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C L I F F O R D   G I B S O N; source:
source: 2013 Blues Calendar (Vol. 10), November calendar sheet
Clifford Gibson
aka Grandpappy Gibson
b. April 11, 1901 in Walnut Bottom, Kentucky
d. at Homer G. Phillips Hospital at 3:50 a.m. on December 21, 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri
buried at the Anatomical Board Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri
at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, Sec 22 #747 GPS: 38,42.2083N - 90,14.3320W

discography
 

#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
11929CLIFFORD GIBSON & HIS GUITAR

- Tired Of Being Mistreated - Part 1 (484-A)   @ youtube
- Tired Of Being Mistreated - Part 2 (485-A)   @ youtube

rec. c. June 1929 in Long Island City, N.Y.C.; Clifford Gibson, voc, g


QRS R7079


= Paramount 12866
as by Clifford Gibson

21929SLUEFOOT JOE & HIS GUITAR

- She's A Fool (489-A) *   @ youtube
- House Top Blues (495-A) #   @ youtube

rec. c. April 1929 in Long Island, N.Y.C.; Sluefoot Joe [= Ed Bell], voc, * g; # Clifford Gibson, g

QRS R-7080-A
QRS R7080

Ed Bell discography

 1929"CLIFFORD GIBSON" [actually Curley Weaver]

CURLEY WEAVER AND EDDIE MAPP
- No No Blues (464-A) #   @ youtube
CURLEY WEAVER
- Ta Ta Blues (474-A)   @ youtube

rec. c. June c. May 1929 in Long Island City, NYC; Clifford Gibson, voc, g Curley Weaver, voc, g; # Eddie Mapp, hca

78 Quarterly 5, p. 36: "This was mislabeled in QRS' 7000 series catalog. In February 1990, Ken Oilshlager found the only known copy of QRS 7082 in North Carolina." He [Ken O.] supplied the correct personel as shown above

Curley Weaver discography


QRS R7082

41929SLUEFOOT JOE

- Grab It And Run (493-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Leaving Train Blues (494-A)   @ youtube

rec. c. April 1929 in Long Island, N.Y.C.; Sluefoot Joe [= Ed Bell], voc; Clifford Gibson, g


QRS R7084

Ed Bell discography

51929SLUEFOOT JOE

- Shouting Baby Blues (488-A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Tooten' Out Blues (490-A) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. c. April 1929 in Long Island, N.Y.C.; Sluefoot Joe [= Ed Bell], voc, * g; # Clifford Gibson, g; * prob. Clifford Gibson, p


QRS R7086

Ed Bell discography

61929SLUEFOOT JOE

- Rocky Road Moan (496-A)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Rosca Mama Blues (497-A)   @ youtube

rec. c. April 1929 in Long Island, N.Y.C.; Sluefoot Joe [= Ed Bell], voc; Clifford Gibson, g


QRS R7091

label substitute
= Broadway 5044

Ed Bell discography

71929CLIFFORD GIBSON

- Stop Your Rambling (486-A)   @ youtube
- Sunshine Moan (487-A)   @ youtube

rec. c. June 1929 in Long Island City, N.Y.C.; Clifford Gibson, voc, g


QRS R7083

= Paramount 12923

81929CLIFFORD GIBSON

- Whiskey Moan Blues (483-A)   @ youtube
- Beat You Doing It (482-A)   @ youtube

rec. c. June 1929 in Long Island City, N.Y.C.; Clifford Gibson, voc, g


QRS R7087

91929CLIFFORD GIBSON

- Morgan Street Blues
- West Trade Street Blues

rec. c. June 1929 in Long Island City, N.Y.C.; Clifford Gibson, voc; unknown p


QRS R7090

no copy being found yet!

