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B I L L Y   B O Y   A R N O L D c. 1993; source: http://thehoundblog.blogspot.de/2010/12/billy-boy-arnold.html
Billy Boy Arnold, c. 1993
source: thehoundblog; photographer: James Fraher
Billy Boy Arnold
b. September 16, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois
has two brothers: Augustus Arnold (a/k/a Julio Finn) and Jerome Arnold

discography

'B I L L Y   B O Y', mid 1950s; source: Vee-Jay promo photo
"Billy Boy", mid 1950s
source: Vee-Jay promo photo

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11953 

Cool 103 (78 rpm)
BILLY (boy) ARNOLD With BOB CARTER'S ORCHESTRA
Cool 103 (45 rpm)
BILLY "BOY" ARNOLD with BOB CARTER'S ORCHESTRA
- I Ain't Got No Money (E3CB 4064)   @ youtube
- Hello Stranger (E3CB 4065) *   @ youtube

rec. c. April 1953 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; ts; p; el g; Curtis Ferguson [?], b; dr

 
Cool 103

* Red Lightnin' RL 0012

23/1955BO DIDDLEY

- I'm A Man (U 7786) #   @ youtube
- Bo Diddley (U 7788)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I'm A Man (alt tk) # [Chess CHD 9331]
- Little Girl (Can I Go Home With You) (U 7787) # [Checker LP 1436]
- Little Girl (alt tk) # [Chess CHD 9331]
- Bo Diddley (alt tk) [Hip-O-Select CD 9231-02]
- Bo Diddley (alt tk) [Hip-O-Select CD 9231-02]

- You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (U 7789) # [Checker LP 1436]

# rec. March 2/3, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Ellas Bates, voc, g; Billy Boy Arnold, hca; Otis Spann, p; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr; Jerome Green, mrcs

   
Checker 814 (US 3/1955)



= Checker 997 (11/1961)

Otis Spann discography

   

- Rhumba (U 7790)
- Sweet On You Baby (U 7791) #   @ youtube
- You Got To Love Me Baby (U 7792) # *

rec. March 2, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Bo Diddley, g; James Bradfordm b; Clifton James, dr; Jerome Green, mrcs

Chess unissued

# Red Lightnin' RL 0012
# Ace CDCHD 610

* Chess CHD 4-9340

36/1955BO DIDDLEY

- Diddley Daddy (U 7836) *   @ youtube
- She's Fine, She's Mine (U 7837) #   @ youtube

rec. May 10 or 15, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Ellas Bates, voc, g; * Little Walter, hca [on Billy Boy's harp!]; # Billy Boy Arnold, hca; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr, Jerome Green, mrcs; # unknown, claves; * The Moonglows, voc

       
Checker 819 (US 6/1955)

41955BILLY BOY

- I Was Fooled (155-262) #   @ youtube
- I Wish You Would (5-263) *   @ youtube

rec. c. May 1955 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; # Henry Gray, p; Jody Williams, g; Milton Rector, b; Earl Phillips,dr


Vee-Jay VJ 146 (US 1955)

* Vivid 109

51955BILLY BOY

- Don't Stay Out All Night (55-344)   @ youtube
- I Ain't Got You (55-345)   @ youtube

rec. October 1955 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Henry Gray, p; Jody Williams, g; Quinn Wilson, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Vee-Jay VJ 171 (US 1955)

66/1956
BILLY BOY

- Here's My Picture (55-346)   @ youtube
- You've Got Me Wrong (55-347)   @ youtube

rec. October 1955 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Henry Gray, p; Jody Williams, g; Quinn Wilson, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Vee-Jay VJ 192 (US 6/1956)


= Arteco Top Rank RS 126 (Fr 196?)

71956BILLY BOY

- My Heart Is Crying (56-575)   @ youtube
- Kissing At Midnight (56-578)   @ youtube



unissued tracks from same session:
- How Come You Leave Heaven (56-576)
- Heartache And Trouble (56-577)

rec. November 1956 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Henry Gray, p; Syl Johnson, Odell Campbell, g; Fred Below, dr

 
Vee-Jay 238 (US 1956)

81957BILLY BOY

- Rockin' itis (57-751) #   @ youtube
- Prisoner's Plea (57-749) *   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- No, No, No, No (57-751) [Charly CRB 1016]   @ youtube
- Every Day, Every Night (57-752) [Charly CRB 1016]   @ youtube

rec. September 1957 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; # Sunnyland Slim, p; Syl Johnson, g; Mac Thompson, b; Reynolds Howard, dr


Vee Jay 260 (US 1957)


= Halo H-1005 (1961 repro)


= Halo H-1005 (1961 repro, red wax)

* Vivid 109 (1964)

   

- We All Got To Go
- Mattie Mae

rec. April 15, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p

originally unissued

Testament TCD 6011

91964BILLY BOY

- I Wish You Would [Vee Jay 146]
- Prisoner's Plea [Vee Jay 260]


Vivid V-109 (1964)

   

- I Left My Happy Home #
- I Left My Happy Home (alt tk) *
- Billy Boy's Jump (instr) # []   @ youtube
- Crying And Pleading #
- Baby Jane *
- Rock 'n' Roll *

rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, [] hca; Mighty Joe Young, Ted Mosley or Jody Williams, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Clifton James or Reynolds Howard, dr

originally unissued

# Testament T-2218

* Testament CD 5018

   

- Baby Left Me A Mule To Ride []
- Hello Baby
- I Love Only You
- Evalina
- Come See Me Early In The Morning (tk 1)
- Come See Me Early In The Morning (tk 2) []
- Why Is Everybody Down On Me []

rec. September 8, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, [] hca; Mickey Boss, ts; Mighty Joe Young, g; Jerome Arnold, b

originally unissued

Testament TCD 5018

   

- Somebody Help Me With These Blues

rec. July 8, 1977 live at The Raven & The Rose in Sierra Madre, CA; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Mickey Boss, ts; Johnny Turner, g; Robert Wilson, b; Mickey Convay, dr

originally unissued

Testament TCD 5018


EP / LP / CD compilations
101957Bluesville Chicago
Blues And Gospel Train No. 10

Joseph Lee Williams
- Going Back Home
- Baby Left Town
- Kings Highway
- Eula Mae
Eddie Taylor
- Bad Boy
- You'll Always Have A Home
- Ride Em On Down


Billy Boy
- Wish You Would
- I Was Fooled
- Don't Stay Out All Night
- I Ain't Got You
Snooky Pryor
- Judgement Day
- Someone To Love Me
Eddie Taylor
- Don't Knock At My Door



Vee Jay VJS 1000 (US 1957) ("Blues And Gospel Train N° 10")

notes by Kurt Mohr

= Top Rank RLP 109 (Fr 1959) ("Bluesville Chicago Vol. 1")

Top Rank Records discography
Big Joe Williams discography
Snooky Pryor discography

10a196?Frankie Lee Sims / Billy Boy: chicago blues

Frankie Lee Sims
- Hola, Nena (Hey Little Girl) [Ace 527]   @ youtube
- ¿ Que Hara Lucy ? (What Will Lucy Do) [Ace 524]


Billy Boy Arnold
- He Aqui Mi Retrato (Here's My Picture) [Vee Jay 192]
- Me Tienes Equivocado (You've Got Me Wrong) [Vee Jay 192]

7 inch EP

Top Rank / Discophon 17.095 (Spain 196?)

