source: Back cover of Rounder 2018; photographer: Virginia Curtiss

Sam Chatmon né Vivian Chatmon b. August 29, 1900 (gravesite has January 10, 1899) in Bolton, Hinds County, Mississippi d. February 2, 1983 in Hollandale, Washington County, Mississippi buried at Sanders Memorial Garden Cemetery in Hollandale, Mississippi discography

source: Front cover of Blue Goose BG 2006; photographer: Nick Perls

#	year of release	title / label / notes
10 inch 78 rpm
1	1930	MISSISSIPPI SHEIKS WITH BO CARTER - Cracking Them Things (404140-B) - Back To Mississippi (404143-B) rec. June 10, 1930 in San Antonio, TX; Bo Chatman, voc; Lonnie Chatman, vn; Sam Chatman, voc, g; Walter Vinson, g OKeh 8810
2	1930	MISSISSIPPI SHEIKS WITH BO CARTER - Grinding Old Fool (404141-B) - Jake Leg Blues (404142-A) rec. June 10, 1930 in San Antonio, TX; Bo Chatman, voc; Lonnie Chatman, vn; Sam Chatman, voc, g; Walter Vinson, g OKeh 8939
		- West Jackson Blues (404144-B) rec. June 10, 1930 in San Antonio, TX; Bo Chatman, voc; Lonnie Chatman, vn; Sam Chatman, g; Walter Vinson, g OKeh unissued Matchbox MSE 1005 Document DOCD 5083
		- Any Fish Will Bite If You Got Good Bait (404156-A) - Some Folks Say A Preacher Won't Steal (404157-A) rec. June 11, 1930 in San Antonio, TX; Carter Brothers: Bo Chatman, voc, poss. own vn or g; poss. Lonnie Chatman, vn; poss. Sam Chatman, g OKeh unissued
3	1933	MISSISSIPPI SHEIKS with BO CARTER - We Are Both Feeling Good Right Now (404139-B) # - Shake Hands And Tell Me Goodbye (405020-1) * # rec. June 10, 1930 in San Antonio, TX; Bo Chatman, voc; Lonnie Chatman, vn; Sam Chatman, g, # voc; Walter Vinson, g * rec. October 25, 1931 in Atlanta, GA; Walter Vinson, voc, g; prob. Lonnie Chatman, vn OKeh 8951
		- Come Back To Try It Once More (02581-1) - Since She Learned To Shake That Thing (02584-1) rec. October 15, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, LA; Lonnie Chatmon, voc, vn; Sam Chatmon, voc, g, Eugene Powell, g on some titles (it is not known which singer sings on which title) Bluebird unissued
4	1937	CHATMON BROTHERS - Stir It Now (02588-1) - What's The Name Of That Thing (02587-1) rec. October 15, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, LA; Lonnie Chatmon, voc, vn; Sam Chatmon, voc, g, Eugene Powell, g on some titles (it is not known which singer sings on which title) Bluebird B6657
5	1937	CHATMON BROTHERS - Hold It At The Bottom (02589-1) - If You Think I'm Goin' To Buy It (02586-1) rec. October 15, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, LA; Lonnie Chatmon, voc, vn; Sam Chatmon, voc, g, Eugene Powell, g on some titles (it is not known which singer sings on which title) record has not yet turned up Bluebird B6682
6	1937	CHATMON BROTHERS - If You Don't Want Me Please Don't Dog Me 'Round (02582-1) - Wake Me Just Before Day (02583-1) rec. October 15, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, LA; Lonnie Chatmon, voc, vn; Sam Chatman, voc, g, Eugene Powell, g on some titles (it is not known which singer sings on which title) Bluebird B6717
7	1937	CHATMON BROTHERS - Old Grey Mule, You Ain't What You Used To Be (02585-1) - Radio Blues (02591-1) rec. October 15, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, LA; Lonnie Chatmon, voc, vn; Sam Chatmon, voc, g, Eugene Powell, g on some titles (it is not known which singer sings on which title) Bluebird B7167
8	1937	CHATMON BROTHERS - Jumping Out Blues (02590-1) - Please Don't Give My Love Away (02592-1) rec. October 15, 1936 at St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, LA; Lonnie Chatmon, voc, vn; Sam Chatmon, voc, g, Eugene Powell, g on some titles (it is not known which singer sings on which title) Bluebird B8139
LP / CD compilations
9	1960 1969 1980 1995	I Have To Paint My Face Arhoolie F 1005 (1960, 1st pressing) track sequence: Sam Chatman [sic] A1 - I Have To Paint My Face #   @ youtube   @ Spotify A2 - You Shall Be Free (Nigger Be A Nigger) # °°°°   @ youtube A3 - I Stand And Wonder #   @ youtube   @ Spotify Butch Cage & Willie Thomas A4 - Forty-Four Blues °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify Jasper Love A5 - Desert Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify Sam Chatman [sic] A6 - Lay My Burden Down (Glory Hallelujah) # °°°° Kathryn Pitman and group A7 - Save A Seat For Me °°°° Wade Walton & R.C. Smith B1 - Barbershop Rhythm   @ youtube   @ Spotify R.C. Smith B2 - Going Back To Texas   @ youtube   @ Spotify Jasper Love & Columbus Jones B3 - The Slop °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify R.C. Smith B4 - Lost Love Blues °°°   @ youtube   @ Spotify B5 - Lonely Widow [actual title: "Lonely Widower"]   @ youtube   @ Spotify Wade Walton B6 - Rooster Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify Butch Cage & Willie Thomas B7 - Butch's Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify °°°° omitted from 1969 and 1980 re-releases, not on Arhoolie CD 432 °°° omitted from 1969 and 1980 re-releases, but re-released on Arhoolie CD 432 °°  omitted from 1969 re-release, but added to 1980 re-release and on Arhoolie CD 432 I Have To Paint My Face - A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues Arhoolie F 1005 (1969, 2nd pressing) track sequence: Sam Chatman [sic] A1 - I Have To Paint My Face # K.C. Douglas A2 - Big Road Blues °°   @ Spotify Sam Chatman [sic] A3 - I Stand And Wonder # Big Joe Williams A4 - Texas Blues °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify Bukka White A5 - Drifting Blues °° Wade Walton & R.C. Smith B1 - Barbershop Rhythm R.C. Smith B2 - Going Back To Texas K.C. Douglas & Sidney Maiden B3 - Blues And Trouble °°   @ Spotify R.C. Smith B4 - Lonely Widow [actual title: "Lonely Widower"] Wade Walton B5 - Rooster Blues Butch Cage & Willie Thomas B6 - Butch's Blues °° newly added tracks on 1969 pressing I Have To Paint My Face - A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues Arhoolie F 1005 (1980, 3rd pressing) track sequence: Sam Chatman [sic] A1 - I Have To Paint My Face # K.C. Douglas A2 - Big Road Blues Sam Chatman [sic] A3 - I Stand And Wonder # Big Joe Williams A4 - Texas Blues Bukka White A5 - Drifting Blues Jasper Love & Columbus Jones A6 - The Slop °° Wade Walton & R. C. Smith B1 - Barbershop Rhythm R.C. Smith B2 - Going Back To Texas K.C. Douglas & Sidney Maiden B3 - Blues And ('N') Trouble