Illustrated Charles Avery discography

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Charles Avery
apparently Charles Anderson Avery
b. February 5, 1892 in Brighton, Jefferson County, Alabama
in 1942 he was teaching at Crane High School, Chicago
d. September 11, 1974¹⁾ in Chicago, Illinois (?)
buried at Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois¹⁾
discography

¹⁾ source: www.findagrave.com

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm*
		- Mean Man Blues (C-3312-B) - Worried Mind Blues (C-3313-B) rec. April 18, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Lil Johnson [Liza Johnson], voc; Charles Avery, p; unknown, g Vocalion unissued
1	1929	Lil Johnson - Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Do (C-3355- ) @ youtube - You'll Never Miss Your Jelly Till Your Jelly Roller's Gone (C-3356- ) @ youtube rec. April , 1929 in Chicago, IL; Lil Johnson, voc; Charles Avery, p; unknown, g Vocalion 1299 = Supertone S2256
		- Rock That Thing (C-3738-B) rec. June 27, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Lil Johnson, voc; Charles Avery, p Vocalion unissued
2	1929	Lil Johnson - House Rent Scuffle (C-3749- ) # @ youtube - Rock That Thing (C-3895- ) * @ youtube # rec. June 27, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Lil Johnson, voc; Charles Avery, p; Tampa Red, g * rec. July 16, 1929 in Chicago, IL; Lil Johnson, voc; Charles Avery, p Vocalion 1410
3	1929	Meade Lux Lewis / Charles Avery Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues (20246-2) # Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown (21438-2) * @ youtube # rec. c. December 1927 in Chicago, IL; Meade Lux Lewis, p solo * rec. c. October 1929 in Chicago, IL; Charles Avery, p solo Paramount 12896 = Broadway 5063 (as by Hatch Seward [Lewis] resp. Billie Barnes [Avery])
		- Dear Born Street Stomp (21438-1) rec. c. October 1929 in Chicago, IL; Charles Avery, p solo Paramount unissued Third Man / Revenant TMR204 (USB-stick) (from a test pressing)
		- Dirty No Gooder (C-5353-B) rec. February 1, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Freddie 'Redd' Nicholson, voc; Charles Avery, p Brunswick unissued
		- 63rd Street Stomp (C5354-B) rec. February 1, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Charles Avery, p solo Vocalion unissued
4	1930	LUCILLE BOGAN - My Georgia Grind (C-5547- ) @ youtube - Whiskey Selling Woman (C-5548- ) @ youtube rec. late March 1930 in Chicago, IL; Lucille Bogan, voc; Charles Avery, p Brunswick 7145
5	1930	FREDDIE 'REDD' NICHOLSON - Dirty No Gooder (C-5560- ) @ youtube - You Gonna Miss Me Blues (C-5561- ) @ youtube rec. February 1, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Freddie 'Redd' Nicholson, voc; Charles Avery, p Brunswick 7152
6	1930	LUCILLE BOGAN - They Ain't Walking No More (C-5549- 9) @ youtube - Dirty Treatin' Blues (C-5550- 9) @ youtube rec. late March 1930 in Chicago, IL; Lucille Bogan, voc; Charles Avery, p Brunswick 7163
6a	1930	'SPIDER' CARTER / ELL-ZEE FLOYD - Dry Spell Blues (C-6097-A) # @ youtube - Snow Bound And Blue (C-6166-A) @ youtube # rec. September 13, 1930 Chicago, IL; 'Spider' Carter (J.D. Short?), voc; unknown [Charles Avery], p * rec. September 19, 1930 Chicago, IL; Ell-Zee Floyd [L.C. Floyd] (J.D. Short?), voc; unknown [Charles Avery], p Brunswick 7181 J.D. Short discography
7	1930	FREDDIE 'REDD' NICHOLSON - I Ain't Sleepy (C-6063- ) @ youtube - Freddie's Got The Blues (C-6064- ) @ youtube rec. August 1, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Freddie 'Redd' Nicholson, voc; Charles Avery, p Brunswick 7204
8	4/1931	LUCILLE BOGAN - Sloppy Drunk Blues (C-5562-A) @ youtube - Alley Boogie (C-6653-A) @ youtube rec. late March 1930 in Chicago, IL; Lucille Bogan, voc; Charles Avery, p Brunswick 7210 (US 4/1931) = Banner 32390 = Melotone M12484 = Oriole 8122 = Perfect 198 = Romeo 5122 = Conqueror 7989 (all but original Brunswick release as by Bessie Jackson)
