Illustrated Cripple Clarence Lofton discography

Cripple Clarence Lofton, c. 1939
source: Front cover of Yazoo L-1025 ("courtesy of Nat Singerman") Cripple
Clarence Lofton
né Clarence Clemens (possibly adopted as Clarence Ramsey)
b. March 28, 1897 (~~1887~~) in Burns, Dickson County, Tennessee
d. January 9, 1957 in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
buried at Mount Glenwood Cemetery in Bloom, Illinois
discography
source: Front cover of Euphonic ESR-1208
larger photo: Jazz Scene #1 (1956)

#	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
	1927	Sammy Brown Gennet 6337 - Barrel House Blues (GEX-969-A) * @ youtube - The Jockey Blues (GEX-960-B) # @ youtube rec. November 22, 1927 in Richmond, IN; Sammy Brown, voc; * unknown, g; # ~~Cripple Clarence Lofton~~, p; # unknown, 2nd voc Champion 15436 George Tremer - Spirit Of 49 Rag (GMX-779-A) @ youtube Preston Lillard - The Jockey Blues Superior 329 Sid(ney) Williams - Mississippi Shivers Sammy Brown - The Jockey Blues Gennet 6337 (US 1927) # = Champion 15436 as by Preston Lillard # = Superior 329 (US 193?)
	1930	Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues (L-398-1) @ youtube - Long Ways From Home (L-399-2) @ youtube rec. May 28, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Louise Johnson, voc, p; Son House and/or Willie Brown, sp Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "Cripple Clarence Lofton claimed to be the pianist on these titles, and that they were his first recordings, while Son House maintains Louise Johnson accompanied herself on piano. The evidence of the recordings themselves tends to support the view that she is the pianist." Later research brought forth that Lofton's claim itself has been pure invention: Actually he never has been asked and therefore never answered a question about accompanying Louise Johnson! Paramount 12992
		- All Night Long Blues (L-398-2) rec. May 28, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Louise Johnson, voc, p; Son House and/or Willie Brown, sp Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "Cripple Clarence Lofton claimed to be the pianist on these titles, and that they were his first recordings, while Son House maintains Louise Johnson accompanied herself on piano. The evidence of the recordings themselves tends to support the view that she is the pianist." Later research brought forth that Lofton's claim itself has been pure invention: Actually he never has been asked and therefore never answered a question about accompanying Louise Johnson! Paramount unissued Document DLP 532 Document DOCD-5321
	1930	Louise Johnson - On The Wall (L-419-1) # @ youtube - By The Moon And Stars (L-420-2) @ youtube rec. May 28, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Louise Johnson, voc, p; # Son House and/or Willie Brown, sp Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "Cripple Clarence Lofton claimed to be the pianist on these titles, and that they were his first recordings, while Son House maintains Louise Johnson accompanied herself on piano. The evidence of the recordings themselves tends to support the view that she is the pianist." Later research brought forth that Lofton's claim itself has been pure invention: Actually he never has been asked and therefore never answered a question about accompanying Louise Johnson! Paramount 13008
1	1935	Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing (C-947-B) # @ youtube - Monkey Man Blues (C-948-A) * @ youtube rec. April 2, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, voc, p; * Big Bill Broonzy, g; # unknown, washb Vocalion 02951 = Hot Jazz Club of America HC85
2	1935	Albert Clemens / Adam Wilcox ¹⁾ / Joe Williams Albert Clemens / Adam Wilcox ¹⁾ - Policy Blues (You Can't 3-6-9 Me) (85787-1) * @ youtube @ Spotify Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People (85489-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify # rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Joe Williams, voc, g * rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Albert Clemens, voc, p; unknown g ¹⁾ Some copies are labeled as "Adam Wilcox" Dixon, Godrich & Rye (1997): "This artist's [Albert Clemens'] real name reputedly is Adam Wilcox, but it has also been suggested that this may be a pseudonym for Cripple Clarence Lofton." Eagle & LeBlanc (2013): "This may be his [Clarence Lofton's] brother Elbert [sic]." ["Albert Clemens" variant] ["Adam Wilcox" variant] Bluebird B5930 "I'm getting tired/Of these policy writers/three-six-nine'in' poor me"
