Opera 4 [Joe Brown label]
RCA Victor 22-0012
Nighthawk LP 101
RCA Victor unissued
# Document CD 5214
RCA Victor 22-0033
= RCA Victor 50-0017 (1949, 45 rpm red wax)
RCA Victor 22-0051
= RCA Victor 50-0035 (1949, 45 rpm red wax)
rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g; Ernest Cotton, ts; Sunnyland Slim, p; Pete Franklin, g; Big Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr
JOB unissued
Flyright 568KC CD 03Paula PDC-22Jazz Classics 5086
RCA Victor 22-0015
source: Billboard - 30. Apr. 1949 - p. 131
rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; unidentified artist [Ernest Cotton?], voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; poss. Pete Franklin, g; poss. Moody Jones, b; Alfred Wallace, dr
Flyright 584Flyright FLYCD 28Paula PCD-19
# rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, p; John Brim, eg; Ernest Cotton, ts; Pete Franklin, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr * rec. Chicago August 22, 1952; John Brim, voc; prob. Eddie Taylor, eg; Sunnyland Slim, p
JOB 1011
Flyright FLYCD 31Paula PCD-15Opal OCD 110Westside WESA 910Westside CD WESD 233Classics CD 5171
Job 1105
rec. rec. late 1952 in Chicago, IL; Sunnyland Slim, p; John Brim, eg; Ernest Cotton, ts; Pete Franklin, g; Ernest 'Big' Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr
Job unissued
Westside WESA 910Classics CD 5171
J.O.B. 1120
J.O.B. 1125
notes by Art Rosenbaum Bluesville BV/BVLP 1068 (US 1962)
original notes by Art Rosenbaum = OBC OBCCD-560-2 (US 1993)
Bluesville Records discographyOBC Records discography
??? unissued
Blue Goose unissued
Blue Goose discography
notes by Leroy Pierson Nighthawk 101
Nighthawk Records discography
4 LP setnotes (in German and English) by Robert Hertwig MCA Coral 6.30106 (Germany 1975)
= MCA Coral 82.024 / RCOX 7526/1-4 (Germany 1975)
(=) Bob CD 203 (Germany 2006)
notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley Flyright LP 4713
Flyright Records discography
= re-released on Dust-to-Digital DTD-06 (2006), Dust-to-Digital DTD-12 (2009), Dixiefrog DFGCD8697 (2010)
notes by Art Rosenbaum Flyright LP 523 (UK 1977)
Flyright Records discographyShirley Griffith discographyYank Rachell discographyScrapper Blackwell discography
Flyright FLY 568 track sequence: John and Grace Brim - Young And Wild [P-Vine PLP 9020] - I Love My Baby (tk 1) [P-Vine PLP 9020] - I Love My Baby (tk 2) °° - Trouble In The Morning [J.O.B. 110] - Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110] - Man Around My Door[J.O.B. 117] °° - Hospitality Blues [J.O.B. 117] - Hard Pill To Swallow "tk 2" [tk 2 actually tk 1] [P-Vine PLP 9020] John Brim - Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011] - Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues) [P-Vine PLP 9020] # - Moonlight Blues [P-Vine PLP 9020] # Little Hudson - Rough Treatment [J.O.B. 1015] - I'm Looking For A Woman [J.O.B. 1015] - Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 1) °° [J.O.B. unissued] - Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 4) [P-Vine PLP 9020] - Don't Hang Around [P-Vine PLP 9020] - Shake It Baby [P-Vine PLP 9020] # with Pete Franklin, g
°° tracks not on P-Vine PLP 9020; note on Flyright FLY 568 back cover: "Most of the above were issued on P-Vine PLP-9020, but the album does not include JB-41532-2, 51921 and U-2361-1."
P-Vine PLP 9020 (Jp 1980) "john brim & little hudson"
notes by Mike Rowe Flyright 568 (UK 1981)
KC CD 03, Paula PCD-22
Flyright Records discographyGrace & John Brim discography
notes by Mike Rowe Flyright FLY 584
notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)
Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)
Bluesville Records discography
notes by Mike Rowe Flyright FLYCD 28 (UK 1990)
notes by Mike Rowe= Paula PCD-19 (US 1991)
Flyright FLYCD 31 (UK 1990)
= Paula PCD-15 (US 1991)
Paula PCD-22 (US 1991)
notes by Mark Humphrey= KC CD 03 (Cz 1992) "Chicago Blues Of The Fifties"
notes by Keith BriggsDocument CD 5200 (Austria 1994)
notes by Alan BalfourDocument CD 5214 (Austria 1994)
Prestige PRCD-9917-2 (US 1999)
Prestige PRCD-9921-2 (US 1999)
2 CD setSony/BMG (UK 2000)
Indigo IGCD 2114 (UK 200?)
Guitar Pete Franklin only on the final two titles
Indigo IGOCD 2132 (UK 2001)
Westside CD WESA 910 (UK 2001)
2 CD setWestside CD WESD 233 (UK 2002)
Fremeaux CD FA 5059 (Fr 2003)
# John Brim, voc, g with Ernest Cotton, ts; Sunnyland Slim, p; Pete Franklin, g; Big Crawford, b; Alfred Wallace, dr
Anna Bea ABCD 451
Jazz Classics CD 5086
4 CD setDust-to-Digital (2007)
Dixiefrog DFGCD8697 (2010)
112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)
5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)
thanks to Alan Balfour, Gerrit Robs, Bob Eagle, Paul Vernon, David J Costa, Dave Garland, Fernando Goin, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Marc Claes, Wes Race and Scott Barretta for additional info / scans
source: Sing Out! vol. 22 # 2 (1973), p. 28; photographer: Herbert Wise
source: Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who, p. 182photographer's name not given
source: ebay auction; photographer: Art Rosenbaum
James Easley [I suppose], hca & Pete Franklin, gsource: ebay auction; photographer: Art Rosenbaum source: ebay auction; photographer: Art Rosenbaum Edward "Guitar Pete" Franklinsource: The Blues Collection # 44 (Germany 1996) "Champion Jack Dupree", p. 521 ("Blues Unlimited")
Edward "Guitar Pete" Franklinsource: The Blues Collection # 44 (Germany 1996) "Champion Jack Dupree", p. 521 ("Blues Unlimited")