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Boulevard Vintage
'Down Home Blues Classics'
series
discography

#
year of
release
title / notes
1003
(2004)
Down Home Blues Classics 1943-1953

disc 1
- Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith
- Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Hobo - J.D. Edwards
- Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams
- Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin
- Alley Special - Wright Holmes
- Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson
- Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat
- Angel Chile - Andy Thomas
- Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter
- Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper
- Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles
- No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson
- Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane
- Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck
- Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix
- Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James
- Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker
- Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore
- Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson
- Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols
- Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston
- Take It Easy - Nat Terry
- Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham

disc 2
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Hard Times - Floyd Jones
- Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell
- Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard
- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren
- Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns
- Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters
- Cut That Out - Junior Wells
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk
- Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller
- Mean Old World - Little Walter
- Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe
- It Was A Dream - John Brim
- The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers
- Sad Story - Blue Smitty
- Little School Girl - L.C. Greene
- Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir
- Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed

disc 3
- She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams
- How Many Years - Howlin Wolf
- Build Myself A Cave - Mr Honey
- Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks
- Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard
- Too Late Baby Stick - Horse Hammond
- Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley
- Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton
- Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter
- Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson
- 1951 Blues - Luther Huff
- New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas
- Going Home To Mama - Clarence London
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee
- Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy
- After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot
- Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker
- Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry
- Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sammy Davis

disc 4
- Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield
- Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown
- Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys
- Income Tax Blues - Ralph Wills
- Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan
- Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell
- Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim
- Number Writer - Dan Pickett
- She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis
- Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas
- Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee
- Shackles Round My Body - Little David
- Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver
- I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott
- Blind's Blues - John Lee
- Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland
- Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy
- Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum
- Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou
- So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry
- Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker
- Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton
- Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree

compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD-1003 (UK 2004)


= Boulevard Vintage BVDCD1033 (UK 2015)

1012
(2005)
Down Home Blues Classics - Texas   1946-1954

disc 1: Lightnin' Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Lightnin' Boogie
- Katie Mae Blues [Aladdin 167]
- Feel So Bad [Aladdin 168 ? or alt tk ?]
- Short Haired Woman<
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle [Aladdin 209]
- Picture On The Wall
- Sugar Mama
- Someday Baby
- Abilene
- Shotgun
- Lonesome Home
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Automobile
- Jake Head Boogie
- One Kind Favor
- Gotta Move
- Long Way From Texas
- Dirty House
- Freight Train Blues
- Sad News From Korea
- Gone With The Wind
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Had A Gal Called Sal

disc 2: Walking Talking Blues
West Texas Slim - Loudella
Thunder Smith - Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
Stick Horse Hammond - Alberta
Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues
Rattlesnake Cooper - Lost Woman Blues
Mercy Dee - Lonesome Cabin Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Bad Whiskey, Bad Woman
Smokey Hogg` - Worried Blues
Willie Lane - Prowlin' Ground Hog
Manny Nichols - Walking Talking Blues
Sonny Boy Davis - Rhythm Blues
L.C. Williams - Strike Blues
Big Son Tillis - Rocks Is My Pillow [Elko 821]
Clarence Garlow - Bon Ton Roula
Sunny James - Please Mam Forgive Me [Down Town 2010]
Wright Holmes - Drove From Home Blues
Leroy Ervin - Blue, Black and Evil
Pete McKinley - Mean Black Snake
Manny Nichols - Tall Skinny Mama Blues
Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin'
Bill Simpson - Jelly Roll Man
Soldier Boy Houston - Dallas Be Bop Blues
Perry Cain - A|l The Way From Texas
John Hogg - Black Snake Blues
Buddy Chiles - Jet Black Woman

disc 3: Little Mae Belle
Frankie Lee Sims - Home Again Blues
Lil' Son Jackson - Roberta Blues
Texas Alexander - Crossroads
Thunder Smith - Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
L.C. Williams - Boogie All The Time
Ernest Lewis - Rosa Lee
Stick Horse Hammond - Gamblin' Man
Johnny Beck - You Gotta Lay Down Mama
Manny Nichols - Worried Life
Monister Parker - You Gonna Need Me
Smokey Hogg - Misery Blues
Country Slim - What Wrong Have I Done
Mercy Dee - Ba-Ba-Du-Lay Blues (G.I. Fever)
James Tisdom - Throw This Poor Dog A Bone
Andy Thomas - My Baby Quit Me Blues
The Sugarman - Which Woman Do I Love
D.C. Washington - Happy Home Blues [Gold Star 661]>
Willie Lane - Howlin' Wolf
Miss Country Slim - In My Girlish Days
Thunder Smith - Low Down Dirty Ways [Down Town 2013]
Andrew Thomas - Chicago Blues
Big Son Tillis - Zetela Blues [Elko 821]
Sonny Boy Davis - I Don't Live Here No More
Clarence Garlow - I'm In A Boogie Mood
West Texas Slim - Little Mae Belle