3	1936	CRIPPLE CLARENCE LOFTON ARC 6-11-66: - Brown Skin Girls (C-1074-A) # @ youtube - You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down (C-1075-A) @ youtube Jazz Classics 256: - Brown Skin Girl [sic] - You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down Biltmore 1042: - Brown Skin Gal [sic] - You've [sic] Done Tore Your Playhouse Down Conqueror 8758: CRIPPLE CLARENCE LOFTON - You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down THE BLUE CHIPS - Let's Get Drunk And Truck rec. July 18, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, voc, p, # whistling; Big Bill Broonzy, g (ARC) Melotone / Perfect / Romeo 6-11-66 (US 1936) (=) Conqueror 8758 = Jazz Classics 256 = Jazz Document 003 = Biltmore 1042
4	1936	AL MILLER and his SWING STOMPERS - It's Got To Be Done (90599-A) # @ youtube - Truckin' Old Fool (90607-A) * @ youtube # rec. February 4, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Al Miller, voc, g; poss. Odell Rant, cl; Cripple Clarence Lofton, p; unknown, sb * rec. February 6, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Al Miller, voc, g; poss. Odell Rant, cl; unknown, sb Champion 50067
5	1936	AL MILLER and his SWING STOMPERS - Juicy Mouth Shorty (90600-A) # @ youtube - Ain't That A Mess (90608-A) * @ youtube # rec. February 4, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Al Miller, voc, g; poss. Odell Rant, cl; Cripple Clarence Lofton, p; unknown, sb * rec. February 6, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Al Miller, voc, g; poss. Odell Rant, cl; unknown, sb Champion 50072 = Decca 7830
6	1936	Red Nelson - Crying Mother Blues (90597-A) # - Streamline Train (90598-A) - Streamline Train (90598-B) # rec. February 4, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Red Nelson, voc; Cripple Clarence Lofton, p Decca 7171 # = Brunswick 03508 (UK)
7	1936	Red Nelson - When The Soldiers Get Their Bonus (Even If It Don't Last Long) (90606-A) # - Sweetest Thing Born (90605-A) rec. February 6, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Red Nelson, voc; Cripple Clarence Lofton, p; ; Al Miller, g, # voc; # unknown, sb Decca 7155
		- Traveling Blues (South Side Mess Around) [Travelin' Blues] - Streamline Train # - I Don't Know # - Mistaken Blues (Change My Mind Blues) [Cripple's Blues] - Pitchin' Boogie (Juke Joint Stomp) [Boogie Woogie] - Mercy Blues (State Street Blues) rec. c. 1938 or 1939 prob. in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, p, # voc unbracketed titles used on Swaggie S1235 round brackets enclose variants used on Yazoo 1025 RST BDCD-6006 quotes both sets of titles in the form given Mauros LBCCL3840 uses the unbracketed titles except where alternative titles are shown in square brackets originally unissued Swaggie S1235 Yazoo 1025 Mauros LBCCL3840 RST BDCD-6006
8	1939	Cripple Clarence Lofton - Streamline Train (R-2772-1) - Had A Dream (R-2771-1) # rec. c. 1939 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, voc, p Solo Art 12003 # Circle J1050
9	1939	Cripple Clarence Lofton - I Don't Know (R-3361- ) - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (R-3362- ) rec. c. 1939 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, voc, p Solo Art 12009
		- More Motion # // - Sweet Tooth # \|\| - Sixes And Sevens # \|\| - Clarence's Blues # \|\| - Lofty Blues # \|\| - House Rent Struggle # \|\| - Juice Joint # \|\| - Salty Woman Blues # - Blue Boogie \\ rec. c. 1939 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, voc, p Solo Art unissued Oldie Blues OL 2817 RST BDCD-6007 # Riverside RLP 1037, London AL 3531 \\ Riverside 12-114 / SDP11 // Riverside 12-134 \|\| Riverside RLP 152 / BYG 529.065
