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Jesse James
date and location of birth unknown
date and location of death unknown

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
11936JESSE JAMES

- Southern Casey Jones (90761-A)   @ youtube
- Lonesome Day Blues (90762-A)   @ youtube

rec. June 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jesse James, voc, p


Decca 7213 (US 1936)


= Vocalion V1037 (UK 1954)

   

- Sweet Patuni (90760-A) *   @ youtube
- Highway 61 (90763-A) #   @ youtube

rec. June 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jesse James, voc, p; # unknown, jug

Decca unissued

* Post 439 (1948)


90763-A test pressing

# Document DLP 514

21936WALTER COLEMAN

- Mama Let Me Lay It On You (90611-C) #   @ youtube
- Smack That Thing (90612-B) *   @ youtube

# rec. June 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Coleman, voc, g; poss. Jesse James, p; unknown, jug

* rec. February 8, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Coleman, voc, g; unknown, g


Decca 7157

   

- Mama Don't You Think I Know (90764- )
- Carry Your Good Stuff Home (90765- ) #

rec. June 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Coleman, voc, g; poss. Jesse James, p; unknown, jug

Decca unissued

# RST BD 2021

31948 

HOOKER JOE
- Ramrod [= Sweet Patuni] #
HOOKER JOE, JR.
- The Needle [= Think You Need A Shot] *


# rec. June 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jesse James, voc, p [Decca unissued]

* rec. April 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p [Bluebird BB6498]


Post 439


LP / CD compilations
41963?This Is The Blues Vol. 9
Johnnie Temple / Jesse James
A Collection of Authentic Blues Recordings

Johnnie Temple
- Bow Leg Woman [Decca 7817]
- Evil Bad Woman [Decca 7660]


Jesse James
- Southern Casey Jones [Decca 7213]
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]

7 inch EP
notes by Hans Herder

Brunswick 10 359 (Germany 1963?)

51963The Best of This Is The Blues

Lightning Hopkins
- I'm Wild About You Baby
Roosevelt Sykes
- Ups And Downs Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Laplegged Drunk Again
Rosetta Howard
- Rosetta Blues
Ollie Shepard
- She Walks Like A Kangaroo
Cow Cow Davenport
- Railroad Blues

Jimmie Gordon
- Me And My Gin
Peetie Wheatstraw
- All Night Long Blues
- Love Bug Blues
Johnnie Temple
- Bow Leg Woman [Decca 7817]

Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]
Cousin Joe
- Beggin' Women


compiled by Horst Hohenböken

notes by Hans Herder

Brunswick 88-001 (Germany 1963)

notes by Hans Herder

= Brunswick 87 521

61965Country Blues Classics Vol. 1

Billy Baker
- No No Blues
Fred McMullen
- De Kalb Chain Gang
Curley Weaver
- Ticket Agent
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Brown Skin Girls
Black Ivory King
- Flying Crow
John Lee
- Blind's Blues
Munroe Moe Jackson
- Go Away From My Door
Elmore James
- Dust My Broom

Joe McCoy
- Evil Devil Woman
Jim Jackson
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop

Jesse James
- Southern Casey Jones [Decca 7213]
Black Ivory King
- Southern Casey Jones
Tim Wilkins
- Dirty Deal Blues
Tommie Bradley & Cole
- Window Pane Blues
Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues
- T'aint Nobody's Business
Tony Hollins
- Stamp Blues

 
Blues Classics BC 5 (US 1965)

Blues Classics discography

71967Out Came The Blues   Vol. 2

- Let Your Linen Hang Low - Rosetta Howard
- Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James [Decca 7213]
- Pigmeat Blues - Georgia White
- Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey
- All Night Long Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Got The Blues For The West End - Lonnie Johnson
- Callin' Corrine - Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon

- I Ain't No Ice Man - Cow Cow Davenport
- Double Dozens (You Dirty No Gooder) - Sweet Pease Spivey

- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James [Decca 7213]
- Blue Ghost Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Walking The Street - Georgia White
- Green Country Gal - Bumble Bee Slim
- No Good Man - Trixie Smith



Ace of Hearts AH 158 (UK 1967)

