Illustrated Montana Taylor discography

source: Blues & Rhythm 266 (February 2012), p. 14 Montana Taylor
Arthur Taylor
b. 1903 in [~~Butte, Montana~~] Indianapolis, Indiana
shortly after his birth his family moved to Butte, Montana, where he remembered his childhood
d. not earlier than 1958 [definitely not ~~1954~~; the aera where he was still living in 1957 was torn down in 1958, and he vanished from the City directory], presumably in Cleveland, Ohio
discography
Montana Taylor, c. early 1950s; "Last known picture [...], taken a few years before his death [...] and recently discovered in the collection of the late Cleveland photographer Jasper Wood."; source: www.chicagosouthsidepiano.com

#	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
		- Minor Blues (C-3353-A) # @ youtube - Montana Blues (C-3354-B) rec. April 18, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Lil Johnson, voc; Montana Taylor, p Vocalion unissued # Document DOCD 5307
1	1929	"Montana" Taylor and The Jazoo Boys - Whoop and Holler Stomp (C-3350- ) - Hayride Stomp (C-3351- ) rec. April 22, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Montana Taylor, p; The Jazoo Boys, voc, voc effects Vocalion 1275
2	1929	"Montana" Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp (C-3357-A) @ youtube - Detroit Rocks (C-3358-A) @ youtube rec. April 23, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Montana Taylor, p Vocalion 1419
3	19??	ROMEO NELSON / MONTANA TAYLOR Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop [Vocalion 1447] Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp [Vocalion 1419] Vocalion V.1011 (UK) Romeo Nelson discography
4	6/1938	ROMEO NELSON / MONTANA TAYLOR Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop [Vocalion 1447] Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks [Vocalion 1419] Hot Record Society 8 Romeo Nelson discography
5	9/1939	"PINETOP" SMITH / "MONTANA" TAYLOR "Pinetop" Smith - Jump Steady Blues [Vocalion 1298] "Montana" Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp [Vocalion 1419] UHCA 65/66 ("The United Hot Clubs of America" - Milt Gabler's label)
6	1946	MONTANA TAYLOR - In The Bottom (C-17) - Indiana Avenue Stomp (C-35) rec. April 18 & 19, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Taylor, voc, p Circle J-1008
7	1946	MONTANA TAYLOR - Low Down Bugle (C-11-C) - I Can't Sleep (C-19) rec. April 18 & 19, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Taylor, voc, p Circle J-1009
8	1946	MONTANA TAYLOR - Sweet Sue (C-16-B) (instr) # - 'Fo Day Blues (C-33) rec. April 18 & 19, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Taylor, voc, p; # Almond Leonard, washb Circle J-1010
9	1946	BERTHA "CHIPPIE" HILL - Black Market Blues (C-10) # - Around The Clock Blues (C-7) # rec. April 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Bertha "Chippie" Hill, voc; Arthur Taylor, p; Almond Leonard, washb, kazoo Circle J-1013
10	1946	MONTANA TAYLOR - Rotten Break Blues (C-18-1) - Montana's Blues (C-36-1) rec. April 18 & 19, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Taylor, voc, p Circle J-1015
11	1946	BERTHA "CHIPPIE" HILL - Mistreatin' Mr. Dupree (C-13) - Jailhouse Blues (C-9) rec. April 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Bertha "Chippie" Hill, voc; Arthur Taylor, p; Almond Leonard, washb, kazoo Circle J-1067
11a	1946	Montana Taylor: Barrel House Blues Circle 1008 - In The Bottom (C-17) - Indiana Avenue Stomp (C-35) Circle 1009 - Low Down Bugle (C-11-C) - I Can't Sleep (C-19) Circle 1010 - Sweet Sue (C-16-B) - 'Fo Day Blues (C-33) cover art by Jimmy Ernst (1920-1984, son of Max Ernst) three 10 inch 78 rpm Circle Records album s-2
11b	1946	Deep Woods Blues Circle 1013 Chippie Hill - Black Market Blues (C-10) - Around The Clock Blues (C-7) Circle 1014 Hociel Thomas - Go Down Sunshine (SF3) - Tebo's Texas Boogie (SF6) Circle 1015 Montana Taylor - Rotten Break Blues (C-18-1) - Montana's Blues (C-36-1) three 10 inch 78 rpm Circle Records album s-4