		- Deep End Boogie (PF-39 / 41A) rec. August 19, 1943 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, voc, p originally unissued Wayhi L93 (cassette) RST BDCD-6045
		- I Don't Know (PF-8-B) # - Vocal Blues (50-B / PF-14-A) # // - Fine & Mellow (#42) (Evie Westphal, voc) - Talking & Piano Experiment (PF-16-A) \|\| // \\ - More Yancey and Lofton (PF-16-B) (on RST BDCD-6045: "Untitled") \|\| // \\ rec. 1943 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, p, # voc, \|\| sp; Jimmy Yancey, // p, \\ sp recordings made at a private party with Lofton and Yancey playing one piano originally unissued Wayhi L93 (cassette) RST BDCD-6045
10	1944	Cripple Clarence Lofton - The Fives (129) - Deep End Boogie (South End Blues) (130) rec. December 1943 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, p Session 10-002 [Eve & Phil Featheringill's label]
11	1944	Cripple Clarence Lofton - In De Mornin' (140) - Early Blues (141) rec. December 1943 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, p, # voc Session 10-006 [Eve & Phil Featheringill's label]
12	summer 1944	Cripple Clarence Lofton - I Don't Know No. 2 (142) - Streamlined [sic] Train (143) rec. December 1943 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, p Session 12-005 [Eve & Phil Featheringill's label]
13	1945?	Cripple Clarence Lofton - Policy Blues (127) - I Don't Know (128) rec. December 1943 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, voc, p Session 10-014 [Eve & Phil Featheringill's label]
		- Streamline Train (125) - I Don't Know - II [sic] (126) rec. December 1943 in Chicago, IL; Cripple Clarence Lofton, p Session unissued [Eve & Phil Featheringill's label]
*LP / CD compilations*
14	1951	Jazz Vol. 4: The Jazz Singers Ivy Anderson - All Of Me / The Mooche/ Margie / Louisiana / Baby Won't You Please Come Home? / It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing / Doctor Jazz (medley) Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight - Organ Grinder's Swing Jimmy Rushing with the Count Basie Orchestra - Don't You Miss Your Baby? Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra - Keep A Knockin' / Jingle Bells / Oopapada / Sugar (medley) Fats Waller And Una Mae Carlisle - I Can't Give You Anything But Love Bessie Smith - A Good Man Is Hard To Find Dallas Jug Band - You Gotta Have That Thing Ma Rainey - Traveling Blues Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing Bertha Chippie Hill - Trouble In Mind Champion Jack Dupree - Jitterbug Sonny Terry - Fox Chase Folkways FP 59 = Folkways FJ 2804
15	5/1954	Pax LP 6005: Cripple Clarence Lofton: An Early Exponent of Boogie Woogie and Blues - The Fives - I Don't Know-II - South End Boogie - Streamline Train - I Don't Know-I - In De Mornin' - Early Blues - Policy Blues Vogue L.D.E. 122: Jazz Immortals No. 1: 'Cripple' Clarence Lofton - The Fives - I Don't Know - South End Boogie - Streamline Train - I Don't Know (vocal Lofton) - In De Mornin' - Early Blues - Policy Blues Jazz Selection J.S.L.P. 50.021: "Cripple" Clarence Lofton: Jazz Immortals Vol. 3 - The Fives - I Don't Know - South End Boogie - Streamline Train - I Don't Know - In De Mornin' - Early Blues - Policy Blues 10 inch LP Pax LP 6005 (US 5/1954) 10 inch LP = Vogue L.D.E. 122 (UK 1955) 10 inch LP = Jazz Selection J.S.L.P. 50.021 (UK) (produced by Vogue)
16	1954	Cripple Clarence Lofton: A Lost Recording Date 8 piano solos never previously issued - More Motion - Sweet Tooth - Sixes Ans Sevens - Clarence's Blues - Lofty Blues - House Rent Struggle - Juice Joint - Salty Woman Blues prod. by Bill Grauer Riverside RLP 1037 cover art by Robert J. Lee notes by Orrin Keepnews Riverside RLP 1037 (US 1954) London AL 3531 London Records discography
17	1955	Boogie-Woogie with the Blues Meade Lux Lewis with George Hannah - Freakish Man Blues - Molasses Sopper Blues Dobby Bragg with James 'Boodle-It' Wiggins °° - Evil Woman Blues - Keep A'Knockin' And You Can't Get In Cripple Clarence Lofton with Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars - On The Wall Blind Leroy Garnett with James 'Boodle-It' Wiggins - My Lovin' Blues - Weary Heart Blues °° it was then believed that Dobby Bragg [Roosevelt Sykes] did the piano accompaniment Riverside RLP 1052 (US 1955) "Boogie Woogie Classic Blues Accompaniments" London AL 3544 (UK 1955) "Boogie-Woogie with the Blues" London/Riverside Records discography