R. C. Smith B4 - Lonely Widow [actual title: "Lonely Widower"] Wade Walton B5 - Rooster Blues Butch Cage & Willie Thomas B6 - Butch's Blues B7 - Forty-Four Blues °° °° 1980 version "bonus tracks", listed on labels, but not on back cover! I Have To Paint My Face - Mississippi Blues 1960 Arhoolie CD 432 (1995) track sequence: - I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon # [Arhoolie 1005, 1st, 2nd & 3rd ed.] - Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.] - I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon # [Arhoolie 1005, 1st, 2nd & 3rd ed.] - Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.] - Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify - Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas/Bruce Bratton [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify - Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon # [previously unreleased]   @ youtube   @ Spotify - The Slop - Jasper Love/Columbus Jones [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006] - God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006]   @ youtube - Rooster Blues - Wade Walton [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.] - Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.] - Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas/Sidney Maiden [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.] - Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.] - Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.] - Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006] - Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006] - Desert Blues - Jasper Love [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006] - Butch's Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden/K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie F 1006, 2nd. ed.] Arhoolie F 1005 (1st pressing) tracks rec. 1960 by Chris A. Strachwitz with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oliver # rec. July 25, 1960 in Hollandale, MS; Sam Chatmon, voc, g Arhoolie F 1005 (1st pressing) front cover artwork by Wayne Pope Arhoolie F 1005 (2nd/3rd pressing) front cover photo (Fred McDowell at an out door "house party") by Chris Strachwitz liner photos by Chris Strachwitz booklet notes (1960) by Mack McCormick   "Arhoolie Records, Berkeley, California" Arhoolie F 1005 (US 1960, 1st pressing) notice of first edition's deletion in BU 58 (December 1968), p. 7 new notes (1969) by Chris Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94709" first few of 2nd pressing on labels titled "Delta House Party", but soon retitled "I Have To Paint My Face" (=) Arhoolie F 1005 (US 11/1969, 2nd [remastered] pressing) subtitled "A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues" notes (1969) by Chris Strachwitz   "Arhoolie Records, P.O. Box 9195, Berkeley, Calif. 94709" Arhoolie F 1005 (US 1980, 3rd pressing) subtitled "A Random Collection of Mississippi Blues" front and back covers same as 1969 pressing, i.e. track list not updated (two add'l tracks A6 and B7 missing)! notes by Chris Strachwitz (=) Arhoolie CD 432 (US 1995) subtitled "Mississippi Blues 1960" Arhoolie Records discography
10	1961	Blues N' Trouble / Blues 'N Trouble Arhoolie FS 101 / F 1006 (1961 + 197?) track sequence: Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues   @ youtube Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae   @ youtube Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues   @ youtube Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues   @ youtube Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper   @ youtube Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime   @ youtube Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly   @ youtube "Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman   @ youtube Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth   @ youtube Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369]   @ youtube Arhoolie F 1006 (1980) track sequence: Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues Lil' Son Jackson - Johnny Mae Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues Mance Lipscomb - Back Water Blues Jasper Love - Love's Honeydripper Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - One Thin Dime Sidney Maiden - Chicago Blues °°   @ youtube Black Ace - Hitchhiking Woman Sam Chatman - God Don't Like Ugly "Whistling" Alex Moore - Wake Up Old Lady Black Ace - Ace's Guitar Blues °°   @ youtube Robert Curtis Smith - Stella Ruth Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] - Goin' Back South [aka "Down South Blues"] °° Mercy Dee - I Been A Fool [Arhoolie CD 369] °° 1980 version "bonus tracks", listed on labels, but not on back cover! Black Ace rec. September 19, 1960 in Ft. Worth, TX by Chris Strachwitz Butch Cage & Willie Thomas rec. 1960 in Zachary, LA by Chris Strachwitz Sam Chatman rec. July 25, 1960 in Hollandale, MS by Chris Strachwitz Lowell Fulson rec. c. 1949 in Oakland, CA by Bob Geddins Fat Boy Hayes [aka 'Jelly Belly'] rec. 1947 in New York, NY Lil' Son Jackson rec. July 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz Mance Lipscomb rec. August 13, 1960 in Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz Jasper Love rec. July 23, 1960 in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz Sidney Maiden rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz Mercy Dee Walton rec. February 5, 1961 in Stockton, CA by Chris Strachwitz; Mercy Dee, voc, p "Whistling" Alex Moore rec. summer 1960 in Dallas, TX by Chris Strachwitz Robert Curtis Smith rec. July 24, 1960 at the "Big 6" Barbershop in Clarksdale, MS by Chris Strachwitz Big Joe Williams rec. October 6, 1960 in Los Gatos, CA by Chris Strachwitz Arhoolie FS101 front cover lay-out by Clair Moxley Arhoolie F1006 front cover design by Wayne Pope photos by Chris Strachwitz (except Black Ace, courtesy B.K. Turner) I Have To Paint My Face - Mississippi Blues 1960 Arhoolie CD 432 (1995) track sequence: - I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.] - I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.] - Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify - Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas/Bruce Bratton [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify - Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon [previously unreleased]   @ Spotify - The Slop - Jasper Love/Columbus Jones [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006] - God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006] - Rooster Blues - Wade Walton [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton / R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st ed.] - Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.] - Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas/Sidney Maiden [Arhoolie 1005, 2nd. ed.] - Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.] - Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith [Arhoolie F 1005, 1st. ed.] - Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006] - Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006] - Desert Blues - Jasper Love [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie FS101/F 1006] - Butch's Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas [Arhoolie 1005, 1st. ed.] - Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden/K.C. Douglas [Arhoolie F 1006, 2nd. ed.] notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif." Arhoolie FS101 (US 1961) notes (on 4-pp. leaflet, December 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "P.O. Box 671 - Los Gatos, Calif." = Arhoolie F 1006 (196?) notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "P.O. Box 5073, Berkeley, California"     = Arhoolie F 1006 (197?) notes (on back cover, 1961) by Chris Strachwitz   "Box 9195, Berkeley, CA. 94709" (=) Arhoolie F 1006 (US 1980)   1980 release uses same front and back covers as 197? release, but actually has slightly different content - as printed on the labels! notes by Chris Strachwitz partly reissued on Arhoolie CD 432 (US 1995) subtitled "Mississippi Blues 1960" Arhoolie Records discography
11	1971	New Deal Blues Joe McCoy - Meat Cutter Blues One Arm Slim - Howling Man Blues Black Ace - Whiskey And Woman Lee Green - Memphis Fives Bo Carter - Don't Do It No More Peanut the Kidnapper - Suicide Blues Chatman Brothers - If You Don't Want Me Please Don't Dog Me 'Round Walter Davis - Sweet Sixteen Memphis Minnie - Keep It To Yourself Big Bill - Dreamy Eyed Baby Bumble Bee Slim - You Can't Take It Baby Pinetop - Tell Her About Me Sonny Scott - Firewood Man Scrapper Blackwell - Alley Sally Blues Mamlish S-3801 (US 1971) Mamlish Records discography
12	1972	The New Mississippi Sheiks - When I Come Home, Who's Going Out My Back Door? #   @ youtube - What Is It Tastes Like Gravy * - Outskirts Of Town # - You Say You Didn't Want Me §   @ youtube - Stop And Listen # * - Railroad Blues § - Wintertime Blues *   @ youtube - I Got A Letter From My Woman # - Gonna Stare You In The Face Someday * - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead # * §   @ youtube rec. February 1972 in Chicago, IL; Sam Chatmon, g, # voc; Walter Vinson, National steel g, * voc; Carl Martin, fiddle, mand, § voc; Ted Bogan, b photography by Arthur Freyer notes by Frank Proschan and Bruce Kaplan Rounder 2004 (US 1972) Rounder Records discography Carl Martin discography Mississippi Sheiks discography
13	1972	Mississippi & Beale Street Sheiks 1927 - 1932 Sittin' On Top Of The World The Mississippi Sheiks - I'll Be Gone, Long Gone - Please Baby - Don't Wake It Up - Go Away Woman - New Shake That Thing - Isn't A Pain To Me - The New Sittin' On Top Of The World - The New Stop And Listen Blues The Beale Street Sheiks - Last Go Round - Jazzin' The Blues - Mr. Crump Don't Like It - Blues In "D" - You Shall - It's A Good Thing - Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon - Sweet To Mama Biograph BLP 12041 (US 1972) Biograph Records discography
14	1972	Sam Chatmon: The Mississippi Sheik@ youtube (full album) - Go Back Old Devil (3:28)   @ youtube - B & O Blues (3:18) - Love Come Falling Down (3:08) - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (2:30) - Vacation Blues (1:58) - Last Chance Shaking In The Bed With Me (3:33) - Blues In E (3:50) - Stretching Them Things (3:16) - Brownskin Women Blues (3:09) - Fool About My Loving (1:49) - Turnup Greens (1:46) - Cold Blooded Murder Blues (3:33) - Sam's Rag (1:57) - Cross Cut Saw Blues (3:53) - Kansas City Blues (3:19) rec. 1966 in Hollandale, MS by John Fahey; Sam Chatmon, voc, g cover photo & art by Nick Perls notes by Stephen Calt     "Blue Goose, 54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014" Blue Goose BG 2006 (US 1972) notes by Stephen Calt     "Blue Goose, 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014" = Blue Goose BG 2006 (US 197?) Blue Goose Records discography
15	1974	San Diego Blues Jam - Somebody's Been Knockin' - Tom Courtney & Henry Ford Thompson - Watergate Blues - Bob Jefferey & Sam Chatmon - Jack of Diamonds - Thomas Shaw - She's My Baby - Sam Chatmon - Toe Shakin' - Bob Jefferey # - Handsome Stranger - Bob Jefferey # - Early One Morning - Tom Courtney & Louis Major - Take Me Back - Bonnie Jefferson - Handy Brandy - Louis Major - Hey Mr. Nixon - Thomas Shaw - Dust My Blues - Tom Courtney and Henry Ford Thompson # - Sweet Old San Diego - Sam Chatmon # - Got The Blues So Bad - Bonnie Jefferson - 73 Hop - Bob Jefferey - Shotgun Blues - Louis Major - Ashtray Taxi - Bob Jefferey & Sam Chatmon - Crow Rooster Crow - Bonnie Jefferson # - Just Goes To Show You (The World Is Mad) - Tom Courtney & Henry Ford Thompson - Shake 'Em All Down - Sam Chatmon & Bob Jefferey # # on CD only notes (January 1974) by Lou Curtiss Advent 2804 (US 1974) original notes by Lou Curtiss (=) Testament TCD 5029 (US 1995) Advent Records discography Testament Records discography
16	1974	San Diego Folk Festival '74 The La Jolla Civic County Dance Orchestra - Girl With The Blue Dress On / Jenny'd Gone To Litton - Coleraine Sam Hinton - Eagle's Whistle - Haste To The Wedding - Fisher's Hornpipe - Swanee River Johnnie Walker - Albert And The 'eadsmen - The Ghost Of Anne Boleyn Frankie Armstrong - I'm Gonna Be An Engineer Kenny Hall - Roll On, Little Doggies, Roll On - Brazilian Tune Sam Chatmon - Blues To See My Baby #   @ youtube Martin Henry - The Wreck Of The Royal Palm - Hello Hawaii Utah Phillips - Hobo's Last Ride - Kid's Liberation Song - Touch Me rec. April 24-29, 1974 at the 1974 San Diego Folk Music Festival, San Diego State University, CA; # Sam Chatmon, voc, g; prod. by Ken Kramer cover art by Vince Molinare notes by Lou Curtiss KPBS 101   (Public Broadcasting San Diego)
