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My dad's
record collection

Helmut Wirz, b. June 25, 1917 in Cologne, Germany
d. April 18, 1985 in Lobberich, Germany

45 rpm / EPs / LPs

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#year
of release
title / label / notes
11954Mahalia Jackson Vol. 4
Negro Spirituals

- I've A Friend   @ youtube
- Tired   @ youtube

- It Is No Secret   @ youtube
- Prayer Changes Things   @ youtube

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Vogue EPL 7 115 (Fr)

21954Django Reinhardt

- Daphne   @ youtube
- Mabel   @ youtube
- Djangology   @ youtube
- Swing 41   @ youtube
- Swing 42   @ youtube

- Nuages   @ youtube
- Sweet Sue   @ youtube
- Limehouse Blues   @ youtube
- Place de Broukere   @ youtube
- Les yeux noirs   @ youtube


His Master's Voice DLP 1045 (UK 1954)

31955Gordon Heath et Lee Payant interprètent
Chants Traditionnels des États-Unis

- King's Highway Side A @ youtube
- All The Pretty Horses
- This Morning, This Evening, So Soon ...
- Drill Ye Tarriers
- Poor Boy
- I Wonder As I Wander
- The Ballad Of The Boll Weevil

- Miss Julie Ann Johnson Side B @ youtube
- Every Night When The Sun Goes In
- Take This Hammer
- Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair
- Darling Corey
- Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies
- Pick A Bale O' Cotton / Bring A Little Water Silvy

rec. July 12, 1955 at Studio Geneix, Paris, France by Les Editions de la Boite à Musique

10 inch LP
liner notes in French

Boite A Musique BAM LD 313 (Fr 1955)

3a1955Ottilie Patterson: That Patterson Girl

- Trouble In Mind
- Sister Kate

- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Poor Man's Blues

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Metronome MEP 1088

41956?Der de Paur-Chor: Spirituals
Ltg. Leonard de Paur

- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Who Built De Ark?   @ youtube

- Soon Ah Will Be Done
- I Want Jesus To Talk Wid Me

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Philips 429 178 BE (Germany)

51956Phil and Bix

- Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate #   @ youtube
- Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down *   @ youtube

- Satanic Blues #   @ youtube
- Borneo *   @ youtube

# Phil Napoleon and his Memphis Five
* Bix Beiderbecke

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Philips 429 197 BE (NL)

61956Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Jazz

- Air Mail Special   @ Spotify
- Flying Home   @ youtube

- How High The Moon   @ Spotify
- Lady Be Good!   @ youtube

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Dr. Schulz-Köhn

Brunswick 10 055 EPB (Germany)

710/1956Giants Of Jazz - Louis Armstrong with Sidney Bechet

- Perdido Street Blues   @ youtube
- 2.19 Blues   @ youtube

- Cool Cart Blues   @ youtube
- Down In Honky Tonk Town   @ youtube

rec. May 27, 1940

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Schulz-Koehn

Brunswick 10 068 EPB (Germany)

81956
Joe Turner: The Boss of the Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz


- Cherry Red (3:21)
- Roll 'em Pete (3:41)
- I Want A Little Girl (4:16)
- Low Down Dog (3:38)
- Wee Baby Blues (7:15)

- You're Driving Me Crazy (4:10)
- How Long Blues (5:43)
- Morning Glories (3:39)
- St. Louis Blues (4:17)
- Piny Brown Blues (4:49)

notes by Whitney Balliett

Atlantic 1234

9195?Mahalia Jackson: I Ask The Lord

- I Asked The Lord
- God Is So Good
- God Knows The Reason Why
- Take My Hand Precious Lord
- Standing Here Wondering Which Way To Go
- Without A Song

- He's A Light Unto My Pathway
- A Satisfied Mind
- I Complained
- Trouble
- A Star Stood Still
- An Evening Prayer


Philips B 07354 L (NL)

101957Satchmo Sings Spirituals

- Going To Shout All Over God's Heaven   @ Spotify
- Shadrack   @ youtube

- Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen   @ youtube
- Jonah And The Whale   @ Spotify

rec. June 14, 1938; Louis Armstrong with the Lyn Murray Chorus

Brunswick OE 9310 (UK)

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Schulz-Koehn

Brunswick 10 074 EPB (Germany)

10a1956Chris Barber Plays Vol. 1

- Whistlin' Rufus
- Big House Blues

- April Showers

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Metronome MEP 1110

10b4/1957Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group: Showcase Vol. 1

- Wabash Cannonball
- How Long, How Long Blues

- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Nobody's Child

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Metronome MEP 1112

10c1957Chris Barber Plays Vol. V

- Bye and Bye
- Old Rugged Cross

- Just A Closer Walk With Thee

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Metronome MEP 1181

111957Louis Armstrong Sings The Blues

- I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
- Basin Street Blues
- St. Louis Blues
- The Blues Are Brewin'
- Rockin' Chair
- Where The Blues Were Born In New Orleans

- Blues For Yesterday
- Jack-Armstrong Blues
- Blues In The South
- Back O'town Blues
- Fifty-Fifty Blues
- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans ?

