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Little World   and   L I T T L E   J O E   B L U E; source: Govenar 1988, p. 56; photographer: Alan Govenar; click to enlarge!
Little World and Little Joe Blue, Classic Club, Oak Cliff, 1984
source: Govenar 1988, p. 56; photographer: Alan Govenar

Little Joe Blue
Joseph Valery Jr.
b. September 23, 1934 in Vicksburg, Mississippi
d. April 22, 1990 in Reno, Nevada

buried at the Sierra Memorial Gardens in Reno, Nevada
discography
L I T T L E   J O E   B L U E; source: Harris 1987, p. 54; photographer: Norbert Hess; click to enlarge!
source: Harris 1987, p. 54; photographer: Norbert Hess

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11963JOE VALERY

- Just Love Want [sic] Do (NR 1121A)
- I've Got My Reasons (NR 1121B)

rec. 1963 in Los Angeles, CA; Joe Valery, voc; tp; Willie Gresham, ts; Austin McCoy, p; Ben Gresham, g; Jimmy Gresham, b; dr


Nanc 1121 (Howard Ransom's label)

   

- Dirty Work Is Going On #
- My Deepest Regrets
- Understanding #
- Jimmy's Special #
- Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It #

rec. 1964 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc; saxes; Maxwell Davis, p; Larry Green, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr


Kent unissued

# P-Vine PCD-3060

21966LITTLE JOE BLUE   JOE VALLERY & BAND

Movin' 132:
- Dirty Work Going On (A)   @ youtube
- Pretty Woman (B)   @ youtube

Checker 1141:
- Dirty Work Going On (14757)
- Pretty Woman (14758)   @ youtube

rec. March 22, 1966 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc; saxes; Maxwell Davis, p; Larry Green, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr; prod. by Fats Washington


Movin' 132 [Mel Alexander's label]


(leased to) Checker 1141

   

- Bad Business (14759)
- Larry's Jump (instr) (14760)

rec. March 22, 1966 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc; saxes; Maxwell Davis, p; Larry Green, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr; prod. by Fats Washington

Movin' / Checker unissued

31966LITTLE JOE BLUE

Movin' 134:
- Once A Fool   @ youtube
- My Tomorrow (X)   @ youtube

Checker 1150:
- Once A Fool (14930)
- My Tomorrow (14928)

rec. June 1966 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc; saxes; Maxwell Davis, p; Larry Green, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr; prod. by Fats Washington


Movin' 134


(leased to) Checker 1150

41966LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Little Baby (A) *   @ youtube
- Just A Look At You Woman (B) #   @ youtube

rec. June 1966 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc; saxes; # tp; Maxwell Davis, p; * org; Larry Green, g; Curtis Tillman, b; Chuck Thomas, dr; prod. by Fats Washington


Movin' 135

51967LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Me And My Woman (15652) (2:38)   @ youtube
- My Heart Beats Like A Drum (15654) (3:27)   @ youtube

rec. March 1967 in Chicago, IL; Little Joe Blue, voc; tps; Gene Barge, ts; saxes; p; Bryce Robinson, g; Willie Dixon, b; Maurice White, dr; prod. by Gene Barge & Willie Dixon


Checker 1173

   

- Something Going On (15651)
- She Knocks Me Out (15653)
- Death Valley (16076)
- A Bad Situation (16077)
- Used To Be (16078)

rec. March 1967 in Chicago, IL; Little Joe Blue, voc; tps; Gene Barge, ts; saxes; p; Bryce Robinson, g; Willie Dixon, bMaurice White, dr

Checker unissued

   

- Among Woman And Man

rec. 1967 in Oackland, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc; Larry Randolph, g; Haskell Sadler, b

Kent unissued

61969LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Standing On The Threshold (SL 1506)   @ youtube
- Don't Stop Loving Me (SL 1507)   @ youtube

rec. December 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc; saxes; Maxwell Davis, p; Lowell Fulson, g; b; dr


Jewel 799 [Stan Lewis' label]

71969LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Loose Me (SL 1597)   @ youtube
- A Fool Is What You Wanted (SL 1598)   @ youtube

rec. 1969 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc; saxes; Maxwell Davis, p; b; dr

 
Jewel 806

81969LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Shakin' Hands With The Judge (SL 1661)   @ youtube
- If There's A Better Way (SL 1662)   @ youtube

rec. 1969 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc; saxes; Maxwell Davis, p; b; dr


Jewel 810


= Jewel 850

8a1970Blues From The Bayou

Big Mac
- Rough Dried Woman, Part 1
Bobo Thomas
- Catfish Blues
Jerry McCain
- Juicy Lucy
Arthur Crudup
- Make A Little Love [Trumpet 186]
George (Wild Child) Butler
- Jelly Jam
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Lovin' Arms
Frank Frost
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight

Carter Brothers
- Booze In The Bottle
Peppermint Harris
- Raining In My Heart
John Mosley
- I Love Her, I Need Her

Little Joe Blue
- Loose Me [Jewel 806]
Curtis Griffin
- I Found Something Better
Peppermint Harris
- Little Girl

