![]() | Arhoolie Records discography (emphasis on vinyl) | ![]() |
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45- series | ||
501 (1963) | MERCY DEE![]() - Lady Luck @ youtube - Betty Jean @ youtube ![]() rec. April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; Sidney Maiden, hca; Otis Cherry, dr Mercy Dee Walton discography | |
502 (1964) | R.C. SMITH![]() - Don't Drive Me Away (RCS-1) # @ youtube - I Believe We Love Each Other (RCS-2) #? ![]() rec. July 28, 1961 in Memphis, TN; R.C. Smith, voc, g; # R.C. Smith discography | |
503 (1964) | HACKBERRY RAMBLERS![]() - Turtle Tail - Madame Saustin ![]() | |
504 (1964) | K.C. DOUGLAS![]() - I Know You Didn't Want Me (tk.2) - I'm Gonna Build Me A Web ![]() rec. August 19, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Clarence Van Hook, ts; George Hurst, p; Jimmy Rainey, dr K.C. Douglas discography | |
507 (1964) | THE FONDETTES![]() - The Beatles Are In Town - Lovelorn Flame ![]() | |
510 (1965) | MERRITT HERRING![]() - Talkin Protest Blues - Most People Worry ![]() | |
511 (1965) | CLIFTON CHENIER![]() - Zydeco Et Pas Sale - I Can Look Down At Your Woman ![]() | |
512 (1965) | BIG MAMA THORNTON![]() - Swing It On Home - My Heavy Load ![]() | |
513 (1965) | LIGHTNING HOPKINS![]() - Come On Baby - ![]() Lightnin' Hopkins discography | |
515 (1966) | JOHNNY YOUNG![]() - Slam Hammer - Wild, Wild Woman ![]() Johnny Young discography | |
519 (1966) | LARRY O'WILLIAMS![]() - That's My Girl - Hear Me Calling Baby ![]() | |
521 (1969) | EARL HOOKER![]() - Wah Wah Blues (instr) * [Arhoolie 1044] - You Don't Want Me # [Arhoolie 1044] ![]() # rec. November 12, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; Pinetop Perkins, org, p; Freddie Roulette, st-g; Chester 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Willie Williams, dr * rec. November 14, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; Pinetop Perkins, org, p; Chester 'Gino' Skaggs, b; Bill 'Levi' Warren, dr Earl Hooker discography | |
1000 series | ||
1001 (11/1960) | Mance Lipscomb: Texas Sharecropper and Songster![]() - Freddie (2:35) # °° @ Spotify - Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now (2:00) # °° @ Spotify - Going Down Slow (3:00) # °° @ Spotify - Baby Please Don't Go (1:45) # °° @ Spotify - Rock Me All Night Long (3:10) # @ Spotify - Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo (1:55) // - Jack O'Diamonds Is A Hard Card To Play (3:55) # °° @ Spotify ![]() - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50) # °° @ Spotify - Ella Speed (2:30) # °° @ Spotify - One Thin Dime (2:55) # °° @ Spotify - Going To Louisiana (See See Rider) (2:10) \\ @ Spotify - Mama Don't Allow (2:20) # °° @ Spotify - Ain't It Hard (3:10) # °° @ Spotify - Bout A Spoonful (3:20) \\ °° @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() # rec. August 11, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g ![]() // rec. August 12, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g ![]() \\ rec. August 13, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g ![]() °° re-released on Arhoolie CD 306 (1993) ![]() ![]() ![]() originally unissued tracks from August 11, 1960 session: - Alabama Jubilee - Tom Moore's Farm (tk 2) [] @ Spotify - Out And Down - Keep A Knocking - Casey Jones - St. James Infirmary - Motherless Children - Harvest Moon - untitled instrumental ![]() originally unissued tracks from August 12, 1960 session: - Want To Do Something For You - Shorty George (26) [] @ Spotify - untitled instrumental - Angel Child (28) [] @ Spotify - Hen House Blues - Alabama Jubilee - Parson Brown - I Love My Baby - Goin' Up North To See My Pony Run - Have To Let You Go - Black Rat (35) [] @ Spotify - Round The Bend I See A Steamer Come - Caledonia - All Night Long - Ain't You Sorry ![]() originally unissued tracks from August 13, 1960 session: - Foggy Bottom Blues (43) [] @ Spotify - Heel And Toe Polka - Little Brown Jug (44) [] @ Spotify - Silver City - I'm Going Back To Houston - Back Water Blues || - Going Back To Georgia (47) [] @ Spotify - You Got To Reap Just What You Sow - Baby You Don't Mean Me No Good - Everybody Went Fishing - Knocking Down Windows And Tearing Down Doors - God Moves On The Water - Easy Rider Blues (53) [] @ Spotify - Why Did You Leave Me? (54) [] @ Spotify - Mance's Boogie (instr) - Me And My Baby (58) [] @ Spotify - Mance's Talking Blues (59) [] @ Spotify - Segregation Done Past (speech) [] @ Spotify - Evil Heart Blues § - Blues In The Bottle § - Polly Wolly Doodle - Sugar Babe ![]() || released on Arhoolie LP 101 / F 1006 (1960) § released on Decca LK 4664 (1965) [] released on Arhoolie CD 465 (1999) ![]() photographs by Chris Strachwitz
notes & lyrics booklet by Mack McCormick notes & lyrics booklet by Mack McCormick notes & lyrics booklet by Mack McCormick
= P-Vine PCD-93735 (Jp 7/2013) Mance Lipscomb discography | |
1002 (1960) | Big Joe Williams: Tough Times![]() - Sloppy Drunk Blues - Yo Yo Blues - President Roosevelt - Forty-Four Blues - Greystone Blues - I Want My Crown [] ![]() - Mean Stepfather - Brother James - Shake Your Boogie - Vitamin A Blues - She Left Me A Mule To Ride # - So Glad ![]() # rec. late 1959 in Oakland, CA by Bob Geddins; Big Joe Williams, voc, g all other tracks rec. October 5, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA by Chris A. Strachwitz and Richard Garvin; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; [] Mary Williams, voc ![]() cover art work on original issue by Clair Moxley front and liner photos by Chris A. Strachwitz
notes by Chris Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif." notes by Chris Strachwitz notes by Chris Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California" notes by Chris Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709" notes by Chris Strachwitz re-released (along with most of Arhoolie 1053) on Arhoolie CD 315 "Shake Your Boogie" Big Joe Williams discography more variants at https://www.discogs.com/master/457739-Big-Joe-Williams-Tough-Times | |
1003 (1961) | Black Ace BK Turner and his Steel Guitar ![]() - I Am The Black Ace * @ youtube - Bad Times Stomp (instr.) * @ youtube - Drink On Little Girl * @ youtube - Santa Fe Blues # @ youtube - New Triflin' Woman # @ youtube - Farther Along * [not on Arhoolie CD 374] @ youtube ![]() - Evil Woman (Blues) # @ youtube - 'Fore Day Creep # @ youtube - Little Augie # @ youtube - Your Leg's Too Little # @ youtube - No Good Woman # @ youtube - Santa Claus Blues # @ youtube - Golden Slipper # @ youtube ![]() Black Ace, voc, g # rec. August 14, 1960 in Fort Worth,TX by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver * rec. September 10, 1960 in Fort Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver
stapled notes booklet by Paul Oliver inside jacket "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 671, Los Gatos, Calif." stapled notes booklet by Paul Oliver inside jacket notes (1961) by Paul Oliver "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709" notes (1961) by Paul Oliver "Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530" (=) Arhoolie CD 374 (US 1992) Black Ace discography | |
1004 (1960) | Lil Son Jackson![]() - Blues Come To Texas @ youtube - Cairo Blues @ youtube - Ticket Agent @ youtube - Louise Blues @ youtube - Sugar Mama @ youtube - The Girl I Love @ youtube - Santa Fe Blues @ youtube - Turn Your Lamp Down Low (aka "Baby Please Don't Go") @ youtube ![]() - Groundhog Blues @ youtube - Gambler Blues @ youtube - Charley Cherry (tk 1) @ youtube - Charley Cherry (tk 2) @ youtube - West Dallas Blues (instr) @ youtube - Rollin' Mill Went Down @ youtube - Red River Blues @ youtube - Roberta Blues @ youtube ![]() CD bonus tracks: - Johnnie Mae (2:31) [Arhoolie LP 101 / F 1006] @ youtube - Buck Dance (instr) (1:57) @ youtube - I Walked From Dallas (= "Blues Come To Texas") (1:58) @ youtube - Rock Me (2:34) # @ youtube ![]() ![]() ![]() unissued tracks from same July 1960 session: - untitled instrumental - untitled instrumental - Where Were You, Charley Cherry - untitled instrumental ![]() LP tracks rec. July 10, 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz; Lil' Son Jackson, voc, g CD bonus tracks rec. July 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz; Lil' Son Jackson, voc, ac g, # el g; # unknown, b Chris Strachwitz @ facebook: "Arhoolie never officially issued colored vinyl pressings. However around 1961 - 1963 Ed Denson and I had purchased a small, older record pressing plant in East Oakland which had previously been used by Bob Geddins. At that time pressings of 12" LPs were still made by supplying the pressers with 'biscuits' in the form of a chocolate bars which had to be heated on a 'heating table' next to the press. They came usually in black but you could also get them in various colors! So we thought it to be fun to try out a few like that! And that is how a few copies of (I think) Lowell Fulson and Lil Son Jackson were shipped out on colored vinyl!"
2-pp. leaflet notes by Chris Strachwitz inside jacket "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 671, Los Gatos, California" notes by Chris Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94719" notes by Chris Strachwitz = Arhoolie F 1004 (US 2012)
Lil' Son Jackson discography | |
1005 (1960 1969 1980) | I Have To Paint My Face![]() Arhoolie F 1005 (1960, 1st pressing) track sequence: Sam Chatman A1 - I Have To Paint My Face @ youtube @ Spotify A2 - You Shall Be Free (Nigger Be A Nigger) °°°° @ youtube A3 - I Stand And Wonder @ youtube @ Spotify Butch Cage & Willie Thomas A4 - Forty-Four Blues °° @ youtube @ Spotify Jasper Love A5 - Desert Blues @ youtube @ Spotify Sam Chatmon A6 - Lay My Burden Down (Glory Hallelujah) °°°° Kathryn Pitman and group A7 - Save A Seat For Me °°°° ![]() Wade Walton & R.C. Smith B1 - Barbershop Rhythm @ youtube @ Spotify R.C. Smith B2 - Going Back To Texas @ youtube @ Spotify Jasper Love & Columbus Jones B3 - The Slop °° @ youtube @ Spotify R.C. Smith B4 - Lost Love Blues °°° @ youtube @ Spotify B5 - Lonely Widow [actual title: "Lonely Widower"] @ youtube @ Spotify Wade Walton B6 - Rooster Blues @ youtube @ Spotify Butch Cage & Willie Thomas B7 - Butch's Blues @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() °°°° omitted from 1969 and 1980 re-releases, not on Arhoolie CD 432 °°° omitted from 1969 and 1980 re-releases, but re-released on Arhoolie CD 432 °° omitted from 1969 re-release, but added to 1980 re-release and on Arhoolie CD 432
I Have To Paint My Face - A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues
I Have To Paint My Face - A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues
I Have To Paint My Face - Mississippi Blues 1960
booklet notes (1960) by Mack McCormick "Arhoolie Records, Berkeley, California"
new notes (1969) by Chris Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94709" notes (1969) by Chris Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94709" notes by Chris Strachwitz | |
FS101/ F 1006 (1961) | Blues N' Trouble / Blues 'N Trouble![]() Arhoolie FS 101 / F 1006 (1961 + 197?) track sequence: Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues @ youtube Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae @ youtube Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues @ youtube Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues @ youtube Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper @ youtube Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime @ youtube ![]() Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly @ youtube "Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady @ youtube Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman @ youtube Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth @ youtube Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369] @ youtube ![]() Arhoolie F 1006 (1980) track sequence: Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime Sidney Maiden - Chicago Blues °° @ youtube ![]() Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly "Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady Black Ace - Ace's Guitar Blues °° @ youtube Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] - Goin' Back South [aka "Down South Blues"] °° Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369] ![]() °° 1980 version "bonus tracks", listed on labels, but not on back cover! ![]() Black Ace rec. September 19, 1960 in Ft. Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz Butch Cage & Willie Thomas rec. 1960 in Zachary, LA by Chris Strachwitz Sam Chatman rec. July 25, 1960 in Hollandale, MS by Chris Strachwitz Lowell Fulson rec. c. 1949 in Oakland, CA by Bob Geddins Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] rec. 1947 in New York, NY Lil' Son Jackson rec. July 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz Mance Lipscomb rec. August 13, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz Jasper Love rec. July 23, 1960 in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz Sidney Maiden rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz Mercy Dee Walton rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee, voc, p "Whistling" Alex Moore rec. summer 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz Robert Curtis Smith rec. July 24, 1960 at the "Big 6" Barbershop in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz Big Joe Williams rec. October 6, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA by Chris Strachwitz ![]() Arhoolie FS101 front cover lay-out by Clair Moxley Arhoolie F1006 front cover design by Wayne Pope photos by Chris Strachwitz (except Black Ace, courtesy B.K. Turner)
I Have To Paint My Face - Mississippi Blues 1960
notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif." notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif." notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley, California" notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz "Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709" notes by Chris Strachwitz | |
