy's label]
13	12/1958	Jimmy Rushing / Jack Dupree Two Shades Of Blues Jimmy Rushing - The Way I Feel - In The Moonlight - She's Mine She's Yours - Go Get Some More You Fool - Somebody's Spoiling These Women Jack Dupree - Walking The Blues * - Harelip Blues * - Overhead Blues * - Silent Partner (alt tk) * - Everybody's Blues * * 1955 King recordings Audio Lab AL 1512 = Ember International CJS 800 (1962) Champion Jack Dupree discography
14	1960	GEORGE ALLEN - Times Won't Be Hard Always (1008) - Tight Dress (1009) rec. 1960 in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; J.D. Nicholson, p; Jimmy Nolen, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr Sotoplay 0010 [Nat McCoy's label]
14a	1961	CHAMPION JACK DUPREE - Two Below Zero (K-8525-1) * @ youtube - Sharp Harp (K-9708-C1) (instr) # @ youtube * rec. New York City, Febr. 15, 1955; Jack Dupree, voc, p; Jerome Darr, g; Cedric Wallace, b; Cornelius Thomas, dr # rec. Cincinnatti, Nov. 8, 1955; Jack Dupree, p; George Smith, hca; Barney Richmond, b; Alfred Dreares, dr 7 inch 45 rpm Federal 45-12408 (US 1961) Champion Jack Dupree discography
15	1961	GEORGE ALLEN - Loose Screws (10012) - The Will To Go On (10013) # @ youtube rec. 1960 in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; org; # J.D. Nicholson, p; Jimmy Nolen, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr Sotoplay 0012
16	1961	GEORGE ALLEN - Until You Come Home (S0018) - I Want A Woman (S0019) rec. 1960 in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; gs; b; dr Sotoplay 0018/9
17	1961	George Smith with Jimmy Nolen Band - Sometimes You Win When You Lose (S0021) * - Come On Home (S0022) # rec. 1961 in Los Angeles; George Smith, voc, hca; # tp; saxes; Ernest Lane, p; Jimmy Nolen, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomae, dr; * voc group Sotoplay 0021/2
18	1961	GEORGE ALLEN - You Can't Undo What's Been Done (S0023) - Rope That Twist (S0024) rec. 1961 in Los Angeles; George Smith, voc, hca; tp; saxes; Ernest Lane, p; Jimmy Nolen, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomae, dr Sotoplay 0023/4
19	1961	GEORGE ALLEN - Times Won't Be Hard Always (1008) # - I Must Be Crazy (S0031 / NM0085) * # rec. 1960 in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; J.D. Nicholson, p; Jimmy Nolen, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr * rec. 1961 in Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; saxes; Ernest Lane, p; Jimmy Nolen, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomae, dr; voc group Sotoplay 0031/2 = Carolyn 007 (1968)
20	1961	25 Years Of Rhythm & Blues Hits - Long Gone - Sonny Thompson - Tomorrow Night - Lonnie Johnson - I'm Waiting Just For You - Lucky Millinder - Baby I'm Doin' It - Annisteen Allen - Moaning Blues - John Lee Hooker - Dissatisfied - Muddy Waters - Soft - Tiny Bradshaw - Sixty Minute Man - Dominoes - Slow Walk - Bill Doggett - Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris - Hard Luck Blues - Roy Brown - Trying - Laverne Baker - Guess Who - Ivory Joe Hunter - Me And My Mule - Jack Dupree - Only You - Platters - Harlem Nocturne - Earl Bostic King LP 725 = Ember EMB 3359 (GB 1965) (=) King 1004 (1966)
21	1961	Champion Jack Dupree Sings The Blues - Me And My Mule - The Blues Got Me Rockin' - That's My Pa - Tongue-Tied Blues - Sharp Harp - Blues For Everybody - Camille - Walkin' Upside Your Head - Harelip Blues - Big Leg Emma's - Two Below Zero - Silent Partner - Mail Order Woman - Stumbling Block - Failing Health Blues - She Cooked Me Cabbage King LP 735 = Odeon XOC 189 (Fr) = King KCD000735 (1992) Champion Jack Dupree discography
21a	1963	Big Jay McNeely - Big Jay's Shuffle - Perdido - You Don't Have To Go # @ youtube - Big Boy - Big Jay's Count - Cisco's # @ youtube - Sunset - Deacon's Hop - Farther On Up The Road # - Shake It, Shake It, Baby - (The Closing) The Party's Over rec. late 1962 live at Cisco's, Hermosa Beach, CA; Big Jay McNeely, ts; # George Smith, hca; unknown Mexican or Arthur Wright, g; Fred Thompson, org; Dillard McNelly, b; Ramon Martinez, dr; Bob McNelly, bs; Everett hirley, tp; John 'Streamline' Ewing, tbn Warner Brothers W/WS 1523 (US 1963) = Warner Brothers WM 8143 (UK) = Collectables CD (US 2006)
21b	1963	Big Jay McKeely [sic] - Big Jay's Count - You Don't Have To Go # rec. late 1962 live at Cisco's, Hermosa Beach, CA; Big Jay McNeely, ts; # George Smith, hca; unknown Mexican or Arthur Wright, g; Fred Thompson, org; Dillard McNelly, b; Ramon Martinez, dr; Bob McNelly, bs; Everett hirley, tp; John 'Streamline' Ewing, tbn Warner Brothers 5401
21c	1963	LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR - Somewhere Down The Line (F2279) # - Part Time Love (F2280) rec. 1963 in Los Angeles; Little Johnny Taylor, voc; # George Smith, hca; tps; tp; saxes; Jim Wynn, ts; p; Arthur Wright, g; b; dr Galaxy 722
22	1965	Jack Dupree - Walking The Blues - Hare Lip Blues - Overhead Blues - Silent Partner 7 inch 45 rpm EP Ember EP 4564 Champion Jack Dupree discography
22a	1965	LITTLE GEORGE SMITH - Blues In The Dark (BH111) - Telephone Blues (BH112) rec. c. August 1955 in Kansas City; George Allen Smith, voc, hca; p; g; b; dr RPM 434 (1955) Blue Horizon 45-1002
23	1966	GEORGE ALLEN - Brown Mule (A) - Good Things (AA) rec. 1964 in Los Angeles; George Smith, voc, hca; Marshall Hooks, g; g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr Sotoplay 51
23a	1966?	LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR - Somebody's Got To Pay (F2457) - Help Yourself (F2458) # rec. 1965/66 in Los Angeles; Little Johnny Taylor, voc; # George Smith, hca; Lloyd Rowe, g; b; dr; horns Galaxy 736
24	1966	GEORGE SMITH - Summertime (9110-21) - The Avalon Boogaloo (8110-22) # rec. 1966 in Los Angeles; George Smith, voc, hca; gs; b; dr; # unknown voc Carolyn 600
25	1966	The Bluesmen of the Muddy Waters Chicago Blues Band Band - Chicago Slide (1:45) @ youtube Luther Johnson - Creepin' Snake (3:47) @ youtube George Smith - Lookout Victoria (2:45) Otis Spann - You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now # (3:50) Victoria Spivey - Take Webster's Word For It (5:45) Band - Theme (1:15) Otis Spann - Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do # (5:25) Luther Johnson - Born In Georgia (2:00) @ youtube Victoria Spivey - Trouble Hurts (2:45) Band - Watermelon Man (4:15) George Smith - Old Ugly Man Like Me (3:10) Victoria Spivey - Gave It All To Me (5:05) P-Vine CD bonus tracks: Otis Spann - You Know You Don't Love Me Baby - Why Don't You Leave Me Alone rec. November 25, 1966 in New York City, NY; Victoria Spivey, voc; Otis Spann, p, # org, voc; George Smith, hca, voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, g, voc; Samuel Lawhorn, g; "Main Stream" (Muddy Waters, prob. does not play on all tracks), g; Francis Clay, dr photos by Len Kunstadt notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1010 (US 1968) notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1010 (US 196?) notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1010 (US 196?) notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1010 (US 196?) = P-Vine PCD-93209 (Jp 2009) Spivey Records discography Otis Spann discography Lucille Spann discography Muddy Waters discography Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson discography
		John Lee Hooker Live At Cafe Au Go-Go - I'm Bad Like Jesse James @ youtube - She's Long, She's Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree) @ youtube - When My First Wife Left Me @ youtube - Heartaches And Misery @ youtube - One Bourbon, One Scotch One Beer @ youtube - I Don't Want No Trouble @ youtube - I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive @ youtube - Seven Days And Seven Nights @ youtube CD bonus tracks (Live at Soledad Prison): - What's The Matter Baby @ youtube - Lucille @ youtube - Boogie Everywhere I Go @ youtube - Serves Me Right To Suffer @ youtube - Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang @ youtube LP rec. August 20, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City by Rudy Van Gelder; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; though listed on sleeve, George Smith does not appear; prod. by Bob Thiele notes by Stanley Dance Bluesway BL-6002 (US 1967) (mono) Bluesway BLS-6002 (US 1967) (stereo) = Bluesway/King SR-248 (Jp 1969) = Mediterraneo-Movieplay TK 3029 (Sp 1976) notes by Stanley Dance = Beat Goes On BGOLP/BGOCD 39 (UK 1989) Bluesway Records discography Muddy Waters discography Otis Spann discography Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson discography etc., etc., etc. @ discogs
26	1967	Otis Spann: The Blues Is Where It's At - Popcorn Man # @ youtube - Brand New House # @ youtube - Chicago Blues # * @ youtube - Steel Mill Blues (= Five Long Years) @ youtube - Down On Sarah Street # @ youtube - T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do # @ youtube - Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Stanley Dance's subtitle: "Party Blues") # @ youtube - My Home Is On The Delta [sic] * @ youtube - Spann Blues # @ youtube rec. August 30, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City, N.Y.; Otis Spann, voc, p; # George Smith, hca [without amplification]; Sammy Lawhorn, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson [except "My Home Is On The Delta"], * Muddy Waters, g; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele photography by Charles Shabacon notes by Stanley Dance Bluesway BL-6003 (mono) (US 3/1967) notes by Stanley Dance = Bluesway BLS-6003 (stereo) (US 3/1967) notes by Stanley Dance Sparton/ABC BL 6003 (mono) (Ca 1967) notes by Stanley Dance = Sparton/ABC BLS 6003 (stereo) (Ca 1967) notes by Stanley Dance = His Master's Voice CLP 3609 (mono) (UK 1967) notes by Stanley Dance = His Master's Voice CSD 3609 (stereo) (UK 1967) = Stateside SSLM 6042 (New Zealand 1967) notes by Patrice Blanc-Francard = Stateside CSSX 240.759 (stereo) (Fr 1968) notes by Stanley Dance = Probe IPR-8191 (Jp 1973) notes by Stanley Dance = MCA 204 927 (Fr 1982) notes by Bez Turner = Charly CRB-1062 (UK 1983) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" notes by Stanley Dance = Crosscut CCR 1016 (Germany 1987) notes by Wolfgang Quander = (AMIGA 8 56 566) Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin 0760 063 (LP) (GDR 1990) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" (Blues Collection Nr. 17) = Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin/(Amiga) DSB 0460 063 (cassette) (GDR 1990) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" (Blues Collection Nr. 17) notes by Stanley Dance = Beat Goes On BGOCD 221 (UK 1994) notes by Bill Dahl (=) MCA MCAD-11202 (US 1995) "Down To Earth - The Bluesway Recordings" (Bluesway 6003 + 6013) Bluesway Records discography Otis Spann discography Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson discography Muddy Waters discography