Little Joe Blue
- Standing On The Threshold [Jewel 799]

compiled by Charlie Gillett

notes by Charlie Gillett

PYE International NPL 28142 (UK 1970)

93/1970 LITTLE JOE BLUE

Kris 8080:
- Don't Tax Me In (00026)   @ youtube
- Lonely (00025) #   @ youtube

Sound Stage 7-2661:
- Don't Tax Me In (S-886)
- Lonely (S-887) #

rec. 1970 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; # ts; org, p; g; b; dr; prod. by Mel Alexander


Kris K-8080 (US 3/1970) [Mel Alexander's label]

 
= Sound Stage 7 SS7-2661 (US 5/1970) (John D. Richburg's label)

101971LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Doin' Some Serious Living   Part I
- Doin' Some Serious Living   Part II

rec. prob. 1971 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; horns; p; g; b; dr: mrcs; voc group


Kris K-8081

111971LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Southern Country Boy (SL 1769)
- Peaceful Man (SL 1770)

rec. prob. 1971 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; saxes; org; p; b; dr


Jewel 817

121971LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Right There Where You Left It
- Gonna Walk On

rec. prob. 1971 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; saxes; org; p; b; dr


Jewel 829

Jewel LP/LPS 5008

131972Little Joe Blue: Southern Country Boy

Jewel LPS-5008 track sequence:
- Encourage Me Baby   @ Spotify
- If You'd Only Let Me Love You   @ Spotify
- Southern Country Boy   @ Spotify
- Little Joe Blue   @ Spotify
- Sometime Tomorrow   @ Spotify

- Just Love Won't Do   @ Spotify
- I'm Not Your First Love   @ Spotify
- Right There Where You Left It   @ Spotify
- Only A Fool   @ Spotify
- Gonna Walk On   @ Spotify

P-Vine PJ-102 track sequence:
- Gonna Walk On
- My Heart Beats Like A Drum (4:09) °°   @ youtube
- Don't Tell Me Nothing About My Baby °°   @ youtube
- Little Joe Blue
- Only A Fool
- Don't Stop Loving Me °°

- Standing On The Threshold °°
- Encourage Me Baby
- If You Love Me Like You Say °°   @ youtube
- Right There Where You Left It
- If You'd Only Let Me Love You
- Your Hands May Be Tied (But Your Heart's Got To Be Free) °°

°° P-Vine PJ-102 bonus tracks

rec. c. 1972 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; tps; saxes; hca; org; p; g; b; dr; prod. by Don Logan

Paula PCD-500 interconverts LP's side A and side B tracks!

notes by Diane Dunlop

Jewel LPS-5008


(=) P-Vine LP PJ-102 (Jp 1980) "Just Like B."


= Paula PCD-500 (US 1997)


= P-Vine PCD-93046 (Jp 2007) ("Blues Gotta Funky Beats!" series)

141984LITTLE JOE BLUE

- My Tomorrow (SL-3059)
- Your Hands May Be Tied (But You Heart's Got To Be Free) (SL-3060)

rec. c. 1972 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; b; dr


Ronn 99

151993LITTLE JOE BLUE

- If You Love Me Like You Say
- Sweet 16

rec. c. 1972 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; b; dr; prod. by Stan Lewis


Ronn 118

161976LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Wasn't Born Yesterday (K-0073) [Kris LP K-8105]
- Been Nowhere & Don't Care (K-0074) [Kris LP K-8105]

rec. c. 1978 [?] in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; horns; prob. Little Mac Simmons, hca; p; b; dr


Kris K-8104

17197?LITTLE JOE BLUE

- We All Have The Blues Pt.1 (A)
- We All Have The Blues Pt.2 (B)

rec. early 1970s in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; horns; prob. Little Mac Simmons, hca; p; b; dr


Kris K-8111

18197?LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Who's The Fool? (A)
- Give What You've Got (B)

rec. prob. 1971 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; org, p; g; b; dr


Kris K-8120

191973LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Lonesome Feeling
- Doin' Some Serious Living #

rec. prob. 1971 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; horns, hca, g; b; dr; # mrcs; # voc group; prod. by Mel Alexander


Space 45-308 [Mel Alexander's label]

201973Little Joe Blue: Don't Tax Me In

Space MJJ 4729 / Flyright FLY 534 track sequence:
- Introducing Little Joe Blue [on Flyright LP: complete version]
- You Got To Come To Me #
- Who's The Fool? # [Kris K-8120]   @ youtube
- Lonesome Feeling [Space 45-308]
- Shopping Instead #   @ youtube

- You're On My Mind   @ youtube
- Doin' Some Serious Living [Kris K-8081]
- Don't Tax Me In [Kris K-8080]   @ youtube
- Joe's Soul Thang # ["You Got To Come To Me" sans voc!]
- Lonely [Kris K-8080]

Kris K-8105 track sequence:
- Doin' Some Serious Living °°
- I Got You On My Mind
- Who's The Fool # °°
- Been Nowhere And Don't Care [Kris K-8104]

