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R O B E R T   W I L K I N S; source: Cover of Piedmont 13162; photographer: G.L. Moore
Rev. Robert Wilkins at The American Folk Festival Wolf Trap Park, Virginia, Summer of 1971; source: Cover of Piedmont 13162; photographer: G.L. Moore
Rev. Robert
Tim(othy) Wilkins
b. January 16, 1895 in Hernando (or maybe Nesbit), Mississippi
d. May 26, 1987 at the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee

buried at Memphis National Cemetery
discography
1929 [?] Brunswick ad; source: Blues Images Vol. 7 (2010)
1929 [?] Brunswick ad; source: Blues Images Vol. 7 (2010)
#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
   

- I Told My Rider - Part 1 (45494-2)
- I Told My Rider - Part 2 (45495-2)

rec. September 7, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Robert Wilkins, voc, g

Victor unissued

112/21/1928Robert Wilkins

- Rolling Stone–Part 1 (45496-1)   @ youtube
- Rolling Stone–Part 2 (45497-2)   @ youtube

rec. September 7, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Robert Wilkins, voc, g

3166 copies sold

 
Victor 21741

21929Robert Wilkins

- That's No Way To Get Along (M-189-)   @ youtube
- Falling Down Blues (M-192-)   @ youtube

rec. c. September 23, 1929 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; Robert Wilkins, voc; acc. own g

label of the specimen depicted [erroneously?] shows "Alabama Blues"
Brunswick 7125

31930Robert Wilkins

- I'll Go With Her Blues (MEM-743)   @ youtube
- Get Away Blues (MEM-742-B)   @ youtube

rec. c. February 1930 in Memphis, TN; Robert Wilkins, voc, g


Brunswick 7158

41930Robert Wilkins

- Police Sergeant Blues (MEM-741-A)   @ youtube
- Nashville Stonewall Blues (MEM-740-A)   @ youtube

rec. c. February 1930 in Memphis, TN; Robert Wilkins, voc, g


Brunswick 7168

51930Robert Wilkins

- Long Train Blues (M-191-)   @ youtube
- Alabama Blues (M-190-)   @ youtube

rec. c. September 23, 1929 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN; Robert Wilkins, voc, g


Brunswick 7205

62/1933Robert Wilkins

- Jail House Blues (45499-2)   @ youtube
- I Do Blues (47000-2)   @ youtube

rec. September 7, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Robert Wilkins, voc, g


Victor 23379

71936MINNIE WALLACE and her NIGHT HAWKS

- Field Mouse Stomp (Jax-114-1)   @ youtube
- The Cockeyed World (Jax-113-2)   @ youtube

rec. October 12, 1935 in Jackson, MS; Minnie Wallace, voc and Her Nighthawks: Will Shade, hca; unknown, p; Robert Wilkins, g; 'Kid Spoons', spoons


Vocalion 03106

81936MINNIE WALLACE and her NIGHT HAWKS

- Let's All Do That Thing (Jax-115-2) #
- Pick 'Em Up And Put 'Em Down (Jax-148-1) *

# rec. October 12, 1935 in Jackson, MS; Minnie Wallace, voc and Her Nighthawks: Will Shade, hca; unknown, p; Robert Wilkins, g; 'KidSpoons', spoons
* rec. October 14, 1935 in Jackson, MS; Minnie Wallace, voc and Her Nighthawks: Will Shade, hca; unknow, p; Robert Wilkins, g; 'Kid Spoons', spoons


Vocalion 03154

   

- Cincinnati Blues (Jax-116-2) #
- Love Is A Powerful Thing (Jax-119-2) #
- Mr. Posthole Digger (Jax-120-2)

rec. October 12, 1935 in Jackson, MS; Minnie Wallace, voc and Her Nighthawks: # Will Shade, hca; unknown, p; Robert Wilkins, g; # 'Kid Spoons', spoons

Vocalion unissued

   

- Farmer's Blues (Jax-147- )
- You Can't Hide Love (Jax-149- )
- Go On Old Papa And Keep You Black Face Clean (Jax-150- )
- Farish Street Stomp (Jax-151- )
- Jackson Stomp (Jax-152- )

rec. October 14, 1935 in Jackson, MS; Minnie Wallace, voc and Her Nighthawks: Will Shade, hca; unknown, p; Robert Wilkins, g; 'Kid Spoons', spoons

Vocalion unissued

91936TIM WILKINS

- Black Rat Blues (Jax-105-1) #   @ youtube
- Losin' Out Blues (Jax-118-2)   @ youtube

rec. October 10/12, 1935 in Jackson, MS by H.C. Speir with Art Satherly; Tim Wilkins, voc, g; # Son Joe, g; 'Kid Spoons', spoons


Vocalion 03176

101936TIM WILKINS

- New Stock Yard Blues (Jax-107- )   @ youtube
- Dirty Deal Blues (Jax-104- )   @ youtube

rec. October 10/12, 1935 in Jackson, MS by H.C. Speir with Art Satherly; Tim Wilkins, voc, g; Son Joe, g; 'Kid Spoons', spoons


Vocalion 03223


Vocalion 03223 (West Coast pressing: small ring = 1 and 3/16ths of an inch)

   

- Old Jim Canan's (Jax-117- )   @ youtube

rec. October 10/12, 1935 in Jackson, MS by H.C. Speir with Art Satherly; Tim Wilkins, voc, g; 'Kid Spoons', spoons

Vocalion unissued


test pressing from original stamper


LP / CD compilations
111963The Mississippi Blues   1927-1940

Bukka White
- The Panama Limited
- Special Streamline
Willie Brown
- Future Blues
- M & O Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues

Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]
- I Do Blues [Victor 23369]

Mississippi John Hurt
- Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied
- Louis Collins
William Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
- Hot Time Blues
Skip James
- If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down The Road
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
Son House
- Preachin the Blues, Part 1
- Preachin the Blues, Part 2


brochure notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow
 
Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1963)also delivered with labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions plus leaflet "The Mississippi Blues")

Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 196?)   on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions plus leaflet "The Mississippi Blues")

Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 196?)   on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions)

= Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1966)   on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

= Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (180g repro 2018)

OJL Records discography

121964Rev. Robert Wilkins: Memphis Gospel Singer resp. The Prodigal Son
The Original 1964 Recordings

- Jesus Will Fix It Allright   @ youtube
- Thank You, Jesus   @ youtube
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee   @ youtube
- Do Lord Remember Me   @ youtube
- Here Am I, Send Me   @ youtube