8c.1967Rugged Piano Classics 1927-1939

Skip James
- 22-20 Blues   @ youtube
Jim Clark [sic]
- Fat Fanny Stomp   @ youtube
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie   @ youtube
Henry Brown
- Stomp Em Down To The Bricks   @ youtube
Black Diamond Twins
- Block & Tackle   @ youtube
Blythe and Burton
- Block & Tackle Blues   @ youtube
Blythe and Clark
- Don't Break Down   @ youtube

Cow Cow Davenport
- Alabama Strut   @ youtube
Sammy Brown
- The Jockey Blues   @ youtube
Romeo Nelson
- Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing   @ youtube
James Wiggins
- Frisco Bound   @ youtube
- 44 Blues   @ youtube

Jessie James
- Lonesome Day Blues   @ youtube
Frank Melrose
- Pass The Jug   @ youtube


notes by Tracy Nelson

Origin Jazz Library OJL 15 (US c.1967)

OJL Records discography

91968Texas Country Music Vol. 1   (1927-1936)

Henry Thomas
- Arkansas
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Sunshine Special - tk 1
Bernice Edwards
- Hot Mattress Stomp
J.T. "Funny Paper" Smith
- Before Long
Texas Tommy
- Jail Break Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- No Job Blues
- Back Gnawing Blues
Billiken Johnson & Neal Roberts
- Frisco Blues

Coley Jones
- Sweet Mama Blues
Dallas String Band
- Dallas Rag
Blind Willie Johnson
- When The War Was On
- Praise God I'm Satisfied
Texas Alexander
- Section Gand Blues
- No More Woman Blues
- Sittin' On A Log

Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni

compiled and produced by Evelyn Parth; cover photo: Mike Leadbitter


Roots RL-312 (Austria 1968)


= Roots RL-312 (Austria 19??)


= Autogram RL-312 (Germany 2010) "Texas Country Music Vol. 1 - Blues series"

Roots Records discography

101972Barrelhouse Blues 1927-1936

Bob Call
- Thirty-One Blues
Barelhouse Welsh
- Dying Pickpocket Blues
Joe Dean
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today
George Noble
- Seminole Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Sam, You're Just A Rat
Louise Johnson
- On The Wall
Montana Taylor
- Indiana Avenue Stomp

Little Brother Montgomery
- Vicksburg Blues No. 2
Charley Taylor
- Heavy Suitcase Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- State Street Jive
Jabo Williams
- Polack Blues

Jesse James
- Ramrod [aka Sweet Patuni; Decca unissued, Post 439]
Raymond Barrow
- Walking Blues
Will Ezell
- Barrelhouse Woman (tk 2)


notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls

Yazoo 1028


= Yazoo CD 1028 (1992)

Yazoo Records discography

111974Il Blues Urbano - Urban Blues

Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues
Blind Blake
- Doing A Stretch
Speckled Red
- The Dirty Dozens
Kokomo Arnold
- Bad Luck Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
- No Special Rider Blues
Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy
- She Put Me Outdoors
Red Nelson
- Crying Mother Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- New Falling Rain Blues

Georgia Tom
- Don't Leave Me Here
Jimmy Yancey
- Yancey Stomp
Big Bill Broonzy
- Night Time Is The Right Time
Lucille Bogan
- Pot Hound Blues
Leroy Carr
- Blues Before Sunrise
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Road Tramp Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Bluebird Blues n. 2
Roosevelt Sykes
- You Can't Fix It Back



Albatros VPA 8189 (It 1974)
Albatros VC 0777 (cassette)


(=) Albatros ALB 8
3LP = VPA 8187/88/89 "Il Blues Rurale/Jazzistico/Urbano"

Albatros Records discography

121975Blues In The Thirties

The Mississippi Mudder (Joe & Charlie McCoy)
- Going Back Home Blues [Decca 7087]
Memphis Minnie
- Dirty Mother For You [Decca 7048]
Kokomo Arnold
- Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues) [Decca 7050]
Blind Willie McTell
- Hillbilly Willie's Blues [Decca 7117]
Frankie Black (Scrapper Blackwell) & Dot Rice
- No Good Woman Blues [Champion 50049]
Sleepy John Estes
- Someday Baby Blues [Champion 50068]
The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes) & Kokomo Arnold
- The Honey Dripper [Decca 7050]


Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]
Bumble Bee Slim
- Green Country Gal (No More To Say) [Decca 7440]
Johnny Temple
- Louise Louise Blues [Decca 7254]
Alex Moore
- Bull Cow Blues [Decca 7552]
Andrew Hogg
- Family Trouble Blues [Decca 7303]
Blind Boy Fuller
- Some Day You're Gonna Be Sorry [Decca 7892]
Peetie Wheatstraw & Lonnie Johnson
- What More Can A Man Do? [Decca 7429]



MCA-3526 (Jp 1975)

131976Bawdy Blues 1935-1940

Rosetta Howard and Charlie McCoy
- Let Your Linen Hang Low
Roosevelt Sykes
- Dirty Mother For You
Blind Blues Darby
- Spike Driver Blues
Rosetta Howard with The Harlem Hamfats
- The Candy Man
Victoria Spivey
- Black Snake Swing
Sweet Pease Spivey
- Double Dozens
Alex Moore
- Blue Bloomer Blues

Kokomo Arnold
- Shake That Thing
Charles Piekett
- Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon

Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni
Peetie Wheatstraw
- What's That?
Old Ced Odom
- It's Your Yas Yas Yas
Kokomo Arnold
- Sissy Man Blues
Trixie Smith
- My Daddy Rocks Me



MCA MCA-3539 (Jp 1976)

141979La Ballata Afro-Americana
Afro-American Ballads   La Ballade Afro-Américaine


- Dying Crapshoot Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Casey Jones (Kassie Jones, part 1) - Furry Lewis
- Casey Jones (Kassie Jones, part 2) - Furry Lewis

- Casey Jones (Southern Casey Jones) - Jesse James
- Boll Weevil - Leadbelly
- Bettie And Dupree (Dupree Blues) - Willie Walker
- Brady And Duncan (Bill Brady) - Leadbelly

- Ella Speed - Leadbelly
- John Henry - Willie Turner
- John Henry - Furry Lewis
- Titanic (Titanic Blues) - Hi Henry Brown
- Delia (Little Delia) - Blind Willie McTell
- Frankie And Albert (Frankie) - Mississippi John Hurt
- Stackolee (Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee) - Furry Lewis


notes (Italian & English) by Alessandro Roffeni

Albatros VPA 8437 (It 1979)
= VC 4934 (cassette)

Albatros Records discography

151987Piano Blues - Vol. 2: The Thirties   1930-1939

Judson Brown
- You Don't Know My Mind Blues
Pigmeat Terry
- Moaning The Blues
- Black Sheep Blues
Harry "Freddie" Shayne
- Original Mr. Freddie Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues
Bob Robinson
- Down In The Alley
- Makin' A Fool Out Out Of Me
- Can Use It Myself
- She's A Mellow Thing

Albert Clemens
- Policy Blues

Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni [Decca unissued, Post 439]
- Southern Casey Jones [Decca 7213]
- Lonesome Day Blues [Decca 7213]
- Highway 61 [Decca unissued]
Frank Busby
- Leven Light Blues
- Prisoner Bound
James Carter
- Death Letter Blues
- Death Cell Blues



Document DLP 514 (Austria 1987)


= Story of Blues CD 3512-2 (Austria 1991)

Document Records discography

161988Cincinnati Blues   (1928-1936)

Kid Cole
- Sixth Street Moan
- Hey Hey Mama Blues
- Hard Hearted Mama Blues
- Niagara Fall Blues
Cincinnati Jug Band
- Newport Blues
- George St. Stomp
Bob Coleman & Cincinnati Jug Band
- Tear It Down
- Cincinnati Underworld Woman
Bob Coleman
- Sing Song Blues [Paramount misprint for Sing Sing Blues]


Walter Coleman
- I'm Going To Cincinnati
- Greyhound Blues
- Mama Let Me Lay
- Smack That Thing

- Mama Let Me Lay It On You [Decca 7157]
- Carry Your Good Stuff Home [Decca unissued]


RST BD-2021 (Austria 1988)


= Story of Blues CD 3519-2 (Austria 1992)

RST Blues Documents Records discography

171990The 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
- 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)