17	1974	The Mississippi Sheiks: Stop And Listen - Sitting On Top Of The World - Jail Bird Love Song - Yodeling Fiddling Blues - Your Good Man Caught The Train And Gone - Unhappy Blues - Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down - She Ain'N Go good - Ramrod Blues - Stop And Listen Blues no. 2 - The World Is Going Wrong - Shake Hands And Tell Me Goodbye - I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You Mamlish S-3804 (US 1974) Mamlish Records discography
18	1975	Blue Goose Sampler R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders - Laughing Rag - Sweet Lorraine Jo Ann Kelly - Pigmeat Blues - Jo's Mistreated Blues Alan Seidler - Oozing Zyst Blues - What Is The Use Of Calling Me San? Sam Chatmon - Turnip Greens - Go Back Old Devil Graham Hine - No Particular Place To Go - Crazy With The Blues John Miller - Honey - First Degree Blues - Pork's Chops Steve Calt & Dave Mann - Clam Jam - Lady Brett's Lover Yank Rachell - Shotgun Blues - Skinny Woman Blues Dave Jasen - Raymond's Rag - Make Believe Rag Roger Hubbard - Crow Jane - Brighton Belle Blues Blue Goose BG 101 (US 1975) Blue Goose Records discography
19	1976	The 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 20, 1976 in Hollandale, MS; Sam Chatmon, voc, g gatefold 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
20	1977	Mississippi Delta & South Tennessee Blues Sam Chatmon - Open Your Book # Eddie Cusic [name misspelled "Eddie Quesie"] & James Thomas, g - Once I Had A Car Asie Payton - Catfish Blues Wallace Johnson - Pine Top's Boogie James Thomas - Bottle Up 'Em And Go [sic] Eugene Powell - Poor Boy Blues Walter Cooper - Peach Tree Blues Cary Tate - Early One Morning Charley Sangster - Bull Cow Blues Van Hunt - Mister Crump Joe Cooper - Boogie Children Eugene Powell - M & O Blues # rec. August 6, 1976 at Sam Chatmon's home in Hollandale, MS by Gianni Marcucci photos by Enzo Castella liner notes & booklet notes by Gianni Marcucci Albatros VPA 8387 (It 1977) = Albatros VC 4894 (cassette) Albatros Records discography Eddie Cusic discography James 'Son' Thomas discography Eugene Powell discography Cary Tate discography
21	1977	Sam Chatmon: Hollandale Blues - St. Louis Blues - That's All Right - Stoop Down Girl [incomplete version] - Baby Please Come Back To Me - I'm Fool About Her Loving - Prowling Ground Hog - Old Devil - Used To Be - Blues When It Rains - Good Eating Meat - Let's Get Drunk Again rec. August 6, 1976 at Sam Chatmon's home in Hollandale, MS Albatros VPA 8408 (It 1977) CD and 180g LP (=) Dynamic DYNA 32 (It 2006) "Blues When It Rains" Albatros Records discography
22	197?	I Got The Blues This Morning Charley Sangster - Dreamed Eyes Woman - Kokomo Blues Lum Guffin - Louise - Baby Please Don't Go John Williams - Mr. Freddy Blues Charley Taylor - The Blues So Bad Eugene Powell - Greenville Boogie - I Got The Blues And I Can't Be Satisfied James Thomas - Mama Don't Allow - Bumble Bee Blues Lonzo Burkes - Louisiana Blues Eugene Powell - Big Fat Mama William Diamond - Stop Your Crying Sam Chatmon - Falling Out # Eddie Cusic [name misspelled "Eddie Quesie"] - You Better Stop Arguing Over Me Wallace Johnson - After Hours Van Hunt - Mississippi River Blues Clay Pittman - I Got The Blues This Morning Asie Payton - Blind Man # rec. August 6, 1976 at Sam Chatmon's home in Hollandale, MS by Giambattista Marcucci; Sam Chatmon, voc, g, sp Albatros VPA 8461 (It 197?) Albatros Records discography
24	1979	Sam Chatmon's Advice - St. Louis Blues - Hollandale Blues - Open That Book - Screwdriver - Fishing Blues [Chris Smith, 1911 version, not Henry Thomas!]   @ youtube - Ashtray Taxi - Vicksburg Blues - 'P' Stands For 'Push' - Let The Good Times Roll - I've Got Good Whiskey - Dough Roller Blues - Sugar Blues - Good Eating Meat - God Don't Like Ugly - That's Alright - Pussy Cat - I Hate That Train rec. 1979 in San Diego, CA; Sam Chatmon, voc, g; prod. by Lou Curtiss & Mark Wilson photography by Virginia Curtiss notes by Sam Chatmon Rounder 2018 (US 1979) notes by Sam Chatmon = Bluesmen BS-32247 (Sp 1984) Rounder Records discography
25	1980	Living Country Blues USA The Introduction LP 1: Guitar Frank (Hovington) - Lonesome Road Blues Memphis Piano Red - The Train Is Coming Flora Molton & The Truth Band - What's The Matter Now - The Titanic Lottie Murell - Trouble Late Last Night Sam Chatmon - Sittin' On Top Of The World James "Son" Thomas - Rock Me Mama Hammie Nixon - Corinna, Corinna Cora Fluker & Ola Mae Bell - Talkin' 'Bout Jesus Walter Brown - So Hard To See Archie Edwards - Bear Cat Mama Blues LP 2: Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Reno Factory Lonnie Pitchford - My Babe Sam "Stretch" Fields - Bluebird Blues Joe Savage - Mean Ol' Frisco Arzo Youngblood - I Can't Be Successful CeDell "Big G" Davis - I Don't Know Why Othar Turner & the Rising Star Five & Drum Band - Tango Twist Guitar Slim - Come On In My Kitchen - Lula's Back In Town Boyd Rivers - You Got To Move Boogie Bill Webb - Big Road Blues recorded 1980 by Siegfried A. Christmann photos by Axel Küstner "none of the takes included in this double album will re-appear in further releases" = on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999) DLP notes by Axel Küstner L+R 42.030 some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) Living Country Blues - An Anthology 2 CD set notes by Axel Küstner [CD notes do *not* contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!] = Bellaphon CDLR 711921 (Germany 2008) = Bellaphon LR 713014 (Germany 2014) (180 g DLP) (includes download code) L+R Records discography
26	1980	Living Country Blues USA Vol. 2 Blues On Highway 61 James "Son" Thomas - Standing At The Crossroads Sam Chatmon - Stop And Listen Blues James "Son" Thomas - Bull Cow Blues - 61 Highway Blues Walter Brown - Keep On Walkin' Joe Cooper - She Put Me Out On The Road Sam Chatmon - Sam's Blues - Black Night James "Son" Thomas - Mean Ol' Frisco Sam Chatmon - My Daddy Was A Jockey Eddie Cusie - Gonna Cut You Loose Sam Chatmon - Vicksburg Blues rec. 1980 by Axel Küstner and Siegfried Christmann L+R 42.032 (Germany 1980) some tracks reissued on CD Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology" = L+R LRCD 713024 (Germany 2008) L+R Records discography