- Lonesome Feeling °°
- Wasn't Born Yesterday [Kris K-8104]
- Shopping Instead # °°
- You Got To Come To Me # °°

°° also on Space MJJ 4729

rec. prob. 1971 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; # "J.D. Nicholson & His Bacon Fat Band"; prod. by Mel Alexander


notes by Anonymous

Space MJJ 4729 (US 1973) "Happy Here - Earthy Blues" [Mel Alexander's label]

notes by Mel Alexander

= Kris K-8105 (US 1978) "Blue & The Blues Are Back"

notes by Clive Richardson

= Flyright FLY 534 (UK 1977) "Don't Tax Me In"

Flyright Records discography

211974LITTLE JOE BLUE

- You Keep My Nose To The Grindstone (SS103-A) #   @ youtube
- Why I Sing The Blues (SS103-B)   @ youtube

rec. 1974 live at the San Francisco Blues Festival, San Francisco, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g [g ? aurally it's not LJB!]; # horns; unknown, g; b; dr


Soul Set SS-103

221975LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Give Me An Hour In Your Garden (And I'll Show You How To Plant A Rose) - Part 1 (MA-1101-A)   @ youtube
- Give Me An Hour In Your Garden (And I'll Show You How To Plant A Rose) - Part 2 (MA-1101-B)   @ youtube

rec. late 1974 / early 1975 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; saxes; org; p; b; dr


Miles Ahead 1101 [Miles Grayson's label]


= Bel-Ad 1009

Kris LP K-8119

231975LITTLE JOE BLUE

- Everything Good To You (Ain't Always Good For You) - Part 1 (A)
- Everything Good To You (Ain't Always Good For You) - Part 2 (B)

rec. c. 1975; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; unknown acc.


Elco 4404 [Miles Grayson's label]

241975American Blues Legend '75

Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Biscuit Bakin' Mama   @ youtube
- Bury Me Back In The USA
Billy Boy Arnold
- I Wish You Would
- Sugar Mama
Tommy Tucker
- Alimony
- Hard Luck Blues

Homesick James
- If I Could Live My Life All Over Again
- Baby Please Set A Date

Little Joe Blue
- A Fool Is What You Want[ed] #   @ youtube
- Five Long Years #   @ youtube
Lonesome Jimmie Lee Robinson
- Chicken Head
- Mean Mistreater

American Blues Legends '75
- Got My Mojo Working

# rec. May 5 & 6, 1975 live at the Club 100, London, UK; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; Bob Hall, p; Martin Stone, g; Harvey Weston, b; Pete York, dr; prod. by Jim Simpson
photography by Roger Perry


Big Bear BEAR 8 (UK 1975)

Big Bear Records discography

24a1978The Blues Vol. 4   1975-77

LP 1:
Johnny Mars - I've Been Down So Long [Big Bear BEAR 12]
Eddie Guitar Burns - Every Jug Stands On It's Own Bottom [Big Bear BEAR 7]
Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would [Big Bear BEAR 8]

Little Joe Blue - A Fool Is What You Want [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Lonesome Jimmy Lee Robinson - Chicken Head [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Eddie Playboy Taylor - Seems Like A Million Years [Big Bear BEAR 6]

Eddie Playboy Taylor - Gamblin' Man [Big Bear BEAR 6]
Mickey Baker - Make Your Bed Up Mama [Big Bear BEAR 5]
Big John Wrencher - I'm A Root Man [Big Bear BEAR 4]
Cousin Joe from New Orleans - I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use [Big Bear BEAR 1]
George G.P. Jackson - A Letter Dressed In Red - Leavin' Kansas City [Big Bear BEAR 1]


LP 2:
Mickey Baker - New York New York [Big Bear BEAR 5]
Doctor Ross - Hazel [Big Bear previously unissued]   @ youtube
Snooky Pryor - Dangerous Woman [Polydor 2460 186]
Washboard Willie - I Feel So Fine [Polydor 2460 186]
Johnny Mars - Blue Midnight [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Snooky Pryor - Sloppy Drunk [Polydor 2460 186]

Cousin Joe from New Orleans - You're Never Too Old To Boogie [Big Bear BB 14]
Homesick James - Crossroads [Caroline C 1502]
Tommy Tucker - Hard Luck Blues [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Eddie Guitar Burns - Bury Me Back In The USA [Big Bear BEAR 8]
Boogie Woogie Red - After Hours [Polydor 2460 186]
Red & Mose (Boogie Woogie Red & Whispering Smith) - Sassy [Polydor 2460 186]


Big Bear BDUB 2

DLP

Big Bear / Intercord INT 156.401 (UK 1978)

Big Bear Records discography

251981Little Joe Blue: Best Of The Blues

- Introducing Little Joe Blue
- Dirty Work Going On
- Been Nowhere And Don't Come
- Don't Tax Me In
- Give Me An Hour In Your Garden - Part 1
- Give Me An Hour In Your Garden - Part 2

- Lonesome Feeling
- Wasn't Born Yesterday
- You Got To Come To Me
- Who's The Fool?
- We All Have The Blues

rec. 1970s in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; horns; p; b; dr