1007 (1961) | Mercy Dee![]() first pressing track sequence: - Mercy's Troubles (9:30) @ youtube - Jack Engine (4:02) ° [never re-released on CD] @ youtube - Lady Luck (3:10) [Arhoolie 45-501] @ youtube - Red Light (2:30) @ youtube ![]() - Walked Down So Many Turnrows (3:05) @ youtube - Troublesome Mind (5:55) @ youtube - Betty Jean (1:30) [Arhoolie 45-501] @ youtube - Call The Asylum (3:05) @ youtube - Mercy's Party (5:08) # ° [never re-released on CD] @ youtube ![]() second pressing track sequence: - Mercy's Troubles (9:30) - Harvest Time (3:45) [Bluesville BV 1039 as "Have You Ever Been Out In The Country"] @ youtube - Lady Luck (3:10) - Red Light (2:30) - Trying To Kick This Habit (2:25) °° [1954 Rhythm unissued] @ youtube ![]() - Walked Down So Many Turnrows (3:05) - After The Fight (3:15) °° @ youtube - Troublesome Mind (5:55) - Betty Jean (1:30) - Call The Asylum (3:05) - Shady Lane (4:20) °° @ youtube ![]() ° only on 1st pressing °° only on 2nd pressing ![]() rec. February 5 & 12, & March 12, 1961 in Stockton, CA & April 16, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Mercy Dee Walton, voc, p; K.C. Douglas, g, # voc; Sidney Maiden, hca, # voc; Otis Cherry, dr cover photo by William Carter
notes (1961) by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box No. 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif." notes (1961, newly typeset) by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709" notes (1961) by Chris A. Strachwitz Arhoolie CD 369 (US 1993) Mercy Dee Walton discography | |
1008 (196?) | Whistling Alexander Moore![]() - Whistling Alex Moore's Blues # @ youtube - Pretty Woman With A Sack Dress On @ youtube - Rubber Tired Hack @ youtube - From North Dallas To The East Side @ youtube - You Say I'm A Bad Feller @ youtube - Miss No-Good Weed @ youtube ![]() - Black Eyed Peas And Hog Jowls @ youtube - Boogie In The Barrel @ youtube - Going Back To Froggy Bottom @ youtube - July Boogie @ youtube - West Texas Woman @ youtube - Frisky Gal @ youtube ![]() ![]() ![]() originally unissued track from same session: - Chock House Boogie (instr) [Arhoolie CD 408] @ youtube ![]() rec. July 30, 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz; 'Recording Supervision & Photography' by Paul Oliver; Whistling Alexander Moore, voc, p, # whistling Arhoolie CD 408 = Arhoolie LP 1008, one previously unreleased track from same session, eight previously unissued sides that Alex recorded at Radio KLIF in Dallas in 1947, and two cuts made in Germany which appeared on LP 1048
notes by Paul Oliver notes by Paul Oliver "Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California" notes by Paul Oliver "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709" notes by Chris Strachwitz and Paul Oliver Alex Moore discography | |
1009 (1967) | Zydeco![]() Paul McZiel - Alons A Lafayette - Tap Dance Sidney Babineaux - One Step - Original Zydeco Albert Chevallier - L'Haricot Sont Pas Sale - Mont Ma Coucher Willie Green - Green's Zydeco Herbert Sam - They Call Me Good Rockin' Amade Ardon - La Valse De Amities - Les Blues De Voyages Leadbelly - Corn Bread Rough Lightning Hopkins - Zydeco Clifton Chenier - Clifton's Blues - Louisiana Stomp Clarence Garlow Bon Ton Roulet ![]() | |
1010 (1967?) | Robert Shaw: Texas Barrelhouse Piano![]() Almanac 10 track sequence: - Whores Is Funky [aka "The Fives"] - The Cows (instr) - Here I Come With My Dirty, Dirty Duckins On @ youtube - The Clinton (instr) - Black Gal ![]() - Put Me In The Alley - Groceries On My Shelf [aka "Piggly Wiggly"] - People, People - The Ma Grinder (instr) @ youtube - Hattie Green ![]() Arhoolie 1010 track sequence: - The Cows (instr) - Whores Is Funky [aka "The Fives"] - Here I Come With My Dirty, Dirty Duckins On - Black Gal - Put Me In The Alley ![]() - Groceries On My Shelf [aka "Piggly Wiggly"] - The Clinton (instr) - People, People - The Ma Grinder (instr) - Hattie Green ![]() rec. March 8, June 10, August 9, 1963 in Austin, TX by Mack McCormick; Robert Shaw, voc, p photos by Mary and Mack McCormick; front cover photo: Roadhouse at Point Blank, Texas (photographer: Mack McCormick)
8-pp. booklet by Mack McCormick notes by Mack McCormick Arhoolie CD 377 Robert Shaw discography | |
1011 (1962) | Lightnin' Sam Hopkins![]() Arhoolie F 1011 / Fontana 688 801 ZL track sequence: - Meet You At The Chicken Shack * @ youtube - Once Was A Gambler // # @ youtube - Speedin' Boogie // # @ youtube - Ice Storm Blues * @ Spotify ![]() - California Showers § @ youtube - Burnin' In LA. // # @ Spotify - Do The Boogie || # @ Spotify - Bald Headed Woman // # @ youtube - Goin' Out # @ Spotify ![]() ![]() ![]() unissued tracks from same sessions: - In The Evening # - Louisiana Hot Boogie # - Down Home Blues * - Hello (Austria) § [Document DLP 577] ![]() ![]() # rec. November 26, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g & || p; // Gino Landry, b; // Victor Leonard, dr ![]() § rec. December 2, 1961 in Berkeley, CA; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g ![]() * rec. January 23, 1962 in Houston, TX; Lightnin' Hopkins, g; Spider Kilpatrick, dr ![]() cover photo by Bill Carter; liner photos by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie CD 403 track sequence: - Ice Storm Blues [Arhoolie 1011] - Speeding Boogie [Arhoolie 1011] - Wine Drinking Woman [Arhoolie 1012] - Do The Boogie [Arhoolie 1011] - My Baby's Gone [Arhoolie 1087] - Wake Up Old Maid [previously unissued] - Jesus Will You Come By Here (Jesus Won't You Come By Here) [previously unissued] - Candy Kitchen [Arhoolie 1087] - Gin Bottle Blues [previously unissued] - Hurricanes Carla & Esther [Arhoolie 1017] - Wipe Your Feet On The Floor [Arhoolie 1063] - Please Settle In Vietnam [Arhoolie 1063] - Up On Telegraph Avenue [Arhoolie 1063] - California Showers [Arhoolie 1011] - Burnin' In L.A. [Arhoolie 1011] - Selling Wine In Arizona [Arhoolie 1063] - Brand New Lock [Arhoolie 1063] - I'm Leaving You Now [previously unissued] - Goin' Out [Arhoolie 1011] ![]()
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz notes by Chris A. Strachwitz
Lightnin' Hopkins discography | |
1012 (1962) | Blues n' Trouble Volume 2![]() Lightning Hopkins - Wine Drinking Woman Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - Yellow-Brown Woman Little Son Willis - Nothing But The Blues Blind James Phillips - Night Is Falling Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey - Bad Women Juke Boy Bonner - Ridin' The Greyhound Bus Again (4:10) °° [add'l track, on later release only] @ youtube Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - B & O Blues ![]() Mercy Dee - Sugar Daddy Big Joe Williams - Little Machine Paul McZiel Zydeco Band - I'm Sad And I'm Blue Blind James Campbell - Sittin' Here Drinking Robert Shaw - Turn Loose My Tongue Dr. Ross (Isaiah Ross) - Downtown Boogie (tk 2) (2:20) °° [add'l track, on later release only] @ youtube ![]() °° on later release (1964?) only!
notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box No. 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif." notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709" notes by Chris A. Strachwitz "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709" Arhoolie Records discography | |
1013 (196?) | New Orleans Jazz At The Kitty Halls![]() - Shake It And Break It - Punch Miller's New Orleans Band - Maggie - Kid Thomas' Algiers Stompers - I Ain't Good Looking - Billie & DeDe Pierce - Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet - Jane's Alley Six - High Society - Kid Clayton's Happy Pals - Shiek Of Araby - Kid Sheik's Storyville Ramblers - Nelly Gray - Kid Howard's La Vida Band - Savoy Blues - George Guesnon's New Orleans Stompers - Hindustan - John Handy's Louisiana Shakers ![]() | |
1014 (196?) | An Evening With Rev. Louis Overstreet - His Guitar, His Four Sons, and The Congregation of St. Luke Powerhouse Church of God in Christ![]() - A Prayer - I'm A Soldier - Working On The Building - Yeah, Lord ![]() - Getting Richer - Is There Anybody Here? - Holiness Danc rec. live in 1962 at St. Luke Powerhouse Church of God in Christ in Phoenix, Arizona | |
1015 (196?) | Blind James Campbell And His Nashville Street Band![]() - Have I Stayed Away Too Long - I'm Crazy About You Baby - Buffalo Gal - Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Moon May Rise In Blood - John Henry ![]() - Baby Please Don't Go - Jimmy's Blues - Monkey Man Blues - This Little Light Of Mine - Detroit Blues - Beauford's Breakdown ![]() rec. 1963 by Chris Strachwitz; some tracks include tuba and trumpet | |
1016 (196?) | Kid Thomas Valentine Creole Jazz Band![]() - Panama - Just A Closer Walk With Thee - On A Coconut Island - Maryland, My Maryland - I Believe I Can Make It By Myself ![]() - Eh La Bas - I Can Excape From You - When My Dreamboat Comes Home - Stingaree Blues - Siboney ![]() | |
1017 (1968) | Texas Blues Volume 2![]() Manny Nichols - Long Skinny Mama Mance Lipscomb - You Don't Mean Me No Good Black Ace - Beer Drinking Woman Rattlesnake Cooper - I'm Leaving Town Mercy Dee & Otis Cherry - Ebony Baby [never re-released on CD] Isam Hisam & Lightning Hopkins - I'm Feeling Bad Manny Nichols - Walking Talking Blues ![]() Billy Bizor - Tom Moore Alex Moore - Chock House Boogie Smokey Hogg - Hello Baby Robert Shaw - The Fives Lightning Hopkins - Hurricanes Carla & Esther Mercy Dee / K.C. Douglas / Otis Cherry - 8th Wonder Of The World [never re-released on CD] ![]()
notes by Paul Oliver (=) P-Vine PCD 2519 (Jp) | |
1018 (1965) | Bad Luck N' Trouble![]() Clifton Chenier - Why Did You Go Last Night R.C. Smith - Don't Drive Me Away Mercy Dee - Bird Brain Baby Lightning Hopkins & Spider Kilpatrick - Candy Wagon James Phillips - No Lovin' Little Son Willis - Bad Luck N' Trouble K.C. Douglas - I Know You Didn't Want Me ![]() Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues Little Son Willis - Harlem Blues Detroit Slim - Nelly Mae Essie Jenkins - Influenza Blues Bukka White - Midnight Blues [Takoma 31364] Manny Nichols - Throw A Little Boogie ![]()
on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands | |
1019 (1965) |
Bukka White: Sky Songs![]() Arhoolie F 1019 / AR 19039 track sequence: - My Baby (14:41) * @ youtube - Alabama Blues (7:12) // # @ youtube ![]() - Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World (7:35) // @ youtube - Sugar Hill (18:45) [] @ youtube ![]() * rec. November 8, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, g [ ![]() [] rec. November 25, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, p ![]() // rec. November 26, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, g; # Big Willie (Wayne Pope), washboard photography by Kelly Hart
Fontana 688 804 track sequence:
Arhoolie CD-323 track sequence:
notes by Chris Strachwitz notes by Chris Strachwitz notes by Chris Strachwitz notes by Dix Bruce Bukka White discography | |
1020 (1965) |
Bukka White: Sky Songs Vol. 2![]() Arhoolie F 1020 / AR 19040 track sequence: - Bald Eagle Train (7:18) // * @ youtube - Single Man Blues (5:31) [] @ youtube - Georgia Skin Game (7:36) // @ youtube ![]() - Mixed Water (monologue by Bukka White) (26:00) // °° @ youtube ![]() [] rec. November 25, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, p // rec. November 26, 1963 in Berkeley, CA; Bukka White, voc, g; * Big Willie (Wayne Pope), washboard photography by Kelly Hart ![]() °° not on Arhoolie CD-323, but on Arhoolie CD-386 (1993)
Fontana 688 804 track sequence:
Arhoolie CD-323 track sequence:
notes by Chris Strachwitz notes by Chris Strachwitz notes by Chris Strachwitz Fontana Records discography notes by Dix Bruce Bukka White discography | |
1021 (1964) | Fred McDowell: Mississippi Delta Blues![]() - Write Me A Few Lines - Louise - I Heard Somebody Call - 61 Highway - Mama Don't Allow Me - Kokomo Blues ![]() - Fred's Worried Life Blues - You Gonna Be Sorry - Shake 'Em On Down - My Trouble Blues - Black Minnie - That's Alright - When I Lay My Burden Down # ![]() rec. February 13/14, 1964 in Como, MS by Chris Strachwitz; Fred McDowell, voc, g; # Annie Mae McDowell, voc cover photo by Chris Strachwitz
notes by Chris Strachwitz notes by Chris Strachwitz notes by Chris Strachwitz notes by Chris Strachwitz Mississippi Fred McDowell discography | |
1022 (1966) | Lightnin' Hopkins![]() (with his brothers Joel and John Henry) - I'm Gonna See About My Brother John Henry - Black Hannah - I Walked From Dallas - Hot Blooded Woman Blues - Going Back To Baden-Baden ![]() (with Barbara Dane) - Sometimes She Loves Me - You Got Another Man - I'm Going Back, Baby - Mother Earth - Jesus Won't You Come By Here ![]() rec. 1964 = Fontana 688 807 ZL Fontana Records discography | |
1023 (1964) | Mance Lipscomb: Texas Songster Volume 2![]() - Joe Turner Killed A Man - Bumble Bee - Silver City - If I Miss The Train - Alabama Jubilee - God Moves On The Water (The Titanic) ![]() - Come Back Baby - Charlie James - Boogie In A - Key To The Highway - Cocaine Done Killed My Baby - Spanish Flang Dang - You Got To Reap What You Sow ![]() rec. May 2, 1964 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz
Fontana Records discography | |
1024 (1965) | Clifton Chenier: Louisiana Blues And Zydeco![]() - Eh, 'Tite Fille - Banana Man - Hot Rod - It's Hard - I Can Look Down At Your Woman - I Can't Stand ![]() - Zydeco Et Pas Sale - LaFayette Waltz - Louisiana Two Step - Clifton's Waltz - Louisiana Blues ![]() rec. May 11, 1965 in Houston, TX
notes by Chris Strachwitz Trio Records discography | |
1025 (1965) | John Jackson: Blues And Country Dance Tunes From Virginia![]() track sequence of Arhoolie F 1025 (mono 1965): - Nobody's Business But My Own - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn - Black Snake Moan - Flat Foot & Buck Dance - If Hattie Wanna Lu, Let Her Lu Like A Man - T.B. Blues - I Am A Bad, Bad Man ![]() - Rattlesnakin' Daddy - Poor Boy - Boats Up the River - Steamboat Whistle Blues - John's Rag - Cindy - John Henry ![]() track sequence of Arhoolie F 1025 (remastered version 1970) / Arhoolie AR 19034: - Nobody's Business But Mine - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn - Black Snake Moan - If Hattie Wants To Lu, Let Her Lu Like A Man - I Am A Bad, Bad Man - John's Rag - Cindy - John Henry ![]() - Rattlesnakin' Daddy # - T.B. Blues # - Flat Foot & Buck Dance # - Steamboat Whistle Blues # - Boats Up The River # - Poor Boy # ![]() side A rec. April 19, 1965 in Fairfax, Virginia (in mono) side B rec. Oct. 23, 1969 in Stuttgart, Germany (in stereo) [# new versions of same titles on 1965 mono LP] by Chris Strachwitz