9	1930	Freddie 'Redd' Nicholson / Judson Brown Freddie 'Redd' Nicholson - Tee Roller's Rub (C-5356-A) # @ youtube Judson Brown - You Don't Know My Mind Blues (C-4487-A) # rec. February 1, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Freddie 'Redd' Nicholson, voc; Charles Avery, p * rec. May 13, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Judson Brown, voc, p Brunswick 7220 (US 1930)
10	1931	Victoria Spivey - Nebraska Blues (VO-147- ) # @ youtube - He Wants Too Much (VO-148- ) * @ youtube rec. March 20, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Victoria Spivey, voc; # poss. Charles Avery, p; * Georgia Tom Dorsey, p; * prob. Tampa Red, g Vocalion 1606 (US 1931)
		- Detroit Special (90297- ) - Long Ago Blues (90298- ) - Grand Trunk Blues (90299- ) - Slave Man Blues (90300- ) rec. September 4, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Red Nelson (Wilborn), voc; Charles Avery, p; poss. Willie Bee James, g Decca unissued Red Nelson discography
11	1935	RED NELSON - Grand Trunk Blues (90465-A) @ youtube - Slave Man Blues (90466-A) rec. November 20, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Red Nelson, voc, poss. g; Charles Avery, p Decca 7136 Red Nelson discography
12	1935	RED NELSON - Detroit Special (90468-A) - Long Ago Blues (90467-A) rec. November 20, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Red Nelson, voc, poss. g; Charles Avery, p Decca 7154 Red Nelson discography
*LP / CD compilations*
13	1955	Pioneers of Boogie Woogie Volume 2 Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown Jabo Williams - Polack Blues - Fat Mama Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Chimes Blues Henry Brown - Eastern Chimes Blues - Deep Morgan Blues Charlie Spand - Mississippi Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag prod. by Bill Grauer 10 inch LP notes by Orrin Keepnews Riverside RLP 1034 (US 1954) 10 inch LP notes by Orrin Keepnews = London AL 3537 (UK 11/1954) London Records discography Jabo Williams discography Henry Brown discography Charlie Spand discography
14	1964	Honky Tonk Train Cow Cow Davenport - Chimes Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Will Ezell - Barrel House Woman Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown Blind Boy Garnett - Chain 'em Down Wesley Wallace - No. 29 Jabo Williams - Jab Blues Will Ezell - Heifer Dust Cow Cow Davenport - Slow Drag - Atlanta Rag Blind Boy Garnett - Louisiana Glide Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Blues - Eastern Chimes Blues Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues booklet notes by H.R.R. [Hans R. Rookmaaker] Riverside RM/RLP 8806 = Pierre Cardin presente PC 93.509 (Fr 1975) = Mercury 6332 989 (Fr) = BASF 10 29846-9 (Fr) = Music Parade LEL 189 = Classic Jazz Masters 88503 (NL) = Classic Jazz Masters 22026 (Germany)
15	1966	Rare Blues Of The Twenties No. 2 Iva Smith - Third Alley Blues - Sad And Blue Memphis Minnie - I'm Talking About You No. 1 - I'm Talking About You No. 2 Lil Johnson - You'll Never Miss Your Jelly # - Never Let Your Left Hand Know # St. Louis Bessie - Sugar Man Blues - part 1 St. Louis Bessie - Sugar Man Blues - part 2 Hound Head Henry - My Silver Dollar Mama - Low Down Hound Blues Jean Campbell - Wandering Blues - Robbin and Stealing Blues Jake Jones with Gold Front Boys - Southern Sea Blues - Monkeyin' Around # with Charles Avery, p Historical ASC-2 (No. 2) notes (review) by Stanley Dance = Historical ASC-5829-2 notes (review) by Stanley Dance = Historical HLP-2 (Vol. 2) Historical Records discography
16	1968	Lucille Bogan and Walter Roland (1930-1935) Alabama Blues - My Georgia Grind - Sloppy Drunk Blues # - Alley Boogie # - T & N O Blues - You Got To Die Some Day - Lonesome Midnight Blues - My Man Is Boogan Me - Pig Iron Sally - Tired As I Can Be - Reckless Woman - Down In Boogie Alley - Man Stealer Blues - Stew Meat Blues - Skin Game Blues # with Charles Avery, p Roots RL-317 (Austria 1968) Roots RL-317 (Austria 19??) = autogram/Roots RL-317 (Germany 2011) Roots Records discography