101929Clifford Gibson

- Old Time Rider (57176-2) #   @ youtube
- Brooklyn Blues (57759-1) (= 45th Street Blues) *   @ youtube

# rec. November 26, 1929 in New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g
* rec. December 10, 1929 in New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g


Victor 23255

111929Clifford Gibson

- Ice And Snow Blues (57173-2)   @ youtube
- Drayman Blues (57175-2)   @ youtube

rec. November 26, 1929 in New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g


Victor V38562

121929Clifford Gibson

- Jive Me Blues (57758-1) *   @ youtube
- Don't Put That Thing On Me (57174-2) #   @ youtube

# rec. November 26, 1929 in New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g
* rec. December 10, 1929 in New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g


Victor V38572

= Bluebird B5110
= Sunrise S3193

131929Clifford Gibson

- Hard-Headed Blues (57755-2)   @ youtube
- Levee Camp Moan (57754-2)   @ youtube

rec. December 10, 1929 in New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g


Victor V38577

141929Clifford Gibson

- Blues Without A Dime (57756- )   @ youtube
- Bad Luck Dice (57753- )   @ youtube

rec. December 10, 1929 in New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g


Victor V38590

151929Clifford Gibson

- Keep Your Windows Pinned (57757- )   @ youtube
- Society Blues (57760- )   @ youtube

rec. December 10, 1929 in New York City; Clifford Gibson, voc, g


Victor V38612

161931R. T. Hanen

- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips (69408-2)   @ youtube
- Happy Days Blues (69409-2)   @ youtube

rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, KY; R.T. Hanen (Jaydee Short?), voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes?), p; Clifford Gibson, g


Victor 23288

J.D. Short discography

171931Clifford Gibson

- She Rolls It Slow (69405- )   @ youtube
- Railroad Man Blues (69406- )   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. June 1931 in Louisville, KY; Clifford Gibson, voc, g; prob. Roosevelt Sykes, p


Victor 23290

17a1931Jimmy Strange

- Quarter Splow Blues (69440- )   @ youtube
- No Limit Blues (69441- )   @ youtube

rec. June 15, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Jimmy Strange, voc; Clifford Gibson, g; Clifford Hayes, vn


Victor 23317 (US 1931)
sales: 459; 1 copy known to exist

181931Willie Kelly

- Hard Luck Man Blues (69404-1) *   @ youtube
- No Settled Mind Blues (69401-1) #   @ youtube

# rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p; Henry Townsend, g

* rec. June 9, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), voc, p; Clifford Gibson, g


Victor 23320

Roosevelt Sykes discography
Henry Townsend discography

   

- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (69424-2)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. June 11, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Jimmie Rodgers, voc, g; Clifford Gibson, g


Victor unissued

RST BD 2057
Blues Documents BDCD 6015

   

- Sneaky Groundhog   @ youtube
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man   @ youtube

rec. December 18, 1951 in St. Louis, MI; Clifford Gibson, voc, g

Baul Studios unissued

Swingtime BT 2017 (1989)


45 rpm / LP / CD compilations
191960Grandpappy Gibson

- It's Best To Know Who You're Talking To (13940-1)   @ youtube
- I Don't Want No Woman (13940-2)   @ youtube

rec. 1960 in St. Louis, MI; Clifford Gibson, voc, g; unknown g, b, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

Bobbin 124 [Bob Lyon's label]

201960Grandpappy Gibson

- The Monkey Likes To Boogie (127-1)   @ youtube
- No Success Blues (127-2)   @ youtube

rec. 1960 in St. Louis, MI; Clifford Gibson, voc, g; unknown p, b, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

Bobbin 127

211968The Blues Of Alabama 1927-1931  resp.  Alabama Blues 1927-1931

Belzona/Yazoo LP 1006 track sequence:
Clifford Gibson - Keep Your Windows Pinned
Clifford Gibson - Don't Put That Thing On Me
Edward Thompson - Showers Of Rain Blues
Edward Thompson - West Virginia Blues
Jay Bird Coleman - Coffee Grinder Blues
Marshall Owens - Try Me One More Time
Marshall Owens - Texas Blues

