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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

S H A K E Y   J A K E; source: Front cover of Polydor PD 5014
source: Front cover of Polydor PD 5014
S H A K E Y   J A K E footage @ Youtube
Shakey Jake October 4, 1962 in Baden-Baden, Germany
with Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Jump Jackson

 

Shakey Jake
Jimmie D. Harris   a/k/a "Shaky Jake"
b. April 12, 1921 in Earle, Crittenden County, Arkansas
d. March 2, 1990 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest City, St. Francis County, Arkansas

discography

#year
of release
title / label / notes
   

- Things Are Different
- Angry Lover

rec. c. 1957 in Chicago, IL; James Harris, voc, hca; Magic Sam, g; prob. Mac Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr


Ping unissued


MBS Recordings acetate as by "Shaky Jake" [sic]

more info

11958Shakey Jake and Willie Dixon Band

- Roll Your Money Maker (C1048) #   @ youtube
- Call Me If You Need Me (C1049) [= "Love My Baby"]   @ youtube

rec. 1958 in Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc; Willie Dixon Band: Magic Sam, Freddy King, g; Odell Campbel, b-g; Willie Dixon, b; Junior Blackmon, dr; # ens voc

 
Artistic 1502 (US 1958) (subsidiary of Cobra Records)


= Vivid 100 (Jp 1964)

(=) Jasmine JASMCD3182 (UK 2022)

21960Shakey Jake: Good Times@ youtube (full album)

- Worried Blues #   @ youtube
- My Foolish Heart [Bluesville 45-807]
- Sunset Blues (instr) #
- You Spoiled Your Baby #
- Tear Drops #
- Just Shakey (instr) #

- Jake's Blues (instr) # [Bluesville 45-807]
- Still Your Fool #   @ youtube
- Keep A-Loving Me Baby
- Call Me When You Need Me # [= "Love My Baby"]
- Huffin' And Puffin' (instr) #   @ youtube
- Good Times #

rec. May 11, 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey by Rudy van Gelder; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, # hca; Brother Jack McDuff, org; Bill Jennings, g
cover photo by Esmond Edwards

notes by Frank Driggs
 
Bluesville BVLP 1008 (US 1960)


= Bluesville BVLP 1008 (US 196?)


= Bluesville BVLP 1008 (UK 1960, distributed by Interdisc)


= OBCCD-572-2 (US 1994)

180g LP

= 4 Men With Beards 4M250 (US 2016)

(=) Jasmine JASMCD3182 (UK 2022)

Bluesville Records discography
OBC Records discography
31960Shakey Jake

- My Foolish Heart [Bluesville BVLP 1008]
- Jake's Blues (instr) # [Bluesville BVLP 1008]

rec. May 11, 1960 in New York; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, # hca; Brother Jack McDuff, org; Bill Jennings, g


Bluesville 45-807

4196?JUMP JACKSON BLUES SESSION

- Sunnyland Bounce (Four Day Bounce) - Sunnyland Slim ||
- I'll Always Love You - Shakey Jake #
- Please Send Me Someone To Love - Johnny Thompson *
- Long About Midnight - Jimmy Johnson (aka James Thompson) **
- Change Of Love - Lee Jackson ***

- Depression Blues - Sunnyland Slim |||
- El Capitan - Memphis Slim //
- In My Dreams - Roosevelt Sykes §
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James [Chief 7004 (US 10/1957)]
- Hillbilly Blues (Harrington) - Eddie Clearwater (as "Clear Waters") \\


All tracks (except Elmore James) rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL
|| Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; ||| Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
# Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr
* Johnny Thompson, voc; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
** Jimmy Johnson, voc, g; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr
*** Lee Jackson, voc, g; Tom Archia, ts; Jump Jackson, dr
§ Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
// Memphis Slim, voc, p; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr
\\ Eddie Clearwater, voc, g; Tom Archia, ts; Lee Jackson, g; Jump Jackson, dr

10 inch LP

Private pressing (10 copies) by Rainer E. Lotz from an SWF ("Südwestfunk") air-check of material recorded by Joachim E. Berendt in preparation of the Bill Claxton Jazz Life book.
The lacquers were cut by Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, Germany

Lotz A115 (Germany 1960/61?)

more info

51961Jazzlife - Auf den Spuren des Jazz   Volumes I & II

Joachim E. Berendt presents: Jazzlife Vol. I (Metronome JEB 1000)
Chor und Gemeinde des St. John's Baptist Temple - Oh Lord Send My Peace
Rev. Newton - Rev. Newton bei der Predigt
Rev. Thomas & Mrs. Thomas, Butch Cage - Spiritual-Singen in Zachary, Louisiana
Star Spiritual Singers of Coastal Georgia, St. Simons Island - Gabriel Shout
Big Band der Berklee School, Boston - Three For All

Eureka Brass Band - Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Sister Elisabeth Eustis - Time Lord
George "Creole Blues" Guesnon - Draws Trouble Blues
Guitar Welch - Electric Chair Blues
Murray Macon - Jesus Cares
Alphonse Picou mit der ehemaligen Papa Celestin New Orleans Band - High Society


Joachim E. Berendt presents: Jazzlife Vol. II (Metronome JEB 1001)
Paul Barbarin & His New Orleans Jazz Band - It's A Long Way To Tipperary
Brother Percy Randolph - Jack O'Diamonds #
Armand Hugh & Emile Christian New Orleans Band - I Lost My Heart
Carmell Jones - Bobblin'
Roland Kirk - Little Fugue

Shaky Jake - Spoiled Your Baby §

Roosevelt Sykes - Number Nine *
Ira Sullivan - Two Blues Choruses
Buddy Tate & His Harlem Band - Blow Low
Cootie Williams & His Central Ballroom Band - Night Train
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Walk On
John Coltrane - Soft Lights


# rec. 1960 in New Orleans, LA by Joachim E. Berendt; Percy Randolph, voc, hca
§ rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Eddie Clearwater (as "Clear Waters") or Lee Jackson, g
* rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr

These 7 inch 33 1/3 EPs (Vols. I & II) were only available with the equally named book by Joachim Ernst Berendt / William Claxton.
Some of the tracks were recorded especially for being on this record while others stem from tracks previously released elsewhere (some of these are only excerpts).


