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Leroy Foster (left) with anonymous enthusiast; source: Rowe 1975, p. 77; reversed & photoshopped by Stefan Wirz; click to enlarge!
Leroy Foster (left) with anonymous enthusiast (or family member)
source: Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues - The City and the Music.- New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1975, p. 77; reversed & photoshopped by Stefan Wirz
"Baby Face"  Leroy Foster
b. February 12, 1923 in Algoma, Pontotoc County, Mississippi
d. May 26, 1958, Billings Hospital (dead on arrival), Chicago, Illinois
buried at Fern Oak Cemetery in Griffith, Indiana
discography
Leroy Foster and his wife Betty on their wedding day in 1947; source: Chess 6641 174 booklet; click to enlarge!
Leroy Foster and his wife Betty on their wedding day in 1947
source: Booklet accompanying Chess 6641 174; reversed also published in Blues Unlimited 127 (Nov./Dec. 1977), p. 27 ("courtesy Betty Foster")

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11945LEE BROWN

- Bobbie Town Boogie (C12) #   @ youtube
- My Little Girl Blues (C11)   @ youtube

rec. 1945 in Chicago, IL; Lee Brown, voc; as; ts; Leroy Foster, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; dr; # ens voc


Chicago 104 (J. Mayo Williams' label)

21946JAMES (Beale or Beal Street) CLARK

- Come To Me Baby (What Evil Have I Done) (CCO-4655-1)   @ youtube
- You Can't Make The Grade (CCO-4656-1)   @ youtube

rec. September 27, 1946 in Chicago, IL; James Clark, voc, p; Muddy Waters, Leroy Foster, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

"JAMES (Beale Street) CLARK"   "Drums and Guitar"

"JAMES (Beal Street) CLARK"   "Guitar and Drums"
Columbia 37391

= Columbia 30020

Testament T-2207

Muddy Waters discography

31946LEE BROWN "The Heartbreaker" And His Barberton Boogie Woogie Cats

- New Little Girl, Little Girl (K5160)   @ Spotify
- Brownie's Boogie [sic] (K5161-1)

rec. September 1946 in Chicago, IL; Lee Brown, voc, p; Oliver Alcorn, ts; Leroy Foster, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; dr


Queen/King 4157

   

- Horse Shoe Boogie (K5138) #   @ Spotify
- Ruby Moore Blues (K5139) #   @ Spotify
- Low Land Blues (K5140) #   @ Spotify
- Round The World Boogie (K5141) #   @ Spotify
- Oh Well, Oh Well Baby (K5162)
- I'm The Boogie Man (K5163)

rec. September 1946 in Chicago, IL; Lee Brown, voc, p; Oliver Alcorn, ts; Leroy Foster, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; dr

Queen/King unissued

# Proper CDBOX 7

41947 

LEE "Georgie Boy" BROWN and His Boogie Band
- Bobbie Town Woogie (C 110) #   @ youtube
DOSSIE TERRY
- She's Alright (BEL 153) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify


# rec. 1946 in Chicago, IL; Lee Brown, voc, p; Alex Atkins, as; Leroy Foster, g; Big Crawford, b; dr
* rec. 1946 in New York, NY; Dossie Terry, voc; p; b


20th Century 2046 (US 1947) (Ivin Ballen's label)

51947 

MEMPHIS SLIM & HIS House Rockers (Sunny Land Slim - Blues Singer)
- Round About Boogie (C112) #   @ youtube

LEE BROWN & HIS Orchestra
- Bobbie Town Woogie (C110) *

# rec. 1946 in Chicago, IL; James Arthur Lane [Jimmy Rogers], voc, hca; Alex Atkins, as; Lee Brown, p; Big Crawford, b; poss. Leroy Foster, dr

* rec. 1946 in Chicago, IL; Lee Brown, voc, p; Alex Atkins, as; Leroy Foster, g; Big Crawford, b; dr


Harlem 1021

5a1948DELTA JOE

Opera 5:
- Roll, Tumble And Slip (OP8A)   @ Spotify
- Train Time (OP8B)   @ Spotify

Chance 1115 (1952):
- I Cried (U-2121)
- 4 O'Clock Blues (U-2122)

rec. 1947 or 1948 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Leroy Foster, el g


Opera 5


= Chance 1115 (1952)

62/1949MUDDY WATERS with Rythm Accompaniment [sic]

- You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead And Gone) (U7148R)   @ youtube
- Mean Red Spider (U7149R)   @ youtube

rec. November 30, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Leroy Foster, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b


Aristocrat 1307

74/1949LEROY FOSTER and MUDDY WATERS

- Locked Out Boogie (U7154)   @ youtube
- Shady Grove Blues (U7155)   @ youtube

rec. November 30, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, g; Muddy Waters, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b


Aristocrat 1234

86/1949MUDDY WATERS with Rythm Accompaniment [sic]

- Streamline Woman (U7151R)   @ youtube
- Muddy Jumps One (instr) (U7153R)   @ youtube

rec. November 30, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Leroy Foster, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b


Aristocrat 1310

   

- Standin' Here Tremblin' (U7150) #   @ youtube
- Hard Days (U7152) *   @ Spotify

rec. November 30, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Leroy Foster, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b

Aristocrat unissued

# Sunnyland KS 100
# Chess LP 2057
# Chess LP 9180

* Chess LP 6641 174

96/1949SUNNY LAND SLIM And MUDDY WATER [sic]

- Blue Baby (A)   @ youtube
- I Want My Baby (B) #   @ youtube

rec. May 14, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p, # voc; Muddy Waters, g, # voc; Leroy Foster, g; Elga Edmonds, dr


Tempo-Tone 1002

101949SUNNYLAND SLIM & HIS SUNNYLAND BOYS

- Red Headed Woman (A)
- Boll Weevil Blues (B)

rec. May 14, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Muddy Waters, g; Elga Edmonds, dr


Tempo-Tone 1003
[ever released?]