notes by Chuck Perdue notes Chuck Perdue notes by Chuck Perdue John Jackson discography | |
1026 (1965) | Mance Lipscomb Vol. 3 Texas Songster in a Live Performance ![]() - Take Me Back Baby # - Shine On Harvest Moon - Rag In G # - Heel And Toe Polka - Big Boss Man # - You Gonna Quit Me # - Blues In G # ![]() - Mama Don't Dog Me # - Willie Poor Boy # - Polly Wolly Doodle All Day - Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night # - Knocking Down Windows # - Nobody's Fault But Mine # - Motherless Children # ![]()
notes by Paul Oliver # Arhoolie CD 306 Mance Lipscomb discography | |
1027 (1966) | Fred McDowell, Vol. 2![]() - I Ain't Gonna Be Bad No More - Where Were You - I Looked At The Sun - Do My Baby Ever Think Of Me - Brooks Run Into The Ocean * - Bull Dog Blues * ![]() - I Walked All The Way From East St. Louis - Red Cross Store Blues - Gravel Road Blues - Frisco Lines - You Got To Move - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sittin Down ![]() # rec. February 13/14 191964 in Como, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g ![]() * rec. March 1965 in Holly Springs, Miss.; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Eli Green, voc ![]() [] rec. May 2, 1965, Fred McDowell, voc, g; Annie Mae McDowell, voc; Hunter's Chapel Spiritual Singers, vocals // rec. July 5, 1965 in Berkeley, Ca.; Fred McDowell, voc, g ![]() cover photo by Jim Marshall
notes by Pete Welding Fred McDowell discography | |
1028 (1966) | Big Mama Thornton In Europe![]() - Swing It On Home °° @ youtube @ Spotify - Sweet Little Angel °° @ youtube @ Spotify - The Place @ youtube @ Spotify - Little Red Rooster °° @ youtube @ Spotify - Unlucky Girl || °° @ youtube @ Spotify - Hound Dog || °° @ youtube (footage!) @ Spotify - My Heavy Load # °° @ youtube @ Spotify - School Boy # °° @ youtube @ Spotify - Down Home Shakedown || @ youtube (footage!) @ Spotify - Your Love Is Where It Ought To Be °° @ youtube @ Spotify - Session Blues || @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() Arhoolie CD 9056 bonus tracks: - I Need Your Love @ Spotify - Good Time In London @ Spotify - Chauffeur Blues # @ Spotify - Swing It On Home @ Spotify - Hound Dog (tk 2) @ Spotify - Big Mama talks with Chris Strachwitz @ Spotify ![]() rec. October 20, 1965 at Wessex Studio in London, UK by Chris Strachwitz; Big Mama Thornton, voc, hca; Eddie Boyd, keyb; Buddy Guy, g; || Big Walter Horton, hca; ># Mississippi Fred McDowell, g; Jimmie Lee Robinson, b; Fred Below, dr cover photo by Chris Strachwitz
°° on Arhoolie CD 305 ("The best of Arhoolie LPs 1028, 1032 & 1039")
notes by Chris Strachwitz
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1029 (1966) | Johnny Young And His Chicago Blues Band![]() Arhoolie F 1029 track sequence: - Wild, Wild Woman [Arhoolie 45-515] @ youtube - Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business @ youtube - I'm Having A Ball @ youtube - My Trainfare Out Of Town @ youtube - I'm Doing All Right @ youtube - Stealin' @ youtube ![]() - Keep On Drinking @ youtube - Hot Dog! @ youtube - Come Early In The Morning @ youtube - Moaning And Groaning @ youtube - Crosscut Saw @ youtube - Slam Hammer (instr) [Arhoolie 45-515] @ youtube ![]() rec. November 11 [22 on back cover], 1965 at Sound Studios in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding; Johnny Young, voc, g, mand; Otis Spann, p; James Cotton, hca; Jimmy Lee Morris, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie F 1029, etc. cover photo by Pete Welding Arhoolie CD 325 cover photo by Chris Strachwitz ![]() ![]() ![]() Arhoolie CD 325 / P-Vine PCD-2504 track sequence: - Wild, Wild Woman - Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business - I'm Having A Ball - My Trainfare Out Of Town - I'm Doing All Right - Stealin' - Keep On Drinking - Hot Dog! - Come Early In The Morning - Moaning And Groaning - Cross-Cut Saw - Slam Hammer - Strange Girl - Ring Around My Heart - Sometimes I Cry - Don't You Lie To Me - On The Road Again - Walter's Boogie - Stockyard Blues - Drinking Straight Whiskey ![]() additional tracks on P-Vine PCD-2504: - Sleeping With The Devil - Fumbling Around ![]()
notes (1966) by Pete Welding Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif. notes by Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709 notes by Pete Welding Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530 notes (1966 & 1968) by Pete Welding
Johnny Young discography | |
1030 (1966) | Lightning Hopkins, Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb: the 2nd annual Berkeley Blues Festival Concert & Dance ![]() Mance Lipscomb - Stop Time - I Ain't Got Nobody - Take Your Arms From Around My Neck, Sugarbabe - When The Saints Go Marching In Clifton Chenier - Clifton's Rock - After Hours - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Lightning Hopkins - Last Night - Going To Louisiana - Black Cadillac - Short Haired Woman - Lightning's Boogie ![]() rec. April 15, 1966 at a concert in the Harmon Gymnasium on the University of California campus in Berkeley, CA by Radio station KAL; edited by Dan McClosky and Chris Strachwitz = Arhoolie CD 484 (US 2000) Mance Lipscomb discography | |
1031 (1967) | Clifton Chenier Vol. 2: Bon Ton Roulet!![]() - Bon Ton Roulet - Frog Legs - If I Ever Get Lucky - Black Gal - Long Toes - Baby Please Don't Go ![]() - Ma Negresse - Sweet Little Doll - Jole Blonde - Ay Ai Ai - Can't Stop Loving You - Keep On Scratching ![]() | |
1032 (1966) | Big Mama Thornton with Muddy Waters' Blues Band resp. Big Mama the Queen at Monterey resp. Big Mama Thornton Vol. 2![]() Arhoolie 1032, 1st & 3rd ed. track sequence: - I'm Feeling Alright - Sometimes I Have A Heartache - Black Rat - Life Goes On - Everything Gonna Be Alright # ![]() - Bumble Bee - Gimme A Penny - Looking The World Over - I Feel The Way I Feel - My Love (= "Big Mama's Blues")
Arhoolie 1032, 2nd ed. / Arhoolie AR 19017 / Trio PA-3053 track sequence:
Arhoolie F 1032, 1st ed. notes:
notes by Philip Elwood & Ralph J. Gleason P.O. Box 9195 - Berkeley, California 94719 notes by Philip Elwood & Ralph J. Gleason Box 9195 - BERKELEY, CALIF. 94719 = Arhoolie AR 19017 (EU 19??) Distribution Musidisc Europe = Trio PA-3053 (Jp 1967) | |
1033 (1967) | Mance Lipscomb Vol. 4![]() - Captain Captain (River Blues) (144) @ youtube - Ain't You Sorry (147) @ youtube - Night Time Is The Right Time (158) @ youtube - Mr. Tom (instr) (155) @ youtube - I Want To Do Something For You (156) @ youtube - So Different Blues (157) @ youtube - A Rag (She Got Good Booty) (instr) (153) @ youtube ![]() - Long Tall Girl Got Stuck On Me (162) @ youtube - Keep On Trucking (L-57) # @ youtube - Run, Sinner, Run (L-66) # @ youtube - Reminiscences at UCSB [aka "Early Days Back Home"] / Farewell (Farewell Blues) (161) * @ youtube ![]() rec. April 1966 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g # rec. November 1964 live at the Cabale in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g * rec. April 1966 at the University of California at Santa Barbara by Peter Feldman; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g ![]() cover photo by Les Blank Mance Lipscomb discography | |
1034 (1968) | Lightning Hopkins: The Texas Bluesman![]() - Tom Moore Blues - Watch My Fingers - Little Antoinette - Love Is Like A Hydrant - Cut Me Out Baby ![]() - Take A Walk - Slavery - I Would If I Could - Bud Russell Blues - At Home Blues ![]() rec. December 18, 1967 in Houston, Texas by Chris Stachwitz; Lightning Hopkins, voc and electric g | |
1035 (1968) | John Jackson Vol. 2 More Blues And Country Dance Tunes From Virginia ![]() - Bear Cat Blues - Death Of Blind Boy Fuller - Reuben - Rocks And Gravel - You Left Me - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad ![]() - Police Dog Blues - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - Muleskinner Blues - Near The Cross - Going Up North - Lay Down My Old Guitar ![]() rec. December 8, 1967 in Fairfax Station, Virginia by Chris Strachwitz
notes by Chuck Perdue John Jackson discography | |
1036 (1968) | Juke Boy Bonner: I'm Going Back To The Country Where They Don't Burn The Buildings Down ![]() - Going Back To The Country - Sad, Sad Sound - She Turns Me On # - Hard Luck - Trying To Be Contented - Working With Juke Boy # °° ![]() - Life Is A Nightmare - It's Time To Make A Change - Jumpin' At The Zydeco # °° - My Blues - Stay Off Lyons Avenue # - I'm Getting Tired ![]() # rec. December 20, 1967 at ACA Studios in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g; prod by Chris Strachwitz all other tracks rec. January 23, 1968 at ACA Studios in Houston, TX; Juke Boy Bonner, voc, hca, g; prod by Chris Strachwitz
notes (1968) by Larry Skoog "Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709" Arhoolie CD 375 (except °°) Juke Boy Bonner discography | |
1037 (1968) | Johnny Young & Big Walter: Chicago Blues![]() Arhoolie F 1037 track sequence: - Strange Girl @ youtube - Ring Around My Heart @ youtube - Sometimes I Cry @ youtube - Don't You Lie To Me @ Spotify - On The Road Again @ youtube ![]() - Drinking Straight Whiskey @ youtube - Walter's Boogie @ Spotify - Stockyard Blues @ youtube - Sleeping With The Devil °° @ youtube - Fumbling Around °° ![]() ![]() ![]() originally unissued tracks from same session: - Why Did You Break My Heart - North Side - Nobody Knows Chicago - Running Around - Travelling Man - Rocks And Gravel (only b, dr accompanying) - 44 Blues (only b, dr accompanying) ![]() °° not reissued on Arhoolie CD 325 ![]() rec. November 27, 1967 at Stereosonic Studios in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Jimmy Dawkins, lead g; Ernest Gatewood, b; Lester Dorsie, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz and Willie Dixon cover photo by Chris Strachwitz ![]() ![]() ![]() Arhoolie CD 325 / P-Vine PCD-2504 track sequence: - Wild, Wild Woman - Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business - I'm Having A Ball - My Trainfare Out Of Town - I'm Doing All Right - Stealin' - Keep On Drinking - Hot Dog! - Come Early In The Morning - Moaning And Groaning - Cross-Cut Saw - Slam Hammer - Strange Girl - Ring Around My Heart - Sometimes I Cry - Don't You Lie To Me - On The Road Again - Walter's Boogie - Stockyard Blues - Drinking Straight ![]() additional tracks on P-Vine PCD-2504: - Sleeping With The Devil - Fumbling Around ![]()
notes (April 1968) by Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding
Johnny Young discography | |
1038 (1968) | Clifton Chenier: Black Snake Blues![]() - Black Snake Blues - Let's Talk It Over - Walking To Louisiana - Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Wrap It Up ![]() - Monifique - Johnny Can't Dance - I Lost My Baby (in french) - Can't Go Home No More - I Got A Little Girl ![]() rec. October 10, 1967 at Sierra Sound Labatories in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Clifton Chenier, voc, acc; Cleveland Chenier, rubboard; Felix James Benoit, g; Joe Morris, b; Robert St. Judy, dr cover photo by Chris Strachwitz | |
1039 (1968) | Ball And Chain Big Mama Thornton - Lightning Hopkins - Larry Williams ![]() Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain - Wade In The Water - My Love # Larry Williams [aka "Larry O'Williams"] - So Much Trouble @ youtube - That's My Girl @ youtube - I Know You Here Me Calling @ youtube ![]() Lightning Hopkins - Come On Baby - Money Taker - Prison Blues # - Mama's Flight - My Woman - Gabriel ![]() # on 1974 repress only ! Big Mama Thornton photo by Jim Marshall; Lightnin' Hopkins photo by Barry Olivier; Larry Williams photo by Chris Strachwitz
notes (December 1968) by Pete Welding = Arhoolie AR 19022 (EU 1970) | |
1040 (196?) | George Coleman: "Bongo Joe"![]() - I Wish I Could Sing - Innocent Little Doggy - Cool It ![]() - Listen At That Bull - Transistor Radio - Eloise - Dog Eat Dog ![]() rec. 1968 on the streets of San Antonio by Chris Strachwitz; Coleman plays a 55-gallon steel drum
notes by Lawrence C. Skoog (=) Arhoolie CD 1040 (US 1992) = Mississippi MR-022 (US 2008) | |
1041 (1969) | Mississippi Delta Blues Vol. 1![]() Napoleon Strickland - Oh Baby Do Boy Diamond - Long Haired Doney Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell - Three O'Clock In The Morning Walter Miller - Stuttgart, Ark Tom Turner - Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home Furry Lewis - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean ![]() Robert Diggs - Drink, Drink, Drink Do Boy Diamond - Going Away Blues Dewey Corley - Fishing In The Dark Teddy Williams - Down Home Blues Houston Stackhouse - Canned Heat Peck Curtis - The Death Of Sonny Boy Williamson ![]() rec. 1967 by George Mitchell and Roger Brown; edited & produced by Chris Strachwitz all photographs by George Mitchell
notes (adapted from "Blow my Blues away") by George Mitchell (=) Arhoolie CD 401 (US 1994) Furry Lewis discography | |
1042 (1969) | Mississippi Delta Blues Vol. 2![]() R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie - Long Haired Doney - Going Down South - Skinny Woman - I's Be Troubled - Catfish Blues Rosa Lee Hill - Pork And Beans ![]() Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues - Come Home To Me Baby - Fare You Well Baby Blues - Country Blues - Laughing To Keep From Crying - Love Me Baby Blues (= France Chance) ![]() rec. 1967 by George Mitchell and Roger Brown; edited & produced by Chris Strachwitz; all photographs by George Mitchell
notes by George Mitchell (adapted from "Blow my Blues (=) Arhoolie CD 402 (US 1994) R.L. Burnside discography | |