Edward Thompson - Seven Sister Blues
Edward Thompson - Florida Bound
George 'Bullet' Williams - The Escaped Convict
Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues
Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] - Snigglin' Blues

Clifford Gibson - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Part 2
Clifford Gibson - Whiskey Moan Blues

Yazoo CD 1006 track sequence:@ youtube
Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] - Snigglin' Blues
Clifford Gibson - Don't Put That Thing On Me
Jay Bird Coleman - Coffee Grinder Blues
Edward Thompson - Seven Sister Blues
Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues

Clifford Gibson - Tired Of Being Mistreated - Part 2
Edward Thompson - Florida Bound
Clifford Gibson - Keep Your Windows Pinned
Edward Thompson - West Virginia Blues
Clifford Gibson - Whiskey Moan Blues
Edward Thompson - Showers Of Rain Blues
Marshall Owens - Try Me One More Time
Marshall Owens - Texas Blues
George "Bullet" Williams - The Escaped Convict


notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt]     on back cover: "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, NY 10009"

front cover says Belzona but the record has a Yazoo back cover and a (black) "Yazoo" label - this LP was never released with Belzona labels
Belzona L-1006 (US 1968) "The Blues of Alabama"

notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt]     "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, NY 10009"

= Yazoo L-1006 (196?) "Alabama Blues"

notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt]     "Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, NY 10014"     "Yazoo Records, P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860"

= Yazoo L-1006 (197?) "Alabama Blues"

notes by "Humphrey Higgins" [= Stephen Calt]     "Yazoo Records, P.O. Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860"

= Yazoo CD 1006 (US 1991) "Alabama Blues"

Yazoo Records discography
Jay Bird Coleman discography
Marshall Owens discography
George "Bullet" Williams discography

221968Down South 1927-1941
Louisiana - Mississippi - Alabama - Florida

Louisiana
Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Home Wreckin' Blues

Mississippi
Kid Cole
- Hard-Hearted Mama Blues
- Miagra Fall Blues
Robert Johnson
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
Tommy McClennan
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
- Fo' Clock Blues
- Going To Fishing

Wiley Barner
- If You Want A Good Woman - Get One Long And Tall
Blind Blake
- Depression's Gone From Me Blues
Barefoot Bill
- Big Rock Jail
Jaybird Coleman
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go

Clifford Gibson
- Levee Camp Moan
- Hard-Headed Blues
Louis Washington
- Black Snake Blues


Roots RL 313 (Austria 1968)

Roots Records discography

231969Favorite Country Blues Piano-Guitar Duets 1929-1937

Willie Harris
- West Side Blues
Charlie Spand
- Good Gal
- Back To The Woods Blues
Leroy Carr
- Sloppy Drunk Blues

Roosevelt Sykes "& Clifford Gibson" #
- Tired Of Being Mistreated
Springback James
- Poor Coal Passer
Leola Manning
- The Blues Is All Wrong

Joe Evans
- Down In Black Bottom
- Shook Woman Blues
Walter Davis
- Sloppy Drunk Again
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Monkey Man Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- New Orleans Stop Time
Buddy Woods
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away


# guitar accompaniment is by Oscar Carter (prob. pseudonym used by Henry Townsend)
front cover drawing by Rory Block

notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart

Yazoo L-1015 (US 1969)


= Yazoo CD 1015

Yazoo Records discography

241969Alabama Country Blues 1924-1933

Barefoot Bill
- Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues
- One More Time
Pillie Bolling with Ed Bell
- I Don't Like That
- She's Got Nice Line
Red Hot Ole Man Mose (Moses Mason)
- Shrimp Man
Daddy Stovepipe
- Sundown Blues
- Stove Pipe Blues

Clifford Gibson
- Beat You Doing It

Ed Bell
- Carry It Right Back Home
- She's A Fool Gal
Ben Curry
- Fat Mouth Blues
Sonny Scott
- Red Cross Blues
Birmingham Jug Band
- Cane Break Blues
- Kickin' Mule Blues
Blind Bogus Ben Covington
- It's A Fight Like That
- Boodle-De-Bum Blues