111949SUNNYLAND SLIM & HIS SUNNYLAND BOYS

- Frozen Ground (A)
- Down The Road (B)

rec. May 14, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Lonesome Sam (Sam Moton), voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; Leroy Foster, g; Muddy Waters, g; Elga Edmonds, dr


Tempo-Tone 1004
[ever released?]

11a2/1950LITTLE JOHNNY   MUDDY WATERS

- Big Town Play Boy (U 7213)   @ youtube
- Shelby County Blues (U 7214)   @ youtube

rec. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; Muddy Waters, Leroy Foster, gs; poss. Elga Edmonds, dr



the green Aristocrat labels tend to fade with time. The faded portions of the label look yellow, and those that have faded all over look brownish yellow:

Aristocrat 405

Muddy Waters discography
Johnny Jones discography

121950MUDDY WATERS

- Screaming And Crying (U 7215)   @ youtube
- Where's My Woman Been (U 7216)   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Leroy Foster, dr


Aristocrat 406

Muddy Waters discography
Johnny Jones discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

   

- Last Time I Fool Around With You (U 7217)   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; Jimmy Rogers (or Tampa Red), g; Leroy Foster, dr

Aristocrat unissued

Chess LP 6641 174
Chess LP 9180

131950BABY FACE LEROY TRIO

- Red Headed Woman (H515-3) *   @ youtube
- Boll Weevil (H512-3) #   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, dr, # g; Little Walter, hca; prob. Jimmy Rogers, g; Muddy Waters, g


Parkway 104

# Herald 404

* Savoy 1122 (1954)
= Savoy 1501 (early 1970s)

   

- Boll Weevil (H512-1) []   @ youtube
- Boll Weevil (H512-2 incomplete) #

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, dr, # g; Little Walter, hca; prob. Jimmy Rogers, g; Muddy Waters, g

Parkway unissued

[] Louis Records (UK 2012)

141950BABY FACE LEROY TRIO

- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 (H 513-1) []   @ youtube (ed. version = 2:51)
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2 (H 514-1) #   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, dr; Little Walter, voc, hca; Muddy Waters, g, voc


Parkway 501

# Herald 404

[] unedited version on
Louis Records (UK 2012)

151950LITTLE WALTER TRIO

- Just Keep Lovin' Her (H 511-4) #   @ youtube
- Moonshine Blues (H 517-1) *   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, # hca, * g; Muddy Waters, g; Leroy Foster, dr, g?


Parkway 502

# Herald 403

* Savoy 1122 (1954)
* Savoy 1501 (early 1970s)

   

- Just Keep Lovin' Her (H 511-1)   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Muddy Waters, g; Leroy Foster, dr, g?

Parkway unissued

Louis Records (UK 2012)

169/1950LITTLE WALTER TRIO

- Muskadine Blues (R1356 / H516-2) #   @ youtube
- Bad Actin' Woman (R1357)   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, g; Muddy Waters, g; Leroy Foster, dr, g?; # prob. Jimmy Rogers, g


Regal 3296

# Herald 403

   

- Ludella (1218-2)   @ youtube

rec. late January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g? (or Little Son Joe [Ernest Lawlars], g?); Little Walter, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; prob. Ernest Lawlers, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b; Leroy Foster, dr


Regal unissued

Boogie Disease LP 101/2

Biograph BLP 12035

Jimmy Rogers discography

171950MILDRED RICHARDS and Her Red Hots

- Mother's Day (2249-12)
- It May Be Better In The Future (2249-22)

rec. early 1950 at Modern Recording Studios in Chicago, IL; Mildred Richards [Richardson], voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; Leroy Foster, g; b; d; ens humming

Only two copies are still known to exist, and one of them is broken


J.O.B. 2249

181950Baby Face / BABY FACE LEROY and His Trio

Baby Face (JOB 100)
BABY FACE LEROY and His Trio (Chess 1447)
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore (100a)   @ youtube
- Take A Little Walk With Me (100b)   @ youtube

rec. early 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, g; Snooky Pryor, hca; Alfred Elkins, b


J.O.B. 100


= Chess 1447

191950Snooky Pryor

- Boogy Fool (JB 101 A)   @ youtube
- Raisin' Sand (JB 101 B)   @ Spotify

rec. early 1950 in Chicago, IL; Snooky Pryor, voc, hca; Leroy Foster, g; Moody Jones, b