17	1969	Bessie Jackson and Walter Roland 1927-1935 Jolly Two - Guitar Stomp Bessie Jackson - Sweet Patunis - Baking Powder Blues - Barbecue Bess Walter Roland - Jookit Jookit - T Model Blues - Early This Morning No. 2 Jolly Two - Railroad Stomp Bessie Jackson - Levee Blues - Jump Steady Daddy Walter Roland - Penniless Blues Bessie Jackson - Jim Tampa Blues Walter Roland - Big Mama Bessie Jackson - They Ain't Walkin' No More # # with Charles Avery, p notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1017 (US 1969) notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart = Yazoo L-1017 (US 19??) = Yazoo CD 1017 YAZ (US 1992) Yazoo Records discography
18	1969	Boogie Woogie Rarities 1927-1932 Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues [original version] - Molasses Sopper Blues [accompanying George Hannah] Wesley Wallace - Number 29 Blind Leroy Garnet - Chain 'em Down Cripple Clarence Lofton - On The Wall [accompanying Louise Johnson] Will Ezell - Playing The Dozens - Just Can't Stay Here Charlie Spand - Hastings Street (with Blind Blake) - Levee Camp Man Jabo Williams - Jab Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Chimes Blues - New Cow Cow Blues (with B.T. Wingfield) Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown notes by Mait Edey Milestone MLP 2009 Milestone Records discography
19	1973	Tampa Red: Bottleneck Guitar 1928-1937 Frankie Jaxon - It's Heated Tampa Red - You Got To Reap What You Sow Tampa Red - What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy - Black Eye Blues (20898-1) Tampa Red - The Duck Yas Yas Yas Madlyn Davis - It's Red Hot Georgia Tom - If You Want Me To Love You Tampa Red - No Matter How She Done It Tampa Red - Through Train Blues Tampa Red - Seminole Blues Madlyn Davis - Too Black Bad Tampa Red - Come On Mama Do That Dance Tampa Red - Denver Blues Lil Johnson - House Rent Scuffle # # with Charles Avery, p notes by John Miller Yazoo L-1039 Yazoo Records discography
20	1975?	Blues & Boogie Vol. 1 1928-1936 Coletha Simpson - Riverside Blues (C-3225- ) Robert Peeples - Mama's Boy (L-191-2) Kingfish Bill Tomlin - Dupree Blues (L-618-2) - Mean And Unkind Blues (L-621-1) Alura Mack - Monkey blues (16862-B) Nolan Welsh - Chicago Women Blues (21009-2) Jabo Williams - Ko Ko Mo Blues - part 1 (L-1401-2) Pretty Boy Walker - Hog-Love Blues (11486-A) Tampa Red - Black Hearted Blues (C-5563 1/2- ) Freddie "Redd" Nicholson - Freddie's Got The Blues (C-6064- ) # John Oscar - Other Man Blues (C-9401-A) Kansas City Kitty - Christmas Morning Blues (80958-1) - Double Trouble Blues (80959-1) Walter Roland - House Lady Blues (13593-2) Eddie Miller - Whoopie (C-1666-2) Monkey Joe - Gonna Beat It Back To Memphis, Tennessee (94415-1) # with Charles Avery, p Whoopee 103 (Switzerland 1975?) Whoopee Records discography
21	1977	Paramount 1929-1930 'whip it to a jelly' (The Piano Blues Vol. 1) Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues - Mississippi Blues Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down - Louisiana Glide Little Brother - No Special Rider - Vicksburg Blues Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues - No. 29 Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars - All Night Long Blues Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie - Heifer Dust Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Blind Blake / Spand - Hastings St. foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4401 Magpie PYCD 01 (UK 1990) (four add'l tracks) Magpie Records discography
22	1977	Brunswick 1928-1930 'nothing but a worried mind' (The Piano Blues Vol. 2) Lucille Bogan - Alley Boogie # - New Way Blues # 'Speck' Pertum - Gamblers Blues - Weak Eyed Blues - Harvest Moon John Oscar - Whoopee Mama Blues Freddie Nicholson - You Gonna Miss Me Blues - Freddie's Got The Blues Eddie Miller - Freight Train Blues - Good Jelly Blues - School Day Blues Shorty George - Jones Law Blues Bob Call - 31 Blues Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks Mary Johnson - Dawn Of Day Blues Mozelle Alderson - Tight In Chicago # with Charles Avery, p notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4402 (UK 1977) Magpie Records discography