181993Piano Blues Vol. 1   1927 - 1936

Bert M. Mays
- Midnight Rambler's Blues
- Oh-oh Blues
- Troublesome Mind Blues
- Mama's Man Blues
- Michigan River Blues
- You Can't Come In
Blind Clyde Church
- Number Nine Blues
- Pneumatic Blues
Dan Stewart
New Orleans Blues
Jim Clarke
- Fat Fanny Stomp
Judson Brown
- You Don't Know My Mind Blues
Joe Dean
- Mexico Bound Blues
- I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-one Years Old Today
James Bat Robinson
- You Left Me Alone
- Bat's Own Blues
- Humming Blues
Pigmeat Terry
- Moaning The Blues
- Black Sheep Blues

Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni
- Southern Casey Jones
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Highway 61
Bat The Hummingbird Robinson
- Bat's Blues
- Four O'clock


notes by Howard Rye

Document DOCD 5192 (Austria 1993)

192000Anthology Of American Folk Music   Volume 4

disc 1:
- Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band
- Dog And Gun (An Old English Ballad) - Bradley Kincaid
- Black Jack David - The Carter Family
- Down On The Banks Of The Ohio - Blue Sky Boys
- Adieu False Heart - Arthur Smith Trio
- John Henry Was A Little Boy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
- Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy - Monroe Brothers

- Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James
- Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band
- Packin' Trunk - Lead Belly
- Baby Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down - Robert Johnson
- Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White
- Mean Old World - Heavenly Gospel Singers

disc 2:
- Hello Stranger - The Carter Family
- Stand By Me - Sister Clara Hudmon
- West Virginia Gals - Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters
- How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? - Blind Alfred Reed
- Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train - Uncle Dave Macon
- Governor Al Smith - Uncle Dave Macon
- Milk Cow Blues - John Estes
- No Depression In Heaven - The Carter Family
- I'll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called) - Roosevelt Graves And Brother
- He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing) - Memphis Minnie
- The Cockeyed World - Minnie Wallace
- Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band
- Dans Le Grand Bois (In The Forest) - Hackberry Ramblers
- Aces' Breakdown - The Four Aces


2 CD set

Revenant CD 211 (US 2000)

202000Good Blues Tonight
25 Epic Tracks

- Church Bell Blues - Luke Jordan
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- She Stays Out All Night Long - Memphis Jug Band
- Susie Q. - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning Blues - Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly)
- Roberta - Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly)
- Blues - Robert Johnson
- Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson
- Stompin' Em Along Slow - Lonnie Johnson

- Southern Casey Jones Blues - Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- State Street Blues - Sam Theard
- Macon Blues - Dorothy Everetts
- Fat Mouth Blues - Dorothy Everetts
- Tight In Chicago - Mozelle Anderson
- Sadie's Servant Room Blues - Hattie Burleson
- Superstitious Blues - Hattie Burleson
- Heavenly Sunshine - Laura Henton
- Dirty T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Chicago Stomp - Jimmy Blythe
- Armour Avenue Struggle - Jimmy Blythe
- Big Bill Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Truckin' Little Woman - Big Bill Broonzy
- Southern Flood Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Good Old Cabbage Greens - Washboard Sam



Memoir CDMOIR 503

212000Dirty Blues

disc 1:
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Lightnin' Hopkins
- If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home) - Memphis Minnie
- I Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Blind Boy Fuller
- Caught Us Doing It - The Hokum Boys
- I'll Keep Sittin' on It (If I Can't Sell It) - Georgia White
- Phonograph Blues - Robert Johnson
- Press My Button, Ring My Bell - Lil Johnson
- Garbage Man, The - Harlem Hamfats
- Ants in My Pants - Bo Carter
- Empty Bed Blues - Bessie Smith
- Dirty Mother For You - Roosevelt Sykes
- Toothache Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Gas Man Blues - Mae Glover
- I Wonder Who's Boogien' My Woogie Now - Oscar's Chicago Swingers
- Shake That Thing - Ethel Waters
- It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band


disc 2:
- What's the Matter With the Mill? - Kansas Joe/Memphis Minnie
- What's That Smells Like Fish - Blind Boy Fuller
- You Stole My Cherry - Lil Johnson
- No More Biscuits Rolling Here - Bumble Bee Slim
- Coal and Iceman Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Get 'Em From the Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Georgia White
- I Got the Best Jelly Roll in Town - Lonnie Johnson
- Two Old Maids in a Folding Bed - Monette Moore
- My Handy Man - Ethel Waters