27	1980	Delta Blues Festival '79 Napoleon Strickland Fife and Drum Band (Jesse Mae Hemphill, Abe Young) - Shimmy Shawhaha Boyd Rivers - Grow Sick And Die Clyde Maxwell - Alberta Big Joe Williams - Tell Me Mama Harmonica Medley: Napoleon Strickland - Fox Chase - Let's Boogie Hammie Nixon - Rock Me Mama - Mule To Ride Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell - How Long Johnny Shines - Have You Ever Loved A Woman Sam Myers - Everything's Gonna Be Alright Sylvia Embry - Goin' To New York Betty Fikes & Johnny Shines Band - Rock Me Baby Lefty Dizz - You Might Have Made Your Move Too Soon rec. September 8, 1979 in Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi, by Worth Long in cooperation with Mississippi Action for Community Education (MACE) Delta Blues DBF 79 (US 1980)
27a	1980	Mississippi Delta Blues Boyd Rivers   @ youtube - You Got To Take Sick And Die One Of These Days - When I Cross Over Clyde Maxwell   @ youtube - I Left Alabama Hammie Nixon [& Napoleon Strickland]   @ youtube - I'm A Tatta [actually "(Po)Tato"] Digging Man [Nixon] - Fox Hound [Strickland] - Sent My Baby A Brand New Twenty Dollar Bill [Nixon] - Let's Boogie [Strickland] - Rock Me Baby [Nixon] Big Joe Williams   @ youtube - Baby Please Don't Go - Don't You Wish Your Woman Was Tailored Made Like Mine [actually "Tailor Made"] - Came Home This Morning Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell   @ youtube - We Going Round The Mountain - How Long That Evening Train Been Gone Johnny Shines   @ youtube - You Got To Pay The Cost - I Walked All The Way From East St. Louis Today Betty Fikes   @ youtube - Rock Me Baby, Rock Me All Night Long Johnny Shines with Robert Lockwood Jr.   @ youtube - They Call Me Little Wolf Sylvia Embry   @ youtube - I'm Going To New York, Even If I Have To Walk Lefty Dizz - Make Your Move Too Soon filmed September 8, 1979 live at the 1st [*not* 2nd (1980), as the VHS' notes claim!] Mississippi Delta Blues Festival at Freedom Village (outside Greenville), Mississippi; hosted by Willie Dixon; VHS 60 min, colour, mono Kay Jazz KJ 081 (UK 1980)
28	1981	Sam Chatmon & His Barbecue Boys - Stoop Down Baby [] - I Get The Blues When It Rains *   @ youtube - What's The Name Of That Thing []   @ youtube - Mean Ol' Frisco [] - Prisoner Of Love * - Sam's Rag [] - I Hate That Train [] - I've Got To Paint My Face * - Corrina Corrina []   @ youtube - Pencil Lead Blues [] - Preacher Went A-Hunting [] - Stop And Listen [] rec. 1979 in San Diego, CA; Sam Chatmon, g & lead voc; Colin Linden, g; Jim MacLean, # hca, * perc; prod. by T.C. Wilkins Flying Fish FF-202 (US 1981)
29	1985	Mississippi Sheiks   1930 (Vol.1)   Mostly New to LP - Driving That Thing - Alberta Blues - Winter Time Blues - The Sheik Waltz - The Jazz Fiddler - Stop And Listen Blues - Lonely One In This Town - We Are Both Feeling Good Right Now - Grinding Old Fool - Jake Leg Blues - West Jackson Blues - Baby Keeps Stealin' Lovin' On Me - River Bottom Blues - Loose Like That - Sitting On Top Of The World no. 2 - Times Done Got Hard - Still I'm Traveling On - Church Bell Blues notes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSE 1005 (UK 1985) (Bluesmaster series) Mississippi Sheiks discography Bo Carter discography Matchbox Records discography
30	1986	The Roots Of Robert Johnson Skip James - Devil Got My Woman Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues Leroy Carr - When The Sun Goes Down Son House - Preachin' The Blues - part 1 Lonnie Johnson - Life Saver Blues Henry Thomas - Red River Blues Charley Patton - Revenue Man Blues Son House - My Black Mama - part 1 Skip James - 22-20 Blues Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues The Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World Scrapper Blackwell - Kokomo Blues Casey Bill Weldon - Go Ahead, Buddy Johnnie Temple - Lead Pencil Blues Yazoo L 1073 (US 1986) Yazoo Records discography
31	1987	Mississippi Sheiks   1930 to 1934 (Vol.2)   Mostly New to LP - Sheiks Special - Dear Little Girl - Please Don't Wake It Up - She's A Bad Girl - Tell Me What The Cats Fight About - Kind Treatment - Lazy Lazy River - Too Long - Bed Spring Poker - When You're Sick With The Blues - She's Crazy About Her Lovin' - Tell Me To Do Right - Kitty Cat Blues - Show Me What You Got - Hitting The Numbers - It's Done Got Wet - She's Got Something Crazy - You'll Work Down To Me Someday notes by Paul Oliver Matchbox MSE 1012 (UK 1987) (Bluesmaster series) Matchbox Records discography
32	1988	Giants Of Country Blues Guitar  1967-81 Jessie Mae Hemphill - Eagle Bird °°   @ youtube - Shame, Shame °°   @ youtube Son House - Baby Please Don't Dog Me 'Round   @ youtube Sam Chatmon - Stoop Down Baby #   @ youtube - Baby Please Come Back To Me #   @ youtube - Stop And Listen #   @ youtube Eugene Powell - 44 Blues   @ youtube - Suitcase Full Of Troubles   @ youtube - Texas - Santa Fe   @ youtube Furry Lewis - Going To Brownsville   @ youtube Jack Owens - Hard Times   @ youtube - Cherry Ball   @ youtube - Give Me Your Money   @ youtube - Devil Blues   @ youtube Mager Johnson / Carey 'Ditty' Mason - Traveling Man Blues   @ youtube Mott Willis - Traveling Man Blues   @ youtube - Someday Blues   @ youtube - Bad Night Blues   @ youtube °° rec. September 1991 in Senatobia, MS; Jessie Mae Hemphill. voc, g (on CD only) # rec. November 4, 1981 in Hollandale, MS by Michael Hortig; Sam Chatmon, voc, g Wolf LP 120.911 photography by Michael Hortig Wolf CD 120.911 photography by Michael Hortig and Hannes Folterbauer notes by Daniel Gugolz original edition with false photo caption,     repress: caption corrected ("Mott Willis" instead of "Jack Owens") Wolf 120.911 (Austria 1988) notes by Daniel Gugolz & Hannes Folterbauer (=) Wolf CD 120.911 (Austria 19??) "Giants Of Country Blues Guitar Vol. 1 (1967-1991)"
33	1989	Mississippi String Bands (1928 - 1936) Alec Johnson - Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Sister Maud Mule - Sundown Blues - Next Week Sometime - Mysterious Coon - Toodle Doo Walter Jacobs & The Carter Brothers - That's It Mississippi Blacksnakes - Five Pound Ax Blues - Farewell Baby Blues - It Still Ain't No Good Charlie McCoy & The Mississippi Hot Footers - Blue Heaven Blues - It Is So Good - Part 1 Chatman Brothers (Lonnie and Sam Chatmon) - If You Don't Want Me Please Don't Dog Me 'Round - Wake Me Just Before Day - Old Gey Mule, You Ain't What You Used To Be - What's The Name Of That Thing? - Stir It Now - Jumping Out Blues - Radio Blues - Please Don't Give My Love Away RST Blues Documents BD-2043 (Austria 1989)