26a	1966	RAY AGEE - The Soul Of A Man (5113A) - I Feel So Good (5113B) rec. 1966 in Los Angeles; Ray Agee, voc; tp; ts; George Smith, hca; org, g; Johnny Heartsman, b; dr Brandin 210 Ray Agee discography
26b	1967	Sky Saxon Blues Band: A Full Spoon Of Seedy Blues - Pretty Girl - Moth And The Flame - I'll Help You (Carry Your Money To The Bank) - Cry Wolf - Plain Spoken - The Gardener - One More Time Blues - Creepin' About - Buzzin' Around group includes members of the Seeds: Jan Savage, g, gong, voc; Sky Saxon, lead voc, b; Daryl Hooper, p, org, sitar, voc and (not credited) The Muddy Waters Band: Luther 'Snake' Johnson, g; George 'Harmonica' Smith, hca notes by Muddy Waters GNP Crescendo GNP/GNPS 2040 = Line/Impact IMLP 4.00176 (Germany 1980) (as by "The Seeds") notes by Alan Robinson and Lord Tim Hudson (=) Edsel DIAB 8039 (UK 2001)
27	1968	GEORGE SMITH - Blowing The Blues (C00031) (2:20, shortened version) - Yes Baby (C00030) (2:12) @ youtube rec. 1965 (1968?) at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; org; Marshall Hooks, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr Carolyn 005
28	1968	GEORGE SMITH - I Must Be Crazy (S0031 / NM0085) # or - Yes Baby (C00030) - Trap Meat (NM0084) (instr) * # rec. 1961 in Los Angeles; George Smith, voc, hca; saxes; Ernest Lane, p; Jimmy Nolen, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr; voc group * rec. 1965 (1968?) at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; org; Marshall Hooks, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr # = Sotoplay 0031/2 (1961) Carolyn 007
29	1968	Encore For The Chicago Blues Muddy Waters Blues Men - Yes Sir! Boss (instr) # Harvey Hill - I Feel So Good Koko Taylor - I'm Looking For A Man Memphis Slim - Chicago To Paris Babe Stovall - My Brown Is A Mistraeter Big Joe Williams - Move Your Hand Olive Brown - Woman's Lament J.B. Lenoir - Korea Blues Washboard Sam's Band - Chicago Rock Victoria Spivey - T B Blues Willie Dixon - Brooklyn Going To Be My Home John Hammond & Babe Stovall, g & Kazoo Papa [= Len Kunstadt], kazoo - Squeeze My Lemon John Henry Barbee - Six Weel Old Blues Viola Wells - See See Rider Homesick James - Somebody's Been Talkin' Roosevelt Sykes - Dirty Mother Fuyer # rec. November 25, 1966 in New York; Otis Spann, p, org; George Smith, hca; Luther "Georgia Boy - Snake" Johnson, b; "Main Stream" (Muddy Waters), Samuel Lawhorn, g; Francis Clay, dr Spivey 1009 Spivey Records discography
29a	1968	CARDELL BOYETT - Bottom Side Up @ youtube - Down Below Texas Blues @ youtube rec. 1968; Cardell Boyette, voc, g; George Smith, hca; arr. & prod. by Jimmy Johnson Cardell Boyette (9/1/28-12/6/01) was also known as Louisiana 'Guitar' Red: www.youtube.com Wonder 501
30	1968	George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band: Blues With A Feeling A Tribute to Little Walter World Pacific WPS 21887 / Liberty LBS 83218 track sequence: - Mellow Down Easy * - Can't Hold Out Much Longer - My Babe * - Juke # - West Helena Woman # - Tell Me Mama # - Last Night # - You Better Watch Yourself # - Key To The Highway # - Everything Gonna Be Alright # * - Too Late * rec. October 2-4, 1968 at Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, CA; George Smith, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g; Lawrence 'Little Sonny' Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, d; # Marshall Hooks, g; * Luther Johnson, g; prod. by Steve LaVere & Pete Welding Capitol CD 36288 track sequence: disc 1 Shakey Jake Harris - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Hold That Bus, Conductor - Strollin' The Strip (instr) - Respect Me Baby - I Will Always Love You - Three Times Seven - Farther On Up The Road - A Hard Road To Travel - Save Your Money, Baby - Too Hot To Hold (instr) - Long Distance Call - Don't Answer The Door [previously unissued] @ youtube - Love Me Baby [previously unissued] Lucille Spann - Chains Of Love [previously unissued, no harmonica (Shakey Jake) to be heard!] @ youtube James Cotton - Sky Is Falling - Long Distance Operator - I'm A Free Man - Can't Live Without Love - Kiddy Boy disc 2 George Smith - Mellow Down Easy - Can't Hold On Much Longer - My Babe - Juke - West Helena Woman - Tell Me Mama - Last Night - You Better Watch Yourself - Key To The Highway - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Too Late Lucille Spann - Love With A Feelin' [previously unissued, no harmonica (George Smith) to be heard!] @ youtube George Smith - Goin' Down Slow [previously unissued] @ youtube - Just A Feelin' (tks 1 &/or 2?) [previously unissued] @ youtube James Cotton - She Moves Me - Tonight I Wanna Love Me A Stranger - Nose Open - Goodbye My Lady - Georgia Swing compiled by Billy Vera Beat Goes On BGOCD 1035 remastered by Andrew Thompson notes by Pete Welding World Pacific WPS 21887 (US 1968) "George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band: Blues With A Feeling" (Bluesmakers series) = Liberty LBS 83218 (UK 1969) "George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band: Blues With A Feeling" (Bluesmakers series) 2 CD set notes by Keith Briggs Capitol CD 36288 (US 1996) orig. notes by Pete Welding, new notes by Tony Russell (=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 1035 (UK 2012) "George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band: Blues With A Feeling" ("digitally remastered and slipcased")
31	1969	Sunnyland Slim: Slim's Got His Thing Goin' On - Going Back To Memphis * @ youtube - Miss Bessie Mae § @ youtube - Got To Get To My Baby § [] @ youtube - You Used To Love Me # @ youtube - She's Got A Thing Going On # @ youtube - Substitute Woman # @ youtube - Dust My Broom * @ youtube - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' § @ youtube - Little Girl Blues % @ youtube - Unlucky One * @ youtube - My Past Life # @ youtube prod. by Steve LaVere & * Bob Hite # rec. October 2, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; George Smith, hca; Luther Allison Mick Tayler, g; Robert 'Big Mojo' Elem, b; Francis Clay, dr * rec. October 24, 1969 in Los Angeles, CA; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; George Smith, hca; Alan Wilson / Henry Vestine, g; Larry Taylor, b; Paul Lagos, dr § rec. October 29, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; [] George Smith, hca, voc; Luther Allison, g, voc; Curtis Tillman, b; Gus Wright, dr % rec. October 29, 1969 in Los Angeles, CA; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Shakey Jake, hca; Big Mama Thornton, dr notes by Pete Welding World Pacific 21890 (US 1969) = Liberty LBS 83237E (UK 1969) = United Artists GXF-76, World Pacific WPS 21890 (Jp 1978) = Sequel (UK)
31a	1968?	Story Of The Blues - Harmonica Blues -1 Walter Westbrook & His Phantom Five - Midnight Jump [Bobbin 106, 1959] - Bring Your Clothes Back [Bobbin 106, 1959] Harmonica Slim - Mary Helen [Aladdin 3317] - Lonely Hours [Aladdin 3317] Papa Lightfoot - Blues [sic] Lights [Aladdin 3304, 1952] - Jumpin' With Jarvis [Aladdin 3304, 1952] Sammy Myers - My Love [Is] Here To Stay [Ace 536, 1957] - Sleeping In The Ground [Ace 536, 1957] Sonny Boy Williamson - Cat Hop [Trumpet 212] - Going In Your Direction [Trumpet 216] - Red Hot Kisses [Trumpet 216] Little George Smith - Telephone Blues [RPM 434] - Blues In The Dark [RPM 434] Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin' [Parret 791] - West Coast Blues [Parret 791] Negro Art M-12-SB-362 (Fr 1968?) Negro Art Records discography
	1969	~~The New Jazz Orchestra: Le Dejeuner Sur l'Herbe~~ - Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Neil Ardley) - Naïma (John Coltrane arr Alan Cohen) - Angle (Howard Riley) - Ballad (Mike Taylor) - Dusk Fire (Michael Garrick) - Nardis (Miles Davis arr Neil Ardley) - Study (Tansman arr Mike Taylor) - Rebirth (Michael Gibbs) rec. September 1968; Derek Watkins, Henry Lowther, Harold Beckett, Ian Carr, trumpets; John Mumford, Michael Gibbs, Derek Wadsworth or Tony Russell, trombones; George Smith, tuba [obviously not our man]; Barbara Thompson, Dave Gelly, Jim Philip, Dick Heckstall-Smith, woodwind, saxes; Frank Ricotti, vibraphone, marimba; Jack Bruce, double bass; Jon Hiseman, drums; Neil Ardley, director Verve SVLP 9236
32	196?	GEORGE SMITH - Up (instrumental) - The Blues Is My Roots rec. prob. late 60s in Los Angeles, CA.; George Smith, voc, hca; Phillip Walker, g; p; b; dr $ To Play 008 / 009
32a	1969	George 'Harmonica' Smith and his Blues Band ...Of The Blues - A Letter To The President [] - Got My Mojo Working - Milk That Cow - Blues For Reverend King - Ode To Blillie Joe - Juicy Harmonica - Help Me - Hawaiian Eye - If You Were A Rabbit # prod. by Bob Thiele rec. February 27 & 28, 1969 in Hollywood; George Smith, voc, hca; Big Jim Wynn, bar; Richard Davis, tpt; Ed Davis, sax; Robert Schedel, p; Marshall Hooks, g; Curtis Tillman, b; unknown dr # George Smith, voc, hca; Lightnin' Rod (Piazza), hca; Arthur Wright, g; unknown org. ten, b, dr [] George Smith, talking with Lightnin' Rod (Piazza), hca; Art Adams, g notes by Sheldon Harris Bluesway BLS 6029 (US 1969) notes by Klaus 'Mojo' Kilian = Crosscut CCR 1015 (Germany 1987) Bluesway Records discography