RCA LJM-1005-C (1954)

notes by Bill Zeitung

RCA LJM-1005-C (Germany 1957)

1211/1957Bechet Classics

- Summertime #   @ youtube
- September Song #   @ youtube

- Muskrat Ramble *
- St. Louis Blues *

# rec. January 31, 1952 at Salle Pleyel in Paris, France; Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter and his Orchestra: Guy Longnon (tpt); Claude Rabanit (cnt); Bernard Zacharias (tbn); Claude Luter (clt); Sidney Bechet (sop); Christian Azzi (pno); Claude Philippe (bjo); Roland Bianchini (bs); François "Moustache" Galépidès (dms)
* rec. October 3, 1953 in Hollywood, CA ("Gene Norman presents 'Dixieland Jubilee'"); Sidney Bechet with Bob Scobey's Band: Bob Scobey (tpt); Jack Buck (tbn); Ellis Horne (clt); Sidney Bechet (sop); Wally Rose (pno); Clancy Hayes (bjo); Dick Lammi (bs); Fred Higuera (dms).

# Vogue

* GNP EP 1011 (US) /
Vogue EPL 7073 (Fr)

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Brunswick 10 952 EPB (Germany)

136/1958olympia concert mit sidney bechet

- Montmartre Boogie Woogie   @ youtube
- Halle Hallelujah   @ youtube

rec. December 8, 1954 at l'Olympia in Paris, France

7 inch 45 rpm

Brunswick 10 041 EPB (Germany)

13a7/1958Lonnie Donegan on Stage at Conway Hall

- Mule-Skinner Blues
- Old Hannah

- On A Monday
- Glory

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Metronome MEP 1187

141958Josh White: Chain Gang Songs

- Trouble
- 'Twas On A Monday
- Going Home Boys
- Nine Foot Shovel
- Crying Who? Crying You

- Dip Your Fingers In The Water
- The Old Ship Of Zion
- Mary Had A Baby
- Did You Ever Love A Woman
- Every Time I Feel The Spirit

Elektra EKL 158 (mono)
EKS 7158 (stereo) (1958)

notes by Nat Hentoff

Mode Disques MDINT 9122 (Fr 1958)

151959Mahalia Jackson: Great Gettin' Up Morning

- Great Gettin' Up Morning
- How Great Thou Art
- I Found The Answer
- To Me It's Wonderful
- His
- God Put A Rainbow In The Sky

- He Must Have Known
- When I've Done My Best
- Just To Behold His Face
- My Journey To The Sky
- Tell The World About This

Mahalia Jackson, voc; Mildred Falls, p; Alfred Miller, Harold Smith, org; Jimmy Raney, g; Addison Farmer, John Simmons, b; Osie Johnson, perc

Columbia CL 1343 (US)


Philips B 07546 L (NL)

15a3/1959Presenting Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group

- Sally Don't You Grieve
- Betty, Betty, Betty

- Times Are Getting Hard Boys
- Lonesome Traveller

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Metronome MEP 1195

15b6/1959Lonnie Donegan: Relax with Lonnie

- Bewildered
- Kevin Barry

- It Is No Secret
- My Laggan Love

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Metronome MEP 1735

15b1959To Night At 8 pm
Traditional Jazz Concert featuring
Chris Barber's Jazzband
Monty Sunshine Trio
Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group

Chris Barber's Jazzband
- Bugle Boy March   @ youtube
- Down Home Rag   @ youtube
- Makin Whoopee   @ youtube
Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group
- Over In The New Burying Ground   @ youtube
- Leavin' Blues   @ youtube

Chris Barber's Jazzband
- Maryland My Maryland   @ youtube
- Saint George's Rag   @ youtube
- Wabash Blues   @ youtube
Monty Sunshine Trio
- Saint Philips Street Break Down   @ youtube
- Wild Cat Blues   @ youtube
Chris Barber's Jazzband
- South   @ youtube

rec. October 10, 1954 at a concert at the Odd Fellow Palais in Copenhagen, Denmark; Pat Halcox, tp; Chris Barber, tb; Monty Sunshine, cl; Lonnie Donegan, bj; Jim Bray, b; Ron Bowden, dr; prod. by Karl Emil Knudsen