Roots RL 325 (Austria 1969)

Roots Records discography

251970Travellin' This Lonesome Road
An Anthology Of The Victor/Bluebird Catalogues

Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues #
- Pick Poor Robin Clean #
Blind Willie McTell
- Mr. McTell's Got The Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- She Stays Out All Night Long
James Rachel
- Sweet Mama

Clifford Gibson
- Jive Me Blues
- She Rolls It Slow
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Pretty Mama Blues

Walter Davis
- Travellin' This Lonesome Road
- Sad And Lonesome Blues
Elijah Jones
- Katy Fly
- Mean Actin' Mama
Joe Williams
- Get Your Head Trimmed Down
- Peach Orchard Mama
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Early In The Morning
- Project Highway

# previously unissued first takes

notes by Neil Slaven
click to read liner notes!
RCA International (Camden) INT 1175
= RCA 731.046

261971Blues 1920-40

LP track sequence:
LP 1
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues

Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd.

Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues
Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman



LP 2
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues
Gus Cannon - Going To Germany
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm

Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman
Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me



LP 3
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed
Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B6276]

Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway



CD track sequence:
CD 1
Early Years of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37)
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49)
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34)

Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59)
Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °°
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08)
Memphis Blues
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11)
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05)
Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11)
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52)
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56)
Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °°
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09)
Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °°
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13)
Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30)
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20)
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54)
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °°

CD 2
Mississippi Blues In The 30's
Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00)
Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12)
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46)
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52)
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55)
Piano Blues
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11)
Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15)
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07)
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57)
Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °°
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35)
City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22)
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32)
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11)
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58)
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °°


compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation

°° CD has seven additional tracks!

3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)

3 LP slide-in box with 30-pp. booklet

= RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)

2 CD set
notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui

= RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"

2 CD set

= RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"

271972Clifford Gibson: Beat You Doing It

- Hard Hearted Blues
- Blues Without A Dime
- Tired Of Being Mistreated Pt 1
- lee And Snow Blues
- Brooklyn Blues
- Bad Luck Dice
- Sunshine Moan

- Levee Camp Moan
- Jive Me Blues
- Society Blues
- Old Time Rider
- Beat You Doing It
- Drayman Blues
- Stop Your Rambling

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Mike Stewart     "54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L-1027 (US 1972)     black labels

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Mike Stewart     "54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L-1027 (US mid 1970s)     purple labels

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Mike Stewart     "245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L-1027 (US 197?)     red labels

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Mike Stewart     "245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L-1027 (US 19??)     peacock labels

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Mike Stewart

= Yazoo CD 1027 (US 1991)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Mike Stewart

= Yazoo cassette 1027 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

281975Bluebird Blues

Sleepy John Estes
- Poor John Blues
- Little Laura Blues
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Son Bonds
- A Hard Pill To Swallow
Blind Willie McTell
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues

Big Joe Williams
- Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
- Wild Cow Blues
Tommy McClennan
- Bottle It Up And Go
- Brown Skin Girl
- Bluebird Blues

Clifford Gibson
- She Rolls It Slow


Sonny Boy Williamson
- Down South
- Moonshine
- Elevator Woman
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band
- Gonna Hit The Highway
Big Maceo
- Texas Blues
- Detroit Jump

Arthur "Big Boy"Crudup
- That's All Right
- Mean Old Frisco
- Rock Me Mama
Doctor Clayton
- Copper Colored Mama
Doctor Clayton's Buddy
- Nappy Head Woman
- Walking With The Blues


2 LP set

RCA RVC RA-9054/55 (Jp 1975)

29197?Good Time Blues - St. Louis 1926-1932

Charley Jordan
- Two Street Blues

"J.D. Short" [R.T. Hanen] with Clifford Gibson
- She Got Jordan River In Her Hips
Sylvester Palmer
- Lonesome Man Bues
Papa Eggshell
- Far From Home
Edith North Johnson
- Honeydripper Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Hang My Clothes On No Barbed Wire Line
Jelly Roll Anderon
- Good Time Blues

Lee Green
- Train Number 44
"Hi" Henry Brown
- Hospital Blues
Walter Davis
- Sunnyland Blues
- Robert Peoples
- Fat Greasy Baby
Lonnie Johnson
- Love Story Bues
- Pretty Boy Walker
- The Breaks I'm Gettin'
Cora Perkins
- Today Blues



Mamlish S-3805 (US 197?)