Kris LP K-8119 (US 1981)

261981San Francisco Blues Festival   Vol. 3
Highlight Performances from the Annual West Coast Blues Event

Big Mama Thornton
- Fo' Day Blues
- Ball And Chain   @ youtube
- You Don't Have To Go
Sugar Pie Desanto
- Hello San Francisco

Sam Brothers Five
- I'm A Hog, Baby
- Party

Little Joe Blue
- Outside Help #

# rec. August 11, 1979 at San Francisco Blues Festival, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; Mark Naftalin, p; Ron Thompson, g; Mike Lewis, b; Harold Burks, dr

notes by Tom Mazzolini

Solid Smoke SS-8011 (US 1981)

271980?Little Joe Blue & Dino Spells

- Wail On, Jennings (A) (Garland Lockhart)  
- Don't Tell Me 'Bout My Baby (B) (H. Valery)  

Little Joe Blue, voc, g; Leroy "Dino" Spells, sax


Misipy MI-100

281982San Francisco Blues Festival - In Europe Again

Sonny Rhodes
- Paris Boogie Woogie
- I Don't Wanna Cry
- Ann Hold On
Guitar Mac
- Guitar Mac
- Taxi Blues

Guitar Mac
- All Night And Day

Joe Blue
- Wasn't Born Yesterday #
- We All Have The Blues #
- Never Been Nowhere #
Little Frankie
- Respect


Little Frankie
- My Little Girl
- It Ain't Love No More
J.J. Malone
- How I Like To Walk Down Paris Lanes
- Let's Party
- Peace And Love

Troyce Key
- Without A Fight
- San Francisco Bay
- No Cuttin' Loose
Roy Rogers
- Take Me Walkin'
- Don't You Be Nobody's Fool
- Anagramme


studio recordings in anticipation of the festival
# rec. June 8/9, 1982 in Paris, France; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; J.J. Malone, p; Roy Rogers, g; Henry Oden, b; Steve Griffith, dr; prod. by Larry Martin & Tom Mazzolini

DLP

Paris Album C 3343/44 (Fr 1982)

291984Lil' Joe Blue: It's My Turn Now

- (Let's Go) Boogie With The Young Folks
- That Baby's Not Mine
- Hey Eighteen Wheeler (Take Me Home)
- It's My Turn Now
- Hour In Your Garden (Peggy Graceland & Elizabeth Harton) *

- The Girl Is Mine
- Slow Roll
- She Did It Again *
- Me And My Guitar *
- I Wasn't Born Yesterday (Bobby Patterson)

rec. & mixed 1984 at Platinum City Recording Studios, Dallas, TX; written (except where noted), arranged, produced and recorded by Al Braggs & the Al Braggs Orchestra; Little Boy Blue, voc, * solo g; Dave von Blohn, Mark Breithaupt, tp; Peter Whitman, ts; Lee Charles, ts solos; Greg Cox, tb; Andy Upchurch, * Alvin Wright, keyb; Smokin' Joe Kubek, lead g; James Braggs, * Chester Burns, * Rodney Carrington, rhythm g; Johnny Woods, * Teal Warren, b; Paul Moore, * Billy Guy, dr; Arris Wheaton, string ensemble; Arris Wheaton, shaker; Al Braggs, chimes; Renita Burns, Dolores Williams, Leo Johnson, Finnell Clark, backup voc; executive producer: Mr. Sam Wright, Jr


Empire Enterprise LP no # (US 1984)

301984LITTLE JOE BLUE

- She Did It Again (A)
- Me And My Guitar (B)

rec. & mixed 1984 at Platinum City Recording Studios, Dallas, TX; written, arranged, produced and recorded by Al Braggs & the Al Braggs Orchestra; Little Boy Blue, voc, solo g; Dave von Blohn, Mark Breithaupt, tp; Peter Whitman, ts; Lee Charles, ts solos; Greg Cox, tb; Alvin Wright, keyb; Smokin' Joe Kubek, lead g; Chester Burns, Rodney Carrington, rhythm g; Teal Warren, b; Billy Guy, dr; Arris Wheaton, string ensemble; Arris Wheaton, shaker; Al Braggs, chimes; Renita Burns, Dolores Williams, Leo Johnson, Finnell Clark, backup voc; executive producer: Mr. Sam Wright, Jr


Platinum City no #

311985Jewel Spotlights the Blues   Volume 1

- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- My Back Scratcher - Frank Frost
- Dust My Broom - Elmo James
- Back Door Friend - Lightnin' Hopkins

- Standing On The Threshold - Little Joe Blue [Jewel 799]

- Put It All In There - George "Wild Child" Butler
- Sleeper - Lowell Fulson
- Night Time Is The Right Time - Big Joe Turner
- Rough Dried Woman, Part 1 - Big Mac
- Rough Dried Woman, Part 2 (instr) - Big Mac