- The Prodigal Son   @ youtube
- Jesus Said If You Go   @ youtube
- I'm Going Home To My Heavenly King   @ youtube

rec. February 13 & 16, 1964 at Wynwood Recording Studio in Washington, D.C. by Peter V. Kuykendall; prod. by Music Research, Inc.
Piedmont PLP 13162 cover photo of Robert Wilkins by Seth Beckerman (1st issue) resp. G.L. Moore (2nd issue), liner photo by Pete Grant
OJL 8052 cover photos of Robert Wilkins by Ray Flerlage

notes by Dick Spottswood

Piedmont PLP 13162 (US 1964)

notes by Dick Spottswood

= Piedmont PLP 13162 (US 196?)

the cover image is on a separate 8"x12" paper glued onto a generic white jacket
6-pp. booklet "Father To 'The Prodigal Son'" by Mark Humphrey

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 8052 (US 1984) "The Prodigal Son"

notes by Dick Spottswood and 6-pp. booklet "Father To 'The Prodigal Son'" by Mark Humphrey

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 8052 (US 19??) "The Legendary Piedmont Recordings"

Piedmont Records discography
OJL Records discography

Bear Family BCD16629

131965Blues at Newport 1964 - Part 2

Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Bye And Bye I Will See Jesus
- Talking Casey
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Sick Bed Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues


Rev. Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son   @ youtube
Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train
- Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie
Willie Doss
- Coal Black Mare
- I Had A Woman
- Hobo Blues


rec. July 23-26, 1964 live at the Newport Folk Festival, RI

Newport Folk Festival discography

click to read track list !
Vanguard VRS 9181 (mono)
= VSD 79181 (stereo)

2 CD set

King/Vanguard KICP 2118/9 (Jp 1991)
The Blues at Newport
1964 part 1 and 2

141965Traditional Music at Newport 1964 - Part 2

Clayton McMichen with Frank Wakefield
- Old Joe Clark
- Bile Them Cabbage Down
Phipps Family
- Anchored His Love
- God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign
Robert Pete Williams
- Bull Dog Blues
Seamus Ennis
- Did The Rum-Do-Daddy
- Piper On The Hearth
- What'll Ye Do
- Father's Maid
Prank Proffitt
- My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
- Poor Man
Georgia Sea Island Singers
- Down In The Mire

Mississippi John Hurt
- Coffee Blues
Glenn Ohrlin
- Montana Is My Home
- The Chickens They Grow Tall
Jean Ritchie
- 'Tis The Gift To Be Simple
- Goin' To Boston
Almeda Riddle
- The Hangman
Phoeba and Roscoe Parsons
- Sourwood Mountain
- Shortening Bread

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down   @ youtube
- Thank You Jesus (with the Georgia Sea Island Singers)   @ youtube

rec. July 23-26, 1964 live at the Newport Folk Festival, RI

Newport Folk Festival discography


Vanguard VRS 9183 (mono)
= VSD 79183 (stereo)

151965Country Blues Classics Vol. 1

Willie Baker
- No No Blues
Fred McMullen
- De Kalb Chain Gang
Curley Weaver
- Ticket Agent
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Brown Skin Girls
Black Ivory King
- Flying Crow
John Lee
- Blind's Blues
Munroe Moe Jackson
- Go Away From My Door
Elmo James
- Dust My Broom

Joe McCoy
- Evil Devil Woman
Jim Jackson
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop
Jesse James
- Southern Casey Jones
Black Ivory King
- Southern Casey Jones

Tim Wilkins
- Dirty Deal Blues [Vocalion 03223]
Tommie Bradley & Cole
- Window Pane Blues
Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues
- T'aint Nobody's Business
Tony Hollins
- Stamp Blues


 
Blues Classics BC 5

Blues Classics discography

161965The Mississippi Blues Number 2
16 Previously Unreissued Sides In The Mississippi Delta Style By A Cadre Of Prophetic Bluesmen Who Voiced The Full, Raw Language Of This Area's Rich Musical Argot!

Son House
- Dry Spell Blues - part 1
- Dry Spell Blues - part 2
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues
- Long Ways From Home
Charlie Patton
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Screamin And Hollerin The Blues
Jaydee Short
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Telephone Arguin' Blues

Blind Willie Reynolds
- 3rd Street Woman Blues
- Nehi Blues

Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- Get Away Blues [Brunswick 7158]
Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues
- Preacher Blues
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues


notes by David Evans and Bill Givens
 
Origin Jazz Library OJL-11 (US 1965)


= Origin Jazz Library OJL-11 (US 19??)

OJL Records discography

171967Mississippi Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1942)

Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Snake Doctor Blues
Blind Joe Amos - C & O Blues
William Harris - Early Mornin' Blues
Sam Collins - Signifyin' Blues
Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Mean Black Moan
Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker

Robert Wilkins - Rolling Stone, part 1 & 2

Isaiah Nettles (The Mississippi Moaner) - Mississippi Moan
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Son House - The Jinx Blues - No. 2
Bukka White - Black Train Blues
Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Barefoot Blues
Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Robert Johnson - Kind-Hearted Woman No. 2


 
Roots RL-302 (Austria 1967, 1st pressing) [line of front cover text in black]


Roots RL-302 (Austria 1968, 2nd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]


Roots RL-302 (Austria 19??, 3rd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]


= autogram/Roots RL-302 (Germany 2013)

Roots Records discography

181968The Memphis Area - 1927-1932

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Madison Street Rag
- Hollywood Rag
Sleepy John Estes
- Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too
- Black Mattie Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Nobody Knows What The Good Deacon Does
- Burse & Stephen
- Tappin' That Thing
"Poor Jab"
- Come Along, Little Children
Frank Stokes
- It Won't Be Long Now - tk. 2

Memphis Minnie
- Garage Fire Blues
Noah Lewis' Jug Band
- Bad Luck's My Buddy
Sleepy John Estes
- Stack O' Dollars
- My Black Gal Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues

Robert Wilkins
- Nashville Stonewall Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Police Sergeant Blues [Brunswick 7168]
Memphis Jug Band
- Kansas City Blues



Roots RL 307 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

19196810 Years In Memphis 1927-1937

Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O 'Lee
Furry Lewis - Big Chief Blues
Frank Stokes - What's The Matter Blues
Frank Stokes - Jazzin' The Blues
Tom Dickson - Happy Blues [OKeh 8590]
Tom Dickson - Death Bell Blues [OKeh 8590]
Kansas Joe - Pile Drivin' Blues

George Torey - Married Woman Blues
George Torey - Lonesome Man Blues
Gus Cannon - Poor Boy
Allen Shaw - Moanin' The Blues

Robert Wilkins - [Victor 23369]
Robert Wilkins - Falling Down Blues [Brunswick 7125]
Big Boy Cleveland - Goin' To Leave You Blues

notes by Don Kent   390 East 8th Street   New York, New York 10009

back cover has side 1 and side 2 tracks interchanged!
Belzona L-1002 (US 1968)

notes by Don Kent   390 East 8th Street   New York, N.Y. 10009

= Yazoo L-1002 (US 1968)

notes by Don Kent   54 King Street   New York, N.Y. 10014

= Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)

notes by Don Kent   245 Waverley Place   New York, N.Y. 10014

= Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)

notes by Steve Calt [!]