JOB 101

Snooky Pryor discography

201950Sunnyland Slim & His Trio

- Back To Korea Blues (EO-CB-4504 SS1A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- It's All Over Now (EO-CB-4505 SS1B)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. October 1950 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Snooky Pryor, hca; Leroy Foster, g


Sunny 101

211950J. B. AND HIS BAYOU BOYS

- My Baby Told Me (JB 31643)   @ youtube
- Korea Blues (JB 31644)   @ youtube

rec. late 1950 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Leroy Foster, g; Alfred Wallace, dr
Some copies of Chess 1449 feature JB 31644 mis-labeled as "Carrie Lee"

Joe Brown (J.O.B.) recordings sold / leased to Chess

Chess 1449

J.B. Lenoir discography

221950J. B. LENORE and his Bayou Boys

- Deep In Dept Blues (JB 31641)   @ Spotify
- Carrie Lee (JB 31642)   @ Spotify

rec. late 1950 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Leroy Foster, g; Alfred Wallace, dr

Joe Brown (J.O.B.) recordings sold / leased to Chess

Chess 1463

J.B. Lenoir discography

231952SUNNYLAND TRIO - Vocal by Baby Face

- Pet Rabbit (35224)   @ youtube
- Louella (35225)   @ youtube

rec. March 22, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Robert Lockwood Jr, g; Alfred Wallace, dr


J.O.B. 1002

   

- Late Hours At Midnight (1012)   @ youtube
- Blues Is Killin' Me (1013-1) #   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1952 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Robert Lockwood Jr, g; unknown Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr

J.O.B. unissued

Flyright LP 584
# Juke Joint LP 1501

24195?LITTLE WALTER

- Just Keep Lovin' Her (H-1004) [Parkway 502]
- Take A Walk With Me (= Muskadine Blues) (H-1005) [Regal 3296]


Herald 403

25195?LITTLE WALTER

- Rollin' Blues (= Rollin' and Tumblin' Part 2) (H 514) [Parkway 104]
- Boll Weevil (H512) [Parkway 501]

 
Herald 404

261954BABY FACE

- Red Headed Woman (H515) [Parkway 104]
- Moonshine Baby (= Moonshine Blues) (H517 [Parkway 502]


Savoy 1122


= Savoy 1501 (early 1970s)


LP / CD compilations
271965Chicago Blues - The Early 1950s

Homesick James
- Homesick

Baby Face Leroy
- Boll Weevil
- Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 1 [Parkway 501]
Little Walter
- Muskadine
J. B. Hutto
- Dim Lights
- Things Are So Slow
Eddie Boyd
- Five Long Years

Baby Face Leroy
- Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 2 [Parkway 501]

Junior Wells
- Hoodoo Man
Little Willie Foster
- Falling Rain Blues
Snooky & Moody
- Stockyard Blues
Johnny Young
- Money Taking Woman
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
Big Walter
- Hard Hearted Woman
Robert Nighthawk
- Kansas City Blues
John Brim
- Tough Times


notes by Chris A. Strachwitz

Blues Classics BC 8

Blues Classics discography

281970Snooky Pryor

- Telephone Blues
- Boogie
- Raising Sand
- Boogy Fool
- I'm Getting Tired
- Going Back On The Road
- I Want You For Myself

- Crosstown Blues
- Crying Shame
- Eighty Nine Ten
- Someone To Love Me
- Judgement Day
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
- Boogie Twist

reissue of postwar 78 rpm JOB records; rec. 1948 - 1963; Snooky Pryor, voc., harmonica; Moody Jones, g or b; Leroy Foster, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Eddie Taylor, g; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Johnny Young, g; Floyd Jones, g; Homesick James, g: Little Joe Harris, Alfred Wallace, Earl Philips, dr

notes (August 1969) by John J. Broven

Flyright LP 100 (UK 1970)


= Magpie PY 1813 (UK 1986)

Flyright Records discography
Magpie Records discography

291970Vintage Muddy Waters

- Smokestack Lightning
- Streamline Woman
- Deep Down In My Heart
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Mean Red Spider
- Crawlin' Kingsnake

- Flood
- Youre Gonna Miss Me
- Sun Rose This Morning
- Standin' Here Tremblin'
- Real Love
- Mojo

rec. 1949 - 1959 in Chicago; compiled by Mike Leadbitter

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Sunnyland KS 100 (UK 1970)

Sunnyland discography

301971On The Road Again
An Anthology Of Chicago Blues 1947-1954

Lp 1 track sequence:
Floyd Jones & His Trio
- On The Road Again

Baby Face Leroy Trio
- Red Headed Woman
Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman
John Brim Trio
- Trouble In The Morning
J.B. & His Hawks
- Now She's Gone
Snooky And Moody
- Keep What You Got
Little Walter Trio
- Bad Acting Woman

Johnny Shines
- Evening Sun (U 2337)

Little Walter Trio
- Moonshine Blues
Delta Joe
- Roll, Tumble And Slip
J.B. & His Hawks
- Pet Cream Man
Othum Brown
- Ora Nelle Blues
John Brim Trio
- Humming Blues

Little Walter Trio
- I Just Keep Lovin' Her
J.B. & His Hawks
- Lovin' You

M 100 / XTRA 1133 track sequence:
Floyd Jones & His Trio
- On The Road Again
Snooky And Moody
- Keep What You Got