CD bonus tracks:
- Sex Appeal - Willie Dixon
- The Mojo - J.B. Lenoir



Jewel LPS-5015


(=) Jewel JCD-5015

321985Jewel Spotlights the Blues   Volume 2

LP track sequence: - Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Nothing Takes The Place Of You - Toussaint McCall
- Stand By - John Lee Hooker
- Mr. Charlie - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Mathilda - Cookie & His Cupcakes
- Sweet 94 - Buster Benton


- Gonna Walk On - Little Joe Blue [Jewel 5008]
- Breakfast Time - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Money Is The Name Of The Game - Buster Benton
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- I Feel Good - John Lee Hooker


CD track sequence:
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- You Sure Can't Do - Buddy Guy
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Mr. Charlie - Lightnin' Hopkins (with 2:17 spoken intro)
- Matchbox - Ike Turner
- New Way Of Lovin' - Willie Dixon

- Gonna Walk On - Little Joe Blue
- Breakfast Time - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Money Is The Name Of The Game - Buster Benton
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Feel Good - John Lee Hooker
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam



Jewel LPS-5016


(=) Jewel JCD-5016

33198?Little Joe Blue

- Dirty Work Goin' On [Checker 1141]
- Once A Fool [Checker 1150]
- My Tomorrow [Checker 1150]

- Pretty Woman [Checker 1141]
- Me And My Woman [Checker 1173]
- My Heart Beats Like A Drum [Checker 1173]

7" 45 rpm EP

Moonshine EP 002 (NL 198?)

Moonshine discography

33a1986West Coast Winners
An Anthology of West Coast Blues & R&B 1953-1967

- I'm On My Way - Alvin Smith
- Dirty Work Is Going On - Little Joe Blue [Checker 1141]
- Good Woman - Sherwood Fleming
- Midnight Bells Are Ringing - T-Bone Walker
- Brick - Johnny Morisette
- I'm Gonna Change My Way Of Living - Bob Reed
- Bald Headed Woman - Haskell Sadler
- My Heart Is A Prison - Percy Mayfield

- My Time After A While - Tiny Powell
- Bad Shape - Johnny Morisette
- I'm Leaving You - Bob Reed
- Won't You Think It Over - Dale Cunningham
- She's My Baby - Flash Terry
- That Empty Feeling - T. Bone Walker

- Me And My Woman - Little Joe Blue [Checker 1173]
- Blue Shadows Falling - Al King


Moonshine BLP 103 (NL 1986)

Moonshine discography

33b198?More West Coast Winners

- Henpecked - Larry Evans
- Uncle John - Al Calloway
- Mercy - Big Mama Thornton

- Just A Look At You Woman - Little Joe Blue [Movin' 135]
- It's Getting Late - Al King
- Cool It - Flash Terry
- Danger Zone - J.J. Malone
- You Give Me Nothing To Go On - Ted Taylor
- She Drives Me Out Of My Mind - Arthur H. Adams

- Fool, Fool, Fool - Elliott Shavers
- Memory Pain - Percy Mayfield
- Find Another Woman - Willie Headen
- A Sad Sad Situation - Jessie James
- Run But You Can't Hide - Johnnie Taylor
- Tom Cat - Big Mama Thornton

- Little Baby - Little Joe Blue [Movin' 135]
- Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong - Johnnie Morisette
- No Woman's No Stranger - King Solomon



Moonshine BLP 115 (NL 198?)

Moonshine discography

341987Little Joe Blue: Blue's Blues

- Right There Where You Left It [Jewel 829 / LPS-5008]
- Little Joe Blue [Jewel LPS-5008]
- Sometime Tomorrow [Jewel LPS-5008]
- Encourage Me Baby [Jewel LPS-5008]
- Don't Stop Loving Me [Jewel 799]
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge [Jewel 810]
- A Fool Is What You Wanted [Jewel 806]

- Southern Country Boy [Jewel 817 / LPS-5008]
- Just Love Won't Do [Jewel LPS-5008]
- If You'd Only Let Me Love You [Jewel LPS-5008]
- I'm Not Your First Love [Jewel LPS-5008]
- Loose Me [Jewel 806]
- Gonna Walk On [Jewel 829]
- If There's A Better Way [Jewel 810]

Jewel LPS-5008

notes (October 1986) by Neil Slaven

Charly CRB 1150 (UK 1987)

351987Little Joe Blue: Dirty Work Going On

- Big Leg Woman   @ youtube
- Dirty Work Going On   @ youtube
- Don't Start Me To Talking   @ youtube
- Encourage Me Baby   @ youtube

- Just Your Fool   @ youtube
- Stop Wasting My Time (Don't Waste My Time)   @ youtube
- Let Me Love You   @ youtube
- How Could You Do It To Me   @ youtube

rec. c. 1987 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; horns; kbds; gs; bgs; dr
photography: Richard Bomersheim


Evejim EJ 1991 [Leon Haywood's label]