Frankie Lee Sims discography

111964"BILLY BOY"

- School Time [Prestige PR 7389]
- You're My Girl [Prestige PR 7389]

 
Bluesville 45-827

Bluesville Records discography

121965Billy Boy Arnold: More Blues On The South Side@ youtube (full album)

- School Time [Bluesville 45-827-B]   @ youtube
- Goin' By The River   @ youtube
- You Don't Love Me No More   @ youtube
- You're My Girl [Bluesville 45-827-A]   @ youtube
- Oh Baby   @ youtube
- Evaleena   @ youtube

- I Love Only You   @ youtube
- Two Drinks Of Wine   @ youtube
- I'll Forget About You   @ youtube
- Billy Boy's Blues   @ youtube
- You Better Cut That Out   @ youtube
- Get Out Of Here   @ youtube

OBCCD-562-2 bonus track:
- Playing With The Blues   @ youtube

rec. December 30, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Mighty Joe Young, g; Lafayette Leake, p; Jerome Arnold, b; Junior Blackmon, dr; prod. by Samuel Charters
photography by Ray Flerlage

notes (February 1965) by Pete Welding

Prestige PR 7389 (US 1965) (mono)

Prestige PR 7389 and Prestige PRST 7389 back covers are identical


Prestige PRST 7389 (US 1965) (stereo sticker)

original Febr. 1965 notes by Pete Welding

= Bellaphon/Prestige BJS 40108 (Germany 1972?)

Prestige P-7389 and Prestige PR 7389 front and back covers are identical


= Prestige P-7389 (US 1987)

original February 1965 notes by Pete Welding

= Ace CH253 (UK 1989)

original February 1965 notes by Pete Welding

= OBC OBCCD-562-2 (US 1993)

OBC Records discography
Mighty Joe Young discography

131969Goin' To Chicago

Testament T-2218 tracks:
Sam Lay Blues Band   @ youtube (all three tracks)
- Tell Me, Mama *
- Walking By Myself *
- I Can't Be Satisfied *

Billy Boy Arnold Band
- I Left My Happy Home # [Testament TCD-5018]   @ youtube
- Billy Boy's Jump # [Testament TCD-5018]   @ youtube
- Crying And Pleading # [Testament TCD-5018]   @ youtube

J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- Wild, Wild Woman § [Testament TCD-5020]   @ youtube
- Bluebird § [Testament TCD-5020]   @ youtube
Floyd Jones - Eddie Taylor Band
- Playhouse Blues || [Testament TCD-5001]   @ youtube
- I Feel So Bad || [Testament TCD-5001]   @ youtube
- Sweet Talkin' Woman || [Testament TCD-5001]   @ youtube


* rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; Sam Lay, voc; Jeff Carp, hca; Boots Hamilton, p; Paul Asbell, g; Chester 'Geno' Skaggs, b; Billy Davenport, dr
# rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Mighty Joe Young, Ted Mosley or Jody Williams, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Clifton James or Reynolds Howard, dr
§ rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Hutto, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Johnny Young, g; Lee Jackson, b; Fred Below, dr
|| rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Floyd Jones, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Eddie Taylor, b-g; Fred Below, dr

cover photo by Curt Burkhardt; back liner photo by Raeburn Flerlage

Testament TCD 5018 tracks:
Billy Boy Arnold Band
- Left My Happy Home # [Testament T-2218]
- Billy Boy's Jump # [Testament T-2218]
- Cryin' And Pleadin' # [Testament T-2218]
- Left My Happy Home (alt tk) #
- Baby Jane #
- Rock 'n' Roll #
- Baby Left Me A Mule To Ride *
- Hello Baby *
- I Love Only You *
- Evalina *
- Come See Me Early In The Morning (tk 1) *
- Why Is Everybody Down On Me *
- Come See Me Early In The Morning (tk 2) *
- Somebody Help Me With These Blues *

# rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Mighty Joe Young, Ted Mosley or Jody Williams, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Clifton James or Reynolds Howard, dr
* rec. September 8, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Mickey Boss (Conway), ts; Mighty Joe Young, g; Jerome Arnold, b


Testament T-2218 (US 1969)


= Testament T-2218 (US 19??) (Special Re-Release by OJL)

notes by Frank Scott

(=) Testament TCD 5018 (US 1995)

Testament Records discography

141973Hubert Sumlin and his friends
Kings of Chicago Blues   Vol. 2

- Blues For Elmore James (instr)   @ youtube
- Funky Roots (instr)   @ youtube

- I Can't Loose [sic] *   @ youtube
- One Down (instr) ||
- Willie's Back In Town (instr)   @ youtube
- Minor Feelings (instr)


- Everyday I Have The Blues **
- Straight Talk (instr)   @ youtube
- Little By Little §
- When Evelyn's Not Around (instr) ||
- It Hurts Me Too #


rec. January 20, 1971 at the P.S. Recording Studios in Chicago, IL; prod. by Hubert Sumlin & Willy Leiser
|| Hubert Sumlin, g
# Joe Carter, voc, g (1st solo); Hubert Sumlin, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; James Green, b; Fred Below, dr

* Billy Boy Arnold, hca, ** voc; Hubert Sumlin, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; James Green, b; Fred Below, dr
§ Eddie Shaw, voc, ts; Hubert Sumlin, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; James Green, b; Fred Below, dr
Vogue LDM 30175 front cover photo by Willy Leiser (Hubert Sumlin, S.P. Leary, Sunnyland Slim & Howlin' Wolf at Big Duke's Flamingo Lounge, Chicago)

notes by Willy Leiser

Vogue LDM 30175 (Fr 1973)

notes by Willy Leiser

= Blues Legacy BL 12503 (Fr 1973) "Funky Roots"


Vogue 88697847832   disc 19 of 25 CD box set "The Perfect Blues Collection"

notes by Willy Leiser

= Vogue LDM.30175 (Fr 2011) "Hubert Sumlin & his friends"

Joe Carter discography
Hubert Sumlin discography

14a1974Chicago Rock

First series (1955-1963):
Wild Child Gibson
- Uncle John
- Sittin' Here Cryin'
Big Daddy Simpson
- Give Me Back My Ring
- Let Your Hair Down Baby
Clear Waters
- Boogie Woogie Baby
- Cool Water
Ray Agee
- Wobble Loo
T.V. Slim
- To Proof My Love [sic] [Speed 6858]


Billy Boy Arnold
- Here's My Picture
- You've Got Me Wrong
- I Wish You Would
Harold Burrage
- Betty Jean
Cleve Jackson
- Hound Dog
- Has A Chicken Got A Leg
Jimmy Reed
- She Don't Want Me No More
- I Don't Go For That

Second series (1959-1970):
"with Jump Jackson and Friends"
Eddie Clearwater
- Ain't That A Shame
- Dancin' Time
- Cool Water
- Baby Please
Little Mack
- Broken Heart
Sy Perry
- I Don't Understand You Woman
Wilbur "Hi-Fi" White
- Don't look now

Little Mack
- Drivin' Wheel
Sy Perry
- I Don't Really Have The Blues
Little Wolf Jr
- Inflation Blues
Eddie Boyd
- I cry
- Vacation From The Blues
Jump Jackson
- Midnight Shuffle
Sunnyland Slim
- Something Is Going Wrong



Redita 108 (NL 1974) [first series] ("A Fan to Fan Production Manufactured by Independent Brothers Transylvanian Road Rumania")


Redita 108 (NL 1978) [second series]

[Redita is Robert Loers' label]

151975Billy Boy Arnold Session
Kings of Chicago Blues   Vol. 3

Vogue LDM 30285 track sequence:
- Hi Heel Sneakers
- Back Door Friend
- I Was Fooled °°
- Annie Lee °°
- Blues On Blues

- I'm Gonna Move °°
- Tomorrow Night °°
- Troubles
- Sinner's Prayer

Red Lightnin' RL 0014 track sequence:
- I Was Fooled # °°   @ youtube
- Hi-Heel Sneakers   @ youtube
- Back Door Friend   @ youtube
- Tomorrow Night # °°   @ youtube
- Annie Lee # °°   @ youtube

- Ooh Wee (= Troubles)   @ youtube
- Blues In A Natural (= Blues On Blues)   @ youtube
- I'm Gonna Move # °°   @ youtube
- Sinner's Prayer   @ youtube

rec. March 7, 1970 at Stereosonic Recording Corporation in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Johnny Big Moose Walker, p; Louis Myers, g (except "Sinner's Prayer"); Odell Campbell, b, Chris Moss, dr; prod. by Billy Boy Arnold
# remixed for Red Lightnin' RL 0014 with Sam Lawhorn, g over-dubbed

°° on Northern Light LP 87007 (as by "Chicago All Star Black Blues Band")

notes by Willy Leiser

Vogue LDM 30285 (Fr 1975) "Billy Boy Arnold Session"

notes by Anonymous (Peter Shertser?)