18	3/1956	Jimmy Yancey & Cripple Clarence Lofton Pioneers of Boogie Woogie Jimmy Yancey - Yancey's Mixture - Death Letter Blues - Midnight Stomp - Boodlin' - At The Window - Sweet Patootie - The Rocks Cripple Clarence Lofton - I Don't Know - In The Mornin' - Early Blues - Policy Blues - The Fives - South End Boogie - Streamline Train material from 10-inch Pax LPs 6005 and 6011 notes by Dante S. Bolletino and George Hoefer Jazztone J-1224 (US 3/1956) = Musidisc 30 JA 5212 (Fr)
19	1956	History of Classic Jazz 1. Backgrounds Royal Drums Of The Abatutsi - Abatutsi Girl's Song-Lobertina Unknown Artist - Street Cries Of Charleston Blind Lemon Jefferson - Shuckin' Sugar Rev. J.M. Gates And Congregation - I'm Going To Heaven Sodero's Military Band - Slidus Trombonus Fred Van Eps - Ragtime Oriole 2. Ragtime Cakewalk - At A Georgia Camp Meeting Scott Joplin - The Cascades James Scott - Frogs Legs Rag Joseph Lamb - American Beauty Rag Jelly Roll Morton - Perfect Rag Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag 3. The Blues Ma Rainey - Titanic Man Blues Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues Ida Cox - I've Got The Blues For Rampart Street Chippie Hill - Around The Clock Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Risin' High Water Big Bill Broonzy - Big Bill Blues 4. New Orleans King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Froggie Moore Jelly Roll Morton - The Pearls Jelly Roll Morton's Stomp Kings - Big Foot Ham New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Livery Stable Blues Original Memphis Melody Boys - Blue Grass Blues Red Onion Jazz Babies* - Cake Walkin' Babies 5. Boogie Woogie Wesley Wallace - No. 29 Jimmy Yancey - The Fives Cripple Clarence Lofton - Blue Boogie Meade Lux Lewis - Far Ago Blues Art Hodes - South Side Shuffle Pete Johnson - Lone Star Blues 6. South Side Chicago Johnny Dodds And Tiny Parnham - Oh, Daddy Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals - Salty Dog Barrelhouse Five - Mama Stayed Out State Street Ramblers - Careless Love Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - Jackass Blues Doc Cook's Dreamland Orchestra - Memphis Maybe Man 7. Chicago Style Muggsy Spanier's Stomp Six - Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me? Bix Beiderbecke & The Wolverines - Royal Garden Blues Original Wolverines - When My Sugar Walks Down The Street Charles Pierce Orchestra - China Boy Jungle Kings - Frias Point Shuffle Wingy Manone - Up The Country 8. Harlem James P. Johnson - Harlem Strut Fats Waller - Mama's Got The Blues Cliff Jackson - Hock Shop Blues Clarence Williams Orchestra - Midnight Stomp Duke Ellington's Washingtonians - Rainy Nights Fletcher Henderson Orchestra - Hop Off 9. New York Style Original Memphis Five, The - Sweet Lovin' Man California Ramblers - Sweet Man Red & Miff's Stompers - Stampede Wild Bill Davidson - Eccentric Yank Lawson - Yank's Blues Muggsy Spanier - Muscrat Ramble 10. Revival Kid Ory - Weary Blues Bunk Johnson - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor George Lewis - Careless Love Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - Antigua Blues Bob Helm's Riverside Roustabouts - Dawn Club Joys Dixieland Rhythm Kings - James Infirmary 5 LP set Riverside SDP-11 "History of Classic Jazz" (comprising RLP-12-112 to 12-116)
20	1957	The Riverside History Of Classic Jazz, Volumes 5 & 6: Boogie Woogie / South Side Chicago Boogie Woogie Wesley Wallace - No. 29 Jimmy Yancey - The Fives Cripple Clarence Lofton - Blue Boogie Meade Lux Lewis - Far Ago Blues Art Hodes - South Side Shuffle Pete Johnson - Lone Star Blues South Side Chicago Johnny Dodds and Tiny Parham - Oh, Daddy Freddie Keppard and His Jazz Cardinals (with Papa Charlie Jackson, voc) - Salty Dog (2653-2) Barrelhouse Five - Mama Stayed Out State Street Ramblers - Careless Love Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders - Jackass Blues Doc Cook's Dreamland Orchestra - The Memphis Maybe Man prod. by Orrin Keepnews & Bill Grauer notes by Orrin Keepnews Riverside 12-114 (US 1957)