34	1990	The Mississippi Sheiks: 1930 - 1935 - Cracking Them Things - Back To Mississippi - Things About Comin' My Way - Shooting High Dice - He Calls That Religion - Baby, Please Make A Change - Somebody's Got To Help Me - Lonesome Grave Took My Baby - Pop Skull Blues - Sweet Maggie - It's Backfiring Now - Lean To One Woman - I Can't Go Wrong - Dead Wagon Blues - She's Going To Her Lonesome Grave - Fingering With Your Fingers Document DLP 595
35	1991	The Mississippi Sheiks: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 1 (1930) - Driving That Thing - Alberta Blues - Winter Time Blues - The Sheik Waltz - The Jazz Fiddler (take B) - Sitting On Top Of The World - Stop And Listen Blues - Lonely One In This Town - We Are Both Feeling Good Right Now - Cracking Them Things - Grinding Old Fool - Jake Leg - Blues / Back To Mississippi - West Jackson Blues - Jail Bird Love Song - Yodeling Fiddling Blues - Baby Keeps Stealin' Lovin' On Me - River Bottom Blues - Bootleggers' Blues - Loose Like That Document DOCD-5083
36	1991	The Mississippi Sheiks: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 2 (1930-1931) - Sitting On Top Of The World No. 2 - Your Good Man Caught The Train And Gone - Times Done Got Hard - Unhappy Blues - Still I'm Traveling On - Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down - She Ain't No Good - Ramrod Blues - Stop And Listen Blues No. 2 - Church Bell Blues - Please Don't Wake It Up - Please Baby - Things About Comin' My Way - The World Is Going Wrong - She's A Bad Girl - Tell Me What The Cats Fight About - Kind Treatment - Livin' In A Strain - Lazy Lazy River - Too Long Document DOCD-5084
37	1991	The Mississippi Sheiks: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 3 (1931-1934) - Shake Hands And Tell Me Goodbye - Bed Spring Poker - When You're Sick With The Blues - I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You - Shooting High Dice - Isn't A Pain To Me - She's Crazy About Her Lovin' - Tell Me To Do Right - The New Stop And Listen Blues - Go 'Way Woman - New Shake That Thing - The New Sittin' On Top Of The World - He Calls That Religion - Don't Wake It Up - Please Baby - I'll Be Gone, Long Gone - Kitty Cat Blues - Show Me What You Got - Hitting The Numbers - It's Done Got Wet - Pencil Won't Write No More - I Am The Devil - Baby, Please Make A Change Document DOCD-5085
38	1991	Mississippi Sheiks & Chatman Brothers: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 4 (1934-1935) Mississippi Sheiks: - She's Got Something Crazy - You'll Work Down To Me Someday - Somebody's Got To Help Me - Good Morning Blues - Blues On My Mind - Lonesome Grave Took My Baby - Pop Skull Blues - Sweet Maggie - Sales Tax - It's Backfiring Now - Lean To One Woman - I Can't Go Wrong - Dead Wagon Blues - She's Going To Her Lonesome Grave - Fingering With Your Fingers Chatman Brothers (Lonnie and Sam Chatmon): - If You Don't Want Me Please Don't Dog Me 'Round - Wake Me Just Before Day - Old Grey Mule, You Ain't What You Used To Be - What's The Name Of That Thing? - Stir It Now - Jumping Out Blues - Radio Blues - Please Don't Give My Love Away Document DOCD-5086
39	1992	The Ultimate Blues Collection Volume 2 CD 1: Willie Mabon - I Don't Know - Rainy Night In Georgia Carey Bell - She's Nineteen Years Old Fernest Arcenaux - The Things I Used To Do Archie Edwards - Boogie Woogie Mama # Big Jay McNeely - Pretty Girls - Country Boy Detroit Gary Wiggins - That What You Doin' To Me Luther Allison - The Dock Of The Bay - Let's Try It Again CD 2: John Lee Hooker - Introduction - Goin' To California - Black Night Is Falling - Crawlin' Kingsnake John Cephas - Richmond Blues # - St. James Infirmary # Louisiana Red - Louisiana Boogie - When My Mama Was Livin' - Got Sad News - Stop Doggin' Me Around Sam Chatmon - I Gets The Blues # - St. Louis Blues # CD 3: Champion Jack Dupree - Wine, Wine, Wine - You Can Make It Memphis Piano Red - Mother-In-Law Blues # - Barrelhouse Blues # Erwin Helfer and The Chicago Allstars - Sneaky Pete - 4 O'clock Blues Tommy Tucker - Blues Had A Baby - Hard Luck Blues - Five Long Years # - Drifting Blues # # previously unreleased 3 CD set Chrisly CM 11002 ("Chrisly Records Blues Box") Ornament Records discography
40	1992	The Ultimate Blues Collection Volume 3 CD 1: Karen Carroll - Little Red Rooster - Woke Up This Morning - Big Boss Man - Sweet Home Chicago Maisha Grant - Help Me Through The Day - Mellow Down Easy - Mama Talk To Your Daughter - Please Love Me The Cat - Tin Roof Rules Katie Webster - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby - Misty Blue CD 2: Thomas Shaw - I'm Broke And I Haven't Got A Dime # - Sail Along Little Girl # Joanna Connor - Guitar Woman # - The Sky Is Crying # VGO / Ed Morris - Talking Hard Luck Blues # James 'Son' Thomas - Bull Cow Blues # Luther Allison - Fight - Freedom Thomas Shaw - Smokey Mountain # - Mini Blues # Sam Chatmon - Sittin' On Top Of The World # CD 3: Willie Mabon - Klickety Klock - Lover Girl - Dorsey's Boogie - The Seventh Son The Cat - I Love My Baby - Came Home This Morning - Rockin' The Subway 'Big Moose' Walker - Don't Cry Baby Little Willie Littlefield - Adam Come And Get Your Bone - Prisoner For Tonight Tommy Tucker - Trouble In Mind # # previously unreleased 3 CD set Chrisly CM 11003 ("Chrisly Records Blues Box") Ornament Records discography
41	1992	Giants Of Country Blues Vol. 3 Jack Owens - Leavin' Blues Eugene Powell - Blues In Texas Son Thomas - Walking Cane LV Conerly - Hard Headed Woman Roosevelt Holts - Big Road Blues Arzo Youngblood - I Don't Want No Woman Sam Chatmon - Talkin' Bout My Girl Wade Walton - Catfish Blues Isaac Youngblood - Big Road Blues Wade Walton - Catfish Blues Isaac Youngblood - Big Road Blues Mott Willis - Long Tall Woman Robert Shaw - Ma Grinder Pt 2 - Mobile & KC Blues - The Cows - Rock Island Lavada Durst - Boogie Woogie Alex Moore - Henry 6 Mike Memphis Piano Red - Mama Likes Good Whiskey - After Hours Mose Vinson - Blues Jumped A Rabbit - Four O'Clock Blues cover drawing (of Robert Shaw) by Bernd Konrad notes by Michael Hortig Wolf 120.921 (Austria 1992) not identical with Wolf CD 120.918 with same title !!!