(=) Red Lightnin' RL 0014 (UK 1975) "Sinner's Prayer"

Red Lightnin' Records discography

161975Billy Boy Arnold: Blow The Back Off It

- I'm Sweet On You Baby [Chess unissued]
- You Got To Love Me Baby [Chess unissued]
- I Wish You Would [Vee-Jay VJ 146]
- I Was Fooled [Vee-Jay VJ 146]
- Don't Stay Out All Night [Vee-Jay VJ 171]
- I Ain't Got You [Vee-Jay VJ 171]

- Hello Stranger [Cool 103]
- Here's My Picture [Vee-Jay VJ 192]
- You've Got Me Wrong [Vee-Jay VJ 192]
- My Heart Is Crying [Vee-Jay VJ 238]
- Kissing At Midnight [Vee-Jay VJ 238]
- Prisoner's Plea [Vee-Jay VJ 260]
- Rockinitis [Vee-Jay VJ 260]

compiled & prod. by Peter Shertser
photos by Bill "Tee-totaller" Greensmith, Peter Shertser & Billy Boy Arnold

notes (June 1975) by Peter Shertser
 
Red Lightnin' RL 0012 (UK 1975)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

171975American Blues Legend '75

Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Biscuit Bakin' Mama   @ youtube
- Bury Me Back In The USA

Billy Boy Arnold
- I Wish You Would # *
- Sugar Mama #
Tommy Tucker
- Alimony
- Hard Luck Blues

Homesick James
- If I Could Live My Life All Over Again
- Baby Please Set A Date
Little Joe Blue
- A Fool Is What You Want[ed]   @ youtube
- Five Long Years   @ youtube
Lonesome Jimmie Lee Robinson
- Chicken Head
- Mean Mistreater

American Blues Legends '75
- Got My Mojo Working

# rec. May 5/ 6, 1975 live at the Club 100 in London, UK; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Bob Hall, p; Martin Stone, g; Jimmie Lee Robinson, b; Pete York, dr; prod. by Jim Simpson
photography by Roger Perry


Big Bear BEAR 8 (UK 1975)

Big Bear Records discography

17a197525 Géants du Blues
A World of Jazz

LP 1:
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise Louise Blues
Curtis Jones - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I Love You Baby
Blind John Davis - How Long Blues
Lonnie Johnson - Big Leg Woman
Louisiana Red - Keep Your Hands Off My Woman

Lightnin' Hopkins - Catfish Blues
Champion Jack Dupree - The Death Of Louis (Armstrong)
Jimmy Dawkins - The Way She Walks
Hubert Sumlin - Funky Roots
Eddie Kirkland - Have Mercy On Me
The Aces - Dust My Broom



LP 2:
Memphis Slim - Sassy Mae
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Skies Are Crying
St. Louis Jimmy - Some Sweet Day
Eddie Boyd - I Cried
Roosevelt Sykes - Jail Bait
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Deceitful Brownskin Blues

John Lee Hooker - Wednesday Evening Blues
Jimmy Reed - Hard Walking Hanna
Doug Quattlebaum - Trouble In Mind
Big Joe Williams - Pallet On The Floor

Billy Boy Arnold - I'm Gonna Move
Sunnyland Slim - Brownskin Woman

gatefold DLP

Vogue DP 37 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)

gatefold DLP

= Vogue 400037 (Fr 1975) (Plaisir Double series)

181976The Devil's Music
from the BBC T.V. series

Red Lightnin' RL0033 track sequence:
LP 1: Mississippi and Memphis Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 1)
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water
Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues
Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight
Booker White - Aberdeen Mississippi

Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule
Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack
Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home To Me
Joe Wilkins - Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes - Crawdad   @ youtube



LP 2: Chicago Blues@ youtube ([almost] full album LP 2)
The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me #
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is
Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too


Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me #
The Aces - Blue Shadows
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now   @ Spotify


prod. & ed. by Maddalena Fagandini & Giles Oakley (BBC TV series)
sleeve design and illustration of Red Lightnin' RL0033 by G.M.W. Snow; photography by Axel Küstner

Indigo IGOTCD 2537 track sequence:
CD 1: The Devil's Music Part 1
Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water
Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag
Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues
Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight
Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi
Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid Of My Mule
Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack
Sonny Blake - Bring It On Home
Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild
Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider
Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
Laura Dukes - Crawdad
The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me

Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me #
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Good Rockin' Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is
Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too


CD 2: The Devil's Music Part 2
Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me #
The Aces - Blue Shadows
Good Rockin' Charles - Shake Your Boogie
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now
James De Shay - Crossroads °°
James De Shay - Pony Blues °°
James De Shay - Mistake In Life °°
James De Shay - Evil Is Going On °°
James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor °°
James De Shay - Forty Four °°
Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People °°
Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down °°
Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk °°
Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye °°
Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom °°
Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues °°


CD 3: Live 1963 European Blues Festival
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well °°
Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song °°
Memphis Slim - All By Myself °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - 99 °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird °°
Memphis Slim - In The Evening °°
Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce °°
Matt Murphy - Taking Off °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' °°


°° Indigo IGOTCD 2537 bonus tracks

# rec. January 28, 1976 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; The Aces: Louis Myers, g; David Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr

DLP
notes by Giles Oakley

Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976)

3 CD box set
notes by Neil Slaven

= Indigo IGOTCD 2537 (UK 2003) "The Devil's Music: The Soundtrack To The 1976 BBC TV Documentary Series"

Red Lightnin' Records discography

191977Chicago All Star Black Blues Band
featuring Sam Ley [sic] & Billy Boy Arnold

- Can't Be Satisfied (2:18) # [Testament T-2218?]
- My Fault (2:24) #
- Who Went Out That Door (2:53) # [= "Tell Me Mama";Testament T-2218?]
- A Tribute To M.J.H. (3:00) #
- Still A Fool (3:34) #
- Walking By Myself (2:34) # [Testament T-2218?]