Storyville SLP 100 (Denmark 1959)

(=) Storyville STCD 5527 (Denmark 1995) "The Original Copenhagen Concert"

161959The Sensational Nightingales: Spirituals
(on back cover: "Negro Spirituals")

- The Blood Of Jesus   @ youtube
- It Is No Secret   @ youtube
- Morning Train   @ youtube
- Jesus Is Going   @ youtube
- I Want To Go   @ youtube
- What Would You Give   @ youtube

- Savior Don't Pass Me By   @ youtube
- Standing At The Judgement   @ youtube
- Live So God Can Use You   @ youtube
- Burying Ground   @ youtube
- To The End   @ youtube

Julius Cheeks on lead

Peacock PLP 101 (US 1959) "Songs Of Praise"


disques POP CBM 60046.30m (Fr 9/1960)

16a1960Ottilie Patterson and Chris Barber's Jazz Band

- There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- T'aint Nobody's Business

- How Long Blues
- Well, Alright, O.K. You Win

rec. 1959

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Metronome MEP 1748

16b1960Chris Barber's Jazz Band: Lonesome

- Lonesome
- Give Me Your Telephone Number

- Hot House Rag
- Creole Song

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Metronome MEP 1752

171960John Lee Hooker: Blue!
Jazz Club Series Vol. 10

- I Need Some Money (2:25) #
- Come On And See About Me (3:06)
- I'm Wanderin' (5:12) #
- Democrat Man (3:27)
- I Want To Talk About You (3:02) #
- Gonna Use My Rod (4:20) #

- Wednesday Evenin' Blues (3:34) #
- No More Doggin' (2:42) #
- One Of These Days (4:05) #
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home (3:42) #
- You're Leavin' Me, Baby (3:48) #
- That's My Story (4:34)

rec. January 9, 1960 in New York; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; # Sam Jones, b; # Louis Hayes, dr

Riverside 12-321 (US)
Fontana FJL 119 (UK)


Fontana 683 269 JCY (NL 1960?)

181960Miles Davis: Kind of blue

- So What   @ youtube
- Freddie Freeloader
- Blue In Green

- All Blues   @ youtube
- Flamenco Sketches

notes by Bill Evans

Fontana 682 059 TL (NL)

191960Josh White: Spirituals And Blues

- Southern Exposure
- Red Sun - Silicosis Blues
- Black Snake
- Things About Coming My Way

- I've Got That Pure Religion
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
- I Know King Jesus
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- I Don't Intend To Die In Egypt

Josh White, voc, g; Bill Lee, b; Walter Perkins, dr

Elektra EKL 193 (mono)
EKS 7193 (stereo) (1960)

Bounty BY 6014 (UK)


Mode Disques MDINT 9139 (Fr 1960)

201960Joan Baez I

- Silver Dagger
- East Virginia
- Fare Thee Well
- House Of The Rising Sun
- All My Trials
- Wildwood Flower
- Donna Donna

- John Riley
- Rake And Rambling Boy
- Little Moses
- Mary Hamilton
- Henry Martin
- El Preso Numero Nueve

Vanguard VSD 2077


Amadeo AVRS 9113
(Austria)

211961Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers

- Cross Road Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Walkin' Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- 32-20 Blues
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day

- Preachin' Blues
- When You Got A Good Friend
- Ramblin' On My Mind
- Stones In My Passway
- Traveling Riverside Blues
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Hellhound On My Trail

notes by Frank Driggs

CBS 62456 (Germany)

221961Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Blues & Shouts

- John Henry
- I'm A Stranger
- Cornbread And Peas
- Louise
- I Done Done
- Meet You In The Morning

- Poor Boy From Home
- Hudy Leadbelly
- Something's Wrong At Home
- Take This Hammer
- Baby's Gone
- Lose Your Money

rec. March 15, 1957 in Oakland, OR

Fantasy LP 3317

notes by Dick Hadlock

America 30 AM 6075 (Fr 1961)

231961Joan Baez II

- Wagoners Lad
- The Trees They Do Grow High
- The Lily Of The West
- Silkie
- Engine 143
- Once I Knew A Pretty Girl
- Lonesome Road

- Banks Of The Ohio
- Pal Of Mine
- Barbara Allen
- The Cherry Tree Carol
- Old Blue
- Railroad Boy
- Plaisir D'Amour

Vanguard VSD-2097


Amadeo AVRS 9119 (Austria 1961)