33	1969	California Blues Anthology of the Blues - Archive series Volume Three Kent/United/Musidisc LPs track sequence: Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Three Hours Past Midnight @ youtube George Smith - I Found My Baby @ youtube - Hey Mr. Porter @ youtube James Reed - The End [Flair 1034] @ youtube - My Mama Told Me [Flair 1034] @ youtube Walter Robinson - I've Done Everthing I Can @ youtube Johnny Fuller - Prowling Blues @ youtube - Hard Times @ youtube - It's Your Life @ Spotify - Buddy @ youtube - Back Home @ Spotify - Johnny's Low Down Blues @ Spotify P-Vine PCD-3037 track sequence: Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Three Hours Past Midnight George Smith - I Found My Baby - Hey Mr. Porter James Reed - The End [Flair 1034] - My Mama Told Me [Flair 1034] - Dr. Brown [Flair 1042, Kent KST-9012] @ youtube - You Better Hold Me [Flair 1042, Kent KST-9012] @ youtube Walter Robinson - I've Done Everything I Can - Sputterin' Blues Johnny Fuller - Prowlin' Blues - Hard Times - It's Your Life - Buddy - Back Home - Johnny's Low Down Blues Jimmy McCracklin - Just Won't Let Her Go - Gotta Cut Out Kent KST-9003 inner gatefold pictures: left: "George 'Harmonica' Smith at The Troubadour in Los Angeles in 1969 or 1970 at a gig by the Muddy Waters Band. The guitarist may be James 'Pee Wee' Madison but I'm not sure." (Frank Scott @ facebook, 09/04/2019); photographer: Frank Scott right: Johnny "Guitar" Watson onstage ~~at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, UK, April 3, 1965~~ in London, UK, March 26 or 27 or April 4 or 6, 1965; backing band: The Stormsville Shakers; photographer: ~~Brian Smith~~ Frank Scott gatefold LP notes (December 1969) by Bruce Bromberg Kent KST-9003 (US 1970) Kent KST-9003 inner gatefold; left: George Smith, right: Johnny 'Guitar' Watson = United Superior US-7780 (US 197?) 8 track stereo cartridge = Cadet (US 19??) notes by Bruce Bromberg Kent KST-9003 (US 197?) (repress without gatefold!) notes by Bruce Bromberg = Musidisc 30 AB 5603 (Fr 1976) 12-pp. booklet (=) P-Vine PCD-3037 (Jp 1994) "Anthology of the Blues Vol. 2" Kent Anthology discography James Reed discography Johnny Fuller discography Jimmy McCracklin discography
34	196?	Little George Smith: Blues Harmonica - All Last Night [Lapel 103] - Sometimes You Win When You Lose [Sotoplay 0021/2] - West Helena Blues (West Helena Woman) [J&M 001/2] - Hot Rolls [Lapel 103] - Go Ahead On [J&M 001/2] - Blowin' The Blues [Carolyn 005] - Brown Mule [Sotoplay 51] - Come Home (Come Home) [Sotoplay 0021/2] - Blues In The Dark [RPM 434] - Yes Baby [Carolyn 005] - Good Things [Sotoplay 51] - Miss O'Malley's Rally [Lapel 101] - Summertime [Carolyn 600] Python PLP-KM 23 Python Records discography
35	1969	LONG GONE MILES - Hello Josephine (K 500-1) - Little Sweet Thing (K 500-2) rec. 1969 in Los Angeles; Luke 'Long Gone' Miles, voc, George Smith, hca; Marshall Hooks, Bernie Pearl, g; b; dr 7 inch 45 rpm Kent 500 Sundown CG 709-03 Luke 'Long Gone' Miles discography
36	1969	Oakland Blues featuring L.C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson, Lafayette "Thing" Thomas and Dave Alexander track sequence on cover and label L.C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson - Clean Your House - Train Time Blues - Jack Rabbit Boogie - Separate Ways - Bringin' My Baby Back Home Lafayette "Thing" Thomas - Party With Me # * - I Had A Dream # * - A Fool's Way of Doin' Things # Dave Alexander - Love Is Just For Fools [] - Good Soul Music [] - Highway 59 [] actual track sequence on vinyl L.C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson - Clean Your House - Separate Ways - Jack Rabbit Boogie - Train Time Blues - Bringin' My Baby Back Home Lafayette "Thing" Thomas - Party With Me # * - I Had A Dream # * - A Fool's Way of Doin' Things # Dave Alexander - Love Is Just For Fools [] - Good Soul Music [] - Highway 59 [] # rec. September 9, 1968 in Berkeley; Lafayette Thomas, voc, g; Dave Alexander, p; Charles Thomas, g; * L.C. Robinson, st-g; Malachi Spencer, b; Garnell Barfield, dr [] rec. March 3, 1969 at Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles; Dave Alexander, voc, p; George Smith, hca; Houston Twister [Albert Collins], g; Dave Johnson, b; Paul Lagos, dr prod. by Steve LaVere; arranged & directed by Jimmy McCracklin notes by Pete Welding World Pacific WPS-21893 = Liberty LBS-83234 (UK 1969) United Artists LAX 143 (Jp)
37	1969	Big Mama Thornton: The Way It Is - Little Red Rooster - One Black Rat - Rock Me Baby - Wade In The Water - Sweet Little Angel - Baby Please Don't Go / Got My Mojo Working - Watermelon Man - Don't Need No Doctor rec. 1969 live at Thee Experience, Los Angeles; Big Mama Thornton, voc, ~~hca~~; George Smith, harmonica, harps [sic]; Bee Houston, g; James D. Nicholson, p; Flip Graham, b; Jay Hodges, sax; unknown dr notes by Ritchie Young Mercury Stereo SR 61249 = Mercury CD 558550
38	1969	The Plaster Casters The Plaster Caster Blues Band - Lanoola Goes Limp - Seven Foot Drummer From Fleetwood Mac # - Joint Venture - You Didn't Try to Ball Me (dedicated to Frank Zappa) - Banks Of Barclay # - Welcome Hamptons Outstanding - Plaster Caster # - The Chicago Charva Chapter - Cynthia's Blues # - Diane's Blue Plate Special # - Blues For Big Jimi - Pray Tell Brian rec. 1969 prob. Los Angeles; Bobby Bryant, tpt; Arthur Adams, g; Jules Chaiken, voc; Max Hardy, dr; Gildo Mahones, org, p, keyb; Ellen Sander, voc; George Smith, hca, Clifford Solomon, sax; prod. by Bob Thiele BluesTime BTS 9001 BluesTime discography
	1969	The Plaster Casters - Lanoola Goes Limp - You Didn't Try to Ball Me (dedicated to Frank Zappa) rec. 1969 prob. Los Angeles; Bobby Bryant, tpt; Arthur Adams, g; Jules Chaiken, voc; Max Hardy, dr; Gildo Mahones, org, p, keyb; Ellen Sander, voc; Clifford Solomon, sax; prod. by Bob Thiele BluesTime 45002 BluesTime discography
39	1969	Joe Turner: The Real Boss Of The Blues - Shake,Rattle And Roll - Lonesome Train - Corrina, Corrina # - How Long,How Long Blues - Careless Love - Two Loves Have - Honey Hush # - Plastic Man # rec. 1969 prob. Los Angeles; Big Joe Turner, voc; # George Smith, hca; 2 gs; p; b; dr; horns; prod. by Bob Thiele; arranged & conducted by Gene Page BluesTime BTS 9002 BluesTime discography = Philips 830.599 BY (Fr) = Polydor
40	1969	T-Bone Walker / Joe Turner / Otis Spann Super Black Blues - Paris Blues # - Here Am I Broken Hearted - Jot's Blues - Blues Jam # rec. October 17, 1969 prob. Los Angeles; Joe Turner, voc, T-Bone Walker, voc, g; Otis Spann, voc, p; # George Smith, hca; Ron Brown, b; Arthur Wright, g; Ernie Watts, ts; Paul Humphrey, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele BluesTime BTS 9003 gatefold notes by Stanley Dance BluesTime BTS 9003 (US) BluesTime discography = Philips 6369416 (UK 1969) notes by Stanley Dance RCA Victor Europe / BMG 74321851642 (2006)
41	1969	The Return Of Harmonica Slim - Stormy Monday Blues - Harmonica Boogaloo - Tin Pan Alley # - Love - That's All Right # - Darling, I Love You - You Better Believe It # - Things Ain't What They Used To Be rec. 1969 prob. Los Angeles; Harmonica Slim (Travis L. Blaylock), voc; # George Smith, hca; Plas Johnson, ts, bs; Artie Butler, p, org; Max Bennett, b; David Walker, Louie Shelton, gs; Mike Anthony, bj; Abe Mills, dr; Red Rhodes, steel-g; prod. by Bob Thiele notes by Sheldon Harris BluesTime BTS 9005 BluesTime discography
41a	1969	Bob Thiele Emergency: Head Start - Head Start - Freaky Zeke - Beatle Ballads - Lanoola Goes Limp THE JAZZ STORY - Part 1. Pickin' Taters Blues # - Part 2. Oh Didn't He Ramble / High Society - Part 3. Jungle Sound - Part 4. Swing Era - Part 5.Be Bop - Part 6. In the Vinyard / Avant Garde DEDICATION TO JOHN COLTRANE A. Lament for John Coltrane B. A Love Supreme C. Holiday for a Graveyard A FEW THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY (Biafra, John and Robert, The American Indian) rec. 1969, # George 'Harmonica' Smith, voc; Howard Roberts, g; Joe Passalaqua, b DLP Flying Dutchman FDS-104
42	1970	George Smith: No Time For Jive - Some Day You're Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right) - Blue Switch - Mississippi River Blues - Before You Do Your Thing (You'd Better Think) - Don't Want To Go, Baby - Good Things - Soul Feet - No Time For Jive rec. November 17 & 18, 1969 at Eldorado Studios, Hollywood; George Smith, voc, hca; J.D. Nicholson, p; Gregg Schafer, Buddy Reed, Marshall Hooks, Pee Wee Crayton, gs; Jerry Smith, b; Dick Innes, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon Blue Horizon 7-63856 = Stomp/Line STLP 4.00283 (D 1985) = Blue Horizon Col 478292-2 Sony / BMG CD 688737 (2006) Blue Horizon Records discography
43	1970	George Smith - Before You Do Your Thing (You'd Better Think) - Some Day You're Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right) rec. November 17 & 18, 1969 at Eldorado Studios, Hollywood; prod. by Mike Vernon 7 inch 45 rpm Blue Horizon 57-3170 Blue Horizon Records discography
44	1970	Bacon Fat: Grease One For Me - Up The Line - Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Light. - Small's On - She's A Wrong Woman - I Need Your Love - Juicy Harmonica - Nobody But You - Telephone Blues # - You're So Fine - Too Late rec. November 1969 at the Eldorado Studios, Los Angeles; Rod Piazza, voc, hca; # George Smith, voc, hca; Gregg Schafer, Buddy Reed, gs; J.D. Nicholson, p; Jerry Smith, b; Dick Innes, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon cover photography of Blue Horizon 7-63858 by Luther Birdface notes by Mike Vernon = Blue Horizon BH 4807 (US 1970) notes by Mike Vernon Blue Horizon 7-63858 (UK 1970) = Blue Horizon BHS 5517 (South Africa 1970) = CBS/Blue Horizon SBP 233955 = Line OLLP 5309 (Germany 1983) = Line IMLP 4.00378 (Germany 1983) = Walhalla WH 90344 (EU 2004) Sony/BMG CD 688737 (2006) Blue Horizon Records discography
45	1970	Big Joe Turner Turns On The Blues - TV Mama - Everyday I Have The Blues - Good Morning Blues - St. Louis Blues - Chains Of Love - In The Evening - Night Time Is The Right Time - Don't Love You No More - Little Girl - Kansas City Blues rec. c.1970 at Cadet Record Studios, Los Angeles; Big Joe Turner, voc; Muddy Waters Band (g, p, b, dr) incl. George Smith, hca Kent KST-542 = United US-7759
46	1970	Tim Williams: Blues Full Circle - Tin Pan Alley# - Rip It Up # - Heartbreak Hotel # - Sad, Sad Sound # - Wee Wee Hours / I Got A Booking # - Mojo Hand - Sugar Babe - Alabama Woman Blues - Snow Blind Friend - Straight Shooter - Corrina rec. in Los Angeles; Tim Williams, voc, g; # George Smith, hca; # Pee Wee Crayton, g; # p; # b; # dr; prod. by Doug McGuire & Chris Strachwitz notes by Pete Welding Epic BN 46472