21	1959	Cripple Clarence Lofton - The Fives ("Matrix 129") - South End Boogie ("Matrix 130") - I Don't Know ("Matrix 142") [sic, actually 126] - Streamline Train ("Matrix 143") 7 inch EP notes by Albert J. McCarthy Vogue EPV 1209 (UK 1959)
22	1959	abc du jazz: Blues (Suburban) Jelly Roll Morton - Mamie's Blues Jimmy Yancey - Yancey's Mixture Cripple Clarence Lofton - The Fives Champion Jack Dupree - County Jail Special 7 inch EP POP SPO. 17.003 (Fr 1959) (made by French Vogue)
23	1960	Early And Rare - Classic Jazz Collectors Items Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Ma Rainey - Wringing And Twisting Blues Tommy Ladnier - Mojo Strut Cripple Clarence Lofton - More Motion Big Bill Broonzy - Mr. Conductor Man Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp Fats Waller - Trixie Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Jack O'Diamonds Blues Ike Rodgers - Screenin' The Blues Joe Smith / Trixie Smith - Everybody's Doin' The Charleston Now Turner Parrish - Trenches Riverside 12-134
24	1961	Montana Taylor / Cripple Clarence Lofton: Low Down Piano Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana's Blues - Rotten Break Blues - In The Bottom - Lowdown Bugle - I Can't Sleep Cripple Clarence Lofton - Sweet Tooth - Sixes And Sevens - Clarence Blues - Lofty Blues - House Rent Struggle - Juice Joint notes by Orrin Keepnews Riverside RLP 152 = BYG 529.065 (Fr 197?) Archive of Jazz Vol. 15 Montana Taylor discography
25	c.1967	Rugged 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 OJL Records discography
26	1968	Low Down Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie Sylvester Palmer - Mean Blues - Lonesome Man Blues Will Ezell - Old Mill Blues - Barrel House Woman Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing - Monkey Man Blues - You've Done Tore Your Playhouse Down - Streamline Train Lee Brown - Carpenter Man Blues - Little Girl, Little Girl Walter Davis - You Don't Know Right From Wrong - Smoky Mountain Roosevelt Sykes - New Mistake In Life - We Will Never Make The Grade St. Louis Jimmy - Soon Forget You - Can't Stand Your Evil Ways Confidential CLP 001 (Fr 1968)
27	1969	Favorite Country Blues Piano-Guitar Duets 1929-1937 Willie Harris - West Side Blues Charlie Spand - Good Gal - Back To The Woods Blues Leroy Carr - Sloppy Drunk Blues Roosevelt Sykes "& Clifford Gibson" - Tired Of Being Mistreated Springback James - Poor Coal Passer Leola Manning - The Blues Is All Wrong Joe Evans - Down In Black Bottom - Shook Woman Blues Blind Blake - Poker Woman Blues Walter Davis - Sloppy Drunk Again Cripple Clarence Lofton - Monkey Man Blues Bumble Bee Slim - New Orleans Stop Time Buddy Woods - Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away front cover drawing by Rory Block notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1015 (US 1969) = Yazoo CD 1015 Yazoo Records discography
	1969?	Boogie Woogie Rarities 1927-1932 Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues [original version] - Molasses Sopper Blues [accompanying George Hannah] Wesley Wallace - Number 29 Blind Leroy Garnet - Chain 'em Down ~~Cripple Clarence Lofton~~ - On The Wall [~~accompanying~~ Louise Johnson, voc, p] Will Ezell - Playing The Dozens - Just Can't Stay Here Charlie Spand - Hastings Street (with Blind Blake) - Levee Camp Man Jabo Williams - Jab Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Chimes Blues - New Cow Cow Blues (with B.T. Wingfield) Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown notes by Mait Edey Milestone MLP 2009 (US 1969?) Milestone Records discography
28	196?/7?	virtuoso solos by Jimmy Yancey / Cripple Clarence Lofton: Pitchin' Boogie Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special - Jimmy's Goodnight Blues - Keep A Knockin' - Assembly Call Boogie - Everlasting Blues - Barber Shop Rag Cripple Clarence Lofton - Travelling Blues - Streamline Train - I Don't Know - Mistaken Blues - Pitchin' Boogie - Mercy Blues Swaggie S-1235 (Australia 196?/7?)(the JaZZ makers series)