Delta Joe
- Roll, Tumble And Slip
Little Walter Trio
- Bad Acting Woman
- I Just Keep Lovin' Her
- Moonshine Blues
Baby Face Leroy Trio
- Red Headed Woman
Othum Brown
- Ora Nelle Blues

Johnny Shines
- Evening Sun
- Brutal Hearted Woman
John Brim Trio
- Humming Blues
- Trouble In The Morning
J.B. & His Hawks
- Lovin' You
- Pet Cream Man
- Now She's Gone


disc to tape transfer by Pete Welding
original recordings provided by Frank Scott and Bruce Bromberg
Muskadine 1 has Rick Griffin cover art

notes (4-pp. insert) by "Fats Terminal"

Muskadine 1 (US, fall 1970)

notes by John Harmer and Frank Scott

(=) Muskadine M 100 (US 1971)

notes by John Harmer and Frank Scott

= XTRA 1133 (UK 1973)

Muskadine Records discography
XTRA Records discography

30a1971Blind Willie McTell & Memphis Minnie: Love Changin' Blues

Blind Willie McTell
- Love Changing Blues [Regal 3277] #
- Savannah Mama [R1271-1, Regal unissued] #
- Talkin' To You Mama [Regal 3277] #
- East St. Louis [R1273-1, Regal unissued] #
- Wee Midnight Hours [R1274-1, Regal unissued] #
- Pal Of Mine - take 1 [R1278-1, Regal unissued] #

Memphis Minnie
- Down Home Girl (R1214-1) *
- Night Watchman Blues - take 1 (R1215-1) *
- Night Watchman Blues - take 2 (R1215-2) *
- Why Did I Make You Cry (R1216-1) *
- Kid Man Blues (R1217-2) *

Jimmy Rogers
- Ludella (R1218-2) []

# rec. c. August 1949 in Atlanta (Regal)
* rec. 1949/1950 in Chicago (Regal)

[] rec. late January 1950 in Chicago (Regal)

notes by Don Kent

Biograph BLP-12035 (US 1971)

= Blue Moon 1.073 (UK 1989)

(=) Biograph BCD 124

Biograph Records discography

30b1972Take A Little Walk With Me
The Blues in Chicago 1948-1957

LP 1:
J.B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie
Willie Nix
- All By Yourself
Floyd Jones
- Any Old Lonesome Day
Eddie Taylor
- Big Town Playboy
Little Willie Foster
- Little Girl
John Lee Henley
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
Robert Nighthawk
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman
John Brim
- Gary Stomp [Parrot 799]

Lazy Bill Lucas
- She Got Me Walkin'
Willie Nix
- Nervous Wreck
Floyd Jones
- Skinny Woman
Grace Brim
- Going Down The Line [Random 202]
Johnny Young
- My Baby Walked Out
Little Walter
- Blue Baby

Jimmy Rogers
- Ludella No. 2 [sic]
Baby Face Leroy
- Take A Little Walk With Me


LP 2:
Grace Brim
- Mean Man Blues [Fortune 801]
Robert Nighthawk
- Feel So Bad
Homesick James
- The Woman I Love
Lazy Bill Lucas
- I Had A Dream
Willie Nix
- No More Love
Floyd Jones
- Floyd's Blues
John Lee Henley
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Memphis Minnie
- World Of Trouble

Johnny Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
Floyd Jones
- Big World
John Brim
- Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011]
Memphis Minnie
- Kissing In The Dark
Willie Nix
- Just Can't Stay
Junior Wells
- Tomorrow Night
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
Johnny Shines
- Living In The White House


compiled, annotated and produced by Leroy Pierson

gatefold DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Boogie Disease BD 101/2 (US 1972) [Leroy Pierson's first (one record) label, 500 copies only]

311972Genesis Vol. 1
The Beginnings Of Rock

Album 1
Sunnyland Slim
- Johnson Machine Gun
- Fly Right Little Girl
Muddy Waters
- Gypsy Woman
- Little Anna Mae
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- I Feel Like Going Home

Leroy Foster
- Locked Out Boogie [Aristocrat 1234]

Leroy Foster
- Shady Grove [Aristocrat 1234]
Forrest City Joe
- Memory Of Sonny Boy [Aristocrat 3101]
- Sawdust Bottom [Aristocrat unissued]
Robert Nighthawk
- Anna Lee
- Sweet Black Angel
Little Johnny Jones
- Big Town Play Boy
- Shelby County Blues



Album 2
Muddy Waters
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Rollin' Stone
- Louisiana Blues
- Evan's Shuffle
- Long Distance Call
- Honey Bee
- Howlin' Wolf

Muddy Waters
- She Moves Me
- My Fault
- Still A Fool
- They Call Me Muddy Waters
- All Night Long
- Please Have Mercy
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man



Album 3
Memphis Minnie
- Broken Heart
- Me And My Chauffeur
Robert Nighthawk
- Jackson Town Gal
- Return Mail Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Jacqueline
- Little City Woman
- Lonesome

Big Bill Broonzy
- Romance Without Finance
Washboard Sam
- Shirt Tail
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- Minding My Own Business
- Horseshoe Over My Door
- By Myself
- I'm A Lonely Man