1043 (196?) | John Littlejohn's Chicago Blues Stars![]() - What In The World You Goin' To Do - Treat Me Wrong - Catfish - Kiddeo - Slidin' Home - Dream ![]() - Reelin' And Rockin' - Been Around The World - How Much More Long - Shake Your Moneymaker - I'm Tired - Nowhere To Lay My Head ![]() rec. November 14, 1968 in Chicago, IL; John Littlejohn, voc, g; Monroe Jones, g; Alvin Nichols, b, backgr voc; Robert Pulliam, ts, backgr voc; Booker Sidgrave, dr; Willie Young, ts, backgr voc; prod. by Chris Strachwitz and Willie Dixon John Littlejohn discography | |
1044 (5/1969) | Earl Hooker: Two Bugs And A Roach![]() - Anna Lee - Off The Hook - Love Ain't A Plaything - You Don't Want Me ![]() - Two Bugs And A Roach - Wah Wah Blues - You Don't Love Me - Earl Hooker Blues ![]() rec. November 12, 14 & 15, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, voc, g; Geno Skaggs, b; Joe Willie Perkins, p, org; Levi Warren, dr; Fred Roulette, steel g; Andrew Odom, voc; Carey Bell, voc, hca; Louis Myers, hca
notes by Chris Strachwitz = Arhoolie AR 19003 (EU)
Earl Hooker discography | |
1045 (1969) | Juke Boy Bonner: The Struggle![]() - Struggle Here In Houston - Railroad Tracks - Watch Your Buddies - I Got My Passport - When The Deal Goes Down - Being Black And I'm Proud ![]() - I'm In The Big City - Houston, The Action Town - Over Ten Years Ago - Running Shoes - Just A Blues - It Don't Take Too Much ![]() rec. November & May 1969
notes by Larry Skoog Arhoolie CD 375 Juke Boy Bonner discography | |
1046 (1969) | Fred McDowell And His Blues Boys![]() - My Baby - Levee Camp Blues - When The Saints Go Marching In - Diamond Ring - Dankin's Farm ![]() - Big Stars Falling * - You Ain't Treating Me Right - Meet Me Down In Froggy Bottom - Ethel Mae Blues ![]() rec. August 19, 20, and 21, 1969 in Berkeley, CA at Sierra Sound Studios * rec. July 5, 1965 in Berkeley; Fred McDowell, voc, g; Mike Russo, g; John Kahn, b; Bob Jones, dr
Fred McDowell discography | |
1047 (1970) | John Jackson In Europe![]() - I Bring My Money - John's Ragtime - Red River Blues - Knife Blues - Trucking Little Baby - Blind Blake's Rag - Goodbye Booze ![]() - Too Tight - You Ain't No Woman - Early Morning Blues - Graveyard Blues - All Around The Water Tank - Don't You Want To Go Up There - Just A Closer Walk With Thee ![]() rec. October 23, 1969 in Stuttgart, Germany by Chris Strachwitz
notes by Chuck & Nan Perdue John Jackson discography | |
1048 (1970) | Alex Moore in Europe![]() - Boogiein' In Strassburg [Arhoolie CD 408] @ youtube - Alex Thinking - New Blue Bloomer Blues - Rock And Roll Bed Blues [Arhoolie CD 408] @ youtube ![]() - Flossie Mae - Just A Blues - Rolling Around Dallas - Having Fun Here And There ![]() ![]() ![]() unissued tracks from same session: - At Jay's Pawnshop - If I Lose Your Woman - Blues (instr) - Sentimental Boogie (instr) - Alex's Boogie ![]() rec. October 23, 1969 live in Stuttgart, Germany; Alex Moore, voc, p
notes by Paul Oliver = Arhoolie AR 19004 (Europe) Alex Moore discography | |
1049 (1970) | Mance Lipscomb Vol. 5 Texas Blues and 3 Other Songs ![]() - Black Gal - Texas Blues - Oh, Baby # - Blues In The Bottle * - Angel Child * ![]() - Mance's Blues - Whiskey Blues - Long Way From Tipperary - Haunted House Blues - Mother Had A Sick Child - I'm Looking For My Jesus ![]() * rec. December 5, 1968 at Mance Lipscomb's house in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g; Frank Lipscomb, b; Wayne Davis, dr ![]() all other tracks rec. November 20 & 22, 1969 at Sierra Sound Studios in Berkeley, CA; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g; # Mark Birnbaum, 2nd g; prod. by Chris Strachwitz ![]() cover photos by Kelly Hart Mance Lipscomb discography | |
1050 (1970) | Bee Houston![]() - You Think I'm Your Good Thing - Busy Bee - Be Proud To Be A Black Man - The Hustler - Break Away ![]() - Things Gonna Get Better - Never - Lovesick Man - Freddy's Bag - Any Time ![]() CD bonus tracks: - Woke Up This Morning - When I Go Out - Any Time - Lovesick Man - Charlie's Bag - Things Gonna Be Better - Don't Take Your Love From Me - Blues For Rupez - Do It Easy ![]() | |
1051 (1975) | Earl Hooker: Hooker and Steve![]() - The Moon Is Rising - Earl's Blues - Conversion Blues - Guitar Rag ![]() - Hooker N' Steve - I'm Your Main Man - New Riviera - Strung-Out Woman Blues ![]() rec. 1969 with Louis Myers, Geno Skaggs & Bobby Johnson Earl Hooker discography | |
1052 (1970) | Clifton Chenier: King Of The Bayous![]() - Tu Le Ton Son Ton - Hard To Love Someone - Who Can Your Good Man Be - Zodico Two Step - Going La Maison - I Believe I'll Go Back Home ![]() - Release Me - Big Mamou - Ton Na Na - I Am Coming Home - Josephine Par Se Ma Femme - It's Christmas Time ![]() rec. in Houston, Tx., May 5, 1970 & Nov. 6, 1969 | |
1053 (1969) | Big Joe Williams: Thinking Of What They Did To Me![]() - Louisiana Bound - Killing Floor Blues - Throw The Boogie Woogie - Dirt Road Blues - Montreal Blues - Take Me Out Of The Bottom - Thinking Of What They Did To Me ![]() - The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King [] - Army Man In Vietnam [] - Creole Queen - Remember Way Back - Bad Living # - Trouble For Everybody [] # - King Jesus [] ![]() rec. December 14, 1969 at Arhoolie House in Berkeley, Ca. by Chris Strachwitz; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; [] Charlie Musselwhite, hca ![]() # not reissued on Arhoolie CD 315: "Trouble For Everybody" reissued on Charlie Musselwhite "The Blues Never Die" (Vanguard CD 153/54-2, US 1994)
notes by Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding most tracks re-released (along with Arhoolie 1002) on Arhoolie CD 315 "Shake Your Boogie" (US 1993) Big Joe Williams discography | |
1054 (1970) | Louisiana Blues Arthur 'Guitar' Kelley, Silas Hogan, Henry Gray, Moses 'Whispering' Smith, Clarence Edwards ![]() Henry Gray - The Blues Won't Let Me Take My Rest - Lucky, Lucky Man Guitar Kelley - If I Ever Get Back Home # @ youtube - Talk To Be Baby # @ youtube - I Got A Funny Feeling # @ youtube ![]() Silas Hogan - Rats And Roaches In My Kitchen [] @ youtube Henry Gray - Cold Chills Clarence Edwards - Hear That Rumbling - How Many More Years Moses "Whispering" Smith - On The Dark Road Crying ** @ youtube ![]() Arhoolie CD 9004 bonus track: Moses "Whispering" Smith - I Love You Baby * @ youtube ![]() # rec. April 24, 1970 in Baton Rouge by Terry Pattison and Chris Strachwitz; Arthur Kelley, voc, g; Whispering Smith, hca; Gene Douzier, b; Samuel Hogan, dr * rec. April 27, 1970 in Baton Rouge by Terry Pattison and Chris Strachwitz; Whispering Smith, voc, hca; ** Henry Gray, p; Roy Lee Sheppard, g; Clarence Prophet, b; Samuel Hogan, dr [] rec. April 27, 1970 in Baton Rouge by Terry Pattison and Chris Strachwitz; Silas Hogan, voc, g; Whispering Smith, hca; Gene Douzier, b; Samuel Hogan, dr photography by Chris Strachwitz
notes by Terry Pattison | |
1055 (1971) | Johnie Lewis: Alabama Slide Guitar![]() - Hobo Blues @ youtube - He Met Me On A Thursday Morning - Uncle Sam - Can't Hardly Get Along @ youtube - My Little Gal # - North Carolina Blues ![]() - I'm Gonna Quit My Baby - Baby, Listen To Me Howl @ youtube - You Gonna Miss Me (Martin Luther King) @ youtube - Mistake In Life - I Got To Climb A High Mountain - My Mother Often Told Me ![]() CD bonus tracks - Lewis' Little Girl Done Stole A Black Cat Bone * - Jumpin' Jive * - Poor Boy - Guitar Blues (Hound Dogs On My Track) - Comb My Baby's Hair - Oh Lord, Tell Me Right From Wrong ![]() LP side A (& "Lewis' Little Girl Done Stole...") rec. January 9, 1971 in Chicago, IL by Leon Kelert with Charlie Musselwhite supervising; Johnie Lewis, voc, g; # Charlie Musselwhite, hca LP side B (& all other bonus tracks) rec. August 13, 1970 in Chicago, IL by John Steiner with Chris Strachwitz supervising; Johnie Lewis, voc, g, * hca prod. & cover photo by Chris Strachwitz
notes by Chris Strachwitz original 1971 notes (revised 1997) by Chris Strachwitz | |
1056 (1971) | Charlie Musselwhite: Takin' My Time![]() - It Ain't Right - Love Me Or Leave Me - Finger Lickin' Good - Two Little Girls - Up And Down The Avenue ![]() - Highway Blues - Wild Wild Woman - Takin' My Time ![]() rec. January & February 1971 | |
1057 (1971) | Roosevelt Holts and his friends![]() Roosevelt Holts - Barrelhouse Blues - Packing Up Her Trunk To Leave - I'll Catch The Train And Ride - Leaving This Time. Won't Be Back Til Fall Esau Weary - Bogalousa Boogie - Big Leg Woman ![]() Boogie Bill Webb - Maggie Campbell Blues - Drinking And Stinking Eli Owens - Railroad Blues - Memphis Mail Blind Pete Burrell - I'll Fly Away | |
1058 (1971) | The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra![]() - Creole Belles - Black And White Rag - Purple Rose Of Cairo - War Cloud - Maple Leaf Rag - High Society ![]() - The Entertainer - The Ragtime Dance - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues - My Maryland - The Chrysanthemum - Panama ![]() | |
1059 (1972) | Clifton Chenier "Live"![]() - Bad Luck And Trouble - Cher Catin - Going Home Blues & Mess Around - New Ma Negress ![]() - Tighten Up Zydeco - Tu Le Ton Son Ton (Every Now And Then) - You're My Mule - Zydeco Cha Cha ![]() | |
1060 (1972) | Herman E. Johnson: Louisiana Country Blues![]() - I Just Keeps On Wanting You @ youtube - You Don't Know My Mind @ youtube - Motherless Children @ youtube - Depression Blues # @ Spotify - She's A-Looking For Me @ youtube ![]() - She Had Been Drinking # @ youtube - I'm Growing Older # @ Spotify - Po' Boy @ Spotify - Leavin' Blues # @ Spotify - Piano Blues @ Spotify - Where The Mansion's Prepared For Me @ youtube ![]() rec. November 3, 1960, March 26, 1961, April 5, 1961, April 27, 1961 & May 12, 1961 in Baton Rouge, LA by Harry Oster; Herman E. Johnson, voc, g, # el g
notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster Herman E. Johnson discography | |
1061 (1970) | Joseph Spence: Good Morning Mr. Walker![]() - Out On The Rolling Sea - I See Mary And Joseph - Oh, How I Love Jesus - Lay Down My Brother - Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer ![]() - Good Morning Mr. Walker - The Glory Of Love - Don't Let Nobody Burn Down Burma Road - Sloop John B - Be A Friend To Jesus - Mary Ann ![]() rec. 1971 by Chris Strachwitz & Dick Waterman Joseph Spence discography reissued | |
1062 (197?) | L.C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson: Ups And Downs![]() Arhoolie 1062 track sequence: - Mojo In My Hand # @ Spotify - Ups And Downs # § @ youtube @ Spotify - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (instr) # @ Spotify - Across The Bay Blues # @ youtube @ Spotify - L.C.'s Shuffle # @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() - I've Got To Go * @ Spotify - Stop And Jump (instr) * @ Spotify - She Got It From The Start * § @ youtube @ Spotify - Things' So Bad In California * § @ Spotify - New Train Time * @ Spotify ![]() Arhoolie CD 453 track sequence: ![]() - Mojo In My Hand # - Ups And Downs # § - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (instr) # - Across The Bay Blues # - L.C.'s Shuffle # - Can't Be A Winner # // @ Spotify - I've Got To Go * - Stop And Jump (instr) * - She Got It From The Start * § - Things' So Bad In California * § - New Train Time * - I'm Just A Country Boy * @ Spotify - L.C.'s Theme (instr) * @ youtube @ Spotify - Jesus, Did I Know [] § & $ {} @ Spotify - I Don't Know What I Would Do Without The Lord [] § & $ @ Spotify - Something Mighty Sweet About The Lord [] § & $ @ Spotify - Ida Red [] § {} @ Spotify - L.C.'S Blues [] § @ Spotify - Sweet Jesus [] \\ & $ @ Spotify ![]() # rec. September 9, 1971 at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, CA; L.C. Robinson, voc, g, § vn; James Madison, g; // voc; Charlie Musselwhite, hca; Pinetop Perkins, p; Sammy Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz ![]() * rec. December 17, 1971 at Funky Features in San Francisco, CA; L.C. Robinson, voc, g, § vn; Dave Alexander, p; William Hyatt, b; Teddy Winston, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz ![]() [] rec. November 27, 1975 at Radio Station KPFA in Berkeley, CA by Tony Ferro (during a Thanksgiving Day broadcast hosted by Chris Strachwitz); L.C. Robinson, voc, § vn, \\ g; Rev. A.C. Robinson, voc, & hca; Ren Hawkins, voc, $ p; Teddy Winston, dr, perc; {} Chris Strachwitz, sp
notes by Joel Selvin notes by Joel Selvin notes by Joel Selvin | |
1063 (197?) | Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley![]() - Please Settle In Viet Nam - Up On Telegraph - Wipe Your Feet On The Floor - Send My Child Home To Me - Selling Wine - Brand New Look ![]() - Have You Ever Loved A Woman [Poppy PYS 11002] - Little And Low [Poppy PYS 11002] - Hold Up Your Head [Poppy PYS 11002] - Good Times Here [Poppy PYS 11002] - Annie's Boogie [Poppy PYS 11002] - Black And Evil [Poppy PYS 11002] ![]() side 1 rec. December 8, 1969 in Berkeley, CA; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g side 2 rec. May 20, 1969 in Berkeley, CA; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; Francis Clay, dr cover and liner photos by Chris Strachwitz Lightnin' Hopkins discography | |
1064 (197?) | Piano Red: "Dr. Feelgood" All Alone With His Piano![]() - Ten Cent Shot - Pushing That Thing - Atlanta Bounce - Red's How Long Blue - Corrine, Corrina ![]() - You Ain't Got A Chance - My Baby Left Me - Let's Get It On - Red's Boogie - Rockin' with Red - Wrong Yo-Yo ![]() rec. in Macon, Ga., May 7, 1972 | |
1065 (1972) | Doctor Ross: His First Recordings![]() - Shake 'Em On Down * - Down South Blues * - Shake A My Hand # - Little Soldier Boy # - Mississippi Blues % - Going Back South [] - Dr. Ross Breakdown % ![]() - Going To The River § - Good Thing Blues § - Turkey Leg Woman % - Country Clown # - My BeBop Gal * - Memphis Boogie $ ![]() rec. 1951-1954 for the Sun label Doctor Ross discography | |
