Freddie Spruell 78 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title / label / notes
10 inch 78 rpm
1	1926	PAPA FREDDIE OKeh 8422 1st ed. - Muddy Water Blues (9908-A) *   @ youtube - Milk Cow Blues (9793-A) #   @ youtube OKeh 8422 2nd ed. - Muddy Water Blues (9908-A) *   @ youtube - Milk Cow Blues (9793-A) #   @ youtube # rec. June 25, 1926 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Spruell, voc, g; unknown speech * rec. November 17, 1926 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Spruell, voc, g OKeh 8422 (1st ed.) OKeh 8422 (2nd ed.)
2	1926	PAPA FREDDIE - Muddy Water Blues (9908-A)   @ youtube - Way Back Down Home (9909-A)   @ youtube rec. November 17, 1926 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Spruell, voc, g OKeh 8422
3	1928	"Mr. Freddie" Spruell - Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man (20728-1)   @ youtube - Tom Cat Blues (20727-2)   @ youtube rec. c.July 1928 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Spruell, voc, g Paramount 12665
4	1935	Sugar Cane Johnny / Joe Williams Sugar Cane Johnny - Who Pumped The Wind In The Doughnuts? (85788-1, -2) * Joe Williams - My Grey Pony (85491-1) # # rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g * rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Sugar Cane Johnny (= Johnny Ellis), voc; prob. Carl Martin or Freddie Spruell, g; prob. Washboard Sam, wb Bluebird B5948
5	1935	Washboard Sam - Ocean Blues (85780- ) - Y M V Blues (85781- ) rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Washboard Sam, voc, washb, poss. Freddie Spruell, g; poss. Carl Martin, g Bluebird B5983
6	1935	Mr. Freddie - Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues (85786- )   @ youtube - 4A Highway (85782- )   @ youtube rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Spruell, voc, g; Carl Martin, g Bluebird B5995
7	1935	Mr. Freddie - Don't Cry, Baby (85783- ) - Your Good Man Is Gone (85784)   @ youtube rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Spruell, voc, g; Carl Martin, g Bluebird B6025
8	1935	Mr. Freddie / Chasey Collins Mr. Freddie - Let's Go Riding (85785- ) #   @ youtube Chasey Collins - Walking Blues (96249-1) *   @ Spotify # rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Freddie Spruell, voc, g; Carl Martin, g * rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Chasey 'Kokomo' Collins, voc, washboard; 'Dad' Tracy, vn; Joe Williams, g Bluebird B6261
LP / CD compilations
9	1967	They Sang The Blues   (1927-1929) Mississippi John Hurt - Nobody's Dirty Business "Mr. Freddie" Spruell - Tom Cat Blues Ki Ki Johnson - Wrong Woman Blues - Lady, Your Clock Ain't Right Willie Reed - Leavin' Home Sluefoot Joe - Shouting Baby Blues - Tooten' Out Blues Blind Bobby Baker (= Bobby Leecan) - Macon Georgia Cut Out - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Frenchy's String Band - Texas And Pacific Blues - Sunshine Special Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face prod. by Arnold S. Caplin; cover by Paul Burgess notes by Arnold S. Caplin Historical ASC-17 = Historical ASC-5829-17 notes by Paul Burgess = Historical HLP-17 Historical Records discography
10	1968	Mississippi Blues Vol. 3   1928-1942 Arthur Petties - Out On The Santa Fe Blues Bo Carter - I Want You To Know Poor Boy Lofton - Jake Leg Blues - My Mean Baby Blues Mississippi Sheiks - Jail Bird Love Song - Yodeling Fiddling Blues Big Joe McCoy - I'm Through With You - When You Said Goodbye Robert Johnson - Drunken Hearted Man Mr. Freddie Spruell - Let's Go Riding Robert Petway - My Baby Left Me - Cotton Pickin' Blues Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues Mississippi Jook Band - Dangerous Woman Tommy McClennan - Mozelle Blues - Mr. So And So Blues compiled and produced by Evelyn Sperker Roots RL 314 Roots Records discography
11	1969	Let's Go Riding Guitar Rags! Blues! Hokum! All The Good-Time Music From The Good Old Days! 14 rare numbers for easy listening: 1924-1936 Mr. Freddie - Let's Go Riding Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag Will Bennett - Railroad Bill Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Gonna Tip Out Tonight Bill Moore - Ragtime Crazy Walter Hawkins - A Rag Blues Sylvester Weaver - I'm Busy and You Can't Come In Hambone Willie Newbern - Way Down In Arkansas Ellis Williams - Buttermilk Blues Bo Carter - Sue Cow Carl Martin - Morning, Judge Peg Leg Howell and His Gang - Peg Leg Stomp Blind Blake - Southern Rag Gitfiddle Jim - Paddlin Madeline Blues notes by Bill Givens and David Evans Origin Jazz Library OJL 18 (US 1969) OJL Records discography
12	1974	Lonesome Road Blues 15 Years in the Mississippi Delta   1926-1941 Big Joe Williams - Little Leg Woman Arthur Pettis - Good Boy Blues Sonny Boy Nelson - Street Walkin' Mississippi Bracey [Bracy] - Stered Gal [Stir It, Gal] - Cherry Ball Sam Collins - My Road Is Rough And Rocky - Lobesome Road Blues Robert Petway - Catfish Blues Freddie Spruell - Milk Cow Blues - Tom Cat Blues Skip James - I'm So Glad Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me Johnny Temple - The Evil Devil Blues The Mississippi Moaner - It's Cold In China Blues notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller Yazoo L-1038 = Yazoo L-1038 = Yazoo CD 1038 (1992?) Yazoo Records discography