47	1970	How Blue Can We Get? Volume I: White Fleetwood Mac - Watch Out Jellybread - Don't Pay Them No Mind Top Topham - Mini-Minor-Mo Duster Bennett - What A Dream Bacon Fat - Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Lights) Chicken Shack - Evelyn Christine Perfect - And That's Saying A Lot Bacon Fat - Small's On 53rd Fleetwood Mac - I'm Worried Chicken Shack - The Way It Is Jellybread - No Brag, Just Facts (parts 1 and 2) Fleetwood Mac - Rambling Pony Volume II: Black Elmore James - Hand In Hand Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's Alright Magic Sam - All Your Love Larry Johnson - Catfish Blues Otis Spann - My Love Depends On You Furry Lewis - Casey Jones Champion Jack Dupree - Grandma (You're A Bit Too Slow) George Smith - No Time For Jive Johnny Young - Deal The Cards Roosevelt Holts - Little Bitty Woman Bukka White - Bed Spring Blues Mississippi Joe Callicott - On My Last Go Round Otis Rush - Jump Sister Bessie Blue Horizon PR/SPR 45/46 inner gatefold DLP Blue Horizon PR 45/46 (UK 1970) DLP = Blue Horizon SPR 45/46 (NL 1970) Blue Horizon Records discography
48	1968/70	Dirt Blues (Minit MLL/MLS 40005) Lightnin' Hopkins - Fast Mail Rambler [Aladdin 204] - Shotgun [Aladdin 3063] - My California [Aladdin 3262] T-Bone Walker - Glamour Girl - Love Is Just A Gamble - I'm About To Lose My Mind Lil' Son Jackson - Rockin' & Rollin' Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway - Lose Your Money - Louise - Sportin' Life Luke 'Long Gone' Miles - Miss Hazel Mae - Bad Luck - Long Distance Call Dirt Blues (Liberty LBS 83404/05 X) LP 1: Papa George Lightfoot - Wine, Woman, Whisky Lightnin' Hopkins - Antoinette's Blues [Vault SLP 129] The Chambers Brothers - Blues Get Off My Shoulder Lil' Son Jackson - Disgusted Slim Harpo - A Man Is Crying The Robins - Around About Midnight Fats Domino - Stay Away Sunnyland Slim - Dust My Broom George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band - My Babe T-Bone Walker - I Get So Weary Big Joe Williams - Oh Baby George Smith & The Chicago Blues Band - Can't Hold Out Much Longer [World Pacific 21887] LP 2: Slim Harpo - Something Inside Me Papa George Lightfoot - Take It Witcha The Chambers Brothers - It's All Over Now Smiley Lewis - Shame, Shame, Shame Country Jim - Phillipine Blues Snooks Eaglin - Travellin' Mood Lightnin' Hopkins - California Mudslide [Vault SLP 129] Boogie Bill Webb - Boogie The Jewels - No Shoulder To Cry Wilson Pickett - If You Need Me Lightnin' Hopkins - Howling Wolf Blues Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That Minit MLL 40005 front cover photography and design by Michael Hasted; Liberty LBS 83404/05 X design by Ulrich Eichberger same front cover for mono & stereo! Minit MLL 40005 (mono) (UK 1968) [Liberty subsidiary] = Minit MLS 40005 (stereo) (UK 1968) gatefold DLP Liberty LBS 83404/05 X (stereo) (Germany 1970)
49	1971	Bacon Fat: Tough Dude - Wait On It - Down The Road - Betty - Leavin' On Your Mind # * - Jivin' The Business - Shake Dancer - Travelling South # * - Evil - Blues Feeling - Pool Hall Sam - Transatlantic Blues - Hurricane # rec. November 18, 1970 in London; Rod Piazza, voc, hca; George Smith, * voc, # hca; Gregg Schafer, g, mand; Buddy Reed, g; J.D. Nicholson, p; Jery Smith, b; Dick Innes, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon Polydor / Blue Horizon 2431001 (UK) = Philips 6305094 (Germany) Blue Horizon Records discography
49a	1971	Nothing But The Blues The record companion to Hanover Publications' book "Nothing But The Blues" compiled by the Editors of Blues Unlimited LP 1: J.B. Lenoir - I Don't Care What Nobody Say [Blue Horizon 1004] Juke Boy Bonner - Runnin' Shoes [Blues Unlimited 101] Doctor Ross - Goin' Down Slow [Blue Horizon LP-1] Model 'T' Slim - Woman's The Glory Of Man [Audio Blues AB-1933-A] Little Mack Simmons - Come Back [C.-J. 606] Johnny Shines - Pipeline Blues [Blue Horizon 7-63212] Boozoo Chavis - Forty One Days [Folk Star 1201] Hop Wilson - That Wouldn't Satisfy [Goldband G-1071] Big Walter - My Tears [Flyright LP 4700] Lonesome Sundown - I Stood By [Excello 2145] Arthur Gunter - Don't Leave Me Now [Excello 2147] Rockin' Sydney - Keep On Pushin' [previously unissued] LP 2: B.B. King - Eyesight To The Blind [Kent 441] Otis Rush - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) [Cobra 5032] Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry (The Blues) [Artistic 1501] John Brim - Lifetime Baby [previously unissued] Elmore James - Goin' For Good [previously unissued] Magic Sam - All Night Long [Cobra 5025] Lightnin' Slim - Greyhound Blues [Excello 2252] Slim Harpo - Loving You (The Way I Do) [Excello 2282] Otis Spann - Can't Do Me No Good [Blue Horizon 57-3142] Sunnyland Slim - Midnight Jump [Blue Horizon 7-63213] Johnny Young - Moaning And Groaning [Blue Horizon 7-63852] George Smith - Telephone Blues [Blue Horizon7-63858] compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Mike Vernon 2 LP set notes by Mike Leadbitter CBS 66278 (UK 1971) DLP accompanying the book by the same title: Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing But The Blues.- London / New York (Hanover Books / Oak Publications) 1971
50	1971	George "Harmonica" Smith: Arkansas Trap - McComb, Mississippi (part 1)@ youtube (full album) - Situation Blues - Roaming - Blue Fog - On My Mind - Viola B. - Monkey On A Limb - Trying To Hide The Things I Do - Fire Exit * - She's Coming Home To Stay - McComb, Mississippi (part 2) * rec. November 29 & 30, 1970 in West Hampstead, London; George Smith, voc, hca; J.D. Nicholson, p, * voc; Greg Schaefer, p, g; Buddy Reed, g; Jerry Smith, b; Dick Innes, dr; Mike Vernon, perc, voc, g; prod. by Mike Vernon Deram DES 18059 (US 1971) Deram DES 18059 (Ca 1971) = Deram/London SML 1082 (UK 1971) notes by Kees van Wijngaarden = Black Cat 002 (NL 4/1981) = Stomp (Germany 1987) Blue Horizon Records discography J.D. Nicholson discography
51	1972	Eddie Taylor: I Feel So Bad The Blues of Eddie Taylor - I Feel So Bad # @ Spotify - Jackson Town Blues # @ youtube @ Spotify - Stop Breaking Down # @ youtube @ Spotify - 13 Highway (Highway 13) # @ Spotify - Stroll Out West * @ youtube @ Spotify - Sittin' Here Thinkin' # @ Spotify - Going Upside Your Head # @ youtube @ Spotify - Twelve Year Old Boy # @ Spotify - There'll Be A Day # @ Spotify - Bullcow Blues * @ Spotify - Wreck On 83 Highway * @ Spotify - Blues In The Rain (instr) # @ Spotify P-Vine PCD-24118 / P-Vine PCD-93223 bonus tracks: - Mean Old Spider - Big Town Playboy - Greyhound Bus # rec. June 1972 at Eldorado Studios in Hollywood, CA; Eddie Taylor, voc, g; George Smith, hca; Phillip Walker, g; David Li, ten, bar, perc; Jimmy Jones, p; Chuck Jones, bs; Johnny Tucker, dr; Little H. Williams, tamb * rec. at Advent Studios in Glendale, CA; Eddie Taylor, voc, g ° rec. June 1972 in Hollywood, CA; Eddie Taylor, voc, g; unknown acc. prod. by Frank Scott with assistance from Bruce Bromberg; cover design by Mike Faye; photos by John Sullivan notes by Eddie Taylor Advent 2802 (US 1972) = DJM 22065 (UK 1977) = Advent/Vivid VS-1051 (Jp 1985) = Hightone HCD 8027 (US 1991) = P-Vine PCD 2102 (Jp) (=) P-Vine PCD-24118 (Jp 2002) (=) P-Vine PCD-93223 (Jp 2009) Advent Records discography
51a	1972	The Great Blues Men Homesick James - Set A Date John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road Sleepy John Estes - Corinna # Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old [] Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way # Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway Otis Spann - Burning Fire Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues Junior Wells - Stormy Mnday Blues # Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues # Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues J. B. Hutto - Please Help Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues Ida Cox - Four Day Creep # Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World # not on CD [] rec. live at Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, July 1957; Muddy Waters, voc, g; poss. George Smith, hca; James 'Pee Wee' Madison, g; Luther 'Georgia Boy - Snake' Johnson, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; SP Leary, dr DLP Vanguard VSD 25/26 = Vanguard / King GW-203/4 (Jp 1972) (=) Vanguard CD 25/26 (US 1988)
	1972	~~chicago ain't nothin' but a blues band~~ - Recession Blues - Sunnyland Slim - Everything's Gonna Be All Right - Sunnyland Slim - I Don't Know Why - Eddy Clearwater - A Minor Cha-Cha - Eddy Clearwater - Boogie Woogie Baby - Eddy Clearwater (CD bonus track) - Let's Get High - Morris Pejoe - Baby I'm Lonely - Morris Pejoe - How Can You Do It? - Henry Gray (CD bonus track) - All Pretty Women - Jo Jo Williams - Rock 'N' Roll Boogie - Jo Jo Williams - Why Did We Have to Part? - Unknown (CD bonus track) - I Am a Lucky Lucky Man - Johnny Rogers (CD bonus track) - Blues For Atomic-H - Little Mack Simmons (CD bonus track) - You Know You Don't Want Me - George & His House Rockers (CD bonus track) - Morning Love Blues - George & His House Rockers (CD bonus track) - Hillbilly Blues - Eddy Clearwater - Jumpin' at Charley's - ~~Eddy Clearwater~~ "Baby" Joe Little (CD bonus track) - Neckbones Everyday - ~~Eddy Clearwater~~ "Baby" Joe Little (CD bonus track) - Sad and Blue - Harmonica George [H.G. Robinson, not George Smith !!!] - Sputnik Music - Harmonica George [H.G. Robinson, not George Smith !!!] - Women's World - Jo Jo Williams (CD bonus track) - Davy Crockett's Jingle Bells - Jo Jo Williams (CD bonus track) - You Can't Live in This Big World by Yourself - Jo Jo Williams (CD bonus track) rec. 1968-1960 for Rev. Houston H. Harrington's Atomic-H label notes by Jimmy Dawkins and Bob Koester Delmark DL 624 = Delmark DE 624 (1999) Delmark Records discography
51b	1972?	Junior Wells - Cha Cha Cha In Blues - Come On This House - Cut That Out - Eagle Rock Sonny Boy Williamson - Gettin' Out Of Town - Too Close Together Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup [erroneously credited to Sonny Boy Williamson] - My Baby Boogies All The Time [Champion 108] - I Wonder [Champion 108] Little George Smith - Blues Stay Away - Oopin Doopin Doopin Sonny Terry - Harmonica Train - Woman Is Killin' Me - Night Time Is Right Time - Blues With A Feelin' - Key To The Highway Bluesland HB 2 (Sweden 1972?)