7 inch 33 rpm

Metronome JEB 1000 (Germany 1961)

7 inch 33 rpm

Metronome JEB 1001 (Germany 1961)

more info

remastered versions of both 7 inch 33 rpm volumes re-released in 2013 on a CD accompanying a reissue of the book:

Percy Randolph discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography
Lee Jackson discography

   

- Things Are Different - Shakey Jake
- Love My Baby - Shakey Jake

rec. summer 1960 at Jump Jackson's garage, 5727 La Salle Street, Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; Willie Mabon, p; Lee Jackson, g; Corky Robertson, b; Jump Jackson, dr

La Salle unissued

more info

61961Shakey Jake: Mouth Harp Blues@ youtube (full album)

- Mouth Harp Blues (instr) #   @ youtube
- Love Me Baby #
- Jake's Cha Cha (instr) #
- Gimme A Smile #   @ youtube
- My Broken Heart

- Angry Lover #
- Things Is Alright
- Easy Baby
- Things Are Different Baby #
- It Won't Happen Again

rec. November 19, 1960 in New York by Rudy Van Gelder; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, # hca; Robert Banks, p; Jimmie Lee Robinson, g; Leonard Gaskin, b; Junior Blackmon, dr

notes by Joe Goldberg

Bluesville BVLP 1027 (US 1961)


= Ace CH 236 (UK 1986)


= OBC OBCCD-559-2 (US 1993)

= Analogue Productions LP TJAZ 1027 (US 2007)

(=) Analogue Productions 2-LP AJAZ 1027 [180 gram 45rpm edition] (US 2007)

(=) Jasmine JASMCD3182 (UK 2022)

Bluesville Records discography
OBC Records discography

71962American Folk Blues Festival

Big Bill Broonzy - Trouble In Mind
Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman
Memphis Slim - Hey Slim
Helen Humes - Million Dollar Secret
Helen Humes - I'm Gonna Let Him Ride
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Sweet Lovin' Kind
Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time

Lightnin' Hopkins - Automobile Blues

Shakey Jake - Good Times [Bluesville BVLP 1008]
John Lee Hooker - I Need Some Money
Odetta - Prettiest Train
Willie Dixon - Nerveous
Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams & Sonny Terry - Wimmin From Coast To Coast


Philips 681 555 was issued before start of the 1962 American Folk Blues Festival tour to introduce the participating artists
front cover artwork: "Feld mit 8 Gruppen" by Max Bill (1956)

notes by Joachim E. Berendt

Philips B 681 555 L (Germany 1962) (Philips Twen Serie 11)

81962American Folk Blues Festival '62

Brunswick/Decca/Polydor/L+R/Evidence/Bellaphon/Oldays track sequence:
Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock   @ youtube
T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby   @ youtube
T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love   @ youtube
Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby   @ youtube
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball   @ youtube
John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby   @ youtube

John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby   @ youtube
John Lee Hooker - The Right Time   @ youtube

Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) #   @ youtube
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) # [= Call Me If You Need Me]   @ youtube
Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station   @ youtube
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby   @ youtube

Excello LPS-8029 track sequence:
Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock
T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby
T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love
Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball
John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby

John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby
John Lee Hooker - The Right Time

Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) #
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) #
Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby
John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track]   @ youtube

Polydor 825 502-2 track sequence:
Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock
T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby
T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love
John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track]
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball
John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby
John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby
John Lee Hooker - The Right Time

Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) #
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) #
Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station
Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby


# rec. October 18, 1962 live in Hamburg, Germany; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, hca; Memphis Slim, p; T-Bone Walker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr

originally recorded and released by Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor

notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt

Brunswick 009 012 (mono) (Germany 1962)     on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt

Brunswick 109 012 (stereo) (Germany 1962)     on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

notes (in English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt

= Decca DL 4392 (mono) (US 1962) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

notes (in English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt

= Decca DL 74392 (stereo) (US 1962) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"


= Circulo Musical 037 (Columbia 1962?)
= Circulo Musical 248 (Venezuela 1962)


= Polydor 2482 041 (NL 1963) Golden Crown series "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"


= Polydor 2482 041 (Belgium 19??) "American Folk Blues Festival"

 
= Polydor 46.397 (Germany 1963)


= Polydor 237 597 (Germany 196?)


= Polydor Privilège 2310296 (Fr 196?)


= Polydor Privilège 658 017 (Fr 196?)


= Polydor Privilège 658 017 (Fr 196?)

= Polydor 917 003 (cassette) (France 19??)


= Polydor SLPM-1172 (Jp 1964) "Blues Hootenanny"

notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt

Polydor 109 012 (stereo) (Germany 1966)     on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

 
= Polydor Special 236 216 (UK 10/1967)
issued in the Netherlands as Polydor Special 236 716 (with a sticker on the back, covering the original catalog number)

notes (in English) by Werner Burkhardt
 
(=) Excello LPS-8029 (US 1974) / 8029 SO-1 (US late 1980s) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"

notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= L+R 42.017 (Germany 1981)

= L+R/Edigsa 12L0271 (Spain 1981)


= Optimism/L+R CD-2017 (US 198?)