disc 4: She's Gone with the Wind
Soldier Boy Houston - Hug Me Baby
Lil' Son Jackson - Cairo Blues
Leroy 'Country' Johnson - Log House On The Hill
Manny Nichols - No One To Love Me
Ernest Lewis - Shake 'Em On Down
Thunder Smith - Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]
Big Son & Lillian Tillis - Ten Long Years [Elko 822]
Stick Horse Hammond - Highway 5
Lil' Son Jackson - Freedom Train Blues
Frankie Lee Sims - Single Man Blues
James Tisdom - Last Affair Blues
Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues
Manny Nichols - Forgive Me
Andrew Thomas - I Love My Baby
Sunny James - Excuse Me Baby [Down Town 2010]
Luther Stoneham - January 11, 1949 Blues
David Pete McKinley - Shreveport Blues
John Hogg - Worrying Blues
Willie Lane - Black Cat Rag
Ernest Lewis - West Coast Blues
Mercy Dee - Evil And Hanky
L.C. Williams - Black Woman
Soldier Boy Houston - Lawyer Houston Blues
The Sugarman - She's Gone With The Wind
Stick Horse Hammond - Truck 'Em On Down

compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD-1012

= Boulevard Vintage SBOX040X (UK 2005)

1013
(2007)
Down Home Blues Classics - California & the West Coast   1948-1954

disc 1
K.C. Douglas - Mercury Blues [Down Town 2004]>
Sidney Maiden - Eclipse Of The Sun >[Down Town 2004]
Little Son Willis - Bad Luck And Trouble
Little Son Willis - Operator Blues
Black Diamond - T P Railer
Black Diamond - Lonesome Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson - Dessert Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson - Come And Go With Me
Willie B Huff - Beggar Man Blues
Willie B Huff - I've Been Thinkin And Thinkin
Brother Jackson - LC Boogie
Junior Hampton - JH Stomp
Little Son Willis - Harlem Blues
Little Son Willis - I Love You Just The Same
Sonny Boy Holmes - Walkin' And Cryin' Blues
Sonny Boy Holmes - I've Got The Dollars 64000 Question Blues
Jerry Perkins - P38 Stomp
Jerry Perkins - My Baby's Last Goodbye
Slim Green - Alla Blues
Slim Green - Central Avenue Blues
Ernest Mcclay - Big Timing Woman
Ernest Mcclay - Night Working Woman
Buddy Lewis - You've Got No Business
Buddy Lewis - Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Jerry Perkins - Katherine Blues
Jerry Perkins - Knockin' The Boogie
Al Prince - Don't Love A Married Woman
Al Prince - Wine Talk

disc 2
King Davis - Someday You'll Understand
King Davis - Waggin' Your Tail
Beverley Scott - Southern California Blues
Beverley Scott - Shakin' The Boogie
Little Son Willis - Skin And Bone
Little Son Willis - Nothing But The Blues
Slim Green - Baby I Love You
Slim Green - Tricky Woman Blues
Little Willie Cotton - Gonna Shook It Up And Go
Little Willie Cotton - A Dream
Sonny Boy Holmes - I Got Them Blues
Sonny Boy Holmes - TNT Woman
Goldrush - All My Money Is Gone
KC Douglas - Lonely Blues
KC Douglas - KC Boogie
Little Son Willis - Roll Me Over Slow
Little Son Willis - Baby Come Back Home
Sonny Boy Johnson - Swimming Pool Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson - I've Been Drinking My Last Drink
Beverley Scott - Brownskin Woman
Beverley Scott - Little Girl Blues
Willie B Huff - I Love You Baby
Willie B Huff - Operator
Sidney Maiden - Hurry Hurry, Baby [Flash 101]
Sidney Maiden - Everything Is Wrong [Flash 101]
Haskell Sadler - Do Right Mind [Flash 103]
- Gone For Good [Flash 103]
Alvin Smith - On My Way

In 1967 a planned "California" compilation on his the post-war blues label never materialized, but finally in 2007 Mike Rowe compiled this 4 CD set