- Back Door Friend (3:42) * [Vogue LDM 30285?]
- Tomorrow Night (3:16) * [Vogue LDM 30285]
- Annie Lee (4:04) * [Vogue LDM 30285]
- I Was Fooled (3:30) * [Vogue LDM 30285]
- I'm Gonna Move (3:37) * [Vogue LDM 30285]

# most likely "Sam Lay Blues Band", rec. June 1966 in Chicago, IL; Sam Ley [actually Sam Lay], voc; Jeff Carp, hca; Boots Hamilton, p; Paul Asbell, g; Geno Scaggs, b; Billy Davenport, dr; prod. by Pete Welding, supervised by Norman Dayron
* rec. March 7, 1970 at Stereosonic Recording Corporation in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Johnny "Moose" Walker, p; Lewis Meyers [actually Louis Myers], g; Odell Campdell [actually Campbell], b; Chris Moss, dr; "prod. by Mike Bloomfield & Chicago All Stars"


Northern Light FSA 87007 (US 1977)


= Northern Light CD FS87007

201977Rare Gems
Previously unissued Chicago blues recordings from the collection of Norman Dayron

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

Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan   @ Spotify

Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing   @ youtube
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues   @ youtube


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

James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie (= South Side Boogie)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin'   @ Spotify
Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog   @ youtube
Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel   @ youtube   @ Spotify
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee (2:50) °°   @ youtube


°° not on Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530

Bullseye/Rounder CD BB 9530 track sequence
Little Brother Montgomery - Ain't Nobody Here But Me
John Lee Granderson - Bumble Bee
Robert Nighthawk - Murderin' Blues
Otis Spann - Hotel Lorraine
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues
Johnnie Jones - Worried Life Blues
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Glory Glory Hallelujah
Big Joe Williams and Paul Butterfield - Wild Cow Moan

Johnnie Jones with Billy Boy Arnold - I Hear My Black Name Ringing
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop - So Glad I'm Living
Little Brother Montgomery - Buddy Bolden's Blues
Otis Spann - Blues For Martin Luther King
Robert Pete Williams - Ugly Man Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - Prescription For The Blues
James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield - Diggin' My Potatoes
J.B. Lenoir - My Dear Old Mother °°
Maxwell Street Jimmy - Someday Baby

James Cotton with Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Billy Boy Arnold - Three Harp Boogie
Big Joe Williams - Screamin' And Cryin'
Little Brother Montgomery - Salty Dog
Robert Nighthawk - Medley: Annie Lee & Sweet Black Angel
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Just A Closer Walk With Thee °°


rec. early to mid 1960s in Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; compiled and edited by Norman Dayron & Mark Naftalin

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

= CBS S2BP 220205 (Australia 1977)

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

notes by Pete Welding

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

20a1978The Blues Vol. 4   1975-77

LP 1:
Johnny Mars - I've Been Down So Long [Big Bear BEAR 12]
Eddie Guitar Burns - Every Jug Stands On It's Own Bottom [Big Bear BEAR 7]

Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Little Joe Blue - A Fool Is What You Want [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Lonesome Jimmy Lee Robinson - Chicken Head [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Eddie Playboy Taylor - Seems Like A Million Years [Big Bear BEAR 6]

Eddie Playboy Taylor - Gamblin' Man [Big Bear BEAR 6]
Mickey Baker - Make Your Bed Up Mama [Big Bear BEAR 5]
Big John Wrencher - I'm A Root Man [Big Bear BEAR 4]
Cousin Joe - I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use [Big Bear BEAR 1]
George G.P. Jackson - A Letter Dressed In Red - Leavin' Kansas City [Big Bear BEAR 1]


LP 2:
Mickey Baker - New York New York [Big Bear BEAR 5]
Doctor Ross - Hazel [Big Bear previously unissued]   @ youtube
Snooky Pryor - Dangerous Woman [Polydor 2460 186]
Washboard Willie - I Feel So Fine [Polydor 2460 186]
Johnny Mars - Blue Midnight [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Snooky Pryor - Sloppy Drunk [Polydor 2460 186]

Cousin Joe - You're Never Too Old To Boogie [Big Bear BB 14]
Homesick James - Crossroads [Caroline C 1502]
Tommy Tucker - Hard Luck Blues [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Eddie Guitar Burns - Bury Me Back In The USA [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Boogie Woogie Red - After Hours [Polydor 2460 186]
Red & Mose (Boogie Woogie Red & Whispering Smith) - Sassy [Polydor 2460 186]


Big Bear BDUB 2

gatefold DLP

Big Bear / Intercord INT 156.401 (UK 1978)

Big Bear Records discography

211979Little Johnny Jones with Billy Boy Arnold
Rare Recording by Elmore James' Legendary Piano Man

- The Dirty Dozens *
- Hello Baby *
- Sloppy Drunk #   @ youtube
- Worried Life Blues *   @ youtube
- I Believe I'll Give It Up *
- Early In The Morning #   @ youtube
- One Room Country Shack #

- She Wants To Sell My Monkey *
- I Hear My Black Name Ringing #
- Ouch ! *
- Nine Below Zero *
- I Have Got To Go #
- Love Her With A Feeling *

rec. June 25, 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; Billy Boy Arnold, hca, # voc; Johnny Jones, p, * voc

notes by Bruce Iglauer

Alligator AL 4717 (US 1979)

notes by Bruce Iglauer

= Sonet SNTF 821 (UK 1979)

notes by Bruce Iglauer

= Alligator ALCD 4717 (US 1992)

Johnny Jones discography

221979Billy Boy Arnold: Checkin' It Out
with Tony McPhee

Red Lightnin' RL 0024 track sequence:
- Dirty Mother Fucker
- Don't Stay Out All Night
- 1-2-99
- Riding The El
- Just Got To Know
- Christmas Time

- I Wish You Would
- Ah'w Baby
- Sweet Miss Bea   @ youtube
- Blue And Lonesome
- Eldorado Cadillac
- Mary Bernice

Sequel NEBCD 850 track sequence:@ youtube (full album)
- Dirty Mother F... (6:54)
- Don't Stay Out All Night (3:15)
- 1-2-99 (4:14)
- Riding The El (2:46)
- Just Got To Know (3:50)
- Christmas Time (3:22)
- Wish You Would (3:07)
- Ah' W' Baby (4:03)
- Sweet Miss Bea (4:24)
- Blue And Lonesome (6:16)
- Eldorado Cadillac (2:02)
- Mary Bernice (4:23)
- It's Great To Be Rich (4:11) [Red Lightnin' RLEP 12 0045]
- Just A Dream (3:14) [Red Lightnin' RLEP 0027]
- Catfish (3:44) [Red Lightnin' RLEP 0027]

rec. October 6 & 7, 1977 at Pathway Studios, Islington, London, UK; remixed May 3 & 4, 1978 at Pathway; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Tony S. McPhee, g; Alan Fish, b; Wilgur [actually Wilgar] Campbell, dr; prod. by Peter Shertser

Red Lightnin' RL 0024 cover illustration by Brian Arthur Robins; photo by Sylvia Pitcher
Music Avenue CD 250167 design & layout by Didier Scohier
Blues Boulevard / Music Avenue 250288 cover illustration by Julia Michaud

notes by Mick Atherton

Red Lightnin' RL 0024 (UK 1979)

= Rockhouse LP-8008 (NL 1980)

= Rockhouse 67462 (Fr 1981)

notes by Mike Atherton
= Smokestack Lightning SLS 0174 (1982)

notes by Neil Slaven

(=) Sequel NEBCD 850 (UK 1996)

notes (February 2007) by Alfie Falckenbach

= Music Avenue CD 250167 (Belgium 2007) "Dirty Mother..."

notes by Alfie Falckenbach

= Blues Boulevard / Music Avenue 250288 (Be 2011) "Blue And Lonesome"

notes by Nick Dalton

= Angel Air SJPCD415 (UK 2013) "Chicago Blues from Islington Mews 1977"

Red Lightnin' Records discography

231979Chicago Blues - Live at the Fickle Pickle@ youtube (full album)

Johnny Jones & Willie Dixon
- Johnny's Boogie []
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Long Haired Doney
John Henry Barbee
- Baby I Need Your Love

Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- Sloppy Drunk
Blind James Brewer
- Big Road Blues
- See What Poor Kelly Done
Big Joe Williams
- Sugar Mama


Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- Early In The Morning #
Maxwell Street Jimmy
- Make Some Love To Me
- Smokestack Lightnin'

Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- My Little Machine #
John Henry Barbee
- Tell Me Baby

Billy Boy Arnold & Johnny Jones
- Going To The River #

[] rec. 1963 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; Willie Dixon, b

# rec. June 25, 1963 live at the Fickle Pickle, Chicago, IL by Norman Dayron; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Johnny Jones, p

notes by George Mitchell (May 1979) & Bruce Bastin

Flyright LP 549 (UK 1979)

Flyright Records discography

241979Eddie Taylor & Billy Boy Arnold

Eddie Taylor
- Train Fare
- Lookin' For Trouble
- I'm Gonna Love You
- Find My Baby
- Stroll Out West
- Leave This Neighborhood


Billy Boy Arnold
- I Was Fooled [Vee-Jay VJ 146]
- I Wish You Would [Vee-Jay VJ 146]
- Don't Stay Out All Night [Vee-Jay VJ 171]
- You Got Me Wrong [Vee-Jay VJ 192]
- My Heart Is Crying [Vee-Jay VJ 238]
- No, No, No, No [Vee Jay unissued]


Vee-Jay ULS-1911-JY (Jp 1979)

251979Billy Boy Arnold / Little Walter: SuperharpS

Billy Boy Arnold
- Catfish (Blues) #
- Just A Dream #

Little Walter
- Juke [Checker 758]
- Sad Hours [Checker 764]


# rec. October 6 & 7, 1977 at Pathway Studios, Islington, London, UK; remixed May 3 & 4, 1978 at Pathway; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Tony S. McPhee, g; Alan Fish, b; Wilgur [actually Wilgar] Campbell; prod. by Peter Shertser

7 inch EP

Red Lightnin' RLEP 0027 (UK 1979)

Red Lightnin' Records discography
Little Walter discography

261980Billy Boy Arnold: Crying & Pleading

- I Wish You Would [Vee-Jay VJ 146]
- I Was Fooled [Vee-Jay VJ 146]
- Don't Stay Out All Night [Vee-Jay VJ 171]
- I Ain't Got You [Vee-Jay VJ 171]
- Here's My Picture [Vee-Jay VJ 192]
- You Got Me Wrong [Vee-Jay VJ 192]

- My Heart Is Crying [Vee-Jay VJ 238]
- Kissing At Midnight [Vee-Jay VJ 238]
- Prisoner's Plea [Vee Jay 260]
- No, No, No, No, No [Vee-Jay ULS-1911-JY]
- Every Day, Every Night [Vee Jay unissued]
- Rockinitis [Vee Jay 260]

project coordinator: Alan Balfour

notes (12/1980) by Julio Finn

Charly CRB 1016 (UK 1980)


= Zafiro 30112722 (Sp 1991)

271983It's Great To Be Rich

Billy Boy Arnold and Tony McPhee
- It's Great To Be Rich #   @ youtube
Lester Davenport
- Lester's Comet   @ youtube
Good Rockin' Charles
- La Cucaracha   @ youtube   @ spotify

Bo Diddley
- Don't Know Where I've Been   @ youtube
Big John Trice
- Sweet Home Chicago   @ youtube


# Billy Boy Arnold rec. October 6 & 7, 1977 at Pathway Studios, Islington, London, UK; remixed May 3 & 4, 1978 at Pathway; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Tony S. McPhee, g; Alan Fish, b; Wilgur [actually Wilgar] Campbell; prod. by Peter Shertser
Bo Diddley rec. March 9, 1982 in London, UK
Good Rockin' Charles rec. August 8, 1981 at Radio Station WBEZ in Chicago, IL; Good Rockin' Charles, voc, hca; Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers, Illinois Slim (Tom Morris), g; Big John Trice, b; Steve Cushing, dr
Mad Dog Lester Davenport & Big John Trice rec. August 8, 1981 at Radio Station WBEZ, Chicago, IL

front cover artwork by Eureka Arts
liner photos by Axel Küstner, Dave Peabody & Liz P. Michael

12 inch LP

Red Lightnin' RLEP 0045 (UK 1983)

Red Lightnin' Records discography
Good Rockin' Charles discography
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers discography

281984Billy Boy Arnold: Ten Million Dollars

- Ten Million Dollars (7:18)
- I Wish You Would (3:10)
- Trust My Baby (6:36)
- My Babe (3:12)
- Just A Little Bit (3:45)

- Going Home (3:49)
- Yellow Roses From Texas (Just Love Wont Do) (4:14)
- Last Night (7:11)
- I Done Got Over It (4:12)
- Sugar Mama (4:16)

rec. December 15, 1984 at Sysmo Records Studio, Paris, France; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Saint James Bryant, p; Jimmy Johnson, g (left channel); John "Mad Dog" Watkins, g (right channel); Larry Exum, b; Fred Grady, dr

notes by Al Schubaro

Blue Phoenix 33.726 (Fr 1984)


= Evidence ECD 26061-2 (US 1995)

28a1988Bluesville Volume 2   Electric Blues

Eddie Kirkland - Train Done Gone
Homesick James - Homesick Blues
Memphis Slim - Rack 'em Back James
Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy Blues For John Glenn
Sonny Terry - My Baby Done Gone

Billy Boy Arnold - School Time
Lonnie Johnson - Big Leg Woman

King Curtis - I Have To Worry
Roosevelt Sykes - Calcutta
Eddie Kirkland - Down On My Knees
Buddy Lucas - Showdown
Lightnin' Hopkins - Devil Jumped The Black Man
Homesick James - Stones In My Passway
Jimmy Witherspoon - How Long, How Long Blues


Ace CDCH 250 bonus tracks:
Billy Boy Arnold - You Better Cut That Out
Roosevelt Sykes - Driving Wheel
Jimmy Witherspoon - It's A Lonesome Old World
Lonnie Johnson - Jelly Roll Baker


compiled by Ray Topping

notes (8-pp. booklet) by Tony Collins

Ace CH 250 (UK 1988)


= Ace CDCH 250 (UK 1988)

Bluesville Records discography
Homesick James discography
Lightning Hopkins discography
Lonnie Johnson discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography

291990Big Car Blues

John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom Boom Boom (2:31)
Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do (2:25)
Eddie Taylor - Leave This Neighborhood (2:29)
Pee Wee Crayton - I Love Her Still (2:41)
Sam "Lightning" Hopkins - Big Car Blues (4:36)


Billy Boy Arnold - Rockinitus (2:39)
Rosco Gordon - Jelly, Jelly (2:35)
John Lee Hooker - No Shoes (2:24)
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams & Sam "Lightning" Hopkins - Blues For Gamblers (6:59)
Jimmy Reed - You Got Me Dizzy (2:51)



Melodia M60 49375 004 (Russia 1990)

301993BILLY BOY ARNOLD / ESTHER PHILLIPS

Billy Boy Arnold
- Yellow Rose From Texas   @ youtube
Esther Phillips
- Nobody But You


7 inch 45 rpm, plain white sleeve

Shag Archive AR-109 (US 1993)

311993Billy Boy Arnold: Back Where I Belong

- I Wish You Would (3:39)
- Move On Down The Road (3:01)
- Fine Young Girl (5:03)
- You Got Me Wrong (3:42)
- Fool For You (3:32)
- Wandering Eye (4:20)
- Shake Your Hips (3:25)
- Whiskey, Beer, And Reefer (4:30)
- Prisoner's Plea (4:55)
- High Fashion Woman (3:19)
- Young And Evil (5:58)
- Shake The Boogie (2:42)
- Worried Life Blues (3:26)
- Streetwise Advisors (2:48)

rec. at Pacifica Studios, Culver City, CA; additional recording at Acme Studios, Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Zach Zunis, g; prod. by Randy Chortk
photography by Peter Amft

notes by Kirk Silsby

Alligator ALCD 4815 (US 1993)