(=) Polydor 825 502-2 (Germany 1991)

5 CD box set
24-pp. booklet by Bill Dahl
 
(=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65"   CD 1 "'sixty-two"

notes by Jerry Gordon

(=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"

Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened!

notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42017 (Germany 1998)

3 CD set
 
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964"   CD 1 "American Folk Blues Festival '62"


(=) Oldays ODR 6287-88 (Jp 2016) "1962-63"

American Folk Blues Festival discography
L+R Records discography
Excello Records discography

919??American Blues Festival - 1962 - Jam Session

Shakey Jake with T-Bone Walker
- I Love My Baby [= "Call Me If You Need Me"]   @ youtube (live footage!)
Shakey Jake with T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim
- Hey Baby # (3:25)   @ youtube (live footage!)
Memphis Slim with T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon
- Blues Is Everywhere
- Boogie Woogie (We're Gonna Rock)
T-Bone Walker with Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Jump Jackson
- Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker
- Nervous

Helen Humes with Willie Dixon
- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Helen Humes with Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Memphis Slim
- Kansas City
Helen Humes, Shakey Jake, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Jump Jackson
- Blues Ain't Nothing (Helen Humes)
- Blues Was Money (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
- Blues So Bad (Willie Dixon)
- I'm In Love (T-Bone Walker)
- Blues So Bad + impro (Wille Dixon)
- Fast Blues (impro)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- I'm A Stranger
- Hootin' Blues


Shakey Jake tracks rec. October 4, 1962 in Baden-Baden, Germany; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; # Memphis Slim, p; T-Bone Walker, g; # Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr

Helen Humes tracks rec. October 20, 1962 at the Olympia in Paris, France


Secret Records LP 12-8 (Germany)


= Rare Records R.R. 2 (UK) "American Blues Festival - 1962 - Jam Session"

= Tony's LP 392 (UK)

101966SHAKEY JOKE [sic]

- Respect Me Baby   @ youtube
- A Hard Road   @ youtube

rec. 1966 in Chicago, IL; Shakey Jake, voc; Louis Myers, hca; Otis Spann, p; Magic Sam, g; Mighty Joe Young, b; S.P. Leary, dr


The Blues 303

Flyright FLY 605

111966Decade Of The Blues - The 1950s

Smokey Hogg
- Highway 51
J.B. Lenoir
- The Mountain
- How Much More

Shakey Jake
- Call Me If You Need Me [Artistic 1502]   @ youtube
Little Walter
- Moonshine Baby
Leroy Foster
- Red Headed Woman
Cousin Leroy
- I'm Lonesome
Sunnyland Slim
- Woman Trouble

Shakey Jake
- Roll Your Money Maker # [Artistic 1502]

Little Walter
- Bad Actin' Woman
J.B. Lenoir
- Eisenhower Blues
Willie Nix
- Try Me One More Time
Willie Love
- 21 Minutes To Nine
Floyd Jones
- Big World
James Banister
- Blues And Trouble
- Gold Digger
Smokey Hogg
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes


# neither mentioned on back cover nor on label !


Highway 51 H-100 (UK 1966)
BU34

Highway 51 Records discography

   

- Too Hot To Hold (instr) #
- Key To The Highway #
- Scratch My Back #
- Strollin' On The Strip (instr) #
- Respect Me Baby *
- My Babe *
- This Is True *
- Long Distance Call *
- Too Hot To Hold (instr) * §

rec. September 26, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; § Kenny Courtney, hca; # Otis Spann, * Lloyd Glenn, p; Luther Allison, g; Robert 'Mojo' Elem, b; Francis Clay, dr

World Pacific unissued

121969Shakey Jake and The All Stars: Further On Up The Road     @ youtube (full album)

World Pacific WPS-21886 / Liberty LBS 83217E / Sequel NEXCD 211 track sequence:
- Everything Gonna Be Alright * §
- Hold That Bus, Conductor * []
- Strollin' On the Strip (instr) #
- Respect Me Baby * []
- I Will Always Love You * []
- Three Times Seven * §

- Further On Up The Road * §   @ youtube
- A Hard Road To Travel * []
- Save Your Money Baby * [] //
- Too Hot To Hold (instr) #
- Long Distance Call * []

rec. September 30 / October 1, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, # hca; * Kenny Courtney, hca; § Wandering John [John Mayall], [] Sunnyland Slim, p; Luther Allison, g; Robert 'Mojo' Elem, b; Francis Clay, dr; // Danny Bruce, Steve Cummins, perc; prod. by Steve LaVere
photography: Gabor Halmos

Capitol CD 36288 track sequence:
disc 1
Shakey Jake Harris
- Everything Gonna Be Alright
- Hold That Bus, Conductor
- Strollin' The Strip (instr)
- Respect Me Baby
- I Will Always Love You
- Three Times Seven
- Farther On Up The Road
- A Hard Road To Travel
- Save Your Money, Baby
- Too Hot To Hold (instr)
- Long Distance Call
- Don't Answer The Door [previously unissued]   @ youtube
- Love Me Baby [previously unissued]
Lucille Spann
- Chains Of Love [previously unissued, no harmonica (Shakey Jake) to be heard!]   @ youtube
James Cotton
- Sky Is Falling
- Long Distance Operator
- I'm A Free Man
- Can't Live Without Love
- Kiddy Boy


disc 2
George Smith
- Mellow Down Easy
- Can't Hold On Much Longer
- My Babe
- Juke
- West Helena Woman
- Tell Me Mama
- Last Night
- You Better Watch Yourself
- Key To The Highway
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Too Late
Lucille Spann
- Love With A Feelin' [previously unissued, no harmonica (George Smith) to be heard!]   @ youtube
George Smith
- Goin' Down Slow
- Just A Feelin'
James Cotton
- She Moves Me
- Tonight I Wanna Love Me A Stranger
- Nose Open
- Goodbye My Lady
- Georgia Swing


compiled by Billy Vera

notes (January 1969) by Pete Welding

World Pacific WPS-21886 (US 1969) (Bluesmakers series)

notes by Pete Welding

= Liberty LBS 83217E (UK 1969)

notes by Neil Slaven

= Sequel NEXCD 211 (UK 1992)

2 CD set
notes by Keith Briggs

Capitol CD 36288 (US 1996) "Chicago Blues Masters Vol. 3"

1310/1969Magic Sam   (1937-1969)

- Everything Gonna Be Alright [Cobra 5021, complete track!]
- Look Whatcha Done [Cobra 5021]
- All My Whole Life [Cobra 5025]
- Love Me With A Feeling (tk 1) ["Cobra 5013", Cobra unissued]
- All Your Love (alt tk) ["Cobra 5013", Cobra unissued]