= Yazoo L-1002 (US 19??)

Yazoo Records discography

201968This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix
the gospel according to ...

Rev. Dr. J. Gordon McPherson
- This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix (excerpts from sermon)

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- Old Time Religion (4:19) #   @ youtube
- I Wish I Was In Heaven (3:44) #
- Holy Ghost Train (3:47) #   @ youtube
- The Gamblin' Man (3:15) #
Fred McDowell
- Jesus Is On The Main Line
- See What My Lord Has Done
Skip James
- Let Jesus Lead You

Jaybird Coleman
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Jordan
Sam Collins
- Devil In The Lion's Den
Rev. Moses Mason
- Go Wash In The Beautiful Stream
Washington Phillips
- You Can't Stop A Tattler
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- I Want to Be Like Jesus in My Heart
- All I Want Is That Pure Religion
- He Arose From The Dead


# rec. 1964 (Piedmont session); Robert Wilkins, voc, g; prod. by Arnold S. Caplin

notes by Richard K. Spottswood

Biograph BLP 12027 (US 1971)

Biograph Records discography

# Bear Family BCD16629

211968The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival@ youtube (full album)

Nathan Beauregard
- Highway 61
- Kid Gal Blues
Bukka White
- Hello Central, Give Me 49
- Baby, Please Don't Go
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues


Rev. Robert Wilkins
- In Heaven, Sitting Down
- What Do You Think About Jesus?
Joe Callicott
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Great Long Ways From Home
Bukka White
- My Mother Died


rec. July 20, 1968 at the Municipal Shell, Overton Park in Memphis, TN [third annual festival]; Robert Wilkins, voc, g; Douglas Wilkins, voc, cymbals, tambourine; John Wilkins, b; M.C.: Jim Crosthwait; prod. by Mike Vernon, exec. producer: Seymour Stein (Sire Records)
front cover photography by Margaret Tucker, back cover photos supplied by Randall Lyon, Lydia Saltzman and Blues Unlimited

notes by Mike Vernon

Blue Horizon 7-63210 (mono) (UK 1968)

notes by Mike Vernon
 
Sire SES 97003 (stereo) (US 1968) (two slightly different labels)

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (UK 1969) (logo on front cover yellow)

notes by Mike Vernon

= Blue Horizon S 7-63210 (stereo) (Germany 1969) (logo on front cover black)


= CBS SBP 473668 (stereo) (Australia 1969)

(=) Blue Horizon CD 82876851232 (2006)

Blue Horizon Records discography
Nathan Beauregard discography
Bukka White discography
Furry Lewis discography
Joe Callicott discography

221968They Sang The Blues 1927 - 1934

Jelly Roll Anderson
- Free Women Blues

Robert Wilkins
- Nashville Stonewall Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Police Sergeant Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Alabama Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Long Train Blues [Brunswick 7205]
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues

Big Boy Cleveland
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
- Quill Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia
Furry Lewis
- Why Don't You Come Home
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Pinewood Tom (Joshua White)
- Welfare Blues
- Stormy Weather Blues



Historical ASC-22

= Historical ASC-5829-22

notes by Larry Cohn

= Historical HLP-22 (Vol. 22)

Historical Records discography

 
The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet.- London / Decca 1968
including a cover of Rev. Wilkins' 'Prodigal Son'
231969Going Away Blues 1926 - 1935

Lottie Beaman
- Going Away Blues
- Rolling Log Blues
George 'Big Boy' Owens
- Kentucky Blues
Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Grand Daddy Blues
Frank Stokes
- Right Now Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham

Charley Jordan
- Stack O'Dollar Blues
Henry Thomas
- Railroadin' Some

Robert Wilkins
- Old Jim Canaan [Vocalion unissued; test pressing]
- New Stockyard Blues [Vocalion 03223]
William McCoy
- Central Tracks Blues
Uncle Bud Walker
- Look Here Mama Blues
Elvie Thomas & Geeshie Wiley
- Over To My House



Yazoo L-1018

= CD 1018 YAZ [1992]

241969?The Blues In Memphis 1927-1939

Sleepy John Estes
- Drop Down Mama
- Married Woman Blues
Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It

Robert Wilkins
- New Stock Yard Blues [Vocalion 03223]
Yank Rachell
- Gravel Road Woman
Furry Lewis
- Falling Down Blues
Beale Street Shieks
- Mr. Crump Don't Like It

Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
- That Will Be Alright
- Goin' Back To Texas
Vol Stevens
- Vol Stevens Blues
Minnie Wallace
- The Old Folks Started It
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Viola Lee Blues
Jack Kelly
- Flower Blues
Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule


notes by Dave [sic] Evans

Origin Jazz Library OJL-21

OJL Records discography

251970Kings Of Memphis Town (1927-1930)

Furry Lewis
- Falling Down Blues
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Why Don't You Come Home
- Furry's Blues
- Kassie Jones - pt. 1
- Kassie Jones - pt. 2

Robert Wilkins
- Alabama Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Long Train Blues [Brunswick 7205]

Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues
- Hunting Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
- Divin' Duck Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Expressman Blues
Lonnie McIntorsh
- Sleep On Mother, Sleep On - The Lion And The Tribes Of Judah



Roots RL 333 (Austria 1970)

Roots Records discography

261970Recording The Blues

Lucille Bogan - Skin Game Blues
Bertha 'Chippie' Hill (with Louis Armstrong) - Kid Man Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rabbit Foot Blues
Whistlin' Alex Moore - Blue Bloomer Blues
Barbecue Bob - Crooked Woman Blues
Georgia Cotton Pickers - She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day
Rev. J. M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Mississippi Sheiks - Loose Like That

Blind Willie Johnson - When The War Was On
Allan Shaw - I Couldn't Help It

Tim Wilkins - New Stock Yard Blues
Bumble Bee Slim - Bricks In My Pillow
Big Bill - Detroit Special
Lil Johnson - Press My Button (Ring My Bell)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Ain't It A Pity And A Shame
Pinetop Burks - Fannie Mae Blues


notes by Robert W.M. Dixon and John Godrich

CBS M 52797 (UK 1970)


= Epic ECPJ-23 (Jp 1970)

album illustrates the book "Recording The Blues" in the Blues Paperback Series, produced by November Books Ltd., and published in 1970 by Studio Vista Ltd.