42	1992	The Mississippi Sheiks: Stop And Listen - Stop And Listen Blues - Lonely One In This Town - The World Is Going Wrong - She Ain't No Good - Sitting On Top Of The World - Too Long - That's It - Bootleggers' Blues - Somebody's Got To Help You - Jail Bird Love Song - Shooting High Dice - Tell Me To Do It Right - Sales Tax - Livin' In A strain (unissued) - Sweet Maggie - She's Crazy About Her Lovin' - Please Baby - I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You - Kind Treatment - He Calls That Religion Yazoo CD 2006 (US 1992)
43	1992	Mississippi Masala Soundtrack - Kampala Uganda Meets Greenwood Mississippi - L. Subramaniam - Jay's Theme - L. Subramaniam - Leaving Home - Farewell To Uganda - L. Subramaniam - Mina's Theme - L. Subramaniam - Driving To Sunday Lunch - L. Subramaniam - Traditional Uganda Bar Song - L. Subramaniam - Jay's Theme (Variation) - L. Subramaniam - Mina Chases Demetrius - L. Subramaniam - Love Theme - L. Subramaniam - Caledonia's Party - Smiley Lewis - Ton Of Joy - Otis Readding - Kanda Ya Nini - The Papy Tex Group - Mera Joota Hai Japani - Mukesh And Chorus - Yancy Special - Pinetop Perkins - Crosscut Saw Blues - Sam Chatmon [Blue Goose BG 2006] - Up Above My Head - Marion Williams - Just One Of Them Thangs - Keith Sweat And Gerald Levert - Angel From Heaven - Willie Cobbs - Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana - The Afrigo Band - Jail Song - Habbey Sewakiryanga - Sad Feeling - Willie Cobbs - Mundeke - The Afrigo Band BMG J2 35809
44	1994	Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 1 Sam Chatmon - Forgive Me Too Blues # Big Sam Clark - I Fell in Love With This Woman Sonny Boy Nelson - Pony Blues Earl Bell - Travelin' Blues Sleepy John Estes / Hammie Nixon - President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long - Yellow Yam Blues Bukka White - Bed Springs Blues Furry Lewis - Mary Tell-Blues/Mother Story Harmonica Frank - Goin' Away Happy Houston Stackhouse - Crying Won't Help You Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys - Me And The Devil Blues # rec. January 28, 1975 at Steve LaVere's home in Memphis, TN; Sam Chatmon, voc, g; Greg "Fingers" Taylor, hca; Mimosa LaVere [Steve LaVere's then two-your-old daughter], sp notes by Steve LaVere Memphis Archives CD 7008 (US 1994)
45	1995	I Have To Paint My Face - I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005] [lyrics] - Big Road Blues - K.C. Douglas - I Stand And Wonder - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1005] - Texas Blues - Big Joe Williams - Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas [previously unreleased] - Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas/Bruce Bratton [previously unreleased] - Hollandale Blues - Sam Chatmon [previously unreleased] - Slop, The - Jasper Love/Columbus Jones - Stella Ruth - R.C. Smith - God Don't Like Ugly - Sam Chatmon [Arhoolie 1006] - Rooster Blues - Wade Walton - Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton/R.C. Smith - Going Back To Texas - R.C. Smith - Blues And Trouble - K.C. Douglas/Sidney Maiden - Lonely Widower - R.C. Smith - Lost Love Blues - R.C. Smith - Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams - Love's Honeydripper - Jasper Love - Desert Blues - Jasper Love - One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas - Butch's Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas - Forty Four Blues - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas - Chicago Blues - Sidney Maiden/K.C. Douglas Arhoolie CD 432 (US 1995)
46	1998	Livin In The House of Blues Defiance - Fattening Frogs for Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson - We Got to Stop This Killin' - Big Jack Johnson - Backlash Blues - Nina Simone - Black, Brown and White - Big Bill Broonzy - I Have to Paint My Face - Sam Chatmon - Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly - It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace) - Willie Dixon - Uncle Sam Says - Josh White - No Education - Lightnin' Hopkins - White Mule Of Sin - John Byrd - Bluestime In America - Michael Hill's Blues Mob - Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday - District Attorney Blues - Bukka White - Vietcong Blues - Junior Wells - Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams House Of Blues
47	1999	Sam Chatmon 1970-1974 - Hollandale Blues # - God Don't Like Ugly * - Prowlin' Groundhog * - Ashtray Taxi * - I Got The Whiskey * - I Can't Use You No More * - Chatmon Family Rag (instr) * - Cold Blooded Murder * - St. Louis Blues * - That's Alright * - She's My Baby * - Old Screwdriver * - Go Back Old Devil # - Good Eatin' Meat # - P Stands For Push # - Frankie Jean # - Crawling King Snake # - All Night Long # - Trouble In Mind # - Shake 'Em All Down § - Sittin' on Top Of The World // - My Little Woman // [] # rec. December 30, 1972 in San Diego, CA by Lou Curtiss; Sam Chatmon, voc, g * rec. April 13, 1973 in San Diego, CA by Lou Curtiss; Sam Chatmon, voc, g § rec. September 28, 1974 in San Diego, CA by Lou Curtiss; Sam Chatmon, voc, g // rec. July 1970 in Sweets Mill, Auberry, CA; Sam Chatmon, voc, g; Kenny Hall, mandolin; Ed Littleton, dobro; Joe Gwaltney, g; Sue Draheim, fiddle; Will Scarlet, harmonica, [] jug front cover photograph by Virginia Curtiss Flyright FLYCD 63 (UK 1999)
48	1999	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Sam Chatmon - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Stop And Listen Blues - My Daddy Was A Jockey - Vicksburg Blues Evidence ECD 26105-2 [Disc 1]
49	1999	The Mississippi Sheiks: Show Me What You Got - Don't Wake It Up - Please Don't Give My Love Away - Sheik Waltz - Livin' In A Strain - It's Done Got Wet - Alberta Blues - Fingering With Your Fingers - Blood In My Eyes for You - Church Bell Blues - She's A Bad Girl - Sitting On Top Of The World - Sales Tax - Unhappy Blues - She's Got Something Crazy - Jazz Fiddler - Stop And Listen Blues - Lean To One Women - She Ain't No Good - Jake Leg Blues - Stir It Now - She's Crazy About Her Lovin' - We Are Both Feeling Good - Show Me What You Got Catfish CD 123 (UK 1999) Catfish Records (UK) discography
50	1999	Colin Linden: Sad & Beautiful World The Best of 1975-1999 Sam Chatmon & his Barbeque Boys - Mean Old Frisco colinlinden.com [sound clip]
51	2002	The Mississippi Sheiks: The Essential - Driving That Thing - Jazz Fiddler - Sitting on Top Of The World - I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You - I'll Be Gone, Long Gone - Stop And Listen Blues - New Shake That Thing - It's Done Got Wet - Sweet Maggie - Baby Keeps Stealin' Lovin' On Me - Bootleggers Blues - Sales Tax - Lazy Lazy River - If You Don't Want Me Please Don't Dog Me 'Round - What's The Name Of That Thing - Jail Bird Love Song - Sheik Waltz - Grinding Old Fool - Still I'm Traveling On - Stop And Listen No. 2 - Please Baby - Jumping Out Blues - Please Don't Give My Love Away - Tell Me What The Cats Fight About - Don't Wake It Up - Livin' In A Strain - Lonely One In This Town - Too Long - Jake Leg Blues - World Is Going Wrong - She Ain't No Good - She's Crazy Abut Her Lovin' - Somebody's Got To Help You - Shooting High Dice - Stir It Now - Kind Treatment 2 CD set Classic Blues CBL 200030 (UK 2002)