- Call Me If You Need Me (Shakey Jake, voc) [Artistic 1502 1520]

- Roll Your Money Maker (Shakey Jake, voc) [Artistic 1502 1520]
- Easy Baby (tk 3) ["Cobra 5029", Cobra unissued]
- Magic Rocker [Cobra unissued]
- Love Me This Way [Cobra unissued]
- 21 Days In Jail [Cobra 5029]
- All Night Long [Cobra 5025]


front cover photo of Blue Horizon 7-63223 by Terence Ibbott; liner photo by Mike Vernon, taken at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles just some eight weeks prior to Magic Sam's death; photography of Flyright FLY 561 by Sylvia Pitcher

for some of the Flyright FLY 561 tracks better-quality sources were used than for the Blue Horizon LPs

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Blue Horizon 7-63223 (UK 10/1969)

notes by Mike Leadbitter

= Blue Horizon BM 4603 (US 1972)


= Epic ECPJ-21 (Jp 1975?)

notes by Bruce Bastin, Mike Leadbitter, Simon A. Napier

= Flyright FLY 561 (UK 1980) "Magic Sam & Shakey Jake: Magic Rocker"

Magic Sam discography
Blue Horizon Records discography
Flyright Records discography

141972Shaky [sic] / Shakey Jake Harris: The Devil's Harmonica

- Sawed Off Shotgun   @ youtube
- Ragged And Dirty   @ youtube
- Love Is Strange
- Let Me Be Your Loverman
- Bad Luck Time

- My Blues Advice   @ youtube
- Family Blues
- What A Fool
- Remembering
- More Bad Luck

rec. September 2, 1971 at Larrabee Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake Harris, voc, hca; Freddy Robinson, g; John Mayall, rhythm / slide g, p; Elliot Ingber, g; Larry Taylor, b; Ron Selico & Phil Parker, dr
photography: Nancy Throckmorton & John Mayall


Polydor PD 5014 (US 1972)

= Polydor 2391 015 (UK / Germany / Sp 1972)


= Stomp/Line STLP 4.00328 (Germany 1987)


= Line/Stomp LICD 600053E (Germany 2018)

etc., etc., etc.

151976SHAKEY JAKE HARRIS

- Sister Rose #
- Turn You On

rec. 1976 in Los Angeles, CA; Shake Jake Harris, voc; horns, p; 2 gs; b; dr; # voc group

 
Grenade GR 1004 (US 1976)

161978Shakey Jake: Make It Good To You@ youtube (full album)

- This World *
- Shot Gun *
- Tell Me How You Like It * [Big Town 717]
- Catherline [Big Town 717]
- Shakey Jake

- Down So Long
- Jake And Bill Clark (instr) # *
- Long Distance Call #
- Going Away
- Don't Get Broke [= "Love My Baby"]

rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, # hca, arranger; Rod Piazza, * hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake


Good Time GTS 1001

17197?Shakey Jake

- Tell Me How You Like It * [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Shakey's Boogie [aka Catherline] [Good Time GTS 1001]

rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, arranger; Rod Piazza, hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake


Big Town 717

 1978Blues Boy Rawlins A-K-A "Sweet Lovin' Daddy"
Chicago Blues
@ youtube (full album)

- I Got A Woman Shining My Shoes
- Susie
- Wake Up In The Morning

- Baby, She Loves Me
- I'm Leaving You Baby
- Going Back To Alabama
- Just Playing The Blues


rec. in Los Angeles, CA; Blues Boy Rawlins, "music [g, hca] & voc"; prod. & arranged by Shakey Jake


Good Time GTS-1002

181978William Clarke: Hittin' Heavy
with special guest artist Shakey Jake

- Hittin' Heavy
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- Blues Afterwhile
- Next To Me
- Keep On Lovin' Her

- Come On Baby
- Keep It To Yourself

- Make Love To Me #
- Hard Times
- So All Alone


# rec. c. 1978 prob. in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake Harris, voc; William Clarke, hca; Bill Johnston, hca solo; John Detherage, p; Hollywood Fats, 1st g; Garth Beckington, 2nd g; Mike Downey, b; Johnny Dominguez, dr; prod. and arr. by William Clarke and Shakey Jake


Good Time GTS-1003

191983SHAKEY JAKE

- Never Leave You [Murray Brothers MB 1002]
- Easy Baby [Murray Brothers MB 1002]

rec. c. 1980 poss. in Arlington, CA; Shakey Jake, voc; Rod Piazza, hca; Honey Alexander, p; Junior Watson, g; Bill Stuve, b; Bill Swartz, dr


Good Time G.T. 01

201983Shakey Jake: The Key Won't Fit@ youtube (full album)

- Do The Boogie With You (aka Catherline) # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Cross My Heart *
- The Key Won't Fit *
- Down So Long # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- What You Want Me To Do *

- Let Me Tell You Baby (aka Don't Get Broke) # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Never Leave You * [Good Time G.T. 01]
- Save Your Money (aka Shakey Jake) # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Easy Baby * [Good Time G.T. 01]

# rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, arranger; Rod Piazza, hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake

* rec. c. 1980 poss. in Arlington, CA; Shakey Jake, voc; Rod Piazza, hca; Honey Alexander, p; Junior Watson, g; Bill Stuve, b; Bill Swartz, dr
photos by Honey Alexander

notes by Rob Murray

Murray Brothers MB 1002

211983Magic Sam - Shakey Jake: Magic Touch
Live at Sylvio's 1968 [sic - actually it has been neither 1968, but rather 1966, nor was it at "Sylvio's" but rather at "Silvio's"]

Black Magic 9003 / Black Top CD BT-1085:
- Juke (instr)
- Hate To See You Go
- Just Like A Fish
- Dirty Work Goin' On #
- Rock Me #
- I've Been Down So Long
- I Just Can't Please You

- I Just Got To Know
- Tore Down
- Scratch My Back #
- Sawed Off Shotgun #
- Backstroke (instr)
- All Your Love
- 19 Years Old #