23	1977	Vocalion 1928-1930 'shake your wicked knees' (The Piano Blues Vol. 3) Cow Cow Davenport - Back In The Alley Bert M. Mays - Michigan River Blues Joe Dean - I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today Lee Green - Memphis Fives Jim Clarke - Fat Fanny Stomp Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues Romeo Nelson - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing Dan Stewart - New Orleans Blues Lil Johnson - House Rent Scuffle # Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks Tampa Red - Black Hearted Blues Pinetop Smith - Jump Steady Blues Joe Dean - Mexico Bound Blues Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Cow Cow Davenport - Texas Shout Montana Taylor & The Jazoo Boys - Whoop And Holler Stomp # with Charles Avery, p foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4403 (UK 1977) = Magpie PYCD 03 Magpie Records discography
24	1977	Blues Of The Twenties Cow Cow Davenport - Chimes Blues - Slow Drag - Atlanta Rag Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown Hokum Boys and Jane Lucas - Hip Shakin' Strut Georgia Tom - Been Mistreated Blues Jane Lucas with Georgia Tom & Big Bill Broonzy - Double, Trouble Blues - Leave My Man Alone Ma Rainey - Lost Wandering Blues - Dream Blues - South Bound Blues - Lawd, Send Me A Man Blues compiled by Rolf Enoch; tracks from Riverside RM 8803, RM 8806, and RM 8807 respectively, that were excluded from their "Jazz Story" counterparts, Blues Story 40.001, 40.003, and 40.005 notes by Michael Henkels Metronome Blues Story 40.032
25	1980	Lucille Bogan: Women Won't Need No Men - Lonesome Daddy Blues - Kind Stella Blues - War Time Man Blues - Cravin' Whiskey Blues - Nice And Kind Blues - Women Won't Need No Men' - Whiskey Selling Woman # - Dirty Treatin' Blues # - Red Cross Man - My Baby Come Back - Forty-Two Hundred Blues - Walkin' Blues - Grocieries On The Shelf - Roll And Rattler - Mean Twister - That's What My Baby Likes # with Charles Avery, p notes by Guido van Rijn and Hans Vergeer Agram AB 2005 (NL 1980)
26	1983	Boogie Blues Women Sing & Play Boogie Woogie Lil Armstrong - Original Boogie Georgia White - Territory Blues Helen Humes - Be Ba Ba Le Ba Boogie Lucille Bogan - Alley Boogie # Hazel Scott - Brown Bee Boogie Merline Johnson - Want To Woogie Some More Sweet Georgia Brown - The Low Down Lonely Blues Gladys Bentley - Before Midnight Dorothy Donegan - Piano Boogie Christine Chatman - The Boogie Woogie Girl Ella Fitzgerald - Cow Cow Boogie Memphis Minnie - Shout The Boogie Hadda Brooks - Bully Wully Boogie Myrtle Jenkins & Bumble Bee Slim - When Somebody Loses Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happening Every Day Mary Lou Williams - Boogie Misterioso # with Charles Avery, p Rosetta RR 1309 Rosetta Records discography
27	1984	Barrelhouse Women 1925-1933 'play it for your mama' (The Piano Blues Vol. 19) Davenport & Smith - State Street Jive Doretha Trowbridge - Slavin' Mama Blues Margaret Thornton - Texas Bound Blues Elzadie Robinson - St. Louis Cyclone - The Santa Claus Crave Mary Johnson - Mean Black Man Blues - Black Men Blues - Morning Sun Blues Lucille Bogan - Coffee Grindin' Blues Margaret Whitmire - That Thing Ida May Mack - Good-Bye Rider Lillian Miller - Kitchen Blues Alderson & Beck - State Street Special Evelyn Brickey - Down In The Valley Blues Elizabeth Washington - Riot Call Blues Lil Johnson - Never Miss Your Jelly # # with Charles Avery, p foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4419 Magpie Records discography
28	1984	The Pioneers of Boogie Woogie Original Masterpieces Vol. 1 Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Blues Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Pine Top Smith - Jump Steady Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Cripple Clarence Lofton - In The Morning Speckled Red - Jim Jackson's Jamboree Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special Jimmy Yancey - White Sox Stomp Jimmy Yancey - The Fives Jimmy Yancey - South Side Stuff Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown Joker SM 4081 (It 1984) 6 LP set (=) Joker SM 9416 (It) (boxed set of Joker SM 4081 to SM 4086)