271971Robert Wilkins: Before The Reverence

- Rolling Stone - Part 1 [Victor 21741]
- Jail House Blues [Victor 23369]
- I Do Blues [Victor 23369]
- That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]
- Alabama Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Long Train Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Falling Down Blues [Brunswick 7125]

- Nashville Stonewall Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Police Sergeant Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Get Away Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- I'll Go With Her Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- Dirty Deal Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- New Stock Yard Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- Old Jim Canan's [Vocalion unissued; test pressing]


Spokane SPL 1002

Spokane Records discography

Magpie PY 1800 (UK 1976)

281973?Low Down Memphis Barrelhouse Blues

Hattie Hart
- I Let My Daddy Do That
Will Shade
- Better Let That Stuff Alone

Robert Wilkins
- Alabama Blues [Brunswick 7205]
South Memphis Jug Band
- Policy Rag
- Doctor Medicine
Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
- Shake Mattie
- My Washwoman's Gone

Mooch Richardson
- T and T Blues
John Estes
- My Black Gal Blues
Jack Kelly
- Highway No. 61 Blues
Mooch Richardson
- Burying Ground Blues
Jim Jackson
- Bootlegging Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Reachin' Pete
Mooch Richardson
- Low Down Barrelhouse Blues pt. 1


rec. 1928 - 1935

notes by Michael Stewart
and Don Kent

Mamlish S-3803

Mamlish Records discography

291974Il Blues Rurale - Country Blues

Richard Rabbit Brown
- James Alley Blues
Blind Boy Fuller,
- Three Ball Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia
Willie Reed
- Leaving Home
Leadbelly
- See See Rider
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Pneumonia Blues
Texas Alexander
- Water Bound Blues
Black Ace
- Christmas Time Blues

Furry Lewis
- Pearlee Blues
Bessie Tucker
- Penitentiary
Sleepy John Estes
- Diving Duck Blues
Charley Patton
- High Water Everywhere

Robert Wilkins
- Nashville Stonewall Blues [Brunswick 7168]
Skip James
- Cypress Grove Blues
Robert Johnson
- Hellhound On My Trail
Big Joe Williams
- Rooting Ground Hog



Albatros VPA 8187
= Albatros VC 0775
(cassette)


(=) Albatros ALB 8
3LP = VPA 8187/88/89
"Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/
Urbano"

Albatros Records discograpy

301976Blues In The Twenties

Bo Weavil Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown
Furry Lewis - Sweet Papa Moan
Henry Thomas - Cottonfield Blues
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - It's Tight Like That
Bertha "Chippie" Hill - Trouble In Mind
Leroy Carr - How Long How Long Blues - no. 2
Pine Top Smith - Nobody Knows You When You'r Down And Out

Henry Spaulding - Cairo Blues
Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods - Last Chance Blues

Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 1
Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Jamboree - part 2
Garfield Akers - Dough Roller Blues
"Funny Paper" Smith - Howlin' Wolf Blues no. 1


notes by Toyo Nakamura
 
MCA MCA-3525 (Jp 1976)

311976Robert Wilkins 1928 - 1935
Before The Reverence

Vintage Country Blues

- Rolling Stone - Part 1 [Victor 21741]
- Jail House Blues [Victor 23369]
- I Do Blues [Victor 23369]
- That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]
- Alabama Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Long Train Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Falling Down Blues [Brunswick 7125]

- Nashville Stonewall Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Police Sergeant Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Get Away Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- I'll Go With Her Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- Dirty Deal Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- New Stock Yard Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- Old Jim Canan's [Vocalion unissued; test pressing]

Spokane SPL 1002


Magpie PY 1800 (UK)

Magpie Records discography

321977Rare Gems
Previously unissued Chicago blues recordings from the collection of Norman Dayron

Roots TR 1005 LP 1 // TK Records TKR 82539:
Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me   @ youtube
John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee   @ youtube
Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues (= Goin' Down To Eli's = Cheatin' And Lyin' Blues)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues   @ Spotify
Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues   @ youtube


Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan   @ Spotify
Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing   @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues   @ youtube


Roots TR 1005 LP 2:
Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King   @ youtube
Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues   @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes   @ Spotify
J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °°   @ youtube
Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby   @ youtube

James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie (= South Side Boogie)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin'   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog   @ youtube
Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel   @ youtube   @ Spotify

Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee (2:50) °°   @ youtube


°° not on Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530

Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530 track sequence
Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me
John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee
Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues
Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues
Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues

Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah #
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan
Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living
Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues
Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King
Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes
J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °°
Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie
Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin'
Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog
Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel

Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee # °°

rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; compiled and edited by Norman Dayron & Mark Naftalin
# rec. January 1965 live at the University of Chicago Folk Festival; Rev. Robert Wilkins, voc, g

notes by Pete Welding
Roots TR 1005, front cover; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, back cover; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, inner sleeve; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, label 1; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, label 2; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, label 3; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, label 4; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, inner gatefold 1; click to enlarge!Roots TR 1005, inner gatefold 2; click to enlarge!Roots TR 1005, inner gatefold 3; click to enlarge! Roots TR 1005, inner gatefold 4; click to enlarge!
Roots TR 1005 (US 1977)

= CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977)

notes by Pete Welding
TK Records TKR 82539, front cover; click to enlarge! TK Records TKR 82539, back cover; click to enlarge! TK Records TKR 82539, notes; click to enlarge!
(=) TK Records TKR 82539 (UK 1978) "Rare Gems Vol. 1" (LP 1 only)

notes by Pete Welding

(=) Bullseye Blues CD BB 9530 (US 1993) "Rare Chicago Blues 1962-1968"

331979?The Roots Of Rock

Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- When The Levee Breaks
Charley Patton
- A Spoonful Blues
Bukka White
- Shake 'em On Down
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Bo Carter
- Corrine Corrine.
Blind Blake
- Diddie Wa Diddie
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues

Henry Thomas
- Bull Doze Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues

Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]
Blind Blake
- That Will Never Happen No More
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In


notes by Steve Calt

Yazoo 1063 (US 1979?)


Yazoo CD 1063 (US 1991?)

Yazoo Records discography

341980Robert Wilkins: The Original Rolling Stone

- I'll Go With Her [Brunswick 7158]
- Rollin' Stone - Part 1 [Victor 21741]
- Get Away Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- Alabama Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- I Do Blues [Victor 23369]
- Long Train Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]

- Falling Down Blues [Brunswick 7125]
- Jail House Blues [Victor 23369]
- Losin' Out Blues [Vocalion 03176]
- Rollin' Stone - Part 2 [Victor 21741]
- Old Jim Canan's [Vocalion unissued; test pressing]
- Nashville Stonewall [Brunswick 7168]
- Police Sergeant Blues [Brunswick 7168]

notes by Steve Calt

Herwin 215 (US 1980)

= Yazoo L 1077 (US 1989)


= Yazoo CD 1077 (US 1991)

Herwin Records discography

351980Rare Blues

Dr. Isaiah Ross
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Alberta
Big Joe Williams
- I Ain't Got Nobody
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down

Little Brother Montgomery
- The Pleadin' Blues
Sunnyland Slim
- Lend Me Your Love
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Two Trains Running
Big Joe Williams
- Whistling Pines

