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Bluebird B6213There is no photo of this artist known to exist

 

Otto Virgial
b. 1906 in Lowndes County, Mississippi
d. February 7, 1959 in East St. Louis, Illinois

buried at Booker T. Washington Cemetery, Centreville, St. Clair County, Illinois
(Nash Funeral Home made the arrangements)

discography

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome,_Mississippi

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11935Otto Virgial

- Little Girl In Rome (96240-1)   @ youtube
- Bad Notion Blues (96241-1)   @ youtube

rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Otto Virgial, voc, g


Bluebird B6213

21935Otto Virgial

- Got The Blues About Rome (96242-1)   @ youtube
- Seven Year Itch (96243-1)   @ youtube

rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Otto Virgial, voc, g


Bluebird B6279


LP / CD compilations
31973?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 [Bluebird B6213]
- Little Girl In Rome [Bluebird B6213]
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 Alan Balfour]


Mamlish S-3802

Mamlish Records discography

41976Worried All The Time
Country Blues 1929-1936

Freezone
- Indian Sqauw Blues (15156)
Washboard Walter
- Overall Cheater Blues (L-284-2)
Walter Taylor
- Coal Camp Blues (69425-1)
- Do You Love Me Blues (69426-1)
Walter Vincson
- It's Gonna Stare You In The Face (C-7228- )
- Near The End (C-7229- )
Memphis Minnie
- Moaning The Blues (C-9427-A)
Kid Prince Moore
- Bite Back Blues (18965-1)

Texas Alexander
- Someday, Baby, Your Troubles Is Gonna Be Like Mine (402641-A)

Otto Virgial
- Got The Blues About Rome (96242-1) [Bluebird B6279]
- Seven Year Itch (96243-1) [Bluebird B6279]
Charlie McCoy
- You Gonna Need Me (404729-B)
- Easy Going Woman Blues
Bob Campbell
- Worried All The Time (15515-2)
Charlie McCoy
- Motherless And Fatherless Blues (C-9388-A)
Sam Montgomery
- King Of Knave No. 2 (18963-1)



Whoopee 104

Whoopee Records discography

51987Mississippi Country Blues Vol. 1   (1935-1951)
Delta Blues Goin' North

DLP 19 track sequence:
Robert Johnson
- Ramblin' On My Mind
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Phonograph Blues
- Cross Road Blues
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Love In Vain

Otto Virgial
- Got The Blues About Rome [Bluebird B6279]
- Seven Year Itch [Bluebird B6279]

Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- Little Boy Blue
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- I'm Gonna Dig A Hole Myself
- Dust My Broom

Otto Virgial
- Little Girl In Rome [Bluebird B6213]
- Bad Notion Blues [Bluebird B6213]

DOCD 5682 track sequence:
Otto Virgial
- Little Girl In Rome [Bluebird B6213]
- Bad Notion Blues [Bluebird B6213]
- Got The Blues About Rome [Bluebird B6279]
- Seven Year Itch [Bluebird B6279]
Robert Johnson
- Ramblin' On My Mind
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Terraplane Blues
- Phonograph Blues
- Cross Road Blues
- Walkin' Blues
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Traveling Riverside Blues
- Love In Vain
Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- Little Boy Blue
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- I'm Gonna Dig A Hole Myself
- Dust My Broom
- Aw Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago)
- Sweet Woman From Maine



Document DLP 519


(=) Document DOCD 5682
(2007) "Mississippi Blues
Vol. 4"
(new material
digitally remastered by
Gary Atkinson in 2007)

Document Records discography

61991Mississippi Blues (1935-1951)
The Complete Recorded Works Of Otto Virgial, Robert Petway, Robert Lockwood

Robert Lockwood
- Black Spider Blues
- Dust My Broom
- I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- Little Boy Blue
- Take A Walk With Me
Robert Petway
- Bertha Lee Blues
- Boogie Woogie Woman
- Catfish Blues
- Cotton Pickin' Blues
- Don't Go Down Baby
- Hollow Log Blues
- In The Evening
- Left My Baby Crying
- Let Me Be Your Boss
- My Baby Left Me
- My Little Girl
- Ride 'Em On Down
- Rockin' Chair Blues
- Sleepy Woman Blues

Otto Virgial
- Bad Notion Blues [Bluebird B6213]
- Got The Blues About Rome [Bluebird B6279]
- Little Girl In Rome [Bluebird B6213]
- Seven Year Itch [Bluebird B6279]

Robert Petway discography

notes by Alan Balfour

Wolf WBCD-005

71994Mississippi Masters
Early American Blues Classics 1927 - 35

Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues (1930)
William Harris
- Kansas City Blues (1928)

Otto Virgial
- Little Girl In Rome [Bluebird B6213]
Mattie Delaney
- Tallahatchie River Blues (1930)
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Words (1930)
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues (1930)
Williams Harris
- Bullfrog Blues (1928)
John D. Fox
- The Moaning Blues (1927)
Geeshie Wiley & Elvie Thomas
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (1931)
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues (1930)
King Solomon Hill
- Gone Dead Train (1932)
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues Part 1 (1929)
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2 (1929)
Williams Harris
- Hot Time Blues (1928)
Geeshie Wiley
- Skinny Leg Blues (1930)
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Third Street Woman Blues (1930)
John D. Fox
- Worried Man Blues (1927)
Mattie Delaney
- Down The Big Road Blues (1930)
King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues (1932)
Elvie Thomas
- Motherless Child Blues (1930)