13	1973?	Mississippi Bottom Blues Papa Freddie Spruell - Muddy Water Blue Mister Freddie Spruell - Low Down Mississippi Bottom Man - Don't Cry Baby - Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues Long Cleve Reed & Papa Harvey Hull - Original Stack O'Lee Blues Paper Harvey Hull & Long Cleve Reed - Mama You Don't Know How Tommy Bradley - Please Don't Act That Way Otto Virgial - Bad Notion Blues - Little Girl In Rome Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues - Love My Stuff Mr. Freddie Spruell - Your Good Man Is Gone - Way Back Down Home - 4A Highway notes by Mike Stewart & Don Kent [OCRed & posted at weeniecampbell by 'Bunker Hill'] Mamlish S-3802 Mamlish Records discography
14	1988	Mississippi Blues Guitars   (1926-1935) Mr. Freddie Spruell - Milk Cow Blues - Muddy Water Blues - Way Back Down Home - Tom Cat Blues - Low Down Mississippi Bottom Man - 4A Highway - Don't Cry Baby - Your Good Man Is Gone - Let's Go Riding - Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues Willie 'Poor Boy' Lofton - It's Killing Me - Poor Boy Blues - Jake Leg Blues - My Mean Baby Blues - Dirty Mistreater - Rainy Day Blues - Beer Garden Blues - Dark Road Blues Chasey Collins - Walking Blues - Atlanta Town RST Blues Documents BD-2014
15	1993	Mississippi Blues: Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2   (1926-1935) Arthur Petties (1928-1930) - Two Time Blues - Out On Santa Fe Blues - That Won't Do - Good Boy Blues - Quarrellin' Mama Blues - Revenue Man Blues Freddie Spruell (1926-1935) - Milk Cow Blues - Muddy Water Blues - Way Back Down Home (Milk Cow Blues) - Tom Cat Blues - Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man - 4A Highway - Don't Cry Baby - Your Good Man Is Gone - Let's Go Riding - Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues Willie 'Poor Boy' Lofton (1934-1935) - It's Killin' Me - Poor Boy Blues - Jake Leg Blues - My Mean Baby Blues - Dirty Mistreater - Rainy Day Blues - Beer Garden Blues - Dark Road Blues notes by John H. Vanco Document DOCD 5158
16	2000	The Great Race Record Labels Vol. 3: Okeh - I Am Calling Blues - Texas Alexander - Sorry Feeling Blues - Bo Carter - Gamblin' Man Blues - Jack Dupree - Life Saver Blues - Lonnie Johnson - Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones - You Gonna Need Me - Charlie McCoy - Born For Bad Luck - Brownie McGhee - She's A Bad Girl - Mississippi Sheiks - Struggle Buggie - Buddy Moss - Shelby County Workhouse Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern - Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith - Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell - Caldonia Blues - Sippie Wallace - Chitlin' Rag Blues - Sylvester Weaver - Roaming Gambler - Doc Clayton - The Jive Blues - Memphis Slim - Sweet Man Blues - Frank Edwards - Money Green - Alfried Fields - Lost Lover Blues - Blind Boy Fuller - Married Woman Blues - Tony Hollins - Worry Blues - Tom Dickson - Insane Crazy Blues - Memphis Jug Band - -Me & My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie Catfish KATCD 167 Catfish Records (UK) discography
17	2002	"Ghost World" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff (of 'Crumb' fame) - Jaan Pehechaan Ho - Mohammed Rafi - Graduation Rap - Vanilla, Jade and Ebony - Devil Got My Woman - Skip James - I Must Have It - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Miranda - Lionel Belasco - Pickin' Cotton Blues - Blueshammer - Let's Go Riding - Mr. Freddie - Georgia On My Mind - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Las Palmas De Maracaibo - Lionel Belasco - Clarice - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Scalding Hot Coffee Rag -Craig Ventresco - You're Just My Type - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - Venezuela - Lionel Belasco - Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott - C.C. & O Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C-h-i-c-k-e-n Spells Chicken - McGee Bros. - That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins - So Tired - Dallas String Band Shanachie CD 6056
18	2004	The Paramount Masters disc 1: - Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant - Red River Blues - Lottie Beaman - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weevil Jackson - Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Old Country Rock - William Moore - Keep A-Knockin' - James "Boodle It" Wiggins - Touch Me Light Mama - George "Bullet" Williams - Jack Of All Trades - Moanin' Bernice Edwards - Come on in (Ain't Nobody Here But Me) - Harum Scarums - All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me - Sweet Papa Stovepipe - Cotton Field Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson - Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey - Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand - Gay Cattin' - Papa Charlie Jackson - Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill - Eagles on a Half - Geechie Wiley - Wasn't It Sad About Lemon - Washboard Walter - Freakish Man Blues - George Hannah - Rough Rugged Road Blues - Bumble Bee Slim - Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy - Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens - Barrel House Flat Blues - Mary Johnson disc 2: - I Shall Not Be Moved - Charley Patton - Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow - Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves - Black and Evil Blues - Alice Moore - The New Dirty Dozen - Ben Curry - Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man - Freddie Spruell - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Jack of Diamonds Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend - Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd - Bunker Hill Blues - Side Wheel Sally Duffie - Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins - Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell - Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown - Fetch Your Water - Charlie Spand - Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - J.D. Short - Water Bound Blues - Alice Pearson - Broke Down Engine - Lonnie Clark - Dying Pickpocket Blues - Barrel House Welch - Seven Sister Blues - Edward Thompson - Old Timbrook Blues - John Byrd - The Preacher Must Get Some Sometime - Bob Robinson - Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas - The Ducks Yas Yas - Jack O' Diamonds - Boodle De Bum Bum - Ben Curry . Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James Wiggins disc 3: - Some Scream High Yellow - Bo Weevil Jackson - Jab Blues - "Jabo" Williams - Raised In The Alley Blues - Freddie Brown - Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams - Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Conjur Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Mama's Angel Child - Sweet Papa Stovepipe - Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman - Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant - Fat Greasy Baby - Robert Peeples - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - New York Blues - Blind Roosevelt Graves - Doctor, Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend - I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington - Red Letter Blues - Ruby Paul - Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards - Where Did You Stay Last Night - Famous Hokum Boys - The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill - Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace - Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter - Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geechie Wiley - The Boy In The Boat - George Hannah - Texas Blues - Marshall Owens - Evil Woman Blues - James "Boodle It" Wiggins - Three, Six and Nine - Roosevelt Sykes disc 4: - Tom Cat Blues - Freddie Spruell - Smiling Blues - Jack O' Diamonds - Mama, Don't You Think I Know - Papa Charlie Jackson - Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand - Prison Blues - Alice Moore - Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown - My Laona Blues - Teddy Darby - Pistol Blues - Bo Weevil Jackson - Pratt City Blues - "Jabo" Williams - Telephone Arguin' Blues - J.D. Short - Over To My House - Elvie Thomas - Hambone Blues - Ed Bell - Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy - Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Up On The Hill Blues - Edward Thompson - Key To The Mountain Blues - Mary Johnson - Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill - Red River Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson - Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards - Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Last Farewell Blues - Ruby Paul - Larceny Woman Blues - Barrel House Welch - Wicked Devil's Blues - Robert Peeples - Raggin' The Blues - William Moore 4 CD box JSP JSPCD 7723
19	2007	When The Levee Breaks - Mississippi Blues Rare Cuts 1926-1941 disc 1: - Cottonfield Blues Part 1 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott) - Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - (featuring Unknown) - Poor Boy Blues - Sam Butler - I'm Leavin' Town - William Harris - (featuring Joe Robinson) - Hittin' The Bottle Stomp - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Coone... - Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley - Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - Muddy Water Blues - Freddie Spruell - Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott - That Won't Do - Arthur Petties - Four O'Clock Flower Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - Evil Devil Woman Blues - Joe McCoy - (featuring Charlie McCoy) - Jail House Blues, The - Sam Collins - Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - Traveling Riverside Blues Take 1 - Robert Johnson - Baltimore Blues - Charlie McCoy - (featuring Joe McCoy) - Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney - You Scolded Me And Drove Me - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey) - Milk Cow Blues - Freddie Spruell - Ten Pound Hammer - Mose Andrews - Noiseless Motor Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins - 4A Highway - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin) - Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill disc 2: - Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House - When The Levee Breaks - Joe McCoy - (featuring Memphis Minnie) - Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds - Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short - Little Girl In Rome - Otto Virgial - It's Cold In China Blues - Mississippi Moaner> - Bald Eagle Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - Boodle-De-Bum Blues - Bogus Ben Covington - Bull Frog Blues - William Harris - Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn) - Shaggy Dog Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins - Devil