(=) Evejim CD 2054

361987Little Joe Blue

- Big Leg Woman
- Just Your Fool


Evejim EJ 1991

371987Little Joe Blue

- Dirty Work Going On
- Don't Start Me To Talking


Evejim EJ 1993

37a1987The Real Chicago Blues Today - 60's Style

Jessie Anderson - You're Only A Woman
Jessie Anderson - True Love Express
Johnny Thompson - So Much Going For You Baby
Johnny Thompson - Bell Bottom Sue
Lonnie Brooks - One Sunny Day
Lonnie Brooks - Let It All Hang Out
Detroit Junior - You Mean Everything To Me
Detroit Junior - Too Poor

Bobby Rush - Much To Much
Bobby Rush - Sock Boo Ga Loo
Little Mack - I'm Happy Now
Tommy Tucker - I've Been A Fool
Jamo Thomas - Must I Holler
Larry Williams - Like A Gentleman Oughta

Little Joe Blue - My Heart Beats Like A Drum [Checker 1173]
Little Joe Blue - Me And My Woman [Checker 1173]


P-Vine PLP-6083 (Jp 1987)

37b1988Good To The Last Drop

Buster Benton - Good To The Last Drop
Little Joe Blue - Standing On The Threshold
Sunnyland Slim - My Past Life
Johnny Mosely - Mistreated By You
Ted Taylor - Cummins Prison Farm
Peppermint Harris - My Time After Awhile
Buster Benton - Sweet 94

Frank Frost - My Back Scratcher
Eddie Lang - Mean Sad World
Joe Turner - Night Time Is The Right Time
Sunnyland Slim - Your Fine Bone Frame
Curtis Griffin - Baby Have Your Way
Buster Benton - Money Is The Name Of The Game
John Lee Hooker - I Feel Good



Charly CRB 1203 (UK 1988)

381989Little Joe Blue: I'm Doing All Right Again

- I'm Doing All Right Again # []   @ youtube
- As Mean As Ive Been Good (Double Dealing) []   @ youtube
- Who   @ youtube
- I'm Not Blind   @ youtube

- Me And My Woman   @ youtube
- Devil In Disguise   @ youtube
- My Tomorrow   @ youtube
- You Keep My Nose To The Grinding Stone   @ youtube

rec. c. 1989 in Los Angeles, CA; Little Joe Blue, voc, g, # double tracked voc; tps; tb; as; bs; ts; org; [] kbds; 2nd g; b; dr; arr. by Leon Haywood & John Stephens


Evejim EJR 4009 (US 1989)

(=) Evejim CD 2054

391989Little Joe Blue

- My Tomorrow
- I'm Doing All Right Again

Evejim 2017 (US 1989)


= Evejim 89511

401993Little Joe Blue / Eddie Burns: Chicago Blues Festival '86@ youtube (full album)

Little Joe Blue
- Dirty Work Goin' On   @ youtube
- You're Breaking My Heart   @ youtube
- Me and My Guitar   @ youtube
- If You Let Me Love You   @ youtube
- Give Me One Hour in Your Garden   @ youtube
- Big Leg Woman   @ youtube
- You Can Help Me If You Want So   @ youtube
- She Did It Again   @ youtube
Eddie Burns
- Lonesome Feeling
- I Dig You Baby
- In the State Highway
- You Got to Love Me With Feeling
- New Inflation Blues
- This Old House
- Wee Baby Blues


rec. November 24 & 25, 1986 at Farmsound Studio, Heelsum, The Netherlands, by Wil Hesen; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; Billy Branch, hca; Melvin Taylor, g; Nick Charles, b; Julian Vaughan, dr; prod. by Didier Tricard and Martin van Olderen
photos by Brigitte Charvolin


Black & Blue BB 733-2 (Fr 1993)

Black & Blue BB 471-2

411993Chicago Blues Festival Vol. 5   1983-1986

Buster Benton
- The Best Piece Of Chicken I Ever Had I Stole It
- Money Is The Name Of The Game
Lafayette Leake
- Memories Of Jimmy
- If You're Not Mine
Jimmy Johnson
- Heap See
- When My First Wife Quit Me
Billy Boy Arnold
- My Babe
John "Mad Dog" Watkins
- The Same Thing
Larry Davis
- I Tried
Byther Smith
- Addressing The Nation With The Blues
A.C. Reed
This Little Voice
Maurice Vaughn
- Mojo Hand

Little Joe Blue
- You're Breaking My Heart [Black & Blue BB 733-2]
Eddie Burns
- In The State Highway
- This Old House

notes by Jean Buzelin

Black & Blue CD 605 (Fr 1993)

421995Classic Blues   Volume 1

- You Got To Feel It - Ted Taylor
- Homewrecker - Fontella Bass
- Feel Good Babe - Frank Frost
- She's A Good'un - Bobby Rush
- Learning Tree - Artie White
- I Feel Good - John Lee Hooker
- Wig Wearin' Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins

- Encourage Me Baby - Little Joe Blue
- Honky-Tonk - Jerry McCain
- I Will Wait For You - L.C. Cooke
- Dust My Broom - Elmo James
- Bad Bad Whiskey - Peppermint Harris
- Good Woman Go Bad - Barbara Carr
- School Of Life - Cicero Blake
- Big Legged Woman - Jimmy Reed
- Everybody Knows About My Good Thing - Little Johnny Taylor