321995Billy Boy Arnold: Eldorado Cadillac

- I Ain't Got You (3:15)
- Sunday Morning Blues (4:57)
- Don't Stay Out All Night (3:46)
- Lowdown Thing Or Two (4:31)
- Been Gone Too Long (2:52)
- Mama's Bitter Seed (3:11)
- Man Of Considerable Taste (4:31)
- How Long Can This Go On? (2:56)
- Too Many Old Flames (3:53)
- Slick Chick (4:11)
- It Should Have Been Me (3:28)
- Sunny Road (5:15)
- Loving Mother For You (8:43)

rec. at Chicago Trax, Chicago, IL; additional recording at Rax Trax, Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Carl "Sonny" Leyland, p; Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin, g (left channel); James Wheeler, g (right channel); Steve "Slash" Hunt, b; Chuck Cotton, dr; prod. by Billy Boy Arnold, Bruce Iglauer & Scott Dirks
photography by Paul Natkin

notes by Bruce Iglauer

Alligator ALCD 4836 (US 1995)

331995Testament Records Sampler

- Pet Cream Man - J.B. Hutto & The Hawks
- A Man For The Nation - John Lee Granderson
- Railroad Blues - The Chicago String Band
- Nobody Knows My Troubles - Otis Spann
- Jesus Is On The Mainline - Fred McDowell & The Hunter's Chapel Singers
- Peach Tree Blues - Eddie Taylor
- I'm Talking 'Bout You - Eddie Lee "Mustright" Jones
- Cat Squirrel - Dr. Isaiah Ross
- I'm Gettin' Tired - Robert Nighthawk
- Going Back To Texas - Jimmy Walker & His Western Stars/Erwin Helfer
- Black Mary - Ruby McCoy
- So Cold In Vietnam - Johnny Shines
- Titanic Blues - Bill Jackson
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - A Feeling / Johnny Turner & Blues With A Feeling
- All My Money Gone - Johnny Young
- One Thin Dime - Blind Connie Williams
- Goin' Down South - Fred McDowell
- I'm Going To Detroit - John Wrencher
- Annie Mae - Big Joe Williams
- My Babe - Napoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band
- Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues - Johnny Shines
- Dust My Broom - Johnny Littlejohn

- Pleading And Crying - Billy Boy Arnold

notes by Pete Welding

Testament TCD-4001 (US 1995)

Testament Records discography

33a1995Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson


CD 2
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman

- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam<
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll Your Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker


CD 3
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown


CD 4
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang


compiled by Les Fancourt

4 CD set with 44-pp. booklet

Charly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)

341997Harp Legends II

- Step Back Baby - King Biscuit Boy
- All My Money Gone - Paul Delay Band
- Boogie Thing - Muddy Waters Band
- Alcoholic Man - Carey Bell with Willie Williams

- Annie Lee - Billy Boy Arnold
- All Nite Long - Todd Sharpville (with Paul Lamb)
- Hound Dog - Big Walter Horton
- When You Get Rid Of My Mule - Mose Vinson (with Sonny Blake)
- Castin' My Spell - King Biscuit Boy
- Mean Mistreater - Big Walter Horton
- Pretty Baby - The Kingpins featuring Paul Orta
- Lester's Comet - Lester Davenport
- Down At The Grocery Stone - Jimmy Reed

- It Ain't Right - Martin Stone (with Billy Boy Arnold)
- Mean Old World - Little Walter
- John Henry - Big Walter Horton
- Lonesome For A Dime - Buster Benton (with Carey Bell)
- Everybody Needs Somebody - Charlie Musselwhite
- I Want To Be Loved - Paul Delay Band
- Bye Bye Bird - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]
- Let These Blues - Louisiana Red
- Shakey's Edmonton Blues - Big Walter Horton


notes by Michael Heatley

Catfish KATCD 105 (UK 1997)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

351998Down Home Harp

- Blue Mood - Big Walter Horton
- We All Got To Go - Billy Boy Arnold # [originally unissued]
- Billy Boy's Jump (instr) - Billy Boy Arnold # [Testament T-2218]
- Borrow Love And Go - James 'Bat' Robinson
- You Know I Love You - Big John Wrencher
- Thinkin' About Your Apples - Coot Venson
- Sweet Woman Blues - George Robertson
- Canadian Sunset - Harmonica Slim Willis Quartet
- Last Night Blues - Andrew Cauthen
- Blue As I Can Be - Willie Lee Harris
- Fox Chase - John Lee Henley
- Snake Hippin' - John Lee Henley
- Careless Love - John Lee Henley
- Sweet Little Woman - Robert Nighthawk With Little Walter
- Slow Train Through Arkansas - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle
- T-Model And The Train - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle
- Morning Rock - Coot Venson
- Blues For Illinois - Dr. Ross

- Mattie Mae - Billy Boy Arnold # [originally unissued]
- Where The Southern Crosses The Dog - Coot Venson
- Goin' Down To The Station - Andrew Cauthen
- Walter's Boogie - Big Walter Horton
- John Henry - James 'Bat' Robinson
- Baby, You Don't Have To Go - Johnny Young With Little Walter


# rec. April 15, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p

notes by Frank Scott

Testament TCD 6011 (US 1998)

= P-Vine PCD-5575 (Jp)

Testament Records discography

361999Billy Boy Arnold: Catfish

- Catfish [Red Lightnin' RLEP 0027]
- Tomorrow Night [Red Lightnin' RL 0014]
- Dirty Mother Fuyer [Red Lightnin' RL 0024]
- Annie Lee [Red Lightnin' RL 0014]
- 99 [Red Lightnin' RL 0024]
- Just Got To Know [Red Lightnin' RL 0024]
- She Fooled Me [Red Lightnin' RL 0033]
- Don't Stay Out All Night [Red Lightnin' RL 0024]
- Christmas Time [Red Lightnin' RL 0024]
- Ooh Wee [Red Lightnin' RL 0014]
- Eldorado Cadillac [Red Lightnin' RL 0024]
- Riding The El [Red Lightnin' RL 0024]
- Sinner's Prayer [Red Lightnin' RL 0014]
- It's Great To Be Rich [Red Lightnin' RLEP 12 0045]
- Mary Bernice [Red Lightnin' RL 0024]
- I Wish You Would [Red Lightnin' RL 0024]
- Just A Dream [Red Lightnin' RLEP 0027]
- Blue And Lonesome [Red Lightnin' RL 0024]

notes by Keith Briggs

Catfish KATCD 130 (UK 1999)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

371999Mississippi Heat: Handyman
with Billy Boy Arnold, Carl Weathersby, Zora Young

- One More Chance #
- Excuse Me
- Handyman
- These Men Look Good To Me
- Farewel to S.P. Leary
- Cornell Street Boogie

- Ghost Daddy # *
- Dog In My Back Yard
- Don't Cross Me

- It Hurts To Be Lonesome # *
- Payday
- Stay With Me §
- Johnny Boy
bonus tracks:
- Please Don't Cry
- Early Morning Blues


rec. April 5, 6 & 7, 1998 at Tone Zone Studio in Chicago, IL; Mississippi Heat: Pierre Lacocque, hca; Katherine Davis, voc; § Zora Young, voc; Barrelhouse Chuck Goering, p, org, voc; George Baze, g, voc; Carl Weathersy, g; Ike Anderson, b; Kenneth Smith, dr; Billy Boy Arnold, # voc, * hca


Van der Linden VDL103

= CrossCut CCD 11064 (Germany 2000) "10th Anniversary Edition"