		- Hang Crepe Upon My Door (C25) - Patrol Wagon Blues (C26) - Rabbit Blues (C27) - Come Home Blues (C28) - Casey Jones Blues (C29) - One More Gal For me (C30) rec. April 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Cow Cow Davenport, voc; Peggy Montez (Taylor), voc; Arthur Taylor, p unissued
		- Low Down Bugle (C-11-B) # - Toot You Whistle And Blow Your Horn (C-12) rec. April 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Taylor, voc, p; # Almond Leonard, washb Circle unissued # Southland CSD 30
		- Montana's Fifes (C-31) - The Memphis Four O'Clocks (C-32) - Detroit, MI Rocks (C-34) # - Rag Alley Drag (C-37) rec. April 19, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Arthur Taylor, voc, p; # Almond Leonard, washb Circle unissued # Southland CSD 30
		- Five O'clocks (instr) - I Can't Sleep rec. June 28, 1947 in New York, New York ("This is Jazz" radio broadcast); Arthur Taylor, voc, p originally unissued Oldie Blues OL 2815 Southland CD 30
*LP / CD compilations*
12	6/1943	Boogie Woogie Piano Historic Recordings by Pioneer Piano Men Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks (80019 A) [Vocalion 1419] - Indiana Avenue Stomp (80019 B) [Vocalion 1419] Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 1 (80020 A) [Brunswick 7116] - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 (80020 B) [Brunswick 7151] Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop (80021 A) [Vocalion 1447] Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp (80021 B) [Brunswick 7116] Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues (80022 A) [Vocalion 1198] - State Street Jive (80022 B) [Vocalion 1198] set of four 10 inch 78 rpm records 8-pp. booklet with liner notes by Eugene Williams Brunswick Album B-1005 (US 6/1943) (Collector's Series) 10 inch LP notes by Eugene Williams = Brunswick BL 58018 (US 1950) set of four 7 inch 45 rpm records notes by Eugene Williams = Brunswick Album 9-7020 (US 1951) Speckled Red discography Romeo Nelson discography
13	1955	Piano Jazz Vol. 1 - Barrel House And Boogie Woogie Brunswick BL-54014 / Vogue Coral LVA 9069: - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor - The Dirty Dozen, No. 1 - Speckled Red [Brunswick 7116] - The Dirty Dozen, No. 2 - Speckled Red [Brunswick 7151] - Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red [Brunswick 7116] - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Smith - Pinetop's Blues - Pinetop Smith - Jump Steady Blues - Pinetop Smith - I'm Sober Now - Pinetop Smith - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive - Cow Cow Davenport Swaggie S1326: - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Smith - Pine Top's Blues - Pinetop Smith - Jump Steady Blues - Pinetop Smith - I'm Sober Now - Pinetop Smith - Now I Ain't Got Nothin' At All - Pinetop Smith - I've Got More Sense Than That - Pinetop Smith - Big Boy They Can't Do That - Pinetop Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Pinetop Smith - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen - No. 2 - Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive - Cow Cow Davenport notes by Nat Shapiro Brunswick BL-54014 (UK 1955) notes by Peter Gammond = Vogue Coral LVA 9069 (UK 1957) (=) Swaggie S1326 (Australia 1981) "Piano Jazz: Boogie Woogie Pianists" 1928-1930
13a	1959	Die Entwicklung des Jazz II - Der Blues Pleasant Joe - Bad Luck Blues Louis Armstrong - Sugar Foot Stomp Fletcher Henderson - Sugar Foot Stomp Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks Lionel Hampton - Adam Blew His Hat Buddy Johnson - Shake 'Em UP Dinah Washington - Blow Top Blues Joe Turner and His Fly Cats - Piney Brown Blues Muggsy Spanier - Hesitating Blues Casa Loma Orchestra - Royal Garden Blues The Commanders - Swanee River Count Basie - The Blues I Like To Hear Bernard Peiffer - Pied Peiffer Urbie Green - Bull Market Jan "Toots" Thielemans - Cool And Easy Hal McKusick - Now's The Time (Charlie Parker) compiled and annotated by Dr. Dietrich Schulz-Köhn Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft LPEM 19.319 (Germany 1959)