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- O Lord I Want You To Help Me

notes by Norman Dayron

Takoma TAK 7081

notes by Norman Dayron

= Sonet SNTF 853
= Sonet RISLP-14115


Fantasy TAKCD-8907-2
"Takoma Blues"

Takoma Records discography

361983


Robert Wilkins: 1928 - 35
Complete Recordings in Chronological Order

Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone - Part 1 [Victor 21741]
- Rolling Stone - Part 2 [Victor 21741]
- Jail House Blues [Victor 23369]
- I Do Blues [Victor 23369]
- That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]
- Alabama Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Long Train Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Falling Down Blues [Brunswick 7125]

- Nashville Stonewall Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Police Sergeant Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Get Away Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- I'll Go With Her Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- Dirty Deal Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- Black Rat Blues [Vocalion 03176]
- New Stock Yard Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- Old Jim Canan's [Vocalion unissued; test pressing]
- Losin' Out Blues [Vocalion 03176]

CD bonus tracks:
Gus Cannon
- Jonestown Blues
- Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
- Madison Street Rag
- Jazz Gypsy Blues
- Can You Blame The Colored Man
- My Money Never Runs Out


notes by Paul Oliver

Wolf WSE-111
(Austria 1983)


= Wolf WSE-111
(Austria 198?)


(=) Wolf CD WSE 108
(Austria 1994)
"Memphis Blues"

Wolf discography

371984Memphis Blues (1928 - 1930)
(Jazz Tribune No. 51)

Frank Stokes
- How Long?
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do Part 2
- It Won't Be Long Now
- Right Now Blues
Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Lovin'
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana Part 1
- I'm Gonna Move To Louisiana Part 2
- This Mornin' She Was Gone

Furry Lewis
- Kassie Jones Part 1
- Dry Land Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Mistreatin' Mama

Robert Wilkins
- Jail House Blues [Victor 23369]
- Rolling Stone Part 1 [Victor 21741]
- Rolling Stone Part 2 [Victor 21741]
- I Do Blues [Victor 23369]


Memphis Jug Band
- Sun Brimmer Blues
- Snitchin' Gambler Blues
- Peaches In The Springtime
- A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake
Minnie Wallac
- Dirty Butter
- The Old Folks Started It
Hattie Hart
- Won't You Be Kind To Me?
- You Wouldn't, Would You Papa?

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Big Railroad Blues
- Feather Bed
- Viola Lee Blues
- Bring It With You When You Come
Memphis Minnie
- I'm Going back home
- I Never Told A Lie
Joe McCoy and Joe Johnson
- Don't Want No woman
Memphis Minnie
- Georgia Skin


DLP

RCA NL 89276

= BMG/RCA CD 74321264092
(1995)

381987Memphis Blues (1927 - 1937)

Ollie Rupert
- I Raised My Window And Looked At The Rising Sun
- Ain't Goin' To Be Your Low Down Dog
Big Boy Cleveland
- Quill Blues
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
Walter Rhodes
- The Crowing Rooster
- Leaving Home Blues
Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues
Tom Dickson
- Death Bell Blues
- Worry Blues

Tom Dickson
- Happy Blues
- Labor Blues

Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone - Part 2 (take 1 [?]) [Victor 21741]
Sam Townsend
- I'm Missing That
- Lily Kimball Blues
Allen Shaw
- I Coundn't Help It
- Moanin' The Blues
George Torey
- Married Woman Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues



HK Records HK 4002

HK Records discography

391990The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves

- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins [Brunswick 7125]
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins


compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

Vol. 1: 1927-1930


Vol. 2: 1927-1936


Vol. 3: 1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

401991Robert Wilkins - Tom Dickson - Allen Shaw: Memphis Blues (1928 - 1935)
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order

Robert Wilkins (1928 - 1935)
- Rolling Stone - Part 1 [Victor 21741]
- Rolling Stone - Part 2 [Victor 21741]
- Jail House Blues [Victor 23369]
- I Do Blues [Victor 23369]
- That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]
- Alabama Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Long Train Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Falling Down Blues [Brunswick 7125]
- Nashville Stonewall Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Police Sergeant Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Get Away Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- I'll Go With Her Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- Dirty Deal Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- Black Rat Blues [Vocalion 03176]
- New Stock Yard Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- Old Jim Canan's [Vocalion unissued; test pressing]
- Losin' Out Blues [Vocalion 03176]
Tom Dickson (1928)
- Death Bell Blues
- Worry Blues
- Happy Blues
- Labor Blues
Allen Shaw (1934)
- I Couldn't Help It
- Moanin' The Blues


notes by Alan Balfour

Document DOCD-5014 (Austria 1991)


= Document DOCD-5014 (UK 2003) "Memphis Blues Vol. 1"


= Document DOCD-5014 (UK 20??) "Memphis Blues Volume 1"

Tom Dickson discography

41199?Robert Wilkins: 1964

Newport, R.I.
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down [Vanguard VRS 9183]
- Thank You Jesus (+ Georgia Sea Island Singers) [Vanguard VRS 9183]
- The Prodigal Son [Vanguard VRS 9181]
Chicago, Ill.
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee [Roots TR 1005]
- Glory Glory Hallelujah [Roots TR 1005]

Chicago, Ill.
- Oh Lord I Want You To Help Me [Takoma TAK 7081]
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down [Takoma TAK 7081]
Washington, D.C.
- The Gamblin' Man [Biograph BLP 12027]
- Old Time Religion [Biograph BLP 12027]
- Holy Ghost Train [Biograph BLP 12027]
- I Wish I Was In Heaven [Biograph BLP 12027]


Private Records PR 4 (A)

421991Blues At Newport
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-64

Mississippi John Hurt
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagolee
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
Reverend Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More

Reverend Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son
- (I Wish I Was In) Heaven Sitting Down
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachel [sic] & Hammy [sic] Nixon
- Clean Up At Home
Robert Pete Williams
- On My Way From Texas
- Bulldog Blues
Jesse Fuller
- I Double Double Do Love You
- San Francisco Bay Blues
John Hammond
- Me And The Devil
John Lee Hooker
- Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad
- Hobo Blues
Dave Van Ronk
- That Will Never Happen No More


compilation prod. by Sam Charters

notes by Sam Charters

Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991)

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography

431991Legends Of The Blues - Volume Two

- Henry Ford Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Ninety-Eight Degree Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- She Shook Her Gin - Barbecue Bob
- Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red
- No No Blues - Curley Weaver
- Bo-Easy Blues - Bessie Jackson
- School Boy Blues - Walter Roland
- Cold Blooded Murder No. 2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- My Baby Won't Pay Me No Mind - Buddy Moss

- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins [Vocalion unissued; test pressing]
- Take It Easy Greasy - Lil Johnson
- Two Timin' Woman - Casey Bill Weldon
- Down Hill Pull - Victoria Spivey
- Down In The Slums - Curtis Jones
- Separation Blues - Merline Johnson
- Soon This Morning No. 2 - Charlie Spand
- Is That A Monkey You Got? - Jazz Gillum
- Hurry Down Sunshine - Champion Jack Dupree
- Goodbye Now Brownie - Brownie McGhee


prod. by Lawrence Cohn

booklet notes by Pete Welding

Columbia CD CK-/CT-47467 (US 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)

 
= Columbia/Legacy COL 468770 2 (US / Australia 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)


= SPV GmbH SPV 42722 CD (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)

20 CD box set, CD 6
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)

441993Rev. Robert Wilkins: ...Remember Me

- Jesus Said If You Go
- (Jesus Will Fix It) Alright
- You Gotta Move
- Streamline 'Frisco Limited
- Pray For Me
- Don't Let Nobody Turn You 'Round
- Why Don't You Do It?
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Rock Of Ages
- Remember Me
- You've Got To Stand Your Test In Judgement
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In
- In The Army Of The Lord #

# rec. live at the 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival

notes by Robert Palmer

Genes GCD 9902

Adelphi Records discography

notes by Robert Palmer



= Edsel EDCD 380 (UK 1993)


Fat Possum/Amazon Music
CD/LP FP1603 (US 2017)
"Worried Blues"

451993Blues With A Feeling
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival

disc 1 / Vanguard VCD 73133-2:
- Introduction by Dick Waterman (2:05) #
Son House (1965) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Preachin' Blues (3:54) [Vanguard VSD 79225] #
- Death Letter (4:01) [Vanguard VSD 79225] #
- Empire State Express (3:50) # [Vanguard VSD 25/6; 3VCD 208-10]
Skip James (1964 blues workshop, introduction most likely by Bill Barth) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Devil Got My Woman (4:52)   @ youtube
Bukka White [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (5:00)
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues (5:26) °° [Vanguard VRS 9180; 3VCD193/95-2]
Mississippi Fred McDowell [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Louise Louise (3:05)

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- Don't Let Nobody Turn You 'round (3:48)   @ youtube
Rev. Pearly Brown & Mrs. Christine Brown
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (3:06)   @ youtube

Fred and Annie Mae McDowell with Rev. Robert Wilkins
- What Do You Think About Jesus (5:43)   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins (July 23, 1965 morning "Blue Guitar" workshop) [ Vanguard VCD 79715-2]
- The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite (Monkey Faced Woman) (3:22)   @ youtube
- Come On Baby (2:13)   @ youtube
- Baby Please Don't Go (2:46) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Freddie (2:01) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
- So Different Blues (2:33)   @ youtube
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic) (2:36)   @ youtube


disc 2 / Vanguard VCD 73134-2:
Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train (4:02) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
Mississippi John Hurt [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Here I Am Lord, Send Me (3:54)
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (3:20)
Jesse Fuller [Vanguard VRS-9185; 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]
- San Francisco Bay Blues (2:51) °°
John Lee Hooker (1964 blues workshop) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Blues (2:48)   @ youtube
Muddy Waters (1968 blues workshop) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Walkin' Blues (4:31)   @ youtube
- I Can't Be Satisfied (3:16)   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon
- Five Long Years (2:26) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
Willie Dixon & Lafayette Leake with Pete Seeger, bj
- Wrinkles (instr) (3:28)
Dave Van Ronk
- Cocaine (3:44) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
John Hammond
- Drop Down Mama (2:50)
Eric Von Schmidt
- Grizzly Bear (4:55) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
John Koerner
- Traveling Blues (4:49) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
The Chambers Brothers [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- See See Rider (3:21) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
Paul Butterfield Blues Band (July 23, 1965)
- Blues With A Feeling (4:12) * [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
- Look Over Yonders Wall (2:10) *   @ youtube
- Born In Chicago (4:08) ** [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]   @ youtube


compilation prod. by Mary Katherine Aldin
# rec. 1965 live at Newport Folk Festival ("Blues Workshop") in Newport, RI; Son House, voc, g
* rec. July 23, 1965 at an afternoon workshop called "Blues: Origins and Offshoots" (late addition to the roster - advertisements for the concert series make no mention of the group); Paul Butterfield, voc, hca; Michael Bloomfield, g; Elvin Bishop, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr; Nick Gravenites, voc; ** Bruce Langhorne, tamb


"all tracks previously unreleased except" °°

2 CD set
notes (May 1993) by Mary Katherine Aldin

Vanguard VCD2-77005 (US/Germany 1993)


(=) Vanguard VCD 73133-2 (US 1997) "part one"


(=) Vanguard VCD 73134-2 (US 1997) "part two"

461994Fred McDowell, Furry Lewis, Robert Wilkins:
When I Lay My Burden Down


Fred McDowell (1969)
- If You See My Baby
- John Henry
- Louise
- 61 Highway
- Big Fat Mama
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Dankin' Farm
- Jesus Is On The Main Line
- See What My Lord Has Done
Furry Lewis (1968)
- Casey Jones (Ramblin' Mind)
- Harry Furry Blues
- Every Day Of The Week
- Grieve My Mind
- Beale Street Blues
- When I Lay My Burden Down

Robert Wilkins (1960)
- Old Time Religion # [Biograph BLP 12027]
- I Wish I Was in Heaven # [Biograph BLP 12027]
- Rock Of Ages # [previously unissued]
- When I Lay My Burden Down # [previously unissued]

# rec. February 13 & 16, 1964 (Piedmont session); Robert Wilkins, voc, g; prod. by Arnold S. Caplin

notes by Peter Aschoff

Biograph BCD 130

Wilkins tracks not on
Biograph BLP 12017 (1970)
= Blue Moon BMLP 1.047
  (1988)

Biograph Records discography

471994Memphis Country Blues
Greatest Hits Vol. 1


Robert Wilkins
- Old Jim Canan's [Vocalion unissued; test pressing]


Memphis Archives 7001

481996Blues Classics

Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way to Get Along [Brunswick 7125]

three-disc box set


MCA CD 11441

491996Before The Blues
The Early American Black Music Scene

- Bamalong Blues - Andrew And Jim Baxter
- Run Mollie Run - Henry Thomas
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Jackson Stomp - Missippi Mud Steppers
- On Jordan's Stormy Banks We Stand - Seventh Day Adventist Choir
- Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy
- Forked Deer - Taylor's Kentucky Boys
- Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton
- Soft Steel Piston - Weaver & Beasley
- Two White Horses In A Line - Evans & McClain
- Jamestown Exhibition - Bayless Rose
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull
- Dying Mother And Her Child - Rev. Gates & Congregation
- John Hardy - Buell Kazee
- Wayward Girl Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Tom Sherman's Barroom - Dick Devall
- Stack O'Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby

- I'll Go With Her Blues - Robert Wilkins [Brunswick 7158]
- Christian Soldier - Denson Quartet