Ronn CD 8007

431995Ain'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 You 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 - Mighty Joe Young
- 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)

441996Little Joe Blue: Greatest Hits

- Big Leg Woman
- Dirty Work Going On
- Don't Start Me To Talking
- Encourage Me Baby
- Just Your Fool
- Stop Wasting My Time/ Don't Waste My Time
- Let Me Love You
- How Could You Do It To Me
- I'm Doing All Right Again
- As Mean As I've Been Good (Double Dealing)
- Who
- I'm Not Blind
- Me And My Woman
- Devil In Disguise
- My Tomorrow
- You Keep My Nose To The Grinding Stone

Evejim EJ 1991 / Evejim EJR 4009


Evejim EJ 2054-2

451996The Very Best Of Little Joe Blue

- Introducing Little Joe Blue [Space LP MJJ 4729]
- You Got To Come To Me [Space LP MJJ 4729]
- Who's The Fool [Kris K-8120]
- Lonesome Feeling [Space 45-308]
- Shopping Instead [Space LP MJJ 4729]
- You're On My Mind [Space LP MJJ 4729]
- Doin' Some Serious Living [Kris K-8081]
- Don't Tax Me In [Kris K-8080]
- Joe's Soul Thang [Space LP MJJ 4729]
- Lonely [Kris K-8080]
- Dirty Work Going On [Checker 1141]
- Between [Been] Nowhere & Don't Care [Kris K-8104]
- Give Me An Hour In Your Garden - Part 1 [Miles Ahead 1101]
- Give Me An Hour In Your Garden - Part 2 [Miles Ahead 1101]
- Wasn't Born Yesterday [Kris K-8104]
- We All Have The Blues [Kris K-8111]

notes by Mark Marymont

Collectables COL-CD-5744

461998Super Blues Legends   Volume 2

- Trouble Blues - Charles Brown
- Born With The Blues - Memphis Slim

- Encourage Me Baby - Little Joe Blue
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Losing Boy - Eddie Giles
- She's A Good 'Un - Bobby Rush
- Slip Away Again - Clarence Carter
- Jimmie - Artie "Blues Boy" White
- Lonesome For A Dime - Buster Benton



Jewel JCD-5023

471999More Treasures from the Vault

- Three O'Clock Blues - B.B. King
- Sweet Sixteen - B.B. King
- Recession Blues - B.B. King
- Don't Break Your Promise - B.B. King
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man - Bobby Rush
- Good Boy - T-Bone Walker
- Will My Gal Be Home Tonight - T-Bone Walker
- No Do Right - T-Bone Walker
- Get It On With Me - Bobby Rush
- Don't Keep Me Waiting - B.B. King

- Open House At My House - Little Joe Blue
- Tickle Britches - B.B. King


Jewel JCD-5066

481999West Coast Modern Blues 1960's

- Consider Yourself - Stacy Johnson
- You Got Me - Vernon Guy
- Don't Believe Him - Stacy Johnson
- Love Will Lead You Light - T-Bone Walker
- Should I Let Her Go (Sittin' Here Thinkin') - T-Bone Walker
- Jealous Woman - T-Bone Walker
- Hey Hey Baby - T-Bone Walker

- Dirty Work Going On - Little Joe Blue [Kent unissued]
- Understanding - Little Joe Blue [Kent unissued]
- Jimmy's Special - Little Joe Blue [Kent unissued]
- Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too - Little Joe Blue [Kent unissued]
- That Evil Child - B.B. King
- One Thing We Know - Flash Terry
- On My Way Back Home - Flash Terry
- Please Mr. President - King Solomon
- New Figure - King Solomon
- S.K. Blues - King Solomon
- Mr. Bad Luck - King Solomon
- Remove My Doubts - Stacy Johnson
- They Ain't Loving You - Vernon Guy
- Black Widow Spider - Willie Garland
- Address In My Hand - Willie Garland
- Soul Blues - Willie Garland



P-Vine PCD-3060 (Jp 1999)


= P-Vine PCD-15054 (Jp 2010)

492002The Chess Story 1947-1975

disc 11:
James Phelps - Love Is A Five-Letter Word
Little Milton - We're Gonna Make It
The Radiants - Ain't No Big Thing
The Knight Brothers - Temptation 'Bout To Get Me
Billy Stewart - Sitting In The Park
Little Milton - Who's Cheating Who?
The Ramsey Lewis Trio - The In Crowd
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
Billy Stewart - Summertime
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces - Searching For My Love
Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle

Little Joe Blue - Dirty Work Goin' On
Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto - In The Basement
Tony Clarke - Landslide
John Lee Hooker - In The Mood
Big Maybelle - It's A Man's Man's World
The Ramsey Lewis Trio - Wade in the Water
John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer
Kip Anderson - Without A Woman
Bobby McClure - Peak Of Love
The Valentinos - Sweeter Than The Day Before
Barbara & The Browns - To Know I Can't Touch
Gene Chandler - I Fooled You This Time
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces - Try My Love Again
Bo Diddley - Ooh Baby
Little Milton - I Feel So Bad