RockBeat ROC-CD-3161:@ youtube (full album)
- Juke
- Reconsider Baby [previosuly unissued]
- Just Like A Fish
- Dirty Work Goin' On
- Rock Me Baby
- I've Been Down So Long
- I Just Can't Please You
- Just Got To Know
- I'm Tore Down
- Baby Scratch My Back
- Sawed Off Shotgun
- Back Stroke
- All Your Love
- She's Nineteen Years Old
- Magic Sam Interview (Europe 1969) [previosuly unissued]
- All Your Love [previosuly unissued]
- Magic Sam's Boogie [previosuly unissued]

rec. December 1966 live at Silvio's in Chicago, IL by Georges Adins; Magic Sam Maghett, voc, g; Shakey Jake Harris, hca, # voc; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr
photos by Georges [not "George"] Adins

notes by Robert Sacre & Anonymous [actually Marcel Vos]

Black Magic BM 9003 (NL 1983)

notes by Robert Sacre & Anonymous [actually Marcel Vos]

= Black Top CD BT-1085 (US 1993) "Magic Touch"


= RockBeat ROC-CD-3161 (US 2013)
= Floating World FLOATM 6196 (UK 2013) "Live At Sylvio's 1968"


= P-Vine PCD-20279 (Jp 2013) "Live At Sylvio's"

Magic Sam discography

221985Johnnie Dyer & Shakey Jake: Straight Ahead

- Slippin & Slidin - Part 1 *
- Everybody, Somebody *
- K.C. *
- Tell Me How You Like It *
- You're The One *

- Long Distance Call # [Good Time GTS 1001]

- Catherline # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Key To The Highway *
- Oh Baby *

- Down So Long # [Good Time GTS 1001]
- Overdose Of Love *
- Slippin & Slidin - Part 2 *


# rec. late 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; Shakey Jake, voc, arranger; Rod Piazza, hca (co-arranger); Hollywood Fats, lead g; Lee King, 2nd g (co-arranger); Larry Taylor, b; Sam King, dr; prod by Shakey Jake
* rec. 1978/79 in Los Angeles, CA; Johnny Dyer, voc, hca; Debbie 'Honey' Alexander, p; Michael 'Junior' Watson, g; poss. Bill Stuve, b; Bill 'Little Willie' Swartz, dr


Mina M-1001 (Jp 1985)

231985Junior Wells: Chiefly Wells

Junior Wells
- Two-Headed Woman
- Cha Cha Cha In Blues
- Lovey Dovey Lovey One
- I'm A Stranger
- The Things I'd Do For You
- I Need Me A Car
- I'll Get You Too
- One Day (Every Goodbye Ain't Gone)

Junior Wells
- Calling All Blues
- Love Me
- Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule
Magic Sam
- You Don't Have To Work
- Mr. Charlie
- My Love Is Your Love
- She Belongs To Me

Shakey Jake
- Respect Me Baby [The Blues 303]
- A Hard Road [The Blues 303]

rec. 1957 - 1966


Flyright FLY 605 (UK 1985)

Flyright Records discography
Magic Sam discography

241988Desperate Rock 'N' Roll   Volume 9

John Ashley - Little Lou
Lattie Moore - Why Did You Lie To Me
Nicki Redman - Cops Rock
The Notes - G.I. Blues
The Vice - Don't Let Go
Gene Stacks - I Know My Baby Loves Me
Los Boppers - Treen Solitario
Jimmy Franklin - Long Tall Lou
Tony Harris - Try This Lil' Ole' Heart
Lewis Lindsey - The Push

Eddie Riff - My Baby's Gone Away
Ray Sawyer - I'm Gonna Leave
Wild Chid Gipson - Kool
Augie Rios - Linda Lou
Chuck Tyler - She's All Mine
Steve Alaimo - Should I Care
Lonesome Lee - Cry Over Me
Bobby Page - Hippy-Ti-Yo
Ron & Ellie Jaye - Road Runner

Shakey Jake - Roll Your Money Maker [Artistic 1502]


Flame LP 009 (UK 1988)

251989The Magic Sam Legacy

- I Feel So Good #
- Lookin' Good #

- Walkin' By Myself // #
- Hoochie Coochie Man // #
- That Ain't It // #
- That's All I Need #

- What Have I Done Wrong §
- I Just Want A Little Bit §
- Everything's Gonna Be All Right §
- Keep On Doin' What You're Doin' $
- Blues For Odie Payne $

- Easy Baby (alt tk) § []
- Keep On Lovin' Me Baby $

[] CD bonus track


rec. October 18/25, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Sam Maghett, voc, g; // Shakey Jake, hca; Mighty Joe Young, g; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne III, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester

§ rec. October 23, & $ November 6, 1968 in Chicago, IL; Sam Maghett, voc, g; Eddie Shaw, ts; Lafayette Leake p; Mighty Joe Young, g; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester


Delmark DS-651 (US 1989)


= P-Vine PLP-516 (Jp)


= Delmark CD DD-651 (1997)

www.delmark.com


= P-Vine PCD-5218 (Jp 1997)

Magic Sam discography

261993Magic Sam: West Side Soul
Charly Blues Masterworks Vol. 29

- All Your Love
- Love Me With A Feeling
- Everything Gonna Be Alright
- Look Watcha Done
- All Night Long
- All My Whole Life
- Easy Baby
- 21 Days In Jail
- Love Me This Way
- Magic Rocker

- Roll Your Moneymaker [Artistic 1502]
- Call Me If You Need Me [Artistic 1502]
- Every Night About This Time
- Blue Light Boogie
- Out Of Bad Luck
- She Belongs To Me



Charly CD BM 29 (UK 1993)