14	1961	Montana Taylor / Cripple Clarence Lofton: Low Down Piano Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana's Blues - Rotten Break Blues - In The Bottom - Lowdown Bugle - Can't Sleep Cripple Clarence Lofton - Sweet Tooth - Sixes And Sevens - Clarence Blues - Lofty Blues - House Rent Struggle - Juice Joint notes by Orrin Keepnews Riverside RLP 152 (US 1961) = BYG 529.065 (Fr 197?) (Archive of Jazz Vol. 15) Cripple Clarence Lofton discography
14a	196?	Montana Taylor, Cow Cow Davenport, Speckled Red: Barrelhouse Jazz Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp - The Dirty Dozen No. 1 EP Coral 94209 EPC (Germany 196?) (Pioneers of Jazz 9)
15	1969	Hot Pianos 1926-1940 Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen - Climax Rag - Finger Buster - Creepy Feeling - Honky Tonk Music - Winin' Boy Blues Montana Taylor with The Jazzbo Boys - Whoop & Holler Stomp - Hayride Stomp Caroline Johnson and Fats Waller - Ain't Got Nobody To Grind My Coffee - Mama's Losing A Mighty Good Chance Maude Mills and Fats Waller - Anything That Happens Just Pleases Me - My Old Daddy's Got A Brand-New Way To Love Alberta Hunter and Fats Waller - I'm Going To See My Ma Cow Cow Davenport - Back In The Alley - Mootch Piddle cover art by Fred Romary Historical HLP-29 (Vol. 29) Historical Records discography
15a	1971	Fats Waller - Cow Cow Davenport - Jelly Roll Morton - Montana Taylor: Great Jazz Pianos 1926-1940 - Climax Rag - Jelly Roll Morton (2:25) - Finger Buster - Jelly Roll Morton (2:51) - Creepy Feeling - Jelly Roll Morton (3:34) - Honky Tonk Music - Jelly Roll Morton (3:15) - Winin' Boy Bls. (air shot) - Jelly Roll Morton (2:17) - Whoop & Holler Stomp - Montana Taylor (3:16) - Hayride Stomp - Montana Taylor (3:12) - Ain't Got Nobody To Grind My Coffee - Caroline Johnson & Fats Waller (3:10) - Mama's Losin' A Mighty Good Chance - Caroline Johnson & Fats Waller (2:53) - Anything That Happens Just Pleases Me - Maude Mills & Fats Waller (2:55) - My Old Daddy's Got A Brand New Way To Love - Maude Mills & Fats Waller (3:07) - I'm Goin' To See Mi Ma - Alberta Hunter & Fats Waller (3:06) - Back In The Alley - Cow Coy Davenport (2:40) - Mooch Piddle - Cow Coy Davenport (2:52) Joker SM 3121 (It 1971) (History of Jazz series)
16	1972	Barrelhouse Blues 1927-1936 Bob Call - Thirty-One Blues Barelhouse Welsh - Dying Pickpocket Blues Joe Dean - I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today George Noble - Seminole Blues Lonnie Johnson - Sam, You're Just A Rat Louise Johnson - On The Wall Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues No. 2 Charley Taylor - Heavy Suitcase Blues Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive Jabo Williams - Polack Blues Jesse James - Ramrod Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues Will Ezell - Barrelhouse Woman (tk 2) notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls Yazoo 1028 = Yazoo CD 1028 (1992) Yazoo Records discography
17	197?	The Best Of Boogie Woogie Vol. 24 Albert Ammons - St. Louis Blues - Mecca Flat Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Deep Fives - Blues De Lux Pete Johnson - Let 'Em Jump - Pete's Blues Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Blues Montana Taylor - Montana's Blues - In The Bottom Blues Cripple Clarence Lofton - Sweet Tooth - Sixes And Sevens - Clarence's Blues Albert Ammons - Bass Goin' Crazy - Monday Struggle Meade Lux Lewis - Closing Hour Blues - Messin' Around Pete Johnson - B & O Blues - Climbin' And Screamin' Henry Brown - Eastern Chimes Blues Cripple Clarence Lofton - Lofty Blues - House Rent Struggle - Juicy Joint Montana Taylor - Lowdown Boogie - I Can't Sleep DLP notes by Gene Cogerty Monkey MY 40024 (Fr 197?)