29	1988	Piano Blues & Boogie Woogie 1929-1935 Lil Johnson - Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Do # - You'll Never Miss Your Jelly Till Your Jelly Roller's Gone # - House Rent Scuffle # - Rock That Thing # Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown Freddie 'Redd' Nicholson - Tee Roller's Rub # - Dirty No Gooder # - You Gonna Miss Me Blues # - I Ain't Sleepy # - Freddie's Got The Blues # 'Jabo' Williams - Ko Ko Mo Blues - part 1 - Ko Ko Mo Blues - part 2 - House Lady Blues - Jab Blues - My Woman Blues - Polock Blues - Pratt City Blues - Fat Mama Blues # with Charles Avery, p RST BD 2034 RST Blues Documents discography
30	1988	Red Nelson 1935-1938 - Long Ago Blues # - Detroit Special # - What A Time I'm Havin' - Empty Bed Blues - Gravel In My Bed - Gambling Man - The Girl I Left Behind - Who Put This Jinx On Me - Eva Mae Blues - Working Man Blues - Relief Blues - Back Home - Jailhouse Blues - Black Gal Stomp - Woman Friend Blues - Huntsman Blues - Chills And Fever - Prowling Groundhog No. 2 - Don't Tear My Clothes No. 3 # with Charles Avery, p Document DLP 545 (Austria 1988) Document Records discography
31	1989	Boogie Woogie Masterpieces Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive Pinetop Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Wesley Wallace - No. 29 Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Count Basie Quintet - Boogie Woogie Count Basie - Boogie Woogie Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy Pete Johnson - Roll 'em Pete Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Stomp Big Maceo - Chicago Breakdown Joe Hunter - Nasty Neighbourhood Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Pete Johnson - Dive Bomber notes by Kurt Mohr Official 3031 (Denmark 1989) (=) Official CD 83031
32	1989?	Lucille Bogan 1923-1935 - Chirpin' The Blues - Triflin' Blues - Don't Mean You No Good Blues - Doggone Wicked Blues - My Georgia Grind # - Sloppy Drunk Blues # - Alley Boogie # - T & N.O. Blues - You Got To Die Some Day - Lonesome Midnight Blues - My Man Is Boogan Me - Pig Iron Sally - Tired As I Can Be - Sweet Man,Sweet Man - Reckless Woman - Shave 'em Dry Take 2 - Man Stealer Blues - Skin Game Blues # with Charles Avery, p Best of Blues BOB 17 Wolf B.o.B. discography
32a	1990	Paramount Vol. 1 1928-1932 The Piano Blues series Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down Little Brother - No Special Rider Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide Blind Blake / Charlie Spand - Hastings St. Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay 'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown Charlie Spand - Mississippi Blues Will Ezell - Heifer Dust Little Brother - Vicksburg Blues Wesley Wallace - No. 29 James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues Magpie PY 4401 + four tracks from Magpie PY 4420 notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PYCD 01 Magpie Records discography
33	1990	Victoria Spivey 1926-1931 - Santa Fe Blues - Steady Grind - Idle Hour Blues - No. 12 Let Me Roam - T-b Blues - Garter Snake Blues - Christmas Morning Blues - Blood Thirsty Blues - Nightmare Blues - Your Worries Ain't Like Mine - A Good Man Is Hard To Find - My Handy Man - Organ Grinder Blues - Mosquito, Fly And Flea - Lonesome With The Blues - Showered With The Blues - Nebraska Blues # # with Charles Avery, p Document DLP 590 Document Records discography