51c	1973	Otis Spann: Heart Loaded With Trouble The Classic Blues of Otis Spann - Heart Loaded With Trouble * @ youtube - I'm A Fool * @ youtube - Doctor Blues * @ youtube - Looks Like Twins * @ youtube - Down To Earth [] * @ youtube - My Home Is On The Delta - Down On Sarah Street # - Spann Blues # - Chicago Blues - Brand New House # # rec. August 30, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; George Smith, hca [without amplification]; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele * rec. November 20, 1967 in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; [] Lucille Spann, voc; Muddy Waters, Luther Johnson, Sam Lawhorn, g; George Buford, hca; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele "Previously issued in other albums" (part of BLS 6003 and BLS 6013) notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS 6063 (US 1973, promo) has dissimilar (most likely false) track sequence written on back cover notes by Joel Selvin Bluesway BLS 6063 (US 1973) track sequence corrected by use of a sticker Bluesway Records discography Otis Spann discography Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson discography Muddy Waters discography Mojo Buford discography Lucille Spann discography
52	6/1975	Genesis Vol. 3 - Sweet Home Chicago Album 1 Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Take A Little Walk With Me Floyd Jones - Dark Road - Big World - Overseas - Playhouse Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil - Five Spot Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - One Of These Days - Murmur Low Little Henry - I Declare That Ain't Right - Matchbox Blues Blue Smitty - Sad Story - Elgin Movements - Date Bait Album 2 Muddy Waters - Mean Red Spider - Hard Days - Burying Ground - Last Time I Fool Around With You - Screaming And Crying - Where's My Woman Been - Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1 - Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2 - Stuff You Gotta Watch - Lonesome Day - Iodine In My Coffee - Flood - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Oh! Yeh - Smokestack Lightning Album 3 Little Walter - Juke - Boogie - Mean Old World - Sad Hours - Don't Have To Hunt No More - Tonight With A Fool - Quarter To Twelve - Blues With A Feeling - Last Boogie - Fast Boogie - Light's Out - You're So Fine - Blues Light - Last Night - Thunderbird - I Got To Go Album 4 Jimmy Rogers - Today, Today Blues - The World Is In A Tangle - She Loves Another Man - Hard Working Man - Chance To Love - My Little Machine - Mistreated Baby - What's The Matter Jimmy Rogers - You're The One John Brim - Rattlesnake - It Was A Dream - Ice Cream Man - Lifetime Baby - Tough Times - Go Away - That Ain't Right compiled by Mike Rowe 4 LP box set Chess 6641 174 (UK Phonogram) Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113, p. 24-25 Genesis discography
53	1975	Big Mama Thornton: Jail - Little Red Rooster - Ball 'N' Chain - Jail # - Hound Dog - Rock Me Baby - Sheriff O.E. & Me # - Oh Happy Day # rec. 1975 live at Monroe State Prison, Monroe Washington and Oregon State Reformatory, Eugene, Oregon; Big Mama Thornton, voc; # George Smith, hca; J.D. Nicholson, p; Bill Potter, ts; Bee Houston, Steve Wachsmann, gs; Bruce Sieverson, b; Todd Nelson, dr; prod. by Link 'General Hog' Wyler Vanguard VSD 79351 = Vanguard VSD 23023 notes by Ed Ward (=) Vanguard CD 70175 (US 2000) "Complete Vanguard Recordings" or "Best of the Vanguard Years" (3 CD set)
54	1976	Champion Jack Dupree: Blues For Everybody - Silent Partner - Overhead - Blues For Everybody - Harelip Blues - Failing Health Blues - Mail Order Woman - Tongue Tied Blues - She Cooks Me Cabbage - Let The Doorbell Ring - Ain't No Meat On The Bone - Me And My Mule - That's My Pa additional tracks on Gusto GD 5037 (DLP 1980): - Rub A Little Boogie - So Sorry, So Sorry - Please Tell Me Baby - Hard Feeling - Camille - The Blues Got Me Rockin' - Two Below Zero - Walkin' Upside Your Head - Big Leg Emma's - Sharp Harp King KS 1084 = Bellaphon BID 8020 (Germany 1977) (=) Gusto GD 5037 (DLP 1980) = Blues Encore CD 52029 = Charly CD 243 (UK 1990) = King Masters KCD 6014 Champion Jack Dupree discography
55	1976	Mr. Fulbright's Blues Jimmy Nolen [actually Jimmy Wilson] - Strangest Blues - I Used To Love A Woman Phillip Walker - Louisiana Walk - I Want You For Myself - Playing In The Park - Hello My Darling Mac Willis - Pretty Woman - Howling Woman Smokey Hogg - Blue And Lonesome Blues - Misery In My Life Elmon Mickle - Flat Foot Sam - I Got To Get Some Money Jesse Fuller - Listen Here Mr. Fireman - San Francisco Bay Blues Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender - Zetela Blues - Rock Is My Pillow - Ten Long Years - I Got A Letter Unknown Artist A - Hard Luck Blues - Lonesome Road °° Jesse Thomas - Another Fool Like Me George Smith - West Helena Blues Unknown Artist B - Come Back Baby Unknown Artist C - Strange Ol' Feeling J.D. Nicholson - I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More Jimmy Nolen - Let's Try It Again Willie Egans - It's A Shame - Willie's Boogie °° omitted from P-Vine PCD-2008 supposedly due to lack of space! 2 LP set P-Vine Special PLP 2-704 (Jp 1976) (=) P-Vine PCD-2008 (Jp 1988) notes (November 1989) by Chris Bentley (=) Diving Duck DD 4314 (NL 1990) "Mr. Fullbright's Blues Vol. 1" notes (November 1989) by Chris Bentley (=) Diving Duck DD 4315 (NL 1990) "Mr. Fullbright's Blues Vol. 2" (=) Wolf CD 120.614 (Austria 1994), (=) Wolf CD 120.615, 120616 (Austria 1998) "Elko Blues Vols. 1, 2 & 3" Elko Records discography
56	1976	George Smith: Blowin' The Blues P-Vine PLP-703 track sequence: - Blowing The Blues (4:19) [elongated version or alt tk of Carolyn 005?] @ youtube - Yes Baby [Carolyn 005] - Sometimes You Win When You Lose [Sotoplay 0021/2] - Good Things [Sotoplay 51] - You Can't Undo What's Been Done [Sotoplay 0023/4] - Nobody Knows [Carolyn 1420] - Tight Dress [Sotoplay 0010] - Times Won't Be Hard Always [Sotoplay 0010] - Loose Screws [Sotoplay 0012] - As Long As I Live [Carolyn 1420] - Brown Mule [Sotoplay 51] Official 15504 / El Segundo ESR 98001 track sequence: - Blowin' The Blues [Carolyn 005] - West Helena Blues [Sotoplay 0029/30] - I Don't Know [Lapel 101] - Miss O' Malley's Rally [Lapel 101] - All Last Night [Lapel 103] - I Want A Woman [Sotoplay 0018/9] - Until You Come Home [Sotoplay 0018/9] - Hot Rolls [Lapel 103] - I Must Be Crazy [Sotoplay 0031/2] - Yes Baby [Carolyn 005] - Loose Screws [Sotoplay 0012] - Rope That Twist [Sotoplay 0023/4] - Sometimes You Win When You Lose [Sotoplay 0021/2] - Good Things [Sotoplay 51] - You Can't Undo What's Been Done [Sotoplay 0023/4] - Nobody Knows [Carolyn 1420] - Trap Meat [Carolyn 007] - Tight Dress [Sotoplay 0010] - Times Won't Be Hard Always [Sotoplay 0010] - Come On Home [Sotoplay 0021/2] - The Avalon Boogaloo [Carolyn 600] - As Long As I Live [Carolyn 1420] - Brown Mule [Sotoplay 51] - Summertime [Carolyn 600] - Teenage Girl (with William Clarke) - Teardrops Falling (with William Clarke) notes by Nat McCoy P-Vine PLP-703 (Jp 1976) (=) Official 15504 (=) El Segundo ESR 98001 (US 1998) "George Harmonica Smith: Blowing the Blues"
57	1978	Big Mama Thornton: Mama's Pride - Big Mama's New Love - Rolling Stone - Mr. Cool - Lost City - Private Number - Little Red Rooster - Ball 'N' Chain - Hound Dog - Rock Me Baby - Jail # Side 1 (from "Sassy Mama") rec. 1975 Vanguard 23rd Street Studios New York Side 2 (from "Jail") rec. 1975 live at Monroe State Prison, Monroe Washington and Oregon State Reformatory, Eugene, Oregon; Big Mama Thornton, voc; # George Smith, hca; J.D. Nicholson, p; Bill Potter, ts; Bee Houston, Steve Wachsmann, gs; Bruce Sieverson, b; Todd Nelson, dr; prod. by Link 'General Hog' Wyler compiled by Alan Balfour (tracks taken from 1975 Vanguard 79351 "Jail" & 1975 Vanguard 79354 "Sassy Mama") photos by Joel Brodsky notes by Clive Richardson Vanguard VPC 40001 (UK 1978)
	1978	Férré Grignard: I Warned You - I Warned You - The New Sheriff - All Right - Orphan Blues - Irene Goodnight - I'm Alabama Bound - Have A Whiff On Me - On My Dying Bed - Midnight Special - Smoozy Punky Baby Férré Grignard, voc, g; Trevor Pape, g; William Down, bj, mand, viol; George 'Toet' Smits (a musician from Antwerp, Belgium) [not ~~George 'Harmonica' Smith~~], hca; Hugo Spencer, b, voc; Luc Kuypers, dr; prod. by Hugo Spencer & Jan Schuurman artwork by Fred Bervoets Philips 6320 042 (NL)
59	1979	Phillip Walker & Lonesome Sundown Crawl Back To Louisiana P-Vine track list - Steppin' Up In Class # - Trouble In My Home - Gloria Belle # - The Trace - My Bad Habit - Louisiana Lover Man (Sundown) - If My Tears Must Fall - This Is The Blues - Bad Luck Is Falling - Bopp's Dream - Crawl Back To Opelousas # Rounder track list - Steppin' Up In Class # - Trouble In My Home - Gloria Belle # - The Trace - My Bad Habit - The Train (Walker) - If My Tears Must Fall - This Is The Blues - Bad Luck Is Falling - Bopp's Dream - Crawl Back To Opelousas # rec. November 1979 at Sage & Sound Studio, Los Angeles; Lonesome Sundown, voc, g; Phillip Walker, voc, g; Nat Dove, p; # George Smith, hca; Dennis Walker, b; Johnny Tucker, dr; prod. by Bruce Bromberg & Dennis Walker P-Vine PLP 9049 (Jp 1979) notes by Dick Shurman = Rounder 2037 (1982) "Lonesome Sundown & Phillip Walker: From LA. to L.A." Phillip Walker discography
60	1979	Phillip Walker Band with George 'Harmonica' Smith The Blues Show! Live at Pit Inn - Hello My Darling - Laughing And Clowning - Yonders Wall - That's Alright * - Blues Blowin' Up * - Mississippi River Blues # * - Strange Things Happening - Johnny B. Goode - Hello Central rec. November 28, 1979 Live at Roppongi Pit Inn, Japan; Phillip Walker, voc, g; George Smith, # voc, * hca; Dennis Walker, b; Johnny Tucker, dr; Mitsuyoshi Azuma, g Yupiteru YR23-4002 (Jp 1979) = P-Vine PCD-5330 (Jp) Phillip Walker discography
61	1979	The Chicago Flying Saucer Band featuring Rod Piazza - Rocker - Rock With You Baby - Honey Boy - Rockin' Daddy - The Bounce - Talk To Your Daughter # - Blue Midnite - Want To Be Loved - Late Freight Twist rec. 1979 in Los Angeles; Rod Piazza, voc; # George Smith, hca, backgr. voc; Junior Watson, g; Honey Alexander, p; Little Willie Swartz, dr; Bill Stuve, b; # Shakey Jake, # Ice-Pick James (Harman), backgr. voc Gangster 5160 = Tone-Cool CD
61a	1979	Nat McCoy: Soul - Help Me Baby - Yes I Cried - The Puzzle - Don't Take It Out On Me - Take Me Back Again - Funky Mule - Money Maker - Always Accusing You - The Road - Sometimes You Win When You Lose # @ youtube rec. & mixed at Westwind Recording, Highland, CA; Nat McCoy, voc; Honey Alexander, p; J.R. Watson, g; Bill Stuve, b; John Hoke, dr # J.D. Nickleson [sic], p; George 'Harmonica' Smith, hca album cover photograph by Rob Powell Dobre DR-1033 (US 1979) (Ray Lawrence' label) J.D. Nicholson discography