- Sweet Patootie - Jesse James
- Stavin' Chain - Bill "Jazz" Gillum
- Take Your Hands Off My Mojo - Coot Grant
- Big Mama - Walter Roland
- Candy Man, The - Rosetta Howard
- All Around Man - Bo Carter
- Kitchen Man - Bessie Smith


2 CD set

Columbia River CD 120113

222001Piano Blues - The Essential

disc 1:
- Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson
- Trenches - Turner Parrish
- Ain't It A Shame - Leroy Carr
- Big Mama - Walter Roland
- 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Flying Crow Blues - Black Ivory King
- I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Rocks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton)
- Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown
- Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke
- Playing The Dozen - Will Ezell

- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Black Gal Makes Thunder - Rudy Foster
- All Night Long - Louise Johnson
- Whoopie - Eddie Miller
- Pine Tops Boogie - Pine Top Smith
- If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James
- The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red


disc 2:
- I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade 'Lux' Lewis
- Think You Need A Shot - Walter Davis
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow (Charles) Davenport
- Keep A-knocking An You Can't Get In - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins
- No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
- 31 Blues - Bob Call
- Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard - Joe Pullum
- Joe Louis Strut - Memphis Minnie
- Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery
- Lonesome Man Blues - Sylvester Palmer
- East Chicago Blues - Sparks Brothers
- Pratt City Blues - 'Jabo' Williams
- Shack Bully Stomp - 'Jabo' Williams
- Soon This Morning - Charlie Spand
- 5 O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey
- Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor


compiled by Paul Swinton

double CD
notes by Gary Atkinson

Document CBL-200004 (UK 2001)

232001Cincinnati Blues

disc 1:
- Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith
- I've Got Salvation In My Heart - Sam Jones
- Lonesome John - Sam Jones
- Fisher's Hornpipe - Sam Jones
- Court Street Blues - Sam Jones
- A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time - Sam Jones
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Sam Jones
- Bed Slats - Sam Jones
- Cincinnati Southern Blues - Ivy Smith and Cow Cow Davenport
- Sixth Street Moan - Kid Cole
- Hey Hey Mama Blues - Kid Cole
- Hard Hearted Mama Blues - Kid Cole
- Niagara Fall Blues - Kid Cole
- Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
- George Street Stomp - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Tear It Down - Bob Coleman
- Cincinnati Underworld Woman - Bob Coleman
- Sing Song Blues - Bob Coleman
- M & O Blues - Walter Davis
- Have You Ever Been Worried In Mind Pt. 1 - Sweet Papa Tadpole
- Have You Ever Been Worried In Mind Pt. 2 - Sweet Papa Tadpole
- You Baby Can't Get Enough - Sweet Papa Tadpole
- Keep Your Yes Ma'm Clean - Sweet Papa Tadpole
- Black Spider Blues - Sweet Papa Tadpole
- Weep And Moan When I'm Gone - Sweet Papa Tadpole


disc 2:
- I Had To Smack That Thing - Frances Wallace
- Can't Get Enough - Clara Burston
- Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'm Clean - Walter Cole
- Everybody Got Somebody - Walter Cole
- What's That Tastes Like Gravy - King David's Jug Band
- Rising Sun Blues - King David's Jug Band
- Sweet Poatao Blues - King David's Jug Band
- Tear It Down King - King David's Jug Band
- I Can Deal Worry - King David's Jug Band
- Georgia Bo Bo - King David's Jug Band
- Clair And Pearley Blues - Kid Coley [Victor 23293, Bluebird B-5248]
- Tricks Ain't Walkin No More - Kid Coley [Victor 23293, Bluebird B-5248]
- Freight Train Blues - Kid Coley [Victor 23369]
- War Dream Blues - Kid Coley [Victor 23369]
- George Street Blues - Leroy Carr
- I'm Going To Cincinnati - Walter Coleman
- Greyhound Blues - Walter Coleman
- Mama, Let Me Lay It On You - Walter Coleman
- Smack That Thing - Walter Coleman
- Carry Your Good Stuff Home - Walter Coleman