Yazoo CD 2007

Yazoo Records discography

81999Southern Blues   Volume One

- I'm Leaving Town - William Harris
- Mistreatin' Blues - Frank Stokes
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Dry Land Blues - Furry Lewis
- Last Time Blues - Charlie Mccoy
- Elder Greene Blues - Charley Patton
- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
- Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers
- Beale Street Breakdown - Jed Davenport
- Skinny Legs Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Stop And Listen - Mississippi Sheiks
- I Let My Daddy Do That - Hattie Hart

- Little Girl In Rome - Otto Virgial [Bluebird B6213]
- It's Cold In China Blues The Mississippi Moaner
- The Ins And Outs Of My Girl Bo Carter
- Skippy Whippy Mississippi Jook Band
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Lonesome World Robert Lee Mccoy
- Spider Bite Blues - James De Barry
- Special Streamline - Bukka White
- Jailhouse Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Mozelle Blues - Tommy Mcclennan
- Standin' At My Window - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Anna Mae Cecil - Cecil Gant
- No Good Woman Blues Rudy Greene



Audio Book & Music
Company ABMCD 1090


= Acrobat CD 130 (UK 2002)

92005American Primitive Vol. II
Pre-War Revenants (1897-1939)

disc 1:
- I Want Jesus To Talk With Me, Go Down Moses (1926) - Homer Quincy Smith
- Deal Rag (1930) - Walter Taylor
- Motherless Child Blues (1930) - Elvie Thomas
- Big Bed Bug (Bed Bug Blues) (1930) - Tommy Settlers and his Blues Moaner
- I Got Your Ice Cold NuGrape (1926) - NuGrape Twins
- Molly Man (1928) - (Red Hot) Old Mose / Moses Mason
- Black Dog Blues (1930) - Bayless Rose
- Workhouse Blues (1939) - Mattie May Thomas
- Bo-Lita (1927) - Kid Brown and his Blue Band
- My Mama Always Talked To Me (1927) - John Hammond
- Ballin' The Jack (1930) - The Salty Dog Four
- Friday Moan Blues (1930) - Alfred Lewis
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (1931) - Geeshie Wiley
- It's Cold In China Blues (1935) - The Mississippi Moaner
- Black Sheep Blues (1935) - Pigmeat Terry
- Old Hen Cackle (1931) - Two Poor Boys
- Frisco Blues (1930) - Bayless Rose)
- Hot Time Blues (1928) - William Harris
- Take A Look At That Baby (1931) - Two Poor Boys
- Mean Low Blues (1929) - Blues Birdhead
- Be My Kid Blues (1928) - Elizabeth Johnson

- Little Girl In Rome (1935) - Otto Virgial [Bluebird B6213]
- Dangerous Blues (1939) - Mattie May Thomas
- Mean Low Blues (1929) - Blues Birdhead
- Be My Kid Blues (1928) - Elizabeth Johnson)


disc 2:
- Last Kind Words Blues (1930) - Geeshie Wiley
- Poor Mourner (1897) - Cousins & Demoss
- Jamestown Exhibition (1930) - Bayless Rose
- There's A City Built Of Mansions (1926) - NuGrape Twins
- Cairo Blues (1929) - Henry Spaulding
- Two White Horses In A Line (1931) - Two Poor Boys
- Shrimp Man (1928) - (Red Hot) Old Mose / Moses Mason
- Don't Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend (1929) - The Bubbling Over Five)
- Bull Frog Blues (1928) - William Harris
- Purty Polly (1927) - John Hammond
- Go Down Moses (1926) - Homer Quincy Smith
- Over To My House (1930) - Wiley and Thomas
- Shaking Weed Blues (1930) - Tommy Settlers and his Blues Moaner
- Big Mac From Macamere (1939) - Mattie May Thomas
- Moaning The Blues (1935) - Pigmeat Terry
- Original Blues (1930) - Bayless Rose
- John Henry Blues (take 3) (1931) - Two Poor Boys
- Sobbin' Woman Blues (1928) - Elizabeth Johnson

- Bad Notion Blues (1935) - Otto Virgial [Bluebird B6213]
- Eagles On A Half (1931) - Geeshie Wiley
- Mississippi Swamp Moan (1930) - Alfred Lewis
- Red Cross The Disciple Of Christ Today (1928) - (Red Hot) Old Mose / Moses Mason
- Kansas City Blues (1928) - William Harris
- As Free As A Little Bird Can Be (1927) - John Hammond
- No Mo' Freedom (1939) - Mattie May Thomas

2 CD set

Revenant 214

102007When 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
- 41 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 [Bluebird B6213]
- 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 [Bluebird B6213]
- 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 [Bluebird B6279]
- 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



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 112
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alex van der Tuuk and Bob Eagle for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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