61b	19??	George Harmonica Smith: Harmonica Blues King - ??? from George 'Harmonica' Smith obituary by Mary Katherine Aldin & Jim O'Neal in Living Blues 58 (Winter 1983/84), pp. 49, 51: "... another album was listed in a Dobre Records catalogue just as the company was going out of business, and apparently few, if any, of the Dobre records made it into general circulation." Dobre 1061
62	1980	Bobby 'Blue' Bland: Sweet Vibrations - Sweet Vibrator - You'd Be A Millionaire - Soul With A Flavor - Special Kind Of Fool - Some Where Over The Rainbow - Hollywood Woman # - A Real Woman Is What It Takes - Suspicious - New Merry Christmas Baby rec. September 1980 in Chicago, IL; Bobby Bland, voc; # George Smith, hca; George Bohannon, tbn; Ernie Fields Jr., sax; Phil Upchurch, b; Monk Higgins, p; Freddy Robinson, g; + many others; prod. by Monk Higgins & Al Bell; arranged & conducted by Monk Higgins MCA 5145 (UK 1980) = MCA 27076 (US 1980)
63	1980	Jimmy Witherspoon: Spoon's Life - Night Life - Help Me - Big Boss Man - Cold, Cold Feeling - Worried Life Blues - Did You Ever - Blues With A Feeling - Big Leg Woman - Bags Under My Eyes rec. October 27, 1980 at Studio Davout, Paris; Jimmy Witherspoon, voc; George Smith, hca; Johnny Dollar, Sammy Lawhorne, gs; Nick Charles, b; Roosevelt 'Snake' Shaw, dr; prod. by Didier Tricard Isabel 900.507 (Fr 1980) = Isabel 59.907 (Fr 19??) = Evidence ECD 26044-2 (US 1994) Isabel discography
64	1980	Johnny Dollar: My Soul Is Blue - Oh Baby # - Doctor Feelgood - All Your Love # - Blind Man - Going Down - Driftin' - That's The Way Love Is rec. November 8 and December 14, 1980 at Studio Davout, Paris, France; Johnny Dollar, voc, g; # George Smith, hca; Sammy Lawhorn, g; Nick Charles, b; Roosevelt 'Snake' Shaw, dr; prod. by Didier Tricard Isabel 900.509 (Fr 1980) = Isabel 59.909 (Fr 19??) Isabel discography Johnny Dollar discography
64a	c.1980	GEORGE "HARMONICA" SMITH - Teardrops Fallin - Teenage Girl rec. c. 1980 in Los Angeles, CA; George 'Harmonica' Smith, voc, hca; William ("Bill") Clarke, backup hca; ~~others unknown~~ Jim Borden, p; Craig Printup, g; Al Bedrosian, b; Matt Goodwine, dr Hittin Heavy HH-1001 (US c.1980)
64b	1980	Little Johnny Taylor: I Shoulda Been A Preacher - Somebody's Got To Pay - Help Yourself # - The Things I Used To Do - Driving Wheel - True Love Taylor - I Smell Trouble - Double Or Nothing - Sometimey Woman - All I Want Is You - You'll Need Another Favor - First Class Love - If You Love Me - My Heart Is Filled With Pain - Since I Found A New Love - Please Come Home For Christmas # rec. 1965/66 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Johnny Taylor, voc; George Smith, hca; Lloyd Rowe, g; b; dr; horns notes by Mike Atherton Red Lightnin' RL 0030 (UK 1980)
65	c.1980	William Clarke and the NightOwls: Blues from Los Angeles (The 1980's) and guests George "Harmonica" Smith, Curtis Griffin, The Hollywood Fats Band - RPM Boogie - Give Me Back That Wig - Steady - You Got To Be Crazy # - Ninth Ward Swing - I'm Afraid Of You - Blowin' My Nuts - Hittin' Heavy - Get So Lonesome - Gina's Groove - Little Girl I'm Loving - It Ain't Nothin' To You # - Diggin' The Boogie - Feel Like A King # # rec. c. 1980 in Los Angeles, CA; William Clarke, voc, hca; George 'Harmonica' Smith, voc, hca; Bobby Williams, ts; Craig Printup, g; James Borden, p; Al Bedrosian, b; Matt Goodwine, dr Hittin Heavy HH-1002 (US c.1980)
66	1981	New York Really Has The Blues Stars Vol. 2 Larry Johnson - Big Boss Man Andy Story - Sweet Little Angel Larry Johnson - Memphis Fives Nat Riddles - You Killing me Larry Johnson - Out With Wrong Woman Brenda Bell with Bob Shatkin (hca) - Call It Stormy Monday Nat Riddles - Sonny Boy's Jump Andy Story - Story Of Andy (guitar solo) Victoria Spivey & The Muddy Waters Chicago Blues Band - Take Webster's Word For It (alt tk) # # rec. November 25, 1966 in New York; Victoria Spivey, voc; Otis Spann, p, org, voc; George Smith, hca, # whistling, voc; Luther "Georgia Boy - Snake" Johnson, b, voc; "Main Stream" (Muddy Waters), Samuel Lawhorn, g; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Len Kunstadt; cover art & design by Nat Riddles notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey LP 1026 (US 1981) Spivey Records discography
66a	1981	Clark Terry: Yes, The Blues - Diddlin' - Railroad Porter Blues - Swingin' The Blues - Marina Bay Rednecks - Quicksand - The Snapper - Kidney Stew rec. January 19, 1981 at Spectrum Studios, Venice, CA; Clark Terry, voc, tpt; Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, voc, as; George 'Harmonica' Smith, hca; Art Hillery, p, org; John Heard, b; Roy McCurdy, dr notes by Gary Giddins Pablo Today 2312-127 = Polydor / Pablo Today 28MJ3074 (Jp) = Pablo Today CD 3112-5 (Jp) = Fantasy / OJCCD-856-2 (US 1995)
67	1982	Little George Smith: Oopin' Doopin' Doopin' - Telephone Blues - Blues In The Dark - Blues Stay Away - Rockin' - California Blues - Oopin' Doopin' Doopin' - Cross Eyed Suzie Lee - You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) - Down In New Orleans - I Found My Baby - Love Life - Have Myself A Ball on most of the tracks on Side A there's an annoying high sound present notes by Ray Topping Ace CH 60 (UK 1982) Ace CDCHD 337 (UK 1991)
68	1982	Suckin' And Blowin' George Smith - Telephone Blues Sonny [Terry] & Jaycee [Burris] - Keep On Doggin' Me Jerry McCain - East Of The Sun Long Gone Miles & George Smith - Little Sweet Thing Papa Lightfoot - P.L. Blues George Smith - Love Life Cousin Leroy - I'm Lonesome Ole Sonny Boy - Blues & Misery Long Gone Miles & George Smith - Hello Josephine Morris Bailey - Tell Me Why Sonny Boy Williamson - Polly Put Your Kettle On Jerry McCain - Wine-O-Wine Ole Sonny Boy - You Better Change George Smith - Blues In The Dark Sonny Terry - Dangerous Woman Sonny Boy Williamson - Mailman, Mailman Sundown CG 709-03 (NL 1982) Sundown Records discography
69	1982	George 'Harmonica' Smith: Boogie'n With George - Sunbird # - Going Down Slow # - Chicago City # - 44 - Peg O' My Heart * # - Astatic Stomp [] # - Manish Boy - Bad Start # - Boogie'n With George # - I Left My Heart * # rec. April 1982 in Watts, CA; George 'Harmonica' Smith, voc, hca; Honey Alexander, p; Bill Stuve, b; Bill Swartz, dr; Junior Watson, g; * Doug McLeod, g; [] Rod Piazza, hca; prod. by Rod Piazza Murray Brothers MB 1001 (US 1982) # Blind Pig BPCD 5049
70	1983	Shoe Label Records presents ... "Pick Your Choice" With George "Harmonica" Smith George Smith - Stockholm Swing Long Gone Miles - Trouble, Trouble Doug McCloud [sic, actually Doug MacLeod] - Think I'll Go Out Drinkin' Evans Walker - Baby Please George Smith - Misty - Bad Luck At My Door Blind Joe Hill - Don't Be Nobody's Fool William Clarke & The Nightowls - 52 Cards In A Deck rec. October 1982 at McCoy Studio, Los Angeles, Ca; George Smith. voc, talking, hca; Luke 'Long Gone' Miles, voc; Lloyd Glenn, p; Dennis Walker, Jerry Abrams, b; Systan, Eddie Heans, dr; Mark Withers, p; Bernie Pearl, Evans Walker, g; J.D. Nicholson, p; prod. by George Smith and Bernie Pearl recorded for George Smith's "Traveling Shoes Records" released as Shoe Label SL-1001 after Smith's death = Essential Media 8 94231 76172 (US 2014)
70a	1983	New York Really Has The "Blues Stars" Vol. 4 Johnny Allen - I'm Bad Murch - I'm Going To Send You Back To Your Mother Harry Holt - Crosscut Saw Louvet Jackson - Please, Please, Please Bill Dicey - Walking Blues Nat Riddles - Cross My Heart Chuck Hancock - Cissy Strut Victoria Spivey with Muddy Waters & his Blues Band - Gave It All To Me (alt tk) # # rec. November 25, 1966 in New York; Victoria Spivey, voc; Otis Spann, p, org; George Smith, hca; Luther "Georgia Boy - Snake" Johnson, b, voc; "Main Stream" (Muddy Waters), Samuel Lawhorn, g; Francis Clay, dr Spivey 1035 (US 1983) Spivey Records discography
71	1984	Doug MacLeod: No Road Back Home - I'm Down - It's The Blues # - Ain't No Road Back Home - The Long Black Train - Your Bread Ain't Done - Nightbird - You're Gonna Get What You Deserve - Winter Must Be Fallin' - Grease In My Gravy Doug MacLeod, voc, g; Marc Ritter, voc, g; Eric Ajaye, b; Lee Spath, dr; # George Smith, voc, hca; David Li, sax; Nolan Smith, tp, flugelhorn; prod. by Bruce Bromber, Dennis Walker & Doug MacLeod notes by Dennis Walker Hightone HT 8002 (US) = Makingwaves SPIN 208 (UK 1984) = Hightone CD 8002 (US 1994)
72	1984	Chicago Piano-Ology Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You - I'm In Love With You Baby - It Must Have Been The Devil - Five Spot Little Henry - I Declare That Ain't Right (take2) - I Declare That Ain't Right (takle4) - Matchbox Blues Little Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy - Shelby County Blues Eddie Ware - Wondering Lover - Rumba Dust - I Found Out - Lima Beans Sunnyland Slim - Johnson Maschine Gun - Fly Right Little Girl P-Vine Chess PLP 6022 (Jp 1984)
73	1986	Live At Small's Paradise featuring George "Harmonica" Smith, Rod Piazza, Bacon Fat, Pee Wee Crayton and J.D. Nicholson - Loose It (SBH 10738) # - Mannish Boy (SBH 10742) # * - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - That's Alright - Ode To Billy Joe - Pee Wee's Texas Boogie (SBH 10756) - Louella Brown (SBH 10761) - My Little Girl (SBH 10764) - Blues After Hours (SBH 10759) - Avalon Boogaloo (SBH 10743) # * [according to Fancourt/McGrath] rec. November 16, 1969 in Los Angeles; George Smith, * voc, # hca; Gregg Schafer, Buddy Reed, gs; J.D. Nicholson, p; Jery Smith, b; Dick Innes, dr; prod. by Mike Vernon notes by Mike Vernon Blue Moon BMLP 1.029
73a	1987	The William Clarke Band: Tip Of The Top with special guests LP track sequence - Goin' Steady - Hot Dog And A Beer - Chromatic Jump - Hard Times # - Blowin' The Family Jewels - Drinkin' Straight Whiskey - Drinkin' Beer - Just A Dream - Take A Walk With Me - Tribute To George Smith - Charlie's Blues CD track sequence - Drinkin' Beer - Just A Dream - Take A Walk With Me - Tribute To George Smith - Charlie's Blues - Goin' Steady - Hot Dog And A Beer - Chromatic Jump - Hard Times # - Blowin' The Family Jewels - Drinkin' Straight Whiskey CD bonus tracks: - Party Party - Got My Brand On You - My Dog Won't Bark - My Wife Got Mad rec. 1986 (# February 1981) in Los Angeles; William Clarke, voc, hca; Joel Foy, g; Rob Rio, p; Willie Binklee, b; Jerry Monte, dr; Junior Watson, g; Hollywood Fats, g; Ronnie Earl, g; # George 'Harmonica' Smith, voc, hca; Charlie Musselwhite, hca; Fred Kaplan, g; Steve Killman, g; Bruce Thorpe, g Satch 1002 (US 1987) notes by Dick Shurman = Double Trouble DT-3016 (NL 1988) "William Clarke: Tip Of The Top" = King Ace KACD 1063 (2000)