52	1999	Violin, Sing The Blues For Me African-American Fiddlers, 1926 - 1947 - Violin Blues - Johnson Boys - K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter - Beaver Slide Rag - Peg Leg Howell - Alma Waltz - Mississippi Mud Steppers - Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley - Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks - Pig Meat Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band - Right Now Blues - Frank Stokes - East Jackson Blues - Bo Chatmon - Memphis Blues - Mobile Strugglers - Vine Street Drag - Tennessee Chocolate Drops - Broken Bed Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers - Lonesome Blues - Eddie Anthony/Henry "Rubberlegs" Williams - Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band - Adam and Eve - Tommie Bradley - Tell Me Man Blues - Henry "Son" Sims - Blue Coat Blues - Tom Nelson - Salty Dog - Booker Orchestra - Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers - Stop and Listen Blues No. 2 - Mississippi Sheiks - Stealin' Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - The Moore Girl - Andrew & Jim Baxter - Highway 61 Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band - Ted's Stomp - Louie Bluie notes by Marshall Wyatt Old Hat CD 1002 (US 1999)
53	2005	Blues With A Message - I Have To Paint My Face - Sam Chatman - John Henry - John Jackson [Arhoolie 1025 1970] - Walked Down So Many Turn Rows - Mercy Dee - Tom Moore's Farm - Mance Lipscomb - Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins - River Blues - Lowell Fulson - Levee Camp Blues - Fred McDowell - The 1919 Influenza Blues - Essie Jenkins - Why I Like Roosevelt - Willie Eason - Little Soldier Boy - Doctor Ross - Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams - I Got To Climb A High Mountain - Johnie Lewis - Depression Blues - Herman E. Johnson - Stockyard Blues - Johnny Young/Big Walter Horton - What Will I Tell The Children - Juke Boy Bonner - It's Enough - Juke Boy Bonner - Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston - Back Home Blues - Big Joe Williams ed. by Chris Strachwitz & Paul Oliver notes by Paul Oliver Arhoolie CD 510 (US 2005) on front cover: Sleepy John Estes' hands cropped from a 1962 photo by Georges Adins Arhoolie Records discography
54	2006	Sam Chatmon: Blues When It Rains - St. Louis Blues - That's All Right - Stoop Down Girl [incomplete version] - Baby Please Come Back To Me - I'm Fool About Her Loving - Prowling Ground Hog - Go Back Old Devil - Used To Be - Blues When It Rains - Good Eat Meat Boy - Let's Get Drunk Again rec. August 6, 1976 at Sam Chatmon's home in Hollandale, MS re-release of Albatros VPA 8408 (It 1977) "Hollandale Blues" Dynamic DYNA 32 (It 2006) Dynamic 180g DYNLP 32 "Blues When It Rains"
55	6/2009	Sam Chatmon: Field Recordings from Hollandale, Mississippi   (1976-1982) Blues At Home   Volume 2 - Open Your Book, Your Daddy Got To Read With You [Albatros VPA 8387] - St. Louis Blues [Albatros VPA 8408] - That's All Right [Albatros VPA 8408] - Stoop Down Baby, Let Your Daddy See (complete version) [previously unissued] - Baby Please Come Back To Me [Albatros VPA 8408] - Brownskin Woman (Big Road Blues) tk 2 [previously unissued] - Prowling Ground Hog [Albatros VPA 8408] - Sam Chatmon discusses Prowling Ground Hog [previously unissued] - Go Back Old Devil [Albatros VPA 8408] - Sam Chatmon discusses Go Back Old Devil [previously unissued] - Black Nights [Albatros VPA 8408 as "Used To Be"] - Sam Chatmon discusses Black Nights [previously unissued] - I'm Crazy About Her Loving [Albatros VPA 8408 as "I'm A Fool ..."] - Last Time Shaking In The Bed With Me [previously unissued] - I Get The Blues When It Rains [Albatros VPA 8408] - Good Eating Meat [Albatros VPA 8408] - Sam Chatmon discusses Good Eating Meat [previously unissued] - Let's Get Drunk Again [Albatros VPA 8408] - Sam Chatmon mentions musicians and producers [previously unissued] - P Stands For Push [Albatros VPA 8408 as "Falling Out"] - Sam Chatmon discusses his reluctance to fly [previously unissued] rec. August 6, 1976 at Sam Chatmon's home in Hollandale, MS; Sam Chatmon, voc, g, sp; rec., ed. & prod. by Giambattista Marcucci; digital remastered from original tapes; includes 32 page booklet with 15 photos Mbirafon CD 102 (It 6/2009) www.mbirafon.com
56	2013	The Mississippi Sheiks: The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order   Volume 1 February 17 to June 10, 1930 Mississippi Sheiks - Driving That Thing - Alberta Blues - Winter Time Blues Walter Jacobs and Lonnie Carter - The Sheik Waltz - The Jazz Fiddler (tk A) - The Jazz Fiddler (tk B) Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World - Stop And Listen Blues - Lonely One In This Town Mississippi Sheiks with Bo Chatman - We Are Both Feeling Good Right Now - Cracking Them Things - Grinding Old Fool - Jake Leg Blues - Back To Mississippi - West Jackson Blues edited "in conjunction with Document Records"; remastered by Gary Atkinson; artwork by Rob Jones notes by Mick Middles Third Man TMR 156 (180-gram vinyl) (US 2013)
57	2013	St. Charles Blues Sonny Boy Nelson - Pony Blues Robert Hill - G Blues Bo Carter - Pussy Cat Blues Chatman Brothers - If You Don't Want Me Please Don't Dog Me ‘round Sonny Boy Nelson - Street Walkin' Bo Carter - Sue Cow Robert Hill - Hill's Hot Sauce Chatman Brothers - Please Don't Give My Love Away Bo Carter - Bo Carter's Advice Sonny Boy Nelson - Low Down Mississippi Matilda - Happy Home Blues Robert Hill - Lumber Yard Blues Bo Carter - Flea On Me Sonny Boy Nelson - Lovin' Blues Chatman Brothers - Stir It Now Bo Carter - Got To Work Somewhere Robert Hill - I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother Bo Carter - Doubled Up In A Knot Sonny Boy Nelson - If You Don't Believe I'm Leaving, Baby Bo Carter - The Ins And Out Of My Girl Mississippi Matilda - Hard Working Woman Blues Bo Carter - All Around Man - Part 2 Robert Hill - You're Gonna Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old Bo Carter - Worried G Blues Chatman Brothers - Wake Me Just Before Day Bo Carter - Don't Mash My Digger So Deep Sonny Boy Nelson - Long Tall Woman Bo Carter - Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me Nehi NEH 03 (UK 2013)
58	2013	Legendary Country Blues Guitarists Charlie Burse & Will Shade - Kansas City Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Trouble In Mind - Backwater Blues Son House - Talk About The Blues - So Hard To Love Someone Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues - Son House - Sick And Bad Blues Bukka White - Aberdeen Blues - Tombstone Blues - Brownsville Blues, Rev. Gary Davis Blind Gary Davis - A Documentary by Harold Becker Blind Connie Williams - Take My Hand, Precious Lord - I'm Going Too Ralph Willis & Washboard Pete Sanders - Dream I Had On My Mind - I've Been Living With The Blues - Midnight Special Sam Chatmon - Sales Tax Blues - Outside Friend - Fishing Blues (Evil Jackson) - Glad When You're Dead Mance Lipscomb - I Want To Do Something For You - Alabama Jubilee Henry Johnson - Blood Red River Willie Trice - Be Your Dog - Run Here Gal - Poor Boy Long Ways From Home - Good Time Boogie, Sweet Sugar Mama - Stand And Welcome Jesus - When The Saints Go Marching In Son House & Buddy Guy - I Wish I Had My Whole Heart In My Hand Vestapol DVD 13129 (US 2013)
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, pp. 216, 455 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 91 - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 201, pp. 88-89 - http://sunsite.kth.se/feastlib/mrf/yinyue/pw/CHATMAB.HTM - http://sunsite.kth.se/feastlib/mrf/yinyue/pw/MISSHE.HTM - http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/label/document/document5.htm - http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/m/sheiks.htm - Leadbitter & Slaven: Blues Records 1943-1970 Vol. 1 (London: Record Information Services, 1987), p. 255 thanks to Alan Balfour, Milosch Fürst Jr., Rob Ford and Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans   Willie Morris, Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney, Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell, Washington, D.C., 1972 source of right part of the photo: Living Blues 43 (summer 1979), p. 22 ("Copyright by Diana Davies, courtesy Smithsonian Institution"); source of left part of the photo: Internet; photomontage by Stefan Wirz   Mississippi Delta Blues Festival 1980 program