382000Billy Boy Arnold Live At The Venue

- Night Before Last #
- It Ain't Right
- Catfish
- I Ain't Got You
- Dirty Motherfuyer
- Prisoner's Plea
- Mary Bernice
- Trust My Baby
- Ooh Wee
- Riding The El
- Me And Piney Brown
- Shake Your Boogie
- I Wish You Would
- Blues Before Sunrise

rec. Summer 1990 live at the Venue in London, UK; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Steve Darrington, el p; Martin Stone, g; Alan Fish, b; Wilgar Campbell, dr, # unknown MC, sp


Catfish KATCD 141 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

38a2000This Is The Blues Harmonica

Little Walter with Baby Face Leroy - Read Headed Woman (2:43)
Carey Bell - Deep Down South (2:27)
Mad Dog Lester Davenport with Willie Kent - Ain't It Nice (5:11)
Louis Myers - Top Of The Harp (3:31)
Hammie Nixon - New York City Blues (4:26)
Bonnie Lee - I Got The Blues About My Baby (6:34)
Harmonica George - Sputnik Music (2:13)
Little Sammy Davis - Hey Little Girl (4:45)
Big Walter Horton - Hard-Hearted Woman (alt tk) (3:05)
Lynwood Slim with Dave Specter - Hopeless (4:59)
Jimmy Burns - Shake Your Boogie (3:47)
Junior Wells - This Is The Blues (4:29) #
Golden "Big" Wheeler - Guilty (4:04)

Billy Boy Arnold - Streetwise Advisor (3:55)
Kim Wilson with Steve Freund - "C" For Chicago (4:09)

compiled by Scott Dirks
# September 23, 1965 in Chicago, IL by Stu Black; Junior Wells, voc, hca; "Friendly Chap" [Buddy Guy], g; Jack Meyers, b; Billy Warren, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester


Delmark DE-746 (US 2000)

392001Billy Boy Arnold: Boogie 'n' Shuffle

- Bad Luck Blues (3:20)
- Let's Work It Out (3:06)
- Just Got To Know (5:07)
- Greenville (4:36)
- Hello Stranger (2:50)
- Home In Your Heart (2:30)
- Blackjack (5:34)
- Boogie & Shuffle (6:21)
- Every Night, Every Day (3:46)
- Come Here Baby (3:45)
- Just Your Fool (3:58)
- Greenback (3:42)
bonus track:
- interview with Billy Boy Arnold (17:28)

rec. at Lakewest Studios, West Greenwich, RI; additional recording at Duke's Mood Room, Pawtucket, RI; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Doug James, 'Sax' Gordon Beadle, sax; Matt McCabe, p; Duke Robillard, g; John Packer, b; Jeffery McAllister, dr; prod. by Duke Robillard


Stony Plain SPCD 1266 (Ca 2001)

402005Billy Boy Arnold: Consolidated Mojo

- I'm A Man (3:37)
- Me And Piney Brown (3:27)
- Here's My Picture (2:34)
- Sonny Boy's Jump (2:31)
- I Ain't Got You (2:58)
- If You Would Just Let Me Love You (3:15)
- I Hear My Name Ringing (3:13)
- I Wish You Would (3:49)
- She Fooled Me (3:56)
- You Got Me Wrong (5:30)
- My Heart Is Crying (4:07)
- Prisoner's Plea (3:31)
- Low Down Blues (5:28)
- Dirty Muther Fuyer (4:20)

rec. October 1, 1992 at Dave Wellhausen Studios, San Francisco; William 'Billy Boy' Arnold, voc, hca; Tom Mahon, p; Rusty Zinn, g; Ronnie James Webber, b; Mark Bohn, dr; prod. by Mark Hummel

notes by Mark Hummel

Electro-Fi 3392 (Ca 2005)

412008Billy Boy Arnold Sings Sonny Boy

- $1,000 Dollar Bill (3:44)
- Love Me Baby (5:54)   @ youtube
- Mellow Chick Swing (2:19)
- New Jail House Blues (4:17)
- Around This Old Juke Tonight (2:46)
- Half-A-Pint (4:21)
- Polly Put The Kettle On (3:13)
- Decoration Day (5:43)
- Squeeze Me Tight (3:52)
- Black Gal Blues (4:42)
- Collector Man Blues (4:10)
- Rub-A-Dub (3:34)
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (5:40)
- Cut That Out (3:32)
- Sugar Mama (6:19)
- Tell Me Baby (2:37)
- Springtime Blues (3:28)

rec. November 1 & 2, 2007 at Vyner Road Studio, Toronto, Canada; Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca, g; Mel Brown, p, g; Billy Flynn, g, mand; Bob Stroger, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr; prod. by Alec Fraser & Andrew Galloway


Electro-Fi 3405 (Ca 2008)

422009Chicago Blues A Living History The (R)evolution Continues

CD 1:
- He's A Jelly Roll Baker - Billy Boy Arnold (3:15)
- I'll Be Up Again Someday - Billy Boy Arnold (3:12)
- She Don't Love Me That Way - Billy Boy Arnold (2:49)
- Canary Bird - John Primer (3:10)
- Chicago Bound - John Primer (2:50)
- Stockyard Blues - Lurrie Bell (3:59)
- Diamonds At Your Feet - Lurrie Bell (2:40)
- Rocket 88 - James Cotton, Billy Branch (3:36)
- Reelin' And Rockin' - John Primer (3:42)
- Medley: Mellow Down Easy / Bo Diddley - Billy Branch (5:36)


CD 2:
- First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy (5:56
- Keep A-Drivin' - Magic Slim (4:02)
- Easy Baby - Mike Avery (3:58)
- Howlin' For My Baby - John Primer (2:47)

- My Daily Wish - Billy Boy Arnold (3:02)
- Yonder Wall - Billy Branch (4:30)
- Be Careful How You Vote - Zora Young (3:16)
- Somebody Loan Me A Dime - Carlos Johnson (3:50)
- Got To Leave Chi-Town - Lurrie Bell (3:30)
- Don't Take Advantage Of Me - Ronnie Baker Brooks (4:25)
- Ain't Enough Comin' In - Carlos Johnson (4:09)
- Make These Blues Survive - Ronnie Baker Brooks (7:11)

- The Blues Had A Baby (And They Named It Rock And Roll) - Billy Boy Arnold, John Primer, Billy Branch, Lurrie Bell (3:12)

accompanied by the All-Star Chicago Veteran Band; prod. by Larry Skoller

2 CD set

Raisin Music RM1001 (NL 2009)


= Raisin Music RM1001 (NL 2011)

432012Billy Boy Arnold Sings Big Bill Broonzy

- Sweet Honey Bee (4:36)
- Going Back To Arkansas (3:30)
- Girl In The Valley aka Water Coast Blues (4:48)
- Key To The Highway (3:37)
- Looking Up At Down (4:26)
- Rider Rider Blues (4:16)
- Willie Mae Blues (3:29)
- Cell No. 13 Blues (3:47)
- I Want You By My Side (4:12)
- San Antonio Blues (2:49)
- Living On Easy Street (3:38)
- When I Get To Thinkin' (3:26)
- I Love My Whiskey (4:44)
- It Was Just A Dream (4:57)
- Just Got To Hold You Tight (2:26)

rec. February 21, 22, 23 and June 6, 2011 at Joyride Studios, Chicago, IL; William 'Billy Boy' Arnold, voc, hca; Eric Noden, ac g; Billy Flynn, el g, mand; Beau Sample, ac b; Rick Sherry, washb, perc, cl

notes by Bob Riesman

Electro-Fi 3430 (Ca 2012)