2 CD set
notes by Mike Rowe

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD-1013

1014
(2007)
Down Home Blues Classics - Chicago   1946-1954

disc 1:
- Money Taking Woman - Johnny Young
- Falling Rain Blues - Little Willie Foster
- Dim Lights - J.B. & His Hawks
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Blow Wind Blow - Muddy Waters
- Bobby Town Boogie - Lee Brown
- Wine O Woman - Tony Hollins
- Floyd's Blue - Floyd Jones
- I Had A Dream - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix
- Round About Boogie - Jimmy Rogers
- Homesick - Homesick James
- Carrie Lee - J.B. Lenoir
- Pet Rabbit - Leroy Foster
- Now She's Gone - J.B. & His Hawks
- Schooldays On My Mind - Floyd Jones
- It'll Plumb Get It - Morris Pejoe
- Nervous Wreck - Willie Nix
- You Can't Live Long - Floyd Jones
- I Won't Let Her Do It - Tampa Red
- Going Back To Memphis - Sunnyland Slim
- I'll Get a Break - Tony Hollins
- Loving You - J.B. & His Hawks
- On The Road Again - Floyd Jones
- Please Mr Doctor - Jimmy Eager

disc 2:
- Combination Boogie - J.B. & His Hawks
- So Crazy About You Baby - Tampa Red
- All By Myself - Willie Nix
- Fishing Blues - Tony Hollins
- Worried Man Blues - Johnny Williams
- Four Day Jump - Little Willie Foster
- Things Are So Slow - J.B. & His Hawks
- She Got Me Walkin' - Lazy Bill Lucas
- Big World - Floyd Jones
- My Little Girl Blues - Lee Brown
- No More Love - Willie Nix
- Devil Is A Busy Man - Sunnyland Slim
- The Woman I Love - Homesick James
- Any Old Lonesome Day - Floyd Jones
- Can't Get Along - Morris Pejoe
- Deep In Debt - J.B. Lenoir
- Early Morning - Floyd Jones
- Louella - Leroy Foster
- Pet Cream Man - J.B.& His Hawks
- Farmer's Blues - Homesick James
- Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones
- Should Have Loved Her More - Jimmy Eager
- Mad Love - Muddy Waters
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Lonesome Ole Train - Homesick James

disc 3:
- Tough Times - John Brim
- Let Me Ride Your Mule - Johnny Young
- New Little Girl, Litlte Girl - Lee Brown
- Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones
- Leaving Daddy Blues - Grace Brim
- I Found My Baby - Jimmy Reed
- Act Like You Love Me - Jimmy Rogers
- Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines
- Dust My Broom - Robert Lockwood
- Bad Luck Blues - Albert King
- Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters
- My Baby Told Me - J.B. Lenoir
- Lawdy Lawdy - Junior Wells
- My Baby Walked Out On Me - Johnny Young
- So Much Trouble - Tampa Red
- Hoodoo Man - Junior Wells
- Dark Clouds - John Brim
- Don't Have To Hunt No More - Little Walter
- I Want You For Myself - Snooky Pryor
- Going Down The Line - Grace Brim
- It's All Over Now - Sunnyland Slim
- Easy Walkin' Papa - Essie Sykes
- Lonesome Man Blues - John Brim>
- Which One Do I Love - Big Boy Spires [Chance 1137]
- Back To Korea - Sunnyland Slim

disc 4:
- Jimmy's Boogie - Jimmy Reed
- Rattlesnake - John Brim
- Tonight With A Fool - Little Walter
- Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones
- Be On Your Merry Way - Albert King
- Korea Blues - J.B. Lenior
- (I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole - Robert Lockwood
- Big Stars Falling - Tampa Red
- Juniors Wail - Junior Wells
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man - Muddy Waters
- Gary Stomp - John Brim
- Gonna Buy Me A Telephone - Morris Pejoe
- Crosstown Blues - Snooky Pryor
- Murmur Low - Big Boy Spires [Checker 752]
- Roll And Rhumba - Jimmy Reed
- Out On The Road - Jimmy Rogers
- So Glad I Found You - Johnny Shines
- Left Me With A Broken Heart - Jimmy Rogers
- One Of These Days - Big Boy Spires [Checker 752]
- Green And Lucky Blues - Tampa Red
- Please Don't Say Goodbye - Essie Sykes
- Come On Baby Now - Rocky Fuller
- Bout The Break Of Day - Junior Wells>
- About To Lose My Mind - Big Boy Spires [Chance 1137]
- Eagle Rock - Junior Wells

compiled by Paul Vernon

4 CD set
notes by Paul Vernon

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD-1014

= Boulevard Vintage SBOX042 (UK 2008)

1015
(2007)
Down Home Blues Classics - Memphis And The South   1949-1954

disc 1
- Don't Trust Your Best Friend - Joe Hill Louis
- Bugger Bugger Boy - Lightning Slim
- She's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
- Stay Out Of Automobiles - Jerry McCain
- Why Don't You Let Me Be - J.D. Horton
- Going Home To Mother - 'Little' Sammy Davis
- She's A Driving Woman - Big Joe Williams
- YM And V Blues - Big Joe Williams
- Phillipine Blues - Country Jam
- Bad Luck - Lightning Slim
- Call On The Phone - Louis Campbell
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
- Country Clown - Doctor Ross
- Open Your Book - Percy Lee Crudup
- V8 Ford Blues - Willie Love
- Packin' Up My Blues - Tommy Lee
- Rosalee - Luther Huff
- 1958 Blues - 'Little' Sammy Davis
- Shady Lone Blues - Willie Love
- Jumpin' With Jarvis - Papa Lightfoot
- Blind's Blues - John Lee [Federal 12089]
- Wine O Wine - Jerry McCain
- Jumpin' And A Shufflin' - Joe Hill Louis
- Bulldog Blues - Luther Huff
- 21 Minutes To 9 - Willie Love
- I'll Take You Back - Country Jim
- Worried Blues - Hot Rod Happy