73b	198?	A Taste Of Harp The Right Kind - You Oughta Slow Dance Baby [Galaxy 761] Big John Wrencher - Tell Me Darling [JA-WES 0118] - Maxwell To Maxwell [JA-WES 0118] Tommy Lewis - The Hurt Is On [Muriel 1001] - I Love You So [Muriel 1001] Big Jay McNeely + George 'Harmonica' Smith - You Don't Have To Go [WB 8143] # - Further Up The Road [WB 8143] # Ace Holder - Sorry I Had To Leave [Moving 142] Thomas 'Shy Guy' Douglas - Howlin' [Surspeed 221] - Evening Soul [Surspeed 221] Harmonica Slim - Do What You Want To Do [Vita 146] - Drop Anchor [Vita 146] Good Time Charlie - Cleaned Out [Goldsmith TCB 1004] - I've Been Cleaned Out [Goldsmith TCB 1003] # rec. late 1962 live at Cisco's, Hermosa Beach, CA; Big Jay McNeely, ts; George Smith, hca; unknown Mexican or Arthur Wright, g; Fred Thompson, org; Dillard McNeely, b; Ramon Martinez, dr; Bob McNeely, bs; Everett Shirley, tp; John 'Streamline' Ewing, tbn notes by Robert Sacré and Philippe Schoofs Moonshine BLP 102 (NL 198?) Moonshine Records discography Big John Wrencher discography
73c	1991	Hard Times - The L.A. Blues Anthology Tribute to T-Bone Walker Smokey Wilson - Fine Little Mama Curtis Jack Griffin - I Get So Lonesome Hollywood Fats - Tribute To T Bone Walker Rasheed Abdullah - I Shoulda Kept On Runnin' Smokey Wilson - Anna Lee Johnny Dyer - So Glad I'm Livin' Smokey Wilson - Goin' Upside Your Head Cardell Boyette - I Miss You So George 'Harmonica' Smith - Hard Times # Alex Schultz - Groovin' With Alex Cardell Boyette - Black Cat Bone Smokey Wilson - Shake For Me Rasheed Abdullah - Racetrack Blues Zach Zunis - 7-11 Cocktail # rec. February 1981; George Smith, voc, hca; William Clarke, hca; Fred Kaplan, p, g; prod. by William Clarke Black Magic BMCD 9016 (NL 1991)
74	1991	Little George Smith: Harmonica Ace The Modern Masters 1954-56 - Rocking - Telephone Blues - Blues In The Dark - Blues Stay Away - Have Myself A Ball - I Found My Baby - Oopin' Doopin' Doopin' (alt tk) - California Blues - Down In New Orleans (aka Hey Mr. Porter ) - Early One Monday Morning - Rocking - Love Life - Cross Eyed Suzie Lee - You Don't Love Me - I Found My Baby - Oopin' Doopin' Doopin' - California Blues - Down In New Orleans (aka Hey Mr. Porter) - Early One Monday Morning Ace CH 60 (1982) notes by Ray Topping Ace CDCHD 337 (UK 1991) = Flair/Virgin V2-86298 (US 1991)
74a	1991	George Smith: Oopin' Doopin' Blues Harp The Modern Masters - Telephone Blues - Have Myself A Ball - I Found My Baby - Oopin' Doopin' Doopin' - Blues Stay Away - Rockin' - Blues In The Dark - Down In New Orleans (Hey Mr. Porter) - Love Life - Cross Eyed Suzie Lee (alt tk) - California Blues - Early One Monday Morning (tk 2) - Blues Stay Away (alt tk) - You Don't Love Me - I Found My Baby (alt tk) - Down In New Orleans (Hey Mr. Porter) (alt tk) - Rockin' (alt tk) - Early One Monnday Morning (tk 1) - Oopin' Doopin' Doopin' (alt tk) - California Blues (alt tk) - Cross Eyed Suzie Lee P-Vine PCD 3007 (Jp 1991)
74b	1993	My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Sly Williams - Boot Hill - I Believe In A Woman Lafayette Thomas - Weekly Blues - The Thing Mojo Watson - You Know You Don't Want Me The Masked Marvel's Buddy - Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues No. 2 Earl Hooker - Yea, Yea Earl Hooker - Do The Chicken Harmonica King - All Last Night [Lapel 103] Guitar Tommy Moore - Your Car Machine - I Ain't Botherin' Nobody Calvin Leavy - Cummins Prison Mojo Watson - I Kept On Trying - Look-A-There Lenox 1012 (Fr) Lenox CD 1012
74c	1993	Chicago Blues Festival Vol. 4 1977-1982 - Key To The Highway - Luther Allison - Love Me Papa - Luther Allison - Man Or Mouse - Magic Slim - I'm Mad - Alabama Junior - Sky Is Crying - Magic Slim - Dust My Broom - John Littlejohn - Feel So Blue - Lafayette Leake - Blue Shadows - Lefty Dizz - One Eyed Woman - Johnny Big Moose Walker - West Helena Blues - George "Harmonica" Smith - Leave Your Love In Greater Hands - J.B. Hutto - She's Light And Low - Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Ramblin' On My Mind - Robert Lockwood, Jr. - My Heart Is Achin' To Love You - J.B. Hutto - J.B.'s Crawl - J.B. Hutto Black and Blue 604 (Fr 1993)
74d	1994	Ray Agee: West Coast Blues and R+B Legend Vol. 3 - Your Precious Love - Leave Me Alone - Somebody Messed Up #1 - Somebody Messed Up #2 - Count The Days I'm Gone - Keep Smiling - Doing It Good For You - Tough Competition - It's Hard To Explain - Soul Of A Man [Brandin 210] - I Feel So Good [Brandin 210] - Hard Working Man - Love Is A Gamble - You Are My Trophy - It Was Your Love - That's The Way It Is - It's A Hellava Thing - Love Is A Cold Shot - You Messed Up My Mind - Roll On Baby - Face The Facts - I'm Losing Again - Crazy - How Could You Say Goodby? - I Can't Work & Watch You Famous Groove FG-CD 972062
74e	1994	Elko Blues Vol. 1 Clifton Chenier - Rockin' The Bop - Tell Me - Cliston's Blues - Louisiana Stomp George 'Harmonica' Smith - I Don't Know [Lapel 101] - Miss O'Malley's Rally [Lapel 101] - Hot Rolls [Lapel 103] Elmon Mickle - Flatfoot Sam - Jackson Blues - Short And Fat (with Ernie Pruitt) - Lonesome Highway - I Got To Get Some Money Jimmy Wilson & Jimmy Nolen Band - Strangest Blues - I Used To Love A Woman Jimmy Nolen Band - Let's Try It Again Jesse Fuller - Mr. Engineer - San Francisco Bay Blues Phillip Walker - Hello My Darling - Playing In The Park - I Want You For Myself (with Bea Walker) - Louisiana Walk Smokey Hogg - Blue And Lonesome Blues - Misery Is My Life Diving Duck DD 4314/5 notes by Ron Bartolucci Wolf CD 120.614 (Austria 1994) Elko Records discography
74f	1995	Otis Spann: Down To Earth The Bluesway Recordings - Popcorn Man - Brand New House - Chicago Blues - Steel Mill Blues - Down On Sarah Street - T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Party Blues) - My Home Is In The Delta - Spann Blues - Heart Loaded With Trouble - Diving Duck - Shimmy Baby - Look Like Twins - I'm A Fool - My Man - Down To Earth - Nobody Knows - Doctor Blues Bluesway 6003 & 6013 notes by Bill Dahl MCA C-11202
75	1995	Johnny Dyer: Jukin' - Feel Like Cryin' Again - Aw Baby - Natural Ball - Hoochie Koochie Man - Johnny's Boogie - Oh Baby - Overdose Of Love - Okie Dokie Stomp - Two Hound Dogs CD bonus tracks, previously unissued: - Walking Through The Park - Slippin' And Slidin' - Baby What You Want Me To Do - Everybody Talking # rec. 1983 in Los Angeles, Ca; Johnny Dyer & the L.A. Jukes: Johnny Dyer, voc, hca; Steve "The Actor" Kilman, lead g; "Wild" William Brinlee, b; Bob "The Pacemaker" Newham, dr; Mike "Junior" Watson, rhythm g; Debbie "Honey" Alexander, p; Rod Piazza, hca on "Hoochie Koochie Man"); # George 'Harmonica' Smith, hca; prod. by Rod Piazza Murray Brothers MB 1004 (US 1983) "Johnny Dyer & The L.A. Jukes" notes by Bill Wasserzieher Blind Pig BPCD 5028 (US 1995) "Jukin'"
76	1998	George 'Harmonica' Smith: Now You Can Talk About Me - Blowing The Blues (1965) [Carolyn 005] - Yes, Baby (1965) [Carolyn 005] - Tight Dress (1960) [Sotoplay 0010] - Times Won't Be Hard Always (1960) [Sotoplay 0010] - Good Things (1965) [Sotoplay 51] - Goin' Down Slow (1982) [Murray Brothers MB 1001] - Last Chance (1982) [Murray Brothers unissued] - Boogie'n With George (1982) [Murray Brothers MB 1001] - Bad Start (1982) [Murray Brothers MB 1001] - Astatic Stomp (1982) [Murray Brothers MB 1001] - I Left My Heart In San Francisco (1982) [Murray Brothers MB 1001] - Sunbird (1982) [Murray Brothers MB 1001] - Chicago City (1982) [Murray Brothers MB 1001] - Peg o' My Heart (1982) [Murray Brothers MB 1001] Blind Pig 180 gram LP notes by Tom Townsley Blind Pig BPCD 5049 (US 1998)
76a	1998	Elko Blues Vol. 2 Jesse Thomas - Another Fool Like Me Mac Willis - Howling Woman - Pretty Woman - Zetela - Ten Long Years - Rocks Is My Pillow Big Son Tillis and D.C. Bender - I Got A Letter - Cold Blues - I'm Going Upstairs Clifton Chenier - Nobody Loves Me - Rockin' Hop - It's A Shame - Willie's Boogie - Hard Luck Blues Bertha 'Chippie' Hill - Lonesome Road George 'Harmonica' Smith - West Helena Blues [J&M 45-001-A] - All Last Night [Lapel 103] - Go Ahead On [J&M 45-002-B] Hollywood Flames - Strange Old Feeling James Hill - I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More Jesse Belvin, The Cliques - Come Back - notes by Ron Bartolucci Wolf CD 120.615 (Austria 1998) Elko Records discography
76b	1998	Elko Blues Vol. 3 Lowell Fulson - Trying to Find My Baby - Wicked Old World George Smith - Just Bluesin' (instr) # Ray Agee - I Gotta Have Your Lovin' Tonight - Rock Head - Loves Limit - Look at Them Eyes - Black Night Is Gone - I Brought It All on Myself Jimmy McCracklin - Miss Mattie Left Me - Baby Don't You Want to Go - Mean Mistreated Lover - Special for You - Highway - You Had Your Chance - You Deceived Me - Rock and Rye, Pt. 1 - Rock and Rye, Pt. 2 - Lonesome Blues - Worrying Blues - Central Avenue Blues - Alla Blues - All My Money Gone # rec. August 24, 1966 at Club 47 in Cambridge, MA; George Smith, hca; Otis Spann, p; Sammy Lawhorn, Luther "Snake" Johnson, g; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr notes by Ron Bartolucci Wolf CD 120.616 (Austria 1998) Elko Records discography
77	1999	Juke Joint Blues 1950's-1960's Rufus "Bearcat" Thomas - I'm Steady Holdin' On - The Easy Livin' Plan Luke 'Long Gone' Miles & George Smith # - Gotta Find My Baby * @ youtube - Little Sweet Thing - Hello Josephine Eddie Lang - Come On Home - I'm All Alone - I'm Beggin' With Tears - You Gotta Crawl Before You Walk Walter Miller - My Last Mile - Standing On The Highway Jim Lockhart - Boogie Woogie Baby Clarence Lively - Back To The Country - Stop It All Luke 'Long Gone' Miles & George Smith # - Let Me Play With Your Poodle * @ youtube - Low Down Dirty Shame * - Need Love So Bad * - Rocks in My Pillow Blues * - My Kind of Woman * - Miss Nera Belle * - I Don't Want No Army * @ youtube Unknown (poss. Walter Horton) - Untitled Harmonica Boogie Leon "Dr. Jive" Williams - Same Mistake Twice - The Other Man # rec. 1969 * previously unissued compilation of Modern and Kent recordings P-Vine PCD-3058 (Jp 1999)
78	1999	Muddy Waters: The Lost Tapes - Honey Bee - Hoochie Coochie Man # - Walking Thru The Park # - Trouble No More # - Just To Be With You # - Muddy's Introduction To 19 Years Old - She's 19 Years Old - Long Distance Call - Mannish Boy - Crawlin' Kingsnake - Got My Mojo Working rec. live at Washington and Oregon University November 1971; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Pinetop Perkins, p; George Smith, hca (# solos); Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison, gs; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr Topcat BFTC 02982 = Blind Pig BPCD 5054 (US 1999)