28a	1970	The Story Of The Blues Vol. 2 Side One: Guitar Pickers Curley Weaver - No No Blues Little Hat Jones - Hurry Blues Emery Glen - Blue Blazes Blues 'Mooch' Richardson - Low Down Barrelhouse Blues 2 Lonnie Johnson - Broken Levee Blues Buddy Moss - Undertaker Blues J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie Son House - Pearline Side Two: Piano Blues Whistlin' Alex Moore - West Texas Woman Sylvester Palmer - Lonesome Man Blues George NobleThe Seminole Blues Cripple Clarence Lofton - Brown Skin Blues Bumble Bee Slim - Ramblin' With That Woman Roosevelt Scott - Black Gal Blues Roosevelt Sykes - Training Camp Blue Champion Jack Dupree - Junker Blues Side Three: Blues Girls Maggy Jones - Good Time Flat Blues Clara Smith - Whip It To A Jelly Cleo Gibson - I've Got Ford Movement In My Hips Martha Copeland - Desert Blues Victoria Spivey - Christmas Morning Blues Liza Brown, Ann Johnson - Get On Out Of Here Merline Johnson - Good Old Easy Street Big Maybelle - Maybelle's Blues Side Four: Blues Groups Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - That Will Be Alright Mississippi Mud Steppers - Jackson Stomp Jazzbo Tommy & Lowlander's - Blaze Face Cow Duskey Dailey & His Band - Miss Georgia Blues Willie 'Long Time' Smith - My Buddy Dr. Clayton Otis Rush - Love That Woman Magic Sam - All Your Love John Littlejohn - Been Around The World compiled by Paul Oliver gatefold DLP notes by Paul Oliver CBS 66232 (UK 1970) = CBS 88630 (NL 1970) notes by Paul Oliver = CBS 66232 (It 1970) "La Storia del Blues Vol. Due" other releases at discogs.com 4 LP set (=) CBS 66426 (Fr 1972) "Vol. 1 & 2" = CBS LSP 14410 (Germany 1981)
29	1970	Cripple Clarence Lofton & Walter Davis Cripple Clarence Lofton - Juke Joint Stomp - I Don't Know - State Street Blues - Change My Mind Blues - Streamline Train - South Side Mess Around - Brown Skin Girls Walter Davis - Why Should I Be Blues - Santa Claus - Jacksonville - part 2 - Call Your Name - Please Don't Mistreat Me - I Can Tell By The Way You Smell - Can't See Your Face notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein. Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1025 (US 1970) Yazoo Records discography
	1971	Pitchin' Boogie A Second Collection of Boogie Woogie Piano Rarities Meade Lux Lewis - Freakish Blues (George Hannah, voc) Jimmy Blythe - Chicago Stomps - Armour Avenue Struggle - Mr. Freddie Blues - Sunshine Special (Sodarisa Miller, voc) Roosevelt Sykes - Honey Dripper Blues ~~Cripple Clarence Lofton~~ - By The Moon & Stars (~~accompanying~~ Edith Johnson, voc, p) Jimmy Blythe & W.E. "Buddy" Burton - Block And Tackle ~~Cripple Clarence Lofton~~ - Long Ways From Home (~~accompanying~~ Edith Johnson, voc, p) Will Ezell - Heifer Dust - Barrel House Man - Pitchin' Boogie - Barrel House Women Bob Call - Evil Woman Blues notes by Martin Williams Milestone MLP 2018 (US 1971) Milestone Records discography
30	197?	Cripple Clarence Lofton: Clarence's Blues - Strut That Thing - Monkey Man Blues - Brown Skin Girls - You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down - Had A Dream - Streamline Train - I Don't Know - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - More Motion - Sweet Tooth - Sixes And Sevens - Clarence's Blues - Lofty Blues - House Rent Struggle - Juice Joint - Salty Woman Blues - Blue Boogie cover art by Geert van Hall Oldie Blues OL 2817 (NL 197?) Oldie Blues discography
31	1973	The Yancey-Lofton Sessions Vol. 1 Alonzo Yancey - Everybody's Rag - Twelfth Street Rag - Hobo Rag Jimmy Yancey - Boodlin' - Yancey Mixture - Death Letter Blues - Sweet Patootie - How Long Blues - The Rocks - I Received A Letter Cripple Clarence Lofton - Streamline Train - I Don't Know - Policy Blues - I Don't Know - The Fives - Deep End Boogie notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter Storyville SLP 238 (Denmark 1973) Storyville Records discography