Mamlish Records discography

301985J. D. Short 1930-33
His Early Recordings In Chronological Order (including Accompaniements and ? Pseudonyms)
Jaydee Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
'Spider' Carter
- Please Please Blues
- Dry Spell Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw & 'Neckbones'
- Tennessee Peaches Blues
- Four O' Clock In The Morning
'Spider' Carter
- Don't Leave Me Blues
Ell-Zee Floyd
- Snow Bound And Blue


R.T. Hanen
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues
Johnson's Jazzers
[James 'Stump' Johnson]
- Don't Give My Lard Away

notes by Paul Oliver

Wolf WSE 118 (Austria 1985)

311988The Blues From St. Louis (1929-1935)

Blind Teddy Darby
- Lose Your Mind
- What Am I To Do?
- I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight - Part 2
James "Stump" Johnson
- Bound To Be A Monkey
- Jones Law Blues
- Low Moanin' Blues
- Baby B. Blues
- Steady Grindin'
Leroy Henderson
- Good Grinder Blues


Clifford Gibson
- Whiskey Moan Blues
- Tired Of Being Mistreated Part 2
- Don't Put That Thing On Me
- Keep Your Windows Pinned
- She Rolls It Slow
- Railroad Man Blues
Dorothy Baker
- Steady Grinding Blues
Pretty Boy Walker
- The Break I'm Gettin'
- Hog-Love Blues



RST Blues Documents BD-2017 (Austria 1988)

RST Blues Documents discography

321989Times Are So Tight

Uncle Skipper (Charley Jordan)
- Cutting My A B C's
Walter Davis
- I Love You More And More
Mary Johnson
- Western Union Blues

Clifford Gibson
- Sneaky Groundhog
Mary Harris
- No Christmas Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Third Street's Going Down
Booker T. Washington
- If I Get Lucky
Verdi Lee & Charley Jordan
- Get It If You Can


Clifford Gibson
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man
Booker T. Washington
- Wrapped Up In Bad Luck
Dolly Martin
- All Men Blues
Silvester Palmer
- Mean Blues
Charlie McFadden
- Times Are So Tight
Verdi Lee & Charley Jordan
- Signifying At You
Frank Pluitt
- Found A Note On My Door
Pinetop (Sparks)
- Got The Blues About My Baby


notes by M. Cunningham

Swingtime/Bluetime BT 2017 ("Denmark" 1989)

331989Country Blues Collector Items   Vol. 2   (1931 - 1937)

Spark Plug Smith
- Mama's Doughnut
- Motherless Boy
- Stopped Clock Blues
- Deserted Man Blues
- You Put That Thing On Me
- Sweet Evening Breeze
- In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
- Vampire Woman
- New Blue Heaven
- Make It Tight
Blind Squire Turner
- She Thinks She's Slick [sound clip]
- Don't Like The Way You Do
Sophisticated Jimmy La Rue
- Sweet Violets
- Two Old Maids In A Folding Bed
- Money Truckin' Blues
"Papa" Charlie McCoy
- Times Ain't What They Used To Be
Andrew "Smokey" Hogg
- Family Trouble Blues
- Kind-Hearted Blues

Jimmie Rodgers & Clifford Gibson
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (tk 2)


RST Blues Documents BD-2057 (Austria 1989)