1066 (197?) | Earl Hooker: His First and Last Recordings![]() - The Hook (instr) (4:55) # - New Sweet Black Angel (instr) (5:10) * - Going Down The Line (2:20) // - Original Sweet Black Angel (3:10) [Rockin' 513] || - Guitar Rag (2:50) // ![]() - Earl's Boogie Woogie (2:55) // - Improvisations on Dust My Broom (7:40) \\ - Improvisations on Frosty (6:40) \\ ![]() # rec. July 18, 1969 in Berkeley, CA; Earl Hooker, g; Louis Myers, hca; Steve Miller, p; Geno Skaggs, b; Bobby Johnson, dr * rec. November 12, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; Geno Skaggs, Joe Willie 'Pine Top' Perkins, Levy Warren, dr // rec. July 15, 1953 in Memphis, TN; Earl Hooker, g, voc; Joe Willie 'Pine Top' Perkins, p; unknown, b; Willie Nix, dr || rec. "prob. 1952 in Memphis, TN; Earl Hooker, voc, g; unknown, hca & dr" [actually rec. c. April 1953 in Miami, FL; Earl Hooker, voc, g; Little Sam Davis, hca; unknown ('Tony'), dr] \\ rec. September 10, 1969 at Pepper's Lounge, Chicago; Earl Hooker, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Dave Myers, b; Arthur 'Dogman' Jackson, dr Earl Hooker discography notes by Chris Strachwitz notes by Chris Strachwitz (=) Arhoolie CD 324 (#) (=) P-Vine PCD 24110 (Jp 2001) (=) P-Vine PCD-93705 (Jp 2013) | |
1067 (1972) | Dave Alexander: The Rattler![]() - The Sky Is Crying # - Swanee River Boogie * - I Need A Little Spirit * [] - Good Home Cooking * [] - The Rattler * [] ![]() - There Ought To Be A Law * [] - Lonesome Train Blues # - A Tribue To My Father * [] - 13 Is My Number * [] - The Judgement * @ youtube ![]() # rec. July 31, 1972 in Berkeley, CA; Dave Alexander, voc, p; Larry Murdo, b; Mickey Durio, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz ![]() * rec. August 1, 1972 in Berkeley, CA; Dave Alexander, voc, p; [] Larry Murdo, b; [] Mickey Durio, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz
notes by Lee Hildebrand (=) Arhoolie CD 365 (US 1992) Dave Alexander / Omar Sharriff discography | |
1068 (1973) | Fred McDowell: Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning![]() - Introduction - I Heard Somebody Calling - Amazing Grace - Where Could I Go But To The Lord - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Bye And Bye - Dig My Grave With A Silver Spade ![]() - Don't Look For Me On A Sunday - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Little Girl, Little Girl - Levee Camp Blues ![]() rec. 1964-69 Fred McDowell discography | |
1069 (1974) | Mance Lipscomb Volume 6![]() - Does She Ever Think Of Me @ youtube - I Just Hang Down My Head And Cry @ youtube - Rag In F (instr) @ youtube - Wonder Where My Easy Rider Gone * @ youtube - Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night (6:00) # @ youtube - Corinne, Corinna @ youtube ![]() - Evil Blues @ youtube - Mama, Let Me Lay It On You @ youtube - Louise @ youtube - When Death Comes Creeping In Your Room @ youtube - Sometimes I Feel Like @ youtube ![]() rec. May 1973 at Arhoolie House in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g; # Powell St. John, hca; * Charlie Pritchard, g; prod. by Chris Strachwitz ![]() cover photo by Jim Crockett; back liner photos by Chris Strachwitz Mance Lipscomb discography | |
1070 (1974) | Boisec: La Musique Creole Alphonse "Boisec" Ardoin with Canray Contenant & The Ardoin Brothers ![]() - Home Sweet Home - Laccasine Breakdown - Les Barres De La Prison - Chere Ici Chere La Bas - Opelousas Waltz - Canray's One Step ![]() - Petite Et La Grosse - Ses Parents Ne Veulent Plus Le Voir - Joe Pitre A Deux Femmes - Le Boss - Jupe Courte - Jolie Catin ![]() rec. in the early 1970s near Mamou, La. by Chris Strachwitz | |
1071 (1973) | Dave Alexander: The Dirt On The Ground![]() - Sundown # - Blue Tumbleweed (instr) # @ youtube - Suffering With The Lowdown Blues # - Cold Feeling # @ youtube - Strange Woman # ![]() - So You Want To Be A Man # - Dirt On The Ground # - Jimmy, Is That You? - Hoodoo Man # - St. James Infirmary # @ youtube ![]() rec. December 5, 1972 at Wally Heider's Studio D in San Francisco, CA; Dave Alexander, voc, p; # Larry Murdo, b; # Mickey Durio, dr
notes by Joel Selvin notes by Joel Selvin (=) Arhoolie CD 365 (US 1992) Dave Alexander / Omar Sharriff discography | |
1072 (197?) | Clifton Chenier: Out West![]() - I'm On The Wonder - The Hucklebuck - You Know It Ain't Fair - Calinda - You're The One For Me ![]() - You're Fussin' Too Much - Just Like A Woman - All Your Love - C. C. Special - I'm A Hog For You ![]() prod. by Chris Strachwitz | |
1073 (1974) | K. C. Douglas: The Country Boy![]() LP track sequence - Fanny Lou - Hear Me Howling - Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay - Country Girl - Black Cat Bone - Good Looking Women ![]() - Woke Up This Morning - High Water Rising - Mercury Boogie - My Mind's Going Back To 1929 - Catfish Blues ![]() rec. on portable equipment at Arhoolie House by Chris Strachwitz; Side A: November 16, 1973; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca; Side B: January 26, 1974; K.C. Douglas, voc, g; Richard Riggins, hca; Ron Thompson, lead g; Jim Marshall, dr
CD track sequence K.C. Douglas discography notes by Tom Mazzolini notes by Tom Mazzolini | |
1074 (197?) | Charlie Musselwhite: Goin' Back Down South with Lafayette Leake and Robben Ford ![]() - Crazy For My Baby - Blue Steel - Take Me Back - Blue Stu ![]() - This Old Night Line - Taylor's Arkansas - Cut You Loose - If Trouble Was Money - On The Spot Boogie ![]() rec. 1971 (2 tracks) and 1974, Charlie Musselwhite, voc, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Skip Rose, p; Robben Ford, g & sax; Tim Kaihatsu, g; Larry Martin, dr; Pat Ford, dr; Karl Sevareid, b; Gerald Pedersen, b | |
1075 (1976) | J. C. Burris: One Of These Mornings![]() - Hold Me Tight - Loneliness - River Of Life - She Can't Be Right Always Doing Wrong - Mr. Jack's Dance ![]() - One Of These Mornings - Inflation Blues - Hand Jive - You Got To Roam - Highway Blues ![]() rec. 1975 at the Northeast Community Center in San Francisco, Ca. and at West Dakota in Berkeley, Ca. by Chris Strachwitz; J.C. Burris, voc, hca, bones | |
1076 (1976) | Clifton Chenier: Bogalusa Boogie![]() - One Step At A Time - Sa M'Appel Fou (They Call Me Crazy) - Quelque Chose Sur Mon Idee (Something On My Mind) - Ride 'Em Cowboy - Ma Mama Ma Dit (My Mama Told Me) - Je Me Reveiller Ce Matin (I Woke Up This Morning) ![]() - Allons A Grand Coteau - Je Suis En Recolteur (I'm A Farmer) - Ti Na Na - Come Go Along With Me - Bogalusa Boogie ![]() rec. October 27, 1975 at Studio In The Country, Bogalusa, La; Clifton Chenier, voc, accordion, hca; John Hart, ts; Paul Senegal, g; Joe Bruchet, b; Robert Peter, dr; Cleveland Chenier, rubboard; prod by Chris Strachwitz | |
1077 (1978) | Mance Lipscomb: You'll Never Find Another Man Like Mance![]() - Meet Me In The Bottom - Tom Moore's Farm - Keep On Trucking - Joe Turner Blues - Alabama Bound - You Got To See Your Mama Every Night - Out And Down - Angel Child ![]() - You Rascal You - Mance's St. Louis Blues - Baby, Don't Lay It On Me - Tall Angel At The Bar - Willie Poor Boy - Johnny Take A One On Me - plus two segments of Mance talking with the audience Mance Lipscomb discography | |
1078 (197?) | Clifton Chenier And His Red Hot Louisiana Band![]() - Grand Prix - Hungry Man Blues - Parti De Paris - Take Off Your Dress - Paty Down (at the Blue Angel Club) ![]() - Falksy Girl - Easy, Easy Baby - Tante Na Na - Do Right Sometime - Highway Blues ![]() rec. 1975 & 1977 | |
1079 (1978) | Tom McFarland: Travelin' With The Blues![]() - Travelin' With The Blues - You Can't Take It With You - Gasoline Blues - You're Killing Me - Going Back To Oakland ![]() - Street Walking Woman - Juicer's Blues - Blues Got Me - Blues Up And Gone - Telephone Blues ![]() | |
1080 (1979) | Big Joe Duskin: Cincinnati Stomp![]() - Mean Old Frisco # [] - Roll 'em Pete - Stormin' In Texas - Cicinnati Stomp # - Little Red Rooster - The Tribute ![]() - Down The Road Apiece - Well,Well Baby - Honky Tonk Train - Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar - Tender Hearted Woman # - Stoop Down Baby # CD bonus tracks: - Betty And Dupree - Yancey Special - Slidell Blues - Dollar Bill Boogie - I Met A Girl Named Martha - Boogie Woogie Prayer ![]() rec. February 28 & August, 1977 at 5th Floor Studios, Cincinnati; Big Joe Duskin, voc, p # rec. February 28, 1978 at Acme Studio, Chicago; Big Joe Duskin, voc, p; [] Jimmy Johnson, g; Bob Margolin, g; Truck Parham, b; S.P. Leary, [] Ben Sandmel, dr; prod. by Ben Sandmel and Chris Strachwitz notes by Ben Sandmel (=) Arhoolie CD 422 (1995) | |
1081 (1979) | Sam Bros. 5 With Daddy 'Good Rockin' Sam ![]() - Going Down To Big Mary - Sugar Cane Patch - I'm A Hog For You - Lafayette Zydeco - Country Boy - S.B. 5 ![]() - Lafayette Special - La La Waltz - Mama - Roll Me Baby - Good Rockin' Sam's Boogie - S.A.M. ![]() Leon Sam (15 years old), lead voc, accordion; Carl Sam (18), g; Rodney Sam (16), dr; Glen Sam (13), b; Calvin Sam (11), rubboard; (Father) Herbert 'Good Rockin' Sam, voc, accordion on two tracks; prod. by Chris Strachwitz = Arhoolie CD 9044 | |
1082 (1979) | Clifton Chenier: Classic Clifton![]() - Zydeco Sont Pas Sale - Louisiana Blues - Zydeco Cha Cha - Black Gal - I'm a Hog For You - Alons a Grand Coteau ![]() - Tu Le Ton Son Ton - Black Snake Blues - Big Mamou - Sa M'Appel Fou - I'm on the Wonder - Party Down ![]() | |
1083 (197?) | John Delafose: Zydeco Man![]() - Joe Pete Got Two Women - No Good Woman - One Hour Too Late - Lonesome Road - Madame Sosthene - Prudhomme Stomp - Co-Fe? - Valse de Freole - You Took My Heartache - Bye Bye Mo Neg - Rag Around Your Head - I Just Want To Be Your Lovin'Man - Petite et la Grosse ![]() | |
1084 (1979) | Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1![]() Booker White - Christmas Eve Blues - Columbus, Miss. Blues - Sad Day Blues Piano Red - Mobile Blues - Abel Street Stomp ![]() Nathan Beauregard - Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues - 'Bout A Spoonful Sleepy John Estes - Need More Blues - President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long ![]() ![]() Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues - Walking Blues Fred McDowell - Shake Em On Down - Fred's Blues Napoleon Strickland - Back Water Rising ![]() - Other's Piece - Shimmy She Wobble Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth] - Memphis Rag - St. Louis Blues - Praying On The Old Campground ![]() rec. June 12, 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee
DLP and Arhoolie 1085 "Kings | |
1085 (1979) | Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 2 ![]() Booker White - Christmas Eve Blues - Columbus, Miss. Blues - Sad Day Blues Piano Red - Mobile Blues - Abel Street Stomp ![]() Nathan Beauregard - Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues - 'Bout A Spoonful Sleepy John Estes - Need More Blues - President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long ![]() ![]() Furry Lewis - Judge Boushay Blues - Walking Blues Fred McDowell - Shake Em On Down - Fred's Blues Napoleon Strickland - Back Water Rising ![]() - Other's Piece - Shimmy She Wobble Watson & Jones [John Fahey & Bill Barth] - Memphis Rag - St. Louis Blues - Praying On The Old Campground ![]() rec. June 12, 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee
DLP (=) Arhoolie 1084 "Kings Of | |
1086 (196?) | Clifton Chenier: The King Of Zydeco![]() - Jambalaya - You're Fussin' Too Much - Boogie Woogie - Ay Tete Fee - Cher Catin ![]() - Money - I'm On the Wonder - Woo Woo - Hush, Hush - Calinda ![]() rec. live at Montreux, Switzerland | |
1087 (1983) | Lightning Hopkins: Po' Lightnin'![]() Arhoolie 1087 track sequence: - Mojo Hand - Rock Me Baby * - Hello Central - Ain't It Crazy - Candy Kitchen [1961; previously unissued] ![]() - My Starter Won't Start This Morning - One Kind Favor I Ask Of You - Little Girl, Little Girl - Baby Please Don't Go - My Baby's Gone # [1961; previously unissued] ![]() rec. May 20, 1969 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Lightning Hopkins, voc, g; Francis Clay, dr; * Moose Walker, p; * Jeff Carp, hca; * Paul Asbell, g; * Geno Scaggs, b # rec. November 26, 1961 in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Lightning Hopkins, voc, g ![]() ![]() Arhoolie CD 403 track sequence: - Ice Storm Blues [Arhoolie 1011] - Speeding Boogie [Arhoolie 1011] - Wine Drinking Woman [Arhoolie 1012] - Do The Boogie [Arhoolie 1011] - My Baby's Gone [Arhoolie 1087] - Wake Up Old Maid [1961; previously unissued] - Jesus Will You Come By Here (Jesus Won't You Come By Here) [1961; previously unissued] - Candy Kitchen [Arhoolie 1087] - Gin Bottle Blues [1967; previously unissued] - Hurricanes Carla & Esther [Arhoolie 1017] - Wipe Your Feet On The Floor [Arhoolie 1063] - Please Settle In Vietnam [Joliet 205, Arhoolie 1063] - Up On Telegraph Avenue [Arhoolie 1063] - California Showers [Arhoolie 1011] - Burnin' In L.A. [Arhoolie 1011] - Selling Wine In Arizona [Arhoolie 1063] - Brand New Lock [Arhoolie 1063] - I'm Leaving You Now [1967; previously unissued] - Goin' Out [Arhoolie 1011] ![]() prod. by Chris Strachwitz photos by Chris Strachwitz
notes (1983) by Chris Strachwitz mini LP replica with OBI & Japanese insert Lightning Hopkins discography | |
1088 (1982) | John Delafose: Uncle Bud Zydeco![]() - Oh, Negresse - Valse De Freole - Hippity Hop - Oh, Petite Fille - Jolie Blonde - One Hour Too Late - Joe Pete Lost His Two Women - Crying In The Streets - Mardi Gras Song - Mother's Day Blues - Arthritis Two-Step - Grand Mamou - Uncle Bud Zydeco ![]() | |
1089 (1984) | Elizabeth Cotten Live![]() - Freight Train - Washington Blues - Jumpin' Jack - Sugaree - Sugaree / Banjo Story, Rattler ![]() - Vastopol - Guitar Story - Babe, It Ain't No Lie - Elizabeth Story, et al. Honey Babe, Your Papa Cares For You - Spanish Flangdang - 'Til We Meet Again ![]() Elizabeth Cotten discography | |
1090 (1985) | Zydeco Vol. 2![]() Preston Frank and the Swallow Band - Shake What You Got - Bals de Lake Charles - Mon chere 'tite monde - Tante Na-Na - Ton Aller la bas - Font Kilo - Why Do You Want to Make Me Cry? ![]() Ambrose Sam's Old Time Zydeco - Oh Yes, I'm Going Away - Santa Fe Blues - I'm Gone In The Country - Ma negress la bas - Baby, Please Don't Go - Old Time Zydeco ![]() | |
1091 (198?) | Lawrence "Black" Ardoin and his French Band![]() - Bayou Two Step - You Used To Call Me - Haunted House - Cofair - Matilda - I've Been There ![]() - Every Now And Then (tu le ton son ton) - Walking Down the Interstate - Lonely Waltz - Midland Two Step - My Baby Don't Wear No Clothes - Talk To Your Daughter ![]() | |