34	1991	The Paramount Piano Blues Vol. 1 1928-1932 - Evil Woman Blues - James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues - James Wiggins - Chain 'Em Down - James Wiggins - Lousianna Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett - Mississippi Blues - Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues - Charlie Spand - Hastings Street - Charlie Spand - Pitchin' Boogie - Baby Jay - Heifer Dust - William Ezell - Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown - Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark - Dearborn St. Breakdown - Charles Avery - All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery< - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery< - Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James - Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams Black Swan HCD-11
35	1992	Boogie Woogie & Barrelhouse Piano Vol. 1 1928-1932 Pine Top Smith - Pine Top Blues (tk A) - Pine Top Blues (tk B) - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (tk A) - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie(tk B) - I Got More Sense Than That - I'm Sober Now - Big Boy They Can't Do That - Jump Steady Blues (tk A) - Jump Steady Blues (tk B) - Ain't Got Nothin' At All - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown Freddie 'Redd' Nicholson - Tee Roller's Rub - Dirty No Gooder - You Gonna Miss Me Blues - I Ain't Sleepy - Freddie's Got The Blues 'Jabo' Williams - Ko Ko Mo Blues - part 1 - Ko Mo Blues - part 2 - House Lady Blues - Jab Blues - My Woman Blues - Polock Blues - Pratt City Blues - Fat Mama Blues Document DOCD 5102
36	1993	Lucille Bogan Vol. 1 1923-1930 - The Pawn Shop Blues - Lonesome Daddy Blues - Chirpin' The Blues - Triflin' Blues - Don't Mean You No Good Blues - Sweet Patunia - Levee Blues - Kind Stella Blues - Jim Tampa Blues - War Time Man Blues - Cravin' Whiskey Blues - Nice And Kind Blues - Women Won't Need No Men - Doggone Wicked Blues - Oklahoma Man Blues - New Way Blues - Pay Roll Blues - Coffee Grindin' Blues - Pot Hound Blues - My Georgia Grind # - Whiskey Selling Woman # # with Charles Avery, p notes by Keith Briggs Document BDCD 6036
37	1993	Lucille Bogan Vol. 2 1930-1933 - They Ain't Walking No More # - Dirty Treatin' Blues # - Sloppy Drunk Blues # - Alley Boogie # - Crawlin' Lizard Blues - Struttin' My Stuff - Black Angel Blues - Tricks Ain't Walking No More - Red Cross Man - T & N O Blues - My Baby Come Back - Forty-Two Hundred Blues - Walkin' Blues - House Top Blues - Baking Powder Blues - Groceries On The Shelf - Seaboard Blues - Roll And Rattler - Superstitious Blues - Mean Twister - Troubled Mind - New Muscle Shoals Blues # with Charles Avery, p notes by Keith Briggs Document BDCD 6037
38	1995	Lil Johnson Vol. 1 1929-1936 - Minor Blues - Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Do # - You'll Never Miss Your Jelly Till Your Jelly Roller's Gone # - House Rent Scuffle # - Rock That Thing # - Get 'em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Anybody Want To Buy My Cabbage? - Shake Man Blues - Evil Man Blues - Keep On Knocking - I Lost My Baby - If You Can Dish It (I Can Take It) - I'm Bettin' On You - Press My Button (Ring My Bell) - Take It Easy Greasy - You Can't Bet On Love - That Bonus Done Gone Thru (tk 1) - That Bonus Done Gone Thru (tk 2) - Winner Joe (The Knock-out King) - Get 'em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) (C-1287) - Get 'em From The Peanut Man (The New Hot Nuts) (C-1288-1) - Sam The Hot Dog Man - Rug Cutter's Function - Honey You're So Good To Me # with Charles Avery, p notes by Howard Rye Document DOCD 5307
39	1995	Victoria Spivey Vol. 3 1929-1936 Victoria Spivey - Blood Hound Blues - Dirty T.B. Blues - Moaning The Blues - Telephoning The Blues - New York Blues - Lonesome With The Blues - Showered With The Blues - Haunted By The Blues Victoria Spivey and Porter Grainger (vocal duet) - You've Gotta Have What It Takes - part 1 - You've Gotta Have What It Take - part 2 - Baulin' Water Blues - part 1 - Baulin' Water Blues - part 2 Magnolia Harris (prob. Victoria Spivey; J.T. "Funny Paper" Smith) - Mama's Quittin' And Leavin' - part 1 - Mama's Quittin' And Leavin' - part 2 Victoria Spivey - Nebraska Blues - He Wants Too Much - Low Down Man Blues - Don't Trust Nobody Blues - Dreaming 'bout My Man - Sweet Pease - Black Snake Swing - I'll Never Fall In Love Again - TB's Got Me notes by Chris Smith Document DOCD 5318