341993
J.D. Short & Henry Brown: St. Louis Blues (1929-1933)

Jaydee Short
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
'Spider' Carter
- Please Please Blues
- Dry Spell Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw & 'Neckbones'
- Tennessee Peaches Blues
- Four O' Clock In The Morning
'Spider' Carter
- Don't Leave Me Blues
Ell-Zee Floyd
- Snow Bound And Blue

R.T. Hanen
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Snake Doctor Blues
- Barefoot Blues
- Grand Daddy Blues
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
- Back Door Blues
Johnson's Jazzers
[James 'Stump' Johnson]
- Don't Give My Lard Away
Henry Brown
- Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
- Henry Brown Blues
- Eastern Chimes Blues
- Deep Morgan Blues
- All Men Blues
- Beef Man Blues


Wolf CD 115 (Austria 1993)

35199?Rural Blues Vol. 2 (1951-1962)

Sam 'Suitcase' Johnson
- Sam's Comin' Home
- Sam's Boogie
Bobo Thomas
- Catfish Blues (I Wish I Was A Catfish)

Clifford Gibson (1951)
- Sneaky Groundhog
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man
Juke Boy Bonner
- Rock With Me Baby
- Well Baby
Joel Hopkins
- Good Times Here, Better Down The Road
- Thunder In Germany
- I Ain't Gonna Roll For The Big Hat Man No More
- Accused Me Of Forgin' Can't Even Write My Name
- Matchbox Blues
Jewell Long (1960)
- Frankie And Albert
- My Pony Run Blues
- Sealy Rag
- Muddy Shoes Blues

Clifford Gibson (1960)
- It's Best To Know Who You're Talking To
- I Don't Want No Woman
- The Monkey Likes To Boogie
- No Success Blues
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Angel Child (tk 2)


Document DOCD-5619 (Austria 199?)

361998Alabama Blues (1927 - 1930)

George "Bullet" Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham
- The Escaped Convict
- Middlin' Blues
Ollis Martin
- Police And High Sheriff Come Riding Down
Frank Palmes
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down
- Troubled 'Bout My Soul
Bertha Ross
- My Jelly Blues
Jaybird Coleman
- Mill Log Blues
- Ah'm Sick And Tired Of Tellin' You (To Wiggle That Thing)
- My Trouble Blues
- Trunk Busted - Suitcase Full of Holes
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan - Some O These Days
- No More Good Water (Cause The Pond Is Dry)
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go
- Coffee Grinder Blues
- Man Trouble Blues

Clifford Gibson
- Keep Your Windows Pinned
- Don't Put That Thing On Me
- Tired Of Being Mistreated Part 2
- Whiskey Moan Blues


Wolf WSE 113 (Austria 1998)

371998My Rough And Rowdy Ways
Early American Rural Music, Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs
Classic Recordings of the 1920 and 30s - Vol. I

- Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers
- Little Sadie - Clarence Ashley

- Bad Luck Dice - Clifford Gibson
- Way Up On Clinch Mountain - Jilson Setters
- Frankie - Dykes Magic City Trio
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Got The Jake Leg Too - Ray Brothers
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Kentucky Blues - 'Little Hat' Jones
- Prisoner's Dream - Allen Brothers
- John Hardy - Sweet Brothers/Ernest Stoneman
- Better Leave That Stuff Alone - Will Shade
- Way Down The Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon/Sam McGee
- The Fate Of Talmedge Osborn - Ernest Stoneman/Kahle Brewer
- Viola Lee Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Rock House Gamblers - Cleve Chaffin/The McClung Brothers
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- All Bound Down - Haywood County Ramblers
- Low Down Rounder Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Stack-O-Lee - Fruit Jar Guzzlers
- My Crime Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Jesse James - Ken Maynard
- Chain Gang Special - Watts & Wilson