Yazoo CD 2015 (US 1996)

Yazoo Records discography

501997Walk Right In
The Essential Recordings of Memphis Blues

Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone, Part 1 [Victor 21741]
- Rolling Stone, Part 2 [Victor 21741]
- That's No Way to Get Along [Brunswick 7125]


Indigo CD 2038

511998Early Soul Gospel

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- I Wish I Was Heaven Sitting Down

Early 1960s Newport Folk Festival LP reissue material


Vanguard CD 79505

www.vanguardrecords.com

521998Memphis Blues Singers, Vol. 2

Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Dry Land Blues
- Cannon Ball Blues
- Kassie Jones - Part 1
- Kassie Jones - Part 2
- Judge Harsh Blues
Ishman Bracy
- Leavin' Town Blues (Pt. 1)
- Brown Mama Blues (Pt. 1)
- Trouble Hearted Blues
- The Four Day Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Canned Heat Blues
- Lonesome Home Blues
- Big Fat Mama Blues

Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone - Part 1 [Victor 21741]
- Rolling Stone - Part 2 [Victor 21741]
- Jail House Blues [Victor 23369]
- I Do Blues [Victor 23369]


Frog CD 22

531999The Greatest In Country Blues

Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]


1201 Music 7002

54200020th Century Blues

Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]

four-disc box set


Catfish CD 1

552001Guitar Blues:

Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues [Brunswick 7158]


Hallmark CD 1014

562001Yonder Come The Blues

Robert Wilkins
- New Stock Yard Blues [Vocalion 03223]


Document CD 32201

572002 Country Blues - the essential

CD 1:
- Weeping Willow - Blind Boy Fuller
- Little Rock Blues - Pearl Dickson
- Weak-Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimborough
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan - Rube Lacey
- Charming Betsy - Henry Thomas
- Mamlish Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Easy Rider Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Davidson County Blues - De Ford Baily
- Kentucky Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
- Mama, You Gotta Get It Fixed - Troy Ferguson
- One Way Gal - William Moore
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties


CD 2:
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Police Sergeant Blues - Robert Wilkins [Brunswick 7168]
- Penal Farm Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Nehi Mamma Blues - Frank Stokes
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Happy Blues - Tom Dickson
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- C.C. & O Blues - Pink Anderson and Simmy Dooley
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues - Evans & McClain
- Jealous Hearted Blues - Charlie Lincoln
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis
- Bye Bye Mama - Buddy Moss
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins


2 CD set
notes by Gary Atkinson

Document CBL-200008 (UK 2002)

582001"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 [Brunswick 7125]
- So Tired - Dallas String Band
- Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Theme From Ghost World - David Kitay



Shanachie CD 6056

592003Robert Wilkins: Prodigal Son

- Rolling Stone - Part 1 [Victor 21741]
- Rolling Stone - Part 2 [Victor 21741]
- Jail House Blues [Victor 23369]
- I Do Blues [Victor 23369]
- That's No Way To Get Along (Prodigal Son) [Brunswick 7125]
- Alabama Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Long Train Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Falling Down Blues [Brunswick 7125]
- Nashville Stonewall Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Police Sergeant Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Get Away Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- I'll Go With Her Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- Dirty Deal Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- Black Rat Blues [Vocalion 03176]
- New Stock Yard Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- Old Jim Canan's [Vocalion unissued; test pressing]
- Losin' Out Blues [Vocalion 03176]


P-Vine PCD-2251 (Jp)

602006The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival
with Bukka White: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions


disc 1:
Nathan Beauregard
- Highway 61
- Kid Gal Blues
Bukka White
- Hello Central, Give Me 49
- Baby, Please Don't Go
Furry Lewis
- Furry's Blues

Rev. Robert Wilkins
- In Heaven, Sitting Down # [Sire SES 97003 / Blue Horizon 7-63210]
- What Do You Think About Jesus? # [Sire SES 97003 / Blue Horizon 7-63210]
Joe Callicott
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Great Long Ways From Home
Bukka White
- My Mother Died


# rec. at the Municipal Shell, Overton Park, Memphis, Saturday, July 20th, 1968; Robert Wilkins, voc, g with Douglas Wilkins, voc, cymbals, tambourine; John Wilkins, b; M.C.: Jim Crosthwait; prod. by Mike Vernon, exec. producer: Seymour Stein (Sire Records)


disc 2:
Bukka White
- Bed Spring Blues #
- Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues #
- Drifting Blues #
- (Brand New) Decoration Day #
- Baby Please Don't Go #
- Give Me An Old, Old Lady #
- Got Sick And Tired #
- World Boogie #
- School Learning #
- Old Man Tom #
- Gibson Town #
- Drifting Blues * [master version without reverb]
- Old Man Tom * [complete master version without reverb]

reissue (remastered)
of 1968 Sire SES 97003 /
Blue Horizon 7-63210
"The 1968 Memphis
Country Blues Festival"

and Blue Horizon 7-63229
"Memphis Hot Shots"

2 CD set

Blue Horizon CD
82876851232

612009I Woke Up One Morning In May

Cryin' Sam Collins - Lonesome Road
Lottie Kimbrough (The Kansas City Butterball) - Lost Lover Blues
Henry Spaulding - Cairo Blues
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy - Can't I Do It For You?
Buster Johnson - Undertaker Blues
Elvie Thomas - Motherless Child Blues
Little Hat Jones - Bye Bye Baby Blues


Robert Wilkins - I'll Go With Her [Brunswick 7158]
Willie Baker - Rag Baby
Blind Blake - Rope Stretchin' Blues
Louie Lasky - How You Want Your Rolling Done?
Charlie McCoy - Keep It Clean
Lottie Kimbrough - Wayward Girl Blues
Joe Callicott - Fare Thee Well Blues


12 inch LP

Mississippi MR 033

622009Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 7
2010 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins [Brunswick 7125]
- High Water Everywhere Parts 1 & 2 - Charley Patton
- Hard Luck Child - Skip James
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Mojo Hand Blues - Ida Cox
- She's Crazy 'Bout Her Lovin' - Mississippi Sheiks
- The Death Of Holmes' Mule Parts 1 & 2 - Charlie Turner and Winston Holmes
- Slow Driving Moan - Ma Rainey
- Early Morning Blues - Blind Blake
- Coal Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Sawmill Moan - Ramblin' Thomas
- This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix! - Rev. J. Gordon McPherson


Supplementary CD tracks:
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 1 - Frank Palmes
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 2 - Frank Palmes
- Married Man Blues - Test, tk. 2 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake
- Married Man Blues - Test, tk. 3 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake
- Doctor Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend
- Jack O' Diamonds-Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend


remastered by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Vol. 7 (2010)