79	2001	Blues Revue of 20th Century Vol. 1 Introduction for Muddy Waters (0:38) * @ youtube - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (3:40) * @ youtube - Blow Wind Blow (2:30) * @ youtube Interview with Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner & Muddy Waters (4:46) Introduction for Big Mama Thornton (0:39) \|\| - Ball and Chain (6:58) \|\| - Houn Dawg (3:17) \|\| Introduction for Big Joe Turner (0:46) # - Hide and Seek (4:15) # - Shake, Rattle and Roll (4:34) # Introduction for George "Harmonica" Smith (1:20) ## @ youtube - Mississippi River Blues (3:47) ## @ youtube - Juke (3:23) ## @ youtube J.B. Hutto - Too Much Alcohol (5:31) # @ youtube Introduction for Bee Houston (0:35) # @ youtube - High Heel Sneakers (4:50) # @ youtube Blues Revue All Stars (Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, George "Harmonica" Smith) - I Am the Blues (6:46) # @ youtube Big Mama Thornton - Oh Happy Day (9:00) # @ youtube # rec. October 18, 1971 live at Washington State University in Pullman, WA ## George "Harmonica" Smith, hca; Joe "Pinetop" Perkins; p; James "Pee Wee" Madison, Sam Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr \|\| rec. October 20, 1971 live at University of Oregon in Eugene, OR * rec. October 1971 live at Monroe State Prison in Washington, WA; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George "Harmonica" Smith, hca; Joe "Pinetop" Perkins; p; James "Pee Wee" Madison, Sam Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr TopCat TC03012 (US 2001) = Blue Moon TKO Magnum CDBM 141 (UK 2001) "Leavin' Chicago"
80	2002	William Clarke: Now That You're Gone - Now That You're Gone - Feel Like A King # - Love You, Yes I Do # - Give Me Mine Now - She's Gone - When I Get Drunk - Bite Again - Can't You Hear Me Callin' - Let's Celebrate Life - She's Dynamite - I'll Find A New Place To Live - Watson, I presume William Clarke, voc, hca; Hollywood Fats, g; Ronnie Earl, g; Junior Watson, g; # George 'Harmonica' Smith, hca; Fred Kaplan, p; Bill Stuve, b Watch Dog WD 1006
81	2003	West Coast Down Home Harmonica Johnny Dyer Harmonica Fats - Tore Up - Mama Talk To Your Daughter - How Low Is Low - I Get So Tired - My Baby Didn't Come Home - Driveway Blues George 'Harmonica' Smith - Further On Up The Road (live instr.) [WB 5401] - You Don't Have To Go (live instr.) [WB 1523] - The Blues Is My roots [Sotoplay 009] - Highway 59 [World Pacific 21893] - Sharp Harp [Federal 12408] - Blues For Reverend King [Bluesway 1969] - Juicy Harmonica [Bluesway 1969] El Segundo ESR 01004
82	2004	Gunsmoke Blues Big Mama Thornton - Early One Morning - Ball And Chain George 'Harmonica' Smith - Juke - Leaving Chicago Big Joe Turner - Hide And Seek - Shake, Rattle And Roll Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy - Long Distance Call - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Got My Mojo Working Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, George 'Harmonica' Smith - So Long bonus content - Complete Performances Big Mama Thornton - Rock Me Baby - Hound Dog Muddy Waters - She's Nineteen Years Old - Walking Thru The Park Big Joe Turner - Night Time Is The Right Time - Who Shot My Baby / Rebecca George 'Harmonica' Smith - Summertime interview extended Artist Interviews DVD Hip-O 2714
83	2006	William Clarke: The Early Years Volume 1 - Hittin' Heavy (with Hollywood Fats) - Blues Afterwhile (with Hollywood Fats) - Diggin' My Potatoes (with Hollywood Fats) - Teenage Girl (with George Smith) - So All Alone (with Hollywood Fats) - Come On Baby (with Hollywood Fats) - Keep It To Yourself - Teardrops Fallin' (with George Smith) - Blowin' My Nuts - The Little Girl I'm Lovin' (with Hollywood Fats) - Fine Little Mama (with Smokey Wilson) - Give Me Back That Wig - I Miss You So (with Cardell Boyette) - Gina's Groove (with Hollywood Fats) Watch Dog WD 1008
84	2006	William Clarke: The Early Years Volume 2 - Early In The Morning - The Feelings Gone - Give Me Mine Now - Untitled Tune (Slow Chromatic Song) (with George Smith) - Shoulda Kept On Runnin' (with Rasheed Abdulla) - Looking For Trouble - Bloody Tears On My Pillow (with Ronnie Earl) - Ice Cream Man - So Glad I'm Livin' (with Johnny Dyer) - Horn Of Plenty (with Mitch Kashmar) - I Had My Fun - Deal the Cards - Boogie Woogie Woman Watch Dog WD 1009
85	2006	George Smith & Bacon Fat The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions disc 1: Bacon Fat - Up The Line (LP 7-63858) - Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights) (LP 7-63858) - Small's On 53rd (LP 7-63858) - She's A Wrong Woman (LP 7-63858) - I Need Your Love (LP 7-63858) - Juicy Harmonica (LP 7-63858) - Nobody But You (LP 7-63858) - Telephone Blues (LP 7-63858) - You're So Fine (LP 7-63858) - Too Late (LP 7-63858) - Evil (single 57-3181) - Blues Feeling (remix) (single 57-3181) George Smith - Off The Wall (previously unreleased) - Ah'w Baby (previously unreleased) - Mellow Down Easy (previously unreleased) - Blues With A Feeling (previously unreleased) - Tight Dress (previously unreleased) - I've Had My Fun (previously unreleased) - Help Me (previously unreleased) - My Babe (part 1 / previously unreleased) disc 2: George Smith - Someday You're Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right) (LP 7-63856) - Blue Switch (LP 7-63856) - Mississippi River Blues (LP 7-63856) - Before You Do Your Thing (You'd Better Think) (LP 7-63856) - I Don't Want To Go Baby (LP 7-63856) - Good Things (LP 7-63856) - Soul Feet (LP 7-63856) - No Time For Jive (LP 7-63856) - My Babe (part 2 / previously unreleased) - I'm Ready (previously unreleased) - Telephone Blues (previously unreleased) - Forty Four (previously unreleased) - Blues With A Feeling (previously unreleased) - Summertime (previously unreleased) - Got My Mojo Working (previously unreleased) - Hamp's Boogie Woogie (previously unreleased) previously unreleased tracks recorded at Hull, Bexley, Lancaster, Plymouth and other UK locations during the Bacon Fat with George Smith November 1970 tour 2 CD set Sony / BMG CD 688737
86	2009	Muddy Waters: Authorised Bootleg Live at the Fillmore Auditorium - Forty Days And Forty Nights - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Rock Me - Baby Please Don't Go - She Moves Me - Got My Mojo Working - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had - Forty Days And Forty Nights - Baby Please Don't Go - Thirteen Highway - Rock Me - Honey Bee (aka Sail On) - Trouble No More - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Long Distance Call rec. November 4 - 6, 1966 at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA by Bill Graham; Muddy Waters, voc, slide g; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Sammy Lawhorn, g; George Smith, hca; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr Geffen/Chess B0012650-02
87	2011	George Harmonica Smith: teardrops are falling - Intro by Spider - Teardrops Are Falling @ youtube - Love That Woman # - Key To The Highway - I'm A Man # - Crazy 'bout You Baby - Big Boss Man # - Juke - Goin' Down Slow - Woke Up This Mornin' # - Harp Stomp # rec. June 1983 live at Chuy's in Tempe, Arizona; George 'Harmonica' Smith, voc, hca; Buddy Reed & the Rocket 88's (Buddy Reed, g; # 'Bullet' Bill Tarsha, hca; Jerry Smith, b; Roger Rotoli, dr); prod. by Andrew Galloway photo by Eddy Brake Electro-Fi 3423 (Ca 2011)
Additional information appreciated !!!

**George 'Harmonica' Smith tributes**
#	year of release	Artist: Record Title - featured song	label # / notes
1	1987	The William Clarke Band: Tip Of The Top with special guests LP track sequence - Goin' Steady - Hot Dog And A Beer - Chromatic Jump - Hard Times # - Blowin' The Family Jewels - Drinkin' Straight Whiskey - Drinkin' Beer - Just A Dream - Take A Walk With Me - Tribute To George Smith - Charlie's Blues CD track sequence - Drinkin' Beer - Just A Dream - Take A Walk With Me - Tribute To George Smith - Charlie's Blues - Goin' Steady - Hot Dog And A Beer - Chromatic Jump - Hard Times # - Blowin' The Family Jewels - Drinkin' Straight Whiskey CD bonus tracks: - Party Party - Got My Brand On You - My Dog Won't Bark - My Wife Got Mad rec. 1986; William Clarke, voc, hca; Joel Foy, g; Rob Rio, p; Willie Binklee, b; Jerry Monte, dr; Juniot Watson, g; Hollywood Fats, g; Ronnie Earl, g; # George 'Harmonica' Smith, voc, hca; Charlie Musselwhite, hca; Fred Kaplan, g; Steve Killman, g; Bruce Thorpe, g Satch 1002 notes by Dick Shurman = Double Trouble DT-3016 (NL 1988) "William Clarke: Tip Of The Top" = King Ace KACD 1063 (2000)
2	2005	Helge Tallqvist & Groovy Eyes Plays George 'Harmonica' Smith - Hawaiian Eye - Traveling South - Soul Feet - Tight Dress - Telephone Blues - Blues In The Dark - Good Things - You Don't Love Me - Loose Screws - Nobody Knows - I Want A Woman - Misty In C bonus tracks: - George Smith talking Los Angeles - 82 - Blues For The Reverend King Q-Records

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 159
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 492-493
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 900-901
- Norbert Hess & Klaus Kilian: George Smith Diskografie.- Blues Forum 13 (1984), p. 12-16
- Steve Propes: Nate McCoy and Sotoplay Records.- Blues & Rhythm 193 (2004), pp. 18-20
- Gerry Robs: Info on Nate McCoy.- Blues & Rhythm 195 (2004), p. 11
- Guido van Rijn: Smokey and Sotoplay information.- Blues & Rhythm 194 (2004), p. 17
- http://www.themightyflyers.com/discography.htm
- http://home.online.no/~frodebye/piazza_releases.htm
- http://www.helgetallqvist.com
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
source of left column pictures: front cover of Bluesway BLS-6029 (photographer: Fred Seligo)
thanks to Alan Balfour, Klaus Kilian, Andy Aitchison, Fred Rothwell, Tom Ball, Chris Stovall Brown, Gerrit Robs, Craig Ruskey, Big Joe Louis, Bert Visscher, Craig Printup, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Jim O'Neal, Mike Gann, Don Deering, Frank Scott, Hank Moore and Erimo Mori for additional info / scans
thanks to Juan Pablo Labbé for correcting the erroneous entry of the Ferre Grignard LP

George Smith with family (wife, five daughters, three sons)
source: Front cover of World Pacific WPS-21887
photographer: Steve LaVere

Record Research 83 (April 1967), p. 3
(scans courtesy Alan Balfour)

George Smith, Paul Oscher & Muddy Waters, August 2, 1971 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles
source: Blues Forum Nr. 12 (4. Quartal 1983), p. 5; photographer: Norbert Hess

George Smith in a recording studio in Los Angeles in the 1970s / Walter Horton & George Smith in 1972
source: Block 80 (1991), p. 39; photographer: James Harman

"Chicago Blues Festival", late 1980
l to r: Nick Charles, Sammy Lawhorn, Hip Lankchan,
Johnny Dollar, George Smith; in the foreground: Roosevelt Shaw
at Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany, November 30, 1980
source: Blues Forum 2 (März/April/Mai 1981), p. 30
photographer: Norbert Hess same show at Bagneux, France
December 5, 1980

George Smith, Berlin, Quartier Latin, November 30, 1980
source: Blues Forum 12 (1983), p. 4
photographer: Norbert Hess

George Smith
source: Back cover of Double Trouble DT-3016
photographer: George Tanner

George 'Harmonica' Smith
source: Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who, p. 469
("courtesy Living Blues Magazine")

Robert Neff & Anthony Connor: Blues.- Boston (Godine) 1975, p. 91 // London (Latimer) 1976

Steve Propes: Nate McCoy and Sotoplay Records
Blues & Rhythm 193 (2004), pp. 18-20