Yazoo CD 2039 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

381998Clifford Gibson: Tired Of Being Mistreated

- Beat You Doing It
- Whiskey Moan Blues
- Tired Of Being Mistreated, Pt. 1
- Tired Of Being Mistreated, Pt. 2
- Stop Your Rambling
- Sunshine Moan
- Ice And Snow Blues
- Don't Put That Thing On Me
- Drayman Blues
- Old Time Rider
- Bad Luck Dice
- Levee Camp Moan
- Hard Headed Blues
- Blues Without A Dime
- Keep Your Windows Pinned
- Jive Me Blues
- Brooklyn Blues (45th Street Blues)
- Society Blues
- She Rolls It Slow
- Railroad Man Blues
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
- I'm Tired Of Being Mistreated


P-Vine PCD-5733 (Jp 1998)

392005Clifford Gibson: Complete Recorded Works 1929-1931

- Beat You Doing It (482-A)
- Whiskey Moan Blues (483-A)
- Tired Of Being Mistreated - part 1 (484-A)
- Tired Of Being Mistreated - part 2 (485-A)
- Stop Your Rambling (486-A)
- Sunshine Moan (487-A)
- Ice And Snow Blues (57173-2)
- Don't Put That Thing On Me (57174-2)
- Drayman Blues (57175-2)
- Old Time Rider (57176-2)
- Bad Luck Dice (57753- )
- Levee Camp Moan (57754-2)
- Hard-Headed Blues (57755-2)
- Blues Without A Dime (57756- )
- Keep Your Windows Pinned (57757- )
- Jive Me Blues (57758-1)
- Brooklyn Blues (45th Street Blues) (57759-1)
- Society Blues (57760- )
- She Rolls It Slow (69405- )
- Railroad Man Blues (69406- )
R.T. Hanen [J.D. Short?] & Clifford Gibson
- She's Got Jordan River In Her Hips
- Happy Days Blues
Jimmie Rodgers & Clifford Gibson
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (tk 2)

notes by Mike Rowe

Blues Documents BDCD 6015 (Austria 2005)

402007'That's What They Want' Jook Joint Blues
Good Time Rhythm & Blues   1943-1956

disc 1:
- Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
- Rock Me Mama - Lightnin' Slim
- Little Lean Woman - Little Al
- Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis
- Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Another Fool Like Me - Jesse Thomas
- Little Milton's Boogie - Little Milton Anderson
- Scott's Boogie - L.B. Lawson
- She's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
- Down At the Depot - John Lee
- Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
- Courtin' In a Cadillac - Jerry McCain
- Walkin' And Cryin' Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Ride Hooker Ride - Earl Hooker
- Don't Let Your Daddy Slow Walk You Down - Good Rockin' Sam
- Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter
- Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes
- Lillie Mae Boogie - Alex Moore
- Gotta Get Together - Frank Edwards
- When I Come In This House Woman - Big Son Tillis
- I'm Gonna Leave You Baby - Lazy Lester
- Evil And Hanky - Mercy Dee
- Bad Luck - Lightnin' Slim
- Central Avenue Blues - R. Green & Turner
- On My Way - Alvin Smith
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Mama Does the Boogie - Red Johnson


disc 2:
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels
- That's What They Want - Jerry McCain

- Sneaky Groundhog - Clifford Gibson
- Blinds Blues - John Lee
- Sugar Mama - Pee Wee Hughes
- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee
- You Are Doing Me Wrong - Arthur Gunter
- I Can't Live Happy - Lightnin' Slim
- Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot
- Jackson Juke - Little Milton Anderson
- Jealous Man - Johnny Lewis
- Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
- Weekend Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Leave My Money Alone - Lonesome Sundown
- Pebble In My Shoe - Wild Bill Phillips
- Lonely Blues - K.C. Douglas
- No-4 Boogie - Pinebluff Pete
- Someday You'll Understand - King Davis
- Alley Corn - Earl Hooker
- I Got Them Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- L.J. Boogie - Louis Jackson
- She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis
- New Orleans Bound - Lightnin' Slim
- West Kinney Street Blues - Skoole-Dum-Doo & Sheffield
- I'm Him - Schoolboy Cleve
- Neglected Woman - Alex Moore
- Too Much Competition - Tarheel Slim