17a	1973	Rent Party Piano Dan Burley And His Skiffle Boys - Big Cat Little Cat - Shotgun House Rag - Lakefront Blues - Three Flights Up - Dusty Bottom - South Side Shake J.H. "Mr. Freddy" Shayde - Mr. Freddy Rag - Chestnut Street Boogie Charles "Luckey" Roberts - Railroad Blues - Ripples Of The Nile - Pork And Beans - Shy And Sly - Music Box Rag - Junkman Rag Montana Taylor - Sweet Sue - Fo' Day Blues Rent Party Piano RPP 1002 (NL 1973) BU 99 (feb-mar 1973), p. 29
18	1974	Boogie Woogie Piano Pinetop Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop's Blues - I'm Sober Now - Jump Steady Blues Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 1 - Wilkins Street Stomp - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Mr.Freddie Blues - Celeste Blues - Yancey Special Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks - Indiana Avenue Stomp Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues - State Street Jive notes by Shouichi Yoi MCA-3083 (Jp 1974) = MCA VIM 4638 (Jp)
19	1975	Piano In Style 2 "Black Fingers" 1928-1938 Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport - Cow Cow Blues - State Street Jive Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Detroit Rocks Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen (No.1) - Wilkins Street Stomp - The Dirty Dozen (No.2) Alex Hill - Stompin' Em Down - Tack Head Blues Robert "Bob" Call - Thirty-One Blues Honey Hill - Boogie Woogie Mary-Lou Williams - Night Life (instr) - Drag 'Em - Isabelle - Clean Pickin' notes by Pierre-François Cangardel MCA 510.122 (Fr 1975) (Jazz Heritage series)
20	197?	Barrelhouse Piano Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues - State Street Jive - Alabama Strut - Back In The Alley - Mootch [sic] Piddle Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen - Wilkins Street Stomp Speckled Red - Dirty Dozen No. 2 Montana Taylor - Whoop And Holler Stomp - Hayride Stomp - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Detroit Rocks Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - The Midnight Special Jazz Piano JP-5007
21	1977	Montana Taylor: Montana's Blues - Whoop And Holler Stomp - Hayride Stomp - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Detroit Rocks - Jailhouse Blues - Black Market Blues - Low Down Boogie - Mistreatin' Mr. Dupree - Sweet Sue - In The Bottom - Rotten Break Blues - I Can't Sleep - 'Fo Day Blues - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana's Blues - Five O' Clock - I Can't Sleep photos by Art Feher Oldie Blues OL 2815 (NL 1977) Oldie Blues discography
22	1977	Vocalion 1928-1930 'shake your wicked knees' (The Piano Blues Vol. 3) Cow Cow Davenport - Back In The Alley Bert M. Mays - Michigan River Blues Joe Dean - I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today Lee Green - Memphis Fives Jim Clarke - Fat Fanny Stomp Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues Romeo Nelson - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing Dan Stewart - New Orleans Blues Lil Johnson - House Rent Scuffle Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks Tampa Red - Black Hearted Blues Pinetop Smith - Jump Steady Blues Joe Dean - Mexico Bound Blues Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Cow Cow Davenport - Texas Shout Montana Taylor & The Jazoo Boys - Whoop And Holler Stomp foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4403 (UK 1977) = Magpie PYCD 03 Magpie Records discography
23	1983	The Boogie Woogie Masters Original Masterpieces Vol. 1 Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Cow Cow Blues Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - State Street Jive Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith - Pine Top's Blues Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith - Jump Steady Blues Arthur 'Montana' Taylor - Detroit Rocks Rufus 'Speckled Red' Perryman - The Dirty Dozen Rufus 'Speckled Red' Perryman - The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Yancey Special Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Celeste Blues Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings - Boogie Woogie Stomp Mary Lou Williams - Mr. Freddie Blues William 'Count' Basie - Boogie Woogie Pete Johnson - Basement Boogie Pete Johnson - Death Ray Boogie Affinity AFS 1005 (UK 1983)
24	1984	Barrelhouse Years 1928-1933 'some piano player, I'll tell you that' (The Piano Blues Vol. 20) Pine Top Smith - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (-B) - Pine Top Blues (-B) Pinetop & Lindberg - Down On The Levee - Louisiana Bound - East Chicago Blues Speckled Red - The Right String - The Dirty Dozen - no. 2 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues Turner Parrish - Fives Lonnie Clark - Broke Down Engine Davenport - Slum Gullion Stomp 'Montana' Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp 'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues Henry Brown - Blind Boy Blues Bert M. Mays - You Can't Come In Davenport & Smith - Alabama Strut mastered by John R. T. Davies foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall Magpie PY 4420 (UK 1984) Magpie Records discography