disc 2
- Wine Whiskey And Women - Papa Lightfoot
- Love To Make Up - Jerry McCain
- Joe's Jump - Joe Hill Louis
- Ethel Mae - Lightning Slim
- His Spirit Lives On - Big Joe Williams
- Don't Want Anyone Hanging Around - Louis Campbell
- Rock Me Mama - Lightning Slim
- Strange Letter Blues - Schoolboy Cleve
- Nelson St Blues - Willie Love
- I Ain't For It - 'Boogie' Bill Webb
- PL Blues - Papa Lightfoot
- New Orleans Bound - Lightning Slim
- She's So Good To Me - 'Little' Sammy Davis
- Dirty Disposition - Luther Huff
- Old River Blues - Country Jim
- East Of The Sun - Jerry McCain
- Alabama Boogie - John Lee [Federal 12054]
- Tears In My Eyes - Percy Lee Crudup
- Dr Ross Boogie - Dr. Ross
- Just One Mistake - Willie Nix
- I Can't Live Happy - Lightning Slim
- Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams
- Sad And Lonely - Country Jim
- Down At The Depot - John Lee [Federal 12054]
- Railroad Blues - Joe Hill Louis
- Bad Dog - 'Boogie' Bill Webb
- Baby's Blues - John Lee [Federal 12089]

compiled by Paul Vernon

2 CD set
notes by Paul Vernon

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD-1015

1017
(2007)
Down Home Blues Classics - New York & The East Coast   1943-1953

disc 1
Ralph Willis - Tell Me Pretty Baby
Square Walton - Bad Hangover
Dennis McMillon - Woke Up One Morning
Brownie McGhee - That's The Stuff (Watch Out)
Curley Weaver - My Baby's Gone
Jack Dupree - Number Nine Blues
Carolina Slim - Georgia Woman
Leroy Dallas - Jump Little Children
Louis Hayes - Me And My Baby
Julius King - One O'Clock Boogie
Hank Kilroy - Harlem Women
Brownie McGhee - Knockabout Blues (Carolina Blues)
Ralph Willis - Church Bell Blues
Boy Green - A And B Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Love Changing Blues
Robert Lee Westmoreland - Hello Central, Please Give Me 209
Dennis McMillon - Paper Wooden Daddy
Louis Hayes - Good Boy
Dan Pickett - Ride To A Funeral In A V-8
Curley Weaver - Some Rainy Day
Carolina Slim - Side Walk Boogie
Brownie McGhee - Greyhound Bus
Gabriel Brown - Stick With Me
Blind Willie McTell - Talkin' To You Mama
Julius King - Mississippi Boogie
Leroy Dallas - I'm Down Now, But I Won't Be Down Always
Jack Dupree - Stumbling Block Blues

disc 2
Jack Dupree - Highway Blues (Walking Down The Highway)
Ralph Willis - Lazy Woman Blues
Brownie McGhee - Tell Me Baby
Doug Quattlebaum - Don't Be Funny Baby [edited single version]
Louis Hayes - In Love Blues
Little David - You're Gonna Weep And Moan
Leroy Dallas - Good Morning Blues
Skoodle Dum Doo - West Kinney Street Blues
Dennis McMillon - Goin' Back Home
Blind Willie McTell - Kill It Kid
Robert Lee Westmoreland - Good Looking Woman
Gabriel Brown - Cold Love
Marilyn Scott - Let's Do The Boogie Woogie
Julius King - If You See My Lover
Brownie McGhee - Confusin' Blues
Ralph Willis - Goodbye Blues
Carolina Slim - One More Drink
Curley Weaver - Trixie
Dan Pickett - You Got To Do Better
Jack Dupree - Drunk Again
Leroy Dallas - I'm Going Away
Julius King - I Want A Slice Of Your Pudding
Boy Green - Play My Juke Box
Big Boy Ellis - Dices Dices
Brownie McGhee - Bottom Blues
Louis Hayes - Crooked Wife Blues
Jack Dupree - Shim Sham Shimmy

compiled by Paul Garon

2 CD set
notes by Paul Garon

Boulevard Vintage BVBCD 1017 (US 2007)

 

Planned "Detroit" and "Postwar Guitar Evangelist/Preaching" compilations never materialized

 



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Paul Vernon and David J Costa for additional info

 

 

 

 

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