disc 3:
- A Fool No More - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- Johnny Mae - Blues Rockers
- Got My Call Card - L.B. Lawson
- Love My Baby - Frank Edwards
- Jump the Boogie - Papa Lightfoot
- One Thing My Baby Likes - Country Jim
- A Dream - Little Willie Cotton
- Happy Go Lucky - Good Rockin' Beasley
- Bugger Bugger Boy - Lightnin' Slim
- Sweet Angel - Earl Hooker
- You Don't Love Me No More - Jerry McCain
- My Woman Knows the Score - Mercy Dee
- Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis
- Santa Fe Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Tiger Man - Little Al
- Alabama Boogie - John Lee
- Wolf Call Boogie - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love
- Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable
- Big Time Woman - Ernest McClay
- Paper Wooden Daddy - Dennis McMillon
- Bloodstains On the Wall - Honeyboy
- Rub a Little Boogie - Alec Seward
- Schoolboy - Lost John Hunter
- Ethel May - Lightnin' Slim
- Knocking the Boogie - Jerry Perkins
- Mistreated Baby Blues - Little Milton Anderson
- The $64 Question - Sonny Boy Holmes
- If I Lose You Woman - Alex Moore


disc 4:
- Lester's Stomp - Lazy Lester
- Dark Muddy Bottom - Mercy Dee
- Lost Child - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis
- Now Listen Baby - Good Rockin' Sam
- Lost Without Love - Lonesome Sundown
- Alla Blues - R. Green & Turner
- She's Mine All Mine - Arthur Gunter
- T.N.T. Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Lightnin' Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- K.C. Boogie - K.C. Douglas
- Baby Blues - John Lee
- She's Taking All My Money - Johnny Lewis

- Let Me Be Your Handy Man - Clifford Gibson
- You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy
- Strange Letter Blues - Schoolboy Cleve
- Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
- Don't Take It Out On Me - Frankie Lee Sims
- Deep South Guitar Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Packin' Up My Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Blow It Down - Little Milton Anderson
- Good Road Blues - Wright Holmes
- Katherine Blues - Jerry Perkins
- On the Hook - Earl Hooker
- I Can't Be Successful - Lightnin' Slim
- Philippine Blues - Country Jim
- Harpin' On It - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7796 (UK 2007)

412012Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 10
2013 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Diddy Wah Diddy - Blind Blake
- What's The Matter With The Mill - Memphis Minnie
- Sow Good Seeds - Lil' McClintock
- Peach Orchard Mama - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Police Dog Blues - Blind Blake
- Snatch It Back Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Pig Meat Blues - Ardell Bragg
- Alabama Scratch - Parts 1 & 2 - Harum Scarum
- Frankie And Albert - Charley Patton

- Ice And Snow Blues - Clifford Gibson
- The Devil And God Meet At Church - Rev. Emmet Dickenson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Blind Willie Davis
- Trust In God And Do The Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Titanic Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- Fancy Tricks - Laura Rucker with Blind Blake
- Ocean Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam
- Y.M.V. Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone - tk 1 [unreleased] - Charley Patton
- Some Of These Days I'll be Gone - tk 2 [released] - Charley Patton



Blues Images Vol. 10 (2012)

Blues Images



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

I herewith confess
that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation
containing only one (or two ;-) Clifford Gibson track(s) !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, pp.  262, 629
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 297, 998
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, pp. 137, 437
- Leadbitter, Mike & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 459
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 192
- Victor Pearlin: Bobbin Records.- Blues Unlimited 119 (1976), p. 16
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Paul Vernon, Alex van der Tuuk, Tom Bruny, Michael Duer, Charles A Johnston and Bob Eagle for additional info / scans

 

C L I F F O R D   G I B S O N; source: Front cover of Yazoo L-1027; art by Joel Margulies
source: Front cover of Yazoo L-1027; art by Joel Margulies

 

 

 

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