40	1998	Shake Your Wicked Knees - Rent Parties And Good Times Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps 1928-43 - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith - Pine Top's Blues - Pine Top Smith - Back In The Alley - Cow Cow Davenport - I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean - Pitchin' Boogie - Will Ezell - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery - Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - Hip Shakin' Strut - Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas - House Rent Scuffle - Lil Johnson # - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - Romeo Nelson - Jump Steady Blues - Pine Top Smith - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor - Whoop And Holler Stomp - Montana Taylor # - I'm Sober Now - Pine Top Smith - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor - Stomp 'em Down To The Bricks - Henry Brown - Hokum Stomp - Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas - Jimmy's Rocks - Jimmy Yancey - Mooch Piddle - Cow Cow Davenport # - Tight Whoopee - Mozelle Alderson prod. by Francis Wilford-Smith remastered by Richard Nevins, # John R. T. Davies notes by Bob Hall Yazoo CD 2035 (US 1998) Yazoo Records discography
41	2001	Piano Blues - The Essential disc 1: - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Trenches - Turner Parrish - Ain't It A Shame - Leroy Carr - Big Mama - Walter Roland - 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Flying Crow Blues - Black Ivory King - I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Rocks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) - Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown - Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke - Playing The Dozen - Will Ezell - Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James - Black Gal Makes Thunder - Rudy Foster - All Night Long - Louise Johnson - Whoopie - Eddie Miller - Pine Tops Boogie - Pine Top Smith - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red disc 2: - I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Think You Need A Shot - Walter Davis - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow (Charles) Davenport - Keep A-knocking An You Can't Get In - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - 31 Blues - Bob Call - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard - Joe Pullum - Joe Louis Strut - Memphis Minnie - Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery - Lonesome Man Blues - Sylvester Palmer - East Chicago Blues - Sparks Brothers - Pratt City Blues - 'Jabo' Williams - Shack Bully Stomp - 'Jabo' Williams - Soon This Morning - Charlie Spand - 5 O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor compiled by Paul Swinton double CD notes by Gary Atkinson Document CBL-200004
42	2014	Paramount No. 2 The Rise and Fall of Paramount 1928 - 1932 Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown [Paramount 12896] - Dear Born Street Stomp [Paramount unissued] 800 newly-remastered digital tracks, representing 175 artists 6 LPs, USB-stick Third Man / Revenant TMR204 (US 2014)
I herewith confess that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation containing a Charles Avery track (be it as main artist or as accompanist) !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 29, 88; 112, 455, 679; 744-745, 855
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 43
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 106
- www.findagrave.com
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to David J. Costa, Allen Reed, Paul Vernon, Peter Brown and Michael Hortig for additional info / scans

photo above of a barrelhouse piano player taken in Minglewood, TN in 1920
(Special Collections Photograph Archives of the University of Louisville)
source: Front cover of Document DOCD-5103
click to enlarge!