Magic Sam discography

271993The Cobra Records Story

disc 1:
- I Can't Quit You Baby (alt version) - Otis Rush
- Just Wailin' - Louis Myers And The Aces
- I Can't Quit You Baby (alt version) - Otis Rush
- Sit Down Baby - Otis Rush
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Rock And Roll Boogie - The Clouds
- Need My Baby - Shakey Horton
- Have A Good Time - Shakey Horton
- My Love Will Never Die - Otis Rush and his Band
- Violent Love - Otis Rush and his Band
- Highway 61 - Sunnyland Slim
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Groaning The Blues - Otis Rush
- If You Were Mine - Otis Rush
- Crying The Blues - Little Willie Foster
- Little Girl - Little Willie Foster
- I Don't Care Who Knows - Harold Burrage
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Love Me With A Feeling - Magic Sam
- Love That Woman - Otis Rush
- Jump Sister Bessie - Otis Rush
- Satisfied - Harold Burrage
- My Love - Betty Everett
- Shake It (previously unreleased alt version) - Duke Jenkins And His Orchestra
- Look Whatcha Done - Magic Sam
- Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam
- Eli Toscano Blues - Sunnyland Slim Session Outtake


disc 2:
- Three Times A Fool - Otis Rush and Willie Dixon Band
- She's A Good Un' - Otis Rush and Willie Dixon Band
- Ain't Gonna Cry - Betty Everett
- All Night Long - Magic Sam
- I Cry For You (previously unreleased alt version) - Harold Burrage
- All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
- It Takes Time - Otis Rush
- Checking In My Baby - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark and Willie Dixon Band
- Sit And Cry (The Blues) - Buddy Guy and his Band
- Try To Quit You Baby - Buddy Guy and his Band
- Easy Baby - Magic Sam
- 21 Days In Jail - Magic Sam

- Call Me If You Need Me - Shakey Jake and Willie Dixon Band
- Roll Your Moneymaker - Shakey Jake and Willie Dixon Band
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush and his Band
- Keep On Loving Me Baby - Otis Rush and his Band
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy and his Band
- You Sure Can't Do - Buddy Guy and his Band
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush and his Band
- My Baby's A Good Un' - Otis Rush and his Band
- Matchbox - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- You've Got To Lose - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- Box Top - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- You Keep On Worrying Me - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- (I Know) You Don't Love Me - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm
- Down And Out - Ike Turner's Kings of Rythm


2 CD set

Capricorn 42012-2 (US 1993)

= Zomba 7893942012 2 (US 2001)

281994Chicago Blues

disc 1: Sweet Black Angel
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her
Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman
Johnny Williams - Worried Man Blues
Little Walter - Blue Baby
Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home
Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues
Snooky & Moody - Boogie
Leroy Foster - My Head Can't Rest Anymore
Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel
Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
Floyd Jones - Dark Road
Muddy Waters - Still A Fool
Jimmy Rogers - Chance To Love
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch
Little Walter - Juke
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur
Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522]
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours


disc 2: Mojo Boogie
Little Walter - Sad Hours
J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie
Tampa Red - Please Mr. Doctor
Johnny Shines - Evening Sun
Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman
Eddie Boyd - Third Degree
John Brim - Life Time
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right
Big Bill Broonzy - Lonesome
Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow
John Brim - Tough Times
Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Howlin' Wolf - No Place To Go
J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie
J.B. Hutto - Things Are So Slow
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
J.B. Lenoir - Mama Talk To Your Daughter
Otis Spann / B.B. King - Five Spot
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go
Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Willie Dixon - Walkin' The Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy


disc 3: Smokestack Lightnin'
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
John Brim - Be Careful (I Would Hate To See You Go)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby
Walter Horton - Have A Good Time
Jimmy Rogers - Walkin' By Myself
Muddy Waters - I Live The Life I Love
Sunnyland Slim - It's You Babe
Lee Jackson - Fishin' In My Pond
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
Magic Sam - All Your Love
Charles Clark - Row Your Boat
Magic Sam - All My Whole Life
Otis Rush - Checkin' On My Baby

Shakey Jake - Call Me (If You Need Me)
Otis Rush - Double Trouble
Little Walter - Key To The Highway
Buddy Guy - This Is The End
Little Walter - Everything Gonna Be Alright
Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Junior Wells - Little By Little
Junior Wells - Prison Bars All Around Me


disc 4: So Many Roads, So Many Traiins
Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains
Lillian Offitt - Will My Man Be Home Tonight?
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
Earl Hooker - Blues In D Natural
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid
Albert King - Searching For A Woman
Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy
Howlin' Wolf - Goin' Down Slow
Homesick James - Crossroads
Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me
Ricky Allen - Cut You A-Loose
Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
Big Mack - Rough Dried Woman
Robert Nighthawk - Someday
Andrew Brown - You Better Stop
Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
Lonnie Brooks - Figure Head
Detroit Junior - Call My Job
Muddy Waters - That's Why I Don't Mind
Little Milton - Feel So Bad
Magic Sam - Out Of Bad Luck
Fenton Robinson - Sad You're Leavin'
Mighty Joe Young - Hard Times
Hound Dog Taylor - Watch Out


compiled by Les Fancourt
produced by Les Fancourt & Joop Visser

4 CD set

Charly CD DIG 4 (UK 1994)

2910/1994Charlie Musselwhite: The Blues Never Die

- Tennessee Woman (3:43)
- Stingaree (2:55)
- Arkansas Boogie (5:02)
- Temperature (3:10)
- Done Somebody Wrong (2:39)
- River Hip Mama (4:13)
- Help Me (3:26)
- Juke (4:19)
- Taylor, Arkansas (2:44)
- I Don't Play, I'll Be Your Man Some Day (3:15)
- Finger Lickin' Good (3:55)
- Blue Feeling Today (4:59)
- Crazy For My Baby (2:53)
- I'm A Stranger (4:52)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright (2:33)
- Too Hot To Touch (4:44)
- Blues Got Me Again (5:20)
- The Blues Never Die (3:10)
- After While (3:13)
- Trouble For Everybody (2:57)
- Christo Redentor (3:20)


Vanguard CD 153/54-2 (US 10/1994)