Album 4
Jimmy Rogers
- That's All Right
- Ludella
- Goin' Away Baby
- I Used To Have A Woman
- Money Marbles And Chalk
- Back Door Friend
- The Last Time

Jimmy Rogers
- Out On The Road
- Act Like You Love Me
- Blues All Day Long
- Chicago Bound
- Sloppy Drunk
- You're The One
- Walking By Myself


compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven

4 LP box set
notes by Mike Leadbitter

Chess 6641 047 (UK Phonogram)

'Genesis' discography

321973Chicago Blues: The Beginning
12 Previously Unissued 1946 Recordings In The Newly Developed Modern Blues Styles

Muddy Waters & Homer Harris
- Hard Day Blues
Johnny Shines
- Delta Pine Blues

James Clark with Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- Come To Me Baby [Columbia 37391]
Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- Atomic Bomb Blues
Johnny Shines
- Ride, Ride, Mama
Muddy Waters & Homer Harris
- Jitterbug Blues

Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- I'm Gonna Cut Your Head
Johnny Shines
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues
Muddy Waters & Homer Harris
- Burying Ground Blues

James Clark with Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- You Can't Make The Grade [Columbia 37391]
Johnny Shines
- Tennessee Woman Blues
Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- Tomorrow Will Be Too Late


notes by Pete Welding

Testament T-2207 (US 1973)

Testament Records discography

32a6/1975Genesis Vol. 3 - Sweet Home Chicago

Album 1
Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- Big World
- Overseas
- Playhouse
Otis Spann
- It Must Have Been The Devil
- Five Spot

Gus Jenkins
- Eight Ball
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires
- One Of These Days [Checker 752]
- Murmur Low [Checker 752]
Little Henry
- I Declare That Ain't Right
- Matchbox Blues
Blue Smitty
- Sad Story
- Elgin Movements
- Date Bait


Album 2
Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider
- Hard Days
- Burying Ground
- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Screaming And Crying
- Where's My Woman Been
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2

- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Lonesome Day
- Iodine In My Coffee
- Flood
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Oh! Yeh
- Smokestack Lightning


Album 3
Little Walter
- Juke
- Boogie
- Mean Old World
- Sad Hours
- Don't Have To Hunt No More
- Tonight With A Fool
- Quarter To Twelve
- Blues With A Feeling

- Last Boogie
- Fast Boogie
- Light's Out
- You're So Fine
- Blues Light
- Last Night
- Thunderbird
- I Got To Go


Album 4
Jimmy Rogers
- Today, Today Blues
- The World Is In A Tangle
- She Loves Another Man
- Hard Working Man
- Chance To Love
- My Little Machine
- Mistreated Baby
- What's The Matter

Jimmy Rogers
- You're The One
John Brim
- Rattlesnake
- It Was A Dream
- Ice Cream Man
- Lifetime Baby
- Tough Times
- Go Away
- That Ain't Right


compiled by Mike Rowe

4 LP box set

Chess 6641 174 (UK Phonogram)

Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113, p. 24-25; click to download pdf-file
Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113, p. 24-25

'Genesis' discography

331978Blues Is Killing Me
14 Rare Performances

Leroy Foster - Blues Is Killin' Me   @ youtube
Robert Lockwood - Dust My Broom   @ youtube
Grace Brim - Man Around My Door   @ youtube
Floyd Jones - Big World   @ youtube
J.B. Lenoir - How Much More   @ youtube
Moody Jones - Please Somebody   @ youtube
Harry Brooks - Black Mare   @ youtube

"poss. "Elga Edmonds" [Elga Edmonds]" [actually Ernest 'Little Son Joe' Lawlars] - Ethel Bea   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd - Hard Headed Woman   @ youtube
Sunnyland Slim - The Devil Is A Busy Man   @ youtube
B.B. King - Recession Blues   @ youtube
John & Grace Brim - Hard Pill To Swallow   @ youtube
Memphis Minnie and Her Combo - World Of Trouble   @ youtube
Percy Parham - Just A Mouse   @ deezer


the woman depicted on the front cover might be Ethel McCoy or Fannie Brewer (wife of Jim Brewer)

notes by Pete Welding

Juke Joint 1501

341982Down Home Chicago Blues
Black Music in the 1950s Volume 5
Presenting the historic Parkway Session, 1950

Baby Face Leroy with Little Walter & Muddy Waters
- I Just Keep Loving Her *
- Just Keep Loving Her *
- Boll Weavil *
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1 [- part 2] *
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2 [- part 1] *
- Red Headed Woman *
- Moonshine Blues *

- Muskadine Blues *
- Bad Acting Woman *
J.B. Lenoir with Sunnyland Slim
- I Wanna Play A Little While #
- Louise #
- People Are Meddlin' (In Our Affairs) #
Sunnyland Slim
- I Done You Wrong []
- Low Down Sunnyland Train []


* rec. January 1950 in Chicago for Monroe Passis' Parkway label; Baby Face Leroy Foster, voc, dr; Little Walter, g, voc; Muddy Waters, g, voc
# JOB recordings; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p
[] rec. for Regal; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p

Delmark DL/DD 648 compilation prod. by Robert G. Koester
Delmark DL/DD 648 cover artwork by Jeanette Walzak, cover photo by Val Wilmer, liner photos by Ray Flerlage
P-Vine PLP-364 cover photo by Mark Power


