Freddie Spruell 78 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
10 inch 78 rpm
1	1926	PAPA FREDDIE - 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
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 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 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 OJL 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 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 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 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