442014The Blues Soul of Billy Boy Arnold

- Coal Man
- I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
- You Give Me Nothing To Go On
- 99 Lbs
- A Mother's Prayer
- St. James Infirmary
- Don't Set Me Free
- What's On The Menu Mama
- Worried Dream
- Nadine (Is It You?)
- Work Song
- Dance For Me Baby
- Ain't That Just Like A Woman
- Keep On Rubbing

Billy Boy Arnold, voc, hca; Duke Robillard, g, backgr voc; Rich Lataille, as, ts; Mark Earley, ts, bs; Doug Woolverton, tp; Bruce Bears, p; Brad Hallen, ac b, el b; Mark Teixeira, dr, backgr voc; Jack Gauthier, Anita Suhanin, backgr voc

notes by Duke Robillard

Stony Plain CD321378 (Ca 2014)

452017Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

CD 1:
James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32)
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40)
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)
Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)
Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43)
St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50)
The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)


CD 2:
Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16)
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59)
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03)
Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52)
Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)
Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32)
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36)
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)


CD 3:
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04)
Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17)
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06)
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)

Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31)
Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)
Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11)
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)


CD 4:
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36)
John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06)
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45)
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09)
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41)
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37)

Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)


CD 5:
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)
John Brim -Go Away (2:45)
John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51)
Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31)
Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48)
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42)
Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40)
Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27)
Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)
John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)


88-pp. book by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)

467/2019Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 2 - Sweet Home Chicago
CD 1:
James Clark - Who But You (2:41)
Memphis Jimmy - Drifting (3:20)
Johnny Shines - Delta Pine Blues (3:03)
Johnny Shines - Ride, Ride Mama (2:55)
Johnny Shines - Evil-Hearted Woman Blues (2:50)
Homer Harris - I'm Gonna Cut Your Head (2:56)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:06)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Due Respects To You (3:27)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - No Special Rider Here (3:03)
'Blues Boy' Bill - "Little Boy" Blue (3:14)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (alt tk) (2:33)
James (Beal Street) Clark - Come To Me Baby (2:51)
James (Beal Street) Clark - You Can't Make The Grade (2:55)
Herman Ray - Xmas Blues (2:44)
Forest City Joe - Special Delivery Man (2:52)
Forest City Joe -. Shady Lane Woman (3:02)
Homer Harris - Atomic Bomb Blues (2:34)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:08)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Devilment On My Mind (2:57)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Homeless Blues (3:12)
Forest City Joe - Mean Mistreatin' Woman (2:52)
Forest City Joe - Lonesome Day Blues (2:51)
Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer (2:28)
Dirty Red - You Done Me Wrong (3:14)
Pete Franklin - Mr. Charley (3:10)
Big Bill Broonzy - Water Coast Blues (2:46)


CD 2:
Muddy Waters - Hard Days (2:41)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground (2:38
Floyd Jones - School Days (2:51
Tampa Red - Come On, If You're Coming (2:53)
Tampa Red - I'll Find My Way (2:39)
Johnny Temple - Between Midnight And Day (2:36)
Johnny Temple - Sit Right On It (2:22)
Jimmy Rogers - Hard Working Man (3:22)
Jimmy Rogers - My Little Machine (3:12)
Jimmy Rogers - Crying Shame (2:50)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Glory For Man (2:30)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - My Daily Wish (2:43)
Howling Wolf - How Many More Years (alt tk) (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Just My Kind (2:53)
Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart (2:37)
Memphis Minnie - Lake Michigan (3:00)
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur (alt tk) (2:54)
Muddy Waters - Lonesome Day (3:32)
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:52)
Blue Smitty - Crying (2:45)
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movement (3:27)
Memphis Minnie - In Love Again (2:32)
Memphis Minnie - What A Night (3:00)
Rocky Fuller - Funeral Hearse At My Door (3:17)
Little Walter - Driftin' (alt tk) (3:09)
Little Walter - Off The Wall (alt tk) (2:59)


CD 3:
Honey Boy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (tk 2) (3:03)
Honey Boy Edwards - Drop Down Mama (2:39)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (tk 4) (2:34)
Big Boy Spires - My Baby Left Me (2:36)
Little Walter - That's It (3:14)
Little Walter - That's It (edited) (2:47)
Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling (alt tk) (2:57)
Elmore James - I See My Baby (3:07)
Elmore James - Country Boogie (2:43)
Lazy Bill - I Had A Dream (alt tk) (2:57)
Lazy Bill - She Got Me Walkin' (alt tk) (3:08)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (alt tk) (2:41)
Albert King - Hand Me Down (Sweet Woman) (2:58)
Albert King - Murder (2:59)
Morris Pejoe - Untitled Instrumental (2:23)
Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings (2:55)
Homesick James - Lonesome Blues (2:23)
Homesick James - 12th St Station (2:44)
Homesick James - Long Lonesome Days (2:26)
Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball (3:12)
Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk) (2:48)
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
Otis Spann - Five Spot (2:45)
Little Walter - I Love You So (Oh Baby) (2:35)
Little Walter - Last Night (first tk) (2:56)
Henry Gray - Goodbye Baby (3:19)
Henry Gray - You Messed Up (2:53)


CD 4:
Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours (3:06)
Chuck Berry - No Money Down (3:00)
Chuck Berry - I've Changed (3:07)

Billy Boy Arnold - I Was Fooled (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night (2:54)
Bo Diddley - Little Girl (alt tk) (2:38)
Bo Diddley - I'm A Man (alt tk) (3:08)
Bo Diddley - You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (2:50)
Henry Gray - Watch Yourself (2:45)
Henry Gray - That Ain't Right (2:29)
Muddy Waters - This Pain (3:10)
Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (alt tk) (2:46)
Little Walter - Little Girl (3:07)
Little Walter - Temperature (first tk) (2:02)
Dusty Brown - Hurry Home (2:45)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Evening Everybody (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Have You Ever Been In Love (2:55)
Herby Joe - Smokestack Lightning (2:53)
Herby Joe - Dreamed (Last Night) (2:28)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - I Need You Pretty Baby For My Own (2:47)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - Blues King Mango (2:26)
Po Joe Williams - Goin' Back (2:53)
Po Joe Williams - My Baby Left (2:37)

Billy Boy Arnold - You Got Me Wrong (2:41)
Billy Boy Arnold - My Heart Is Crying (2:12)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Like Wolf (2:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - This Is My Apartment (2:41)


CD 5:
Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Ruin You (first tk) (2:49)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (2:41)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (2:59)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Hurts Me So Much (tk 2) (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alt tk) (3:01)
Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door (2:39)
G. "Davy" Crockett - Look Out Mable (2:25)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (alt tk) (3:14)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (alt tk) (3:12)
Jimmy Reed - Signals Of Love (alt tk) (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Well You Know (I Love You) (2:48)
Freddie Hall - I Love This Carrying On (2:43)
Freddie Hall - She's A Upsetter (2:35)
Little Mack Simmons - My Walking Blues (3:12)
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back (2:35)
Eddie Boyd - Nothing But Trouble (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Her Picture In The Frame (3:28)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (3:05)
Elmore James - I Can't Hold Out (2:18)
Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Mr Airplane Man (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Little Baby (2:45)
Hound Dog Taylor - Baby's Coming Home (2:38)
Hound Dog Taylor - Five, Take Five (2:05)
Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It (2:31)
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:40)
Slim Willis - Running Around (2:55)
Slim Willis - No Feeling For You (3:02)


essay by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 37-38
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 23
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 19-20, 52, 127
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 102-103
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 22-23
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 35-36
- http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/cool.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Robert Riesman, Bruce Roberts, Johnny Alrxander, Lex Jansen, Benoît Brière and Gerrit Robs for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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