Delmark / P-Vine PLP-9038 (Jp 1982)

notes by Jim O'Neal
 
= Delmark DL 648 (US 1984) "The Blues World of Little Walter"


= Delmark / P-Vine PLP-364 (Jp 1988) "The Blues World of Little Walter"

notes by Jim O'Neal

= Delmark DD 648 (US 1993) "The Blues World of Little Walter" ("from original masters, digitally restored")

Delmark Records discography
Baby Face Leroy Foster discography
Muddy Waters discography

351983Baby Face Leroy & Floyd Jones
The Job series Vol. 6
Classic early 1950s Chicago Blues (on label: The Blues Is Killin' Me)

Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore [J.O.B. 100]
- Take A Little Walk With Me [J.O.B. 100]
- Pet Rabbit [J.O.B. 1002]
- Louella [J.O.B. 1002]
- Late Hours At Midnight [J.O.B. unissued]
- Blues Is Killing Me [Juke Joint 1501]
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- I Lost A Good Woman

Floyd Jones
- Skinny Mama
- Rising Wind
- On The Road Again

Snooky Pryor
- Boogy Fool [JOB 101]
- Raisin' Sand [JOB 101]
- Head Is Turning Grey
- Can't Feel Good
unknown
- Where Have You Been So Long


notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLY 584 (UK 1983)

Flyright Records discography

361989Chicago Blues Harmonicas 1949 - 1958

Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Any More
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Snooky Pryor
- Boogy Fool
- Raisin' Sand
- Cryn' Shame
- Eighty Nine Ten
John Lee Henley
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
- Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door
Little Willie Foster
- Crying The Blues
- Little Girl
Louis Myers
- Bluesy
Arbee Stidham
- When I Find My Baby
Louis Myers
- Just Whaling
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Steady Rollin' Man
- Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket
Charles Clark
- Row Your Boat
Shakey Horton
- Need My Baby
- Have A Good Time
Sunnyland Slim
- Highway 61



Flyright FLYCD 11 (UK 1989)


= Paula PCD-7 (US 1991)

Flyright Records discography

371990The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey

- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy [Parkway 501]
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins


compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

1927-1930


1927-1936


1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

37a1990Blues Is Killin' Me

Baby Face Leroy
- Blues Is Killin' Me
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Louella
- Pet Rabbit
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- I Lost A Good Woman
- On The Road Again
- Rising Wind
- Skinny Mama
Little Hudson
- Don't Hang Around [J.O.B. unissued]
- I'm Looking For A Woman [J.O.B. 1015]
- Rough Treatment [J.O.B. 1015]
- Things Going So Tough With Me [J.O.B. unissued]
Memphis Minnie
- In Love Again
- Kissing In The Dark
- What A Night
- World Of Trouble
Little Son Joe
- Ethel Bea
- A Little Too Late
Unknown
- Where Have You Been So Long


notes by Mike Rowe

Flyright FLYCD 28 (UK 1990)


= Paula PCD-19 (US 1991)

Flyright Records discography
Floyd Jones discography
Little Hudson discography

381992Chess Blues

disc 1
- Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101]
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker

- My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy
- Big Town Playboy - Johnny Jones
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- Luedella - Jimmy Rogers
- Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
- Dr. Ross' Boogie - Doctor Ross
- Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines
- Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- All Night Long - Muddy Waters Alternate Take
- Mr. Commissioner - Arbee Stidham Alternate Take
- Getting Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf


disc 2
- Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker Alternate Take
- Juke - Little Walter
- Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
- Broken Heart - Memphis Minnie Alternate Take
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
- Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller
- Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd
- Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter
- Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins
- Fast Boogie - Little Walter
- I'm Mad - Willie Mabon
- Ice Cream Man - John Brim
- Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James
- Got To Have It - Willie Mabon
- I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
- Remember - Alberta Adams
- [Untitled Instrumental] - Henry Gray
- Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- Forty-Four - Howlin' Wolf
- Got To Find My Baby - Little Walter Alternate Take
- Evil - Howlin' Wolf
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir


disc 3
- Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
- My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby - Little Walter
- You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold
- Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Twenty-Nine Ways To My Baby's Door - Willie Dixon
- Right To Love You - Paul Gayton
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann
- Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf
- Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon
- Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers
- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
- She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir
- Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Key To The Highway - Little Walter
- Double Trouble - Muddy Waters Alternate Take
- Come On Home - Eddie Boyd
- Goat - Sonny Boy Williamson II Band Track
- So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush


disc 4
- First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy
- Too Poor - Detroit Junior
- Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
- The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn
- Sun Is Shining - Elmore James Alternate Take
- Calling On My Darling - Albert King
- The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
- Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
- Satisfied - Little Milton
- Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
- Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio
- Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Good Moanin' Blues - Big Walter Horton
- Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
- What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor
- We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
- Jinglin' Baby - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters
- Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy
- Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor
- I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James


compiled by Mary Katherine Aldin & Andy McKaie; prod. by Andy McKaie

4 CD box set
64-pp. booklet notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

MCA CHD4-9340 (US 1992)