301995Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson


CD 2
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark

- Roll Your Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker


CD 3
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown


CD 4
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang


compiled by Les Fancourt

4 CD set with 44-pp. booklet

Charly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)

311997Chicago Blues - The Golden Era

disc 1
- I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter
- Ora Nelle Blues - Othum Brown
- Blue Baby - Little Walter
- My Baby Walked Out - Johnny Young
- Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Dark Road - Floyd Jones
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Please, Mister Doctor - Tampa Red
- Just Can't Stay - Willie Nix
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Things Are So Slow - J.B. Hutto
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- I Was Fooled - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor


disc 2
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Walter Horton
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishing In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
- Checkin' On My Baby - Otis Rush

- Call Me If You Need Me - Shakey Jake Harris
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Baby What You Want Me To Do? - Jimmy Reed
- Wish Me Well - Memphis Slim
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- Blues In D Natural - Earl Hooker
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Crossroads - Homesick James Williamson
- Rough Dried Woman - Big Mac



Charly CDGR 143-2 (UK 1997)

321998The Bluesville Years, Vol. 10
"Country Roads, Country Days"


K.C. Douglas
- Wake Up
- Working Woman
- Broken Heart
Alec Seward
- Evil Woman Blues
- Creepin' Blues
Doug Quattlebaum
- You Is One Black Rat
- Sweet Little Woman
Scrapper Blackwell And Brooks Berry
- 'Bama Bound
- Blues And Trouble
Jesse Fuller
- Key To The Highway
- Stranger Blues
Snooks Eaglin
- That's All Right
- Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow)
Henry Townsend
- Cairo Is My Baby's Home
- I Asked Her If She Loved Me
Mercy Dee Walton
- Pity And A Shame
- Have You Ever Been Out In The Country

Shakey Jake
- Gimme A Smile [Bluesville BVLP 1027]
- Jake's Cha Cha [Bluesville BVLP 1027]
Arbee Stidham
- I'm Tired Of Wandering
- You Can't Live In This World By Yourself
St. Louis Jimmy
- Goin' Down Slow



Prestige PRCD-9918-2 (US 1998)

Bluesville Records discography

331999The Bluesville Years, Vol. 12
"Jump, Jumpin the Blues"


K.C. Douglas
- You Got A Good Thing Now
Sonny Terry
- My Baby Done Gone
- High Powered Woman
Memphis Willie B.
- Good Potatoes
Lightnin Hopkins
- Wine Spodee-o-Dee
Memphis Slim
- Frankie And Johnny Boogie
Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim
- Don't You Tell Nobody
Little Brother Montgomery
- Santa Fe
Billy Boy Arnold
- Get Out of Here
- You Better Cut That Out
Homesick James
- Working with Homesick
Otis Spann and James Cotton
- Lightnin

Shakey Jake
- It Won't Happen Again [Bluesville BVLP 1027]
Roosevelt Sykes
- Runnin The Boogie
- Hey Big Momma
Curtis Jones
- Good Time Special
Jimmy Witherspoon
- One Scotch One Bourbon One Beer
- Kansas City
- Drinking Beer
Mildred Anderson
- I'm Free
- Cool Kind Of Poppa
Sunnyland Slim
- Slim's Shout


Prestige PRCD-9922-2 (US 1999)

Bluesville Records discography

341999Pittsburgh's Favorite Oldies - At The Hop   Vol. 6
The Porky Album

disc 2:
Hal Paige - Big Foot May
Chico Booth - (Let's Do) The Shimmy
Calvin Boze - Safronia B
El Tones - Like Matti
Starlettes - Please Ring My Phone
Sheppards - Tragic
Invincibles - Mr. Moonglow
Flamingos - The Nearness Of You
Richard Dimples - Fields Jazzy Lady
Swallows - Good Time Girls

Shakey Jake - Roll Your Money Maker
Roscoe Gordon - You Figure It Out
Penguins - My Troubles Are Not At End
Four Voices - Honest Darling (Believe Me)
Swallows - My Baby
Raindrops - (I Found) Heaven In Love
Untouchables - Poor Boy Needs A Preacher
Ron & Bill - It
Roy Byrd - Bald Head
Hot Lips Page - Last Call For Alcohol
Five Jets - I'm Stuck
Vibranaires - Doll Face
Ruby & The Romantics - Moonlight And Music
Jessie Belvin - Goodnight My Love


2 CD set

Itzy 1000/1001

352002Magic Sam: Rockin' Wild In Chicago

- Tremble
- Call Me When You Need Me #
- How Long Can This Go On?
- Every Night, Every Day
- Why Are You So Mean To Me
-Dirty Work Going On

- Further on Up the Road #
- It's All Your Fault Baby
- Looking Good
- Keep on Loving Me Baby See All 3
- I Found Me A New Love
- Got My Mojo Working
- I Don't Want No Woman
- Just a Little Bit
- Tore Down See
- Rockin' Wild


# rec. October 2, 1966 at The Copa Cabana in Chicago, IL; Magic Sam, g; Shakey Jake Harris, voc; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne, dr

notes by Dick Shurman

Delmark DG-765 (US 2002)

362005This Is The Blues Harmonica   Vol 2

- Tomorrow Night (alt tk) - Junior Wells
- Love Grows In Your Heart - Hammie Nixon
- Carey's Rhumba - Carey Bell
- I Got My Brand On You- Mark Hummel

- That Ain't It - Shakey Jake #
- Fox Chase Lost John (alt tk) - Walto Pace
- West Side Blues Harp - Lester Davenport
- Rollin' & Tumblin' - Little Walter
- That's Alright - Louis Myers
- Miss Ida - Alfred Harris
- Coming Home - Tad Robinson
- Devil's Trail - Little Sammy Davis
- Muddy Waters Goin' To Run - Little Mack Simmons
- Chicago Winter Weather Blues - Big Wheeler
- Back Home To Mama - Big Walter Horton
- Hastings Street Special - Eddie Burns


# rec. October 18/25, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Sam Maghett, voc, g; // Shakey Jake, hca; Mighty Joe Young, g; Mack Thompson, b; Odie Payne III, dr; prod. by Robert G. Koester