Blues Images

632010Robert Wilkins: That's No Way To Get Along

- Rolling Stone, Pt. 1 [Victor 21741]
- Rolling Stone, Pt. 2 [Victor 21741]
- Jail House Blues [Victor 23369]
- I Do Blues [Victor 23369]
- That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]
- Alabama Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Long Train Blues [Brunswick 7205]
- Falling Down Blues [Brunswick 7125]
- Nashville Stonewall Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Police Sergeant Blues [Brunswick 7168]
- Get Away Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- I'll Go With Her Blues [Brunswick 7158]
- Dirty Deal Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- Black Rat Blues [Vocalion 03176]
- New Stock Yard Blues [Vocalion 03223]
- Old Jim Canan's [Vocalion unissued; test pressing]
- Losin' Out Blues [Vocalion 03176]

12 inch LP

Monk MK 324 (It)

642012The Return of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

disc 1:
Alex Hood & His Railroad Boys - L And N Rag
Hambone Willie Newburn - Roll And Tumble Blues
Appalachia Vagabond (Hayes Shepherd) - Hard For To Love
Washington (Bukka) White - The Panama Limited
Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - John Henry Blues
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues
Carter Brothers & Son - Old Jaw Bone
B.F. Shelton - Oh Molly Dear
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere - Part 1
Ernest Stoneman & Kahle Brewer - Lonesome Road Blues
Ishman Bracey - Woman Woman Blues
Fiddling Powers & Family - Old Molly Hair
Ashley's Melody Men - Bath House Blues
Dennis McGee & Sady Courville - Mon Chere Bebe Creole
Willie Walker - Dupree Blues
Packie Dolan & His Boys - Irish Girl/Blue Breeches
Cartwright Brothers - Texas Ranger
L.O. Birkhead & A.E. Ward - Robinson County

Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along [Brunswick 7125]
Lewis Brothers - Bull At The Wagon
Karola Stocha & S. Bachleda - Koscieliska
Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Stack-O-Lee
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies


disc 2:
Mississippi Possum Hunters - The Last Shot Got Him
George Edgin's Corn Dodgers - My Ozark Mountain Home
Henry Thomas - Charmin Betsey
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Milwaukee Blues
Eck Robertson & Family - Texas Wagoner
Joe Evans & Arthur McClain - Two White Horses
Leo Soileau & Mayuse Lafleur - Basile Waltz
Lottie Kimbrough - Rolling Log Blues
Luke Hignight & His Ozark Strutters - Fort Smith Breakdown
Carver Boys - Tim Brook
Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
J.P. Nester & Norman Edmonds - Train On The Island
Tommy Johnson - Lonesome Home Blues
Orkiestra Majkuta - Wsciekla Polka
Lulu Jackson - Little Rosewood Casket
E. Mullaney & P. Stack - Maid In A Cherry Tree
Elder Golden P. Harris - I'll Lead A Christian Life
Fiddling Sam Long - Seneca Square Dance
Blind Blake - Sun To Sun Blues
Blue Ridge Mountain Singers - The Letter That Never Came
Charley Patton - Some These Days I'll Be Gone
Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - I'm A Long Time Traveling Away From Home


prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins
artwork by Drew Friedman

54-pp. booklet with stories and anecdotes of shellac collectors

Yazoo CD 2203 (US 9/2012)

Yazoo Records discography

6511/2013Peabody Blues

Furry Lewis
- John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 1
- John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 2
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Creeper's Blues
Walter Vinson
- You're Friend Gonna Use It Too - Part 1
- You're Friend Gonna Use It Too - Part 2
- Overtime Blues
Charlie McCoy
- It Ain't No Good - Part 1
- It Ain't No Good - Part 2
Speckled Red
- House Dance Blues
- The Dirty Dozen
- Wilkins Street Stomp
Jenny Pope
- Whiskey Drinking Blues
- Doggin' Me Around Blues

Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
- Alabama Blues
- Long Train Blues
- Falling Down Blues
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues - Part 1
- Cottonfield Blues - Part 2
Jed Davenport
- How Long How Long Blues
- Cow Cow Blues
Joe Williams
- I Want It Awful Bad
- Mr. Devil Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
- Rowdy Blues



Nehi NEH01 (UK)

662014Reverend Robert Wilkins: Prodigal Son

- Jesus Will Fix It Alright #
- Thank You, Jesus #
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee #
- Do Lord Remember Me #
- Here Am I, Send Me #
- The Prodigal Son #
- Jesus Said If You Go #
- I'm Going Home To My Heavenly King #
- Old Time Religion *
- I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down *
- It Just Suits Me *
- The Gambling Man *
- biographical statement []

# from "Memphis Gospel Singer" Piedmont PLP 13162 (1964)
* from "This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix" Biograph BLP 12027 (1968)
[] 2014

mastered by Chris Zwarg

Piedmont PLP 13162 /
Biograph BLP 12027

CD digipak (4-plated)
28-page booklet/notes
by Dick Spottswood

Bear Family BCD16629 (Germany)

672017American Epic: The Collection

disc 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley
- On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
- The Panama Limited - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys
- Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor

disc 2:
- My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates
- Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell

disc 3:
- Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores
- La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos
- Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters
- Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders
- If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman
- Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson

disc 4:
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys
- New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim
- Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey
- Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
- Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family
- Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James

disc 5:
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
- Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band

- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders
- Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
- Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
- Ghost Dance - Truett & George
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores
- Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips


"American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed."

5 CD set
 
American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- http://sunsite.kth.se/feastlib/mrf/yinyue/pw/WILKRB.HTM
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/t/timwilki.htm
- http://www.blues.ru/BlackCat/rw.htm
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943.- Chigwell 1982 (3rd. ed.)
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 979, 1028-1029
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, pp. 214-215
- Lane Wilkins: "1964, To Profit A Man".- Self-published by Rev. Wilkins' granddaughter
  (photocopied and tape/stapled bound)
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- diverse other internet resources

thanks to Graeme Orr, Brian Henley, Alan Balfour, Jean-Marie Juif, Helge Thygesen, Andy Cohen, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Roi Geyari and Russell Shor for additional information / scans

 

R O B E R T   W I L K I N S (playing a Martin D-28, whilst he usually played a Gibson J-45, or later, a J-50!) and Mississippi John Hurt; photographer: possibly David Gahr
Robert Wilkins & Mississippi John Hurt

The man on the left - contrary to a trillion internet sources' claims - isn't Skip James, but the Rev. Robert Wilkins!
Wilkins playing a Martin D-28, whilst he usually played a Gibson J-45, or later, a J-50!
source: Photo posted by Hurt's grand-nephew Fred Bolden on a meanwhile defunct internet forum
photographer: possibly David Gahr

 

Robert Wilkins bio
Robert Wilkins film snippet
Robert Wilkins Guitar Books, Records, Videos

 

Mary E. 'Lane' Wilkins internet page

Lane Wilkins at the '97 King Biscuit Blues Festival

 

 

 

 

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