391997The Aristocrat Of The Blues
The Best of Aristocrat Records

disc 1:
- Chicago Boogie - The Five Blazes
- Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia
- Fishin' Pole - Tom Archia
- Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- Forest Sykes Plays The Blues - Forest Sykes
- Good Lookin' Woman - Muddy Waters
- Mean Disposition - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- My Baby, My Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
- Train Fare Home - Muddy Waters
- Kind Hearted Woman - Muddy Waters
- Down South Blues - Muddy Waters
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Muddy Waters

- Locked Out Boogie - Leroy Foster
- Shady Grove Blues - Leroy Foster

disc 2:
- You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider - Muddy Waters
- Standin' Here Tremblin' - Muddy Waters
- Muddy Jumps One - Muddy Waters
- Streamline Woman - Muddy Waters
- Hard Days - Muddy Waters
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101]
- Baby, I'm Sick Of You - Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- She Knows How To Love A Man - Robert Nighthawk
- Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk
- Return Mail Blues - Robert Nighthawk
- Little Geneva - Muddy Waters
- Canary Bird - Muddy Waters
- Burying Ground - Muddy Waters
- You Gonna Need My Help - Muddy Waters
- Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones
- Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones
- Screamin' And Cryin' - Muddy Waters
- Where's My Woman Blues - Muddy Waters
- Last Time I Fool Around With You - Muddy Waters
- Six Three O - Robert Nighthawk
- Prison Bound - Robert Nighthawk
- Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 - Muddy Waters
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2 - Muddy Waters


2 CD set

Chess/MCA 9387

= Chess MVCE-30017 (Jp 1997)

401999Broke, Black And Blue
An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities

disc 1
Up Country Blues
- Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews
- Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney
- Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake
- Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed
- Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob
- Bo Lita - Kid Brown
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith
- Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley
- Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black
- Midnight Blues - Bill Moore
- Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head
- My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson
- What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
- School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- TC Johnson Blues - T.C. Johnson


disc 2
Broke & Hungry Blues
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
- No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
- Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell
- Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins
- Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery


disc 3
Good Whiskey Blues
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams
- Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd
- Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold
- Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams
- That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis
- It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
- Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum
- Prisoner Blues - George Clarke
- Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan


disc 4
Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
- East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe

- Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown
- Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown
- Low Land Blues - Lee Brown
- Round The World Blues - Lee Brown
- Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon
- Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon
- Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon
- I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon
- Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple
- Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple
- My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon
- It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon
- That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon
- Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon
- I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple
- Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple
- Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple
- Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple
- Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple

- New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown

4 CD set
40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser

Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)

412001Snooky Pryor and Friends: Pitch A Boogie Woogie If It Takes Me All Night Long
Seminal Post-War Chicago Blues

Floyd Jones
- Keep What You Got
- Stockyard Blues
Moody Jones
- Rough Treatment
- Rough Treatment (alt tk)
- Why Should I Worry

Snooky Pryor
- Big Guns (Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man) (undubbed version)
- Boogie Twist

- Boogy Fool
- Can't We Get This Straight
- Cryin' Shame
- Eighty Nine Ten
- Fine Boogie
- (Real) Fine Boogie
- Going Back On The Road
- Harp Instrumental
- Hold Me In Your Arms
- I Can't Feel Good No More
- I Can't Feel Good No More (alt tk)
- I'm Getting Tired

- Raisin' Sand
- Stop The Train Conductor (tk 1)
- Stop The Train Conductor (tk 2)
- Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
- Walking Boogie
Snooky & Moody
- Snooky & Moody's Boogie
- Telephone Blues
Johnny Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
- My Baby Walked Out



Westside WESA 869 (UK 2001)

Snooky Pryor discography

422002Rough Treatment: The J.O.B. Records Story

disc 1
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Late Hours At Midnight - Babyface Leroy
- Pet Rabbit - Babyface Leroy
- How Much More - J.B. Lenoir
- Mojo - J.B. Lenoir

- Boogie Fool - Snooky Pryor
- Crying Shame - Snooky Pryor
- Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor
- Rough Treatment - Little Hudson
- Don't Hand Around - Little Hudson
- Sweet Woman From Maine - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dust My Broom - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones
- Kissing In The Dark - Memphis Minnie
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim
- Glad I Don't Worry No More - Fat Man
- Please Somebody - Moody Jones
- Keep Drinkin' - Little Brother Montgomery
- Rhythm Rockin' Boogie - John Lee
- Man Around My Door - Grace Brim
- Down Home Child - Sunnyland Slim
- Ethel Bea - Little Son Joe
- Ramblin' - Johnny Shines
- Goin' Back To Memphis - Ernest Cotton


disc 2
- Aw Aw Baby - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Pearly B - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- Leaving Your Town - Sunnyland Slim
- Overnight - Sunnyland Slim
- Trouble In The Morning - John Brim
- You've Got To Stop This Mess - Fat Man
- Eighty Nine Ten - Snooky Pryor
- Raising Sand - Snooky Pryor
- Things Going So Tough With Me - Little Hudson
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Play A Little While - J.B. Lenoir
- People Are Meddling - J.B. Lenoir
- Knockin' On Lula's Mae's Door - John Lee
- Big World - Floyd Jones
- On The Road Again - Floyd Jones
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- Cool Driver - Johnny Shines
- Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim

- Louella - Babyface Leroy
- Blues Is Killing Me - Babyface Leroy
- Blue Coat Man - Eddie Boyd
- Little Too Late - Little Son Joe
- Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones
- Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery
- World Of Trouble - Memphis Minnie
- Drinking Woman - John Brim
- Uh'm Beautiful - Ernest Cotton


2 CD set
notes by Bill Dahl

Westside CD WESD 233 (UK 2002)

432005The Chronological Leroy Foster   1948 - 1952

Leroy Foster & Muddy Waters
- Locked Out Boogie
- Shady Grove Blues
Baby Face Leroy And His Trio
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Little Walter Trio
- Bad Actin' Woman
- I Just Keep Loving Her
Baby Face Leroy Trio
- Boll Weevil
- Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 1 [Parkway 501]
- Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 2 [Parkway 501]
- Red Headed Woman
Little Walter Trio
- Muskadine Blues (Take A Walk With Me)
- Moon-Shine Blues Moonshine Baby
Baby Face And Sunnyland Trio
- Pet Rabbit
- Louella
Baby Face Leroy
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Blues Is Killin' Me

notes by Dave Penny

Classics CD 5137 (Fr 2005)

442012BABY FACE LEROY TRIO

- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 [Parkway 501, unedited = 3:20]   @ youtube
- Rollin' and Tumblin' Part 2 (H 514-1) [Parkway 501]   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, dr; Little Walter, voc, hca; Muddy Waters, g, voc

"direct from [16"] session acetates"; "mastering and lacquer cutting was done by Lewis Durham of Evangelist Records/Kitty, Daisy & Lewis using all-analogue equipment."


Parkway 501
(Louis Records UK 2012)

louisrecords.blogspot.co.uk

452012 

LITTLE WALTER TRIO
- Just Keep Lovin' Her (H 511-1) # [Parkway unissued]   @ youtube
BABY FACE LEROY TRIO
- Boll Weevil (H 512-1) * [Parkway unissued]   @ youtube

# rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Muddy Waters, g; Leroy Foster, dr, g ?

* rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, dr; Little Walter, hca; prob. Jimmy Rogers, g; Muddy Waters, g

"direct from [16"] session acetates"; "mastering and lacquer cutting was done by Lewis Durham of Evangelist Records/Kitty, Daisy & Lewis using all-analogue equipment."


Parkway 505
(Louis Records UK 2012)

louisrecords.blogspot.co.uk

4610/2014The Aristocrat Blues Story

CD 1:
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (Part 1) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby, My Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk
- Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405]
- I Feel Like Crying - Andrew Tibbs
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
- Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels

- Locked Out Boogie - Leroy Foster [Aristocrat 1234]
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia with George Kirby
- You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
- Toothless Woman Blues - Andrew Tibbs
- Chicago Boogie - Five Blazes & Ernie Harper
- I'm Bound For Canaan Land - Famous Blue Jay Singers Of Birmingham
- Crying The Blues - Laura Rucker
- Mean And Evil Baby - Tom Archia with Sheba Griffin
- Six Three 0 - Robert Nighthawk
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim

CD 2:
- Annie Lee Blues - Robert Nighthawk with Robert McCullum
- Lollipop Mama - Clarence Samuels
- Screamin' And Cryin' - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- A Woman On Every Street - Forest City Joe
- Drinkin' Blues - Tom Archia
- So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy
- Baby I'm Sick Of You - Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats

- Shady Grove Blues - Leroy Foster [Aristocrat 1234]
- She's Gone - The Dozier Boys
- Married Man Blues - Andrew Tibbs with Tom Archia
- Black Angel Blues - Robert Nighthawk with Robert McCullum
- Fly Right Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cherry - Tom Archia with Sheba Griffin
- Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405]
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters


2 CD set

One Day Music 5060255182666

472017Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

CD 1:
James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32)
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40)
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)
Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)
Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43)
St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50)
The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)


CD 2:
Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04)

Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16)
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59)
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03)
Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52)
Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)
Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32)
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36)
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)


CD 3:
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04)
Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)

Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17)
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06)
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31)
Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)
Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11)
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)


CD 4:
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36)
John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06)
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45)
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09)
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41)
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)


CD 5:
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)
John Brim -Go Away (2:45)
John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51)
Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31)
Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48)
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42)
Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40)
Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27)
Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)
John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)


88-pp. book by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)

 

Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 95
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 119
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 117
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 154
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp. 84, 534, 590, 605

- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, p. 193
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 180-181
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York (Oak Publications), 1968.- pp. 85-86
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- London (Record Information Services), 1987.- pp. 417-418

- Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues - The City and the Music.- New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1975, first published in 1973 as "Chicago Breakdown"
- http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/aristocrat.html
- http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/job.html
- http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/parkway.html
- http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/tempotone.html
- http://sundayblues.org/archives/128
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Robert L. Campbell, Mark Mumea, Brad Barrett, Ray Templeton, Tom Ball and Richard W. Rinn for additional info / scans

 

Leroy Foster headstone; source: http://www.killerblues.net/; click to enlarge!
Leroy Foster headstone
at Fern Oak Cemetery in Griffith, Indiana
source: The Killer Blues Headstone Project

 

 

 

 

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