25	1984	The Pioneers of Boogie Woogie Original Masterpieces Vol. 1 Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Blues Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Pine Top Smith - Jump Steady Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Cripple Clarence Lofton - In The Morning Speckled Red - Jim Jackson's Jamboree Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special Jimmy Yancey - White Sox Stomp Jimmy Yancey - The Fives Jimmy Yancey - South Side Stuff Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown Joker SM 4081 (It 1984) 6 LP set (=) Joker SM 9416 (It) (boxed set of Joker SM 4081 to SM 4086)
26	1989	Boogie Woogie Masterpieces Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive Pinetop Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Wesley Wallace - No. 29 Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Count Basie Quintet - Boogie Woogie Count Basie - Boogie Woogie Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy Pete Johnson - Roll 'em Pete Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Stomp Big Maceo - Chicago Breakdown Joe Hunter - Nasty Neighbourhood Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Pete Johnson - Dive Bomber notes by Kurt Mohr Official 3031 (Denmark 1989) (=) Official CD 83031
27	1990	Vocalion 1928-1930 The Piano Blues series - Back In The Alley - Cow Cow Davenport - Michigan River Blues - Bert M. Mays - I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean - Memphis Fives - Lee Green - Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - Romeo Nelson - New Orleans Blues - Dan Stewart - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith - You Can't Come In - Bert M. Mays - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor - Slum Gullion Stomp - Cow Cow Davenport - Pine Top Blues - Pine Top Smith - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor - Black Hearted Blues - Tampa Red - Jump Steady Blues - Pine Top Smith - Mexico Bound Blues - Joe Dean - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Texas Shout - Cow Cow Davenport - Whoop And Holler Stomp - Montana Taylor & The Jazoo Boys Magpie PY 4403 Magpie PYCD 03 (UK 1990)
28	1991	Montana Taylor 1929 - 1946 and the complete "Freddie" Shayne Montana Taylor - Whoop And Holler Stomp - Hayride Stomp - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Detroit Rocks Bertha 'chippie' Hill - Worried Jailhouse Blues - Black Market Blues Montana Taylor - Low Down Bugle - Mistreatin' Mr. Dupree - Sweet Sue - In The Bottom - Rotten Break Blues - I Can't Sleep - 'fo Day Blues - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana's Blues - Five O'clocks (Broadcast) - I Can't Sleep (Broadcast) "Freddie" Shayne - Original Mr. Freddie Blues - Lonesome Man Blues - Mr. Freddy's Rag - Charleston Blues - How Long Blues - Chestnut Street Boogie Document DOCD-5053 (Austria 1991)
29	1994	Montana Taylor with Chippie Hill & Almond Leonard - Worried Jailhouse Blues - Black Market Blues - Lowdown Bugle - Lowdown Bugle #2 - Mistreatin' Mr. Dupree - Sweet Sue - In The Bottom - Rotten Break - I Can't Sleep - Fo' Day Blues - Detroit Rocks - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana's Blues - Five - O'clocks - I Can't Sleep Montana Taylor solo p with Bertha "Chippic" Hill voc, Almond Leonard washboard & kazoo Southland SCD-30 (US 1994) Southland Records discography
30	1994	Lil Johnson Vol. 1 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1: 23 April 1929 - 22 April 1936 - Minor Blues # - Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Do - You'll Never Miss Your Jelly Till Your Jelly Roller's Gone - House Rent Scuffle - Rock That Thing - Get 'em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Anybody Want To Buy My Cabbage? - Shake Man Blues - Evil Man Blues - Keep On Knocking - I Lost My Baby - If You Can Dish It (I Can Take It) - I'm Bettin' On You - Press My Button (Ring My Bell) - Take It Easy Greasy - You Can't Bet On Love - That Bonus Done Gone Thru (tk 1) - That Bonus Done Gone Thru (tk 2) - Winner Joe (The Knock-Out King) - Get 'em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) (C-1287) - Get 'em From The Peanut Man (The New Hot Nuts) (C-1288-1) - Sam The Hot Dog Man - Rug Cutter's Function - Honey You're So Good To Me # with Montana Taylor, p notes by Howard Rye Document DOCD 5307 (Austria 1994)
