"The Devil's Music" television series was made by the BBC Continuing Education Department and first shown in five parts in 1976. A second series of four parts, presented by Alexis Korner, was first transmitted in 1979. Both series were produced and directed by Maddalena Fagandini & Giles Oakley."The Devil's Music - A History of the Blues" by Giles Oakley was first published in Britain by BBC Publications. The book was also available in the USA, published in hardback by Taplinger and in paperback by Harvest/HBJ. There are editions published in translation in Italy, Germany, France, Turkey and Japan.
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
DLPnotes by Giles Oakley Red Lightnin' RL 0033 (UK 1976)
3 CD box setnotes 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
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
notes by Giles Oakley Red Lightnin' RL 0038 (UK 1983)
paperback, 287 pp. Back cover: Sonny Boy Williamson II, most likely at the Montmartre Jazz Club, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 3, 1964; photographer: Jan Persson British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 1976
hardcover, 287 pp.Taplinger Pub. Co. 1977
paperback, 324 pp.Mazzotta Editore 1978
paperback, 287 pp.Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ("A Harvest/HBJ book") 1978
paperback, 414 pp. Bastei Lübbe Verlag 1981
paperbackCrown Publications ("Ariel Books") 1983
paperback, 348 pp.Éditions Denoël 1985
paperback, 290 pp."Music" ??? 1987
paperback, 311 pp.Da Capo Press 1997
paperback, 364 pp.Ayrinti Yayinlari 2004
paperback, 302 pp.ShaKe Edizioni 2008
Devil's Music, Series 2, Episode 2 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/p00lk4rq/ (First Broadcast BBC 1, Mon 16 Jul 1979) Presenter: Alexis Korner Performers: Laura Dukes, voc, ukelele - "Crawdads" Sam Chatmon, voc, g - "That's All Right" Big Joe Williams, voc, 9-str g - "Sloppy Drunk" and "Highway 49" Little Brother Mongomery, voc, p - "Vicksburg Blues" James DeShay & Band James DeShay, voc, el g; - "Brand New Pony"
Devil's Music, Series 2, Episode 3 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/p00lk5pk/ (First Broadcast BBC 1, Mon 23 Jul 1979) Presenter: Alexis Korner Performers: Big Joe Williams, voc, g - "Providence Help The Poor People" Henry Townsend, voc, p - "I'm Leaving"(?) Victoria Spivey, voc, p - "TB Blues" James DeShay & Band James DeShay, voc, el g; - "Crossroads" and "Mistake in Life" (?)
Devil's Music, Series 2, Episode 4 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/p00lk5yh/ (First Broadcast BBC 1, Mon 30 Jul 1979) Presenter: Alexis Korner Performers: Billy Boy Arnold with The Aces - "She Fooled Me" Fenton Robinson & Band (Fenton Robinson, voc, g; Bill Heid, keyb; Bob Stroger, b; Jesse Green, dr) - "You Don't Know What Love Is" Sonny Blake, hca with Joe Willie Wilkins, g & LT Lewis, dr - "Bring It on Home To Me" Charles 'Good Rockin Charles' Edwards, voc, hca with The Aces - "Don't Start Me To Talkin" The Aces: Louis Myers, voc, g; Dave Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr - "Take a Little Walk" Fenton Robinson & Band (Fenton Robinson, voc, g; Bill Heid, keyb; Bob Stroger, b; Jesse Green, dr) - "Someone Lend Loan Me A Dime"
thanks to Mario Hemken, John Kilpatrick, Benoît Brière and Frits Segers for additional info / scans