15 CD set (341 tracks)

MCA International 881

502008Little Joe Blue: Dirty Work Goin' On

- Dirty Work Goin' On   @ youtube
- Me and My Guitar   @ youtube
- If You Let Me Love You   @ youtube
- You're Breaking My Heart   @ youtube
- Give Me One Hour in Your Garden   @ youtube
- Big Leg Woman   @ youtube
- You Can Help Me If You Want So   @ youtube
- She Did It Again   @ youtube
- I Want To Make Love To You
- The Thrill Is Gone
- Devil In The Sky
- How Could You Do It To Me

rec. November 24 & 25, 1986 at Farmsound Studio, Heelsum, The Netherlands, by Wil Hesen; Little Joe Blue, voc, g; Billy Branch, hca; Melvin Taylor, g; Nick Charles, b; Julian Vaughan, dr; prod. by Didier Tricard and Martin van Olderen

Black & Blue BB 733-2


Black and Blue BB 471-2 (Blues Reference series)

5112/2012The Very Best Of Little Joe Blue
Expanded Edition

- Standing On The Threshold
- Don't Stop Loving Me
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge
- If There's A Better Way
- Southern Country Boy
- Peaceful Man
- Gonna Walk On
- Right There Where You Left It
- My Tomorrow
- Your Hands May Be Tied (But Your Heart's Got
- I'm Not Your First Love
- Encourage Me Baby
- Little Joe Blue
- Sometime Tomorrow

notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 CD 061942

522020Dirty Work Going On
Kent & Modern Blues 1960's

- Go Ahead (tk 3) - Fillmore Slim
- New Figure - King Solomon

- Understanding - Little Joe Blue [P-Vine PCD-3060, PCD-15054]
- Hey Hey Baby - T-Bone Walker
- It Can Only Hurt For So Long - Larry Davis
- On My Way Back Home - Flash Terry
- Please Mr President - King Solomon
- Jealous Woman - T-Bone Walker

- Dirty Work Going On (tk 8) - Little Joe Blue [P-Vine PCD-3060, PCD-15054]
- S K Blues - King Solomon
- Something About You Baby (tk 7) - Larry Davis
- Fast Gun Annie - Billy Ray
- Should I Let Her Go - T-Bone Walker
- Consider Yourself (extended version) - Stacy Johnson
- One Thing We Know - Flash Terry
- Let Me Be Your Eagle Baby (tk 1) - King Solomon
- Blues In G Minor (blues Guitar) - Big Jay McNeely
- Love Will Lead You Right - T-Bone Walker
- Almost Midnight (tk 3) - King Solomon
- Playboy (underdub) - Billy Ray

- Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too - Little Joe Blue [P-Vine PCD-3060, PCD-15054]
- Sweet Little Angel - Larry Davis
- Down Now (tk 3) - B.B. King

- Jimmy's Special - Little Joe Blue [P-Vine PCD-3060, PCD-15054]
- Mr. Bad Luck - King Solomon
- Texas Queen (underdub) - Billy Ray


compiled by Dick Shurman

notes by Dick Shurman

Ace CDCHD 1571 (UK 2020)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 162-163
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 232
- Jacques Demêtre: Un nouveau B.B. King? Little Joe Blue.- Jazz Hot 298 (April 1973), pp. 10-11
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 333
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 989-990
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 278-279
- Alan Govenar: Meeting The Blues - The rise of the Texas sound.- Dallas (Taylor Publishing Company), 1988, pp. 56-57
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 54-55
- Opal Louis Nations: The Little Joe Blue Story.- Blues & Rhythm 319 (May 2017), pp.14-16
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/gulfcoast/jewelblues.html
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/gulfcoast/ronn.html
- http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/kris.htm
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Little+Joe+Blue
- http://logcabin.cocolog-nifty.com/45rpm/2009/02/index.html
- http://logcabin.cocolog-nifty.com/45rpm/2011/10/index.html
- http://www.45cat.com
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, "Don O", Rob Ford, Hank Moore, 'bblappie' and Marc Claes for additional info / scans

 

L I T T L E   J O E   B L U E; source: Back cover of Evejim EJ 1991; photographer: Richard Bomersheim; click to enlarge!
Little Joe Blue
source: Back cover of Evejim EJ 1991; photographer: Richard Bomersheim

 

L I T T L E   J O E   B L U E; source: Feelin' Good #14 (maggio 1987), p. 32; photographer: Tano Ro; click to enlarge!
Little Joe Blue
source: Feelin' Good 14 (maggio 1987), p. 32; photographer: Tano Ro

 

L I T T L E   J O E   B L U E at Evejim Studio, late 1988/early 1989; source: Juke Blues 18 (Winter 1989/90), p. 23; photographer: Henry Oden; click to enlarge!
Little Joe Blue at Evejim Studio, late 1988/early 1989
source: Juke Blues 18 (Winter 1989/90), p. 23; photographer: Henry Oden

 

 

 

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