32	1973	The Yancey-Lofton Sessions Vol. 2 Jimmy and Mama Yancey - How Long Blues Jimmy Yancey - White Sox Stomp - Eternal Blues - Yancey Special - Midnight Stomp - Pallet On The Floor AlonzoYancey - Ecstatic Rag Jimmy Yancey - Shave �Em Dry - At The Window Jimmy and Mama Yancey - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Cripple Clarence Lofton - In The Morning - Early Blues - I Don't Know - Streamline Train notes by Derrick Stewart-Baxter Storyville SLP 239 (Denmark 1973) Storyville Records discography
33	1974	Boogie Woogie Kings Volume 8 in Euphonic's Piano Series Cripple Clarence Lofton - Streamline Train - Pitchin Boogie - Mistaken Blues - Travelin' Blues - I Don't Know - Mercy Blues Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Bear Cat Crawl - Whistlin' Blues - Doll House Boogie - Dupree Blues - Try Again - Chapel Blues prod. by Paul E. Affeldt cover art by Scott Affeldt notes by Paul E. Affeldt Euphonic ESR-1208 (US 1974)
34	1974	Uptown Blues A Decade Of Guitar-Piano Duets 1927-1937 Big Bill Broonzy - Mountain Blues Rufus & Ben Quillian - Sweet Miss Stella Blues Bo Carter - When You Left Charlie Campbell - Goin' Away Blues Teddy Darby - My Leona Blues Down Home Blues - You Do It Leola Manning - He Fans Me Rufus & Ben Quillian - Good Feeling Blues Watson's Pullman Porters - Barbecue Blues Cripple Clarence Lofton - Policy Blues Willie Harris - What Makes A Tom Cat Blue? Mack Rhinehart & Brownie Stubblefield - Uptown Blues Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - Papa's On The Housetop Charley Spand - Ain't Gonna Stand For That cover artwork by Garry Bready notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller Yazoo L-1042 (US 1974) = Yazoo CD 1042 YAZ (US 1993) Yazoo Records discography
35	1974	Jimmy & Mama Yancey / Cripple Clarence Lofton Jimmy & Mama Yancey - Boodlin' - Yancey's Mixture - Death Letter Blues - Sweet Patootie - How Long Blues - The Rocks Cripple Clarence Lofton - Streamline Train - I Don't Know-II - I Don't Know [CCL voc] - The Fives - South End Boogie - In de Mornin' Gannet GEN 5136 (UK 1974) [John Holley's label]
36	1974	Jimmy & Mama Yancey / Cripple Clarence Lofton Volume 2 Jimmy & Mama Yancey - I Received A Letter - White Sox Stomp - Eternal Blues - Yancey Special - How Long Blues - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - How Long Blues - Jimmy's Rocks - Pallet On The Floor Cripple Clarence Lofton - I Don't Know - Streamline Train Gannet GEN 5137 (UK 1974) [John Holley's label]
37	197?	The Rarest of All Broadcasts 1940-49 Leadbelly 'On The Air' Also Included: Cripple Clarence Lofton: Rare Unissued Sessions 1938 Leadbelly - I Ain't Goin' Down - Went Up The Mountain - Whoa Back - Worried Blues - Good Morning Blues - You Can't Lose Me Charlie - Boll Weavil Cripple Clarence Lofton - Travelin' Blues (Traveling Blues) (South Side Mess Around) - Mercy Blues - I Don't Know - Streamline Train - Boogie Woogie (Pitchin' Boogie) (Juke Joint Stomp) - Cripple's Blues (Mistaken Blues) (Change My Mind Blues) Mauros LBCCL3840
38	1979	Lofton / Noble 1935-1936 'what's the use of getting sober' (The Piano Blues Vol. 9) Cripple Clarence Lofton - Brown Skin Girls - Tore Your Playhouse Down - Monkey Man - Strut That Thing Red Nelson / Lofton - Crying Mother - Soldiers Get Their Bonus - Sweetest Thing Born - Streamline Train George Noble - If You Lose Your Gal - T.B. Blues - On My Death-Bed - Sissy Man - New Milk Cow - Bed Springs - Dozing - Seminole foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4409 (UK 1979) Magpie Records discography
39	1984	The Pioneers of Boogie Woogie Original Masterpieces Vol. 1 Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Blues Pine Top Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Pine Top Smith - Jump Steady Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Cripple Clarence Lofton - In The Morning Speckled Red - Jim Jackson's Jamboree Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special Jimmy Yancey - White Sox Stomp Jimmy Yancey - The Fives Jimmy Yancey - South Side Stuff Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown Joker SM 4081 (It 1984) 6 LP set (=) Joker SM 9416 (It) (boxed set of Joker SM 4081 to SM 4086)