1092 (198?) | Rebirth Jazz Band of New Orleans: Here To Stay![]() - Going To The Mardi Gras - Chameleon - Lord, Lord, Lord, You Sure Been Good To Me - Blue Monk - It Ain't My Fault - Shake Your Booty - Sweet Georgia Brown - The Law - Let's Tear It Up - Here To Stay ![]()
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1093 (1985) | Clifton Chenier Live at S. F. Blues Festival![]() - Rock House - New Orleans Beat - Clifton's Zydeco - Let The Good Times Roll - Rock Me Mama - Party Down ![]() - Louisiana Two-Step - Calinda - I'm Coming Home - What'd I Say - Cher Catin (Dear Baby) - I'm The Zydeco Man ![]() | |
1094 (1985) | Katie Webster with Hot Links: You Know That's Right![]() - I Know That's Right - Jimmy Jimmy - Don't Accuse Me - Snatch It And Grab It - Katie's Boogie Woogie (live) ![]() - Po Jenkins - Voodoo Bliss - I Want You To Love Me - Million Dollar Secret - Jesus Loves Me ![]() CD bonus tracks: - Shake, Rattle, And Roll (live) - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (live) - Only A Look - Misty Blue (live) ![]() rec. January 8, 1985 at Bear West Studio, San Francisco, CA live tracks November 30 & December 1, 1984 at the Koncepts Cultural Gallery, Oakland, CA November 25, 1985 at the Arhoolie Records 25th Anniversary Party, Albany Veterans Memorial Hall, Albany, CA Katie Webster, voc, p; John Lumsdaine, g; Clay Cotton, org; Bruce Unsworth, as; Nancy Wright, ts; Steve Ehrmann, b; Steve Griffith, dr (Hot Links) (=) Arhoolie CD 393 (US 1993) "I Know That's Right" | |
1095 (1985) | Howard Armstrong: Louie Bluie Film sound track ![]() - New State Street Rag - Nothing In This World For Me - That'll Never Happen No More - Ted's Stomp - My Four Reasons - Barushka - 38 Pistol Blues - Darktown Strutter's Ball ![]() - When He Calls Me I Will Answer - Vine Street Drag - My Gal Sal Medley - State Street Rag - Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen - Railroad Blues - Cacklin' Hen - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams ![]() CD bonus tracks: - Vine Street Drag (The Tennessee Chocolate Drops) - The Girl I Love - Milk Cow Blues (Sleepy John Estes with Yank Rachell) - When You Feel Down And Out (Yank Rachell) ![]() | |
1096 (198?) | Chris Thomas: The Beginning![]() - The Blues Is Back - Soon This Morning Blues - Cheatin' Woman Blues - Cocaine (Snow White) - Mary Jane ![]() - Take Yo Time - Going Home To Louisiana - South Side Shuffle - You'll Be Sorry Baby - Don't Work To Hard ![]() | |
1097 (1987) | Clifton Chenier Sings The Blues![]() - Ain't No Need Of Cryin' (Every Day Is The Same) - Rosemary - Brown Skinned Woman - Done Got Over - Gone A La Maison - Be My Little Chauffeur ![]() - My Little Angel - Paper In My Shoe - Blues After Hours - Trouble In Mind - In The Mood - Worried Life Blues ![]() | |
1098 (198?) | C.J. Chenier: Let Me In Your Heart![]() - Check Out My Zydeco - I'm Coming Home - She's My Woman - Blue Flame Blues - My Baby Won't Wear No Shoes - Let Me In Your Heart - Bow Legged Woman - Banana Man - I'm All Shook Up - Used And Abused - I'll Be Long Gone ![]() with Cleveland Chenier, rub board & Selwyn Cooper, g | |
2000 series | ||
2001/02 (1968) | The Roots Of America's Music![]() LP 1: Country Blues Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em On Down Mance Lipscomb - Sugar Babe Black Ace - New Triflin' Woman Alex Moore - July Boogie Big Joe Williams - Greystone Blues Lil Son Jackson - Roberta John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - No More Hard Times Lowell Fulson - River Blues ![]() City Blues Mercy Dee - Walked Down So Many Turnrows Juke Boy Bonner - Going Back To The Country Lightning Hopkins - Tom Moore Blues Big Mama Thornton - Unlucky Girl Clifton Chenier - Louisiana Blues Larry Williams - I Know You Hear Me Calling Johnny Young - Wild Wild Woman ![]() ![]() LP 2: Gospel & Jazz Bukka White - Jesus Died On The Cross To Save The World Jesse Fuller - Amazing Grace Rev. Overstreet - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord Robert Shaw - The Ma Grinder Kid Thomas - Eh La Bas Joe Turner - Old Piney Brown's Gone Luna - Nisaba In The Grass ![]() Country, Cajun & Folk J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers - Run Mountain Del McCoury - Dreams The Hodges Brothers - Carroll County Blues Luderin Darbone - Crowley Waltz Nathan Abshire - Cajun Two Step Alice Stuart - Once I Had A Sweetheart Crabgrass - Charles Giteau James Campbell - Baby Please Don't Go ![]() compilation of tracks previously on Arhoolie LPs; ed. & prod. by Chris Strachwitz no previously unissued tracks! | |
2003 (1962) | Lowell Fulson![]() LP tracks: - Three O'Clock Blues - Western Union Blues - Lazy Woman Blues - River Blues I - River Blues II - I Walked All Night - Between Midnight And Day ![]() - The Blues Is Killing Me - Did You Ever Feel Lucky - I'm Wild About You - Blues With A Feeling - Why Can't You Cry For Me - There Is A Time For Everything - Lowell Jumps One ![]() CD tracks: - Western Union Blues - Lazy Woman Blues - River Blues I - River Blues II - I Walked All Night - Between Midnight And Day - The Blues Is Killing Me - Did You Ever Feel Lucky - I'm Wild About You - Three O'Clock Blues - Crying Blues (Street Walking Woman) # - You're Gonna Miss Me # - Miss Katy Lee Blues # - Rambling Blues # - Fulson Blues # - San Francisco Blues # - I Want To See My Baby # - Trouble Blues # - Don't Be So Evil # - Black Widow Spider Blues # - I'm Prison Bound # - My Baby Left Me # - Blues With A Feeling - Why Can't You Cry For Me - There Is A Time For Everything - Lowell Jumps One (Cash Box Boogie) ![]() rec. between 1946 and 1951 in San Francisco, CA # CD bonus tracks notes by Chris Strachwitz = Arhoolie AR 19014 (EUR) | |
2004 (196?) | Joe Turner : Jumpin' The Blues with Pete Johnson's Orchestra ![]() - Wine-O-Baby Boogie - B&O Blues - Rocket Boogie "88" - part I - Old Piney Brown's Gone - Baby, Won't You Marry Me - Skid Row Boogie ![]() - Christmas Date Boogie - Radar Blues - Tell Me Pretty Baby - Rocket Boogie "88" - part II - Trouble Blues - Half Tight Boogie ![]()
notes by Rolph Fairchild Fontana Records discography Trio Records discography | |
2005 (1962) | Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly![]() - No More Hard Times - Working Man Blues - Mike And Jerry - Christmas Time Blues - Bad Acting Woman - Snowing And Raining Blues - Why Oh Why - Ups And Downs Blues ![]() - South Carolina Blues - Big Trouble Blues - Jail And Buddy Blues - Railroad Blues - Travelin' Blues - Right And Wrong Women - Betty And Dupree ![]() Alec Seward & Louis Hayes | |
2006 (1963) | Texas Blues Vol. 1![]() ![]() Lil' Son Jackson - Gambling Blues [Gold Star 668] Lil' Son Jackson - Homeless Blues [Gold Star 668] Lee Hunter - Back To Santa Fe [Gold Star 651] L.C. Williams - Strike Blues [Gold Star 667] Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black And Evil [Gold Star 628] Leroy Ervin - Rock Island Blues [Gold Star 628] Lightning Hopkins - Grievance Blues [Gold Star 669] Lightning Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go [Gold Star 646] °° ![]() L.C. Williams - You Never Miss The Water [Gold Star 614] Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644] Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615] Lightning Hopkins - Big Mama Jump [Gold Star 3131] L.C. Williams - I Wonder [Gold Star unissued] Lightning Hopkins - Death Bells [Gold Star 646] L.C. Williams - I Won't Be Here Long [Gold Star 648] L.C. Williams - Black Woman [Gold Star 648] °° ![]() °° re-release bonus tracks ![]() ![]() ![]() P-Vine PCD-2519 bonus tracks (from Arhoolie F 1017): Black Ace - Beer Drinking Woman Rattlesnake Cooper - I'm Leaving Town Mercy Dee Walton - Ebony Baby Billy Bizor - Tom Moore Alex Moore - Chock House Boogie Smokey Hogg - Hello Baby Robert Shaw - The Fives Lightnin' Hopkins - Hurricanes Carla & Esther Mercy Dee Walton - 8th Wonder Of The World
notes by Paul Oliver Arhoolie Records, Box 5073, Berkeley 5, California notes by Paul Oliver Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709 notes by Paul Oliver Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709 (=) Arhoolie CD 352 Lil' Son Jackson discography | |
2007 (1963) | Lightning Hopkins: Early Recordings![]() - Bluebird Blues [Glory B. Blues, previously unreleased] - Walking Blues [Gold Star 634] - Unkind Blues [Gold Star 664] - Mad With You [Gold Star 652] - Somebody's Got To Go [Goodbye Blues, previously unreleased] - Automobile Blues [Gold Star 666] - Seems Funny Baby [previously unreleased] - Coolin' Board Blues [Thunder And Lightnin' Blues, previously unreleased] ![]() - Airplane Blues [Gold Star 652] - Loretta Blues [previously unreleased] - Whiskey Blues [previously unreleased] - You Don't Know [Gold Star 640] - Organ Boogie [previously unreleased] - What Can It Be [Gold Star 616] - Ida Mae [Gold Star 613] - Goin' Back And Talk To Mama [Going Home Blues, previously unreleased] ![]() rec. late 1940s in Houston, TX; reissued from Gold Star masters
notes by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, California 94719 notes by Chris Strachwitz
notes (1963) by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530 notes (1963) by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530 Lightnin' Hopkins discography | |
2008 (1970) | Oakland Blues![]() K.C. Douglas - Mercury Boogie [Down Town 2004] Sidney Maiden - Eclipse Of The Sun [Down Town 2004] Willie B. Huff - Beggar Man Blues [Rhythm 1770] Juke Boy Bonner - Well Baby [Irma 111] Mercy Dee Walton - Trailing My Baby [Rhythm 1774] LC Good Rockin' Robinson - Why Don't You Write To Me [Rhythm 1772] Juke Boy Bonner - Rock With Me Baby [Irma 111] ![]() Johnny Fuller - Train, Train Blues [Rhythm 1773] Johnny Fuller - First Stage Of The Blues [Rhythm 1767] Jimmy McCracklin - When I'm Gone [Trilon 245] Jimmy Wilson - Tin Pan Alley [Big Town 101] Jimmy Wilson - A Woman Is To Blame [Big Town 107] Jimmy Wilson - Blues At Sundown [Big Town 107] Jimmy Wilson - Frisco Bay [Rhythm 1766] ![]()
notes by Lee Hildebrand Trio Records discography | |
2009 (197?) | Frisco Bound! with Jesse Fuller![]() - Leavin' Memphis Frisco Bound - Got A Date Half Past Eight - Hump In My Back - Flavor In My Cream - Finger Twister # - Just Like A Ship On The Deep Blue Sea # ![]() - Motherless Children - Amazing Grace - Hark From The Tomb - As Long As I Can Feel The Spirit - Cincinnati Blues # - Just A Closer Walk With Thee # ![]() # on Cavalier 6009, Folk Art 5005 and Arhoolie F 2009 only ![]() rec. Oakland, Ca, April 22, 1955; prod. by Tom Spinoza ![]() reissued 1993 on Arhoolie CD 360
other 'Folk Art' releases (http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/hankdavisbio11.htm):
FLP 5001: Rev. Anthony Campbell, Calvin Morris, Hank Davis 'God Made The Blues' Jesse Fuller discography 10 inch LP 12 inch LP | |
2010 (1971) | Lightning Hopkins: Early Recordings Vol. 2![]() - Short Haired Woman - Old Woman Blues - Untrue Blues - T-Model Blues - Jailhouse Blues - Trying To Find A Friend - Can't Be Successful - Tom Moore Blues ![]() - Fast Life Woman - Grosebeck Blues - take 2 - Grosebeck Blues - take 3 - Rollin' Woman Blues - Ain't It A Shame - Somebody's Got To Go - Automobile Blues - All I Got Is Gone ![]() rec. in late 40s, Houston, Tx., for Gold Star Records
notes by Chris Strachwitz Lightnin' Hopkins discography | |
2011 (1971) |
![]() Robert Pete Williams - Levee Camp Blues (6:07) # ° @ youtube Hogman Maxey - Stagolee °° @ youtube Guitar Welch - Electric Chair Blues °° @ youtube Robert Pete Williams - Prisoner's Talking Blues § °° @ youtube ![]() Robert Pete Williams - Motherless Children Have A Hard Time § ° @ youtube Hogman Maxey - Black Night Is Fallin' °° @ youtube Robert Pete Williams Some Got Six Months * °° @ youtube Guitar Welch - I'm Gonna Leave You Mama °° @ youtube Robert Pete Williams - I'm Lonesome Blues || °° @ youtube ![]() ° re-released on Arhoolie CD 394 ("Levee Camp Blues" is a different (slightly longer: 7:07) version!) °° re-released on Arhoolie CD 419 ![]() rec. 1959 at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana by Dr. Harry Oster and Richard B. Allen; all artists play on Harry Oster's 12string guitar # rec. January 26, 1959 * February 12, 1959 || February 22, 1959 § March 21, 1959 Robert Pete Williams discography ![]() notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster = Doxy DOY636 (It 2010) | |
2012 (1971?) | Prison Worksongs![]() Rodney Mason, Rev. Rogers & Roosevelt Charles - Berta Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey & Andy Mosley - Take This Hammer Rev. Rogers, Rodney Mason & Smith - Stewball Odea Mathews - Five Long Years for One Man Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey & Andy Mosley - Alberta Let Your Bangs Grow Long James Russel & Gang - I Had Five Long Years Johnny Butler & Gang - Early In The Mornin' ![]() Roosevelt Charles, Davis & Rodney Mason - All Teamed Up in Angola's Mule Lot Willy Rafus & Gang - I Got a Hurtin' In My Right Side Rodney Mason, Willy Rafus & Davis - Let Your Hammer Ring Willy Rafus, Andy Mosley & Johnny Butler - Cleaning This Highway Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey & Robert Pete Williams - John Henry Odea Mathews - Something Within Me Murray Macon - Jesus Cares ![]() on CD only: Emanuel Dunn - Working On The Levee (Part 1) - Working On The Levee (Part 2) Big Louisiana - Take This Hammer Creola Scott/Ceola Scott - Pickin' Cotton All Day Long Emanuel Dunn - My Mule "Grey" ![]() rec. 1959 Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, by Harry Oster
notes by Harry Oster & Chris Strachwitz
Dr. Harry Oster discography | |