Delmark 780 (US 2005)

371/2022Shakey Jake Harris: Call Me When You Need Me

Artistic 45rpm
- Call Me If You Need Me
- Roll Your Money Maker
Good Times (Bluesville BVLP 1008)
- Worried Blues
- My Foolish Heart
- Sunset Blues
- You Spoiled Your Baby
- Tear Drops
- Just Shakey
- Jake's Blues
- Still Your Fool
- Keep A-Loving Me Baby
- Call Me When You Need Me
- Huffin' & Puffin'
- Good Times
Mouth Harp Blues (Bluesville BVLP 1027)
- Mouth Harp Blues
- Love My Baby
- Jake's Cha Cha
- Gimme A Smile
- My Broken Heart
- Angry Love
- Things Is Alright
- Easy Baby
- Things Are Different Baby
- It Won't Happen Again

"This compilation comprises his two rare-as-hens-teeth LPs, 'Good Times' (1960) and 'Mouth Harp Blues' (1961), both recorded for Prestige/Bluesville, plus an earlier, one-off 45rpm for Artistic (1958), a subsidiary label of Cobra Records."


Jasmine JASMCD3182 (UK 1/2022)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 223-224
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 328-329
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 159
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 353, 481-482
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, p. 
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 120, 307, 324, 458, 608, 612, 632
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 874
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 138, 402
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 213-214
- http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/shakeyjake.htm
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/ping.html
- http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/archia.html
- http://mitglied.multimania.de/condouant/inhalt/carm/carmell4.html
- http://americanfolkbluesfestivaldiscography.blogspot.de/
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Klaus Kilian, Paul Vernon, Lex Jansen, Hank Moore, Gerrit Robs, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva and Rainer E. Lotz for additional info / scans

 

Lee Jackson, 'Clear Waters' (Eddie Clearwater), Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy (Oden), Sunnyland Slim, Tom Archia, Corky Roberts, Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Shakey Jake (Harris) - all guests at the 'Blues Party', a special event organized in Jump Jackson's garage 'studio', 5727 South La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, summer 1960; source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137; photographer: William Claxton
Lee Jackson, 'Clear Waters' (Eddie Clearwater), Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy (Oden),
Sunnyland Slim, Tom Archia, Corky Roberts, Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Shakey Jake (Harris) - all guests at the "Blues Party",
a special event organized in Jump Jackson's garage "studio", 5727 South La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, summer 1960

source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, pp. 136-137
photographer: William Claxton

 

Members of the Benno Walldorf Blues Combo receive (parts of the) 1962 AFBF ensemble at Frankfurt Rhine-Main airport, most likely October 3, 1962; (top to bottom): T-Bone Walker, Helen Humes, Shakey Jake Harris, unknown (?) female, Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Willie Dixon, two members of the Benno Walldorf Blues Combo: Willy 'Ata' Berk (?), dr & Benno Walldorf, soprano sax; source: Michael Rauhut: Ein Klang, zwei Welten - Blues im geteilten Deutschland, 1945 bis 1990.- Bielefeld (transcript Verlag) 2017, p. 110; photographer: Renate Dabrowski/IJAE; click to enlarge!
Members of the Benno Walldorf Blues Combo receive (parts of the) 1962 AFBF ensemble at Frankfurt Rhine-Main airport, most likely October 3, 1962
(top to bottom): T-Bone Walker, Helen Humes, Shakey Jake Harris, unknown (?) female, Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Willie Dixon,
two members of the Benno Walldorf Blues Combo: Willy 'Ata' Berk (?), dr & Benno Walldorf, soprano sax
source: Michael Rauhut: Ein Klang, zwei Welten - Blues im geteilten Deutschland, 1945 bis 1990.- Bielefeld (transcript Verlag) 2017, p. 110; photographer: Renate Dabrowski/IJAE

 


1962 AFBF ensemble (2nd photo, l to r): Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker, Shakey Jake, Willie Dixon, Helen Humes, Sonny Terry,
John Lee Hooker, Brownie McGhee (drummer Armand "Jump" Jackson covered by Sonny Terry)
source of 1st photo: Blues Unlimited 142 (1982), p. 45; photographer: Heinz Wolf
source of 2nd photo: Blues Forum 4 (1981), p. 6; photographer: Heinz Wolf

 

1962 AFBF ensemble (l to r): Memphis Slim, Jump Jackson, T-Bone Walker, Helen Humes, Willie Dixon, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Shakey Jake (front right, sitting); source: Michael Rauhut & Reinhard Lorenz (ed.): Ich hab den Blues schon etwas länger - Spuren einer Musik in Deutschland.- Berlin (Christoph Links Verlag) 2008, p. 227; photographer: Rolf Ambor; click to enlarge!
1962 AFBF ensemble (l to r): Memphis Slim, Jump Jackson, T-Bone Walker,
Helen Humes, Willie Dixon, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Shakey Jake (front right, sitting)
source: Michael Rauhut & Reinhard Lorenz (ed.): Ich hab den Blues schon etwas länger - Spuren einer Musik in Deutschland.-
Berlin (Christoph Links Verlag) 2008, p. 227; photographer: Rolf Ambor

 

Shakey Jake Harris, October 20, 1962 at l'Olympia in Paris, France; source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 164; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Shakey Jake Harris, October 20, 1962 at l'Olympia in Paris, France
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 3.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 164
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

 

Shakey Jake Harris, October 20, 1962 at l'Olympia in Paris, France; source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 1.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 51; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Shakey Jake Harris, October 20, 1962 at l'Olympia in Paris, France
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 1.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 51
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

 

Magic Sam & Shakey Jake at Silvio's, Chicago, IL, 1966; source: Block 72 (oct/nov/dec '89), p. 30; photographer: Georges Adins
Magic Sam & Shakey Jake at Silvio's, Chicago, IL, 1966
source: Block 72 (oct/nov/dec '89), p. 30;
photographer: Georges Adins

 

 

 

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