- Mama Let Me Lay It On You - Walter Coleman with Jesse James
- Sweet Patuni - Jesse James
- Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Highway 61 - Jesse James

compiled by Steve Tracy
design by William White © Catfish Records

notes by Steve Tracy

Catfish KATCD 186 (UK 2001)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

242008Rural Blues
The Essential Collection

disc 1:
- Crossroads Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Charley Patton
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly
- Statesboro' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Careless Love Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Homesick & Lonesome Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Sportin' Life - Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- So Long - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Diddie Wa Diddie - Blind Blake
- Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis
- I Belong To The Band - Rev. Gary Davis
- Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Motherless Child Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Lazy Black Snake Blues - Josh White
- Going To Germany - Gus Cannon
- I'm A Prowling Groundhog - Washboard Sam
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Big Bill Broonzy
- Candy Man Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Can't Make You Satisfied - Sonny Boy Williamson
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- I'll Be Rested - Roosevelt Graves


disc 2:
- Walking Blues - Son House
- I'm So Glad - Skip James
- Kingfish Blues - Tampa Red
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
- Divin' Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
- Special Delivery Man - Forrest City Joe
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Sorry Feeling Blues - Bo Carter
- Dead & Gone Mother - Bumble Bee Slim
- The Twelves - Kokomo Arnold
- Down South Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Taint Nobody's Business If I Do Part 2 - Frank Stokes
- Country Blues - Muddy Waters
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Lock And Key Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Travellin Mama Blues - Joe Callicott
- No More Women Blues - Texas Alexander
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Broke & Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell

- Ramrod - Jesse James
- Kansas City Blues - Memphis Jug Band

2 CD set

Avid Jazz CD

252010Country Blues Hard Hitters
23 Essential Recordings from the Twenties to the Fifties

- Careless Love Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Highway Number 61 Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Every Day In the Week Blues - Pink Anderson, Simmie Dooley
- Go Away from My Door - Monroe Moe Jackson
- Cocaine Habit - Memphis Jug Band
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Low Moaning Blues - Snitcher Roberts
- How You Want Your Rollin Done - Louie Lasky
- Pumped the Wind in My Doughnut - Washboard Sam
- Who Pumped the Wind in My Doughnut - Blind Willie McTell
- Searching the Dessert for the Blues - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Going to Germany - Big Bill Broonzy
- Mountain Blues - Lottie Kimborough, Winston Holmes
- Lost Lover Blues - Robert Wilkins

- Ramrod - Jesse James
- Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cross Cut Saw Blues - Tommy McLennan
- Evil Heated Woman Blues - Oscar Woods
- A Spoonful Blues - Charlie Patton
- Alabama Woman Blues - Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell
- Taint Nobodys Business If I Do Part Two - Frank Strokes
- Motherless Child Blues - Barbecue Bob



Ozit/Cargo CD

262012Play It Like You Did Back To George St.
An Anthology of Cincinnati Blues 1924-1936

Sam Jones (Stovepipe No. 1)
- Court Street Blues (3:19)
- Fisher's Hornpipe (3:11)
- A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time (3:14)
Kid Cole
- Sixth Street Moan (3:00)
- Hard Hearted Mama Blues (2:49)
- Niagra Fall Blues (2:56)
Cincinnati Jug Band
- Newport Blues (2:58)

Cincinnati Jug Band
- George Street Stomp (2:48)
Bob Coleman
- Tear It Down (2:47)
- Cincinnati Underworld Woman (2:58)
- Sing Song Blues (3:05)
Sweet Papa Tadpole
- Have You Ever Been Worried In Mind? Part One (3:11)
- Your Baby Can't Get Enough (3:12)
- Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean (2:39)
Walter Cole
- Everybody Got Something (2:43)


Walter Cole
- MaMa Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean (2:40)
- What That Tastes Like Gravy (3:08)
- I Can Deal Worry (3:12)
- Georgia Bo Bo (2:51)
Kid Coley
- Clair And Pearley Blues (2:55)
- Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More (3:23)
Walter Coleman
- I'm Coming To Cincinnati (2:43)


Walter Coleman
- Greyhound Blues (2:55)
- Mama Let Me Lay It On You (3:03)
- Smack That Thing (3:03)
Walter Coleman and Jesse James
- Carry Your Good Stuff Home (2:46)
Jesse James
- Sweet Petuni (3:03)
- Southern Casey Jones (3:00)
- Lonesome Day Blues (3:05)

2 LP set

Shake It SHAKE 1268 (US 2012)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 180-181
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 171, 206, 436
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 510
- http://www.bluesnexus.com/bio.php?id=413
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Paul Garon, John Clarke, and Paul Vernon for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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