31	1996	Too Late, Too Late Vol. 5 (1927-64) Sister Morgan (1927) - Hurry Down, Sunshine, And See What Tomorrow Brings Lonnie Johnson (1927) - Handfull O' Keys - Searchin' For Flats Cow Cow Davenport (1928) - Cow Cow Blues (tk B) Elizabeth Johnson (1928) - Be My Kid Blues - Sobbin' Woman Blues Leroy Carr (1928) - Box Car Blues Frank Stokes (1929) - I'm Going Away Blues - Old Sometime Blues Henry Townsend (1931) - Doctor, Oh Doctor - Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub Blind Wille McTell (1933) - Broke Down Engine No. 2 (tk 1) - Love Makin' Mama (tk 2) John (Big Nig) Bray (1934) - Trench Blues. Leadbelly (1940) - Didn't Ol' John Cross The Water? Sonny Terry (1944/45) - I Have Had My Fun - Keys To The Highway Leadbelly (1945) - Eagle Rock Rag (alt tk) James 'Jack Of All Trades' McCain (1945) - Good Mr. Roosevelt Montana Taylor (1946) - Lowdown Bugle (tk B) - Detroit Rocks Big Maceo (c.1950) - Eloise, Don't Play Me For A Fool Scrapper Blackwell (1959) - How Long No. 2 Rev. Lonnie Farris (1964) - Peace In The Valley (Proverb 1001) Document DOCD 5411 (Austria 1996)
32	1998	Shake Your Wicked Knees - Rent Parties And Good Times Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps 1928-43 - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith - Pine Top's Blues - Pine Top Smith - Back In The Alley - Cow Cow Davenport - I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean - Pitchin' Boogie - Will Ezell - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery - Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - Hip Shakin' Strut - Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas - House Rent Scuffle - Lil Johnson # - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - Romeo Nelson - Jump Steady Blues - Pine Top Smith - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor - Whoop And Holler Stomp - Montana Taylor # - I'm Sober Now - Pine Top Smith - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor - Stomp 'em Down To The Bricks - Henry Brown - Hokum Stomp - Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas - Jimmy's Rocks - Jimmy Yancey - Mooch Piddle - Cow Cow Davenport # - Tight Whoopee - Mozelle Alderson prod. by Francis Wilford-Smith remastered by Richard Nevins, # John R. T. Davies notes by Bob Hall Yazoo CD 2035 (US 1998) Yazoo Records discography
33	2001	Piano Blues - The Essential disc 1: - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Trenches - Turner Parrish - Ain't It A Shame - Leroy Carr - Big Mama - Walter Roland - 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Flying Crow Blues - Black Ivory King - I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Rocks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) - Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown - Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke - Playing The Dozen - Will Ezell - Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James - Black Gal Makes Thunder - Rudy Foster - All Night Long - Louise Johnson - Whoopie - Eddie Miller - Pine Tops Boogie - Pine Top Smith - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red disc 2: - I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Think You Need A Shot - Walter Davis - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow (Charles) Davenport - Keep A-Knocking An You Can't Get In - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - 31 Blues - Bob Call - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard - Joe Pullum - Joe Louis Strut - Memphis Minnie - Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery - Lonesome Man Blues - Sylvester Palmer - East Chicago Blues - Sparks Brothers - Pratt City Blues - 'Jabo' Williams - Shack Bully Stomp - 'Jabo' Williams - Soon This Morning - Charlie Spand - 5 O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor compiled by Paul Swinton double CD notes by Gary Atkinson Document CBL-200004 (UK 2001)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 369-370
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 455, 903
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 419
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 141, 250, 604
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 955-956
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 492-493
- Michael Hortig & Erick Trickey: On The Bottom - The Mysterious Life of Arthur 'Montana' Taylor.- Blues & Rhythm 266 (February 2012), pp. 14-16
- Erick Trickey: The Terminal - Landmark moments from our past
- http://www.rocknroll-schallplatten-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=9365&sid=af45a7e9d83378204609d42209fd0f44
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Michael Hortig and Frits Segers for additional info

source: Blues Unlimited 127 (November/December 1977), p. 28
photographer: Art Feher