40	19??	Boogie Woogie - Greatest Hits Clarence 'Pinetop' Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Cripple Clarence Lofton - Had A Dream Joe Sullivan - Boogie Woogie Maxixe Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Art Hodes - Ross Tavern Boogie Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch' Boogie Red Nelson - Streamlined Train Honey Hill - Boogie Woogie Pete Johnson - Shuffle Boogie Art Hodes - South Side Shuffle Albert Ammons - Mecca Flat Blues Bob Zurke - Gin Mill Blues Albert Ammons - Woo Woo Freddie Slack - Down The Road A Piece Boogie Woogie BW 1000
41	1993	Jimmy Yancey / Cripple Clarence Lofton Jimmy Yancey Cripple Clarence Lofton - Deep End Boogie - I Don't Know - Vocal Blues - Fine & Mellow (Evie Westphal, voc) - Talking & Piano Experiment - More Yancey and Lofton Wayhi L93 (cassette) (US 1993)
42	2000	Cripple Clarence Lofton 1935-1939 - Strut That Thing - Monkey Man Blues - Policy Blues - Brown Skin Girls - You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down - Crying Mother Blues - Streamline Train - It's Got To Be Done - Juicy Mouth Shorty - Sweetest Thing Born - When The Soldiers Get Their Bonus - Traveling Blues - Streamline Train - I Don't Know - Mistaken Blues - Pitchin' Boogie - Mercy Blues - Had A Dream - Streamline Train (R 2772) - I Don't Know (R 3361) RST Blues Documents BDCD-6006 (Austria 2000)
43	2000	Cripple Clarence Lofton Volume 2 1939-1943 - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - More Motion - Sweet Tooth - Sixes and Sevens - Clarence's Blues - Lofty Blues - House Rent Struggle - Juice Joint - Salty Woman Blues - Blue Boogie - Streamline Train - I Don't Know-II - Policy Blues - I Don't Know - The Fives - Deep End Boogie (Southend Boogie) - In the Mornin' - Early Blues - I Don't Know No. 2 - Streamline Train RST Blues Documents BDCD-6007 (Austria 2000)
44	20??	Piano Discoveries - Flapper's Stomp - Ezra Howlett Shelton - Five Minute Blues - Leothus Lee Green - What's the Matter Now? Pt. 3 - Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson - What's the Matter Now? Pt. 4 - Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson - That's the Kind of Girl I'm Looking For - Ivy Smith / Cow Cow Davenport - It's a Pretty Little Thing - Georgia Tom / Tampa Red - Poor Old Bachelor Blues - Tampa Red / Georgia Tom - Louisiana Blues (tk B-test) - Little Brother Montgomery - You Don't Worry My Mind (tk 2) - Walter Davis - Church House Blues (tk 1) - Leroy Carr - Beer Drinking Woman (tk 2) - Albert Ammons / Memphis Slim / Pete Johnson - Boogie Woogie Man - Albert Ammons / Pete Johnson - Deep End Boogie - Cripple Clarence Lofton - I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Fine and Mellow - Cripple Clarence Lofton (featuring Evie Westphal) - Vocal Blues - Jimmy Yancey - (featuring Cripple Clarence Lofton) - Talking & Piano Experiment - Cripple Clarence Lofton/Jimmy Yancey - Untitled - Cripple Clarence Lofton / Jimmy Yancey - Boogie No. A1 - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased) - Mama and Jimmy Blues - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased) - The Rocks - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased) - Untitled Blues - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased) - Unkown Rag (At Party) - Alonzo Yancey (previously unreleased) - Ecstatic Rag - Alonzo Yancey (previously unreleased) - Everybody's Rag - Alonzo Yancey (previously unreleased) RST Blues Documents BDCD-6045 (Austria 20??)
45	2001	Piano 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)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 167-168
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 236-237
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 85, 116, 164, 466, 550-552, 635, 745, 928, 1067
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 150
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 399
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 336-337
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/341670-Cripple-Clarence-Lofton
- http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/session.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Paul Vernon, Peter Brown and Michael Hortig for additional info / scans