2014 (1971) | Snooks Eaglin / Lucius Bridges / Brother Randolph New Orleans Washboard Blues resp. Possum Up A Simmon Tree resp. New Orleans Blues ![]() Folk-Lyric FL 107 / Arhoolie 2014 / Storyville SLP 179 tracks (15): - Possum Up A Simmon Tree * @ youtube @ Spotify - That's All Right ## @ youtube @ Spotify - Veal Chop And Pork Chop {} @ youtube @ Spotify - I Ain't Gonna Study War No More (Down By The Riverside) # || @ youtube @ Spotify - Model T And The Train () @ youtube @ Spotify - Jack O'Diamonds [] @ youtube @ Spotify - Death Valley Blues # || @ youtube @ Spotify - This Train ### @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() - Bottle Up And Go *** @ youtube @ Spotify - Mardi Gras Mambo **** @ youtube @ Spotify - Rock Me Mama || # @ youtube @ Spotify - John Henry * @ youtube @ Spotify - Locomotive Train (instr) () @ youtube @ Spotify - I Had A Little Woman # || @ youtube @ Spotify - Don't Leave Me Mama (Rock Me Mama no. 2) # @ youtube @ Spotify ![]() Arhoolie CD 348 tracks (23): - Country Boy Down In New Orleans || [previously unissued in the U.S.] @ Spotify - Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes || [previously unissued in the U.S.] @ Spotify - I've Had My Fun || [previously unissued in the U.S.] @ Spotify - Bottle Up And Go || [previously unissued in the U.S.] @ Spotify - Give Me The Good Old Boxcar || [previously unissued in the U.S.] @ Spotify - Walking Blues [previously unissued in the U.S.] @ Spotify - Possum Up A Simmon Tree # [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - That's All Right || [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - Veal Chop And Pork Chop {} [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - Down By The Riverside || [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - Model T And The Train # [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - Jack O'Diamonds [] [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - Death Valley Blues || [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - Rock Me Mama (Don't Leave Me Mama) || [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - John Henry # [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - Locomotive Train # [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - I Had A Little Woman || [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - Rock Me Mama # [Folk-Lyric 107 / Arhoolie 2014] - Mailman Passed || [previously unissued in the U.S.] @ Spotify - Going Back To New Orleans || [previously unissued in the U.S.] @ Spotify - Mardi Gras Mambo # || [previously unissued take] @ Spotify - Bottle Up & Go # || [previously unissued take] @ Spotify - This Train # || [previously unissued take] @ Spotify ![]() P-Vine PCD-93733 tracks (all in all 26): - Possum Up A Simmon Tree # - That's All Right || - Veal Chop And Pork Chop {} - I Ain't Gonna Study War No More (Down By The Riverside) - Model T And The Train # - Jack O'Diamonds [] - Death Valley Blues || - This Train - Bottle Up And Go - Mardi Gras Mambo # - Rock Me Mama || # - John Henry # - Locomotive Train # - I Had A Little Woman || - Don't Leave Me Mama (Rock Me Mama) - Give Me The Good Old Boxcar || [bonus track] - This Train (alt tk) || [bonus track] - Bottle Up And Go (alt tk) || # [bonus track] - Mardi Gras Mambo (alt tk) || # [bonus track] - I've Had My Fun || [bonus track] - Bottle Up And Go (tk 4) || [bonus track] - Going Back To New Orleans || [bonus track] - Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes || [bonus track] - Walking Blues [bonus track] - Mailman Passed (And Didn't Leave No News) || [bonus track] - Country Boy Down In New Orleans [bonus track] ![]() rec. 1958 in New Orleans, LA by Harry Oster & Richard Allen ![]() # Snooks Eaglin, voc, 6-str g, || 12-str g ## Snooks Eaglin, voc, 6-str g, || 12-str g; Percy Randolph, hca; Lucius Bridges, wb ### Snooks Eaglin, voc, 6-str g, || 12-str g; Percy Randolph, hca; Lucius Bridges, voc, wb ![]() * Lucius Bridges, voc; Snooks Eaglin, 6-str g; Percy Randolph, wb ** Lucius Bridges, voc, g, wb; Snooks Eaglin, 6-str g, || 12-str g, wb; Percy Randolph, wb, ** hca *** Lucius Bridges, voc; Percy Randolph, hca; Snooks Eaglin, wb **** Lucius Bridges, voc; Snooks Eaglin, voc; Percy Randolph, hca ![]() {} Percy Randolph, voc, slapping shoe-shine rag [] Percy Randolph, hca, voc; unknown, tom tom (actually the head of a banjo) () Percy Randolph, voc, hca; Snooks Eaglin, 6-str g, hca; Lucius Bridges, wb ![]() Folk-Lyric FL 107 (I) drawing by Norman Gross Folk-Lyric FL 107 (II) drawing by Malcolm Quantrill Arhoolie/Storyville photo by Harry Oster
notes by Harry Oster "Folk-Lyric Records, 1945 Bay St., Baton Rouge, LA" notes by Harry Oster "Folk-Lyric Recording Co., 3323 Morning Glory, Baton Rouge, La." notes by Harry Oster with some editing by Chris Strachwitz notes by Harry Oster
notes by Harry Oster with some editing by Chris Strachwitz Folk Lyric / Harry Oster discography | |
2015 (1971) | Robert Pete Williams: Those Prison Blues![]() Folk Lyric FL 109 = 77 LA 12/17 - I'll Be Glad When I'm From Behind Iron Walls - Louise # - Blue In Me § - Come Here Baby, Tell Me What Is Wrong With You # - I Got The Blues So Bad § - Boogy Woman (+ Hogman Maxey, 12-str. g) ![]() - Pardon Renied Again # - Army Blues (+ Hogman Maxey, 12-str. g) - Blues In The Dark - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Angola Special # ![]() Arhoolie R 2015 - Pardon Denied Again # - This Wild Old Life # - Texas Blues # - Up And Down Blues # - I'm Blue As A Man Can Be # - Louise # - Blue In Me § - I Got The Blues So Bad § - Come Here Baby, Tell Me What Is Wrong With You # ![]() green = track on both LPs # on Arhoolie CD 394 § on Arhoolie CD 395 ![]() rec. 1959 & 1960 Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, by Harry Oster; Robert Pete Williams, voc, 6- or 12-str. g
notes by Harry Oster
Dr. Harry Oster discography | |
2016 (1971) | Billie & DeDe Pierce: New Orleans Music![]() - Eh La Bas # * § @ youtube - Gulf Coast Blues # @ youtube - Some Of These Days # § - You Can Depend On Me # - The Peanut Vendor * § - Jelly Roll # § ![]() - Mama Don't Allow # § // - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out # - Going Back To Florida # - Panama § - St. James Infirmary # - John Henry § || ![]() Arhoolie CD 488 bonus tracks: - Get A Working Man - Panama Rag - In The Racket ![]() rec. 1959 in New Orleans, LA by Harry Oster and Richard Allen; Billie Pierce, p, # voc; De De Pierce, cornet, * voc; § Brother Randolph, washb; Lucius Bridges, // tom toms, || voc Arhoolie CD 488 bonus tracks rec. for Erwin Helfer's Tone label; Billie Pierce, voc, p
notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster
Storyville Records discography | |
Rev. Pearly Brown: Georgia Street Singer [later release] ![]() - God Don't Never Change @ youtube @ Spotify - Just A Closer Walk With Thee @ Spotify - You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion @ Spotify - Savior, Don't You Pass Me By @ Spotify - Motherless Children @ youtube @ Spotify - Oh What A Morning @ Spotify - I Must See Jesus @ Spotify ![]() - Nobody's Fault But Mine @ youtube @ Spotify - I Know It Was The Blood @ Spotify - By And By (I'm Gonna See The King) @ Spotify - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning @ youtube @ Spotify - If I Never See You Anymore @ Spotify - Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do @ Spotify - It's A Mean Old World @ Spotify - The Great Speckled Bird @ Spotify ![]() rec. 1961 in Macon, GA by Harry Oster and Richard Allen; Pearly Brown, voc, g ![]() CD bonus tracks (not recorded by Harry Oster): - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning * @ Spotify - You Gotta Move § @ Spotify - I'm On My Way To The Canaan Land *§ @ Spotify - Good By #* @ Spotify - What A Morning #* @ Spotify ![]() bonus tracks rec. 1974 at KPFA Radio in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Pearly Brown, voc, g, # 12-str g; * Christine Brown, voc; § Bob Young, hca; Duane Cox, washtub b; previously unissued Folk-Lyric FL 108 cover photo by Harry Oster; Arhoolie CD 9025 cover photo by Chris Strachwitz
notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster
original notes by Harry Oster & new notes by Chris Strachwitz Rev. Pearly Brown discography | ||
2018 (1971) | Country Negro Jam Session![]() Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - 44 Blues Robert Pete Williams - Mississippi Heavy Water Blues Clarence Edwards - Smokes Like Lightning Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - Who Broke The Lock Clarence Edwards - You Don't Love Me Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - It's The Sign Of The Judgement Ben Douglas - Foxhunt ![]() Sally Dotson with Smoky Babe & Hillary Blunt - Your Dice Won't Pass Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - Jelly Roll Rebecca Smith etc. - I've Got Religion Smoky Babe - Going Downtown Boogie Clarence Edwards - Stack O' Dollars Willie Thomas & Butch Cage - Brown Skin Woman Leon Strickland with Lucius Bridges - I Won't Be Your Low Down Dog No More ![]() additional tracks on CD: Butch Cage & Willie B Thomas - The Piano Blues Smoky Babe - Cotton Field Blues Otis Webster - The Farm Blues - The Boss Man Blues Butch Cage & Willie B Thomas - Whoa Mule! Otis Webster - Boll Weevil Blues Clarence Edwards/Cornelius Edwards/Butch Cage - Thousand Miles From Nowhere Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas - Dead And Gone - Called For You Yesterday - Me & My Chauffeur - Baby Please Don't Go ![]() rec. in southwest Louisiana during the late 1950s and early 1960s by Harry Oster cover photo of Butch Cage and Willie Thomas with their wives by Harry Oster
notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster (with some additional comments by Chris Strachwitz) = Trio PA-6028 (Jp 1974) notes by Chris Strachwitz Folk Lyric discography | |
2019 (1971) | Smoky Babe and his friends: Hot Blues![]() Folk-Lyric FL 118 / 77-LA-12-12 track sequence: - Rabbit Blues [] - Too Many Women # - Two Wings * - Mississippi River So Deep & Wide # - I'm Broke And I'm Hungry - My Baby She Told Me # ![]() - Black Ghost [] - Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog - Bad Whiskey - Black Gal // [not on Arhoolie R 2019!] - My Baby Put Me Down - Going Back Home ![]() Arhoolie R 2019 track sequence: - Too Many Women # - Two Wings * - I'm Broke And I'm Hungry - Mississippi River # - My Baby She Told Me # - Rabbit Blues [] ![]() - Black Ghost [] - Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog // - Bad Whiskey - My Baby Put Me Down # - Going Back Home ![]() all tracks rec. February 1960 in Scotlandville, LA by Harry Oster # Smoky Babe, voc, g; Henry Thomas [= Lazy Lester], hca * Smoky Babe, voc, g; William Dotson, voc [] Smoky Babe, voc, g; Sally Dotson, voc // Smoky Babe, voc, g; Clyde Causey, hca photographer: Harry Oster
notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster notes by Harry Oster Smoky Babe discography | |
2020 (1970) |
![]() - Do It If You Wanna - Cool Cool Blues - Come On Back Home - Stop Crying - Eyesight To The Blind # - West Memphis Blues - I Cross My Heart - Crazy About You Baby # ![]() - Nine Below Zero - Mighty Long Time - She Brought Life Back To The Dead - Stop Now Baby - Mr. Downchild - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues - Pontiac Blues - Too Close Together ![]() Original recordings produced by Lillian NcMurry; reissue prod. by Chris Strachwitz
notes by Paul Oliver notes by Paul Oliver notes by Paul Oliver | |
3000 series | ||
4000 series | ||
4003 (1969) | Mike Russo![]() - Flat Top Fling - Blues For Fred - The Gallis Pole - De Kalb Blues - Delia's Fling - Red Cross Store Blues - Buck Dancer's Choice ![]() - It Must Be The End Of Time - Nights Of Gladness - Blues Run In My Family - Sixth Avenue Stomp - Stack O'Lee - I Feel So Good ![]() cover photo by Wes Taft | |
5000 series | ||
8000 series | ||
9000 series | ||
9002 (1975?) |
![]() - Shetland Pony Blues - Camp Hollers - Delta Blues - Special Rider Blues - Low Down Dirty Dog Blues - Depot Blues - The Key Of Minor ![]() - American Defense - Am I Right Or Wrong - Walking Blues - County Farm Blues - The Pony Blues - The Jinx Blues - part 1 - The Jinx Blues - part 2 ![]() rec. 1941/42 by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth photography by Brad Barrett
Roots Records discography | |
CD 9025 (2002) | Reverend Pearly Brown: You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion![]() - God Don't Never Change * - Just A Closer Walk With Thee * - You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion * - Savior, Don't You Pass Me By * - Motherless Children * - Oh What A Morning * - I Must See Jesus * - Nobody's Fault But Mine * - I Know It Was The Blood * - By And By (I'm Gonna See The King) * - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning * - If I Never See You Anymore * - Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do * - It's A Mean Old World * - The Great Speckled Bird * - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (2) - You Gotta Move - I'm On My Way To The Canaan Land - Good By - What A Morning (2) ![]() * rec. 1961 in Macon, Georgia by Harry Oster and Richard Allen remaining tracks rec. 1974 at KPFA Radio in Berkeley, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Pearly Brown, voc, g; Christine Brown, voc; Bob Young, hca; Duane Cox, washtub b; previously unissued cover photo by Chris Strachwitz
Rev. Pearly Brown discography Folk-Lyric FL 108 original notes by Harry | |
CDs | ||
CD 101 (1996) | Arhoolie presents American Masters Vol. 1 15 Down Home Country Blues Classics ![]() Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Line @ youtube Lightning Hopkins - Have You Ever Loved A Woman @ youtube John Jackson - Going Down In Georgia On A Horn @ youtube Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Cairo Blues @ youtube Mance Lipscomb - 'Bout A Spoonful @ youtube Black Ace - Drink On Little Girl @ youtube Snooks Eaglin - Country Boy Down In New Orleans @ youtube Bukka White - Columbus, Mississippi Blues @ youtube Dr. Ross - Shake 'em On Down @ youtube Robert Pete Williams - Just Tippin' In (4:10) [Arhoolie CD 394] @ youtube [not "Just Trippin' In", as youtube video suggests] Jesse Fuller - Hump In My Back @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Brother James @ youtube Smoky Babe - I'm Broke And I'm Hungry @ youtube R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie @ youtube K.C. Douglas - Mercury Blues @ youtube ![]() prod. and edited by Chris Strachwitz cover photo (Big Joe Williams) by Chris Strachwitz | |