241962Josh White: Empty Bed Blues

- Empty Bed Blues
- Mother On That Train
- Bottle Up And Go
- Backwater Blues
- Baby Baby Blues

- Lord Have Mercy
- Home In That Rock
- Paul And Silas
- His Eye Is On The Sparrow
- That Suits Me

Josh White, voc, g; Bill Lee, b

Elektra EKL 211 (mono)
EKS 7211 (stereo) (US 1962)

PYE Golden Guinea GGL 0160 (UK 1962)


Mode Disques MDINT 9126 (Fr 1962)

Sepia Tone CD 14

24a3/1962Bob Dylan

- You're No Good
- Talkin' New York
- In My Time Of Dyin'
- Man Of Constant Sorrow
- Fixin' To Die
- Pretty Peggy-O
- Highway 51

- Gospel Plow
- Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
- House Of The Risin' Sun
- Freight Train Blues
- Song To Woody
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean


CBS SBPG 62022 (UK 3/1962)

251962Joan Baez In Concert

- Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
- Geordie
- Copper Kettle
- Kumbaya
- What Have They Done To The Rain
- Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
- Danger Water

- Gospel Ship
- House Carpenter
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- Lady Mary
- Até Amanha
- Matty Groves

Vanguard VRS-9112


Amadeo AVRS 9114 (Austria 1962)

261963Joan Baez In Concert II

- Once I Had A Sweetheart
- Jackaroe
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
- We Shall Overcome
- Portland Town
- Queen Of Hearts
- Manhã de Carneval
- Te Ador

- Long Black Veil
- Railroad Bill
- Rambler-Gambler
- Fennario (Dedicated To Jonathan Biltchick)
- 'Nu Bello Cardillo
- Three Fishers
- Hush Little Baby
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Vanguard VSD-2123


Amadeo AVRS 9118 (Austria 1963)

26a1963The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

- Blowin' In The Wind
- Girl From The North Country
- Masters Of War
- Down The Highway
- Bob Dylan's Blues
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
- Bob Dylan's Dream
- Oxford Town
- Talking World War III Blues
- Corrina, Corrina
- Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
- I Shall Be Free


Columbia CL 1986

271964Joan Baez 5

- There But For Fortune
- Stewball
- It Ain't Me, Babe
- The Death Of Queen Jane
- Bachianas Brasileiras Nr. 5 - Aria
- Go 'Way From My Window

- I Still Miss Someone
- When You Hear Them Cuckoos Hollerin'
- Birmingham Sunday
- So We'll Go No More A-Roving
- O' Cangaceiro
- The Unquiet Grave

Vanguard VRS-9160


Amadeo AVRS 9151 (Austria 1964)

27a1964Another Side of Bob Dylan

- All I Really Want To Do
- Black Crow Blues
- Spanish Harlem Incident
- Chimes Of Freedom
- I Shall Be Free No. 10
- To Ramona

- Motorpsycho Nitemare
- My Back Pages
- I Don't Believe You
- Ballad In Plain D
- It Ain't Me Babe


CBS BPG 62429 (UK 1964)

24a1964Bob Dylan: The Times They Are A-Changin'

- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- Ballad Of Hollis Brown
- With God On Our Side
- One Too Many Mornings
- North Country Blues

- Only A Pawn In Their Game
- Boots Of Spanish Leather
- When The Ship Comes In
- The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
- Restless Farewell

281965Joan Baez 6: Farewell Angelina

- Farewell, Angelina
- Daddy, You Been On My Mind
- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
- The Wild Mountain Thyme
- Ranger's Command
- Colours

- Satisfied Mind
- The River In The Pines
- Pauvre Ruteboeuf
- Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Vanguard VSD-79200


Amadeo AVRS 9175

28a1965Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited


28b1965Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back home


could be that this is the first Dylan LP I bought myself (at 15)

291970Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers   Vol. II

- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Rambling On My Mind
- Phonograph Blues
- They're Red Hot
- Dead Shrimp Blues
- Preachin' Blues

- I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
- From Four Till Late
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Malted Milk
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Honeymoon Blues
- Love In Vain

short notes by Jon Waxman
includes insert with
notes by Pete Welding

CBS M 64102 (UK 1970)

301976Sidney Bechet   Volume II

- Out Of The Gallion
- Breathless Blues
- Really The Blues, part 1
- Really Tthe Blues, part 2
- Groovin' The Minor

- Where Am I
- Tommy's Blues
- Chicago Function, part 1
- Chicago Function, part 2
- I Want Some


Everest FS 323



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