In The Lion's Den - Sam Collins - Quarrellin' Mama Blues - Arthur Petties - (featuring Unknown/Jed Davenport) - Devil And My Brown Blues - Sam Butler - Take A Little Walk With Me - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy - Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers - Crowing Rooster, The - Walter Rhodes - (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can') - Motherless Child Blues - Geeshie Wiley/Elva Thomas - Married Woman Blues - George Torey - She's Young And Wild - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - Cherry Ball - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey) - Bad Notion Blues - Otto Virgial - Don't Cry Baby - Freddy Spruell (featuring Carl Martin) - Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey - (featuring Unknown) disc 3: - My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon Hill - Snatch It Back Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins - Machine Gun Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - Revenue Man Blues - Arthur Petties - (featuring Unknown/Jed Davenport) - Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues - Freddie Spruell (featuring Carl Martin) - Over To My House - Geeshie Wiley - (featuring Elvie Thomas) - Barefoot Blues - Jelly Jaw Short - Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers - Look Who's Coming Down The Road - Georgia Pine Boy - (featuring Unknown) - Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott - Leavin' Here Blues - William Harris - Got The Blues About Rome - Otto Virgial - Young Heifer Blues - Mose Andrews - Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn) - Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins - You Can't Keep No Brown - Sam Butler - Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney - Stered Gal - Mississippi Bracey - Motherless And Fatherless Blues - Mississippi Mudder - (featuring Unknown) - Don't Misuse Me, Baby - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - I'm Gonna Train My Baby - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - Out On Santa Fe Blues - Arthur Petties - It's Hard Times - Joe Stone - Your Good Man Is Gone - Freddie Spruell (featuring Carl Martin) - Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds disc 4: - Clarksdale Moan - Son House - Adam And Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington - Lonesome Man Blues - George Torey - Leaving Home Blues - Walter Rhodes - (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can') - Loving Lady Blues - Sam Collins - Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris - Number Three Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins - Tell Me Baby - King Solomon Hill - Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - Cottonfield Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott) - Chalk My Toy - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn) - Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties - Back Door Blues - Joe Stone - Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell - Skinny Leg Blues - Geeshie Wiley - Meat Cutter Blues - Joe McCoy - (featuring Charlie McCoy) - Mississippi Moan - Mississippi Moaner - Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - Jefferson County Blues - Sam Butler - Rampaw Street Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins) - I'll Overcome Someday - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey) - Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties - Grand Daddy Blues - Jelly Jaw Short - Let's Go Riding - Freddie Spruell (featuring Carl Martin) 4 CD box JSP JSPCD 7781
20	2012	Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 10 2013 Calendar with free CD CD and Calendar contents: - Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson - Diddy Wah Diddy - Blind Blake - What's The Matter With The Mill - Memphis Minnie - Sow Good Seeds - Lil' McClintock - Peach Orchard Mama - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Police Dog Blues - Blind Blake - Snatch It Back Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins - Pig Meat Blues - Ardell Bragg - Alabama Scratch - Parts 1 & 2 - Harum Scarum - Frankie And Albert - Charley Patton - Ice And Snow Blues - Clifford Gibson - The Devil And God Meet At Church - Rev. Emmet Dickenson Supplementary CD tracks: - I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Blind Willie Davis - Trust In God And Do The Right - Blind Willie Davis - Titanic Blues - Hi Henry Brown - Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown - Fancy Tricks - Laura Rucker with Blind Blake - Ocean Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam - Y.M.V. Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam - Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone - tk 1 [unreleased] - Charley Patton - Some Of These Days I'll be Gone - tk 2 [released] - Charley Patton Blues Images Vol. 10 (rel. 2012, for 2013) Blues Calendar discography
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 857, 870, 983 - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 921 - Gayle Dean Wardlow: Six Who Made Recorded History.- 78 Quartely Vol. 1, # 5 (1990), pp. 93-96 - John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Alan Balfour, Alex van der Tuuk, Z. Edward Sigall and Helge Thygesen for additional info / scans

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