CD 324 (1990) | Earl Hooker: Two Bugs And A Roach![]() Arhoolie CD 324: - Two Bugs And A Roach # - Wah Wah Blues # - You Don't Love Me # - Earl Hooker Blues # - Anna Lee # - Off The Hook # - Love Ain't A Plaything # - You Don't Want Me # - The Hook * - New Sweet Black Angel (instr.) * - I'm Going Down The Line * - (Original) Sweet Black Angel * [Rockin' 513] - Guitar Rag * - Earl's Boogie Woogie * ![]() P-Vine PCD 24110 / P-Vine PCD-93705: - Anna Lee - Off The Hook - Love Ain't A Plaything - You Don't Want Me - Two Bugs And A Roach - Wah Wah Blues - You Don't Love Me - Earl Hooker Blues - Take Me Back To East St.Louis - New Sweet Black Angel - Little Carey's Jump - Original Sweet Black Angel - Earl's Boogie Woogie - Guitar Rag - Going On Down The Line ![]() includes all of Arhoolie LP 1044 (#) and over half of Arhoolie LP 1066 (*) Earl Hooker discography notes by Chris Strachwitz
(=) P-Vine PCD-93705 (Jp 2013) | |
CD 325 (1990) | Johnny Young And His Chicago Blues Band![]() Arhoolie F 1029 track sequence: - Wild, Wild Woman [Arhoolie 45-515] @ youtube - Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business @ youtube - I'm Having A Ball @ youtube - My Trainfare Out Of Town @ youtube - I'm Doing All Right @ youtube - Stealin' @ youtube ![]() - Keep On Drinking @ youtube - Hot Dog! @ youtube - Come Early In The Morning @ youtube - Moaning And Groaning @ youtube - Crosscut Saw @ youtube - Slam Hammer (instr) [Arhoolie 45-515] @ youtube ![]() rec. November 11 [22 on back cover], 1965 at Sound Studios in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding; Johnny Young, voc, g, mand; Otis Spann, p; James Cotton, hca; Jimmy Lee Morris, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie F 1029, etc. cover photo by Pete Welding Arhoolie CD 325 cover photo by Chris Strachwitz ![]() ![]() ![]() Arhoolie CD 325 / P-Vine PCD-2504 track sequence: - Wild, Wild Woman - Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business - I'm Having A Ball - My Trainfare Out Of Town - I'm Doing All Right - Stealin' - Keep On Drinking - Hot Dog! - Come Early In The Morning - Moaning And Groaning - Cross-Cut Saw - Slam Hammer - Strange Girl - Ring Around My Heart - Sometimes I Cry - Don't You Lie To Me - On The Road Again - Walter's Boogie - Stockyard Blues - Drinking Straight Whiskey ![]() additional tracks on P-Vine PCD-2504: - Sleeping With The Devil - Fumbling Around ![]()
notes (1966) by Pete Welding Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley 5, Calif. notes by Pete Welding notes by Pete Welding Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709 notes by Pete Welding Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530 notes (1966 & 1968) by Pete Welding
Johnny Young discography | |
CD 401 (1994) | Mississippi Delta Blues: Blow My Blues Away Vol. 1![]() - Oh Baby - Napoleon Strickland - Como Breakdown - Napoleon Strickland - Three O'Clock In The Morning - Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell - My Jack Don't Need No Water (Long Haired Doney) - Johnny Woods & Fred McDowell - Catfish Blues - Teddy Williams - Down Home Blues - Teddy Williams - Long Haired Doney (My Jack Don't Need No Water) - Do-Boy Diamond - Hard Time Blues - Do-Boy Diamond - The Shaggy Hound - Do-Boy Diamond - Going Away Blues - Do-Boy Diamond - Stuttgart, Arkansas - Walter Miller [Arhoolie 1041] - Vicksburg Blues - Walter Miller [Arhoolie unissued] @ youtube - Mississippi Goin' To Be My Home - Robert Diggs - Dangerous Slim - Robert Diggs - Drink, Drink, Drink - Robert Diggs - Pork & Beans - Rosa Lee Hill - Fishing In The Dark - Dewey Corley & Walter Miller # [Arhoolie 1041] - Tri-State Bus - Dewey Corley # [Revival 1004] - Gonna Bring Her Right Back Home - Tom Turner - The Death of Sonny Boy Williamson - Peck Curtis - Nighthawk Boogie - Robert Nighthawk - You Call Yourself A Cadillac - Robert Nighthawk - Blues Before Midnight - Robert Nighthawk ![]()
notes (adapted from Arhoolie Records discography | |
CD 402 (1994) | Mississippi Delta Blues "Blow My Blues Away" Vol. 2 ![]() Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues - Come Home To Me Baby - Fare You Well Baby Blues - Country Blues - Laughing To Keep From Crying - Love Me Baby Blues - I Rolled And I Tumbled * - Old Bo Weevil * - Up Town Blues * - Traveling Mama Blues [] - Fare Thee Well Blues [] R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie - Long Haired Doney - Going Down South - Skinny Woman - I's Be Troubled - Catfish Blues - See My Jumper Hangin' Out on the Line * - I Rolled And I Tumbled * - Walking Blues * - Nightmare Blues * Houston Stackhouse - Cool Water Blues * - Big Road Blues * - Right Around The Corner * - Canned Heat
* previously unissued on Arhoolie notes by George Mitchell | |
CD 440 (1996) | Smoky Babe, Herman E. Johnson: Louisiana Country Blues![]() Smoky Babe - I'm Broke And I'm Hungry - Too Many Women - Two Wings - Mississippi River - My Baby She Told Me - Rabbit Blues - Black Ghost - Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog - Bad Whiskey - Black Gal - My Baby Put Me Down - Going Back Home - Regular Blues Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You - You Don't Know My Mind - Motherless Children - Depression Blues - She's A-Looking For Me - She Had Been Drinking - I'm Growing Older - Po' Boy - Leavin' Blues - Piano Blues - Where The Mansion's Prepared For Me ![]() Smoky Babe rec. 1960 in Scotlandville, LA by Harry Oster; previously issued on Folklyric LP 118 and Arhoolie LP 2019 ![]() Herman E. Johnson rec. 1960/1961 in Baton Rouge, LA by Harry Oster; previously issued on Arhoolie LP 1060
notes by Harry Oster Dr. Harry Oster discography | |
CD 491 (2000) | Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary![]() disc 1: - San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller (previously unreleased) - Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas - Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb - Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson - Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / Robert Curtis Smith - One Thin Dime - Butch Cage / Willie Thomas - Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers - Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore - I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace - Brother James - Big Joe Williams - Lady Luck - Mercy Dee - Don't Drive Me Away - R.C. Smith - Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer - Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier - Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell - Believe On Me - Rev. Louis Overstreet - Low Down Blues - George Lewis - The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer - Crowley Waltz - The Hackberry Ramblers - She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - Booker White (previously unreleased) - Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier - Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell - Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb - Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier ![]() disc 2: - Cindy - John Jackson - Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton - La Betaille - Isom Fontenot - Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire - Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo - I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Del McCoury - In The Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet - Goin' Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner - Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young - Two Bugs And A Roach - Earl Hooker - Dream - John Littlejohn - Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston - Visions - Sonny Simmons - I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe - Boogieing In Strasbourg - Alex Moore - The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King - Big Joe Williams - Please Settle In Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins - Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell / Johnny Woods - El Desesperado - Los Pinguinos Del Norte - Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra - Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite ![]() disc 3: - Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre - Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio - Gibson Creek Shuffle - Charles Ford Band - Ups And Downs - L.C. Robinson - You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red - Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin / Canray Fontenot - Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely - Luzita - Narciso Martinez - Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio - Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio - One Of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris - Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier - En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa / Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard - Besos Y Copas - Chavela Ortiz Y Brown Express - Fast Santa Fe - Robert Shaw - I'll See You In C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band - El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha - La Gata - Los Caporales De Panuco - Beym Rebas Sude - The Klezmorim - J'ai Laisse De La Maison - Cheese Read - Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr. - Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza ![]() disc 4: - Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez - Co-Fe - John Delafose - Single Girl - Rose Maddox - Bec De La Manche - Canray Fontenot - Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark / Hector Duhon - Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez Jr. - La Chanson De Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit BeauSoleil (previously unreleased) - Shake What You Got - Preston Frank - Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band - The Chill Of A Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge - Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory - Here To Stay - Rebirth Brass Band - I Know That's Right - Katie Webster - I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin - Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez - Aguililla - Los Campesinos De Michoacan - La Reine De La Salle - Odile Falcon - Chanson De La Sagesse - Michael Doucet - Hot Chili Mama - BeauSoleil - Check Out The Zydeco - C.J. Chenier - El Canoero - Valerio Longoria - Corrido Del Mono - Los Gavilanes De Oakland - San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff ![]() disc 5: - Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers - Gumagarugu - Chatuye - Khandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi - A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta - Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band - Ain't It A Shame - Elder Roma Wilson - J'ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band - La Mal Sentada - Los Cenzontles - Falling For You - Rose Maddox - Los Traficantes Del Bravo - Los Palomares Del Bravo (previously unreleased) - Jesus Will Fix It For You - Sonny Treadway - Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom - Jale Griego - Jose Moreno - El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, Jr. - What's His Name - Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers - Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent ![]() Compilation producers: Chris Strachwitz & Elijah Wald; digitally remastered by Mike Cogan
5 CD box | |
CD 510 (2005) | Blues With A Message![]() - I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatman - John Henry - John Jackson [Arhoolie 1025 1970] - Walked Down So Many Turn Rows - Mercy Dee - Tom Moore's Farm - Mance Lipscomb - Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins - River Blues - Lowell Fulson - Levee Camp Blues - Fred McDowell - The 1919 Influenza Blues - Essie Jenkins - Why I Like Roosevelt - Willie Eason - Little Soldier Boy - Doctor Ross - Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams - I Got To Climb A High Mountain - Johnie Lewis - Depression Blues - Herman E. Johnson - Stockyard Blues - Johnny Young/Big Walter Horton - What Will I Tell The Children - Juke Boy Bonner - It's Enough - Juke Boy Bonner - Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston - Back Home Blues - Big Joe Williams ![]() ed. by Chris Strachwitz & Paul Oliver
notes by Paul Oliver
on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins Arhoolie Records discography | |
CD 548 (2014) |
Smoky Babe: Way Back in the Country Blues the lost Dr. Oster recordings ![]() ![]() - Boss Man Blues @ Spotify - Backyard Boogie @ youtube @ Spotify - Bad Luck And Trouble @ Spotify - Diggin' My Potatoes @ Spotify - What's Wrong With You @ Spotify - Chicago Bound @ Spotify - If I Had Listened To What My Mama Say @ Spotify ![]() - On Mr. Walter's Farm @ Spotify - I'm Going Home On The Morning Train ![]() - I'm Goin' Away Baby °° @ Spotify - Way Back In The Country Blues @ Spotify - Shake, Shake Mattie @ Spotify - I'm Wild About You, Black Gal °° @ Spotify - Arkansas Blues °° @ Spotify - Terraplane Blues °° @ Spotify - Goin' Home Blues @ Spotify - Boogie Gal @ Spotify ![]() °° CD bonus tracks ![]() rec. February 1960 in Scotlandville, LA and August 1961 in Vance, MS by Harry Oster; edited and prod. by Chris Strachwitz and Adam Machado
Smoky Babe discography | |
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - http://rocky-52.net/chanteursc/chenier_c.htm - http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/katiewebster.htm - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources
Thanks to Alan Balfour, Jennings Falcon, Görgen Antonsson, Marc Claes, Dietmar Gasch, Bennet Rhodes, Kari Kempas, Jan Sjöström, Alan R. Young, Andrew Gohman and Benoît Brière for additional info / scans
![]() Chris Strachwitz and graphic designer Wayne Pope, 1960 assembling the covers for the first 250 Arhoolie LPs, "Mance Lipscomb: Texas Sharecropper and Songster"; source: Facebook group ("Courtesy Chris Strachwitz")
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